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My lungs want to breathe pure clean air, not heavy smoke or toxic solvent fumes. Are my lungs now 'anti-breathing?' My opposition to and criticism of our current Imperialist regime are about as 'anti-government' as my lungs are 'anti-breathing.' Because I would rather a government truly based on liberty and justice for all, than the status quo of cronyist financial oligarchs and global military adventurists steering everyone's future, does not mean I am 'anti-government.' I don't understand the idea the Federal government, as if some untouchable pinnacle, enshrines all virtue, goodwill and decency, and from U.S.A. shines peace and justice upon the globe. False. U.S.A isn't some fairy tale paragon of virtue. America is a sovereign corporation run by fallable human beings. Evidence of their severe failings are clear and obvious everywhere. Poverty and misery are rampant. I'm against the regime. I think it's unsalvageably corrupt. There's better options.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"Foundation CEO Paul Weinhold" Weird. That's not Michael Schill. This article probably should have pointed out that the students are, ostensibly, protesting the UO Foundation. The UO Foundation is located at the Ford Alumni Center, near Matthew Knight Arena on the outskirts of campus. Johnson Hall is located in the center of campus and is very visible. The students are protesting the wrong people in the wrong place.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
“The changes will not cost additional public money or slow work …” Wildish apparently will have to pay for the repairs. Ultimately those expenses will be passed on to other projects Wildish is awarded, many of which will receive public money. Even if its using overtime (which costs more!), to keep the project on schedule, the corrective work still has to be done. That means lane closures and other disruptions, nicely keeping to the theme of this whole project.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Um, why don't we open City Hall to these folks? Warm, dry, infrastructure (rest rooms), and located around and near people who put campers needs above all others? Just a thought...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The university is a business, and students pay the university for its services, namely education. The students presumably pay for services and products at other businesses. They buy food here, clothes there, video games and smartphones somewhere else. Aside from the fact that fossil fuels are needed to produce some of those things and bring them to market, have the students protested at the headquarters of these other stores or manufacturers? I'm sure many of them invest money in fossil fuels in their retirement plans if nothing else.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Why does demand for a product go up simply by paying employees more? That simply is not true.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
And Oracle ups the ante once again. This $300 million debacle by the Kitzhaber administration just will not go away! So does Oregon ask to become a party to this lawsuit in Washington D.C. or play ostrich and hope it goes away? We will judge our Attorney General by her actions. She didn't defend the Oregon laws on same sex marriage. Will she defend the State of Oregon, now?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The U of O students protesting are not noted for understanding the real world. But then again, they are being 'educated' by academics whose contacts with objective reality are tenuous at best.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
In sports, the award is the blue ribbon, the gold medal, the championship trophy and banner — not an introduction at an expensive dinner. I’ve always thought the ESPYs to be a silly event, just an excuse to fill TV time and show highlights. That is even more the case with the award for courage to Bruce Jenner. This just provides RG Media Company with space filler and an excuse to sell ads. It's essentially giving awards to people based on them having already won awards. It seems as if this local event will venture into the silliness. Sustainable event of the year? And I have a feeling the Mohawk Indian won’t be the mascot of the year, although I can’t imagine who the mascot of the year would be.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
C'mon Man! These are the people who are actually paying for the U of O salaries for all those administrators and 'professors! The 'taxpayers' aren't even paying enough to mow the grass at Duck U. Tuition is already paying for the food and utilities at Duck U. The 'taxpayers' are paying only 5-6% of the U of O budget.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
“The UO protestors — about 15 in all — say they’ll maintain their business-hours vigil through next Wednesday, take spring break off and then resume the sit-in upon return to campus.” It’s encouraging to see how serious these protestors are. Chaining themselves to a 9 to 5 sit-in, taking only spring break off, then back to that grueling, agonizing 9 to 5 sit in. Refusing food from their protestee’s, thereby subjecting themselves to an debilitating 8 hours without sustenance. Bravo to their dedication and perseverance to the cause. An inspiration to all protestors regardless of their cause.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You're kind of a dick, aren't you?	0.8875	0.1625	0.3375	0	0.7875	0.0125	0.1625
Why do we attract such upright people, is it our beaches?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The students are aware that the UO Foundation controls the donated and invested funds. They said their purpose is to convince President Schill he should endorse divestment. The interplay between the UO president and the foundation is complicated. While Schill can't control where the foundation invests its money, the foundation frequently acts at the behest of the UO president.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I am so sorry Tommy T feels that he didn't get his money's worth in terms of the education he received at UO. His attitude, however, clearly shows that he missed the point of getting an education, not to mention the rampant disrespect he demonstrates toward those instructors who, even without tenure, did their very best to teach him what he needed. His complaints may only be reasonable if the instructors had shown some egregious deficiency in their preparation and knowledge. Keep in mind, Tommy T, that very many of us non-tenure-track faculty have PhDs and actually do research: every time I propose a new course for my department, I spend a couple of years reading and researching on the topic, to make sure that those poor students who will be taught by a non-tenured instructor actually get their expensive tuition's worth, every cent of it. When I have the time, I actually even publish. So your dismissive tone is certainly unwarranted.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This guy is legit. Known him for years and is a wonderful person and a true artist.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You can't just select the beliefs you like from any religion. If you support Muslim religious freedom, the tenets of its belief are what you are accepting. In this case, denying the specific words of Muhammed is a death penalty offense under Sharia Law. This isn't Muslim bashing or stereotyping, this is the centuries-old and still current today requirements of the religion. Sharia law is the which Saudi Arabia has used this year to decapitate those who violate the teachings of Muhammed. Our ally ascribes to everyone of those misogynistic statements above and have for centuries. Bush and Obama have both gone over to Saudi Arabia and bowed to their wisdom and culture. Both even came back with some really neat presents.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Any progress on the "Where's Waldo?" search for what happened to the RG Media Company's former CEO, or does a missing corporate mascot not qualify as news? Also, condolences to the reporter who draws the short straw to cover this "event" come June 2. By comparison it'll make Chelsea Gorrow's sniffing of the Bieb's fumes last week look like a career-changing gig at the White House. Let's make sure everyone who attends the SportsTown (ugh!) Awards goes home with a participation ribbon and some orange slices, Andy Vobora. Make those lodging tax dollars count!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maybe it is time to convert Edgefield back to a poor farm.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pardon my French, but where is Eugene's beach?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Also recommended: "Citizen Ruth" from "Sideways" director Alexander Payne. The movie somehow manages to pull off "abortion comedy" while still addressing all of the key arguments.	0.166667	0	0.166667	0	0.166667	0	0
Amazingly, Lane is one of the least obese counties in the country! https://www.maxmasnick.com/media/2011-11-15-obesity_map/obesity_by_county_large.png	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amy Miller is a very terrible person.	0.610169	0	0.016949	0	0.59322	0	0.016949
