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Those most concerned and knowledgeable about global warming still can't quantify what it will take to fix it or whether it is actually capable of being fixed. You can't 'rationally choose a future' when there are so many unknown variables in your equations. Our knowledge of climate is so sketchy that the most recent El Nino predictions from sixteen (16) organizations including Scripps, NASA etc. vary as to water temperature changes by as much as 1- 4 degrees Celsius. El Nino has been studied for decades and that is the best the premier scientific organizations are able to do. Global climate change predictions basically say: "It will be bad, very bad. We must do something." They can't even decide what the effect of complete emission stoppage would accomplish, if anything. If it isn't quantifiable it isn't science.
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The article suggests that the Boyles' support for this particular research goes back to a family connection and has nothing to do with self-interest. There's also no mention of anything being named on their behalf nor is there any indication that the Boyles crave publicity. In fact, when the donation was announced in typical Oregon circus style during Sunday's basketball game at Matthew Knight Arena, Tim Boyle looked particularly uncomfortable in the moment, as if he couldn't wait for the camera to get off him. Let's also try to keep in mind that there wouldn't be a University of Oregon if it weren't for the generosity of long-since dead guys with names on very old buildings who were the school's original benefactors. Or just keep blaming conservative politicians who don't control the House, Senate or governor's office in this state.
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Gary. I do not think you can use numbers based on race to decide who gets help and who does not. Sometimes there will be a higher percentage of 'minorities' that deserve and need the help, sometimes it will be the whites. After all, even whites can be disadvantaged.
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Child rape is cool, if the right people do it.
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Mr. Forester suffers from the same biased-driven lack of logic and unwillingness to accept facts. These kinds of mini hit pieces on gun rights are pretty much all the same. Filled with double-speak, cherry picking stats and appeals to emotion. I think what this country needs is an honest conversation about gun rights. Stop pretending you respect private ownership of guns. It's either a right or it's not. We as a country understand that other rights such as the 4th amendment can be abused and result in tragedy but we don't blame that civil right for the violence that results. We blame the individual. The 2nd amendment should be no different. If it is truly a right then let's treat it as such and find other ways to tackle violence. It's mentally draining to see these cookie-cutter editorials and blogs and articles. I think we'll be farther along in solving the issues if we start having an honest conversation.
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I have no "side" and the ideal of a color blind society is just that an ideal and in no way remotely close to the reality of the racially segregated society that exists in the United States today. Your claim that those who support affirmative action, reparations, or any other attempts to rectify the virulent racism that characterizes American society, are " dividing us up by race" is fraudulent as the United States has always been and continues to be organized along lines of racial exclusion. Color blind racism is the new racist ideology and you billhooper5 are one of its exponents.
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Hmm. The last time that the global atmosphere was at 400 ppm CO2 was only about 3 million years ago, in the late Pliocene. Sea levels were certainly higher then, perhaps by as much as 25 meters. If we see the same rise in sea level over the next few centuries, well, it sure would require some adjustments. But "catastrophe"? Only if we're rooted to the ground, and can't move. :-/ Mr. Giesen's *angst* reminds me of Paul Erlich's bedwetting in the late 1960s, describing how We Were All Gonna Die from the population bomb by 1985, at the latest. Or the Club of Rome's tendentious chinpulling in the 1970s, about how We Were All Gonna Die from resource exhaustion by 1990, at the latest. One begins to detect a pattern.
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More insane authoritarian garbage from prosecutor Floyd Prozanski. Prozanski has a clear conflict of interest here, being both a cyclist and a prosecutor. How many accidents do you imagine this bill will prevent? I would estimate the number to be roughly equivalent to ZERO. Of course, more crimes means more work for Prozanski and more dollars flowing into the criminal justice system. Cyclists and pedestrians need better protection, to be sure, but this doesn't provide it. I live in South Eugene and dodge terrible drivers(presumably liberals, to judge by the bumper stickers) daily. I've simply learned to be more aware of my surroundings when crossing the street or navigating the parking lot at Market of Choice. In the event that I am severely injured by an oblivious Prius driver, I won't really care one way or the other if after the fact the driver is charged with a Class C felony.
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It appears that her 14 year old needed some supervision prior to last Friday. Blaming her lack of parenting on whoever gave her daughter a ride is ludicrous at best.
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Im Julie Mercer. And that judge. Is as much to blame for the crimes against me. And im coming for his honor. I will have my day in court..
