Tuesday, June 9, 2009
News The Morning News
Posted by Dominic Holden on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Ahead of Schedule: Ten banks approved to repay $68.3 billion in bailout money.
Spotlight Shower: Sarah Palin upstages keynote speaker Newt Gingrich at GOP fundraiser, without even speaking.
Sick for Power: NY Republicans launch mutiny in state senate; Dems says they will go to court.
Poison Flour: Suspected ricin in Everett is actually ricin. Man, who had allegedly been beating wife with a two-pound dumbbell, insists he planned on using the poison to exterminate moles.
Holy Crap: “Man with hepatitis C vandalizes church, covering walls with blood.”
A naked man who hurled himself through the front window of a Rainier Valley church early Saturday, leaving behind shards of glass and smears of blood infected with hepatitis C, may have targeted the property because of something that happened there 29 years ago.
You Thought Four Bucks Was Stupid: Starbucks double charges one million customers at 7,000 stores.
How You Like Them Apples? iPhone price drops to $99.
But He, Like, Invented Light Rail: Nickels earns only 31 percent approval rating.
Megachurchers: Younger, stingier, single-er.
Fox and Friends: They were aghast at the Brüno and Eminem stunt. I mean, Fox would never stoop to such salacious gimmicks for ratings...
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One party can't mutiny against another party.
Btw that TARP repayment is one quarter of the total TARP funds so all that talk of a bailout or giveaway or "we'll never get it back the government is taking over the banks" was just a bunch of right wing lies.
Btw that TARP repayment is one quarter of the total TARP funds so all that talk of a bailout or giveaway or "we'll never get it back the government is taking over the banks" was just a bunch of right wing lies.
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"Gingrich, the event headliner, also thanked Palin for attending. He said "this country would be amazingly better off" had McCain and Palin been elected."
That speaks volumes about why only 22% self-identify as Republican these days...
And yet, "The dinner raised $14.45 million for congressional Republicans, money that will be split evenly between the Senate and House campaign committees as they seek to win back majorities in next year's midterm elections."
I guess they figure they can buy their way back into power?
That speaks volumes about why only 22% self-identify as Republican these days...
And yet, "The dinner raised $14.45 million for congressional Republicans, money that will be split evenly between the Senate and House campaign committees as they seek to win back majorities in next year's midterm elections."
I guess they figure they can buy their way back into power?
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"Nickels' highest approval figure, 41 percent, comes among voters in the 18-to-34 age group."
Youngsters:
Explanation please!!!!!!!!!!!11
Youngsters:
Explanation please!!!!!!!!!!!11
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Here's a tip for the NY Democrats, instead of wasting your time with court shannanigans stop the jackassery and drop those divisive bills that are turning you into a minority. Once you do that you'll be the ones receiving the other side's dissenters.
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Easy explanation, PC: They can't be bothered to be informed. Because being informed, like, isn't hip, you know?
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I can't tell if this comment on cnn is a joke, like Tina Fey speaking, or if this person is serious. Either way, it's pretty damn funny:
“This atrraction and adoration of Sarah Palin wherever she goes gives the democrats and the old and young republican presidential contenders a very terrifying headache. Palin is the most charismatic republican and when the liberal-biased media become extinct in 1-2 years because of media malpractice no force on earth can stop Sarah Palin from becomng president. Palin is very smart, has executive experienced,balanced the budget of Alaska as Governor and very well versed in national security and foreign policy as commandr-in-chief of the alaska National guards because of our large arsenal of nuclear weapons,missiles and early warning systems in Alaska.
“This atrraction and adoration of Sarah Palin wherever she goes gives the democrats and the old and young republican presidential contenders a very terrifying headache. Palin is the most charismatic republican and when the liberal-biased media become extinct in 1-2 years because of media malpractice no force on earth can stop Sarah Palin from becomng president. Palin is very smart, has executive experienced,balanced the budget of Alaska as Governor and very well versed in national security and foreign policy as commandr-in-chief of the alaska National guards because of our large arsenal of nuclear weapons,missiles and early warning systems in Alaska.
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@5: You mean like the NY state budget? I'm assuming that's what you're talking about since that's the reason they're giving for their action. Mr. Espada apparently was peeved because the former president of the senate was threatening to withhold earmarks from him.
As to same sex marriage (since we all know that's what "divisive bills" is your code for) -- one of the two men is one of the co-sponsors of the bill.
Loveschild, try reading. Try educating yourself. Try SOMETHING other than being a clueless reactionary. You are ignorant and pathetic.
As to same sex marriage (since we all know that's what "divisive bills" is your code for) -- one of the two men is one of the co-sponsors of the bill.
Loveschild, try reading. Try educating yourself. Try SOMETHING other than being a clueless reactionary. You are ignorant and pathetic.
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Repayments ahead of schedule? Sounds right. Despite opposition from BOTH liberals and conservatives, this is why bailing out banks made sense. (And bailing out GM makes less sense) The financial industry is a multi-trillion dollar industry. If we keep them afloat long enough to get back to profitability, they will be making billions and trillions again. Banks will be able to pay back their loans, and the govt will be able to profit from selling off shares of banks they bought.
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8 So that's the new spin people like you want to put on this, reality says otherwise though.
http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/po…
And then there's the possibility of another Democrat defector over this
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/n…
And the math doesn't add up for this issue to be brought up.
http://www.nypolitics.com/2009/06/03/sur…
It's divisive and a waste of time when there are more important issues that need to be taken care of.
http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/po…
And then there's the possibility of another Democrat defector over this
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/n…
And the math doesn't add up for this issue to be brought up.
http://www.nypolitics.com/2009/06/03/sur…
It's divisive and a waste of time when there are more important issues that need to be taken care of.
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To think if I owned a gun and was really really good Sim Farm I too can become president of the united states?
Is it really that simple? Am I in the wrong field?
Is it really that simple? Am I in the wrong field?
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@12: Yet again your blinding ignorance knows no bounds. Not ONE of the articles you link to has a thing to do with the coup in the senate. Yes, they are all about the chances for passage the gay marriage bill, but that's not what is driving the coup.
Nice try though.
Nice try though.
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