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Apparently, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

After life-saving organizations, Red Cross, Elks and Salvation Army helped rescue and provide needs for victims of Oregon wildfires, they now must brace for another disaster — Measure 26-218. Metro has placed a massive billion dollar tax on the ballot, Measure 26-281, that is a wage tax that will tax churches and charities that have employees in the Metro area. This METRO wage tax hits all businesses and organizations of certain employee sizes. The money from taxing Oregon small businesses and charities like Red Cross, Elks and Salvation Army will be going to build a light rail to a luxury shopping mall called Bridgeport Village.

How "progressive".

 

Anarchists Of Portland

A flyer they were handing out four nights ago downtown pretty well sums them up:

Proud Boys In A Park

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday said she was sending state troopers to help the Portland police and was creating a unified command structure among city, regional and state law enforcement — a tactic that essentially circumvents a city ban on the use of tear gas as a crowd-control measure. “This is a critical moment. We have seen what happens when armed vigilantes take matters into their own hands. We’ve seen it in Charlottesville, we’ve seen it in Kenosha and, unfortunately, we have seen it in Portland,” she said, referencing deaths in Virginia, Wisconsin and Oregon during clashes between those on the right and left of the political spectrum.

Hmm. Let's see: in Kenosha, a 17 year-old was assaulted by Leftists, and the kid opened fire; killing two and injuring a third. Of course, he shouldn't have had a gun in the first place, as in Wisconsin the legal age for possession is 18. On the other hand, it certainly leveled out the playing field.

In Portland, a right-winger was shot to death by a Leftist in the heart of the city's downtown area - which is likely why today's gathering of right-wingers is being held in a large park on the city's northern edge. The suspect in the shooting, a self-described anti-fascist, was killed the following week by law enforcement as they tried to arrest him in Washington state.

“I am incredibly concerned about the increased risk of violence in Portland this weekend,” Brown told reporters.

Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio said his group did not intend to cause violence.

“We will be peaceful unless provoked. I encourage people to protest us,” Tarrio wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “What we won’t condone or tolerate is violence towards attendees.”

If Kate's so "incredibly concerned", perhaps she should be policing the Leftists.

 

 

Democrat Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency in Portland

Left-wing protesters have staged almost nightly riots in the city for more than three months, but now that the Proud boys plan to hold a rally in the wide open expanse of Delta Park, north of the city itself, she's decided there's some sort of emergency. Leftist rioters downtown are fine and dandy, but she can't abide right-wingers gathering in a huge park away from downtown.

“The First Amendment does not give anyone license to hurt or kill someone because of opposing political views,” Brown said. “And when free expression is fueled by hate and coupled with an intent to incite violence, then I need to do everything I can as governor to ensure the safety of Oregonians.”

Baloney.

There won't be any violence as long as the Leftists don't head to Delta, looking for trouble. That, however, is exactly what they'll do. And Katie knows it.

 

Having Solved All Other Issues In California...

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that the state will ban sales of gas-powered vehicles, effective in 2035. Newsom said that the “audacious” goal was necessary to achieve the state’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045.

Well, they voted the idiot into orifice, so they get to deal with the results. That's why they have blackouts on a regular basis: believe it or not, the sun doesn't always shine down there, nor does the wind always blow. And if you want 100% "renewable" energy, you can't have backups like coal or natural gas-fired power plants. Their problem, fortunately.

It'll be interesting to see how banning internal-combustion engines works out in terms of market realities; they'll probably have to haul goods to and from their border by jitney or something - they might use ropes rolling platforms across logs, but no, they can't because logs are trees, and trees can't be cut. Maybe they can come up with a soy substitute.

 

Anarchist Hotbeds

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it has identified Portland, Seattle, and New York City as jurisdictions that have permitted violence and destruction of property and that have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities. The declaration comes in response to President Donald Trump's memorandum from Sept. 2, 2020. The memorandum is titled “Memorandum on Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities.” 

The designation may well result in cities losing targeted federal funds.

In its press release, the Department of Justice notes that Portland had more than 100 consecutive nights of protests "marred by vandalism, chaos, and even killing." It said protesters started fires, threw projectiles at law enforcement officers, and destroyed property. The DOJ says several officers were injured.

Yes - I believe we're on day (night) 104 now in Portland. The feds have offered to send in assistance, but the so-called mayor flatly rejected it.

Portland paper Willamette Week provided a platform for Portland rioters charged with crimes who are upset that Andy Ngo posted public records profiling their alleged criminal activity. The article, titled "Portland Protesters Say Their Lives Were Upended by the Posting of Their Mug Shots on a Conservative Twitter Account," was published early Wednesday morning.

