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Kazak_Hstan: Apr 28, 2014; Grimey Drawer

smg77 posted:

Every poll I've seen has Kitzhaber ahead.

What I can't wait for is the Merkley/Wehby debates (if they happen...Wehby's campaign hasn't responded and I'm sure they are trying really hard to find some way out of doing them altogether).

Not an Oregonian, why is Merkley's challenger dodging debates? It's usually the other way around.

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anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Kazak_Hstan posted:

Not an Oregonian, why is Merkley's challenger dodging debates? It's usually the other way around.

She's crazy. Not as crazy as Art Robinson, but still crazy.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 02:42

Hedera Helix: Sep 2, 2011; The laws of the fiesta mean nothing!

anthonypants posted:

She's crazy. Not as crazy as Art Robinson, but still crazy.

This is only because nobody's as crazy as Art Robinson.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 02:44

reignonyourparade: Nov 15, 2012

seiferguy posted:

I lived in Tacoma for several years. The early 90s stereotype of Tacoma being a gang-haven with murders galore is highly exaggerated. In the past 10 years they've cleaned up downtown and the gang activity has dwindled. Portland Ave and South Tacoma Way are still a little sketchy, however.

Oh yeah I realize Tacoma isn't ACTUALLY very bad these days, I was just joking that people are so against saying good things about Tacoma that unless you actually live in Tacoma one's neighbors would react to getting news from the News Tribune with violence.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 07:17

HashtagGirlboss: Jan 4, 2005

anthonypants posted:

She's crazy. Not as crazy as Art Robinson, but still crazy.

This. Plus, she's just not ready. A month or two ago the Oregonian ran a quasi debate between the two. It was pretty apparent from the end result that she was clueless. http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2014/07/merkley_vs_wehby_on_the_issues_14.html

# ? Aug 23, 2014 07:47

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

Hedera Helix posted:

This is only because nobody's as crazy as Art Robinson.

*googles Art Robinson*

�Why don�t [unemployed veterans] stay in the military?�

"UN is run amok. They need to either get it's act together, or we get them out of there. It's un-American. UN intends to disarm everyone on the planet. Turns the US into chicken wire with all these corridors. I live on one of those corridors."

"I think the public schools should be abolished."

:staredog:

# ? Aug 24, 2014 04:34

bedpan: Apr 23, 2008

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

*googles Art Robinson*

�Why don�t [unemployed veterans] stay in the military?�

"UN is run amok. They need to either get it's act together, or we get them out of there. It's un-American. UN intends to disarm everyone on the planet. Turns the US into chicken wire with all these corridors. I live on one of those corridors."

"I think the public schools should be abolished."

Art Robinson is a mainstream Republican?

# ? Aug 24, 2014 04:42

Republicans: Oct 14, 2003; - More money for us

- Fuck you

Thanatosian posted:

And the smell is almost tolerable!

I sometimes worry I've grown to like the smell of the Puyallup River.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 06:53

highme: May 25, 2001; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

IIRC Art Robinson is currently the chairman of the Oregon Republican Party. I hope that never changes.

highme fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Aug 24, 2014

# ? Aug 24, 2014 17:52

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

The CEO of the company that caters Safeco Field was shown abusing a dog in an elevator in a Vancouver, BC hotel back in July. Part of his defense was that it wasn't his dog, but that appears to be a lie.

Happy National Dog Day!

# ? Aug 27, 2014 05:19

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

I honest believe "abuses dogs" is an absolute and universal measure for a person being an absolute piece of poo poo. Like it's all you need to know about a person, 100% safe to totally judge them entirely on that alone.

# ? Aug 27, 2014 05:44

Die Sexmonster!: Nov 30, 2005

Baronjutter posted:

I honest believe "abuses dogs" is an absolute and universal measure for a person being an absolute piece of poo poo. Like it's all you need to know about a person, 100% safe to totally judge them entirely on that alone.

Yeah, it is. Measure a man by how he treats his inferiors.

You can measure a woman the same way, that's just the saying as I know it.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 14:20

smg77: Apr 27, 2007

bedpan posted:

Art Robinson is a mainstream Republican?

When I google 'Oregon Republican Party chairman' one of the first search results is this:

quote:

"All we need do with nuclear waste is dilute it to a low radiation level and sprinkle it over the ocean�or even over America after hormesis is better understood and verified with respect to more diseases." And: "If we could use it to enhance our own drinking water here in Oregon, where background radiation is low, it would hormetically enhance our resistance to degenerative diseases. Alas, this would be against the law."

