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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005

Best of the Northwest (4/7/05)

Stephen Jordan (above, right), EWU prez for the past 7 years, has announced his resignation to become prez at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colo., here. Recently, Jordan found himself in the middle of a controversy when he disinvited wacky Colorado prof Ward Churchill to…

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Question of the Day (4/7/05)

Issue: Iraq's presidential council sworn in: Country moving toward 1st freely elected government in 50 years/Associated Press DFO: It ain't over, yet, but it does look like Iraq has reached the Tipping Point -- and its people are embracing democracy. BTW, I hear they found…

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2005

P.S.

Issue: Senate votes to cut U.S. dues to U.N.: In wake of oil-for food scandal, sexual abuses by peacekeepers/Associated Press.DFO: The United Nations has been corrupted under Kofi Annan's (above) leadership and desperately needs reform. The oil-for-food and sex scandals are examples of the UN's…

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Best of the Local Blogs (4/6/05)

*If you want to know what carnivores, herbivores and sweet-toothed children have in common, ya gotta read this heart-warmer from Phil Corless/A Family Runs Through It here.*Bill McCrory/Whitecaps makes a good case for throwing the book at former Clinton security adviser Sandy Berger for illegally…

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Take your FOIA and shove it

In a book about his struggle with alcoholism, "The Pot Plan," ex-Coeur d'Alene Press reporter Brent Andrews (above) tells of his aborted life as an investigative reporter. Seems he began digging around into cellular phone use at Post Falls City Hall (circa 1999) -- back…

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Afternoon Question (4/6/05)

Republican Phil Harris kisses his wife, Lorene, after winning re-election in 2002.Issue: Spokane County hires third Harris son: Commissioner says he had no role in decision/Amy Cannata, SR.DFO: So, all three sons were hired since Commissioner Phil Harris was first elected in 1994. What are…

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A sign of spring?

That white-headed robin spotted and photographed by Norman Ernst on Hauser Lake Road March 30 is now featured in Frum Helen Back's Hauser Times here and as Picture No. 25 on the Coeur d'Alene Audobon Society Web site here.

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The year of corporate tax incentives

Property tax relief was the pleaFrom Post Falls to Bonners FerryBut lawmakers said'Let’s help Micron insteadAnd then form another committee.'Betsy Russell/Eye on BoiseDFO: Yeow, my colleague Betsy Russell is not only the best political reporter in Idaho, but she makes a case for being a…

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Question of the Day

Issue: Wal-Mart takes offensive: CEO Scott blasts critics, defenders of 'status quo'/Associated Press.DFO: Frankly, I see nothing wrong with Wal-Mart, other than trying to shop there on Saturday mornings and Christmas.Question: Do you believe labor unions and community activists are going overboard in their criticism…

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SR Morning Headlines (4/6/05)

*Train fueling depot artless and off track/guest columnist James Ball, SR -- I love the closing paragraph by this former civil engineer: "We shouldn't have to drink petroleum cocktails to protect BNSF profits. They have demonstrated again and again their inability and unwillingness to protect…

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Q & A

Question, from The Edge: Why do all the photographs of criminals being arrested show the bad guys with their shirts off? See the front of page of the Spokesman Tuesday re. arrest of Thomas Bernard Graham, 40, after 10-hour standoff.Answer: Undersheriff Gary Cuff: CS gas…

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Peanut Gallery (Toadman's gets it first)

What amazes me about Huckleberries is I was an early reader and occasional emailer/commentor and it used to be very in your face aggro conservative and now, at times, it is a wonderful playground of commentors and their poetry and humor and the watershed moment…

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TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2005

My 2 Cents

Ward Churchill reminds me of those academic frauds who peopled my college life back in the late '60s and early 70s. They made wild statements that whipped us gullible students into a frenzy, particularly against the Vietnam War and the establishment. We followed them around…

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Headlines @ Closin' Time

*Rudy rips Ward Churchill: Ex-NYC mayor says 9-11 prof should not be allowed to teach/Rocky Mountain News -- You go, Rudy.*Female boxer dies after match: Preliminary cause of death blunt force trauma to the head/Associated Press -- Unfortunately, life sometimes immitates art.*Officials urge renewal of…

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Best of the Local Blogs (4/5/05)

*Put your hands together for Cis The Retired who turned 65 today and blogs about it here.*Our Eye on Boise reports that the House Transportation Committee has voted unanimously to approve the governor's highway bill, with amendments, here.*His Bobness/The Unbearable Bobness of Being rewrites Idaho…

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Afternoon Question

Issue: Threatening e-mail disturbs legislators: They should be 'hung in public display,' message from Frank Reichert states/Josh Wright, SR.DFO: Is it just me, Dang, or do you Libertarians have too many loose cannons to take your party seriously?Question: Is Frank Reichert's e-mail simply a matter…

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Extra! Extra!

"The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has decided to withdraw from participation in tomorrow night’s Community Forum on the BNSF," according to a news release from the Kootenai Environmental Alliance and NIC Students for Progressive Change. "The reason given was that the agency does…

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Pulitizer Prize winner

"The 11-member AP team won the prize for breaking news photography, the news cooperative's 48th Pulitzer, with a portfolio that included images of three charred bodies of U.S. contractors hanging from a bridge over the Tigris River; Marines praying over a fallen comrade; and U.S.…

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Ward Churchill's People

Dunno what type of radical prof Ward Churchill will draw at EWU today, but he attracted quite a few cuh-razies at a SF anarchist fair here (Caution: Icky nudity on display)Sweet P -- to Kristin Hoppe/Not So Fast for bringing this to my attention.

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Quick Fix 6 (4/5/05)

Peter Jennings fields a question during a press conference at 2004 Washington State University during the Murrow Symposium.Longtime ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings (above) has been diagnosed with lung cancer, according to WorldNetDaily. The network announced today that Jennings, anchor of "World News Tonight," will…

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Inside Huckleberries

2:39 p.m. Some of you have fretted about the chitchat nature of the blog last weekend, suggesting the problem would be solved by adding a "forum" feature. Nothing I can do about that until my blogmeister returns from vacation. No question the new "comments" feature…

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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2005


Best of the Local Blogs (4/4/05)

*His Bobness should be in the running for the Bulwer-Lytton contest for worst opening line for a novel with his two examples here.*The Angry Commentator makes hay with that Coeur d'Alene Press story about the interesting e-mails between Judge Bob Burton and ex-drug court supervisor…

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Huckleberries Online

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.