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Community Comment archive for Dec. 30, 2008

TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 2008

Cars of the future you may not see... 

Good morning, Netizens... Meanwhile on the lighter side of life, a little satire... According to the AP news wire, you can sit back, relax and let your car parallel park itself -- without a single scratch or ding to your bumper. That's what Ford Motor…

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The Dignity relief ship. Photo Credit: unnamed (The Spokesman-Review)

Relief ship rammed by Israelis 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (In strictest-keeping with my desire to show the latest and most-accurate depictions of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, I am including this press release which tells of Israeli gunships firing upon an unarmed ship purportedly in international waters on a mission of…

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Five feet and climbing... (Dave Laird / The Spokesman-Review)

The lighter side of yesterday... 

Good morning, Netizens... After well over two weeks of near-desperation caused by record-breaking snowfalls mixed with equal amounts of administrative ineptitude in City Hall, I feel obligated to find at least a tiny spot of levity in this entire situation. I admit when I look…

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