Category: General Interest

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Hi Folks,

I get information daily now about the No Kings Day coming up this Saturday around the nation and here in Manzanita. Location is on Highway 101 at the top of Laneda and Manzanita Avenues. Time is from noon to 2 PM. The last information I received from the No Kings Team said this: ” Let’s do everything in our power to make No Kings Day the biggest, peaceful day of action possible.” So, are you with us? The website below talks about this event. Please watch it. As with all you tube, you could watch
forever, just asking you to watch this video on safety.

Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fka4dek_YW8

Our Safety Committee consists of 14 people who will be wearing orange vests. At the event know where these people are in case you have a problem. With your help our group will keep this event safe for everyone.

If you can, dress in yellow. This will make our group stand out even more than they already do. If you can, bring a NO KINGS sign, or sign of your choice. Know that these signs will be seen by the public of any age, so we ask you to make your sign appropriate for anyone to see. Make your sign as positive as you can to reflect the positiveness of our PROTEST. Yes, we are all MAD about what is going on. Let’s just not be as mad as the people running the government right now. We are better than that. Remember: GOOD NEEDS TO WIN!
What else do you want to see at our PROTEST? Let me know, because this is all about US, and US needs to speak up!

Enjoy our sunny days.
Best,
Patty

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The October issue of the Manzanita Today newsletter just out:
www.manzanitatoday.com/

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Dear Folks,

What an excellent PROTEST we had today in Nehalem—even the rain couldn’t dampen our spirits! About 30 people joined us, and hundreds more showed their support by honking and giving us the thumbs up. Many agreed that this was the most enthusiastic response we’ve received in weeks. Over the past few months, we’ve held more than 16 PROTESTS, and while we wish we could be out every day, it’s not always possible. There are so many positive events happening in North Tillamook County, and we are truly fortunate to live in such a vibrant, supportive community where freedom of speech is celebrated.

Looking ahead, we need to get serious about next week’s PROTEST in Manzanita. Your support is crucial—here’s how you can help: bring a friend, make a sign, donate snacks like banana bread or pumpkin bread for our protesters, or simply spread the word to encourage others to join us. We especially hope to see more teenagers participate; we haven’t seen any at our PROTEST since July 4th in Manzanita. Even if you can’t stay, drive by a couple of times and honk to show your support. Every action makes a difference!

Rain is likely next Saturday, but this week proved that a little weather won’t hold us back. To keep everyone safe at the Manzanita PROTEST, we’ll share important instructions in the next few days—please read them carefully and follow them. These guidelines are for everyone’s safety. If you’re unable to follow the instructions, we ask that you refrain from attending.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Thank you to everyone who braved the weather today! We are grateful for your dedication and proud to be part of this amazing community.

Don’t forget your donation of canned food to our North Tillamook County Food Bank. Go put your donation in your care now. Thanks.

Best,

Patty

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

DISCLAIMER: The following article is written by a Dixie who does NOT live in Manzanita. I do not have any connection with the very nice lady who owns the wine shop in Manzanita. And aren’t you lucky to have such a nice wine shop right in your own neighborhood!! Be thankful for what you have!
Most of us are familiar with the YIN and YANG symbol. A circle divided with a wavy line, one side black, one side white, each side containing a small circle.
Yin and Yang are fundamentally opposite but complementary forces in ancient Chinese philosophy that exist in harmony and balance, representing the duality of everything in the universe.
OPPOSITE BUT COMPLIMENTARY IS THE KEY!

The Yin-Yang symbol itself illustrates their interconnectedness, showing that each force contains a seed of the other and they are interdependent and constantly transforming.  

This is pretty true of the dominate political parties in our country. YES! Really it is – and that is good! Remember Opposite but Complimentary is the key!!!

I have to say that as a democrat, my late husband was a republican and my good friend who lived across the way was also a republican, and it didn’t seem to matter. We differed on several things, greatly on the matter of abortion, I was and am pro choice and she was pro- life. YET – we still got along! We just agreed to disagree and then enjoyed each others company, Do you remember those days?

We can still do that – agree to disagree – and still respect and enjoy each others company!! YES WE CAN

SO who or what is dividing us, how do they turn us against each other? Basically it is the media. People my age, maybe 60 plus usually watch the corporate news. The left and the right media usually over exagerate the positives on their side of the aisle and just don’t mention the negatives, which make us all believe that the other side is totally crazy. How can you believe that? They say to me. I could ask them the same question!

There is much going on that is not addressed in the mainstream media. Most people don’t care enough to go deeper into who or what is happening, or even why? I think these people are the ones who get mad at the Dixie who runs the wine shop. (Again – that Dixie is not posting on the BBQ.)

Their are many people who want to know the what, why, where, and who. We usually go to the internet and listen and watch others who have opinions that we are interested in hearing.
So naturally these people are more informed than the others. Sometimes they feel that what they know should be shared because the information involves all Americans and we feel that everyone should know because it involves safety, it might effect our freedoms, and our way of life. If you don’t want to read or hear about these things, then you have the right and ability to tune out, and you can, You don’t have to read what I write – so don’t read it. But to threaten a local wine shop because this very nice lady has the same name as me is a little ridiculous don’t you think? And you know what? If she goes out of business YOU are
The looser!!

Republicans and Democrats – fundamentally opposite – but complimentary
( we help each other come to sensible conclusions)

Submitted By: Website@unitedpaws.org – Click to email about this post

It’s a “Kitten Caboodle” over at United Paws! Kitten season is nearing a close, but we still have a bundle of irresistible kittens available for adoption that are sure to bring entertainment and warmth to your home. These kittens have been socialized in loving foster homes, vaccinated and spayed/neutered.
You can view additional photos and videos of the kittens in action at unitedpaws.org. To schedule a Meet & Greet, please email unitedpawshelp@gmail.com.

