Warren Buffett takes charge

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Warren Buffett takes charge

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Warren Buffett hasn’t just seen the car of the future, he’s sitting in the driver’s seat. Why he’s banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who – no joke – drinks his own battery fluid. read more

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McCain’s VP Pick Acknowledged Marijuana Use

23 hours ago: The shoes of US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (L) (R-AZ) and his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are shown as they stand at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 28, 2008. (Photo from Reuters Pictures)

MPP, August 29, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Noting that his just-announced vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has acknowledged having smoked marijuana, reform advocates today urged Sen. John McCain to respect states’ rights to set their own marijuana policies if he is elected president.

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US Navy ‘urban military’ training continues over Portland (Part 2)

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Choppers! What a weird night to be in Portland. Sometime shortly after 6 PM, small helicopters started swooping through downtown, and they were flying very low.

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US Navy ‘urban military’ training continues over Portland

by Helen Jung, The Oregonian Tuesday August 26, 2008, 10:06 AM They’re coming back. Those helicopters that began buzzing downtown at 7 on Monday will be returning Wednesday evening as part of a U.S. Navy training exercise. The Navy was conducting ‘urban military’ training with multiple helicopters flying at low altitudes in downtown Portland and the surrounding area for a few hours, said John Doussard, a spokesman for Mayor Tom Potter. The Navy had approached the mayor’s office last November requesting permission to conduct training in Portland, and the city agreed in April.

***> According to the letter granting permission, Potter wrote that ‘members of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Army Special Operations Aviation Regiment would utilize buildings in the jurisdiction of the City of Portland for this training exercise. I understand that this training will include low visibility movement, military operations in urban terrain, manual and low weight explosive breaching, fast-rope insertion, live fire, low-power training ammunition, simmunitions, flash bang, surveillance and counter-surveillance.’

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Jeff Merkley for Oregon

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Jeff Merkley for Oregon

I agree we have serious problems related to meth and all other illegal drugs yet I do not agree that more cops, jails and/or mandatory minimums will be any more effective than they have been in the past. We already have more people in prison, per capita, than any other nation and over 50% are non-violent “drug offenders.” The cost and lost years of productivity have fallen hardest on the poor and minorities but also take funding away from everyone’s education, healthcare and programs like Head Start and after school activities which have been shown to do more towards helping at-risk young people stay off the streets and away from the drugs and our unregulated, often violent, drug market.

At any rate, it’s a very big issue with lots of details and nuance. An issue I’ve been interested in for a long time. So I read your (Mr. Merkley’s) proposals related to drugs and public safety and as you might surmise, respectfully disagree with you.

I do not want to put you off, yet I think that if you really want to escalate what we collectively call the War on Drugs and put more people in cages, an obvious question needs to be asked: Have you ever used meth or any other illegal drug? And if you have I think you owe us a detailed explanation about your drug experiences and how you can justify punishing people for something you also did?

Of course your possible past (or current) drug use should not be held against you. As you know Sen. Obama himself has been very candid about his past drug use and this openness is one of the things I most admire about him.

I look forward to your reply and thank you for your kind consideration.

Floyd Ferris Landrath

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