Libyans hit the polls in their first election in over 40 years. Leaving, but not saying goodbye. Trying to quell fears we are going to abandon Afghanistan to militant insurgents when we leave in 2014, the Obama Administration has declared the country a “major non-NATO ally.” Trains!!! In an attempt to catch up with the […]
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Sandbagging Occupy?
Protesters, Lawyers Gripe the DA Has Been Too Slow to Release Police Records
Occupy Portland accuses the district attorney’s office of holding out on police records.
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We’re Number One! A List Compiling America’s Awesomeness
It’s Independence Day, a.k.a the Fourth of July. Which to me is the day I close all my windows and sit around the house in a Benadryl haze because the sulfur dioxide fallout from fireworks feels like it sucks all the air out of my lungs. This lackluster approach to the 4th has led some […]
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Trashing Timbuktu. The Islamist extremist group Ansar Dine has been smashing ancient shrines in the Mali town of Timbuktu. But that’s okay, god told them to. Since last year’s meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, most Japanese citizens now oppose nuclear power. Regardless, earlier today, the Japanese government turned on the first reactor since last […]
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Sweet Deal: Nestlé Still Wants Columbia Gorge Water
Protesters yesterday in Terry Schrunk Plaza Over 150 people gathered yesterday afternoon in downtown’s Terry Schrunk Plaza to oppose Nestlé’s attempts to open a water bottling plant in the Columbia River Gorge town of Cascade Locks. Remember this issue? Well it’s still happening. And thanks to a recent order by the state water board, at […]
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Occupy the Courts! Cops Aren’t Handing Over Records
Paul Cone Brian Lowney for the DA. Yesterday afternoon, members of Occupy Portland once again packed the Multnomah County Courthouse for a visit with Judge Cheryl Albrecht, and once again no trial dates were set. The reason this time: the cops. And that’s why, after months of back-and-forth between the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office […]
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The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate wins the Egyptian presidency. Let’s see how this goes over with the military. Turkey is flexing its military muscles. After vowing to revenge its warplane shot down by the Syrian military, Turkey is once again going after Kurdish militants in Northern Iraq. Mexico’s former ruling party returns. After a (supposed) 12-year […]
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Wyden’s Grid Lock
Clean Energy Takes Hit from a Wyden-Sponsored Bill
Senator Ron Wyden is siding with Republicans again—this time over clean energy.
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Ron Wyden: Friend of the Environment? Or Republicans?
Remember Global Climate Change? Yeah, it hasn’t gone away. But you wouldn’t know that by looking at some recent moves by Senator Ron Wyden. Enviros say the Democrat, lately, has been part of the problem, not the solution. Wyden sits on the senate energy committee. He’s the next highest-ranking Democrat behind New Mexico’s Jeff Bingaman, […]
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Gay Blood. The British health minister has banned gay people from donating blood in his country. One woman is like, “what the fuck?” A Succession of Princes. Yesterday, Saudi leader Crown Prince Nayef Abdul Aziz al-Saud died. His heir is yet another brother in the line of succession, which is made up of yet another […]
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Police Hope Prosecutions and Puppet Camp Will Help Solve Portland’s Gang Problems
We’ve got one week until it’s officially summer and that means we’re due for swimming, sunburns, and a predictable rise in gang violence. Yup, with schools out and opportunities for summer employment rough in this shitty economy, police noted at a press conference this morning in Holladay Park that teens having time on their hands […]
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Burn, Baby, Burn! Climate Change and Forest Fires
And now some really bad news… Think those wildfires in New Mexico and Colorado are flukes? Think again. We are going to see a lot more fiery destruction in the coming decades. And the reason is: (you guessed it) human-caused climate change. According to a recent study published in the journal Ecosphere, wildfires are expected […]