Oh, how much I want to name a couple of names!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Certainly counterintuitive based on personal observation. I'd like to see the methodology of the study. And have one that isn't based on 2008 data if one is available.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well, last year's results were disappointing when it comes to the inclusion of women, but if you look at past year's results (not just this one) it was an unfortunate aberration.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Officials said Finicum then drove away at 70 miles an hour, not slowing down when he saw a police roadblock. Officials are lying to us all the time. If you watch the video, you see him applying the breaks. Tail lamps light up and he did indeed slow down. If it's a crime to lie to investigators, and this is a republic (power to the people) why isn't it an even more serious offense for investigators to lie to the public?	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
If only the reporter could have been on hand to sniff the Sin City habitue's breath for hints of alcohol as independent, third-party corroboration to spare the alleged from the indignity of a citation for refusing to take a test for intoxicants ... from his hospital bed, where his blood most likely was drawn anyway.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dude cracks me up! Where does he get those awesome cat fashions! I wonder if those kitty fashions come in "plus-size" for British Shorthair cats!? Welcome to PDX, MoShow and furs. Or furless?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education is truly the answer, but many young people I talk to {I am a family health care provider} are not so interested. I always ask teens what their plans are. Older workers, on the look out for getting on disability , always say they are too old for education, and then tell me if they hasd a "nice job like yours" they would not want to retire...people!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You win the gold medal for being first to refer to Justin Bieber today. Maybe someone will now nominate you for a SportsTown award. I don't know what happened to Waldo, but there's actually a help wanted ad today for a publisher for the R-G. I can't imagine many potential newspaper (or online publishing, whatever it's called) publishers are in Eugene, let alone perusing the classifieds.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Actually it was Patriot web-sites plural that reposted news/editorial articles and quoted comments from individuals made in the Oregonian, RG and Seattle Times [in early January? as I recall]. To the best of my recollection both Oath Keepers and Pacific Patriots reposted some of the more inflammatory ridiculous claims made. One I recall - paraphrasing here; Undercover of darkness the Bundy terrorist are digging up Indian graves all over the MWR to steal buried artifacts. Not attributed to yourself, but obviously someone wished to make Bundy out as a low life grave robber.	0.4	0	0	0	0.4	0	0
Did you read the article? If you did, perhaps you missed the following statement quoted from the article: “A tsunami 300 years ago, or even just 60 years ago, would not have created as much marine debris that became a vehicle for moving species across the Pacific Ocean that could become invasive,” Chan said. “What makes these major tsunami-driven events different in modern times is the substantial human industrial infrastructure that we have built along the Pacific coast.”	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anyone was free to run for any of these seats.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Might haves are pointless to discuss. All we can do productively is deal with the facts. In the photos recently released we see Finicum's handgun securely stowed in his interior pocket (on his dead body). He did not draw his weapon. We can blab forever about what he might have done, but the fact is that he did not pull his weapon nor did the folks in the vehicle. Is a life so cheap that it is not worth saving. I know the answer to that. We Americans just don't give a dang about the lives of those we don't like.	0.4	0	0	0.1	0.3	0	0
Actually, motleycrew got the first JB reference in on another thread. And sorry, I didn't mean to aim my post at you as a response to what you wrote. My bad. I agree this awards farce really is silly, especially when The Oregonian already hosts a long-established, state-wide version of the same thing that actually matters to some people. At this point, imitation isn't flattery as much as it's just plain sad, which brings us back to Wal-do, a deer, a female deer ...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indeed, wise words. I haven't yet figured out the financial backers of Bernie yet, help me out if you have--- it appears, so far to me, that he gets small donations from lots of people, only. Now, to your point: there is a vast difference in many issues between Clinton and Bush, or Hillary and Trump. Vast. And their respective Supreme Court appointees would make America very differently.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
By God, then I'm still an Amuricun, fella!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This doesn't celebrate an active lifestyle. It celebrates those who've already been celebrated in the usual ways for doing the same things as their less- or non-celebrated teammates, friends, colleagues and others who also participate in organized or unorganized sports. Do they really require more applause?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You refer to "research" very broadly, Outsider77 and make a claim based on your having been a tenured professor. Can you substantiate the claim you make about the "limited benefit" provided to Oregonians (or citizens of any state) by university professors who engage in research which is later shared with their graduate and undergraduate students?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well, in spite of Science Duck's discovery that in 2008 Lane County was one of the better counties in the state for obesity, the 2015 Oregon Health Authority report shows that 30% of 8th and 11th grade students here in the county are either overweight or actually obese based on Body Mass Index. Since the schools already restrict the foods that are even allowed in the building, we need to do a lot better than that some other way. If peer pressure is what it takes, so be it. They certainly aren't going to pay attention to their parents. At that age they are all-knowing and arrogant in that knowledge. http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/Surveys/OregonHealthyTeens/Documents/2015/County/20_Lane.pdf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"two people who changed the world as, and because, they moved through it as one." Beautiful thought. Thanks to the Reagans.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
For sure, hospitals are profit centers for the elite. Taxing them, however, will simply lead to even higher charges.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I love Ethiopian food but this is a little more expensive than I've been use to paying.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brown's public record speaks for itself. The only person defaming his character is himself. If you don't want to be seen as a danger to women, kids or your community then don't get arrested and caught being one.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education of grad students is indeed the primary benefit of research. Undergrad education is largely unaffected by research which is generally far to esoteric to find a place in the undergraduate curriculum. No, I won't try to prove the limited value of research as I no longer have a stake and its too much work. Its just my opinion having seen academic research up close and personal.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Whether the mussels, for example, come here on an upside down boat or on a Japanese tree which was forced into the ocean, they still arrived 'naturally'.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nearly every piece by Maureen contains one of her kook conspiracy theories about Bush.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaches? We don't need no stinkin' beaches...	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
Methinks this is only the beginning of problems with the EMx boondoggle.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The elderly deserve a living income too. Yes, they had their chance but many circumstances like hospital bills not fully covered by insurance, death of a majority income earner, disability etc. does not mean that the elderly do not deserve a living income. You too might someday be elderly and you to may have some life surprises that drain your savings and/or income. Will that mean that people can just cast you aside and say, "Tough, that's your problem, not mine?" We need a new, updated CPI-E which reflects what the elderly spend their money on and will give larger COLA increase per year so the elderly can have an income that will help them out more.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Certainly not one of the beaches found on Corona advertisements.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Although I'm only 71, I hope to make it to be elderly someday, too. Then we'll see how it works out.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taxpayers are letting students take loans out in order to afford the tuition. Gudagook may be implying that these specific students may be bad investments in the sense that they will not be capable of paying back the government issued student loans.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Some Corporations can't pass the costs on to the consumer because their consumers are not in Oregon. Increasing their costs by 2.5% will make them unable to compete in the rest of the US or the world and they will either have to quit business or move. Think RV manufacturing. Most of it is now in the Midwest where it is central to raw materials and transportation. If a Coburg or Harrisburg RV company has to charge 2.5% more than all those companies in Indiana, they lose. Add in the transportation costs from Oregon to wherever and they really lose. If they are gone, local governments and school districts get no property tax money; and the State of Oregon gets no income tax money from their employees. It's not a matter of greed; it's a matter of economics.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
