Tuesday, June 30, 2009
News The Morning News
Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:15 AM
Planes: An airliner with more than 150 people aboard crashes into the Indian Ocean.
Trains: "A rail car filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people..."
Automobiles: Ford Motor Co. is feeling "increasingly confident about a coming rebound in the U.S. economy" and is stepping up production.
Train Crashing Into an Automobile: A Light Rail accident on MLK Way.
What's Happening in Baghdad: After U.S. forces pulled out of Iraq's cities, Iraqis "celebrated into the night."
What's Happening in Honduras: Obama isn't thrilled.
What's Happening in King County: Homelessness is on the rise.
If You Build It: Belltown's getting a park.
Michael Jackson's Children (and Money): Judge hands them over to Jackson's mom.
Something Horrible Coming: "China is bracing for extreme weather, with strong gales and scorching heat in recent weeks serving as harbingers of disasters to come..."
Environmentalist Sues the City to Stop the Fourth of July Show at Gasworks: "I'm not trying to stop the fireworks," he says.
Quack, Quack: Obama getting interrupted during a speech on equal rights for gays by someone's ringtone...
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I don't think the article says - anyone know if this is the first accident involving the train in Seattle?
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"Train Crashing into Automobile" makes it sound like the train somehow left the track and maliciously attacked the poor automobile. Perhaps a better headline would be "Driver makes illegal turn, hits light rail car"
Really, it's not hard to miss a moving train.
Really, it's not hard to miss a moving train.
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Nice to be building a new park in Belltown.
Just in time for the new homeless families to find a place to crash.
Just in time for the new homeless families to find a place to crash.
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If you are dumb enough to be hit by a train you should be allowed to die at the scene of your act of stupidity.
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To be fair, the train did hit the car. That tends to happen when a car turns in front of it.
This is the third incident involving the train, including once when a pedestrian walked into the side of the train. I'd love to see a video of that one.
This is the third incident involving the train, including once when a pedestrian walked into the side of the train. I'd love to see a video of that one.
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Car/train and pedestrian/train accidents have been pretty common in all cities that have gone with light rail. It takes about six months for the dumb fucks to realize that the train can't turn or stop on a dime.
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Man, the gasworks fireworks better go as planned.
Some friends of mine moved to a house pretty much overlooking the park and the party wouldn't be quite as awesome without a light show.
Some friends of mine moved to a house pretty much overlooking the park and the party wouldn't be quite as awesome without a light show.
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How many years have they done fireworks at Gasworks? If there was something harmful happening we'd know about it by now.
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The city of Houston used to be the leader in the club house when it came to light rail train accidents. Phoenix has since shattered their record of accidents in the short time their light rail has been in service. I pray we do not crack the top five but we're not off to a good start. 3 accidents and we're not even in service yet.
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I would want to be swallowed by the floor if the president ever caught me with my ringer on during his speech.
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@10: "The city of Houston used to be the leader in the club house when it came to light rail train accidents"
In case people haven't seen this video of some Houston light rail crashes....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV2rdGX4J…
In case people haven't seen this video of some Houston light rail crashes....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV2rdGX4J…
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where's the further thoughts on gay rights issues?
Here's mine:
1. That air force guy was on MSNBC show and totally flubbed it. Scratch him as a spokesperson. He said Obama was being reasonable and he sounded just fine with his own being fired in 5 months. Seemed a bit starstruck. Couldn't even make hay out of the fact this was the first time his bosses told him NOT to wear his uniform to the white house.
2. Obama saying Congress needs to repeal DADT and suggesting this will get done sometime....ain't good enough.
What if they don't?
What if the generals say it's wrong?
What if they say we need 5 years to do it?
Obama said DADT weakens our security well GODDAMN IT if Democrats have an issue that concerns equality and inequality wekaens our national security why the fuck can't it be done NOW?
All Obama has to do is say "I find that the percentage of gays in the military is about 3%. [5% whatever, doesn't matter}. That's XX,XXXX troops to be fired or live under a lie. Lying is against the West point code,so I am ordering the end of DADT..."
3. As for DOMA, his continuing to say it's constitutional cannot be squared with viewing gay marriage as fully normal and equal and something states have to recognize. The notion it's constitutional also violates equal protection.
In sum, he's being a douchebag and the group of gay leaders in the white house were a bunch of star struck toms. They provided Obama with cover simply by being on TV all listening to him raptly....so that image replaced the image of "gays are being denied equality" that's been building lately. The image was "gays are patiently trusting in massa Obama to grant them equality as soon as he can convince the congress to do it....."
Ciao.
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Here's mine:
1. That air force guy was on MSNBC show and totally flubbed it. Scratch him as a spokesperson. He said Obama was being reasonable and he sounded just fine with his own being fired in 5 months. Seemed a bit starstruck. Couldn't even make hay out of the fact this was the first time his bosses told him NOT to wear his uniform to the white house.
2. Obama saying Congress needs to repeal DADT and suggesting this will get done sometime....ain't good enough.
What if they don't?
What if the generals say it's wrong?
What if they say we need 5 years to do it?
Obama said DADT weakens our security well GODDAMN IT if Democrats have an issue that concerns equality and inequality wekaens our national security why the fuck can't it be done NOW?
All Obama has to do is say "I find that the percentage of gays in the military is about 3%. [5% whatever, doesn't matter}. That's XX,XXXX troops to be fired or live under a lie. Lying is against the West point code,so I am ordering the end of DADT..."
3. As for DOMA, his continuing to say it's constitutional cannot be squared with viewing gay marriage as fully normal and equal and something states have to recognize. The notion it's constitutional also violates equal protection.
In sum, he's being a douchebag and the group of gay leaders in the white house were a bunch of star struck toms. They provided Obama with cover simply by being on TV all listening to him raptly....so that image replaced the image of "gays are being denied equality" that's been building lately. The image was "gays are patiently trusting in massa Obama to grant them equality as soon as he can convince the congress to do it....."
Ciao.
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What?
No coverage on the fact that even with 1600 arrests of people for driving while using a cellphone or texting the number of people using them illegally while in a car has not gone down?
Time to do cell-drunk-driving laws.
No Phone For You!
No coverage on the fact that even with 1600 arrests of people for driving while using a cellphone or texting the number of people using them illegally while in a car has not gone down?
Time to do cell-drunk-driving laws.
No Phone For You!
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I guess I am the only one that suspects the ring tone was set to go off on purpose during during that speech addressing gays (maybe I've seen too many Garfunkel and Oates videos - specifically the sex with ducks one in response to stupid comments about homosexuality)...
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Some people should not be allowed to leave the house.
Sound Transit spokesman Bruce Gray said the car was heading south and made a left turn, against a red light, from MLK Way onto Myrtle as the train traveled alongside the car. The train was heading south in the median of MLK
Some people should not be allowed to leave the house.
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