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You can't handle the truth. You are not my audience. And lots of people on this thread agree with me. Enough with your apologies for nuanced homophobia. I believe in many wonderful things, like reason and logic. And I skewer your fundy doctrine and it's fun. I am having fun doing my part to sink Jules Bailey campaign and reveal your church as un-hip. The more you reply, the more adverse attention on Imago Dei.
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Take a few minutes and study the circumstances of the Hammonds' sentencing and re-sentencing. Your comments regarding that incident reflect confusion regarding what actually happened.
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"However, from its inception, the NRA’s primary focus has been and remains firearms training, responsible use and safety." Who is Hanson trying to kid? From a recent convert, no less! Stephen J Remington
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When people aren't running for public office, and aren't trying influence my life. I don't much care. But Jules Bailey is asking for a position of trust, and he seems so muddled and wishy-washy on the issue. He is devout, but not in a defend-your-faith kinda way. I don't trust him on social issues. You have a bad habit of distorting arguments, Jen W. But since you like Franklin Graham, no surprises there. He's a great fundy conservative minister. Why don't you defend his actions in Uganda- because that is one facet of your conservative baptist trip. I would love to have you apologize for Franklin Graham.
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Unlike some others, I'm assuming your post is sarcastic. The Bundy "gang" broke a myriad of laws, both federal and state, and are now being held accountable for their actions. In comparison to the many felony charges they're facing, their "sanitary" tactics are very minor.
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OK, Paul....just for that we're not going to let you be on the jury..................
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It's not that difficult to follow ADA guidelines when putting in new service or adding to existing services. Someone in charge just dropped the ball and let one of the workers who didn't know the complete rules make the call. The article makes out like it's difficult to blend in ADA compliance to existing services. The city and the contractor have well rehearsed excuses.
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What I would really like to see is a Bernie/Trump contest. The Republican elites should have figured out by now that their voters have revolted; if Hillary, bought and paid for by the banking industry despite her total lack of morals, could get indicted, or otherwise lose the nomination, then the Democratic fat cats might also understand that they aren't in charge, either. I'll settle for a Trump victory over Hillary if that's the best we can do. He is a loose cannon on the deck but at least he hasn't been bought or rented by the 1% like Bill & Hillary.
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More like "was" a friend of the grandson after this
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Actually, what is happening is that church membership is light over all in Portland. Agreed that the liberal churches are shrinking, but overall church attendance is not growing. For every Portlander that sits in a pew, dozens more sleep in or go for a run on Sundays. Atheist & Humanist groups are big in Portland. Agnostics are a huge trend. So, gloat as much as want that Imago Dei has more new members than the First Unitarian church. I will sit back and watch the lack of church traffic on Sundays. So no, church ladies are still rare in Portland and Pastor McKinley is far from being a rock star. People worship the Timbers here.
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Like it or not Mr. Simpson did a relatively good job explaining the financial impact on EWEB in not being able to predict unforseen changes in other energy markets drastically effecting the purchase and sales for the distribution of electricity. However, EWEB should consider acknowledging more input from the general public in their decision making process. Like individual town hall meetings held in each district. Even better, have the public vote on changes in the planning and implementation of future major water and electric programs. And by all means never sign a private contract without public approval.
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It's obvious, from listening to Finicum on the video recorded in his vehicle, that he was in an extreme psychological state, and I doubt he was doing anything we'd classify as "thinking" when he got out of the vehicle. Have you ever tried to "draw" an odd shaped object out of a pocket in a garment that's flapping freely? I have, and know it's not at all a smooth operation. Yes, he did reap what he had sown, right until his life's end.
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Imago Dei is part of the CB Network, which is political. Here is what Imago Dei thinks but doesn't have the cajones to post: "Along the busy road you'll find First Conservative Baptist Church. Behind its gates their message board reads: "Homosexuality is a sin choice. It does not trump my bill of rights." Marisol Riddell lives in the Mandarin neighborhood where the sign is posted for all to see. Riddell says she's uncomfortable with that message being so close to home. "It's always too close to home whenever there's bigotry or homophobia," said Riddell. "Because I love all of my neighbors."
