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Saturday, July 31, 2010

News The Morning News

Posted by on Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:31 AM

Posted by news intern Logan Gowdey.

But Do They Have a Button? Russian town discovers "extreme views" on the internet, blocks YouTube to limit destructive, corrupting influence of kitty videos.

Now 30% More Schizophrenic: House passes strict Gulf of Mexico drilling legislation 209-193, along with an amendment to end Obama's six-month moratorium.

No Lederhosen Implicated: Drunken pranksters allegedly stole a goat in Leavenworth, leaving it in a hotel room apparently "chosen at random." One suspect allegedly got a spare room key from a hotel clerk, after simply telling the clerk he had lost his.

Now Will You Believe They're Islamo-Communo-Fascists? Economy's growth rate slows.

What About Now? Rep. Rangel reprimand recommended; Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) next up for ethics investigation.

Ellen 4 Host! First Imam Idol crowned in Malaysia.

My, What a Strong Arm You Have: Gregoire says state's $2.8 billion for tunnel "not Seattle's money," can only be applied to replace the viaduct with a tunnel.

Food & Drug Does Something Right: Approves stem cell clinical research trial.

Sick: Seattle man charged with travelling to Parker, CO with "intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, aggravated sexual abuse with children and attempted coercion and enticement." He faces up to life imprisonment and $500,000 fine between the two charges. Fortunately, the child in question was an invention of an internet child abuse sting.

New Plan: Send the Gulf to Space: New $1.4 million X-Prize named for one-year competition in Gulf of Mexico. Teams will be judged on Oil Recovery Rate and Recovery Efficiency.

LemonAIDS: Fred Hutch names new director, AIDS and vaccine expert Dr. Lawrence Corey. Corey wants to focus more of the Hutch's resources on fighting cancer in the developing world.

 

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Cato the Younger Younger 1
It's still fucking cold and gray outside right now. I just started the self clean feature on the oven to warm up my house a little bit.
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on July 31, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 2
It's a lovely 76 here right now; we'll get to 91 today. You're in the wrong place.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 31, 2010 at 8:49 AM
venomlash 3
@1: It's overcast and relativeleh chilleh in Chicago, but I am loving the relief from the hot muggy weather of late!

Goat prank is made of WIN.
Posted by venomlash on July 31, 2010 at 8:56 AM
Lola, Now in Iowa City 4
That goat shouldn't be there anyway. It's fucking depressing when you go by there in Leavenworth.

In other news, beautiful, sunny and a slight breeze in IC. Although Seattle's weather was beyond perfect when I was there July 14-24. And Cap Hill since I left two years ago? What the hell? I loved Pike/Pine this visit - so bustling, like a real city. Crap. Maybe I have to move back next year.
Posted by Lola, Now in Iowa City on July 31, 2010 at 9:03 AM
josh 5
LemonAIDS?
Posted by josh http://www.sciencevsromance.net on July 31, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 6

Funny that they kept talking about "Seattle paying for a tunnel" with us Nonurbs being soaked only for "cost overruns" when in fact, everyone the state was(is?) going to be screwed over for $2.8 billion right from the get go!

And now Dumboire has the nerve to use this screw job as a reason for doing the tunnel?

"Oh, look, see...if you don't do this tunnel, you won't be tax raped for $3 billion. Now don't you want a tunnel? See how good it is?"
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://yrihf.com on July 31, 2010 at 9:21 AM
Urgutha Forka 7
RE: new drilling legislation...

Does the oil lobby really have so fucking leverage that they can get congress to allow more drilling in the gulf even while there is still oil floating around there?

Or is the republican party doing this independent of the lobbies, just to stubbornly fight against everything Obama fights for?
Posted by Urgutha Forka on July 31, 2010 at 9:35 AM
care bear 8
@7 Or both?
Posted by care bear on July 31, 2010 at 9:38 AM
dnt trust me 9
And congrats to Chelsea Clinton!
(the groom's father Ed Mezvinsky was released from federal prison last year after serving a nearly five-year sentence for wire and bank fraud.)
Posted by dnt trust me on July 31, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Cook 10
@3: you're in chicago? i'm moving there in like a week for school! let's be friends.

and i'm currently in la and it is sunny and smoggy. just like always
Posted by Cook on July 31, 2010 at 10:28 AM
11
It's Lederhosen, leather pants, not Liederhosen. Liederhosen would be singing pants, which would at least as interesting as a stolen goat.
Posted by Smartypants on July 31, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 12
I want a pair of singing pants.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 31, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Phoebe on NE 79th 13
Severe punishment is warranted, but life-in-prison for a pedophile sting operation seems on the cruel and unusual side to me. Especially when murder convictions are often less extreme (the guy that killed Tuba man got hardly anything), and other horrible child abuse cases (like Rebecca Long) get 20 years or less.
Posted by Phoebe on NE 79th on July 31, 2010 at 11:14 AM
rob! 14
My pants sing all too often, at least if you believe the people around me.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on July 31, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Roma 15
Phoebe, you beat me to it. Like you, I'm all for severe punishment for people like this but the possibility of life in prison is way too extreme.

On a related note, I don't have any problem with stings to smoke out pedophiles like this. If they hadn't caught him now, he undoubtedly would have gone on to have sex with a child. (Sting operations for prostitution with adults is a different matter. I think those are outrageous because sex between consenting adults -- or, more specifically, solicitation of sex for money by consenting adults -- shouldn't be illegal.)

On another related note, I wonder why pedophiles almost always seem to be men?
Posted by Roma on July 31, 2010 at 11:53 AM
16
@11 fixed, thanks! That's what I get for learning French instead of German...
Posted by Unpaid Intern on July 31, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Fnarf 17
@14, my pants sing too, but it's always the same note. Like a vuvuzela, only the tunes are shorter. Braap.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on July 31, 2010 at 2:48 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 18
No worries, Logan - they're both about equally as worthless. You should have learned Spanish. The way things are going, in another 20 or 30 years, it'll be the only thing most of the population of this country knows how to speak.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 31, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 19
Fnarf, I'd trade in those pants if I were you.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on July 31, 2010 at 2:51 PM
20
If you think singing pants are cool, check out The Great Flydini: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alD_tukE7…
Posted by Smartypants on July 31, 2010 at 3:09 PM
21
@15- ever heard of Mary-Kay Letourneau? or any number of the hundred or so female teachers caught with students in the last few years? they're out there, they just (and this is my take on it) are caught/suspected less often
Posted by high and bi on July 31, 2010 at 4:20 PM
venomlash 22
@10: You've got school in like a week?
At the U of C, we don't get started until the end of September!
Posted by venomlash on July 31, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Roma 23
21, is there anyone who hasn't heard of Letourneau? But just because there are some women who are over 6 feet tall doesn't mean that women have the same average height as men. Likewise, just because Letourneau and some other women have sex with kids doesn't mean that women are pedophiles to the extent that men are. I mean, it's possible they are, but it sure doesn't seem like it. Especially when it comes to very young kids, under 10. That seems to be almost completely a guy thing.

I've never heard of a woman arrested for possession of child porn. That doesn't, of course, mean they don't exist. But I would bet the vast majority of people viewing child porn are men.

Posted by Roma on July 31, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Cook 24
@22: i'm starting law school at chicago-kent, and orientation starts the 16th. but let's hang out! anyone who reads slog is a friend of mine. if you read this, just send me an email to samjcook@gmail.com
Posted by Cook on July 31, 2010 at 9:13 PM

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