She's not running for re-election, and she doesn't want to be a lame duck, so she's going to punt the last year and a half of her job. Huh.
The 7 minute excerpt of her "candid, and truthful" speech (available next to the New York Times' [...]
She's not running for re-election, and she doesn't want to be a lame duck, so she's going to punt the last year and a half of her job. Huh.
The 7 minute excerpt of her "candid, and truthful" speech (available next to the New York Times' [...]
Somebody in the Pentagon took the trouble to check the God and Country Festival website and found a little problem with OK'ing the flyover this year. It seems that there's just a wee tad of sectarian angle on G&C, and we have this little thing called the Constitution' [...]
The rain has brought a rich suite of greens to obscure western public landscapes. [...] Sarah Palin’s shocking resignation shakes up the political world going into the July 4 weekend. I know less than many what her long term intentions are but I predict she will move her family to the lower 48 states no matter what her plans are.
The trip to Alaska is six [...]
What are you most looking forward to tomorrow?
FireworksBarbecuing with friends/familyBasking in the sunshinePatriotic fervorOtherTim Eyman's Initiative 1033 is the only one that bothered to turn in signatures yesterday to the Secretary of State's office. Because today is a holiday, that means it's the only initiative with a chance to make it to the ballot.
Among those left in the dust were Initiative 1043, which [...]
Actually, he just left one instruction: "Don't overdo it."
Well. No need to worry about that :-) If you had a sub the next time you took a day off, what kind of instructions would you leave them?
' [...]Actually, he just left one instruction: "Don't overdo it."
Well. No need to worry about that :-) If you had a sub the next time you took a day off, what kind of instructions would you leave them?
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The timing is suspect, a news dump on a holiday and before Michael Jackson is laid to rest. That, and her lack of explanation of her future plans, would lead me to believe that leaving the only real job she ever had mid-term is in anticipation of furthering her [...]
Finally some international pressure on the coal pit/coalbed methane proposals just northwest of Glacier (and Waterton) National Parks-
United Nations Will Study Threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. By Dan Testa, Flathead Beacon (in New West) [...] Hat tip to Nick Adams who says CNN is reporting Sarah Palin will not seek re-election. Current reports confirm that she will resign at the end of the month.
Update: [www.spokesman.com]
Let the speculating begin.
[...]Talk about sibling rivalry: [www.spokesman.com] "Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. He says he simply can’t bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage."
IMHO watching tennis is only little more exciting than watching golf or bowling, but still I'd rather watch' [...]
From the "what was he thinking?" department comes this report, via Ridenbaugh Press of Easterday Ranches' bid to double the size of its industrial meat operation in eastern Washington, and to drill out most of a million gallons a day to do it. The potential enabler was' [...]
The other morning the boys and I saw something rather disturbing--- a plush Elmo dangling by one leg from the trunk of a silver Subaru. Did some poor tot get dropped off at daycare without his Elmo? Is a mean older sibling torturing a younger sibling? Was Elmo's precarious journey accidental [...]
The government is taking all the fun out of travel! It's bad enough you have to stay seated for the first half hour of a flight; now there is talk that some air lines are planning to charge for use of the facilities! This can be [...] Sounds like there's going to be a lot of stressed out brides in the next couple weeks: [www.spokesman.com]
I don't remember being at all stressed out about my own wedding. Then again, it was 23 years ago. The only mishap involved the groomsmen who decided to make a Burger King' [...]
So, am I the only one who has to spend time at my desk today? Another S-R blog ran a thread titled "The Long Weekend Loose Thread," which is fine, but the blog host put it up YESTERDAY. Geez.
Did your weekend already begin? What are your plans for the Fourth of July eve?
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Dino, a 15 year-old male California Sea Lion at Henry Doorly Zoo, gets fed a handful of fish by a zoo keeper in Omaha, Neb., Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
[...]Dino, a 15 year-old male California Sea Lion at Henry Doorly Zoo, gets fed a handful of fish by a zoo keeper in Omaha, Neb., Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
[...]I'm off today. So CindyH will be along in awhile to add posts to today's lineup. There's plenty of stuff below to get you started this morning. Please enjoy a safe and sane Independence Day weekend. And I'll see you back here Monday. Now, for your TGIF Wild Card ...
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I'm off today. So CindyH will be along in awhile to add posts to today's lineup. There's plenty of stuff below to get you started this morning. Please enjoy a safe and sane Independence Day weekend. And I'll see you back here Monday. Now, for your TGIF Wild Card ...
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Item: Kunka claims his bid for mayor will change Coeur d'Alene/Tom Hasslinger, Press
More Info: Joe Kunka says he wants to change Coeur d'Alene. The 49-year-old marketing manager for The Grease Spot feels the Lake City might be too focused on improving its service industry instead of diversifying its job base [...]
Item: High skin cancer rates in Idaho, Wash. prompt warnings/Betsy Russell, SR
More Info: Idaho has the highest death rate from melanoma in the nation, and both Washington and Idaho are among the top 10 states for incidence of the deadly skin cancer, so health officials are urging folks to slap on the [...]
I watched the dress rehearsal of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" Thursday night. I can see why Digger's begging for tickets for this one. It's funny. Complex. And deserves a PG-13 rating. It may be the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre production of the summer. The show opens tonight and runs through [...]
HMOffsuite: The unemployment and jobs numbers were released today for the month of June. Unemployment now at 9.5%, up from 9.4% in May. Not too bad, but job losses were more than anticipated, however. But, one must realize that the 'actual' unemployment figures are much higher. That is because the number of [...]
Nick Adams: I'd say that objectivity in journalism dead. And, when it's not, it's boring. Reporters will write something that's objective, but it's really nothing more than a he-said, she-said item. Yawn. Meanwhile, hundreds of other online, TV and radio sources have been spinning away on the story. Most of us make up [...]
JimmyMAC: My wife and I had dinner tonight with one of my best friend's who is in town from Denver with his girfriend visiting his family for the 4th. His younger brother and the brother's wife and two children joined us. Younger brother was on the front lines in Iraq from [...]
Michael Ramirez/Investor's Business Daily
[...]In honor of the three-day holiday, and as a sign of laziness, Spin Control is rerunning last lyear's July 4th Quiz. A new quiz is coming Saturday.
So you think you’re a good patriot. You wear a flag pin on your pajamas, know that the last two words to "The Star Spangled" [...]
Todd Purdum's piece in Vanity Fair is a fascinating post-mortem of last year's fireworks that were Sarah Palin. Purdum puts together sentences like this one, encapsulating the central mystery of last year's campaign:
"Perhaps most painful, how could John McCain, one of the cagiest survivors in" [...]
I've seen stuff on Flikr from time to time (and even set up an account once upon a time? Not sure), but hadn't seen a presentation that was as simple and featuring big, beautiful photos such as this one: Happy 4th of July from the Idaho Democratic [...]
Organizers say they want to gather to oppose the "progressive movement sweeping our country."
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