tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64050962012-01-29T19:35:50.001-08:00"The cause of America is, in a great measure, the cause of all mankind." --Thomas PaineBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13946193679461113584noreply@blogger.comBlogger11041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405096.post-52821639848273251772012-01-28T13:55:00.000-08:002012-01-28T14:00:02.784-08:00

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 transparency in the Public Employee Retirement System in Oregon!It is in public’s interest to ensure fiscal discipline and transparency in how the underfunded PERS system operates with full disclosure of individual retiree information. Courts

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I've just been too busy and happy to even bother with this thing!Anyway, somebody sent this to me and I thought I'd share. Deciding to be responsible for your own self-protection is a mighty fine New Year's resolution:ADVICE FROM CONCEAL CARRY INSTRUCTORSA WORD TO THE WISE - comments and saying from various Conceal Carry Instructors. ....If you own a gun, you will appreciate this. If not, you

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Maybe we should all try it?Thanks, Max.

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Over the past several years, I've watched a few people slowly waste away, and finally succumb to cancers that used to take you really quickly. Through it all, they were usually exhausted. On the few days that they were feeling strong, they'd come in to chat about old times. After all the chemo, and all the surgery, they died anyway, and quite broke.I was directed to this very interesting

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click on title for the rest of the storyAlthough some businesses have been targeted and vandalized by Occupy Oakland protesters, there is at least one businessman who refuses to be intimidated. Phil Tagami is a well-known Oakland developer. Late Wednesday night, instead of going over paperwork or brokering deals, he was forced to defend a downtown building where he personally oversaw $50 million

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Google finally nails one.

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Missus' first batch of pics are up from her trip to see her niece. I expected more sweeping vistas.

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What are you doing for Guy Fawkes day? I'll be moping, probably. Missus is in New Zealand, and it's no fun without her.Boing-boing has a neat old comic up concerning the Guy Fawkes conspiracy.

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Sinc e I last observed about General Cannabis, they've halved their market cap yet again. Maybe they're burning the wrong green stuff?

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Dreary little socialists from OSPIRIG have collected 500 signatures, and will petitionEugene City Council to ban plastic grocery bags in the city limits. FROM MY COLD DEAD HAND, LEFTY!One of the bright-eyed cadres even trotted out that meme about the gigantic island of bags and bottles that' supposedly floating around the Pacific. It's now twice the size of Texas, apparently.Don't you find it

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Oregon City school district walks away from a $2.5 million grant to reward superior teachers.The new normal. Words fail.

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Now that Chinese porn guy has stopped bothering Missus and me, I've shut off moderation. Don't make me regret it.

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I've got relatives in Crown Point. Maybe I should send them some ammo?

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Two poached duck eggs, a sallet of young mixed greens, fresh veggies, and toast. No sausage, no gravy, but this one will hold you 'til nightfall.

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It looks like the American domination of the Nobel prizes is about to end, and The Red-Guardian could not be happier!I have to wonder if it's possibly related to a trend I've noticed:1. Go to any good science or engineering university.2. Go to any department that actually matters.3. Try and find a department head that isn't a useless little socialist who's got his priorities backwards. I

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Credibility? He never had any.It could signal end of filmmaker's credibility.AN INVESTIGATION by journalist and filmmaker Phelim McAleer has uncovered serious questions and credibility issues in Michael Moore's just published book Here Comes Trouble. Mr McAleer says his investigation suggests Mr Moore either invented or seriously exaggerated the alleged attacks on him which he claims were from

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I used to be union-neutral. Then a few teamsters reps encouraged me to slow down. Then a few others tried to frame my dad for murder. President Om-bama wants us all to join a union! Won't that be wonderful!Thanks to Ten Mile Island

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From Business insider

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Only a month after I reported on General Cannabis, They've lost another fifty-million in market cap. I could say something snarky, but I wont. I do not have a position in that particular stock, as if you had to ask.

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I'm not sure if this is a comfort, or an embarassment: If anybody in our neighborhood is going to be shrieking obscenities at 06:00, there's a 94% probability that it'll be me. I'm not sure why that hornet was taking a nap in my garden clog, but we both had a pretty bad day. Always shake out your shoes before putting them on.

