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Offended? Hardly. And I admit to my biases and even provided you unnecessary information so you could perceive the possibility of a PERS bias. My bias is absolutely against the SEIU Corporations and their continuing greed for more and more taxpayer money to increase SEIU's political warchest and even more benefits for its union members.	0.4	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
10. Backseat driving doesn't bother me as long as you're not telling me the obvious things like take the 26 to Hillsboro. You do know the way to your house better than me and I'm fine with that. But mostly, people don't backseat drive because we are too busy having a great conversation for them to do so. 11. I don't mind what you want to listen to as long as its not Death Metal. But again, it's so rare that the music is even up loud enough to be more than background noise for a conversation that it doesn't really matter. Overall, I'd say that in general, please just be courteous and generous to your Uber drivers as they are out here moving you around the city quickly, safely and efficiently.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I know why it has to be done, but using the word 'alleged' in a case like this is so ludicrous. Just like it probably was when a Michael Ronald Woods was arrested by the Lane County Sheriff's Office on August 15, 2015 for Hit and Run. It's also 'alleged' that the vehicle was a blue Honda and that it was found crashed against a tree.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The shooting certainly leaves very murky unanswered questions of multiple possibilities. It probably explains why the government was in such rush these past two weeks to round up as many known associates of Bundy and his father as possible. They had to have figured once this gets out and public anti-government sentiment will increase no doubt.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I have watched people settle for the lessor of two evils for decades, and the result is that both major political parties have drifted towards the right, producing more evil. Establishment Democrats like the Clintons and Obama are now what "moderate" Republicans used to be. The strategy is not working, and hasn't for a long time. We need large change, not incremental. And yes, we are very much at war. Both the Sanders and Trump campaigns are blowing up US politics. Good. We're at the change or die point.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Under the circumstances, a career suspension is excessively severe. If she is telling the truth - and I have no reason to believe she isn't - her infraction was entirely accidental and not committed with the intent to defraud. At the most, she should be sanctioned for the tournament for which she tested positive and any ensuing tournaments where she was still taking the drug and lose any winnings she received for those tournaments. I suppose that could be extended to a one-year suspension, but I find even that excessive. Yeah, she made a mistake by not linking to the list of banned substances, but, hey, this is a drug that she's been taking for medicinal purposes for the last ten years that was just added to that list. Given the evidence we've been told in this case, a slap on the wrist is all that is justified.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I wouldn't be surprised this has the making for a congressional review hearing. And you are absolutely right "This one will never, ever, go away;".	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"red-heeled tundra"? Romney is hardly an example of "compassion for the downtrodden". He thinks they're "takers".	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
With the exceptions of Brown and Taylor, ALL current council members and the mayor have shown disrespect and cynicism during their governance. Habitually, they have disregarded advisory committees, overwhelming polling statistics, and civic-minded citizens to push forward an agenda that benefits only those in the building and real estate businesses. Kesey Square is a perfect example of this almost criminal reign: opposite positions quickly formed about whether or not to develop the square. Yet, weeks after it was apparent a massive number of Eugeneans favored leaving the square as it is, the mayor and council members proclaimed they were close to a win-win situation for everybody! The solution to this dilemma? Why, they were finding common ground between one development idea and another. As pretty an example of duplicity as one could hope for. Not only should ALL incumbents (with the sole exception of the high-pricipled Taylor) be voted out, anyone endorsed by them is fatally tainted.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cliffsnotes: Some guy from Utah joins an armed takeover of federal property in Oregon. He is photographed repeatedly with his rifle. He declares repeatedly that he will die before giving up. He is stopped at a roadblock and says "shoot me." He decides to outrun the law, almost runs down an agent, gets stuck, repeats "shoot me" and rather than drop as instructed he reaches for ?? and is shot. It may have been prudent to keep his hands up and to obey the instructions. It worked for the other vehicle occupants.	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
My guess is that the City is self-insured. The funds are drawn from taxes... but either way, the cost goes up.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multnomah Whiskey Library above Chizu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I make plenty of substantive arguments in my post. You are free to respond to any of them. I just call it like I see it.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lol. love these pairings. If you want to learn more about each individual cannabis strain you should check out http://www.wikileaf.com/strains/ or Leafly and MedicalJane have info too...	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
You are a very lazy reporter. SPLC is not a reliable source for anything. And, the Vatican does NOT think the SSPX is in schism. The most the Vatican says is that the Society is "not in full or regular communion", whatever that means.	0.4	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
I'm not going to lie, all Trump articles are a joy to read after you turn on the Chrome app to change Trump to his familial last name Drumpf. Just so deeply satisfying.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
This is pretty one sided. Some of the federal lands, not national parks, needs to be given back to the states. A lot of this land was taken over because of the Depression/Dust bowl era. The land should be sold to Americans and used... Bureaucrats do not need to be in charge of ranch lands...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1.How about slamming car doors for no reason. 2.How about passenger in backseat keeps looking at the driver like they scared..... 3.Two grown men getting in car on the same side when you're already pulled over in safe zone.... 4.Last but not least we do not know who we are picking up besides a name customers act like we can see a Picture please remember u can see more then us tags vehicle info picture of driver.. Forgot please have destination entered correctly........plenty more I'll just end with this.........Drive safe and smart .....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I see where the post was repeated obviously they didn't say NO to drugs no wonder they hate the Reagans.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The one and only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BrAg0ouxXk "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Dobie Versus the Machine (#2.21)" (1961) Dobie Gillis: What I need now is somebody extra-wise, super-intelligent, a kind of combination of Einstein and Plato and Baruch and Shakespeare... Maynard G. Krebs: [enters scene] You rang? Herbert T. Gillis: No offense, Maynard, but if he rang, never was there such a wrong number. Maynard was the first tv character that seemed to speak to me, a lost high school kid who really kind of doubted everything and everyone. He was able to hold his own against the powers at the time that wanted to "make something of him" by making him a clone of themselves. I so loved that early free thinker. Well, he and Tuesday Weld. Hugh Massengill, eugene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I know this is a joke article, but as an Uber driver I dont hate anyone. In fact, as a top rated 4.9 driver I go out of my way to make people happy. I love dealing with people. In over 3000 rides I have not once had a problem. Sure there were drunks, but no situation which I could not manage. Last week made 2300 dollars. Cant complain. www.ubermike.nyc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thank you for your expertise and years of experience.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sharapova readily acknowledged using meldonium, not only at present but in the past when the drug was not banned. She made no attempt to evade the test or dispute its accuracy, which makes her claim that she missed the change credible. Sure, she made a mistake, but as PED transgressions go, it seems to me that her mistake was minor compared with most. The fact that sponsors reacted so strongly and swiftly suggests that there may be a double standard in place, one that holds pretty female tennis players to a more stringent standard than burly guys who hit home runs.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Money is fine how about paying back Uncle Sam.......is the crazy part.....	0.3	0	0.1	0	0.3	0	0
