Links of the Day

A meteor hits Washington (seen by a pilot).

Scientists find a "frog from hell" fossil (artist rendition displayed to right).

A transgendered inmate loses her lawsuit to force Oregon prison officials to pay for her sex change operation and move her to a women's prison. (this article blatantly ignores her pronoun choice, fyi)

Forest Grove High School (my old high school) has been awarded a little over $400,000 to build a health center that will target uninsured & underinsured students.

Links of the Day

Pit bull owners beware, they might try to chew on your toes.

Don't leave anything unattended at Goodwill, because they just might sell it.

Oregon Senate endorses the Copper Salmon Wilderness plan that creates nearly 14,000 acres of national forest.

Oregon public school cafeterias aren't serving beef any more after a video was release by the Humane Society.

Links of the Day

A study finds that coffee may make diabetes worse (I'm a risk for diabetes... & have a pretty strong caffeine addiction)

The Kennedys back Obama (oh please let this be a sign of more endorsements for Obama).

He's at it again... Chavez urges Caribbean & Latin American leaders to create a defense policy and form military alliance against the US.

It not safe being a pedistrian... a Tri-met bus driver hits a woman walking her dog.

A drum set made of cheese!

Links of the Day

A study proves what we already knew (or at least suspected), that Bush and his aides made 935 false statements.

Powells Books plans to expand its downtown location in two years.

And finally, NPR's pres. candidate bingo. (We're probably going to have a Super Tuesday party at my house with our own version of this).

Trimet Finally gets the hint

[from the Oregonian]
After a swift public outcry this week, TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen on Friday abruptly shelved his proposal to limit the hours of Fareless Square.

Biker Mugged

This is totally fucked up.

[from BikePortland.org]
"At 7:45 yesterday morning (12/10) a woman on a bicycle was thrown to the ground by a man in a car as she pedaled to work on NE Emerson Street and 35th Place (near New Seasons Market). The man then stopped his car, robbed her, and threatened to kill her before speeding away."

Links of the Day

Science discover new "irrelevance filter" in the brain and a very strange looking mouse like creature.

A judge in Australia rules tells a 10 year old aboriginal girl rape victim that she "probably agreed to have sex" with 9 men.

Republican candidates (with exception to Huckabee) refuse to meet with 49 retired generals and admirals to hear their thoughts against torture.

Link of the Day

Creative uses of Monopoly during war time.
A prostitute auctions off 27 hrs of sex for charity.
Facebook wakes up and smells the privacy violation.

And on a sad note, one of my favorite podcasts, Oregon Considered, is canceled.