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Idaho Governors Debate – SNL Move Over!

Posted in May 20th, 2014
by Simon Barrett in All News, Entertainment, Idaho News, US Politics

Generally politics is a boring subject. But this Republican debate by the would be Governor’s of Idaho is a must watch. The two ‘suits’ are boring, but the Biker and Farmer make the show worthy. Hell they should have sold tickets to it. Biker Harley Brown and farmer Walt Bayes steal the show. I’d vote […]

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NJ Marijuana Grower Gets 6 Years In Prison

Posted in May 6th, 2008
by Tamika M. Murray in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Country News, Delaware News, Florida News, Georgia News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North American News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Rhode Island News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, State News, Tennessee News, Texas News, The War on Drugs, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.” According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim. Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw […]

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Save the Three Foot Long Spitting Earthworm!

Posted in March 7th, 2008
by Nancy Reyes in Breaking News, Economic News, Environmental News, Idaho News, North American News, Odd News, Oregon News, Science News, Society and Culture, US Government News, US News

The lilly smelling three foot long lilly white spitting earthworm is going extinct, and it’s Bush’s fault. Well, actually, the Palouse earthworm had been thought to be extinct already, since the last one was sighted in 1988, but now that an Idaho scientist found one in 2006. So now conservationists are suing the administration to […]

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The Failed Drug War: January-February Round-up

Posted in February 16th, 2008
by Jeremiah J. Jameson in All News, California News, Canada News, Country News, European News, Idaho News, Mexico News, Middle Eastern News, Nebraska News, Ohio News, Regional News, Society and Culture, South Dakota News, State News, Texas News, The War on Drugs, UK News, US News, US Politics

The Failed War on Drugs Combined Edition for January-February 25 Links to stories about Corrupt Cops, Reforms, Botched Drug Raids, News, This Week in Drug History and More The USA’s Second Longest Running “War”–After the “War on Poverty”  Corrupt Cops, This Week in Drug History, Reforms, News, More! Our January-February Special Edition of the “Failed […]

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A Fight To The Death For Dems

Posted in February 6th, 2008
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Georgia News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Kansas News, Massachusetts News, Minnesota News, Missouri News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North Dakota News, Oklahoma News, Tennessee News, US News, US Politics, Utah News

Barack Obama won more than half of the 22 Super Duper Tuesday states (12 to Hillary Clinton’s  8) – but Hillary’s wins came from such delegate-rich states as her adopted home state of NY, as well as CA, MA and NJ. Overall, 49 percent of voters supported Hillary, 46 percent supported Obama. Since none of […]

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Autism Sunday:Archbishops and leaders urged to speak out

Posted in February 4th, 2008
by autismsunday in African News, Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Asian News, Australia News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, California News, Canada News, China News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Country News, Delaware News, Education News, European News, Florida News, France News, Gambia News, Georgia News, Germany News, Government News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, India News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Israel News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Medical News, Mexico News, Michigan News, Middle Eastern News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North American News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Oceania News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Philippines News, Regional News, Religious News, Research News, Rhode Island News, Russia News, South American News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, Spain News, State News, Tennessee News, Texas News, UK News, US News, US Politics, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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CAMPAIGN TRAIL: A YEAR OF FIRSTS MAY YIELD MORE “SAME OLD, SAME OLD”

Posted in January 31st, 2008
by RB Scott in 2008 Election Coverage, Alabama News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, California News, Colorado News, Congressional News, Connecticut News, Economic News, Florida News, Georgia News, Government News, Idaho News, Iowa News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, New Hampshire News, New Mexico News, New York News, Ohio News, Presidential News, Religious News, Texas News, US Government News, US News, US Politics, Utah News, Wisconsin News, World Politics, Wyoming News

    ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Will A  Year of Firsts Yield  More of The Same Old, Same Old?   January 30, 2008   By RB Scott Boston, Massachusetts   Note:  RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.   As  the barrow […]

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REPRINT:THE 2005 REPORT MITT, MORMONISM, AND THE PRESIDENCY

Posted in December 21st, 2007
by RB Scott in 2008 Election Coverage, Abortion, All News, Blogosphere News, Civil Rights, Connecticut News, Gay Marriage, Idaho News, Iowa News, Literary News, Massachusetts News, Presidential News, Religious News, Second Amendment News, US Politics, Utah News, World Politics

