A Travel Pointer from NASA
If you have many milesbefore your journey ends,take a tip from the prosand wear your Depends.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 2007
Parting Shot -- 2/8/07
Colleague Jesse Tinsley was digging through some old files when he happened upon this one. Writes JT: "Here's a picture of me at the Aryan Nations compound in the mid-90s. Although it ays "whites only", they let this part anglo, part Hawaiian, part Chinese guy…
Inside Huckleberries -- 2/8/07
*"I guess we all have/Secret thoughts./It even happens/To astronauts" -- Idaho Escapee....*Blogmeister Emeritus Ken Sands asked if you Safari browser users are still having trouble seeing the entire cover page of Huckleberries Online. Anyone?...*Chances are real good that you're going to be seeing OrangeTV's reviews…
APhoto of the Day -- 2/8/07
Madame Tussauds sculptor Roger McKay puts the finishing touches to a snow statue of model Elle Macpherson in Regents Park, central London, today. You write the cutline/AP Photo. Top Cutlines1. "Hillary, when Bill said you were a cold-hearted bioch, I had no idea he was…
Extra! Wal-Mart Settles w/Harrassed Black Worker
Issue: Wal-Mart settles harassment suit: Idaho store fired black worker for complaining about racial slurs, agency says/Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Some of the racial graffiti included the phrases "white supremacy," "whites only" and "no niggers in Idaho," legal documents in the case show. The graffiti was in…
Another Super Bowl Commercial Under Attack
Earlier this week, gays were up in arms about that Snickers commercial during the Super Bowl in which two mechanics accidentally kissed. The ad was benched as homophobic. Now, suicide preventionists are angry. In a framegrab photo provided by General Motors, a GM robot is…
Eye On Boise: House OKs Higher Grocery Tax Credit
The House has just voted 62-7 to pass HB 81, Rep. Cliff Bayer’s bill to raise the grocery tax credit from $20 to $50 for everyone, and from $35 to $70 for seniors. The vote came after nearly an hour of debate, including sharp warnings…
Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest -- 2/8/07
Frost covers the winter coat of a horse standing in a pasture near Great Falls, Mont., Wednesday/Robin Loznak, AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune.Red State Rebels: Emmett Republican Steve Thayne replaces Bill Sali as most extreme Idaho legislator here?1. Reporters from several British media outlets spent the…
Hot Potatoes -- 2/8/07
Pepper's better half is helping to organize the effort to have a house built for Shasta Groene. See item below/Jesse Tinsley, Spokesman-Review.*Cd'A Police chief search expanded: Carpenter intends to retire this year, but hasn't set a date/Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene Press -- I've known four…
Here We Go Again -- County Won't Release Report
Issue: S-R seeks Baughman investigation records/Thomas Clouse, Spokesman-Review More Info: According to the suit, Kootenai County Attorney Erika Grubbs refused to turn over a report of the investigation by Kandy Weaver, who was hired by the county's insurer. Grubbs claimed that Weaver only verbally relayed…
BrianT: Making A Splash at the Capitol?
BrianT: What is it with you up north and your goofy commissioners? You used to send that arrogant jerk from Kootenai County (I forget his name, but he was representing you last year) and now the Kootenai County Chairman follows in his shoes in a…
AM Hucks: Mock Now, But GOP Will Rise Again
I've barely come to grips with the reality of "Congressman Bill Sali" – and now Bruce Reed wants me to consider the prospect of "President Bill Sali." Tongue firmly cheeked, Reed contends in his Slate column Wednesday that the R's best hope for revival is…
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.