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A life sentence for the offenses against Malheur is too harsh. The ill-managed over-sentencing of the Hammonds is one reason this mess started. We are addicted to over-sentencing. Mr. Finicum would be alive if the occupation hadn't occurred, but his behavior over those weeks and on the day of his death suggests that he was on his own chosen path. In a way he was the most honorable of them all; he never abandoned that path once he chose it, unlike those who dropped their guns, their munchies and their dignity and fled into the freezing night when Ammon Bundy was arrested. I can't defend his wrongful acts, but he was hardly the Bundys' tool or victim. It's also true that the Bundites swaggered in and out of federal buildings while armed, making messes and doing damage. They need to do time for this. I have been a friend and visitor to Malheur all my adult life and then some. I hope that I can also be a friend to justice. Life in prison? I hope the judge has better sense.
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"a disservice to the students who are paying an ever increasing amount of money for an education that is taught by PhD students or Faculty who don’t do research". Really? You gotta be kidding, right? Many PhD students (ABD) often teach 60 students while being paid less than $1500/month. At the UO, many instructors with PhD teach 3 classes/term, often more than 100 students, 4-5 days/week, while being paid $36 000/year. Let's do the math. Who then is being dis-serviced and by who? To all instructors with a PhDs, making $36000/year while giving their very best to students: this whole brouhaha should make you realize it's time to say goodbye and seek where your effort is valued. Hopefully as you all leave, the UO leadership will be true to itself, hire Tenure Faculty and pay them what they deserve. To Outsider77, for the most part you are right. Just one thing: Lower paid non-tenured faculty are an important part of any exploitative for profit aka 'modern' University.
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You mistake confirmation bias among a "natural group" for group think. Groupthink is sometimes stated to occur (more broadly) within natural groups within the community, for example to explain the lifelong different mindsets of conservatives versus liberals,[4] or the solitary nature of introverts.[5] However, this conformity of viewpoints within a group does not mainly involve deliberate group decision-making, and thus is perhaps better explained by the collective confirmation bias of the individual members of the group. Here is a group think definition that should trouble Imago Dei members:Type II: Closed-mindedness Rationalizing warnings that might challenge the group's assumptions. (You are rationalizing warnings about anti-gay and female submission) and Stereotyping those who are opposed to the group as weak, evil, biased, spiteful, impotent, or stupid (that is pretty much your modus operandi).
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Are you guys going to report who it was or what company was involved? Or at least an update? I heard it was definitely Sperry Tree Care, but I don't know who it was that got injured.
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JenW doesn't believe that Evangelical churches mobilized against gay rights. Hilarious.
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June 2014 - "Cover Oregon is paying employees bonuses to not abandon the ship through the next nine months, as the troubled health exchange transitions to the federal government’s site. Cover Oregon will pay up to $650,000 to retain the 163 remaining employees, interim Executive Director Clyde Hamstreet said in a letter to the board. A bunch of workers left after April, the end of the open enrollment period." http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2014/06/cover-oregon-to-pay-650k-in-bonuses-to-keep.html Blue state Oregon Democrats are clueless when it comes to fiscal prudence. The waste is astronomical.
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Now track athletes are gladiators? That's about as non-contact as it gets.
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LGBTQ people have been fired, evicted, beaten, banished, or killed on discovery for the past 1,000 years because of Evangelical / Fundamentalist Christian dogma. I'm glad humanity is starting to evolve past this history. But, it's naïve to expect that it be forgotten or ignored. If you do not want to be associated with history, then do not associate with those responsible for it.
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The distinction between your denomination (Conservative Baptist) and Jerry Fallwell (Southern Baptist) is pretty slim. The two groups broke away over internal politics, not theology. You teach the same basic doctrines, with Pastor McKinlety permitted to pretend to be hip as a concession to reality: Portland is unchurched and Conservative Baptist church ladies uncommon.
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Interesting that the WW still maintains there is no science. There is overwhelming science but it is difficult to get people to look at it. There over 8300 military studies from NASA, The Air Force and the Navy that show over 145 physical and biological effects. If you refer to my website: www.wirelesswatchblog and check the science section you will see a fraction of the science. We have in Portland a world renowned scientist Dr. Martin Pall whose curriculum vitae reads like the phone book. He has just published several papers on the biological effects of microwave radiation from wireless tech. The picture is not pretty. Willamette Week and Beth Slovic are doing a disservice to their readers for saying there is no science. From that disinformation there will likely be casualties since people will once again be lulled into a comfort zone and will further harm themselves by not considering safe use. WHY IS IT THAT THE TELECOMS CAN NO LONGER GET LIABILITY INSURANCE ??
