WTF

We had to do a double take this week when we saw a press release from our esteemed Attorney General John Kroger touting his latest legal takedown – the bust of 81-year-old Lafa

Remember a year ago when Parent of the Year candidates across this great land put down their Diet Cokes

Nike founder Phil Knight's generosity to his alma mater has been well documented. The sometimes Redmond-area resident has donated tens of millions of dollars to the University of Oregon in the form of new facilities for its athletic department, primarily its football and basketball teams. And his mark on the University is undeniable, just look at the way his company has turned the Duck's football uniforms into a testing ground for Nike's bizarre apparel experiments. But Knight's latest gift, the roughly $42-million John E. Jaqua Center, is perhaps his most lavish.

Do you remember when your mom, dad or grandpa put you on his or her lap and let you, just a child, steer the car down some vacant rural road? Yeah, a lot of us have that memory and for the most part, it was probably hardly dangerous. Such behavior is probably more frowned upon now – thanks a lot Bin Laden – but then it was just good, clean fun.

So Doitchin Krasev, the dickhead formerly known as “Jason Evers” is in jail. But here's the thing: He's soooo in love with his girlfriend that he wants to marry her.

In looking at the preview coverage of the now-underway Cascade Cycling Classic, we saw the name Floyd Landis listed among the competitors. This couldn't be that Floyd Landis, the guy who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win after he was found to have been doping? Yup, it certainly is and he's riding solo without a team.

So you'd think if someone is arrested on suspicion of DUII and subsequently handcuffed and placed in the back of a law enforcement vehicle, that he or she could safely say their night was over, right? But wait! You've yet to meet Carla Charley, the woman who, although handcuffed, escaped from the back of a BLM vehicle after being arrested in Maupin and, at the time of this writing, is still on the loose. Oregon State Police are still trying to figure out how she got out, and so are we, but think David Blaine might want to study this chick's methods.

It's hard to list the number of important subjects that have gone virtually unnoticed in this city, which is all but defined by its political apathy.
War in Iraq: Sorry I'm late for Happy Hour!
Massive oil spill in the gulf: Thanks, but I just topped of my tank!
Foreclosures at a new record high and homelessness is rampant: Yawn.

If you were down at the Bite of Bend, you probably ate some delicious food, got your mind blown by the dual sonic explosion that was Rubblebucket followed by March Fourth Marching Band and you also may have paid $5 to try to ride a wacky bike for ten feet in the hopes of winning $100 bucks. You didn't win the $100, because that bike – with its reversed steering mechanism – was impossible to ride, except if you were the dude running this operation, of course.

Like a lot of Bend businesses, we belong to the local chamber of commerce – you know the one “The Bend Chamber of Commerce, Make You A Promise… We're Taking Care of Business… Yeah, We're Taking Care of…” But we digress. And like a lot of businesses, we often find ourselves scratching our heads at the positions that the chamber takes – remember the equal rights ordinance?
So we were relieved when the chamber with its unabashedly pro-growth agenda got out of the business of endorsing local candidates. Unfortunately, since that time though the chamber has been outsourcing its politics to its political action arm, the Bend Business PAC, which has long looked like nothing more than a front for the conservative chamber board. When we got our most recent bill this week it confirmed just how little the chamber distinguishes itself from its ostensibly independent PAC.