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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM

"Lord of the Flies Environment": Allegations of hazing, drinking beer off butts, simulated butt sex, and more among the security personnel hired to protect the State Department's embassy in Kabul.

Mayoral Candidate Mike McGinn Is Being Interviewed by KUOW for the Next Hour: Listen here.

City Attorney Candidates Pete Holmes and Tom Carr Fight About a Bunch of Stuff: On KUOW yesterday. Read about it here.

How It's Done: Jim McDermott talks town-hall hecklers into submission.

Doing What He Does Well: Obama mulls a major speech on health care.

Assassination in Afghanistan: The second-ranking intelligence official in Afghanistan is killed today by a suicide bomber, along with 15 other people.

Earthquake in Indonesia: At least 32 are dead.

California Continues to Burn: LA fires 22 percent contained.

If a Tree Falls in Vermont But No One Blogs About It... How come no one made a big deal out of the first day of marriage equality in Vermont?

That Settles It: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will pay a settlement of $2.3 billion for the company's "illegal promotion" of a painkiller—"the largest fine ever levied for fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid programs."

The Two Journalists Arrested by North Korea Describe What It Was Like: "During their detention in North Korea, they said they swallowed notes and damaged videotapes to destroy incriminating evidence..."

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I think it's progress when a state gets same-sex marriage that the news of it is as ho-hum as another space shuttle landing.

Posted by raindrop on September 2, 2009 at 9:16 AM

charlie watts just quit the rolling stones after 47 years.

Posted by taint on September 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Publicola has the ruling from this morning's judgment in WAFST vs. Secretary of State.

It's a case of bad news/good news, in that the ruling goes into great detail as to why, under normal circumstances, the signatures should be immediately rejected. However, the statutory limitations on contesting a certification like this don't allow you to challenge it mid-process. You have to wait until the SoS has finished.

So, the question is this: does WAFST file a challenge today, or do we take on the bigots?

Posted by Baconcat on September 2, 2009 at 9:21 AM

@2

And they opened the Brian Jones case a few days ago...COINCIDENCE??

Posted by levide on September 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM

The only folks who cared about the opening day of the same sex marriage season in Vermont were, predictably, the ever classy Phelps thugs, who turned up with big signs saying YOU WILL EAT YOUR BABIES. (Here's a picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zizyphus/38… ) But, who cares about that small coterie of hate filled ticks?

Posted by --MC on September 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM

So Obama is going to give a speech where he will sell out the American people to big corporations. You're right Christopher, he's doing what he does best on so many levels.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on September 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM

@1 for the win.

Same thing happened in Canada when gay marriage became legal. Most people said "ok" and moved on with their lives, other than the very very busy people involved in the marriage industry who were overbooked.

Posted by Will in Seattle