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Community Comment archive for Oct. 2009

TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2009

Mayor states Budget will result in cutbacks. 

Good evening, Netizens... It seems quite typical that anytime you have the Prosecutors, Fire Department and Police Guild involved in any public issue, you nearly always end up with facts that do not match. Mayor Mary Verner doesn't seem to get her figures quite right,…

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David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com (The Spokesman-Review)

The alternatives are??? 13 

Good morning, Netizens... We already have had our discussions, such as they are, about President Obama having won the Pulitzer Prize for Peace, so when cartoonist David Horsey put that issue squarely in his sights this morning, I simply grinned to myself, muttering something thickly…

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MONDAY, OCT. 12, 2009

Photo Credit: Marshall Smith (The Spokesman-Review)

Frozen irritation woes... 

Good morning, Netizens...Photo Credit: Marshall Smith After a perfectly lovely breakfast Saturday morning with M Hibbs, Ron-the-Cop and Marshall Smith, one of the many topics of conversation was the unusually cold temperatures outside for, as we sat down to breakfast the outside temperature was just…

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SATURDAY, OCT. 10, 2009

FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 2009

Gathering off for today... 

Good morning, Netizens...Yes, it is another of those days when I have to scrape my face, attempt to appear like I might know what I am doing and hit the road earlier than I normally would like. Hence the breakfast this morning has been firmly…

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David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com
The land of the free?  (The Spokesman-Review)

Are we really the land of the free? 

Good morning, Netizens...Cartoonist David Horsey asks a question that perhaps doesn't really apply to Spokane's racial makeup, although one has to admit the teen violence and gang mentality has already begun to arrive here in sufficient numbers to justify the Spokane Police Department having a…

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Associated Press Photo of Obama speaking at the UN (The Spokesman-Review)

President Obama wins the Peace Prize... 46 

Good morning, Netizens... AP news wire [Oslo, Norway] In this AP photograph, President Barack Obama addresses the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Are you sitting down? It might be a good thing if you are because President Barack Obama has won the…

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THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 2009

Are you a minority? 

Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick is being pursued by law enforcement agencies all over the United States because she is a , , , , , minority. It is interesting to me that in the 21st Century, with all the wonders of science, all the…

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Why I killed Ron the Cop's message... 

Good morning, Netizens...Twenty reasons why I cancelled Ron-the-Cop's response to my message yesterday about having breakfast. Well, the first nineteen don't count. The real problem I had with the message wasn't so much that Ron announced he and Steve Thompson gathered together to discuss various…

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 2009

Winter 2008, 6 feet and rising... (The Spokesman-Review)

New-and-improved snow removal... 

Good evening, everyone... As our regional weather begins to lean toward fall-like conditions, it is perhaps easier for some to remember the debacle of snow removal last winter. Perhaps that is why Mayor Mary Verner and the City of Spokane are rolling out a revised…

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I have to cancel breakfast this morning... 

Good morning, Netizens... There have been a few times, and I stress the word FEW when I simply could not attend to my appointed rounds with Marty and various other dignitaries at our occasional breakfasts. I was looking forward to this morning, as the Deities…

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David Horsey, davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com
David Letterman takes a bow... (The Spokesman-Review)

David Letterman meets David Horsey... 

Good evening, Netizens... Who in our midst could have possibly averted the news about David Letterman's sordid affairs with his staff members. DISCLAIMER: This, of course, all took place BEFORE he was married to another staff member. The fact remains he apparently had a conga…

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TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 2009

October 5, 2009
AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Pawel Dwulit

An egg weighing in at 143 grams is seen amongst regular sized eggs at the home of Mike McCannell in Vars, Ontario, Canada on Monday. McCannell found the egg while collecting on Friday afternoon. He says it was laid by a chicken that is around 4-years-old.
 (The Spokesman-Review)

The hen that laid the golden egg... 

Good morning, Netizens... The AP picture of the day which comes to us from Canada, reminds me of raising chickens quite a bit, although I admit I never saw any chicken pop an egg quite THAT big before. An egg weighing in at 143 grams…

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SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 2009

Could it get worse? 15 

Good morning, Netizens... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut a deeper-than-expected 263,000 jobs in September, lifting the unemployment rate to 9.8 percent, according to a government report on Friday that fueled fears the weak labor market could undermine economic recovery. The Labor Department said the…

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Workers position support beams to steady tilting homes in San Francisco's Marina District after a disastrous earthquake hit the city in 1989. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake buckled highways and bridges, crushed cars, and toppled homes and buildings throughout the city.
Photograph by Michael K. Nichols
Photo: National Geographic  (The Spokesman-Review)

Could it happen here? 

Good morning, Netizens... The year was October 17, 1989, at 5:04 PM. I was standing in the San Francisco International Airport waiting to catch a plane to Seattle, when the ground began to shake. In the aftermath, I saw the damage throughout most of the…

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THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 2009

David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com Obama bugged by Taliban? (The Spokesman-Review)

Is Obama bugged? It would seem so... 17 

Good evening, Netizens... David Horsey makes a minor point appear quite innocuous while he overlooks one stark fact that somehow has eluded most of the policy-makers in Washington, DC. As far as I know nobody has won a war in Afghanistan. Perhaps I made a…

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