Tag: oregon
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12/15 newspurge: when the lights go on again
9/11 updates: 9/11 year in review: nyc marks 10th anniversary* proposed skyscrapers in s. korea stir up painful memories* korea’s 9/11 twin towers: what were they thinking?* sandra bullock used 9/11 memories for new drama* biowars/envirohealth: fema kicks off ‘resolve to be ready’ 2012 campaign* hydrofracking in ny may be derailed by contamination in wy*…
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seattle school board may ease ban on junk food
seattle schools want back in the junk-food-dealing racket* from seattle times: The Seattle School Board is considering relaxing its ban on unhealthful food in high schools amid complaints from student governments that the policy has cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in vending-machine profits over the past seven years. The policy, approved in 2004…
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12/8 newspurge: i’m in with the out crowd
biowars/envirohealth: fukushima 45 tonne radioactive leak ‘reaches ocean’* ‘fuel rod materials’ may have been released into ground* irradiated baby food spotlights ongoing woes for japan’s food* questions swirl around $6b new mexico nuclear lab* epa says fracking may cause groundwater pollution* fda decision on teens, ‘morning-after’ blocked* climate conference close to deal on ‘green fund’*…
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12/8 defcon: kepler, voyager, zynga & more
new planet an earth-like world, 600 light-years away?* video: new planet eerily like earth* nasa spacecraft ‘voyager 1’ exploring solar system’s edge* video: surfer blood ‘voyager reprise’* iran shows intact drone, boasts of cyberattack* house cyber panel chair says put dhs over cybersecurity* on facebook, nypd officers maligned west indian paradegoers* oregon judge rules bloggers…
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oregon food stamps used for starbucks frappuccinos
flashback: oregon tops nation in food stamp use* from foxnews: Oregon Trail Cards — which are part of the state’s food stamp program — can be used to purchase luxury coffee concoctions at Starbucks counters inside grocery stores, investigators from Fox 12 in Oregon have discovered. With the help of Jackie Fowler, who has a…
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12/1 newspurge: if we make it through december
biowars/envirohealth: extreme weather records in 2011, ‘bare-knuckle’ years ahead* oklahoma continues string of recent mild earthquakes* santa ana winds rattle nerves in california* ‘national level exercise’ disaster drill derailed by disasters* delegates say it’s too early to give up on cop17* US settles suit from widow of 1st anthrax victim* white powdery substance in inmate’s…
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new world next week – nov24
new world next week: episode092 – climategate 2.0, lone wolves, food stamp thanksgiving Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week: Story #1: Fresh Round of Leaked Emails Called Climategate…
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11/24 binge & purge: the high cost of high prices
video: study says thanksgiving to cost more* oregon food bank raises more than $500,000 at gala* video: obamas pay visit to food bank* food banks low for thanksgiving crunch* video: food bank asking for final donations*
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11/24 newspurge: won’t start revolutions, but we’re giving it a whirl
9/11 updates: video: ron paul says flawed policies helped lead to 9/11* on 9/11, the US military was preparing for a simulated nuclear war* video: the curious case of united airlines flight 23 on 9/11* biowars/envirohealth: scientists mutate bird flu to make it more contagious – but critics claim the ‘bioweapon’ must be kept secret*…
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oregon tops nation in food stamp use
from kezi: Oregon has the highest percentage of people on food stamps in the nation. A newly released U.S. Census survey reports 18 percent of Oregonians said they rely on a federal program for food. Food stamp use in Oregon surged 23 percent last year and has doubled in the past four years. Supplemental Nutrition…
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11/17 newspurge: desert skies, desert lights
9/11 updates: as 9/11 remains are identified, grief is renewed* video: ‘family guy’ 9/11 gag: did they finally go too far this time?* penn state: college football’s 9/11* video: 9/11 pentagon debate w/ craig ranke vs anthony summers* biowars/envirohealth: US govt confirms link between quakes & fracking* epa has long history of releasing news on…
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11/3 newspurge: this is not a test
biowars/envirohealth: new hole in fukushima reactor 2* japan govt confirms detection of radioactive xenon in reactor no. 2* fission detected at fukushima* under pressure from journalists, japanese mp drinks fukushima water* anti-nuclear fasting continues in india* giant new plutonium complex at los alamos* man going for newspaper swallowed by sinkhole* dutch psychologist admits he made…
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10/27 Newspurge: The Show Goes On
how ready are we for bioterrorism? // Gaddafi buried in ‘secret desert grave’; Unmarked to avoid creating shrine // #OccupyPortland attracting mentally ill, street kids
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how revolutionary tools cracked a 1700s code
google cracks ‘unbreakable’ code of secret society manuscript from nyimes: It has been more than six decades since Warren Weaver, a pioneer in automated language translation, suggested applying code-breaking techniques to the challenge of interpreting a foreign language… That insight led to a generation of statistics-based language programs like Google Translate — and, not so…
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video: portland protests condoleeza rice at university fundraiser
on october 19, 2011, condoleezza rice spoke at a portland state university fundraiser. portlanders were on hand to remind people of the previous puppet administration’s warcrimes. (music by strangeletter)