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As with most, it looks like only one of you have done any research as to what the root cause is. I suggest you do some research instead of being sheeple. The next stand off will likely be red river Texas. Take a look folks. Don't be sheeple because one day the person that gets thrown in jail for a "marshals hold" may be you. Or maybe the will use a terrorism charge like they did to this family in Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
These people are in jail because they are committing unlawful acts. And, what does this have to do with The POTUS? Don't do something stupid, then expect the POTUS to get involved. Gosh, people! | 0.590909 | 0.015152 | 0.045455 | 0.015152 | 0.590909 | 0.015152 | 0.015152 |
Paranoia is actually a treatable disease. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The second sentence isn't quite accurate. Scouts were taking pre-orders in my office a couple of weeks ago, and I learned yesterday that deliveries will be tomorrow through Tuesday. I will likely burn through them before heading to Safeway or Albertsons next weekend to buy more. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sounds like the Feds have themselves a 'conspiracy theory.'
Now let's see them prove their hypothesis. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And it's not like the grazing fees were high. They're welfare. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LE didn't "gun down a protester," they responded to someone who was armed and refusing to surrender. Not a surprise it turned out the way it did. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Check your naïveté, the Clintons have always had a parasitic relationship with each other in order to advance their power and influence. To them, the end has always justified the means and the means have been ugly and questionably legal - google Vince Foster and whitewater to get a taste. And mind you I voted for Bill both times. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
What I wonder is when the County IT Dept. will put the video of this public meeting on the County's website... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The high minimum wages now being seriously considered will land many marginal employees in unemployment and raise prices on many goods and services for everyone. Rather than asking how can one live on the current minimum wage, the question should perhaps be asked as to how the many new unemployed will cope with having no income at all. No such thing as a free lunch. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Get educated: http://youtu.be/HIMF5dUFgtY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Does anyone see the hypocrisy of how this situation is being handled in comparison to the black live matter protests? In the Oregon situation we have individuals protesting at a public federal facility closed for the winter, not harming anyone or anything. Response by the government, isolate, contain use deadly force! With the black live matter people, they block public roads, illegally detain motorist, assault private citizens and law enforcement, disrupt private business and destroy property. The response by the government, they have the first amendment right of free speech and protest! What is wrong with this picture? | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 |
Maybe try to get educated.
This may be a good start:
http://youtu.be/HIMF5dUFgtY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ummm if one group of people commit more crimes in an area than any other group, then you are going to have a larger number of people from that group in jail. Seems like this is more of a consequences for one own own actions rather than a race thing. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Imagine what would happen if a man were to implore other men to support male candidates just because of their gender. Consistency in judgment and standard is good. When Albright promotes gender-based political support, she supports a return to the old days of gender discrimination all around. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The tax support is four times the fare revenue??? Oh, man. As desirable as mass transit is, I wonder if it would be cheaper to buy the apparently few riders a car and let them drive to work. Mass transit clearly works in the big cities with high population density. I wonder if Eugene-Springfield is too small. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This business has 75 employees. I just discovered that you can get a college degree in game development. It's actually a hot new major, or a concentration within a computer science major at many universities. This is a rapidly growing industry and it offers hope to parents of kids who play these games for hours. Maybe they won't be living in your basement when they are 30. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The lands at question in all of theses deputes were originally owned by the families of generations ago. Before the government started claiming rights to subsurface minerals. The ranchers have only been concerned with making a living off their lands. The government unilaterally declared they must pay grazing fees. That was the first attempt to get them to sell their lands. The fees started getting higher and the BLM started to institute more ridiculous laws like the back burns, fires to keep sagebrush small in case of future wildfires. Those fires destroyed the grass the cattle needed to eat. It amazes me how ignorant and gullible people are. All these recent amendments and executive orders and since they started doing them have been eroding our freedoms and liberties more and more.. Wake up People. The government is supposed to serve and protect the citizens not make laws against them. The majority of laws are fine but the ones out of greed should concern everyone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I still don't know if I would have supported the district had it made it to the ballot. But I think some would benefit from a little bit of fact-based thought. I live in Elmira, about eight miles from Veneta. Veneta now contracts with the sheriff for a total of four deputies. Since Sheriff Trapp says it requires 5.2 FTE to assure 24/7 coverage (allowing for shift overlap, vacations, training, sick leave, other time away from patrol) Veneta actually has a little less than 24 hour coverage from one deputy seven days a week. That is roughly the same standard that is available in the county. However where I live, we have three deputies providing coverage for the entire county (as observers noted about the size of Connecticut). Under the district proposal, my service would have increased substantially; the service in Veneta would have probably decreased, since the deputy on duty would have had a larger area to cover. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Burning coal is basically burning the earth. Mercury is released into the atmosphere in the process, polluting the air breathed by adults and children living downwind.
