Pay Up, Joe’s Friends: PAC supporting Mallahan fined $5,000 for not reporting $100,000 or so in contributions.

So The Banks Can Fuck You Over Slightly Less Severely: Democratic leaders in Congress are pushing for tighter rules on bank overdrafts.

Business on “Business Candidate” Mallahan: They’d rather have the other guy.

Yeah, That’ll Fix Everything: The solution to “plagued with uncertainty” Pioneer Square? Hang some banners from stuff that say it’s Pioneer Square, I guess.

You Know What? Fuck Him: Sen. Joe Lieberman hints at more douchebaggery in 2010, saying he “probably will support some Republican candidates for Congress.”

They’re Trying to Set Canada on Fire! The Olympic torch crossed into Victoria, B.C. yesterday.

Ooh, Their Politicians Are Crooked Too: Former French President Jacques Chirac headed to trial, accused of handing public money over to his friends.

It’s Cool, It Was Just Some Stupid Workers: Oil company BP will challenge an $87.4 million fine handed down for a refinery explosion that killed 15 employees.

Obama on the HIV Travel Ban: It’s no more.

Hey, Go Get a Flu Shot, You Communist: CDC says only half of the people who most need swine flu vaccine are getting it.

Websites Without Letters: Well, letters from our alphabet at least—the internet’s governing body will start to allow domain names with non-Latin characters.

Well. They Never Invited ME: White House visitors list released. Surprise! It’s famous people and business executives.

Fourth-Biggest to Fail This Year, If You’re Counting: California National Bank the latest seized by the feds.

Isn’t Real Botox Bad Enough? Salon owner found guilty of giving fake anti-wrinkle injections.

And After All Your Costumed Shenanigans Tonight: Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour.

10 replies on “The Morning News”

  1. I’m perplexed by the resistance to swine flu vaccine. Here we have a confirmed killer of a virus, which, like the 1918 flu strain, seems to hit young people proportionately harder, and those most at risk are most reluctant to get vaccinated. I was recently seeking vaccine for a family member at a Safeway pharmacy and a Safeway employee warned me off. “Haven’t you heard people are dying from the vaccine?” No, I hadn’t so I went home and Googled and Yahoo’d the news on the vaccine and could only find reports from around the world that the vaccine was having few side effects and that these were mild. Hmmmm.

  2. SEEC yesterday fined City Attorney Tom Carr for not reporting hundreds of dollars in donations from the lawyer for Rick’s strip club/Colacurcios.

    What kind of city attorney can’t follow the rules?

    Oh wait, he explained what kind…the kind who says his job is to represents the officials at city hall (himself) not us, the people.

    I guess this is why Carr hasn’t even issued a public statement on this ethics violation, at least I haven’t seen any.

    Given that Rosellini is all over his website, it’s hard to imagine he didn’t know who the attorney was months ago when he got the donation. You have to presume he’s writing thank you notes.

  4. Mallahan’s cronies have to pay $5,000 on over $100,000 in donations. Hell, even waitresses get a 15% tip. Fine the bastards the whole $100,000 and make Mallahan give back the money.

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