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" War is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of idealists by cynics and of troops by politicians. This bitter knowledge of betrayal is seeping into the ranks of the American military. It is bringing us a new wave of enraged and disenfranchised veterans who will never again trust the country that sent them to war."

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Eye Opener'

The creator of this map has had the interesting idea to break down that gigantic US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries’ GDP. More here.

In honor of this past weekends festivities...

Saturday was the annual Portland Rose Parade. As is typical, it rained all morning. I think that this song by Elliot Smith captures the typical 25-35 year old Portlanders Rose Parade experience perfectly.