December 2010
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Sarah Palin blasts Obama administration for... →
More appropriate headline: “Sarah Palin Proves Once Again Why She Would Make a Terrible, Terrible President.”
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The Return of “Get Your War On” -- New York... →
Kinda nails us, doesn’t it?
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Terror Plot
This weekend, Portland was abuzz with the arrest of the suspected terrorist Mohamud Osman Mohamud. The FBI, over the course of many months, had tricked him into thinking that he was working with fellow terrorists to bomb the lighting of the Christmas tree in Pioneer Courthouse Square. 10,000 people showed up for that event. Some of them people I know.
At first, the news was odd to hear. We were...
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Simon Johnson: The Economics and Politics of... →
I’m baffled by the GOP’s interest in investigating Elizabeth Warren. She has time and again proven to be a person of principle and fairness who is looking to make government oversight work, not make government larger. She wants to make the economy more fair for average people.
How exactly are you going to take her to task for that when you claim to represent average people?
“I trust in Portlanders sense of fairness; that bad actions by one member of any...”
– Portland Mayor Sam Adams (who I just realized is on Tumblr)
Outstanding.
(via topherchris)
He’s not perfect, but he’s still better than most mayors. Thanks, Sam.
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Generation gap? About $200,000 - USATODAY.com →
So, according to this, Baby Boomers made their money and are now taking the jobs they used to do it with them. And, they’re using us to make sure that their Medicare and Social Security stay solvent.
Thanks a lot.
Signed,
Generation X, Millenials
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Compare Your Bench Press To D-I Football Players →
Weird. At 31, I grade out at or above the levels for a good offensive lineman, very good to excellent linebacker/TE and a superior offensive or defensive back.
I don’t say that to boast. I’m genuinely surprised. I thought that college football players were much stronger than this, on average.
I don’t lift for size or anything anymore. I lift to maintain and stay healthy. But,...
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What I'm Thankful For
First off, I’m thankful for coffee. It’s the most immediate thing I can think of, since it’s what got me up this morning and brought me to this point- sitting in my still chilly office, laptop appropriately perched on my lap, coffee steaming in my “Fargo-You Betcha!” mug. It’s not a permanent #1 on my “Thankful For” list, but today, it’s...
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Rush to Judgment - Motor Trend Blog →
No surprise. Rush Limbaugh hates America and American ingenuity and spouts off uneducated, ill-formed rants about it for his “dittoheads” to gobble up without question.
Is it even worth pointing out what a gigantic worthless sack this man is?
I, for one, would love to see American car manufacturers on top of the heap again. I’d love to actually want to purchase an...
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Adam Savage Mythbusting Airport Security: "What... →
Well done, TSA. You dumb motherfuckers.
The Top Tax Rate is 27% Below US Historical... →
For those of you who think that having the top earners be taxed at 40% would be socialism, I’ll just leave this here.
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Netflix' News: Signal Of DVD's Demise? : The... →
Cool for those of us who like streaming movies over renting them.
Devastating that I don’t have to ask my mom or dad to know what is being featured in the photo at the top of the article. (it’s a Walkman, sigh)
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Pope Says Condoms Can Be Used In Some Cases : NPR →
Pretty sure this is what the originators of the phrase “jumping the shark” had in mind when they came up with it.
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Geoffrey Dunn: Sarah Palin Slams Michelle Obama in... →
I’m usually the very last person to pull this dreaded word out as an apt description of a person. It’s an ugly word and almost no one, in my book, deserves it. But, Sarah Palin, you’ve more than deserved it.
Sarah Palin is a total cunt.
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Fretting over Portland's depressing outlook - Ball... →
Guh…
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Too Good to Check - NYTimes.com →
It’s sad that anytime a reporter actually DOES THEIR FUCKING JOB we feel the need to pat them on the back like they saved a drowning child or something. Anderson Cooper is great and all, but shouldn’t every reporter have checked this and debunked it immediately? What are these people being paid for, otherwise?
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Why you should be watching Terriers - and why FX... →
I just need a few million of you to tune in over the next couple of weeks to convince FX that this show is worth bringing back, and it totally is. C’mon, people!!
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Spy scandal as 5 Scandinavian governments catch US... →
What, are we trying to see what people are like when they’re happy, healthy and secure? Because, if so, please carry on. I’d love to have universal health care, strong social safety nets for those who need them, a booming economy and a strong focus on environmental responsibility and green technology.
Spy away, if that’s the case!
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Bryan Fischer: We've 'Feminized' Medal Of Honor By... →
I would love to set up a meeting between Sgt. Giunta and this Bryan Fischer, preferably in a locked room, so that Fischer can say this to Giunta’s face. Let’s see how “feminized” Fischer thinks the Medal of Honor is, then.
Of course, someone with as much honor and balls as Sgt. Giunta probably wouldn’t stoop low enough to wipe a piece of shit like Fischer off his...
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WTF: Creation Museum →
Okay, look, Creationism is utter bullshit. That isn’t really up for debate. Something else that isn’t up for debate is that the Creation Museum is hilarious and so is Marc Maron. Enjoy.
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Untitled Fiction
He was tired. He was always tired these days, it seemed. It was like being buried in a pile of snow- warm, inviting and smothering all at the same time. All he wanted to do was crawl into bed, pull his mother’s old patchwork quilt over his body and succumb. But he couldn’t. There was too much to do. He had been alone since the middle of September. Alone, it was so quiet. There would often be...
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First Americans 'reached Europe five centuries... →
So…Leif Erickson had a thing for native women?