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Friday, May 29, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:25 AM

More Testing: N. Korea fires short range missiles.

Obama's New Cyber Security: The President has a plan to protect the computers that run America's "key systems."

"Grave Concern": Because of serious cramps in her legs, Jailed Aung San Suu Kyi is said to need urgent medical care.

W-I-N-N-E-R: A 13-year-old girl from Kansas has won the spelling bee by spelling "laodicean."

Hopefully We'll All Still Be Alive!: Swine flu vaccine will be ready in October.

Didn't Something Stupid Like This Just Happen?: An Oregon man called 911 after McDonalds didn't give him his orange juice.

There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: A Japan University is giving away free iPhones... to track skipping students.

Don't Close the Tallest Tree Park!: Schwarzenegger's new budget plan puts over 200 California State parks in danger of closure.

Internal Investigation: Police are under scrutiny after they released a domestic violence suspect who allegedly killed a man upon release.

35 Years: The man who fatally stabbed a Capitol Hill woman on New Years Eve has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Three-Story Fall: A man fell out of the window at a UW fraternity this morning.

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I have a theory that people call 911 on places like McDonald's more often than we know, and news outlets are just vying for the most "humorous" or "shocking" of them all.

Posted by Baconcat on May 29, 2009 at 8:40 AM

You mean a drunk frat guy fell out of a three-story window during a party AGAIN.

Posted by Andy on May 29, 2009 at 8:40 AM

Obama's strategy on North Korea is to take great pains not to call it a 'crisis'.
clever

Posted by I feel safe, now... on May 29, 2009 at 8:46 AM

I see Baconcat's #1 again. Guess he's the new Mr. Poe.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on May 29, 2009 at 9:05 AM

@3
what do you suggest? invasion? begging China to cut off food?

We welcome your sage advice.

Posted by PC on May 29, 2009 at 9:08 AM

Other news: SF Zoo is going to pay $900,000 to settle wrongful death case of the kid who allegedly taunted the tiger.

Pretty fair outcome. The wall was low. Bad zoo!
The kid's life is worth what, $4-5 million? And the evidence of taunting, not sure if they had an eyewitness. So it's a deal for 18 cents on the dollar, all paid by the insurance company.

Also in the deal: parents demanded the zoo put up a bench. Huh? "In memoriam of X -- and really, really please don't taunt the tigers!"

Oh and of course both sides agreed to keep the amount of the settlement confidential.

Posted by PC on May 29, 2009 at 9:19 AM

@3 Better than the previous strategy of giving the most attention to the states who act up the most. I think Obama figures that they are not dumb enough to attack the South and so he is just ignoring their little tirade.

Posted by giffy on May 29, 2009 at 9:23 AM

The fratling survived? Too bad. The only good frat boy is a dead one.

Posted by guy on May 29, 2009 at 9:23 AM

All the fraternities need to put up leotard-bars over their upper story windows, since frat kids can't seem to stop getting sloppy drunk and falling out of them.

Posted by Greg on May 29, 2009 at 9:29 AM

5
No suggestion.
The Democrats bitched like pussies every time Bush tried to get serious with the Koreans, after 8 years of Clinton sitting on his ass.
Obama can have at it.
Or not.
Seattle and San Francisco are a lot closer to North Korean nukes than where I am so I see it as a win-win no matter what happens...

Posted by I might suggest you fuck yourself but YOU ALREADY HAVE! haha on May 29, 2009 at 9:38 AM

@9, plus they could just call them tard-bars.

Actually, my 6th story apartment has some very tall windows that come down to only about 2 feet above the ground, and they scare me probably more than they should.

Posted by w7ngman

on May 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM

The choice of word does make you suspicious of some sort of hidden message. Anyways, I would be so beside myself if one mine made it to it. It's always a thrill to watch.

Posted by Loveschild

on May 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM

Talked to some fourth and fifth-grade teachers over the weekend who said they don't teach spelling any more.

Posted by Amelia on May 29, 2009 at 10:51 AM

@10 thanks for enriching our knowledge of the right wing "critique," as well as the right wing personality.

Your interest in public affairs is laudable.

Keep it up!

Posted by PC on May 29, 2009 at 11:15 AM

To win the Darwin Awards, you need to die when you fall out of the frat window.

Or at least make it impossible for you to pass on your genes.

Almost doesn't count.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on May 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM

14
Truth cuts, does it?
Or are you just buttsore over being played by Obama.
Clueless and Stupid is no way to go thru life....

Posted by hey; I hear nuclear annihilation is quick and painless on May 29, 2009 at 1:16 PM

Maybe they're just trying to get North Korea to test all of their missiles. They can't have that many.

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on May 29, 2009 at 1:21 PM

Hmmm.... I recall a lot of people being pissed that Bush was not addressing North Korea while all the time being busy playing army men in Iraq.

Posted by McGee on May 29, 2009 at 1:42 PM

@11: My previous apartment had low windows like that, but the owner had installed a big black steel pipe across the windows at about 3'6" above the floor. It kinda made the room look like a ballet studio, or a home for special-needs residents.

Posted by Greg on May 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM

Maybe it's because I'm old, but I seriously don't get how kids are partying hard enough to fall out of windows less than 2 weeks before finals. I go to UW and I am scrambling like crazy to finish everything in time.

Posted by Kristin on May 29, 2009 at 5:19 PM

Has anyone noticed that NPR, of all places, interviewed the guy (notice, guy) who came in fifth (again, notice fifth) because he was funny, as opposed to the girl (omigod! a girl?) who actually won the thing? Shame on them.

Posted by Elsie on May 31, 2009 at 8:51 PM