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Community Comment archive for June 2010

MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010

David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com

Thunder thighs on patrol...

Good evening, Netizens... Cartoonist David Horsey takes yet another shot at the Gulf Coast oil spill, and I think this time he might have something! Either that or he has alienated Midwestern tourists completely. What his cartoon appears to show are obese Midwestern tourists laid…

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Jason Kadah has left the building... 25 

Good morning, Netizens... Ah, the personnel policies of KREM-2. At least in the case of Nadine Woodward, KREM-2 TV she was allowed to give the viewers a bit of notification that she was moving on. However, in the case of Jason Kadah, last week he…

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SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010

Our Sunday morning Hymn...

Good morning, Netizens... It's a moderately-civil Sunday morning on the cusp of a vagrant rainstorm, and as I wander into the Virtual Ballroom I hear the All-Star Ghostly Church Choir singing an old favorite irreverent hymn from the Virtual Ballroom hymnal. I fell down on…

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SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2010

A form of child abuse? 

Good afternoon, Netizens... I am sitting just outside the doorway to the Virtual Ballroom and Espresso Bar this afternoon, relishing in the first day in many where Mother Nature is smiling benevolently down upon the Virtual Garden without a hint of rain. One might think…

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Photo Credit: Niall Carson/PA, via AP

Rachel Corrie boarded by Israelis... 

Good morning, Netizens... It comes as little surprise to anyone, but the 1200 ton Irish cargo ship Rachel Corrie, carrying relief supplies to Gaza, was boarded this morning in International waters by Israeli armed forces with no loss of life or injuries. Depending upon where…

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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart is knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during an investiture at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday June 2, 2010. AP (Anthony Devlin / Pa)

Once a captain, now a knight...

Good afternoon, Netizens... Most people immediately recognize actor Patrick Stewart for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now you can call him by his true title, Sir Patrick Stewart as in this picture he is knighted by Britain's…

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AP Photo of aid ship heading for Gaza

Rachel Corrie heading for Gaza 

Good morning, Netizens... The Rachel Corrie, an Irish freighter is about to attempt to break the blockade of Gaza, and Israel has sworn they will stop it. The Irish vessel is named after an American college student crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer…

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AP Photo/Mike Stewart (Mike Stewart / Associated Press)

Go sweet into the darkness... 

Good morning, Netizens... A dolphin lies on dead on a beach on Horn Island,Miss., in the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Officials say that at least six dead dolphins have been found on the Gulf Coast since May 2. Authorities don't know whether…

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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010

Is Excited Delirium Valid Excuse? 

I have been waiting for this for EVER. The cause of “excited delirium” will NOT be a viable excuse in the Otto Zehm case. High time. I have always felt that excited delirium was a lame justification for death by taser. In fact, I think…

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Wedding bells are clanging... 

Good morning, Netizens... Photo Credit http://www.mofopolitics.com You had better sit down and pour another cup of Virtual Espresso. Rush Limbaugh is getting married next weekend, his fourth attempt at matrimonial bliss. Kathryn Rogers is 31 to Limpbow's 57 years of age. Rush's last wedding was…

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010

David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com

The mysteries of BP explained... 

Good evening, Netizens... At last! We finally have a cogent explanation of how BP is managing their income in these self-induced hard times. The only problem is due to BP's inability to tell the truth, we have to rely on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's David Horsey…

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