oh hello
spokane makes bbq sauce?
spokane makes pretty good bbq sauce too if you like sweet sauces?
i just grabbed it at random
a winner is me :D
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“The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along.
"Federal felony charges against nine ICE protesters in #Spokane, Wash., reveal how Trump's secret police are expanding their web.”
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-protesters-arrested-spokane-20250717.html #uspol #pnw
The Philadelphia Inquirer · The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along.
Free the Spokane 9.
"The arrests in #Spokane — not the first time in recent weeks that the government has aggressively gone after anyone involved in resisting the ICE raids — are a window into how this police state plans to operate."
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-protesters-arrested-spokane-20250717.html
The Philadelphia Inquirer · The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along.
Among those arrested was former #Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, who was indicted by a federal grand jury and is expected to be charged with conspiracy to impede or injure law enforcement, according to court records.
Spokane #ICE protesters, including Stuckart, arrested by federal agents https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/15/spokane-ice-protesters-including-stuckart-arrested/
The Spokesman-Review · Spokane ICE protesters, including Stuckart, arrested by federal agents
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Spokane's Ben Stuckart, a former city council president, was also arrested this morning and is being charged with "Conspiracy to Impede or Injure Officers".
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#Breaking news from Spokane as 9 anti-ICE protesters have been arrested by Federal authorities.
The nine are being charged with various conspiracy charges stemming from an anti-ICE protest last month.
This marks a massive escalation in federal authorities arresting non-violent protesters for using their 1A rights to speak out against ICE.
https://rangemedia.co/spokane-activists-arrested-federal-agents-ice-protests/
RANGE Media · At least 9 Spokanites arrested by federal agents in connection to ICE protests – RANGE MediaThe arrestees include Justice Forral, Erin Lang and former city council president Ben Stuckart, who were all arrested during the June 11 protests. Organizer Jac Archer, who was not arrested June 11, was also arrested this morning.
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I rode by the site of last weekend's fire in Riverside State Park yesterday. Crews managed to stop it before it spread too far, and it looks like many of the Ponderosa pines may survive as well.
This hour's random desktop background on my #MacbookPro is this great shot (not mine) of Addison Pemberton's vintage Speedmail biplane.
If you ever find yourself near Felts Field in #Spokane, WA, look up the Pembertons and their incredible restoration shop. I was told long ago that visitors are welcome.
I wrote an "In Depth" article for Flying Magazine on this crew. They are awesome.
Two wildfires blowing up in Eastern Washington today, both over 3000 acres already. Meanwhile there is an arson suspect wanted, and a number of suspicious fires in and around Spokane in the past few days.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/09/suspected-arsonist-identified-after-tuesdays-fire-/
The Spokesman-Review · Suspected arsonist identified after Tuesday's fire spree
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Now called the "T J Meenach" fire, after the nearby bridge.
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Spokane Falls Community College is in the Level 3 ("GO NOW") evacuation area for this fire.
New fire in Spokane today, even closer to populated areas this time: https://share.watchduty.org/i/55010?ts=1752012369000
"Localized evacuations are occurring"
Watch DutyWatch Duty - Wildfire Maps & AlertsReal-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
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The local paper's article on the fire:
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/06/evacuation-orders-given-for-50-acre-wildfire-in-ri/
Fire danger will continue to be high for the next few days.
The Spokesman-Review · Riverside State Park blaze suppression efforts effective; evacuation alert downgraded
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I've got a few post-evacuation actions to follow up on: to improve my offsite computer backup, to stand up a VPN endpoint and Home Assistant that doesn't depend on the NAS (which I had packed up and taken with us), and make a sprinkler setting to just run all of the irrigation on repeat. But all in all, the evacuation went smoothly, and most importantly, ended well.
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In the end, it was some disruption and time spent, but no immediate danger or loss of property. It actually turned out to be a good exercise in what we would need to grab and go in a future evacuation. We could have been out in 10 minutes if needed, but took longer to make sure we had what we wanted if we would be gone for a few days, not just what was essential. Many of our neighbors never left (the level 3 order was downgraded shortly after we had left).
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I had actually stopped to get a picture of the fire on the way home, right before the first evacuation order!
That was an interesting few hours! I was on my way home from a hike when I heard that there was a level 3 (“GO NOW”) evacuation order at home due to a nearby wildfire m. I got home 10 minutes later, helped load up the car with the dogs and our emergency stuff, and turned around and left. We spent a few hours at a friend’s house and out to dinner, as crews worked on the fire and the evacuation order was downgraded to Level 2 and then Level 1. We just decided to come home and all evacuation orders have been lifted now.
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@easwatch #Spokane #WAwx #Evacuation Spokane County Emergency Management: Level 3 Evacuation, Leave NOW! This may be your only notice. Spokane Fire District 3 has crews working a Wildland Fire. Residents living NORTH FROM BONNIE LAKE TO W CHENEY PLAZA ROAD, EAST TO S WELLS RD, SOUTH TO BAFUS PLACE, WEST TO BONNIE LAKE, must leave now! Monitor phone and media for more info or visit https://bit.ly/SRECOfficialEvac for current map.