Good morning, Netizens... [Picture Courtesy of George Sands] What is it about Spokane politics where election campaigns more-closely resemble half-hearted brawls at the neighborhood taverns than election campaigns? Although I must admit we have never seen a truly knock-down-drag-out fistfight between contentious candidates, I also…
Good morning, Netizens...krem.com has been offline for about twenty minutes. Otherwise I wouldn't mention it, but it appears something major has broken. Dave
Good morning, Netizens...There is a bad wreck involving a compact car and a semi on I-90 westbound at the Freya Exit. Traffic is hopelessly deadlocked, Dave
Good morning, Netizens... Before I wade into the pile of wildly-unpredictable material referred to as PENDING this morning, I need to make a few comments about some changes that are coming on in the next few days at Community Comment. Boy, do I have a…
As most of you know, I have been going through the process of getting on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. I have Polycystic Kidney Disease. In the United States, about 600,000 people have PKD, and cystic disease is the fourth leading cause of…
Good morning, Netizens... [COEUR D' ALENE, IDAHO) Picture by George Sands, other information by the Spokesman-Review A 36-year-old woman died early today in a fall from the 12th floor of the Coeur d’Alene Resort, police said. The woman, visiting Coeur d' Alene from Baton Rouge,…
Good morning, Netizens... Spokane City Code Section 02.01.030 (Right to Speak) says this: All meetings of the city council are open to the public except an executive session. Members of the public shall have the right to speak to an item on the city council’s…
Good morning, Netizens...Mhibbs and I are holding forth at our undisclosed location in about twenty minutes or os. Those in the know are invited to come by and watch two old goats plotting and scheming. Dave
Good morning, Netizens... Early last Sunday morning, because I chanced to be sitting in my lawn chair about the time the Sunday morning newspapers were being delivered by a kid traveling with an adult, I began seeing a different vision of the newspaper business. Within…
Good evening, Jeanie, everyone...This fine city is as well-known for a collective of citizens who try to force the politicians of the City of Spokane to obey the law as it is for the politicians who are busily rubbing various myths together in a vain…
From MSNBC, you will love this:New stun gun can fire 3 times before reloadingNew Taser offered to police as way to hit multiple suspectsupdated 11:34 a.m. PT, Mon., July 27, 2009FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - Taser International unveiled its first new stun gun since 2003 Monday,…
Good afternoon Netizens... Several sharp-eyed Netizens, including Ron_the_Cop, have made note of the City Park Board Executive Session meeting that was held at 7:00 AM this morning at the Maintenance Shed at Manito Park during which the MOBIUS Group contract language and lease were discussed.…
Good morning, Netizens...First, you can hear the first and second parts of her speech here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhAnDsXEPEIand the second part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALswHoIpPo&NR=1What is Palin up to? Everyone keeps asking the same questions, but it does seem she is setting the stage for something with her patriotic speeches. Of…
Good morning, Netizens... In our picture of the day, a halo appears off the sun above a statue of Communist leader Mao Zedong in Taiyuan in north China's Shanxi province, Sunday. Photo: AP Now I want to see President Obama perform the same halo while…
Good afternoon Netizens... In Saturday's Spokesman's article on Qwest upgrading DSL http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/25/qwest-upgrading-dsl/ author Tom Sowa does not make mention of the potential impact this much-needed project will have on ALL Qwest DSL customers, for despite all that you may have read on this issue, a…
Good evening, Netizens... Welcome to Part II of David Horsey's cartoon fantasies, brought to you through the auspices of the Golden State of California and its wonderful history of fantasy and unreality, including its governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. As depicted tonight there is a wonderful new…
Good evening, Netizens... Tonight we present another of David Horsey's excellent cartoons. This time we finally see the justification, through David Horsey's eyes, for the Republicans to waddle over to their side of the voting aisle and proclaim their reasons for rejecting Obama's Health Care…
Good afternoon, Netizens... In case you hadn't heard it from other sources, I have spent part of today worried about my counterpart, Jeanie of Spokane, who is being evaluated today for a possible kidney transplant. Being somewhat bull-headed about my health myself, I guess I…
Good morning, Netizens... It stands to reason that in times when the thinkers and those who hold the community visions as important, the great Mhibbs and myself are getting together this morning at 9:00 AM at our undisclosed location on a hillside in the North…
Good morning, Netizens... The decision has apparently already been made by Spokane schools to ban most cell phone use by students, with the exceptions of before and after school and their lunch breaks. Normally I would not raise an eyebrow, simply because we send our…
Good morning, Netizens... [portions from Spokesman-Review, KHQ] Well, I'll be fiddled and diddled! Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was issued a $154 speeding ticket by a Spokane County deputy sheriff over the weekend for driving 13 mph faster than the speed limit. She was in…
Good morning, Netizens... The attorney for the plaintiff in the case of Benites S. Sichiro referred to his client's death at the hands of the Spokane County Sheriff's Department as “falling through the cracks”. The 39-year-old man suffered multiple Taser shocks, was beaten unconscious and…
Good morning, Netizens... It is going to get Hot! While I realize few of you arise from your beds as early as four in the morning, it is almost a “civilized” temperature at this hour of the day, as currently the temperature sits calmly at…
Good morning, Netizens... [Portions Boston Globe and his attorney's statement] The arrest of a pre-eminent African-American scholar, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., at Cambridge University in broad daylight inside his own home serves as an additional wake-up call to all Americans that we need to teach…
Good morning, Netizens... It was inevitable that less than a day since the late Walter Cronkite became accustomed to hearing the sounds of the news-angels singing 24 hours a day in heaven, someone would have to dig up what they insist is the mud in…
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