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Schumachers ordered to pay $97,000 to cover protesters' legal fees 2008-01-25 16:05:00 Fuck you Lars Larsen... Schumachers ordered to pay $97,000 to cover protesters' legal fees. A federal judge has ordered one of Portland's last furriers to pay nearly $97,000 in legal fees to the animal-rights protesters he has accused of destroying his family business. U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman ordered Gregg Schumacher and Schumacher Furs & Outerwear to cover $43,186 in legal fees to ...

Bill Gates calls for kinder capitalism... 2008-01-25 16:03:00 I really do like Bill Gates quite a bit... Much more in the article... ...

Anti-gay forces infiltrating Oregon... 2008-01-25 15:53:00 Wow... powerful op-ed by a Portland attorney which was featured in the Oregonian... The Legislature last year passed a bill that would finally grant Oregon's gay couples state rights and responsibilities similar to those of married couples. The governor signed the bill in May, to go into effect on Jan. 1. Some Oregonians, angered by the Legislature's vote, attempted to refer the issue to the ...

Movie 'Untraceable' takes place in PORTLAND!!!! 2008-01-25 12:44:00 COOL COOL COOL COOL COOL!!!! ... I ranted about how sweet I thought it was that Mr. Brooks was set in Portland, and now again, another kickass thriller is taking place right here in our hometown. Portland is a great place for any movie like this. And we are definitely tech savvy enough for some nut-job to set up a site KILL WITH ME like happens in the movie. I am going to see this ...

The many qualities of Portland... 2008-01-25 12:20:00 This wonderful post about the great things of Portland really cheered me up when I read it. READ HERE... ...

Olympics in the most polluted city on earth 2008-01-25 12:03:00 Well, not really THE most polluted city... but probably when it comes to breathable air in major cities, I dont doubt it is the worst... I just like to be careful with such statements as Beijing is the 'most polluted city on earth' Incredible - Why didnt they just exclude the city? Apparently the olympians are being told not to go to the city until the very last minute. This really makes me ...

Kid tells mom he's an atheist... 2008-01-25 10:14:00 This made my fuckin day... ...

Shaq spends $23,000 for gas / month 2008-01-25 09:20:00 Yikes... How's a guy supposed to make it on $2 million a month? That's how much the Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal lists as his earnings in a financial statement filed in his Florida divorce case -- obtained by "Extra" -- but he's also got expenses, you know. Such as, every month he pays: • $1,500 for cable TV (for that kind of money, he better get the Big Ten Network). • $110,000 for monthly ...

Lots of Heath Ledger controversey... 2008-01-25 08:49:00 Pretty incredible that Gibson would say this. I have always hated this assbag anyways. John Gibson responds via Think Progress to the outcry from his stupidity by “saying that it was just “a little Brokeback Mountain joke” and there is “no point in passing up a good joke.” UPDATE: GLAAD has started a petition asking Fox News “why they continue to provide a platform for John Gibson’s cruel ...

700MHz Auction today... 2008-01-24 13:54:00 It is interesting watching this unfold. Go Google... ...

Deforestation of Amazon rises sharply 2008-01-24 13:46:00 Yikes... I thought this was getting under control!? SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil will combat rising deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental protection officers to areas where illegal clearing of the rain forest jumped dramatically last year, officials said Thursday.Authorities will also monitor the areas where the deforestation occurred in an attempt to prevent ...

Technology as addicting as drugs, alcohol. 2008-01-24 13:43:00 Guilty as charged. Technology might be just as addictive as alcohol and drugs and could also wreak havoc with personal and work relationships, a leading expert has said. John O'Neill, the director of addictions services at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas refers to it as "technology overload" when he sees addiction-like behavior in his patients using cell phones or emails. "I think they ...

Annoying Amy... 2008-01-24 12:29:00 This was funny... Simon tells her she is annoying. ...

GORE: Climate change significantly worse than projected... 2008-01-24 12:20:00 Wonderful. I am wondering what point of this I am going to want to end my life to miss the ha Climate change is taking place even faster than the worst predictions made by the UN's Nobel prize-winning panel on climate change, Al Gore said this morning. The former US vice-president and winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize said that there were forecasts that the North Pole ice cap could ...

Economy Effed..... Flashback - they knew the war would bring this... 2008-01-23 14:43:00 Iraq war to blame... and still our homeland security as solid as swiss cheese... we're so cool. In yesterday’s press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the tie between the current U.S. economy and the Iraq war. Perino quickly dismissed the reporter’s question, insisting that the U.S. economy has been “very strong” and adding that the money was necessary to “ ...