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2021-09-06 -Great Cultural Revolution
Portland mayor @tedwheeler said city council would vote on an emergency resolution to ban the city from trading with Texas
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Posted by Fred 2021-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 They don't have money anyway to cover their basic expenses so Pelosi has to send fed assistance in these huge budget bills further adding to the Federal Deficit of Socialist Venezuela Socialist USA.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-09-06 00:22||   2021-09-06 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's an opportunity for Portland to piously switch to all electric vehicles. Who needs gas? I ride the bus!
Posted by Raj 2021-09-06 00:38||   2021-09-06 00:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Like Texas cares.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2021-09-06 01:25||   2021-09-06 01:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Is this even legal?
Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-09-06 08:12||   2021-09-06 08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 

Ask I commented a few days ago.
Doing so would be a violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1951 - Interference with commerce by threats or violence.

Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

USC 18-41-875 Extortion
Posted by NN2N1 2021-09-06 08:20||   2021-09-06 08:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's see....

* They shut down Colorado.

* They shut down New Mexico.

* They half-ass shut down North Dakota

* They shut down Louisiana

* They keep California's production very limited.

Who's left?
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-09-06 08:33||   2021-09-06 08:33|| Front Page Top

#7 I cancelled my PayPal account the day their CEO made his snarling announcement that his company wouldn't do business with states that had "Ladies room is for ladies" laws. There's really nothing coming out of Portland I need. Oregon? Pretty much likewise. I loved the value proposition of Duluth Trading clothes, but Minnesota is not on my approved trading list any more. And, no, I don't buy or wear Levis.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-09-06 09:10||   2021-09-06 09:10|| Front Page Top

#8 what you wearing these days murcek, a flour sack?
Posted by Chris 2021-09-06 10:42||   2021-09-06 10:42|| Front Page Top

#9 #2 Leaving aside that whole Commerce Clause thingy and 50 other issues, I wonder whether this is consistent with whatever version of the public bid law applies to Portland. The resolution basically says that even if a Texas company puts in a bid for twice the quality at half the price, we'll reject that bid because Texas is ideologically impure. It's not a big jump from that to a resolution saying that we'll reject any bid from a company not owned by the mayor's brother.
Posted by Matt 2021-09-06 11:54||   2021-09-06 11:54|| Front Page Top

#10 “How ‘bout those Cowboys!”
Posted by Airandee 2021-09-06 12:03||   2021-09-06 12:03|| Front Page Top

#11  The resolution basically says that even if a Texas company puts in a bid for twice the quality at half the price, we'll reject that bid because Texas is ideologically impure.

But if the Chinese do it at twice the cost and half the quality, they'll buy cause Portland has no problem with other commies running forced labor camps and the extermination of a ethnic group.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-09-06 16:50||   2021-09-06 16:50|| Front Page Top

#12 We'll call Portland when Texas runs out of militant commie transsexuals.
Posted by Whoting Phomolet9789 2021-09-06 23:11||   2021-09-06 23:11|| Front Page Top

#13 We'll call Portland when Texas runs out of militant commie transsexuals.

A worthy Snark of the Day coming in just under the wire.
Posted by SteveS 2021-09-06 23:35||   2021-09-06 23:35|| Front Page Top

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