You would think the author of this post, or an editor at Willamette Week, would have been able to do a simple Google search and realized: 1. There is already an article titled "Your Uber Driver Hates You," written in Sept. 2014: https://idrivesf.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/your-uber-driver-hates-you/ 2. A Buzzfeed listicle titled "Ten Reasons Why Your Uber Driver Hates You" followed shortly after: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellkontraire/ten-reasons-why-your-uber-driver-hates-you-xk61 3. To update the myriad reasons why your Uber driver hates you with one extra reason is just a lazy way to make your point. 4. Also, lists are dumb.	0.6	0.1	0	0	0.6	0	0
Whatever a job a person takes for high wage or minimum wage, they should do the best that they can on that job! Be proud of what you do! Not just show up to work to stand around and complain about you aren't paid enough. Skilled workers should get more pay!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
“Beautiful and meaningful” are all in the eyes of the beholder. Whether tattoos, piercings, hairstyles/colors, or wardrobe … in most jobs you’re part of a team, and there is no “I” in team. Leave the bling home, or cover it up (not every tattoo is “bling” but an employer has a right to determine where to draw the line). I want co-workers/employees who attract attention because of skills or intelligence, not their appearance. This is especially true if the worker is representing the company to the public. If I’m in a medical facility and a guy attending to me has a name scrawled across his neck, I’m going to question his judgment and the judgment of whoever hired him. Is “Devin” a beloved son, or is it a girl that he met one night, partied with and got tattoos together before she ran off the next day never to be seen again? Or does a patient see “Devil” because of a fold in the skin or poor script, left to wonder if the guy is a satan lover? The last thing a patient needs is doubts.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The FTC appears to have gone with the 6 Stages of a Project paradigm. 1. Enthusiasm 2. Disillusionment 3. Panic 4. The Search for the Guilty 5. The Punishment of the Innocent 6. Praise and Honor to Non-Participants This methodology works for large bureaucracies of all types (business, government, military) especially when both the Peter Principle and the Dilbert Principle are in play.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Should be Oregon State: "If Oregon beats ASU, it could pad its resume..."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I agree but that's not the reality,I have been employing people for years and right or wrong I normally get what I pay for.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick can expect chilly relations with Charlie for the rest of the mayor's term.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
True. I didn't mean to cast any doubt on that part of the story... I was just setting up a "if then" statement, but I could have said "Since the FBI fired."	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
If you see a doctor without a tat, aren't you going to wonder, "Why doesn't this doctor have a tattoo? Is this doctor afraid of needles?" Better play it safe and go with the doc with the tattoos and the piercings and the dermal implants.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The building has quite a history as well	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I think you have it backwards..... the agent nearly commited suicide by Finicum by running from the roadblock into the path of Finicum's truck.. Finicum came around a blind curve at 60 mph on packed snow and there was the roadblock. He drove into the snowbank to avoid crashing into the roadblock where all the LE was standing. He should get a medal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What a bizarre letter.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cry us a Whilamut River.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
He did - a nice brass plate, engraved and attached to his casket.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It's like Uber, but for generic service industry complaints.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thank goodness we don't have to deal with disgruntled cabbies. Disgruntled Uber drivers who can't navigate beyond NW 23rd are such an improvement.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What? Freedom of Speech doesn't include freedom to infect the other students? It does in 4J according to the Legislature.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Of course, living in a travel trailer in residential neighborhoods is in violation of zoning ordinances. Something about danger from fires in them next to the standard residences, as I recall. Nothing to see here; just move along.	0.3	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.1	0
Looking at the web site, I find it very hopeful that so many of the participants appear to be of the female gender. Engineers in the making, perhaps. This, IMO, is how we foster women to get into new fields. Not by quotas or affirmative action, but by encouraging their own interests early and often.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Too bad. Only the poor deserve a 'living wage'. The elderly had their chance. Too bad about the 2.5% increase in the cost of groceries and medicine and the other necessities that both are going to have to pay to support the SEIU union's needs, too.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Radio news locally in the past 20 years, except for public radio has devolved to reading out of the newspaper and having about whatever guest sends in a request to be interviewed about their pet project (it had already been that way in smaller towns). I appreciate the political leanings of the guys on KPNW, but they’re boring. Storm Kennedy is a great person and entertainer, but I don’t believe she has a news background, and Cumulus won’t pay to have any support staff for her. Much as in print, advertising really doesn’t pay the bills for radio stations anymore. If I want news in the morning I have public radio or KXL out of Portland.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It is too bad that the Register Guard did not post the video that the State Police released today. It clearly shows what happened in this incident. It reveals Finicum to be the aggressor, who repeatedly taunted the police and refused to obey their orders. It also shows that the authorities never fired any shots at the initial stop. It also reveals that the people inside the vehicle were heavily armed, and were grabbing for their guns. Gunfire only took place when Finicum tried to get through the roadblock further down the road. Clearly, the person responsible for Finicum's death is Finicum himself. It is a clear cut case of suicide by cop. Fortunately, OPB has the full video of what happened available to watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9sfuFGghY If you live by the gun, then you die by the gun. People who think that they can protest the government while being heavily armed are crazy. If you want to protest, then go unarmed people!	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
I'm so happy driving for Travis and making a great supplementary income in my spare time with this state of the art disruptive technology Lol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I’m reminded of the South Park movie from 1999 where the kids are urged to “find the clitoris.” Failure to identify a clitoris isn’t going to cause someone to get pregnant or contract a disease.	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Everyone is an expert.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Let me solve the puzzle: for the first time, my response didn't post. I thought I'd done something wrong, as often I do with internet stuff. As far as presidential spouses: the wives ARE part of the ticket, certainly! But I know what you really mean. And, since Dolly, wives have realized the spotlight gives them unique power to address issues. Nancy (and Pat Nixon) failed to take interest in anything except their personal attire. Lady Bird. Betty Ford. Rosalyn Carter. Hillary (sorry, but it's true!). Michelle. Of course, you could also look at what most Republican presidents have done since retiring. Compare that to Carter or Clinton, with their activities.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0.166667	0
All activities in life got issues Travis can't be the exception The truth is that we as drivers are making a great supplementary income with the state of the art disruptive technology in our spare time Lol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SKREW YOU IF YOU DON'T LIKE DEATH METAL!!!	0.409091	0.045455	0.106061	0.136364	0.212121	0	0.030303
And in order to support ethnic diversity, the Muslim girls in the US will have theirs removed prior to puberty. See. A non-problem solved!	0.5	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.5	0
I'm sorry you seem to think Hillary is equivalent to Trump. I've said all I can to change your mind. Democrats drifted right so they could get elected. But, during that time, Republicans positively went off the right side of the road, over the ditch, and way across right field. If you don't think it's a moral imperative to continue women's right to choose, to fund children's programs, to protect the environment--- okay. But a lot of the damage a Republican president will do is irreversible. And remember, Trump will most probably get a minimum of TWO Supreme court appointments. Yeah, I'm upset about the prospect of Hillary. But I won't lop off my nose about it.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Now that the need for soldiers has receded somewhat, even the military is reducing its permissiveness for tattoos. March 31, 2014 "The Army is a profession, and one of the ways our leaders and the American public measure our professionalism is by our appearance," he said. "Wearing of the uniform, as well as our overall military appearance, should be a matter of personal pride for all Soldiers." "Tattoos cannot be located anywhere on the neck or head above the lines of a T-shirt. They also cannot be located anywhere below the wrist bone. Visible band tattoos cannot be longer than two inches wide. There can be no more than one visible band tattoo. Sleeve tattoos on arms or legs are not allowed. Prohibited tattoos include those just mentioned, as well as ones that could be deemed extremist, indecent, sexist or racist."	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0.166667	0
