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Friday, July 3, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Lindy West on Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:09 AM

Yeah. Great Idea, Assholes. Iran plans to try British embassy employees for "fomenting and orchestrating protests."

Are You Talking About Afghanistan or Wizards of the Coast? "Nawa is quiet, too quiet. Something is eerie. The enemy has gone to ground, shuras [councils of elders] are being set up."

I'LL PAY YOU BOCK. Arnold Schwarzenegger begins issuing I.O.U.s to California taxpayers.

There Is Absolutely No Local News Today: Sonics, still gone. Green Day, coming. Zombies, coming. Traffic, coming. Water taxi, scoot scoot scoot.

Do You Like Claustrophobia AND Dizzying Heights? Good news! Statue of Liberty hot sardine can of death crown observation deck to reopen on July 4th.

Reject This Friend Request. That mom who cyber-bullied that girl to death gets acquitted.

My Parents Are Flying to Romania Next Week on a Goddamn Air France Airbus. "Investigators said the Airbus 'descended vertically' and dropped 35,000ft in a matter of seconds, hitting the water in its exact flying position."

Hottie With a Naughty Body. Mark Sanford's soulmate-mistress-lady REVEALED!


Not everything is stupid. Some things are gay. What the internet feels like sometimes:

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1
When is Dan going to update about the mystery pedophile poll?
Posted by quando? on July 3, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 2
Romania? Who the fuck goes to Romania?
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 3, 2009 at 9:27 AM
jvm 3
You know what's way more dangerous than flying on an Air France Airbus?

Riding in an automobile of any make. Or probably, crossing Broadway on foot.
Posted by jvm on July 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Karlheinz Arschbomber 4
I walked up to the crown level of the Statue of Liberty before the Bush-9/11 fiasco. It is a really small space, but the walk up is incredibly cool, seeing the Eiffel ironworks and the very irregular-looking copper sheeting.
Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arschbombe on July 3, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Peter F 5
@2, there seems to be a bit of a Romanian community in our area -- I've met far more Romanians in and around Seattle than I have, say, Scotsmen or Australians...

Granted, that may only be a subjective observation.
Posted by Peter F on July 3, 2009 at 10:01 AM
lizzie 6
Water taxi, scoot scoot scoot! :D
Posted by lizzie on July 3, 2009 at 10:09 AM
stinkbug 7
That Mark Sanford story you linked to is from a week ago. Or am I missing something?
Posted by stinkbug on July 3, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Urgutha Forka 8
I've been up in the Liberty crown too. It's over-rated. It takes hours of waiting in line to get there, it's cramped, and the view doesn't offer much (all you see is water, yay).

@4 is right though, once you're actually inside the statue itself, it looks interesting. Gothic.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on July 3, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 9
Yep, Karl, I did the hike too - a l-o-o-o-n-g time ago. It's a pretty arduous climb, but kinda cool at the same time. I especially liked all the plaques from all the different states. Once you get to the top, it's kind of a let-down; like you said, a small, cramped space with only a mediocre view.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 3, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Luke Baggins 10
When I worked at Borders, I was shelving books and I see one about Dracula. It says on the back "...he's still considered a national hero in his country.." I read that to the Polish guy working with me and he says "Yeah they really don't have much else going on."

"Which country is that?" I ask.

"Romania" He answers.

I file that away, then I'm sitting in Cafe Solstice years later and I meet this totally hot Romanian chick, and I ask her "Is it true that Vlad the Impaler is really considered a national hero back home?"

She says "Oh yes. He saved our country, and all of Christendom, from the Turks. He's both a Romanian national hero, and a Christian hero, that's why we hate it when he's portrayed as a monster."

One thing she said was particularly offensive to the locals was the Goth kids who come to say satanic angsty goth prayers at his memorial. They're like "He's a Christian Hero you fuckin assholes!"

The last are my words not hers. But they do reflect the feelings as she described them.
Posted by Luke Baggins http://bodybuildingelf.blogspot.com on July 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 11
Yep. A guy whose nickname was "The Impaler" is a Christian hero. Need I say more?
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 3, 2009 at 11:17 AM
12
More Mr. Show, please!
Posted by Monty on July 3, 2009 at 12:11 PM
13
cool, Romania! Le urez drum bun!
Posted by Skeptika on July 3, 2009 at 12:12 PM
kim in portland 14
I took the stairs to the top of the top as well. I agree the view from the crown isn't that great, but the view from the inside is fascinating.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPpCxY05dqs on July 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM
15
The investigators' conclusion sounds aerodynamically impossible.
Posted by The CHZA on July 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM

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