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

City Officials are scrambling to control the narrative on what is becoming the debacle on the Classic Street reconstruction project. Here’s a summary to date:

In August 2024, the City Manager issued a Request For Proposals allowing engineering firms to provide proposals for professional engineering services and construction administration. The request included the unusual requirement that “all proposers must have been in business as their current entity for at least five years”. This effectively eliminated North Coast Civil Design, a local firm with 25 years of  experience including the design, overview, and construction administration services for the Dorcus Lane Reconstruction Project. North Coast Civil Design was viewed to be in existence in their “current entity”  as a business for 3 years thus effectively preventing them from even submitting a proposal for consideration. 

City officials retain Windsor Engineers from Portland, pay them $424,000 for presenting a project to the community for 2,000 feet of road widening, a new 10 ft. wide paved pedestrian path, over 3,000 ft. of new water main, over 1,000 linear feet of retaining wall for the extreme slope along the west side of Classic Street, and stormwater improvements. Unfortunately, key provisions of that design will not now be built and Windsor Engineers was removed from the project with no public explanation. City officials now decide to select North Coast Civil Design to salvage a project that squandered both time and money. No explanation given as to why the 5 year prohibition preventing a submittal a year ago was no longer relevant. 

Classic Street is defined as a Minor Collector street due to the volume and type of traffic it carries and as such is required by City Ordinance to have minimum eleven foot travel lanes. City officials plan to ignore their own Ordinance requirements and maintain the existing 10 foot travel lanes for a considerable portion of the project. The 2 foot wide landscape buffer that was designed to separate vehicle traffic from pedestrians has been eliminated thus maintaining the existing unsafe conditions for bikers and pedestrians. Despite the fact that Councilors take an oath to uphold City Ordinances, when that oath becomes inconvenient, they simply ignore it and hope no one notices.
   
Perhaps the most important element of the project identified by Windsor Engineering was the need for a retaining wall or other suitable engineering measures along the steep slope that forms the west boundary of Classic Street. The Windsor consultants noted the  pavement condition along the west side of Classic Street and confirmed that the underlying base is moving or otherwise failing. There will be no retaining wall built to arrest this movement which will only be exacerbated by the increasing levels of traffic on Classic Street in the years to come. The exact condition of the existing road base is also unknown. Old timers recall when the original road base was put in with substandard materials including old tires and the City then failed to overlay the road base with sufficient asphalt.  

The City continues to pay legal fees and awaits a verdict out of Tillamook Circuit Court resulting from a prospective bidder who alleges the City engaged in an improper bid process. The City Manager claims that visitors pay for most of our infrastructure improvements yet not a single dollar of Transient Lodging Tax money from those visitors has been budgeted for this project to assist funding the construction as recommended by the Windsor consultants to create a long term stable roadway with sufficient width to provide safe conditions for pedestrians and bikers. 

No announcement from the City as to when the new design which bears little resemblance to the one presented last year, will be presented to the public at a meeting for review and questions. Also, a firm cost for the above described project remains unknown and likely will need to be increased if some of the unknowns need to be corrected. After all, what could possibly go wrong? 

Randy Kugler

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We’re excited to invite you—and everyone you know—to join us for two important community protest events that bring us together for positive change!

Event #1: Nehalem Community Protest

Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Location: Nehalem (gather across from the coffee shop)

Let’s unite as the North County Resistance for a peaceful, informative, and constructive gathering. Even if there’s a little rain, don’t let that stop you—we promise you won’t melt! Bring your own beverage or grab a coffee across the street. We’re also collecting donations for the Food Bank to help our neighbors in need. Your participation can make a real difference in our community!

Event #2: “NO KINGS” National Protest

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Location: Manzanita

This is our biggest protest of the year, and we’re joining 2,456 locations across the United States—over 1.5 million people are already registered! Rain or shine, we’ll stand together against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. There’s no coffee shop nearby for this one, so be sure to bring your own drinks and anything you’d like to share with fellow citizens.

Why Participate?

Our protests are more than just gatherings—they’re moments to strengthen our community, raise awareness of important issues, and inspire hope. Every voice matters, and together we can create lasting, positive change. By showing up and supporting each other, we build a stronger, more caring community for all.

Take Action!

Register now to join the “NO KINGS” event in Manzanita on October 18, 2025! Your commitment encourages others—invite your friends, family, and neighbors to stand with us. Use the link below to sign up and help spread the word:

mobilize.us/s/RYC75X

Together, we can make a difference. I’ve already signed up—will you join us.

Best, Patty

Submitted By: codger817@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Join us Saturday, October 11 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are aimed at developing “citizenship muscle. We will need “muscle” to bring power back to “We the People”, where it belongs. Each sermon functions as a stand-alone sermon. Don’t worry about missing earlier sessions.
This week’s sermon , number 15 of 19, is “Time Travel” and is 35 minutes long. Eric Liu talks about how truth travels through time by invoking an imaginary time machine that takes us backwards and forward a decade at a time. We can talk about the sermon afterwards, or not.
Sermon was first given on May 28, 2018, but, sadly, little has changed in the last seven years.
Zoom link below
Invite link for Saturday 10 AM
us06web.zoom.us/j/88905106346?pwd=TEaw5qfSN2X5UoxBHgZSF7UsqwMugD.1
Recordings are available for those who are unable to attend the zoom. Contact me at codger817@gmail.com and I’ll e-mail one to you. Recordings also available for earlier sessions. Transcript available at tillamookcountypioneer.net

Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Returning from a 2,500 mile road trip to the Eastern Sierras of California and an elevation of 9,000 feet, taking in the slow onset of fall colors, I was reminded of the privilege we share in this beautiful riverside community, reminded that as we are able we can express our commitment and solidarity to preserve this democratic union. On October 18, another special day of gathering all across this country, we can continue to say no to the current republican administration…No Kings Day

We the People

Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty

“Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses, yearning
to breathe free, the wretched refuse
of your teeming shore. Send these,
the homeless, tempest tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Mother of Exiles

Brokering the ways of treason and
intimate violence, you now bring war
to our streets. The enduring dream
of community and country based on
realizing equality, precious and fragile,
is being lost. Behind a flag, a bible,
a train of endless lies, all your words
lift nothing and bring disgrace. Each
slight of hand and grifting distraction
invites hate and it is so easy to turn away
from taking responsibility. No goodness
can abide in deceit. We understand
what is better than this. For generations
our citizens have offered goodwill
and carried the decency to follow the law.
In this historic struggle, we will resist, hold
the line, find a way to take back the power
and voice of the common good. When justice
calls, and justice will call, your privilege
will be denied, a stronger scaffold will rise.
Behind bars you can heal what is broken
or go down failing in your own mad bunker.
As this timeless dream returns, we the people
will open the golden door.