While many people are still convinced the mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs is a serious hazard t health, it's captured in the bulb and easily recycled through local hardware stores. There is more of a danger from mercury in tuna than that posed by the release from a broken and carefully disposed bulb.
In fact, the amount of mercury produced by burning more coal to power inefficient incandescent bulbs far outweighs any environmental impact from CFLs. Low wattage bulbs, including LEDs, reduce pollution from burning coal.
Now a memory, this benefit came about after industry funded Republicans blocked legislation forcing the elimination of old technology filament bulbs, which are really just small heaters designed to also produce light.
Removing coal from the grid is an even better step forward. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I hope they can get through this today without law enforcement shooting anyone else. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The system allows one to post a "like comment" to their own comment. That may be an unintended "feature". | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
So let's see. Staton settles Yankee's tort claim to preempt revealing information of his unprofessional conduct. He takes the settlement from his operating budget. I am glad Yankee prevailed and is happy with the settlement, but it costs Staton nothing. So, the tax payers of Multnomah County end up subsidizing Staton's behavior. Disgusting. He is one nasty piece of work. Unworthy of wearing the uniform he barely fits into. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
PDXlifer says it is "short cited" to save the Dockside since he foresees its condemnation within 10 years and that it is negatively affecting future development. If that's the case, why is this entire area booming? Indeed, why is it that people love old buildings and their legends? I think Portland is succeeding precisely because of artifacts like the Dockside. If Portland looked like Phoenix, as some boosters seemingly would like, I doubt its appeal would be as deep or wide. Portland succeeds precisely because it's funky and charming. Take that away, and you have another suburbanized megalopolis that could be anywhere. Please: let's stop with this idea that Portland needs to look like Anywhere, USA. That's why Happy Valley exists. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You read a paranoid blog. That land has been a refuge since TEDDY ROOSEVELT set it aside in the early 1900s. It has been FEDERAL LAND for more than 100 years. There is no "land grab" here. There isn't "gold and uranium" there. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Well, they're complaining about paying less than 10% the market value for grazing land.
The one who was shot after he went for his gun had been collecting $100K/year to "foster" kids he used as free labor.
Ammon Bundy took a $500K small business loan from the government. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I plan to go to the trails around Saddle Peak in a week or so and I will watch in case he may have gone there. It is too bad that intel is so vague and brief. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nope. The lands in question have NEVER been owned by private individuals. The refuge in question was set aside Teddy Roosevelt in the early 1900s.
