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Monday | March 7, 2011

Carefully Crafted Wealthfare For The Few^[1]; Totally Botched "Health Care" For All
It's not entirely unreasonable to suspect that the primary purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)^[2], more widely known by its "Obamacare" pejorative ^[3], was to construct a piece of legislation designed to fail on every legitimate front. This same legislative travesty, however, succeeded brilliantly in key areas--providing opportunities for increased profiteering by private "health care providers," pharmaceutical companies, insurance corporations and so on. It also handed an even bigger gift to the multinational corporations not able to cash in as a direct result of its passage (major resource extractors, Wall Street casino operators, etc.) by giving them all the ammunition they could hope for to further befuddle an already terribly confused and horrifyingly ignorant public. Thus a Tea Party is born. Wall Street's major criminals get off scot-free for their part in unleashing a catastrophic global financial meltdown. Ultra-right Republicans take over Congress, despite having so totally disgraced themselves a short while earlier. And this list can just go on and on.
But not everyone stands idly, merely wringing helpless hands. The Oregon Single Payer Campaign is sponsoring a Legislative Action Day "to support HB 3510 & SB 888, Oregon's Single Payer Health Care Bills." Here's the lowdown:

Legislative Action Day

Friday, March 11, 2011
To support HB 3510 & SB 888, Oregon’s Single Payer Health Care Bills
State Capitol, Salem

Go to info page: Oregon Single Payer Campaign

Go to resource page: Oregon Single Payer Campaign Resources

Go to story: Progressive Models For Health Care Exchanges Emerge

Sunday | March 6, 2011

Barnraising Party: No Instant Barns, But Lots Of Interesting Discussion, Ideas, Fun!
Sudden illness forced our keynote speaker to drop out at the last moment. Several core PortlandWiki contributors also couldn't make it for similar reasons. And we didn't exactly "raise barns" (make a bunch of immediate improvements to PortlandWiki)...yet. Despite the hiccups, PortlandWiki's Barnraising party was a success. Among many highlights, a few truly stand out: wiki cupcakes!, Street Roots contributing vendor, Sam Al-Jondi (lots of great insights, enthusiasm and a firm grasp of PortlandWiki's potential), out-of-towner Brian Kerr's presentation on what makes ArborWiki so successful. And most of all, the generosity of PortlandWiki volunteers for making getting this party started, and for the wonderful folks who came and celebrated with us. Thank you! Also a special shout out to Schmizza Pub & Grub on 21st Avenue for generously providing pizza to hungry Barnraisers. Show some appreciation and go hit the "like" button on their Facebook page.

Go to story: PortlandWiki Barnraising / Post Event

Saturday | March 5, 2011

PortlandWiki Barnraising Party Today! Central Library!
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.!

Today Is PortlandWiki's Barnraising Party Day!
"Today we celebrate PortlandWiki's first ever Barnraising Party! What's a Barnraising party? It's where neighbors come together to build something that benefits the entire community. For PortlandWiki, that means building a more useful, informative and fun city wiki for Portland!
Here's the details:
PortlandWiki Barnraising Event
PortlandWiki's Barnraising event is where you help decide which improvements to PortlandWiki are most important, and then help make them.
Participants will enjoy an afternoon of vibrant, real-time collaboration. Share your Portland knowledge and help make PortlandWiki a world-class city wiki. Why would we expect anything less than a world-class wiki from the "birthplace of wikis"?
PortlandWiki's Barnraising event is FREE and open to the entire Portland community. Refreshments and "unique" swag will be happily provided at no cost.

Where: Portland Central Library at 801 S.W. 10th Avenue, downtown Portland.
When: TODAY! Saturday March 5, 2pm - 5pm.
Room: Central's U.S. Bank Room, near main entrance on right as you enter the building.

Go to press release: PortlandWiki:Barnraising/PR

Go to event page: PortlandWiki:Barnraising

Friday | March 4, 2011

Friends & Neighbors
Good news! You have an opportunity to attend a workshop that promises to show you how to "make friends of your neighbor." At the workshop, you can "learn tools and strategies for building positive relationships with your neighbors and community."

When: Wednesday, March 23rd
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Avenue, Portland, OR 97210

Go to story: Great Community Building Free Workshop!

Thursday | March 3, 2011

From The "Whole Animal Experts"
Did you know that "Porchetta, the unofficial darling of the Portland foodie crowd, is a traditional Italian preparation"? Or that "you can find porchetta sandwich interpretations at food carts (Lardo, The People’s Pig), or you can learn to prepare it on your own"? Or that porchetta is "the entire body of a pig, deboned, carefully taken apart and stuffed (herbs, meat, fat, vegetables), then put back together in its original shape and roasted on a spit"? Well, neither did PortlandWikiNews, until just now! Whew. Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

Go to story: Mindful Meat: How to Use Every Juicy Morsel, From Nose-to-Tail

Wednesday | March 2, 2011

PortlandWiki Barnraising Party This Saturday!

