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Monday, August 31, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:40 AM

This Morning in Sniper News: "Two men arrested Friday night during a bizarre shooting spree along Interstate 5 in North Seattle may have been planning to fire at vehicles driving up and down the freeway..."

This Morning in—OHMYGOD DON'T CRASH INTO THAT DOCK!: A Seattle-to-Bainbridge ferryboat crashes in the fog.

Meanwhile in Islamabad: Pakistani soldiers blow up 30 Taliban members.

Meanwhile in California: Two firefighters killed "when their vehicle was overrun by fast-moving flames and rolled down a mountain side."

Meanwhile in Redmond: A profile of the Microsoft exec newly tapped to go after Google.

Well, That's a Good Sign: Bailed-out banks yield a 15 percent profit to taxpayers.

Stormy Weather: Hurricane off the coast of Mexico gaining strength.

Space Shuttle Discovery: Makes it.

Going Private: "Pierce county to privatize mental-health services."

Afghan Women: Not voting.

Happy Last-Day-of-August: Here's everything else that happened on this day in history.

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Mt. Wilson Observatory (home of the telescope that discovered that the universe is expanding), are threatened by the Station Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains...

In completely different news, Walt Disney bought Marvel Comics today for four billion dollars...!

Posted by Peter F on August 31, 2009 at 6:59 AM

@1. Re: Marvel: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Renton Mike on August 31, 2009 at 7:02 AM

The ferry dock crash, as foretold by Grey's Anatomy according to prophecy.

Posted by Original Andrew on August 31, 2009 at 7:08 AM

@1, I for one am pleased, as is Jesus, that this observatory, this temple to Satan himself will soon be destroyed by the wrath of our loving and caring God!!

Praise be to his name!!!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on August 31, 2009 at 7:29 AM

Not Marvel! Is nothing sacred and safe from that Mouse.

Posted by kim in portland

on August 31, 2009 at 7:42 AM

Here's a link to the news about Marvel:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRele…

Will Hannah Montana be voicing the Scarlet Witch in a Pixar "Walt Disney's Avengers" movie? Will Wolverine fight Captain Jack Sparrow in a team-up movie?

Posted by Peter F on August 31, 2009 at 7:55 AM

FYI: The Bainbridge ferry crash has messed up the BREMERTON route today (which has clusterfucked my attempt to go golfing at Gold Mountain). More info HERE.

Posted by DOUG.

on August 31, 2009 at 8:07 AM

So the Pakistani army is doing better than our own in killing Taliban soldiers? Sounds good, fellas, let's declare victory, pack it up and get the eff out.

Posted by Zoroastronomer on August 31, 2009 at 9:01 AM

Best comment I've seen in a news article for a while:

One rider, Jake Ludington, wrote on his blog that he was on board the Wenatchee when "I suddenly saw Ivar's zipping past at a speed considerably faster than what I'd normally expect for the morning commute."

Posted by shabadoo on August 31, 2009 at 9:40 AM

Bummer about Empress Theodora.

Posted by K on August 31, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Re "15% profit" on bailout. It doesn't suprise me that the Stranger would pass on this obvious piece of propaganda without comment. Let's see when the rest of the notes come due--and who defaults, and then see what the profits are. I bet it's closer to -15%. Put down the pipe, and your glass of booze, and think.

Posted by I'm slightly dumber everytime I look at the Stranger on August 31, 2009 at 10:46 AM