They need to figure this out and get some clear, concise information out. Just yesterday we received information the DEQ put out on Hotspots in the neighborhood for nickel, arsenic and cadmium for our neighborhood. They are having a meeting on 3/15 to discuss. Hopefully they have come clarity by then.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I am attaching a link to a pretty comprehensive timeline describing the events and history that led to the implementation of the minimum wage law in 1938. There is no mention of "entry level wage" in this timeline, just the need to protect workers being forced to work long hours for poverty level wages. Understanding that you can read into it what you will, as I have, the only mention of anything close to "entry level" was the setting of a minimum age for young workers. http://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
never underestimate the absolute incompetence of any given liberal in office.	0.4	0	0	0	0.5	0.1	0
If someone pulled the plug on the coal-powered electricity which runs the free WIFI router, they would be gone in a flash.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Had Finicum been a black male named Michael Brown, the left would be singing an entirely different tune.	0.2	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.2	0
I not once insulted any of the instructors. All insult was from you having a different point of view than my own and saw it as an attack on the job you are currently doing. I never once said the instructors were bad or weren't doing research. The outside world gives more credence to tenured faculty than to instructors unfortunately. That is something Schill knows. The lack of tenured faculty could force the UO out of the AAU. Being able to give degrees out to students that have not even met a tenured professor in the degree of their choice to me is a disservice. I enjoyed instructors that did a lot of research on the subjects they taught, then there were instructors that went through the motions and just did the bare minimum. Hopefully all that did not get there contracts renewed were of the bare minimum effort. I am sorry you took offense for me stating and defending Schill's goals. As a 3 time alumnus of the UO the perceived quality of education is extremely important to Alumni.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mr. Palmer, it is unfortunate you want to be a part of this "sue happy" world, which would rather have a free ride than earning it. Lyft and Uber drivers, for the most part, are honest, and friendly folks who are making an effort to supplement their income by earning it. Not less than 99% of folks who ride with me love the service. You may, however, be a taxi driver who has been impacted by us, who provide more friendly, prompt, and better service for less money. Finally, I do not hate anyone who rides with me.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
thanks for the info. In an earlier post someone had contended that my "hateful comments" had been quoted by the "Patriot" site or sites. BTW: It's actually possible to be a patriot and see events from a different perspective than these right-wing web-sites. I, personally, refuse to allow them to co-opt the word and the concept of patriotism.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bossman, my guess is that if you truly use Uber/Lyft, you have, yourself, been already been rated so low by the drivers that none of them will accept you as a customer.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
are you sure it wasn't dropped from a black helicopter?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Outsider: I won't bother to argue with you. You just need to watch the snyced videos and study the evidence and testimony. Until then, your comments are truly baseless	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What part of arriving on Styrofoam is "natural" in the sense of being like "nature"?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aggregate demand increases with an increase in wage. Since inflation on an aggregate level is around .04% with an increase in minimum wage, the benefit of the increased wages go directly into consumption because most low income earners have a high marginal propensity to consume. That means they spend nearly all the income they earn and it flows back into the economy. That compares to a working with low MPC (a doctor for example) that with an increase in income, the amount that flow back into the economy directly is only proportionate to what they are willing to spend and not the amount they are saving or investing. In other words, if you increase wages at the bottom it flows back to the top offsetting the additional costs in the long run. The problem is that it does take time for the changes to reach the long run outcome which is why there are incremental increases rather than one huge jump.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike: I agree with your contention that, far too often, governmental decisions are made it seems, based on concern for corporate America rather than for the Citizens of America. I agree with your statement that concern with specific actions and policies does not make one "anti-government." If I implyed otherwise, may I apologize. I actively opposed our War in Vietnam, I actively opposed the invasion of Iraq, and, in both instances, was accused of being a traitor to America. Looking back it's pretty obvious that those of us who opposed these actions were "right" in doing so. Darndest thing.......not one person who called me a traitor has called or written to me to apologize.....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IF you happened to listen to Brett Baier's interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, head of the DNC last night you may wonder how such a poorly speaking head ever got her job. She must have repeated the phrase "at the end of the day" at least 6 times, What a disgrace.	0	0	0	0	0	0.166667	0
Sounds we could agree on a fair amount. I don't agree with Bernie 100%, but 90% is good enough. He is the only candidate taking inequality very seriously, and that's why I support him. As to First Unitarian, they are like a typical mainline in that membership is about 5-10 X the number of folks you actually see in the building on Sundays. Kind of like those colleges classes everybody enrolled in, but no one showed up for. Same with Augustana, a great social justice oriented church in NE. Membership about 1000, just 50-100 in most services. Evangelicals tend to be the opposite, only half the crowd or less has officially joined membership rolls. See you at the debate tonight at the Mission?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon # 9...geez , you just gotta believe the RG would get this correct wouldn't ya? It's no big deal 9 vs 8 but as long as you're gonna reference a number it should be up to date...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The jury believed what Mr Hutchinson posted was TRUTH, hence the lack of finding for defamation and false light. So Joseph Allan Brown walked out of court a free man and $2200 richer, and for WWeek the story is mostly about the social media implications? It seems that the reputation of men is still more important than the safety of women in our community... in the courts, and in the press. Thanks for your fine coverage.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
“Might haves are pointless to discuss. All we can do productively is deal with the facts.” I agree, that’s why I stuck to the facts that I saw on the video and that the police reported. The fact is, he was told to get on the ground. Multiple times. He did not. The fact is, he reached toward a pocket that concealed a handgun. Three times. The fact is, the police didn’t know what was in his pocket, they just knew that he refused their commands to get down, and instead kept reaching for that pocket. “Is life so cheap that it is not worth saving." You should have asked LaVoy Finicum that before he committed 'suicide by cop'.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Help me understand. You are accusing folks that go to Imago of being "homophobic". This means afraid of gays, does it not? I don't think any of us there would be afraid of gays. The problem starts with the assumption of some of the conservative types assuming being gay is a choice. I do not believe it is a choice. Does that help? And the theology you refer to in your second paragraph is held by some conservatives, but not all believers. Many Christians would say that is a distortion of the gospel and certainly a distortion of Jesus' teaching. There can still be a very valid form of Christianity without the supernatural, at least not the kind of supernatural you refer to.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is absurd. It's scary that your fate, whether it's suddenly owing a bunch of money to a scumbag, or worse, can suddenly fall into the hands of 12 idiots.	0.914286	0.014286	0.471429	0	0.914286	0	0