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This will help explain 'The Donald' part of the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpO_RTSNmQ
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The state of oregon is the one who allowed. Frank to hurt me. And yhe judge. Who trial or case. Was in franks bar. Drinking right beside him. I know i have rights. And my man who has suffered. From the damages cause by frank and oregon. Need answers and my kids too.
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Thousands turn out for Justin Bieber concerts too. It's still shit.
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Then you are saying that everybody that ignores race is racist. I also take it that you think 'minorities' can not be racist? If so, I hate to disappoint you again. I suspect you are one of the biggest racist person in the world but can not admit it because then you would be one of the evil ones. I will not say that we are at an ideal place in this society. I also do not feel that it is as bad as you make it out to be. I also do not think you are going to improve the situation by turning the tables on 'whitey'. That only fuels more resentment. Also being color blind does not make you racist.
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Wish my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Landeen, were still alive. She would shut down the rude behavior and cross talk in about ten seconds. I still remember her expression when I forgot to behave. One thing she did was just make noisy kids go away, outside, and sit under a tree. You did not want to mess with Mrs. Landeen. Hugh Massengill, Eugene
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We're only losing $5 a unit. Don't worry we'll make it up in volume.
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Not sure why, but the image of those fraudulent Russian dashcam daredevils comes to mind.
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So do I. The driver who hit me came from behind me, going south on Willamette, and turned left on 10th, apparently without looking to see if anyone was in the crosswalk. I didn't see him, in my right peripheral vision, until a few seconds before he hit me. Stand on any street corner downtown and see drivers breaking the law against driving through a crosswalk while a pedestrian is in them. You can also see them talking on their cell phones. There seems to be no law enforcement. I was told by someone who works for the city that this is due to a "lack of resources". I guess harassing the homeless to drive them out of downtown is a higher priority.
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USO is an ETF that attempts to track the cost of WTI oil. It's mostly geared for people who want to short term trade the movements in oil. You would be better served looking at the actually price of a barrel of oil (approx. $34.30). The price of oil fell from ~$147/barrel to ~$30 in 2008. The cost of gasoline subsequently fell into the $1.xx range. Oil then rebounded to around $110/barrel, and has subsequently fallen back to the $30 range. The cost of gasoline is once again back in the $1.xx range. Oil is only one input cost for other goods and services. Another factor to keep in mind is inflationary monetary policy. M2 money supply has nearly doubled since 2008. This is the biggest reason for the increase in the cost of living. As you point out, the cost of everything is going "up up and up." This of course is happening in a time when there allegedly is no inflation. The answer for that is that government CPI methods don't accurately capture inflation.
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Ideologies that claim to not see race, like the one you espouse, billhooper5, use the idea of "not seeing race" as a way to ignore the institutional, economic, and social practices that perpetuate discrimination, the single most persistent feature of American society. That discrimination in the form of residential segregation, educational segregation, disproportionate incarceration of people of color, employment discrimination, etc. continues to plague American society is well-documented in peer-reviewed research published by scholars from both within and outside of the U.S..
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Completely agree. I don't attend Duck men's basketball games anymore because of the non-stop yelling into the mic by whoever is trying hawk the next spectacle. I love to watch basketball, especially when the Ducks have strong talent, which is the case this year. But the ridiculous noise levels, way too much!
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I think there are a number of us who would disagree with your implication that those under 21 are mature enough to "vote, enter into binding contracts, drive automobiles, enlist in the military and marry without anyone else's approval".
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It is not a "mistake" to run a red light or stop sign, or drive through a crosswalk while a pedestrian is in it. It's not a mistake to use a cell phone while driving. Yes bicyclists and pedestrians are doing things they shouldn't also, but their "mistakes" are not lethal to anyone except themselves, unlike those of drivers. Bringing up bicyclists and pedestrians every time we try to talk about drivers breaking laws and injuring people is simply changing the subject and evading the point. Too many drivers have dangerous driving habits, and they will have to change. Or pay the penalties. Slow down and pay attention.
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Changing the subject in order to avoid dealing with the driver issue.