The Cliven Bundy didn't want to pay the grazing fees on federal land, which are less than 10% what private owners charged for grazing rights. The fees are less than the property taxes would be if they owned it. The fees have not changed in DECADES. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dockside's callin' now nothin' is reeeeallll! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
An opinion written to convince (manipulate) rather than inform. Power options include: Coal, natural gas (NG), biofuel, hydro, wind and solar. Without coal, NG, biofuel and hydro must provide the 24/7 power. Wind and solar are not always available so the infrastructure must be build so that other 24/7 sources can carry the full load. Hydro is fully renewable and a wonderful source of power. We are blessed to have access to abundant amounts. It produces no pollution. It was not mentioned in the opinion piece. Without continuity and storage of power, wind and solar can only ever be a supplement. This is Oregon. Today it is cloudy. My solar cells are only producing ten percent of what they produce when the sun is out. There is little wind today. We must have our eyes wide open regarding power options. Wind and solar are at best supplements for sunny/windy days. While nice, wind and solar cannot provide the 24/7 reliability needed. We should never ever forget hydro. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Certainly there has been rage in this community toward the protesters or “terrorists” near Burns. But let’s look at LTD:
TAKES (without asking, without gratitude) hundreds of $$$ per year from my employer on my behalf (I ride LTD once every two or three years). Plans to increase its TAKE in the next few years. TAKES tens of thousands of $$$ from my employer for my fellow employees, who similarly have no use for the local transit system.
TAKES money from countless other businesses whose employees have little or no use for the system.
TAKES space along 6th/7th, etc., for the new EmX line. Disrupts traffic and commerce especially during construction, but to some degree perpetually. TAKES what was once green space along Franklin Blvd., Pioneer Pkwy. TAKES road space for the buses that barge out of stops demanding right of way or barge into your lane because they can't negotiate tight turns.
So who is TAKING public (and private) property and disrupting our lives? Who are the terrorists? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If Vancouver is a suburb of Portland then it's time to move. Portland is the most aggravating city I've ever been in. I absolutely refuse to work there. Portland is full of asshats. As far as the eye can see. | 0.375 | 0.035714 | 0.267857 | 0 | 0.357143 | 0.107143 | 0.107143 |
According to the available videos released to date, a long with eye witness accounts. Mr. Finicum exited the vehicle he was traveling in having no gun drawn or firing a single shot before he was gunned down by LE. If you have video showing he had a gun drawn and or shooting at LE many including myself would like to see the evidence of such. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No freedom of the press here as LE seeks to contain news coverage.
"MEDIA PARKING AT SODHOUSE AND HWY 205- BURNS"
"News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: February 11th, 2016 7:59 AM"
"There are reports of several media vehicles at the checkpoint intersection of Sodhouse Road and Hwy 205. Please remember vehicles must be off the travel portion of the roadway." | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacqueline Pynes asks, "Why should the state push people to vote who are not interested enough to make the effort to register to vote under the current system, which already takes minimal effort?
Here's the answer: because the role of the state in a democracy, however mediocre and dysfunctional the institutions of that democracy might be, is to promote the welfare of the general public. Voting is a public good. Automatically registering citizens to vote does no harm. The state should make it as easy as possible for citizens to participate in elections. As citizens participate more, they will see the wisdom of informing themselves on the issues. This is exactly what anti-voting rights people fear.
That people actually have a problem with making it easier for citizens to vote is a measure of the backward mentalites--extreme individualism, laissez-faire racism, anti-government paranoia--that prevail here and prevent American society from moving into the 21st century. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Actually there are socioeconomic reasons and outright racism that cause these disparities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thanks for this one. I'd missed the background and just – as is the rule these days – got the sound bytes, which were disturbing. This clears that up. I'm older but I deal with several well educated and thoughtful millennial women and I see with them what you're suggesting here. They want to vote for real structural change. They tended to be in favor of Hillary Clinton as the best choice and they were happy that she was also a woman breaking a barrier. And then Bernie Sanders showed up, talking about real change. Your point about "not sure Clinton is the one" seems right on. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Younger women "just aren't sure Clinton is the one"--yes, this seems to typify their sentiment. What they don't realize is that if Hillary Clinton can't get women to vote for her, including young women, then the only woman that will likely be elected President in the future will be a Republican. She'll more than likely be white, will, guaranteed, be a Christian. She'll, of necessity, have to be against abortion rights, and will no doubt be an extreme fiscal conservative. In the eyes of younger Democratic-leaning women, Bernie's pure and untainted. What they don't seem to realize is Sander's political purity is a function of his former political irrelevance. Hillary Clinton has never been politically irrelevant. She's a political pugilist. This scares certain types of women.