Please share. How is anyone better off because the State of Oregon has given their stamp of approval to their union, gay, straight, whatever? You avoided giving us a real answer. The "advantages" to marriage are what? Hospital visitation rights? Be with whoever you want to be with. Live life. But for gosh sakes, who gives a flip if the state says it's kosher? Do the research. Marriage only became something the government got involved in fairly recently in history. And it was a coupe extremely conservative guys who have churches named after them now who pushed for the change! That's why the current state of affairs is so ironic.	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.2	0
Not a problem. These loans can't even be bankrupted except in very, very, few cases. The Department of Education actually encourages schools to withhold transcripts of those that are behind on payments. Garnishment and taking of any tax refunds is not uncommon. Today's students are actually worse off than indentured servants coming to this country in the 1700's. They only had to work seven years.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The website mentioned in the article can be found here: https://jbinfopdx.wordpress.com/	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Define aggregate demand, and explain why it increases just because a higher wage is paid.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I am only 54 and am thinking about Social Security, COLA increases most years but not this year because my mom is on Social Security. She is 83. There are also many elderly in my building and neighborhood that I talk to when I go grocery shopping and run into them going to and from the store and also in the building when I am getting the mail, doing the laundry etc. Some of them have only Social Security as their only source of income (around $1,200 a month) and have little savings ($3,000-$5,000). They need those COLA adjustments every year and most of them are nice, polite, cause no trouble, are respectful, etc. and they deserve to live as nicely as possible. They have come this far in life, let them live in peace, healthy and respected as possible. I live in Rego Park, New York and anyone trying to live on $1,200 a month with little savings is having a hard time of it and when there is no COLA for the year, it is a shame for sure.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
And Bundy hasn't even been charged yet for his state crimes, which could include felony murder.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tax dollars and user fees hard at work funding legacy building for a bunch of nose in the air bureaucrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
well, I gave this new format a shot and i'm going to have to feel very compelled to want to access this again. it's a pain. having to log in to just like a comment? have to log in over and over... phooey. I feel very isolated in any story i'm reading and commenting on.... I think the old format worked good enough. kind of like the economy - let the market balance itself. call for relief when necessary.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
There goes anything I have to say regarding Mr. Trump! 8^I	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This whole project looks HORRIBLE. The concrete bus lane looks out of place, the confusing bus/turn only lanes, the orange concrete bus stops, gigantic signs, etc., etc. The functionality of the roadway has been SIGNIFICANTLY dimenishes. Going from east Eugene to west Eugene now requires you to make lane changes, where as before you could stay in the same lane all the way from Ferry Street bridge on out Hwy 99. The traffic along this route now backs up more frequent and to a more severe degree. Expectedly disappointed...	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
Not sure why WWeek.com has to choose between only one perspective versus another, nor any need to read anything describing itself as a "news" periodical if it isn't going to give me any new info, views, ideas, inspiration, concerns..... that is, more awareness of new data than my same me-views, only [yawn], on as much as possible. Except about baseball.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
More Charges ! It's like Christmas in March. Yipeeeee !	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Could be worse: with some Oregon state agencies you neither get a jury nor such due process rights as to have ANY evidence on your behalf necessarily considered--the agency can deem all such evidence irrelevant and is thus not required to consider it at all. Good luck to anyone fighting a guilty-till-proven-innocent strategy in that environment: we all shot JFK.	0.166667	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0
Hey! That sounds like a bullying threat! haha--You've just been outed as a closet Trump supporter. #FeeltheShame	0.136364	0.022727	0	0.045455	0.113636	0	0
"Officials are concerned that the slope of the old gutters will cause water to pool at the base of the ramps, and possibly freeze in cold weather." This is what has happened at the absolutely idiotic ADA-compliant ramps on Donald Street that were built two years ago. The sidewalk in front of my house floods regularly - more like permanently - because it is actually lower than the drain. This after they moved the sidewalk about 8 feet, adding a jog and taking out a significant chunk of my yard, because the grade would have been too steep otherwise. Remember, too, this is on Donald Street, with the famous hill that is so challenging for Butte to Butte runners. One of these oh-so-practical ADA ramps is actually on the hill at a point where the grade is 16%! In other places on the street, the sidewalks are buckled and cracked, meaning they are pretty much impassable for the hypothetical wheelchair users that the ramps were built for. ADA ramps - feh, don't get me started.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Very worthy article. Amazing that the medical community hasn't pushed for more research and evidence-based information on what many of their patients are using. It's a significantly-impactful substance ingested by many, with many effects I'd think many medical specialties would be better informed to know about, for both benefits and risks.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Here's the picture of Obama's neat gold present from the King of Saudi Arabia. He cut a visit to India short to go get it. June 3, 2009 Then Hillary Clinton helped put together the US fighter jet deal so Saudi Arabia could use them against Yemen. http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/obama-in-saudi-arabia/14/ George W Bush got a neat sword there the year before, but he had to kiss the King and hold hands with him while doing a sword dance to get it. And George W. had already banned Syrian politicians and their families from immigrating to the US which Saudi Arabia wanted done. Nothing too good for our allies. Even though they are misogynist mutilators of women. Hillary didn't care. Obama didn't care. George W. didn't care. I wonder why it's OK for Muslims to have four (4) wives and Mormons can only have one? Now that gay marriage is approved, maybe the Supreme Court will answer that question, too.	0.3	0.1	0	0	0.2	0.2	0
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Could the police have deployed so that killing the dude was not essential to their self protection? Is is reasonable to apply a death sentence to a man who does not do what he was told? If Finicum had wanted to pull his weapon he would have. Three attempts to draw? Nonsense. If he had wanted to draw he would have. Regardless of whether he drew, properly deployed law enforcement officers behind secure cover would not have been at risk and they could have killed him at their leisure had he actually drawn the gun.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Our Quarterly Letter to the Editor from Mariah Leung, Co-director Al-Nakba Awareness Project. Her 'history' is certainly no more valid than Dan Hill's 'history'. She ignores a couple of Arab Israeli wars: The 6 Day War (1967) Where all the land was taken by Israel War of Attrition (1967–1970) - A limited war fought between the Israeli military and forces of the Egyptian Republic, the USSR, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestine Liberation Organization It was initiated by the Egyptians . Yom Kippur War (October 1973) Egypt and Syria Attack on Israel. In December 2015 she was holding forth that the Munich killings of the Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972 was just a "kidnapping gone wrong". Of course that didn't explain why the killers emasculated one of the Israeli wrestlers during the 'kidnapping'. Apologists for terrorists are inherently unbelievable.	0.166667	0.166667	0	0.166667	0	0.166667	0
Let's eliminate the non-profit status of SEIU and AFSCME, too. They're making lots of money.	0.166667	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0
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My lungs want to breathe pure clean air, not heavy smoke or toxic solvent fumes. Are my lungs now 'anti-breathing?' My opposition to and criticism of our current Imperialist regime are about as 'anti-government' as my lungs are 'anti-breathing.' Because I would rather a government truly based on liberty and justice for all, than the status quo of cronyist financial oligarchs and global military adventurists steering everyone's future, does not mean I am 'anti-government.' I don't understand the idea the Federal government, as if some untouchable pinnacle, enshrines all virtue, goodwill and decency, and from U.S.A. shines peace and justice upon the globe. False. U.S.A isn't some fairy tale paragon of virtue. America is a sovereign corporation run by fallable human beings. Evidence of their severe failings are clear and obvious everywhere. Poverty and misery are rampant. I'm against the regime. I think it's unsalvageably corrupt. There's better options.