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In fact it does. It becomes an armed citizen insurrection against the federal government, which is one of the three functions defined in the Constitution for the use of the federalized militia (the first use of the Militia Acts by President Washington was in leading 13,000 militia against the Whiskey Rebellion insurgents who were almost identical in their reasoning to the Bundy Gang).
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For the complete story of the Bundy Boys takeover of Malheur and its cultural, political and historical context, including a day-by-day timeline, Google: <b>"Range War Redux – Bundy Boys In Oregon"</b>. For the backstory on the New Sagebrush Rebellion, part one, Google: <b>"Cliven Bundy – Folk Hero or Scapegoat?"</b> For the philosophical sources of the new Range Wars and associated movements, Google: <b>"The New Anti-Federalists: The Wellspring of the Bundy Sagebrush Insurrection"</b>.
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JenW, "homophobia" is used as shorthand for anti-gay bigotry. Don't you know that? Your Pastor McKinley does believe in female submission and is opposed to civil rights for gays. Ask him, or do a bit of research on your own church. Maybe you need another church whose doctrine you understand and support.
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Endorsing my campaign are: Dr. Devra Davis, Nobel Prize Winning President -- Environmental Health Trust (President Clinton appointee to Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board) http://ehtrust.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/05/CurrentDevraLeeDavisResume2013xLHDLD2.pdf; Frank Clegg, Former CEO, Microsoft Canada, Founder Citizens 4 Safe Technology http://www.citizensforsafetechnology.org/Invisible-Threat--Frank-Clegg-C4ST,19,3716; Lloyd Morgan, Senior Science Advisor for E.H.T, distinguished member of the Scientific Panel, International EMF Conference, Stavanger, Norway http://www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/cv/lloyd_morgan.pdf ; Barrie Trower, Former MI5 Microwave Weapons Specialist, (British Military Intelligence). http://www.stayonthetruth.com/barrie-trower-bio.php#! I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DEBATE BETH SLOVIC ON THE SCIENCE THAT DATES BACK OVER 60 YEARS:
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I have never understood why people seek to call attention to themselves by being different than mainstream, and then whine when they're treated differently than the mainstream. The libs will probably push to make body blingers a protected class and give them special rights like TGLB.
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What is truth, Neighbor? You can spit out labels and say whatever you want...doesn't mean that you sharing the truth or being logical. I've already told you multiple times ID isn't my church, and I don't know a soul there. I haven't even told you what I believe. No matter. What isn't "hip" is for you to denigrate others and call that reasonable and logical. It's troubling that you are so interested in ID.
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Those on Oregon's sex offenders list should start a class action suit against the State of Oregon so they can each get their $2k.
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Thanks Ann, you have my family and my vote.
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Hmmm, I wondered why Mr. Ballard, instead of refuting the science, would be so invested in lowering the argument to implying the David Morrison is a terrorist. Let's look up his bio and see if he had any interest in the wireless industry.....oh, my gosh......if anyone knows the technology of being a Ted Kaczynski it's Mr. Ballard: Nigel worked as a consultant on the development of the first commercially successful PDA, namely the Palm Pilot, for CEO Donna Dubinsky, then went on to work with Sony Japan on handheld computing devices. Before moving to the USA in 2000, he managed Bluetooth globally for Cap Gemini out of France.
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and what are your qualifications for denying the science?
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"Morrison, a rare book dealer, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment left on his voicemail at home. He doesn't have a cellphone." I not sure what the implication is here that I didn't immediately respond? That I don't have a cell phone? Is there a problem with that? Has our culture sunk so low that immediate responses and not having a cell phone are unacceptable? http://www.zengardner.com/they-knew-microwaves-cause-autism-downs-syndrome-and-much-worse/ http://dangerousminds.net/comments/smartphone_suck_photos_depict_evil_screens_that_are_stealing_your_soul#oo6P9jHCyWKRwZo6.01 https://takebackyourpower.net/forbes-study-suggests-wi-fi-exposure-dangerous-kids-previously-thought/
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Maybe you're a republican and don't know it. These type "solutions" are why I am a conservative and are not new. You're getting a taste of the dichotomy of what it means to be a republican vs perception. It doesn't mean you're heartless or you don't care. It means you have common sense & think things through to its logical conclusion. It's all wonderful receiving a higher minimum wage, or free college tuition, etc. until you think it through. The democrat politicians know that human nature likes the idea of receiving things for free or getting paid more money, and that mean votes. On the surface it makes democrats look like saints and republicans look like the devil. All of these type solutions are unsustainable and are bankrupting this country. It does not help, it hurts. Ultimately the minimum wage hike will only eliminate low skilled workers from getting work as employers will want to use more skilled to match the wage. Ironically it makes the poor get poorer. Just look at Seattle.
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Followed by "We are much wiser than the ratepayers and know what is best for them." And "don't look on the other side of Interstate 5. Those people at SUB don't know what they're doing."
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In the interim, any good quality window caulk is an acceptable substitute.
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Were the OWS folks heavily armed? Or those who marched with MLK, how many of those carried military style weapons? How many of them were heavily armed, how many of those were not only seen showing off their weapons but filmed doing so. A word of advice, if you are going to engage in an illegal act don't post it on you tube. It will be these videos that will lead to the conviction of the Bundy gang Here's something that will come as a big surprise, Contrary to what the talking heads tells you the federal govt. really aren't out to get you. Unless of course your act of civil disobedience includes using firearms and a almost constant barrage of threats to intimidate others and further your agenda. Go down that road and then the feds really will be coming for you. Keep watching and you'll see many more of those involved in the standoff and the occupation of the refuge arrested. The Bundy's have led their disciples down the road of ruin.
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Telecom trolls are always the first to comment in these blogs. They have a vested interest in ridiculing the science and participants in information dissemination. It is only a matter of time when the media can't quarterback for the industry. It is shameful that the WW sides with the flat earthists on thie issue
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That is true, it is a state law, but it is the same unsustainable concept. Free (free extra money in this case - not earning the increase) is never free...
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Ms. Slovic needs to do some fact checking before she publishes her articles in the future - Her opinion that there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that wireless radiation exposure is potentially harmful.... is flat out wrong. The World Health Organization reviewed all the science to date as of 2011 and declared that the microwave radiation exposure we all receive from cell phones, WIFI, cell tower transmitters, etc. is a POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN. There are hundreds of peer-reviewed studies showing that this exposure damages DNA, reduces fertility in men, leads to behavioral problems in children exposed in utero, etc. etc. - not to mention increases in the rates of brain cancer and acoustic neuroma. The wireless industry has done no testing to assure us that children are safe from all day exposure to microwave radiation. Technology in schools is very important - and until WIFI is proven to be safe - it should be provided with WIRED internet access!
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I don't think your one size fits all generalization is really applicable in many humanities departments. Professors incorporate many aspects of their research into their approach to teaching undergraduate courses and is far from "too esoteric" to find a place there. I assume that you've been "up close and personal" with specific kinds of academic research and have much less familiarity with others. President Schrill is just another CEO type President brought here to perform the work of transforming the university into a business/corporation that transfers wealth to the 1% at the expense of everyone else. The R-G editors are correct, however, in pointing out that the fault lies with dead beat Oregonians who have taken the low road approach to education.
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Terry, apparently the concept is that you as a business owner should make the same wages as your employees so you don't have to raise prices... :P Little by little getting to be a socialist country... And the scary thing is that there are many who think that is a good thing... and I bet not a single one of them owns their own business.
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Both of today's editorials highlight a very important problem in our state. Too many believe in government on the cheap. We are not drawing nearly enough talented qualified people into political office and we are not giving government enough time to do it's job. The editors make the case nicely in the final paragraph. "In many ways, it’s remarkable that anyone is running at all. Some elective positions in Oregon pay a living wage, but many, including legislative and municipal offices, pay a token amount, and most of the people running could find greater financial rewards elsewhere. The work is demanding, and anyone who does it can expect regular criticism and occasional abuse. And even if public service is intrinsically rewarding, the process of campaigning for public office includes aspects that few people enjoy — notably fundraising. Oregonians should offer the candidates a moment of quiet appreciation as the campaign calliope gets rolling." How about offering a good living?
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Just goes to show that your average "peer" on a jury is the dumbed-down product of our anti-intellectual society
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Sure it does. What else would you call it? What is the reason for being armed...what would the justification be if not intimidation or to give out the message that they are willing to use deadly force? Would the Klan be allowed to carry at a public demonstration? How about an armed Gay pride parade? how about black muslims carrying guns on a march to DC? Just what did this "standoff" accomplish for the ranch owners? Did they win ANYTHING? Did they gain one ounce of public support? The majority of the public has no understanding or sympathy. Does anyone even know what it was they were "protesting"? I don't, and I have followed all the news stories. Are they against tribal ownership of lands? Against wildlife refuges? What? Who cares?
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Mr. Schmitt, what is your business? I have two responsible sons who would love to work for you. registerguard[at]johnbollinger.com
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Yes the police officer seems to run toward the truck at first....this sort of reaction sometimes happens when someone panics when a several ton vehicle is coming at them. When you threaten with a b.s. "we're armed and there'll be no violence so long as we get to do whatever white privilege destruction of Pauite artifacts we want, as long as we can ignore (see the New Yorker) the facts that in private hands land use the feds provide would cost likely three times as much, that the original owners were the Paiute, not a bunch of white-privilege, white-power would-be soldiers.....and by running a roadblock endangering police officers, and you don't get down on the ground......you get killed. I am sorry he died.....but suicidal martyr-complex and arrogant blustering fact-ignoring narcissist is my reading. And how many of you who want to give the Paiute land back to a few white ranchers have protested the killing of unarmed blacks? Or the killing of thousands by Koch brother pollution?
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I knew.
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My bet would be that more Republican women cross over, taking the opportunity to hum "I am woman, hear me roar" as they pull that ballot lever, than Democrat men move to Trump. Actually, a Bernie/Donald election would at least prove that democracy is alive, and that the party elites haven't scuttled the voice of the people. If it were up to them, it would be Jeb/Hillary. I still am worried that the super delegate count will negate ordinary Oregonian votes. Hugh Massengill, Eugene
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So Josh, the bottom line of what you are saying is that is all washes out in the end? Wages increase, prices go up, people use those wages to supposedly buy more, but everything costs more, so they get the same portion of what they spent before the wage increase. That's idiotic. What you are missing is that employers will likely also layoff an employee -or- two or not rehire when someone leaves -or- if they do rehire it will be someone with more experience and skills to match the new minimum wage. In the end there are more unemployed low skilled workers. Finally, try starting and running your own business and hiring employees before you criticize and tell Mr. Schmitt how to run his business with your 5th point.
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I own my own business. I wonder at the gloom and doom from other owners. My major cost of goods source just went up 3%. It accounts for 25% of my pricing, but I am not raising prices .75%. There are some psychological ceilings to the current pricing for customers and I will keep it there as long as possible in order to maximize revenue and profit. Your first sentence is, of course, not true. What is true is that the very rich have gotten much richer and the rest of the population has flat-lined. Some of the rich have gotten that way by paying their employees very poorly and expecting the taxpayers to fill in the rest. I don't think the minimum wage is the perfect solution to these rich who game the system, but there are positives (and negatives) and it is difficult to predict the outcome.
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My goals are mostly political in nature. Some revenge against a Pastor who insulted me. I don't recognize his "spiritual" authority so I treat him as I would any person who insulted me and my friends. Hopefully, I change a reader's mind. Not yours. I don't want to change yours because I think removing a supernatural god from your worldview would be intense. And once again: I judge Imago Dei for being judgmental.
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I just hired someone who is very young. Awesome worker! Dependable, resourceful, pleasant to be with, (smells fine), eager for new challenges. They are out there.
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Yeah, to think Brown might not be a free man in any verdict shows someones lack of grasping who was on trial. Since, you know, he wasn't on trial... It seems this has nothing to do about the reputation of men vs the safety of women and more of an issue of your lack of comprehension about what this case was about. Thanks for your fine misinterpretation.
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Injustice does not deter. It creates festering resentment. Perspective is important but it's no fun. No emotional high from kicking those without power. It would seem that some rejoice in seeing the exercise of extreme power, perhaps because we don't have it in our individual lives.
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I would be really interested to read a follow-up article focusing on the dynamics of rape-culture in this case. Here we have a man who made the decision to call another male's behavior out in public and the person who is ultimately harmed is the man standing up for women's freedom from sexual harassment. For ever and a day, women have had to prove they were assaulted, abused, harassed, or raped. Now men cannot speak about the poor behavior of other males too? This IS rape culture. This is how it works. This is an example of suppressing decent men from policing bad male behavior, the very thing we need to end rape culture. So maddening!
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This is the fine line. I mean you can't just say anything about folks (in person, int he press, online) but here he spoke the truth. I mean provided links to public information. But to create a whole website to expose/attack one person - no matter how guilty he is...seems a bit extreme. With any luck Brown will get some help, it sounds if he keeps up some of his past behavior he could end him in jail. I do think this sucks for Phil, dude was just trying to help...
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Hillary's demographic strengths seem to be old men, old women and black voters. Bernie's got the younger Democratic crowd. SuperDelegates were invented to keep people like Bernie out after Mondale was beaten so soundly by Reagan years ago. I'd bet money that the Oregon SuperDelegates are already pledged to her.
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Lynn, he pays a wage now that is appropriate to the skill level of the employee and the job. Next, minimum wage goes up to about what the wage he is paying. Those skilled workers (or those looking for work with those added skills) don't have to necessarily compete for that job because they can make it flipping burgers or waiting tables, etc. That does two things: 1. it takes jobs away from lower skilled or entry level workers wanting a job as a waiter or flipping burgers. 2. It affects the employer because it is harder to find skilled employees unless he increases his wages too. In order to do that he will need to increase his prices or take home less money himself... which is I think the goal of your "logic" here. The guy who put his own money to start his business &through blood seat and tears built it should give up his income so others can make more - that is called socialism. If you want a job that "pays... what you need to survive" then get a 2nd job or get more skills.
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I'm sorry... What is with that second to last statement??? As if it's some conspiracy theory that whales are not fish!? Science much???
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Now we're getting somewhere, Neighbor. Thanks for the honesty. How does one who is judging, judge rightly? That's the real question. You tell us you're judging, and you're seeking revenge. By what objective standard does this work take place, or is it all in the eye of Neighbor? I doubt you're against all standards, just the ones you disagree with. As for my worldview, its true that I do believe in God. I am a Christian, and my beliefs are akin to what you deride as being "fundy". However, the scriptures I believe teach me that our reality is that we all must deal with the human condition...pain, suffering and and so on, and do so in a way that asserts that we're each God's image bearers. There is no room for hatred or vilification, even when we disagree on the questions and answers. I'd hope you could agree on that last part.
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Finally, your last comment: "“In a very basic sense, how can an employer not raise prices to compensate? “ Um, if customers are not willing to pay higher prices? But most will, and some of the businesses that pay low wages, like restaurants, are selling middle-class luxuries that a lot of us can do without." So if customers are willing it's OK. So again, others paying to give other a good wage - socialism. And if they don't want to pay more than before, they stop going there and the owner is forced to close. Ultimately everything goes up, wages then prices then wages are not high enough again. Get more skills to demand more money. Don't force someone to give you a handout, which is what the increase in minimum wage boils down to.
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Kerry Werner is also the project manager for the railroad quiet zone project. He replaced (Evil, unlicensed) Tom Larsen. Having seen some of Mr. Werner's work, I have to wonder if he has a valid license or not. He seems to be cut from similar cloth as Mr. Larsen, although he isn't as intelligent. In fact, he seems almost incapable of understanding simple ideas. That was a long-winded way of saying I'm not surprised that this thing got done below normal standards. Our public works department just has a way of being below standards.
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Unless THE FISH OWN SCIENCE.
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"They have made Lavoy Finicum a martyr . . ." Martyrs, by definition, are killed because because of their beliefs. Finicum was killed because of his actions. And those who get fired up over this (and plenty of them have been posting in this forum) will never be at a loss for finding new sources of outrage which allow them to cast the efforts of our government in the worst possible light.
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"Some elective positions in Oregon pay a living wage, but many, including legislative and municipal offices, pay a token amount, and most of the people running could find greater financial rewards elsewhere. The work is demanding, and anyone who does it can expect regular criticism and occasional abuse." No doubt. In fact, it's tough for me to admit, but one of the reasons that I withdrew my candidacy for EWEB Commissioner (see, http://KeithApplebyPhD.com ) was due to precisely these reasons, i.e, my own selfishness. For EWEB, the job of commissioner is basically a 20 hour a week (minimum) job that pays $0. Conversely, I could make a minimum of $20K a year or spend valuable leisure time with my family and friends rather than serve the public as a volunteer. Unfortunately, because these are unpaid positions, we are just not attracting the best and the brightest talent necessary. And, with a few exceptions, that is clearly evidenced by the current composition of the EWEB Board.
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Ah yes, Donald street, where the city traffic engineers and planners removed several crosswalks with "Crosswalk Closed" signs near the school. We wouldn't want anyone walking to school or the grocery store, now would we? It infuriates me that our traffic planners/engineers continue to violate the city's official policy as set by the city council. They are supposed to be encouraging active transportation and discouraging personal motor vehicle use. Instead, they consistently build like it's 1950. It's time for a mass lay-off in public works.
