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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 2009

Veterans Day Wild Card: PM 39 

"Pardon me, but your fly is unzipped." I wanted to say it. I tried to say it. But I just couldn't. A guy I've written for extensively had dropped by my downtown office. His pants were totally unzipped. My officemate and I looked at each…

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Cis: A Slice of the Wall 

A slice of the wall.....the young man is 6 feet tall.Cis provides this picture of a piece of the Berlin Wall. Deanna Goodlander provides the scoop: "Did you know that there is a piece of the wall in Beyond Hope, Idaho. It is sobering to…

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Courtesy of SCRAPS (Courtesy of SCRAPS / The Spokesman-Review)

APhoto of the Day 17 

Courtesy of SCRAPS#1 When DFO's away the cats come out to play. nic#2 Three kittens are lining up for their new ACORN financed cathouse. RedMan#3 So, is this adopt a human day? ArchDruid

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Blaze busters: Spokane Fire Department firefighters pull apart a back deck to put out a fire Tuesday at a home in the 400 block of East 28th Avenue. The fire was confined to the porch, and no one was injured. (CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON / The Spokesman-Review)

Blaze Busters

Spokane Fire Department firefighters pull apart a back deck to put out a fire Tuesday at a home in the 400 block of East 28th Avenue. The fire was confined to the porch, and no one was injured. You didn't really think I'd go a…

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Idaho Capitol Spat

Nothing like Buy Idaho day to generate crankiness. "Capitol renovations aren’t yet complete, but a dustup has already erupted over a rule limiting public exhibitions to a single floor — and the spat boils down to who’s in charge. The nine-member Idaho Capitol Commission, which…

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Sportswriter eats his words-- literally

It seems Chicago Tribune sportswriter Rick Morrissey pledged to eat his column if his dire predections about Chicago Bulls player Joakim Noah proved wrong.Well, Noah has proved to be "useful" to the Chicago team and this video shows Morrissey eating his column-- slathered with salsa:…

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Sam: A place to say thanks 11 

"I came on to HBO looking for a specific Vets Day thread to say thanks to folks like Stickman and other HBO'ers who have served our country. My great grandfather, Roy Hooper, fought in the U.S. Army during World War I in France (Fourth Engineering…

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Apparently, the Recession Can Make You Sick 10 

Or at least call in sick for work. "While the cold and flu season serves as a primary culprit in workplace absences, the economy may be a factor as well this year. CareerBuilder’s annual survey on absenteeism shows nearly one-third (32 percent) of workers have…

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Quotes of the Day 

Blue Meanie: " I don't want a president or vice-president who is just like me. I want someone who is smarter than me, drinks less than I do, and has better impulse control." Nic: Speaking of Palin: "“She's a lot like Custer, except that Custer…

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If Your Coffee Table Bugs You 

Perhaps you could get a cool $3 million from the U.S. government. A former government worker did: "The U.S. has agreed to pay $3 million to a former government worker who accused officials with the CIA and State Department of spying on him with a…

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GU basketball player Steven Gray, right, and Jacob Moore perform a scene from the play “Take Me Out.” (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)

Zags player takes the stage 

GU basketball player Steven Gray, right, and Jacob Moore perform a scene from the play “Take Me Out.”“It’s like a suit I get to put on for a few hours every day,” Gray said. For the next three nights, he puts it on under the…

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Gavin Jones, left, head of the Australian company Equmen, stands next to models, all wearing underwear for men made with a special blend of Spandex, nylon and polyester materials, at a central London department store.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Who buys your briefs? 

Gavin Jones, left, head of the Australian company Equmen, stands next to models, all wearing underwear for men made with a special blend of Spandex, nylon and polyester materials, at a central London department store. According to this story, men only buy their own underwear…

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Taryn Hecker: Dumb is Subjective 38 

"Some people could say I was “dumb” or underqualified to do my job as a reporter because I dropped out of college to take a job at The Coeur d'Alene Press. I ain't got no fancy degree so maybe that makes me “dumb.” Others could…

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Ken Griffey Jr. and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a one-year contract for 2010 (John Froschauer / The Spokesman-Review)

Griffey Stays with Seattle 

Ken Griffey Jr. and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a one-year contract for 2010."Ken Griffey Jr. and the Mariners agreed Wednesday to another one-year contract that will keep the popular player in Seattle next year. Griffey, who turns 40 on Nov. 21, received a…

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In this February photo, Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi looks on near a portrait of   Galileo Galilei. The Vatican wants to study possible alien life.  (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

ET Phone Rome 

In this February photo, Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi looks on near a portrait of Galileo Galilei. The Vatican wants to study possible alien life."Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican…

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You think you have a rough commute? 

"Boxers and wrestlers are being recruited by an Indian train company to intimidate thousands of ticketless travellers into paying up or getting off." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6538362/Indian-trains-recruit-boxers-and-wrestlers-in-fight-against-ticketless-passengers.htmlI love this final paragraph: "A spokesman for the Northern Railways denied the boxers and wrestlers were being deployed to intimidate passengers.…

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The world's consumption of water from water bottles is already at a critical point.  (Courtesy photo)

Bad News for Men 10 

"Exposure to high levels of a controversial chemical found in thousands of everyday plastic products appears to cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men, according to a new study published Wednesday." http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/11/study-links-plastics-chemical-to-male-sexual/Might want to slowly back away from that water bottle. Just sayin'.

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Attorney Jon Sheldon on convicted killer John Allen Muhammad, above:  “He’s guilty. But there are glimpses of him being thoughtful. People don’t want to see that. It’s much easier to wrap him up into the thing he did.” (The Spokesman-Review)

DC Sniper Dead 

Attorney Jon Sheldon on convicted killer John Allen Muhammad, above: “He’s guilty. But there are glimpses of him being thoughtful. People don’t want to see that. It’s much easier to wrap him up into the thing he did.”"The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that…

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Sarah Palin’s book is scheduled for release on Nov. 17.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Palin is Coming to Town 105 

Sarah Palin’s book is scheduled for release on Nov. 17. ~You better watch out, You better not pout, Better not cry I'm telling you why, Sarah Palin is coming to town~ Kinda catchy that :-)According to Jim Camden at Spin Control: "Former GOP vice presidential…

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