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      <title>&lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Portland&lt;/span&gt; Police Officer Interrupts Pursuit to Help Family of Ducks</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:56:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>A feel good alternative to yesterday's featured video where a mother duck gets run over. The Portland Police Service released a video showing Officer Mark James interrupting his pursuit of a speeder to help a mother duck get to the side of the road.</description>
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      <title>Alexis Normand of Canada Forgets the Words to the &quot;Star-Spangled Banner&quot; before the 2013 Memorial Cup</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:21:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Alexis Normand of Canada forgets the words to the &quot;Star-Spangled Banner&quot; before the 2013 Memorial Cup game between the Portland Winterhawks and the Halifax Mooseheads.  

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      <title>The Cutest Police Chase You May Ever See: Cop Halts Pursuit for...Duck Crossing</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:01:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>A Portland, Oregon, police officer was recently pursuing a traffic violator with lights on and sirens blaring, but put his mission on hold to - wait for it - help a mother duck and her ducklings in the middle of the road.</description>
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      <title>2013 Memorial Cup Anthem Blunder</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Juggernaut</dc:creator>
      <description>Canadian singer tries to sing Star Spangled Banner before Portland W-Hawks first game in 2013 Memorial Cup. Epic Fail.</description>
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      <title>A Week On Liveleak #5</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:44:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Heya folks! a last minute addition of AWOLL for LL's first real live stream show! i was rushed to do this one (was supposed to come out next sunday or so). so i hope you like it :&amp;gt;

Music: Spiderbait - Black Betty (edited)

 


 All videos used were featured on LL in the last few days. 
 LINKS  (in order of appearance ) : 

 Guy sayin he wanna fuck teens at McDonalds  

 Cotati California Police Brutality. Break into private residence and taze person filming 

 Only on a Japanese Game Show 

 Portland Police Officer Interrupts Pursuit to Help Family of Ducks 

 Grizzly gives go-pro camera a visit and a chew 

 Can you hold my dirtbike for a second? LOL 

 Fsa cameraman and T-55 almost hit by SAA ATGM before shooting 

 Bus driver gets deer as surprise passenger 

 Sea Lion Worried About Little Girl 

 Woman on scooter pulls baby stroller on road 

 Asshole taxi driver cops a well deserved slap 

 Amusement Ride Accident 

 Violent Riots in Paris - May 13, 2013  

 Red Baron motorcycle with an airplane engine 

 Huge Fishing Lure Stuck in Eyeball and Eyelid 

 It's a goddamn Russian Terminator! 
        
 man catches flying bird with bare hand 

 South African SWAT shoot outs 

 FSA shoot down helicopter at Abu al-Duhur airbase 

 SAA soldier sniped 

 Hijackers Eat Bullets and Crash After Not Pulling Over 

 Philippines fireworks factory accident results in two fatalities  

 scooter guy meets train crossing 

 Bald Eagle takes fish right off fly line and goes for a run 

 Man card revoked (Skydive) 

 Father's Advice To His Young Daughter 

 Dog really wants that Frisbee 

 Thief in Venezuela tries to carjack a man after locking up his store 

 Kitten Vs Lizards 

 Drunk Guy fail 

 Call the Exorcist ! 

 Wait For It! 

 98 Year Old Man Smoked Weed Everyday Since 1936</description>
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      <title>IS THAT OCCUPY &lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;PORTLAND&lt;/span&gt; DANCING AROUND A GOLDEN CALF ON MAY DAY?</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:46:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Dan Sandini at Daylight Disinfectant recently posted video from the &quot;May Day&quot; protests in Portland, Oregon, and one of them alarmingly shows a group of young individuals dancing around a golden calf. 

Sandini's description of the video reads:

Warning:  Video can not be &quot;unseen.&quot;  &quot;It is useless to resist it,&quot; or so go the lyrics.  On May 1 2013, Occupy Portland dragged an idol of a Golden Bull down to O'Bryant Square.

Dressed as Egyptian belly dancers they then proceeded to sing and dance about it.  You just can't make this stuff up folks.  About three minutes 34 seconds of you life that you can't get back.




