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MILLENNIAL VOTING HISTORY PRIMER

November 1, 2016 by

A BoomerPdx reminder for millennial voting. The biggest block of potential voters hit the polls this month. Is millennial voting up to the task? Are they ready for the burden they’ll strap on with the wrong vote? Look at the elderly man in the picture, also known as President Harry S. Truman. Why the huge […]

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MALHEUR SEVEN JAIL LESSON

October 27, 2016 by

Anyone feeling revolt needs the Malheur Seven Jail Lesson. Law and Order sounds like a good idea for bad guys, until you fall into bad guy status. Then it’s persecution, oppression, tyranny, etc. Call it what you will, but you’ll be calling from jail. If you’ve been in, or known anyone who’s done time, pass […]

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SPORTING DIFFERENCE IS THE DIFFERENCE

October 13, 2016 by

What is the sporting difference? Looking forward to getting better tomorrow, working on your game, your life, and doing whatever it takes, whether doing what you think is right or doing what you’re told. Coach tells you what’s what, what to do, when to do it, and where. After that it’s all you. Can you […]

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GRADING NOBEL PRIZES ON THE IMMIGRANT CURVE

October 12, 2016 by

American Nobel Prize winners ruin the immigrant curve. So far six Americans won Nobel Prizes in 2016. All are immigrants. Nor does this year’s success of immigrants to the US appear to be a one-off.  After analysing Nobel winners, Stuart Anderson, of the National Foundation for American Policy, found that immigrants have won 40 per […]

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DONALD TRUMP: A NEW YORKERS’ NEW YORKER

September 28, 2016 by

Whatever else he is, or says he is, Donald Trump is 100% New Yorker. If you’ve lived in New York, or live in New York now, you know the deal.   Say the name New York and the same image pops up. Upstate isn’t that image.   As a group, New Yorkers live in a […]

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JB EXPLAINS ELECTION CHOICES

July 30, 2016 by

Baby Boomer Generation Knows Election Choices Putting a new tenant in the White House is always a roll of the dice, a gamble the entire world hopes goes their way. If you’re all about hope for better, then you seek ideas and writers who open doors, open windows, knock down walls of fear and doubt. […]

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BULLIES AND BITCHES: BORN THAT WAY?

July 22, 2016 by

Genetics no excuse for bullies and bitches. Some time ago in the Baby Boomer fog of age, like grade school in the mid-60’s at Bangor Elementary, voted the cool school by all former Bearcats, bullies and bitches came in all shapes and sizes. Turns out the time of day also mattered for them. A kid […]

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DEFENSE CONTRACTOR LOBBY OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE

July 19, 2016 by

Special Interests and Defense Contractor Lobby: Same thing, or different? One of the unifying parts of America are military arms manufacturers, the guys who turn shock and awe into SHOCK AND AWE. It’s scientific, academic, economic, and a huge money maker. Call it the glue that holds us together. Or call it the most powerful […]

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OLYMPIC YEAR TRAINING FOR ELECTION YEAR

July 15, 2016 by

Why sports and elections both need Olympic Year Training. Every four years the Olympic Games roll around. With the Winter Games and Summer Games broken up, we get the Olympics every two years, but for now let’s use the four year schedule. Besides, it matches better with the American Presidential Election cycle. We’re not talking […]

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THE ENGLISH WAY OUT OF THE EU

June 24, 2016 by

How does England leave the European Union? By the English Way, thank you very much. Checking my history book on this, but the last time England left the European Union was Dunkirk in 1940. Wiki says: “In total, 338,226 troops were pulled off the beaches, of which 230,000 were British. However, almost all the army’s […]

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