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Rees Lloyd: MMA Super Star Oregonian Chael Sonnen to Fight on UFC on FOX

2012-01-27T15:07:00.000-08:00

Oregon’s Chael Sonnen, Team Quest Mixed Martial Arts superstar, will fight in the co-main event of “UFC [Ultimate Fighting Championship] On Fox” on Saturday, January 28, broadcast from Chicago by Fox at 5 pm. PST. Sonnen, generally regarded as the number one contender for the UFC’s Middleweight (185-pound) crown, will take on England’s Michael Bisping. The winner is expected to get

Seattle Female Plans To Marry Building

2012-01-27T12:18:00.000-08:00

She even has a Wedding Invitation Page on facebook Hat Tip: Dori Monson at My Northwest.

UPDATE: Viva la Education! Educationistas! Target Portland's Three Year Olds with "Social Justice" Instruction

2012-01-27T09:57:00.000-08:00

First in a Series What is social justice? Like the word 'sustainability,' no one seems to know the definition. The term is ping'd like a pinball between people who, when hit with it, robotically nod. No one gives thought to what it means--least of all the left. And the social justice crowd wants to make sure your Portland Public School student is steeped in it. They call it "Re-thinking" the

And That's Why They Call it Crime-Met

2012-01-27T08:38:00.001-08:00

Witnesses told police that a group of boys and girls got into a dispute with another MAX passenger after one of the boys bumped into the passenger’s baby stroller as they boarded the train. During the argument, the 11-year-old boy lifted his shirt to show the woman a gun in his waistband. When he started to pull the gun, the woman backed away and the boy put the gun back into his waistband,

Jan Brewer Hands Obama Letter

2012-01-27T07:50:00.001-08:00

Besides observing that in general women have more guts than men in standing up for what's right against this President (Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann come to mind), it's sad that Brewer has to appeal to the President to secure the border of the United States of America. Presumably the President already knew it was part of his job. Sadly, the only thing the President and Eric Holder have done

Scott St. Clair: Cuba Libres, not Cuban Liberation, on minds of visiting Washington State Lawyers

2012-01-27T06:16:00.001-08:00

After reading the January 2012 issue of the Washington State Bar News with its three pieces extolling the virtues of communist Cuba, I’m ashamed to admit I’m an inactive member of the bar (Washington State Bar Association #7854). In October of last year over two-dozen Washington state lawyers, including WSBA president Stephen Crossland, took a junket to Cuba ostensibly to engage in

Occupy Portland Spitting and Scratching Portland Police

2012-01-26T11:50:00.000-08:00

From Oregonlive: As of 8 p.m., Portland Police Lt. Robert King said he was aware of four arrests for accusations such as disorderly conduct or interfering with police. He said one officer was scratched in the face and spit on during the part of the demonstration at Southwest Main Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues. No medical attention was required. Meanwhile, a least two protesters were

How Thick is Your Societal Bubble? I scored 17

2012-01-26T07:47:00.000-08:00

From Charles Murray's new book "Coming Apart." How Thick Is Your Bubble? Guest Score » 17 out of 20 (85% ) Result On a scale from 0 to 20 points, where 20 signifies full engagement with mainstream American culture and 0 signifies deep cultural isolation within the new upper class bubble, you scored at least 17. Quiz SchoolTake

UPDATED: bANned by OMSI: Standing Room Only

2012-01-26T06:59:00.000-08:00

I'm pretty sure this would have been a class I would have been tempted to cut in college but science doesn't seem so boring anymore, does it? Not since the scandal ridden bunch at the CRA, Penn State and the IPCC were outed by their own emails showing collusion, hiding declines and conspiracy. Intrigue, global conspiracies, international collusion. Sounds like a spy novel. The Banned by OMSI

Bernie Giusto: The Next Generation of Search Warrants

2012-01-26T05:56:00.000-08:00

The thing about drug dealers is that sometimes they are on the right side of the law. Just ask Antoine Jones, a Washington DC nightclub owner and three-time convicted dealer, who was serving a life sentence for drug trafficking. On Monday the US Supreme Court sided with Jones and his legal team who argued that the police had violated Jones right to personal privacy under the Fourth

Warren Buffett's Secretary Makes Between $200K-$500K Per Year

2012-01-25T14:15:00.000-08:00

Buffett's Impoverished Secretary This is according to Forbes and spotted by an alert 5th Listener! Money shot: Insofar as Buffet (like Mitt Romney) earns income primarily from capital gains, which are taxed at 15 percent (and according to Obama need to be raised for reasons of fairness), we need to determine how much income a taxpayer like Bosanek must earn in order to pay an average

Banned by OMSI: Meeting Tonight!

