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Monday, January 16, 2012

News The Morning News

Posted by Eli Sanders on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:00 AM

E.S.
Sunday's Snowpacalypse.

To answer your question: Yes, the snow will continue.

Here are the City of Seattle's snow maps (including a map of which streets are plowed first).

Here is Metro's snow page.

And here is Sound Transit's winter weather page.

Meanwhile, down at the Golden Globes, people wore things and won things.

Dept. of Obvious: The owner of the capsized Italian cruise ship says that "significant human error" was involved in the accident.

Last night Jon Huntsman became the first of the second-tier Republican candidates to admit it's not going to happen this cycle.

Here in supposedly blue Washington, Republican Rob McKenna has hauled in $560,000 more than Democrat Jay Inslee in the race for the governor's mansion.

In Syria, international observers are watching, but aren't sure what they're seeing.

A snowshoer is missing on Mt. Rainier.

Beyonce has designed a t-shirt that she thinks will help re-elect Obama.

There's a new otter baby in town.

And today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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Big Money is a lot less blue than supposedly-blue Washington. Which is why money will always rule politics in FreedomLand USA.

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber

on January 16, 2012 at 6:13 AM

Finally, Beyonce displays the initiative and leadership other recording artists have failed to muster. My favorite part is "Words do inspire." "This shirt, for example. Please look at me."

Posted by MacCrocodile on January 16, 2012 at 6:32 AM

Out-of-state republican PACs have millions ready to pour into this race. And we'll never know where it's coming from, or who's behind it.

Posted by Wise Up Dummy on January 16, 2012 at 7:34 AM

that shirt is not going to help re-elect obama.

Posted by Max Solomon on January 16, 2012 at 7:50 AM

The garbage truck has been stuck outside my window trying to get the rest of the way up the hill for close to an hour now.

Posted by Fnarf

on January 16, 2012 at 7:57 AM

Murdoch has attacked Google for being a "piracy leader" and Obama for bowing to Silicon Valley "paymasters". Does he even hear himself? That from BBC.

Posted by Vince on January 16, 2012 at 8:23 AM

The Rev Martin Luther King Jr was a Southern Christian clergymen living the Gospel of Jesus Christ to make the world a better place.

He was one in a long line of like individuals over the centuries whose Christian beliefs inspired and motivated them.

Slog likes to condemn all religion,
and Christianity especially-
but Bigots always focus on and magnify the flaws in those they hate and refuse to acknowledge the virtues and good works.

It is a sad way to go through life;
hatred and bigotry hurt most those who harbor them.

Posted by Rev King had a Dream. don't disappoint him..... on January 16, 2012 at 8:27 AM

After looking at that shirt I really do believe that Beyonce really did design it herself.

Posted by Simone on January 16, 2012 at 8:27 AM

Dept. of Obvious = Dept. of Assumption as we obviously don't know the sequence of events and don't understand that humans sometimes use and rely on electronics.

Posted by BLUE on January 16, 2012 at 9:08 AM

It's "Department of Obvious" if you've been paying any attention at all to the details about how it happened.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on January 16, 2012 at 9:29 AM

The design duo joins more than 20 bold-faced names, including Russell Simmons, Diddy, Tory Burch and Vera Wang, taking part in Vogue editrix Anna Wintour’s Runway to Win initiative, which donates its proceeds to Obama’s re-election campaign.

A bunch of overpaid hiphop artists connubiating with trillionaire fashion design houses.

Yo'...1995 y'all...Blizzard Man...Yo-yo...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/18879/saturday…

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on January 16, 2012 at 9:57 AM

OTTER BABY OTTER BABY OTTER BABY!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!

Posted by care bear on January 16, 2012 at 10:13 AM

It's never a surprise when Republican candidates raise more money than his/her Democratic counterpart. Republicans are richer than Democrats. Indeed, their wealth is probably the primary reason they are Republicans. The good news is - people will vote Democratic if they are Democrats regardless of the money spent by the Republican candidate. It's the so-called "Independents" you have to worry about. They are a pretty wishy-washy bunch, in my opinion.

The Golden Globes were really dull this year. Never any surprises anymore. Always predictable. I have no proof, but I bet Madonna told the HFPA, "I'm not coming to the ceremony unless I win." And they said, "OK." That's the rap about the Golden Globes anyway.

Posted by Bauhaus I on January 16, 2012 at 10:27 AM