Calling for a military presence in Portland is political theater and completely unnecessary. It inflates problems into existential crises when, in reality, the city operates with schools, businesses and daily life as normal. Overall violent crime is on the way down. I have a few friends living there and they love living the city and the wider…[Read more]

There was an evening market not far from where I live last night. They were not afraid of being assaulted.

Your arguments are made moot due to the fact that we have, not just a new mayor, but a new form of city government.

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Portland, Oregon recently underwent a major overhaul of its city government structure, which was approved by…[Read more]

Unseen,

Portland’s Impact Reduction Program does document reports of encampments. However the reports have increased every year since 2015, and the number of removals only matched the number of reports in 2015. Every other year, removals were only a small fraction of the reports.

Impact Reduction Program Data Dashboard and Performance Measures…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
So all of the Antifa and Autonomous Zoners of 4 years ago are no longer there, waiting for another chance to create trouble? Are there not some of them among today’s rabble? All of the roadside encampments are cleared out? So the City Fathers and Mothers have everything under control? I find that hard to b…

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Unseen,

That is a profoundly DUMB statement.

Four years ago there were wandering mobs of protesters in the central city which included unwanted anarchists who broke store windows and otherwise vandalized property.

What’s going on now are protests at an ICE facility and while a few throw a rock or otherwise misbehav and get themselves a…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Strega and Unseen, I am no fan of the Military serving as domestic law enforcement.

At the same time, I seriously doubt that Portland has improved from what it was 4 years ago, as shown here:

That is a profoundly DUMB statement.

Four years ago there were wandering mobs of protesters in the central city which included…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

RFK JR’s brain worm is not content to deprive us of vaccines, Tylenol, and 5G WiFi. Now the brain worm wants to eat up our food supply by banning GMOs, banning glyphosphate and atrizine, and mandating “Organic, Biodynamic” Agriculture:

MAHA: Make Agriculture Harder for…[Read more]

Strega and Unseen,

I am no fan of the Military serving as domestic law enforcement.

At the same time, I seriously doubt that Portland has improved from what it was 4 years ago, as shown here:

Is Portland Over? From CBS KOIN Channel 6

And another “Autonomous Zone” could pop up at any minute if local…[Read more]

Strega wrote:
Quick shout out to @unseen – hope you’re OK mate, I gather Portland is under assault from the military – can’t believe I’m even typing this – stay safe!

Portland is not the dystopian hell Trump seeks to have The Great Unwashed believe. He’s sending troops to liberal cities in preparation for having people used to seeing troops avai…[Read more]