False Alarm: Despite repeated cries of “Run, Sarah, Run!” from the crowd, Sarah Palin remains mum on her presidential aspirations.
Domestic Violence Call Ends in Shooting: Deputies responded to a DV call in Boulevard Park and ended up shooting a man armed with a knife two minutes later. It was the second DV call to this address in a year, though both deputies will be placed on routine administrative leave.
Best Science Headline of the Weekend: Hairy Rhino With Paddle-like Horn Lived Icy Life in Tibet.
That Tractor Came out of Nowhere: A 55 year-old Enumclaw man attempted to pass a tractor on his Kawasaki 1100 Ninja only to hit the tractor and total his bike.
In Case You (or an Unpaid Intern) Missed It: The Washington Post breaks down what informed Obama’s decision (and it really was personally Obama’s decision) to back down on ozone regulation.
UW Student Gets Credit Dumpster Diving: And studying anthropological and social trends of those who scavenge food.
Integrity from a Three-Term Mayor: Bloomberg sees no obligation to disclose why he concealed the arrest of his deputy mayor.
Deescalation, anyone? Israel and Turkey are unable to get along. I won’t speculate who’s at fault. Commenters?
Fair Attractions: The Everett Herald has an extensive profile on Fair elephants, complete with a section on how to explain to your kids how to interact with animal rights protesters.
An oldie but a goodie:
Israelis have renewed their marches against the high cost of living. But they see no connection between their government’s bad relations with so many of their neighbors as an expensive way to live. Now, the only real ally in the region, Turkey, has had their ships shot at by the Israeli government. The Iraelis deserve the mess they’re in. Until they make peace and start making business partners instead of enemies, they’ll pay through the nose.
Israel needs to just suck it up and say “I’m sorry” and Turkey needs to GOI as well after Israel finally apologizes. Who gives a shit who’s absolutely right or wrong. Just do it. Erdogan’s being an asshole, but so are the Israelis. Erdogan’s doing this to get points with the Arab world. Nothing more.
Thank you for the WaPo link on the ozone decision, Paul. Pretty fucking grim.
A bunch of activists try to run a blockade set up to prevent weapons from getting into Israel and when the Israelis legally board, they were assaulted and retaliated. I don’t know how else Israel could have handled it. Those activists knew exactly what would happen, and cheerfully put lives on the line to poison diplomatic relations. Fuck them for being incapable of working together for peace.
Sarah Palin never deserves to lead the news.
@4, it was a tricky situation, to be sure. But I think one way Israel could have have handled it was to be more open to investigations after the fact. Another would have been not to summarily execute people during the raid. Just a thought.
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This, however, requires one to be open to the idea that the Israeli government has handled the the conflicts with Palestine in a less than constructive manner.
Yes, and the American government has always been so open to the idea that we’ve handled conflicts less than constructively. And if Mexico were lobbing rockets into Southern California, I’m sure America wouldn’t retaliate.
Zombie Kid never gets old.