Port of Friday Harbor photo gallery.
Visit the Port of Friday Harbor's website.
Worldwide Top News
Last updated on: Sat, 13 Mar 2010
Newsom has vision for lieutenant governor post - San Francisco Chronicle
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 Seattle Post Intelligencer Newsom has vision for lieutenant governor post San Francisco Chronicle Mayor Gavin Newsom talks about his decision to run for lieutenant governor and how his successor should be chosen. If he wins the job of lieutenant governor, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom doesn't see himself just waiting to break ties in the state ... In entering lieutenant governor's race, Newsom alters view on position he mocked Los Angeles Times Maldonado to Newsom: Bring it on San Jose Mercury News If Newsom Wins Lt. Gov Race, Chiu Becomes Mayor KTVU San Francisco CBS News - Wall Street Journal - Sacramento Bee all 357 news articles »
Calif. GOP hopes to turn momentum into votes - San Jose Mercury News
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 Los Angeles Times Calif. GOP hopes to turn momentum into votes San Jose Mercury News SANTA CLARA, Calif.â California Republicans are hoping the political tide has finally turned in their favor after years of fractious infighting, lack of direction and a dwindling bank account that has hampered campaigns. ... Whitman lays out her agenda of reform San Francisco Chronicle GOP gubernatorial hopefuls clash San Diego Union Tribune Whitman, Poizner clash at California Republican convention 89.3 KPCC Los Angeles Times - KTVU San Francisco - KGO-TV all 117 news articles »
Thousands of Protesters Arrive in Bangkok - Voice of America
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 CBC.ca Thousands of Protesters Arrive in Bangkok Voice of America Photo: AP Thousands of protesters from rural northern Thailand have begun arriving in Bangkok for a rally aimed at toppling the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajhiva. Trucks and other vehicles filled highways into the capital city ... Pro-Thaksin demonstrators reach Bangkok BBC News Thailand Braces for Political Rallies in Capital New York Times Thai troops mobilised ahead of anti-govt protest Reuters Times Online - Aljazeera.net - AFP all 1,036 news articles »
Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, the big election prize - Reuters
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 CBC.ca Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, the big election prize Reuters Employees from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count ballots at a polling station for Iraq's parliamentary election in Damascus March 13, 2010. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a wide lead on Saturday in ... Iraq's PM Leads in Early Vote Count Voice of America Maliki leads key Baghdad vote count AFP Iraq's Shiite bloc leads in Maysan province Xinhua The Associated Press - New York Times - Washington Post all 1,658 news articles »
HBO's 'The Pacific' joins 'Band of Brothers' ranks - Daily Comet
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 ABC News HBO's 'The Pacific' joins 'Band of Brothers' ranks Daily Comet AP Annie Parisse and Jon Seda are shown in a scene from the HBO miniseries "The Pacific." By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES â Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg swapped other people's war stories to groundbreaking, heartbreaking effect in ... 'Pacific' looks at war through a familiar lens St. Louis Post-Dispatch Miniseries explores Pacific theater Columbus Dispatch Hanks and Spielberg return to WWII together for 'The Pacific' USA Today Dallas Morning News - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Boston Globe all 619 news articles »
Australia and Indonesia Find It Hard to Make Up - TIME
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 China Daily Australia and Indonesia Find It Hard to Make Up TIME AP / Mark Graham On March 9, three terrorist suspects were killed by Indonesian police during a raid in Jakarta. Forensic experts carefully examined their bodies but kept their conclusions from the public until ... Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care The Associated Press Australia's PM Says Obama Visit May Be Shorter Than Planned Wall Street Journal Obama Delays Asia Trip to Continue Health Care Push Voice of America BBC News - FOXNews - The Age all 674 news articles »
Suicide Attacker Kills 13 in Pakistan - Voice of America
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 Telegraph.co.uk Suicide Attacker Kills 13 in Pakistan Voice of America Photo: AP Pakistani police say a suicide bomber has killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 50 others in the northwestern Swat Valley. This is the third deadly attack in Pakistan this week. Police say Saturday's attacker was in a rickshaw when ... Taliban claims deadly suicide attack in Pakistan CNN International Pakistan militants attack checkpoint Telegraph.co.uk Lahore bombings: India denies involvement The Hindu Hindustan Times - Los Angeles Times - The Associated Press all 2,155 news articles »
Clashes break out near Jerusalem - Aljazeera.net
