Comments by Dave_F

Written on Ferry worker questioned about taking photos of little girls:

What I wonder is why, if he was not charged with a crime at the time he was questioned, did the TV station think it fit to release his name? Given how many times we've seen someone or some agency release a name of someone who supposedly did something, only to have people harass the wrong person, why would you want to open yourself up to that possibility of being sued for defamation or libel without someone having been charged first?

Written on Seattle city attorney's 1st-day pot buy broke rule:

Right....... (eye roll)

Written on A few changes in store for Saturday's Bremerton BrewFest:

Slackjack, in the 3 years they've been doing this event, can you cite a single DUI or arrest report that's been issued as a result? I haven't seen any. I've looked.

However, feel free to spout more addle brained blather.

Contrary to what people like you perpetually seem to think about this event, people that come to this are responsible adults who either walk to downtown (such as myself) or walk on to the ferry from Seattle or have a DD arranged in advance.

Written on LETTERS | Company's right to object to abortion:

"The most recent "idiot" that comes to my mind is ol' Dirty Harry Reed. He apparently thinks that Clarence Thomas is white. Typical of this most dysfunctional Senate Majority Leader. Kind of reminds one of Goofy Joe Biden. Liberals - nary a clue."

Thanks for doing as you normally do al; Skipping over a completely valid question to nitpick something irrelevant because you don't want to or can't answer it.

What is also interesting is that Hobby Lobby objects on religious grounds to having to provide certain birth control to employees, but apparently doesn't have a problem making money off the companies that produce those same products.

Can you say "Hypocrisy" boys and girls? Knew ya could!

"Impeach Obama!!!"

Please cite the articles of impeachment that would be drafted/relevant by the House (because we know that's where such idiocy would originate) and what Obama has done for them to be applicable, please. 'K Thanks.

And I agree with Bozzle; Really? Coming into a public forum to give your opinion on abortion is one thing....but turning that into opinion into a platform/campaign ad? Guess what? I ignore practically EVERY bit of campaign literature I get because it annoys me. Congratulations on making it to the "Not a snowball's chance in Hades" list of my ballot.

Written on LETTERS | Company's right to object to abortion:

And what happens when a company decides it doesn't want to pay for cancer or HIV drugs because of religious beliefs? Or psychiatric medications? or decides to only support faith healing?

Now do you begin to understand why so many people are concerned by this ruling? Think it won't have consequences? You have only to look at the faith based organizations that were asking for exemptions based on religious beliefs less than 24 hours after the ruling from hiring gay people

I'm going to guess the same people that support this as "freedom" are probably the same kind of idiots that think the First Amendment should protect them from getting fired whenever they say or do something outside of work that their employers take issue with.

Written on Harrison's Regence BlueShield subscribers in jeopardy :

Yes, I'm sure the ACA has a dog in the fight in contract negotiation between two local providers unable to find an mutually agreeable middle ground.

Should we blame it for whenever grocery workers contracts are under negotiation too? Perhaps global warming as well? I bet it's also responsible for mucking up the Israeli/Palestinian peace process by providing arms to Hamas....

Written on Bremerton's tunnel, 5 years on: 'if you've got it, flaunt it':

Honestly, if someone is coming off the ferry in a car, their goal probably isn't to go somewhere downtown anyway. You're far more likely to get foot traffic from the pedestrians getting off the ferry going in to the businesses than someone in a car.

Nice to see the usual assortment of QQ'ers here who likely don't have a dog in the fight but feel inclined to chime in on all things Bremerton. Honestly, I think if some of y ou didn't have the Bremerton threads to carp on about in, your lives would be devoid of any meaning.

For instance, it was a beautiful, warm summer day. Given what seems to be a fleeting frequency of them on some occasions, one of the (like paramount) thoughts you have in your head is "Hey, let me go jump into this Bremerton thread and spout of asinine blather?"

Written on PAM DZAMA | America, an exceptional nation:

If you look at where we place in the world in terms of where we rank in regards to education and other sortings, no, we are not exceptional at all. We are lagging woefully behind.

Written on Wildlife officer snags weeping fawn from small pit:

God bless you sir. God bless you.

Written on Troubled taxi spurs city push for new oversight:

Putting passengers in the trunk? What the frak kind of legit taxi company would allow that?