NOTE: The piece below was published by Sunstone Magazine in November of 2005. Since, then it has been cited by many other national reporters, most recently last Sunday 12/16/07 by Tim Russert on Meet The Press. Regular updates about Romney’s pursuit of the Presidency are available at www.catchingmitt.com This piece may be reprinted or excerpted […]

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National Catholic Register Errs About Mitt and Mormonism

Posted in December 20th, 2007
by RB Scott in 2008 Election Coverage, All News, Blogosphere News, Connecticut News, Idaho News, Iowa News, Massachusetts News, New Hampshire News, Presidential News, Religious News, Society and Culture, US Politics, Utah News, World Politics

Boston, Massachusetts As a not-particularly devout Mormon and journalist who has tracked Mitt Romney’s campaign since it began in 1993.  My aim is to correct a number of errors in The National Catholic Register’s editorial of 12/11/2007 (Romney vs. JFK http://ncregister.com/site/article/7530/ )  and to set the record straight in a few other areas. You wrote: […]

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Craig, Constituents Clash

Posted in October 6th, 2007
by The Stiletto in 2008 Election Coverage, All News, Congressional News, Idaho News, Society and Culture, US News, US Politics, Washington, DC News

Craig, Idaho’s trying to let you know Please don’t stay, you gotta go If you say that you are mine You’ll be stuck here ’til the end of time Craig, I’m trying to let you know Please don’t stay, you gotta go Always tease, tease, tease Do I have to beg down on my knees? […]

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Craig Scandal: That Was Then, This Is Now

Posted in September 2nd, 2007
by The Stiletto in All News, Congressional News, Idaho News, Society and Culture, US News, US Politics, Washington, DC News

You’ve heard of institutional memory? Well The New York Times has developed institutional Alzheimer’s. Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus outlines the details of a story that is familiar to anyone who’s picked up a newspaper, watched the news on TV or listened to talk radio over the past few days: [A]n important political figure, arrested […]

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Political Lunch 08-31-07

Posted in August 31st, 2007
by politicallunch in 2008 Election Coverage, All News, Congressional News, Idaho News, Iowa News, New Hampshire News, North American News, US Government News, US News, US Politics

Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will play 10-in-3 with a host of unlikely characters, including a senator from Idaho and a dictator from Cuba. Also in the show, Edwards and an unwelcome guest, Thompson decides to decide, and Wyoming flexes its two electoral votes. Watch now! 

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The Psychology of Sadism and Senator Larry Craig

Posted in August 30th, 2007
by psburton in All News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Civil Rights, Congressional News, Gay Marriage, Government News, Idaho News, Society and Culture, US News, US Politics

On occasion a reader of my posts will send an e-mail, More then a hundred folks took of their time to tell me they felt my post on pedophilia concerns in the Craig scandal were out of left field and muckraking. How do I justify the leap from revelation of a tawdry indiscretion in a […]

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AP Legitimizes Generbender With Idaho Inmate Who Castrated ‘Herself’

Posted in August 6th, 2007
by Warner Todd Huston in All News, Country News, Government News, Idaho News, North American News, Odd News, Regional News, Society and Culture, US News

Is it so hard to tell a male human being from a female one? I guess to the AP it is because in a story from the 31st, the tale they told of a male inmate castrating himself with a broken disposable razor blade became the story of a male inmate castrating “herself” with a […]

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Boobs Banned in Boise

Posted in May 4th, 2007
by John Pangia in All News, Humor, Idaho News, Society and Culture

News Item: Controversial billboards coming down A morning radio show has caused a flap in Idaho, and we’re not talking about Howard Stern or Don Imus.  Boise radio station 96.9, The Eagle, wanted to attract a larger portion of male listeners, and decided cleavage was the way to go.  So they coughed up the required […]

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His own private Idaho, full of cliches

Posted in February 10th, 2007
by Nancy Reyes in All News, Breaking News, Idaho News, US Politics

As a doctor, I’ve worked in many cultures, both in the USA and overseas. One thing that drives me up the wall is when a novel or a news report gets theculture or customs wrong, whether it be giving the wrong medicine in CPR, havingthe Irish in Uris’ book Trinity act like they lived in […]

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Will We Ever Discover the True Losses in the Katrina Disaster?

