worldwide pablotag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-85622011-08-04T07:55:23-07:00Cranky, independent, skeptical ... News and commentary ground fresh daily, Monday thru FridayTypePadNew from Attention Deficit Theatertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef014e8a606f0e970d2011-08-04T07:55:23-07:002011-08-04T07:55:23-07:00For the truly lost, fear not. Oregon is now testing half-mile markers on two local highways. Memo to ODOT: Our odometer has been doing this already for years.worldwide pabloA modest proposaltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef01538e011434970b2011-04-20T09:06:03-07:002011-04-20T09:08:12-07:00Slate magazine today features an article today that argues our nation's budget woes can be solved by doing, well, nothing. The essential argument is that between health-care reform and existing tax laws, America's financial house will come to order in...worldwide pablo"There is no truth in Pravda..."tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef014e60f3f844970c2011-04-15T08:14:26-07:002011-04-15T08:15:00-07:00Didn't know they were still publishing this: Go by streetcar! ["There is no truth in Pravda, and there is no news in Isvestia" -Old USSR joke.]worldwide pabloQuote of the daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef01538dd93d7b970b2011-04-14T12:09:53-07:002011-04-14T12:13:13-07:00"It's ironic that Ikea looks on the U.S. and Danville the way that most people in the U.S. look at Mexico." Damn those Europeans!worldwide pabloQuote of the daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef0147e4404832970b2011-04-13T08:06:21-07:002011-04-13T08:07:31-07:00“I’m not saying Oregon is a police state. But it has the taint of a police state when you have so many law-enforcement officers sitting on committees where they’re deciding whether the police should be held accountable for shooting people.”...worldwide pabloNow fairier and balanciertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef014e60517cc2970c2011-04-01T15:55:17-07:002011-04-01T15:56:39-07:00Not that there was much doubt before, but it's probably safe now to dispel the notion that Fox News is anything short of a subsidiary of the Grand Ol' (Tea Party).worldwide pabloHow would you like that prepared?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef0147e3a4b89e970b2011-03-31T08:59:36-07:002011-03-31T09:01:53-07:00Leave it to the scientists to come up with the newest food fashion: pre-cooked fish!worldwide pabloMove along. Nothing to look at here.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef0147e39e1ada970b2011-03-30T08:05:19-07:002011-03-30T08:05:19-07:00When the Oxford English Dictionary gets around to illustrating the definition of "mission creep," the editors surely will want to consult the city of Portland first. Just another day in Stumptown.worldwide pabloAnd I think to myselftag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef0133f4faa687970b2010-10-11T01:48:49-07:002010-10-11T01:48:49-07:00... what a wonderful world. Oh yeah.worldwide pabloKeeping it weirdtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c76dc53ef0134811e7577970c2010-05-18T22:19:19-07:002010-05-18T22:19:19-07:00Judging from tonight's election results, it's fair to conclude that the voters of Oregon, and especially those inside Multnomah County and the city of Portland, have become resigned to the same conclusion.worldwide pablo