Too bad your dad didn't think about his prospects for employment before getting his neck tattooed. Tattoos are definitely becoming more acceptable, but neck and facial tattoos just scream "low-life". You may not think that, your dad may not think that, but a lot of people do. I don't know where you get this idea that people in "medicine" don't care about tattoos; medical personnel are just as diverse as the rest of us, and of course there are some who find excessive tattoos to be off-putting. Please don't confuse "wellness" centers and "dispensaries" with medical facilities.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"His Majesty, King Donald the First". With one Constitutional Amendment, we could do that!	0.2	0	0	0	0.1	0	0
" Finicum was shot three times in THE BACK by the other officer who was behind him." That makes no difference in this case, because Finicum was armed, and was attempting to draw his handgun. In addition, officers can also use lethal force to protect others, and not just themselves. The Oregon State Police officer had every right to shoot Finicum, in order to protect the officer that Finicum was facing, and posing a threat to.	0.166667	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0
I'm not even bothering to read this story. In many years of life, I cannot remember a single police self investigation that ever admitted poor choices unless a third party had solid film evidence that forced them to be fully honest. For viewing the original aerial film, I concluded that no lives needed to be lost and while I believed they would fully justify their actions that is not the same as saying that different tactics could have avoided death.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
We're not spending $1 million on a fence here, so Nicole might be better served to take this issue up with the Seattle city council and with a letter to the Seattle Times. I don't know about Seattle's specifics, but I suspect $1 million wouldn't buy housing for enough willing people that the underpass would remain safe and sanitary.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
It would be more powerful if he could get an amendment as to how amendments are made. The amendment would be something like a House sponsored national referendum with a majority popular vote and presidential signature. Then there could be more amendments allowing things like unlimited ownership of weaponry like cannons, legal discrimination, prayer in schools at the start of each class. Unlikely, but like wishing for more wishes with the first wish.	0.2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
If you watch the video of he entire incident that was released today by OSP, you will definitely see that Finicum was totally out of control, and had a death wish. Oregon State Police had no choice but to shoot. Clearly, they are innocent of any wrongdoing. Let this be a lesson to people: If you want to protest the Federal government, DON'T BRING GUNS!	0.3	0	0	0.3	0.1	0	0
Sure...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motley: Indeed, to provide the assistance many individuals need to work their way out of poverty and homelessness would take community assistance. And, yes, it would not be cheap. Each of the many presenting issues which result in individuals' homelessness and poverty requires both facility and treatment support. If you demonize them as "unarmed robbers" it absolved you of any moral responsibility to assist. They're "nogood, unarmed robbers" just trying to steal support from the rest of us". Such an attitude really precludes any discussion of the many issues, the many types of support which could help folks work toward self-sufficiency, and the "life-long" support many of them might need.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Except in this case they now have a video from inside the car that was released today, that shows everything that happened. You cannot dispute all of the lawless acts that this new video clearly recorded. The video has already debunked conspiracy theories that Finicum's vehicle was fired on at the initial stop. It wasn't. They did not receive gunfire until they tried to get through the roadblock further down the road. And it also shows that the people in the vehicle were heavily armed, and were initially looking to grab their weapons. They clearly were preparing to murder members of law enforcement. Only idiots would protest the Federal Government while armed with handguns and assault rifles. A person has to be incredibly stupid to do that.	0.7125	0.0375	0.225	0.1125	0.7125	0.0375	0.0125
What's the history?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ask me if I care...I am paying you, if you don't like customers you are in the wrong business	0.2	0	0	0	0.1	0	0
You can say anything that you want and believe whatever you want to believe. I believe that the operation could have been run in such a way as to eliminate danger to law enforcement and capture all the "perps" alive. Had the police simply deployed under secure cover natural or artificial they would have been immune to the perps gunfire and by clearly displaying massive firepower, the perps would have had no choice but to surrender. If the perps had actually opened fire, which they didn't, you would have an argument for the necessity of undertaking deadly fire. But they didn't deploy behind cover and thus forced themselves into a shoot first and ask questions later posture. The police had all the time in the world to safely deploy but did not do so. Its almost as if they wanted a fire fight.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hopefully he will realize that the choice of turning down the dead end road is symbolic, and therefore will now choose to turn his life around. Mike is a good guy that got mixed up after years of being over prescribed pain meds....and then the heroin and crime is inevitable when the prescription stops without proper guidance and support.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
As a small business owner (high rise, residential, commercial window cleaning) I pay my employees an average of 6-8 more per hour, paid vacation, paid holidays, company truck, training conventions across the country and even then finding "quality" employees is VERY hard. Even when you pay more than the minimum wage. With this increase I will have to raise what I pay, upping my pay roll taxes. The only way to survive is to raise prices. The customer is who pays the price, costs will go up across the board because of this hike. making a 'raise" in minimum wage not such a raise...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
There were more than 8 shots fired in the embedded video. I just loved watching them shoot at the people in the car with a kid in there. Just kept shooting and hearing the people too afraid to get out of the car. The shots just kept coming. The shooting went on for about 10 minutes as we listen to the terrified car occupants. No mention whatsoever by those folks of shooting back or hurting any of the law enforcement personnel. The police actions were murderous and barbaric. Listen to the poor kid in the car crying and the other adults talking. Nothing about resisting but the bullets just kept coming.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Let's please stop calling Imago Dei a non-denominational church. It is part of the Conservative Baptist denomination, and has been for many years. In the bigger picture, Christianity is a big tent religion, the evangelical version not so much, conservative baptists even less so. Alternatively, why does someone who attends church XYZ have to agree with all of what the church leaders believe? Most of what commentators on this thread are bashing Imago Dei for are not specifics spelled out in the churches set of published beliefs, so parishioners are free to think how they want, hence why Jules feels at home there.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Its not just Fagan this cycle. In HD30 expect Joe Gallegos to withdraw, as was rumored, since a Hillsboro School Board member, and Democrat filed for his seat at 4:25 today. And then there's Republicans Weidner and Davis and Democrat Rosenbaum who also "decided" late in the game to not seek re-election. Here's the problem IMO. You've got 80% safe Districts, so it's the Primaries that essentially serve to elect our legislators. The Primaries are closed, so only the dominant party members are voting. But apparently limiting the actual essential elections to your own party vote wasn't enough for some. They now want to limit the candidates in those elections. Otherwise interested and qualified party members aren't given an opportunity. Only stalwart party insiders. For those Democrats upset about oligarchy, or voter suppression, or other anti democratic features of our system. I'd ask. WTF?	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
Actually, if a Constitutional Convention were authorized, that could change absolutely anything. That's how we got from The Articles of Confederation to The Constitution of the United States.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