And yet the cab companies in Seattle pitch a stink about Uber...which I've yet to hear anyone I know complain about....

Written on PAM DZAMA | US lacking direction on Iraq:

Stop being naive Pam; We've been lacking direction in Iraq since President Bush went charging in to play cowboy. At least President Obama got our soldiers largely out of harm's way. The current cluster eff can be laid SQUARELY at the feet of President Bush who was naive enough to think we'd be greeted as liberators and the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites would all join hands and sing Kumbaya together.

Written on Hardware store plans to open in August on Wheaton Way in East Bremerton:

Nice! This was the one I think Robin was talking about in another thread a while back. Brand new business also opening up on Wheaton Way....hope this signals a new era for the corridor.

Written on Bremerton parks commission recommends unenforced smoking ban:

If people would properly dispose of their butts when they were done with them, this wouldn't be likely much of an issue.

However, if I had a nickle for every butt I see tossed on the ground or have seen after it's been tossed, I'd be rich. And I guarantee if they toss their butts on the ground after they're done, they likely pitch them out the window of their cars when they're done, and that's a public safety risk and hazard if it starts a fire, not to mention a waste of tax dollars given the response necessary to put grass and brush fires out because of careless idiots.

Your mother doesn't clean up after you. If you can't properly and safely dispose of your butts when you're done with a cancer stick, you have ZERO business smoking in public.

Written on Submariner who can't attend custody hearing given last-minute reprieve:

For al, everything has some kind of liberal bias or angle. I noticed several of his remarks in the thread regarding the PO shooting were removed as they were off topic.

Written on Man killed in officer-involved shooting had 5 sex crime warrants:

"Friends of Rogers plan a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. Friday at South Park Village, Geisler said."

Yes, he had family and friends and they deserve to mourn if they wish. But a man who has ANY kind of sex crime, not to mention MULTIPLE convictions, against a child as well as domestic violence charges deserves no sympathy if he comes to bad end like this.

He made this bed, and from what I heard from a friend of mine who knew someone on the scene, he brought this on himself.


It sounds as if the judge was not made aware of the fact the defendant was underway until after a scheduled court hearing.

Judges are not mind readers. If she was not provided with his schedule of deployment and no one told her he was underway from his command or his wife, how would you have proposed she be aware to grant him a stay under the SCRA al?

Written on LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Judges' decisions trump public's opinion:

Inter-racial marriage was once banned across the country too based on "Biblical" standards.

Who but the most ardent of bigots bats an eye at it today? When inter-racial couples were allowed to marry, California didn't fall into the sea, plagues of locusts didn't descend on the country and the first born of every family wasn't killed.

In essence, nothing happened except blacks and whites could marry. The same thing that will happen with gay marriage once it's allowed in all states; Gays will get married. That's it.

Can ANYONE cite a single reason for it NOT to be allowed that isn't based in Biblical logic, such as it is?

Written on Business Spotlight: Wheaton Way McDonald's rebuilt for future:

I know Ace Hardware is building a store by Arnold's; Is there another on in the works on Wheaton?

Written on Downtown Bremerton alley makes for tight fit between parking lot, businesses:


Colleen and yourself NEVER have anything positive to say about what the city leadership has done or is doing. Criticism where it's du is fine, but if you and Mrs Schmidt continue to try to argue everything Bozeman or Lent have done is bad, either run for office yourself or stop talking about it. Your constant negativity has LONG since become trite, and quite frankly tiresome.

If you think you can run things better, PROVE IT.

Either take part in the process to actively make things better as an elected official accountable to the voters instead of playing armchair quarterback or quite frankly silence yourselves because carping here on the Sun continually as you both do amounts to "a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing."

Also, al, grants would be doled out regardless of whether or not Bremerton applied for them, so if they had to go somewhere, I'd rather they go to my city. The same statement above applies to you. Either silence yourself or run for elected office if you think you can do better than our current elected officials in running the city. I am MORE tired of your constant negativity than I am Jane or Collen. At least I trust their hearts to be in the right place even if I don't agree with them; You just complain about Bremerton to complain.


Or better still, if you disagree with so much of what the current and former administration have authorized and think you can do better, why don't you run for mayor the next time when Lent's current term is up?