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"Foundation CEO Paul Weinhold" Weird. That's not Michael Schill. This article probably should have pointed out that the students are, ostensibly, protesting the UO Foundation. The UO Foundation is located at the Ford Alumni Center, near Matthew Knight Arena on the outskirts of campus. Johnson Hall is located in the center of campus and is very visible. The students are protesting the wrong people in the wrong place.

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“The changes will not cost additional public money or slow work …” Wildish apparently will have to pay for the repairs. Ultimately those expenses will be passed on to other projects Wildish is awarded, many of which will receive public money. Even if its using overtime (which costs more!), to keep the project on schedule, the corrective work still has to be done. That means lane closures and other disruptions, nicely keeping to the theme of this whole project.

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Um, why don't we open City Hall to these folks? Warm, dry, infrastructure (rest rooms), and located around and near people who put campers needs above all others? Just a thought...

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The university is a business, and students pay the university for its services, namely education. The students presumably pay for services and products at other businesses. They buy food here, clothes there, video games and smartphones somewhere else. Aside from the fact that fossil fuels are needed to produce some of those things and bring them to market, have the students protested at the headquarters of these other stores or manufacturers? I'm sure many of them invest money in fossil fuels in their retirement plans if nothing else.

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Why does demand for a product go up simply by paying employees more? That simply is not true.

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And Oracle ups the ante once again. This $300 million debacle by the Kitzhaber administration just will not go away! So does Oregon ask to become a party to this lawsuit in Washington D.C. or play ostrich and hope it goes away? We will judge our Attorney General by her actions. She didn't defend the Oregon laws on same sex marriage. Will she defend the State of Oregon, now?

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The U of O students protesting are not noted for understanding the real world. But then again, they are being 'educated' by academics whose contacts with objective reality are tenuous at best.

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In sports, the award is the blue ribbon, the gold medal, the championship trophy and banner — not an introduction at an expensive dinner. I’ve always thought the ESPYs to be a silly event, just an excuse to fill TV time and show highlights. That is even more the case with the award for courage to Bruce Jenner. This just provides RG Media Company with space filler and an excuse to sell ads. It's essentially giving awards to people based on them having already won awards. It seems as if this local event will venture into the silliness. Sustainable event of the year? And I have a feeling the Mohawk Indian won’t be the mascot of the year, although I can’t imagine who the mascot of the year would be.

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C'mon Man! These are the people who are actually paying for the U of O salaries for all those administrators and 'professors! The 'taxpayers' aren't even paying enough to mow the grass at Duck U. Tuition is already paying for the food and utilities at Duck U. The 'taxpayers' are paying only 5-6% of the U of O budget.

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“The UO protestors — about 15 in all — say they’ll maintain their business-hours vigil through next Wednesday, take spring break off and then resume the sit-in upon return to campus.” It’s encouraging to see how serious these protestors are. Chaining themselves to a 9 to 5 sit-in, taking only spring break off, then back to that grueling, agonizing 9 to 5 sit in. Refusing food from their protestee’s, thereby subjecting themselves to an debilitating 8 hours without sustenance. Bravo to their dedication and perseverance to the cause. An inspiration to all protestors regardless of their cause.

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Why do we attract such upright people, is it our beaches?

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The students are aware that the UO Foundation controls the donated and invested funds. They said their purpose is to convince President Schill he should endorse divestment. The interplay between the UO president and the foundation is complicated. While Schill can't control where the foundation invests its money, the foundation frequently acts at the behest of the UO president.

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I am so sorry Tommy T feels that he didn't get his money's worth in terms of the education he received at UO. His attitude, however, clearly shows that he missed the point of getting an education, not to mention the rampant disrespect he demonstrates toward those instructors who, even without tenure, did their very best to teach him what he needed. His complaints may only be reasonable if the instructors had shown some egregious deficiency in their preparation and knowledge. Keep in mind, Tommy T, that very many of us non-tenure-track faculty have PhDs and actually do research: every time I propose a new course for my department, I spend a couple of years reading and researching on the topic, to make sure that those poor students who will be taught by a non-tenured instructor actually get their expensive tuition's worth, every cent of it. When I have the time, I actually even publish. So your dismissive tone is certainly unwarranted.

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This guy is legit. Known him for years and is a wonderful person and a true artist.

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You can't just select the beliefs you like from any religion. If you support Muslim religious freedom, the tenets of its belief are what you are accepting. In this case, denying the specific words of Muhammed is a death penalty offense under Sharia Law. This isn't Muslim bashing or stereotyping, this is the centuries-old and still current today requirements of the religion. Sharia law is the which Saudi Arabia has used this year to decapitate those who violate the teachings of Muhammed. Our ally ascribes to everyone of those misogynistic statements above and have for centuries. Bush and Obama have both gone over to Saudi Arabia and bowed to their wisdom and culture. Both even came back with some really neat presents.

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Any progress on the "Where's Waldo?" search for what happened to the RG Media Company's former CEO, or does a missing corporate mascot not qualify as news? Also, condolences to the reporter who draws the short straw to cover this "event" come June 2. By comparison it'll make Chelsea Gorrow's sniffing of the Bieb's fumes last week look like a career-changing gig at the White House. Let's make sure everyone who attends the SportsTown (ugh!) Awards goes home with a participation ribbon and some orange slices, Andy Vobora. Make those lodging tax dollars count!

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Maybe it is time to convert Edgefield back to a poor farm.

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Pardon my French, but where is Eugene's beach?

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Also recommended: "Citizen Ruth" from "Sideways" director Alexander Payne. The movie somehow manages to pull off "abortion comedy" while still addressing all of the key arguments.

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Amazingly, Lane is one of the least obese counties in the country! https://www.maxmasnick.com/media/2011-11-15-obesity_map/obesity_by_county_large.png

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Oh, how much I want to name a couple of names!

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Certainly counterintuitive based on personal observation. I'd like to see the methodology of the study. And have one that isn't based on 2008 data if one is available.