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The Southern Baptists are a product of the Civil War when they split with Northern Baptists over slavery. They are the second largest denomination in the US and are particularly virulent in their homophobia. Equality for women fairs poorly with them as well. The Conservative Baptists broke with the Northern Baptists in the 40's (?) because that group (now the American Baptists) were too liberal. Conservative Baptists are certainly homophobic and misogynistic (IMHO) but much lower key than the Southern Baptists. Western Seminary on Mt Tabor, Imago Dei and Hinson Baptist Church (the originator of the ex-gay group the Portland "Fellowship") are local examples of Conservative Baptist congregations. Because of their reputations, both Southern and Conservative Baptists churches who are trying to appeal to young, urbanites will often drop the "Baptist" from their logos to brand themselves as "independent" and all.
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Conservative Baptists are not nearly as overtly political as the Southern ones. They are a little more subtle and sophisticated. But Western Seminary on Mt Tabor (also a member of the Conservative Baptists) is certainly not a queer or feminist friendly venue. But they are probably going to be very quiet and polite about it.
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I gotta ask Floyd wants to turn drivers into card carrying felons who injure bike riders Yet he is against empowering women with 20 year statue of limitations for sexual crimes He wants 12 year max Why are those extra years so important to him???
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Thanks for this info!
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At least some of the segregation you are worried about, is by choice. There are several organizations that will not accept a white member. Do you also call them racist? If not, you should. There are also a number of instances where the issue of race is exaggerated. Some people seem to think everything is about race when it has nothing to do with race. Instead of looking at the color of a persons skin, we should be looking at the background and trying to understanding them. Also, is that "peer-reviewed" research done by people that are trying to prove your views. I am finding that a lot of the peers for peer-reviewed items on a lot of issues are making sure that all the articles agree on a certain point of view. If the article does not agree with the point of view, it is not published
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I was discussing the GOP debates with some friends. My suggestion.....have the moderator (Mrs. Landeen reincarnate would be a possibility) have the authority and the electronic ability to "shut off" the candidates' microphones. Picture Trump and Rubio screaming at each other with no microphones.....
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There's a petition going around for that... nofakeemergencies.com
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The only way to avoid "preferential treatment" or the "appearance of preferential treatment" is to, in effect, remove whatever "group status" you're facing from the equation. While using percentage of the impacted population might seem like "using the numbers" it's not the case. In fact, if you comprise 30% of the population as a "group" and get 30% of the possible selections, it's hard to claim you've been subjected to either discrimination or reverse discrimination. If, on the hand, you feel minority status should play absolutely no role in the process or, in the case of Title IX, gender, you have opened the door to institutional racism and sexism which likely will promote an "overclass" and an "underclass" The system I suggested, while certainly not perfect, removes the element of "over-representation" and "under-representation" from the system.
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The action is running a red light. Let's say I'm driving and texting or the sun is in my eyes or there's a bee in my car, I just found out I have cancer. I run a red light. I shouldn't have been texting. I was temporarily blinded. The bee distracted me, I have cancer? Oh, carp and sonofabeach I hit someone. The seriously unfortunate fact that I hit someone doesn't make my actions any different. The light was red. That shouldn't make me a felon.
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I'm voting with my feet and leaving this state soon. Enjoy your misery, people of Oregon. You can't change crazy and this state is full of insanity.
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You actions are the same. The consequences are different. Let me ask you again. It is a pretty simple yes or no: Are you proposing that say, a motorist who accidentally runs a red light and kills a couple of kids should get the same punishment as a motorist who runs a red light but does NOT kill children?
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Pushing tenured faculty to do anything has historically been difficult. That's one of the challenges with the tenure system and was one reason non-tenured faculty taught so many courses. Adding more tenured positions and having more senior educators in the classroom are both laudable goals. Achieving them will be a tall order.
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When I came to Eugene living on the streets no one would hire me at $4 an hour wages, but I was able to attain employment paying the federal minimum wage. This priceless opportunity afforded me the ability to attain skills and experience needed to attain better paying jobs, and I trickled up to $4 an hour. What these fools have done is kill trickle up economics 101. These jobs now require some skills and experience to attain. These fools have just added to the poverty problem. When I became disabled and unemployable federal law suspended the minimum wage laws, and restored my right to negotiate my wage upon hire for the work I render. I can legally work for less than minimum wage. it is sick and socially demented I had to become disabled for my rights to be restored, and even more demented liberal democrats deny able bodied citizens equal rights...all to appease unions who just gave themselves a raise at taxpayer expense. Liberalism is a social cancer on our state.
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You've long maintained that your personal story is irrelevant. This anecdote is always your exception. You also stated publicly, and then reiterated publicly, that you wished this particular driver were dead because he hit you. Not incarcerated. Exterminated from the gene pool. Perhaps he wasn't careless nor distracted but merely awestruck by the gushing water from your sea-splitting presence in the crosswalk.
