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Jimbo Watches a Debate: We are So Screwed Edition
Bucking up my courage, mescal with a red beer chaser and the Nationals game on my iPad, I committed to watch all 2 hours (though I am sure I fell into a worm hole) of the Democratic Debate. Unable to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, CNN, Democratic Debate, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Mayor Pete
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When a Poison Idea is No Longer Lethal
In downtown Portland, around midnight, at the corner of 3rd and Burnside, the apocalypse is upon us. OK, not all of us, but maybe for a few hundred souls wearing all manner of inscribed black t-shirts. In my new book, I tell … Continue reading
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Tagged Junkie, Poison Idea, Portland, Punk Rock, Toody Cole, Voodoo Donuts
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Meet the New Climate Change Celebrity — Greta Thunberg
I got into a fun little Twitter beef with a Silicon Valley type who was extolling the virtues of Greta Thunberg the teenager heartthrob of the new climate change generation. He loved that she took a sailboat to New York. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Believe the science, Climate Change, Greta Thunberg, United Nations
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If It Isn’t On MY Phone . . . It Didn’t Happen
I have become a true aficionado of Portland street violence. No really, I savor every riot, every confrontation and each unpermitted march like a vintage of fine wine. Each clash is an expression of the Portland terroir. I won’t critique the street … Continue reading
Racist!!! Whatever Dude
I chose to hover somewhere just left of center in the American political drama. What was I thinking? Some days I live I a vertiginous nightmare spinning from one political extreme to the other. It must be nice to live … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Democrats, Portland, racist, Trump, white privilege, White Supremacist, white supremacy, Woke
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How Right Wing Talk Radio Works — A Challenge
It occurs to me that few people I know understand how right-wing radio really works because our information bubbles are close to hermetically sealed. I hear people say, “How can those Trump supporters think that?” Let’s see how it works. The … Continue reading
Talk Radio. It’s All the Same Show
Button number 1 on by car radio is Oregon Public Broadcast (OPB). Button number 4 is KXL Talk Radio. When I am driving in the Portland area, I compulsively bounce from one station to the other. In the noon hour … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Miller, KXL, Lars Larson, OBP, political polariztion, Talk Radio, Think Out Loud
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So Many Words
When I finished my 40th noclock.org essay, I did the math. Authors work in word counts not pages. I had written a total of almost 50,000 words. Yikes, that’s a lot of words. I wondered what that really meant. Google told … Continue reading
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The Chief
The tiny round table was already overloaded with 6 empty beer bottles. She had waved away the offer of glasses. We met at the little bar beneath the office tower where I was currently robbing an insurance company as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy Ames, Cancer Sucks, Chief of Staff, Nick Fish, Portland City Hall
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Voting from the Middle
The mailman just delivered our property tax bill and mail-in ballots. With my larger project well underway, this inspires me to take a pause and consider the mid-term elections. A few years into my time working in Portland City … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 Mid-Terms, Democrat, Kate Brown, Knute Buehler, Non-afiliated, Portland, Portland City Hall, Republican
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