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News & ArtsWednesday, September 26, 2012
News Morning News: Diving Into the Moral Abyss
Posted by Cienna Madrid on Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Downtown Ride-Free Zone Ends Saturday: No surprise, poor people will be hit hardest by the change. Members of Seattle's Transit Riders Union are planning a funeral march to mourn its demise on the 28th.
First Degree Murder Charges: Brought against Dinh Bowman for the late August shooting death of Yancy Noll. Dinh is accused of pulling his silver BMW alongside Noll's vehicle at a stoplight and shooting the 43-year-old three times in the head.
The Moral Abyss: Iranian ministers are scheming new ways to get young people married, lest they lose their way down the pious path and remain hot, loose, and single forever.
The Moral Abyss II, AKA Put a Dick in Her: A Hong Kong tycoon is offering a $65 million marriage bounty to any man who can tame the wild heart of his freshly married lesbian daughter.
Good News for the Family! Scientists have unlocked the secrets of the Squid from Hell.
Sex and Voting: Yesterday was National Voter Registration Day (REGISTER GODDAMMIT) and today is World Contraception Day! Go read why stuffing half a lemon or weasel testicles up your vagina isn't as effective as a plain ol' condom. What a fun week we're having!
Fecal Transplant Saves Woman's Life: "I've been so happy," said 20-year-old transplantee, Kaitlin Hunter. "I'm cured."
Building a Funeral Pyre on Moon River: Eighty-four-year-old crooner Andy Williams is dead.
"A 32-ounce soda at McDonald's is called a large soda, but the same drink at Wendy's is called a medium": A study in how food and clothing labels affect how much we eat and wear.
Serial Rape Suspect Arrested: A Seattle litigator named Danford D. Grant has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting multiple women at knife point. His first court appearance is today.
And finally, are you afraid of heights? Me too! Let's watch this video on free-climbing radio towers and die a little inside, together:
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Andy Williams was one of the best crooners ever to have graced our planet. Here's Moon River - to which I'm quite aghast didn't make the Morning News video.
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RE: Iranian marriage and Hong Kong lesbian stories.
I absolutely love how foreign culture and U.S. culture can be so different and so similar at the same time.
I absolutely love how foreign culture and U.S. culture can be so different and so similar at the same time.
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@2 - The easiest way to do it would be to split the reward with her for a sham marriage. I could go for that.
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Andy Williams died in Branson MO...talk about getting a head start on living in hell before you actually die.
And the Free Ride area dies...so Seattle is going to be like other "world class" cities and make people pay for their ride? Maybe the 71,72,73 and 74 won't smell so much like rotten ass now.
And the Free Ride area dies...so Seattle is going to be like other "world class" cities and make people pay for their ride? Maybe the 71,72,73 and 74 won't smell so much like rotten ass now.
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"poor people will be hit hardest by the change"
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Because poor people live and work inside of the free ride zone??? (Never mind the fact that the free ride zone was so small it's easily walkable.)
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Because poor people live and work inside of the free ride zone??? (Never mind the fact that the free ride zone was so small it's easily walkable.)
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Now that the Fremont Oktoberfest is finished, I'm changing my avatar to that squid. Thanks!
"Vampyroteuthis’ feeding behaviour is unlike any other cephalopod"
"Vampyroteuthis’ feeding behaviour is unlike any other cephalopod"
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@1:
It was all over NPR this morning, including a snippet from "Moon River", which was of course, Williams' signature tune.
@9:
While those of us under 60 may mock Branson as the "Geriatric Entertainment Capital of The World", apparently the late Mr. Williams continued to enjoy a thriving career there well into his 80's. We should all be so lucky as to be doing the things we love to do, for people who appreciate it, that long.
I'm not a believer, and I was certainly not a big fan of Williams' (to me at least) somewhat somnolent phrasing, but I can't help wishing that he is , finally, crossing that river in style, just like the song says.
It was all over NPR this morning, including a snippet from "Moon River", which was of course, Williams' signature tune.
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While those of us under 60 may mock Branson as the "Geriatric Entertainment Capital of The World", apparently the late Mr. Williams continued to enjoy a thriving career there well into his 80's. We should all be so lucky as to be doing the things we love to do, for people who appreciate it, that long.
I'm not a believer, and I was certainly not a big fan of Williams' (to me at least) somewhat somnolent phrasing, but I can't help wishing that he is , finally, crossing that river in style, just like the song says.
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If you haven't registered to vote, please do. For yourself. For your country. For your children. And for all those fresh faced, young men and women who gave their lives for our country. Don't let their sacrifice be for nothing.
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@15, yeah, I came to say basically the same thing. Hard to believe the wife didn't know what's up. Also, claiming the window was broken in Portland can probably net her a charge of making false statements, if nothing else.
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I have a friend who works for a Gastroenterology research lab at the UW, she will blending feces in a blender and implanting them into research candidates. She has not done this yet, the study is still in it's early stages, but we give her shit about it nonetheless. If I had anything like Crohn's, I'd be down for flora transplant. Yikes!
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Poor people can't afford food, so we provide food stamps. We don't make food free for all.
If people can't afford the bus then the answer is to provide those people with free or reduced-fare bus passes -- not make the bus free for everybody.
If people can't afford the bus then the answer is to provide those people with free or reduced-fare bus passes -- not make the bus free for everybody.
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@20: All bus tickets are subsidized. KC Metro, like all bus lines, is not designed to operate off ticket sales.
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Crazy mother fuckers climbing ridiculously tall towers need to not be posting videos of their shenanigans where innocent folk like me are liable to stumble upon it and get freaked out. That guy's lucky I didn't get a good look at his face, lest he want to get himself punched.
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@15 - there is the possibility that her husband was abusive and controlling and she was too scared of him to do anything but go along. But if that's not the case, her lie about the window being broken in Portland says to me that she knew everything - otherwise how would she know that the broken window was something she "needed" to lie about?
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Andy Williams was a bit too sleepy even for me, but he did bring to this world's attention both The Osmonds and the immortal voice of Claudine Longet, so he gets full marks from me.
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I'm usually the first to hold judgment until someone is proven guilty, but this Bowman creep doesn't stand a chance. As others have pointed out, his wife should be arrested for a number of charges as well.
This is really awesome detective work from the SPD. I hope these charges bring a measure of peace to the friends and family members of Yancy Noll.
This is really awesome detective work from the SPD. I hope these charges bring a measure of peace to the friends and family members of Yancy Noll.
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I expect to see a big spike in people getting on the the lightrail for its Westlake to sodo run. There is no fiscally reasonable way to check that all riders have paid their fares. Which sucks because it is already pretty crowded during peak hours.
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So many wonderful articles. Where to start?
1.) One of my hobbies is buying old records that will probably never make it to digital and converting them on a USB turntable. Andy Williams did a few albums in the late 60's - early 70's that are really sort of cool and atmospheric. His cover of the Zombies' "Spooky" is particularly fun.
2.) Why doesn't the city take the $400k they are spending on that new free bus and use it to subsidize orca cards for low-income workers? (Maids, janitors, clerks, etc.) I remember being a poor secretary at the Four Seasons, and even with the partial subsidy from the hotel, the $25 a month for a Metro pass was a big chunk of my budget.
3.) I read about the fecal transplant thing a few years back. They've been doing it since the 50's, but since the idea grosses people out so much, it's been slow to catch on. I'm glad to see it becoming accepted.
1.) One of my hobbies is buying old records that will probably never make it to digital and converting them on a USB turntable. Andy Williams did a few albums in the late 60's - early 70's that are really sort of cool and atmospheric. His cover of the Zombies' "Spooky" is particularly fun.
2.) Why doesn't the city take the $400k they are spending on that new free bus and use it to subsidize orca cards for low-income workers? (Maids, janitors, clerks, etc.) I remember being a poor secretary at the Four Seasons, and even with the partial subsidy from the hotel, the $25 a month for a Metro pass was a big chunk of my budget.
3.) I read about the fecal transplant thing a few years back. They've been doing it since the 50's, but since the idea grosses people out so much, it's been slow to catch on. I'm glad to see it becoming accepted.
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That Seattle litigator accused of rape? His firm is the old Stafford Frey Cooper, where Anne Bremmer used to work. That firm had the contract for defending Seattle police officers for years, with Bremmer doing most of the heavy lifting.
Since losing the contract, Bremmer infamously got a DUI (and tried to sue to keep it quiet) and the firm imploded and became Bailey, Grant, and Osnager. The defendant is Danford Grant, a named partner at that firm.
