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Chas' Compilation: Chrome Browser now for Linux and Mac

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:48:00 -0500

Chrome for Linux Beta May Change Browser Habits
Have you seen the Google Chrome for Linux beta?

Linux enthusiasts that I've known use a variety of browsers including Konqueror, Opera, and others. Without question, Firefox is today's premier Linux browser. With all these choices, why would you' [...]

NW Republican: Brian Baird will retire

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:47:00 -0500

Wow, now this has certainly raised the stakes in Northwest Congressional elections. Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) announced his retirement tonight, becoming the third Dem in a vulnerable seat to announce... [...]

Silicon Florist: NedSpace partnership with OEN, SAO, and TechAmerica: A glimmer of things to come?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:26:30 -0500

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Last summer, many people rejoiced in the fact that the City of Portland had chosen to adopt the Portland Economic Development Strategy. Those of us around here were especially happy that a portion of that Strategy contained the recognition of [...]

Loaded Orygun: John Minnis, the Well-Practiced Sex Crimes Veteran (and Liar)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:19:56 -0500

John Minnis....John...Minnis...gosh, where have I heard that name before? Oh, I know I'm hearing it now, along with the rest of you, as the Attorney General's office has released the findings of its investigation into the (former) cop, (former) state legislator, and now (former) Department of Public Safety Standards [...]

BTA Blog: Local business owners: tell City Council you support the Bike Master Plan

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:35:50 -0500

The Bike Based Business League and the BTA are asking 100 local business owners to sign on to a letter of support for adoption and implementation of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030, which will be delivered to Mayor Adams and the rest of the City Council prior to the [...]

NW Republican: Another conservative comes out against the Afghan war policy

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:58:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
More and more people are waking up to the notion that this Afghanistan war policy is lunacy. Today Tony Blankley writes: A sense of unreality overshadows our debate on Afghan war policy across the... [...]

Mover Mike: What Was It?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:15:09 -0500

Chris Monty at Blippet decribes the phenomenum: “The spinning spiral was seen around 8:45 a.m. local time (in Norway) and lasted for about two minutes. A blue tail of sorts seemed to anchor the spiral to earth, before the light “exploded” into a ring of white fire.”

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Preemptive Karma: The sad state of modern professional "journalism"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:53:12 -0500

KOIN-TV: Delete this tweet or face legal action is a post over at the Oregon Media Central blog. It describes what appears to have been the frivolous threat of a lawsuit to blatently intimidate a...

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Newshoggers.com: Holbrooke Blames The Allies For Afghan Mess

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:42:45 -0500

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By Steve Hynd

In an interview with the German press (Google translation here) which isn't going to help the Obama administration win friends and influence people at NATO, Richard Holbrooke is blaming the allies to push the "we're starting from scratch, not in the ninth year" BS the White House [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: Road rash

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:27:07 -0500

Here's an intriguing civic battle brewing back in Brooklyn, New York: People in unusual garb clinging tenaciously to the teachings of their cult, out of touch with mainstream society -- and they're feuding with the Hasidic Jews. ' [...]

NW Republican: Obama CO2 thugs: We need more jails

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:10:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Welcome to The New Progressive Era HT: NetRightNation [...]

Newshoggers.com: C.A.P.'s Larry Korb Goes All Out On "Wal-Mart &War"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:55:22 -0500

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By Steve Hynd

Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, is scathing about the lack of investment America is apparently willing to make for its foreign adventures. Korb notes the awful cost to U.S. servicemen: 5,000 dead, 50,000 wounded, 400,000 with mental problems and a wide trail of [...]

BlueOregon: WWeek: More on Minnis

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:37:38 -0500

Nigel Jaquiss at Willy Week has an update on the Minnis Mess, complete with a statement from John Minnis' attorney Michael Staropoli:

Mr. Minnis cooperated fully with the Department of Justice investigation. He was both forthright and candid with investigators. Mr. Minnis voluntarily resigned his position at the Department of Public' [...]

NW Republican: I never liked John Minnis, now I feel justified in my disdain

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:34:00 -0500

Number of comments: 6
It has always felt particularly odd for me to have personally liked Karen Minnis and yet have a deep disdain for her husband John Minnis. There was just always something cold and calculating about... [...]

Our PDX Network: Wanted: All Crazy Neighbors

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:27:42 -0500

Ah, Portland!

