Good evening, Netizens... From the AP Wire Here is an AP picture of the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain as it approaches Busan in South Korea. WASHINGTON: Senator John McCain, who appeared today on CBS' “Face the Nation” stated the U.S. should board a…
Good afternoon, Netizens... Rather than write effusively about the rite of my father, since that relationship in my life was dismal, heartbreaking and full of personal anguish, I'll briefly mention that I am utterly proud of my son, who lives far away from here, but…
Good morning, Netizens... As severe lightning storms go, I suppose last night's episode rates about a 6 on a 10-scale when it comes to severity or perhaps a 7 if you include the blowout of the Avista transformer yard somewhere near Euclid Avenue. It took…
Good evening, Netizens... 9:15 PM PDT It's not what you think. Despite the weather forecasts all evening of a 20% chance of showers and a slight possibility of thunderstorms, as of half an hour ago, at approximately 9:15 PM PDT, a line of severe thunderstorms…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Good evening, Netizens... I wondered when David Horsey would get around to pinning the tail for public health insurance on the jackass, I mean the elephant. Of course, what you cannot see in this cartoon are the tons of money crammed into that poor little…
Good evening, Netizens... Reference http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/16/spokanes-first-police-ombudsman-selected/ We have a candidate for police ombudsman. His name is Timothy Burns of Visalia, California, a retired police officer now working as a neighborhood preservation advocate. “I am excited to be able to move this process closer to conclusion,” Verner…
Good morning, Netizens... Reference to: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/16/va-inspections-still-find-flaws/, also AP WASHINGTON – Fewer than half of Veterans Affairs centers given a surprise inspection last month had proper training and guidelines in place for common endoscopic procedures such as colonoscopies.... "The random inspections were conducted May 13-14 at…
Good evening, Netizens...The lovely Diana wrote:Dave, are you telling me you've never recontextualized? Ramped it up? Had a come to Jesus meeting? Discussed organizational DNA? If not, you're hanging out with the right people. Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack your thread :)
Good morning, Netizens... North Korea's government believes it is on a roll. Earlier yesterday it promised it would be enriching uranium in order to make more atomic bombs and that it would declare war on any nation that dares to stop its ships on the…
Good afternoon, Netizens... For at least six months, perhaps even longer than that, we have been inundated with dire-sounding advertisements warning us that the analog-to-digital switch was coming for televisions, that old analog television antennas would be obsolete with the advent of digital television station…
Good evening, Netizens... David Horsey's cartoon pretty much has Swine Flu Virus pegged. Unless one has actually caught Swine Flu, you never really have respect for it. It's just like the flu, you feel like a Mac truck just rolled over you on the concrete…
Good morning, Netizens... David Horsey has spoken out this morning for the non-aligned persons of American society who spend a disproportionate amount of time each day looking for reasons to hate President Barack Obama who recently took his wife out for dinner and a night…
Good evening, Netizens... O how the once powerful and mighty have fallen. This AP jail house picture of Phil Spector, sans his various wigs, pretty much says it all for me. This comes after several statements given to the news media by his wife that…
Good afternoon, Netizens... David Horsey's cartoon hit it on the head again, for some. When I began this Blog over a year ago, I admit freely I had some preconceptions of what I was committed to, because for over a decade, I had written in…
Good evening, everyone... After a thorough review of the police reports involved, including those given to the Spokesman, it is painfully aware to anyone reading the story of what happened, we have either (a) a suspect with a gun who vanished into thin air or…
Good morning, Netizens... Dr. John Olsen forwarded this to me, and although there was no attribution as to source, it seemed generic enough that I wanted to post it anyway. Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. A gentleman played six…
Good morning, Netizens... As some of you know, Mhibbs is in Eastern Europe playing the role of the Great Gadabout and I received this report from him this morning: Well here I am in scenic, downtown Vilnius. Just back from a short walking tour of…
Good morning, Netizens... David Horsey's cartoon this morning suggests that not even Muslim extremists are having a difficult time buying into the schematic of President Obama being the living embodiment of the Great Satan as once described by Osama Bin Laden. Is it possible that…
Good morning, Netizens...Passed to me by one of my many supporters and fans:Even if you aren't a sports fan this is very interesting! Who is it? 36 have been accused of spousal abuse7 have been arrested for fraud19 have been accused of writing bad checks117…
Good evening, Netizens... [Portions from KXLY-TV and their respective web site] I am certain there are some who will shake their sage heads at me and complain I must have gone “over to the other side” or some other claptrap, but such is not the…
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