Younger women tend to be more psychologically dependent on male approval than women with more life experience. Similarly, married women tend to vote more conservatively. There's nothing new under the sun. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 |
Methamphetamines directly affect the portions of our brain that tells us what it is that we need to live. It affects our emotional centers and our decision making as it lowers our inhibitions. It is a sad culture that promotes punishment instead of rehabilitation. Unfortunately the only thing that our country promotes punishment.
It is sad to see a former straight A student and good hearted person be brought so low by a drug. My heart goes out to her and her family. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave: You're quite right about the inequities of property tax. It is really unrelated to the owner's ability to pay such tax. We've lived on our rural 10 acre farm for 45 years. It's now worth about 25 times what we paid for it in 1971. Great deal.......if we want to sell it. We don't. While various limitations have helped, our property tax is still a major expense for us. We have neighbors who inherited a 1000 acre Centurn Farm from their parents. Guess what happened to their property assessment and resultant tax.
Hopefully, we'll see the day when Oregonians take a serious look at sales tax as a method of REPLACING a large part of the property tax burden we all now bear. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
I'd rather give a dollar to a panhandler than a penny to LTD. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You just moved here, didn't you? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm not sure I see a pattern of racial discrimination in favor of black people in this country. Do you have any studies that don't include cherry-picked items? | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 |
Couple of corrections. The last seen date was 9/30. The sticker is on farthest back driver side window. It is not on the dash or back of the car. The dash inside is damaged. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Telling the media that their vehicles shouldn't impede travel is "no freedom of the press"? | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
While the aerial video has no audio and is taken from a distance, it does show Finicum clearly reaching toward his jacket pocket. The LE reports which have been released state a loaded pistol was in that pocket. No one has claimed he "had a gun drawn or (fired) a single shot." Hopefully, the body cam videos will be more conclusive. Of course we all would like to see that video....hopefully with audio as well. LE related shootings are troubling, but some are justified. Over the last few years we've seen many which were not justified. Fortunately, bystanders with video-capable phones have documented them, making it easier to hold individuals accountable.
I think we can be confident those body-cam and dash-cam videos exist and will be released. Hopefully, pretty soon. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What does Oregon State University have to do with this?
The state lodging tax may be doubling, but it is still trivial compared to many local lodging taxes. The rate in Florence is 4%.
I would think a real estate agent in Florence would be all for this. Visitors from throughout the country and the world might end up wanting a vacation home (if not a primary home) around here, maybe even in Florence! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I don't believe that anyone is suggesting "tearing down" the neighborhood, but rather that when individual owners feel it is appropriate to redevelop their property, they are allowed to do so in a manner that can possibly add a mix of housing to the neighborhood in a responsible way-- i.e. that any new development that happens happens in a sustainable way. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I love it
Transit terrorist
Snouts of the governor appointed committee
The snouts of our home grown big brother terrorists
LTD. Tri Met and others are in a frenzy with the smell of another fix for their drug of choice more tax dollars their El Chapo Guzman (Peter Courtney) their favorite drug dealer
As to LTD their management is so deeply into their addiction they just got around to providing mass transit to our major airport
With a recent story in the RG saying close to 3/4 million people used the airport last year add up all the lost revenue over the years. Consider all the extra fossil fuels and pollution. Looks like the drug has impeded their ability to do anything worthwhile.