@Neighbor98 What in the world is a liberal Baptist church? Do any exist? I'm afraid that is an oxymoron my friend. Liberal Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, even Quaker, yes, but liberal Baptist?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That's cold.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
While Glenda and her kids were great, can't say the same for Jim. I'm disabled and unemployable. I started a wholesale nursery specializing in introducing rare perennials to the wholesale market. One Christmas I gave the Bloomers a giant Gunnera, and asked Jim not to propagate it as this is how I earn my living. He not only started selling Gunnera, he under cut my $75 price to $15. the guy had 40 acres of nursery stock and had to cut into my business too? Another thing the RG will never report on is the Bloomers used cheap illegal alien labor for years. can't say I'll miss them in business.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
Congrsts Shane its badass to see a fellow funkytown native do the conan show..Now i can say i know that dude personally..Represent Fort Worth Tx. To the fullest Shane...take care homeboy .. Your home town homie.. Ruben Vallejo	0.2	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
The synced video and two others released by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Tuesday evening are embedded in the story above.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neighbor....Have you attended Imago much? Because I have, for quite a few years. I have rarely if ever heard about # 1 , I've sometimes heard about #2 and heard Pastor Rick sophomoricly refer to "bells and whistles" for the male and female anatomy a few weeks ago. But #2 is heard in churches from coast to coast and just as universally ignored. And #3 is again rarely if ever mentioned. However it sound as if you are suggesting there should be no moral code ever, from any source.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
As they say you get what you pay for. You pay pennies per mile, you get drivers who could less what you think you deserve. Esp when they go out of their way to serve you well and you are disrespectful or rude to them. Call it the Walmart or K-Mart effect. That is what Uber has become for the driver-for-hire business. You get what you pay for. Enjoy... it will only get worse.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0.166667	0
Last time I smoked a bowl, I started seeing everything as a musical rainbow, my spine started vibrating and I laid in bed for 3 hours as the entire wold spun before I passed out of exhaustion from my spine vibrating.... But I wouldn't have minded a few samoas to pass the time.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I wasn't enamored with their latest album but I thought the show was fantastic!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ann, you have my vote!! Fritzs, time for you TO GO!	0.2	0	0	0.1	0.1	0	0
@Micheal Morrow "..Mormon minority membership remains miniscule" I think you mean minuscule. However the Mormon church is quite successful recruiting non-whites. They have hundreds of thousands of members in Mexico, Brazil, the Pacific in particular. Ironically, while you might be slightly more open to a progressive form of Christianity, 91% of those types - mainline churches - are white. That's a problem, for them.	0.5	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0
Well sure, yeah, he did all that...but he did it with such a genial manner that he became the Teflon politician...nothing stuck.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
@Neighbor That's from the Hebrew bible (the OT). Doesn't mean much to today's Christian unless A) You are also a very strict Jew, or B) You take the whole bible literally. Now that would be backwards. We agree! Thankfully, most folks at Imago do not take it all literally. Yes, some are quite conservative. Most are moderates who probably voted for Obama, they recycle, they bike, they drink micros, and the main reason they are at Imago is because the music sounds like Mumford & Sons. Really! Not because of the theology. Ever thought its the far left that is guilty of the group think?	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.2	0
Add leaving trash in the car, entering the car with dirty shoes,leaving the door open when you leave and my favorite, the classic "Oh excuse me , how long is going to take? -- 20 to 25 minutes , - oh I have to be there in 10 so...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Getting arrested for basically the same charge after only 6 months is hardly a sign for optimism that he has been able to 'choose to turn his life around' yet.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
To answer your question about approved churches, WW writer Beth Slovic essentially says as much, calling "Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a citadel of West Hills WASPs". So predictable those WASPs. However here is the more salient question, would we be giving a republican like Mark Hatfield grief if he choose to attend the Unity church?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This will absolutely affect his business. As minimum wage grows, he will have to pay more to stay competitive. The closer min wage gets to what he pays, the more employees he'll lose. if we think the standard employee would prefer the blue collar sheet metal shop job that pays slightly above min wage to the pizza parlor job we all had in high school that we didn't take seriously, we would be insane. There are jobs out there that pay high simply because they are undesirable (or unsafe in some cases). The reason people pick up road kill, is because the state pays them way more than flipping burgers, because if they didn't, no one would do it. If the margin narrows too much, there will be NO one picking road kill off the streets (simple example). I have had the opportunity to hire and supervise entery level employees, and Mr. Schmitt is not alone in the search for quality workers. It has become increasingly more difficult the past few years, and work environment is not the issue.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
For the first bits, it was like reading a foreign language...I had absolutely no idea what the reporter was writing about. You all assume the average reader knows precisely what a "business accelerator"is and all that surrounds it. This is a really baffling piece, which COULD have been used to educate people.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
So you would rather ignore the insatiable growth happening currently in Stumptown? The daily 2 -3 hours of cars backed up for 5 miles or more, spewing pollutants out of their tailpipes while they sit there barely moving, hardly a walking pace? Every rush hour, easily 3 or 4 times the pollution of freely moving traffic is being vented into our air because of the ridiculously long traffic jams that get worse every year. What are you suggesting, that we ignore the insane traffic and hope it goes away? Even if we built a MAX line to the Couv', (doubtful because they won't help pay for it) few would use it because the Couv' is too spread out.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I would add that a good dad tries to support women as he goes about his day. A good dad doesn't try to tear women down so he feels better about himself.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
And the rest of the story, found other than here at the R-G (like on NBC News) Note that all those caught so far have Russian connections. And two of them are males. "MOSCOW — The drug at the center of Maria Sharapova’s doping case, regularly given to Soviet troops in the 1980s to boost their stamina while fighting in Afghanistan, is normally prescribed for medical use for periods of four to six weeks." "World champion speedskater Pavel Kulizhnikov, Olympic gold medal-winning ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova and national team volleyball player Alexander Markov are all suspected of taking meldonium, according to Russian reports." "The drug’s inventor, Ivars Kalvins, told Latvian newspaper Diena in a 2009 interview that meldonium was given to soldiers during the 1980s, when Soviet forces were fighting in Afghanistan." "Meldonium is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Those persons who feel the officers were "in the wrong" and, essentially, murdered Finicum will never change their minds. The videos and the investigation clearly debunk the "hard right-wing" statements regarding the killing. That makes absolutely no difference to such individuals. Their comments are emotional, not rational and all efforts to convince them that the shooting was, in fact, justified are wasted. Look at the videos, including especially the one taken in the truck. Listen to the audio of Finicum's statements. Visit those right-wing sites which posted outrageous claims regarding "hundreds of shots" fired at the truck and the "murder" of Finicum and decide which version seems credible...the right-wing extremist's or the government's version, based on the videos and the investigation. Getting into a grand argument with those attacking the officers is, to me, a wasted effort.	0.2	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
@Neighbor According to whose doctrine you are going to hell? I haven't heard the word hell mentioned at Imago in ages, if ever. Christians just don't know what to think about hell anymore, especially after Rob Bell told us Hell is fiction. So I don't know where you have gleaned this doctrine of Imago Dei, because it is not on their website or preached from the stage on Sunday.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Offended? Hardly. And I admit to my biases and even provided you unnecessary information so you could perceive the possibility of a PERS bias. My bias is absolutely against the SEIU Corporations and their continuing greed for more and more taxpayer money to increase SEIU's political warchest and even more benefits for its union members.