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None of that is a reason for closing Guantanamo. Nor were any of your claims cited by the editorial.
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It is the same infraction, JP. Most people run a red light at one time or another. Sometimes they get caught. If I ran a red light and >God forbid< I injured or killed anyone - anyone - I would have to live with that for the rest of my life. What purpose would it serve for me - or you - to get locked up, lose our jobs and our homes? That's revenge, not justice. Now, if I'm driving drunk and kill someone, that's criminal.
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Post of the year.
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So, you're intimately familiar with this mother? You have specific knowledge of her failings as a parent? If you've ever had children, did you always know where they were and what they were doing...in other words, 24 hour supervision? Or is it that you like to blame women, in particular?
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"More insane authoritarian garbage from prosecutor Floyd Prozanski". You nailed it!
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Yes, I agree. Knowing as many tenured faculty members as I do, it's not reasonable to think that a university president can "make" long-time tenured faculty (i.e., full professors) teach more classes. One, there's the issue of their contract and tenured status, which is effectively a life-time appointment, with a few exceptions (e.g., being arrested and convicted). Two, tenured faculty have long had a practice of "buying out" their teaching duties to pursue research. That's reality at large research universities. Three, tenured faculty have other obligations, such as department meetings, committee memberships, faculty senate, advising students, attending professional conferences, etc. What Schill really needs to do is to prioritize the cost cutting. He really needs to start at the top, the UO administration. Like most universities of the same size or larger, it is a bloated bureaucracy. There's no getting around getting real cost-cutting at any university without doing that.
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This was easily the worst Academy Awards show ever. Having Chris Rock emcee was an utter disaster. I recorded the show, and listened to his nonsense for awhile. And then I just fast forwarded over him for the rest of the show. And allowing Sacha Baron Cohen to make that joke about short yellow people with tiny dongs? What an offensive fool he was. He and Rock should never, ever be invited back. Here we had a great batch of wonderful movies and performances this year. That seemed to be all but forgotten and overlooked.
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When I attended UO, back in last third of the previous century, I remember having almost all classes taught by either tenure track or tenured faculty, even in lower division non-major classes. One advantage to this was professors sharing their current research with students, with enthusiasm that was contagious and contributed to our learning.
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I would say that what ever numbers you use, you always face the prospect of the claim of over or under representation. Who gets to decide what the right numbers are? I also think there is always going to be charges of institutional racism or sexism until it is clear that there is no special treatment. Also, talent and need do not always break according to whatever numbers you use. Suppose, one group of the population commits 70% of the crime but only makes up 50% of the population. Do you arrest people based on the percentage of the population?
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You provide an unspecific example of some organization that supposedly doesn't accept a white member but of course you make no mention of the major American institutions that have failed to integrate (continue to practice discrimination) due to the fact that they are dominated by white people and promote their material interests: the American system of education, political institutions, residential areas (and don't claim that Blacks or Latinos desire to live in racially segregated neighborhoods because peer-reviewed research contradicts that claim), employment. From the beginning and continuing today, is the dominant white culture that has instituted the division of society based on race. Race as a social construct was invented by European- Americans to facilitate their dominance of American institutions. Peer-reviewed research is conducted by persons who have obtained degrees from accredited institutions of higher learning. Learn something new, look up what "peer-reviewed" means.
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Nothing but another feel good law, something this state does so well, no increase in funding or mention of the plethora of laws currently ignored. Without enforcement any law is simply up to the general public to obey or ignore, it simply changes the punisment after the fact. Enforcement would at least help before someone was killed or seriously injured. Hardly any wonder that for many the very word "Lawyer" or "Attorney" is voiced in such derogatory fashion, like the title "Politician" has for years.
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I and my fellow veterans gave up a tremendous amount of liberty in the service of our country. Do you truly think we don't deserve liberty and safety? The inmates at Guantanamo are unlawful enemy combatants. Consistent with hundreds of years of military law and the Geneva Convention they have no rights, especially those accorded to POWS and even those to common criminals. If you think about it you'll be able to understand why.
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Girls that age often go nuts due to puberty. Their body is simply overwhelmed with hormones, and they lose all control and common sense. Scientific studies have shown a clear correlation between kids who become sexually active, and their hormone levels. The kids with high levels just cannot control themselves. Social influences do not appear to have any significant effect.
