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Sank the Car in the Mud (opens the original)
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I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and one of the things about being an Oregonian is that we pride ourselves on not needing umbrellas because it’s raining all the time, that we can get through the rain and be just fine. When I moved to Montana, it didn’t rain the way it did in Portland, but I do remember my first drop of rain on me. It was a sunny day, I think it was spring, very pretty out, and I didn’t live far from the office; it was a small town, so I could just walk to the office. O
CA 7 Doris Matsui-Mai Vang Debate (opens the original)
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I’m really struggling between Doris Matsui and Mai Vang. I like both of them and could vote for either one; it would be good if either one was my representative. I decided to watch the debate to help me decide. As I watched the debate, I just got irritated. It felt like it was a debate between grandma and granddaughter about who is not respecting whose story.I naturally lean towards Doris, even though she is Japanese. Doris was in the American internment camp and my Father was in a Japanese inte
Yachats - Oregon Coast (opens the original)
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Last week I got back from Yachats. I’d never been. My daughters had recommended it and that is where we met up and spent time together. I love the Oregon coast, and this trip reminded me of that love once again.Yachats sits on the central coast between Newport and Florence, over 80 miles west of Eugene. We arrived on a Friday evening at Adobe Resort and had a nice evening listening to the ocean waves while looking at the brochures of things to do.While the girls went on walks, I chose the trolle
Priced In: The Control Group (opens the original)
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There is a number in a filing cabinet somewhere in Detroit, Michigan, that changed the way I read history. In 1973, Ford’s engineers calculated that a human life was worth $200,000, not as philosophy, but as a line item. They set that number against an $11-per-car fix for the Pinto’s exploding gas tank, did the math, and concluded that paying out death claims was cheaper than fixing the flaw. The car stayed on the road. People burned to death in rear-end collisions that, for the price of a car r
Opa Kluge; Mom's Papa being/was honored with posthumous military medals 8/18/2026 at Bronbeek (opens the original)
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Mom wrote in her diary that Opa got drafted when she was six months old and did not return until she was close to 6 yrs old. She remembers being told to call him Papa.I remember visiting Oma and Opa every weekend at Holgate House in S.E Portland, Oregon. He was a very tall, big man. Soft spoken. Gentle. <div class
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