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10. Backseat driving doesn't bother me as long as you're not telling me the obvious things like take the 26 to Hillsboro. You do know the way to your house better than me and I'm fine with that. But mostly, people don't backseat drive because we are too busy having a great conversation for them to do so. 11. I don't mind what you want to listen to as long as its not Death Metal. But again, it's so rare that the music is even up loud enough to be more than background noise for a conversation that it doesn't really matter. Overall, I'd say that in general, please just be courteous and generous to your Uber drivers as they are out here moving you around the city quickly, safely and efficiently.

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I know why it has to be done, but using the word 'alleged' in a case like this is so ludicrous. Just like it probably was when a Michael Ronald Woods was arrested by the Lane County Sheriff's Office on August 15, 2015 for Hit and Run. It's also 'alleged' that the vehicle was a blue Honda and that it was found crashed against a tree.

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The shooting certainly leaves very murky unanswered questions of multiple possibilities. It probably explains why the government was in such rush these past two weeks to round up as many known associates of Bundy and his father as possible. They had to have figured once this gets out and public anti-government sentiment will increase no doubt.

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I have watched people settle for the lessor of two evils for decades, and the result is that both major political parties have drifted towards the right, producing more evil. Establishment Democrats like the Clintons and Obama are now what "moderate" Republicans used to be. The strategy is not working, and hasn't for a long time. We need large change, not incremental. And yes, we are very much at war. Both the Sanders and Trump campaigns are blowing up US politics. Good. We're at the change or die point.

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Under the circumstances, a career suspension is excessively severe. If she is telling the truth - and I have no reason to believe she isn't - her infraction was entirely accidental and not committed with the intent to defraud. At the most, she should be sanctioned for the tournament for which she tested positive and any ensuing tournaments where she was still taking the drug and lose any winnings she received for those tournaments. I suppose that could be extended to a one-year suspension, but I find even that excessive. Yeah, she made a mistake by not linking to the list of banned substances, but, hey, this is a drug that she's been taking for medicinal purposes for the last ten years that was just added to that list. Given the evidence we've been told in this case, a slap on the wrist is all that is justified.

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I wouldn't be surprised this has the making for a congressional review hearing. And you are absolutely right "This one will never, ever, go away;".

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"red-heeled tundra"? Romney is hardly an example of "compassion for the downtrodden". He thinks they're "takers".

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With the exceptions of Brown and Taylor, ALL current council members and the mayor have shown disrespect and cynicism during their governance. Habitually, they have disregarded advisory committees, overwhelming polling statistics, and civic-minded citizens to push forward an agenda that benefits only those in the building and real estate businesses. Kesey Square is a perfect example of this almost criminal reign: opposite positions quickly formed about whether or not to develop the square. Yet, weeks after it was apparent a massive number of Eugeneans favored leaving the square as it is, the mayor and council members proclaimed they were close to a win-win situation for everybody! The solution to this dilemma? Why, they were finding common ground between one development idea and another. As pretty an example of duplicity as one could hope for. Not only should ALL incumbents (with the sole exception of the high-pricipled Taylor) be voted out, anyone endorsed by them is fatally tainted.

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Cliffsnotes: Some guy from Utah joins an armed takeover of federal property in Oregon. He is photographed repeatedly with his rifle. He declares repeatedly that he will die before giving up. He is stopped at a roadblock and says "shoot me." He decides to outrun the law, almost runs down an agent, gets stuck, repeats "shoot me" and rather than drop as instructed he reaches for ?? and is shot. It may have been prudent to keep his hands up and to obey the instructions. It worked for the other vehicle occupants.

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My guess is that the City is self-insured. The funds are drawn from taxes... but either way, the cost goes up.

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I make plenty of substantive arguments in my post. You are free to respond to any of them. I just call it like I see it.

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Lol. love these pairings. If you want to learn more about each individual cannabis strain you should check out http://www.wikileaf.com/strains/ or Leafly and MedicalJane have info too...

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You are a very lazy reporter. SPLC is not a reliable source for anything. And, the Vatican does NOT think the SSPX is in schism. The most the Vatican says is that the Society is "not in full or regular communion", whatever that means.

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I'm not going to lie, all Trump articles are a joy to read after you turn on the Chrome app to change Trump to his familial last name Drumpf. Just so deeply satisfying.

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This is pretty one sided. Some of the federal lands, not national parks, needs to be given back to the states. A lot of this land was taken over because of the Depression/Dust bowl era. The land should be sold to Americans and used... Bureaucrats do not need to be in charge of ranch lands...

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1.How about slamming car doors for no reason. 2.How about passenger in backseat keeps looking at the driver like they scared..... 3.Two grown men getting in car on the same side when you're already pulled over in safe zone.... 4.Last but not least we do not know who we are picking up besides a name customers act like we can see a Picture please remember u can see more then us tags vehicle info picture of driver.. Forgot please have destination entered correctly........plenty more I'll just end with this.........Drive safe and smart .....

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I see where the post was repeated obviously they didn't say NO to drugs no wonder they hate the Reagans.

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The one and only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BrAg0ouxXk "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Dobie Versus the Machine (#2.21)" (1961) Dobie Gillis: What I need now is somebody extra-wise, super-intelligent, a kind of combination of Einstein and Plato and Baruch and Shakespeare... Maynard G. Krebs: [enters scene] You rang? Herbert T. Gillis: No offense, Maynard, but if he rang, never was there such a wrong number. Maynard was the first tv character that seemed to speak to me, a lost high school kid who really kind of doubted everything and everyone. He was able to hold his own against the powers at the time that wanted to "make something of him" by making him a clone of themselves. I so loved that early free thinker. Well, he and Tuesday Weld. Hugh Massengill, eugene

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I know this is a joke article, but as an Uber driver I dont hate anyone. In fact, as a top rated 4.9 driver I go out of my way to make people happy. I love dealing with people. In over 3000 rides I have not once had a problem. Sure there were drunks, but no situation which I could not manage. Last week made 2300 dollars. Cant complain. www.ubermike.nyc

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Thank you for your expertise and years of experience.

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Sharapova readily acknowledged using meldonium, not only at present but in the past when the drug was not banned. She made no attempt to evade the test or dispute its accuracy, which makes her claim that she missed the change credible. Sure, she made a mistake, but as PED transgressions go, it seems to me that her mistake was minor compared with most. The fact that sponsors reacted so strongly and swiftly suggests that there may be a double standard in place, one that holds pretty female tennis players to a more stringent standard than burly guys who hit home runs.

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Money is fine how about paying back Uncle Sam.......is the crazy part.....

