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FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 2005



Best of the Northwest (1/14/05)

Remember that part in Gov. Dirk Kempthorne's State of the State speech when he talked about tax incentives to woo and/or keep Fortune 500 companies? (In our Editorial Board meeting yesterday, The Dirk Tater wouldn't say whom he'd talked to re. the incentives but he…

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THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 2005

Hot Potatoes Log (1/13/05)

6:21 p.m. Cis The Retired's note from earlier today: "Goatee and Hawaiian shirt? THIS I GOT TO SEE...Surely some one in the office there has a digital camera so we can see this?" (I'll see if I can talk one of them into snapping a…

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Ah'm your Huckleberry ...

So, there I was interviewing Idaho's Dirk Tater, surrounded by his Merry Men and my gang of Editorial Writers, and I had to ask: Aren't you going to be glad when you're no longer guv'nah ... and you can grow facial hair ... and enjoy…

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The Ronfather's last etching

The photo above, of Marines in Iraq kneeling in prayer over a fallen comrade/warrior last April 2 was one of ex-Commish Ron Rankin's favorites. I know. We discussed it on more than one occasion. This afternoon, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, Alice Rankin and others are…

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Sound Off!

"Sound Off" offers you, O My Reader, a chance to spout off on anything you pleaz. Just hit the "comments" button below and fill in, at least, the first line of the three re. name, rank and serial number. Then, spout. It's that easy. I'm…

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12, 2005

Hot Potatoes Log (1/12/05)

5:41 p.m. The tallying is over (hey, this ain't Washington) on the "Question of the Day." The result? By 4-2, with one neutral but interested in the job, Hot Potatoes' commenters believe Katie Brodie has a conflict of interest in holding down her new job…

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Peanut Gallery (What's wrong with Wal-Mart?)

Personally, I don't understand the whole "anti-WalMart" thing. What are they really protesting against? Okay, increased traffic I can see ... but, aren't they essentially saying they don't want another 200 jobs in their area? It's not like North Idaho is the "Mecca of high…

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IMHO-NW

**** Stefan Sharkansky of the soundpolitics.com blog, which has uncovered numerous irregularities in the Washington gubernatorial recounts, is the subject of a column by Robert Jamieson Jr./Seattle P-I here. (I gave this **** because it's a must-read for all bloggers and right-wing conspiracy theorists re.…

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Local headlines (1/12/05)

S-R Photo/Jesse Tinsley: In this November 2002 photo, Robin Crawford of Leisure Park pickets against a Wal-Mart store proposed for Hayden. See following item.*Hayden, Wal-Mart butt heads/Lynn Berk, CDA Press: I don't hold the animosity toward Wal-Mart that many do. But I wonder. Isn't this…

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Peanut Gallery (Real CDA Blog strikes back)

Yesterday, Hot Potatoes reported that the Coeur d'Alene Press registered two CDA blog names after a spat between Editor Mike Patrick and Phil Corless of The CDA Blog. Phil brings us up to date here:RE registering domain names, like Hagadonia.com... I'm not going to spend…

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TUESDAY, JAN. 11, 2005

Hot Potatoes Log (1/11/05)

5:44 p.m. What would you say if all the rhymes from The Bard of Sherman Avenue were available on line? It could happen.5:31 p.m. Looks like Christie Wood of the CPD Blue is responding to Coeur d'Alene Press calls for additional news but not ours.…

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Peanut Gallery (How cold is it -- really)

When cold weather is expected, I scan all of the convenient sources for information. This morning, the S/R weather forecast has Wednesday night & Thursday night low temperatures at zero both nights. The weather channel pops up as the same, as of a few minutes…

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Best of the Northwest

Don't look now, but King County has discovered yet another discrepancy that pushes the number of unaccounted for votes back up to 1,800. Since Demo Christine Gregoire's won the re-recount by 129 votes over Repub Dino Rossi, the latest news casts a longer shadow still…

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Northwest Headlines (1/11/05)

Photo/Jesse Tinsley: Kootenai County Commissioner Gus Johnson of the Kootenai County commission tried on an outfit for a Post Falls Rotary fashion show in March 2003. Yesterday, he was named commission chairman. See Item No. 3.*Temperature may hit 14 below: Light snowfall, gusty winds expected…

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MONDAY, JAN. 10, 2005

Local Headlines @ Closin' Time

*CdA novice pair gets taste of big time: Budvarson, Anders in 11th place after short-program routine/Hilary Kraus, S-R: I remember Chris Anders (shown with Kalie Budvarson in Holly Pickett/S-R photo last April 7) from his outstanding dancing in Coeur d'Alene High's production of "Carousel." Great…

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Down for the Count -- the Dan Rather story

James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal explains what C-BS's findings re. the fabricated Bush Guard story last fall were all about in his Best of the Web blog today here.Meanwhile, you can find links to C-BS's full report here.And, thanks to Dave Bond/Wallace Street…

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SUNDAY, JAN. 9, 2005

SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 2005

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.




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