The Eiffel Tower is lit with the blue,white and red colours of the #Frenchflag Reuters/@benoit_tessier #ParisAttacks pic.twitter.com/iZKrZzWFLC
— Reuters Paris Pix (@ReutersParisPix) November 16, 2015
This thing in France grows more immense by the day, with the French government conducting widespread raids and mulling changing the constitution to allow for warrantless raids and easier surveillance. Patriot Act, anyone?
Meanwhile, the slate of Republicans governors and presidential hopefuls who don’t want to take in Syrian refugees grows ever longer. The Democratic governor of New Hampshire—in the midst of re-election bid—says she opposes offering these people sanctuary as well. Just great.
And you’ve probably seen this primer on ISIS the Atlantic ran back in March in your news feed or timeline. Maybe you skipped it, given its length. Worth a read.
Hey, legislators are back in Salem for a couple days this week, laying groundwork for the whirlwind short session scheduled in February. What are they talking about? Well, they’re angering 15 Now activists, for one, with indications a statewide $15 minimum wage isn’t palatable. It’s far more likely we’d see the state preemption lifted, meaning Portland and other cities could set their own wages.
They’re also looking at reforming the state’s foster care system, after regulators kept sending kids to a troubled foster home they knew was a problem.
Best Story of the Day/Worst Job of All Time: Removing the “iridescent sludge” of hundreds of decomposing sheep, buried in the Troutdale loam lo these last seven decades.
The great state of Oregon is now home to more than 4 million people! (Less than half the population of NYC.) She flies with her own wings, y’all.
It’s getting so a guy can’t even sleep off a bender in a stranger’s chicken coop any more. If this is “New West Linn,” you can have it.
Dayton Leroy Rogers, Oregon’s most prolific serial killer, murdered six women in 1987. He’s just been given the death penalty for the fourth time, and he still has all his appeals. Justice.
Three pedestrians were hit by cars on or near SE Powell in Gresham yesterday. Powell. Again.
The Portland Public Schools board is arguing over the millions in contract money it spends each year without requiring a competitive bidding process.
Charlie Sheen’s HIV-positive, and says people have been shaking cash out of him for years to keep it secret. So he went on the Today show and talked about it.
