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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

News Morning News: Journalists Killed, Korans Burned, Obama Singing Again

Posted by Anna Minard on Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:45 AM

Two Journalists Die in Syria: "The veteran Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and the French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs after an artillery shell hit the house in which they were staying." Also killed were three Syrian activists, including a videoblogger. Two other foreign reporters and seven activists were wounded.

From Colvin's editor's statement:

"Nothing seemed to deter her. But she was much more than a war reporter. She was a woman with a tremendous joie de vivre, full of humour and mischief and surrounded by a large circle of friends, all of whom feared the consequences of her bravery."

Shooting in Rainier Beach: Two men injured in a shooting outside Maya's Restaurant on Rainier Ave S.

Remember That "Oops, We Burned Some Korans" Business? It's not going away. "At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in Afghanistan after protests [over the incident] spread... US officials apologised on Tuesday after Korans were "inadvertently" put in an incinerator at Bagram airbase. Officials at Bagram reportedly believed Taliban prisoners were using the books to pass messages to each other."

East Side Story: All lanes of westbound 520 are closed after a fatal accident early this morning. Stevens Pass is also still closed after a snowslide.

Shandy "Mexican Piss" Cobane: Earning hella overtime. He "was allowed to increase his overtime hours by 37% last year, helping make up most of the pay he lost to a suspension... Cobane earned 167 hours of overtime in 2011, despite being suspended for 30 days without pay. In 2010, Cobane turned in 121.5 hours of overtime for the full calendar year."

Rihanna and Chr——: Sorry, I just can't fucking type that. Read about the hottest domestic violence duet of the week here; take Grant's poll here. I vote for "everyone."

Time to Buy a Dalmation: You could live inside an old firehouse! Seattle's selling two of 'em.

Obama Sings the Blues: No, literally. He sang with B.B. King at a White House blues event. Yes, there is video! WATCH IT:

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Buy a dalmation? You mean become a Ghostbuster.

Posted by tournant on February 22, 2012 at 8:59 AM

Our president is so cool. Swoon!

Posted by Vince on February 22, 2012 at 9:05 AM

God, we have the coolest president ever.

Posted by Andrew Cole on February 22, 2012 at 9:05 AM

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE SHIT EATING GRIN OBAMA HAS AT THE END OF THAT VIDEO. YOU CAN TELL THAT SINGING WITH BB KING IS A PERSONAL HIGH POINT FOR HIM. I MEAN, SHIT. HE FUCKING SANG WITH BB KING AND MICK JAGGER; MAYBE HE WASN'T THE BEST SINGER, BUT HE GOT ENOUGH CHARISMA TO PULL ANOTEHR GAIUS JULIUS ON THE REPUBLIC.

Posted by Graham on February 22, 2012 at 9:15 AM

Obama is the most show biz president since Reagan.

Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on February 22, 2012 at 9:23 AM

I can easily picture Mitt Romney doing that...

Posted by bigyaz on February 22, 2012 at 9:52 AM

#ThoseDudesAreOld

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on February 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM

@6 I think John Ashcroft takes the cake in that contest.

Posted by dirac on February 22, 2012 at 10:03 AM

@7: so are you, fatass.

Posted by scary tyler moore

on February 22, 2012 at 10:21 AM

he doesn't look like he loves it, he looks bashful & embarassed. kept trying to hand the mike back to bb king.

poor guy, he knows he has to keep the funk buttoned so he doesn't scare the "independent" voters.

Posted by Max Solomon on February 22, 2012 at 10:26 AM

He is bashful and embarrassed AND HE LOVES IT. He is singing with the one and only Beale Street Blues Boy King. Breaks my goddamn heart to see him so happy for a few seconds.

Posted by Luisa on February 22, 2012 at 10:51 AM

Rick Santorum probably doesn't know who B.B. King is.

Posted by very bad homo on February 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM

I didn't realize BB King sang Muslim hymns.

Posted by Zebes

on February 22, 2012 at 11:02 AM

The service at Maya's is meh. Decent fajitas though. Also thank you for noticing your city has a gun violence problem.

Posted by Fnarb on February 22, 2012 at 11:06 AM

It may not be presidential, but it sure is cool. Sing out, Mr. President.

Posted by Bugnroolet on February 22, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Jesus the Seattle PD is fucked up. I hope the Feds fuck them up.

Posted by STJA on February 22, 2012 at 11:11 AM

From @16's fingers to the FSM's eyepods ...

Posted by Will in Seattle

on February 22, 2012 at 11:15 AM

The less than subtle ramblings of Scary Tyler Moore:

i see you are on teevee tonight, Dan. MTV and Logo. good thing you're not on at the same night and time as RuPaul's Drag Race.

sphagnum, honey. actually, that is a perfect description of supreme ruler of the universe!

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!???? teri is a friend of mine!

nature is ALWAYS bigger than we are. duh.

jeff gannon, phoebe. google him.

can't spell mendacity without "men".

bigoty bigoty bigoty amen.

If you see him at the SPL downtown branch.

Run.

Run fast.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on February 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM

@18, whatever you've been using for marbles appear to have been lost. Check under your chair.

@12, I'll bet he does. I'll bet he has the box set. Middle-aged white guys LOVE the blues. One of the great mysteries of American culture is how the blues became a music enjoyed almost exclusively by middle-aged white dudes in Tommy Bahama shirts and straw gambler hats.

Posted by Fnarf

on February 22, 2012 at 12:04 PM

Bailo, seriously. Folks have joked enough here about you being nutters.
Posts like #18 there make your alleged slide into crazytown easier and easier to believe. Time for you to lay off Slog?

Posted by Dr_Awesome on February 22, 2012 at 12:31 PM

I love the blues. It is heaps of fun to play along with.

@Fnarf: Maybe because mainstream white America was deaf to the blues until some long haired English men introduced them to music from their own backyard. Until British Blues arrived in the US our greatest artists supplemented their income by sharecropping in the off season, some even went over to the UK because the audience was more accepting. Cream could make Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" a hit to white America and those same fans have expanded their knowledge and of the blues to include the styles of Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues, Texas Blues...

Posted by kim in portland

on February 22, 2012 at 1:23 PM

Those gunshot dudes in Rainier Beach? They died.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Victi…

Posted by Fnarb on February 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM

Kim @21 - The same thing could be said of Chicago House and Detroit Techno - Black musicians got more early cred by the British and that's how they earned their living until white guys in Britain brought the stuff back to the States.

Posted by NaFun

on February 22, 2012 at 2:17 PM

NaFun @23: I don't disagree. The US is sometimes CT slow at recognizing its home grown treasures, and MRI slow when it comes to justice for all. We're a little too insulated it seems.

Posted by kim in portland

on February 22, 2012 at 2:48 PM

I wonder how those firehouses are zoned.

Is that firehouse up on the Hill (on 15th) still a stupid video store? It always killed me that it wasn't a bar when I lived there.

Posted by Free Lunch on February 22, 2012 at 7:46 PM