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As an American and independent I'm completely embarrassed by both D's and R's with Hillary and Trump even running for president. I hear more and more Independents pointing out that the nation now has perhaps the highest numbers of uninformed party voters. Second to that comment many Independents believe it is a direct personal reflection of very low moral character among Hillary and Trump supporters. I have to agree.
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My reading of the university memos is that when the non-tenured faculty are gone the tenured faculty, who aren't teaching the "standard" number of courses or students, will pick up the slack.
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It would be great if we all could "ignore" race as a criteiron for discrimination. Of course that is not the case., Racism is "alive and well" in America today. Since the election of President Obama we've seen millions of internet posts attacking him with racist comments. On a wider basis, the use of "code" words and references is widespread. Additionally, it would be disingenuous to claim the far too frequent kilings of black men by police has absolutely no racial component. Racial identity and ethnic membership are real and we don't need to "ignore" them like they don't exist. We do need to quit using them as the basis for discriminatory actions.
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As the law stands, a person who accidentally kills someone can be charged with "criminal negligence". Looking up criminal negligence, it is defined "as any type of conduct that 'grossly deviates' from normal, reasonable standards of an ordinary person." So I think your example of a pure mistake does not apply. But I believe it could apply say if someone was eating while driving and killed someone. So they get not only a distracted driver fine but also a charge of criminal negligence, a felony. As it stands now, if the victim's life is significantly impacted from injury in my example, the motorist is not charged with criminal negligence. Prozanski wants to change that. As far as how it affects the motorist, I think they are focusing more on the victim, who now has a legal recourse beyond a civil suit (that takes lawyer money) for compensatory damages.
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Absolutely not, and you know it! Bikers are "free lance" riders, who do not obey traffic control devices, ride on the wrong side of the street, ride at night with no lights, etc. Passing this bill will result in more HATE for these idiots. I saw a biker on the sidewalk without a light, last night, while I intended on turning right. I scared the tar-and-nicotine out of him, and told him what a fool he was to ride without lights, because he almost got creamed. This issue is a careless biker issue more than a car issue.
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Yeah, he needs a bike seat, so he can get off the seat stem.
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I think perhaps you missed that the driver who killed the three children in Springfield in 2014 after running a red light was not found criminally negligent because he was not speeding, under the influence or otherwise distracted. Had he only inured them the result would have been the same. The driver is liable either way. Had this been a felony that included compensation I can't imagine that a civil case for damages would not still take place.
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That is Prozac's tactic, exclusively
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But Prozanski and all the other legislators drive cars. Why aren't they guilty of conflict of interest like you claim Prozanski is for riding a bike? And do you have something against those who drive a Prius? What if it was a Ford C-Max hybrid? Would you have the same belief it would be an "oblivious" liberal? And what type of vehicles meet your criteria that the driver is not an oblivious liberal? What vehicle type do people like you drive? I know that I for one, have issues with young cowboys driving lifted trucks with giant tires extending well beyond the wheel well, flying Confederate flags while spitting chewing tobacco, listening to country drinking songs and rolling coal. But I am trying to not be so quick to judge. it could be his wife's car.
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Your post makes no sense whatsoever. Calling Schill a CEO is only an insult to the extent he eschews the corporate agenda in education. The decline in students choosing to enroll in the humanities has to do with politics, i.e., the exorbitant cost of education and its effect on students' ability to experiment and to justify taking courses that on the surface appear to have no direct relationship to their career aims. Very few of the most financially successful people in the U.S. were very narrowly focused on specific career aims when they were getting their educations. The attack on the humanities is part of a political agenda that is right-wing in nature. B. Carefree makes no distinction between administration and those who teach whereas Schill's cuts clearly do.
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I thought we went through this in the 70s, if 18-year-olds are old enough to go off to Iraq and die in vain then they're old enough to smoke tobacco if they so desire. If tobacco is a problem for the state of Oregon then ban it. The hypocrisy, while the state is Legalizing marijuana.
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Funny you saw a "biker on the sidewalk without a light, last night" because I saw a motorist last night with no lights, two talking on phones (not legally), and 3 speeding 10 mph above the limit in front of a preschool. It's crazy out there. Thanks for keeping us in line. I do the same with motorists who are texting and driving.
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No one "assumes". They go before a court.
