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News & ArtsWednesday, October 31, 2012
News Morning News: Happy Halloween!
Posted by Cienna Madrid on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Life After Sandy: At least 57 people are dead across the country and New Jersey is still battling fires and floods, but New York Mayor Mike Bloomburg rang in the NY stock exchange this morning, the airports reopened with partial service, and people hoofed to work during one of the longest commutes in history as the skies cleared and the sun shone down on Manhattan for the first time in days.
Romney Flips on FEMA: After vowing to "absolutely" defund the federal emergency agency for the past year, Romney's waterlogged campaign now says maybe they'll keep it.
Meanwhile, in Japan: A government audit of disaster relief and reconstruction funds from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has found that the money was instead spent on "roads in Okinawa, an ad campaign for Japan's tallest building and support for whaling research."
House Arrest for Accused Seattle Rapist: Danford Grant, the lawyer charged with four counts of first-degree rape of several massage-therapists in Seattle, Bellevue, and Shoreline, will be released from King County jail and put on electronic home monitoring.
Profile of a Young Killer: The trial begins in the case of the 12-year-old boy who shot and killed his neo-Nazi father last year.
"A Sensible New Approach to Weight Control": Just one ad tactic in the sugar industry's successful seventy-year campaign to coax people into eating more sugar, which was launched just as doctors, scientists, and the media were linking sugar intake to chronic diseases.
The Anorexic Baker: One Seattle woman baked chocolate chip cookies and sold them online to help pay for intensive treatment for her eating disorder.
Lost His Battle with a Truck: The 88-year-old Queen Anne pedestrian who was struck yesterday afternoon by a dump truck has died. RIP.
And finally, Happy Halloween:
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As #4 pointed out, alleged rapist.
Further, while I am against what currently appears to be a politically motivated and bullshit campaign of improper use of prosecutorial procedures, they are on the books for a reason, and if they were focusing on a child trafficking ring, an insider trading cabal or a salesman of government favors, I would tend to endorse their usage.
The other day, the Pentagon held a Zombie Apocalypse exercise with US Marines, partially coordinated by the Halo Corp. (No, I'm not kidding, and that ungodly named Halo Corporation is composed of former intel and special forces types.)
Undoubtedly, the DoD is getting ready for the possibility of a Romney/Ryan victory --- God help us one and all!
I didn't vote for Romney, of course, as I have no experience with killing zombies --- and a frontal assault by hordes of disgusting, smelly zombies must be similar to a Mormon gathering on crystal meth --- both scenarios should fill everyone with dread.
Even that formerly indicted fellow of questionable business practices, David Stockman, understands and has commented, that Romney was simply a speculator and asset stripper --- certainly no true businessman and Romney doesn't know squat about job creation!
And his fruity sidekick, Paul Ryan, is such a complete idiot he suggested last year that America should become a tax haven: America has acted as an offshore finance center -- or tax haven -- for many, many decades --- that Ryan is such a douchey!
So, if by some perverse fluke of history (rigged voting machines, etc.), Romney wins the election, look forward to Hallowe'en every night --- only those zombies banging on your door won't be in costume --- and they won't be satisfied with just candy!
Trick or treat, America .........
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/52820359/lies.h…
http://www.tinyurl.com/romneyslies
http://www.hahabird.com/2012/10/pumpktri…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…
My faves (from the League of Dirty Old Men department):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…
(Don't tase me, Jen, don't tase me, bro...)
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It means cutting the FEMA budget by the money spent on New Jersey and New York this year.
Not a goddamn day goes by around here without some pretentious twat talking about "clutching your pearls".
The next person to use that phrase should be strangled with a string pearls.
I'm looking at *you* Catalina del-whateverthefuck.
And that is saying *a lot*, lemme tell you.
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