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Be Thankful For Your Weekly Serving of Fresh Straight Poop

A gathering of happenings from the previous week.
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Monday, Nov. 21
Not exactly super: Bipartisan congressional “supercommittee” can't agree on deficit-reduction plan as Republicans insist on no tax increases … No deal: Egyptian cabinet resigns after violent protests that kill 26, but demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square continue … Tightening the screws: US, Britain and Canada hit Iran with new sanctions in hope of derailing nuclear bomb program; French President Nikolas Sarkozy urges Europe to adopt “new sanctions of unprecedented magnitude” … Brains of the family: Ronan Farrow, son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, named one of 32 Rhodes Scholars this year; he graduated from college at 15 and from Yale Law School at 17 … What happens in Vegas: Britain's Prince Harry (he's the unmarried one) visits Las Vegas, goes clubbing with pals, is impressed that he can get free drinks at blackjack tables.

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Gov. John Kitzhaber's Moratorium

A first step to stopping the death penalty in Oregon.
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Gary Haugen probably deserves to die for his crimes. At 19 years old he beat the father of his girlfriend to death with a baseball bat and a hammer. But a life in prison didn't thwart Haugen's homicidal tendencies. He and a fellow prisoner murdered another inmate in 2003, stabbing the victim more than 80 times and crushing his skull.
Apparently, Haugen agrees with the sentiment, and the death sentence that was handed down in 2007. Unlike the dozens of others on Oregon's death row, Haugen decided to remove the obstacles and appeals that can effectively stymie the administration of a lethal injection, Oregon's preferred method of capital punishment. Over his attorneys' objections, Haugen effectively set a Dec. 6 execution date. And, until last week, it appeared as though Haugen would get his death wish. The Supreme Court, amid questions of Haugen's mental competence, declined to step in. The death chamber was readied. Press access plans were issued to the media that was clamoring to report on the first death sentence to be carried out in more than a decade.

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Our Picks for 11/24-12/1

TSWeekly’s picks for the upcoming week.
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I Like Pie, NeighborImpact Benefit Run
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Last week, we told you about one Thanksgiving Day race, the Turkey Trot (9 a.m., Old Mill District), but there's another pre-feast race you can complete before guiltlessly indulging in pie. This friendly, untimed race asks that you bring a pie for the masses, and you can win an award if your creation is one of the top three. The run (get your mind off the pie for a second) benefits NeighborImpact and has 2K, 5K and 10K options on the First Street river trail. $5 and five cans of food entry fee. Meet at Riverfront Plaza behind Footzone. 9am.

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No Turkey, No Problem: A vegetarian provides some meatless alternatives for your Thanksgiving feast

Meatless alternatives for a vegetarian feast.
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I love Thanksgiving.
How odd, you may think, for a vegetarian to love a holiday that encourages the mass slaughtering of millions of innocent turkeys. Well, I'm sorry, but I hate turkeys. On the other hand, I'm also not evil, so I don't want them to die.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday primarily because I'm partial to any day of the year on which you may consume as much food as humanly possible without having to face any judgment. (Not surprisingly, the Super Bowl is my second favorite holiday.)
It may also be the last remaining holiday that doesn't require you to buy stuff (aside from delicious food) in order to celebrate. You don't need presents, or costumes, or chocolates, or fireworks or anything else to celebrate like a real 'merican.
I think another reason that I love Thanksgiving is that it is also my dad's favorite holiday. So it was much to his chagrin when I announced my intentions never to dine on another winged friend for the rest of my days. There was wailing, there was gnashing of teeth and there most certainly was the reoccurring nightmare of Tofurky.

