A homeless man is beaten in the street, but police don’t pursue the perpetrators.
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Apathy or Discrimination?
A Homeless Man Is Beaten in the Street, But Police Don’t Pursue the Perpetrators
Sean Breslin
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Portland Never Tasted So South Philly!
Grant’s Philly Cheesesteaks It’s killing me that I can’t be at the Locust Tavern in Philly to watch the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies knock C.C. Sabathia and the Bums from the Bronx around in this year’s Fall Classic. But while I can’t raise a pint of Yuengling to mark the start of tonight’s World Series […]
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Bush Isn’t Motorvating His Way to PDX Yet…
George Bush is cashing in on the popularity he enjoyed in his final months in office by headlining “Get Motivated!” seminars, which are kind of like pep rallies for businessfolk/indoor beach parties, complete with beach balls. The Get Motivated! Web site doesn’t list any upcoming seminars in the Pacific Northwest, but the woman who answered […]
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I Watched A Homeless Man Get Beaten Up
Last night, I was walking back to my car when I saw something horrible. Right in front of me, I saw about a half-dozen young men attack a homeless man. I didn’t think much was happening at first: just some kids yelling, maybe they were drunk, maybe just excited. But then I saw a taller […]
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Good Morning, News!
Pay czar lauds over overpaid, government-subsidized Wall Street execs, slashes their salaries! Vatican accepts Anglicans! Some Catholic priests might start getting ideas about this crazy marriage thing. Go ahead, have that third milkshake! Skinny pills are on the way! Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello have filed Freedom of […]
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Good Morning, News!
Hey, Portland. Some of today’s news items are so odd they make me wish Sarah Palin was still around to offer her take. Afghanistan elections were fraught with problems the first time around. Let’s do it again! I told myself I wasn’t going to post about The Balloon Boy, since I thought it was just […]
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Don’t FedEx Your Pot
Smoker Says Company Invaded Privacy
Pot smoker says FedEx invaded his privacy by searching his package.
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Police Officer Requests YouTube Video’s Removal
Portland Police Bureau Captain Mark Kruger probably isn’t too happy with this video, posted by Robert Seaver, who claims to be a former friend of Kruger’s. Kruger has come under fire for brush-ups with Nazi images before, as reported in the Willamette Week in 2004. YouTube sent Seaver an email asking that he edit or […]
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Suicide bomber in Kabul adds to Obama’s growing list of Afghan pressures. In related news, Pakistan is finally chipping in a little in the war against the Taliban. Health care finally getting a break as Congress releases a report saying the program could reduce the deficit. Nobel Prize for Literature goes to (drum roll…..) Herta […]
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Pricing Dignity
City Wants $22,600 for Homeless Restroom Permits
City refuses to waive $22,600 in permit fees for restrooms at homeless
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Do We Have To???
I just returned from the East Coast, and I couldn’t help but wonder why I’m still required to get intimately acquainted with my fellow passengers’ foot odor before boarding a plane. What’s worse, I have to share my stinky stocking feet with them. Is this necessary anymore? It’s been nearly eight years since Richard Reid […]
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Good Morning, News!
A super early edition, as I’ve got a plane to catch to New Jersey… Will the Republicans help Obama with their own mess? Harry Reid cancels Senate recess, sends Congress straight back to class after lunch. Headline-hungry justices take up gun control case, you know, just to see what happens. Iran stops running, sits down […]