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Community Comment archive for July 9, 2009

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009

Public to Pay for Thompson's Defense 12 

Officer ruled indigent despite $675,000 homeIt’s official. We, the people, will pay through the nose for the SPD’s blundering.http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/09/officer-arraigned-federal-charges-zehm-death/I make a third of what Thompson makes and my $50,000 home is paid for. However, maybe I should go out and buy a home worth two-thirds…

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David Horsey,davidhorsey.com,seattlepi.com (The Spokesman-Review)

Why did Sarah Palin quit?  

Good morning, Netizens... If you are not already tired of reading about Michael Jackson, perhaps David Horsey's cartoon this morning will suggest new directions in which to vent your spleen. Just why did Alaska's governor, Sarah (the Diva) Palin quit? Boy, that seems like a…

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New words in the Collegiate Dictionary... 

Good morning, Netizens...(sigh) Just when I think I've gotten a pretty good vocabulary, even for a hack journalist, the fine folks that publish the Mirriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary add new words to their list of acceptable words. Well, they've done it again... Here is a list…

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The source says copyright EPA (The Spokesman-Review)

The next generation expresses an opinion?  

Good morning, Netizens... This picture is rather obscure as to its author or other information, although there is a copyright showing EPA as its owner. I seriously doubt if the Environmental Protection Agency had anything to do with Malia Obama's political dress code, but I…

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