Israel announces bombing pause

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Sunday July 30, 2006 · 3:08 PM PDT

2006/07/30 · 15:08

Via Haaretz.com comes news that Israel has announced a bombing pause that includes a 24-hour period to allow civilians to flee south Lebanon. Read More

Shotgun rancher and NBC have "agreement"

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Monday August 15, 2005 · 3:14 PM PDT

2005/08/15 · 15:14

Kind of interesting that the shotgun-firing Bush ranch neighbor, Larry Mattlage, has a long-standing agreement to allow NBC access to his property to film the Bush ranch.

Some Crawford Residents Grow Weary of `Camp Casey' (Update2)

NBC News has an agreement with Mattlage that allows its news crews access to his land to obtain long-range camera shots of the Bush ranch, said correspondent Kelly O'Donnell. The agreement, disclosed yesterday because Mattlage became a news figure, has been in place since Bush became president.

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Wednesday March 09, 2005 · 1:51 PM PST

2005/03/09 · 13:51

State Rep. Jim Dunn (R-17) has, in his fantasy world, unilaterally amended the Constitution, because he doesn't believe part of what it says.

Dunn represents part of Clark County, WA, across the Columbia River from Portland, OR.

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Dobson: SpongeBob "pro-homosexual"

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Thursday January 20, 2005 · 12:08 AM PST

2005/01/20 · 00:08

Sponge-Brain James Dobson:

Conservative group targets 'pro-homosexual' SpongeBob video

WASHINGTON -- On the heels of electoral victories to bar same-sex marriage, some influential conservative Christian groups are turning their attention to a new target: the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

"Does anybody here know SpongeBob?" Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, asked the guests Tuesday night at a black-tie dinner for members of Congress and political allies to celebrate the election results.

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Thursday January 06, 2005 · 2:30 PM PST

2005/01/06 · 14:30

Cross posted at my tiny blog, Columbian Watch.

The AP reports two people are filing challenges to the election of Christine Gregoire.

The lawsuits were filed by two private citizens, according to the AP, with no obvious connections to the Rossi campaign.

I did some quick googling and checked the state Public Disclosure Commission site, and came up empty as well.

Link and excerpts below the fold.... Read More

WA-Consultant behind revotewa.com

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Sunday January 02, 2005 · 9:07 PM PST

2005/01/02 · 21:07

Cross-posted at my tiny blog, Columbian Watch

The background is that some of the bitter-enders supporting Rossi have set up a web-site. It's orange. Get it?

Since, sooner or later they will attempt to portray this effort as a genuine grass-roots affair, a little WHOIS searching and googling led to this diary. (below the fold.) Read More

WA-Clark County to review GOP ballots

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Monday December 27, 2004 · 10:13 PM PST

2004/12/27 · 22:13

Late today the Clark County Elections Department put out a press release stating they would review 28 ballots on Tuesday.

Twenty-four of those ballots are supposedly from Rossi voters.

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WA GOP makes military ballot charges

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Wednesday December 22, 2004 · 9:14 PM PST

2004/12/22 · 21:14

While it is certainly good news that Christine Gregoire appears to have triumphed in Washington, early indications are that the state GOP is now going to charge that many military ballots were wrongly rejected.

Earlier tonight, The Washington State Republican Website asked for people to report instances of military members whose votes were not counted.

The Republicans are trying to frame the issue by saying that it's not fair to have military ballots mistakenly excluded, and allow the King County ballots to count.

Obviously, it's a GOP ploy to create cover for them to continue fighting in court and in the Legislature.

I have googled around a bit, and these GOP claims about rejected military ballots appear to have surfaced in the last 24 hours or so in Freeperland. Have not found anything with a link, of course. But it's already making its way into the SCLM.

Below the fold is a (cleaned up) version of a post I wrote for my tiny blog, Columbian Watch. Read More

Ruling WA judge barely qualified

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Friday December 17, 2004 · 7:51 PM PST

2004/12/17 · 19:51

Pierce County, WA Superior Court judge Stephanie Arend, who today blocked the counting of more than 700 ballots, was rated "minimally qualified" by the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association when she ran for office in 1999.

A barely qualified judge gets to disenfranchise hundreds of voters.

And it's at the behest of the state GOP, which has been decrying "lawyers and judges" all along. Read More

WA GOP Chair Vance stinking hypocrite

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Saturday December 04, 2004 · 8:08 AM PST

2004/12/04 · 08:08

It seems Washington state GOP chair Chris Vance isn't always opposed to recounts, as he is now in the governor's race between Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire.

Rossi currently holds a 42 vote lead out of 2.8 million ballots cast, pending the manual recount requested by Gregoire and provided for in state law.

But Vance requested recounts in Snohomish County for two state legislative races in 2002 after problems counting absentee ballots became apparent.
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WOT replaced by War on Lingerie

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Sunday November 21, 2004 · 5:08 AM PST

2004/11/21 · 05:08

Tamera Smith Allred is one busy little beaver. Uh, let me re-phrase that. Tamera Smith Allred got to The Oregonian's Steve Duin with lurid tales of slutty mannequins.

No boundaries in this sexually charged culture

At one comfy, cluttered end of Westfield Shoppingtown in Vancouver, Santa's red velvet chair sits approximately 60 feet from the sex-starved mannequin in the red push-up bra at Victoria's Secret.

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 12:27 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 12:27

Note: I wrote this for my itsy bitsy blog,Columbian Watch, but blogger seems to be messed up today.

But please drop in sometime when blogger is actually functioning, especially if you live in Portland/Vancouver metro. Thanks. And now the beginning of what was going to be on Columbian Watch: It sure would be great if someone started a web site focused on civility in elections. Wait, Columbian reporter Don Jenkins has found one!

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Shotgun rancher and NBC have "agreement"

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Dobson: SpongeBob "pro-homosexual"

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WA-Consultant behind revotewa.com

WA-Clark County to review GOP ballots

WA GOP makes military ballot charges

Ruling WA judge barely qualified

WA GOP Chair Vance stinking hypocrite

WOT replaced by War on Lingerie

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