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Friday, August 22, 2008

News Good Morning News!

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:08 AM

Pull-Out Fake Out?: Bush, etc., set the "aspirational goal" of withdrawing troops from Iraq by June 2011. So is a Bush-approved withdrawl for real? Uh, it's not clear.

Pull-Out Fake Out #2: Russia starts driving its tanks home but Georgians are skeptical.

Super Children: The Olympic Committee investigates the ages of Chinese gymnasts, thinking some may be under sixteen. Would Chinese officials obscure the truth to win gold medals?!

Leave It Behind: Dozens of proposals to replace No Child Left Behind surface on Capitol Hill.

Dubious Development: Auditor faults Metro's subsidies of condos near transit.

"Gathering the Clan": Rural Oregonians meet in a two-day congress to discuss firefighters, farms and the tyranny of the urban majority.

The Most Hated Man in Toronto: A man named Igor Kenk (IGOR KENK!) wins that coveted title after stealing 2,349 bikes.

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A search engine hacker found copies of official registration documents that shows the age of one of China's gold medal winning gymnasts to be 14 instead of 16:

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/20/1259253
Posted by tk. on August 22, 2008 at 9:49 AM · Report
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Who fucking cares, stinking crybabies! You can bet that if the US had won the team gold we'd be seeing none of this.
Posted by jake on August 22, 2008 at 1:20 PM · Report
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Can we import Mr. Kenk to steal hipsters' fixies?
Posted by LawyerPepper on August 22, 2008 at 7:17 PM · Report

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