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 CBC.ca Clashes break out near Jerusalem Aljazeera.net Israeli soldiers have used tear gas against Palestinian women protesting at the Qalandiya crossing in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem. Scuffles broke out on Saturday when dozens of women tried to push through one of the crossing's gates. ... Clinton: US 'insulted' by Israel's settlement announcement Ha'aretz Israeli forces clash with Palestinian protestors in W. Bank Xinhua Israeli troops, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem The Associated Press Reuters - Jerusalem Post - New York Times all 2,758 news articles »
Blueprint for 'No Child Left Behind' Overhaul Headed to the Hill Monday - ABC News (blog)
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 AFP Blueprint for 'No Child Left Behind' Overhaul Headed to the Hill Monday ABC News (blog) President Obama used his weekly address to announce that on Monday his administration will send Congress the blueprint for an anticipated overhaul of the âNo Child Left Behindâ education law. âThrough this plan we are setting an ambitious goal: All ... Obama says he will push for education overhaul Reuters Obama prepares education overhaul The Associated Press Obama to Outline Education Revamp Wall Street Journal BusinessWeek - New York Times (blog) - 9&10 News all 238 news articles »
Dems Confident Health Care Will Pass - CBS News
Google top news, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 ABC News Dems Confident Health Care Will Pass CBS News The latest news and analysis on the continuing battle over Barack Obama's health care reform plans. (CBS) The year-long battle to dramatically change the nation's ailing health care system may be coming to an end. House and Senate Democratic leaders ... Obama delays Asia trip to push healthcare overhaul Los Angeles Times GOP warns again against passing health bill The Associated Press Scott Brown: Champion of Bipartisanship? ABC News San Francisco Chronicle - Boston Globe - CNN International all 2,133 news articles »
News from Harper's Magazine
Last updated on HXM DATE
No more than any other political method does democracy always produce the same results or promote the same interests or ideals. Rational allegiance to it thus presupposes not only a schema of hyper-rational values but also certain states of society in which democracy can be expected to work in ways we approve. Propositions about the working of democracy are meaningless without reference to given times, places and situations and so, of course, are anti-democratic arguments. . . .
. . .
“The American people(1) voted to restore integrity(2) and honesty(3) in Washington, D.C.,(4) and the Democrats(5) intend to lead the most honest(6), most open(7) and most ethical(8) Congress(9) in history(10).” Nancy Pelosi, November 7, 2006 . . .
Consider this passage from today’s New York Times report on the rise and fall of Obama social secretary Desirée Rogers (my italics): . . .
From the Washington Post: . . .
From ABC News: . . .
As the recent attacks by Liz Cheney and her organization demonstrate, “lawfare” as a subject is not going to disappear anytime soon. Lawyers simply make too inviting targets–even when they’re working pro bono on projects that they believe are advancing the Rule of Law. A conference yesterday in New York showed just how the “lawfare” concept can be reshaped to address new situations and different facts. . . .
How did Bush-era torture policies affect our allies in the war on terror? Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director of MI5, made stinging remarks yesterday suggesting that the torture dilemma in which British intelligence is now enmeshed is an American product. The Independent reports: . . .
From the New York Times: . . .
Chief Justice John Roberts embodies the values of the Court he heads. And public opinion polling shows that those values don’t sit well with most Americans. In Roberts’s world, law and morality have little in common. “What is morally just and right—that’s not my job,” he said to a youthful audience in Moscow, Idaho, about a year ago. The sentiment is reflected in Roberts’s rulings. Consider Citizens United, in which he found that corporations have human rights (more, indeed, than most humans) or Caperton v. Massey, in which Roberts concluded (in the minority this time) that there was nothing objectionable about a Supreme Court justice taking millions from the head of a mining company to secure his election and then throwing the case to benefit the mining company and its shareholders. . . .
David Cole, reviewing the Department of Justice ethics reports on the torture lawyers, says that the almost exclusive focus on John Yoo and Jay Bybee is inappropriate. The report lets Yoo’s and Bybee’s successors off the hook, concluding that even though they approved pretty much the same torture techniques, they approved them in a manner consistent with the ethics standards applicable at the Department of Justice. (Both the OPR memo and the Margolis review have a lot of trouble identifying any ethics standards that are applicable at the Department of Justice, but that’s another matter.) . . .
From the New York Times: . . .
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel David Frakt, a JAG defense counsel who has been representing Gitmo prisoners, having been outed by Liz Cheney, confesses at Salon that he’s working for Al Qaeda. “The chance to actually be a U.S. government-paid spokesperson for al-Qaida under the guise of ‘promoting fairness, justice and the rule of law,’” he says, “was just too delicious an opportunity to pass up. I figured the military commissions at Guantánamo would be the perfect soapbox for me to espouse my terrorist ideology.” . . .
