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Portland: Decriminalize Pot!!!!!!!!!!! 2007-10-24 22:59:00 For the love of god people get a fucking grip and get this done... It shouldn't be illegal at all - I say get the money out of the gangsters hands and make it a source of business. It could work. Oregonians, prepare for reefer referendum madness. Starting today, signature gatherers will ask Portland residents to put a law on next year's ballot decriminalizing possession of as much as an ounce ...

LOL! Portland biker carrys gun... 2007-10-24 22:57:00 Wow... a little extreme. A bicyclist wrote that he carries a gun while riding and would "take out" any motorist who endangered him.But I do think that this European bike box they are trying can only do good for everyone. Keep the progress moving forward. ...

Oregon workers, helicopters, trucks head to fires 2007-10-24 22:53:00 Nice. Good to hear. Oregon is sending Red Cross workers, specially built helicopters and at least 10 fire trucks to help fight the Southern California wildfires and take care of victims. Lise Harwin of the Portland office of the Red Cross said Tuesday night that 11 Portland-area volunteers are going to the San Diego area today. Meanwhile, Carson Helicopter in Grants Pass has sent four S61 ...

YIKES! - One day living in Cairo is like smoking 20 ciggs... 2007-10-24 22:42:00 Holy shit! Thats not messing around. Ive heard the same thing several years ago about Mexico City. Air pollution is so bad in Cairo that living in the sprawling city of 18 million residents is said to be akin to smoking 20 cigarettes a day. According to the World Health Organisation, the average Cairene ingests more than 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution a day. ...

Gas reaches $3.00 in Oregon... 2007-10-24 22:36:00 Yikes... um good thing I don't drive! Biking is the way to go! J Oregon's average gas price hit $3 this week, according to AAA Oregon. "This is the time of year when gas prices normally decline, but that's not the case now," Marie Dodd, AAA Oregon public affairs director, said. "The national average increased 6 cents in the past week to $2.82, the highest level since early August. And ...

San Diego is on FIRE... 2007-10-24 22:33:00 Check out this map... Shows you how crazy this shit is getting... It seems that it is getting updates regularly too. SEE IT HERE... ...

Collier Glacier - Oregon's fastest shrinking glacier... 2007-10-24 22:29:00 And its only going to get faster.... and faster... and faster. BEND, Ore. - Between the North Sister and Middle Sister in Oregon's Cascade Range, Collier Glacier has advanced and receded for hundreds of thousands of years. But like many glaciers, it is headed in one direction these days: backward. It is in serious peril, says geologist Ellen Morris Bishop of the Fossil-based Oregon Paleo Lands ...

Pikachu's Vagina Brings Happiness to Children 2007-10-24 22:26:00 LOL! ... Children

Want to connect with fellow Northwest condo owners? 2007-10-24 22:17:00 This site was brought to my attention, and it is pretty cool... Beneighbor is a social network that connects people with friends and others who live in, or near, the same condominium building. CHECK IT OUT ...

$50,000 reward for CA arsonist... 2007-10-24 17:37:00 Yikes, for all the damage I would have thought it would be more... We need the dawg on this one... CBS News has learned a task force of agencies, including the FBI, ATF, the Orange County Fire Authority and the California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire - which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage - is being officially declared an arson, ...

Has the Mortgage Crisis Finally Peaked? 2007-10-24 17:20:00 Wouldn't that be nice if it could only get better from here on... In recent months, mortgage issues have been a main force hampering home sales but, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors, mortgage availability is finally improving—even as home sales continue to slide. ...

You know your a moron when... 2007-10-24 17:15:00 I love how he throws down the gas thing and then sees the cop there and picks it up right away... ...

Micro. vs. Google for stake in Facebook... 2007-10-24 17:12:00 It is incredible how much Facebook is worth! How is that possible!?!?!?!? SAN FRANCISCO - Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc. ... Google

Sickening Pictures: One million terrified residents flee fire-ravaged Malibu 2007-10-24 16:38:00 These pictures are particularly devastating to see. What a horrible turn of events for the worse possible results... A million people fled for their lives in the biggest evacuation in California's history as exhausted firefighters conceded defeat to the shrieking winds that fanned flames of terror and devastation across America's most populated state. ...

Billion dollars damage as California fires rage into fourth day 2007-10-24 14:46:00 HOLY SHIT! Living in CA may be sweet but wow it comes with a toll... LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Fires raged across California for a fourth day Wednesday as officials said property worth 1 billion dollars had been lost and President George W. Bush declared the region a major disaster zone. Around 1,700 buildings have been reduced to charred rubble in 18 fires that have erupted since Sunday, ...