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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Morning News

Posted by on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:50 AM

Snowe Job: Senate Finance Committee set for final debate and vote on health-care reform bill this morning, and all eyes are on Republican Olympia Snowe, who hasn't indicated how she will vote. If approved, the bill merges with the Senate Health Committee's bill and then proceeds to the full Senate. Insurance lobby attempts to foil the legislation by issuing bogus report.

Filling the Hole: Developer will fill the gaping chasm on 2nd Avenue and Pine Street, where it had planned a luxury tower. Starwood Capital Group insists it's not giving up on the project, just using the site as a parking lot while it waits for economy to recover. Uh huh.

In the Hole: Eyman's I-1033 would starve the Seattle budget of $150 million by 2015.

Big Money: Two Americans win Nobel prize for economics, including first woman to ever receive the award. The Nobel Economics Committee recognized them for seminal analysis of how organizations and people function outside traditional markets.

It Doesn't Steer? App for iPhone will lock car, unclock car, and start the engine.

Vexing Virus: Journal of the American Medical Association reports H1N1 hitting healthy young adults the hardest.

Enviro Ethos: Dow Constantine dings Susan Hutchison's anti-environmental donations at forum in the Aquarium.

The Republican Candidate: NARAL starts running anti-Hutchison TV commercials.

"Susan Hutchison says a woman's right to choose has nothing to do with county government," the ads say. The county funds nine health clinics that provide family planning services for women, the ads note, adding "We can't trust Susan Hutchison to protect these patients."

Disown the Little Witch: Nineteen-year-old woman snitches on her mother for growing one marijuana plant in the living room.

Creepy: Utility workers find human bones outside kid's bedroom in Lakewood.

Stormy: Get used to it.

Born Undercooked: "Rare Wash. rabbits born at Oregon Zoo."

Ross the Intern: He's :) in :) the :) fight :) for :) Referendum :) 71. ZOMGFTW!

Schwarzenegger: Enrages Christians and Republicans by declaring day of recognition for Harvey Milk, approving restrictions on ammunition, and allowing $2.3 billion in taxes for health care. He also signed a law that lets people sue paparazzi.

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  • Via the Seattle Municipal Archives on Flickr

Mayor Bertha Knight Landes: Held the office from 1926 to 1928, making her the first woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city and the only female mayor in Seattle history. Landes campaigned on a platform of "municipal housekeeping," vowing to crack down on nefarious activity and take city ownership of utilities. But she lost her first bid for reelection two years later due to "sex prejudice."

 

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Baconcat 1
She is wearing a manjacket!! OMFGWTF.
Posted by Baconcat on October 13, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Cato the Younger Younger 2
So finally someone is actually going to go after Sue Hutchinson? I mean we all know Dow Constantine hasn't been going after her lately.

And that is exactly how you destroy that nasty snatch of a proto-Nazi bitch. HUTCHINSON IS ANTI-CHOICE!!!
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on October 13, 2009 at 7:16 AM
3
Yay Ross!
Posted by The CHZA on October 13, 2009 at 7:19 AM
4
"We can't trust Susan Hutchison to "protect" these patients."

Hopefully we can trust her to protect their babies, however.
Posted by Butcher's Bill on October 13, 2009 at 7:35 AM
raindrop 5
NARAL is pathetic. There's absolutly no way a King County Executive could limit access to abortions.
Posted by raindrop on October 13, 2009 at 7:58 AM
6
Well people are already dying and about 75 small children have already died. Can we sue the government for HOLDING BACK the H1N1 shot and not letting us have it now? Development and testing it done. I know they're all about "as long as you get it by January" but I kind of would like it now and give it to my child as well. Takes 7 - 10 days to start working.
Sure there's concern about getting low levels of mercury but supposedly this shot is very effective against this speific virus.
Can you imagine your small child contracting the virus and having great difficulty breathing, wondering when you put them to bed if they would wake up in the morning. Distribute this thing already -Fuking Hell!
Posted by Gov'ment wants us to start dying first on October 13, 2009 at 8:05 AM
onion 7
An animal is 14 individuals away from extinction and all you can do it make jokes about cooking it?
These aren't stupid Woodland Park rabbits, or regular ol cottontails who eat your garden greens, this is a pretty darned cool sage-brush endemic little wonder. Something the Northwest should be proud of.

And have you LOOKED at the pictures? These things are WAY CUTER than you ever were/will be Holden. Maybe we should cook you up.
Posted by onion on October 13, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Max Solomon 8
it WAS a parking lot. i laugh at their development skills.
Posted by Max Solomon on October 13, 2009 at 8:17 AM
9
A parking lot next to the parking garage? ummm
Posted by JesseJB on October 13, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Baconcat 10
@7: Cute animals are far more succulent than uncute animals. Mmmm, juices just dripping down as you chow down on a side of Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits. Dipping little hunks of their meat into a tart sauce made of lemon zest, vinegar and chili pods.

Mmmmmmmm.
Posted by Baconcat on October 13, 2009 at 8:42 AM
leek 11
Holy crap, those rabbits ARE cute. I especially like the punk rock ears.
Posted by leek on October 13, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Renton Mike 12
If the rabbits are forced to mate, is that double rape?
Posted by Renton Mike on October 13, 2009 at 9:20 AM
13
You missed a news item:

Dan Savage was on the Joy Behar show yesterday and they were talking about Janet Napolitano. Joy says to Dan: "Isn't she gay?"

Talk about putting him on the spot on national TV...the look on his face said it all. Classic "oh shit!" moment.

But fast on his feet, he recovered with " Uhh.. **I've** never slept with her" (all laugh nervously)

http://gay.americablog.com/2009/10/dan-s…
Posted by Jakey on October 13, 2009 at 10:11 AM
14
I don't have an iphone, but I do have something that will lock, unlock, and start my car. It's called a "key."
Posted by Levislade http://ballofwax.org on October 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Fnarf 15
There used to be a hack for the Palm Pilot that would allow you to open any BMW. They didn't call them "apps" back then, so I guess they weren't that cool. I assume that this thing will have similar consequences? I kind of prefer keys, to be honest; we have a VW that's required a couple of hundred bucks worth of battery and key replacement over the years because the radio ones suck so hard.

Filling in that hole downtown again is the funniest thing I've ever heard.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on October 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM

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