Ngo's actions - unlike those of the rioters - are perfectly legal, as the police data are matters of pubic record. That the rioters are upset over the free publicity kind of falls under the heading of "don't do the crimes". One of the rioters, a paralegal of all things, has since lost his employment:

On Aug. 18, three days after Ngo posted the mug shot, Phillip Wenzel's boss at Elizabeth Christy Law Firm sent him a letter that the firm had received 50 threatening or harassing communications since his arrest. "Because you have chosen to engage in activism that has resulted in violence, physical injuries, and negative publicity for [the law firm], there is now a major distraction from the business we are doing, a threat to my ability to gain new business, and a threat to our employees' safety," Christy wrote in an email provided to WW.

Another doesn't appear to have lost her job as yet:

April Epperson, who works at a Northeast Portland public school, is another protester who was arrested for disorderly conduct and interfering with a peace officer on Aug. 24 and was greeted that same day by a Ngo tweet sharing her mug shot and Facebook profile picture with part of the caption reading, "Like others recently arrest[ed], she works with children at an elementary school." Several commenters on the subsequent Twitter thread shared the name of the school.

It's rather unseemly behavior for a school teacher who allegedly teaches 4th grade.

Newsflash: Rioting can be detrimental to your health and job prospects.

 

 

No Sense Of Humor

A Michigan election official thinks a homeowner’s mail-in ballot joke is crap.

Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum saw no humor in the display on a lawn in the town of Mason, Michigan, featuring a toilet with a sign next to it that said, “Place mail in ballots here!”

Either she's had a rough period or she's peeved due to lack of sex.

Byrum didn’t interpret the toilet display as political commentary. Noting many people are voting absentee for the first time this year because of the pandemic, she filed a police report about it. “It’s solicitation of absentee ballots into a container,” Byrum said in a statement. “Our election integrity is not a game. I expect everyone to act appropriately, and this is unacceptable.”

“This kind of behavior needs to be quashed immediately,” she said. “They are making a mockery of our elections. I’m not going to stand idly by and watch it happen.”

Just what is needed: humorless "election officials".

Naturally, she's a Democratic. She called the police about it.

 

Remember Obama Promising To Stop Sea Level Rises?

Taking a page from Barry's book...

On Monday, Democratic nominee Joe Biden condemned President Donald Trump as a “climate arsonist,” predicting that if the president wins reelection in November, America will witness more “hellish” events like fires in the West, flooding in the Midwest, and hurricanes on the East Coast. He effectively promised that if he wins, America will suffer from fewer fires, fewer floods, and fewer hurricanes.

“If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze? If you give a climate denier four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised when more of America is under water?” Biden asked.

You go, Joe!

Preferably, far away.

 

Send Her Home To India

A King County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ruled that a recall petition filed against Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant last month can proceed, finding that her recent actions did cross the required threshold needed to initiatethe process.

The ruling by Judge Jim Rogers, outlined in a 16-page decision, means Sawant, who has been a vocal supporter of defunding the city’s police, will now have to fend off the effort to remove her from office even while she continues her drive to bring reform to City Hall.

The judge found that four complaints cited in the recall petition against Sawant did rise to the level of malfeasance, including that:

1. 1. Sawant violated city and state laws by misusing city resources and her official authority when she opened Seattle City Hall in June to protesters who staged a late-night demonstration inside the building.
   2. Sawant participated in a march to Mayor Jenny Durkan’s house last month, causing a breach that could have compromised the mayor's personal safety. Because of Durkan's previous work as a federal attorney, her home address is not widely known for security concerns.
   3. Sawant delegated hiring and firing decisions of her office staff to her outside political groups identified as the National Executive Committee and Seattle Executive Committee of the Socialist Alternative. 

4. Sawant misused city resources in promoting a ballot initiative earlier this year regarding passage of a new tax on some of the city's largest employers.

Unfortunately, Seattle taxpayers are on the hook for legal fees relating to the idiot's defense:

The Seattle City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to cover Sawant’s legal fees.

 

 

 

Political Points By Any Means Necessary

Last week Joe Biden was confronted by an Air Force veteran who had lost friends in the Iraq War, which Biden voted for as a senator. “We are wondering why we should vote for someone who voted for … and enabled a war that killed thousands of our brothers and sisters?” the veteran said, intimating that close friends of his were casualties. Biden’s response, as Howard Portnoy noted, was to claim his own son was one of those casualties. If anything that should have amplified the veteran’s point, but the former vice president changed the subject, accusing the veteran of attacking his son. “I’m not going after your son,” the man said in his own defense, to which Biden responded, wagging a finger, “You better not!”

What made the exchange even uglier was that it was based on a bald-faced lie. Biden’s son Beau was indeed activated to deploy to Iraq in 2008. But he returned alive and well a year later, having pushed paper as a major in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. His untimely death from cancer came six years after his return to the States.

Something tells me that Slow Joe isn't going to come off well in the debates, unless they allow Teleprompters there.