Archive for March, 2007
Thanks, CSI, for getting Idaho into the headlines again.
Thanks to Buddy Stone for pointing out this gem: the College of Southern Idaho has made it to Kieth Olbermann’s Worst Persons in the World. :
But our winners: The Sports Information Department at the College of Southern Idaho. Its media guide for its women’s softball team, presents answers to either/or questions from each of [...]
Snowpack is grim.
It just struck me that last year I was skiing April 15. It’s March 30, and I haven’t skiied in weeks. It’s not like we have a long whitewater season to look forward to, either - bad skiing makes for a quick, fast season. Some areas have less than 40% their normal [...]
Legislature to Boise: Screw you, city dwellin’ Democrats.
Wow, so public transportation unfairly benefits the more urban areas, so we should shoot that down, and this section of I-84 is in a democratic district, so that’s a no-go, too. Forward thinkers, these republicans.
From Eye on Boise:
House GOP leaders pulled one of the six highway projects – the Orchard to Isaacs Canyon project [...]
Can’t wait to hear what Sali and Swindell have to say about THIS!
There’s a renewed effort afoot to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would - gasp - enshrine gender equality in the constitution. First introduced in the 1920’s (!), it passed 35 states in the 1980’s before it was killed by schmucks like Phyllis Schlafley.
Corporate media consolidation, free speech and internet radio.
Have you heard? The organization in charge of setting royalty rates for broadcasting music online raised them so high that a great many internet radio stations will be put out of business. Guess who will be left standing? Big, corporate stations who can afford the fees. Sound familiar? Bigass corporations [...]
The truth about the dangers (or lack thereof of) certain (legal and illegal) drugs
Picked this up from Boing Boing: a new study published in the Lancet shows that alchohol and tobacco are more harmful than marijuhana and ecstacy.
The new ranking places alcohol and tobacco in the upper half of the league table. These socially accepted drugs were judged more harmful than cannabis, and substantially more dangerous than the [...]
The naughtiness at nightclubs in Nampa
Slate.com posted Attorney General Laurence Wasden’s complaint against naughty Nampa nightclubs Satin Dolls and Club Z. Find it here.
Treasure Valley finally noticing the lack of affordable housing options.
An article in today’s Statesman reports on a meeting held yesterday where developers of high-end housing talked about the lack of affordable housing in the valley.
If you are in the market for a high-end house, you’re in luck.
If you’re in the market for a low-priced house, take a number and stand in line.
Huh. [...]
Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein
…a post from the Onion, no? No. It’s from the New York Times. Apparently it actually happened!
George Clinton at the Big Easy, 2/28
Yep, he’s old - in fact, I’m certain the man took at least five naps during the course of the show. He would disappear for long periods of time while the rest of the band either funked out or snuck in some awful 50’s covers or hair metal tunes.
We’ve been sick.
Sorry El Vez and I (Galumphix) have been incommunicado lately - we’ve been sick. Quite sick. Okay, not Malaria-sick, but I’m pretty sure Vez hacked up a lung over the last week and a half, piece by peice. Anyhoo, I hope we’ll be better at posting - and breathing - in the next [...]