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If you want to experience the city making your trip truly unpleasant, get out of your car and walk or bicycle around. If motorists had to put up with what active people do, no one would drive.
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California Medical Association (CMA) Adopted Resolutions for Stronger Wireless Communication Safety Standards - December 7, 2014 Dr C.L.Russell of CMA: "The non ionizing microwave radiation from wi fi routers, ipads, cell phones and cell towers has been thought to be harmless until the last few decades as a rapidly growing body of peer reviewed research has shown very troubling biological and health effects from even low levels of exposure. The studies have shown negative effects on cell structures, brain function, animals, and plants. Many experts feel this is a looming public health problem as the use of wireless technology swiftly rises in our homes, offices and schools. EMF standards need to be reevalauted and designed for safety based on the biologic effects on living structures not on heat as is now currently being done." http://www.saferemr.com/2015/04/california-medical-association-calls.html
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At least a dozen NFL teams have questionable starting QBs, and two dozen have no proven depth. Quality QBs are a scarce enough commodity that the defending Super Bowl champions have zilch. Given this, you'd think some team would be willing to use a late-round pick on the reigning FBS passing efficiency leader, a guy who has proven he can play at a high level, even if there are concerns about his size and durability. A seventh-round pick isn't a big gamble for the potential upside Adams offers.
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The International EMF Scientist Appeal, signed by over 200 EMF research scientists, university professors and medical doctors from 40 countries, called upon the United Nations, the WHO, and the UN Member States to address the emerging public health crisis http://emfscientist.org/ PS: I don't have a cell phone either
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I really despise the snarky attempt at humor here. This is not funny. This is barbaric cruelty, which resulted in those people being killed. They torture the whale, the whale acts out. They brought it upon themselves, the whale is innocent and the victim of our disgusting greed. Grow a heart, Willamette Week, not everything has to be "ironic".
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You're playing armchair psychiatrist regarding a situation you know very little about. You've decided that this is an "unhealthy triangle" when you can't even get the relationships between the people in the article right. The ex-girlfriend of Brown who was the roommate of Hutchinson is not Hutchinson's girlfriend. Take some time to read Brown's legal documents and see his pattern of behavior before you decide that you understand the psychology of everyone involved.
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uh-huh. thanks for the pointless monologue.
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Urinal cow hand from the Rio Grande...
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Thank you. Your comment is precisely the point I intended to make. It is irresponsible and careless ownership of firearms that is at issue. The only organization that is seriously addressing the issue is denigrated as the evil "gun lobby" rather than being supported by our local and national leaders. I think we can also note that many more children than those injured or killed by careless gun ownership are similarly injured or killed by careless drivers, careless caretakers who leave household chemicals unattended, careless supervision of children outside of the home. I think you get picture, and it is overall an important issue to address. Thanks again.
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Perfect example of the "Streisand effect" in action. Creepy dude tries to hide his past using the legal system, and now there are news articles talking about it, ensuring that far more people will have heard about it than if he hadn't tried to suppress it. I hope he keeps trying to make it go away, so that more and more people learn about who he really is.
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At least as an accessory. Shawna Cox, too.
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I personally side with the whale on this and totally agree that SeaWorld is barbaric and disgusting. Still, I think jokes about serious things are funny. But that's just my humble position.
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Jaded: Everything possible, from handbags, to ear rings, some find it impossible to go out in public, without a matching wardrobe.
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Yes, but why are you implying a romantic connection? What leads you to believe that these three people are unhealthy? Hutchinson was on trial and was found guilty of inflicting emotional harm. NOT of defamation or of portraying Brown in a false light.
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"A life sentence for the offenses against Malheur is too harsh." Alan: I've seen nothing in any other news reports about these charges that would indicate that a life sentence is possible. I believe that this Associates Press news report is thus in error on this point. In fact, other news reports that I have read have indicated that this other charge ( using or carrying a firearm during a crime of violence ) has a 5 year mandatory minimum sentence ( much like the Arson charge the Hammonds were convicted of ), and a 10 year maximum. The Justice Department has determined that the seizure of the refuge was legally a violent act, despite the fact that no one was hurt. I would expect a 5 year sentence on this charge, just like the Hammonds got. That is probably all that they will get. And no less, due to the mandatory 5 yr sentence requirement. So don't worry about a life sentence. That comment was probably just more sensationalism by the press. Or a dumb reporter.
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OH yay, the rich people stopped coming..
