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Right to Healthcare
In the last election, a majority of voters in Oregon chose to add a right to affordable healthcare to the state constitution, the first state in the nation to do so. It is short and simple:
SECTION 47. (1) It is the obligation of the state to ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care as a fundamental right.
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Plastic Recycling Is a Dead-End Street
Many cities have mandated recycling. Recycling doesn’t save money, it costs money. If it saved money, a mandate wouldn’t be necessary. The recycled material is sold on the market, but certainly income from such sales doesn’t cover expenses. The reason for recycling is about “saving the planet.” Probably most of those cities mandating recycling include plastics.
Remember hearing in the news a few years ago that China, which recycled most of the world’s plastic, wasn’t going to do it anymore? What is happening to all that garbage material collected? It turns out that plastics can’t be recycled, at least in a manner that makes any sense, economic or otherwise. We would be better off landfilling or incinerating it. What earth-hating environment-raping nutjob is spewing this nonsense?
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Hike with Me
Today I hiked on the east side of Mt Hood from Sahale Falls up the Umbrella Falls trail, then south on the Timberline trail to the White River Canyon. I went 10½ miles in 5½ hours. It was a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the low 60s, perfect for hiking. The fall colors have arrived, particularly the huckleberries. Flowers have almost disappeared. Lots of gorgeous views of the mountain.
Sahale Falls
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Prediction: The Riots Are Returning to Portland
On Tuesday, the Multnomah County Grand Jury, led by the Soros supported DA, handed down an indictment charging a Portland police officer with a misdemeanor assault for striking a “protester” with a baton during a riot. The officer was a member of the Rapid Response Team, which is responsible for crowd control, including demonstrations, protests and riots. The team is made up of volunteers. Yesterday they unanimously resigned.
Antifa pays attention to the news. The next riot will begin in five … four … three … two…
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Living in Oregon, Despite the Politics
On Wednesday my brother and I hiked to Green Lakes, in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Central Oregon. We went up Falls Creek Trail to the lakes, which are in the saddle between South Sister and Broken Top. The hike is the most popular in the area because of the beautiful scenery. The weather was perfect for hiking: mid to high seventies.
One of the larger falls on the creek:
A Mental Health Day and a Long Hike
Yesterday I decided to take a respite from politics and other woes of the world. I went on a hike with my brother on the Lower Salmon River Trail on the slopes of Mount Hood. The River was high in the aftermath of a big Pacific storm that had just swept through dumping about three inches of rain.