Submitted By: Keeks54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Editor’s Note: Let’s Talk Tillamook is a community series that shares how federal policies affect
our lives in Tillamook County. This Q&A is based on an interview with Dr. Tim
Borman, a semi-retired local physician, on what changes to Medicaid mean for our
community. Listen to the full interview at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=YM-B9Kbuh90

Let’s Talk Tillamook: Understanding the Future of the Oregon Health Plan
By Dr. Tim Borman, Semi-Retired Local Physician

Q: What is Medicaid, and how does it work in Oregon?
A: Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for
people with limited income. In Oregon, it’s called the Oregon Health Plan (OHP).
OHP serves children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and elderly adults.
Currently, the federal government pays about 76% of the cost, and Oregon pays
about 24%.

Q: How does Medicaid differ from Medicare?
A: Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older, as
well as some younger people with disabilities. Unlike OHP, Medicare has the same
rules across all states and typically requires participants to pay premiums,
deductibles, and coinsurance. Medicare generally does not cover long-term nursing
home care. That gap is filled by OHP, which pays for services for about 60% of
nursing home residents in Oregon.

Q: How many people rely on OHP in Oregon and here in Tillamook?
A: Across the state, 59% of children and 34% of adults are covered. Nearly half
of all births in Oregon are paid for through OHP. Here in Tillamook County, about
8,000–8,500 people—roughly one-third of the population—are enrolled.
Q: Who qualifies for OHP?
A: Eligibility depends on income, family size, and health status. For example, a
family of four with an annual income below about $43,000 may qualify. OHP is
designed to help people who might not otherwise afford health insurance.

Q: What changes are coming to OHP?
A: Beginning January 2027, Oregon will receive less federal Medicaid funding.
That means fewer services and fewer people eligible for OHP. Rural areas like
Tillamook are expected to feel the cuts hardest. Without insurance, people often
delay care until it becomes urgent, leading to worse outcomes and much higher
costs. For example, an urgent care visit might cost $150–$250, while an ER visit
for the same condition could be $1,500–$3,000. If small hospitals can’t keep up,
some may close.
Eric Swanson, president of Adventist Health Tillamook, notes that 35% of the
hospital’s patients rely on OHP. He warns that cuts will be “devastating to
people on Medicaid.”

Q: What about the new work requirement?
A: Also in 2027, most OHP members ages 19–64 will have to document at least 80
hours of work per month (or prove exemption) to keep coverage. While 71% of
OHP members already work, many who don’t are elderly or disabled. The online
reporting system may create barriers, especially for rural residents with limited
internet access.

Q: What can people do now?
A: If you think you may qualify for OHP, it’s best to apply before December 2026,
when enrollment will likely become more complicated. Visit the Oregon Health
Plan website or contact the Tillamook County Community Health Center for help
applying.

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgAe7O0RenQ

Dear Protesters,

It’s been a busy week here. Just wanted to touch bases and let you know the Protest for this week will be in Nehalem from noon to 2 PM. We’ve been pretty lucky with the weather, but right now I am seeing some rain for Saturday-not much, but some. Please bring your rain gear, your waterproof signs, or forget the signs and just bring yourselves. The few critics we have are hoping we shrivel up when we get wet. We want to collect your thoughts on what people might do if they can’t protest in the rain.

A few thoughts have already been presented, the first one being a letter/postcard campaign. Writing to both Republicans and Democrats to express how we feel. Another is to turn our thoughts and energy into helping those in our community who have been adversely affected by our Federal Government. Neither thought is exclusive of the other. Between our North County Food Bank, our Nehalem Bay Community Services, and the need for food for kids when they are on vacation during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Please add your own thoughts to these and let us know what you are thinking on Saturday.

We are looking for more donations in our donation box for the North County Food Bank or cash/check donations to this organization. Again, we thank the couple from Tillamook who bring a minimum of 5 cases of food plus a large bag of dog or cat food each Saturday.

The address at the top of the page is all about being safe at our protests. Please read. We still need about 4 more people to help us with the “NO KINGS” Protest on October 18th. This protest will be in Manzanita. We must have you all at this protest with your “NO KINGS” signs. Please join us to show how we feel about not only our political parties but also the Federal Government. If you need your sign waterproofed, we are working on a solution for that.

Thanks,
Patty
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Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

59 Seconds for LUNA-tics
repost from ’24-no Ai- Cheers, Drew.
https://youtu.be/QlBb6ogZV-U

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

From KOIN today, full link below:

“The January 6 attack
The storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, by a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the results of the presidential election of 2020, which Trump had lost to his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, the Encyclopedia Brittanica states.
“Because its object was to prevent a legitimate president-elect from assuming office, the attack was widely regarded as an insurrection or attempted coup d’état. The FBI and other law-enforcement agencies also considered it an act of domestic terrorism. For having given a speech in which he rallied supporters to storm the Capitol in a violent attack that threatened the certification of Biden’s victory, Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives for ‘incitement of insurrection’ (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate).”

Full:

www.koin.com/news/portland/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-what-is-it/

I absolutely reject Drumf’s current deployment of any National Guard to Portland.

I also absolutely reject “Encyclopedia Brittanica” cozy little explanation bout J6. In the view of many, including myself, the Biden admin did in fact steal the election. And there were fed instigators like Ray Epps all over the place. Many innocent folks were given draconian sentences by Dick Cheney’s daughter, in my view.

Anyway, I think Drumf a dangerous moron, might have some stuff planned to escalate the current situation in Portland, and I would encourage protesters to do something else for a couple weeks.

And, this is my last post barring future comments about my previous posts. It’s time to fish and hunt and I got to make some money.

I would encourage more folks to contribute to this site as we need to talk about a lot of stuff as a nation right now, and we need to come together in Oregon.

FUNNY!:



Looks like woke has receded enough that we can laugh again! Some brand-new edgy political comedy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW81cIJVgLE

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

I had intended to write something about getting along with others but after reading a recent post on the BBQ, I think I will write about hatred.

The most iconic photo portraying hatred that I know of, is the picture that appeared in LIFE MAGAZINE, which is no longer in publication. This was a picture of southern white citizens spitting on little black children who were integrating (for the first time ever in the south) a white school back in the 60’s…….

The little 6,7 year old children were dressed in their very best little ruffly dresses, shiny black patent shoes, each holding the hand of a white policeman. The faces of the angry white adults being held back by a rope and other policemen were screwed up, screwed up!, with hate and they were spitting on the little children as they walked past. The image of their faces has stayed in my mind forever. I can’t find this picture on the Internet. Can you imagine spitting on little children?

Did you read the novel 1984 by George Orwell – in it was a daily ritual “Two Minutes of Hate”. During this time the citizens were to participate in a hate filled session watching pictures supplied by their government of their supposed enemies, OH! – we have that today on our news channels don’t we???
YES WE DO, on our TV! Real and AI. I!!!!!!!

Do we need to practice minutes of hate of our enemies supplied to us by the media? I am going to let you answer that question for yourselves. Here is another question? What is the effect of your hatred on your own body? You can look that up too !!

Sent to BBQ 10,6,25

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

WELCOME TO OREGON!

It’s a great place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to move here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXk1882z5oo

PDX ICE PROTESTORS: JUST GO HOME!



…or protest peacefully somewhere else for the next two weeks, but NOT at a fed location. Leave the ICE facility at Macadam, all fed facilities actually, VOID of anything for Drumf to do. He is using you. Go protest somewhere else for two weeks, come back to the ICE facility after that, if that location is important to you. The removal of folks living in America unlawfully will be going on for the next three years. Respectfully hold your anti-ICE signs on Sandy Blvd for two weeks? Write/post stuff instead, in support of your cause, for two weeks? Pay attention to Palestine for two weeks? SPEND TWO WEEKS MAKING SURE THE WORLD DOES NOT FORGET ABOUT JEFFERY EPSTEIN!!!!!!! DO SOMETHING!!!!!! just not at a fed location!!!!! (I cannot stress this enough!)


DRUMF MAY BE PLANNING TO JAIL MANY OF YOU FOR YEARS, AS BIDEN and CHENEY’S-SPAWN DID TO SO MANY INNOCENT PATRIOTS WHO WERE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ON JANUARY 6TH

BEWARE YOUNG ACTIVISTS!!!!!

DON’T TAKE THE BAIT!!!!!! OUTSMART DRUMF!!!!!

I believe in a closed border, and in my view deportations need to happen. That said, deportations are not happening in a functional, compassionate manner. And in my view, at the highest levels of corruption, ’migrants’ were let into our country illegally en masse by the Dem fascists, so the GOP fascists could employ the police state (on all of us) as they ‘get them out’.

Song break:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvMxqcgBhWQ

Other than closing the border, in my view, this administration Is running neck and neck with Biden’s for the title of The Worst In American History.

To the Oregon National Guard:

Thank you for your service! Glad you get to go home now and enjoy Oregon’s amazing October!

Camp Rilea is a neat spot, eh? What a cool base! Super beautiful! On a gorgeous stretch of the north coast nonetheless! And the weather was great while ya’ll were here! Not a raindrop in sight! Despite the ongoing geo-engineering! (Or, maybe…never mind…staying positive and moving on!)

Protestors exercising their First Amendment right that are opposed to ICE deportations, I say stay street side elsewhere with signs for two weeks, that’s my scrip yo’s. Don’t let Drumf use YOU to distract America from his Hitlerian buddy Bibi’s genocide in Palestine. That’s what this current ICE-facility theater is about, in my view. Or he and Vance may bomb Venezuela soon (for Israel, cuz when they attack Iran, we will need VZ oil for the duration of Israel’s Iran genocide-attempt, as the straight of hormuz will be shut.)

let me explain this protest idea further:

I absolutely 100% believe in a CLOSED BORDER with legal immigration. I LOVE living in America, the melting pot, with folks from all over the world living here. This is a COUNTRY, part of that means we have a BORDER, and folks need to come here LEGALLY, RESPECTFULLY. Change the legal immigration system if need be.

I completely disagree with all of you that tore down the George Washington statue on Sandy Blvd, at the German American Society. I lived nearby at the time, and I really, really wanted to roll down there with my Benelli, to be honest. I made the smart choice and stayed home. You’re welcome.

The tear-down of that statue was NOT a protest, it was idiot-insurrection. The lot of ya should have been thrown in jail.

That said, I am a staunch supporter of the U.S. Constitution, especially the First and Second Amendments, as they compliment one another. My two-week suggestion to VACATE protest at the ICE-facility location is an anti-Dumf anti-fascist strategy.

Don’t let Drumf and Fox News Pete, Secretary of Treason, stage this reality show in Pdx.

Think about it. If nobody is there, what are they gonna do?

IF YOU CAN’T OUTSMART DRUMF, YOU ARE TOTALLY USELESS

Some related history:

Fredy Hampton:

digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/fred-hampton-50th/the-assassination

Huey P. Newton

theburningspear.com/the-last-speeches-of-our-african-martyr-huey-p-newton/

Link below: It was Republican Godfather Ronald Reagan who violated the 2nd Amendment of the US constitution and got rid of open-carry in California:

www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/video/remembering-the-historic-black-panther-protest-at-california-state-capitol/

And here is (anti-American) Reagan’s California legislation:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act

Related, as all things are:

The CIA is doing great work unraveling Charlie Kirk’s assassination, it’s like watching the JFK assassination being figured out in real-time. NO! Not THAT CIA! Not the one down in Langley!

The Candice Intelligence Agency!



rumble.com/v6zopk4-dead-or-alive-who-betrayed-charlie-kirk-ep-245.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a

…and the best Oregon commercial EVER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-_Sn2cDwI

Submitted By: yuiqwe1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The claim from Trump and his administration that they are concerned about fentanyl coming into our country from Venezuela is a transparent excuse for committing murder. It’s obvious they couldn’t care less about anyone dying from fentanyl or any other drugs or a lack of health care or autism or measles or polio or any reason for that matter. Ted Chu

Submitted By: bigbeach1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

Thanks to Kim for pointing out that Portland is NOT in a place in need of the National Guard, and Dave’s idea to respond with non-violence is 100% the way to go, in my view, and he clearly explained the law-enforcement mind-set in these types of situations.

Paranoia, the Destroyer: I’m not sure that folks watching Fox News’ four-year old footage of the Portland riots are paranoid, or just victims of Drumf’s and Fox News’ dishonest marketing campaign about the current state of Portland. Maybe the viewers’ response could be considered paranoia, idk.

In an earlier post, I suggested that Dawson Park in Portland could use the ONG. It was an offhand remark, and the truth is, without the power to arrest drug-dealers and users, and with a judiciary that mostly lets dealers and users go right back onto the streets after being arrested, the presence of the Guard for drug-interdiction would be pointless.

Drumf is trying to put on a reality show in Portland, as I see it. A distraction from the genocide currently taking place in Palestine, and all of the other anti-American stuff he is involved with. Bread and circus. Though that strategy may no longer be effective for the kings and queens, as bread is too expensive and the circus sucks.

I suppose the ONG could occupy the park, but then the dealers would simply move shop somewhere else. And for the good of the heavy drug users roaming Portland streets, we have to get them into jail (to get sober) if they won’t go to rehab on their own. Compulsory rehab is best in my view. Their minds and bodies are being utterly destroyed, and quite rapidly. They are out of control and dying, and they need our help. Allowing this to go on is the opposite of compassion.

I drove a 20-something heroin addict, actually a really nice and smart guy from Seattle, who came to live in his car in Portland, after he heard the city council had legalized all hard drugs. When a PPB officer found him passed out in the front seat, with his works clearly visible in the passenger seat, he was offered jail or ‘Diversion’. He chose the totally-failed 3.3 million-dollar ‘Diversion’ (sign a pledge, leave same day, no meaningful follow-up), like a few hundred others have over the last couple of years, then went right back to the streets. I dropped him at his car/home off upper Burnside. I am pretty sure not one person got sober from ‘Diversion’, 3.3 million dollars later. I think the failed program is ending, but I’m not sure.

After the legalization of fentanyl, meth and heroin, junkies from all over America came to Portland, to live unmolested in tents, to do the deadly, life-ruining hard-drugs, legally. That’s the form this particular ‘woke compassion’ takes. The hard-drugs are still all but legal in Portland. And this fentanyl is nothing that Portland or the rest of America has ever seen. It totally destroys people, and very rapidly. I have seen it all, and it is utterly sad and insane that we are allowing this. These folks need our help to get off the drugs, not our ‘help’ honoring their addiction.

An interesting aside, the junkie from Seattle also told me that as soon as the Portland City Council legalized hard drugs, the Mexican cartels got word and flooded the new market, Portland, with fentanyl, meth, and heroin. They walked right over the no-border, then hopped on The Hound, bound for Portland. And he said the Mexican dealers, to protect their bosses, would tell their clients that they were Columbians! Dude was like ‘uh uh! We know you’re Mexicans!’ (I thought that was funny!)

Two days ago, driving through downtown Portland, there were maybe 200 folks that looked and behaved exactly like zombies. Hunched over, as fentanyl destroys their bones and body structure, staring off into space, wandering around. Sometimes I see them slowly falling to the ground, in what I call the fentanyl crumble, or, going down for the fentanyl count. It takes about 15-seconds for them to hit the ground. Again, nothing I see that the ONG can do about that. It’s a legislative and judicial problem, not an executive problem.

LAW AND ORDER! screams Drumf, the guy who is now officially a mass-murderer, cheered on by Vance. These international criminals ARE NOT CHRISTIANS. They are blasphemous anti-American traitors. (Biden too) Drumf’s targeting of dozens of human beings on three Venezuelan ‘drug boats’ (are you sure?) is called EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING.

Where is Senate Intel Chief Ron Wyden on this????????

Drumf certainly does not believe in law and order for him and his billionaire friends. (Same for Biden, etc.) He pardoned Michael Milken for God’s sake! And what else was I remembering…another friend of his….wait, it’s in there somewhere…gosh things move so fast these days…who was it??? Oh yeah, I remember now…

EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEINEPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEINEPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN

LAW AND ORDER MY ASS!

And where are those JFK files, proving that Drumf’s legacy-CIA buddies murdered our democratically-elected president?

LAW AND ORDER MY ASS!

2020 in downtown Portland was absolutely an insurrection, far worse than J6. We needed the guard desperately then. Brown would NOT deploy them. Drumf DID NOT invoke Title 10 and deploy them. Again, it is my view that feds were the main instigators of violence in both cases, J6 and downtown Portland in 2020 (I drove through downtown everyday for work: it was a hell-scape).

Again, to the 200 ONG members coming to Portland, BEWARE OF A FALSE FLAG!!!!!! Don’t let Drumf/FBI/CIA turn you into victims!

Watch out for a Kent State moment too, as Kim pointed out. If I remember correctly it went like this: super tense protest on campus, but no violence. Then a car backfired, and someone in the guard thought it was gunfire, and started shooting the protestors. A simple car backfire was all it took for four college kids to die that day.

I am still very concerned that Drumf is up to something with this deployment. The town is just too quiet right now. The arrests over the past few days are normal for this kind of situation and the feds and PPB who are currently working at the site have it totally handled. But with Drumf’s escalation/distraction, that may not be the case for much longer.

If there is a false-flag planned by Drumf/FBI/CIA, the fed-agitators will not look like a Patriotic Farmer, as they costumed Ray Epps on January 6th, they will look like antifa.

Here is Epps, and there is a lot more info on him elsewhere:

rumble.com/v2494qy-tucker-carlson-ray-epps-admits-he-orchestrated-the-jan-6-riot.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o&sci=9589ce18-13b3-4b5b-abb8-179d176e0205

rumble.com/v2zpzta-ray-epps-to-be-charged-lawyer-blames-tucker-carlson.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o&sci=9589ce18-13b3-4b5b-abb8-179d176e0205

Will COINTELPRO-type feds show up? Who knows, but as Kim’s Kent State observation shows, there needn’t be a false-flag event for a tragedy like Kent State to occur.

The link below is a deep dive on Epstein from Glenn Beck (yup, you heard that right!) interviewing the absolutely amazing Whitney Webb. I think it is incredibly important, as a nation, from a LAW AND ORDER standpoint, that we do not let this Epstein stuff disappear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d3jFIGxdQ

BONUS!

Some Bob Dylan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC10VWDTzmU&list=RDwC10VWDTzmU&start_radio=1

Btw, the The Kinks song ‘Destroyer’ is about a dude on drugs freaking out as he takes a girl home named…Lola. That’s my take anyway. Luv the The Kinks! Shoulda been the Beatles. Can’t stand the Beatles.

And here is the Kinks classic, “Lola”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI&list=RD6CzrYXcXweI&start_radio=1

and “Destroyer”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y-RF-HmUk&list=RDR8Y-RF-HmUk&start_radio=1

Submitted By: keeks54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Any federal budget deal that hands the Executive Branch a “blank check must be rejected. The Constitution makes it very clear: under Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, no money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law. That means Congress—not the President—decides how taxpayer dollars are spent.

Recent events show why strict guardrails are essential. On August 29, 2025, the administration attempted to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid using a “pocket rescission.” The Government Accountability Office has repeatedly stated that pocket rescissions are illegal under the Impoundment Control Act, yet the maneuver was attempted anyway. Appropriated funds have repeatedly been withheld or delayed without approval, undermining the law and co-opting Congress’s authority.

This is not a partisan issue. The balance of power depends on Congress defending its constitutional rights and responsibilities. Urge your Members of Congress to demand provisions to:
• Block unlawful rescissions or withholding of funds already approved by Congress
• Require that any spending changes receive congressional approval and transparent reporting
• Prevent unchecked executive overreach that erodes the separation of powers.

A budget without safeguards is a blank check. Please help convince Congress to protect constitutionally designated role and reject any budget deal that undermines accountability and the rule of law.

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Troops training at Rilea,
ShutDown-What’s OPEN what’s CLOSED,
Astoria Maritime Museum Steps Up
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Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I think enragement is a choice. If it feels harmful then it may be due to external manipulation, and an indication of bad information. So “nobody is just looking at kitten videos these days,” but too many are just looking at videos.

Video is an excellent medium for manipulating the viewer. One only need examine their own emotional responses to videos to recognize the problem. We should never trust information conveyed by video is anything but entertainment. Didn’t movie credits used to end with a disclaimer?

83 year old Ed knows that most people are approachable and reasonable. But I think confronting others with rage is setting up interaction for failure and potential violence. Law enforcement and the military are trained to take command and control, so we should expect to give that up to them or face consequences. The current administration wants (needs) to have news video of those consequences to support their narrative and further violate constitutional checks and balances.

So I think we should be like Ed, probably warm and sincere, polite and respectful, since that will be the best way to realize our shared goals. That’s not giving up, it’s being smart and strategic.

– Dave

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The Kinks Were Right–Paranoia Will Destroy Ya!
by loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

“Everybody that I know who doesn’t live in Portland is convinced we burned it to the ground in 2020. That it’s some sort of nightmarish hellscape that looks like Mad Max, only with rain.” PSU Associate Professor of Sociology and expert on policing Aaron Rousell from Street Roots August 21, 2024.

Portland is not on fire. Portland is not war torn. Portland is a big city with all the problems a big city has—homelessness, drugs, crime. I was born and lived there or near enough for most of my life. Before NW 23rd was fancy and a one bedroom apartment near Good Sam cost $225 a month, you could work a regular job and live a regular life. There were still plenty of drugs around just different ones and way more violent crime than there is now. The crime rate has actually been steadily falling in Portland since 2020 so what’s the emergency that necessitates sending National Guard troops to American cities like Portland?

According to the Constitution there are only certain instances when a president is supposed to use the National Guard to police a city and none of these conditions exist in the cities where troops are being sent. There’s a good explanation of when, how and why a president can use the National Guard in a 2/28/2025 Substack article by Cyrus Javadi. It was reposted on the Pioneer’s website.

The ICE facility is on one block in the city of Portland. So the Guard is being deployed to protect one block and it’s estimated to cost $3.8 million dollars, which doesn’t count food and lodging.

Your technology knows what you like to read and what gets you clicking. The more we click the worse we usually feel because nobody is just looking at kitten videos these days. We’re a fearful bunch. We love us some bad news and a good conspiracy theory that reenforces whatever our beliefs are, so if you have a deep seated fear of people who are not like you, your technology will give you more of the same to feed that fear. If you believe Democrats or Republicans are the Antichrist or the Antifa you’ll get all the clickbait on the interwebs to keep you busy believing. The people with the power know that. They know that division serves them. They use fear as a tool and a distraction. Now that AI can replicate reality and there are few adults in the room to call a lie a lie, people are struggling to figure what’s real and what’s not.