# ? Aug 30, 2014 17:57

FRINGE: May 23, 2003; title stolen for lf posting

smg77 posted:

When I google 'Oregon Republican Party chairman' one of the first search results is this:

Well...

http://www.projectcensored.org/4-recycled-radioactive-metals-may-be-in-your-home/

quote:

Under special government permits, �decontaminated� radioactive metal is being sold to manufacture everything from knives, forks, and belt buckles to zippers, eyeglasses, dental fillings, and IUDs. The Department of Energy (DOE), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); and the radioactive metal processing industry are pushing for new regulations that would relax current standards and dispense with the need for special radioactive recycling licensing. By one estimate, the DOE disposed of 7,500 tons of these troublesome metals in 1996 alone. The new standard being sought would allow companies to recycle millions of tons of low-level radioactive metal a year while raising the acceptable levels of millirems (mrems), a unit of measure that estimates the damage radiation does to human tissue. By the NRC�s own estimate, the proposed standards could cause 100,000 cancer fatalities in the United States alone.

Metal companies want to raise the standard from an almost immeasurable amount to something more in the vicinity of 10 mrems per year.

(This was not recent, this was the 90s.)

# ? Aug 30, 2014 20:08

Doorknob Slobber: Sep 10, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

this poo poo, some libertarian 'think' tank is boycotting a national holiday because freedom or something also look at this guys head.

Forcing you to work monday for are freedoms

# ? Aug 30, 2014 21:29

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Reason posted:

this poo poo, some libertarian 'think' tank is boycotting a national holiday because freedom or something also look at this guys head.

Forcing you to work monday for are freedoms

Fer gently caress's sake - it's depressing that they aren't a parody.

"I can't think of a problem in society that can't be traced in some way back to the abuses of organized labor, and it would be hypocritical of us to take a day off on its behalf."

Yes, clearly organized labor is the problem, and not decades of neoliberal economics gutting the middle class and concentrating wealth in the hands of a hypercapitalist plutocracy.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 21:34

Hedera Helix: Sep 2, 2011; The laws of the fiesta mean nothing!

smg77 posted:

When I google 'Oregon Republican Party chairman' one of the first search results is this:

Unless the degenerative diseases in question are radiation sickness or cancer caused by ionizing radiation, this wouldn't actually help. Also, he's a madman.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 21:43

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Reason posted:

this poo poo, some libertarian 'think' tank is boycotting a national holiday because freedom or something also look at this guys head.

Forcing you to work monday for are freedoms

"I can't think of a problem in society that can't be traced in some way back to the abuses of organized labor, and it would be hypocritical of us to take a day off on its behalf." Societal problems like how the five-day, 40-hour work week is indicative of a lazy work ethic, or how the lack of child labor is what sends all of our manufacturing jobs overseas.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 22:21

Kaal: May 22, 2002; through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Fer gently caress's sake - it's depressing that they aren't a parody.

"I can't think of a problem in society that can't be traced in some way back to the abuses of organized labor, and it would be hypocritical of us to take a day off on its behalf."

Yes, clearly organized labor is the problem, and not decades of neoliberal economics gutting the middle class and concentrating wealth in the hands of a hypercapitalist plutocracy.

He "works" at a libertarian think tank that funnels corporate money into astroturf campaigns. Isn't every day basically a day off for him?

# ? Aug 31, 2014 00:40

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Kaal posted:

He "works" at a libertarian think tank that funnels corporate money into astroturf campaigns. Isn't every day basically a day off for him?

True that. I think this article covers a lot of the origins of modern libertarianism - corporations.

http://www.alternet.org/visions/true-history-libertarianism-america-phony-ideology-promote-corporate-agenda

The fact that what passes for "logic" and "argument" amongst libertarians sounds like bad religious apologetics is not a coincidence, but almost certainly deliberate.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 00:46

woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

If the labor movement was the boogeyman that guy says it is, he'd get a burning trash can through the windshield of his car. Bitches like that shouldn't be safe to haunt my Capitol.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 01:44

Doorknob Slobber: Sep 10, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

CaptainSarcastic posted:

True that. I think this article covers a lot of the origins of modern libertarianism - corporations.

http://www.alternet.org/visions/true-history-libertarianism-america-phony-ideology-promote-corporate-agenda

The fact that what passes for "logic" and "argument" amongst libertarians sounds like bad religious apologetics is not a coincidence, but almost certainly deliberate.

