*Sheriff promotes political supporters: Sterk names Brady to jail post, Wiyrick as undersheriff/Jonathan Brunt and Thomas Clouse, SR -- Remember that Stephen King miniseries, "Kingdom Hospital"? And the anteater type thing? You do me a solid; I'll do you a solid. Seems to work at…
Question (received by e-mail this a.m.: "What do you have to do to create a name like Cis or The Edge so that I can participate without being identified."DFO Answer: Simply create the pseudonym (and make it good because I don't like boring pseudonyms) and…
Dunno if you read my editorial this a.m. asking county officials to listen to their bosses, us, and provide the interoffice emails between Prosecutor Bill Douglas and his Marina Kalani, his former drug court administrator. Quoth:Earlier this week, Kootenai County released 461 of 1,060 e-mails…
To prevent school violence, it is necessary to fix the root of the problem- that is, when kids who are deemed by their peers to be "different" are bullied. As someone who walks the halls of a high school almost every day, I've seen my…
Issue: How You Can Help Prevent Another School Shooting: Experts list the signs to look for before notifying authorities/MTV.com.DFO: You can't prevent another shooting on a national level. But you should be able to take steps to do so on a local level.Question: Is there…
Ron Rankin? A Democrat? Ahaha. See 4:31 entry.5 p.m. A coupla of you good bloggers have written in concerned that I might delete them from the blogroll. Not to worry. My greatest concern is about bloggers who began but aren't following through, not you guys…
...a sheriff's marine boat got up close and personal with the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce float, while they were parked in Building 15 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. About 3 weeks ago, Howard Martinson, float committee chairman, moved the float into the building, giving…
Issue: Local man on campaign to keep out Californians/Mike Weland, Kootenai Valley News --In Boundary County, Jerry Higgs, a former Hayden resident, is posting signs urging the huddled masses from California to go some place else. One sez: "If my dog was from California, I’d…
Greetings, You are likely aware that along with the case to resolve the matter of ownership of Sanders Beach, the City of Coeur d’Alene also filed a motion for preliminary injunction restraining the homeowners along East Lakeshore Drive between 12th and 15th Streets (Homeowners) from…
Journalists say government data harder to get: Influence of advertisers and newspaper owners of concern to audience members/James Hagengruber, SR.DFO: Anyone else out there want to comment on the Media part of the NIC Popcorn Forum yesterday? (Besides saying that SR Editor Steve Smith (pictured)…
Issue: Commenter Dan Gookin brought up and interesting question yesterday. Noting that we're now fixated on Terri Shiavo's situation, the Minnesota school massacre and, locally, the prosecutor's flap, he wondered what would be the next major story to claim our attention. His pick? The pope's…
"Wild Card" provides a forum for commenters who want to bring up their own subjects and toss in their 2 cents. You know the drill.
*'Terri's fading quickly': Parents beg federal appeals court to order feeding tube reinserted/Associated Press -- We wouldn't treat the worst al Qaeda killer this way. God have mercy on our calloused hearts.*Document: Bin Laden evaded U.S. forces: Terror suspect says he helped al-Qaida leader escape…
*For some reason, I'm totally in the mood for Bearable Bob Salsbury's totally tasteless -- and funny as all get out -- quiz for those who want to know what kind of serial killer they'd be here. Yeah, yeah, I know Scripture tells us to…
*Issue: Court e-mails shed little light: exchanges related to drug court heavily redacted/Erica Curless, SR. And: Officials' e-mails investigated/Dave Turner, Coeur d'Alene Press.DFO: "... in a March 3 exchange in which (Marina) Kalani (pictured above) writes, 'Thank you. You are so good to me. Just…
Issue: ABC News deceptive in Terri Schiavo poll? 63% support removal of her feeding tube, but survey said she has 'no consciousness'/WorldNetDaily.DFO: Why am I not surprised? (BTW, Sam Taylor, there's a reason I use conservative sources like WorldNetDaily. On issues like these, the national…
Who: Editors Steve Smith (SR, pictured) and Mike Patrick (CDA Press), with a supporting cast of Mindy Cameron, ex-Seattle Times opinion editor; Capt. Ben Wolfinger, KCSD spokesman; Kent Propst, NIC spokesman; and Kenton Bird, interim director, UI School of Journalism.What: NIC Popcorn Forum discussion: "What's…
Another high-and-mighty judge orders Terri Schiavo starved to death like a dog here. May God have mercy on Terri. But not the individuals who are putting her to death in this cruel and inhumane way.1. Political 'Toon Fix: Gary Varvel (Terri Schiavo), Paul Nowak (Oil…
Issue: Nation's gas prices hit record highs: Average cost for all 3 grades increases to $2.13 per gallon/Associated Press.DFO: If gas prices go much higher, I may need to break out the bike and ride to work. It'd be good for the pocketbook and the…
5:43 p.m. We have a 2-year-old posting anonymous raunchy stuff on the blog. Easy to eliminate. But you might catch run across some of this genius's stuff before I delete it. Be warned.5:15 p.m. "Beautiful Blonde pole dancer: Hope you don't mind a bit of…
...showing pictorially why Dubya beat Flipflop last November (Caution to D's -- salt-in-wound stuff) here.
"The Writer" Grief is my inspiration Without pain I can not write Without fear the words would not come Without sorrow the thoughts could not form Without longing for love my pen would be still My thoughts shared on paper My heart penned in ink…
The major distinction one may seebetween mankind and the chimpanzeeis found in springtime, when chimps relaxbut man sits down to do income tax.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
*The road stops here: Gonzaga's NCAA dream comes to sudden end in Tucson/Rebecca Nappi & Jamie Neely, SR -- If only some Zag would have helped Adam Morrison in the second half ...*Different breed for Bulldogs: GU women handled BYU's size, now they must contend…
Issue: Bush signs bill to save Terri: House votes overwhelmingly to make Schiavo case federal/WorldNetDaily. And: Vatican Calls for Keeping Schiavo Alive DFO: Terri's fate now rests with a Clinton appointee, which means she has a 50-50 chance of living. I was extremely disappointed that…
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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