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Friday, August 31, 2012

News The Morning News: Earthquakes, Supermarket Shootings, and Body-Slamming Cops

Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:46 AM

Clint Eastwood Talked to a Chair: And other convention news is being reported by Mr. Paul Constant. See it all here!

Yikes: "An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday destroying roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami."

Hurricane Isaac's Aftermath: "Neighborhoods were underwater, and many homes that stayed dry didn't have lights, air conditioning or clean water."

Supermarket Shooting: A man shot and killed two coworkers and then killed himself in a New Jersey supermarket.

Deny, Deny, Deny: A UN watchdog claims Iran has expanded its nuclear program and Iran says that isn't true.

Something to Think About BEFORE Publishing the Book: The Pentagon threatens legal action over the Osama Bin Laden raid book.

Use the Money to Bring Hockey to Seattle, Nerd!: Paul Allen is ready to sell the 1.8 million-square-foot complex currently being leased by Amazon and smart real estate people think he could get more than $1 billion for it.

That Wasn't Nice: The LAPD Police Chief has "serious concerns" about a videotaped confrontation of two officers "body-slamming a 34-year-old nurse to the ground" after she had been handcuffed.

I Bet This Will Be Turned Into a TV Movie: 125 Harvard students might've cheated together on an exam.

This Might Become a TV Movie, Too: Two teenagers left cryptic notes for their parents, "borrowed" a Mercedes, and went off to start "new lives." They were found 1,300 miles away from home, in Colorado.

Mysteries!: They might've figured out what that weird thing on the bottom of the Baltic Sea is. Now it's far less cool and intriguing.

Moon!: Learn about tonight's Blue Moon.

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I thought cheating would get you kicked out of Harvard, but apparently that's not the case.

Posted by floater on August 31, 2012 at 8:48 AM

The new-ish trend in repressing publications due to national security concerns is why the U.S. is ranked between Argentina and Taiwan in the Press Freedom Index.

This is one of those areas where Obama is as bad as any Republican.

Posted by Chip on August 31, 2012 at 9:07 AM

LAPD will also have serious concerns about this:

Woman dies after genital kick from LAPD officer
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/31/wo…

Posted by seatackled on August 31, 2012 at 9:13 AM

Iran is running out of friends. The few it had are getting their asses kicked. Now Egypt's new president, who is in Iran, is calling for intervention to take out Al-Assad. You would think the Iranians would be seriously reconsidering their positions. But, no. And, yet, we are to believe these are "rational" people. Truth is, tyrannies are not rational. They are obsessed with the preservation of their power. And that, ironically, always seems to lead to their downfall.

Posted by Pope Peabrain on August 31, 2012 at 9:26 AM