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Well, last year's results were disappointing when it comes to the inclusion of women, but if you look at past year's results (not just this one) it was an unfortunate aberration.

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Officials said Finicum then drove away at 70 miles an hour, not slowing down when he saw a police roadblock. Officials are lying to us all the time. If you watch the video, you see him applying the breaks. Tail lamps light up and he did indeed slow down. If it's a crime to lie to investigators, and this is a republic (power to the people) why isn't it an even more serious offense for investigators to lie to the public?

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If only the reporter could have been on hand to sniff the Sin City habitue's breath for hints of alcohol as independent, third-party corroboration to spare the alleged from the indignity of a citation for refusing to take a test for intoxicants ... from his hospital bed, where his blood most likely was drawn anyway.

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Dude cracks me up! Where does he get those awesome cat fashions! I wonder if those kitty fashions come in "plus-size" for British Shorthair cats!? Welcome to PDX, MoShow and furs. Or furless?

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Education is truly the answer, but many young people I talk to {I am a family health care provider} are not so interested. I always ask teens what their plans are. Older workers, on the look out for getting on disability , always say they are too old for education, and then tell me if they hasd a "nice job like yours" they would not want to retire...people!

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You win the gold medal for being first to refer to Justin Bieber today. Maybe someone will now nominate you for a SportsTown award. I don't know what happened to Waldo, but there's actually a help wanted ad today for a publisher for the R-G. I can't imagine many potential newspaper (or online publishing, whatever it's called) publishers are in Eugene, let alone perusing the classifieds.

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Actually it was Patriot web-sites plural that reposted news/editorial articles and quoted comments from individuals made in the Oregonian, RG and Seattle Times [in early January? as I recall]. To the best of my recollection both Oath Keepers and Pacific Patriots reposted some of the more inflammatory ridiculous claims made. One I recall - paraphrasing here; Undercover of darkness the Bundy terrorist are digging up Indian graves all over the MWR to steal buried artifacts. Not attributed to yourself, but obviously someone wished to make Bundy out as a low life grave robber.

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Did you read the article? If you did, perhaps you missed the following statement quoted from the article: “A tsunami 300 years ago, or even just 60 years ago, would not have created as much marine debris that became a vehicle for moving species across the Pacific Ocean that could become invasive,” Chan said. “What makes these major tsunami-driven events different in modern times is the substantial human industrial infrastructure that we have built along the Pacific coast.”

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Anyone was free to run for any of these seats.

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Might haves are pointless to discuss. All we can do productively is deal with the facts. In the photos recently released we see Finicum's handgun securely stowed in his interior pocket (on his dead body). He did not draw his weapon. We can blab forever about what he might have done, but the fact is that he did not pull his weapon nor did the folks in the vehicle. Is a life so cheap that it is not worth saving. I know the answer to that. We Americans just don't give a dang about the lives of those we don't like.

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Actually, motleycrew got the first JB reference in on another thread. And sorry, I didn't mean to aim my post at you as a response to what you wrote. My bad. I agree this awards farce really is silly, especially when The Oregonian already hosts a long-established, state-wide version of the same thing that actually matters to some people. At this point, imitation isn't flattery as much as it's just plain sad, which brings us back to Wal-do, a deer, a female deer ...

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Indeed, wise words. I haven't yet figured out the financial backers of Bernie yet, help me out if you have--- it appears, so far to me, that he gets small donations from lots of people, only. Now, to your point: there is a vast difference in many issues between Clinton and Bush, or Hillary and Trump. Vast. And their respective Supreme Court appointees would make America very differently.

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By God, then I'm still an Amuricun, fella!

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This doesn't celebrate an active lifestyle. It celebrates those who've already been celebrated in the usual ways for doing the same things as their less- or non-celebrated teammates, friends, colleagues and others who also participate in organized or unorganized sports. Do they really require more applause?

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You refer to "research" very broadly, Outsider77 and make a claim based on your having been a tenured professor. Can you substantiate the claim you make about the "limited benefit" provided to Oregonians (or citizens of any state) by university professors who engage in research which is later shared with their graduate and undergraduate students?

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Well, in spite of Science Duck's discovery that in 2008 Lane County was one of the better counties in the state for obesity, the 2015 Oregon Health Authority report shows that 30% of 8th and 11th grade students here in the county are either overweight or actually obese based on Body Mass Index. Since the schools already restrict the foods that are even allowed in the building, we need to do a lot better than that some other way. If peer pressure is what it takes, so be it. They certainly aren't going to pay attention to their parents. At that age they are all-knowing and arrogant in that knowledge. http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/Surveys/OregonHealthyTeens/Documents/2015/County/20_Lane.pdf

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"two people who changed the world as, and because, they moved through it as one." Beautiful thought. Thanks to the Reagans.

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For sure, hospitals are profit centers for the elite. Taxing them, however, will simply lead to even higher charges.

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I love Ethiopian food but this is a little more expensive than I've been use to paying.

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Brown's public record speaks for itself. The only person defaming his character is himself. If you don't want to be seen as a danger to women, kids or your community then don't get arrested and caught being one.

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Education of grad students is indeed the primary benefit of research. Undergrad education is largely unaffected by research which is generally far to esoteric to find a place in the undergraduate curriculum. No, I won't try to prove the limited value of research as I no longer have a stake and its too much work. Its just my opinion having seen academic research up close and personal.

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Whether the mussels, for example, come here on an upside down boat or on a Japanese tree which was forced into the ocean, they still arrived 'naturally'.

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Nearly every piece by Maureen contains one of her kook conspiracy theories about Bush.

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Beaches? We don't need no stinkin' beaches...

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Methinks this is only the beginning of problems with the EMx boondoggle.

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The elderly deserve a living income too. Yes, they had their chance but many circumstances like hospital bills not fully covered by insurance, death of a majority income earner, disability etc. does not mean that the elderly do not deserve a living income. You too might someday be elderly and you to may have some life surprises that drain your savings and/or income. Will that mean that people can just cast you aside and say, "Tough, that's your problem, not mine?" We need a new, updated CPI-E which reflects what the elderly spend their money on and will give larger COLA increase per year so the elderly can have an income that will help them out more.

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Certainly not one of the beaches found on Corona advertisements.

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Although I'm only 71, I hope to make it to be elderly someday, too. Then we'll see how it works out.

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Taxpayers are letting students take loans out in order to afford the tuition. Gudagook may be implying that these specific students may be bad investments in the sense that they will not be capable of paying back the government issued student loans.

