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Friday | September 24, 2010
Kindle-Reading Predator Drone Pilot Wipes Out Entire Village Of Missing School Children
Snafu compounded by CIA contractor who "illegally and hastily reverse-engineered" drone software code resulting in "inaccurate" targeting "by up to 13 metres."
Go to stories:
CIA used 'illegal, inaccurate code to target kill drones' 'They want to kill people with software that doesn't work'
Pakistan drone attacks kill scores: At least three suspected US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan kill at least 28 people.
Friendship for sale
Parrot’s AR.Drone captured on video – it’s like having your personal Predator!
Nine years, two wars, hundreds of thousands dead – and nothing learnt
Thursday | September 23, 2010
Don't Know Jack? Can't Help You.
But Dave Knows Portland Transit!
Go to story: Portland Transit Blogging 2010
Wednesday | September 22, 2010
Portland's Homeless Populations: "Keep 'em helpless, hopeless and above all, atomized."
Why not add "barefoot and pregnant" to that list? "But if people have no choice, it's my preference that they find smaller, dispersed places to camp." - Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish
Go to story: The Coldest Shoulder: Portland Rousts a Homeless Camp that Tried to be Something More
Go to camp ground: Free Camping in the National Forests: It's called dispersed camping and it's free.
Tuesday | September 21, 2010
Porno Perverts Pummel Oregon's DOJ
Uncle Creepy can continue engaging in "practices of 'luring' and 'grooming' that expose minors to sexually explicit materials in the hopes of lowering their inhibitions against engaging in sexual conduct."
Go to story: Powell’s, ACLU and Allies Beat Anti-Porn Law at U.S. Court of Appeals
Monday | September 20, 2010
Day 172: Gabriel Park
The one hundred and seventy-second thing you can do, according to "365 Things to do in Portland."
Go to story: Day 172: Gabriel Park
Go to website: Gabriel Park, SW 45th Avenue & SW Vermont Street, Portland
Sunday | September 19, 2010
U of O Shows PSU "The 69"
Despite Ducks' willingness to "play ball," Vikings fumble.
Go to story: Ducks Rout Portland State 69-0
Saturday | September 18, 2010
Portland Roadway Slaughter Lower Than Other U.S. Towns
Motorized mayhem reigns in Atlanta, Detroit and Los Angeles. Autocide rates relatively lower in Stockholm, Berlin and Tokyo. Study fails to factor in carnage caused by resource wars.
Go to story: Portland Rated Safest Traffic City in America! Woot!
Go to study: The New York City Pedestrian Safety Study & Action Plan, New York City Department of Transportation, August 2010 (PDF)