March 2023

The City of Bend is creating a new ‘Houseless Fund’ in the budget to track efforts to help homeless. A loyal reader sent in the link and commentary: “IF they redirected ALL currently fragmented spending on vagrancy (let’s just call it what it is, shall we?) to this, it might be at least a nod (if not a step) in the right direction (read as Transition Centers). The right choice is seldom the easiest to palate.”

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Val Hoyle too extreme for Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden. So, HERE’S a question for you – if she’s too far left even for Democratic leaders, how in the HELL did she get elected to represent Oregon’s District 4 in Congress? I’ll tell you how in one word – Eugene – the Willamette Valley vipers-nest full of Democrats.

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Chuck Schumer, Dems rush to give back donations from Silicon Valley Bank CEO. Pay attention all of you who thought the FTC crash was a one-off. Whatever happened to individuals or groups vetting prospective donors BEFORE taking money linked to shady circumstances or practices? Instead of doing the smart thing and diversifying depositors’ money when inflation was low, they sunk it all into government bonds. Then along came the Biden money printing machine, and inflation exploded. All of a sudden, bonds weren’t paying NEAR as much as other investments, but they couldn’t pull those billions out without paying huge penalties, so there they sit, 15 miles off the blacktop, up to their axles in mud, no winch, and a loooong walk back to town.

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Biden admin buckles to environmental groups, makes sudden reversal on key land decision. The decision will ‘deprive Alaskans of the life-saving services the road would provide access to,’ Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says. I swear, Biden’d f⭐⚡⭐up a wet dream. He finally does something right, and then he practically breaks a leg reversing course to suck up to the earthfirsters. We can’t get rid of this sleazebag fast enough. How’re those House investigations into the Biden crime family coming along anyway?

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79% of small businesses in Portland are hit with crime. Think about that for a second. If you’re a business owner in Portland, you have a 7 in 10 chance of being robbed or vandalized. How’s THAT for warm and fuzzies? Wimpy Wheeler’s doing a great job, isn’t he?

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Oregon tax at 53% under Biden plan (#2 in USA). Think things were tough before? Wait’ll Bumbling Biden gets done with shoveling more taxes onto the pile. If Congress doesn’t stop him, he’ll run amok like a deranged bull in a China shop. Somebody needs to get it through his senility-ridden head that he can’t keep printing money and get out of the mess he’s created – it only makes inflation worse. For Christ’s sake! ANYBODY that knows ANYTHING knows that. It’s economics 101. What’s he paying his economic advisors? Whatever it is, it’s too much.

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Former Dems including Clinton donor, Obama official dominated SVB’s board of directors. As the onion is peeled, the stench of WPs becomes even more apparent than we were initially led to believe. Lesson for the day: If you’re going to let a bank have all of your business’s money, you might want to research their investment strategy BEFORE you sign on the dotted line. If they’re sinking all their money into buggy whips, you might wanna look for another bank.

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Rep. Luna demands Capitol Police charge Jane Fonda for suggesting the ‘murder’ of pro-lifers. Hanoi Jane’s at it again. Those of us wearing a uniform when she pulled her stunt in July of ’72 wanted her dealt with for shaking hands with our enemy. One of the law enforcement branches should do something after she called for the murder of pro-lifers on national TV. If Biden or his DOJ’s involved though, I doubt ANYTHING’LL be done about her death threats.

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5 banks fail … as Biden lays out 13 new taxes. In the past 100 hours, Signature bank has failed and also Silicon Valley Bank (represents the second and third largest bank failures in history). Also recently, Silvergate, Voyager and Three Arrows Capital have fallen in the past few weeks. Let’s examine these one at a time. Not to put too fine a point on the first one, but to clarify Biden’s remarks on Monday morning when he said “taxpayer money won’t be used to bail out” these failed banking institutions. I guess that’s not as much of a lie, as it is a smoke and mirrors routine, a favorite ploy of this White House. The money to be used to fix the problems will come from the FDIC fund. Of course, to replace the bailout money, all banks will start having to pay additional fees to fill the coffers back up again. While the taxpayer won’t pay more in taxes to make up for it, they will DEFINITELY pay more interest on their credit cards or their next car loan. Lyin’ Biden can spin it however he wants to, but money is money. It doesn’t matter which pocket it comes out of. It’s coming out of the taxpayer’s pockets one way or the other. As for his 13 new taxes:” Biden promised to raise taxes only on people who make $400,000 or more. Yet, his capital gains tax will hit everyone regardless of income. Biden’s Budget surtax hits families who make $250,000. His digital currency tax will raise the price for everyone who uses digital investments.” 

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