Since losing the contract, Bremmer infamously got a DUI (and tried to sue to keep it quiet) and the firm imploded and became Bailey, Grant, and Osnager. The defendant is Danford Grant, a named partner at that firm.
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Creepy Seattle is small moment. I knew Noll casually through the beverage industry - you kinda know everyone if you've been in it for some time. Bowman works a block away from me. I've done the 'head nod to a person you see nearly daily but have never met' many times with him.
Very odd.
Very odd.
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@33, who the hell is this "Knarf" fellow you're talking about, Phoenie?
@35, for some reason I don't understand, there is an MP3 floating around of the hit version of "Spooky" by the Classics IV that is misattributed to The Zombies. It's everywhere now; it shows up in searches, on lyrics sites, and so on. Very weird.
@32, administering a free Orca program is, believe it or not, a colossal headache. They get stolen or "lost" pretty much constantly, with substantial value on them. I'm pretty sure there are organized Orca theft rings that keep stealing the same person's card and its replacement over and over again. It's really a pain in the behind. I know of someone who lost her card (i.e., had it stolen by her abusive family member) NINE TIMES before she was finally cut off. Solid Ground already has the buses and drivers (they hold one of the Access van contracts), so it's actually a pretty efficient way to provide this service.
I'd like to hear those albums.
@35, for some reason I don't understand, there is an MP3 floating around of the hit version of "Spooky" by the Classics IV that is misattributed to The Zombies. It's everywhere now; it shows up in searches, on lyrics sites, and so on. Very weird.
@32, administering a free Orca program is, believe it or not, a colossal headache. They get stolen or "lost" pretty much constantly, with substantial value on them. I'm pretty sure there are organized Orca theft rings that keep stealing the same person's card and its replacement over and over again. It's really a pain in the behind. I know of someone who lost her card (i.e., had it stolen by her abusive family member) NINE TIMES before she was finally cut off. Solid Ground already has the buses and drivers (they hold one of the Access van contracts), so it's actually a pretty efficient way to provide this service.
I'd like to hear those albums.
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@23 so are roads for cars and trucks.
The amount of damage to a road caused by pedestrians and bicycles is 1/10,000th of the damage caused by cars and trucks used by equal numbers of people.
Which means ... subsidy.
Now, if we had a monorail ...
The amount of damage to a road caused by pedestrians and bicycles is 1/10,000th of the damage caused by cars and trucks used by equal numbers of people.
Which means ... subsidy.
Now, if we had a monorail ...
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Well then, Miss Smarty pants Keekee, who did record it? I just googled it, that's what showed up. It sounded plausible.
(and for the record, I'm old enough to be your parent, no matter how old you are)
And for what it's worth, I like the Andy Williams version.
(and for the record, I'm old enough to be your parent, no matter how old you are)
And for what it's worth, I like the Andy Williams version.
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@40, see above. The Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost. The Zombies had hits with "She's Not There", "Tell Her No" and "Time of the Season". "Spooky" has been covered dozens of times, bestly by Dusty Springfield, Gary Walker and the Rain (of Walker Brothers fame), and The Jazz Butcher.
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@42, it does, but it's a pain, and the creeps just keep using it until it fails and then toss it for a new one.
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Oh, and Catalina, I looked up Andy's version of "Spooky", and it was on an album called Honey, from 1968 (dig that crazy scarf), which has in fact been digitized -- it was on a two-fer CD with his 1969 album Happy Heart, and also in a TWENTY (!) album set on ten CDs. But that costs real money, while his albums can be had in virtually any thrift store for a buck.
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No you can easily cancel a lost or stolen ORCA on line and if you use the e-purse option the remaining value will be transferred to a new card.
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The cost of the card (person or agency) and having owner and staff take the time to disable old and enable new, postage, et al does add up. Not a huge fan since even a hairline crack can disable the card. This is a problem for multiuse cards like Employee ID + orca which can require physically taking the card out to read magstripe.
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I was thinking more along the lines of distributing the funds to employers in the downtown core who have low-wage workers, and having them give the affected employees a monthly pass as part of the HR processes. If they quit, it's gone. If they lose the card, tough luck.
Sort of like how the benefit is for city employees.
Sort of like how the benefit is for city employees.
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