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You would think the author of this post, or an editor at Willamette Week, would have been able to do a simple Google search and realized: 1. There is already an article titled "Your Uber Driver Hates You," written in Sept. 2014: https://idrivesf.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/your-uber-driver-hates-you/ 2. A Buzzfeed listicle titled "Ten Reasons Why Your Uber Driver Hates You" followed shortly after: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellkontraire/ten-reasons-why-your-uber-driver-hates-you-xk61 3. To update the myriad reasons why your Uber driver hates you with one extra reason is just a lazy way to make your point. 4. Also, lists are dumb.

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Whatever a job a person takes for high wage or minimum wage, they should do the best that they can on that job! Be proud of what you do! Not just show up to work to stand around and complain about you aren't paid enough. Skilled workers should get more pay!

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“Beautiful and meaningful” are all in the eyes of the beholder. Whether tattoos, piercings, hairstyles/colors, or wardrobe … in most jobs you’re part of a team, and there is no “I” in team. Leave the bling home, or cover it up (not every tattoo is “bling” but an employer has a right to determine where to draw the line). I want co-workers/employees who attract attention because of skills or intelligence, not their appearance. This is especially true if the worker is representing the company to the public. If I’m in a medical facility and a guy attending to me has a name scrawled across his neck, I’m going to question his judgment and the judgment of whoever hired him. Is “Devin” a beloved son, or is it a girl that he met one night, partied with and got tattoos together before she ran off the next day never to be seen again? Or does a patient see “Devil” because of a fold in the skin or poor script, left to wonder if the guy is a satan lover? The last thing a patient needs is doubts.

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The FTC appears to have gone with the 6 Stages of a Project paradigm. 1. Enthusiasm 2. Disillusionment 3. Panic 4. The Search for the Guilty 5. The Punishment of the Innocent 6. Praise and Honor to Non-Participants This methodology works for large bureaucracies of all types (business, government, military) especially when both the Peter Principle and the Dilbert Principle are in play.

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Should be Oregon State: "If Oregon beats ASU, it could pad its resume..."

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I agree but that's not the reality,I have been employing people for years and right or wrong I normally get what I pay for.

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Nick can expect chilly relations with Charlie for the rest of the mayor's term.

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True. I didn't mean to cast any doubt on that part of the story... I was just setting up a "if then" statement, but I could have said "Since the FBI fired."

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If you see a doctor without a tat, aren't you going to wonder, "Why doesn't this doctor have a tattoo? Is this doctor afraid of needles?" Better play it safe and go with the doc with the tattoos and the piercings and the dermal implants.

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I think you have it backwards..... the agent nearly commited suicide by Finicum by running from the roadblock into the path of Finicum's truck.. Finicum came around a blind curve at 60 mph on packed snow and there was the roadblock. He drove into the snowbank to avoid crashing into the roadblock where all the LE was standing. He should get a medal.

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What a bizarre letter.

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Cry us a Whilamut River.

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He did - a nice brass plate, engraved and attached to his casket.

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It's like Uber, but for generic service industry complaints.

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Thank goodness we don't have to deal with disgruntled cabbies. Disgruntled Uber drivers who can't navigate beyond NW 23rd are such an improvement.

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What? Freedom of Speech doesn't include freedom to infect the other students? It does in 4J according to the Legislature.

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Of course, living in a travel trailer in residential neighborhoods is in violation of zoning ordinances. Something about danger from fires in them next to the standard residences, as I recall. Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Looking at the web site, I find it very hopeful that so many of the participants appear to be of the female gender. Engineers in the making, perhaps. This, IMO, is how we foster women to get into new fields. Not by quotas or affirmative action, but by encouraging their own interests early and often.

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Too bad. Only the poor deserve a 'living wage'. The elderly had their chance. Too bad about the 2.5% increase in the cost of groceries and medicine and the other necessities that both are going to have to pay to support the SEIU union's needs, too.

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Radio news locally in the past 20 years, except for public radio has devolved to reading out of the newspaper and having about whatever guest sends in a request to be interviewed about their pet project (it had already been that way in smaller towns). I appreciate the political leanings of the guys on KPNW, but they’re boring. Storm Kennedy is a great person and entertainer, but I don’t believe she has a news background, and Cumulus won’t pay to have any support staff for her. Much as in print, advertising really doesn’t pay the bills for radio stations anymore. If I want news in the morning I have public radio or KXL out of Portland.

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It is too bad that the Register Guard did not post the video that the State Police released today. It clearly shows what happened in this incident. It reveals Finicum to be the aggressor, who repeatedly taunted the police and refused to obey their orders. It also shows that the authorities never fired any shots at the initial stop. It also reveals that the people inside the vehicle were heavily armed, and were grabbing for their guns. Gunfire only took place when Finicum tried to get through the roadblock further down the road. Clearly, the person responsible for Finicum's death is Finicum himself. It is a clear cut case of suicide by cop. Fortunately, OPB has the full video of what happened available to watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9sfuFGghY If you live by the gun, then you die by the gun. People who think that they can protest the government while being heavily armed are crazy. If you want to protest, then go unarmed people!

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I'm so happy driving for Travis and making a great supplementary income in my spare time with this state of the art disruptive technology Lol

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I’m reminded of the South Park movie from 1999 where the kids are urged to “find the clitoris.” Failure to identify a clitoris isn’t going to cause someone to get pregnant or contract a disease.

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Let me solve the puzzle: for the first time, my response didn't post. I thought I'd done something wrong, as often I do with internet stuff. As far as presidential spouses: the wives ARE part of the ticket, certainly! But I know what you really mean. And, since Dolly, wives have realized the spotlight gives them unique power to address issues. Nancy (and Pat Nixon) failed to take interest in anything except their personal attire. Lady Bird. Betty Ford. Rosalyn Carter. Hillary (sorry, but it's true!). Michelle. Of course, you could also look at what most Republican presidents have done since retiring. Compare that to Carter or Clinton, with their activities.

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All activities in life got issues Travis can't be the exception The truth is that we as drivers are making a great supplementary income with the state of the art disruptive technology in our spare time Lol

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SKREW YOU IF YOU DON'T LIKE DEATH METAL!!!

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And in order to support ethnic diversity, the Muslim girls in the US will have theirs removed prior to puberty. See. A non-problem solved!

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I'm sorry you seem to think Hillary is equivalent to Trump. I've said all I can to change your mind. Democrats drifted right so they could get elected. But, during that time, Republicans positively went off the right side of the road, over the ditch, and way across right field. If you don't think it's a moral imperative to continue women's right to choose, to fund children's programs, to protect the environment--- okay. But a lot of the damage a Republican president will do is irreversible. And remember, Trump will most probably get a minimum of TWO Supreme court appointments. Yeah, I'm upset about the prospect of Hillary. But I won't lop off my nose about it.

