December 2024

Mayor Vinis faces backlash over Eugene’s homeless camp sweeps. Trust me – I’m no fan of the mayor. Hell, I can’t even vote for the mayor, even though I have a Eugene address and live in its Urban Growth Boundary. The more I think about it, tearin’ down the bum camps when they get outta hand is probably one of the only things she gets right in my book. But I guess I hate the whiny, bleedin’ heart bum lovers worse than her. As I’ve said a jillion times before, if the city would pool their money with the county and state to fund Transition Centers, we wouldn’t have to put up with any bum squalor, and they wouldn’t be pissed off about the sweeps, ’cause there wouldn’t be any bum camps to sweep.

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Delta passenger upset after losing first-class seat to a dog. Before you dog lovers get your hackles up, you need to know what the linked story’s about – the epidemic of dog aficionados going online, getting a phony doctor’s note, and then jumping over to Amazon and buyin’ a “service animal” vest, just so they can take their mut with ’em to grandma’s house for Christmas. This practice is another exploitation of the federal ADA law, and dog lovers’ve been doin’ it in retail outlets for years, apparently feeling they have the right to take their 4-legged kid anywhere THEY go. Some retailers around town used to have signs at their entrances that said “Service dogs welcome,” but I guess they gave up because, apparently, EVERYBODY says their dog meets the ADA’s requirements. What service does a Chihuahua serve, sitting in the shopping cart’s small item section, being pushed around the store? And don’t get me started about seeing a leashless dog liftin’ its leg and pissin’ on boxes of cereal in Walmart.

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Do you think there should be budget cuts in the federal government? When I answered that question, 95% of over 15,000 thought the government was too big and needed a haircut. Come on people, think about it. Years ago, the oft-repeated example of government overspending was the Air Force’s $400 toilet seat. In today’s world, I’ve used much more egregious examples as fodder for my posts. Bottom line – DOGE needs to sharpen its scalpel.

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China condemns US military support to Taiwan, warns of heightened tensions over sales. This is another reason to wean ourselves off of anything made in China. For one thing, we need to be able to carry out business as usual when we piss off the Chinese badly enough that they cut off exports to us. We have to be careful to not do that when their manufactured goods are attached at the hip to our economy. US companies that’re smart have been seeking other low-cost manufacturing sites (Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc.) for years, but in my humble opinion, they need to pick up the pace. Otherwise, one of these days, when a Pearl Harbor-style alarm clock wakes us up, we’ll be caught with our pants down, with nowhere to buy the tons of stuff we’re importing from them now.

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UO parts ways with administrator who told Trump supporters to jump off bridge. I’ve been WAITIN’ on this this guy to get canned (I’m surprised the U of O had the balls to get rid of a liberal staffer). All I can say is good riddance to bad rubbish.

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Suspect arrested in the death of a woman set on fire in NYC subway car. Here’s yet ANOTHER Albatross to hang around the necks of Biden and his Democrats. How many does that make?

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Ocasio-Cortez faces uncertain political future. She needs to read the room. It’s obvious to us commonsensers that November’s red wave drowned the ultra-liberals, and the only Democrats that survived leaned more toward the center. You’d think that if she were smart enough to get elected (again), situational awareness would allow her to see her career’s parallels to the buggy whip factories. Hint – they’re not around anymore.

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