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Friday, September 3, 2010

Morning News: The Amish Are Perverts, Too

Posted by on Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM

Keep Your Chin Up: A Vancouver, Washington, woman is the victim of a seemingly random street attack that ends with a cupful of acid in the face. "I have never, ever seen this girl in my entire life," the victim said. "When I first saw her, she had this weirdness about her - like jealousy, rage."

Drain the Milk, Then Pocket the Nipple: A Woodinville financial adviser faces felony theft charges stemming from allegations that she stole over $20,000 from her mother's retirement account.

Keeping Vigilant: Mourners memorialize John T. Williams, the Native American carver shot by a police officer on Monday. (More on the vigil here here.)

KEXP Gets Fluffed: The local public radio station is up against a Chihuly museum for the coveted Fun Forest Pavilion site. The Seattle Times notes that the selection committee will make its recommendation to Seattle Center as early as next week.

Make Your Religion Less Controversial, Please: A New York Times poll shows that two-thirds of New Yorkers want a planned mosque near (approximately two blocks) ground zero to be "relocated to a less controversial site father away." Like Ohio.

Mideast Peace Talks Deemed "Constructive": Two of the issues central to the talks were security for the Israelis and Jewish settlement construction on Palestinian territories.

Amish in Crisis: A 26-year-old Amish man is accused of molesting at least six girls in two states, officials charge. In Wisconsin, he stands accused of incest and the repeated sexual assault of a minor. In Missouri, he's charged with statutory rape, sodomy, and sexual misconduct involving a child.

New Health Law Myths: NPR.org rounds them up and then takes them down, including whether the law "requires people who want public health insurance to be implanted with a microchip," or if it creates a new private army for President Obama.

Tax Breaks for Small Businesses: The Washington Post reports that the White House may unroll business tax breaks - worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to encourage hiring and refute Republican charges that Democratic tax policies hurt small businesses.

Miami Airport Terminals Evacuated: TSA officials reportedly found something suspicious in an item of luggage late Thursday night and have taken one person into custody.

 

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1
The mosque is not at ground zero! It is lazy reporting and writing that helps keep America ignorant!
Posted by Darn that Liberal Media on September 3, 2010 at 6:19 AM
Cienna Madrid 2
Within spitting distance of ground zero, then.
Posted by Cienna Madrid on September 3, 2010 at 8:12 AM
3
2 blocks - You must be quite an impressive spitter!
Posted by rcw10 on September 3, 2010 at 8:17 AM
4
2 blocks - You must be quite an impressive spitter!
Posted by rcw10 on September 3, 2010 at 8:21 AM
5
One of the plane's landing gear (wheels and big metal parts) crashed through the roof of that building, so technically it is part "ground zero". Duh.
Posted by Ground Zero is technically the accurate term on September 3, 2010 at 8:28 AM
stinkbug 6
using the phrase "ground zero mosque" in the media:

http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/…
Posted by stinkbug on September 3, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Jaymz 7
And parents let their kids hang out with Amish men...... why?
Posted by Jaymz on September 3, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Max Solomon 8
amish fucking their little sisters? quelle suprise.
Posted by Max Solomon on September 3, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Vince 9
I fail to see how one person's behavior is emblematic of the entire population.
Posted by Vince on September 3, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Snappertuna 10
Islamic Community Center.
Posted by Snappertuna on September 3, 2010 at 10:31 AM
hartiepie 11
@8 The article says he's an only child -- and adopted FWIW.

I found it interesting what the church/community said was their rationale for what he did.
Posted by hartiepie on September 3, 2010 at 10:31 AM
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@9,

It's not emblematic of the population, but the Amish do not turn over molesters to the authorities. They usually "forgive" them and let them continue their molesting and raping.
Posted by keshmeshi on September 3, 2010 at 12:37 PM

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