From Floating Sheep which also has maps of the world and Europe.[...]
edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
I'm not sure, but if it's like the rest of the profession I'm guessing it involves a pair of Dockers khakis.
Seriously, though: AIA/Portland and Portland State University’s Department of Architecture will be hosting the "Learning Activism" Symposium on April 9 at PSU's Shattuck Hall Annex, and it's' [...]
I'm not sure, but if it's like the rest of the profession I'm guessing it involves a pair of Dockers khakis.
Seriously, though: AIA/Portland and Portland State University’s Department of Architecture will be hosting the "Learning Activism" Symposium on April 9 at PSU's Shattuck Hall Annex, and it's' [...]
I am thinking of getting out of the blog business.
I don't post much anymore. And few people come here looking for updates. And I feel quite powerless. And hosting this costs money.
Is ANYONE reading?
Does ANYONE care what I have to say about ANYTHING?
[...]Amazing. Democratics have gone for a bill that is unlikely to stand against the numerous legal challenges already underway. So in addition to wasting your tax dollars by posturing and "debating", they'll waste millions more as the legal repercussions unfold.
They're just being silly and wasteful.
Of course, that's pretty much what [...]
The federal government is out of control. They do not have constitutional authority to require all Americans to buy a product/service. [...] Tonight we have witnessed something truly remarkable: the resurrection of real and meaningful healthcare reform. Because the U.S. House of Representatives voted tonight to adopt the Senate version of reform it will mean that over 30 million Americans will finally get the health care they deserve. People with pre-existing [...]
What is in the Health Care Bill just passed the House this weekend, We're going to need it to keep our wallets in our hip pockets, because the "Planners" are nosing around the neighborhood. "Picture streetcars or light rail zipping down Barbur Boulevard. Add in bicycle- and pedestrian- friendly businesses stretching from downtown to Tigard. Smarten up the image with several busy town'" [...]
Obama has mollified Stupak by promising to issue an executive order directing that federal funds are not to be used for abortion services (with limited exceptions) and extends the Hyde Amendment provisions to the newly-created health insurance exchanges. How this provides cover to Stupak and his cronies is unclear, however, [...]
I feel great, knowing that passage of the health care reform bill is virtually assured in the House. All the work and money millions of people put into electing Obama and a solid Democratic majority is paying off for the American people.
It's a big moment, just as the passage [...]
The U.S. House is finally taking up the vote on health care reform. The first vote - passing the rule for the debate. The second vote - passing the Senate health care bill and sending it to the President. The third vote - the reconciliation bill that will make a [...]
By Tanya Tompkins of McMinnville, Oregon. Tanya is an associate professor of psychology at Linfield College.
A controversial bill that allows “specially trained” psychologists the right to prescribe medication passed the Oregon Senate and House this past special legislative session. SB 1046 (pdf) still awaits a signature or veto from [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
I think David Frum gets it about right here:
Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s.
It’s hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster. Conservatives may cheer themselves that they’ll compensate for today’s expected vote with a big win in the [...]
Forget about Democratic sellouts, Republican obstructionists, and anyone else you might be angry at right now, and start figuring out how to take revenge against the worst people in the world: Whoever has been in charge at CBS Sports this weekend.
Yesterday I watched almost every minute of Washington blowing out [...]
So, I'm spending the afternoon flipping back and forth between basketball and coverage of the impending health care vote.
I keep seeing Republican members of Congress saying that they don't support the bill - but that they support some key aspects of the bill. In particular, just about every one of [...]
It looks as though OHSU is getting serious about trying to make a tourist attraction out of the aerial tram [rim shot]. They're marketing it as a fun thing to do over spring break, and starting in mid-May, they're going to operate it on Sunday afternoons.
Nothing says [...] 
Ross Coyle/Oregon Commentator
ASUO Senate President Nicholas Gower shows that he still knows how to class up the student government at a Senate meeting Mar. 17th
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Top 50 list of the Forbes Billionaire list.
Full list here.
1. Carlos Slim Helu & family, Mexico, 53.5 (Net worth)
2. William Gates III, USA, 53
3. Warren Buffett, USA 47
4. Mukesh Ambani, India 29
5. Lakshmi Mittal, India 28.7
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I don’t know what is going to happen this weekend with health care, but I do know that I like the move by 37 states to protect their citizens against ObamaCare. By Dave Anderson:
Foreign Policy has a good piece on the narco-insurgency in Northern Mexico that is succeeding in delegitimzatizing the Mexican government:
Despite Calderón's addition of 10,000 federal troops, Juárez has already suffered 500 murders in 2010. According to articles in both the New York Times and
Most Americans Consider Easter a Religious Holiday, But Fewer Correctly Identify its Meaning
Barna Research Update
As American society becomes more religiously diverse, the nation’s population has had to grapple with how to define its holidays and celebrations. A recent study by the Barna Group explored Americans’ definition of the [...]
NCBA Supports Transparency in Nutrition Labeling
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
WASHINGTON – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) submitted comments today in support of a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to require nutrition labeling of [...]
Today is the day that many of us have hoped for and many others have dreaded. As you can tell, I think this bill has to pass even though it is not as good as we would have wanted. But I also think it is not as bad as some [...]
