Betsy Johnson for governor of OR (https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23343-a-betsy-proof-margin.html) (https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/46663/betsy-johnson) (https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/votesmart/)Nicholas Kristof article asking us to disbelieve what we saw with our own eyes in Portland (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/opinion/portland-protests-trump.html).Ayanna Pressley condemns Kyle Rittenhouse in 2020 (https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley/status/1298780540431224832?s=20)Cori Bush condemns Kyle Rittenhouse on 11.15.21 (https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1460335492415819786?s=20)The evidence at the Rittenhouse trial did not fit the pre-trial left-wing political/media narrative. (Bari Weiss's podcast episode breaking down the facts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-medias-verdict-on-kyle-rittenhouse/id1570872415?i=1000542265808)Deceased Rosenbaum used the "n-word" (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/man-killed-by-rittenhouse-challenged-group-shoot-him-used-racial-slur-witness-2021-11-05/)Bari Weiss NYT resignation letter (https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter)Oregon politicians condemn Rittenhouse verdict (https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-portland-elected-officials-react-to-kyle-rittenhouse-not-guilty-verdict/283-46569b2f-8ad5-45bd-9bf8-af4de762a9db)Biden is "angry and concerned" about Rittenhouse verdict: (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/19/statement-by-president-biden/)Biden splices Rittenhouse video with Charlottesville white supremacists (https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1311268302950260737?s=20)SF DA Chesa Boudin condemns Rittenhouse riots (https://twitter.com/chesaboudin/status/1462147099017969664?s=20)Glenn Greenwald: Rittenhouse supports BLM (https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1462835329208139776?s=20)

We discuss the following articles:Homeless encampments have caused Fairview Lake to flood because the camps are blocking access to the city pump that city workers are unable to reach due to gunfire from homeless campers. (https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/fairview-lake-floods-homeless-camps-block-pump-access/283-7d1f6005-d443-4c69-8d87-0c48beefd003)Homeless campers living at Sandy River Delta park are facing off with vigilantes trying to clean up the park. (https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2021/11/02/36769230/illegal-camp-sweeps-and-limited-shelter-space-east-multnomah-county-grapples-with-a-growing-homelessness-crisis)The ACLU altered a Justice Ginsburg quote changing references from "women" to "people". (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/aclu-apologizes-ginsburg-quote.html)The Biden Administration has replaced "mothers" with "birthing people" in its maternal health guidance. (https://www.newsweek.com/biden-admin-replaces-mothers-birthing-people-maternal-health-guidance-1598343).Med schools are denying biological sex. (https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/med-schools-are-now-denying-biological).The war between radical feminists and transgender activists. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2).Children's mental health is now a national emergency. (https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047624943/pediatricians-call-mental-health-crisis-among-kids-a-national-emergency)

Cancellation of a math poster (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Talk-Hand-Signals-4116451?st=787cf6ab52195710f90ca69d0d5425b8.) "Traumatized" by a math poster?Vaxx rates in Oregon. (https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/20/vaccination-falls-prey-to-politics-as-oregons-rural-and-urban-counties-drift-further-apart/).Losing jobs at OHSU due to vaxx mandate. (https://katu.com/news/local/ohsu-says-96-of-members-vaccinated-for-covid-261-people-face-termination.) OHSU does not appear to allow for vaxx exemptions for natural immunity. (https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/10/02/ohsu-covid-19-vaccine-policy-and-exception-process.)Natural immunity: (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01442-9.) (https://www.science.org/content/article/having-sars-cov-2-once-confers-much-greater-immunity-vaccine-vaccination-remains-vital.)Are vaxx resistant of low socioeconomic status? (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/06/poorer-us-counties-have-lower-covid-19-vaccine-uptake.) (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7022e1.htm.)Most drs are vaxxed. https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-survey-shows-over-96-doctors-fully-vaccinated-against-covid-19Caitlin Flanagan's Atlantic article on abortion. (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/the-things-we-cant-face/600769/.)OR suspends standardized testing in school: (https://www.opb.org/article/2021/09/20/examining-oregon-decision-to-drop-high-school-essential-skill-requirements/.)2021, PDX: most homicides on record. (https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-10-19/a-dangerous-time-portland-oregon-sees-record-homicides.)Adolescents on a crime spree in PDX: (https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/boys-arrested-crime-spree-portland/283-02093634-184b-440d-8695-6a1881d2e9a4.)

PDX riots, 10/12/21: https://www.koin.com/news/protests/pearl-district-residents-to-ppb-are-we-a-lawless-city/https://www.koin.com/news/national/lawless-city-worry-after-portland-police-dont-stop-chaos/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/10/protesters-commemorating-activists-death-damage-downtown-portland-windows-leave-graffiti.htmlhttps://www.koin.com/news/protests/downtown-businesses-vandalized-following-memorial-for-slain-activist/Police are claiming that they cannot engage in crowd control or other tactics to stop riots due to House Bill 2928. But 10/12 would likely qualify as a riot under ORS 166.015.Betsy Johnson is currently our choice for governor of Oregon. She voted no on the bill allowing tent camping throughout the state in public spaces--which even Dan Ryan opposed. Johnson is the "moderate", data-driven, reasonable voice we need.Nick Kristof, also running for gov, is not as clear-eyed about Portland's problems.Singer Jason Mraz was widely criticized for coming out as "Two Spirit" because he is not indigenous, but a white man may have coined the term "Two Spirit." Will Roscoe may have invented the term Two Spirit at a conference in Winnipeg in 1990.

