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Sunday, May 31, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:01 AM

Post by news intern Alexander P. Brown.

Gotta Go: 36,000 could get cut from state health plan.

And Next Thing They'll Say He's With Hiding Out With Elvis, Tupac: Former roadie claims Jimi Hendrix was murdered.

Not To Be Outdone By Other Area Police: King County SWAT shoots man after bomb threat.

Remember How Those Defense Contractors Were Lambasted During The Iraq War?: Now they are aiming to get on board with President Obama's cyber-security push.

Speaking Of Security: Critics take a big look at how the US uses informants on terror groups in the wake of the Newburgh Four.

What's Really Scary: Local woman dies in Thailand after losing her lung tissue.

"One In Seven Gitmo Releases Return To Terrorism": Well, not really.

After All The Friggen Hype: Susan Boyle places second in contest.

Your Job May Suck: But it doesn't suck like this.

According To Wikipedia It's "World No Tobacco Day": And Goofy illustrates the dangers.

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Haven't we reached the point, at least in the US, where the people that smoke know and accept the dangers. Seems we've reduced it down to only the people who making a conscious choice to do it.

We've gotten it out of public places so it no longer affects non-smokers all the much and there are a plethora of options for quitting.

I guess I am not sure why I should give a fuck about it anymore.

Smokers are jokers anyways.

Posted by giffy on May 31, 2009 at 9:27 AM

Not To Be Outdone By Other Area Police: King County SWAT shoots man after bomb threat.

The tone here seems to imply that King County SWAT is just the latest example of trigger-happy, power-trippin' cops being quick to shoot in situations that don't call for lethal force. Am I misreading?

In any event, the linked article paints a very different picture:

An armed man who was threatening to explode a bomb in a Covington neighborhood was shot dead by a SWAT team officer after the man pointed a high-powered rifle at a police helicopter, officials said.

Emphasis mine. The rest of the article is consistent with the lede.

Posted by lostboy

on May 31, 2009 at 9:33 AM

Yeah but it's super hip to blast the pigs, man!

Btw the Obamas hada fun trip to Manhattan last night. That's an example of a traffic stoppage that didn't piss people off. People were awed and were clapping when they closed off sixth ave. to go from the West Village to midtown.

OK, I'm hoping once, just once, they take the subway. But nonetheless I am really glad to have a normal guy as president who does things like eat out and see a play instead of going to some arid ranch in the middle of nothing and sit on a concrete slab looking at nothing and then going to cut brushes. That's not very cultural or interesting.

Posted by PC on May 31, 2009 at 9:49 AM

Cutting people off the state insurance plan, aside from being unjust and putting most of the hurt on poor people, is going to end up costing the state more money overall. It has been shown again and again that preventative care is cheaper than emergency care.

Thanks for giving poor people the shaft again, state legislature. Go fuck yourselves sideways.

Posted by Greg on May 31, 2009 at 1:52 PM

I work with a lot of poverty-line idiots that smoke. I'd bet money a good 60-70% of the people smoke there, and they do so because they're too fucking lazy to quit. You should see some of the nasty, paper-bag-skinned Wendy's-subsisting motherfuckers I work with. God, Ohio has ugly motherfucking people.

Posted by The CHZA on May 31, 2009 at 8:07 PM