Abso-****ing-lutely hillarious.[...]
edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
So OK folks who have been following Oregon politics for a while probably know who Democrat State Sen. Chip Shields is by now. He is the young fellow who is the brains behind the "get out of jail"...
[...] If you want to pin a group of green wonks down for a few hours, casually ask the question, "which do you favor, carbon tax or cap-and-trade?" They've been having that debate in earnest for the past few years, always hoping to one day apply the solution to law. But' [...]
I see that the tough economic times haven't stopped our friends at Channel 8 from adding a new face to their staff:
Last week the president offered up his new budget. Budgets are moral documents, as Jim Wallis likes to say, and I agree with that. How we spend our money - how we act as stewards - reflects our values.
President Obama has offered up a budget that will help [...]
I have a long-standing rule: no coffee after 11am.
Unless, of course, it is accompanied by delicious chocolate. Come to think of it, I’m good with chocolate just about any time of the day.
So, it was clear I couldn’t resist heading over [...]
No doubt, running a startup and being an entrepreneur is all about hard work. Heads down, rolled up sleeves, “eyes on the prize” hard work. It’s why you do what you do.
But I’ve got to tell you, people. Every once in awhile, you need to stop, poke your head up, [...]
Sarah Palin gave a speech to a “tea party” a few days ago, one in which she said “America is ready for another revolution.” Palin’s comments, according to a Register-Guard article, were typically hilarious.
“We need a commander in chief not a professor of law.”
“Foreign policy [...]
One of our readers (and Transit Board™ users), e-mailed in this question over the weekend:
I have a question about the GPS real-time transit tracker system for MAX. I've noticed that there has been no real-time information for any MAX stop for many months, at least since the Green line' [...]By Steve Hynd
You're not going to see this in the mainstream U.S. media, which is currently partying like it's 2002 and they know an attack on a Middle-East nation is forthcoming.
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are at Iran’s nuclear facility in Natanz today checking the startup of production of' [...]
By John Ballard
Marja.
Remember that name.
THE DEPROLIFERATOR -- "Nuclear war must be the most carefully avoided topic of general significance in the contemporary world. People are not curious about the details. … almost everyone seems to feel adequately informed by reading one book about nuclear war." -- Paul Brians, chronicler of nuclear imagery in [...]
by Dennis Westlind
Stoel Rives LLP, Attorneys at Law
Most of us assume that if an employee swears at a manager or, he or she can be disciplined or even fired. That assumption may be wrong, depending on the context in which the swearing occurs. A [...]
NW Business Litigation Blog
Ater Wynne
Oregon Attorneys at Law
Last week, the Oregon Court of Appeals addressed a First Amendment issue that had been untouched by both the United States Supreme Court and the Oregon courts. In Tubra v. The International Church of the Foursquare [...]
Oregon Farm Bureau
Legislative Bulletin
It is the end of the first week of Oregon’s second test for regular annual sessions. The number of bills and their controversial nature is a departure from the tightly controlled nature of the 2008 special session. It would be [...]
The Legislature has just completed week one of its “Special Emergency Session.”
Women and Heart Disease: Equal but Not the Same—Similar Risks, Subtler Symptoms, in a Heartbeat
Olivia C. Rossi, RN, MSN, ACSM
Your Personal Trainer:
It is the most important muscle in your body–your heart, silently working around the clock, beat-by-beat, tick-by-tock, until it stops.
“Heart disease is [...]
Last week, congressional candidates - incumbents and challengers - reported on their campaign finances through the end of 2009. It's a useful snapshot of where those races stand. Which candidates are rolling along - and which ones are struggling?
First, the easy ones. Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Congressman Greg Walden have' [...]
Two recent stories (via Planetizen: here and here) make the connection between health and how we design our urban environments and transportation systems:
Five New York City departments have jointly released a document titled "Active Design Guidelines: A new definition for sustainable cities", covering everything from Urban Design [...]
The official election results are not even available yet, but pollster Adam Davis and the Oregon Business Council’s economic advisor John Tapogna are already attempting to rewrite the history surrounding this momentous election.
In an op-ed in The Sunday Oregonian, they write
As a tax analyst and pollster, respectively, we saw [...]A number of news snippets have come across the transom in the last week that warrant mention here at the big Blue O, and they're brought to us it seems by the letter "e".
Two are endorsements, both going to Oregon Democratic Gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber. The first (and quite belated' [...]
By Dave Anderson:
As everyone already knows, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA-12) died this afternoon. I was not a big fan of him as he was a self-dealer who at the very least was hanging out with people who reeked of corruption if not corrupt in a potentially legal manner himself. [...]
Shortly before a guy I knew died of pancreatic cancer, he mentioned that what he thought had done him in was his habit of having coffee and doughnuts every morning. It looks as though he may have been half right. Coffee wasn't the problem. Unless, of course, he added' [...]
When even The Oregonian editors start to notice a problem, it's really late in the game. At that point, it isn't a problem, but a full-blown disaster. As a general rule, The Oregonian strives to report no news. Their history is long and proud: they sat on the Bob Packwood' [...]
It's likely that the Audi commercial in yesterday's Superbowl lineup was filmed here. Portland banned styrofoam cups years ago, and we're well on our way to the situation depicted in the ad. Will it sell more Audis? Depends. Wait - hasn't Portland already banned them disposable "undergarments"?
Hmm...looking through the regs, [...]
As part of their frantic bid to cut the deficit spending, the Bama is proposing the creation of yet another agency - this one dedicated to Climate Change. Yup, that'll bring the spending down.
I guess he's just what I needed
I needed someone to feed
I guess I'm just what he needed
He needed someone [...]
Dear everyone who stopped caring,
Remember how much we’ve been reading about Pacifica Forum for the last month (partly my fault)? I have a pop quiz for you, just to see if you were paying attention.
QUESTION:
PACIFICA FORUM IS…:
A) A Neo-Nazi Group
B) Responsible for vandalizing LGBTQA
C) A [...]
This year, when you do your 2009 taxes, there's another opportunity to do something small to help combat the power of big money in our politics.
We political junkies call it the "Check for Democracy" or the "Klonoski check-off" (in honor of UO prof and former DPO chair Jim' [...]
Jane Lubchenco, formerly an OSU oceanographer who was an early imbiber of "man-made" global warming kool-aide, was tapped by Obama to head NOAA - this is eerily similar to Jimmuh Cahtah tapping Oregon pedophile Neil Goldshmidt to head the Department of Transportation, as both Neil and Jane have similar mindsets [...]
A new poll released today by Moore Information shows that Democrats who voted for House Bill 3508 in the 2009 legislative session are in serious trouble. According to the poll, 61% of those asked...
New poll says Oregonians opposed to earned time extensionThe ASUO slogan contest will be ending tonight, so be sure to post your entries into the comments section of that blog post. We will announce the winner either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
[...]The legislature is working under a tight timeline to complete important business during a month-long special session. The economy and what’s been happening to Oregon’s workers are rightly taking center stage.
The House and Senate revenue committees will see lots of action, as we all know that those committees – [...]
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