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2014 May

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Tom's Blog

From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Tom’s Tidbits- Democracy’s dead, so what’s the cure?

Greetings! A recent study documented the obvious… our government doesn’t give a damn about the wishes of the American people. 

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What NOW?!! Toons- Our May check-in with Keith Tucker

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Thom Hartmann has left the building, but he was in Portland Friday. Here’s our report…

It’s always good to see a hometown boy made good, and that’s just what we saw on May 2 when

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Latest Climate Change reports say the Earth is still burning. Here’s the info you need to understand why…

Three reports on climate change, the AAAS’s “What We Know”, the IPCC’s “Fifth Assessment Report” (AR5), and the “National Climate

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Meet the folks at Artichoke Music- Our first Referral Reward quarterly spotlight!

We’re in week 17 of our Referral Reward program, and we’re amazed at the way our clients have responded.   49 new

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Drew’s Kitchen- Chicken with Sour Cream and Paprika

Ingredients:  Extra-virgin olive oil 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (abt 2 lbs) Kosher salt 1 medium-size yellow onion, finely chopped

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Shop Talk- FREE CARWASH SEASON is back again!

FREE Carwash Season is back! You’ve waited since last fall for this… May in Portland doesn’t just mean the beautiful

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Health Notes- Small picture to big picture… in PICTURES!

Healthy living is different depending on how you look at it.  There’s the ‘small picture’ stuff that happens to us

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Sellwood Bridge Update- Save $200 during the upcoming Bridge Closure

Traffic on the Sellwood Bridge usually runs pretty smoothly despite the construction, but next week will be a little different. 

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Book Spotlight- “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Picketty

In the Afterword to his masterpiece “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, Robert Pirsig introduces us to a Swedish

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Humorousness- Mom Spotting

We just celebrated Mother’s Day, the day we set aside to honor Mom for all the work she does the

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Popcorn Shorts for May 2014

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really

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