It is time to do an intervention eliminate their dealers by recalls or vote them out
The tax payers of this state cannot afford to support their habits any longer | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
I don't stay away from Portland because of any religious regions. I just avoid it because it's depressing. Nothing but hippies and hipsters walking around talking to themselves. It's really sad. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Urban Inclusivity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"Sexism is discrimination, prejudice, or stereotyping on the basis of gender." Except when it is demanded on behalf of women. Then it is merely advocacy. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 |
Hot new major? Programs in game development have been around for at least 16 years. Various private colleges in the USA have offered them for ages. Speaking as someone who recruits college graduates for one of the world's top companies, I would do a more flexible major and read up on game development on the side (or pursue the concentration option that you mention). The reason being that all industries are cyclical, and if you specialize just in game development it will be hard to convince someone in another field that you have the right skills when the market turns. I had a friend at Radical Entertainment who kicked himself for getting a specialized gaming degree as opposed to a proper BSc or BEng. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes, we absolutely need to work to redevelop the EWEB property... it is a great location. But if Eugene continues to grow over the next 30 years at the rate it has grown over the last 30 years, we will need to do more than add housing there if we want to ensure that we have enough homes so that it remains affordable to live here without expanding the urban growth boundary. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If Veneta and Elmira want more law enforcement, they can pay for it. For those of us who live north of Fern Ridge, they wouldn't patrol out here anyway, except to make money off the boaters and picnickers in the summer. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I think 'branding' is basically smoke and mirrors. What is the new President doing to actually improve the product on which the University is being evaluated? "The school’s data are near or at the bottom compared to other Association of American Universities members, and UO is in danger of getting kicked out of this prestigious group of research universities it joined in 1969 based on then ground-breaking scientific research." Unless this gets fixed, who provides the 'puff pieces' for the media is totally irrelevant. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All this "support our" troops" stuff is a bunch of drivel. Why people would respect anyone who is willing to kill someone because they were ordered to by another, is beyond my comprehension. People who volunteer to participate in American gangsterism obviously do so for personal material gain--and they likely wrap their self-interest in the mantle of patriotism or some other nonsense.
Reinstitute a draft, include women,--go for it. The soft-brained ones will show up ready and willing. A bunch of others will head for the hills with their backpacks in hand and still others will simply head for jail. It could be the beginning of something positive, drafting women. Better the former scenarios than be institutionalized by the U.S. military's raping and robbing machine. Down with American imperialism, at home and abroad. | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
Maybe you should expand your media horizons, before making unfounded accusations. oregonlive.com has live coverage at;
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/02/watch_live_video_feed_from_the.html#incart_maj-story-1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Yours is just one example of many why we simply should not have a tax based on a volatile and subjective value of one's property. You pay more simply because you invested your money (that you already paid taxes on) in your home or land - which increased in value because of factors outside of your control. Spend $100,000 building a boat, you pay no taxes on that. If you spend $100,000 building a home on your land, you pay thousands of dollars in taxes, year after year. You're better off with a 500sqft home and a 2000sqft yacht drydocked on your property. Even though that sounds absolutely awesome, how much sense does it make?
