Tag: oregon
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alex ansary on the power of independent media
from alex ansary: This is from the last meetup at Beautiful Pizza in Portland, Oregon.Thanks to standupgun for helping get this online.
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food safety news: reports, records & even more recalls
bpi sues to keep ammonia beef records private* flashback: beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia*mainstream media focuses on food safety* chicken pot pies recalled*oregon hazelnut recalls make fda report* 38 state salmonella montevideo outbreak*pepper suspected in salmonella outbreak*water distributors in west virginia & rhode island get fda warnings* usda to lift 21yr ban…
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econocrash updates: taxes, axes, boom & busts
oregon voters approve tax hike for corporations & rich familiesfrom nytimes: Amid recession, high unemployment and tight household budgets, voters in Oregon have agreed to raise taxes on people with higher incomes, to pay for public education and social services. One of only five states with no sales tax, Oregon has long kept its corporate…
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fda sends mixed messages on bpa safety
from food safety news: After missing three deadlines to make a decision on the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly used in food containers, the federal government further delayed its decision Friday, announcing that while it has “some concern” about the safety of the chemical, more research is needed. While it delayed making…
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2 questioned as jet returns to portland after ‘low-level’ problem
the tsa is on a roll & now it’s getting close to home …the terronoia is spreading like a contagion from ap: Two people are being questioned by the FBI this afternoon in connection with an airliner being recalled to Portland International Airport when at least one passenger became disruptive during a flight from Portland…
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change: more christmas-time terror & suspicious characters
northwest bomb plot ‘oddities’* wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the christmas day bomb suspect*flight 253 passenger: sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect umar farouk abdul mutallab onto plane without passport* hero tackled alleged northwest plane bomber as flames came from him on flight to detroit*govt allowed plane bomber to attempt attack* the lap bomber mystery*webster tarpley: detroit jet…
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murder/mayhem: the rage contagion continues
questions remain regarding ft hood massacre*pentagon to probe ‘internal weaknesses’ behind ft hood shooting*covering up cia mind control at ft hood? govt ‘investigates’ itself with ‘independent’ review by ‘ex-cia’ william webster*levin: ‘significant evidence’ ft hood shooting was ‘terrorism’*ft hood suspect hasan paralyzed*video: radical cleric didn’t advocate violence in emails to hasan*agencies reporting to white house…
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‘all clear’ issued for portland water following e.coli warnings
from digital journal: On Saturday, November 28 the Portland, Oregon Water Bureau issued a warning about the Portland water on the West side of the Willamette River. E.coli was found, but after additional precautions and testing, the Bureau reports the water safe to drink. According to KOIN Channel 6 in Portland, the Water Bureau observed…
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defcon 11/19: arms race, web games, cern & biometrics
raytheon to provide cybersecurity across dod networks* obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief*place your bets: is cyber czar announcement really near?*US cyber defenses full of holes* senate panel: 80% of cyber attacks preventable*web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’* icann attendees: america, surrender the root zone file!*nasa: the moon is…
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first US marijuana cafe opens in portland, oregon
from reuters: The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it…
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11/5 newspurge: media, murder, war & more
media/memes: abc’s v: goebbels would be proud* or: abc series ‘v’: invading, fascist lizards arrive with ‘universal health care’ & ‘message of hope’ – portrays aliens, hell-bent on destroying planet earth, as the obama administration* alfred p. sloan’s monetization of ‘democracy’* lady gaga, the illuminati puppet – part 2* record labels keep blaming p2p, but…
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drugwar: hayfork harvest, oregon pot school & more
marijuana growers upend hard-luck hayfork, californiafrom latimes: This hardscrabble Northern California town has become a hotbed for medical marijuana farming… Some students talk openly of farming pot after graduation, about the only opportunity in this depressed timber town. “It’s not a subculture here,” said [Supt. Tom] Barnett, who heads the Mountain Valley Unified School District.…
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52 children rescued in nation-wide prostitution sting, 700 arrested
… can the specter of the franklin scandal be far away? …from latimes: Federal officials rescued 52 children and arrested nearly 700 people over the last three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution. Almost 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids, which followed investigations in 36 cities, according to the FBI,…
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10/8 newspurge
drugwar: indicted ex-dea boss turns himself in to federal court on charges of obstruction, conspiracy & destruction of records relating to the allen stanford fraud investigation* food world order: lance armstrong to pimp for michelob ultra* murder/mayhem: ucla student in critical condition after her throat is slashed in science lab* oregon oddities: oregon building emergency…
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9/24 newspurge: cronkite, capitalism, killers, cars & coal
history/mystery: fbi reportedly destroyed cronkite records*lbj’s silence on jfk conspiracy is a mystery with no answers*lady bird: lbj believed official report on jfk assassination*’franklin coverup’ exposes pedophile govt officials*truce in six-decade nazi sneaker war*war’s just good business*manson family murderer susan atkins dies at 61* media/memes: media magnate among the backers of michael moore’s new doc*audio:…