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Spanning the State: "The most important single step in 100 years"

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:42:46 +0000

The news of the morning, of course, is the passage last night (by two votes, one of whom was a Louisiana Representative who will shortly become the most primaried member of the Republican Party in the history of America) of the House version of the health care reform bill . The Oregon ...

torridjoe posted 8 hours ago from loadedorygun.net

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HCR passes House 220-215: Oregon delegation splits 4-1

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:30:27 +0000

HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, passed the floor vote by 220-215 at a few minutes after 8pm, Pacific Time, tonight. The Oregon delegation votes : Yes: Blumenauer, DeFazio, Schrader, and Wu. No: Walden (Flip those around, and you've got their votes for the ...

torridjoe posted 23 hours ago from loadedorygun.net

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OR-5: Last Chance to Weigh in with Schrader on HCR

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:05:03 +0000

Carla at Blue Oregon has been on Kurt Schrader (OR-5), who's been unwilling to say whether he'll support the health care reform when it finally comes to a vote in the House, probably later this evening. While callers were getting through to DeFazio's, Wu's, and Blumenauer's offices in DC ...

torridjoe posted 29 hours ago from loadedorygun.net

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Earl Signals Opposition to Stupak Abortion Amend; Vote Still On Track for Today

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:42:33 +0000

It's hard to get truly excited about the fair-to-middlin' health care reform package now pending final debate and a vote later today, because it really stood just a few cruel Blue Dog votes away from producing an ironically cheaper (and more effective) bill they couldn't support. Kurt Schrader ...

torridjoe posted 33 hours ago from loadedorygun.net

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Blaze?...Blaze! Someone Call 9-1-1! The Blazers Is Illin'!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:02:45 +0000

Across Oregon, after the question "Should U of O end up ahead of Boise if they both win out" I'm sure the most popular sports fan worry is "WTF with the Blazers?" It's way early yet, and 2-3 is hardly a disaster--but there are some evil portents and recurrences of past problems that should ...

torridjoe posted 2 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Measures 66/67, Explained in Pictures for Teabaggers

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:31:17 +0000

Today's Election Day across the country, such as it is in Oregon with only local races on the ballots in-state. But there's another one coming up in January that you may not be thinking about, and it's an important one--the key question will be an attempt at repeal of the tax fairness measures ...

torridjoe posted 5 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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BRO Brings in Heavy Hitter for Marriage Equality (w/ Venue Change Info)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:57:59 +0000

The O gave some good pub this morning to Basic Rights Oregon, the GLBT advocacy group who have announced that they will be spending the next three years leading up to Election Day 2012 attempting to have Measure 36, "One Man One Woman," repealed. The ballot measure constitutionally limiting the ...

torridjoe posted 6 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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This Week's KPOJ/Spanning the State Limerick Challenge

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:50:41 +0000

(Left wanting more? Play along with the "Lost Limerick Challenge" at p3 , where you'll find two more chances to match wits with Calliope, the muse of epic poetry--plus, we welcome our first U.S. congressman into the Hall of Political Poets.)

torridjoe posted 6 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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LoadedO's Weekly Segment on KPOJ, Monday 730AM

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:51:27 +0000

Join TJ Monday @730 AM on KPOJ's Morning Show with Carl Wolfson and Friends , on your AM dial at 620, or via the web directly here or on your Iphone/3G/ITouch using the IHeartRadio app. That's producer Paul Pimentel on the left, Christine ...

torridjoe posted 6 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Spanning the State: "Those three shadowy figures"

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:54:32 +0000

Professional and serial abuser of Oregon's initiative system Bill Sizemore is facing racketeering charges again . This time, the OEA and AFT-Oregon are suing both Sizemore and his main sugar daddy Loren Parks for alleged campaign shenanigans: The unions claim Sizemore and Parks conspired to ...

torridjoe posted 7 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Continuity, Victory Flee the Garden: Nuggets 97, Blazers 94

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Discontinuity -- n. 1. Lack of continuity, logical sequence, or cohesion. 2. A break or gap. Man, that game was a mess. It was a game that by several metrics the Blazers should be ashamed to have lost, while by other metrics it's a wonder they were even in it to begin with. So the stats ...

torridjoe posted 9 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Updated: Schrader DOES NOT Support Med + 5% Public Option

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:50:34 +0000

Update, 3pm-- well, thanks to a quick return of my voicemail, we can correct this erroneous story forthwith: according to Schrader spokesman James Atkin, the story I just reported is NOT accurate, and in fact the opposite is true; Schrader opposes Med +5 in favor of a negotiated rates option ...

torridjoe posted 11 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Game Recap: Blazers 96, Rockets 87 in Blowout-Turned-Edgy

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:14:18 +0000

The Men of the Red and the Black opened their 40th season this evening at the Rose Garden, before a typically involved crowd whose emotions and outbursts paralleled the play: expectant and unsettled at first, excited and boisterous as the Blazers made their game changing run in the 2nd, ...

torridjoe posted 11 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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RIP CITY! Season Starts Tonight--Welcome Back, Martell!

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:45:51 +0000

The 2009-10 NBA season for the Portland Trailblazers starts this evening at the Rose Garden, with the Houston Rockets providing the opposition. A special (if somewhat bittersweet) welcome back to Martell Webster, who will start at the 3-hole for the injured Nic Batum, who looks to be out until ...

torridjoe posted 12 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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PUBLIC OPTION IS IN! Merkley Releases Statement on Merged Senate Bill

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:12:44 +0000

Big, huge, MAJOR news from the Senate: The public option lives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in. "The public option, ...

torridjoe posted 13 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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This Week's KPOJ/Spanning the State Limerick Challenge

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:40:53 +0000

Thom Hartmann was sitting in for Carl and Christine today. (And don't' forget to play along with the "Lost Limerick" at p3 .)

torridjoe posted 13 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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LoadedO's Weekly Segment on KPOJ, Monday 730AM

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:41:13 +0000

torridjoe posted 13 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Spanning the State: "Perverse Incentives"

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:33:25 +0000

In the arcane and shifting process of health care reform, it can be pretty hard to say when anyone's scored a victory, even a small and possibly short-lived one. But that may have happened last week for Oregon and several other states where medical care is comparatively cheap and efficient: ...

torridjoe posted 14 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Beta-test your Halloween Costume at Portland Drinking Liberally, tonight at the Lucky Lab NW

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:45:39 +0000

Working on politically-themed ideas for your Halloween costume for next week? (The raw material is certainly there . And there . And there . Or there . Of course, the Halloween traditionalists among you might simply want to go as Death .) Bust it out tonight at DL, ...

torridjoe posted 17 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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Atkinson "Suspends" Goob Campaign, Could Be Out for Good

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:54:35 +0000

Following up on indicators detailed by Jeff Mapes showing little to no campaign activity recently for 2010 goobernatorial candidate Jeff Atkinson, a southwest Oregon Republican, Mapes is now reporting that Atkinson has released a statement this afternoon "suspending" his campaign: Senator ...

torridjoe posted 18 days ago from loadedorygun.net

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