“Green Pastures”: Mike Mann, director of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment, quits.
Basically Everything I Had as a Kid Probably Contained BPA: Washington State Senate passes Senate Bill 6248, a ban on Bisphenol A (BPA) in children’s products.
Woman and Fetus: Man sentenced to 76 years for killing a pregnant woman in 1982.
AAAAAAAAAH! Man allegedly kills ex-girlfriend, scatters body parts around a gravel pit east of Gold Bar, WA. He says she broke a “Wiccan blood oath.”
NOT AGAIN: Thurston County teens charged with felonies after sexting.
Breaks! President Obama proposes a $33 billion tax break plan to help boost job creation.
Ha Ha Purity Test: GOP adopts “purity resolution” requiring candidates to support 8 out of 10 listed issues to receive party support.
Mess! US suspends medical evacuations from Haiti until they figure out who is paying the medical bills.
Today in Arms Deals: China threatens sanctions on American arms contractors over the US’s $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan.
Five Charged With “Waging War Against God”: Iran tries 16 people over December’s Ashura Day protests.
“Disgruntled Employee”: Interpreter shoots and kills two US soldiers in Afghanistan.
In South Africa: Some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes scattered in the Indian Ocean during a ceremony observing the 62nd anniversary of his death.
WAIT FOR IT: This last guy is awesome! I want a list of the other 104 words!
Is this “Ghandi” fellow any relation to Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi? Their names are similar.
@1: Sorry, Fnarf. Sorrier, Gandhi. Fixed. “Mahatma” is also common.
‘sokay. I believe Mohandas was his given name, and Mahatma is an honorific.
Why do the folks at Slog always get that wrong? It’s not like “Ghandi” is a common name.
But hey, it could have been worse. She could have posted a photo of Time magazine and called it Life magazine in the headline.
I’m partial to “Bully!”
Jehosophat!
my exclamation for AR is “SOLD!” cuz most of that shit is UGLY.
That old guy is totally CHAMPION!
It’s interesting to me that more people don’t find this completely alarming.
“Champion!”
@9, and our selling to Taiwan is totally going to help us convince China to join in being economically mean to Iranians.
The State Department’s using some blunt instruments out there.
Did you actually read the article on the GOP purity pledge? All the RNC decided was to encourage leaders not to give financial support to those who do not support the party platform. The 8 out of 10 list was abandoned.
How does sending a picture count as sex + TEXT + ing.
It’s not text, it’s an image.
So it’s not “sexting”.
@ 1: Fnarf, maybe it’s sort of like Hitler and–oh, never mind. LOL.
I like “champion”. (And Champagne.) (But not Chlamidya–no matter its spelling.)
Champion, that guy IS awesome!
I hope they throw the book at that murdering bastard.