purple

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Meet the Pacific albus tree, harbinger of green forestry

Posted Tue, Dec 30, 11:22 a.m.

So what is the proper botanical name of this pacific albus? I'm assuming it's a hybrid poplar but every species esp. a commercially viable one is assigned a cultivar name. Would love to know it's parentage as well, google not turning up anything. Thanks.

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How to build a Northwest conservatism

Posted Fri, Dec 26, 9:57 a.m.

Ok Puyallupan, great if you can run a candidate who values, supports and invests in our environment, schools and infrastructure and will lay off the gays, abortion and theocracy lust- you just may start winning elections. But it must be more than greenwashed conservatism, more than lip service. Are you ...

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How to build a Northwest conservatism

Posted Fri, Dec 26, 9:05 a.m.

It is going to be difficult to "conservify" this region. The west coast has long been the destination of cultural refugees from the rest of the nation. Just think of the long history of misfits from small town America that ride into the sunset and head west hoping to fulfill ...

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Now, every governor is a 'commander'

Posted Wed, Sep 10, 10:48 p.m.

RE: Article II section2: "The President shall be Commander in Chief . . . ": Pride- the deadliest of sins.

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Now, every governor is a 'commander'

Posted Wed, Sep 10, 7:24 a.m.

God help us: In a nation that spends more on the military than all others combined, we are like a fortress, isolating ourselves from the rest of the world. Shock and awe- it's like a one night stand- now what? This warrior worship is the road to hell.

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