When the 2016 Republican National Convention delegates nominated Donald J. Trump to be the party’s presidential nominee on July 19, 2016, it generated more of a shock inside the Republican Party than it did with the Democrats. After all, “everyone” including many Republicans knew and accepted that 2016 was going to be the year of the first woman President of the United States. She was to be Hillary Clinton. (more…)
Twelve former senior intelligence officials have signed a statement criticizing President Trump’s decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan. Their letter asserts the President’s decision was based entirely on Brennan’s criticism of the President.
It is very likely that several of these officials were in that “special” category of officials who were allowed to retain their security clearances when they left the government service. In fact, some of them may still have clearances on file with their final employer.
But as has become typical of our national, regional, and local skews media, we’re not getting the complete picture about the signators to this letter. Some of them appear to be capitalizing on their clearance retention to financially enhance their retirement incomes. (more…)
I am a fan of A.F. Branco’s political cartoons.
When I saw his cartoon this morning at LegalInsurrection.com, my first thought was, “Shouldn’t there be a Starbucks coffee cup near her left hand?”
At least one Starbucks store in the greater metropolitan Athol suburb of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, peddles the New York Times.
Starbucks proclaims itself to be a champion of diversity, so I’m sure Seattle’s own Kevin and Howard Show would be eager to have its coffee products prominently represented by the ever-diverse Sarah Jeong, the newest member of the New York Times Editorial Board.
Remember Windstorm 2015 that hit our area on November 17, 2015?
Apparently the Coeur d’Alene Press finally got around to giving it some thought for its August 5, 2018, relevant but long overdue editorial entitled Fires Ignite One Thumbs-Up — And One Down.
In my OpenCdA post entitled Our Grade? Needs Improvement on December 7, 2015, I tried to be restrained in my criticism of the Kootenai County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and its Director, Sandy von Behren, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger, and the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners. ‘Unprepared’ and ‘indecisive’ would have been the kindest terms I could have used for their collective professional failures in performing their official duties regarding informing the public.
Sunday’s skewspaper editorial finally acknowledged one of Windstorm 2015’s lessons that should have been learned long ago: Kootenai County does not have a coordinated method of disseminating timely, accurate, and complete information to all the residents of Kootenai County.
The County thinks it does and tells the public it does on its website. It doesn’t.
But what about Alert!Kootenai, the Kootenai County Emergency Alert Program? How many of you who signed up for this received any message about the fires near Dirtstrip International Airport that were the basis for Sunday’s Press editorial? I didn’t.
Sunday’s Press editorial included this statement:
This complaint isn’t just from a newspaper charged with keeping citizens informed; media throughout the region are poised to get important information to the public promptly and accurately.
The last portion of that statement, “…; media throughout the region are poised to get important information to the public promptly and accurately,” needs further discussion. (more…)
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