How I love thee and thou’st eclectic ways! Your people make you who you are, which makes living here that much more delightful. Well, when they are delightful. The bikes, Elvis, the beer (ok, not eclectic but it’s a great thing about PDX), the stores [...]

NW Republican: Chris Dudley publishes his second internet video

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:25:00 -0500

Number of comments: 6
HT: WWeek for catching the video below "Change" that was posted 21 hours ago. Now today, 45 minutes ago, Team Dudley has published a second video entitled "Jobs." Thoughts? UPDATE: Interesting... [...]

PORT: Forth Estate

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:20:00 -0500

Matt Keegan, "Handmade Shoes"

Fourteen30 presents an exhibition of recent print editions of New York-based Forth Estate. "Founded in 2005 by Luther Davis and Glen Baldridge, Forth Estate produces editioned works by emerging artists using both traditional and technologically innovative approaches to printmaking." Featured artists include Sara Greenberger [...]

Chas' Compilation: Voodoo Socks by Wang Bang-yu

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:10:00 -0500

Here is a unique Christmas gift for the person who has it all:

Angry at your boss? Try Taiwanese voodoo socks
Taipei - A Taiwanese computer engineer who quit his job because he could not get on with his boss found a second calling as a purveyor [...]

Newshoggers.com: Narrative vs. reality in Afghanistan

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:55:39 -0500

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By Gregg Carlstrom

I started writing a post this morning about the incoherent military operations in Afghanistan that have followed Obama's surge announcement. I left it unfinished because I had to run to Capitol Hill for an interview about Lebanon; I came back to this tweet from Matt Yglesias, which' [...]

BlueOregon: Legacy media and citizen journalists: death match or happy couple?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:55:23 -0500

Perusing through the tubes this morning, an interesting story caught my eye. The soon-to not-be pseudononymous blogger at Oregon Media Central was given a pretty heavy-handed "take down" notice by the News Director at KOIN TV in Portland.

What's weird is..it wasn't something on the OMC blog. It' [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: How the Portland Children's Levy doing? Who knows?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:31:50 -0500

The City of Portland just announced that it's looking for an outside contractor to evaluate the various mentoring programs that have been receiving tax dollars from the special "for the children" property tax levy. And in explaining the need for third-party help, the request for proposals reveals [...]

Newshoggers.com: Palin Admits Climate Change, Has No Idea What To Do About It

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:29:41 -0500

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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 [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: Hot 'dogs for a cold day

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:03:14 -0500

Here is the rundown for this weekend's pro football underdog pool. Which of these underdog teams (in caps) will win its game outright? 13.5 CAROLINA at New England 13 ST. LOUIS at Tennessee 13 DETROIT at Baltimore 10.5 ATLANTA vs. New Orleans 10 CLEVELAND vs. Pittsburgh (Thursday, 5:20 PM PST) 7 DENVER at Indianapolis 6.5 SEATTLE at [...]

OregonGuy: Bias In The Classroom

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:52:00 -0500

Overcoming Bias is a site that I visit every day.

Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason.

His interest in "overcoming bias" is congruent with the interest that I've had in attempting to model the role played in decision making of introducing objective argument' [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: Another thumb up for the OHSU "governance" model

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:47:19 -0500

This time it's Wim Wiewel, the president of Portland State, arguing that the best thing for his school would be to break out of the state's higher education system and become semi-autonomous -- which means nonaccountable, if the precedent of OHSU is any indicator. Before Portland State breaks out [...]

Born Again Redneck: If it ain't one thing, it's another

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:12:00 -0500

I decided not to check back into hospital on Sunday and, on Monday, I managed to convince my doctor to keep me out of hospital and treat my lung infection with oral antibiotics. '

I can't afford to be in hospital right now as we are having a crisis [...]

Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience: Going to hell in a handbasket, Part 2

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:02:00 -0500

About a year and a half ago, I worked up a brief history of the tendency by cultural guardians to predict that the newest communication medium--whatever it might be this time, comic books, television, or Google--is the one that will finally rot our brains for good, leaving us as [...]

Robin's Nest: It's about Time

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:07:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
CNN Money --Google today filed a lawsuit against Salt Lake City-based Pacific WebWorks, which is an application service provider and software development firm for allegedly using Google's company name and logo to promote fraudulent work-at-home moneymaking schemes.these advertisements or spam appear in various places around the web when people are' [...]