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Stolen from POX, and doubly important here in Oregon! There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the Prof noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet

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The P&TO has trademarked some pretty offensive brands over the years, why are these kids having such a problem?As a Portland-based rock band with a growing fan base and national ambitions, the Slants figured it wouldn't hurt to take care of some business interests. On the advice of their attorney, they decided to register their name through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Protect the brand

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Tiresome identity-baiter and rapist David Wu to resign from congress. I'd be happy, but Portland will fill the seat with someone even more dreadful.

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General Cannabis? I'm still big on agro-plays, but this one's trading at about half its initial cap. What did they do with the other 250-million, maaan?General Cannabis began trading today on the OTC market’s prestigious tier, OTCQX U.S. Investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the Company on www.otcqx.com and www.otcmarkets.com. "Investors prefer the

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Just when I think we may yet pause our not too terribly slow slide into complete cultural and moral collapse, I get reminded that civil war is just around the corner:TACOMA, Wash. -- A strange quirk in the law is allowing an accused child rapist to watch child pornography inside the Pierce County Jail.Marc Gilbert is accused of sexually assaulting young boys and videotaping the abuse.Under the

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I like Iowahawk.Go fourth and read!

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The Following Legislators Have Voted For Or Worked To Make Private Personal Information On Concealed Handgun License Holders Public. We Assume They Won't Mind Us Sharing Their Info. (By the way, I don't mind telling you that I'm usually never more than 10 feet from something that kills. -except at work, of course.)

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I just hope you'll endure another picture of my beloved wife as "Agent Felicity Wang" Those are nuclear jet engines. The man, (me) is provided for prospective. They were extensivly tested for thrust reliabiliy, and they were flown around on the back of a B-36 for numerous test flights. They were never used to propel a manned aircraft, as far as I can determine. Probably no way to load enough

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The very impressive Idaho Falls temple.The falls at flood stage, my dear wife, and some very disturbed waterfowl.A gigantic kittypile of goslings trying to keep warm. There were at least 45 babies in this clutch, the temp was about 43 degrees, and a stern wind.We encountered a nuclear research facility.Nothing is happening there. I promise.One of my own holy shrines. The world's first generating

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In the vernacular of the locals, I "wrassel a 'bar" for his salmon. Phew!Missus comforts the beast.Coming out of the the Yellowstone to the lovely Snake River valley.Idaho Falls is mighty impressive at flood-stage! We stayed at a hotel right across the street. The steady roar was very soothing.

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It was just over that rise that our Toyota GPS tried to kill us for the third time. I shut it off for good.Chillin' in Bozeman, home of the only Safeway in Montanna. We did laundry, resupplied with the medication that keeps my head from exploding, and had the worst Chinese food ever! Without question, the worst ever. I was merely nonplussed. Missus was horrified.En route to Yellowstone. I

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How's that for cosmopolitian? Afghani takeout right next to our hotel in Regina!These are saskatoons, or sarvisberries. They grow wild almost everywhere up in SK. They're very much like blueberries, but a bit milder and less acid.This is Moosejaw. I've always wanted to see it. I have now seen it. Check. Here are two slightly more complementary photos of Moosejaw:Did Al Capone summer there?

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PDX's own Viva Voce's newest album(of the above mentioned title) is available for sale today. Go fourth to purchase it!That girl has a rhythm guitar that's bigger than she is. You ought to see her play it.

