Tuesday/Wild Card -- 5/30/06
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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006
P.S. -- 5/30/06
Issue: Gore: Bush is 'renegade rightwing extremist': Ex-veep calls himself 'recovering politician'/Guardian UnlimitedMore Info: The new levels of attention he is receiving have led some Democrats to call on him to run again for president, while others have responded with anger that Mr Gore did…
HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 5/30/06
Granati took this shot ThursdayEye On Boise: Everyone wants to have a governor's ball here.*Put your hands together for Family Phil, who not only supplied the lead Huckleberry Saturday as a result of his close encounter with actor Dennis Franz, but celebrated the second anniversary…
Extra! Judge Draws Line In Sanders Beach Sand
Sunbathers and swimmers wanting to use Coeur d’Alene’s popular Sanders Beach lost several feet of sand today when a 1st District judge ruled that the public only has access below 2,130 feet. That means Coeur d’Alene must get a survey and figure out how to…
CDADave Keeps Tabs On Courthouse Situation ...
... this afternoon under the iron-fisted rule of Gus, Katie and Rick. Here, we see Gus and Rick making sure that no employees are peeking at banned Huckleberries Online during their breaks or lunch hour. For the rest of CDADave's Thin Air comment, click here.
Mailbag: Has Courthouse Ban Affected Hits?
Average Joe: Have the hits on HBO fallen off since the ban or is it too early to tell? Has a Spokesman reporter tried to get a comment from Rick or Katie on this topic? Katie seems like a smart cookie, too smart to go…
Pretty As A Picture -- 5/30/06
A fawn lies at the base of a tree Monday at the Graceland Cemetery in Sidney, Ohio. The fawn was seen during Memorial Day services at the cemetery/Erin Pence, AP Photo/Sidney Daily News.
SR Switches Positions On Capital Punishment
Among the industrialized nations of the world, only the United States and Japan allow capital punishment. Of the 26 members of NATO, only the United States and Latvia allow capital punishment – and Latvia is perceived to be moving toward abolition of the death penalty.…
Remembering ...
A U.S. Park Police officer is reflected in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as he stands at attention, Monday, during Memorial Day festivities in Washington/Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP photo.
Gus & Katie Shoulda Been Like Currie
Part of the better-listening equation is that, as we've recommended in two previous editorials, county commissioners should go out into all areas of the county to conduct business and hear what issues are important to their constituents. (Gus) Johnson and (Katie) Brodie operated too much…
APhoto of the Day -- 5/30/06
A curious chipmunk investigates the shoe of a member of the military honor guard before the Memorial Day parade in Ames, Iowa, Monday. You write the cutline/Andrew Rullestad, AP, Ames Tribune.
Mailbag: Odds Against Idaho Demos
Dang: I'd also like to postulate that the Idaho Democrats have to face an electorate conditioned to think of the likes of Schumer, Rangel, Kennedy, Kerry, Pelosi and other far-left liberals as being what the Party is all about. In my experience, many of the…
Banned @ K-County Courthouse -- Day 6
Dunno who predicted that it'd be sunny today -- after a Memorial Day Weekend of rain -- but you were dead on the money. You have a job in weather forecasting ahead. Now, we need to shift gears and get back to things that matter,…
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