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Jack Bog's Blog: Game report: Grizzlies 106, Blazers 96

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:54:31 -0500

Just when we thought it was safe to stop worrying about the Blazers, they turn in a horrendous performance that raises a whole spectrum of issues. They fell by 10 to the Memphis Grizzlies in a game that wasn't that close for most of the way. The Blazers simply weren't [...]

Oregon Natural Resources Report: Surplus salmon help feed hungry on North Coast

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:00:54 -0500

By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife,

TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Hungry people along Oregon’s north coast will eat a little better this holiday season, thanks to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and a coalition of volunteers who delivered more than 500 pounds of salmon [...]

Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience: Saturday tunes: "Here's how to be an agreeable chap"

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:36:00 -0500

From 1967, Dusty Springfield sings the original High Maintenance Woman's Anthem:

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Newshoggers.com: Another wave of writedowns

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:24:08 -0500

Number of comments: 1

By Dave Anderson:

I'm a little late for this but pumpkin pie and good Kentucky bourbon has occupied my weekend, but the New York Times piece on Dubai's debt going bad is worthwhile because it highlights what I think should have been the proper course of action for basically any' [...]

Newshoggers.com: More on Social Security and Responsibility

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:09:25 -0500

Number of comments: 2

By Dave Anderson:

I want to follow up on the whack I took at Kevin Drum on his support for a bipartisan commission to take a whack at Social Security in the next couple of years. Social Security is fundamentally a rounding error over the seventy five year intermediate case [...]

Newshoggers.com: Nukes Are Like Toys Still in Their Box on 'Antiques Roadshow'

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:26:43 -0500

Number of comments: 1
By Russ Wellen
The Deproliferator

"We have reached the point where the senior military generals responsible for nuclear forces are advocating, more vocally, more vehemently, than our politicians, to get down to lower and lower weapons." -- General Eugene Habiger (Ret.), former head of U.S. nuclear forces, in 2000Not exactly the [...]

Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience: Happy birthday to one of the most trusted journalists in America

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0500

For many people, simply replacing laddie-boy wannabe Craig Kilbourn as host of "The Daily Show" would have been service enough. But not Jon Stewart. That's not an achievement to rest on--it's an achievement to build on.

The moment when all doubt was removed regarding Stewart's value to America:

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Newshoggers.com: Lack of Change = Lack of Enthusiasm

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:27:57 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Commentary By Ron Beasley

As Dave noted the other day Self-preservation is not a Democratic instinct. In the comments section of that post I wrote the following:

People voted for the Democrats and Obama for change and they have gotten damn little of it. The danger in 2010 is that millions will simply [...]

Newshoggers.com: From "Big Tent" To Gated Community

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:43:54 -0500

Number of comments: 3

By Steve Hynd

It's rare for me to agree with Kathleen Parker. Even her criticism of Sarah Palin as "out of her league" didn't go far enough - Parker should have said "out of her mind". But when it comes to the GOP's new "purity test", she isn't entirely wrong.' [...]

Oregon Faith Report: Faith and Family Film Review:The Princess and the Frog

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:50:02 -0500

Faith and Family Film Review:The Princess and the Frog
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting

The Princess and the Frog— Enchanting animated musical, set in 1920s New Orleans, in which a voodoo sorcerer (voice of Keith David) casts a spell that complicates the lives of [...]