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DEFAZIO PLAYS ‘HEALTHCARE HARDBALL’ WITH A ‘STEEL BAT’
March 23, 2010Oregon doctors and hospitals are looking forward to increased Medicare reimbursements negotiated by Congressman Peter Defazio before he flipped his health care vote to ‘yes’. That’s according to Defazio. Defazio had threatened a ‘no’ vote over the issue of low Medicare reimbursements in Oregon and 16 other states. He said he had to play hardball with the Obama administration, and ‘get out the steel bats’. He says Oregon hospitals should see an immediate 1.5% reimbursement increase, and doctors will see 4% more, as part of a deal that dedicates about 400 million dollars extra to 17 low Medicare-reimbursed states over the next two years. A full fix is estimated to cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
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DEFAZIO VOTES ‘YES’ ON OBAMACARE
March 22, 2010Oregon fourth district Congressman Peter Defazio threatened to vote ‘no’ on Obamacare over the weekend over the issue of low Medicare reimbursements to Oregon doctors. A ‘fix’ was in the earlier House bill, but was taken out of the one passed over the weekend due to its cost. Including it would have ballooned the cost of the bill past defecit-neutral territory. But Defazio said in a release today that he was assured by Obama Administration officials that higher Medicare reimbursements for Oregon and 16 other states would begin immediately while the issue is studied for two years.
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BOGUS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF SCAM
March 22, 2010The Oregon Attorney General’s office is warning Oregon property owners about a California company flooding the mail with bogus property tax relief notices. The mailings contain official-sounding phrases like, ‘regional processing center’, and, ‘2010 property tax reduction form’. The company offers to attempt to lower property taxes for a $189 fee. The AG’s office says anyone can do that for free at any county Assessor’s office. If you have sent money to the scammers, call the Oregon Consumer Hotline at 1-877-877-9392.
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PARKING METER GOOD SAMARITAN INNOCENT
March 19, 2010The Eugene parking meter good samaritan has been acquitted. A Eugene judge ruled that the city prosecutor had n0t proven that Ben Bond threatened to commit a crime against meter maid Maria Velasquez. Bond went so far as to say that Velasquez lied in court when she testified that he told her he was going to keep her from doing her job, and called her names in a profanity-laced tirade. Witnesses for Bond said he seemed calm at the time and Velasquez did not seem frightened as she testified. After the acquittal, Bond said he would express his displeasure and race ahead of a meter maid to feed meters all over again.
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Top Signs You Drank Too Much on St. Patrick’s Day
March 18, 2010You’re still peeing green
You went home with a girl and woke up with “Oh Danny Boy”
You held a girls hair while she puked, then made out with her
You lost your voice saying “I love you man” 4000 times
Your corned beef smells like cabbage
You woke in prison wearing your “Kiss me I’m Irish” pin on your ass
When the guy said “Do you want some Irish in you?” you didn’t realize he meant sexually
You went out in jeans and a tee shirt came home in kilt and a thong
You were so drunk you thought you cheated on your boyfriend…with your boyfriend
You conference called 4 ex girlfriends with one drunk dial
You woke up proud to be Italian
You’re convinced St. Patrick is the patron Saint of holding someone’s hair while they puke in a urinal
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New Facebook Virus
March 18, 2010There is a new Facebook Virus Alert. If you recieve any email that asks you to reset your password or open any attachment please delete the email without opening it.
According to the McAfee blog, “this threat is potentially very dangerous considering that there are over 400 million Facebook users who could fall for this scam. This is also the sixth most prevalent piece of malware targeting consumers in the last 24 hours, as tracked by McAfee Labs.”
Facebook would never send an email of this nature and “Dear user of facebook” in the first line is a good indication that this is a spam email. Delete the email completely.
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SIGNS OF SPRING
March 10, 2010Gas prices are shooting up as fast as Spring flowers. The Oregon average for a gallon of regular went up six cents last week to $2.87, according to the Oregon AAA. Another sign of Spring happens this Sunday, when we set clocks ahead an hour. By the way, the state’s Fire Marshal is asking you to test your smoke detector batteries when you change the hands on that clock. Just testing the batteries is recommended these days, not automatically replacing them. That’s because many detectors have lithium batteries that last ten years.
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OREGON A.G. APPOINTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROSECUTOR
March 9, 2010Oregon Attorney General John Kroger has appointed a domestic violence prosecutor. Erin Greenawald is an assistant D.A. in Yamhill County. She has been licensed to practice law in Oregon since 1999.
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A Lesson in Socialism
March 8, 2010
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.
That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked & that no one would be poor & no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”.
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ASSISTANT A.G. PLEADS GUILTY
March 8, 2010An assistant Attorney General under John Kroger has pleaded guilty to assaulting her long-time lesbian partner. Susan Gerber admitted to punching and strangling her partner Janice Dulle after Dulle confronted her about an affair she said Gerber had with another woman. Gerber got no jail time for the assault conviction, but she must attend anger management classes, and obey court orders for 14 months, after which her conviction may be wiped from her record. She is not currently handling cases for the Attorney General’s office, and is the subject of an internal review.
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KFIR 720 AM New Web Site
March 5, 2010KFIR 720 AM has launched our new web site. We now offer comments on all stories and will be adding more content daily. Please let us know what you think of the new site and any ideas or content you would like us to add.
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Country Store
March 5, 2010 [audio:http://www.kfiream.com/countrystore.mp3][wufoo username=”kfir720″ formhash=”m18al8qk1lij2zl” autoresize=”true” height=”677″ header=”show” ssl=”true”]
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DAVID GOES TO THE DENTIST
January 20, 2010Is he still alive??? Is he dead???? Is he just high????? David’s not sure after a trip to the dentist.
The verdict—he’s just high….but cute.
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Microsoft’s Project Natal: Meet Milo
June 5, 2009As promised on the Morning Show, here’s the video demonstrating Microsoft’s Project Natal and “Milo”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Watch The Grass Grow—No, Really!
June 3, 2009
Okay, so watching the grass grow is normally one of those phrases associated with boredom. Read the rest of this entry »
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Computer In A… Vase?
June 3, 2009ECS is well known among geeks for their motherboards and other hardware that goes inside a computer. Read the rest of this entry »
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Learn to Learn!
June 1, 2009I came across this article over at Psychology Today that gives some great tips on improving your learning experience. Read the rest of this entry »
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Free Fishing Weekend!
June 1, 2009Oregon Fish and Wildlife is holding several “Free Fishing Weekend” events around the state on June 6th & 7th. Read the rest of this entry »
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Credit Crisis: A Visual Explanation
May 29, 2009Are you still bewildered by the complexity of the problem that is the “Credit Crisis”? Read the rest of this entry »
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Oregon Man’s Rocket Powered ATV
May 26, 2009Terry Wilmeth is the world land speed record holder on an ATV, set at 155.04 mph on June 16th, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
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