Why is it when a dog gives birth to a litter of puppies for the first time it instantly possesses better motherly instincts than a 17 year old single mother ? What is the matter with this society ?
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It would be nice to wake up one morning and read the United States added 80,000 jobs last month instead of reading first time unemployment ROSE 36,000 last week - Are we still blaming Bush or can the blame be placed on the proper person ?
First Time Unemployment Claims Climb Last Week: 36,000
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RIP: Dan Fitzgerald you will be missed
But there isn't a 'gang problem' in Spokane if you ask certain ignorant media outlets within Spokane.
Mugging in East Spokane
A female reported she was mugged Monday night January 18th around 7:00 p.m. at Trent Ave and Perry Street in East Spokane.The suspect stole her purse and some gifts.
The suspect is described as a white male in his early to mid 30's with brown hair and a beard. He was wearing a levi coat and blue jeans and tennis shoes. Shouldn't be too hard to spot.
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When was the last time we've heard of an 80 year-old purple haired grandma blowing up an airliner ? Could it be the TSA is searching the WRONG TYPE OF PASSENGER ? When are the politicians going to FINALLY stop with this muslim butt kissing contest and PROTECT our country ?
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The ninth circuit court of appeals rendered a decision Tuesday which will allow incarcerated felons to vote. Yep you heard it correctly, that means people by the likes of Gary Ridgway, (The Green River Killer) Spokane serial murderer Robert Yates and every other imprisoned low life of society will now be allowed to vote just like you and me.
What is society coming to when the people who can't manage to follow the law are given a voice in making laws ? Voting requires a certain degree of credibility, and if people are not able to follow the law of the land, they certainly should not retain the right in forming the law of the land.
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" The System Worked "
~ Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano referring to Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab's terrorist attempt aboard NW Flight 253.
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Wounded Pierce County Deputy's Condition Unchanged
Keep Pierce County Deputy Kent Mundell Jr in your prayers. Mundell's condition hasn't changed since being placed on life support following a shooting last Monday in Eatonville.
National Beef and Poultry began a voluntary recall last Thursday. The reason for the recall involved possibly contaminated meat. Click on the company website for information.
In wake of the attempted Christmas day terrorist attack aboard a Delta Airlines flight bound for Detroit, the Transportation Security Administration has added yet ANOTHER layer of flight restrictions. Passengers are now required to remain seated
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The Chelan County Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in locating two armed and dangerous felons.
Jose Arroyo-Pulido (Left) and Gullermo Arroyo-Pulido (right) are wanted for first degree assault and first degree robbery in connection with a November 19, 2009 incident where a victim was stabbed six times and robbed of his wallet and jewelry.
Chelan County deputies recovered a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle at the scene of the crime. The rifle was propped in a nearby tree with a round chambered and the safety in the fire position. Investigators believe the suspects intended to murder the victim.
The Pulido brothers are bad boys and are considered armed and dangerous. They were involved in an armed robbery in Wenatchee, WA in June of 2009, and subsequently convicted, and then deported to Mexico.
The suspects have addresses in Cashmere, WA and a brother who lives in the Cashmere area. It is possible they could be be hiding in the Cashmere, WA area, but deputies are engaging the public in surrounding cities for any information leading to the arrest of these dangerous felons.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Paul Rohrbach 509- 667-6842 or LT. Bruce Long 509-7667-6840 or 509-663-9911 (River Com Dispatch Center 24/7)
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UPDATE
The clemency board denied Link's request, the final decision is in the hands of Governor Gregoire.
UPDATE:
Lonnie Link's hearing will be held on March 11th.
On July 18 1983, Spokane Police Officer Brian Orchard left for work and Orchard’s workday was pretty much like any other day at the office; however, Orchard's 'office' was not a stylish sixth floor suite with a view of Riverfront Park. Orchard’s 'office' was the slimy under belly of lurid crime and filthy criminals, and on that day in late July, Brian Orchard did not get to come home from his ‘office’ as he had every day for 15 years. On that day, Brian Orchard became the first Spokane Police officer killed in the line of duty since 1929.
Career criminal Lonnie Link snuffed Orchard’s life like a candle. Link was on parole in Montana at the time and was due to go to trial for a Possession of Stolen Property charge in Spokane County two weeks from the time he shot Officer Orchard.
