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  • TriMet Unveils New Green Line Light Rail

    MaxRedline

    Number of comments: 0

    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 [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 5:50pm EDT
    by Max
  • Bicyclists pay taxes too.

    BTA Blog

    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." [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
  • A Fourth of July Quiz For The Kids

    OregonGuy

    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."

    What is the name of this essential document, and give an example of a self-evident truth. [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 1:16pm EDT
  • Rep. Wexler (D-FL) is a big fat idiot!

    Preemptive Karma

    Oh alright, one more... Wexler: Settlement freeze would call Arab world’s ‘bluff’ Visiting Israel, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) tells Herb Keinon of the Jerusalem Post that Israel should agree to a...

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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 12:02pm EDT
  • More checks

    Ridenbaugh Press

    This is not an argument that the system of background checking is getting out of hand or that these in particular aren’t merited. But after a while, you do start to think that some overall parameters should be set around the practice, lest we wind up with half the country [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 11:52am EDT
    by Randy Stapilus
  • Can PDX get by on one runway?

    Jack Bog's Blog

    An alert reader writes: PDX has been choked down to one runway for the last several weeks. Well, 1¼ if you count the Dash-8s using the cross-wind runway to fly to Seattle every half hour. Have there been any delays? Have airlines had to cut flights? The place doesn't look like it's [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 11:50am EDT
  • The Inter Twine

    Preemptive Karma

    Lastly here is some linkage to a great article explaining the newly unveiled Metro rebranding of trails and parks, rivers and streams as The Inter Twine. I attended the kick-off event at Keen...

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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 11:47am EDT
  • Hint: it's about the water

    Preemptive Karma

    Israel postpones ‘drought tax’ Look at a topographical map of the region and note where the bulk of the water flows and you'll begin to understand that religion and "terrorism" are merely a...

    [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more!' [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 11:38am EDT
  • Looks can be deceiving

    Preemptive Karma

    I've been following the story of the jet crash off the Comoros and the young girl who survived. The other day I was reading an article where her father expressed amazement that she was the one to...

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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:58am EDT
  • First Weekend Picks July 2009

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    Ty Ennis

    NAAU presents the next installation in the Couture series: Ty Ennis' You'll Love It Here: The Lilac City Track Murders '96-'98, a multimedia installation of drawing, photography, and sculpture. Ennis' "preparation for this exhibit has involved one of the most thorough examinations to date of Spokane's" [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:57am EDT
    by Megan Driscoll
  • The CBO Cudgel

    Newshoggers.com

    Number of comments: 1

    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 [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:27am EDT
    by fester
  • Time for a Blogger's Ethics Panel

    Newshoggers.com

    Number of comments: 0

    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 [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:26am EDT
    by fester
  • Silicon Florist sucks

    Silicon Florist

    Number of comments: 7

    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. [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 9:13am EDT
    by Rick Turoczy
  • Viva Democracy!

    Mover Mike

    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 [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 8:17am EDT
    by MoverMike
  • “Cash For Clunkers”

    Mover Mike

    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 [...]

    Posted: July 02, 2009, 8:04am EDT
    by MoverMike
  • Radical Ron

    Ridenbaugh Press

    Ron Wyden Oregon Senator Ron Wyden doesn’t often find the word “radical” in close proximity. His manner doesn’t suggest it, and neither does his trademark bipartisan work; such gripes as you hear about him back in Oregon tend to come from the left, form people arguing that he’s too compromising. So [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:35pm EDT
    by Randy Stapilus
  • About Copenhagen

    Quark Soup


    "No one I talk to thinks there is going to be anything significant to come out of Copenhagen. We are going to come out and recover the deckchairs in preparation for moving them as the Titanic sinks. We're not even at the stage of rearranging them."

    --Kevin' [...]
    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:14pm EDT

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