Real estate is the only thing you get taxed on after you own it. It's the only thing you pay extra taxes on if you improve it while you own it. It's the only thing that has its value determined by the ones collecting the taxes. Housing is also a basic human need. What part of this sounded like a good idea to anyone outside of the tax collector's office? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That is a terrible, heart-wrenching, and scary live feed. Fry rambling about altering DNA, needing some time with his blanket, and Fiore trying to pray him out only for Fry to announce he is a Messianic Jew. This mentally ill kid has been a pawn of the others the whole time, and now he is alone. He clearly is incapable of making a good decision about his future, and the presence of guns means no one can help him. | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
If the allegations against the coach is true, Mr. Adelman should be fired. The history of all people goes back to far in time to continue teaching and subjecting our youth to bad habits that stem from racism. As far as Mr. Bob b statement is concerned I totally disagree. I'm a former All- American player and Pro basketball player that played at a predominantly white high school and college(NCAA) back in 1973 - 1977. My coach was white(both high school and college). They both was wonderful human beings on and off the court. They taught ethics, morals and respect to your fellow man. Whenever they spoke of color it was with the upmost respect. It was like a history teacher teaching you about yourself. It was never degrading, derogatory or disrespectful. What Mr. Adelman did allegedly if found to be true is a disgrace to our society as a whole and morally disrespectful to our future (kids). Let us all be honest about something that's truly wrong. It will make for a better world. One Love.. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Well put.....We bought our place with a "falling down" old farmhouse built in 1910. We spent years rebuilding it "top to bottom" (actually bottom to top). Built our own barn and shop/outbuilding. As a reward for our hard work we get to pay more property taxes......such a deal... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PDXlifer said "or even a remotely attractive building. . . but its not"
And the proposed building is attractive? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That is only a fraction of the story! Please try to keep up! In addition, millions of people owe the government money...hell the government even owes the government money. They resulted in a standoff to try to get the attention of the people to understand, in order to bring some real justice, results and closure to the whole ordeal. The BLM did not have to result in blood shed and jail. The Ranchers did NOT hurt anyone!!! They just want to continue the hard work that they do to make a living. The government could have done what they wanted to do on that land and left the cattle alone, but they didn't really want anyone to know their real intention/reason...well the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. | 0.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Phew. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I think that the best possible outcome for you would be to vote for both, therefore avoiding any future ethical guilt? What do you mean it's illegal? never stopped anyone else including campaign workers so why should YOU feel bad? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Most of the research on raising the minimum wage suggests that its effects on unemployment are insignificant.
There may not be such a thing as a "free lunch" but there certainly is a discount lunch--for example, the one large corporations and employers enjoy at the expense of society in general. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I voted for him once, the other time I was out of the country partly because of him. I never got that campaign gift, you? Weasels | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
"a clause where 10% of the damage reward must be used on non-processed food and gym memberships."
The irony of all this is, these two crybabies, who are both female, could go and join Curves for Women, a gym that is legally able to discriminate based on sex. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wow, so incredibly grateful this ended without more violence. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I have a problem with making it easier for citizens to vote. So according to you I am guilty of backward mentality, extreme individualism, laissez-faire racism, and anti-government paranoia. That doesn’t sound very civil.
I find that in life, things that are free and easy are often the things not worth having. And the reality is that voting is already easy. You can register online by typing your name and some other personal information. When the ballot comes around, you can color in a few blanks and put it in the mail. Sure, I would rather a voter spend some time learning about the repercussions of filling in certain blanks (such as the ones next to John Kitzhaber), but that’s not going to happen. And we will continue to pay the price for emphasizing quantity over quality when it comes to our voters. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
