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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

News The Morning News: Meat, Playboy and Airplanes

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 8:37 AM

Posted by news intern Sarah Lloyd.

It's On: State Representative Marcie Maxwell not going to fill state senate seat vacated by Fred Jarrett, who was appointed deputy King County Executive.

Good news! 520 Bridge pontoons will cost $180 million less than expected!

Today In Meat: Washington part of a huge beef recall by National Steak and Poultry.

Bad Day For Meat: Door-to-door meat sellers in West Seattle "very rude," refused to show ID; resident suspicious (do door-to-door meat sellers exist?).

Whoops: Photo of JFK with nude women that TMZ said "could have changed history" turns out to be part of a Playboy photo spread (NSFW! Nudie pix!).

Crafty Fuckers: Health lobby moving to the states to influence outcome of health care overhaul.

Annoying: After Christmas Day's attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, airport security rules are tightening - but aren't really doing much.

Also: Suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's internet personal life surfaces.

In Case You Were Worried: Gitmo still going to close despite reports that two planners of the Christmas Day attempted bombing were released in 2007.

Today In Not Airplanes: US Senate confirms Sharon Lubinski, its first openly gay US Marshal.

Why Can't We Be Friends? Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin pissed about US missile defense system.

In Iran: "A number" of opposition figures arrested after Sunday's protests.

Happy 1950! It kind of sucked to be Old Man 1949...

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Posted by they greatly regret it on December 29, 2009 at 8:45 AM

Poor rich Muslim kid who had to chose between which world-class schools he went to, whether or not to get a high paying job before he got married (read: laid) or have his rich parents carry him if he got married early.

How hard it must be to find a "real Muslim" to be friends with only 1.5 billion or so Muslims in the world. This should be filed under, "Every child needs a mother, mother and father" as the last of 16 children couldn't possibly feel ignored, right?

Posted by Banna

on December 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM

The Russians have a good point. If we don't want to upset the balance of power we should stop the missile shield program. So far the entire cold war has gone on without a single nuclear war which I consider a victory for everyone involved. Why again are we building a missile shield when it is obvious that as long as the balance is maintained that nothing will happen?

Posted by Packeteer on December 29, 2009 at 8:55 AM

Door-to-door meat-sellers? Yeah, right. It's times like that when it's really nice to have a .45 on your belt. Betcha they would have shown me ID.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on December 29, 2009 at 9:04 AM

Weird, a similar door-to-door meat seller incident happened in my Eastside neighborhood 3 months ago:

http://questionland.thestranger.com/ques…

Posted by Peter F on December 29, 2009 at 9:08 AM

Nothing about Van Morrison keeping busy?

Posted by Toe Tag on December 29, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Yeah, I got a chuckle out of the Van Morrison story too. Fucker has to be pushing 70 - he's older than me, and I'm no spring chicken.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on December 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM

A colleague of the rude door-to-door meat seller came to my door in September, the rude door-to-door frozen seafood seller. . . he had a very special, one time only deal especially for me if I had a lot of cash for him and if I acted NOW RIGHT NOW. He had "extra" frozen sea food that would just go bad unless I bought is RIGHT NOW.

It's a shame criminals can't muster a bit of self-reflection, so they get a sense of how idiotic they are. Poor things. They must have been absent the day that was covered at the Academia of Door-to-Door Grocery Selling.

Posted by LuisitaPhD on December 29, 2009 at 9:58 AM

"Do door-to-door meat sellers exist?"

Probably not in Capitol Hill, or other places heavily populated by youngish renters.

Posted by Matt from Denver on December 29, 2009 at 10:03 AM

Just buy your seafood off the boat, or from friends who fly it down by the case from Alaska.

That's what I do.

But, yeah, lots of places have door to door meat sellers - throughout Puget Sound.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM

I'm going to confirm the door to do meat seller thing, one came into my office the other day, I was kind of stunned, who the fuck buys meat out of the back of a pick-up truck? Then I realized that people obviously do, otherwise he wouldn't be selling it out of the back of his pick-up truck.

Posted by John M on December 29, 2009 at 10:54 AM

Best part about it being 2009 instead of 1949? I watched that youtube video clip on my iphone while lying in bed. The "good old days" can kiss my pampered online ass.

Posted by NomadontheGo on December 29, 2009 at 10:55 AM

Is there any real reason for someone to be knocking on doors in this day and age? Outside of law enforcement of course.

Posted by laterite on December 29, 2009 at 12:01 PM

I was about 2 months old on the day that little New Year's clip was relevant. I usually DON'T feel hopelessly ancient, but that one really hit me. Shit. Oh well...Happy New Year to all at the SLOGS, posters & commenters alike.

Posted by Timmytee on December 29, 2009 at 12:33 PM