10 Things to Know for Friday [With my comments]
Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:01:02 -0500
6. WHY YOU SHOULDN'T SWEAT THIS ASTROID FLYBY
Scientists promise the 150-foot-wide rock will be at least 17,100 miles away [from Earth, I suppose] when it zips past next Friday. [OK, geniuses, we're going to hold you to that.]
7. APPLE FACES A REBELLION
An influential investor, Greenlight Capital, wants the company to stop stockpiling cash and give it to shareholders instead. [Why not simply give it to El Presidente, or Jesse Jackson. They'll have some grandiose plan to waste it on. Jessie Jackson, Jr. could possibly use it for his legal defense or, worst case, to bribe prison guards.]
8. SOUTHERN FOODS LINKED TO STROKES
Blacks in the Southeast suffer more strokes than anyone else — and fried meals and sugary drinks may be to blame. [And who is it that holds a gun to their heads to make them injest it?]
9. OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM CARRIES AN AFGHAN BOY TO HOLLYWOOD
The coming-of-age movie is the 14-year-old's ticket to the Academy Awards. It'll be his very first flight. [I had a comment here but decided to delete it, deferring to some people's delicate sensibilities. I want credit for that.]
10. WHAT'S MAKING RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT FUME
A year before the Winter Olympics, Putin can't abide the huge cost overruns in Sochi, the host city. [Hell, if he thinks that's bad, we should bring him to Washington.]
Police respond in Riverside, Calif., early Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2013, after one officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out with a murder suspect. Police were searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings — and who threatened to kill police.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. EX-COP'S CHILLING JUSTIFICATION FOR CALIF. KILLING SPREE
"I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own," he says in an online manifesto. "I'm terminating yours." [You want mine? Hell, you probably can't afford them.]
2. BRENNAN: WATERBOARDING 'REPREHENSIBLE'
Whether or not it produces useful information, the U.S. should never waterboard anyone again, he tells a Senate panel. [Americans being killed by terroists is even more "reprehensible" (to me) so this guy will probably fit in nicely with El Presidente's gang of "who-gives-a-damns".]
3. HOW PEOPLE ARE PREPPING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLIZZARD
Diane Lopes visited a packed supermarket in Gloucester, MA, to stock up on basic foods — "and lots of wine." [At least we know where the party is. The challenge will be getting there.]
4. IRAN'S CHARM OFFENSIVE IN EGYPT
Ahmadinejad reaches out to Morsi in hopes of forging an alliance that could remake the balance of power in the Middle East. [Remake it for the better or worse with respect to Israel and, ultimately, us?]
5. FEW DISPLEASED BY POST OFFICE CUTS
Even many seniors, who remember when mail was a lifeline to the outside world, say they can do without Saturday delivery, which now brings mostly bills and junk. [My father was a letter carrier in Pittsburgh for 25 years. Back then that meant he walked his route. I can remember going with him some Saturdays when I was a kid.]
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. EX-COP'S CHILLING JUSTIFICATION FOR CALIF. KILLING SPREE
"I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own," he says in an online manifesto. "I'm terminating yours." [You want mine? Hell, you probably can't afford them.]
2. BRENNAN: WATERBOARDING 'REPREHENSIBLE'
Whether or not it produces useful information, the U.S. should never waterboard anyone again, he tells a Senate panel. [Americans being killed by terroists is even more "reprehensible" (to me) so this guy will probably fit in nicely with El Presidente's gang of "who-gives-a-damns".]
3. HOW PEOPLE ARE PREPPING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLIZZARD
Diane Lopes visited a packed supermarket in Gloucester, MA, to stock up on basic foods — "and lots of wine." [At least we know where the party is. The challenge will be getting there.]
4. IRAN'S CHARM OFFENSIVE IN EGYPT
Ahmadinejad reaches out to Morsi in hopes of forging an alliance that could remake the balance of power in the Middle East. [Remake it for the better or worse with respect to Israel and, ultimately, us?]
5. FEW DISPLEASED BY POST OFFICE CUTS
Even many seniors, who remember when mail was a lifeline to the outside world, say they can do without Saturday delivery, which now brings mostly bills and junk. [My father was a letter carrier in Pittsburgh for 25 years. Back then that meant he walked his route. I can remember going with him some Saturdays when I was a kid.]
6. WHY YOU SHOULDN'T SWEAT THIS ASTROID FLYBY
Scientists promise the 150-foot-wide rock will be at least 17,100 miles away [from Earth, I suppose] when it zips past next Friday. [OK, geniuses, we're going to hold you to that.]
7. APPLE FACES A REBELLION
An influential investor, Greenlight Capital, wants the company to stop stockpiling cash and give it to shareholders instead. [Why not simply give it to El Presidente, or Jesse Jackson. They'll have some grandiose plan to waste it on. Jessie Jackson, Jr. could possibly use it for his legal defense or, worst case, to bribe prison guards.]
8. SOUTHERN FOODS LINKED TO STROKES
Blacks in the Southeast suffer more strokes than anyone else — and fried meals and sugary drinks may be to blame. [And who is it that holds a gun to their heads to make them injest it?]
9. OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILM CARRIES AN AFGHAN BOY TO HOLLYWOOD
The coming-of-age movie is the 14-year-old's ticket to the Academy Awards. It'll be his very first flight. [I had a comment here but decided to delete it, deferring to some people's delicate sensibilities. I want credit for that.]
10. WHAT'S MAKING RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT FUME
A year before the Winter Olympics, Putin can't abide the huge cost overruns in Sochi, the host city. [Hell, if he thinks that's bad, we should bring him to Washington.]
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