Wheels Coming Off?
Spokane Raceway barely got under way before the operator fell behind on the bills. Does this bother anyone?
Matter of Opinion archive for June 2009
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
Tuesday's Loose Thread
As the new day dawned fresher than fabric-softened sheets, I endeavoured to ponder the stars for the deeper meaning of life, but the blasted sun blotted them from view. Epiphany postponed, I turned to the commenters here at A Matter of Opinion for insights into…
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread
Every year it seems as if June is the month that flies by the fastest, even quicker than February. Hoopfest has come and gone. Already. Wow. What's on your mind today?
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread
Anybody lacing them up this weekend? Haven't done a Hoopfest since the injury of 2000 in a game against KREM-2. Apparently, the achilles tendon shrinks as you get older. Remember to stretch.What's on your mind today?
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson
Wow. And Walter Cronkite is ailing, too.Michael here.Farrah here.
Thursday's Loose Thread
Gotta try that Appalachian Trail some day, though it's length is awfully intimidating.What's on your mind today?
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009
Nixon and race and abortion
He was a deeply disturbed man. Now we have a president that is from a mixed race couple. We've come a long way.Nixon reacting to Roe v. Wade: "There are times when abortions are necessary -- I know that. . . . Suppose you have…
Wednesday's Loose Thread
I guess it's appropriate that the missing South Carolina governor would be in the land of The Missing. He disappeared for four days. His staff said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. He was in Buenos Aires. Strange.What's on your mind today?UPDATE: Yet another politician…
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2009
Tuesday's Loose Thread
Summer is back!Put your random thoughts here.
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009
Indictment in Zehm case
Federal grand jury indicts Officer Karl Thompson, who was the first officer to arrive at the Zip Trip. And this just days after the city said it was Zehm's fault.Two charges: Unlawful use of force and lying to investigators.Thoughts?
Monday's Loose Thread
Iran, health care, Kate and Jon .... oh my. Such a week for news.What's on your mind?
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread
There's a Zehm thread below. Thoughts on other topics can go here.
City says Zehm to blame
Federal court asked to dismiss the case.Reaction?
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread
Took two days for end-of-school festivities. Good times.Comment accepted here.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
pro and context
This item speaks for itself. Check it out here. Do you think this girl has any grander goals, now that she's achieved so much?
Wednesday's loose thread
Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has made her choice for ombudsman. What we need now is a weather ombudsman. What ombudsman vacancy would you like to see filled? Or what's on your mind in general?
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009
Tuesday's loose thread
I've been reading about the Napoleonic wars and came across an anecdote about a British sailor named Robert Jeffery, who got in trouble for stealing rum and was dropped off on a Carribean island and left there. After several years, the captain who ordered him…
Build it and they will protest
As happened on Glenrose Prairie, some residents in the Indian Trail area across town are upset by plans for a youth baseball facility in their neighborhood. The arguments are familiar: traffic, noise, lights, vandalism. Are the planners dense and insensitive that they keep trying to…
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009
Monday's Loose Thread
School is almost out for us. Is that good news or bad news in your family?As always, put your random comments here.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009
Friday's Loose Thread
Here comes the weekend.Get those comments in here.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009
Thursday's Loose Thread
Palin mad at Letterman. Trump dumps Miss California.Or you can comment on something important here.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
Talk about paperwork
Good ol' Dave Ammons, veteran AP newsman turned flack for the Secretary of State. His blog is full of interesting tidbits, including the following, as stolen by me:Sponsors of Referendum 71, the attempt to overturn legislation expanding domestic partner benefits, have had to design their…
Tasers and mental illness
A man who suffered from a mental illness was Tazed along a Utah highway. He died. His father is in charge of putting together a conference for editorial writers in Salt Lake City, which is how I found out. There has to be a better…
Wednesday's Loose Thread
Put 'er here!
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009
The Class of 2009
Some perspective on what the world has been like ever since they've been alive.Do you find it easy to relate to "today's Utes?"
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