Caitlin Flanagan's article on abortion.Andrew Yang has started a new political party. He believes that the public has the right to walk the street and not fear for their safety due to the unpredictable and potentially violent nature of the behavior exhibited by the untreated mentally ill. Andrew Yang advocates for compelled mental health treatment for those members of our community who cannot care for themselves.Listener comment: DA Mike Schmidt's unwillingness to prosecute has got to be really undermining police enthusiasm for law enforcement. Recall that DA Schmidt told Willamette Week that, "I think that when you look historically at this nation, it's during these protests when we've gotten some of the changes that we are proudest of in our nation's history. And sometimes it took some property damage. It took more than just peaceful protests to get the government's attention. I'm very mindful of that."According to treatment providers, more Oregonians have died from drug overdoses during the pandemic than have died from COVID-19. Oregon has decriminalized drugs but cannot provide the drug treatment our vulnerable drug addicted population so desperately needs. We should be treating this as a crisis and an emergency that is on at least the same level as COVID-19.In response to a listener comment, we explore the post-George Floyd era of policing in Portland, Oregon. What kind of tactics are PPB employing and are they efficient? We look at one recent example from September 30, 2021.In 1996, John Tierney, a Yale-educated journalist, wrote one of the most controversial articles in New York Times Magazine history called "Recycling is Garbage". We explore this article and his 2015 follow up, "The Reign of Recycling." Is recycling just a big waste of time and money?Dr. Vinay Prasad, hematologist-oncologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco addresses masking in The Dallas Morning News. Is there any authoritative consensus on outdoor masking?Check out Dr. Michael Osterholm, director for Infectious Disease, Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, explain why cloth masks buy you maybe five minutes of time and are not as effective as most of us think. You can also read the transcript below the video.

Data supporting the idea that we need more police to solve crime.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/instead-of-defund-the-police-solve-all-murders/619672/https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/04/20/988769793/when-you-add-more-police-to-a-city-what-happens?t=1627991403020The Bangladesh mask studyhttps://twitter.com/martymakary/status/1435780819616940035?lang=enhttps://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/why-do-we-have-to-lie-about-the-resultshttps://www.city-journal.org/public-healths-truth-problemIt wasn't as good as they thought; result is null. When the pre-print of the study was released, they claimed surgical masks were 11% effective. However, when the study was finally published, the underlying data didn't support this figure: https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.01296More evidence from doctors that children should not be masked:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/school-mask-mandates-downside/619952/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/26/its-time-children-finally-get-back-normal-life/https://www.wsj.com/articles/masks-children-parenting-schools-mandates-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-biden-administration-cdc-11628432716Data showing that Democrats wildly overestimate the threat posed by COVID:https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-misinformation-is-distorting-covid-policies-and-behaviors/

We are sounding the alarm on gun violence in Portland, Oregon. A public school teacher was shot while asleep. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/09/lincoln-high-school-teacher-recovering-after-being-hit-by-stray-bullet-while-sleeping.htmlThere have been shootings and a murder in the premier entertainment districts and neighborhoods of Irvington and Northwest/Nob Hill. https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/522865-417821-bystander-slain-during-silver-dollar-shooting-in-nw-portland?wallit_nosession=1https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/09/portland-police-investigate-overnight-shooting-at-nob-hill-pizza-shop.htmlhttps://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/11/shooting-in-irvington-leaves-man-with-serious-injuries-police-say.htmlhttps://www.koin.com/news/crime/man-shot-in-the-leg-in-irvington-neighborhood/A University of Oregon student was one of the witnesses where the shooting on NW 21st Ave. happened and she and her friends dropped to the ground. City of Portland's plan to reduce gun violence: https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/07/gun-reform-portland-oregon-city-council/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-city-council-approves-plan-to-quell-gun-violence/283-dbf72dae-2f14-4b0d-9c7f-9ef32bbf10f1

In this episode we discuss:The ordinance that "deprioritizes" camping 10 feet way from the door of a home or business and 100 feet away from a high school. Cleveland High School, one of the best high schools in Portland, recently cleaned up its encampment, but the city stresses that, due to the ordinance, it was NOT because of the camp's proximity to the high school. Rather, it was because of the public health hazard things like needles posed. This is horrific news because the Instagram account Documenting Portland showed piles of needles at Cleveland HS 2/27/21. How many more needles did it take for the city to clear the camp?https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/190478https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/homeless-camp-cleveland-high/283-4da0bf95-f6bf-4c24-8dd5-f4dcbdf43da4Why a "housing first" policy doesn't work.The city's plan to sprinkle encampments throughout neighborhoods in order to keep businesses from fleeing downtown.https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/05/19/portlands-mayor-asks-downtown-law-firms-for-help-with-a-plan-to-relocate-people-sleeping-in-front-of-their-offices/NIH controlled study that shows that mask mandates don't work.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8395971/