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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

News The Morning News: There's Still No NHL Season... Does Anything Else Matter?

Posted by Megan Seling on Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 8:35 AM

Citigroup Is Cutting Jobs: 11,000 jobs, to be specific.

Subway Death Update: Authorities say a suspect implicated himself in the death of the man who was pushed onto subway tracks.

Typhoon Bopha Update: Over 270 people are dead and hundreds are still missing in the Philippines after Typhoon Bopha caused flash floods, and brought winds that hit up to 130mph.

Clinton/Fey 2016!: A poll shows Hillary Clinton has "majority support as a candidate for president in 2016." Tiny Fey should be her runningmate. I'd absolutely vote for them.

Speaking of Clinton: She says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "desperate" and could use chemical weapons.

Instagram vs. Twitter: Instagram admits they did that whole annoying glitch thing, that forced users to Instagram from Twitter, on purpose!

Yay! Public Outcry Works!: A Michigan teacher who was suspended after playing Macklemore's "Same Love" to her students, "has been reinstated with pay following public outcry."

Oops: Workers accidentally razed an 18th-century chateau in France. They were just supposed to restore it.

Oh, Good, We Need More: Starbucks is planning on opening 1,500 more shops in the US.

The Story Gets Weirder: "U.S. anti-virus software guru John McAfee, who is on the run from police in Belize seeking to question him in a murder probe, has crossed into Guatemala and said on Tuesday he will seek political asylum there."

Want to Tell If Someone Is Lying?: Feel their nose!

Have Questions About the Hockey Lockout?: Here's everything you need to know.

And now, I will just leave this here:

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Fey / Franken '16

Posted by --MC on December 5, 2012 at 8:39 AM

Hillary Clinton has spent almost all her time as Secretary of State looking exhausted. I thought that she would rather retire for sure. Yes, taking four years off to campaign will rest her up (well, the first two years ought to be relaxing anyway), but I don't think she'll have the stamina for the job if she wins.

Posted by Matt from Denver on December 5, 2012 at 8:54 AM

One of al-Assads generals needs to take him out. Otherwise, they all face a firing squad. It's coming.

Posted by Pope Peabrain on December 5, 2012 at 8:58 AM

Thank you for the 12 Days of Hockey. Even if it does make me miss hockey even more. *sigh* Clips of Super Mario are always awesome.

Posted by moosefan on December 5, 2012 at 9:12 AM

Hillary is in. First, retire and get the $5 million book advance, telling her life story. Book store. Second, start her own nonprofit international fund, womens rights in pakistan, microlending, middle class issues in america, another nationwide tour. Third: do cash in with $400K speeches for a year! Fourth: Hold lots of interviews with all the people who messed up her campaign last time, those who thought caucuses don't matter. Fifth, start her own e mail grass roots network all over esp. iowa, nh, florida; but hire off some electronic whiz kids from the obama team very early...grab them....be first to build and inherit the infrastructure. Sixth, a la ronald reagan, start having a core message of middle class renewal you push in your speeches (the way reagan used his GE speeches to brand himself). Seventh: practique el espanol muchisisisimo! Eighth: start the campaign early.

BTW her MO is to learn while doing. Having run before gives her a total edge. She also needs a core of latino support probably not for vp, but a few for the cabinet, or a few candidates she boosts in arizona, colorado, nevada, florida. It would not hurt for her to help puerto rican statehood, too.

Posted by also get sasha/malia! on December 5, 2012 at 9:34 AM

Note to self: Nose cold. Lie more.

Posted by rob!

on December 5, 2012 at 9:35 AM

I'll take cautious optimism. I hope the talk of decertification is just to keep everyone at the table. It couldn't happen in time to save this season, and we'd probably walk back a couple steps in the negotiations.

Posted by biffp on December 5, 2012 at 9:38 AM

Megan, please don't dignify polling about the 2016 election by addressing it as if it actually means something. We have more important things to address in the next 3 years.

Posted by kitschnsync on December 5, 2012 at 11:18 AM

Hockey for the Winter win!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 5, 2012 at 11:29 AM

@2 Sorta agreed.. But LOOKING tired isn't the same as truly being tired.

It does seem unlikely that she would want to spend another 4-8 years in the executive branch ( plus 4 campaigning ), when she could 'retire' and still play a huge background role in US policy. All the fun - none of the consequences.

...but then, that golden ring, first woman president, must be so extraordinarily tempting.

Posted by NotSean on December 5, 2012 at 12:17 PM