My friends work as consultants in the “Healthtech” industries and their contracts are up at end of this year. They would have stayed but their contracts are not going to be renewed. It’s almost like companies with contracts and connections to the HSS suddenly don’t want qualified doctors with Masters degrees working there. What they love about…[Read more]

Reg,

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.

I fully concede on the Military being unnecessary as law enforcers, as well as illegal under The Posse Comitatus…[Read more]

Unseen,

Looks like somebody has moved from a Gish Gallop to a Gish Warp. Whether unaided or with help from AI, it is a wonder to behold.

Either way, Mayor Keith Wilson has only 3 months to accomplish his stated goal:

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson opens up about first 9 months in…[Read more]

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]