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Sunday, January 31, 2010

News The Morning News: Haiti, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Cave Texting

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:33 AM

Posted by news intern Sarah Anne Lloyd.

Mayor Mike McGinn: suspends decision of 200 senior-level city positions that could be eliminated.

In Bridges: Republican State Senator Rodney Tom says they are "not going back" from the 6-lane, "Option A+" 520 Bridge design.

In Stabbing: Man in his 60's arrested for allegedly stabbing his roommate, also in his 60's.

AAAAAAAAAH! Case of man who allegedly killed his girlfriend and scattered her body parts in a gravel pit just outside of Gold Bar, WA gets creepier.

Yay, Kind Of: The US Defense department announces they have started the process to repeal the ban on gays openly serving in the military, but warns it will take several years.

In Budgets: President Obama to send a $3.8 trillion dollar budget to Congress that freezes a lot of domestic spending.

Oh No: US tries to figure out the situation with airlifted patients from Haiti; medical evacuations from Haiti to the US are currently suspended.

Speaking of Haiti: Ten Americans arrested in Haiti while trying to bus 33 children out of the country.

Eek! US strengthening missile defenses in the Persian Gulf.

Don't Raise Your Voice to Me! Western governments worried about China's "tone."

Denied: Authorities in Yemen reject a ceasefire offer from rebels in the North.

WHAT ABOUT CAVE SEXTING: 16-year-old boy invents a thing that lets people TEXT IN CAVES, wins science fair.

BABY PANDAS! BABY PANDAS BABY PANDAS

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O. M. G....
Now the 60 year old gays are bashing each other.
They told us this would happen if we destroyed marriage....

Posted by Domestic Pervertnership on January 31, 2010 at 8:47 AM

DADT " it will take several years...."
Plenty of time for Pres Palin to whip out the veto pen

Posted by Whip It Good! on January 31, 2010 at 8:49 AM

Rodney Tom switched to Democrat a few years ago. But he's still pretty much a republican. So nevermind.

Posted by causual observer on January 31, 2010 at 8:51 AM

Remember how for like a year Slog readers were ardently following realclear politics poll numbers for each primary?

check it out:
Obama and Democrats' Health Care Plan
Polling Data
Poll Date Sample For/Favor Against/Oppose Spread
RCP Average 1/20 - 1/25 -- 37.4 54.4 Against/Oppose +17.0

[then they have the numerous polls supporting the average of negative 17 points].

I guess that "let's sit down with insurers" approach is what we'd call a failure. And as the NYT sez today, he's incapable of giving the nation a simple narrative about things.

But hey, he got Bernanke confirmed again.

So as that NYT piece says, since he has no narrative, the narrative is becoming this:

Obama saved the banks.

Posted by Guess how many months it took FDR to create WPA on January 31, 2010 at 11:09 AM

Hasn't anyone realized that sodomy is still against the law in the US military? remove that from the record books then you can easily repeal DADT after that.

Posted by apres_moi on January 31, 2010 at 11:17 AM

I'm sure Cave-texting kid from Los Alamos didn't get annnny help from his parents....

Posted by Jk on January 31, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Can we talk about the pandas? Holy crap. They slide! Like kids! But a million times more adorable!

Posted by olechka on January 31, 2010 at 12:28 PM

I see we have a new Miss America. I wonder how long it will be before the nude photos and sex tapes surface.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on January 31, 2010 at 1:07 PM

China only has 300,000 people.

All the rest are done with very quick clothing changes.

Posted by UNESCO on January 31, 2010 at 1:43 PM

Good for Tom. Option A+ isn't my favorite either, but it is OK - much better than a lot of other options. In particular, it is better than spending another 15 years arguing about what to do (Yes - planning on the bridge replacement started in 1995!) There isn't a perfect solution that makes everyone happy that we are willing to pay for - let's go with option A+

Posted by Limey Rick on January 31, 2010 at 2:07 PM

I don't see at all how Tom is even close to still being a Republican. Since becoming a Democrat his votes have been pretty much lock-step with the caucus, even moreso than Ross Hunter or Deb Eddy. I understand Hunter and Eddy are moderates but that's also what Tom purports to be and his record has easily been more liberal than either of them the last few sessions.

Posted by TMW on January 31, 2010 at 5:07 PM

Here's a tip for nice liberal gay folks: Don't enlist in the military as they don't want you. If you really, really want to help your country there are other ways to do it; If you really, really want to get your arms and legs blown off, do volunteer work for a charity in one of the world's many war zones.

Posted by eric (the other one) on January 31, 2010 at 10:27 PM