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Eating while driving or drinking coffee from the drive thru? Is that not what reasonable people do, all day every day? Or drinking water. Better, certainly to tend to food and drink while the car is stopped and avoid accidents, but until there are "10 and 2" laws enforced (violating manual transmission user's rights to shift) I will maintain that accidents happen. The penalty is a ticket for the infraction and a fine, not to mention car repairs and civil litigation that the insurance companies will tend to. Eating a sandwich on my way back to work after visiting my sick mother in the hospital should not make me a felon.
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Murder them without due process? That's your way to garner support? Phooey! Are you just joshin' like last time? Ever hear from Smitty? LOL
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I agree we should enforce the laws regarding cyclists. I often tell cyclists that go through a red light that I know someone who got a $300 ticket for that same thing. But I was also thinking we should enforce the laws for motorists. If motorists want respect from good drivers, they out to follow the law. We have motorists and cyclists talking on phones, eating, not signaling, riding with lights off, and drinking and driving/riding, The only difference that I can see is that the cyclists are putting their own lives at risk, not another driver, pedestrian or motorist. So except that the same law violation can lead to killing someone with a car, there is no difference.
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If you are eating that sandwich, and it causes you to be distracted and you kill someone, I think that is distracted driving. I appreciate you are concerned for your own welfare, but the person you may kill while brushing ketchup off your shirt is thinking of themselves too.
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Three of the four county commissioners are conservative republicans pushing the nanny law they propose while 18-21 year olds are sent to war. It's the conservative way.
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I would love to see TTF try to pick up the "slack" left by this swift chop. In my unit, English, we have the equivalent of 19 FTE pro tem instructors this past year (which, calculating post-docs and other part-time instructional faculty, is something like 25 actual bodies) teaching roughly 170 composition courses. The TTF that don't automatically balk at the lowly station of teaching a 100-level course can't account for more than a small fraction of that. This budget deficit in CAS has existed for years, so the budget isn't the main reason for the cuts. It's all to make sure UO has a TTF ratio that pleases the collegiate pissing-contest known as the AAU.
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Did you almost hit the car without the lights? Did you almost hit the people on phones? Did you almost hit the speeders? Did you almost hit the preschoolers? Do you get the point?
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Interesting. How many of the 19 FTE pro tem got the letter?
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From now on, I will lay-on my horn whenever I approach a biker, regardless. I want to make it very clear to these arrogant people that I am approaching. Fair enough?
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How can you possibly say that? Do you know what's in the head of the young people who join ISIS or other anti-US groups? You are blithely sure that not a one of them has been swayed by the enemies of the US who cite Guantanamo as evidence that the US doesn't abide by its own ethical standards. Whatever the intricacies of it, right or wrong, to the rest of the world it looks like prison without trial, and torture as well. Of course that fact adds weight to the arguments of those who oppose us. Which they do, by the way, in as many as 90,000 tweets on an average day, according to state department experts, just to add one concrete example. And every time they cite Guantanamo of evidence against us, that was a recruiting tool.
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Judging by the comments below, it looks like Prozanski’s bill will certainty create a whole bunch more animosity toward him, and bikers. (BTW - No wonder Trump is so appealing!) I will lay-on my horn whenever I approach a biker, regardless. I want to make it very clear to them that I am approaching, so they don't do something stupid or foolish.
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No clue. This was handled at the college level, not departmental (though heads knew this was coming). I got one, as well as the handful of pro tem colleagues I talk to regularly. It's all pretty decentralized, so there's no sense of who's in and who's out, but my guess based on earlier dept. meetings is all pro tem received this letter.
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I'm sorry, Will, that you got the letter. How long have you taught at the UO? How will this change your life? Will you move?
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Another life robbed by heroin, I suspect.
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I hope you get ticketed for harrassment
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Thanks for the condolences. I've taught one year part-time and two years full-time at UO (where I also went to grad school). I have another term on my contract to finish out, but yes, moving seems highly likely. Portland has more options nearby for college writing instructors and UO clearly has higher priorities than providing high quality instruction for young adults (you know, like maintaining "status").
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Nope, you nailed your thumb. It's Oregon State Senator Floyd Prozanski.
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When there were demonstrations over at the Federal Building a few years back. State Court of Appeals – not once, but twice – ruled that ticketing motorists for honking in support of war protesters or simply expressing your frustration at the jerk who cut you off on I-5 violated every Oregonian's constitutional right to "free expression of opinion." The State of Washington has also ruled that way. (See Pilot, the ACLU was thinking about you!)
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Vote Emily Semple Ward One.
