On Wednesday, President Obama nominated Oregon State Representative Sara Gelser (HD -16) to serve on the National Council on Disability. If confirmed by the Senate, Gelser would become one of fifteen members of the Council, which advises Congress, Obama and executive branch departments on policies and programs that ensure equality [...]
HealthDay News– Sarah Reinertsen likes to think of herself as part human, part machine. A one-legged girl in a two-legged world is how the 34-year-old triathlete likes to describe herself. When she’s not training for a marathon, you can find her speaking to packed school auditoriums [...]
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 [...]
By Steve Hynd
Thanks to Marc Ambinder for posting the comprehensive takedown of Sarah Palin's ghost-written climate change op-ed in the Washington Post today. Truly, as one of Marc's commenters notes, the only thing to be said in Dubya's favor is that he's smarter than Sarah.
But there's one [...]
On Wednesday of this week BTA Advocacy Manager Michelle Poyourow and City of Portland Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller were interviewed on the monthly KBOO Bike Show.
Bike show hosts Tori Bortman and Sara Stout asked the pair for their perspectives on the draft Portland [...]
Circus on the Streets is a new program by Portlander Sarah Stein set in the colorful Lower East Side of New York City in the 1920’s and 30’s. These are colorful and memorable stories which Sarah wrote about her family’s life during [...]
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.0MB)
Sara and Tori are joined by Roger Geller, City Bicycle Coordinator in the Office of the Director and creator of the Bicycle Master Plan. The 2030 Bicycle Plan is the crystal ball to the future of cycling and the city's goals.' [...]
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.' [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
When the United States falls it will be because it's population is simply not up to critical thought - too stupid. Headlines like this would lead one to believe the end is not too far away.
Sarah Palin: 'We'll see' about run with Glenn BeckWhat is it' [...]
With an aerial bombardment worthy of Sarah Palin, a suddenly rejuvenated Martell Webster and the rest of the Blazers went Wolf-hunting on a reliably bad Minnesota team that has now provided 30% of Portland's wins this season, blowing them out this time by the greatest margin at 28, 106-78.
It ended [...]
By Ron Beasley
DaveNoon at Lawyers, Guns and Money is reading Going Rogue so we don't have too. Now I'm not really interested in even reading about the book but I found this amusing.
I realize this is a pedantic complaint, but would it be possible for Sarah Palin to launch [...]
Thousands upon thousands (300,000) copies of her book, Going Rogue, sold the first day. That’s a lot of paper, a lot of shipping and receiving, a lot of energy expended.
I enjoyed this. 
Just more proof as to how much polls can change.