TheBlaze spoke with Sandini to get more information.

&quot;I was kinda flabbergasted at it,&quot; he said of the scene.  &quot;I really thought that it's quite ironic that a lot of what we see going on around us now is not a very positive thing for society, and if you bring this back to the golden calf with Moses, I thought, isn't that weird.  I wonder if they see that in their own display, that they're mimicking that.&quot;

If you look closely at the calf, you can see that the logos of companies like Shell and Walmart are taped to its base.  Coupled with the dollar signs on the dancers' headdresses, it's also possible they were trying to imply it's the  </description>
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      <title>LA Dodger hat gets dad attacked in SE &lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Portland&lt;/span&gt;</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 04:20:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Probably the work of &quot;urban youth&quot;</description>
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      <title>Satan made me kill your cat. (aka meth)</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:36:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>OvercomeMindlessness</dc:creator>
      <description>Portland-Fucking-Oregon Ladies and Gentlemen! Shit-Capitol of the Nation!

&quot;Deputies responded to reports of a dead cat found in a home on the 1900 block of Sunnyslope Road in the Milwaukie area Monday.Investigators said the cat was strapped to a makeshift operating table with jumper cables. A light hung from a bungee cord above the table.

Deputies said they found a wet sponge, scissors, a 12-inch straight-blade kitchen knife, a plastic razor and a cigarette butt on the table.

All those items were seized as evidence.

Investigators said the victims' cat, named Mama Kitty, had gone missing three days earlier. The cat was 9 years old.

&quot;When I walked into my neighbor's home, all I could see was her tail hanging off the side of the board,&quot; said the cat's owner Lisa Armstrong.

&quot;You can't even digest that as a human being, I'll have that vision for the rest of my life you know.&quot;

Investigators said the dead cat's body had been tampered with and was partially shaved. The Oregon Humane Society's law enforcement division conducted a necropsy and determined the cat died of asphyxiation.

Ashley Guldager, 21, was arrested and charged with aggravated animal abuse and first-degree theft of an animal.

&quot;I don't want to talk about the cat because that was a horrible thing,&quot; Guldager said from the Clackamas County Jail.

In an emotional and often incoherent interview, Guldager referenced the Bible, Satan and eventually her neighbor's cat.

&quot;My body was there,&quot; she said. &quot;I was sitting there like this and there was something else doing it. Like it just used me.&quot;

The charge of aggravated animal abuse is applied if a person maliciously kills an animal, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

&quot;Yeah, I'm really sorry about the pet,&quot; Guldager said.

Guldager had been living upstairs on a couch in the home where the cat was found for about a month. She is single and unemployed, according to deputies.

She also knew the owners of the cat.

Deputies have not revealed a motive for the killing of the cat.

&quot;I'm sorry,&quot; Guldager said. &quot;I love animals.&quot;

But Armstrong says, she doesn't believe that, and adds that she will never understand why this had to happen to her beloved pet.

&quot;She took a life, it may not have been a human life, but by tomorrow we'll get our justice in court, and we'll make sure she stays where she's at, she is not well,&quot; said Armstrong.

Investigators at the scene said Guldager had also been mixing chemicals at the house. Those chemicals had been moved to the backyard. Firefighters were called out to check on the chemicals and ensure it was safe to continue the investigation.


Guldager's bail is set at $100,000. She has also been referred for a mental health evaluation.&quot;

Video Here: 
http://www.kptv.com/story/22081130/police-woman-suffocated-cat-in-disturbing-case-of-animal-abuse</description>
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      <title>Georgous new jazz song</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:05:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>This is a very catchy smooth jazz song.</description>
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      <title>Two Oregon Insurers Rethink 2014 Premiums as State Posts First Ever Rate Comparison</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:46:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>echo4250</dc:creator>
      <description>This is what competition  looks like : One health insurer wants to charge $169 a month next year to cover a 40-year-old Portland-area non-smoker. Another wants $422 a month for the same standard plan.