2012-01-25T08:00:00.000-08:00

SHILO INN AT AIRPORT The meeting that OMSI didn't want to touch! The presentations by three scientists about "man made global warming" and the flaws in that theory. I'll see you there! The doors open at 5pm and the presentation starts at 7pm at the Airport Shilo Inn. Sponsored by the local chapter of the American Meteorological Society.

Paying More to Find Out What's in Portland's Slop Buckets

2012-01-25T06:59:00.000-08:00

Now that Portland's social engineers have cut in half the number of times our garbage is picked up, charged us more for it and made us scrape our plates into our government slop bucket, they finally want the answer to these questions: Was this a good idea? What's in the slop bucket? And now we get to pay more to find out. An alert 5th Listener has pointed me to this request for proposal from

Joe the Small Business Owner: CRC: Hey, Anybody Listening? Where's the Money Being Spent?

2012-01-24T20:19:00.000-08:00

Victoria I read through the report by Tiffany Couch, regarding the Columbia River Crossing project. I was an accounting /finance major in college. My understanding is this is a very, very serious report. This is from a forensic accountant! The fact that a forensic accountant was called in is serious enough. Her report is not mean spirited, but is a complete rejection of

State of the Union Transcript

2012-01-24T18:32:00.000-08:00

The Washington Post has posted a full transcript of Obama's SOTU campaign speech here GOP Rebuttal transcript here

Obama Cronies Big Winners In Blocking Keystone XL Pipeline

2012-01-24T16:17:00.000-08:00

Ever since Barack Obama nixed the TransCanada Oil Pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf, many people, unions and Democrats included have been scratching their heads pondering why he would kill off so many potential private sector jobs during these dire economic times. Yes I know it was all blamed on those evil Republicans, who pushed for a quicker decision after years of dragging it out, but what

Gregoire "An Angel" in Longview Longshoreman Thuggery

2012-01-24T08:58:00.000-08:00

A possible settlement between the #@##!$%$&*&&%$^%$##$@@!^%$ gentlemen of the Longview Longshoremen and the Export Grain Terminal on the banks of the Columbia River may be in the offing. No details of the pact have emerged but reaction seems to be getting in front of reality. For example, take this quote. Please. "It brought tears to my eyes. Gov. Gregoire must be an angel. That's the only

1,000 Days

2012-01-24T07:38:00.000-08:00

Rees Lloyd: A Spirited GOP "Lincoln Day Dinner" In Columbia County

2012-01-24T07:07:00.000-08:00

Energy and enthusiasm marked The Columbia County Republican Central Committee’s “2012 Lincoln Day Dinner,” on Saturday, January 21. It featured speeches by Rob Cornilles, GOP candidate for the 1st Congressional District seat vacated by dysfunctional Democrat David Wu; Knute Buehler, the Bend physician and former Rhodes Scholar who is running for Oregon Secretary of

No Grocery Bag?

2012-01-23T22:46:00.000-08:00

From Portlandia You can get a plastic bag in Vancouver, while they still remain legal over here.

Longview Longshore Settlement With EGT

2012-01-23T14:39:00.000-08:00

No official announcement of the terms of the settlement but Governor Chris Gregoire announced a settlement between the Longview Longshoremen and the Export Grain Terminal (EGT); "While the parties are still working to finalize certain conditions over the next several days, we are optimistic we can resolve the dispute and get on with the business of operating the facility,'' EGT CEO Larry

Dr. Eric Fruits: Portland Priorities; Bikes & Street Cars Over Potholes

2012-01-23T07:29:00.000-08:00

Read Eric's post HERE.

The Zero Says Abortion is "Health[y] for our Society"

2012-01-23T06:54:00.000-08:00

Today Oregon's newspaper of record (here) editorialized in favor of abortion. And the sun came up today. It's no surprise that The Zero would editorialize in favor of abortion but it's the 'why' and a key observation that are so baffling--and tragic. The newspaper swallows whole the notion that, on this 30th anniversary of abortion on demand, "Big Abortion" wants to reduce its the number of

Scott St. Clair: Put a sock in efforts to tell the rest of us to put a sock in it

2012-01-23T05:47:00.000-08:00

During each election cycle, predictable bad pennies show up. Like stuck records, stupid ideas are repeated ad infinitum, ad nauseum. In today’s Olympian is a letter to the editor complaining about the length and cost of political campaigns. Letter writer Gordon Personius repeats the bad-penny stupid idea that the answer is a 90-day limitation on campaigns, which would be exclusively publicly

OccupyPDX - "Abolish All Prisons"

2012-01-22T15:05:00.000-08:00

An announcement recently posted on their facebook page calling for a "day of action" against Wells Fargo for their owning stock in all of these "private prisons" that target "people of color" in order to "maximize profits." Click image for full size