It’s not surprising—indeed, it’s even somewhat admirable—that Karl Rove’s new book focuses on burnishing the reputation of his boss, George W. Bush. The 608-page book covers a lot of turf, including the 2000 primaries and election; Rove savors his hard-fought victories over John McCain and Al Gore. In Rove’s recounting, he’s innocent of any meaningful role in the South Carolina smears against McCain, and the cherished missiles launched against Gore (including his supposed claims to have invented the Internet and to be behind Love Story)—now long debunked—get a careful rehearsing. Rove shows a fairly casual regard for the truth—a sense, rather, that there is a new sort of political truth. The insider understands that these are political fibs in the service of a mission. If the larger audience is duped by them, well, that is the essence of politics. . . .
Former Bush Administration speechwriter Marc Thiessen used his space at the Washington Post to defend the McCarthyite smear campaign that Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol have launched against a group of Justice Department lawyers who did Guantánamo-related pro bono work: . . .
At Salon, Mark Benjamin reviews a cache of internal CIA documents giving directions on how to waterboard prisoners: . . .
From the Washington Post: . . .
Amid hundreds of rocket and mortar explosions that killed dozens of people throughout the country, Iraq held parliamentary elections. Large numbers of Sunnis, who had boycotted previous elections, voted. “We have experienced three wars before,” quipped one voter, “so it was just the play of children that we heard.” Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's coalition failed to secure a majority of seats, leaving his political future uncertain; the U.S. military said its plans for withdrawal remained “on track.” New York Times A memoir by Karl Rove said that the Bush Administration would not have started the Iraq war without the threat of weapons of mass destruction. New York Times Rampaging Nigerian Muslims slaughtered 500 Christians with machetes, New York Times and a Nigerian member of the Vatican choir admitted to having procured male prostitutes for an Italian government official working as a papal usher. CNN Defense Secretary Robert Gates traveled to Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai as U.S.-led forces prepared for an offensive in Kandahar. “There won't be a D-Day that is climactic,” Gates said. “It will be a rising tide of security as it comes.” New York Times Hamas banned male hairdressers from styling women's hair in Gaza. BBC News . . .
Back in 2008, Michael Goldfarb and others on the right tried a typically McCarthyite tactic against candidate Barack Obama. Obama was assailed for a supposed relationship with Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi, described in the National Review as “a former mouthpiece for master terrorist Yasser Arafat” and the “founder” of the Arab-American Action Network. Most of their essential claims about Khalidi were false. In fact, Khalidi is well known as a critic of human rights abuses within the Palestinian community; he had nothing to do with AAAN, an organization that provides English language lessons to immigrants and other social services to the indigent; and Khalidi was more closely tied to John McCain than to Obama. Under McCain’s guidance, the International Republican Institute supported Khalidi’s Palestinian Center, an operation geared to raising civil consciousness and engagement among West Bank Palestinians. In short, the effort blew up in their faces. . . .
From ABC News: . . .
From the Washington Post: . . .
From the Washington Post: . . .
Che fai tu, vita mia, che fai tu lontan da me? Che fai tu, chi ti desvia? Torna, ahi, volgi il piè, Toma mia com’eri pria! Che fai tu, vita mia? . . .
μ παθς μηδ ναισθτως χειν πρς τ κοινν, ν σφαλε θμενον τ οκεα κα τ μ συναλγεν μηδ συννοσεν τ πατρδι καλλωπιζμενον, λλ ατθεν τος τ βελτω κα δικαιτερα πρττουσι προσθμενον, συγκινδυνεειν κα βοηθεν, μλλον περιμνειν κινδνως τ τν κρατοντων. . . .
News from King 5 in Seattle
Last updated on HXM DATE
This comes after a report of an airplane with severe elevator vibration.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.
A lawsuit filed in Tacoma alleges Toyota violated customer trust when it sold cars now under recall.
Students and parents at Westgate Elementary School entered a national contest at Kaboom.org to win $5,000 for new playground equipment.
James Fryberg, a fugitive, was arrested Friday afaternoon in a wooded area near the Tulalip Indian Reservation.
Apolo Ohno is back and he's bigger than ever.
City of Kent officials say they're getting mixed signals on what to do with trees growing on Green River levees.
The man who alarmed people in downtown Seattle Friday morning with some device strapped to him, claiming to be a vampire, told a judge the day before that his medications were not working.
A snow storm in the mountains is creating treacherous driving conditions at the passes.
News from the Island Guardian.com
Last updated on Fri, 3 Jul 2009
Blogs about Friday Harbor
Last updated on Sat, 13 Mar 2010

Bob Nichols is featured pilot at Friday Harbor Airport Aviation ...
Top photo: Bob Nichols poses with his Cessna 172. Bottom photo: Bob Nichols celebrates his 85th birthday. The island aviator is the subject of an aviator exhibit at the Friday Harbor Aviation Museum, at Friday Harbor Airport. ...

Movies: Alice in Wonderland & Green Zone (click to see trailers ...
TheThe San Juan Island Community Calendar serves San Juan Island as a comprehensive review of what's happening on the island and in Friday Harbor .

Port of Friday Harbor plans a memorable 60th birthday; Jensen's ...
The San Juan Island Yacht Club's Rear Commodore's Cruise is April 23-25; the Friday Harbor Sailing Club's Spring Series Races take place in Mitchell Bay April 24-25. The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain will tie up at ...

Friday Harbor could soon have a new sister city — Shetland Islands ...
A visit from Mark Burgess, a member of the Scalloway Community Council in the Shetland Islands, sparked a correspondence between Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher and Alexander J. Cluness, convener of the Shetland Islands Council ...

Port Townsend Daily Photo: Day's End at Friday Harbor
Day's End at Friday Harbor . A member of the Skywatch community. Posted by raf at 12:31 AM. Labels: Reflections, San Juan Islands, Sky Watch Friday, Sunsets, Travels. 5 comments: Louis la Vache said... This is not only a fine SWF entry, ...

Boat sinks at Friday Harbor Marina with 100 gallons of diesel onboard
Richard Olin's "El Dorado" was more than a 50-foot wooden boat. It was home.

Friday Harbor's new Sunrise neighborhood aims to be green | Part 1 ...
In a letter from the Xerces Society to Friday Harbor Land Use Administrator Michael Bertrand, those involved with the development of Sunrise are urged to "work with the Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify the (IMB) habitat and ...

Visit National Parks while on Friday Harbor Island - Friday Harbor ...
Friday Harbor Island encompasses all of the beauty of the Pacific Northwest in one small island.

3 Noteworthy Friday Harbor Tourist Attractions - Friday Harbor ...
Friday Harbor is one of the preferred travel destinations in the state of Washington, because it has a wide range of attractions to offer.

Pretty "Suite"
Trying to get a business off of the ground is hard work, even a pet product business in this dog-hap

2009 Week 40 in Review
Field Trip to Friday Harbor and Lopez Island This week, I drove and ferried up to Friday Harbor to p
Blogs about San Juan Islands
Last updated on Sat, 13 Mar 2010

Scenic Byways Call for Inspiration Extended to March 31 ...
A Call for Inspiration – What images best represent the true essence of the San Juan Islands ? The San Juan Islands Scenic Byway offers some of the most beautiful scenic vistas in the country, and byway planners are committed to not only ...

Yacht Poster: Sailing the San Juan Islands
All types of new and used boats for sale by professional yacht brokers including sailboats, power boats and more!

Montgomery Sailboats San Juan Cruise 2007 – Part 1
Montgomery Sailboats San Juan Cruise 2007 – Part 1. Montgomery Sailboat Owners sailing in the San Juan Islands (WA), June 2 – 9, 2007 visit Scred's www-site: www.freewebs.com. 2007, Cruise, Juan, Montgomery, Part, Sailboats ...

