Category Archives: 2020 July

You have an appointment with the Department of Reality Studies!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by tomdwyer

“My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Do you believe that? We don’t. Basic science, even basic consensual reality, seems under attack these days. Science and education are increasingly something for the ‘elite’; something to be distrusted by … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Don’t like paying for other folks pollution? Frack you.

Posted on July 30, 2020 by tomdwyer

Don’t want to pay to clean up other people’s greed? Frack YOU! From Eoin Higgins at Common Dreams “A devastating new report from the New York Times details how as fracking companies are going out of business they are leaving … Continue reading →

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Shop Talk- Do you follow us on Facebook? Here’s the deal with Lee

Posted on July 30, 2020 by tomdwyer

Comment of the Month Do you follow us on Facebook? Just like this newsletter, we try to bring you something that’s occasionally mechanically useful, but we also post things on politics, the environment, politics, humor, politics, science, politics, Portland, politics, … Continue reading →

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The Fed’s Occupation hits close to home. Too close.

Posted on July 29, 2020 by tomdwyer

Greetings, Fury. Absolute, blinding fury. That’s the only word I can find to describe my feelings that my home of Portland is currently occupied by illegal, unidentified, paramilitary pseudocops. In the short time they’ve been here, these mercenaries have picked … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Shorts for July 2020

Posted on July 27, 2020 by tomdwyer

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 sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading →

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Drew’s Kitchen- Slow Cooker Three Cheese Chicken Lasagna

Posted on July 27, 2020 by tomdwyer

Nothing beats lasagna… except lasagna done in a slow cooker! Ingredients: 2 cups diced or shredded cooked chicken 2 ½ cups alfredo sauce (homemade or storebought) 9 uncooked lasagna noodles 1 15-oz container ricotta cheese (whole or … Continue reading →

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Greetings from OCCUPIED PORTLAND

Posted on July 27, 2020 by tomdwyer

Reporting to you from our front row seats to history Well, it’s certainly been an interesting couple weeks here in the Rose City! In June, we were just one city of thousands around the world convulsed by the reaction to … Continue reading →

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Welcome to THE FUNNY PAGE!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by tomdwyer

THE FUNNY PAGE If you never read our monthly Humorousness column, you see the problem… no one else ever read it either. That’s a shame, too, because there was some pretty funny stuff on it. Once in a while. Well, … Continue reading →