Good afternoon, Netizens... Current Mayor, Queen Mary Verner, did not have the guts to appear in public, much less make a formal concession speech. It seems royalty has a problem admitting defeat, even in a mayoral election. Instead, she wrote this pithy explanation on her…
Wow - reading the headlines today brought the thought that we are going to experience a brand new slate of politics in 2012 in Spokane. We have kind of been mired in chaos over the last few years in a myriad of areas. There's the…
Good morning, Netizens... I knew, as soon as I crept forth from my bed this morning, that during the early morning hours, some of that wretched snow would fall. Both my wife and I suffer in later life with what I call “weather joints”; whenever…
Good morning, Netizens... Here is one of my favorite quotations about Veteran's Day and all veterans everywhere: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard…
Good morning, Netizens... Good journalists are never supposed to speculate on the news, but on the other hand, journalists have been speculating on the news for decades and their reputations seem none the worse for wear. If you believe this axiom, this is especially true…
Good morning, Netizens... With a long list of those from my generation who preceded me, I have frequently pondered my own personal liabilities when it comes to cancer and other ignominious diseases that have claimed the great and not-so-great in recent times. Hard on the…
Good morning, Netizens... Longtime CBS News commentator Andy Rooney has died, CBS News reported Saturday. He was 92.He had been hospitalized after suffering "serious complications" following minor surgery last month.Rooney got his start in journalism during World War II, when he wrote for the "Stars…
Good morning, Netizens... Taking a brief respite from the ongoing trial and conviction of Karl Thompson this morning, we'll take a brief look at the status of John Edwards with the cartoon by Seattle PI's David Horsey. If you are scratching your head and muttering…
Good afternoon, Netizens... The jury in the trial of Karl Thompson has returned a GUILTY on all charges. Given all things, this could have been any of us, wanting a candy bar and a bottle of pop and we could already be dead, waiting for…
Good morning, Netizens... Cartoonist David Horsey takes a look at the occupation of Wall Street and the Romney campaign in the same unfettered glance and as is often the case, has chosen to overlook the funding of Democratic candidates in the process. You can bet…
Good morning, Netizens... This belated greetings comes to you after a marathon 19 hour work day, which was preceded by another killer of a day just before it. Somehow, through the miracle of the Internet, I have been closely following the various Twitter feeds from…
Good morning, Netizens... There is an abiding battle occurring around the world, even here in Spokane, between good and evil. In my years of writing for Community Comment, I have spoken of it with some degree of hesitation, lest I become overly enamored of hearing…
Good morning, Netizens... In his cartoon this morning, cartoonist David Horsey takes a shot at Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain, suggesting he is no traitor to Republican causes. What I have found most interesting in Cain's candidacy is that, if selected as the Republican Party…
Good morning, Netizens... Pandemonium is the order of the day in Libya, which comes as no surprise, given their high level of political unrest. However this morning, depending upon your trusted news service, Muammar Gaddafi has either been captured and seriously wounded, perhaps in his…
Good evening, Netizens... I have become more angry than ever before with the latest ration of “I am a Mormon” advertisements hitting our local airwaves. However, I admit to have several negative predispositions about Mormonism and their members. However, lest some of my detractors stand…
Good morning, Netizens... King CJ the cat was my constant companion for nearly 15 years; as my wife sadly observed, he had been a beloved member of our extended family nearly longer than she and I have been married. We knew his end was near…
Hmmm, I just noticed my Yahoo highlight of the day, http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-expensive-zip-codes-2011.html, "America's Most Expensive Zip Codes" where some of the properties are 34 million. (I can't even do that many zeroes in my head - and can you really call something that costs 34 million…
Good morning, Netizens... Cartoonist David Horsey takes a look at modern love in the electronic world of today, and and it perhaps couldn't be more accurate, given our reliance and dependence upon our Ipads, Iphones and other ghastly electronic devices. I'm not even certain modern-day…
Good morning, Netizens... David Horsey takes a brief review of the life of the late Steve Jobs in Jobs' own words. Dave
Good morning, Netizens... Cartoonist David Horsey asks a good question this morning. After al-Qaida propagandist and mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki was targeted and killed by a U.S. drone, libertarians insisted his assassination was unconstitutional. Or was it? Critics on both the Left and Right, from the…
Good morning, Netizens... Yesterday one of America's truly great visionaries, Steve Jobs who made the Apple Computer stand tall along with the Iphone, Ipad, Imac and Itunes that he created, died of cancer. I am not going to tread heavily upon the passage of Jobs,…
Good morning, Netizens... As of yesterday, Amanda Knox is once again home in Seattle, free from the Italian prison system that held her for over four years under what some was flimsy forensic DNA evidence. The Italian Appeals Court found enough evidence to dismiss all…
Good morning, Netizens... Photo: KREM-2 News. Not in my face you don't! According to KREM.COM's web site, Queen Mary Verner still has a terse “no comment” regarding Tim Durkin's statements made about her Frequently Asked Questions. In court documents filed on September 28th, Federal Prosecutor…
Good morning, Netizens... It isn't everyday that you read a well-written piece about the Spokesman-Review and the Cowles family but if you read this morning's Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/in-spokane-spokesman-review_n_989576.html you can gain an insight into the history of the SR as seen through the eyes of…
Good afternoon, Netizens... It is entirely one thing when I, a lowly author of a Blog, takes Mayor Mary Verner to task for some of her perceived errors and gaffes, even tampering with her title by calling her “Queen Mary”. However, as of this morning…
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