Tag: oregon
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oregon ham radio operators were emergency heroes
from katu: With communications down in much of the state smacked by the recent storm, state emergency officials are calling ham radio operators heroes. When even state police had difficulty reaching some of their own troops, ham radio worked, setting up networks so emergency officials could communicate and relaying lists of supplies needed in stricken…
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oregon: ground zero in fight against riaa
from computerworld: Oregon is fast becoming Ground Zero in the contentious battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the tens of thousands of consumers it accuses of illegal music sharing. The state Attorney General’s office this week filed an appeal in U.S. District Court in Oregon calling for an immediate investigation of…
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thumbscanning for lunch in oregon
from fox: A new finger scanning system aimed at speeding up the lunch line at an Oregon middle school is raising security concerns. Instead of swiping an ID card or entering a pin number, students at Stayton Middle School press their thumb on an infrared scanner and are matched with their lunch account, according to…
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bomb scare disrupts topoff drill
from oregonian: The Topoff dirty-bomb drill turned into a real-life bomb scare this afternoon after a trio of bomb-sniffing dogs alerted authorities to possible explosives on the first floor of the parking garage of the Doubletree Hotel Portland at 1000 NE Multnomah Street. Michael Chertoff, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was scheduled…
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death cab’s walla: feds took my music
from ap: The guitarist for indie pop rockers Death Cab for Cutie still expects to release his solo album in January even though federal border agents seized a computer hard drive containing the master tracks. A courier was headed to Seattle-based Barsuk Records from a studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, when U.S. Border Patrol agents…
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putting my bottom on topoff
click here to listen to some live drill action on the portland police scanner… massive terror drill may hardly be noticedfrom oregonian: It’s T-Day. Topoff 4, the largest counterterrorism drill in the history of mankind… Despite the exercise’s big-bang production values, it’s unlikely most Portlanders will notice anything out of the ordinary. Topoff begins with…
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terror exercise is all set to blast portland
from oregonian: The bomb’s in place. The terrorists are ready. The city waits. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, a lethal cloak of radiation will cover much of downtown Portland. It’s all make-believe, of course. But this week the city will be ground zero for the largest counterterrorism exercise in U.S. history. Homeland Security Secretary Michael…
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‘universal adversary’ is topoff4’s fake terror group
from daily dose of terror: A terrorist organization known as the Universal Adversary will set off a radiological dispersal device – also known as a dirty bomb – at the Portland International Raceway in two weeks. Shortly after, the group will carry out similar attacks in Phoenix and the U.S. territory of Guam. But do…
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defazio & the continuity of government
from intellectual enema/blacklisted news: Rep. Peter DeFazio gives a speech on the house floor to fellow members discussing the fact that the Bush Administration has denied the entire Dept of Homeland Security Committee access to the so called detailed plans that the White House has drafted to ensure the continuity of government in case of…
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another elaborate bomb drill in oregon
from news-register: Operation October, designed to simulate a countywide multiple explosives incident, will be launched in dramatic fashion. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a call will be received at the Yamhill Communications Agency dispatch center in McMinnville that a bomb has just gone off at the building across from the courthouse where the Yamhill County commissioners…
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best terror drill ever!
US plans biggest terror drill ever – 3 fictional ‘dirty bombs’ to go off in portland, phoenix & guamfrom wlfi: It is only a test, but three “dirty bomb” attacks will take place on U.S. soil later this month, beginning at a power plant on Guam and then hitting two U.S. cities. According to internal…
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portland police seek volunteers for topoff
topoff 4 is the largest terror drill in US history& it’s centered on oregonfrom indymedia: TOPOFF 4 (T4) is a federal exercise scheduled for October 15-19 involving local, state, and federal top officials to test decision making and communications, address policy, and conduct an emergency mobilization. This is the fourth exercise held by the Department…
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August 2007 Clearinghouse
‘noble’ is good, not grand brainwashing the hero-worshiping society warren buffett sees silver lining in market chaos bbc drops fictional terror attack to avoid offending muslims suspicious man seen before virginia tech massacre US army to launch new video game book tells of philharmonic’s nazi ties robert fisk: even i question the ‘truth’ about 9/11…
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skeptic’s corner
A so-called “9/11 truth activist” sets up in PDX as the anniversary of the terror attacks approaches.from willamette week: Portland International Airport’s main terminal may not leap to mind as a likely place to encounter organized 9/11 conspiracy theorists. Even less likely is the notion that U.S. airport administrators or even – gasp! – airport…
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portland to host terrorism drill ‘noble resolve’ aug 20-24
Citizens Warn of Established Pattern for Such Drills to go “live”Contact: Info [at] OregonTruthAlliance dot orgClick here for a printable version of this release from oregon truth alliance: This is an urgent advisory notice from concerned citizens of Oregon and Washington about an upcoming U.S. Joint Forces Command emergency management exercise known as NOBLE RESOLVE…