Countdown Newsletter 3/10

[crispini]

Hey, Carey took out the "Keith blogs" ... was that for us? Didn't one of ya'll ask for that? :)

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Michael Jackson showed up to court today -- late -- after an arrest
warrant had been issued. He was wearing what appeared to be his pajama
bottoms.

An angry judge issued an arrest warrant for Michael Jackson today after
he failed to show up for his child molestation trial on time and his
attorney announced the singer was being treated for a serious back
problem. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7148840/

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count
is never complete without you. Join us.

man who killed himself during a routine traffic stop here Wednesday had
material in his van that appears to tie him to the murders of the
husband and mother of U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow, police in
this Milwaukee suburb said Thursday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7137455/

Former President Clinton checked into a New York City hospital early
Thursday to undergo more surgery on his chest.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7127096/
Baseball vows to fight government subpoenas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7132563/

That's some of what we're working on for tonight's show.

Finally,
Cat Shoots Owner...
A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his
9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State
Police said. Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was
shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in
Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community
Hospital.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CAT_SHOOTS_OWNER?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
Not the cat's meow.

-- Carey Fox

Countdown Home: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

More:
The number of American applying for first-time jobless benefits
exceeded expectations, climbing 17,000 last week to its highest level in two
months, a government report showed on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7147414/

Powerful painkillers like OxyContin, widely known as "hillbilly
heroin," have emerged as a major crime problem in the United States, with many
dealers and abusers obtaining them over the Internet.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7141313/

A group of airline pilots gave the U.S. government failing grades on
Thursday in several areas of aviation security including the screening of
employees and cargo, and defending planes from shoulder-fired missiles.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7148187/

Gizoogle.com, the wizard of izzle. Site parody puts ya search
resultizzle into gangsta-speak. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7143332/

[Patsy Stone]

1. It was...

and the phrase, "Michael in his comfy pants" grossed me out a lot!

Hey, C! :hi:

[crispini]

2. Hi Patsy!

:hi: In a boooooring meeting all AM.... and now it's lunchtime here. Off to do errands and eat!

[gkhouston]

3. ugh. Better, I suppose, than Michael

in someone else's comfy pants. Pretty over the top to come to court in your PJs. Can you say "obvious sympathy ploy to distract from upcoming testimony"? I knew you could. Good thing he's not on trial for being a narcissistic weirdo 'cause he's already lost that case hands down. The molestation charges he's at least got a chance of being acquitted. (Haven't heard enough yet to know whether the boy and his family are telling the truth or running a scam although some of Michael's statements are reminiscent of classic creepy pedophilia rationalizations.)

Maybe the judge should just throw MJ a handful of the hillbilly heroin and tell him to sit down and shut up; the trial's fixin' to start for the day. }(

[Patsy Stone]

4. Nooooo

> Can you say "obvious sympathy ploy to distract from upcoming testimony"? I knew you could.

Can you say freakin' WEIRDO!?!?! I knew that you could... :)

[RevCheesehead]

5. I'm still snickering at "hillbilly heroin,"

because every time I hear Oxycontin, I think Rush Windbag. :)

It's snowing, but unless we get a blizzard, I'll be at a meeting tonight. :(

Catch ya later! :hi:

[gkhouston]

6. hmm... sounds like you need to do some research for the test kitchen

on a cold weather version of the snarkatini -- something more suitable for drinking on a cold winter's night. Try to be good for a change, Ms. Cheeky Cheddar. I'm probably going to miss the meeting again tonight (doctor just upped my migraine-preventing medicine so I'm feeling pretty lousy), but my spies will report back to me. And hey, don't eat all the Girl Scout cookies!

[RevCheesehead]

7. let me clarify:

I'll be at a CHURCH meeting tonight.

My brain isn't working well today. I've been forgetting names and can't think of appropriate words, can't focus...

I'll leave the cookies behind the bar. Help yourself (but save the Do-Si-Dos for Sparky).

[gkhouston]

8. oh! Then you had better be very good indeed

unless it's a nonstandard denomination. (Heh, I almost said "roll your own" but then decided that probably wasn't quite the phrase I wanted to use to describe a religious congregation!)

[RevCheesehead]

9. I can behave.

When I want to. O8)

[Shopaholic]

10. I was the guilty party

who told Carey he was doing false advertising as KO had not blogged in about 2 weeks. :eyes: But then, that very day, KO blogged again!
:bounce: