Tag: oregon
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3 strange deaths + 1 should’ve been
teens streams suicide live on webfrom threat level: A 19-year-old Florida teen’s suicide broadcast Wednesday on Justin.tv was a result of an overdose of opiates and benzodiazepine, the Broward County Medical Examiner & Trauma Services Division said Friday. The Pembroke Pines teen was pronounced dead about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, coroner spokeswoman Sherri Baker said…
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selection ’08: prepare for chaos
US electoral system warned it ‘can’t cope’ as historic number of voters cast their ballotfrom daily mail: The American presidential election could descend into electoral chaos on Tuesday as unprecedented numbers of voters turn out to cast their ballot in a system that is largely untested. The U.S. has an electoral system that is not…
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oregon merc firm offers to ‘detain troublemakers’ on election day
from danger room: CIA-linked private military contractor Evergreen Defense & Security Services offered to post sentries at Oregon election offices on Tuesday, “detaining troublemakers” and making sure voters “do not get out of control.” In an e-mail to local election supervisors, obtained by the McMinnville, Oregon News Register, Evergreen president Tom Wiggins said he “recognized…
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dmv to use facial recognition software in oregon
from ap: The new computers at the Oregon DMV never forget a face. The state Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division is installing the new computers to compare a new driver’s license photo with an old license image to see if they match. The idea is to make it harder for criminals to get fake…
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portland postman peddled pot & urbana priest sold blow
mailman sentenced for dealing pot on routefrom nbc4: A former mailman with the U.S. Postal Service will serve 18 months in prison for dealing marijuana along his mail route, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Richard Berkan, 48, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing pot while on his mail route in the Cedar Mill area…
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money$hit: bailouts, banksters, bread & circuses
bush does 9/11 replay in ask for unprecedented powers & budgetfrom the washington note: Just after the September 11th terrorist attacks occurred, George W. Bush went before the nation and made the case that he needed unprecedented authority – budgetary and military – to take on the threats poised at the well-being and safety of…
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police state usa: terror drills, curfews, gps & ip snooping
terror drill finds culprit with dirty bombfrom ny daily news: It was only a drill, but the scenario was still terrifying. A boat loaded with radioactive materials sailed through New York Harbor Friday. A multiagency task force – led by state-of-the-art NYPD boats – was assigned to stop the interloper. “We’re trying to further…protect the…
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‘reflecting pool’ screening in portland on aug7
thursday night @ 7 at the hollywood theatrefrom 9/11 blogger: Please join us for the Portland, OR, Premiere of “The Reflecting Pool” – an investigative drama about the events of September 11th, 2001. Listen to a local live interview with the filmmakers on KBOO Writer/Director Jarek Kupsc and Producer/Actor Joseph Culp will be present for…
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return of the summer terror drills: lightning rescue, diablo bravo, immediate response, brimstone & noble resolve
‘lightning rescue 2008’: the military takes steps to prepare for a pandemic flu (or to cause one?)from khnl: Seven specially designed Army Humvees, trucks and a tractor-trailer loaded with communication equipment were driven onto the Army’s, MG Charles P Gross support vessel at Pearl Harbor Saturday morning. The vessel is headed to Nawiliwili Harbor in…
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there’s still time to realize the fraud of obama
obama’s ‘civilian national security force’from kurt nimmo: It appears candidate Obama, if elected, fully intends to recruit young citizens into something he calls a “national security force,” apparently a large paramilitary group “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military. Obama made passing reference to this disturbing idea in a…
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oregon initiative would allow pot sales in liquor stores
from katu: Relax it and tax it. That’s the motto behind a new cannabis initiative that would allow Oregon’s state-controlled liquor stores to legally sell marijuana to adults. Initiative backers said their plan would send 90 percent of the proceeds from the state’s sale of marijuana to Oregon’s General Fund, which could lower Oregonians’ state…
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chemical weapons transport plan draws fire
from usa today: The Pentagon is considering a plan to ship deadly chemical weapons to military sites in four states to accelerate the destruction of the munitions, a new report to Congress says. The idea of transporting such lethal agents along routes such as from Colorado to Oregon is prompting opposition from Congress and watchdog…
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Media Monarchy Episode080b
episode080b of media monarchy is an exclusive outdoor recording made off the grid, in the woods & with a tribute to george carlin… download/digg/stream/subscribepra/revere/myspace/itunes/archive
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anti-pesticide activist tasered by oregon cops
from portland indymedia: On May 30 Eugene police repeatedly tasered a UO student organizer at a peaceful downtown rally supporting an end to toxic roadside pesticide spraying in Lane County, Oregon. EPD wrongfully arrested 2 students and one community member collectively known as “The Kesey Three” – as the events took place at Eugene’s Ken…