Its no surprise that the guy that is the CEO of that also owns a church in the area!

# ? Aug 31, 2014 01:50

Professor Beetus: Apr 12, 2007; They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

I'm sure the two-thirds of America in the service industry will give a poo poo. How many people even have a normal work week and holidays in our lovely new economy?

# ? Aug 31, 2014 01:51

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

DrNutt posted:

I'm sure the two-thirds of America in the service industry will give a poo poo. How many people even have a normal work week and holidays in our lovely new economy?

Not I. i'm in the middle of a 10-day stretch, and work overtime almost every day.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 05:35

Solkanar512: Dec 28, 2006; by the sex ghost

FRINGE posted:

Well...

(This was not recent, this was the 90s.)

Cool, more anti-science bullshit from FRINGE. Of course, you couldn't be bothered to note the specifics of those regulations or the fact that thing like banana peels from nuclear sites are also considered "low-level nuclear waste", could you?

Nope, gotta scare people about things you don't quite understand. By the way, are you still frightened about water fluoridation?

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# ? Aug 31, 2014 06:32

Accretionist: Nov 7, 2012; I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Solkanar512 posted:

By the way, are you still frightened about water fluoridation?

And are you still neglecting your humours?

# ? Aug 31, 2014 07:56

Bob Socko: Feb 20, 2001

https://twitter.com/seattlepd/status/505959212610891776

Seattle PD Twitter Feed posted:

@SeattlePD: PIO enroute to officer involved shooting, barricaded suspect in the 300 block of W Prospect. More information to follow.

Queen Anne? Kind of a weird place for a shooting. Not that there's a good place for a shooting, but it's not the first neighborhood I'd guess.

# ? Aug 31, 2014 07:56

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Speaking of Seattle pigs, over 100 of them are suing the city to prevent the more public-friendly rules of force. They claim it makes them more likely to die and thus the city will descend into Mad Max. Welp, guess we gotta let them "beat the mexican piss" out of whoever they say is a threat. :rolleyes:

# ? Aug 31, 2014 18:13

RuanGacho: Jun 20, 2002; "You're gunna break it!"

effectual posted:

Speaking of Seattle pigs, over 100 of them are suing the city to prevent the more public-friendly rules of force. They claim it makes them more likely to die and thus the city will descend into Mad Max. Welp, guess we gotta let them "beat the mexican piss" out of whoever they say is a threat.

I hope the new Chief just goes "Haha No"

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smg77: Apr 27, 2007

Somebody taped these notes on the front doors of every house on my street. It must be so frustrating to be a conservative in Portland.

# ? Sep 7, 2014 16:45

Kaal: May 22, 2002; through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

smg77 posted:

Somebody taped these notes on the front doors of every house on my street. It must be so frustrating to be a conservative in Portland.

Forward a copy of one to the local Democratic Party office. Wehby Republicans taking out their frustrations by leaving intimidating notes on the doors of progressive neighborhoods, and threatening to break windows, sounds like an amazing soundbite for driving donations. It taps right into Portland's problems with neo-nazis attacking liberal areas.

http://www.dpo.org/contact-us

Apparently the same folks have been making similar threats in other areas of progressive Portland. I forwarded this to a DPO buddy of mine: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/07/north_and_ne_portland_news_rou_10.html

Kaal fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Sep 7, 2014

# ? Sep 7, 2014 17:59

Doorknob Slobber: Sep 10, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

Most of us are probably familiar with that billboard south of Centralia.

# ? Sep 9, 2014 20:15

JohnnySavs: Dec 28, 2004; I have all the characteristics of a human being.

Kaal posted:

Forward a copy of one to the local Democratic Party office. Wehby Republicans taking out their frustrations by leaving intimidating notes on the doors of progressive neighborhoods, and threatening to break windows, sounds like an amazing soundbite for driving donations. It taps right into Portland's problems with neo-nazis attacking liberal

Yeah get that on the local news. A conservative statement that amounts to "We are being disruptive and not considering the consequences. If this harms you, we don't care. Thanks Obama!" is too good to not get a little attention.

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