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people always say: I never see you at the protest reply: I never see you at the land use hearing overlaid on an imagine of a guy in a double breasted suit jacket
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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if you create a detention facility impact fee it makes it more likely that the feds will open more detention facilities in the future
fbi agent typing on a laptop
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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nationalopioidsettlement.com
kim-jong-chill i need feminism because when jesus does a magic trick it's a goddamn miracle but when a woman does a magic trick she gets burned at the stake mattheuphonium fabulous tockthewatchdog i mean they did also kill jesus. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you're coming from here but they very much did kill jesus.
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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welcome pac logo over a dramatic photo of congress
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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pdx.real comment: thank you [edited] aaron!
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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I have thought about this in the opposite direction and it's a fitting assocation
Ryan was a promoter of superhighways for the Chicago area, but financing was difficult before creation of the Interstate Highway System, and, in 1955, Ryan engineered an ambitious bond issue program to jump-start construction of expressways in Cook County.[3]
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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also: it was true at one point that rising prices was a blue city phenomenon but that hasn’t been the case since covid
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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this is a little suspicious though
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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sightline had some interesting analysis that basically RIP is working well in some neighborhoods but doesn’t allow enough density for projects to pencil in the most expensive inner city neighborhoods www.sightline.org/2025/06/04/o...
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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total @kmachiz.bsky.social victory in councilor koyama lane's newsletter today
Where Do Your Property Taxes Go? One of the problems in our democracy is that people tend not to know where their tax dollars go. For example, many polls have shown that, on average, people think that 25% of the Federal budget goes to foreign aid, when in fact, it’s less than 1%. It’s not surprising that people don’t have good information, because politicians have never made a point of bringing those facts to people. You might expect that Federal and State leaders would make a point every April 15 of letting people know that most of the Federal budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the military and interest on the debt, and that the vast majority of the State General Fund budget goes to education, health care and prisons. But they don’t. We, as local elected officials, want to do our part by letting you know where your local tax dollars go. One major source of revenue for your city, county and school district is property taxes. Although it doesn’t get the kind of attention April 15 does, there is a due date for property taxes. This year the due date is November 17. The chart below shows how the City divides its share of property taxes between different bureaus and programs. For example, within the City, the largest share of property taxes goes to the Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund. A chart shows FPDR at $229.89 million and about a third of all property taxes
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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real photo from the next DTNA meeting
photo of khraunbin including guitarist mark speer who has bangs
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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new seasons strike authorized for next month. can donate to the strike fund here: www.nslu.org/donate
Community supporters, We have news: We are much closer to a first contract, an end to the boycott, and substantially better working conditions. We have overwhelmingly voted to authorize an open-ended strike ahead of Christmas if our Employer chooses not to meet our demands. We've given the company until December 4th for an acceptable offer and have let them know we plan to strike starting December 17th if we do not have an agreement. To support our potential strike, build worker power, and help ensure that no worker has to return to work due to lack of funds, please donate at nslu.org/donate.
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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oscar from the office saying It's kitsch. It's the opposite of art. It destroys art. It destroys souls. Its so much more offensive to me than hardcore porno.
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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I’m finally getting the good instagram reels
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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as a culture we’ve forgotten the r/mfa uniform and it shows
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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infinite jest really does explain every single facet of modern american life www.natesilver.net/p/the-nfl-ha...
chart showing an exponential increase in NFL field goal attempts in the last ten years
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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"A house divided against itself, cannot stand." (Quoting Mark 3:25). I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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of the stuff in the resolution this seems like the one that is most deserving of an actual study. but like how much more evidence do we need that increasing approval timelines adds to construction costs?
4. An analysis of current and projected short-and long-term economic impacts of required design review processes on commercial and residential development timelines for projects located within the City within the previous five years, and the potential impacts of these processes for the next five years.
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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how do we feel about the city council asking the city administrator to give them draft legislation for temporarily suspending and/or fixing design review? www.portland.gov/council/docu...
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 120 days from the date this resolution is adopted, the City Administrator shall prepare a set of recommendations and outline a legislative pathway to reform the City's design review process in order to increase residential and commercial development within the City, including: 1. Options for a temporary exemption on design review requirements, where legally feasible; and 2. Concepts on potential changes to Portland City Code Chapters 33.825, Design Review; 33.710.050, Design Commission; and other related code sections.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Young Thug defends James Harden for wearing a pro-police facemask: "He don't have internet"
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The narrative that DHS is deporting American children is FALSE and irresponsible reporting. FALSE. @Mollymotoole should know that facts matter-especially for someone teaching journalism. There were NO children in the car when ICE made the arrest of Oscar Rodriguez Villalobos, an illegal alien from El Salvador, on August 28. His adult daughter, who is over the age of CNN is trying to obscure the fact that each of the illegal alien parents they are defending willingly chose to break our nation's criminal and administrative laws and as a result of those choices, are responsible for what happens to their children - just as any U.S. citizen Show more •@GovPritzker continues to spread the HOAX that children were zip tied during a targeted law enforcement operation.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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they’re having to post one of these about once a week at this rate
homeland security tweet: FALSE. No children were zip tied, arrested, or restrained by ICE.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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exploding whale discourse: I think it is important to note that sometimes whales explode on their own
An example of a spontaneously bursting whale carcass occurred in Taiwan in 2004, when the buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale caused it to burst in a crowded urban area while it was being transported for a post-mortem examination. Other cases, natural and artificial, have also been reported in Canada, South Africa, Iceland, Australia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Artificial explosions have also been imposed by governments, and approved by the International Whaling Commission in emergency situations. However, it has also been criticized for its long-lasting odor. (1] • A sperm whale carcass burst in Viõ Áir, Faroe Islands, on November 26, 2013, when measures were taken to avoid a larger burst by perforating its skin. Footage of the incident was shown on Kringvarp Foroya, the national Faroese broadcaster. 34) • In April 2014, officials in Trout River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, expressed concern that the carcass of a blue whale which had washed ashore might burst, as it had expanded to twice its normal size from trapped gas. 135] • One of three sperm whales that died after becoming beached on the Lincolnshire coast near Skegness, United Kingdom in January 2016 burst due to a build-up of gases in the carcass, after a marine biologist cut into it while trying to perform a post-mortem. The bursting caused a "huge blast of air". (361
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM