Fri. 05/28 - Rural Oregon Tries to Become Greater Idaho

<p><strong><em>Seven counties in the US state of Oregon have now voted to leave their state behind and merge with neighboring Idaho. Could this actually work? A new English dictionary of Ancient Greek fully and explicitly makes up for the modesty of its previous Victorian translators. And the best way to cook a hot dog.</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oregons-rural-counties-search-for-representation-with-idaho-2021-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oregon's Rural Counties Search for Representation With Idaho</a> (Business Insider)</li><li><a href="https://www.registerguard.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/05/28/don-kahle-greater-idaho-thinking-through/7449979002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don Kahle: Greater Idaho: thinking it through Don Kahle</a> (The Register-Guard)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/us/oregon-idaho-secession.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Their Own Private Idaho: Five Oregon Counties Back a Plan to Secede</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/20/998660102/oregone-7-oregon-counties-vote-to-back-seceding-so-citizens-can-vote-gop-in-idah" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oregone? 7 Oregon Counties Vote To Back Seceding, So Citizens Can Vote GOP In Idaho</a> (NPR)</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/27/first-english-dictionary-of-ancient-greek-since-victorian-era-spares-no-blushes-lexicon-classics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">English dictionary of ancient Greek ‘spares no blushes’ with fresh look at crudity</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://jezebel.com/new-translation-of-ancient-greek-puts-cock-sucking-back-1846984175" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Ancient Greek Dictionary Includes Words for S---, F---, C----------</a> (Jezebel)</li><li><a href="https://food52.com/blog/26206-how-to-cook-hot-dogs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Absolute Best Way to Cook a Hot Dog, Accord