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Meet the New Gloss
Ted Wheeler declares war, calling out antifa and anarchy both 10:26; Pro-criminal DA Mike Schmidt inaugurated live 12:21; Officer 44 Update 1:28:30; Criminal accused of attempted murder of a police officer escapes from the Justice Center, because of Covid protocols: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police… While Dahlen was in the holding room, two members of a contracted cleaning crewContinue reading “Meet the New Gloss”
Vevimvir, Universal Woman or Man of Mystery
I came across the “pronouns” ve/vem/vir somewhere and, I don’t know why, looked it up (with the ongoing profusion of these I expect something like a narrative Thirty Years’ War to winnow out the weak ). Ve/vem/vir is the new “universal pronoun” not indicating sex. Singular they, while not horrible, adds unnecessary ambiguity to the languageContinue reading “Vevimvir, Universal Woman or Man of Mystery”
Green and Black
At some point this year Portland’s marijuana stores started getting robbed as part of an increase in crime resulting from the summer riots. Armed guards can often now be seen posted in front of stores with names like Peaceful Cannabis and Mellow Dreams (not actual names). Yesterday police cordoned off an area in the HollywoodContinue reading “Green and Black”
Rockin’ New Years Skeeve
Antifa assembled at Portland’s Justice Center last night in a reprise of last summer’s continual occupation and protest there and forced an undermanned federal force to retreat. The crowd of demonstrators in Portland are actively pushing back the DHS. pic.twitter.com/IdF8L9JLIz — Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) January 1, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The event was planned for 10 PM.Continue reading “Rockin’ New Years Skeeve”
Homelessland
Portland homeless advocacy group Street Roots says 113 homeless have died in Portland this year. At least 113 people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County died last year — the most since county officials started tracking in 2012. That year, the county and the homeless advocacy group Street Roots released the first “Domicile Unknown” report, an accountingContinue reading “Homelessland”
The Neocolonial Style
The mural above has been lording it over a neighborhood in downtown Portland for about a month. Vertically oriented it towers over the street; the feet of the black woman with the dowdy aboriginal features are suspended in air as if she’s rising from the overturned pedestal of the George Washington statue toppled here inContinue reading “The Neocolonial Style”
DisABLEing the Police
Comes now the humiliations. Seattle Police brass are volunteering their cops to be subjected to “peer intervention” training by progressive law professors–condescending to train them to intervene when fellow officers cross the line. The Seattle Police Blog: The Seattle Police Department has been accepted into the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project, Georgetown UniversityContinue reading “DisABLEing the Police”
Antifa 1, Portland Police 0
Portland police lost a fight with antifa yesterday. A family facing eviction for defaulting on a second mortgage had become a cause for antifa when our summer of rioting kicked off this year. Antifa use the term “afro indigenous” like an honorific when championing them; the matriarch was let go from some native rights activistContinue reading “Antifa 1, Portland Police 0”
