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News The Morning News
Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:29 AM
Post by news intern Alexander P. Brown
Add Basic Math To The List Of Things Tea Party Protesters Cannot Do: They estimate the crowd at two million versus official count of around 60,000.
Want To Start Off Your Morning With A Big Cup Of Stupid?: A 9/12 flickr page.
I Guess Passing The Bag Fee Wouldn't Have Done Jack Shit: Because the nation doesn't care about enforcing clean water laws.
As If H1N1 Wasn't Enough: Staph bacteria found at beaches.
In Case You Thought The Financial Crisis Didn't Hit Everywhere: Porn industry estimates revenue fallen up to 50% since 2007.
A Different Type of Employment Problem Overseas: France Telecom experiencing a rash of suicides.
A Bright Side To The Mariners' Mediocrity: Wall Street Journal finds that the better the club, the more expensive the beer at the stadium.
Kinda Makes The D.C. Protest Look Even Sillier: NY Times op-ed states that recession hurts black people more than whites.
And Naomi Klein Chimes In: Noting the president has "little to lose" by not pussy-footing around on minority issues.
Any More Foreclosures And This Will Happen For Real: Ikea Heights
What about the ballgane last night:
The University of Washington Huskies ended their Longest in the Nation 15 game two year losing streak and won a football game.
Go team!
The new losing streak tally currently stands at zero, and counting.
The USC Trojans will be in town next week.
(btw- the term "dawgs' is appropriate only when used in reference to the Georgia Bulldogs. When you girls misuse it you humiliate yourselves even more than losing 15 straight. please note and remember it...kthknx!)
Have you gone to "Print" format? That's a pretty bare bones view. Try:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13w…
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090913…
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It's got Portland's Matt Braunger in it--he's hilarious!
It's doing well on Channel 101--and that's hilarious!
And episode four of Ikea Heights has a cameo appearance by former Seattle-based stand-up comic ANDY PETERS (who has just recently moved to LA)--and HE'S hilarious (although, admittedly, in episode four of "Ikea Heights" he just gets punched and lies down...which isn't so hilarious but it goes on the resume, which is nice for him...)
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