Posted inCulture

War is Fun!: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 looks fake, but still works

COD: MW3 looks fake, but still works.
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This looks fake.
We are advancing down a road alongside a river. The air is chocolate-milky with dust from gunfire and from the bombing of bridges further downstream. The riverbanks and roads look prefabricated, as though they had been poured from plastic. The soundtrack layers gunfire on top of gunfire, some sounding slow and explosive, some whiney and long-lasting, stopping suddenly when one of my comrades’ bullets finds its intended head.
My squad and I move with a lifelike fluidity, except that we often seem to be doing those movements a fraction of an inch above the ground. As we run beneath light poles, I see my comrades cast shadows onto the ground. But as I pass the same place, no trace of me blocks the light. As I run across the cracked asphalt of the road, my view floats along evenly, as though I were already dead, stalking across the battlefield like a ghost, untroubled by footsteps and uneven terrain.

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Let It Snow: Reveling in the early winter wonder at Wanoga

Ski and snowmobile trails are ready for use.
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On the heels of an early season snowfall, I faced a common Central Oregon skier decision: Should I tour out of Dutchman Flats where neighboring Mt. Bachelor boasts 20-plus inches in the last two days, or risk a lower elevation ski at Wanoga Sno-Park.
I hope to face this decision dozens of times this winter. The issues at hand include: an extra 20 miles of round trip driving on the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, snow quality, and most importantly, dog or no dog. A distaste for driving combined with a glare from my high-energy dog usually tips the debate scale toward Wanoga.
Arriving early enough to beat the sledders afforded me the opportunity to stretch out my three-pin setup with some turns on the sledding hill. My mini-tele adventure ends at the snow play warming shelter where I attended a handful of birthday parties last year with my 7-year-old daughter.

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If Your Poop Doesn't Have This Label It's Not the Straight Poop

A gathering a news makers from the previous week.
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Monday, Nov. 14
Dazzling insight: Ex-Penn State football coach and accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky says he's innocent but admits “horsing around” in showers with little boys. In retrospect, he says, “I shouldn’t have showered with those kids” … Meanwhile Jack Raykovitz, president and CEO of “Second Mile,” charity Sandusky founded to help troubled kids, resigns … Flavor of the Week: Newt Gingrich joins Mitt Romney at top of GOP candidate field as scandal-plagued Herman Cain drops 11 points since last month … Lost in space: Cain seems befuddled when interviewer asks him about Libya situation, explains, “I've got all this stuff twirling around in my head” … See you in court: US Supreme Court announces it will rule on constitutionality of President Obama's health care plan … Won't see you on court: NBA players reject proposed new labor deal, vote to disband union; Commissioner David Stern says “nuclear winter” is coming for basketball.

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Tear Down the Magnet School Class Barrier

Admission rules for magnet schools will be under review on December 8.
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When magnet schools first came into favor in the 1960s and 1970s, the idea was that they'd promote desegregation by drawing students from predominantly white areas (like a magnet, get it?) to schools in mostly black areas that offered an enriched curriculum in things like science or the arts.
While the success of magnet schools as a desegregation tool was mixed, there was no question the kids who attended them reaped a significant benefit, and the magnet school idea took off. By the start of the 21st Century there were more than 3,000 magnet schools all over the country, in small cities as well as big ones.
As magnet schools became more popular, the challenge became not how to attract students to them but how to fairly determine who got the limited number of spots available. It's a challenge the Bend-LaPine School District has sadly failed to meet.

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Why I Occupy

The motives of a Occupy protester.
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The Occupy Movement is all about economic justice without which we will not have social justice.
We are challenging an economic system built on the greed of banksters, corporados and the wealthy ruling elites emboldened and empowered by politicians, government officials and the legal system enforced by the police state whose duty is to protect and serve the 1 percent.
We are the 99 percent committed to changing this system of injustice based on exploitation, oppression, financial devastation and environmental degradation. We are determined to Occupy our minds with truth, occupy our streets, our parks, our towns and cities, our states and our country in solidarity with the 99percent throughout the world. We engage in civil disobedience, direct action and non-violent activities as we Occupy Wall St., Occupy Main St., Occupy Everywhere to achieve economic justice.

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