Wild Card -- Wednesday (6/22/05)
You can launch into your own topics ... or mild rant ... with today's Wild Card here ...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005
P.S.
Issue: Senate defeats move to cap climate gases: Supporters get 5 fewer votes than 2 years ago/Washington Post.DFO: I don't believe the science on global warming can be trusted. The Senate did the right thing here.Question: Are you persuaded that global warming is a problem?
Peanut Gallery -- Developers' Best Friends?
OK, I am going to defer to others and ask for input. It's clear I feel a lot of anger towards local elected officials who I feel are too "passive" on managing growth. By name, who are the worst offenders on allowing "crazy" growth. And…
Peanut Gallery -- The Duane's mausoleum
re: the mausoleum for J.R. Simplot that's now under construction.A more vital mausoleum question: Where will The Duane be putting his mausoluem? Ideas:* Third Street Docks* Intersection of NW Blvd & Ironwood* Four Corners (Gov't Way & NW Blvd)* Sherman Ave. between 6th and 8thDangFeedback:…
Welcome Back, Mike
Looks like CdAPD Officer Mike Kralicek is back in town. Big escort from Washington into Idaho, up 95, west on Kathleen to the PD this morning. A lot of people lined up along US 95 in CdA to welcome him back.Bill McCroryWhitecaps.blogspot.comDFO: Susan Drumheller/SR was…
Photo of the Day w/Top Cutlines -- 6/22/05
Summer soltice celebration at Stonehenge Monday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines: 1. A very drunken and hairy man remembers to dot the "i" in Idiot -- John Austin.2. Having been declared legally insane after a crushing defeat in the 2006 mid-term elections, former DNC head…
Sen. Durbin takes on Andy of Mayberry?
No sooner had Sen. Durbin apologized for comparing Gitmo to Nazis, the Soviet gulag and Pol Pot's killers than he provided examples of torture in Andy & Barney in red-white-and-blue jail. Or so sez blogger WuzzaDem, with photos and tongue firmly cheeked, here.
Vaseline, A Tube of Lipstick & Thou
I know Payne's shenanigans aren't going over to well with a lot of the folks up there but it's something so many pd's have wanted to say to their counties for years!-- Sanchovilla(a public defender on the Left Coast who linked to the Linda Payne…
Huckleberries Quick Fix 6 -- 6/22/05
APhoto Fix: Mattel announced its partnership today with Clear Channel Entertainment Productions for Barbie(r) doll's live debut on the stage with "Barbie(tm) Live in Fairytopia!" Mattel will bring the magical world of Fairytopia(tm) to life in approximately 80 cities across North America beginning in Spring…
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