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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

News Morning News

Posted by Jen Graves on Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:04 AM

Seattle Bear Still at Large!: Now dubbed "Urban Phantom."

Obama Reassures Netanyahu: We won't just talk to Iran forever. (?)

Have You Been Responsible with Your Credit Card?: Now you will be punished.

28-Year-Old Won't Clean His Room: So Dad calls 911.

Seattle's Tree Canopy: Not protected or robust enough, says the Office of City Auditor.

Vietnam Vets File Suit: Because the government performed "mind experiments" on them.

Endangered Blue Whales: Reappearing in Alaska!

Officially Not Equal!: Gregoire signs the expanded domestic partnerships bill.

...And Referendum to Overturn the Law: Already underway.

British Politician Steps Down: In part because he HAS A MOAT!

The Komodo Dragon's Mouth is Not Full of Bacteria: It is full of venom. (All these years together and we barely knew you, K.D.)

Bill Clinton: New U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti.

For Dan: Extremely hot painting acquired in Ohio.

'American Idol' Finale Tonight: The burning issues involved.

'Octomom' the Musical: Not just Nadya and the eight.

Not Newsworthy at All: But it's weird how well this works.

And "after all, the president and the first lady did meet at a museum"—then why does Michelle seem so unmoved by her own speech?:

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Close your bold tag!

Posted by Andrew Cole on May 19, 2009 at 9:07 AM

You neglected to mention Intiman Theatre Artistic Director Bart Sher has finally decided to relinquish his double-paycheck - at the end of 2010:

http://www.seattlepi.com/theater/406343_…

Posted by Mr. First Nighter on May 19, 2009 at 9:19 AM

What a lovely First Lady we have. It's good to know the arts have a defender in the White House.

Posted by Vince on May 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM

Whoa, did they really throw in "except it's not marriage" to the ballot language? Doesn't that fly in the face in their assertion that this is redefining marriage? And doesn't it cause people to ask the question, "well, why isn't it?"

It was when they made clear reference to DPs not being marriage that the support for Domestic Partnerships shot through the roof. This seems really fishy.

Are they trying to build their base and force marriage to a vote next year by having Ref 71 pass overwhelmingly? Do they think they have to get the question out there as soon as possible? Swecker himself was adamant that he would get the conversation rolling one way or another, and by closing this door the only discussion would be full marriage equality.

Lurleen?

Posted by Baconcat on May 19, 2009 at 9:26 AM

OMG!

'tis abou' time Slog commented on this season of American Idol. Adam Lambert seems right up the Stranger's alley.

Posted by Keekee on May 19, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Give me a break she was giving a speech in a museum not a rally. She's so passionate in everything she does, I just love seeing her give out hugs, there's just no hypocrisy when she gives them. Refreshing

God, I want a similar dress to that, in peach.

Posted by Loveschild

on May 19, 2009 at 10:07 AM

I guess it's time to cut up that American Express card, then.

Posted by Greg on May 19, 2009 at 10:10 AM

@7: No kidding. I use my AMEX by default to get the points and pay it off at the end of the month. If these measures are adopted, I'll use the old ATM and just make purchases that truly require credit on the AMEX.

How amazingly backwards that the good customers are actually the bad ones, because the bad ones end up being worth more income in the long run.

Posted by Cracker Jack on May 19, 2009 at 11:01 AM

@ 7 and 8:
Totally, this plan will go down in flames. It's the classic adverse selection problem in economics. The good borrowers will default to cash or debit if they're going to be automatically charged interest with no grace period, etc.

Posted by Jenny from the Block on May 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM