The halting march toward total chaos in Gaza continues. Israel agreed to an Egypt-brokered ceasefire overnight, but Hamas says it wasn’t privy to that deal, and that its demands haven’t been satisfied. When rockets continued to rain onto Israel, fighting resumed in full. And now Israel’s talking about escalating. As that dire drumbeat plays on, […]
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GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Everybody here, get it outta control. Get your backs off the wall, ’cause Misdemeanor said so. LET’S GO TO PRESS. Militants in Iraq burst into a house of prostitution, murdering 28 women and six men. Israel claims it shot down a drone along its southern coast, and guess what? It wasn’t ours! […]
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City Commissioner Steve Novick has made perfectly clear he’s willing to lose his job over the fight to win the Portland Bureau of Transportation a new funding stream. He may get his chance. The Portland Tribune reports a Portland man angry about Novick’s (and Mayor Charlie Hales’) proposed street fee has filed a recall petition. […]
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Thursday morning, Israeli airstrikes had killed around 70 people in Gaza. Now it’s closer to 100, with no sign of letting up. If you want to see what those strikes look like, the NYT ran a picture that drives the scale of these explosions home. Meanwhile, the rockets sent from Palestinians to rain down on […]
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An indiscriminate wave of Israeli airstrikes—an asymmetrical answer to militants’ rocket attacks from Palestinian militants—has killed nearly 70 civilians in the Gaza Strip, many of them children. One report said several people were killed and injured while gathering at a café to watch the World Cup semifinal. Israel’s government sort of acknowledged the staggering collateral […]
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GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Baby girl. I’m the man from the big VA. Won’t you come play round my way? And listen to what I gotta say. LET’S GO TO PRESS. Israeli airstrikes continue to bombard Gaza, trading rocket blasts with the Palestinians—38 are assumed dead so far in the latest bombings. Speaking of missiles, North […]
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Most of the unaccompanied children—tens of thousands of them in makeshift detention centers—caught trying to cross the American border after long treks from Central America will likely be deported back home. The White House, under pressure with President Obama looking to attempt at least limited immigration reform, has enraged traditional allies in calling for a […]
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GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! See ya shakin’ that thang, like who’s da ish. With a look in her eye so devilish. LET’S GO TO PRESS. OH DEAR. A newspaper in New York’s West Village runs an editorial calling President Obama “The [N-word] in the White House.” (Except they really wrote the word.) A seemingly wide ranging […]
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And a fine morning to all of you. Everyone’s hungover and regretting the caloric permissiveness that Independence Day brings, right? Revel in it. You’re free. Revel, too, in the hypocrisy of a nation that would bald-facedly celebrate the notion of freedom even while it ensnares wild cats. The cougar that had prowled East Portland late […]
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“Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create.” Yes, yes… after months of dithering, Target finally told off, if corporately and gently, the open-carry enthusiasts who’d made the dressed-up discount chain their stage. Hurricane Arthur does as its pleases. (For now, […]
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GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Everytime I’m near ya, I get that urge to feel ya. Just touching you and loving you, makes everything right. LET’S GO TO PRESS. In a poll that makes you doubt the intelligence of Americans even more than usual, more voters than ever see President Obama as “the worst president of modern […]
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Yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court regarding Hobby Lobby is potentially problematic for American women, of course. But politicians on both sides of the aisle like it just fine. It’s a rallying cry for both parties’ bases, mere months before Democrats and Republicans are hoping to gain (or hold) ground in the Senate. Remember: Washington […]