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News & ArtsSunday, February 17, 2013
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Posted by Ben Steiner on Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 8:19 AM
It's a Bird, It's a Plane: No, it's just local Seattle "superheroes" Phoenix Jones and Purple Rain Reign warning the public to "be careful" after a string of assaults on local women.
Could Next Pope Be from the United States?: Probably not, but the next cardinal accused of allegedly covering up sex abuses probably will be.
Airstrikes Banned on Afghan Villagers: After 10 civilians were killed in an Afghan-led NATO airstrike, president Hamid Karzai forbade further foreign airstrikes on "Afghan homes or villages." In Afghanistan, "don't bomb civilian neighborhoods" can't be taken for granted.
Exceedingly Cute Lion Cubs Debut at Woodland Park Zoo: Everything the fence touches is our kingdom.
Gun Control Makes Headway in Colorado, Stalls in Washington: Gun control passed its first hurdle in the Colorado House this week. Meanwhile, Washington legislators' apparent unwillingness to read an eight-page bill before sponsoring it threatens to demolish all progress on firearm legislation here.
At Least National Immigration Legislation Is Making Progress: And if that slows down to the frustratingly phlegmatic, nearly imperceptible movement of past "bipartisan" national legislative efforts, the White House is expected to drop its own draft immigration bill.
Trouble in Palestine: Volatile protests, "Prisoner X" suicides, and brutal stabbings dominated Israeli headlines this week.
Quick Catch-Up on the Ketchup Market: Warren Buffet recently purchased Heinz, the company responsible for making chips, vinegar, baked beans, and culinary atrocities like that green Ketchup sold in the '90s.
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Since you are a man, you shouldn't even talk about such things. Get with the program, k? Thx.
"We write to affirm our vigorous opposition to cutting Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits in any final bill to replace sequestration. Earned Social Security and Medicare benefits provide the financial and health protections necessary to keep individuals and families out of poverty. Medicaid is not only a lifeline for low-income children, pregnant women, people with disabilities and families, it is the primary source of long-term care services and supports for 3.6 million individuals. We cannot overstate their importance for our constituents and our country.
That is why we remain deeply opposed to proposals to reduce Social Security benefits through use of the chained CPI to calculate cost-of-living adjustments. We remain committed to making the changes that will extend solvency for 75 years, but Social Security has not contributed to our current fiscal problems and it should not be on the bargaining table.
Similarly, we oppose proposals to increase Medicare cost-sharing requirements or to raise the age of eligibility. Half of all Medicare recipients live on less than $22,000 a year – yet they spend, on average, three times as much of those limited incomes on health care as other Americans. Raising their already heavy cost-sharing burden or increasing the age of eligibility doesn’t lower health care costs, it just shifts them to those who can least afford more financial burdens – seniors, people with disabilities and their families."
Out of the entire Washington state congressional delegation, only Jim McDermott signed the letter. Why is the state Dem party cautioning candidate like DelBene, who are less than sanguine about protecting the social safety net?
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I'm just not sure what that is supposed to sound like. Since we do still have this problem, there's no avoiding the fact that you have to take care of yourself. Maybe before telling women they must be alert and carry a cell phone, we should preface that with an admission that the reason they have to do these things is that we've so far failed in our basic duty as a civilization.
Oh, and these so-called superheroes aren't the solution to anything either. I thought that fad was over.
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Since you are a woman, you shouldn't even talk. Get with the program, k? Thx.
How does that feel honey?
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I just got a robocall from The Real Conservative Majority offering to send me an "Impeach Obama" ("who may not even be President") bumpersticker for $100. I pressed "1" and told the guy to cup my balls.
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The prime sponsor, Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, also condemned the search provision in his own bill, after I asked him about it. He said Palmer is right that it’s probably unconstitutional.Why do we tolerate this level of incompetence from Seattle's delegation?
“I have to admit that shouldn’t be in there,” Murray said.
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Yeah, riiiiiiiggggghhhhtttt.....
And the Israelis never attacked the USS Liberty, no doubt????
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In 1993, a housekeeper in La Center, Clark County, was blindfolded and raped. She pointed out Northrop and Larry Davis in a lineup.
In 2010, the two men were cleared of all charges using DNA testing, which had not been widely available when they first were convicted.
Northrop was released, his record cleared, and he faced the prospect of getting to know his three children, now in their early 20s.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2…
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