Author Archives: tomdwyer

How Fake Is YOUR News? A look at the media credibility spectrum… all of it.

FAKE NEWS!  You’re being hoodwinked by the entrenched Liberal Media!  Look out!  The Right Wing Echo Chamber is blasting out lies! Everyone sees bias in news from “the other side”, but are we right?  And how easy is it to … Continue reading

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Doing the right thing

2018 Oregon Rotary Club Ethics In Business Awards We’re in the Auto Repair industry, an industry lagging only slightly behind lawyers and politicians for public perception of its ethics.  Knowing that, we’ve made ethics and integrity the core of our … Continue reading

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A Close Look at Auto Inspections

Is a “free Multipoint Inspection” a deal?  Should you trust a “Free Brake Inspection”?  Is our own 90-Point Inspection worth your time?  Is our Comprehensive Inspection worth the money?  Every auto repair shop has a “multipoint inspection” of some type, … Continue reading

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Drew’s Kitchen- Slow cooker chicken parmesan and pasta

The rain is gone and you’ll be heading outside soon.  This month Drew brings you a “set it and forget it” recipe; one that you can start before you go and will be there waiting when you return from your … Continue reading

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Shop Talk- A FREE way to help independent community media

        Comment of the Month We always ask First-Time clients how they heard about us and three responses came in just this month that we’d like to share with you… client Dan D. said he knew about … Continue reading

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Health Notes- We’re so sorry, but you just aren’t worth curing

You remember Goldman Sachs… they’re the multibillion dollar investment bank we taxpayers cured with a $10 billion injection during the financial crisis they helped cause.  That was a teachable moment, but they apparently didn’t learn the lesson. In a recent … Continue reading

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Book Spotlight- “A Higher Loyalty” by James Comey

“A Higher Loyalty- Truth, Lies, and Leadership” By James Comey Our In-House Review by Charles Letherwood, “Book Spotlight” Bureau Staff Writer Sometimes it’s nice to think there might still be ethical people left in the world.  Not unflawed paragons of … Continue reading

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Humorousness- Lifehacks guaranteed to fail

You know lifehacks… clever little ideas to solve annoying little problems you might not even know you had.  Here’s a caution though:  not everything you find on the InterTubes is high-quality information.  We ran across a video with more than … Continue reading

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Popcorn Shorts for June 2018

Popcorn Shorts Cool stuff that’s too small for a big article Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them.  From the … Continue reading

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News To Make You Furious- Scott Pruitt, Poster Boy for Corruption

Scott Pruitt, Poster Boy for Corruption “News To Make You Furious” seems almost redundant these days.  Our little monthly column of atrocity gets buried under the daily stream of illegalities, corruption, and humiliation spewing from the tufted vulgarian and his … Continue reading

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