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Of course that is a rhetorical question. So let me ask you this: Did you almost die from being hit by the cyclist without a light on the sidewalk? I have almost been hit in my car by a motorist on a cell phone.
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I remember them. And the lady in the crosswalk with a stoller killed in Cottage Grove. And the boy in the parking lot at JC killed by a truck. I even saw the place where the kids were killed. I may not have been clear that I think the motorist bears a much greater responsibility due to the potential danger they present.
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It could be just a rumor but I've heard that Dunklin was dismissed from 3 Degrees (another Kimpton property) and that Rourke was allowed to "resign" after it was discovered they were using Red Star/Kimpton supplies and labor for outside projects.
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An excellent summary of the 'Presidential' choices presented by the two major parties in the United States of America for 2016. Which of these two seriously flawed candidates will do the least damage if elected? (Assuming one of them isn't indicted before the election, of course.)
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and yet where is the bill to make it a felony when pedestrians and bike riders impede traffic and cause accidents? Perhaps they wouldn't be getting hit as much if they learned not to J walk and ride their bikes in car lanes.
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Chicago went up with the el train in the loop. new York subway went underground and that does seem to be a heck of lot more efficient to move people that way. l.a. stayed with street traffic. streets seems to still be the right answer for us right now, but they need work. a master plan would be nice for planning. our city plan changes with the wind. I don't know what the answer is. .. this is a challenge for city designers and engineers .
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congrats to ms westlund. she is quite an achiever. I can never fathom were the energy for that kind of accomplishment comes from. best of luck.
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Yes.."glass roses" can be used as meth pipes, and "glass pens" can be used as crack pipes..but they require two very significant things to make them drug paraphernalia: 1. Drugs. And, 2. Intention. Also, they are not advertised or sold as "drug pipes", and are usually kept behind or under the counter, and out of sight. What more do you want? Don't buy one, and get the fuck over it (and yourself while you're at it).
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Another woman in an abusive relationship with a controlling, manipulating, isolating abuser ending in tragedy. RIP Rachel.
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wait a minute... RG: "Seventy nine University of Oregon faculty who are not protected by tenure lost their jobs for the coming school year. The “contract nonrenewals” issued Monday are part of Pres. Michael Schill’s plan to redeploy cash to the university’s newly sharpened priorities — such as hiring 100 tenure track faculty over the next five years and making it easier for students to graduate on time." are they saying that track, as in the sport faculty is to be hired?
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Wouldn't be the first time an abusive man got a woman hooked on heroin, in order to further control her. Heroin is an evil chemical. I ache for those who fall under it's horrid spell. Doesn't help that the U.S. Military protects the Afghani dope lords...
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Not the athletic track. On track. Not that there won't be more athletic positions, but this is about tenure, not speed, distance or hurdles :-)
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Definitely brings to mind the old, classic Yeats poem ... "Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold ... the best lack all conviction, while the Worst are full of passionate intensity ..." :( I need a drink.
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Federal Child Safety Lock Act of 2005 effective April 24 2006 In October 2005, Congress passed and President Bush signed into law legislation making it unlawful for any licensed importer, manufacturer or dealer to sell or transfer any handgun unless the transferee is provided with a secure gun storage or safety device. A “secure gun storage or safety device” is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(34) as: (A) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without first deactivating the device; (B) a device incorporated into the design of the firearm that is designed to prevent the operation of the firearm by anyone not having access to the device; or C) a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device that is designed to be or can be used to store a firearm and that is designed to be unlocked only by means of a key, a combination, or other similar means. Dr Forester wants a law which already exists. He needs to find a new hobby.
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Well, the time frame fits...."Yeats incorporates his ideas on the gyre—a historical cycle of about 2000 years. He first published this idea in his writing 'a vision' which predicted the expected anarchy that would be released around 2000 years after the birth of Christ." Hopefully he isn't another Nostradamus.
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It is absurd. Then again i have enjoyed watching the British Parliment shout at each other hoot and laugh. The meeting with the Prime Minister is a doozy. i would never consider Trump for public office, but I don't mind that Trump pokes fun at the standard poltiical rhetoric. Too bad he has no real plans, let alone any pretense of a serious proposal. He can't hire and fire those he likes and doesn't like in the political world. He's not managing his own company or his own investment, he works in a cooperative environment (with at least one party!). I admit personal bias. I don't like the guy. He has very few qualities in what is see as being a 'good' man. I recognize that's a subjective definition.
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