"Interesting way you want to split the hair on business going to Silverdale but whatever since the end result is considerably more business (numbers and sales volume) going to Silverdale than opening in Bremerton not matter which way you split it."

Really? Let's split things this way then; When was the last time you visited the location? Took people there to eat? Drove by it and observed the virtually empty parking lot? Talked to anyone who went there?

As another friend pointed out, there may have been landlord issues (unless they owned the building outright) that we are unaware of. The point is, based on what I have observed which is no more or less knowledgeable than you unless you have some special insight you'd like to share with the class, this is not likely an issue with city leadership and more of an economic or business issue. Poorly managed businesses tend not to stay open indefinitely and that can not be laid at the feet of city leadership, as much as you would like to seem to think it can.

For that matter, when was the last time you visited ANY of the businesses your list includes before they closed?

Again, since you seemed to have overlooked the point I was making in regards to Harrison, maintaining or upgrading a hospital would not be a cheap enterprise. Rather than spending God knows how much money to do so on an aging structure that was outgrowing it's current ability to serve adequately, as much as you and others may argue otherwise, the smart move economically is consolidating services in one location and being able to build out to your needs/specifications rather than trying to adapt an existing, aging structure to them.

Will some of the businesses follow them? Possibly so. Some will likely stay put. You'll pardon me if I don't think you have any finger on the pulse of all businesses that will be affected by this. Nor particularly any special insights into anything of your own that aren't second hand.

Do you have an economics degree hidden somewhere? No? Well, neither do I, but guess what? Not all business models succeed for any number of reasons. Sometimes bad landlords are to blame. Sometimes high rents which dovetails back to bad landlords. Sometimes bad locations. Sometimes bad management is to blame. Lack of customers. Etc etc etc. If you're trying to pin every business that's closed on the city, you're just being ridiculous, petty and childish.

Anyway, here's what I propose; Since you do nothing in these forums but carp on the city REGARDLESS of what they do, good or bad, why don't you move somewhere where the local government is more to your liking and exacting standards?

I'd imagine many of us here would volunteer to help you pack.

Written on East Bremerton thrift store robbed :

Steal stop merchandise?

Am I missing something as to what that means?

Written on Poulsbo bans marijuana businesses, collective gardens:

"A slight majority of Poulsbo voters — 51.78 percent — approved 2012’s Initiative 502, which legalized marijuana."

A slight majority is still a majority in regards to elections and initiatives. Way to flout the will of the voters Poulsbo. Don't be surprised if, come your next election cycle, ya'll find yourselves out on your duffs.

Even regardless of the fact that the city may or may not get much in teh way of tax revenue back. you would STILL have new businesses opening and hiring people to run the stores as well as money coming into the city from people purchasing that would likely also spend money elsewhere as well.

I smell a rat here, and it's not an economically driven one.



While the execution/implementation of the plan that brought the two park areas to downtown may not have been perfect and to everyone's liking, I guarantee the new businesses that have opened there in the last few years would not have done so had it not been done, and what is there now is a H*ll of a lot better than what was there before.

What businesses have left East Bremerton for Silverdale recently? I can not recall seeing any more recent vacancies off the top of my head that have relocated.

Also, almost every time I drive by IHOP, there are only a sparse handful of cars there. Most people I know that have gone there in the recent past have said both the service and the food were sub-par if not outright bad and that they will not be going back. That's not a result of anything on behalf of the city; That's bad management, pure and simple.

I do not view the move Harrison is planning to Silverdale as a slight/slap against the city so much as it is an economic reality when you are trying to run a hospital in an aging building and facing potentially huge renovation costs to maintain/upgrade.

You are also aware, I'm sure, that Rock-It-Roost just recently relocated to downtown Bremerton FROM Silverdale? And has since expanded it's space to the storefront next to it?

Not mention that a new Starbucks is going to be constructed (unless that plan changed) by the new Kitsap Bank along with the new from the ground up McDonald's? While no one would argue that there isn't more work to be done, to proclaim East Bremerton dead is premature.

However, some of that work needs to be done on behalf of the entities that own the buildings in the area; The recent rollback to a more business friendly development plan is a step in the right direction.

Regarding this alley and the impending construction, there are numerous such alleys in Seattle and elsewhere that have managed to make things work with similar constraints without catastrophic consequence. Whatever is decided, it isn't a completely done deal yet as the article clearly states. If business owners in the area have concerns, I would say they should schedule time to consult with the mayor or attend council meetings to discuss this instead of bemoaning a lack of being asked for any input into any decisions being made to the Kitsap Sun.