In early June of 1983, Lonnie Link and his partner in crime Donald Beach were in Wenatchee and carried out the home invasion robbery of Robert Adolphi, an antique gun collector. They robbed Adolphi and his wife of over $40,000 in guns and precious gems and metal. Link intended to sell the stolen goods, but ran into difficulty, so the decision was made to sell them back to Adolphi.
Once learning the sale would be occurring in Spokane, Wenatchee detectives investigating the theft contacted the Spokane Police department to investigate an extortion plot involving the stolen guns in exchange for $20,000.
The night of Officer Orchard’s murder, Donald Beach was about a block away meeting with Adolphi for the money. Detectives staked out the area; Orchard approached a Lincoln Continental occupied by Lonnie Link. Link shot Officer Orchard in the head and then fled the scene amid a hail of gunfire. Police apprehended Link two days later in a Portland, Oregon phone booth.
A jury found Link and Beach guilty and they each received life without the possibility of parole. For whatever reason, Link’s deplorable soul was spared because the murder of Brian Orchard would have surely made Link “death sentence eligible”.
This year Lonnie Link petitioned Washington State to release him. Link believes 26 years has been long enough to spend behind bars although he killed a police officer. In 1996, Link petitioned Governor Mike Lowry for clemency and was denied.
Link’s new approach is that he never intended to kill Brian Orchard. He claims he did not know Orchard was a police officer despite statements to the contrary Link gave to Portland police after he was apprehended in Oregon in 1983.
Link stresses he thought the person who approached his vehicle that night was Alvin Hegge the former president of the Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club. Link claims he was denied the opportunity to explain to his jury 26 years ago the fatal shooting was a case of mistaken identity. Link asserts Hegge supposedly told Link that if he testified about Ghost Rider involvement in the Adolphi robbery Hegge would have Link killed in prison.
The Hegge death threat didn’t seem to stop Link from working with prosecutors to build a case around Hegge. After his conviction, Link worked with prosecutors and told Spokane County Prosecutor Don Brockett that Hegge hired Link and Beach to pull off the Adolphi robbery including several other armed robberies and burglaries throughout Eastern Washington.
Brockett eventually charged Alvin Hegge with the 2nd Degree Murder of Brian Orchard, and extradited Hegge from a Wisconsin prison where he had began a life sentence of first degree murder. Hegge’s Spokane County trial became known as one of the most expensive and ‘entertaining’ trials in Spokane County history.
Link and Beach became “key prosecution witnesses” against Hegge and other Ghost Riders during a 1985 trial in which they testified that they were hired by Hegge to rob a home in Bloomington, Indiana in June of 1983.
In exchange for their testimony against Hegge, both Beach and Link were enrolled in the witness protection program. The two were allowed to serve their sentences out of state. Their families each received $1500.00 to relocate near the prison where they did their time. Link was granted immunity for about 10 felonies in exchange for his testimony against Alvin Hegge.
We have learned far too well over the past 10 days what happens to our citizens after a governor signs the commutation of a repeat offender, just ask the friends and family of four brave fallen Lakewood Police officers.
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Less than 24 hours after he fled in a car with personalized license plates “PC,” Christopher J. Cook was arrested for robbing the American West Bank at 15606 E. Sprague.
For police, "PC" means for "Probable Cause" for arrest.
Bank employees told officers that Cook entered the branch about 2:10 p.m. Thursday and demanded cash from a teller. He then ran southbound from the bank to a black Suzuki registered to his mother.
Witnesses were able to see and remember the notable license plate before he drove away eastbound. Officers were unable to find the car Thursday evening, but at about 10:30 a.m. this morning, detectives located the car in the area of Twenty-Ninth and Ray.
They stopped the Suzuki and arrested Cook without incident. He was taken to the Spokane County Jail and booked on a felony count of First-Degree Robbery.
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Quote of The Day:
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission ~ John F Kennedy
Kent Police say Mark Owen, son of LT. Governor Brad Owen was involved in an argument of some sort with his employer. The employer allegedly shot Owen in the arm and abdomen, and then later shot himself in the head.
Suspected Cop Killer Christopher Monfort – DNA a Match
Seattle police investigators suspect the firebombing of four Seattle police vehicles on Oct. 22 was a failed attempt to kill police officers by the same man now suspected of the ambush-slaying of Officer Timothy Brenton, police officials said Monday.
Monfort was upgraded to satisfactory condition after having been shot by police in the face and in the torso last Friday shortly after Brenton's funeral at Key Arena.
