Hard to say where all this attention to Fatso the Keyboard Cat will go, after he showed up on The Daily Show this week. Here, he's a parody (or possibly a double parody?)And no, this isn't political, it's just your typical Spokane vortex weirdness, because…
Friday, quickly, from the folks at TalkingPointsMemo.
Ed King, chairman of the Spokane County Democratic Party, is stepping down for health reasons and the party's first vice president, Amy Biviano, is moving into the top spot on an interim basis with hopes of taking it on permanently.Biviano said Friday she expects a…
Barack Obama and Dick Cheney debate anti-terrorism policy in separate venues, courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo.For John Stewart's take on this, (which is, a bit longer but much funnier) go inside the blog
Some proposed changes in rural housing developments known as clusters will have to be decided by Spokane County commissioners. The county planning commission, with only four of its seven members present, deadlocked Thursday on some of the more controversial changes, including whether to ban the…
Spokane County has finished its annual reevaluation of property, and is about to mail each property the assessments for the coming year. They'll hit the post office on June 1, and should be in mailboxes within a few days of that.But if you can't wait…
What you missed in the news if you played hooky on Wednesday, from the folks at TalkingPointsMemo.
Initiative entrepreneur Tim Eyman is loathe to pass up an opportunity to get publicity for whatever ballot measure he's hawking, so it was no surprise he showed up Tuesday at the signing and vetoing of the last bills from the late, great legislative session.Gov. Chris…
Pittsbugh Steelers linebacker James Harrison RSVPs with a resounding "Nope" to an invitation from President Obama to come to the White House with the other members of the team. His reason...because Obama would have invited the Arizona Cardinals if they had won the Super Bowl.Duh?…
Spokane County will offer an incentive to county employees who are eligible to retire but not yet 65 – help with medical insurance they’d have to pay until Medicare kicks in. It’s one way the county will try to convince some higher paid employees to…
Readers of Doug Clark's column will recognize the Spokane connection to Monday night's Daily Show closer. (The video comes direct from Comedy Central, which means it has a 30 minute commercial before the 1-minute bit. Sorry about that).The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th…
Reader Jim Nelson called this morning as a followup to Sunday's column, to wonder where does the Washington state Lottery money going. Specifically, is it or isn't it going to schools?Spin Control can't answer every question from readers, but this is a fairly slow morning,…
If you were up and out early on Sunday, busy with chores or otherwise occupied, here's a roundup of the morning talking head shows, courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo.Steele and Kane on Meet the Press:Liz Cheney on This Week: If you fell asleep before Saturday Night Live…
Whether they like it or not, practically everyone attached to state government in Washington is being forced to cut back. Universities are cancelling programs and students are facing higher tuition. School teachers are getting layoff notices. State employees are looking at lower wages or higher…
This is a commercial produced for the Republican National Committee, but it probably will air more on the Web than on your local TV stations.It's got some cute bits, but how much longer are folks going to rely on the American Express "priceless" theme as…
It would seem what's up was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. TalkingPointsMemo's encapsulation of the day suggests her press conference on CIA torture briefings will be her ignominious downfall. Or not. What do you think? Click on the comment button and add yours.
Seattle attorney Jenny Durkan was nominated today by the Obama Administration to be the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington.OK, so where have you heard that name before? Durkan was legal counsel to Gov. Chris Gregoire, and a political adviser to her during the 2004 gubernatorial…
In case you fell asleep last night before The Daily Show, Jon Stewart took on the the president's shifting positions on releasing photos of torture and Don't Ask, Don't Tell.The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cMoral Kombatthedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical…
The flag flying below the Stars and Stripes on the Spokane County Courthouse is the official Prisoner of War/Missing In Action flag.It has a black field with a white circle in the middle, which has a profile of a head in silhouette. The county flies…
In case you're wondering:May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day. Because of this, flags on government buildings -- and some commercial and private buildings with flagpoles -- lowered to half staff.And even though Monday was the day that local officials marked the loss of life…
What you missed on Thursday, condensed by the folks at TalkingPointsMemo.
If you were otherwise occupied Wednesday, the friendly folks from TalkingPointsMemo will fill you in quickly?
When swine flu was all the rage last week, hardly an hour went by without some well-meaning organization sending "tips" to avoid the flu and how to handle it if you got it.Most of them were pretty standard stuff your mom always told you, like…
The Spokane County Planning Commission has a hearing Thursday morning on clusters.Not the vegetative kind, although these do affect rural areas. Not the Army ordinance kind, although the issue could be explosive.The hearing involves rural cluster development, which is a way to shift current county…
For those otherwise occupied Tuesday, a synopsis of the day's news by TalkingPointsMemo:
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