Raleigh has denizens living in the sewers. Portland does, as well. The main difference is that in Portland, they get elected to governmental offices. Raleigh has higher standards.
[...]The new snub,nosed, sleek loot rail trains give an illusion of speed, and it gets better: Their seriously market-tested yellow and blue color scheme is one that, according to TriMet marketing director Carolyn Young, riders chose as the most "warm, friendly and modern."
Yep, you gotta love it. The gang-bangers [...]
PaleoMedic:
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Jonathan Maus at bikeportland.org has an informative editorial up regarding road funding. He points out, that according to the Federal Highway Administration, "92% of the funds for local roads (the ones where people ride bikes the most) come from property, income, and sales taxes — which everyone pays for." [...]
Two interesting and potentially game-changing happenings went down yesterday, both of which would seem to be positives for the drive to see a full and robust public option (FRPO) included in any health care reform bill that passes Congress. Plus I've got news of a demonstration in Portland that goes [...]
Video of yesterday's streetcar unveiling, with short interviews with Rep. DeFazio and Rep. Blumenauer. In particular, I asked both representatives about funding opportunities for improving transit access in existing corridors which are not slated for streetcar or light rail projects.
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In one of those "essential" documents that led to the creation of the country known now as the United States of America, there was reference made to "self-evident truth."
OC Editor-In-Chief Drew Cattermole tries to lure freshmen to the dark side. Note Sudsy all over the ASUO's business, top left.
With IntroDUCKtion in full swing, Drew and I had [...]
Missouri State Rep. Cynthia Davis is against free summer lunches for kids. "Can’t they get a job during the summer?" asksthe politician / Bible book store owner.
The editorial board of the St. Louis Dispatch reports:
State Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O’Fallon, is staking out a [...]
Here’s something interesting — and sad, and a little alarming. Some defenders of public schools — I mean, die-hard, grasping-at-straws defenders — say, “The reason we have public schools is that no one else can be counted on to teach basic facts about our country — to [...]
From Jim Ross, Oregon's latest voter registration numbers:
The Oregon voter file has just been released. Of the 46,710 new registrants since the election, 17,449 have registered Democrat, 10,647 have registered Republican and the remaining 18,614 have registered non-affiliated.Okay..it's really "Rock the Boat"....but you get the idea. Oh 70's, how' [...]
Ahnuld criticizes California politicians for debating cow tails when they have a budget crisis:
By Jesse Springer of Eugene, Oregon. Jesse is a long-time political cartoonist and illustrator. Previously, he contributed "Trick or Treat!". See more at Springer Creative.
[...]By Fester:
The CBO has scored the HELP committee's full healtcare bill. The bill is the complete vision of what Senators Kennedy and Dodd want to do and it includes a reasonably strong public option, Medicaid expansion, comparative effectiveness research and an employer mandate. The goal is to expand coverage [...]
By Fester:
Time for a blogger ethics panel as there is no invinsible wall between editorial and business functions at this and many other blogs. The Newshoggers recently received a paid advertisment from the ACLU that advocates Twittering Against Torture. Once BlogAds takes their cut, we may be [...]
The Autism Association of Oregon (ASO) is presenting Peter Wright of Wrightslaw in a one day special education law and advocacy training conference October 29 in Portland. Details of the program and online registration are available at the ASO Web site.
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tweetmeme_url = 'http://siliconflorist.com/2009/07/02/silicon-florist-sucks/'; tweetmeme_source = 'siliconflorist'; Silicon Florist sucks doesn’t it? I mean, let’s be honest. It’s not perfect. And even though it’s completely a side project, that’s no excuse for it being half-ass. In fact, to quote a good friend, I want to be “using my whole ass.”
And I know you. [...]
(CNSNews.com) - Following a testy exchange during today’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is [...]
Some things are almost too stupid to be true.
Here's Rush Limbaugh the other day explaining South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's disappearance and affair:
...So he ups and leaves for five days, doesn't leave anybody in charge of the state, in case there's an emergency..jpg)
Cartoon from Get Liberty.org:
ALG Editor’s Note: The following featured cartoon by William Warren was done especially for the people of Honduras rallying for freedom, and as that battle enters its crucial stage over the next several days, the staff at ALG News hopes it will serve [...]
