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| === Friday | October 29, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Overload.jpg|thumb|Donkey delivery services.]]
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| '''How long does it take mail to go from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon?'''<br />
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| '''Question:''' If I put an envelope in a mailbox in San Francisco at like 9:30 on Thursday night, when will it arrive at its destination in Portland, Oregon? (asked by "justcoollikedat")<br />
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| '''Best answer:''' "one week" (answered by "xtina")<br />
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| Go to story: [http://oregon.official-city.com/how-long-does-it-take-mail-to-go-from-san-francisco-to-portland-oregon/ How long does it take mail to go from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon?]
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| === Thursday | October 28, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Foxhunt-remington-700.jpg|thumb|Loose cannon.]] | |
| '''Cops In "The Other Portland" Drop Their Weapons'''<br /> | |
| Police in Portland, Maine raised eyebrows after their sniper rifles began shooting all by themselves. A police training video shows the Remington 700 rifles -- "a mainstay for the U.S. military, law enforcement and gun enthusiasts" -- firing "when the trigger was not being pulled." Not realizing the weapons system's "loose cannon-like" behavior was a "feature" rather than a defect, Police Chief James Craig said "I don't want to run the risk of having an accidental discharge" that could soil an officer's pants or put a "community member's life in danger."<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.pressherald.com/news/craig-faulty-rif-les-taken-out-of-police-service_2010-10-28.html Portland police drop rifles amid safety concerns]
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| === Wednesday | October 27, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Cashroots.png|thumb|[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cash-roots Cash-roots nation.]]]
| | == References == |
| '''Republican Party Campaign Flyer Freakout!'''<br />
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| GOP operatives work so hard and get so little respect. It's not easy slathering thick wads of sleazy pro-corporate lucre everywhere just to buy up an election or two. But that's nothin'! Throwing elections and lining the Supreme Court with hand-picked corporate quislings is a messy, thankless chore. That's why it's just so upsetting when the public gets in the way. Like when an errant teacher's union flyer finds its way into a kindergartener's school folder. These types of shenanigans show blatant disrespect of one's societal betters. Jeez! I'd make a Federal case outta that kinda nonsense too. Wouldn't you?<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/27/union-flyer-found-in-students-folder-upsets-gop/ Union flyer found in student's folder upsets GOP]
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| === Tuesday | October 26, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Unthank-park.jpg|thumb|Unthank thankful.]]
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| '''[[Unthank Park]]'s Upgrade: A Thankless Task Thanked'''<br />
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| A resourceful City Commissioner manages to thrust two thankful thumbs upwards, expressing "thanks" to "our Parks maintenance staff" for the park's new "facelift."<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.portlandonline.com/fish/index.cfm?a=323697 Unthank Park upgrade]<br />
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| Go to park page: [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?ShowResults=yes&SearchText=unthank DeNorval Unthank Park]
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| === Monday | October 25, 2010 ===
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| [[File:South-waterfront-wasteland.jpg|thumb|[[South Waterfront]]: Urban wasteland and ideal film prop.]]
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| '''Secret Revealed: [[South Waterfront]] Is Actually Portland's Most Overpriced Film Prop'''<br />
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| And you thought South Waterfront was merely "a highrise wasteland of condos no one lives in." But for "budgetless" film directors "it’s a filmmaker’s dream." Why? If you "want to film a scene with a skyscraper environment without the hassles of random people interrupting your shot" the "very deadness of [[South Waterfront|SoWat]] makes it (an) ideal (location). You’ve got skyscrapers, busses, the streetcar, the tram, the river. And now there’s even a really cute park. It all feels pretty generic.... It could be any city."<br />
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| Go to story: [http://portland.daveknows.org/2010/10/25/south-waterfront-ideal-for-filmmakers/ South Waterfront: Ideal for Filmmakers?]
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| === Sunday | October 24, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Evilrootmoney.jpg|thumb|Root of all evil.]]
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| '''Oregon Woman Seeks Out "Lives To Change"'''<br />
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| Presses evil roots into hapless hands of unsuspecting, disconcerted "changelings."<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101024/NEWS7035/101029805 Woman seeks to change lives with $100 a day]
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| === Saturday | October 23, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Chicosaur.jpg|thumb|Uncooped chicosaur.]]
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| '''Playin' Chicken'''<br />
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| Portland "authorities" will let you keep three hens. Where are you gonna put that fowl li'l harem? A stylin' chicken coop, of course!<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.dwell.com/articles/Coop-Dreams.html Coop Dreams]
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