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Friday, December 11, 2009

News Good Morning News!

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:25 AM

Blackwater Bad Men: The private security firm secretly worked hand-in-hand with the CIA raiding the houses of terror suspects in the Middle East.

Glaciers! Carbon! Media Blitz! Climate activists report from Copenhagen.

Tax Banks to Save the World: Those crazy Europeans! They come up with ideas like a "global banking tax" to fund the fight against "climate change".

Deporting Detainees: Five Americans arrested on terrorist charges in Pakistan are heading home.

A Long-Awaited Divorce: Just in time for Christmas, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's wife tells him to take a hike (for real this time).

Down the Toilet: Fancy self-automated toilet's like Portland's loo are still mistrusted in NYC.

Creepy Scientology Video: Apparently Scientologists have gotten to the voice of Bart Simpson. And she made them a video about "the crusade."

Top Cop Payouts: The O lists the millions of dollars paid out because of claims and lawsuits against the Portland Police.

Cylcocross! The National Cyclocross Championships land this weekend in Bend! I'm not there, but I predict uh... there will be mud.

Stealing Jesus: Someone snagged baby Jesus from a Beaverton front yard nativity scene. Al Qaeda? Blogtownie?

 

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When I was in high school we went around and stole people's christmas lawn things. We really wanted a baby Jesus but weren't able to get one. Then we set all the stolen goods up at the McDonald's drive thru. It's rather silly that that is news. But to answer that ladies question: We did it because we were bored teenagers and thought it was funny. It's not about your message or Jesus or whatever.
Posted by Jinx on December 11, 2009 at 9:47 AM · Report
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The LDS church in my hometown was never able to keep a baby Jesus for an entire Christmas season because teenagers were always stealing it to make bongs.
Posted by Joneser on December 11, 2009 at 10:06 AM · Report
3
Cyclocross has "jumped the shark", to use a stale phrase from several years ago
Posted by Chunty McHutchence on December 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM · Report
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At a Christmas party a few years back we stole a lit-up Christmas bear from a neighbor and put it in bed with someone who had passed out cold. Wish I had video, the bear's head moving back and forth all lit up as this guy tried to steal the blanket from his companion.
Posted by NIG GER on December 11, 2009 at 11:01 AM · Report
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Chunty, are you implying that "jump the shark" jumped the shark?

[Universe collapses on itself]

You're right though. I cringe when I hear people use that phrase.
Posted by Commenty Colin on December 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM · Report
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I'm not registering for the NYT just to read a story about a loo.
Posted by DemonJuice on December 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM · Report
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The best way to undergo the Baby Jesus-theft trick to is steal as many as you can, write down the address of where each one came from, and then return them all on Easter. Get it? ...hurrrr
Posted by AaronJ on December 11, 2009 at 2:10 PM · Report

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