Robin's Nest: It's about Time

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:07:00 -0500

CNN Money --Google today filed a lawsuit against Salt Lake City-based Pacific WebWorks, which is an application service provider and software development firm for allegedly using Google's company name and logo to promote fraudulent work-at-home moneymaking schemes.these advertisements or spam appear in various places around the web when people are' [...]

NW Republican: A con job is a job, too

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
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Daniel's political musings: We're on the map

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:53:00 -0500

Senators blast Oregon for stimulus waste projects
On December 8th, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn and Senator John McCain released their Stimulus Checkup Report. The report lists 100 projects as part of the $700 billion stimulus program targeted as waste. Four Oregon projects made the list are listed below:
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Oregon Catalyst: Video: Chris Dudley for Governor debut

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:47:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Here is the first video from the Chris Dudley for governor .
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Oregon Catalyst: Video: Economist debate Measure 66-67 Oregon Tax

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:38:49 -0500

Number of comments: 13
Taxpayer Association of Oregon News Update

Here is a video featuring a debate over the Oregon Tax Referendum Measure 66 and Measure 67 which raise business, corporate minimum and income taxes on Oregonians. The video features; Eric Fruits, PhD, is adjunct Professor of Economics [...]

Portland Transport: AWOL at the Portland Plan Workshops: Congestion Mitigation

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:37:49 -0500

One of the questions asked at the Portland Plan workshops is where the City should focus its limited transportation resources.

Different groups have had different top priorities: some favor transit, some sidewalks, one group said bikes.

But in all six workshops so far, congestion mitigation has [...]

NW Republican: Since the left won't admit it

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:36:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Obama's 47 Percent Approval Lowest of Any President at This Point Uh oh. President Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent in the latest Gallup poll, the lowest ever recorded for any... [...]

The gr8ful grind: Crown Point Lookout watches as the mighty ...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:42:00 -0500

Crown Point Lookout watches as the mighty Columbia rolls on. Columbia River Gorge, Oregon; August, 2007. [...]

Newshoggers.com: Assigned Iran Homework: The Great Satan Myth

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:32:38 -0500

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By John Ballard

As a student I hated history. It is filled with stories and dates that no longer make any difference. Or so I thought. But as I got older I came into contact with people for whom history was more important than the present. In fact, it was history [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: Buck-a-Hit Day is a week from today

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:35:14 -0500

It's time to start planning for Buck-a-Hit Day, our annual holiday gift-giving blowout on this blog. This will be our seventh year of doing this, and like last year, it's a tough time for philanthropy. The needs have never been greater, but the money people have lying around to provide [...]

Oregon Catalyst: The Government and Economic Stimulation

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 7

In a recent interview, radio talk show host Don Imus labeled President Barack Obama as “Jimmy Carter stupid.” It was meant to define a person either so naïve or so self-righteous as to be unable to see that which is obvious. It is different than [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: Please stand by for 'dog lines

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:11:01 -0500

The official compiler of the weekly lines in our charity pro football underdog pool is running a bit later than usual, but we should have this week's tantalizing list posted no later than lunchtime. [...]

Oregon Natural Resources Report: Local wave energy project starts. Not everyone happy

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:00:39 -0500

By Natural Resource Report;

After five years of waiting, the town of Reedsport will be soon be building their first wave energy bouy with ten more in the works. The project will cost up to $4 million and help employ 30 workers by 2010. A single bouy [...]

Oregon Faith Report: Church vs. State: Salem Child Abuse Trial

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:00:27 -0500

By Oregon Faith Report,

Members of the Slavic community, including Ukrainian immigrants and followers of the Slavic Baptist church, have been drawn into a Salem child abuse case that has left their community confused and unsure about how their culture and religion inter-connect with state child protection laws.

The case in question [...]

Oregon Biz Report: Senators blast Oregon for stimulus waste projects

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:00:12 -0500

By Oregon Tax News,

On December 8th, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn and Senator John McCain released their Stimulus Checkup Report. The report lists 100 projects as part of the $700 billion stimulus program targeted as waste. Four Oregon projects made the list are listed below;

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Oregon Women Report: Great Ideas for Family Gifts

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:00:10 -0500

By Erika Weisensee
Milwaukie Mom,

Giving family gifts—joint gifts for multiple members of one family—is a great way to cut down on the number of gifts you have to buy. If you are like me, you know families whose children are getting older and are harder to [...]