Mayor Mary Verner Has a Facebook Page
Mayor Mary Verner has joined the social networking craze and now has a facebook page. Just go to Facebook and search her name if you wish to add her to your friends list.
Justice Department Asked for News Site's Visitor Lists
Big Brother is watching………………………………
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Seattle Police: Threatning Note Found 9 Days Prior |
Nothing is Sacred: R-71 Passing Narrowly |
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| Police say, the October 22 pipe bomb arson of four Seattle police cruisers at a city maintainance shop may be related to the Halloween night assasination of Seattle officer Timothy Brenton | Washington State Senator Ed Murray declares victory. |
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WEST CENTRAL SPOKANE | APATHY BREEDS CRIME |
MOTORCYCLE CRASH VICTIM IDENTIFIED |
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| Solving a problem goes beyond merely whining about it… | 51-year-old Michael Wayne Fraser |
SPOKANE COUNTY TO VOID RACEWAY CONTRACT |
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Fuzzy math is the new American craze. Once again Americans have been lied to by the people we elect. Yet despite the obvious deception, many Obama-maniacs remain star crazed and brain washed that their great leader of hope and change will save the country from utter doom, AND if he doesn’t, all they would need to do is blame George Bush.
The stimulus package PROMISED a combination approach of "saving" and creating 75,000 jobs in our state, yet 7 months into this ‘stimulus’ Washington State lost 65,900 jobs and now that the stimulus dust has settled, slowly, people are beginning to recognize this debauchery for what it is.
Washington State was awarded $ 2,218,950,000 and has only received $ 228,820,000 of what was awarded.
Below is a table which shows how much of that $ 2.2 billion was awarded to the city of Spokane. Just within the city of Spokane, contractors received just over $ 2.5 million and ONLY 8 jobs were created or saved.
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JOBS CREATED /SAVED |
| BURTON CONSTRUCTION | $ 243,021.00 | 0 |
| WESTERN STATES EQUIPMENT | $ 149,000.00 | 0 |
| MODERN MACHINERY CO. | $ 708,028.00 | 0 |
| LEAVITT MACHINERY | $ 91,461.00 | 0 |
| ZACK BUTLER ARCHITECTS | $ 23,079.00 | 4 |
| HILL INTERNATIONAL | $ 558,702.00 | 3 |
| THOMAS J GERARD & ASSOC. | $ 13, 210.00 | 0 |
| GERALD B KNOUFF | $ 13,890.00 | 1 |
| EAGLE RIVER DEVELOPMENT | $ 778,974.00 | 0 |
** Federal Contract Jobs
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“They need to remember who they work for, and that’s the citizens of Spokane" ~ Spokane Council Member Nancy McLaughlin
Regarding the Spokane Police Department and the police guild’s rejections of contract concessions which in her view may lead to the elimination of 22 police officer positions.
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Whatever happened to personal responsibility ?
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Children of all ages are welcome at the second annual Edgecliff SCOPE Fall Festival scheduled for October 31st from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Pratt Elementary gymnasium.
Admission is free and the event will feature games and candy. The skeleton staff will award prizes for best costumes.
Children 10 and younger must be shadowed by an adult.
Pratt Elementary is located at in Spokane Valley.
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OBAMALISM UPDATE |
FIRST AN ARM, NOW A THIRD LEG |
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| Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy……………………. | Def Leppard cancels third leg of tour…………………………………….. |
BODY FOUND NEAR GREENBLUFF |
IDAHO VANDALS KNOW HOW TO WIN |
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| Body Appeared to Have Been Dumped…………………………….. | Bowl Eligible After Sixth Win………………………………….. |
120.00 DOLLARS ??! |
POP GOES THE WEASEL |
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| Windows 7 Launches Thursday………………………………… | Sheriff Says Boy in The Balloon Was a Hoax……………………………… |
OBAMALISM UPDATE: RAHM AND AXELROD |
THE I-1033 SPIN |
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| Claim Fox ‘Not News’…………………………… | Higher Education ‘Held Hostage’ If Initiative Passes………………. |
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Was It a Hoax ????????????? |
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Shogan Scorned |
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| Meet the Heene Family…………………….. | When The Cats Away The Mice Will Take Away Your Power…………… |
Swine Flu Deaths |
Truckers and Bridge Strikes |
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| Manufacturer Delays Cause Mass Delay in Obtaining Vacine…………….. | ’Experts’ Suggest GPS Units Are to Blame………………………………. |
1.42 TRILLION DOLLARS !!!!!
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