I have a lot of friends in Portland and one of them is Ed, a retired attorney who happens to live near enough to the ICE facility in Portland’s south Waterfront to walk there on his 83 year old legs. He’s made it a practice to stop by and talk with the people protesting for the past three months. He’s not afraid and nothing bad has happened to him. It’s usually a group of about 30 people although it can be more. The other residents he’s talked with are more concerned about federal agents and National Guard troops encouraged to use “full force” than they are about the citizens protesting, as well they should be. Because when emotions are running hot and the people charged with community policing are not community police, bad things can and do happen.

Here’s an example. On May 4, 1970, the governor of Ohio called in the National Guard to intervene at Kent State where students were protesting the US invasion of Cambodia. When students didn’t disperse, Guardsmen advanced and opened fire on unarmed students killing 4 in a matter of thirteen seconds.

There are real things to be afraid of right now—hospitals closing, safety net programs shut down, masked ICE agents detaining undocumented people without criminal records, deportation to third countries without due process, domestic military action by a Department of War, the chilling of free speech. I could go on but you get the idea.

I can’t remember where I read this or who said it but it struck a chord for me—America is the home of the brave and the land of the free and sometimes you have to be brave to be free.

Kim Rosenberg
by loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Hello Again,

Just a reminder of the Protest in Nehalem on October 4th, Saturday, from noon to 2 PM. Come when you can and stay as long as you like. This looks like a very busy weekend for local events.

The North County Resistance group organizes these peaceful protests to advocate for positive change in our community, promoting justice, equity, and neighborly support. We invite all community members—both regular participants and newcomers—to join us in making a meaningful impact together.

Bring your signs, your chairs, your positive attitude, and a couple of cans of food for our local North County Food Bank. And yes, checks and cash are greatly appreciated. We generally have someone from the Food Bank at the Protest, and they take the food to Wheeler every Tuesday morning.

The North County Resistance group would appreciate everyone attending these Protests to know it is our intention to keep all our activities safe, peaceful, and orderly. You will see some people wearing orange vests at the Protests. If there is any problem, you should contact these people and let them solve the problem. North County Resistance does this to keep everyone safe. We want you to be calm and stay calm—and be a team player when you come to protest. Please listen to the people in the orange vests. They may ask you to not cross the road in the middle of Hwy. 101 but to please use the crosswalk—simple concept, right? They may ask you to not have your sign too far out onto the highway, which might hamper a driver’s line of vision. Lots of these things are common sense, but if there is a moment when things begin to unravel, please listen to the people in orange vests. No, we have not had anything unravel at these Protests. We may practice on this coming Saturday to see what we might need to work on for the BIG NO KINGS event on October 18, in Manzanita.

We need more volunteers to serve as Marshalls at the October event—these team members play a vital role in keeping everyone safe and organized. If you’re interested in helping out, please contact me, Patty, at 503-368-6081 or speak with me at Saturday’s protest. Your support makes a real difference!

The website below is all about Safety at the Protests. Thanks very much for listening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgAe7O0RenQ

Best,

Patty

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Join us Saturday, October 4 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are aimed at developing “citizenship muscle. We will need “muscle” to bring power back to “We the People”, where it belongs. Each sermon functions as a stand-alone sermon. Don’t worry about missing earlier sessions.
This week’s sermon , number 14 of 19, is “Become America” and is 41 minutes long. Eric Liu talks changing ourselves and changing America through the agencies of memory, motives, and make-overs. We can talk about the sermon afterwards, or not.
Sermon was first given on March 31, 2018, but, sadly, nothing has changed in the last seven years.
Zoom link below
Invite link for Saturday 10 AM
us06web.zoom.us/j/88905106346?pwd=TEaw5qfSN2X5UoxBHgZSF7UsqwMugD.1
Recordings and transcrips are available for those who are unable to attend the zoom. Contact me at codger817@gmail.com and I’ll e-mail one to you. Recordings also available for earlier sessions.

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

Here is a place that could use the guard, Dawson Park. Drugs. murder. Because of Oregon’s woke legislative problem, PPB’s hands are tied, repeat offenders, and hard-drugs that are still all but legal, not enforced.

www.koin.com/news/portland/residents-near-dawson-park-demand-more-resources-to-reduce-violence/

But in my view, this troop deployment is about Drumf and Fox News Pete, Secretary of Treason, doing the bidding oil, bomb-makers, and bankers, also known as the military industrial complex.

Drumf and Pete are about to attack Venezuela and Iran (for Israel), with an escalation of NATOs war against Russian waiting in wings. That’s the most likely reason the guard is being sent to Wokeland in my view, as the city is quite quiet other than woke-legislative street crime problem.

Again, if extreme violence shows up, look to Soros agitators and traitorous J6-type feds. Anitfa punks too, but 100% antifa is infiltrated by J6-traitorous fed-types.

Most genuine antifa are pathetic punks, and the right knows this.

Yesterday, Drumf wrote on his Lies Social acct:

“We’re only going in because, as American Patriots, WE HAVE NO CHOICE. LAW AND ORDER MUST PREVAIL IN OUR CITIES, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!”

THE PRESIDENT LIES!!!!!!!!!!! GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!! FASCIST REGIME!!!!!!!!!

EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN!!!!!!!!!!!

LAW AND ORDER MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Epstein is a Drumf problem, but actually more of a democrat problem: Clinton, gates, Chomsky, New Mexico gov Ricchardson, and Senate Intel head Wyden runs cover with his limited hang-out Epstein ;investigations’ that he seems to have dropped.)

GAZA GAZA GAZA GAZ GAZA!!!!!!!!!!!! (WAR CRIMES/GENOCIDE). LAW AND ORDER MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Also a two-party problem)

BOMBED IRAN?????? TREASON TREASON TREASON!!!!!!!! LAW AND ORDER MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



STARTING A WAR WITH VENEZUELA????? TREASON TREASON TREASON!!!!!! LAW AND ORDER MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!

all linked by….Israel. just sayin.

HEY DRUMF! GO BUILD YOUR 200-million dollar ballroom and get the hell out of Oregon you anti-American fake-christian MAGA FRAUD!!!!!!!!!

And to the Oregon National Guard members! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!! SORRY IT’S TAKING THIS FORM!!!!!!

