Toyota pick-up trucks are the vehicle of choice for Mddle East and Norh African military. What an endorsement.
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What a failure. Portland's experiment with Ranked Choice Voting resulted in less civic engagement than before. Did people find it too confusing? Or did people just give up caring, which might be the case. Who to vote for? The progressive, the socialist, the liberal, the radical? What does it matter?
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Oregon's tax competitiveness has tumbled. Washington has really tumbled, especially with the 2023 capital gains tax law they passed. I know of folks who moved across the border to enjoy Washington's lack of income tax. And Seattle could have its own capital gains tax. I bet some people who moved to Washington regret do so now. Idaho is looking better and better.
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Dutch Bros is doing very well, now that they are transitioning out of Oregon and expanding to Arizona. Can't blame them.
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Cory Doctorow describes how you have to be a squeaky wheel to get by in the medical system. He describes his adventures with finding a lump on his body, and getting through diagnostic evaluation to treatment. But that may be due to the particular medical system that he's in, where medical care is modular and plug-and-play.
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