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There were two posts total. You are filling in a lot of blanks with your own assumptions. Just wanted to point out that your assumptions about this case have been incorrect thus far. You're entitled to your opinion obviously, but it's not wise to form your opinion off of assumptions which are not based in the facts of the case. If you have a legal background, I would expect you to do some research before making assumptions like that.
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I think most of the "crosswalk closed" signs went up at locations where there never were crosswalks, never will be crosswalks, and in some cases, where it would be physically impossible to locate a crosswalk. But, at least there's no confusion.
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The Malheur Refuge was created 108 years ago, by President Theodore Roosevelt, considered one of the greatest Presidents in US history. No one in their right mind was in favor of doing away with this refuge, and opening it up for cattle grazing and hunting, as Bundy and Finicum told the public that they were doing. They actually tore down a fence to help ranchers bring their cattle on the refuge, only to have the next door rancher have to repair the fence at his own expense, in order to prevent his cattle from straying onto the refuge. The rancher wanted nothing at all to do with their insanity. And Finicum even publicly invited hunters to come hunt on the refuge. No, these men were clearly unhinged and cuckoo.
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I don't know enough to give you a full rundown of the case, but one need only read this article, the previous article, and the website to see that the assumptions you're making are not based on any of what has been published. I merely mean to point out that your speculation about the case goes far beyond the facts.
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William: The value of Life becomes irrelevant, when one resorts to bringing guns into a situation. And that is what Bundy and Finicum did at Malheur. Peaceful protesters do not heavily arm themselves with firearms. Besides the pistol found on Finicum, there were two fully loaded AR-15 Assault Rifles in his vehicle, one of which belonged to him. There was also a revolver inside the vehicle as well. And did you not hear in the new recording of how they were looking to grab their guns at the start of the incident, so that they could shoot members of law enforcement? Are the lives of Oregon State Police officers not also important to you? If you and Outsider77 really are in favor of calming tensions, then you should be calling on these extremists to get rid of their guns, and stop confronting the Federal government with them. It is they who have been 100% guilty of making matters tense and hostile. If you live by the gun, then you DIE by the gun. That is a plain and simple fact.
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Because women are ignored. Period.
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Why do you feel that you have the right to judge whether or not they are healthy based on something that should be talked about?
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If we are all held accountable, then why do you feel that it is not okay to call out someone for sexual misconduct?
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Wow, the example of 2.2 degrees versus 2 degrees is supposedly an issue. They should have a tolerance of plus or minus 10% as I highly doubt anyone could tell the difference if using it. Waste of money and time to redo a .2% variation in my opinion.
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Dan: This Federal firearms law that they are being prosecuted under ( section Section 924(c) of the US code ) was originally created by the Congress for mainly dealing with violent drug traffickers. That is why it is so severe. It was not created for people engaged in dangerous armed political protest. There really are no laws that have been created to cover these kinds of acts, so the government has to use what is available under the law to prosecute. Here is a link to a chart showing the sentencing guidelines for this law: http://famm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Chart-924c-gun-MMs-NW.pdf It is much like how the Hammond family was prosecuted under the Federal Anti terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The crime created in that law that they were prosecuted under was originally created by the Congress mainly for punishing terrorists who destroyed Federal property. .
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Easy: 1) They won't allow female elders (church leaders responsible for decisions) 2) They condemn co-habitation AND marriage between homosexuals. Can't get much plainer than that!
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That's the beauty of the English language. Unlike Mr. Trump, there are nuances in most every point of view. Not everything has to be absolutely black or white.
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” In comparison to the many felony charges they’re facing, their “sanitary” tactics are very minor.” Perhaps they are minor to YOU, but what about the Burns Paiute Tribe? They issued numerous statements during the occupation condemning it, and the desecration of these lands that they hold holy. How would you feel if someone defecated and urinated on the graves of your ancestors, or on your church? They consider this to be a sacred site. So tell me, how is this any different? Are you saying that these charges against those that dug up this ditch should be dropped for desecrating this site? Did you not pay close attention to this issue during the stand-off?? It was widely reported in the press: http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/tribe-denounces-malheur-refuge-occupation-/
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Reading comprehension FAIL! Let me help, "Hutchinson made the posts and the website after Brown repeatedly broke a no-contact request from an ex-girlfriend (who was Hutchinson's former roommate) and attempted to apply for services at the nonprofit where she was employed." All of the criminal history that was posted were ALREADY PUBLIC COURT DOCUMENTS.
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