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Now that the need for soldiers has receded somewhat, even the military is reducing its permissiveness for tattoos. March 31, 2014 "The Army is a profession, and one of the ways our leaders and the American public measure our professionalism is by our appearance," he said. "Wearing of the uniform, as well as our overall military appearance, should be a matter of personal pride for all Soldiers." "Tattoos cannot be located anywhere on the neck or head above the lines of a T-shirt. They also cannot be located anywhere below the wrist bone. Visible band tattoos cannot be longer than two inches wide. There can be no more than one visible band tattoo. Sleeve tattoos on arms or legs are not allowed. Prohibited tattoos include those just mentioned, as well as ones that could be deemed extremist, indecent, sexist or racist."

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Too bad your dad didn't think about his prospects for employment before getting his neck tattooed. Tattoos are definitely becoming more acceptable, but neck and facial tattoos just scream "low-life". You may not think that, your dad may not think that, but a lot of people do. I don't know where you get this idea that people in "medicine" don't care about tattoos; medical personnel are just as diverse as the rest of us, and of course there are some who find excessive tattoos to be off-putting. Please don't confuse "wellness" centers and "dispensaries" with medical facilities.

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"His Majesty, King Donald the First". With one Constitutional Amendment, we could do that!

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" Finicum was shot three times in THE BACK by the other officer who was behind him." That makes no difference in this case, because Finicum was armed, and was attempting to draw his handgun. In addition, officers can also use lethal force to protect others, and not just themselves. The Oregon State Police officer had every right to shoot Finicum, in order to protect the officer that Finicum was facing, and posing a threat to.

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I'm not even bothering to read this story. In many years of life, I cannot remember a single police self investigation that ever admitted poor choices unless a third party had solid film evidence that forced them to be fully honest. For viewing the original aerial film, I concluded that no lives needed to be lost and while I believed they would fully justify their actions that is not the same as saying that different tactics could have avoided death.

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We're not spending $1 million on a fence here, so Nicole might be better served to take this issue up with the Seattle city council and with a letter to the Seattle Times. I don't know about Seattle's specifics, but I suspect $1 million wouldn't buy housing for enough willing people that the underpass would remain safe and sanitary.

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It would be more powerful if he could get an amendment as to how amendments are made. The amendment would be something like a House sponsored national referendum with a majority popular vote and presidential signature. Then there could be more amendments allowing things like unlimited ownership of weaponry like cannons, legal discrimination, prayer in schools at the start of each class. Unlikely, but like wishing for more wishes with the first wish.

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If you watch the video of he entire incident that was released today by OSP, you will definitely see that Finicum was totally out of control, and had a death wish. Oregon State Police had no choice but to shoot. Clearly, they are innocent of any wrongdoing. Let this be a lesson to people: If you want to protest the Federal government, DON'T BRING GUNS!

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Motley: Indeed, to provide the assistance many individuals need to work their way out of poverty and homelessness would take community assistance. And, yes, it would not be cheap. Each of the many presenting issues which result in individuals' homelessness and poverty requires both facility and treatment support. If you demonize them as "unarmed robbers" it absolved you of any moral responsibility to assist. They're "nogood, unarmed robbers" just trying to steal support from the rest of us". Such an attitude really precludes any discussion of the many issues, the many types of support which could help folks work toward self-sufficiency, and the "life-long" support many of them might need.

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Except in this case they now have a video from inside the car that was released today, that shows everything that happened. You cannot dispute all of the lawless acts that this new video clearly recorded. The video has already debunked conspiracy theories that Finicum's vehicle was fired on at the initial stop. It wasn't. They did not receive gunfire until they tried to get through the roadblock further down the road. And it also shows that the people in the vehicle were heavily armed, and were initially looking to grab their weapons. They clearly were preparing to murder members of law enforcement. Only idiots would protest the Federal Government while armed with handguns and assault rifles. A person has to be incredibly stupid to do that.

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You can say anything that you want and believe whatever you want to believe. I believe that the operation could have been run in such a way as to eliminate danger to law enforcement and capture all the "perps" alive. Had the police simply deployed under secure cover natural or artificial they would have been immune to the perps gunfire and by clearly displaying massive firepower, the perps would have had no choice but to surrender. If the perps had actually opened fire, which they didn't, you would have an argument for the necessity of undertaking deadly fire. But they didn't deploy behind cover and thus forced themselves into a shoot first and ask questions later posture. The police had all the time in the world to safely deploy but did not do so. Its almost as if they wanted a fire fight.

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Hopefully he will realize that the choice of turning down the dead end road is symbolic, and therefore will now choose to turn his life around. Mike is a good guy that got mixed up after years of being over prescribed pain meds....and then the heroin and crime is inevitable when the prescription stops without proper guidance and support.

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As a small business owner (high rise, residential, commercial window cleaning) I pay my employees an average of 6-8 more per hour, paid vacation, paid holidays, company truck, training conventions across the country and even then finding "quality" employees is VERY hard. Even when you pay more than the minimum wage. With this increase I will have to raise what I pay, upping my pay roll taxes. The only way to survive is to raise prices. The customer is who pays the price, costs will go up across the board because of this hike. making a 'raise" in minimum wage not such a raise...

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There were more than 8 shots fired in the embedded video. I just loved watching them shoot at the people in the car with a kid in there. Just kept shooting and hearing the people too afraid to get out of the car. The shots just kept coming. The shooting went on for about 10 minutes as we listen to the terrified car occupants. No mention whatsoever by those folks of shooting back or hurting any of the law enforcement personnel. The police actions were murderous and barbaric. Listen to the poor kid in the car crying and the other adults talking. Nothing about resisting but the bullets just kept coming.

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Let's please stop calling Imago Dei a non-denominational church. It is part of the Conservative Baptist denomination, and has been for many years. In the bigger picture, Christianity is a big tent religion, the evangelical version not so much, conservative baptists even less so. Alternatively, why does someone who attends church XYZ have to agree with all of what the church leaders believe? Most of what commentators on this thread are bashing Imago Dei for are not specifics spelled out in the churches set of published beliefs, so parishioners are free to think how they want, hence why Jules feels at home there.

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Its not just Fagan this cycle. In HD30 expect Joe Gallegos to withdraw, as was rumored, since a Hillsboro School Board member, and Democrat filed for his seat at 4:25 today. And then there's Republicans Weidner and Davis and Democrat Rosenbaum who also "decided" late in the game to not seek re-election. Here's the problem IMO. You've got 80% safe Districts, so it's the Primaries that essentially serve to elect our legislators. The Primaries are closed, so only the dominant party members are voting. But apparently limiting the actual essential elections to your own party vote wasn't enough for some. They now want to limit the candidates in those elections. Otherwise interested and qualified party members aren't given an opportunity. Only stalwart party insiders. For those Democrats upset about oligarchy, or voter suppression, or other anti democratic features of our system. I'd ask. WTF?

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Actually, if a Constitutional Convention were authorized, that could change absolutely anything. That's how we got from The Articles of Confederation to The Constitution of the United States.

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@Neighbor98 What in the world is a liberal Baptist church? Do any exist? I'm afraid that is an oxymoron my friend. Liberal Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, even Quaker, yes, but liberal Baptist?

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That's cold.