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i think I should start by recalling a favorite "go-sleepy" book of mine, Coles' "Heavy Weather Sailing." The center pages are full of pictures of waves that are, one is informed, simply mountainous. Unfortunately, a series of snapshots cannot convey such immensity.This was the most "Behemoth-y" tractor we encountered. Instead of tires, it had rubber caterpillar treads. It dragged about eighty

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The prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan are simply vast. They are the equivalent of eight or so Kansases sewn together quiltwise. Ponder that as your brain starts melting. That tractor had twelve wheels, each bigger that our car. The disc harrow and seed drill was sixty feet wide. That yellow thing in back is a seed hopper, and holds five yards of seed. A slight bend in an otherwise

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Away from Vancouver, over the mountains, and on to the great prairies! The Canadian Cascades and Rockies are just squished together, so you get all the mountain driving you can handle in just two days.Mountain driving is very draining for me and I found myself missing my Audi several times. Missus's Prius was sufficiently comfy, however. The average 44.6 mpg wasn't bad either.Missus and Sister

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Missus and I decided to take some weeks off and just get "lost:"Stop #1 was a birthday dinner for my wife's dear friend and old co-worker. They both worked at one of those $35,000 a year boarding schools in southern China some years ago. They have stayed friends since.Dinner was Copper river salmon with grilled vegetables and potatoes. The salad was pears with spring greens, candied walnuts,

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Goodwin Liu will just have to keep poisoning young minds. He will not be a 9th circuit Justice any time soon.How can any Chinese-American kid fail to understand that it is work, study, and family that creates prosperity, and not a "Society that understands obligations of mutual provision."Of course, our Senators acted as Chuck Schumer's personal servants, once again.

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Our flock, at bedtime:I learned that a neice had a brain abscess. She'll be fine, but she's as happy as a cute girl with no hair and two skull surgeries in as many weeks ought to be. I though it best if she weren't the most hairless member of the clan:

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American telecommunications businesses better start leading the swim, and stop yelling for the lifeguard.I'm getting 9 MBPS for about 30 bucks a month.We also got VOIP from I-talk bb, a Chinese company. This includes unlimited talk in the US, China, and Canuckistan, plus ANYBODY in the Middle Kingdom can call us for free. All for about $19 per month with 3 months free. This firm also threw in

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For the last seven years, I've given Comcast $1400 to $2000 a year without batting an eye. (The sums are mighy shocking when you annualize them!)Last week, my wife tried to call and modify our service a bit. The Comcast rep was very difficult, made fun of my wife's accent, and hung up on her!I loaded all their equipment up and took it to their local office. That rep was very nice.So I'm

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The upcoming legislation to outlaw plastic shopping bags has almost no chance of passing, but if it does, here's what we should all do:We just go to the store like always. We get whatever we need. (And then some, because none of it's going home with us.) At the checkout, we just blithely stand by while the other shoppers are having their groceries loaded into their re-usable bags of hummingbird

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Australia Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law, were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.. Separately, Gillard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote

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In retribution for Art Robinson's audacity in making Dafoz actually work for re-election, OSU is trying to expel 3 of his children!Update: It's starting to break with the MSM.

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The poor ducks were terribly put-out but, being Oregon ducks, they endured:

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Remember when Disney made good movies, and the culture-elites understood that armed, free citizens benefitted everyone?

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The Soros Youth have asked for a return to civility?I guess I missed something. Did we start treating them the way they've treated us all along? Well, I'm willing to give it a go:Following the terrible events in Tucson, we at Onward Oregon, sharing the sense of loss felt by all Americans, debated what to say. Perhaps nothing.But President Obama’s moving speech to the mourners in Tucson

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This afternooon, two dogs entered our yard and attacked our ducks. One of our favorites was severely wounded and will likely need euthanasia. Had I been home, I would have shot them, found the owners, and sued them for our losses. Unfortunately, my poor wife had to watch all this and fight the larger dog off with a broom. She'll be carrying her little .380 24/7 now, so your dogs won't be so lucky

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Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter. The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel . The wheel was invented to get man to the beer . These were the foundation of modern

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I despise the Red Guard. I won't even let them leave their free "Emerald Vally Shopper." I told their poor delivery agent that I'd have him arrested for littering if he ever left one on my doorstep again. The latest Orwellian Asshattery:"Civil Rights Activist" to speak at U of O event.As the closing keynote speaker, educator and civil rights activist Angela Davis will give tonight’s final

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01.11.11 Alert Changes Coming To Background ChecksIn the wake of the shootings in Arizona and the inevitable efforts by the vultures to capitalize on the victims, things have been busy in the world of gun rights. Buckle up, this is going to be an uncomfortable ride. That being said we do want to pass along some potential good news.The Oregon State Police are holding public hearings and taking

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This Video shows what happens when Liberty, Discovery, and Trade expand. Go quickly, and tell the others!

