(the following reprinted by permission of it's author. note the link at the bottom back to his blog post) In two recent posts, I expressed significant concern for the increasingly angry and mean-spirited tone that our politicosphere has taken on in recent years and the corrosive effect it is having on our political system (

(the following reprinted by permission of it's author. note the link at the bottom back to his blog post) In two recent posts, I expressed significant concern for the increasingly angry and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Lexington & Concord - April 19, 1775 Fort Sumpter - April 12, 1861 Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941 World Trade Center - September 11, 2001 GOP Convention - September 1, 2004...

Lexington & Concord - April 19, 1775 Fort Sumpter - April 12, 1861 Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941 World Trade Center - September 11, 2001 GOP Convention - September 1, 2004... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Back in February of 2005 I wrote Goin' off the rails on the Kool Aid Express about a wingnut I worked with at the time and how delusional some of his dittohead "factoids" were. So here I was yesterday catching up on the days news after getting home from school. I followed a link from my Yahoo homepage to a piece a

Back in February of 2005 I wrote Goin' off the rails on the Kool Aid Express about a wingnut I worked with at the time and how delusional some of his dittohead "factoids" were. So here I was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A sort of an editorial cartoon: TriMet-See where it takes you? I'm not sure what depresses me more ... the sad attitude about transit in America, or the transit companies who actually undermine their own case....

A sort of an editorial cartoon: TriMet-See where it takes you? I'm not sure what depresses me more ... the sad attitude about transit in America, or the transit companies who actually undermine their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

We all remember Sarah Palin's inferred assertion to Katie Curic that being able to see Russia somehow lent her foreign policy cred. Apparently her new neighbor is an unauthorized biographer. Palin's solution: build a 14 foot high fence to block the viewing possibilities between the two properties. So, does this mean that sh

We all remember Sarah Palin's inferred assertion to Katie Curic that being able to see Russia somehow lent her foreign policy cred. Apparently her new neighbor is an unauthorized biographer. Palin's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Rand Paul, the darling of Kentucky teabaggers, thinks that President Obama's handling of the ongoing oil spillage environmental disaster (courtesy of BP, Halliburton, et al) is un-American. "What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,'" Paul sa

Rand Paul, the darling of Kentucky teabaggers, thinks that President Obama's handling of the ongoing oil spillage environmental disaster (courtesy of BP, Halliburton, et al) is un-American. "What I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Today's GOP, in Oregon as in other places, scarcely spares a though about what they look like to other people. After all, when you're right, why care about what the benighted think? The Maine GOP is working hard to turn Maine into an Arizona-level laughingstock. At their recent state convention, in the other Portland, they

Today's GOP, in Oregon as in other places, scarcely spares a though about what they look like to other people. After all, when you're right, why care about what the benighted think? The Maine GOP is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

When they cry about new "job killing taxes" in Salem, you see them on the front page. When the new higher taxes don't kill their business and they even expand a little ... it's buried in a single-paragraph offhand graf in the middle of a story in the Statesman-Journal's Business section. They moan and complain abo

When they cry about new "job killing taxes" in Salem, you see them on the front page. When the new higher taxes don't kill their business and they even expand a little ... it's buried in a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Again cribbing from BlueO, but also from DubDub, we find that those ornery suppporters of The Nice Republican might actually be polling more strongly than those of The Suit, the remainder being split between the other two passengers in the ORGOP 2010 clown car and, of course, good old Un Decided. The numbers, as reported by

Again cribbing from BlueO, but also from DubDub, we find that those ornery suppporters of The Nice Republican might actually be polling more strongly than those of The Suit, the remainder being split... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dave: Boy, am I mad. You see, I just read this post over on Blue Oregon by the inimitable Kari Chisholm. Tsk, tsk, sir. Also, two words, in the working-class argot of the British: sod off. I am a resident of Senate District 24, currently ably-represented by Rod Monroe. I am fine and satisfied with Rod Monroe. But judging by

Dave: Boy, am I mad. You see, I just read this post over on Blue Oregon by the inimitable Kari Chisholm. Tsk, tsk, sir. Also, two words, in the working-class argot of the British: sod off. I am a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I just got this via email and after reading it I just knew I had to post it here as a prime example of preemptive karma. The team behind my latest film, Good Virus, has partnered with Flash Mob America, http://flashmobamerica.com/, the leading organizer of flash mobs in the world, to organize a Flash Mob for the film. What

I just got this via email and after reading it I just knew I had to post it here as a prime example of preemptive karma. The team behind my latest film, Good Virus, has partnered with Flash Mob... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Via YouTuber "climatebrad", here's a video that purports to be of the actual site of the Deepwater Horizon oil volcano: The video's description says that BP released the video after trying to keep it from leaking out. Heh. (PS:Avoid the comments. They will decrease your IQ by 10 points for every one you read)...

Via YouTuber "climatebrad", here's a video that purports to be of the actual site of the Deepwater Horizon oil volcano: The video's description says that BP released the video after trying to keep it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Can you imagine this sort of thing even being endorsed by Gordon Smith – never mind ever being introduced by him: Senators voted 63-36 to amend an underlying financial regulation bill to place restrictions on how mortgage brokers and bank loan officers get compensated. The measure's lead sponsor, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.

Can you imagine this sort of thing even being endorsed by Gordon Smith – never mind ever being introduced by him: Senators voted 63-36 to amend an underlying financial regulation bill to place... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In this video, posted on YouTube, Alabaman John Walthen shares his observations and we all get a look right at what's shaping up to be the most appalling environmental disaster of modern times – and perhaps, the entire Age of Oil: I need not add any comment, I think. You guys take it on....

In this video, posted on YouTube, Alabaman John Walthen shares his observations and we all get a look right at what's shaping up to be the most appalling environmental disaster of modern times – and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

When ugly matters finally come to a head, like it or not, it's still Sam Adams. Two days after police Chief Rosie Sizer blasted the mayor's proposed police budget, Mayor Sam Adams fired her and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

When ugly matters finally come to a head, like it or not, it's still Sam Adams. Two days after police Chief Rosie Sizer blasted the mayor's proposed police budget, Mayor Sam Adams fired her and replaced her with Mike Reese, who recently served as East Precinct commander. Adams also took control of the Portland Police Bureau