Written on Big changes in GOP leadership after Cantor loss:

What the Tea Party doesn't seem to be able to think about is that it is likely that a coalition of moderates, independents and Democratic voters likely assisted in his victory in the hopes that his sheer craziness (and I've read about some of it) will make the Democratic candidate look more appealing by default. My guess is somewhere between now and November he'll self-destruct his campaign ala "legitimate rape".

Wouldn't be the first time that's happened.

Written on Judge: Daughter can stop food for Casey Kasem:


Then if it is outdated, where is a more current version stating that he does, in fact, wish to be kept alive artificially/force fed if he was ever incapacitated? Surely they have it, if it exists. Though, one would assume if such an updated document DID exist, they would have presented it in court.


Really? So the bedsores he was being treated for once his daughter had him brought in magically manifested themselves? May one inquire whom said specialist is and if he can testify as to whether or not Mrs Kasem did in fact contact him prior to bringing him to WA State?

Being force fed water/fluids at his age and condition leads me to suspect his quality of life is non-existent. I have to wonder if his wife is doing what is best for him or herself.

Written on Police: Teen gunman in Oregon likely killed self :

in response to ednbgst1#475290:

I also have an idea. I don't want to 'give' away my stuff. If you think 'taking' (um forcing me to sell things I own against my will) is a good idea then we are way against each other. Maybe 'we' should take your stuff and 'from each their ability to each their need'?

Also, genius, gun buybacks are VOLUNTARY. They are not mandatory. No one is forced to sell a gun if they do not want to.

Written on Police: Teen gunman in Oregon likely killed self :

"But what you and the Tard are doing, simply to me shows your fear of a looming mid term disaster of the magnitude of 2010, from which many libs are still smarting, thus all the lies, obfuscation and denial of acts by your president."

Right. Because the path of doing nothing since Sandy Hook, as preferred by conservatives in the NRA's pocket and gun right enthusiasts, is working out so well for us, isn't it?

Tell me, oh-obviously-wisest-of-us-all-as-detailed-by-nothing-but-snarky-remarks, what do you propose? More sticking of the head in sand and hoping things improve?

Tell me how the open carry nutjobs in Texas are helping advance the cause of guns rights when they're stirring up anger amongst the very people they would hope support them and getting asked by businesses left and right not to bring their weapons inside?

Should we guess whether or not you own as large a gun as some of them are shown carrying to also overcompensate for something lacking elsewhere, hm?

Written on Activists clamor for Bremerton to cut out herbicides:

Why not try to organize volunteers to pull weeds as was done to the median coming into the city a while back? This wouldn't cost the city a dime and would be a good way to get the people who want to make a difference involved.

I have used vinegar myself, in the past. True, there are some drawbacks to it's use such as it needs to be applied on a warm, dry day...but if it gets into the water with runoff, it's not going to kill anything.

Also, why would people not from Bremerton attend a protest march IN Bremerton?

For the "major things the city wants to do", perhaps also they should look at what level of maintenance would be involved. One only has to look at the aforementioned median and the landscaping next to Olympic College to see where the road paved with good intentions in regards to pretty landscaping leads without someone adequately maintaining it.

Written on LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Nice sidewalks, but at what cost?:

Do it the old fashioned way, by hand. Or use pure vinegar. Works just as well, might take a bit longer, but won't hurt the environment if it gets in the water.

Written on Police: Teen gunman in Oregon likely killed self :

Gonna guess that passing the 0.1% sales tax for the mental health programs that so many people screamed and yelled about at the time in regards to the logic of so many people stating "it's not the guns it's the people" doesn't seem like such a bad idea now, hm?

Also Harpel, if gun rights enthusiasts continue to maintain the attitude they have the last few years of no changes to guns laws at all even if the general public supports them or that nothing would prevent X from happening, so why do anything, there will come a tipping point where that logic will no longer be acceptable and even pro-gun individuals will demand change that will sweep aside their concerns.

You can already see rumblings of this in Texas where the open carry nut jobs are their own worst enemies in regards to their disdain of the general public, many of them pro-gun individuals who believe they are crossing a line and the very public tiff with the NRA last week. If it is happening in Texas, the rest of the country will not be far behind.

