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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

News The Tuesday Morning News

Posted by on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM

Barack Obama is a drug dealer! From the NYTimes:

The Obama campaign said it was refunding more than $200,000 raised by the family of a casino magnate linked to violence and corruption in Mexico who has been seeking a pardon.

Russia's foreign minister had a “very productive visit” with Syrian officials in Beirut: Said productivity evidently did not involve the end of killing the shit out of more Syrian civilians.

Jay Inslee rolls out jobs plan: Proposing new business tax breaks and a state government focused on growing key industries such as aerospace, clean energy and agriculture.

More bank windows smashed: On Capitol Hill again. I'll give you one guess who it was!

Washington State gay marriage could see a vote on the House floor as soon as Wednesday night: From KUOW (the radio kind)

Today is supposed to be really nice: Tomorrow is not supposed to be really nice:








The Guardian: Live Blogging as Bernanke testifies to Congress on US economy. Bernanke expected to tell Senate Budget Committee he plans to keep interest rates at super-low level.

Cleansing the record: Amanda Knox lawyer appeals slander conviction:

In October, an Italian appeals court overturned the young Seattle woman's murder conviction in the 2007 death of her British roommate in Perugia. But the same court upheld Knox's conviction for slander — for falsely accusing bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba of involvement in the slaying.

Enter the Dragon: "I Am Bruce Lee," a documentary coproduced by Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, and directed by Pete McCormack, is playing at Pacific Place in Seattle Feb. 9 and 15. The trailer:

 

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Allyn 1
Why send it back? He should send it on.

To me. To Planned Parenthood. To my kid's school. Why should that dirty money go back to the corrupt source? Send it on to do some good.
Posted by Allyn on February 7, 2012 at 8:52 AM
rob! 2
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens! Celebrations going on all over!

Also, Uriah Heep is trying to become your governor!
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on February 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Will in Seattle 3
I'll bet it were Charles Dickens wot busted them winders, guv'nuh!
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on February 7, 2012 at 11:22 AM
4
Yes, what this state really needs more of is tax breaks.
Posted by keshmeshi on February 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM

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