TGIF Wild Card -- 6/9/06
You have plenty below to keep you busy, HBOers. However, there's always room for another thread, which you can start by using this Wild Card ...
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2006
Huckleberries Best of the Local Blogs -- 6/9/06
CDADave, who provides his trademark pictorial spoof above, has more thoughts on the world-weary 13-year-old who wrote a letter to the SR editor yesterday here.1. Bill McCrory/Whitecaps asks a question that anyone qualified to be Spokane police chief should ask himself or herself before applying:…
Rural Legend: Gates In North Idaho?
A rumor that won't go away has bazillionaire Bill Gates buying up land in Smelterville of the Silver Valley for some unannounced development. SR biz reporter Becky Kramer sez she has found no grounds to the rumor ...
LaRocco: Winning Idaho One Handshake At A Time
"Former Idaho Congressman Larry LaRocco is serious about shaking 25,000 Idahoans’ hands during his campaign for lieutenant governor – he’s numbered the campaign brochures he hands out, to track his progress toward the 25,000-handshake goal. ... If the 25,000 mark seems unlikely, a look back…
Huckleberries Hears ...
... That syndicated talk-show hostess Rollye James is fed up with living in Philadelphia and the East Coast -- and is considering moving to Coeur d'Alene. In fact, on her show Thursday night (which airs from 1 to 4 a.m. on KGA) the Libertarian/conspiracy theorist…
Mailbag: Bikini War Differentiates Idaho Repubs
James Bond: I don't know the full story, although I would toss out a possible dynamic. Nampa is conservative in a way that CdA is not -- it is socially, religiously conservative. CdA is a very Republican area, but northern Idaho Republicans are different that…
Post Falls Dad: Taking HBO on the Road
"Dave, as my new job has me on the road to Lewiston and Wenatchee 2 times a week I am not always able to "keep in the know" by checking in with HBO -- UNTIL NOW! My new Blackberry has internet and as I was…
Question of the Day: Boxers Or Briefs
Issue: In Praise of Boxer Briefs: An underpants manifesto/Seth Stevenson, SlateDFO: Remember that "Friends" episode when Joey went "commando" to get back at Chandler? Well, that's a little over the top, as far as I'm concerned. A man should choose between one of the two…
Nampa Police Close CDA Sister Torch Bikini Bar
"Nampa police closed a bikini bar June 1 after it failed to renew its license, and the City Council denied the renewal on Monday after police cited problems during eight months of operation. ("New bikini bar concerns Nampans," Oct. 6) Undercover officers witnessed dancers at…
Random Thoughts
Q -- Has Coeur d'Alene Councilwoman Dixie Reid ever -- ever! -- voted against something that mogul Duane Hagadone wanted?
APhoto of the Day -- 6/9/06
Adriana Hopkins, 2, tries to eat the bubbles blown by her mother, Stephanie, Thursday, in Sterling, Ill. Near-perfect weather made having fun outside east to do, though Adriana might have had a good time with her bubbles no matter what the conditions were. You write…
Mailbag: Praising John Barlow
Sage: Whoa there pardners. John is not such a bad guy. Our kids played sports together since junior high. After many road trips, you get to know the other parents fairly well. His wife, Kathy, is a sweeetie. She worked for years with troubled kids…
WorldNetDaily Poll: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Question: What does the death of Zarqawi mean in the worldwide war on terrorism? 1. It confirms that Bush is the real terrrorist 2. 1,000 other Zarqawis will rise to take his place 3. The Islamic jihad movement is made up of many decentralized cells…
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.