Posted in December 13th, 2006
by Ed Dickson in All News, Blogosphere News, Economic News, Idaho News, US News

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued another report stating that the fraud losses in Katrina and Rita are a lot higher than previously disclosed to the public.  The report states: Almost $20 million in double payments was paid to people claiming damage to the same property in both hurricanes (Katrina and Rita). Almost $17 […]

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An Identity Theft Protection and Recovery Service Based on Trust

Posted in December 4th, 2006
by Ed Dickson in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Economic News, Florida News, Georgia News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North American News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Rhode Island News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, State News, Tennessee News, Texas News, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands. In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases […]

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Tickets to See the Oprah Show seem a little Phishy

Posted in November 28th, 2006
by Ed Dickson in Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Australia News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, California News, Canada News, Celebrity News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Economic News, Entertainment, Florida News, France News, Georgia News, Germany News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Rhode Island News, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, Tennessee News, Texas News, TV News, UK News, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.” Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement: In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after […]

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City Employees Fired for Driving Zambonis to Burger King

Posted in November 24th, 2006
by L.B. Bryant in Idaho News, North American News, US News

Two employees have been fired from a Boise, ID skating rink after they were reported to have “borrowed” two zambonis after hours to make a fast food run. The pair of employees was reported by an anonymous source to have left the rink around 12:30am on November 10th and making their way to a Burger […]

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Would You Like Fired With That?

Posted in November 23rd, 2006
by Sgt. Mom in All News, Idaho News, US News

From the department of “Well, it Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time” A pair of zamboni drivers employed by the Boise public ice-skating rink were fired after using their vehicles to make midnight run through a nearby Burger-King drive-through, about a mile and a half away from the rink. (complete story here, what […]

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Truston – An Identity Theft Service I Trust

Posted in November 10th, 2006
by Ed Dickson in Alabama News, Alaska News, All News, Arizona News, Arkansas News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, Business News, California News, Colorado News, Connecticut News, Delaware News, Economic News, Education News, Florida News, Georgia News, Hawaii News, Idaho News, Illinois News, Indiana News, Iowa News, Kansas News, Kentucky News, Louisiana News, Maine News, Maryland News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Minnesota News, Mississippi News, Missouri News, Montana News, Nebraska News, Nevada News, New Hampshire News, New Jersey News, New Mexico News, New York News, North Carolina News, North Dakota News, Ohio News, Oklahoma News, Oregon News, Pennsylvania News, Reviews, Rhode Island News, Society and Culture, South Carolina News, South Dakota News, State News, Technology News, Tennessee News, Texas News, US News, Utah News, Vermont News, Virginia News, Washington News, Washington, DC News, West Virginia News, Wisconsin News, Wyoming News

I’ve had the opportunity to look at a lot of identity theft services, but until now – I’ve never run into one I considered “victim friendly.” I’ve written off most of the services I’ve seen — either because they were financial services products (created by those who had compromised victims themselves) — or they were […]

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Same-sex marriage bans in SC, TN, VA, WI; leading in others, trails in AZ (Update)

Posted in November 7th, 2006
by Warren Throckmorton in 2006 Election Coverage, All News, Arizona News, Breaking News, Colorado News, Gay Marriage, Idaho News, Religious News, Society and Culture, South Carolina News, US Politics, Virginia News, Wisconsin News

Same-sex marriage bans called in SC, TN, VA, WI, leads in others, trails in AZ. Eight states were voting on measures that would ban same-sex marriage. CNN.com has South Carolina, Tennesssee, Virginia and Wisconsin passing the same-sex marriage ban. The issue is too close to call in Arizona, but is trailing there with 48% voting to ban […]

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Watch killer Joseph Duncan crawl like a worm

Posted in October 11th, 2006
by John Hoff in All News, Idaho News, Montana News, North Dakota News

According to the mainstream media, “Lawyers for Joseph Edward Duncan III said Wednesday he will admit to the murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene at a campsite in Montana and to three slayings in Idaho if state prosecutors will agree not to seek the death penalty.” Wow, so at least we know who committed those murders. […]

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