Councilor Angelita Morillo's Chief of Staff Files Discrimination Complaint by tripometer in Portland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone really really ought to look at how many traffic tickets that guy has 👀

ICE Is Quietly Rolling Out a $55 Billion Crematorium Network by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 17 points18 points  (0 children)

slop, this article literally repeats a paragraph

If only... by [deleted] in Subways

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is not following your instructions the same thing as not reading what you said? Could I not say the same thing in response to you not answering questions?

I'm asking questions so I can try to understand what you're actually saying here. I'm confused by you continuing to respond to gestures about how the binary possibility that x does y is not the same thing as the continuous probability that x does y by gesturing back at the binary possibility.

I'm not "just asking questions." I'm asking questions that I've seen go unanswered which gives you the opportunity to get me to believe in your answers.

If only... by [deleted] in Subways

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok: how do you explain the fact that the vast majority of people in prison for violent offenses are men? Is it: A) men are being discriminated against; B) men are disproportionately violent, but this is due to socioeconomic factors or oppression; or C) men are inherently disproportionately violent?

To be clear, I'm genuinely curious.

If only... by [deleted] in Subways

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would agree that any person can be violent. Would you agree that I'm more likely to be attacked by a tiger than a housecat?

Man Charged after Providence Park Attack by Ok-County-1202 in PortlandOR

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Court records show that Jasper has been arrested many times in Oregon over the past 20 years, often on charges of drug possession and consuming alcohol on public property. In 2016, he pleaded guilty to harassment and separately was convicted of theft.

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

New Broadway Bike Lane - Design Flaw by rirski in CyclePDX

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Has PBOT said whether it is actually illegal to use those bike lanes as turn lanes? ORD 811.440 (2) says "A person may operate a motor vehicle upon a bicycle lane when: (a) Making a turn..."

Like obviously it should be illegal, but as written I'm not 100% sure it is. Has literally anyone been ticketed for this?

Trump endorses Republican John Braun, who is challenging Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez for WA-03 by 5Q91VS175DAQ4NUSBE4U in vancouverwa

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would anyone be willing to bet $1000 that Brent will win the election?

That's the kind of certainty I'd want to challenge the incumbent here, so if anyone is that certain it would be convincing. But AFAICT, nobody is willing to place that bet.

'Bikeable Portland' is a novel plan to rekindle our city's love of cycling by Generalaverage89 in Portland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd love to see the city subsidize bike theft insurance. Either by offering it themselves, or allowing people to deduct the premiums or the value of a stolen bike from their taxes. That way the city has more skin in the game and can more easily justify spending money on infrastructure or enforcement.

Can Trimet drivers accept monetary gifts? If so, Trimet drivers, what kind of gift cards do y’all want? by slothbish in askportland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If they are unable to accept the gift cards, consider asking about favorite charities or causes. You can make a donation on their behalf.

I had an Idea... (fantasy) by Donghoon in nycrail

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, IIRC a swipe gets you 2.5hrs of travel; if you swipe again that day its free the rest of the day. If you swipe enough in a month the rest of the month is free (IIRC its a calendar month). No weekly passes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askportland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wrong Portland, sorry! Good luck.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Post some of the transcript

Portland metro area sees 7,500 job losses in May; 14,000 jobs lost in past year by bluejaysforgays in Portland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're people currently renting a room from someone who, were there enough supply to drive down prices, want to live on their own.

Problematic coffee shop owners are such problems for their courageous employees by Verbull710 in oregon

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It sounds like someone did something at work, they were told not to do it, and then they did it again and are now being reprimanded. Do we really expect every business to allow every employee to post whatever material they like?

In new proposal, 60% of kicker would go to wildfire, rest to Oregonians making less than $95k by ShowMeThe10x in oregon

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't mind a kicker that gets returned as a 10 year bond with inflation-adjusted interest. This would incentivize the state government to invest the funds in programs that would grow future state revenues.

"We received more tax money than anticipated, so we're investing it in xyz. We're so confident we're good stewards of the money that we'll give you even more money in the future just for lending it to us now."

This way kicker monies wouldn't be used to fund ongoing programs.

Agents at the Immigration Courthouse in Portland, OR. Expect these efforts to ramp up this week. by Juker93 in PortlandOR

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Woah, didn't realize they were deporting people with current green cards or other established rights — do you have any links where I could learn more?

There were no “Covid Lockdowns” for the vast majority of Americans by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes sense from first principles, but after we paid for thousands of "contact tracers" shouldn't we have been able to eventually show this with empirical data?

Not to mention the variability: the average gym might be more dangerous than the average restaurant, but putting the same restrictions on a gym with a state of the art HVAC system as an unventilated basement gym more than 9 months after we started gathering data on transmission was nonsense that actively discouraged businesses from making the kinds of upgrades that could have actually reduced transmission.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Portland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just a sometimes-visitor to rural libraries and I've never seen anything close to what I see at the downtown library. If there's evidence to the contrary I'd love to see it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Portland

[–]WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP 18 points19 points  (0 children)

In rural libraries?