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Sunday, April 11, 2010

News The Morning News

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Posted by news intern Lara Phillips

Stock up on gum and beer now: State House finally passes the tax bill to close the $2.8 billion budget gap.

The only other candidate is Al Runte: Elections today in Sudan; incumbent president indicted for international war crimes in Darfur is likely to win since most opposition parties have withdrawn from the race.

Buddhist cops not nearly as non-violent as you'd think: Death toll in Thai "Red Shirt" protests up to 21.

Well, I guess there's no harm in him flying NOW: Body of Polish President flown back to Warsaw.

Humans 1, Snow 0: Solo hiker caught in Snoqualmie avalanche rescued thanks to cell phone and accurate description of location.

What, he forgot his co-pay? Three Italian medical workers arrested for plotting to kill Afghani provincial governor.

What's a Grecian urn? Greece offered $40 billion in loans by other European nations to stem its financial crisis.

Somehow I'm guessing this one isn't from an overdose after a night of hitting the clubs: Actress Dixie Carter dead at 70.

Stay classy, teachers: New Jersey teachers union makes joke about wanting Governor Christie to die in leaked internal memo.

Possible results are tsunamis and wikipedia lookups to see where the hell these are: 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Solomon Islands ; no damage or casualties reported so far.

In my day they just sent the librarian over to bust your kneecaps: Colorado judge fired after issuing arrest warrant for teen with one overdue DVD from the library.

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Being a half-Polish, Jewish, first-generation American now residing in Germany, I find this event really upsetting. Finally a respected leader who was conciliatory towards the microscopic surviving Jewish community in Poland. I really hope his successor has half the class that he had. And that this is a random incident of pilot-error, or anything that does not have evil Russian fingerprints all over it.

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber

on April 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM

I'm already looking for a bulk supplier of Pellegrino water.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on April 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM

I keep reading about these Russian conspiracy theories about the Polish plane crash. I suppose I should be more up on my international affairs, but can someone please explain to me what Russia would have to gain by this??????

Thanx!

Posted by Keekee on April 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Wasn't President Lech Kaczynski a rabid homophobe who stirred up hate crimes against LGBT people in Poland?

Also, I doubt Russia assassinated him. This is a huge black eye for them. The plane was 12 years old. The liklihood it was maintenance or weather that brought it down....or, and this is a long shot and pretty doubtful, it's a terrorist plot by Dagestan/Ingushetia/Chechnyans to embarrass the Russians.

Posted by yucca flower on April 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Plus, Christie is a tool. While wishing him dead is unprofessional, I can understand where it's coming from. Seriously, the guy wants to fire every single teacher in New Jersey so he can hire cheaper ones.

Posted by yucca flower on April 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM

#3. Some geopolitical futurists have forecast a shrinking Soviet Union and a more aggressive Poland. There have already been tensions regarding tactical weapons. Russia is a declining power and Poland a rising one, so that always brings strife.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on April 11, 2010 at 1:13 PM

@6 Futurists forecast a shrinking Soviet Union? Uh, the Soviet Union has been gone since 1989.

Posted by Vince on April 11, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Dixie Carter...interesting lady. Life long Republican who supported gay rights. Needless to say, the GOP never brought her out to show that their party valued diverse opinions...

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on April 12, 2010 at 5:25 AM