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Community Comment archive for June 19, 2009

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009


The King's English in review... 

Good evening, Netizens... KREM-2 News needs a copy editor in the worst way. Quoting from their article titled: City of Spokane Responds to the Zehm lawsuit, I quote from the second paragraph: The lawsuit, which names the city and nine police officers, was filed earlier…

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In this photo taken on Sept. 24, 2007, former news anchor Walter Cronkite arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2007-08 season opening gala. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File) (The Spokesman-Review)

Cronkite purportedly gravely ill... 

Good afternoon, Netizens... Portions from the AP Wire Walter Cronkite, one of my great American heroes is purportedly gravely ill. Although CBS is not commenting upon his condition at this time, the 92-year-old former anchor of "The CBS Evening News," who has been ailing for…

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Otto Zehm Died for our sins... 

Good afternoon Netizens... By now most of you reading this already have heard the City of Spokane asked a federal court Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of Otto Zehm over his death in police custody in March 2006, saying the developmentally…

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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives his Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University in this video grab June 19, 2009. Khamenei appealed for calm on Friday and attacked "enemies" questioning the result of a presidential vote that has sparked the biggest street protests in the Islamic Republic's history. REUTERS/IRIB via Reuters TV (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. IRAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN IRAN (The Spokesman-Review)

The Big Dog speaks... 

Good morning, Netizens... (AP) Tehran, Iran The only vote that matters in the Iran election was just cast, although it remains to be seen by those of us in the world whether that will actually end the contention unfolding in Iran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…

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June 18, 2009
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

A red sky at dawn is a signal to mariners that the weather is changing for the worse, prompting lobsterman Bruce Steeves of Raymond, Maine, to get an early start as he readies his traps, Thursday, in Portland, Maine. Rain is expected to dominate the weather for the next two days. "People who sleep until 10 o'clock miss the prettiest part of the day," said Steeves.
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Red sky in morning...

Good morning, Netizens... A particularly meaningful quote taken from this AP picture of the lobsterman in Maine states, "People who sleep until 10 o'clock miss the prettiest part of the day..." and as an early-riser, I could not agree more vehemently. Regardless of whether you…

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