Author Archives: eladsinned

Oregon’s first-in-the-nation 1987 “sanctuary” law shielding illegal immigrants from federal immigration law, the Sanctuary Promise Act, was expanded in 2021 allowing anyone to sue public officials for reporting immigration violations to federal authorities, providing “an option to hold accountable individuals and entities that violate this policy”. That should not be read to include, just yet,Continue reading “PDX Dispatch April 25: Snitches Get…Snitches”

Many challenges to the neoliberal revolution from above–to “Globohomo“–have shown up confident in their logic and appeal only to end up absorbed in Globohomo’s vast and dense obtuseness like lost travelers in the Amazon. Consider the campaigns against CRT and “grooming”; heading into the midterm elections they’re winning–politically they’re irresistible–yet past experience suggests they’ll simplyContinue reading “The Musk v The Megaphone”

Portland’s downtown library is open to the public again, no mask requirement. There are no padded chairs or sofas, too inviting to homeless, just high backed wood chairs lining long narrow wood tables. They’re not too bad though; you can lean back and work in them in surprising comfort and there are plenty. Across fromContinue reading “PDX Diary April 15: Raggedy Androgyne”

The Daily Mail asks: Why did take more than 29 hours to find and arrest James?  As recently as Wednesday morning, James got on the train again at 9:15am in Park Slope and traveled into Manhattan, right under the noses of the doubled number of cops on trains. It wasn’t until a member of theContinue reading “Murder Mystery”

I resist the urge to dismiss any public figure as an idiot, because it’s too easy, too tempting for me, anonymous nobody; also, holding a high perch in the scrum of American public life, however stupid that life has become, must be the product of at the least uncommon cunning. In all honesty, the RightContinue reading “Double Plus Orwellian”

“Just a couple of kids necking.” “Boys or girls?” –Dirty Harry At the moment it’s unseasonably cold in Portland; snow on the ground this morning. Slush falls now as the temperature rises, and occasionally a clump of snow loses its grip in the trees outside my window and falls with woeful grace to the ground.Continue reading “PDX Diary April 11: Ladyboys in Hell”

From Covid-19 and the Global Predators: Decades ago, In Crowds and Power, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, Elias Canetti, wrote astonishing passages about the negative effects of wearing masks in general: People’s attitude to this play of the features varies. In some civilizations the freedom of the face is largely restricted; it is thought improperContinue reading “Masks and Mediocrity”

“Woke Drill Instructor” Marine Corps Boot Camp, Parris Island, 2025:“Private, do you acknowledge your role in upholding the patriarchy?!”“Sir?”“DID YOU JUST MISGENDER ME?!!!”

Around half past one this morning I came upon a crime scene at the south end of downtown, just outside of Portland State University. “Is that what I think it is?” I asked a guy standing away from the tape talking to a little Mexican cop. “Yeah.” He smiled sardonically. “Don’t you love Portland?” TheContinue reading “PDX Dispatch April 4: Woman Down”