Oregonian here. 110 has been an absolute disaster. The intent was good, legalize the drugs and incentivize treatment. You get busted with drugs it’s a $100 fine, and that fine is waived if you seek treatment…
You don’t even have to GET treatment, you just have to call a toll free number and ask about treatment options.
The first year, just over 16,000 people were ticketed. Less than 1% opted to ask about treatment.
Meanwhile every no-account addict is rolling to Oregon, Honduran gangs are operating in our streets with impunity 2-3 blocks from the police HQ, theft is up, property crime is up, and the only “harm reduction” portions of 110 that ARE actually being used are free needle exchanges and Narcan distribution.
“In some cases we treat the same patient in the same week. And we know through our partners of AMR (ambulance service), that the same patient has overdosed multiple times in a day,” says Friedericks. “I know that even when we try to help, our help is unwanted, wares on all of us.”
I like the part where they point out that writers probably have more leverage than they think about having a say - but then maybe many writers don't consider the ebook side of things when thinking about getting their work published.
It's obvious that 'they' are out to demonise IA as something like Pirate Bay whereas it really, really isn't. Aside from the massive amount of obscure reference material, I found BBC documentaries on there from the 80s about some history which is otherwise unobtainable. I can understand if there's some legal points which need to be worked out between both sides in order to keep the site going... but that obviously isn't what the publishers are going for.
The “justice” system is indeed two-tiered, as evidenced by the fact that Trump is still publicly running his mouth. When the rest of us get caught up in the “justice” system, we’re swiftly tried, found guilty of existing while poor, and sentenced to do hard labor in 100-degree heat until it kills us.
It would be great. The reason is that you KNOW the main reason abortions aren’t your choice is simply because all these people can’t have babies themselves. Oh, they secretly pay for their girlfriends abortions but not themselves for sure.
There are the ethical concerns of rape and kidnapping but the worst ethical concern would be sentencing that poor child to be raised by a pro life republican male.
THIS SHOULD BE A HORROR MOVIE THOUGH!!! Especially since the trend right now in horror is to be some sort of allegory to current social/political/etc climate!
(And yeah sorry I did skim your profile to confirm my impression you’re a normal reasonable person in case you do message me lol)
Is investigative journalism considered “news”? I guess it is reporting on facts. I’m not saying I don’t want to see it, and I’m not saying any “rule” has been broken or anything. I just like seeing things categorized correctly 🤷
I think of it like this: “news” is “things that happened”. So an article about Trump being arrested is fine to post as news, because that is reporting on an event that happened. “Politics” would be the community for articles that are like opinion pieces or investigations that are specifically about political figures or groups.
Halfway through the article. Just wanted to say it seems great so far. It’s the kind of thing you would think would have been done several times by now, yet this is the first such article I’ve read. Also, kudos to the author for listening to what must have been hours of drivel a day without going crazy.
My physical profile could potentially fit in with some of these groups but I would have a tough time keeping myself from rolling my eyes and pretending to enjoy this sort of talk even for ten minutes.
You’d need a specific mix of journalistic talent, patience for nutheads like the stars of this article, the ability to keep up an in-person alter-ego for months and charm (you could tell Mr. Nelson was a little into Ms. Moore).
A big takeaway from the article for me was the mention of how “each sect of the Republican Party each had their methods”, it made me think of the different sects, their methods and desires:
Big Business Republicans providing the money and legal influence, pushing for tax breaks, looser regulations and cuts to public services
Far-right white nationalists recruiting from the side, casually inserting themselves in important positions with a mellowed view hoping to take over the "big tent"
Religious conservatives (including evangelists) pushing a homophobic, misogynist agenda through their services and lobbying for their version of religion be taught everywhere
Rural (redneck) conservatives believing and spreading strange conspiracies and stuff, lobbying for gun rights, also racist/anti-immigrant
Old conservatives wanting things to return to “the way it used to be”, often including racist, homophobic and anti-immigrant takes.
It’s like some five-headed chimera fusion, who as long as they don’t get in each other’s way seem to be able to coexist. Interestingly about this article is that it focused on the people and things around Inmate #P01135809 rather than Inmate #P01135809 himself, which was refreshing.
I love this. We finally have a wedge issue. And Biden’s PAC just keeps pushing it. Put this in front of Repiblican voters, and some of them are gonna notice conservative politicians to be the power hungry, evil control freaks that we see them as.
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