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Some Corporations can't pass the costs on to the consumer because their consumers are not in Oregon. Increasing their costs by 2.5% will make them unable to compete in the rest of the US or the world and they will either have to quit business or move. Think RV manufacturing. Most of it is now in the Midwest where it is central to raw materials and transportation. If a Coburg or Harrisburg RV company has to charge 2.5% more than all those companies in Indiana, they lose. Add in the transportation costs from Oregon to wherever and they really lose. If they are gone, local governments and school districts get no property tax money; and the State of Oregon gets no income tax money from their employees. It's not a matter of greed; it's a matter of economics.

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They need to figure this out and get some clear, concise information out. Just yesterday we received information the DEQ put out on Hotspots in the neighborhood for nickel, arsenic and cadmium for our neighborhood. They are having a meeting on 3/15 to discuss. Hopefully they have come clarity by then.

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I am attaching a link to a pretty comprehensive timeline describing the events and history that led to the implementation of the minimum wage law in 1938. There is no mention of "entry level wage" in this timeline, just the need to protect workers being forced to work long hours for poverty level wages. Understanding that you can read into it what you will, as I have, the only mention of anything close to "entry level" was the setting of a minimum age for young workers. http://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938

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never underestimate the absolute incompetence of any given liberal in office.

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If someone pulled the plug on the coal-powered electricity which runs the free WIFI router, they would be gone in a flash.

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Had Finicum been a black male named Michael Brown, the left would be singing an entirely different tune.

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I not once insulted any of the instructors. All insult was from you having a different point of view than my own and saw it as an attack on the job you are currently doing. I never once said the instructors were bad or weren't doing research. The outside world gives more credence to tenured faculty than to instructors unfortunately. That is something Schill knows. The lack of tenured faculty could force the UO out of the AAU. Being able to give degrees out to students that have not even met a tenured professor in the degree of their choice to me is a disservice. I enjoyed instructors that did a lot of research on the subjects they taught, then there were instructors that went through the motions and just did the bare minimum. Hopefully all that did not get there contracts renewed were of the bare minimum effort. I am sorry you took offense for me stating and defending Schill's goals. As a 3 time alumnus of the UO the perceived quality of education is extremely important to Alumni.

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Mr. Palmer, it is unfortunate you want to be a part of this "sue happy" world, which would rather have a free ride than earning it. Lyft and Uber drivers, for the most part, are honest, and friendly folks who are making an effort to supplement their income by earning it. Not less than 99% of folks who ride with me love the service. You may, however, be a taxi driver who has been impacted by us, who provide more friendly, prompt, and better service for less money. Finally, I do not hate anyone who rides with me.

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thanks for the info. In an earlier post someone had contended that my "hateful comments" had been quoted by the "Patriot" site or sites. BTW: It's actually possible to be a patriot and see events from a different perspective than these right-wing web-sites. I, personally, refuse to allow them to co-opt the word and the concept of patriotism.

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Bossman, my guess is that if you truly use Uber/Lyft, you have, yourself, been already been rated so low by the drivers that none of them will accept you as a customer.

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Outsider: I won't bother to argue with you. You just need to watch the snyced videos and study the evidence and testimony. Until then, your comments are truly baseless

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What part of arriving on Styrofoam is "natural" in the sense of being like "nature"?

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Aggregate demand increases with an increase in wage. Since inflation on an aggregate level is around .04% with an increase in minimum wage, the benefit of the increased wages go directly into consumption because most low income earners have a high marginal propensity to consume. That means they spend nearly all the income they earn and it flows back into the economy. That compares to a working with low MPC (a doctor for example) that with an increase in income, the amount that flow back into the economy directly is only proportionate to what they are willing to spend and not the amount they are saving or investing. In other words, if you increase wages at the bottom it flows back to the top offsetting the additional costs in the long run. The problem is that it does take time for the changes to reach the long run outcome which is why there are incremental increases rather than one huge jump.

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Mike: I agree with your contention that, far too often, governmental decisions are made it seems, based on concern for corporate America rather than for the Citizens of America. I agree with your statement that concern with specific actions and policies does not make one "anti-government." If I implyed otherwise, may I apologize. I actively opposed our War in Vietnam, I actively opposed the invasion of Iraq, and, in both instances, was accused of being a traitor to America. Looking back it's pretty obvious that those of us who opposed these actions were "right" in doing so. Darndest thing.......not one person who called me a traitor has called or written to me to apologize.....

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IF you happened to listen to Brett Baier's interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, head of the DNC last night you may wonder how such a poorly speaking head ever got her job. She must have repeated the phrase "at the end of the day" at least 6 times, What a disgrace.

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Sounds we could agree on a fair amount. I don't agree with Bernie 100%, but 90% is good enough. He is the only candidate taking inequality very seriously, and that's why I support him. As to First Unitarian, they are like a typical mainline in that membership is about 5-10 X the number of folks you actually see in the building on Sundays. Kind of like those colleges classes everybody enrolled in, but no one showed up for. Same with Augustana, a great social justice oriented church in NE. Membership about 1000, just 50-100 in most services. Evangelicals tend to be the opposite, only half the crowd or less has officially joined membership rolls. See you at the debate tonight at the Mission?

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Oregon # 9...geez , you just gotta believe the RG would get this correct wouldn't ya? It's no big deal 9 vs 8 but as long as you're gonna reference a number it should be up to date...

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The jury believed what Mr Hutchinson posted was TRUTH, hence the lack of finding for defamation and false light. So Joseph Allan Brown walked out of court a free man and $2200 richer, and for WWeek the story is mostly about the social media implications? It seems that the reputation of men is still more important than the safety of women in our community... in the courts, and in the press. Thanks for your fine coverage.

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“Might haves are pointless to discuss. All we can do productively is deal with the facts.” I agree, that’s why I stuck to the facts that I saw on the video and that the police reported. The fact is, he was told to get on the ground. Multiple times. He did not. The fact is, he reached toward a pocket that concealed a handgun. Three times. The fact is, the police didn’t know what was in his pocket, they just knew that he refused their commands to get down, and instead kept reaching for that pocket. “Is life so cheap that it is not worth saving." You should have asked LaVoy Finicum that before he committed 'suicide by cop'.

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Help me understand. You are accusing folks that go to Imago of being "homophobic". This means afraid of gays, does it not? I don't think any of us there would be afraid of gays. The problem starts with the assumption of some of the conservative types assuming being gay is a choice. I do not believe it is a choice. Does that help? And the theology you refer to in your second paragraph is held by some conservatives, but not all believers. Many Christians would say that is a distortion of the gospel and certainly a distortion of Jesus' teaching. There can still be a very valid form of Christianity without the supernatural, at least not the kind of supernatural you refer to.

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This is absurd. It's scary that your fate, whether it's suddenly owing a bunch of money to a scumbag, or worse, can suddenly fall into the hands of 12 idiots.

