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FRIDAY, SEPT. 9, 2005

Laurie Roth Update

re: Talk show host Laurie Roth's near-fatal motorcycle accident with deerThree weeks after suffering critical injuries when her motorcycle collided with a deer, talk show host Laurie Roth continues her recovery. Now able to move from her bed to a wheelchair, Physical, Occupational and Speech…

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WorldNetDaily Poll: Sandy Berger

What do you think of the no-jail sentence and $50,000 fine given Sandy Berger here?1. It was too harsh – prosecutors only asked for a $10,000 fine 2. He said he was sorry and had made a mistake – he shouldn't go to prison for…

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Local Question of the Day -- 9/9/05

Issue: 'Oprah' gets Groenes – minus Shasta: Steve 'adamant' that his daughter not go before cameras/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewGroene family spokeswoman Wendy Price: "Oprah's very committed to this type of story." Question: What do you think about Steve Groene telling his family's tragic story on the…

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Quick Fix 6 -- 9/9/05

1. APhoto Fix: Afghan people gather around a water pump outside a Kabul mosque plastered with campaign posters for the upcoming parliamentary elections Friday, Sept. 9, 2005. Afghanistan will hold the country's first-ever parliamentary election on Sept. 18.2. Cartoon Fix: Chuck Asay (Tolerant Air Force),…

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 2005

Wild Card/Thursday -- 9/8/05

The SR Internet service just hiccoughed, so I'd better move up the Wild Card before it does it again. No PS tonight because we have plenty to consider with Stebbijo's Choice and Bearable Bob's choice a few items below. If you want to start a…

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Best of the Local Blogs -- 9/8/05

I really should save this as Photo of the Day for tomorrow. But you know what they say about a pig in the pen. Family Phil delivers another fine photo (above) and his second column for the San Diego Reader here.*CDADave provides new "Thin Air"…

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Bearable Bob's Choice

OK, we know Barbara Bush thinks poor people should be happy living in a football stadium after losing their homes and loved ones. Well, they are poor anyway. Football stadiums are cool! OK, here is my poll. Please choose one of the following as to…

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CDADave's Mystery Bar

Here is a place known as the "Boulevard Club"; my first guess is that it was located somewhere on Northwest Boulevard...makes sense to me! Doesn't mean that I'm right, though. Actually, the interior of this place reminds me a little of the CDA Eagles Club's…

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In Defense of Flipflops ...

So, I figure it’s about time for someone to defend flip-flops and the generation who loves them. We wear them to be comfortable, but not disrespectful. At least not intentionally, though I’ve admittedly snickered and made fun of my mother and grandmother for calling them…

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Peanut Gallery -- The Spoofer Strikes Back

Holy crap. Talk about vitriol. Especially that one by "Bob." What a (insert flame word here). (Heck), I get the distinct impression that guy could find "racist overtones" in a bowl of tomato soup. Yeesh.And what the (heck) is a "prison shirt"? The source image…

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Morning Headlines -- 9/8/05

*Loaded trucks headed South: North Idaho officers bringing goods to Katrina victims/Susan Drumheller, Spokesman-Review: One word: Saaalute.*Northwest Coeur d'Alene is fast growing: Residential and high-density buildings are going/Nils Rosdahl, Spokesman-Review -- Gee, just what we need -- more housing to attract more residents to demand…

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Local Question of the Day -- 9/8/05

Issue: Victim angry over rapist's plea bargain: Tuggle's former sister-in-law, assaulted at 13, wanted death penalty/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review. Related: Tuggle admits to rape, kidnapping of daughter/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-Review. DFO: So, when does perv Tuggle get out of prison to reoffend again, with time off for…

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WorldNetDaily.com Poll

What's the REAL reason why oil and gas prices are so high? 1. Americans use too much fuel, don't conserve enough 2. Hurricane Katrina impacted supplies, so prices have skyrocketed 3. There's no specific cause, the U.S. is finally catching up to European prices 4.…

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Peanut Gallery -- A Rip in Society's Fabric

I've held off on commenting about the Katrina response stuff until there was a little more information.While the partisan in me would like to just blast Bush and company, particularly Brown, it's clear to me that there was a complete breakdown at all levels. IMO,…

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 2005

Wild Card/Wednesday -- 9/7/05

I've been wondering about the evening roundup that includes "Inside Huckleberries," "Best of the Local Blogs," "PS" and the final "Wild Card." Do you read these entries? Or do you spend the earlier part of the day online? And not the evening? Dunno how to…

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Headlines Near Closing Time -- 9/7/05

*'Napoleon' dynamite for back-to-school: 'It will have a nice little run and, in all likelihood, will have a short life'/Washington Post -- Mebbe Planet Hollyweird wouldn't be experiencing such a slump this summer if it made more fare like "Napoleon Dynamite." Gosh!*Displaced to get $2,000…

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Huckleberries Hears ...

... That property owners attorney John Magnuson was so hosed at my SR edit this a.m. about Sanders Beach that he sputtered while declaring his side would appeal Judge James Judd's decision here. Frankly, I believe, the got-rocks folks who Magnuson's represents have a chance…

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Huckleberries Best of the Northwest -- 9/7/05

Seattle Mariner Morse was suspended today for 10 days for violating the steroids policy, the ninth major league player penalized under baseball's tougher drug rules/APhoto here.Top Story: A Battle Ground, Wash., man who paid $10,000 for a Krispy Kreme doughnut to help his granddaughter raise…

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Peanut Gallery: Globaloney Warming

re: A neener-neener from a True Green Believer who blames Katrina on global warming.Hi Dave! I was a ten year resident of Coeur d'Alene, who recently moved to Albuquerque NM. One of the reasons that I left was because of the narrow minded, backward attitudes…

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Maynard or Gilligan?

Stealing Stebbijo's line, Huckleberries Online wants to know who died yesterday:Maynard G. KrebsorGilliganAnd what does your answer say about you?(BTW, you can find a wonderful Milt Priggee cartoon about the late Bob Denver here.)

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On Sanders Beach ...

The new generation of East Lakeshore Drive homeowners has only itself to blame for the adverse court decision. If the group had continued the long-standing practice of allowing the public to use the beach, it wouldn't be facing the prospect of additional anguish and of…

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WND Poll: God's Judgment?

Do you think Hurricane Katrina is God's punishment for something? 1. Yes, He was judging U.S. support for forced evacuations in Israel 2. Yes, He was judging homosexuals 3. Yes, He wants New Orleans and America to repent of a wide variety of sinful behavior…

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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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