Several years ago, when the Mini Cooper came out with a convertible, I tried to buy a new Orange Mini S convertible with a black top in honor of the Oregon State Beavers. For some reason my brother-in-law, who’s in the car business, wasn’t able to work [...]
By Steve Hynd
The BBC reports that the next director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog, will be Japan's Yukiya Amano.
Mr Amano won the required two-thirds majority from the IAEA governing board, defeating his South African rival, Abdul Samad Minty, by 23 to 11 [...]
Barney Frank proposes using TARP funds for housing for "the poor".By Steve Hynd
Steve Clemons has published an email from Leo Hindery in which Hindery looks at the aggregate jobless totals and comes up with a figure of over 30 million Americans out of work.
Here is a June 2009 version of the summary that calculates the Effective Unemployment Rate, [...]
By Steve Hynd
One of these things is not like the other.
Back in March, President Obama set out the broad outlines of his Af/Pak policy. One of the bright lines was supposedly that US forces in Afghanistan were not there to engage in long-term nation building. The US most definitely [...]
A forty-five day public comment period began yesterday on the Streetcar System Plan, leading to a Planning Commission hearing on August 14th and City Council consideration in September.
The plan, a 20-50 year vision of where Streetcars might run in Portland, has been 20 months in the making, with work [...]
Hedo Turkoglu, a highly talented pro basketball player, originally from Turkey, may wind up playing for the Blazers next year. He'll be in town today to check things out.
If you bump into him, you'll know. He's 6 feet 10 inches tall. In the NBA, this makes you a [...] 
by Kay Helbling
Duck bill on one side and beaver tail on another, we’re a family split. With one boy choosing to attend Oregon and the other Oregon State, it has given us the opportunity to compare and contrast Oregon’s major university experiences. [...]
University System “Non-Response” on Firearms Issue
The Oregonian reported today that President Obama called Ron Wyden's health care plan radical. Here is a highlight:
From Oregon State Senator Jason Atkinson Office,
Salem – The Senate passed Senate Bill 472 and Senate Bill 545 Saturday afternoon, bills that will create larger and healthier salmon and steelhead populations in Oregon rivers. Senate bill 472 will start a hatchbox program on the Rogue [...]
By Traci Scott,
Faith Reporter,
Several residents of the Mennonite Village in Benton County were recently duped by a bogus magazine sales operation, according to general manager John Kollaer. Solicitors are not allowed in the village; however, that didn’t stop two young men and two young women [...]
From Evergreen: Oscar winner and popular actress Gwyneth Paltrow commented to the press yesterday about the difference between Spain and America. Here is one interesting quote;
“It is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and [...]
Audio Bibles for American Troops
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, July 1 /Christian Newswire/ — Fourth of July is when Americans celebrate their freedom and gather for cook outs, parades and fireworks. It’s also a time to honor our nation’s troops. Faith Comes By Hearing, the world’s foremost Audio Bible [...]
As the nation debates health care reform, real life examples of what rural communities face are evident and reoccurring. Kevin Gaboury wrote in the Central Oregonian that the Oregon town of Prineville is losing their Obstetric services.
“By the end of the year, babies will [...]
By Bill Conerly, Oregon Economist
Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC
I’ve been saying that consumer spending would soon increase. It has not happened yet, but consumers are now in position to get going. The key concept is that consumers have not been income constrained, as a group. In the [...]
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Representing Virginia at the Continental Congress
Carter Braxton was born of a wealthy family in Newington Plantation Virginia. He lost nearly all of his wealth in the course of the revolution, partly through his support of the Union, and partly through attack by the British [...]Now we have the Sanford affair. Many on the Right had pinned their hopes on the SC governor. He’s a solid, smart [...]
Come listen to my Sunday, July 5th sermon on “God, Guns & American Violence: Turning Weapons Into Ploughshares," Click here for all the info.
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