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• Protectioneering

  
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  From the Buffalo News, with respect to a State DOT plan to get traffic moving better around the Peace Bridge and out of Front Park: Maria Lehman, the state’s project manager for the Peace Bridge, said after the formal presentation that construction would take about a year, would cost $20 million to $22 million and ...
  6 days ago

• Oregon Legislature Poised To Aid Loggers

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Oregons House and Senate have passed slightly varying bills allowing loggers to sue environmeddlist "activists" for damages including litigation expenses; leveling the playing field. Professional activists have for many years had the upper hand, particularly when it comes to litigation, because when they sued, ...
  1 week ago

• Makin Tracks

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Portland Vintage Trolley car 512, a replica of a 1904 Brill streetcar, built in 1992 by Gomaco. It is passing Portland City Hall, on the MAX light rail tracks on 5th Avenue at Jefferson Street, which is also on the Portland Transit Mall. Golly, the United Streetcar company over in Clackamas, Oregon, has hit a ...
  1 week ago

• TriMess Pushes On

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  The Interstate Bridge seen from Vancouver, Washington, looking south toward Hayden Island in north Portland, Oregon, where Interstate 5 crosses the Columbia River. The railroad in the foreground parallels Washington State Route 14 east through the Columbia River gorge, and a C-Tran bus can be seen headed toward the ...
  1 week ago

• Man-Made Global Warming Destroys Perth Skiing

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  For the first time in history, ski areas are open in the south of France - in summer. While parts of France received unusually heavy snows and cold spring temperatures, across the Channel, Englands just wrapping up its coldest spring since 1891. Naturally, legacy media are reporting that skiers are hitting the ...
  2 weeks ago

• So Much For Accommodation

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  A couple of McDonalds franchises in Dearborn, Michigan made the grievous error of attempting to accommodate the local Muslims by offering halal chicken and nuggets. They started it in 2005, but its over now:  On September 2, 2011, Ahmed Ahmed, a Dearborn Heights resident, purchased a McChicken® sandwich from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chicago Irony

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Head Of Chicago Anti-Violence Group Arrested For Allegedly Hitting Wife Domestic abuse? Tsk, tsk. Turns out he got busted in 99 for the same thing. Apparently, learning doesnt come naturally to him. But then, hes a Democratic. Gaming the system , however, does come naturally to him; its how he makes a living: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Culture time. Tennis at the Moulin Rouge.

  
  Tennisidentity.com — Authority: 110
  The Prince tennis tour bus has been taking in a little cul-chah, hitting some of Paris hot spots over the course of the first week of the French Open. So far John Isner, bros Bryan, David Ferrer, Xavier Malisse and Lucas Pouille have visited the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Jardins du Luxembourg and Moulin Rouge. More ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pushback

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Light rail may be the darling of Porkland politicians and developers, but it doesnt get a lot of love elsewhere in the metropolitan area. Actually, thats an understatement; a majority of Clackamas County residents have expressed their resentment of "Portland Creep", as TriMet proceeds to ram a second unwanted light ...
  2 weeks ago

• California Goes Further Off The Rails

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  “True high-speed rail”  Their so-called "bullet train" has always been a half-baked (if that) concept, but theyre virtually guaranteeing failure by following the Porkland Streetcar model: "lets hire a company thats never had anything to do with the issues at hand!" Before Tutor Perini was selected some ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mess Transit Follies Continue: CRC

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Columbia River Crossing concept drawing of "deck truss" bridge 25 February 2011  The transit agency in Clark County, Washington (C-Tran) was supposed to come out with a decision regarding a light rail "extension" into downtown Vancouver via the long-planned, low-clearance "Columbia River Crossing" bridge, but they ...
  3 weeks ago

• Paging AlGore

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Graphic illustrating the percentages of public opinions on the likelihood of some scientists falsifying global warming research. Based on Rasmussen polling of 1,000 American adults conducted July 29-30, 2011. Bet those numbers are even higher today.... Much to the horror of "man-made global warming alarmists and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Setback For Local Environmeddlists

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Wood Hall and Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, USA  Two cases, which were consolidated for consideration by the US Supreme Court were brought by the Portland-based Northwest Environmental Defense Center (run out of Lewis & Clark Law School) against separate logging firms. At issue: should ...
  3 weeks ago

• Skagit River CRC

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  Over at The Zero , Richard Read claims that the collapse of the Skagit River bridge may provide impetus to seal the deal on the light rail expansion project amusingly referred to as the "Columbia River Crossing" between Porkland and Vancouver USA. That seems doubtful; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee estimates a $15 ...
  3 weeks ago

• PeTA On A Tear

  
  MaxRedline — Authority: 127
  The so-called "animal rights" groups suing to uncover the names, addresses, and other information related to three anonymous bloggers who purportedly defamed them by telling the truth in comments responding to an article in HuffPo regarding the organizations general slaughter of pets who have the misfortune of ...
  3 weeks ago

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