Local resident expresses frustrations with Oregon Medical Group. I dodged a bullet on this one. OMG is my healthcare provider, and it sounds like I was in the minority. Prior to MY doctor leaving, he told me who my new doctor would be, and the transition was fairly seamless. Unlike the patients in the story, I experienced only minor bumps during the changeover. I do know people, though, whose doctor left, and they were notified of the departure by a letter and had no idea who their new care provider would be. Why did all the doctors leave? As was relayed to me by my departing physician, it was the typical big-business mandate story – restrictions on how much time they were allowed to spend with their patients, restrictive cost-saving measures, etc.

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Oregon wildfire victims face huge tax bills on PacifiCorp settlements; Congressional fix is stuck. 1. Electric company negligence caused fires that completely burned down over a hundreds of homes, turning people’s lives upside down. 2. Electric company is found guilty and forced to pay millions to owners of burned-out properties. 3. Instead of viewing the payments as restitution and making them whole as compensation for the damage that was inflicted upon them, Wyden’s draggin’ his feet, blocking the Oregon bill that’d exempt those payments as taxable income, so the federal bill he wrote can take all the glory. One more reason I continue to ask how this asshole keeps gettin’ elected. Oh wait – I know. The seven Democridiot-filled counties of the Willamette Valley.

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Trump vows to ‘save’ deep-blue New York City in massive, historic Bronx rally. You can say what you want, but this is a pretty big deal. Drawing a crowd like that in enemy territory is like when Texans kicked ass in the Battle of San Jacinto.

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Veterans became eligible for billions. These firms saw a chance to profit. This one hits close to home. While (knock on wood) I’ve yet to experience any illness associated with exposure to a toxic burn pit, it’s not been from lack of proximity. During the Gulf War, that’s how our engineer battalion disposed of its trash at our location adjacent to the Iraqi border:

Now, after the passage of the PACT Act, for-profit companies promisin’ to help veterans procure disability benefits from the VA are like buzzards circlin’ over a dead cow. Charging veterans thousands of dollars for a process that’s free, although anything but fast. While these companies cry foul at bein’ painted in a bad light, they’re all carpetbaggers – plain and simple.

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PSU protesters block ambulance for downed officer. One more reason the raghead-lovin’ assholes need to be put on a plane and airdropped over Iran. To start with, they don’t know what the words “peaceful protest” mean. Kicking a police officer when he’s down is the last straw.

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Voters seeking ‘law and order’ cheer ousting of progressive Oregon district attorney. I know I’m probably beatin’ a dead horse, but nobody should be losin’ any sleep over this one. The number of prosecutions per year prior to him was 20,000. After he took office, that number dropped to 6,000. That’s a 30% reduction, which means there was a 70% increase of bad guys still on the street. No wonder Multnomah County voters said he cared more about criminals than them, and they said it with their ballots.

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The View’s Sunny Hostin Claims Caitlin Clark’s WNBA Popularity Is Due To ‘White, Pretty’ Privilege. I’m not a sports fan, but did the idiot on the View ever consider that she’s popular because she’s an outstanding athlete? Pretty and White don’t have anything to do with it except to give the View somethin’ else to bitch about. While we’re on the subject when the hell are they gonna pull the plug on that show?

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