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Since the coal is being shipped under the auspices of superlib and Democrat fund donor Warren Buffet, it is doubtful anything will change its route.

A likely outcome is that envoros will complain loudly about warming, at which point the state will be allowed to put a fee or tax on it and maybe some regulations like hopper covers that have to be manufactured in Washington.

With everyone's pockets filled, suddenly coal will be praised by all sides for its potential as a "carbon reducing" fuel.

You and I...we get to breath the coal dust.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on August 5, 2012 at 9:45 AM Report this
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No shit about those email appeals for more money. I made a couple of very small donations to a couple of candidates (out-of-state) earlier this year. Very nice people IMHO. Want to see them in Congress. But holy shit - afterwards I was getting about 3 emails a day from both campaigns asking for more dough...which I don't have. Not angry at the two candidates, but it's a huge turn-off to be bothered like that.

BTW, I did ask both campaigns to cool it with the emails, and they both have done.
Bauhaus I on August 5, 2012 at 9:48 AM Report this
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The Obama ad was pretty thin. It's an important topic, but they didn't have much footage to work with, so they film women voicing their personal opinions. Not particularly effective, I would guess.
Knat on August 5, 2012 at 9:50 AM Report this
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It looks like the wrong article was posted. What's the "just another example" regarding Romney?
Phoebe in Wallingford on August 5, 2012 at 9:53 AM Report this
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@3

Totally thin. I mean, who wants to hear women voicing their opinions?
seatackled on August 5, 2012 at 10:02 AM Report this
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That is one scary video. I'm sitting on my desk in front of a computer screen and I nearly jumped.
floater on August 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM Report this
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@6 - I'm surprised nobody has demanded I take it down, because the shark was so mean to the fish.
Guest Author on August 5, 2012 at 11:03 AM Stranger Staff
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"its Susan Delbene"
artistdogboy on August 5, 2012 at 11:11 AM Report this
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Technically the coal train thing was an initiative for the City of Bellingham, not all of Whatcom County.
Subdued Excitement on August 5, 2012 at 11:16 AM Report this
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Terrific story on the rural fairs wilting in the heat. Thanks for linking to it.
gloomy gus on August 5, 2012 at 11:28 AM Report this
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EVERY WEEK
SHARK WEEK
venomlash on August 5, 2012 at 11:47 AM Report this
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@10

I also love TERRIFIC STORIES, esp. about people suffering. HaHa rural folk. Reminds me of the awesome footage of that Japanese tsunami.
dnt trust me on August 5, 2012 at 11:48 AM Report this
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@12, I'm not certain Gus meant 'terrific' in the sense that it's just dandy that the Midwest is really struggling with the heat wave. I think it more likely that he meant the story was terrific in that it put a human face on the effects of the drought, using a county/state fair tradition most of us are familiar with to illustrate the conditions on the ground in farm country.
clashfan on August 5, 2012 at 12:22 PM Report this
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Susan DelBene, Take Note: The Washington Post reports that constant emails asking for money drive donors, voters away.

Maybe Delbene's egregious, I dunno, I'm not on her list. But I'll note that I've gotten 27 emails from the Burner campaign in the last month (since July 5), almost one a day, even though I last contributed to her cavalcade of self-indulgent failure four (or was it six?) years ago.
Warren Terra on August 5, 2012 at 12:31 PM Report this
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@14, I repeat my suggestion to the Slog Overlords to bar people from registering usernames with numerals in them. They are always, always spammers. We've seen this "kaden" creature several times before. It would be fun to watch her or him pulled apart by horses, but barring that, how about making it impossible for them to register?
Fnarf on August 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM Report this
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And now a teabagger bigot scumbag has shot up a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, killing at least seven and wounding perhaps twenty more. The shooter is reported a big fat bald white man.

I wouldn't want people to think I support the shooting of Muslims instead, but hear this, bigot morons: SIKHS ARE NOT MUSLIMS. The religions are not related and not even remotely similar. The incidence of hate crimes against Sikhs has been on the rise since 9/11, thanks to mouthbreathers who can't tell the difference between one kind of furriner and another.

Needless to say, millions of American Muslims will be feeing fear today as well, knowing that if the shooter had been equipped with just a few more points of IQ they would have been the target.
Fnarf on August 5, 2012 at 12:40 PM Report this
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IT'S A SHARKKK IT'S A SHAARKKKK!
care bear on August 5, 2012 at 12:50 PM Report this
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@17
I gotta see the link where "big fat bald white man" appears. That's too 'funny'. Sounds like a Colbert description.
dnt trust me on August 5, 2012 at 12:58 PM Report this
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@19, you have a very peculiar sense of humor, dickhead.

"a witness to the shooting told law enforcement the shooter was a white male, bald, with a heavy build. He was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, according to Oak Creek Patch. He was last seen with two handguns."

Friend of yours?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-oak-cr…
Fnarf on August 5, 2012 at 1:11 PM Report this
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I want to marry Care Bear.
heywhatsit!? on August 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM Report this
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@20

thanks for the link, asswipe.
dnt trust me on August 5, 2012 at 1:28 PM Report this
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What the Hell are those accents in the shark video?
Keekee on August 5, 2012 at 1:30 PM Report this
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@5: I hope you're trolling, and not honestly so dense as to completely miss the point of such a simple statement.
Knat on August 5, 2012 at 1:31 PM Report this
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@17: I guess this makes it the third time the tea party is erroneously blamed for mass shootings before the facts come in, much less a motive.
Phoebe in Wallingford on August 5, 2012 at 1:43 PM Report this
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@17, I had no idea. What a tragedy. The first officer on the scene was shot several times while taking down the murdering fuck. He is now expected to survive. That man did his duty, putting his life on the line to stop the shooter harming even more worshippers. My heart goes out the families of those killed and wounded, and all those put in fear.
gloomy gus on August 5, 2012 at 1:54 PM Report this
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@27, you just keep on telling yourself that. Maybe you should get out your own guns and fondle them, just to feel safe.
Fnarf on August 5, 2012 at 2:03 PM Report this
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Mike the Intern: I think people have less sympathy for dead fish used as bait. Now, if those folks had tried to terrorize the shark...

Everyone else: We all know what the shooting looks like and it wouldn't be the first time Sikhs are violent victims of racism, but lets wait until more info is released.
floater on August 5, 2012 at 2:08 PM Report this
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@24: I'd say somewhere in the Deep South, but I could be wrong.
venomlash on August 5, 2012 at 4:22 PM Report this
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Fnarf @16: Not everyone with a numeral in their name is a spammer.
sarah70 on August 5, 2012 at 6:29 PM Report this
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"Loughner, who allegedly shot Gabrielle Giffords and others..."

Unpaid Intern (and SLOG Editorial Policy setters) I realize the man has not been convicted, but I am unaware of anyone who is disputing the basic facts of this case. Loughner shot those people; the question is to what extent he is culpable.
on August 6, 2012 at 10:39 AM Report this
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@16 is right, even if Fnarf is really pseudocode for:

FNARF

which is F111ABF in hexadecimal and an attempt to overflow your counter in a very 90s hacking kind of way.
Will in Seattle on August 6, 2012 at 11:51 AM Report this

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