According to what I've read, and I don't claim to know everything about the situation, the Hammonds and nearly 100 other ranchers bought large tracts of land back in the late 50's, which included water rights and grazing rights. The ranchers built irrigation systems and turned the area into a plush fertile paradise. Then, starting in 1961 the government started their strongarm tactics to drive off the landowners so they could seize the land. They destroyed the irrigation systems, turning the land into a dustbowl, which drove off a vast majority of ranchers... Hammonds and Bundys are a little more stubborn, it seems... so now the government has restorted to shooting them, from all accounts.... | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Actually, it was shown that he didn't have *his* gun on him when he was shot. It was planted on him after he was shot. He didn't own a gun like the one *found* on him, and it was on the wrong side, considering he was right handed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good riddance. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finally. Glad it ended without more violence. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes, you welfare cowboys are such victims. Time to back away from the federal trough and, if you really want to be a rancher, find a place where you can do that profitably without a federal subsidy. Eastern Oregon is not such a place. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I had no idea there were turns! I was poor and am semi educated, do I get a shot too? Please elect Elizabeth Warren first though. Actually HC flip flopped on both "trade agreements' not that it matters really. It is pretty laughable to assume that one should have an opportunity to become president because, um you want to. I wanted to be in NASA, even received some books from them. Apparently if you want to go on a NASA mission you have to either really good at math (nope) or be a test pilot ( um no on that one). Not really but this is the tone of maturity of this article which I honestly thought was intended as humor and probably is. It is really is hard to tell on the internet sometimes. Either way, this won't get posted and I have probably insulted this person on some level depending on how you view this post although that was not really the intention, more so due to the WW kiss our ass and agree policy :) | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
She did consider it and unfortunately chose not to, she would have received my vote based upon experience, her vote and stance on issues and lack of criminal behavior. Crazy idea, I know | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is an interesting story, I suppose, but the analogy just doesn't work. In order for the analogy to work Portland = New York City and that is absurd. Also, New Jersey is not a suburb of New York City, no matter how many people from that state commute to work in NYC. I live in Oregon now (on the coast) and I'm from the east coast. I've lived in Jersey, I've worked in Manhattan and at one point I lived in New Jersey while working in Manhattan. Semantic arguments aside, one state is not a suburb of another state. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good! Now for a speedy trial and bury them under the jail for 20 years! | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
YMMV, but I think it's very, very attractive. The landscaping is stunning. http://www.nextportland.com/2015/12/18/field-office-2/
Huge improvement over the proposed designs from last January, too. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
They had Deeds which they presented in court many times over the years. The whole thing has been going on for a long, long time. Maybe you should all read this...http://www.independentsentinel.com/chilling-truth-siege-of-bundy-ranch-reaches-into-the-white-house/ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oh boy, here we go again with the COI business & politics. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramming speed, Mr. Morgan. Welcome to Oregon! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 |
There are two "extremist political agendas" at work here. On the one side it's the Bundy Boys. On the other side it's the liberal earthers who have methodically occupied the federal land control agencies like BLM, USFS and ODFW.
Everybody has an agenda, and the federal govt is no exception. If you push too far, don't be surprised when the pushback comes. We'll all be in deep caca when nobody pushes back against agenda driven totalitarianism in our govt agencies. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
I do see the hypocrisy - BLM protesters are forced out and/or arrested within hours, not weeks. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
For what it's worth, in case anyone doesn't recognize the symbol on his flag, it's the emblem (shoulder patch) for the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Those traitors in Oregon are armed, have threatened violence, stolen property, kept the public from their rightful use of the facility, violated sacred Indian sites, plowed a road illegally, destroyed a fence and disrupted the lives of the local residents. What turnip truck did you just fall off of? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hi there,
Please don't poo-poo efforts by Portlanders to try to protect our large old trees. Your comment above: "You can get pissed off about a developer cutting down some pine trees, or you can make plans to go see more pine trees than you can ever count on the newly reopened 40-mile trail looping around Mount Hood" is off the mark. The trees that are here in the City are a treasure and their destruction should be prevented at all costs. They provide oxygen, beauty, shade, and a home for birds and critters. We should have a moratorium on cutting down any trees in Portland and beyond until we get a handle on climate change. For now, we're focused on changing the City's outdated tree code. Until that point, please support the work of your neighbors fighting to keep our city livable, beautiful and lovable. If you agree and would like to support this effort: Please Join our e-list to get regular updates: http://tinyurl.com/oldtreespdx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That is a blog whose only sources are Infowars and "Natural News", and even then the connections are tenuous at best.
