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Saturday, June 6, 2009

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Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:53 AM

Post by news intern Alexander P. Brown

Got A Problem With Torture? How About Quick Executions?: The current administration is thinking about allowing Guantánamo detainees to plead guilty, skip trial.

ZOMG! We're All Gonna Die!!!!: Republican Congressman marks Seattle as target for North Korea's nukes.

It's Not Gone Yet: Swine flu claims second Washington victim.

Want To Offend Two Minority Groups In One Blow?: Learn from those masters at The National Review.

Because Being Starbucks' Bitch Wasn't Bad Enough: Joe Scarborough once defended anti-abortion assassin in court.

You Know How The Military Has Been Lauding The Use Of Unmanned Spy Drones?: Turns out it's cheaper and more efficient to use blimps.

Come On, Every Cool Industry Is Lobbying For It: Fashion world embroiled in their own copyright law issue.

And You Thought Seattle Was Cracking Down On Noise Violations: Arizona Bishop sentenced to jail for ringing church bells.

Our Problems Are Solved! Give Them All Free Xanax!: Study suggests that people who are easily grossed out or disturbed are at a higher risk of being conservative.

The Longest Day: As everybody should know it is the 65th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe. But Also it is the third anniversary of Billy Preston's death, a dynamic musician who is the only other person ever credited on a Beatles' song.

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The link to NYT didn't work but what I recall from the story is this move by the administration has nothing to do with "quick executions" as you imply.

Get it together, ok?

The problem is some dumb rule preventing suspects from copping pleas. The pleas they would get would be long jail sentences. They wouldn't cop a plea to execution, DUH.

The problem is the dumb Bush admin's torture means we probably can't prove anything against them in a court of law. So in addition to being illegal and strengthening enemies, etc., torture means you can't prosecute the worst offenders.

Anyhow the Obama administration is smartly solving the problem by changing the rules so the govt. can do plea deals for long sentences.

Oh wait, telling everyone there will be quick executions makes for a funny headline, ha, ha ha.

Posted by PC on June 6, 2009 at 10:14 AM

I miss Billy Preston!

Posted by lgatlin on June 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM

Oh, come on, PC - you've been around way too long to actually expect responsible journalism from The Stranger. if it doesn't involve butt-fucking or drugs, it's not news around here.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on June 6, 2009 at 11:06 AM

Glad to see Slog is so amused at the prospect of eating a North Korean nuke.

It will make it a little easier on the rest of knowing you went with a shit-eating smirk on your face-

oh, who am I kidding;
we are going to bust a gut laughing when the Koreans burn LA, San Fran and Seattle. Commies nuking West Coast Liberals- it's the plot for a sitcom.

Posted by You Can't Make This Stuff Up! on June 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM

#1: Nope, you're wrong. The guilty pleas in question would lead to death sentences. It's in today's NYT: "US may permit guilty pleas in capital cases," http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/us/pol…

Another correction: as far as I can tell, it's not true that "Joe Scarborough once defended the assassin of Dr. Tiller in court." As the link makes clear, Scarborough defended a different murderer of a different abortion provider, not Tiller's murderer.

Posted by ted on June 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM

Yeah all the unpaid interns kinda suck including that Aaron Pickus guy, they write like they are 17, get the facts wrong 50% of the time, and post some of the least great Biilly Preston bits. Jackass!

Posted by tomas on June 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM

Seriously, if you're offended by that photo, you may need to reevaluate what should actually upset you in life.

Posted by JF on June 6, 2009 at 1:09 PM

One of the great parts of our legal system is that everybody gets to defend themselves, abortion provider killer or not. And some attorney has to do that job. I don't know who Joe Scarborough is or what horrible things he's done but I don't think it's fair to criticize him for playing an important role in the legal system.

Posted by carole on June 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM

@6 You have to be a honky, cause every black person knows that the video was B. Preston's version of Summertime being played between church services on Sunday and a very good rendition indeed.

Posted by billyprestonfanfromwayback on June 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM

if Scarborough had defended a cop killer slog would be proud of him

Posted by killers iz killers, dontcha know on June 6, 2009 at 2:39 PM

I think if you wanted to be picky, you could also say that Tony Sheridan was credited on a Beatles recording - "My Bonnie"?

Posted by catsnbanjos on June 6, 2009 at 3:04 PM

@#11 no pickiness about it, Wikipedia clearly states, "Preston along with Tony Sheridan are the only two non-Beatles to receive billing as an artist alongside the Beatles." And of course if it's on Wikipedia it must be true - though in this case I'm likely to accept it as a verifiable fact.

Posted by chorizo on June 6, 2009 at 3:54 PM

They want to cop to a death sentence so they can be martyrs. 72 virgins and some such nonsense.

Posted by Betsy Ross on June 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM

On that "at risk for being conservative" thing - there was an article in the BBC a while back (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/natur…) which indicated that people who have strong physiological fear responses are more likely to have politically conservative views.

Bit tragic, really - if the lashing out behaviour we see from the far right is just a manifestation of fear.

Posted by malwae on June 6, 2009 at 7:40 PM

Sonia Sotormayor is a racist and a disgrace to the American court. She and other female minorities like MIchelle Obama have relied on anger to get where they are, and both are a terrible example to young girls everywhere.

Posted by Lord Basil