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Saturday, January 30, 2010

News The Morning News: The Environment, SEXTING, Death and Gandhi

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:39 AM

Posted by news intern Sarah Anne Lloyd.

"Green Pastures": Mike Mann, director of Seattle's Office of Sustainability and Environment, quits.

Basically Everything I Had as a Kid Probably Contained BPA: Washington State Senate passes Senate Bill 6248, a ban on Bisphenol A (BPA) in children's products.

Woman and Fetus: Man sentenced to 76 years for killing a pregnant woman in 1982.

AAAAAAAAAH! Man allegedly kills ex-girlfriend, scatters body parts around a gravel pit east of Gold Bar, WA. He says she broke a "Wiccan blood oath."

NOT AGAIN: Thurston County teens charged with felonies after sexting.

Breaks! President Obama proposes a $33 billion tax break plan to help boost job creation.

Ha Ha Purity Test: GOP adopts "purity resolution" requiring candidates to support 8 out of 10 listed issues to receive party support.

Mess! US suspends medical evacuations from Haiti until they figure out who is paying the medical bills.

Today in Arms Deals: China threatens sanctions on American arms contractors over the US's $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan.

Five Charged With "Waging War Against God": Iran tries 16 people over December's Ashura Day protests.

"Disgruntled Employee": Interpreter shoots and kills two US soldiers in Afghanistan.

In South Africa: Some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes scattered in the Indian Ocean during a ceremony observing the 62nd anniversary of his death.

WAIT FOR IT: This last guy is awesome! I want a list of the other 104 words!

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Is this "Ghandi" fellow any relation to Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi? Their names are similar.

Posted by Fnarf

on January 30, 2010 at 8:47 AM

@1: Sorry, Fnarf. Sorrier, Gandhi. Fixed. "Mahatma" is also common.

Posted by Unpaid Intern on January 30, 2010 at 8:59 AM

'sokay. I believe Mohandas was his given name, and Mahatma is an honorific.

Posted by Fnarf

on January 30, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Why do the folks at Slog always get that wrong? It's not like "Ghandi" is a common name.

But hey, it could have been worse. She could have posted a photo of Time magazine and called it Life magazine in the headline.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on January 30, 2010 at 9:09 AM

I'm partial to "Bully!"

Posted by emma's bee on January 30, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Jehosophat!

Posted by Lymis on January 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM

my exclamation for AR is "SOLD!" cuz most of that shit is UGLY.

Posted by Max Solomon on January 30, 2010 at 10:35 AM

That old guy is totally CHAMPION!

Posted by Soupytwist

on January 30, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Today in Arms Deals: China threatens sanctions on American arms contractors over the US's $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan.

It's interesting to me that more people don't find this completely alarming.

Posted by Judah

on January 30, 2010 at 11:21 AM

"Champion!"

@9, and our selling to Taiwan is totally going to help us convince China to join in being economically mean to Iranians.

The State Department's using some blunt instruments out there.

Posted by gloomy gus on January 30, 2010 at 11:40 AM

Did you actually read the article on the GOP purity pledge? All the RNC decided was to encourage leaders not to give financial support to those who do not support the party platform. The 8 out of 10 list was abandoned.

Posted by Reg on January 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM

How does sending a picture count as sex + TEXT + ing.

It's not text, it's an image.

So it's not "sexting".

Posted by Etymology Etta on January 30, 2010 at 1:13 PM

@ 1: Fnarf, maybe it's sort of like Hitler and--oh, never mind. LOL.

I like "champion". (And Champagne.) (But not Chlamidya--no matter its spelling.)

Posted by Timmytee on January 30, 2010 at 1:26 PM

Champion, that guy IS awesome!

Posted by mitten on January 30, 2010 at 3:28 PM