Wild Card -- Wednesday (5/4/05)
It was such a quiet night on the Wild Card front last night that I double checked my Mouse traps to see if Any Mouse had succumbed to the lure of the bait you others leave out ...
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2005
Best of the Local Blogs
*Marianne Love/Slight Detour and Bob Salsbury/Unbearable Bobness of Being were both talking about that pepper spray incident at the Sandpoint Wal-Mart, involving two warring families and a baby, here and here.*Phil Corless/The Old Goat Trail provides a link to a column about venerable Voice of…
D's are party of the ... well off?
Interestingly, states whose median income for a family of four fell below the national average of $65,093 tended to vote Republican in the last prez election. Those above that average tended to go Democrat. Don't believe me? Click here.
Huckleberries hears ...
...that newsroom muckety-mucks at the Coeur d'Alene Press have imposed a story quota on the poor schlemiels who report the news -- but they haven't told the schlemiels how many stories they have to write per week. Amazing, but true.BTW, I know the Press checks…
Ah'm Your Huckleberry
My but things have changed since I editted the Gridley (Calif.) Union High Bulldog back when Methusaleh was a child. Then, sneaking a double entendre past Mrs. Schlief into the paper was a big deal. Now, the kids are writing about the year-end senior kegger,…
Question No. 2
Issue: Coeur d'Alene Police probe second false report of rape in a week/Spokesman-Review. DFO: This is the kind of nonsense that makes people suspicious of legitimate rape reports. This woman's a disgrace to her gender.Question: What's your feelings about false rape reports?
Separated at Birth?
I have BNSF on the mind this morning as the railroad battles to reopen its refueling depot to resume polluting the aquifer. To the right, you'll see BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas. Can you think of anyone he resembles? Keep it clean. (I'll post the best…
SR delivers BNSF one-two punch ...
In today's SR, columnist Rebecca Nappi offered a eulogy to the late, great Rathdrum aquifer here. And I ripped the railroaders in an editorial here.
Quick Fix 6 (5/4/05)
As an Arizona State linebacker in 1997, Pat Tillman intercepted a pass as ASU beat Stanford. Later, he gave up pro football to serve and die for his country/APhotos. See item immediately below.The first Army investigator who looked into the death of former NFL player…
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.