We all know you would rather be home in Medford or wherever with your families, awaiting an actual emergency, which is why ya’ll signed up in the first place.

Anyway, thank you, and I hope you can enjoy our food carts and strip clubs, they are world-class!

BONUS!

Anti-war film about Iran, produced in part by Chuck who helped start this website:

rumble.com/v650oqa-targeting-iran.html

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Squid invade the Hoffman,
Classics at St. Catherines and an
Apple extravaganza at the Grange!
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Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Time and time again those who have a public voice fail to consider Trump’s character and focus. To effectively deal with his troop deployments we must understand what he needs from them.

And that is video “talking points” he can use in his war of rhetoric. He wants graphic evidence of resistance and violence. He is manipulating us by setting up emotionally charged situations between citizens and law enforcement.

State leaders who rightly insist there is no need for federal intervention will be undercut by those who take the bait and provide exactly what this mostly performative president wants.

Protesters should adopt a block party approach by bringing refreshments (non-alcoholic), celebrating peacefully, and staying out of the way. Let their signs do the talking and rejoice in resisting Trump’s un-American tactics.

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Total City Hall Project Cost $5,922,852. That is the conclusion of the City Manager’s presentation which omitted inconvenient costs that would complicate the “under budget” mantra that City officials have adopted to distract us from what the actual total cost is.

The above cost excluded the purchase of the Underhill property even though that was the only reason given by the City in 2017 to justify spending almost two million dollars for the purchase and loan cost. Despite not including the land as a project cost, the City Manager attempted to justify the Underhill purchase by comparing an empty lot currently for sale on Laneda for $129 a square foot. Raising this comparison begs some further explanation. Why did the City sell the same sized old City Hall property which is up the street from the aforementioned $129 per square foot example to the contractor who built City Hall for what appears to be a fire sale price for both the land and the “uninhabitable” building for approximately $67 per square foot?

The City Hall project was a capital construction project and as such is entitled to be reimbursed for the administrative efforts of City Hall staff. These indirect costs that City officials charge our Water Operating Fund and justify as responsible accounting were also omitted as a project cost. Utilizing the Water Operating Fund indirect cost methodology employed to reimburse City Hall staff for the administrative support tasks that they provided for the City Hall project over the past three years adds approximately $435,000 to the total cost. (Note) This figure acknowledges that City staff were not responsible for processing monthly payroll for contractors of the project and has been accordingly reduced to reflect this fact.

Despite being substantially built with borrowed money, City officials are unsure what the financing costs to repay those construction funds over the next 20 years are so they will not not be considered as part of the total project cost. What is known is that the current City Budget contains loan repayments for this fiscal year alone for the Underhill property and City Hall construction that total $37,500 per month. Based on the best available information, the 20 year loan interest costs for construction of City Hall alone will total approximately $1.85 million.

Actual Total Project Cost: Approximately $10.2 million.

When presented with the opportunity to give a clear accounting of the total cost of this project based on the decisions, City Budget figures and current accounting practices of our City officials, we get a report that lacks both accounting credibility and common sense. City officials would have us believe that this project involved nothing more than the cost of designing and building a structure and those costs ended with the ribbon cutting.

As this Council celebrates and attempts to dismiss any further explanations on the real cost of the City Hall project, they will pivot to the pressing needs to generate new sources of revenue for City services. Businesses should prepare for the prospect of a food tax and a new monthly street fee for residents on their water bills as the Council resurrects its Revenue Diversification efforts. What businesses and residents will actually experience is Revenue Confiscation to support General Fund services.

It took 75 years from Manzanita’s incorporation as a City for annual expenditures to provide General Fund services to reach $2.5 million in 2021. Just four years later, this year’s Budget for those same services requires $6.7 million annually and includes the largest repayment of long term debt in the City’s history.

The City is discovering that maintaining and providing City services for a year round visitor destination with a foundation built on short term rentals is an expensive undertaking. Higher property taxes and water rates, hiring more employees to administer the growing number of short term rentals and new fees and taxes for residents to subsidize the impact that visitors have on City infrastructure. Amid these facts, City officials seek to reassure residents that thanks to those visitors, community livability has never been better. Moving forward, they appear committed to confiscating and spending whatever it takes to ensure that the quality of life for residents keeps pace with the costs of government because $6.7 million dollars just does not go far these days.

There’s a fine line between fleecing and skinning. I’m not sure City officials grasp the significance of the distinction but residents are feeling the pain.

Randy Kugler

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

See, Drumf is making the left look great! Some hilarious jokes below, from individuals I mostly disagree with. And they got me laughing this morning!

Drumf is 4 years too late. In 2020, Pelosi and Wheeler cheered on the extremely violent protesters. Drumf did NOT send in the guard then, just like he failed to secure our border in term one.

Why Portland now?

I bought my Vanilla Ice CD at Music Millennium, and I will roll down to the 50-foot ‘war zone’ on Thursday and blast some Vanilla, with a big smile on my face.

If things do escalate in the days to come, from outside Soros-agitators or traitorous J6-type feds, let’s at least make sure this doesn’t happen again:



www.thefallofminneapolis.com/

And if George did in fact overdose (he did), it would be more proper to blame his death on open-border Democrats than Chauvin. Or Drumf’s open border during term one, a place and time where it WOULD have been appropriate to send in The National Guard. One could at least argue that the drugs coming across the open-border ruined George Floyd’s life.

Anyway, here is some funny!



www.koin.com/news/portland/national-guards-portland-deployment-hits-the-late-night-tv-circuit/

Submitted By: dixiesvino@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Once again, this is Dixie from the wine shop in Manzanita. I was confronted by three different individuals this week about the posts on this site by Dixie Gainer. For the record, I am not that DIXIE and for the record, Dixie Gainer, I am not trying to be disrespectful of your right to your opinions and the right to post them on this site. The only reason I fell the need to speak out is because people have told me they do not want to support my business because of the posts.
Here’s to free speech and I will always support that!
Cheers!
Dixie at the Wine Shop