A Thing of Beautyimal
This was taken quite a few years ago. It was during a whale watching trip near the San Juan Islands

Kayaking with Killer Whales in the San Juan Islands
Kayaking with Killer Whales in the San Juan Islands . Article Source : Kayaking with Killer Whales in the San Juan Islands .

San Juan Islands ,Washington-A Summer Retreat
San Juan Islands ,Washington Most Americans,during the month of July, are looking for a cool shade tree to hide from the sweltering heat and...

Travels to the Edge Exhibit is opening at the San Juan Islands ...
Nature and travel photographer Art Wolfe has an exhibit opening at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art in March. Click the link to learn more.

San Juan Islands-A Travel Guide
San Juan Islands,Washington Most Americans,during the month of July, are looking for a cool shade tr

Local surveyor earns federal BLM certification - Islands' Sounder
San Juan Islands . Colton Harris-Moore possibly strikes again in Eastsound · Gov. Gregoire appoints Eaton San Juan County Superior Court judge · What's best for Tillikum now, and what have we learned? | Guest Column · Chilean quake: No ...

San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan is the largest city in Puerto Rico and the oldest city in the United States. Some of the t

Two candidates for position on San Juan Islands Conservation ...
Henning Sehmsdorf has been a supervisor of the San Juan Islands Conservation District for the last 10 years, and during that period has helped shape educational and resource planning programs focused on the role of agriculture in ...

The Orcas Island Craftsman Beach House Experience
Orcas Island is the “Gem of the San Juan Islands”! Play on the beach for hours or sit on the porch t

familiar american story - Great Grandmother's Blog
The women I have chosen to write about in Volume I have come from various islands from Waldron to Guemas and have contributed to the unique historical development of The San Juan Islands . Native wives blended aspects of their original ...

Gov. Gregoire appoints Eaton San Juan County Superior Court judge ...
San Juan Islands . The reason the Eldorado sank: 'It's just a weird one. It doesn't normally do that' · Boat owner says sinking caused by driftwood wedged between hull and dock; surveyor's inspection expected soon · Old coins and jewelry ...

Super Suckers: Giant Octopus & Other Cephalopods
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Super Suckers: Giant Octopus & Other Cephalopods

Pretty "Suite"
Trying to get a business off of the ground is hard work, even a pet product business in this dog-hap

MIA, Mountains v. Molehills, and a Weekly Update
Hi, friends. I’m so sorry I disappeared this weekend with no notice! My plans for the weeken

Cama Beach Getaway - Part 2
We awoke to be able to see the Olympic Mountains through our cabin window. What a beautiful sigh

Colton Harris Moore (OK Shitbird...Please Go Down in a Blaze)
Colton Harris Moore Colton Harris-Moore, the Whidbey Island teen who married car theft with MySpace

It’s ALL ABOUT ME (Part 1)
Before I explain my Christmas gift(s) from Greg, here is the back-story, and the explanation to why

Pig War: One Shot. One Dead Pig. War for Years...
For anyone who has children, you know that adults still have homework–well, at least they stil

Sailing, Near Brown Island.
See? I can do pretty for pretty’s sake once in a while. # # # Sailing, Near Brown Island, 2009

At Lime Kiln Lighthouse.
Well, this is a fine juxtaposition: the lonely little lighthouse yearning for a hint of recognition

Some Flowers at Hotel Haro.
“Oooo, that’ll be a pretty one. The color on those flowers is so beautiful!”

A Thought for the Day V.1
Black Friday is gone and Cyber Monday is here. Retailers, myself included, are hoping and praying fo

Salish Sea Sharks
Sharks of the San Juan Islands 5:30 pm | Tuesday December 8, 2009 Camp Orkila Larry Norman Lodge Orc

Ride the Ferries: Floating Heads
The anonymity of mass transit. I passed this couple as I looked for a seat. They glanced up from t

Drawn To Nature
Nature draws us into its embrace, helping us to remember how to live in the now, loving, nurturing

A Journey to San Juan Island
On Tuesday Bernie and I took our guests, Lyndsay and Jordan out to San Juan Island. I had not be

Rehearsal Dinner: Maria & Chris
Maria and Chris were married last month up on Orcas Island at the Inn at Ship Bay, and I came up the

Learn Your History (I Am)
My earliest memories of hip-hop in the 206 begin with Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Kid Sensation. It’s sa