Newshoggers.com: Minding our P's and Q's (reprise)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:40:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

By Dave Anderson:

Carbon taxes and cap and trade are both attempts to create price incentives to reduce carbon emissions. The goal is to raise the dispersed and mostly externalized cost of pollution into a concentrated and internalized cost for the polluter. From here, most polluters will seek to reduce emissions [...]

Oregon Faith Report: Second gay bishop poses stark choice for Episcopal Church

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:30:06 -0500

By Daniel Burke
Religion News Service,

After years of warnings from Anglican leaders, Saturday’s (Dec. 5) election of a lesbian bishop poses a stark question for the Episcopal Church: Does it want to continue to be a full member in the global Anglican Communion, or go its [...]

Gazing at the Flag: Twelve Days of Christmas ~ 2009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:03:00 -0500

The 2009 PNC Christmas Price Index

The Cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas!

One Partridge in a Pear Tree$159.99
Two Turtle Doves
$55.98

Three French Hens$45.00

Four Calling [...]

Chas' Compilation: Who adds passengers to a sinking boat?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:01:00 -0500

The Democrat controlled US senate, apparently:

Senators Strike Health Deal
WASHINGTON -- Senior Senate Democrats reached tentative agreement Tuesday night to abandon the government-run insurance plan in their health-overhaul bill and to expand Medicare coverage to some people ages 55 to 64, clearing the most significant hurdle so [...]

Gazing at the Flag: Wednesday Hero ~ Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey

Abdul Rashid, a 5-year-old resident of the Nawa district of Afghanistan, receives a dressing for a wound on his face from Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey, 1st Battalion, 5th [...]

Chuck for ...: Go Ahead And Think On This

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:50:00 -0500

While you're considering the shitheels in the US Senate, some of the Democratic label and an entire Republican Caucus there is sometimes something like this. Ah well.' [...]

Pacific Views: The No-News No-Column Column

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:52:00 -0500

... by Walter Brasch

I don't have a column this week.

You see, I analyze and interpret the news, trying to find something that others haven't touched. When there's lots of news, I have a playground of riches. But during the past week, there were only two stories, and [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: What to get the wife for Christmas

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:56:41 -0500

How about golf clubs? [...]

Our PDX Network: OurPDX shared links for 12/8

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:45:41 -0500

Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for December 8th:

A Shameless Pitch For A Shameless Stunt | PDX Sucks

You can’t say Robert Wagner didn’t warn you up front: "Let this serve as a warning. Tomorrow’s Portland Sucks [...]

Resistance is futile!: Worst ever...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:06:16 -0500

Wow - less than a year in office, and "the One" has sunk lower, faster, than any other President in his first year.

Where are all those liberals now? You know, the ones who kept saying Bush's low approval numbers meant he should just go ahead and resign, or be [...]

OregonGuy: Understanding Obama, Pt. 4

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:55:00 -0500

Craig Rucker Gives Speech in Copenhagen regarding So Called Scientists Cooking the Science

In Mr. Rucker’s Speech at the Copenhagen Conference, he states:

§ No climate treaty should be signed in Copenhagen this December!

§ To me, it seems abundantly clear that the proponents [...]

MaxRedline: "Green" Transport May Spin Out

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:22:10 -0500

Number of comments: 1

With the current conditions, what usually happens in Portland? We're in a deep freeze right now. That can mean only one thing: when the rain hits, we'll have lots of ice.

TriMet is already warning folks that they may not be able to function:

The MAX Light Rail, WES Commuter Rail [...]

Jack Bog's Blog: Public option back to being dead

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:26 -0500

With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans? At least the Republicans send you a thank-you note the day after. [...]

Allen of Salem: Again Oregon is #1

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:00 -0500

Have you noticed that when businesses with multi-state operations announce a Closure their Oregon branch is almost always the first to get the axe.

Here we go again with book distributor Baker & Taylor Inc. closing its recently-acquired Lake Oswego offices of Blackwell Book Services North America Inc., resulting [...]

Newshoggers.com: Why are we still discussing Iran sanctions?

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:24:54 -0500

Number of comments: 0

By Gregg Carlstrom

Spencer Ackerman talked yesterday with Jeremy Ben-Ami, the director of J Street, to find out why his group supports Rep. Howard Berman's Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act.

Critics (including Spencer) think J Street caved to pressure from the right wing of the American Jewish community. But [...]