About 15 members of Occupy Portland met in front of Multnomah County Courthouse earlier this morning to support members of the group that will be in court later day. Following a controversial decision by Judge Cheryl Albrecht in February of this year, over 70 members of Occupy that would normally have been pushed through the […]
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Activist wins. Burma’s long-time pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in her country’s parliament. The activist is perhaps best known for spending 15 years under house arrest imposed by Burma’s military junta. Speaking of elections… Cheese heads could end insanity. A win for Mitt Romney in Wisconsin on Tuesday could mean […]
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Chinese police arrest six following a hoax coup. The police also reportedly shut down 16 websites that were spreading rumors of the faux take over. In Thailand, a bomb kills 11. The act of terror is believed to be the work of Muslim separatists. Yes We Can Get By Without Iran’s Oil. After months of […]
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Union Stylists
Disgruntled workers at Portland’s five upscale Dosha salon spas are continuing to fight with management over working conditions. In March of 2011, employees voted to join the Communications Workers of American Local 7901, and since then, they say Dosha has consistently retaliated against union supporters. Now employees are calling for mediation. According to a press […]
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Foxconn cleans up its act. The manufacturing giant best known for making iPads and iPhones has agreed, following Apple’s insistence, to cut back on excessive amounts of overtime at its factories. This comes after an audit by the Fair Labor Association. Hacker found. Attacks on Tibetan activists as well as an Indian and Japanese company […]
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City Hopes Volunteers Won’t Talk to the Media
In February, we published a story detailing problems with the city’s volunteer-run Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET). Among the laundry list of complaints volunteers told us, the big one was that the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM), which is supposed to help coordinate the program, hasn’t given NET volunteers (or NETs) the support they need. […]
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The US military has decided not to discipline service members responsible for the November air strike that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. In Afghanistan, the families of the 17 victims shot by Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales have received compensation from the US military for their loses. As the crisis continues in Syria, the UN […]
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Guessing Game
Oregon’s Quake Planners Take Aim at “Assumptions”
Doomsday quake experts aim to drive “assumptions” from Oregon’s response plans.
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Preparing for the Killer Quake (Because You Keep Asking About It)
Thomas James This seems to be the month for earthquakes. About two hours ago, the US Geological Survey reported a 7.4 earthquake in the Mexican state of Guerrero. No major damage has been announced. Also, as many people remember, March 11 marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan. And of […]
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Best Killer Quake Comment Ever!
Thomas James We received a bunch of responses to last week’s feature about a magnitude 9.0 earthquake destroying Portland. Some people told us they loved it. Others said the story was traumatizing. Still others said our story wasn’t catastrophic enough. (I know. I know. I didn’t mention the dams. But damn it! Weren’t things bad […]
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Killer found. The American responsible for killing 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. The 38-year old Bales is currently being held in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Afghan President Hamid Karzaihas taken the opportunity to play good cop. The Rutgers University cyber-bullying case was decided yesterday. Dharun Ravi was found guilty of […]
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Quake Update: What Is Being Done to Avert Disaster!
Thomas James This week’s feature tells the grim tale of what might happen to Portland if the Pacific Northwest were suddenly hit with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. If you haven’t read it yet (spoiler alert!) it’s pretty much what you’d expect from a city with an aging infrastructure: destruction, death, and all around chaos. But […]