I think I'd trust Weekly World News first. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The art show of photography, illustration, and print is up until Feb 28 at Coffeehouse NW (M-F 6:30am-6pm, weekends 8-5). The Valentine's Day artist reception is from 5-7pm on Sunday, Feb 14 and Voodoo Doughnut is creating a Big Pink Doughnut Centerpiece and Rose & Fern Winery will be serving their signature pink wine! Dress in an accent or a lot of pink -- there's some silly prizes for the most fabulously dressed! This event is my artist goodbye party to Portland. xo | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
There have never been increases in the minimum wage that compare to what is being considered today. The research existing has dealt with comparatively small incremental raises very much in line with cost of living increases. As such they were not ever real raises and did not cause disruption in companies' ability to meet its wage requirements. This time will be different, very different. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It was just a matter of time. Surely, no one really believed Cliven Bundy would be allowed to ignore his BLM contract, the laws governing grazing rights and a Court Order indefinitely. He, quite rightly, will face both criminal and civil actions related to his long history as a scofflaw. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Everybody has a god. What is it that you live for? What is your security blanket? What is it that you can't do without? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As usual WW plumbing the depths for deeper meaning ... that is unless it involves an issue on which they disagree then it is ridicule 24/7. Clever creating the Bundyland series complete with cartoon banner. Set the tone for the level of journalism to expect ... journalism ? ... fatastisticism.
I did notice you soft pedaling the ridicule of David Fry identifying him as troubled. My guess is that has more to do with sympathy for his pot smoking withdrawl rants than respect for his politics. Respect is never a factor with liberals as evidenced by your series of vapid caricatures.
Did you happen to see the stories actual journalists did on Refuge mis-managment, fires, floods, and the millions of Carp that are harassing the birds away from the Bird Refuge? The stories of arbitrary miss-management that are driving unemployment ever higher in eastern Oregon. Curry County Sheriff turning in his badge in frustration for lack of resources dud to dwindling tax base engineered by arbitrary over reaching Federal Government policies. Or how about the thousands of miles of roads proposed to be removed from Oregon wild lands, cutting off public and fire access? What is the one issue the people of Oregon demand universally? Access to the wild lands? You are not reporting that it is being taken away. More closed roads. More illegal Federal Police, guns drawn, stops ... as reported by the Sheriff of Grant County.
I suspect the real problem was real people you couldn't care less about were articulate, were actual victims, and made rational arguments you could not respond to. The exact opposite of the great unbathed OWS movement, apart from the paid organizers, that held downtown Portland hostage and trashed 3 park blocks for 3 weeks.
Shame on you. You missed some really great stories and even greater people ... people who don't drink $5 cups of coffee. | 0.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.125 | 0 | 0 |
Glad it's over. These guys had a poor plan from the start, but the message that the federal government is way over reaching is right. I want the Hammonds pardoned and released. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As a regular customer, our group of 8-10 have enjoyed every Saturday breakfast here since 1998. The building adds to the charm, but we come here for the food, (best hash browns in the city) and the service. We sometimes even wait in line. This is a small business with long term employees, they were established long before redevelopment of this area was even a twinkle in the cities eye. 38% of the US workforce is employed by large business, while small businesses employ 53% of the national workforce. Small business is what makes the back bone of America, we should help them stay in business and support their right to maintain a business they have put years into. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Do you honestly think our federal agencies, imperfect though they may be, are the moral equivalent of the Bundys?
There's one big difference. The government agencies lawfully derive their power from We the People. The Bundys derive their power from their willingness to put others in harm's way.
And the characterization of federal agency workers as "liberal earthers" implies that you don't spend a lot of time talking to the wide range of people who staff those agencies. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Here's the larger question...Why be a user of Meth? Everyone and I do mean to suggest everyone is educated about Meth...that once tried there is no way out. It is not highly addictive -- addiction is immediate and any quality of life and physical health is on a rapid slide toward death. The slide is rapid, teeth rotting, hair falling out, skeletal like features...all known as Meth Head, Meth Mouth, etc. So since it is not a matter of education, they know what is going to happen to them, WHY do they use it? Are they suicidal? or severely depressed? They must be caught in the net of either hopelessness or rage. ..., there is no other logical conclusion and yet they opt for the drug and a long suffering existence. If anyone knows the answer to WHY, please offer some enlightenment when one uses but also understands the consequences of Meth. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As long as their ivy pillars don't involve invasive english ivy, then I'm down with it | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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