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I'm ashamed to admit that I'm a little pleased that Europe is sucking worse than we are. How far from war are we?

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OM-bama's propaganda for children marked way down and sitting in the closeout bin. As if he's Abe Lincoln or something:(There were some Al Gore books in there as well.)

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EUGENE, Or --- A coffee shop robber was shot Wednesday night by one of the shop's employees and was found dead at the scene. The deceased suspect's name is Sirus Combs, age 27, from Eugene.Police say Combs and an accomplice robbed the Dutch Bros. stand at 2115 Franklin Blvd in Eugene at around 9pm. There was an exchange of gunfire during the robbery and one of the suspects was shot and killed by

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I'm good until 7 or thereabouts:Two duck eggs, one biscuit, potatos au gratin, and country gravy.

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How did we come to this?Even when he's just hugging a puppy, Vladimir Putin is ten, maybe twenty times more badass than our President.

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Only 40 years ago this week, ODOT tried to blow up a dead, rancid, Sperm whale. What could possibly go wrong?At least they tried something. I suppose our current leadership would just let it rot as a "celebration of the magic of nature".

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A trainee took part of the morning off to go to the VA clinic here in town. He wanted to see if they'll fix the shoulder that began its ruination while he served in Iraq as a Marine. He was to report at 08:00 for a blood draw. Still absent at 09:00, I texted him. "Are you still in line?" He texted back. "Well, no. We all took a number, just like at the DMV or the courthouse. The difference

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Or not, as the case may be.I'm going to miss Mr. Hitchens. I think it would be OK to say that. Thanks, Zeta Woof, for reminding me to do this.

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This was over at xkcd. If you own a brain, you should go there on a regular basis.

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Cliche' by now, but I laughed:

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Since I see it everywhere:Thanks, Dr. Horowitz!

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click on title for linkOccasionally, The Oregonian prints a tiny bit of truth.I think they've dropped their mask and are actually gloating.BTW: If Oregon waitstaff are getting the State's outlandish minimum wage, I'm going to review my tipping policy.

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Reality! This report by the NCPA shows that a viable electric car is still a greenie pipe-dream, and an ecological nightmare.Elitists should be free to believe in, and buy all the unicorn-fart technology they want. They shouldn't be able to force you and me to adopt it at gunpoint. Should our Nation survive, it will be on coal, oil, and nuclear for at least the next 150 years.

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Why bother? I think what Om-bama means is that conservatives are finally treating lefties the way lefties have treated conservatives all along. I'll bet it really hurts his feelings too! You're all a bunch of oafish poltroons!

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This should wake up some people:

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Oh! How wonderful! -Or not.

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In-boxy goodness!You know the honeymoon is over when the comedians start: The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . . and think 25 to life would be appropriate. --Jay LenoAmerica needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask. --Jay LenoQ: Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it. --

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An autosynching multi track recorder always helps, but this production by No Degrees of Separation is just incredible:

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(click on title)An Indian businessman has built the world's most expensive home - valued at $1 billion, with three helipads, its own air traffic control, a six-floor car park, a staff of 600, a four-storey hanging garden and a cinema.The 173-metre tall mansion is called Antilia, after a mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean, and has just been completed after seven years of construction.Owner

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Media AlertFor Immediate Release October 14, 2010 Date: Friday October 15, 2010Time:12:00 NoonLocation: Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse405 East 8th Ave. (South Steps)Eugene, Oregon Eugene, OR-On the day the ballots go out into the mail, Art Robinson, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Oregon's 4th District, will hold a press conference on the front steps of the Federal Courthouse in

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click on title for link.A pork stew, braised greens and a blonde ale for dinner, I think.We're at a new phase of a very old war, but this time we should ask: Is it right that any one person should force another to understand the universe as he does?Thanks Phineas.Update:A nice shoulder roast cubed to provide stewmeat and fat for the russian kale. I discovered that scales had infested most of my

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Professor Hal Lewis resigns from the now corrupt American Physical Society over AGW.

