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Pillaging Public Pensions

WRR: Pensions Last week, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber called for a special legislative session (to begin 8am September 30th) noting that "we have an opportunity to combine cost savings from reforms to the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) and new revenue to res... Read more

Under Our Skin, opens today at the Hollywood Theatre

Director: Andy Abrahams WilsonThis documentary about Lyme disease accomplishes the tricky feat of squeezing serious drama out of a rift in the medical industry. Disagreements in scientific philosophy don't normally make for thrilling cinema, at least not without a heavy ... Read more

Congrats to Old Mole, Laurie Mercier

Congrats to Old Mole, Laurie Mercier, for being selected by by the WSU College of Liberal Arts to be the new Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor in History. More Info: Laurie Mercier Read more

96--TEXT--Festival Schedule for Brochure

NOTE TO KBOO WEBSITE READERS -- BROCHURE SCHEDULE NOT ATTACHED TO THIS EMAILJUST AN EARLY VERSION, NOW ALTEREDHi folks,I got some fresh air in the park and dove back in.  Some write-ups are a bit altered and hopefully I have caught all the corrections.  I have sent this ... Read more

structural adjustment comes to the usa

For the Old Mole August 1 2011. Last week, well-read red Tom Becker read from Paul Craig Roberts' essay on the so-called debt crisis in the US, "An Economy Destroyed: The Enemy Is Washington." At the risk of repeating some of his key points, I'm going to repeat som... Read more

New Folk Releases December 13, 2013

CHILDSPLAY                                                           As the Crow Flies STEVEN GRAVES                                                  Time Will Tell MARK GROBNER & KEN KOLODNER              Sunrise LOU DOMINGUEZ                                          ... Read more

sex from stonewall to sanford

For the Old Mole Variety Hour June 29, 2009 This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, when, for the first time in history, queer people fought back against decades of police harassment. Writing in the UK Guardian, Peter Tatchell reminds ... Read more

Boss around the Top Tens!!!

                Every year we say were gonna do a top ten , and it NEVER happens.  Well.....HAPPY NEW YEAR HOMIES!!   It’s HAPPENING!!!     We bothered some of the folks behind some of the illest happenings here in the city, and this is what they said.                  ... Read more

lipstick is a petroleum product

For the Old Mole September 15, 2008I’m here to confess that I have been as mesmerized as anyone by the Republican nominee for vice president.In the words of Fafblog,there's a brand new political superstar on the scene and she's tough as nails and the media won't leave ... Read more

02/13/14 episode of Pandæmonium

02/13/14 episode of Pandæmonium is up Chapter XI: Gratitude Harbors Investment episode information playlist download Read more