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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Morning News: Music Spun from Spider's Silk, Sober Tribe Sues Big Beer, and Your Super Tuesday Predictions

Posted by on Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:59 AM

It's Super Tuesday! Here's your crystal ball detailing the various ways Romney could lock up the 10 states voting today. The bigger question is, will Mitt "rich in spirit" Romney be able to woo working class voters away from Obama in November?

Hollywood Embraces a New Kind of Hero: The pan-ethnic hero!

Every Woman's Nightmare: A convicted rapist was arrested on Monday in the U-District after allegedly attacking six female UW students in their home.

Every Woman's Nightmare, Pt 2: A convicted stalker operating in Seattle faces new charges after allegedly approaching women downtown, asking them for directions, and then stalking them for weeks.

Violin Strings: Now made from spider silk.

Pole-Dancing Robots: This is the depravity that science wreaks.

Tribe Sues Beer Company: The Oglala Sioux tribe has filed a federal lawsuit against a small town and American brewing companies for encouraging the illegal purchase and consumption of beer on their reservation. The fascinating article begins:

Four rickety metal shacks that line the main road in this town of maybe 10 people sell an average of 13,000 cans of beer and malt liquor a day. The nearest sizable city is two hours north. But just 240 yards north — across the state line in South Dakota — is the sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol has been banned since the 1970s.

"We're Talking": Brave words from State Senator Ed Murray on negotiating with state Republicans on a budget after Republicans gleefully fucked them in the face last Friday by hijacking the Senate floor and blindly passing their own plan (with support from three "Democrats"). Legislators have until Thursday to reconcile the House and Senate budget plans or face a special session.

Sweating Bulleits: Local distillers are left in limbo after a judge calls for a trial to determine whether or not last year's liquor privatization initiative, I-1183, violates state rules.

Happy Birthday! Awesome children's classic A Wrinkle in Time turns 50.

And finally, Ask a Mortician on "crock-potting" the bone shards left after cremation and the semantics of dying from "natural causes."

 

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lukeiscool 1
She is the most charming mortician I could ever imagine. Please keep this theme running, it's a good start to my day.
Posted by lukeiscool on March 6, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Allyn 2
She is delightful. I love these videos.
Posted by Allyn on March 6, 2012 at 8:30 AM
3
My god, how do you move that many units of alcohol, of anything, in a day? Do they have a constant line of people holding cases waiting to be rung out, from shortly after they open until they close? Do they have two trucks a day supplying the store?
Posted by floater on March 6, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Foghorn Leghorn 4
She should team up with Hannah from 'My Drunk Kitchen'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…

I'd watch 'My Drunk Mortician'.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn on March 6, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Max Solomon 5
if it's legal & it makes money, someone's going to do it. that's just capitalism, oglala sioux. why do you hate america? (yes, i know why they'd hate america)
Posted by Max Solomon on March 6, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 6
Hey, isn't it time to print that DOW 13,000 article again?

S&P 500 Has Biggest Decline Since Dec.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-06…

Oh, wait, ooooh nooooooooo!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1453/saturday-…
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on March 6, 2012 at 9:18 AM
7
I drove across the Pine Ridge reservation, then down through Whiteclay, back in the mid-90s. It still sticks with me; like nowhere else I've ever seen in the United States. I'd never heard of Whiteclay at the time, but immediately on entering town it was obvious that the town's entire purpose was to take advantage of sick people.

Best of luck to the Oglala Sioux in their lawsuit.
Posted by shabadoo on March 6, 2012 at 11:15 AM
balderdash 8
I heard about the Oglala Sioux suit the other day via a relative of my girlfriend being extremely racist about it on the facebooks with his army buddies.

I said nothing because there was nothing useful I could say that would not be dismissed simply because of the medium. Man, fuck the facebooks.
Posted by balderdash http://introverse.blogspot.com on March 6, 2012 at 2:06 PM
In your heart you know he's right 9
Giving Indians one more pity check will not help them sober up and get their act together. Ideally those stores should be shut down but then they'll only drive farther away to get it. It will just make the roads more unsafe than I'm sure they already are around that reservation.
Posted by In your heart you know he's right on March 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM
balderdash 10
@9, yeah, it's not like any money awarded could be used to pay for substance abuse programs, or underage drinking prevention programs, or better enforcement of possession and intoxication law on the reservation.

"Pity check." Asshole.
Posted by balderdash http://introverse.blogspot.com on March 6, 2012 at 6:27 PM
In your heart you know he's right 11
@10 balderdouche, I know the truth is uncomfortable for you.
I hope these Indians sober up and get their act together, I really do. I don't like baby-sitting unproductive addicts with my taxes.
Posted by In your heart you know he's right on March 6, 2012 at 8:33 PM

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