The Vig

By now you’ve heard about Obama’s Senate floor confrontation with Joe Lieberman.  You probably haven’t seen the video though.  What a fantastic catch by ABC News.  Lieberman looked almost befuddled as Obama led him into the corner for his tongue-lashing.  What was the subject of the conversation?  Jake Trapper probably has it close to right.
Obama […]

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One of the greatest times of my life was my two years as resident adviser at Southern Oregon State College in the early 90s. I made some great friends, many of whom I’ve begun to reconnect with through Facebook, and learned lessons I carry with me to this day.  We had two wonderful leaders […]

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A day later than normal, I know.  For the first time in a long time, I chose sleep over blog last night.  And it felt so good.   So what happened?
Blazers:  I had tickets to Friday night’s game against the Clippers.  I gave them to a co-worker who was having an adult’s weekend with her husband.  […]

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I’ve about had it with the radio dial in Portland.  My favorite stations have all become repetitive and bland.  NRK, which I believe is the station targeting my particular demographic (too old for top-40, too poor for KINK), has devolved into an 80s pop station which will occasionally play something new, only to drive it […]

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Remember this Econ 101 lesson from a few months back?  I get a similar feeling when I read about Bank of America’s buy-out of Countrywide this morning.  B of A poured about $2 billion into the sub-prime lender late last summer and has since seen the value of their investment plunge to about $560 million.  […]

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Jack Bog is throwing a cyber-Christmas party today. I may be able to get out of the office by 2, who knows. If not, please accept the following as my contribution to the YouTube potluck.

Hopefully the kid doesn’t throw away his talent on Heroin Hero.

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Over the weekend, Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte admitted he used HGH twice back in 2002. Today Fernando Vina said essentially the same thing about his use in 2003.
“I tried everything rehabbing,” he said. “I came to a point that I was desperate…”
Vina said he tried HGH to heal himself, not to build bulk. “For […]

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From Sullivan:
There’s a sword at Obama’s throat. Hillary grabs the sword and brandishes it, gloating. Obama reaches out, takes the sword from her hand, and runs her through. What an aphoristic moment.

That will be all, Mrs. Clinton. Move along.

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Mock all you want, Rick Emerson, but this is something special.

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I was on the phone with my buddy Doug last night as I made a delivery in the hills behind PGE Park.  I kept interrupting him with stories of folks in Santa outfits walking up and down Burnside.  There were naughty girl Santas.  There were a few drunken Santas straight out of Trading Places, a […]

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