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click on titleHad you not been gunned down by some nutjob. I'll celebrate your birthday by realizing how happy I am that we don't live in the crap-hole of a world you imagined!

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It's always nice to read about some bit of asshattery that doesn't occur in Eugene.Yep!

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My serum lipids are still good enough that I can affort to eat like this on the weekend: Sorry for the lousy cellphone photo. That's two duck eggs over medium, two buscuits and sausage gravy. I didn't feel like making hash browns.

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Punched in the face for filming a public figure at a public event. Our Republic is hanging by a thread, and I fear this is the last real election we might ever see. Can we afford to elect a single Democrat? Thanks, Mr. Durand.

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I'm going to learn to handcut dovetail joints if it kills me. With that in mind, I bought this nifty little German saw.

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I just love these guys. They claim to have shot this in one take!

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NSFW for language, but this really was the most clever advertisment I've seen in years!

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Al Gore's nasty screed marked down to $4.49 and sitting with the other fiction:

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There are elements in the world that must be utterly destroyed or completely isolated. Missus and I went to the 911 remembrance at the old courthouse. While the turnout was dissappointing, one has to remeber that Eugene is full of post-Americans. It was a lovely time of grief, thanks, and healing.I'll post pics later.

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One of our orchids has a fruit! I can't wait to grow it out:Another has mushrooms. (Actually, they all do, but this one had a whopper.) I looked like an Amanita or a Lepiota so I got rid of it.

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See you tomorrow?

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In any town on the coast, there's a bayfront dive that can out-kitchen most of the other restaraunts in town combined.Unfortunately, they also have a drunk girl who wants to fight over everything she doesn't understand. (Which is usually alot.)

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I've never seen a copy of The New Yorker in a Neurologist's waiting room. I've never not seen the current issue and several months of back issues in a Psychiatrist's. What's that about?

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Mr. President, I am AFP.

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About 25 years ago, I was visiting my girlfriend’s dad’s farm in deeply rural West Virginny, After some pleasant conversation, the old man drew me aside and asked me to shoot his old cat. Old Fairy, (the cat) certainly was getting on. She had lost an eye to a raccoon. She had a recurrent fulminating inner ear infection from being mauled by a fox. often, the infection would cause these massive

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Now, they're becoming radioactive! What's next? Giant green pigs that can kill you with their death-ray eyes?: BERLIN (AP) — It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment.When Georg van Bebber hauled back his wild boar from Ebersberg forest near Munich after a day of hunting, he was exhilarated about his impressive prey.But before he could take it home, a Geiger counter showed a

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From the dreadful Examiner: Jason Levin, the Oregon middle school teacher responsible for the once notorious web site, Crash the Tea Party.org, resigned Wednesday. Levin was facing dismissal for inappropriate use of public resources and time spent at school creating the web site that encouraged the infiltration and sabotage of the Tea Party movement. Good Riddance! There's no telling how many

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My Uncle was a young marine practicing for a long slog up the islands when he got the news. My dad was nearly dead from TB. I'm sure if he'd lost his brother, that would've been the end of him. Yes, real peace is wonderful!

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I'll be surrendering kitchen duties for a while. This week, I made a seafood alfredo sauce this week that was positively gastly. 20 bucks worth of shellfish and smoked salmon, and it might as well have been a tuna-noodle casserole. Actually, the casserole sounds better.

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(click on the title)Lane County CHL Gun Sales/Discussion Forum. Free to join and post. All memberships are private and personal info will never be shared. All sales must be legal within the State of Oregon.You will need to join in order to post.

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We're having Nanking cherry pie! And fermented things. Hope you had a good time as well.

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Mr DeFazio, since the Valley River Inn has one of the better kitchens in town, if you show up, I'll buy your dinner! I'll let you expense the the drinks, (like your boss, Mrs. Pelosi.)

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