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ISSUE #34.47 • NEWS •
[THE WEEKLY FIX]

Our Spin On 7 Days of News

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BY COREY PEIN | cpein at wweek dot com

[October 1st, 2008] “It’s like seeing the Gestapo, man.” —“Mike,” a hippie, to KGW, describing the Portland Police Bureau’s decision to keep an eye on the Sunday night “Fire Jam,” a weekly drum-circle with fire-twirling on the Eastbank Esplanade.

“The banks are very good at figuring out risk.” —Lars Larson, explaining why more regulation isn’t the answer to the financial crisis.

27-21 : Final score in OSU’s Sept. 25 super-upset over top-ranked USC.

Desperate Measures : Subscribers to The Oregonian—which is facing a $6.4 million ad shortfall as compared to last year—were treated to a DVD copy of Obsession, a tedious anti-Islam propaganda film, with their Sept. 28 paper.

“An unfortunate incident”: That’s how the Barack Obama campaign described the discovery of a cardboard cutout of the candidate hanging from a tree at “Oregon’s Christian University,” George Fox, in Newberg. The mock lynching made headlines from Sydney to Jerusalem.












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"'The banks are very good at figuring out risk.' —Lars Larson"

That's right, the banks figured it could risk irresponsibility and the taxpayer would pay for it.

Chris, Oct 1st, 2008 3:35pm
 
 
 





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