Moscow Minidoka: What about the stripper (for Blogfest 2007)? I'm bringing my digital camera so I can email out photos of DFO with a naked lady on his lap.DFO: That would be the end of this blog as we know it because my wife would…
Moscow Minidoka: Good god, DFO, go back to the two-headed cow pictures! They're less disgusting than this guy!DFO: I love those two-headed calf shots. But nothing beats that kitty cyclops of last year. Sigh. (BTW, MM, why did you choose Minidoka for the back half…
Mike: I would feel a whole lot better if Marty was taking Bill Douglas's place. Marty seems to do what Marty says he will do. The problem is Bill still controls the office. I am still waiting to see if any of the Judges are…
I'm listening to the latest album by buddy Doug Clark/Trailer Park Girls, "Monoxide Love." Great ballads about the life he's led and the people he's met -- some of whom I know. I ripped a copy for my office computer and plan to do the…
Rocket's Brain Trust snapped this shot of the Nine Mile Falls Dam recently.*Marianne Love/Slight Detour pens a requiem to the latest Sandpoint landmark to close its doors, Connie's, and hopes that it isn't permanent here.*Cis Gors/From A Simple Mind caught heck here recently for referred…
DanG: 10 to 8 is not a "flaming" defeat. It's close. This is merely a battle. Urban Renewal went 10 yards. They got a first down. But the game isn't over. Urban Renewal reform is needed in Idaho. Hell, when the Rep from Salmon is…
Doug Les Petocle of Valley Forge, Pa. pauses for a moment during the WIP Wing Bowl 15 eating contest in Philadelphia earlier today. Professional competitive eater Joey Chestnut devoured a record 182 chicken wings to win his second consecutive Wing Bowl/AP Photo.
Issue: First Amendment rights at issue for Washington college and high school newspapers/James Joyce III, Yakima Herald-RepublicMore Info: Lawmakers considering legislation to ensure the First Amendment rights of student journalists are hearing from both sides of the issue in Central Washington. House Bill 1307, which…
After clearing snow off the spring count-down sign, Josh Clarke, an employee at Plant Land in Evergreen, Mont., changes the days from 49 to 48 on Thursday. The first day of spring is March 21/Craig Moore, AP Photo/Daily Inter Lake.Eye On Olympia: State Capitol could…
Raap resume hereSenior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Marty Raap has been selected as Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Kootenai County. Marty has prosecuted some of society’s worst offenders and has a passion for justice. His breadth of experience has included serving as Shoshone County Public…
*S-R worker may have downloaded child porn: Web employee fired after images found on two company computers/John Craig, Spokesman-Review -- Obviously, private enterprise deals more harshly with office computer shenanigans than the public sector does.*Leader of the packs: Otter needs measured approach to wolf control/D.F.…
Full editorial hereA student from Idaho reportedly had a hard time finding a roommate at a Wisconsin university. "I will not have anything to do with a student from Idaho because the Aryan Nations permeates the state with their beliefs," said one potential roomie. Bigotry,…
Related: Official quits in e-mail scandal: Touching, remarks also part of probe/Taryn Brodwater & Erica CurlessMamaJD: What I don't understand is why Bill Douglas does not incorporate the county sexual harassment policy into his office? What does he not like about the county policy? Essentially,…
Issue: Protesters at U.S. Capitol facing arrest: Anti-war radicals spray-painted slogans on steps/WorldNetDailyQuestion: What should be done to protestors who painted slogans on U.S. Capitol at anti-war rally? 1. Nothing, they were exercising their constitutionally protected free-speech rights 2. Nothing, their graffiti was easily removed…
Related: Weather more of the same/Spokesman-Review
Firefighters respond to a blaze at Middleton High School Thursday morning in Middleton, Idaho. Fire swept through this small city's high school Thursday, sending smoke hundreds of feet into the air and closing school for more than a thousand students and teachers. School officials estimated…
Full story hereRick Baughman and Prosecutor Bill Douglas during proceedings for killer Joseph Edward Duncan/Jesse Tinsley, SRMore Info: Rick Baughman, the embattled chief deputy prosecutor for Kootenai County, resigned effective today, Prosecutor Bill Douglas told The Spokesman-Review at 3:45 p.m. The news comes after completion…
Mason Smith, left, and Bailey Smith watch Twiggy, the water-skiing squirrel, during a demonstration at the Tulsa Boat, Sport and Travel Show in Tulsa, Okla., Wednesday. The squirrel is owned and trained by Lou Ann and Chuck Best of Florida. You write the cutline/Stephen Pingrey,…
Wondering: I was rather disappointed that absolutely nothing was printed in the SR today about Kenny Youngs memorial service yesterday. It was amazing. Standing room only in a huge banquet room. It was a wonderful mixture of memories and laughter and an insight into who…
I've heard it from a lot of my lady friends when we're chatting about trying to set up a night out on the town or even a coffee date: "I gotta see if my husband can babysit." I think to myself, do you pay your…
Dog trainer Lisa Lucas demonstrates to a gathering of federal inmates at Geiger Correction Center how to make a black lab mix from SCRAPS sit. Inmates will train dogs passed over for adoption at the animal shelter to make them more appealing to potential owners…
Lastdemoinidaho: Wow, DFO, you really are straight and narrow! After a lengthy post was drafted by me, including one "inappropriate" word (b-ch), used in the sense of complaining, not in reference to anyone, my entire comment was dropped. Ill be d---ed if I will rewrite…
The North Idaho College Board of Trustees announced the 22 members of the committee that will search for someone to replace NIC President Michael Burke, who leaves at the end of the month. Eleven members of the NIC community and eleven others from Kootenai County…
*Man killed by train in Athol: Highway 54 crossing claims second victim in 7 years/Spokesman-Review -- If you play chicken with a thundering locomotive, you can hope for a draw, at best -- a closed casket at worst.*Connie's closes doors as lease expires/Betsy Dalessio, Bonner…
Cameraman: I'm appalled right now at the Sandpoint Brand X. I am reading the story about Connie's closing yesterday and as I am reading the story, I read they will sit you and and bull**** with you. Granted this was a quote they got from…
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