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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

News Morning News

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:00 AM

New Hope for 520 Bridge: State House of Representatives give Seattle neighborhoods a chance to build a better bridge.

Toxic Treasure: Seattle landmark Rainier Brewery might be slated for demolition due to its toxic paint job. The building currently houses Tully's Coffee headquarters and hundreds of musicians and artists studios.

Ulysses S. Who? Fans of Reagan want to see him on the $50 dollar bill.

Gays Bad for Morale, Erode Military Cohesion with Their Love of House Music and Skin-Tight Fatigues: Criticize GOP lawmakers of the proposed DADT study.

Bunning Lowers His Pitchfork: The Kentucky senator, who senator Patty Murray bashed yesterday for being obstructionist, relents on the unemployment bill that will extend benefits to thousands (still blocks the confirmation of all presidential nominees).

Digital Media Over Textbooks, Fewer Standardized Tests: Gates Foundation surveys 40,000 teachers about how they'd fix the nation's schools.

Slippery Slope: Progressivism leads to Communism and Nazism says national treasure Glenn Beck.

Stewards of Nuclear Waste: Australia wants to put the country's first toxic waste dump on tribal land.

Gays Gettin' Married: The District of Columbia will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples today.

Playing Pinochle in Pripyat: Dublin director makes a short film outside Chernobyl, gets Oscar nod. (I would've played pinochle then ridden the ferris wheel.)

Eat the Evidence: Man arrested by the FBI for installing ATM card scanners swallows a flash drive of evidence.

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Fuck the Repugs - I don't want Ronnie Ray-Guns on my money.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on March 3, 2010 at 7:25 AM

I'm with you, Fifty-Two-Eighty, but I haven't actually seen either a $50 bill (or a $100) in a few years. If the GOPpers want the gipper on money so bad, I say put him on the penny, mint a couple hundred, then eliminate the pesky coin completely.

Posted by rob!

on March 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM

Come to think of it, Rob, I'm not sure I can remember the last time I saw a $50 or a hundred either. Who walks around with that kind of cash in this day and age?

I still don't want that fucker on my money, though.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on March 3, 2010 at 8:52 AM

Interesting little bit of trivia re: the DADT report. Joe Lieberman was one of the cosponsors of a bill to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Joe Lieberman!

Posted by Andrew Cole on March 3, 2010 at 9:45 AM

I recommend we put Ron Paul on the $50 bill.

Then it will burn up when exposed to sunlight, solving our fiscal crisis.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on March 3, 2010 at 10:12 AM

If they knock down the brewery, this city's had it. We're Phoenix, we're San Jose. Culture matters; memory matters.

Posted by Fnarf

on March 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM

Collectivism = Socialism, Communism, Progressivism, National Socialism,
Individualism = Traditional Liberalism (now called Conservatism), Libertarianism, Capitalism

Individualism = Man is born with rights (whether bestowed by God, etc)
Collectivism = Man gets his rights from the State, thus they can be taken away.

Individualism = Individual Pursuit of Happiness
Collectivism = Collective Pursuit of Equality in Everything, for Everyone [except the leaders of course]

http://excellenceinamerica.com/?p=1617

Jason

Posted by ExcellenceInAmerica on March 3, 2010 at 10:37 AM

Can't we, as a nation, compromise with the Reaganites by and just re-name ceptic tanks "Reagans"?

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on March 3, 2010 at 10:57 AM

That's nice, Jason @7. Now, before your Mommy wants her computer back, maybe you should realize that neither of those two ideals has ever existed in practice, and never will.

TAJ: I love it!

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on March 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM

If the dude who ate the flash-drive goes to the toilet, is he taking a memory leak?

Try the veal, we're here all week...

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber

on March 3, 2010 at 11:04 AM

Couldn't they have a (minus) -50 dollar bill, seems more fitting.

Posted by Tom on March 3, 2010 at 11:19 AM

@3,

The few times I get stuck with one of those bills, my first thought is: Fuck! How/where am I supposed to break this? Large bills are a pain in the ass.

Posted by keshmeshi on March 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM

@9 --- That was funny 5280

I hate fundamentalists. The world works in shades and nuance much more than constant black-and-white.

Posted by hartiepie on March 3, 2010 at 12:21 PM

@7 You forgot:

Authoritarianism = Soviet-style "Communism", Nazism, Fascism, Religious-law, and American-style coups leading to false elections.

Where the fork were these people when BushCo. was forking over BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars to fight a wholly illegal war in Iraq? Kee-rist.

Posted by treacle on March 3, 2010 at 3:15 PM