Get excited, Oregon taxpayers! You get a kicker this year. Wait, no. You get a teeny credit against your taxes next year. *sad trombone*
A bunch of important people yesterday took the first Orange Line line the whole way along the 7.3-mile route. There was much cheering and back-patting.
Commissioner Steve Novick’s “thin list of accomplishments” during his first term are all listed in this Oregonian article. They’ve also included a nifty slideshow of the commissioner’s top 10 quotes from his first term, including one where he compares Uber to the Third Reich.
A bunch of rich people, 200 of them to be exact, are on this list of the highest paid chief executives. Is it weird that number three is paid all in “perks” or is it just me?
Hundreds of “kayaktivists” in Seattle this morning have taken to the water to “shake their paddles” at a Royal Dutch Shell oil rig to protest against drilling and exploration for oil in the Arctic.
#droughtshaming is actually a thing, and that’s good. Social media users have taken to calling rich California water over users out for having green lawns and other such nonsense.
Here’s a mostly unsatisfying explanation of why jurors chose to sentence the Boston Marathon bomber to death. Sigh, America, with the capital punishment already.
In news you already knew: Bill and Hillary Clinton are really rich.
Here’s 12 minutes of the late BB King being the greatest. You’re welcome:
“Is it weird that number three is paid all in “perks” or is it just me?”
As usual, it’s just you.
Got even better ending with some King!