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While Glenda and her kids were great, can't say the same for Jim. I'm disabled and unemployable. I started a wholesale nursery specializing in introducing rare perennials to the wholesale market. One Christmas I gave the Bloomers a giant Gunnera, and asked Jim not to propagate it as this is how I earn my living. He not only started selling Gunnera, he under cut my $75 price to $15. the guy had 40 acres of nursery stock and had to cut into my business too? Another thing the RG will never report on is the Bloomers used cheap illegal alien labor for years. can't say I'll miss them in business.

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Congrsts Shane its badass to see a fellow funkytown native do the conan show..Now i can say i know that dude personally..Represent Fort Worth Tx. To the fullest Shane...take care homeboy .. Your home town homie.. Ruben Vallejo

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The synced video and two others released by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Tuesday evening are embedded in the story above.

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Neighbor....Have you attended Imago much? Because I have, for quite a few years. I have rarely if ever heard about # 1 , I've sometimes heard about #2 and heard Pastor Rick sophomoricly refer to "bells and whistles" for the male and female anatomy a few weeks ago. But #2 is heard in churches from coast to coast and just as universally ignored. And #3 is again rarely if ever mentioned. However it sound as if you are suggesting there should be no moral code ever, from any source.

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As they say you get what you pay for. You pay pennies per mile, you get drivers who could less what you think you deserve. Esp when they go out of their way to serve you well and you are disrespectful or rude to them. Call it the Walmart or K-Mart effect. That is what Uber has become for the driver-for-hire business. You get what you pay for. Enjoy... it will only get worse.

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Last time I smoked a bowl, I started seeing everything as a musical rainbow, my spine started vibrating and I laid in bed for 3 hours as the entire wold spun before I passed out of exhaustion from my spine vibrating.... But I wouldn't have minded a few samoas to pass the time.

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I wasn't enamored with their latest album but I thought the show was fantastic!

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Ann, you have my vote!! Fritzs, time for you TO GO!

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@Micheal Morrow "..Mormon minority membership remains miniscule" I think you mean minuscule. However the Mormon church is quite successful recruiting non-whites. They have hundreds of thousands of members in Mexico, Brazil, the Pacific in particular. Ironically, while you might be slightly more open to a progressive form of Christianity, 91% of those types - mainline churches - are white. That's a problem, for them.

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Well sure, yeah, he did all that...but he did it with such a genial manner that he became the Teflon politician...nothing stuck.

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@Neighbor That's from the Hebrew bible (the OT). Doesn't mean much to today's Christian unless A) You are also a very strict Jew, or B) You take the whole bible literally. Now that would be backwards. We agree! Thankfully, most folks at Imago do not take it all literally. Yes, some are quite conservative. Most are moderates who probably voted for Obama, they recycle, they bike, they drink micros, and the main reason they are at Imago is because the music sounds like Mumford & Sons. Really! Not because of the theology. Ever thought its the far left that is guilty of the group think?

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Add leaving trash in the car, entering the car with dirty shoes,leaving the door open when you leave and my favorite, the classic "Oh excuse me , how long is going to take? -- 20 to 25 minutes , - oh I have to be there in 10 so...

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Getting arrested for basically the same charge after only 6 months is hardly a sign for optimism that he has been able to 'choose to turn his life around' yet.

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To answer your question about approved churches, WW writer Beth Slovic essentially says as much, calling "Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a citadel of West Hills WASPs". So predictable those WASPs. However here is the more salient question, would we be giving a republican like Mark Hatfield grief if he choose to attend the Unity church?

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This will absolutely affect his business. As minimum wage grows, he will have to pay more to stay competitive. The closer min wage gets to what he pays, the more employees he'll lose. if we think the standard employee would prefer the blue collar sheet metal shop job that pays slightly above min wage to the pizza parlor job we all had in high school that we didn't take seriously, we would be insane. There are jobs out there that pay high simply because they are undesirable (or unsafe in some cases). The reason people pick up road kill, is because the state pays them way more than flipping burgers, because if they didn't, no one would do it. If the margin narrows too much, there will be NO one picking road kill off the streets (simple example). I have had the opportunity to hire and supervise entery level employees, and Mr. Schmitt is not alone in the search for quality workers. It has become increasingly more difficult the past few years, and work environment is not the issue.

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For the first bits, it was like reading a foreign language...I had absolutely no idea what the reporter was writing about. You all assume the average reader knows precisely what a "business accelerator"is and all that surrounds it. This is a really baffling piece, which COULD have been used to educate people.

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So you would rather ignore the insatiable growth happening currently in Stumptown? The daily 2 -3 hours of cars backed up for 5 miles or more, spewing pollutants out of their tailpipes while they sit there barely moving, hardly a walking pace? Every rush hour, easily 3 or 4 times the pollution of freely moving traffic is being vented into our air because of the ridiculously long traffic jams that get worse every year. What are you suggesting, that we ignore the insane traffic and hope it goes away? Even if we built a MAX line to the Couv', (doubtful because they won't help pay for it) few would use it because the Couv' is too spread out.

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I would add that a good dad tries to support women as he goes about his day. A good dad doesn't try to tear women down so he feels better about himself.

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And the rest of the story, found other than here at the R-G (like on NBC News) Note that all those caught so far have Russian connections. And two of them are males. "MOSCOW — The drug at the center of Maria Sharapova’s doping case, regularly given to Soviet troops in the 1980s to boost their stamina while fighting in Afghanistan, is normally prescribed for medical use for periods of four to six weeks." "World champion speedskater Pavel Kulizhnikov, Olympic gold medal-winning ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova and national team volleyball player Alexander Markov are all suspected of taking meldonium, according to Russian reports." "The drug’s inventor, Ivars Kalvins, told Latvian newspaper Diena in a 2009 interview that meldonium was given to soldiers during the 1980s, when Soviet forces were fighting in Afghanistan." "Meldonium is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."

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Those persons who feel the officers were "in the wrong" and, essentially, murdered Finicum will never change their minds. The videos and the investigation clearly debunk the "hard right-wing" statements regarding the killing. That makes absolutely no difference to such individuals. Their comments are emotional, not rational and all efforts to convince them that the shooting was, in fact, justified are wasted. Look at the videos, including especially the one taken in the truck. Listen to the audio of Finicum's statements. Visit those right-wing sites which posted outrageous claims regarding "hundreds of shots" fired at the truck and the "murder" of Finicum and decide which version seems credible...the right-wing extremist's or the government's version, based on the videos and the investigation. Getting into a grand argument with those attacking the officers is, to me, a wasted effort.

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@Neighbor According to whose doctrine you are going to hell? I haven't heard the word hell mentioned at Imago in ages, if ever. Christians just don't know what to think about hell anymore, especially after Rob Bell told us Hell is fiction. So I don't know where you have gleaned this doctrine of Imago Dei, because it is not on their website or preached from the stage on Sunday.

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Sorry, but calling them"bozos" is too kind. Tramp the earth down on both of them.

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I wanna see the "automatic" pistol the author refers to. There are always going to be enough questions that conspiracy traffickers and second guessers can latch on to, imprecise reporting should not be another.

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