HBO Blogosphere — 7.21.14

During the weekend, 24 machines in the local Four Wheeler Club pause during a trip covering about 90 miles from Wallace south to Avery and back again.  Dave Lyda, who owns the North Idaho Trophy Company is in the foreground wearing a black, white and red baseball hat.  The route followed the Slate Creek drainage to the St. Joe River Ranger Station and through several train tunnels near Avery before returning to Wallace. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)

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• How not to start the week /Slice
• Welcome to the machine /Fort Boise
• James Garner — what a guy /End Notes
• An irreducible minimum /Randy Stapilus
• Day 202: Income inequality /Eye on Shanghai
• Campaigning on your dime /Carlson Chronicles
• Arrows occasionally boomerang /Grip on Sports
• Sources for paying markets /Writing North Idaho
• Double the trouble but double the fun /Slight Detour
• Coeur d’Alene seeking police officer applicants /Coeur d’Alene Today