The new health insurance marketplace envisioned by federal health reforms doesn't formally kick in until fall. But it already is taking shape - and consumers for the first time can compare, premium by premium, identical plans by different insurers.

Soon they'll be able to compare benefit-by-benefit as well.

On Thursday, a comparison of proposed 2014 health premiums became public online, causing two insurers to request do-overs to lower their rates even before the state  determines whether  they're justified.

The unusual development was sparked by a comparison that used to be impossible because plan benefits varied so widely. But under the federal reforms that take effect Jan. 1, health insurance is mandated and every insurer must offer certain standard plans.




More &gt;&gt; Find the proposed rates for 2014 health plans in your area. 


 Continuing coverage of efforts to reform health care in Oregon. Starting in October, the change will drive competition in a health insurance marketplace called Cover Oregon where individual consumers and small business owners can comparison shop. Though the state's comparison charts are far less detailed, they foreshadow what Cover Oregon is trying to do.&quot;Posting rate comparisons company-by-company is a taste of what is to come,&quot; says Cheryl Martinis of the Oregon Insurance Division.

Judging by the reaction, there's already an impact.

 Providence Health Plan  on Wednesday asked to lower its requested rates by 15 percent. Gary Walker, a Providence spokesman, says the &quot;primary driver&quot; was a realization that the plan's cost projections were incorrect. But he conceded a desire to be competitive was part of it.

A  Family Care Health Plans  official on Thursday said the insurer will ask the state for even greater decrease in requested rates. CEO Jeff Heatherington says the company realized its analysts were too pessimistic after seeing online that its proposed premiums were the highest.

&quot;That was my question when I saw the rates was, 'Can we go in and refile these?'&quot; he said. &quot;We're going to try to get these to a competitive range.&quot;

The  oregonhealthrates.org  website provides the filings by the individual carriers and a comparison of certain requested rates in the individual and small business market,  broken down by region . The rate comparison shows identical standard-benefit plans rated bronze, silver or gold for their level of benefits for  small businesses , as well as individual non-smokers aged 21, 40 and 60.

The easy rate comparison is only one of the changes consumers who buy their own insurance can expect in 2014.

Another is higher premiums in the 2014 individual market, though for many people they'll be offset by tax credits. The higher rates are because people with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage. Also, plans have to offer stronger benefits than they used to, leading to higher premiums.

The changes have spawned much speculation, with some predicting &quot;rate shock&quot; for people who buy their own policies. Now consumers can see for themselves what premiums could be available, at least for certain plans.

Meanwhile, at least half the potential customers who buy their own insurance will qualify for a sliding scale of  income-based tax credits  that could more than-eliminate any price hikes. Nearly 400,000 Oregonians are expected to purchase their own insurance as tax credits lure previously uninsured consumers.

In addition to comparing insurance plans, Cover Oregon can enroll people and qualify them for tax credits.

Individual consumers and small businesses will be able to talk by phone or use computers to get questions answered. Insurance agents and outreach workers in the community will also be available to help.

It's too soon to start shopping. The rates posted Thursday by the Oregon Insurance Division still must be approved by the state in July. The full Cover Oregon website launches  in early October ..




This is from the newspaper The Oregonian....This article is written so that even conservatives might be able to understand it.</description>
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      <title>Rolling along with Pacific Roller Derby girls</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:18:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>USMC5816</dc:creator>
      <description>Before they discovered roller derby, their names were Kelly, Kristal, Jennifer, Amy, Sarah, Aiyana, Sylvia and Tricia.

Now, as members of Pacific Roller Derby, which practices twice a week at Marine Corps Base Hawaii's G Street hockey rink, they are known as Calamity Crush, Loonatic Loocy, Cry-Sis, Faye Tality, Acute Mangler, C.C. Bang! Bang! and Tadbit Nasty.

While on break during practice April 14, 2013, several of the skaters said they found out about roller derby by accident, watched a game and became magnetically attracted to the sport as participants because of its athletic and competitive demands.

