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Friday, October 23, 2009

News The Morning News

Posted by Eli Sanders on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:58 AM

Reid's risk: Taking the public option to the full Senate.

A very heated pilot conversation: Or something. No one's yet sure why a Northwest Airlines flight missed the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on Wednesday.

NATO: Endorsing a wider effort in Afghanistan.

Obama's approval rating: The worst drop in 50 years. (But it started pretty high.)

Also not approving: Sarkozy.

Annie Leibovitz: Does the Obama family portrait. (See if you can match the smiles.)

Microsoft: Falling sales, higher than expected profits.

The cost of Glenn Beck Day in Mt. Vernon? Nearly $18,000.

The cost of an un-marked Seattle fireman's pole? $12.7 million.

And last night's KCTS 9 debate between McGinn and Mallahan:

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oh and a huge fire that over 100 firefighters worked on in the early morning that destroyed 4 greenwood businesses.

Posted by jezbian on October 23, 2009 at 9:10 AM

In other news:

The Augustine Committee, convened to review future US plans for manned spaceflight by the Obama administration, submitted their review to Congress yesterday:

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/396093main_HSF_C…

The results of the LCROSS lunar impact will likely not be announced until mid November. The manmade crater was named "Cronkite" after the news anchor who was on the air for the Apollo 11 landing.

Posted by Peter F on October 23, 2009 at 9:11 AM

Uh... big fire in Greenwood last night. Hello? Is anything north of the ship canal not really relevant to y'all?

Posted by Jimbo on October 23, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Re: fire pole

"The award will help cover Jones' caretaking and medical expenses"

You know what would have saved us some money? Universal health care. Apparently in countries with UHC lawsuits are often much lower (especially in the case of medical malpractice). High value settlements in our country are often due to the high cost of health care.

Posted by Matt the Engineer on October 23, 2009 at 9:35 AM

@3 - yep...like i mentioned @1....since it's not anything having to do with the election or any of the white boy hipster bands du jour, no those of us up here in the hinterlands don't really exist on the radar.

Posted by jezbian on October 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM

@1 for the Fire! news lead win.

But the debate was cool.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM

Delta airlines acquired Northwest airlines?!? When did that happen? Christ I feel like I'm living in a cave sometimes.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on October 23, 2009 at 10:57 AM

About six months ago, UF. Cave or no cave, you obviously have access to a computer, so you have no excuse.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM

re:Obama's PLUNGING approval rating

I hope you Liberal hipsters are proud.
You got a shiny brand new Magic Negro for Christmas and you've already broken it.

You brats don't deserve nice things...

Posted by SANTA on October 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM

3
How exactly would Universal health care have saved us some money?
Does money for Universal health care come from a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
We pay, either way...

Posted by Aren't Engineers supposed to know Math? on October 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM