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We visited my wife's aunt in Enterprise Oregon which is very small and impossible to get to. The big town is La Grande Oregon!! Anyway, on our way back home I wanted to go through Walla Walla WA, because I had never been there. Doesn't everyone want to say they've been to Walla Walla? Now I can. Just before crossing the border into WA, we went through Milton-Freewater, a little town so far out of the way that they do their sports in WA. Gas was roughly 50 cents cheaper in Milton-Freewater than it was 20 minutes away in Walla Walla. Now Walla Walla is easier to get to for gas delivery than Milton-Freewater, you would think it would be the other way around. But it was cheaper in Milton-Freewater. All thanks to the CO2 credits producers have to buy to make petrol. And they charge that back to the consumer of course. mspart

Whoops, there goes mail in voting!! mspart

Interesting how the blindfolded who can't/won't see what is right if front of them make fun of those who can/will. The topic of censorship is not even a debate anymore. It happened, it is happening, and the government and political leaders are promising more if given the chance. It's all fun and games until you finally find yourself without the freedom to express yourself freely. And then it is too late. mspart

Congrats to DT and Vito!! mspart

His last two UFC bouts lacked fire. He was tentative in both bouts and as a result lost. mspart

WA is 3.99/gallon for cheap gas. 4.44/gallon diesel. That is the cheapest. I see these prices on my way to and from work. The last station I pass is 4.99/gallon both cheap gas and diesel. I'm not sure how they sell any petrol but they are still there. We have the one the highest gas taxes and then we have a CO2 addition that makes our gas 2 most expensive in the nation. There is an initiative on the ballot to remove the CO2 aspect of the added cost to gas, diesel, nat gas, propane, home heating if you use nat gas, and all the food and goods that are delivered by trucks powered by the same. mspart

Yeah so Taylor didn't go to the Olympics. But no one beat Taylor at 92 and Taylor went and is in the bronze medal match. It's who wins the trials. If the youngins win, they go. If the oldie goldies win, they go. The best goes period. mspart

On to the flaming ballot boxes. Not only was the car a volvo that carried the perps, but the incendiary devices said Free Gaza. https://apnews.com/article/ballot-drop-box-fires-portland-vancouver-60fea753ceb761624e6aba49f0e9dd99 Sounds like a nasty Trump loving deplorable piece of garbage if you ask me. mspart

WA is all mail in vote. My wife and I voted yesterday. Will mail it in today. Mail in vote has its problems no doubt. But the fact you get to review the ballot for hours if you want to is nice. Being surprised by the contents of the ballot at the voting booth I never liked. That said, I do like voting in person and showing ID and I think that is the best way to handle voting. Even with that, we had some weird election results before mail in voting. We've had more since. There is always a way to find more ballots it seems. Before mail in, the governors race was won on the 3rd recount paid for by the democrat. Mysteriously, a bunch of ballots were found in the trunk of a car. The D won that last recount after the R had won the vote, and two recounts. mspart

Why are we still having 3+ hour lines to vote? Serious question. mspart

Vito for bronze, DT in repechage. Green and Burroughs out. Not how this was expected to go I think. But it is not surprising. JB has been at this a long time and and Father time was bound to get the best of him. But he did better than most anyone his age in the highest level of sport. Green has been our best for a long time. Thank you JB and JG for all the years of excitement you have provided us. Best of luck to Vito and DT in your upcoming matches!! mspart

So Sad was losing right up to the last few seconds when he got a 4 pointer? That is amazing and does not spell good things for DT if he makes it to the Bronze medal match against the Iranian. That actually says a lot of for the Iranian. Sad did what Sad does which is win, but he rarely is in the position of being behind and needing a herculean effort to win. Great that he did but I think this says a lot for Ghasempour. mspart

I see Sad wins 5-3. That is good for DT who gets to repechage. mspart

Explain Sad with buzzer beater. Please!!! mspart

Have the other weights finished their semis? Not watching the matches, just on UWW getting updates and they are not as fast as you guys. mspart

Was there a reason for this? mspart

Stupid and desperate! I heard on the radio that for the next week, each day will get dumber and dumber. mspart

I heard on the radio today that the drop box fire in Vancouver was preceded by one in Portland. In both cases it was a Volvo that drove up. Just more info. SVERGE!!!!! mspart

There are plenty around here. I had a couple of them on the first wrestling team I was asst coach for. They would go around yelling Sverge!! all the time. I think they were 2nd generation from Sweden. That was back in 1989/1990. They are old and decrepit by now!!! mspart

A la Spinal Tap!! mspart

That sure seems to be the case, even with Kamala. When asked how she'll be different than Biden, she'll say "first I am a woman so that is different, and also I'm not Trump, You know I have been saying I'll be different but I'll be different than the last decade and you know who was in charge during the last decade. That's right and he was very divisive and did a horrible job and I will not be like him." That makes you wonder who she is talking about!!! But her idea of different does not mean different necessarily from Biden, it's from Trump or Obama or whoever she is talking about there. mspart

Generally speaking, Vancouver is a conservative area, much different than Portland. I can see some antifa types from Portland doing this to counter act their votes. Or it could be Ds in Vancouver trying to affect local elections. Or it could be 16 year old punk kids just having "fun". mspart

Ouch!! The thrill is gone. The thrill is gone baby. There is no joy in mudville. No joy at all. Joy is a great campaign slogan. But when asked what you will do when in office, deer in the headlights look. "I will have a different administration from JaBiden, I'm a woman so there's a difference ha ha. And he's an old white man, and I'm a much younger and stupider woman of color. I can't say that I would have made different decisions than JaBiden because I was there in the situation room with him. But my administration will be completely different." Joy just doesn't cut it when you have a candidate that vapid. mspart

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It doesn't matter. Whoever did it should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. KATU is Portland, but Vancouver is close enough, Portland is the big market and wouldn't have their own TV stations. I read some headlines and it looks like it was in Vancouver. The fire was inside the box, the video is of officials trying to save the ballots. https://katu.com/news/local/vancouver-ballot-box-seen-smoking-same-morning-as-portland-ballot-box-arson mspart