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		<title>What To Do With Gamboa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is unfortunate that Ernesto Gamboa let himself be co-opted by thugs engaged in an immoral government activity but that is no excuse to provide him official asylum.  
On the other hand the government has no legitimate authority to make him go anywhere.  If he can find private employment, can sustain himself, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2009/11/15/what-to-do-with-gamboa/</link>
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		<title>Well, Duh&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The headline in the Eugene Register-Guard* print edition on March 5 reads:
Bullying persists despite state laws
The article opens with:
Despite Oregon&#8217;s eight-year-old anti-bullying law, about one-third of Oregon teens report having been harassed according to a review released Wednesday by a coalition pushing to strengthen the law.
Did the writer really expect that a piece of legislation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2009/03/18/well-duh/</link>
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		<title>Requiescat In Pace ~ Seattle PI: 1843-2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the end of the Seattle PI&#8217;s print edition:
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the region&#8217;s pioneer newspaper and the city&#8217;s oldest continually operating business, a newspaper that both shaped and was shaped by the community it covered, prints its last edition Tuesday &#8212; nearly a century and a half after its forebear first rolled off a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2009/03/17/requiescat-in-pace-seattle-pi-1843-2009/</link>
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		<title>Dog Days In Salem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[vickie walker introduced legislation to allow dogs in the state capital (as if there aren&#8217;t enough already) and, surprisingly, not everyone agrees with her:
One lawmaker who told her he wouldn’t support it was Rep. Wayne Krieger, R-Gold Beach.
“I have three dogs and I love them, but I don’t want dogs under my seat, peeing on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2009/02/08/dog-days-in-salem/</link>
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		<title>Thieves in Eugene?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lane Transit Authority thinks it has a problem with riders who do not pay full fare:
Drivers have estimated that 2 percent to 5 percent of riders get away with an invalid fare, although one said recently that the number can be 15 percent to 20 percent on a busy day.
Really, though, even 20% greatly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2009/02/03/thieves-in-eugene/</link>
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		<title>Washington&#8217;s New Cell Phone Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington&#8217;s new cell phone law makes it illegal to use a hand-held phone.
Right-Mind says:
Yesterday, #1 son was hit on his bicycle in Moscow by a driver who was talking on his cell phone (#1 son is fine; but the bike needed to go into the shop).
Personally, I think this is great news. I cannot tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2008/07/02/washingtons-new-cell-phone-law/</link>
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		<title>Shutter the Legislative Doors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Eye On Boise:
If legislators need a reason to start wrapping up their session, now that it’s moved into its 64th day, here’s one: Today is the opening of the filing period for the May primary election, and every seat in the Legislature is up for a vote.
Here is a better one: If they end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2008/03/10/shutter-the-legislative-doors/</link>
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		<title>Not Good News for the People of Oregon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oregon legislature is going to have an off year special session.
No good can come of this unless they do the unexpected and ban such sessions or spend significant time revoking previously passed legislation.
Legislatures tend to spend their time passing legislation, you know, they think they know best how the rest of us should live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2008/02/03/not-good-news-for-the-people-of-oregon/</link>
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		<title>gregoire Implies She Has No Responsibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A so-called rainy day fund might be a good idea.  However, governor gregoire should not be pretending that she does not have a role in overspending:
&#8220;We&#8217;re got to have a savings account,&#8221; shielded from easy spending by lawmakers or vulnerable to the initiative process, the governor said at a news conference last week.
The democratic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2007/10/01/gregoire-implies-she-has-no-responsibility/</link>
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		<title>Build It Privately or Let the Sonics Go At the End of Their Lease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Kelley is back to wanting to subsidize the Sonic&#8217;s owners and players.  OK, I understand.  He has never been opposed to using tax payer money to line Clay Bennett&#8217;s pockets; to help pay the dramatically excessive player salaries.
Some comments on a few of Steve&#8217;s thoughts:
These robber barons want to move the team, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2007/08/27/build-it-privately-or-let-the-sonics-go-at-the-end-of-their-lease/</link>
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		<title>Meta Subduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just upgraded the site to Wordpress 2.2.1
Fairly painless but who knows what might end up broken&#8230;.
Let me know is something does not seem quite right.
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		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2007/07/01/meta-subduction/</link>
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		<title>NASCAR is Gone!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the good news:
A Florida-based racetrack developer has abandoned plans for a $368 million NASCAR speedway near Bremerton, where local opposition to the project was fierce.
Unfortunately there is some bad news as well.  First, the governor and the legislature did not immediately say no to this project. Second, the developer may be back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2007/04/03/nascar-is-gone/</link>
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		<title>An Aside Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What will an aside look like in the Anaconda theme. 
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		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2007/03/07/an-aside-test/</link>
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		<title>Staying for the Spoils?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Kelley in a column about whether Spencer Hawes may stay another year or more at Montlake quotes Bill Frieder:
&#8220;If he leaves and does whatever he&#8217;ll do in the NBA, he&#8217;ll never have another day that compares with today,&#8230;&#8221;
There was a point in the second half of yesterday&#8217;s win over UCLA that I said the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.subductionzone.org/2007/03/04/staying-for-the-spoils/</link>
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