Fairchild Air Force Base Training

A C-135 coming in for a touchdown at Fairchild Air Force Base. January 2009.

Mount Spokane, January 26, 2009

Mount Spokane in the distance. This shot is taken from the West Plains area about five miles east of Fairchild Air Force Base. We finally have some clear sky. While I was out on the plains the pilots who operate the refueling planes were practicing their landings. Every five minutes or so a plane would come into view, land, and take off. This went on the whole time I was there -- about an hour. This flight group of high altitude re-fuelers serves all over the world -- from right here in Spokane, Washington. Remarkable! Just think of the dimensions of this local human effort.

Rimrock January 2009

The road coming up to the Rimrock from the Spokane River Valley.

Spokane County Jail

The north side of the Spokane County Jail. The population of Spokane County has not changed that much but it seems the jails are filled. The Spokane Establishment seeks to increase the capacity of system of jails. This will supposedly help the community deal with and punish and deter criminal behavior. The behavior the Establishment is concerned includes drugs, rape, violence, theft, murder, homicide, child abuse and so on. The people will benefit from the expanded jail are only those who are invited -- it is not enough to engage in such conduct, law enforcement must ask that the system be applied to you. Some people, people who are a part of the Establishment itself, do not get invited. They do not get invited even when judges, prosecutors and others are asked to take action. The death of Jo Ellen Savage in 2007 is a good example of people not being invited to participate.

Spokane Homes 2009

A home in the West Central area of Spokane near the courthouse and downtown.

Spokane and Its Possible Participation in War Crime

In the top floors of this downtown Spokane building some psychologists are conducting their business. The are consultants. They consult with the United States military or how best to interrogate prisoners of war. They are in constant contact, I hear, communicating with the prisoner interrogators from a special communications facility west of Spokane in an area known as the West Plains. We do such things in the name of righteous war. The war people will say it is all necessary. I would suppose so if you believed in the final efficacy of war and wished to be sure the ethic of war is what our society should be based on. The building is known as the "Old American Legion Building."

The Deer are All Right

During the time of the heavy snowfall in the Spokane area in December 2008 I worried about the welfare of the deer. As I drove around the areas I was used to seeing them I found they were few and far between. The snow was so deep they simply could not get around very well. They must have been staying deep in the woods.

Yesterday was a good day. The deer are back and their numbers do not seem reduced. The recent warmth has reduced the depth of the snow and so the deer are able to move about again. Surprisingly they looked healthy -- not too lean and with healthy coats of fur. In this picture they are feeding on branches downed by a recent heavy frost.

I will not say where, . . . .