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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, JAN. 3, 2005

Hot Potatoes Log (1/3/05)

6:29 p.m. Dang. I planned to turn over a new leaf by getting home by 5:30 each day. Good thing my wife and daughter are in Spokane spending what's left of the Christmas money, or I'd hear about it. Then, mebbe it isn't a good…

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Saaalute -- Timberlake Fire Department

Bayview Herb files the following report:I and friends witnessed a wonderful example of selflessness Christmas day. We have an annual Christmas day pot-luck dinner for those of us that have no family in the area. One of the guests, from the Silver Valley, was a…

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He told us so

An S-R story by Zaz Hollander on Feb. 6, 2001, seems prophetic in the wake of the wastewater spill at the BNSF refueling depot last month. It concludes: "A former railroad employee says the (BNSF refueling) facility will never be safe enough."The accidents Don Milliken…

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From Red State to Pet Peeves

After your great article about things that offend you ("We Red Staters can get offended, too" here), I have a couple to add:1. Inconsiderate lazy people who leave shopping carts in parking places rather that take a minute to push them to the cart corrals…

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You might be a liberal if ...

D.P. Bond of the Wallace Street Journal sends along a column by Ed Lynch of the Roanoke (Va.) Times in which he explains how you can tell a liberal from ordinary folks. Ferexample, you might be a liberal if ...You think that Rush Limbaugh’s listeners…

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Humor Fix

"Drug companies are now warning their employees to be on the lookout for Michael Moore, who’s making a movie about the pharmaceutical industry. Now, do you really have to be on the lookout for Michael Moore? Isn’t he kinda easy to spot?" -- Jay Leno

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Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.