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Thursday, April 2, 2009

News Today's Morning News

Posted by Megan Seling on Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:51 AM

North Korea Continues to Threaten Everyone: Now they promise "revenge" if Japan shoots down their rocket.

Breakin' the Rules: Michelle Obama is a queen-touching rebel.

G20 Protests: 30 Arrested.

And About the Man Who Died at Yesterday's Protests: It is believed he was walking home from work and not a part of the marching.

Answer the Question: Israeli Foreign Minister was questioned for seven-hours for fraud investigation.

Yikes: China finds over 200 deadly tuberculosis cases.

Overall iPod Sales Aren't Looking Good: But the new iPod Shuffle sales are up 50%.

Speaking of iPods: The Obamas gave one to the Queen.

Of All The Lousy Ways to Save a Buck: Officials worry proposed King County budget cuts will be harmful to the public.

It Continues: Jobless rate jumps to nearly 669,000.

Don't Mess With Texas: Nine people in Austin went to the emergency room a combined total of 2,700 times in six years and cost tax payers $3 million. WTF?

Spring Sucks: The weather will stay cold, wet, windy through April.

What is it about cats and pineapple?

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He best clean that fridge. Ew.

Posted by Parsnip on April 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM

That story from Austin is how it works everywhere, including here. A handful of transients make regular, sometimes nightly, trips to Harborview in a private ambulance for a host of health issues that have to do with the consequences of living on the street, sometimes chronic substance abuse and a complete absence of preventative care. This is the most expensive of all possible ways to offer medical care to the poorest people, and you pay it every time you pay your insurance bill. Why did that ambulance ride cost you $800? Probably because a lot of the people who get transported in ambulances don't pay and you, the paying customer, have to pick up the slack.

The Reagan/Limbaugh idea that ignoring poor people will lead to cost savings is pure fantasy. It's just another way of pushing costs to someplace where you don't see them. Emergency care is more expensive than preventative care, just like prison is more expensive than education. Conservatives are so obsessed with denying the poor "handouts" that they end up paying double what they would've paid if they'd just supported reasonable social spending in the first place.

Posted by Adam Smith's Invisible Hand on April 2, 2009 at 9:10 AM

2
Who said we had to pay for the emergency care?
What part of 'ignoring' is hard to grasp?

Posted by Adam Smith's visible middle finger on April 2, 2009 at 9:12 AM

It must be hard to buy the Queen a gift. What do you buy the little old lady who probably has everything and a few castles? I understand she appreciates her Christmas gifts of pot-holders from her family and one year she was given one of those Billy Big Bass fish things that she found highly entertaining. (in the way that old ladies tend to)

Posted by au gout on April 2, 2009 at 9:15 AM

The Obamas, together, are four times the size of the queen of England. I love them for that.

Posted by snargent pepper on April 2, 2009 at 9:18 AM

By the way, remember that Dallas cop who stopped the football player on the way to his mother-in-law's death bed last week?

He resigned yesterday.

Boo hoo.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on April 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM

To be accurate, the Queen is a Michelle-Obama-toucher. She started it!

Posted by matt on April 2, 2009 at 9:20 AM

Jackie Kennedy didn't touch the Queen,

Posted by I miss Camelot on April 2, 2009 at 9:27 AM

Cold thru April

Posted by I miss Global Warming on April 2, 2009 at 9:28 AM

My cats would do anything for raw green pepper, or to lick the wet inner surface of melon rinds.

Posted by Loved by Jesus on April 2, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Highest jobless rate in 26 years :(

Posted by I miss W on April 2, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Animals in the fridge? NASTY!! That was sickening to watch. Otto walks through kitty litter-yuck!

Posted by WTF? YUCK on April 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM

Thank you, @2, for that intelligent answer. You're right; we do this here in Seattle too -- and everywhere. Health care in this country is fucking insane.

Posted by Fnarf on April 2, 2009 at 10:25 AM

All the cat (instinctively) wants is the green leafs for its digestive system. Cats need grass or leaves to live naturally.

Posted by Catz on April 2, 2009 at 10:33 AM

@14,

My cat always has access to wheat grass and she's nommed on my other nontoxic house plants on more than one occasion, yet she still goes crazy whenever I bring a pineapple home. It's not just instinct.

Posted by keshmeshi on April 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM

Oh, and I'm sure all those thoughtful anarchists who were guzzling cans of Carling Special Brew (9%) and throwing bottles at the medics who were trying to attend to the guy who died in London are really broken up about his death. Way to spread your message, guys. Oh, and your 9-11 Truther signs looked fabulous. When's the revolution coming, then?

Posted by Fnarf on April 2, 2009 at 10:57 AM

I hope that pineapple was organic, for the cats sake. For the record, tho, not all cats use litter boxes.

Posted by txsierra on April 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM

The Obama's are quickly proving to be absolutely inept in questions of protocol. How embarrassing. If they don't know how to conduct themselves in these circles, they should just avoid them.

Even I knew better than to touch HM when I was admitted into her presence. (They brief you on these things before hand...)

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on April 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM

My cats love lettuce.

Posted by jimmy on April 2, 2009 at 10:33 PM