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Monday, January 4, 2010

News The Morning News: Terrorists, Amanda Knox, and Other Forces of Nature

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:39 AM

Welcome to America, Here's Your Strip Search: U.S intensifies screening measures for visitors from 14 nations.

Now Please Don't Bomb Us: Yemen says it killed two Al Qaeda operatives.

We Might Still Bomb You: U.S., British, and French embassies in Yemen have closed.

Actually, Please Don't Bomb Us, Either: Five Americans held in Pakistan for terrorism.

Free Amanda Knox: Seattle Prep to hold a fundraiser for Amanda Knox.

No Republicans Allowed: Democrats will keep Republicans out of the final health care negotiations.

Not Building a Better America: Construction down for seventh month straight.

Spreading the Joy: Three American evangelicals inspired Uganda's recent anti-gay laws.

I Feel the Earth Move:The Philippines and the Solomon Islands experience major earthquakes.

Eff You, Turncoat: Nearly all of Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith's staff resigned because he went from Democrat to Republican.

2012 Begins Today: Romney returns to Iowa, unofficially launching his presidential campaign.

Stupid Greg Nickels Probably Did This, Too: Beijing and Seoul buried under record snowfall.

And now, your Daily Looney Tunes:

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Hey LC, be sure to read the article about the Americans who inspired the Ugandan death-to-gays bill. Seems that it was a result of cultural imperialism. So you were supporting cultural imperialism!

Posted by Matt from Denver on January 4, 2010 at 8:08 AM

Record-breaking cold and snow not just in China and Korea, but also most of Europe and even India. Want to talk about "global warming" some more?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on January 4, 2010 at 8:14 AM

@2: How about "climate change?"

Posted by Paul Constant

on January 4, 2010 at 8:23 AM

Stick to law, 5280. Stick to law.

Posted by Matt from Denver on January 4, 2010 at 8:24 AM

No, but we can talk about catastrophic shifts in the climate caused by reckless pollution and emissions.

Posted by diggum on January 4, 2010 at 8:25 AM

Scott Lively, Rick Warren, and the other evenagelical shitheads' actions lead directly to death in Uganda, and terror for thousands if not millions (you don't have to be gay to suffer under Uganda's law, you just have to be accused of it by someone else trying to weasel out of another charge). What would Jesus say? Certainly not "I feel duped". These evangelical ministers have blood on their hands -- which is quite common whenever evangelical Christians meet up with Africa.

I haven't heard Loveschild say too much about her homie Pat Robertson and his involvement in diamond and gold mines and child soldiers, among other charming things that Jesus's servants always seem to get involved in.

Posted by Fnarf

on January 4, 2010 at 9:10 AM

Also, today is the first broadcast of 'All My Children' taped in in Los Angeles after moving from NYC.

Posted by raindrop on January 4, 2010 at 9:16 AM

@6 Sounds like the infamous Salem witch trials. Another Jesus inspired reign of terror.

Posted by Vince on January 4, 2010 at 9:46 AM

RE: dems to keep repubs out of health care negotiations.

It's about fucking time.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on January 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Hmmm. Now why did the NY Times interview two Ugandan transsexuals who previously came from homo space? Not a single cissexual homo to be found in that story. I wonder what this says about the bigger picture.

It doesn't matter.

Posted by Telsa Grills on January 4, 2010 at 10:41 AM

It's about fucking time the Democrats started realizing that playing nice isn't working.

Posted by The Magic Lemur on January 4, 2010 at 11:33 AM

Construction being down is a GOOD thing.

The construction industry employs mostly illegal alien workers, fwiw. Our rate of construction was unsustainable and distorted from the population trends.

A more accurate and correct statement would be to say: "Construction continues to grow at reasonable levels from the pre-boom pre-easy-mortgage years".

@2 - moron.

Posted by Will in Seattle