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    <title><![CDATA[Re: If You're Awake (and You Should Be), Turn on KBOO]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Babygorilla]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[There's been some great KBOO reading recently on everyone's favorite website - Portland Indymedia!<br>
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Seems like there is an internal power struggle between some staff members and some of the board of directors amidst declining donations and increasingly older donation base.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:44:17 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Scenes from the the No on Fluoride Party. Which Is Winning]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[human in training]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[@ theMarsTravolta:<br>
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Yeah, if something takes more than 15 seconds to read, it's obviously too long and i refuse to read it.  I, like you, learn a lot more that way.  I can't wait until all news is Twitterified.  Details are dumb.  Words are stupid.  And if it's something important, yet detailed and wordy, i'll just let someone else read it and tell me what to think.  Rock on, bro.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:37:50 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Union Way]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[HT]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[@Stu-"Union Way finds its origins in the streets and alleyways of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East..."<br>
Also, tourists spend an amazing amount of money on retail in Portland, everyone wants a piece of this dinky little pie to take home!
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:23 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Pearl Over 82nd, Bitches]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Todd Mecklem]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Let's see, some people tried to push fluoride through without a vote, springing it on us right after an election when they might've faced electoral consequences, but the people who said "wait a minute here" are the ones forcing others to suck their balls. Hyperventilating a bit?
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:14 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Pearl Over 82nd, Bitches]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[disastronaut]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Please stop pretending this was ever about helping poor children.<br>
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Let it go, douchebags.
        
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          <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Profile?oid=1811675">disastronaut</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:33:58 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Good Morning, News!]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Todd Mecklem]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Goldy thinks we're stupid? Man, that hurts.<br>
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Well, not so much.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:36 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: There Are No Atheists In Foxholes]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[human in training]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Yeah -- "Thank you, Lord, for killing my neighbors, destroying my house, and almost killing my baby.  You work in mysterious ways.  Praise be to you."
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:35 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Neighborhoods, or Neighbors?]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[myscreennameistaken]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Just get one of those wildlife plaques that explains how you are protecting the ground nesting junco birds and details the sad story how your neighbors lawn grooming habits are driving them to extinction. Be sure to go around to all the neighborhood kids and let them know how terrible their parents are for doing this.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:27:04 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Union Way]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Stu]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[This "new kind of shopping experience" sounds very similar to an 'arcade', as they are known in England and Australia, and have been since the 19th century. Also found under different names in Europe, Asia, and pretty much everywhere else on the planet. So, yeah, not so "new" really. Apparently the developers are some of those loathsome people who think America is the only country that exists...<br>
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(I'm also curious how having a hotel at one end is supposed to be a selling point to attract the locals needed for this to succeed)
        
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          <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Profile?oid=837933">Stu</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:01 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: One Fluoride Post to Rule Them All]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[Baking soda works too, and it comes included, for free, with each purchase of crack cocaine.
        
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          <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Profile?oid=900805">myscreennameistaken</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:21:22 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Pearl Over 82nd, Bitches]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[Oh go spend another 3/4 million on smile signs to put all over rich white people's lawns, that'll help the colored children for sure.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:20 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Scenes from the the No on Fluoride Party. Which Is Winning]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Kellen Pierce]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[TL;DR<br>
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I don't realize how out of touch I am with Portland values, so I attend the opposition's victory party to speedily mock them.
        
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          <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Profile?oid=9426587">theMarsTravolta</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:10 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Union Way]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Sarah Nordbye Brice]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I wonder if the Joyce Hotel is going to be cozied up next to this swanky new establishment. That would be classy. Any word on what is happening to Fish Grotto, Boxxxes, Fez, Buffalo Exchange...?
        
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          <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Profile?oid=9319048">Sarah Nordbye Brice</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:52 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: If You're Awake (and You Should Be), Turn on KBOO]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[J_Renaud]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Wow. So right Joe. "I've done a lot of pretty rough interviews [with fluoride opponents].  When the right tries to put one over on you they're at least polite." <br>
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Burn this in your brain - <a href="http://kboo.fm/content/wednesdaytalkradioon052313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://kboo.fm/content/wednesdaytalkradioo&hellip;</a>
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:33 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Neighborhoods, or Neighbors?]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[sagging flint]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[i like to work in the yard, stoned. make it all nice-n-*FRESH* out there. or at least, I used to.  IA take note: get your weed-eating-bumblebee on out there. you might actually meet your neighbor doing it.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:27:28 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: If You're Awake (and You Should Be), Turn on KBOO]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[lahar legar]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Good Christ, I tried listening to KBOO but it was horrible.  As a progressive I was disgusted with the innuendo and pseudo science that the callers phoned in with.  Good for you Dennis to not actually throw up on the air.  Some those callers were fucking nuts!
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:15:16 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Bunkered Down: Pro-fluoride Edition]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[Aestro]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Hey Leif - the campaign NOT to fluoridate was based on fear.  For being as non-religious as this town is, you would think Portland would at least be intelligent enough not to become terrified at the word "chemical".
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:50:28 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: One Fluoride Post to Rule Them All]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[This post does not, in fact, rule them all.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:18:08 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: City Finds Extra Money; Hales Saves Mounted Patrol, Buckman Pool]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[In related news, the city has also approved measures to require all foot patrol officers to twirl billy clubs and tip their hats to Mrs. Feldman as they pass.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:17:02 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Bunkered Down: Pro-fluoride Edition]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[James Reeves]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Portland now joins the 95% of the world which has rejected fluoridation. Over 100 communities worldwide have done so in the last year.<br>
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Fluoride is still legal and available, so those who want to take it can put tablets in their own glass of water.  Just leave the rest of us out of it.<br>
That is freedom of choice, and we will all be happy.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:14:02 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: One Fluoride Post to Rule Them All]]></title>

    
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    <author><![CDATA[disastronaut]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I guess people will have to start swallowing their toothpaste now, cuz fluoride totally works that way.  Kind of like how you swallow a band-aid for a cut on your finger.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:34 -0700</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[TMC]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[We failed teh childrenz!  and...<br>
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Suck it, drug pushers!<br>
<br>
Better?
        
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          <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Profile?oid=5363604">TMC</a>]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:16:34 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Neighborhoods, or Neighbors?]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[We have a couple houses like this in our neighborhood.  The inhabitants are usually so stoned out of their minds I'm quite impressed if they can find their driveway, never mind a lawn mower.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:15:21 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Bunkered Down: Pro-fluoride Edition]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[Fluoridation is a solution looking for a problem  Who's really benefiting? Portland's tooth decay record improved over the last 5 years without fluoridation. A fact that state officials tried to cover up, according to FOIA’d emails. Portland actually enjoys better oral health than most fluoridated cities and it did 5 years ago, too.  There never was an oral health crisis in Portland except to low-income people who need dental care not fluoride as they do in every fluoridated city in this country. I’m shocked the fluoridationists don’t have a plan in place to get treatment to this group of people, whether fluoridation passed or not.   <br>
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So, who or what is benefiting from fluoridation besides legislators who'll still get their campaign donations for trying to railroad fluoridation on a new generation or Portlanders and foundations made more rich and therefore more powerful from the “grants” they were given by fluoridationists.  And who or what funded the fluoridation funders?
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:19:56 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Re: Steven Spielberg Presents Halo: The Television Series]]></title>

    
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      <![CDATA[Yes, but if Paul Verhoeven directed a Crash Bandicoot flick, you bet your ass you'd pay top dollar to see it.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:44:19 -0700</pubDate>
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