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Article by missy on April 14th, 2009 at 10:40 am At least I’m lucky enough to still have my Oregon job: Oregon’s jobless rate has taken a dramatic jump, to 12.1 percent in March — a rate seen only once before since the years after World War II. The increase could put Oregon on a pace to have the highest unemployment rate in the nation when those figures are released on Friday, state [...]
Article by John on March 30th, 2009 at 3:45 am Portland OR – April 11, 2009 – Click for more info NATIONALIZE: Experts agree on the means — Insolvent banks that are too big to fail must incur a temporary FDIC intervention – no more blank check taxpayer handouts. (see Krugman on nationalization) REORGANIZE: Current CEOs and board members must be removed and bonuses wiped out. The financial elite must share in [...]
Article by missy on March 18th, 2009 at 9:20 am On Hank Paulson’s bald head. When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater [...]
Article by missy on March 17th, 2009 at 9:12 am Well, at least my craptastic week. Loud music with a strong dose of sardonic wit and a liberal sprinkling of profanity is often the only thing that will blow out the waxy plug of incipient depression that gets lodged between my ears about this time every year. (Missing last year’s X concert on March 28th as we flew to FL for L’s spring break [...]
Article by missy on October 15th, 2008 at 10:05 am I’d very much like to give him a piece of my mind. I was born on Long Island, just a few train stops from Hofstra University. If all you know of Long Island comes from F. Scott Fitzgerald (or Paris Hilton), that strip of expensive real estate may seem like a giant McMansion tract. But when I was born in Garden City in [...]
Article by John on June 3rd, 2008 at 2:02 pm With great sadness I have learned that Michele Cotner died yesterday after a brief hospitalization with a heart related illness. I met Michele back in 2003 shortly after moving to this area at a Howard Dean Meetup at the Salmon Creek Brewpub. We both were very disturbed with the direction of our country and the Iraq war. Michele was the one that took [...]
Article by John on May 20th, 2008 at 10:30 am 75,000 people! And to think I drove through Portland via I-5 North just 20 minutes or so before it was over clueless of my good timing. This puts us former Deaniacs to shame. Can you imagine the gridlock afterwards? Related articles 75,000 [via Zemanta] Obama Breaks Rally Record, But Is Still EFFETE [Holy Smokes] [via Zemanta] 75,000 In Portland [via Zemanta] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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