Monday, December 21, 2009
News Morning Newsdome: Winter solstice is messing with everything
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:19 PM
>> The Senate has approved the landmark health care legislation with a 60-40 vote clearly divided by party lines, and the vote to pass the bill will likely happen before Christmas Eve. That'd make an even better present than a Snuggie for the millions of Americans without health care. (Voice of America)
>> Neighborhood ratings guide Yelp walked away from a nearly done deal with Google for $550 million plus earnouts. Had the deal gone through, it would have been the seventh company Google purchased for a total of $1.5 billion since August. I'm scared to think of what Google has its eye on next. (Techcrunch, Mediabistro)
>> More than 40,000 people have been evacuated from the Mayon volcano area in the Philippines as scientist detect a coming explosion. Stupid Mayans got it so wrong: they predicted Dec. 21, 2012 when any uncivilized idiot could have seen it was two years earlier. (CNN)
>> A Washington DC plain-clothed cop got out of his car and drew his gun after his vehicle was hit by a snowball during a mass snowball fight. Guns sometimes allowed — flame-throwers always against the rules. (BBC News)
>> And finally: Today is the shortest day and the longest night of the year known as the winter solstice. At 12:47 pm, the Earth's axial tilt puts it the farthest away from the sun. This astrological shift must be the only reason behind the health care reform support. (Fox News)
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