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News The Morning News: Katrina, America's First Muslim College, And The Glenn Beck March
Posted by Riya Bhattacharjee on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Five years after Katrina, New Orleanians are still waiting.
Fed takes steps to tackle economy if it sinks (yet again), holds conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Critics say the economy seemed “substantially worse than it did three months ago."
Tea Party fans, this ones for you: "America today begins to turn back to God," Glenn Beck told a crowd of right wing nuts as he kicked off a rally on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Sarah Palin is showing up. Watch it live:
United Continental merge, apparently making them the world's top airline.
The nation's first Muslim college opens in Berkeley. With all the brouhaha about the ground zero Mosque, they are probably wishing they picked a better time.
Travel alert! Aurora Bridge will be closed from 6 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Paul Allen files patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Google ... everyone.
Swinger gets jail time for killing wife's lover. A word of warning if you like swinging: don't get jealous.
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It's hilarious that those right wingers are always yapping about false prophets and they always fall under the spell of the biggest con men! Phonies and hypocrites and morons, oh my!
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It would probably be helpful if you read yesterday's Slog before doing the news. That way stories wouldn't get posted twice.
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I've been grimly amused for the past several years that whenever I turn on NPR at some random time and an interviewee is mid-sentence, before I even hear enough words to know what they're talking about, nine times out of ten I can identify a Tea Party type by the eldritch, fingernails-on-a-blackboard quality of their voices. So much bogus, circle-jerk rage steeping their shriveled souls seems to have sent their vocal cords into permanent spasm.
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I haven't seen estimates of the crowd size at the rally yet, but by all accounts it was a big turnout. Looks like he got his 100,000, maybe considerably more.
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Nobody ever went broke from under estimating how dumb the American population is. The good thing is that we also are easily distracted, and we've got the Lindsay Lohan carjacking Trial to look forward to...
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I am disappointed and dismayed at how little opposition is voiced by Democrats about the 'Baggers....Where is some good counter-disinformation?
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Given the scrutinization of Louisiana's recent oil disaster, the residents could be referred to as, yes, New Orleanians... or... wellians.
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....and keep in mind that, with all the obesity and medicare provided medical devices these people have, the crowd will invariably look bigger than it is. You know how old people are about being packed too close together.
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@1:
Reminds me of that line from "Life of Brian":
"I say you ARE the messiah! And I ought to know - I've followed a few!"
Reminds me of that line from "Life of Brian":
"I say you ARE the messiah! And I ought to know - I've followed a few!"
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It never ceases to amuse me when those really dumb Americans (who elected Barack Obama as president) trash their fellow Americans (who were smart enought not to vote for Obama) as being dumb.
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Don't mind Raindrop. That's just the bedbugs talking. He's really quite a nice person when he's not all itchy.
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The Aurora Bridge closures on Sunday are actually:
6am-1:30pm : 2 of 3 northbound lanes closed
1:30pm-1:45pm : ALL lanes closed
1:45pm-Midnight : 2 of 3 southbound lanes closed
6am-1:30pm : 2 of 3 northbound lanes closed
1:30pm-1:45pm : ALL lanes closed
1:45pm-Midnight : 2 of 3 southbound lanes closed
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@12 It's the last hurrah for white racist bigots who need to be told what to think. That's why he says it's some bull about America returning to god. He's really saying those foolish enough to believe nonsense want to rule again. Well, that's not going to happen anytime soon. He lies and they believe his lies and that makes them morons!
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since my annual 8-28 of waking up late, feeling terrible and still being inspired by the ideas mlk presented being proudly displayed on whatever homepage i had, has been ruined by some klan wives rally in wa dc. i just want to say, glenn beck is that guy that used car dealers get together when the buses have been remodeled for comfort and affordability, to pay him 50 bucks and then have him jump in front of the first bus he sees. just to prove how dangerous a ride it can be. when there are fucking insane people out there.
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http://tinyurl.com/28ezzrv
Des Moines Police Fear Fair Fights Are Race Related
By James Swierzbin, ABC 5 News Reporter
Two Des Moines Police officers were injured and five people were arrested, after yet another fight near the State Fairgrounds, on Sunday. And now police are looking to see if race, may have played a part in all of it.
This was the third time large groups of young black people were seen assaulting individuals in and around the fair. The first incident happened at the end of the Fair's Eastsider Night, and the second was on Friday.
Police say that on Friday a white man was viciously assaulted by a group of black males and females. An attack that police think may have been race related.
Sgt. Lori Lavorato said today that, "...the police report, it states that a group of black males and females, were out at the fair yelling that (quote) 'It's beat whitey night.'"
Sunday's assaults weren't quite as serious, but involved forty-person deep crowds, tangling with both each other, and police officers trying to break things up.
Several Des Moines Police officers tried to break up the fights after they started at around 10pm. According to one of the police reports, a large portion of the fighting involved "...a large fight with black male and female juveniles assaulting white citizens."
During that effort, two white officers were hit in the head from behind, while trying to make arrests. One officer had to use a stun gun to get control of the situation, and eventually chemical sprays were also used on the crowd, to get things under control.
Given the racial make-up of the crowd last night, Des Moines police believe that these latest attacks may also be racially motivated.
"We have reports that these juveniles were attempting to assault white citizens," said Sgt. Lavorato, "you know it's all under investigation at this point, whether or not this has racial overtones or not, we are looking into that."
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Des Moines Police Fear Fair Fights Are Race Related
By James Swierzbin, ABC 5 News Reporter
Two Des Moines Police officers were injured and five people were arrested, after yet another fight near the State Fairgrounds, on Sunday. And now police are looking to see if race, may have played a part in all of it.
This was the third time large groups of young black people were seen assaulting individuals in and around the fair. The first incident happened at the end of the Fair's Eastsider Night, and the second was on Friday.
Police say that on Friday a white man was viciously assaulted by a group of black males and females. An attack that police think may have been race related.
Sgt. Lori Lavorato said today that, "...the police report, it states that a group of black males and females, were out at the fair yelling that (quote) 'It's beat whitey night.'"
Sunday's assaults weren't quite as serious, but involved forty-person deep crowds, tangling with both each other, and police officers trying to break things up.
Several Des Moines Police officers tried to break up the fights after they started at around 10pm. According to one of the police reports, a large portion of the fighting involved "...a large fight with black male and female juveniles assaulting white citizens."
During that effort, two white officers were hit in the head from behind, while trying to make arrests. One officer had to use a stun gun to get control of the situation, and eventually chemical sprays were also used on the crowd, to get things under control.
Given the racial make-up of the crowd last night, Des Moines police believe that these latest attacks may also be racially motivated.
"We have reports that these juveniles were attempting to assault white citizens," said Sgt. Lavorato, "you know it's all under investigation at this point, whether or not this has racial overtones or not, we are looking into that."
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