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UPDATE: Woman Marries Building. - As previously noted here, Babylonia Aivaz went through with her plans SUnday and married the doomed warehouse. Photos of the "Gay Wedding" here. The "Bride...

Action Alert: Support PERS Transparency - Here in Oregon, Public Employees have nearly become the ruling class. Hopefully, you and I can do something about it: Please take action today to support t...

Cycle 25! - You probably thought, "Oh, it's a Portland blog. This is gonna be about the latest trend in Saving The Planet™ by bicycle." Wrong. It's actually about the la...

Farewell, Sarge Charlie.... - *Sarge Charlie* *Saigon - 1968* *Sarge Charlie* *Retirement!!! * *Farewell, Sarge Charlie* * * When I first started blogging all those years ago, o...

Gold Imports To China! - Eric Sprott: Chairman, CEO & Portfolio Manager of Sprott Asset Management speaking with Eric King says China imports about 20 tonnes of Gold a month throug...

Is the New ABBA Song, the Angel Song Demos? - There has been lots of Buzz about a new ABBA song being released in April, when the new Deluxe version of their "Visitors" Album is reissued. But I don't t...

Obama rewards these campaign contributors with your tax dollars -

Action Alert: Support PERS transparency - Here in Oregon, Public Employees have nearly become the ruling class. Hopefully, you and I can do something about it:Please take action today to support tra...

Oregon’s $20 billion in unpaid bills - Oregon Transformation Oregon has a constitutional requirement to have a balanced budget, which means we can only spend as much as we take in. But the tr...

Biden asks the important questions - Why is it, that no matter how thoroughly I pick my nose, it is full again just a few minutes later?

Holidays - While the nation and Arkansas celebrated Martin Luther King day with Parades and closed federal agencies, there was another, quieter state holiday here i...

Controversy Brewing Between Troutdale, IBEW Local 48 -

Passage of Obamacare well cost you - Robin's commentary --"Congress was within its constitutional powers in requiring Americans to buy insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty"Those words alone should...

Richard Durbin, Islamabad, Pollard - On this day: November 21World Television Day The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set alight, killing four (1979) U.S. Navy int...

Military Budgets – A Look to the Past - The following is a guest editorial from the Gullydad: Those who are following Washington, D.C. politics these days know about the so-called Congressional sup...

Cry me a river - From Causa: Among the issues they have been touched by in their personal lives includes the difficulty for people to obtain citizenship through the current...

I want to live among the cowboys - As many of your know, the hubby and I are very seriously considering a move to a different state. Due to ObamaCare, the hubby's job is now in very serious ...

Magic mshrooms: "demedicalisation of dying" - I recently read an article about this but it's old hat as this essay from 2004 suggests. From The Hallucinogenic Way of Dying: Almost as soon as Dr. Charl...

Book Review, The Housing Boom and Bust - Book Review, The Housing Boom and Bust, by Thomas Sowell. Basic Books, 2009. 148pp plus references and index. This book is an attempt to clear up the misin...

G&T Perfection - I did not take a liking to Gin until I was almost 40. Since then I've grown quite fond of Gin and Tonics during hot summer months. Refreshing, light, and c...

Why the Tea Party exists -

Test - Crazy bug...seems that at some point it automagically diverts whatever I'm doing to some other task....

Re-industrialize America - This is a Tea Party speech from the April 15 Tea Party in Grants Pass, Oregon. Filed under: America, conservative, economics, free market, government, poli...

Liberalology - I have an odd little habit... well, ok, I have quite a few odd little habits, but this one in particular: When driving, I tend to actually pay attention to...

Measures 66 & 67 - I voted on Saturday for Measures 66 & 67. If you're an Oregonian, please make sure you cast your ballot!

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