Ink Wanted
Katrina on April 16 at 3:47 p.m.Can anyone recommend a good tattoo artist in CDA?
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010
TGIF Wild Card -- 4.16.10
A dog wears a sign at a tea party rally in Monterey, Calif. on Thursday. (AP Photo/The Monterey County Herald, Orville Myers)Sorry Hucksters. You're on your own for a bit. I'll toss some stuff up periodically, but I'm hitting the road again. It's you know,…
APhoto Of The Day -- 4.16.10
The four female astronauts currently on the International Space Station, clockwise from lower right: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, and Naoko Yamazaki pose for a photo in the Cupola while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station Wednesday. (AP Photo/NASA)Top Cutlines:#1 After…
Historic Tweets
The Library of Congress announced Wednesday via its official Twitter feed that it would be adding tweets to its inventory of published works. The addition of the vast body of public tweets sent since Twitter's founding in March 2006 is the latest step in the…
The buzz on bees
Amateur beekeeper Dean Dupree tends to his honeybee hives on his property in southeast Spokane.Spokane County planning officials decided Thursday to think twice before sticking their fingers into a beehive.The Planning Commission voted unanimously to table indefinitely a proposal to introduce restrictions on beekeeping in…
The headline that made me chuckle
Cougars toughen up at tight end positionPULLMAN – As a disappointing season wore on last fall, injuries and a lack of productivity combined to make the tight end position almost irrelevant in the Washington State University offense.By the time the Apple Cup rolled around, WSU…
Justice Department may want to read your e-mail
Glen Greenwald at Salon.com writes: A very significant case involving core privacy protections is now being litigated, where the Obama Justice Department is seeking to obtain from Yahoo "all emails" sent and received by multiple Yahoo email accounts, despite the fact that DOJ has never…
Judge: Evidence lacking in hate crime case
The judge on a Coeur d’Alene hate crime trial said Thursday that if he were ruling on the case instead of a jury, he would find that insufficient evidence existed for conviction.Kootenai County 1st District Judge John Luster made the comment while denying a defense…
Lost
Only five episodes left, and then I can go back to sneering at television. Well. After Survivor and the Amazing Race conclude.Bob Sassone has six questions he wants answered before the show ends. Among them; what is the island? Who are the skeletons? And what…
You think Cda has election problems...
At least both MikeK and Jim Brannon are living. Well they were last time I checked. But these folks elected a dead guy as their mayor.Carl Geary died a month ago from a heart attack as he campaigned to be selected for the small country…
HBO Poll: Sour Grapes
Thursday's Poll: 132 of 182 respondents (73%) said that Jim Brannon's ongoing lawsuit to overturn his 5-vote loss to Mike Kennedy in the 2009 City Council elections is no more than "sour grapes." 50 of 182 respondents (27%) said that the lawsuit represents Brannon's attempt…
McGruber: Did Minnick Win Or Lose?
McGruber: Hey DFO maybe you can make a new post about the endorsement of Minnick by the Tea Party Express since that's an interesting topic that was hijacked to a birther rant. I'm curious what the D's think about their lone standard bearer in Idaho…
Letter: Not Front Page News
Give me a break! Is the Post Falls Police Department shooting another dog front page headline news? Where am I? How about something about Aunt Bee’s cookout last week? Real headlines/Dick Garvey, Coeur d'Alene Press/letters to the editor.Question: I posted this out front here at…
Avista Dan: 115 E-mails & Counting
Over the next few days, Avista will be sending out e-mails to Washington and Idaho customers (who have provided us their e-mail address through their utility account). The message, from Avista Utilities President Dennis Vermillion is pasted below in its entirety. The e-mail is a…
Spokane Hoopfest Make Guinness Book
The Spokane Hoopfest Association has been certified by Guinness World Records as the largest 3-on-3 street basketball tournament. The official record is based on the 2009 tournament which included 26,656 players on 6,725 teams. Nearly 800 teams have registered for the 2010 tournament, which is…
Reading Signs @ Spokane Tea Party
Jonathan Brunt/SR Spin Control read the following signs Thursday at the Spokane Tea Party, featuring guest speaker Butch Otter (More here):Armed and dangerous, with my voteOppose ObamunismLiberty or DeathFox News for the truthThanks to Obama: No jobs, TARP, bad economy, big spending, debt and default…
Commissioner Wannabes Make Case
Item: Commissioner candidates make their case: Six hopefuls spoke in Coeur d'Alene Thursday/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Candidates for Kootenai County commissioner described their visions for local conservation and development on Thursday at a candidate forum put on by Kootenai Environmental Alliance. Some of…
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