Loonatic Loocy, aka Kristal Loo, an occupational therapist from Waikele, said she loves roller derby because &quot;it's always changing, and it's very challenging.&quot; A swimmer in high school, she started from scratch, having never previously put on a pair of roller skates.

Cry-Sis, aka Jennifer Cabral, is a native of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and an Air Force spouse. She has two sons, ages 13 and 16. For her, roller derby is &quot;the most energetic, selfish thing I have ever done for myself. I have split my time between my kids' soccer, karate (and) football, and I finally found something that energizes me. It's the most amazing thing I have ever done for myself.&quot;

Faye Tality, or Amy Hughes, from Portland Ore., is in her second season with PRD. Her husband recently retired from the Army. A student at Leeward Community College, she said roller derby is &quot;fun to watch, it's fun to play. There's a great sense of community and family that you get when you join the league.&quot;

In all, about 50 women from across Oahu belong to PRD, founded in 2008 as Hawaii's first amateur women's flat track roller derby league.

The league, which is owned and operated by its athletes, is recruiting new skaters as well as volunteers for non-skating or skating positions, such as referees. New recruits practice Saturday mornings in Hawaii Kai.

Calamity Crush, aka Kelly Thune, an art curator in Honolulu, is in charge of training new recruits in the league. In her six years playing roller derby, &quot;I've had so many injuries that I've actually grown into my derby name, Calamity,&quot; she said, smiling. Besides the typical bumps and bruises, she has twisted her ankles and broken her wrists.

&quot;It's a contact sport, so you always take that risk,&quot; she said. &quot;But we train the girls to be able to appropriately fall to be as safe as possible in the pack. There are a lot of precautionary measures we take when we train so we're not creating dangerous situations. The new girls' training program exists so we can get them up to speed before integrating them into the rest of the league. They work on basics like stops, falls (and) how to safely skate next to somebody else.&quot;

Spankin' Pickle, or Tricia Prestridge, a Navy spouse and native of Great Cacapon, W.Va., has been counting the days till her return to derby this week. She broke her right foot during practice in January. When she and her family moved to MCB Hawaii a year ago, &quot;I saw (PRD) practicing on the base, and I thought, that's what I want to do, and it's been the love of my life ever since.&quot;

Acute Mangler, or Sarah Michel, of Waikele, teaches high school math, covering topics like acute angles, which are angles less than 90 degrees. Michel said she met some of her best friends on her fIrst day of practice as a new recruit.

&quot;I've only been doing this for 11 months, but it has legitimately changed my life, in the way I see myself and the way I see what I'm capable of and the way I see what I deserve out of my life. I feel empowered.&quot;

Taleisha Scott, a Navy spouse, serves as a bench coach in the league and is also a new recruit. A nurse by training who played softball and soccer in high school and college, she said roller derby is &quot;a whole different level of competition. You've got to strive to be the best for yourself, but you also have to try to be the best, for your team, and it really matters.&quot; 

She added, &quot;The best part is I can play this sport until I'm 60, if I want to, and there are skaters (who) are that old, nationally. You can skate as much as you want, as long as you want.&quot;

C.C. Bang! Bang! or Army Staff Sgt. Aiyana Harris, is the league's most experienced skater. A nurse at Tripler Army Medical Center, she said, &quot;Every time the Army (relocates) me, I try to find a league.&quot; She has skated with teams in her hometown of Baltimore, Md., in Colorado and in Washington state.

Tadbit Nasty, or Sylvia Flores, finds that the major appeal of derby for her is that it lets women step beyond the traditional roles and expectations placed upon them as wives and mothers.

&quot;Roller derby gives us a space to leave all that aside and get aggressive, competitive, and physical,&quot; Flores said.

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Today is April 15th, Tax Day, a day when tens of millions of Americans scramble to file their income taxes on time. It's also a day when people across the country are planning to protest the use of tax dollars to fund war. A recent study shows that more than 40 percent of every income tax dollar in 2007 went towards military spending. We speak with Pat and John Schwiebert, a Portland couple who have refused to pay their taxes for the past thirty years to protest military spending.</description>
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