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I Shrugged wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:19 pm Is it just because there are the right kind and quantity of wacko's there already?
Or did the organized groups target Portland because it's the most liberal city and they can get away with more?
Is it really an accomplishment to tear up a city that agrees with you? Why not take on St. Louis or Dallas?

I find it strange, and am looking for backlash by the Portlandians. Not sure if it's coming though. But if it does, it could doom their craziness. I mean if they turn Portland against them, they have obviously failed. Right?

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:26 am WiseOne,

My bad. No, why are the protest groups picking on Portland?

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:10 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:26 am WiseOne,

My bad. No, why are the protest groups picking on Portland?

That's their breeding ground.

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:34 pm It has become clear that they are attacking Portland because the officials are on their side. Which is sort of crazy, to attack a city that's on your side. But whatever, have at it.

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:34 pm It has become clear that they are attacking Portland because the officials are on their side. Which is sort of crazy, to attack a city that's on your side. But whatever, have at it.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:06 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:34 pm It has become clear that they are attacking Portland because the officials are on their side. Which is sort of crazy, to attack a city that's on your side. But whatever, have at it.

Kbg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:58 pm To answer the question...it’s known as Californication in the west. People fleeing a jacked up state who then try to create what they fled somewhere else.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:42 pm

Kbg wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:58 pm To answer the question...it’s known as Californication in the west. People fleeing a jacked up state who then try to create what they fled somewhere else.

It's known all over the country . I think a lot of us are hoping we're safe from Californication behind the loving protection of the Snow Belt

shekels wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:27 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:34 pm It has become clear that they are attacking Portland because the officials are on their side. Which is sort of crazy, to attack a city that's on your side. But whatever, have at it.

https://youtu.be/tTqglmf8bKY

Why has Detroit been so calm during the Summer of George while Portland has been so riotous?

Detroit is the blackest big city, while Portland is the whitest.

Assume for the sake of simplicity that there are two types of Not-So-Peaceful Protestors: BLM looters and Antifa rioters. The former are disproportionately black and the latter disproportionately white. The former break store windows to steal the merchandise inside, while the latter break store windows to break store windows.

My guess would be that there isn’t too much left to loot in Detroit after all these decades (2020 looting in places like Fifth Avenue and Melrose Boulevard has been unprecedentedly covetous and ambitious). And Detroit is too scary for Antifa, who, while they aren’t scared of the police, are scared of black criminals. Plus, Detroit serves as a sort of giant object lesson that the conventional wisdom of 2020 is stupid.

In contrast, Portland, because of its tiny number of blacks, is ideal for incubating the most extreme versions of Establishment thought among whites.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:58 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:34 pm It has become clear that they are attacking Portland because the officials are on their side. Which is sort of crazy, to attack a city that's on your side. But whatever, have at it.

Terrorists don't have a side. What they have is terror, and the first time you give into them, they know they can push you as far as they like.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:19 pm

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:58 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:34 pm It has become clear that they are attacking Portland because the officials are on their side. Which is sort of crazy, to attack a city that's on your side. But whatever, have at it.

Terrorists don't have a side. What they have is terror, and the first time you give into them, they know they can push you as far as they like.

I think that terrorists very often have a side and almost always have a clear agenda.

This particular strain, though - I really don’t think they have an endgame in mind. Total capitulation, a dissolving of the police force and life like the “utopia” that they briefly had when they occupied a few intersections?

They won’t know what to do with themselves when the last store window is broken. Write their memoirs, maybe.

As for Ted Wheeler’s support, I don’t think much changes whether he’s with them or against them. He’s so ineffectual. I suppose some of them think of it as a bonus.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:13 pm Still?

Vinny


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"Portland, Ore.
West Coast cities sometimes get a bad rap with retirees due to their relatively poor air quality, high cost of living or traffic concerns, but LEED-certified Portland shows the left coast can still be the best coast. Portland holds itself accountable not only for growth, but also for ecological planning. The city adopted a Sustainable City Principles measure in the early 1990s and updated the performance objectives in 2015 for targets in 2030. Specifically, the city aims to recover 90% of waste from its operations by 2030, cut energy use by 2% annually and reduce city operation carbon emissions by 53% from 2007 levels. Portland has a long history working to be a sustainable city, with a network of expansive bike paths, and the city encourages green roofs with vegetation. What’s more, Portland gives you access to the West Coast lifestyle without the housing cost anxiety. The Zillow Home Value Index of homes in Portland is $400,000, which while not cheap is well below the $1.3 million of San Jose, Calif., $967,000 of San Francisco and $649,000 of Los Angeles."

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:18 pm Here is a great 1 minute promotional video about Portland!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKuAcd0u6ys

yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:13 pm Still?

Vinny


These Are the 5 Best Eco-Friendly Places to Retire

https://money.com/these-are-the-5-best- ... to-retire/

"Portland, Ore.
West Coast cities sometimes get a bad rap with retirees due to their relatively poor air quality, high cost of living or traffic concerns, but LEED-certified Portland shows the left coast can still be the best coast. Portland holds itself accountable not only for growth, but also for ecological planning. The city adopted a Sustainable City Principles measure in the early 1990s and updated the performance objectives in 2015 for targets in 2030. Specifically, the city aims to recover 90% of waste from its operations by 2030, cut energy use by 2% annually and reduce city operation carbon emissions by 53% from 2007 levels. Portland has a long history working to be a sustainable city, with a network of expansive bike paths, and the city encourages green roofs with vegetation. What’s more, Portland gives you access to the West Coast lifestyle without the housing cost anxiety. The Zillow Home Value Index of homes in Portland is $400,000, which while not cheap is well below the $1.3 million of San Jose, Calif., $967,000 of San Francisco and $649,000 of Los Angeles."

Ted Wheeler should have lost his bid for reelection in 2020. His approval rating was in the dismal mid-20s, but his opponent, Sarah Iannarone, billed herself as the Antifa candidate. “I am antifa,” she wrote on Twitter in January 2019. She repeatedly refused to condemn political violence during her quixotic campaign, and she ventured into public wearing a dress festooned with the faces of mass-murdering tyrants, including China’s Mao Zedong. Sarah Iannarone pulled off the nearly impossible by losing an election to a man whose approval rating was barely half that of Donald Trump.

Loretta Smith ran against Dan Ryan for city council, and she too refused to condemn political violence, choosing to say this instead: “Telling people who are traumatized and exhausted from generations of systemic violence and oppression that they can only communicate their angst through peaceful protest is tone-deaf and inconsistent with the ideals of restorative justice and equity.” She lost the election.

Left-wing populist Chloe Eudaly lost her own city council election, and she was the incumbent. She made enemies everywhere with her pugilistic, my-way-or-the-highway attitude. Critics accused her of “strangling democracy.” She had a more combative relationship with the press than anyone else on the city council. She got yelled at even in art galleries. Few were surprised to see her lose to her moderate challenger, Mingus Mapps.

Suburban moderates and rural conservatives take note: Portlanders aren’t as different from you as you think they are.link