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03-17-2013, 07:16 PM | #1 |
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03-21-2013, 09:05 PM | #2 |
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How NYC works. 11 years, 440,000 pot busts, 1,000,000 police man hours.
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I am highly impressed by the sophisticated statistical method used to generate the 1,000,000 hours... NOT
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has had other effects more beneficial to the community. Staten Island live Ken Paulsen December 28, 2012 Quote:
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03-22-2013, 09:38 AM | #4 |
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It's easy to believe 2.5 hours per bust. First the cops usually work in pairs. Then those dangerous criminals have to be transported, booked, and housed until they can see the judge, all handled by cops.
And that doesn't even include the whippers, beaters, fingernail pullers, and gruel sloppers in the dungeons.
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05-17-2013, 02:56 PM | #5 |
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"He ducked that one"
"How did the cops miss a sitting duck like that speeding sedan? By the waddling ducks." "Drakeblocked!" (wait.. that doesn't work either, a drake is the male duck like a cock is a male chicken, but it was likely the hen [what's the female duck called anyway? mama?])
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I really can not believe the lack of political savvy in this...
KATU News May 29, 2013 Report suggests sales tax on new bikes to fund bike programs Quote:
Oregon has no sales tax... only an income tax based on the federal income tax. Oregon voters have formally already voted against any sales tax 7 or 8 times. The rest of the state essentially politically hates Portland (and Eugene). A large portion of automobile drivers hate bicyclists. The Portland City Club is the remnants of "old Portland", and while still influential in Portland-politics, it carries little weight elsewhere. |
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05-30-2013, 11:43 AM | #7 |
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Their lack of political savvy comes from their world view. Only they, the wise seers, can lead the unwashed away from motor cars, back to the temple of the holy bicycle.
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We moved to PDX in the mid-70's, and found life here was different - very different.
The City Council was attempting to cope with cable TV, so there were onslaughts by the broadcast networks, the phone company, the electric company, and most importantly, the unique and "weird" neighborhoods of Portland. Eventually, the cable was installed, but among the concessions to the neighborhood groups, the City Council demanded one channel be set aside for "public access" - with NO editing or censorship. As a result, Portlanders were treated to TV as they had never seen before. ... silliness of all sorts, amateurs of all sorts, evangelists of all sorts, and NUDITY --- nudity in the studio and films of public-nudity on beaches, city streets, etc. To say the least, the public access channel was a guilty-pleasure success. Many people watched, but only a very few defended publicly ... and so eventually it's policies became compromised and the channel failed. It was a great social experiment. But, Larry Nielsen held on, and stayed in the public eye with his-to-her store-front church and street-evangelism, all at a time when such complex images and messages were unacceptable to most of society. OregonLive.com Nancy Haught, The Oregonian 6/13/13 Sister Paula Nielsen, Portland's transgender Christian evangelist, tells all Quote:
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This Bill is a bit unexpected to the Oregon public,
but at the same time it is not all that surprising. Fox News Associated Press July 03, 2013 Plan would make tuition free at Oregon colleges Quote:
announced that tuition for existing AND incoming med students would remain constant. Tuition rates have been rising, and people are concerned about the "student loan" debt of graduates that is climbing. This is particularly true for students of higher (post-graduate) degrees because the Federal student loan is being cut for them. (Thanks to the Republican Party) . ETA: Oregon Live Nick Budnick, The Oregonian 7/1/13 Updated: Oregon Health & Science University to lock in tuition for new, existing students Quote:
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07-04-2013, 09:17 AM | #11 |
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I see those incentives backfiring. People will likely still seek high-paying jobs, they will just get to keep more of it.
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07-04-2013, 09:20 AM | #12 |
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Also, it's easier to do a cost/benefit analysis on a loan. If you have to pay, say 5% of your per annum earnings in perpetuum, you are potentially (definitely, from my experience) taking a much bigger hit than any student loan.
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From what I am reading, the issues are along the lines of...
1) If a student can't afford today's tuitions, he/she won't go to college at all. 2) Student loan programs are getting major cuts for graduate degrees 3) On graduation, the student is not in debt with student loans. Here is one article... Quote:
the "student" would be paying about the same total as the current student loan debt (e.g. $1,800 x 20 yrs = $36,000) Last edited by Lamplighter; 07-04-2013 at 09:44 AM. |
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