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Please share. How is anyone better off because the State of Oregon has given their stamp of approval to their union, gay, straight, whatever? You avoided giving us a real answer. The "advantages" to marriage are what? Hospital visitation rights? Be with whoever you want to be with. Live life. But for gosh sakes, who gives a flip if the state says it's kosher? Do the research. Marriage only became something the government got involved in fairly recently in history. And it was a coupe extremely conservative guys who have churches named after them now who pushed for the change! That's why the current state of affairs is so ironic.

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Not a problem. These loans can't even be bankrupted except in very, very, few cases. The Department of Education actually encourages schools to withhold transcripts of those that are behind on payments. Garnishment and taking of any tax refunds is not uncommon. Today's students are actually worse off than indentured servants coming to this country in the 1700's. They only had to work seven years.

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The website mentioned in the article can be found here: https://jbinfopdx.wordpress.com/

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Define aggregate demand, and explain why it increases just because a higher wage is paid.

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I am only 54 and am thinking about Social Security, COLA increases most years but not this year because my mom is on Social Security. She is 83. There are also many elderly in my building and neighborhood that I talk to when I go grocery shopping and run into them going to and from the store and also in the building when I am getting the mail, doing the laundry etc. Some of them have only Social Security as their only source of income (around $1,200 a month) and have little savings ($3,000-$5,000). They need those COLA adjustments every year and most of them are nice, polite, cause no trouble, are respectful, etc. and they deserve to live as nicely as possible. They have come this far in life, let them live in peace, healthy and respected as possible. I live in Rego Park, New York and anyone trying to live on $1,200 a month with little savings is having a hard time of it and when there is no COLA for the year, it is a shame for sure.

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And Bundy hasn't even been charged yet for his state crimes, which could include felony murder.

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Tax dollars and user fees hard at work funding legacy building for a bunch of nose in the air bureaucrats

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well, I gave this new format a shot and i'm going to have to feel very compelled to want to access this again. it's a pain. having to log in to just like a comment? have to log in over and over... phooey. I feel very isolated in any story i'm reading and commenting on.... I think the old format worked good enough. kind of like the economy - let the market balance itself. call for relief when necessary.

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There goes anything I have to say regarding Mr. Trump! 8^I

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This whole project looks HORRIBLE. The concrete bus lane looks out of place, the confusing bus/turn only lanes, the orange concrete bus stops, gigantic signs, etc., etc. The functionality of the roadway has been SIGNIFICANTLY dimenishes. Going from east Eugene to west Eugene now requires you to make lane changes, where as before you could stay in the same lane all the way from Ferry Street bridge on out Hwy 99. The traffic along this route now backs up more frequent and to a more severe degree. Expectedly disappointed...

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Not sure why WWeek.com has to choose between only one perspective versus another, nor any need to read anything describing itself as a "news" periodical if it isn't going to give me any *new* info, views, ideas, inspiration, concerns..... that is, more awareness of new data than my same me-views, only [**yawn**], on as much as possible. Except about baseball.

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More Charges ! It's like Christmas in March. Yipeeeee !

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Could be worse: with some Oregon state agencies you neither get a jury nor such due process rights as to have ANY evidence on your behalf necessarily considered--the agency can deem all such evidence irrelevant and is thus not required to consider it at all. Good luck to anyone fighting a guilty-till-proven-innocent strategy in that environment: we all shot JFK.

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Hey! That sounds like a bullying threat! haha--You've just been outed as a closet Trump supporter. #FeeltheShame

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"Officials are concerned that the slope of the old gutters will cause water to pool at the base of the ramps, and possibly freeze in cold weather." This is what has happened at the absolutely idiotic ADA-compliant ramps on Donald Street that were built two years ago. The sidewalk in front of my house floods regularly - more like permanently - because it is actually lower than the drain. This after they moved the sidewalk about 8 feet, adding a jog and taking out a significant chunk of my yard, because the grade would have been too steep otherwise. Remember, too, this is on Donald Street, with the famous hill that is so challenging for Butte to Butte runners. One of these oh-so-practical ADA ramps is actually on the hill at a point where the grade is 16%! In other places on the street, the sidewalks are buckled and cracked, meaning they are pretty much impassable for the hypothetical wheelchair users that the ramps were built for. ADA ramps - feh, don't get me started.

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Very worthy article. Amazing that the medical community hasn't pushed for more research and evidence-based information on what many of their patients are using. It's a significantly-impactful substance ingested by many, with many effects I'd think many medical specialties would be better informed to know about, for both benefits and risks.

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Perhaps your dictionary also has definitions for "pedant" and "sanctimonious."

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Here's the picture of Obama's neat gold present from the King of Saudi Arabia. He cut a visit to India short to go get it. June 3, 2009 Then Hillary Clinton helped put together the US fighter jet deal so Saudi Arabia could use them against Yemen. http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/obama-in-saudi-arabia/14/ George W Bush got a neat sword there the year before, but he had to kiss the King and hold hands with him while doing a sword dance to get it. And George W. had already banned Syrian politicians and their families from immigrating to the US which Saudi Arabia wanted done. Nothing too good for our allies. Even though they are misogynist mutilators of women. Hillary didn't care. Obama didn't care. George W. didn't care. I wonder why it's OK for Muslims to have four (4) wives and Mormons can only have one? Now that gay marriage is approved, maybe the Supreme Court will answer that question, too.

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Jaded refers to a line by David Bowie, from the song Young Americans.

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Could the police have deployed so that killing the dude was not essential to their self protection? Is is reasonable to apply a death sentence to a man who does not do what he was told? If Finicum had wanted to pull his weapon he would have. Three attempts to draw? Nonsense. If he had wanted to draw he would have. Regardless of whether he drew, properly deployed law enforcement officers behind secure cover would not have been at risk and they could have killed him at their leisure had he actually drawn the gun.

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Our Quarterly Letter to the Editor from Mariah Leung, Co-director Al-Nakba Awareness Project. Her 'history' is certainly no more valid than Dan Hill's 'history'. She ignores a couple of Arab Israeli wars: The 6 Day War (1967) Where all the land was taken by Israel War of Attrition (1967–1970) - A limited war fought between the Israeli military and forces of the Egyptian Republic, the USSR, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestine Liberation Organization It was initiated by the Egyptians . Yom Kippur War (October 1973) Egypt and Syria Attack on Israel. In December 2015 she was holding forth that the Munich killings of the Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972 was just a "kidnapping gone wrong". Of course that didn't explain why the killers emasculated one of the Israeli wrestlers during the 'kidnapping'. Apologists for terrorists are inherently unbelievable.

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Let's eliminate the non-profit status of SEIU and AFSCME, too. They're making lots of money.

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OMG. I'm watching this right now, in my bathroom, with 1 of my cats at my feet. Luigi is the only one that will actually pay attention to action on the TV, or my phone. This was so funny and so TRUE! Thank you!

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Oregon has one of the lowest business taxes in the country. Also, the minimum wage law only affects businesses that employ a certain number of people.

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