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Friday, October 2, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by David Schmader on Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:24 AM

Possibly Impossible: Top U.S. Commander in Iraq says mission may never be accomplished.

Heating Up: India blasts U.S. for "measly" efforts to combat global warming.

Fatal Insult to Fatal Injury: Deadly Sumatra earthquake destroys Padang hospital.

Ugh: Elizabeth Smart says she was raped daily by her captor.

'Giant Brown Monster' in Skagit County: Is actually just a monstrous multi-ton pile of toxic ash.

Not Just for Decoration: Colorado grandma fights off bear with decorative pillow.

Humanity Fail: Disabled people more likely to be crime victims.

And finally, once again for your morning treat, here's the PS22 Chorus, the pop-song-covering kids' chorus has been seen everywhere from The Today Show to Madison Square Garden. But their most perfect representation remains the classroom videos that started it all, where the close-up camera captures the fact that every single kid is performing like a superstar soloist. Today's offering is a Lady GaGa hit delivered by the chorus and two soloists, each of whom is totally adorable. Also: Kids dancing!

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has anyone given that chorus director a teacher of the year award yet?

Posted by spoiler alert on October 2, 2009 at 8:29 AM

and what about chicago?Eliminated !

Posted by Not a chicago fan on October 2, 2009 at 8:33 AM

Yep, @2, that sound you hear is a couple million of taxpayer dollars being flushed down the toilet. But hey, at least the Obamas got a nice vacation out of it (while everybody else in America is getting laid off).

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 2, 2009 at 8:44 AM

HOly cow I thought we already declared victory in Iraq!! Am I right? We already won! Top U.S. Commander my ass

Posted by furburger on October 2, 2009 at 8:48 AM

@4: We had a banner and everything! Our President landed on a carrier! What gives?

Posted by Baconcat on October 2, 2009 at 8:56 AM

Chicago is out of the running for the Olympics.

Is there anything Obama doesn't suck at?

With Chicago's kids being slaughtered in the streets daily it is a moral crime that there were any resources wasted chasing the Olympics...

Obama/Chicago Epic Fail

Posted by Fiddling While Rome Burns on October 2, 2009 at 9:15 AM

I want more of the choir director!

Posted by avatar on October 2, 2009 at 9:41 AM

Chicago dodged a bullet there.

Posted by Fnarf

on October 2, 2009 at 9:42 AM

So now I know why my grandma has so many of those damn pillows around her house.

Posted by The Number One Threat... on October 2, 2009 at 9:46 AM

National Day was celebrated in China yesterday.

Amazing pics here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10…

Posted by Peter F on October 2, 2009 at 9:46 AM

RE: Elizabeth Smart raped daily by captor:
"Smart said Mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what he wanted."

Unfortuantely, that applies to lots of people.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on October 2, 2009 at 9:47 AM

I honestly like their version ten times more. Extremely talented kids, never tire of seeing them sing.

Posted by Loveschild

on October 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM

@10 Those pictures are almost unbelievable. Wow.

Posted by meowmeowkitty on October 2, 2009 at 9:58 AM

That bear story is freakin' hilarious! I love this family so much -- they should be in the news more often.

Posted by Irena on October 2, 2009 at 9:58 AM

11 especially secular humanists

Posted by ...see what he did there? on October 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM

India? Really?

http://www.cristyli.com/wp-content/uploa…

Posted by Cochise. on October 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM

Rio !!!!!!

Sim nos podemos!!!!

Posted by Lula and 250 million latinos on October 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM

"Smart said Mitchell was motivated by sex and used religion to get what he wanted."

Just like Joseph Smith.

Posted by keshmeshi on October 2, 2009 at 10:06 AM

I so want to fuck that teacher. He's sexy as hell. Hell I'd take him to Vermont and marry him.

Posted by apres_moi on October 2, 2009 at 10:24 AM

@18

Once an itinerant street preacher, Mitchell is said to have wanted Smart as a polygamous wife and may have taken her to fulfill a religious prophecy he laid out in a 27-page manifesto drafted in April 2002.

Also like Joseph Smith

Posted by apres_moi on October 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Wow -- Those pictures of China are stunning. Cue Charles' post about the end of the American empire, and the total glamour of China's military women.

Posted by Irena on October 2, 2009 at 10:31 AM

That music teacher makes me all teary and shit. <3

I will NEVER FORGET my elementary school music teacher, and that dude reminds me of her. Except he's way hotter. But I love the enthusiasm. :)

Posted by Violet_DaGrinder

on October 2, 2009 at 2:58 PM

Hey, hey, HEY!! Mitchell is nothing like Joseph Smith! Joseph Smith could read magical rocks in a hat in the dark!! Any asshole can rape a teeenager and make her his plural wife, but read magic rocks in the dark and get thousands of followers to believe you did it and follow you to friggin' UTAH? That's talent...

Speaking of talent, if we don't "succeed" in Iraq, we still occupy five or so big military bases right? Just a possibility. Only for a few decades. Or half a century. Until oil is as obsolete as whale tallow.

Posted by CP on October 3, 2009 at 11:37 AM