You're Invited To PortlandWiki's Barnraising Party This Saturday!
"The wiki has left the barn!" Rather, PortlandWiki has no barn. But that's all gonna change this Saturday at PortlandWiki's first ever Barnraising Party! What's a Barnraising party? It's where neighbors come together to build something that benefits the entire community. In our case, that something is a better, usefuller and funner city wiki for Portland! (And maybe some remedial English tutorials aimed at preventing PortlandWikiNews contributors from using words like "usefuller" and "funner.")
Here's the lowdown:
PortlandWiki Barnraising Event
PortlandWiki's Barnraising event is where you help decide which improvements to PortlandWiki are most important, and then help make them.
Attendees will enjoy an afternoon of vibrant, real-time collaboration. Share your Portland knowledge and help make PortlandWiki a world-class city wiki. Why would we expect anything less than a world-class wiki from the "birthplace of wikis"?
PortlandWiki's Barnraising event is FREE and open to the entire Portland community. Refreshments and "unique" swag will be happily provided at no cost.

Where: Portland Central Library at 801 S.W. 10th Avenue, downtown Portland.
When: Saturday March 5, 2pm - 5pm.
Room: Central's U.S. Bank Room, near main entrance on right as you enter the building.

Go to press release: PortlandWiki:Barnraising/PR

Go to event page: PortlandWiki:Barnraising

Tuesday | March 1, 2011

Inside Reed College's Hauser Library. Photo by Cacophony

Reed College tries to shut down copycat scam website
Reed College, the prestigious liberal arts college in inner Southeast, is attempting to battle a scam website that duplicated theirs in its entire look and content, other than the name: "University of Redwood". The clone site's game seems to be to scam prospective students in China out of application fees. Reed discovered the site in October, but is still trying to put it out of business. Reed was able to temporarily get the site shut down, but its host, GoDaddy, let it back up after an inquiry. In the meantime, Reed has been forced to quickly redesign their own online portal.

Reed College: "Reed College was founded in 1908, and its first classes were held in 1911. Reed is named for Oregon pioneers Simeon and Amanda Reed. Simeon Reed had been an entrepreneur..."

"Redwood College": "University of Redwood was founded in 1908 and was operational in 1911. Redwood is named after the Oregon pioneers Simeon and Amanda Redwood. Simon Redwood had been an entrepreneur."

Go to story: Scammers 'steal' university website

Go to story: Reed College website cloned by scammers in China

Go to story: Reed College Targeted by Clone Website Scam

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References

[1] Nancy Price: End ‘wealthfare' system by asking more of rich

[2] H.R.3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

[3] Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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 '''Barnraising Party: No Instant Barns, But Lots Of Interesting Discussion, Ideas, Fun!'''<br />
-Sudden illness forced our keynote speaker to drop out at the last moment. Several core PortlandWiki contributors also couldn't make it for similar reasons. And we didn't exactly "raise barns" (make a bunch of immediate improvements to PortlandWiki)...yet. Despite the hiccups, PortlandWiki's [[PortlandWiki:Barnraising|Barnraising]] party was a tremendous success. Among many highlights, a few truly stand out: wiki cupcakes!, [[Street Roots]] vendor, Sam (lots of great insights, enthusiasm and a firm grasp of PortlandWiki's potential), out-of-towner, [http://arborwiki.org/city/User:BrianKerr Brian Kerr] presentation on what makes [http://www.arborwiki.org/city/Main_Page ArborWiki] so successful. And, most of all, the generosity of PortlandWiki volunteers for making getting this party started, and for the wonderful folks who came and celebrated with us. Thank you! Also a special shout out to <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Schmizza-Pub-Grub-on-21st/126729817400746 Schmizza Pub & Grub on 21st Avenue]</span> for generously providing pizza to hungry Barnraisers. Show some appreciation and go hit the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Schmizza-Pub-Grub-on-21st/126729817400746 "like" button]</span> on their <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Schmizza-Pub-Grub-on-21st/126729817400746 Facebook]</span> page.
+Sudden illness forced our keynote speaker to drop out at the last moment. Several core PortlandWiki contributors also couldn't make it for similar reasons. And we didn't exactly "raise barns" (make a bunch of immediate improvements to PortlandWiki)...yet. Despite the hiccups, PortlandWiki's [[PortlandWiki:Barnraising|Barnraising]] party was a success. Among many highlights, a few truly stand out: wiki cupcakes!, ''[[Street Roots]]'' contributing vendor, [https://streetroots.wordpress.com/tag/sam-al-jondi/ Sam Al-Jondi] (lots of great insights, enthusiasm and a firm grasp of PortlandWiki's potential), out-of-towner [http://arborwiki.org/city/User:BrianKerr Brian Kerr]'s presentation on what makes [http://www.arborwiki.org/city/Main_Page ArborWiki] so successful. And most of all, the generosity of PortlandWiki volunteers for making getting this party started, and for the wonderful folks who came and celebrated with us. Thank you! Also a special shout out to <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Schmizza-Pub-Grub-on-21st/126729817400746 Schmizza Pub & Grub on 21st Avenue]</span> for generously providing pizza to hungry Barnraisers. Show some appreciation and go hit the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Schmizza-Pub-Grub-on-21st/126729817400746 "like" button]</span> on their <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Schmizza-Pub-Grub-on-21st/126729817400746 Facebook]</span> page.
 :''Go to story'': [[PortlandWiki:Barnraising/Post Event|PortlandWiki Barnraising / Post Event]]
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