Written on Judge: Casey Kasem should be fed, hydrated:

So....ya'll would argue his quality of life if he has to be force fed food and water is worth living? Would you want to continue on under such circumstances? You did see the part where she consulted with doctors and did not decide this unilaterally?

And the reason this is likely getting the attention it is now instead of us simply reading about his passing away is because his wife decided to ignore court orders and put herself and him into the spotlight. She has only herself to blame for any intrusion upon their privacy.

Written on Wait times for Puget Sound VA up to nearly 59 days:

Harpel, this is neither a liberal problem or a conservative problem; It is a problem, period.

If you can only paint it as a liberal issue, then my friend, YOU are part of the problem because instead of proactively trying to offer any solution you're too busy assigning blame.

President Obama does not run the VA on a day to day basis. Nor did Mr Shinseki. I sort of feel bad for the guy because I think he was just a scapegoat because people needed someone to blame. Ultimately as the individual in charge, he was the one they laid it at his feet for.

But if the people in the field are doctoring records that are then passed up the chain to the VA showing they're keeping on time appointments in regards to regulations, how would you fix that?


Harpel, compared to the average in others states, WA may well be at the top of the list in regards to turn around times. I honestly don't know, as I haven't seen statistics anywhere, but it's not a problem that's just confined to WA and I'd bet the farm this has been going on long before the current administration. The problem is that the problem is so systemic there is NO easy answer for it.

But I do agree; there should be NO financial incentive to meet goals in regards to seeing patients within a certain faster time frame because that's likely the kind of thing that helped encourage the kind of abuse and fraud we're seeing now.

Written on Bremerton set to get serious on accessibility:

This is not just a problem for Bremerton. Look at how the DOT has bungled projects across the state that make the issues Bremerton has had look like small potatoes.

Something needs to be done to hold people who make mistakes accountable....but firing them outright likely isn't the answer in some cases because that could delay a project's timeline indefinitely while a replacement is located.

Dot the i's and cross the t's.....a second set of eyes on a project isn't a bad idea. It may help to eliminate costly mistakes BEFORE they're set in stone, as it were.

Written on Judge: Casey Kasem should be fed, hydrated:

Given that he was admitted with an infected bedsore last week, Mrs Kasem's care of her husband seems to be lacking, at best.

All due respect Mrs Kasem, the man that you knew as your husband has likely been gone for quite some time.

And given those two things, I do not think she has his best interests at heart, even if she thinks she does.

Written on Casey Kasem's daughter should make medical decisions, judge rules:

The wife defied several court orders in the recent past, which is why his daughter was given control in the first place. Had she abided by the terms handed down by the court, appointing his daughter control would not have been necessary.

Written on Stats show meth use still strong in county as heroin takes hold:

in response to SkepticOne:

Yes, drugs bad! But hey what about that climate change thing? Nevermind the wolf on the doorstep... Oh and what about gay rights or a woman's "right" to commit legalized murder? Now there's some real problems we must deal with. R-i-i-ght. We're getting a snow job here while the ship is sinking.

Then please, Enlightened-One, do tell us in your oh-so-knowledgeable worldview what the answer is?

Because it's conservatives like you who have pushed the "War on Drugs" year after year when pretty much everywhere the signs are up on the wall that it's been an abysmal failure and waste of money. How many millions have been spent every year incarcerating people for selling or using marijuana? Then there's the gentleman who got life in prison for selling LSD. How much more effective might that money have been if it had been spent treating rather than incarcerating?

And one may ask, how many politically well connected CFOs or bank execs have had a day of jail time for helping tank the economy through their illegal actions?

Yet abortion or gay rights to you are the bogeyman. Showing pretty much your way of thinking is still entrenched in the dark ages.

Written on Investor remains committed to NBA in Seattle:

Even as a non-sports fan, IMO, if Ballmer did not buy the Clippers with the intent of trying to get them up to WA State, this is a slap in the face to the city, his business partners and the fans.

Written on Casey Kasem's wife ordered to appear in court:

I haven't because I don't particularly care....but at the same time, his wife needs to adhere to the court orders handed down. It is her behaviour that resulted in this situation as it is now.

