Big Pipe Saltzman is going to have his hands full in the new year. Now he's got four people running to dethrone him from the Portland City Council, and the latest one to throw her hat into the ring may give him a real run for his family's money.
It [...] 
While going about my day recently, I came across something so …just…well frankly, the only word for it is Portlandy.
On one hand, this certainly is an excellent way to get people to notice you and pay attention. And as a method of drumming up the [...]
Several polls capture the widespread public dissatisfaction with the economy, consumer prices and Wall Street bankers and brokers.
- Wall Street Anger: 2/3rds of consumers say they have an unfavorable view of financial executives.
- Shopping Pull-Back: 95.1% of shoppers say that they are waiting as long [...]
Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance,
The Saint Child ministry is being highlighted because a charity concert is being held this Saturday at Valley Catholic High School - details here.
Testimony from Saint Child,
Hillsboro, Oregon
A Second Chance Hi, my name is Ali, I’m 20 years old and 9 months pregnant [...]
From Congressman Greg Walden
and Congressman Kurt Schrader
WASHINGTON D.C. — A bipartisan group of lawmakers from Oregon, Washington, and South Dakota today introduced legislation to give federal forest managers and scientists the tools they need to do necessary work on choked and beetle-infested forests [...]
I’m not even sure what to do with this one… the upper line reads “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes freedom to hold opinions and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media…”
In compliance with that statement, [...]
A YouTube video of two KOIN-TV news anchors captured in various embarrassing moments on the set was yanked after KOIN complained to YouTube about it. But to make a mildly interesting local story a national one, KOIN sent an e-mail threat of legal action to a blogger [...] Every December I look forward to reviewing project presentations at the PSU/PBOT Traffic and Transportation class, and then publishing them here.
Another great crop of projects this year. Here are six of them. I will feature one special one in a few days!
Alexis Grant wants to make rail crossings around [...]It's an inconvenient truth that the holidays are no longer about family, friends, peace on earth or goodwill toward all. They're about buying as much crap per the resource limitations' [...]
By John Ballard .
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If you want to see Chuck Kramer himself doing this piece, here is another link that I couldn't embed. [Windows Media Player]
' [...]Adherents to the Religion of Mann-Made Global Warming famously brook no disagreement nor debate. AlGore has steadfastly refused to engage in any sort of debate on the subject, and his acolytes have fallen dutifully in line. With the release of incriminating documents from the Warmers in recent days, the response [...]
By John Ballard
Radio blogging here.
NPR ran a story Monday about Real ID, a form of national identification I had never heard of, despite the fact that legislation was introduced in 2005 mandating that states get their acts together to meet federal requirements for identification.
Less than four weeks from now, [...]
By Dave Anderson:
The Security Crank points out claims that a significant portion of the entire Chechan population is supposedly in Warizistan:
At some point, this kind of thing moves beyond parody.
According to the reports Haji Akbar Ali Mehsud, a 55-year-old resident of Zinda village in District Sararogha received, there [...]
As we do every second Saturday of the month throughout the year, this weekend we're due to get out another round of letters to encourage folks to renew their BTA membership, even in weather like this!
Sure, Snowpocalypse, this isn't, but the weather forecast calls for a decent chance [...]
