**** Stefan Sharkansky of the soundpolitics.com blog, which has uncovered numerous irregularities in the Washington gubernatorial recounts, is the subject of a column by Robert Jamieson Jr./Seattle P-I here. (I gave this **** because it's a must-read for all bloggers and right-wing conspiracy theorists re. the Washington election.)

** David Horsey, the Pulitzer Price winning cartoonist from the Seattle P-I, had fun with Demo Christine Gregoire's swearing in here.

*** A clever piece by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about the previously unwritten rules of baseball here.

* The Nez Perce water agreement threatens property rights, according to Frank Priestly/Idaho Farm Bureau Federation here. (High DBI factor = Dull but Important).

** Art Thiel/P-I (and one of the best sports columnists around) writes about the problems with the Seahawks front office here. (Would have received a higher rating but the Seahawks bore me.)

* The Seattle Times welcomes Demo Christine Gregoire to office here. (One star for covering the bases.)

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