Written on Poulsbo committee recommends banning marijuana businesses:

So can we assume if they stand to benefit from any of the revenue the state collects from the budding (ha!) marijuana industry they will refuse to accept the "dirty" money on principle?

Written on Casey Kasem's wife ordered to appear in court:

Because contrary to popular opinion, children don't stop caring for their parents when they get divorced? It may be completely money driven. It may not.

But from what I've read, Jean Kasem has disregarded or ignored several court orders in the past. That doesn't exactly speak to her character very well.

Written on Lower Wheaton gets major work through summer:

My only concern in this is with the sidewalks coming out 10' it looks in some sections to make the roadway extremely narrow. I would think something like 7-8' would be more than adequate for sidewalk size.

Written on Leaders fear economic impact from hospital's exit from Bremerton:

"The impact of Obama "Care" mandate strikes again!"


Would you please care to explain how their moving and consolidating services, were the ACA to blame, makes whatever burden/costs they are/would be facing less in Silverdale than in Bremerton?

And Jane, given how many times you've accused me of being in bed with the city, developers and/or the former mayor with no cause or proof what-so-ever other than the fact that I have disagreed with you many times and supported the former mayor, you'll excuse me if I consider your opinion as a former city employee as being worth no more than the same coin as anyone else's rather than being some grand insight behind the signs or greater value.

Written on Bremerton City Council goes forward with designing new Washington Avenue:

From what I recall of the other article, regardless of which option is chosen, they are no committed to choosing ONE of them, correct?

And where was Mrs Daugs? Why was she not representing her constituents at this meeting?

I agree that something needs to be done in regards to WA Ave as the sidewalks are a sorry mess, but I just hope they allow the public to have input in whatever the final design is as ultimately WE will be the ones that will be using the roads in the end.

Written on May flowers bring Bremerton showers of color:

I always enjoy seeing the baskets! Thanks for the look behind the curtain in regards to the program!

Written on CAL THOMAS | Free speech not so free when talking gay rights:

People are perfectly free to say what they want. It IS a free country and the First Amendment and concept Free Speech allows them to do so.

However, what either do NOT do is allow one to make offensive speech with no consequences. This is what people seem to grasp.

Also, Tebow was basically flaunting his religion in people's faces at every opportunity he could, the same thing people accuse gays like Michael Sam of doing when they kiss their partner in a moment of excitement. Actually, Tebow was guilty of doing it to a much greater extent in a very public fashion.

If your view on religion is such that you think God personally gives a rat's backside about football to the point he helps someone or their team perform well, you're opening yourself up for ridicule and quite frankly, you kind of deserve it.

All the First Amendment provides for is that the government will not create laws limiting or punish individuals for said speech. Their employers or society, OTOH, are under no such constraints or limitations.

Also Skeptic, the baker in question had ZERO problem with other potentially conflicting cakes that should have clashed with their religious views were they holding fast, such as divorce cakes, cakes celebrating babies out of wedlock, infidelity, etc. You are perfectly free to look up the findings.

They got their hands smacked for discrimination, NOT their religious views. Try again.

Written on Red light cameras raising red flags in Bremerton:

"Safety shouldn't have a pricetag attatched..."

Even if they have a flesh and blood officer writing tickets, that still isn't free. Not to mention that's putting an officer in one spot writing tickets and unavailable to do anything else in that time. Also, your odds of getting out of a ticket given by a patrolling officer are probably non-existent.

I do agree though that once the cameras hit that point where they are revenue neutral or costing money to have they need to be yanked out.

Written on Inslee wants to wean electric utilities off coal:

Its not like Inslee is saying he wants this done yesterday. We have technology to make more energy greener and more efficient, but coal and big oil are fighting tooth and nail because the reality is making things cleaner costs them money which affects their profits.

Also, coal isn't clean or without cost to use as a fuel source. One only has to look at the coal ash spill in North Carolina to see what kind of damage it can cause to the environment and ultimately to us.

Perhaps Mrs Hasner should work on job training to help expand the current labor force dependent on coal to learn other marketable skills? I really fail to see how if we decide to try to go greener in our own state their inability to adapt to a changing job market is our problem.

Written on PAM DZAMA | Still skeptical of dire climate change:

Anyone else notice Pam will toss out a few ad hominem attacks in comments for articles she writes and then disappear?