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2007-05-11T10:53:00.000-07:00

Lies Fail to Dampen Protests Against Militarized Ports "Right before the guests from Olympia were about to talk at the concert, the owner told them that Officer Slyter of the Aberdeen Police Dept. warned him that if he let them speak then he would send in a bunch of cops and shut down his building. He also said that the people who were going to speak (all from Olympia) were violent Eugene

2007-05-11T10:31:00.000-07:00

DOGSPOT CONTINUES TO BITE DOGSPOT began in Salem, oregon, under the most adverse of circumstances. As I write this, I lift my finger in the general direction of Chemeketa Community College, where more is done to stifle public access to information than foster it, a place where The Economist, is made as unavailable as possible, because it is "not necessary". And I lift my middle finger to the

2007-05-09T16:08:00.000-07:00

Wheelchair Protest At Portland Recruiting Center People in walkers and wheelchairs have joined anti-war protests with unexpected vigor. Many fear the cost of the Iraq war combined with Bush's fiscal agenda will deprive their grandchildren of education and a social safety net. Wheelchair protests like those reported in Portland, Oregon have become commonplace across the country.

2005-06-30T23:24:00.000-07:00

For Your Ears Only Some self-styled investigators aren't satisfied with 100% surveillance.They also transmit messages to their victim. Doing some investigating of my own, I managed to record some of these messages. full story in DOGSPOT

2005-06-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

Oregon Lawyer Held as Witness to Madrid Bombing Brandon Mayfield is being held by the FBI as a material witness: they may have the wrong man.He is allegedly linked to train bombing that influenced the recent elections in Spain. full story in DOGSPOT

2004-05-09T14:41:00.000-07:00

Do they still cut and paste for old linotype machines?. In some places they do: This technique is still found in the job description for "Typesetter" at Oregon State University: ...sets up linotype machine which uses hot lead to produce lines of type; loads machine with lead to be melted and proper type fonts. Another quaint tradition preserved by the state of Oregon.

2004-04-29T17:07:00.000-07:00

Security Guard from Oregon Dies in Iraq Thomas Carter of Portland Oregon was riding in a truck to a munitions site, when the bomb exploded... more from DOGSPOTDOGSPOT UK

2004-01-29T13:33:00.000-08:00

Breaking News has been superceded by DOGSPOT where you can also post your own.

2003-12-16T13:57:00.000-08:00

411:Information, Not an Emergency Chemeketa Community Regional Library Service (CCRLS) advisory board more difficult to locate than CIA supplier (12-12) 03:55 PST SALEM, OR EDITORIAL This morning, I accidently found myself at a meeting of the CCRLS. What's that? I'm

2003-12-03T19:56:00.000-08:00

Glowing Zebra Fish Banned In California (12-03) 17:58 PST SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California regulators blocked sales of the first bio-engineered household pet Wednesday, closing the door to glowing zebra fish in a state that buys an eighth of the nation's ornamental fish. They're not illegal in Oregon: Enjoy your visit, but don't stay ;) AP Wire

2003-11-20T15:05:00.000-08:00

Who Supplies Oregon Farm Labor? "Many farmers hire labor contractors who will bring to this country Mexican laborers who are paid by the piece or pound or basket.." No mention of this on the web, although it is a thriving practice among respectable businessmen in Salem, Oregon*. background *pop. 136,924, 2000 census

2003-11-18T12:11:00.000-08:00

One Computer, One Vote Like in days of yore, political battles will now be decided by champions. One computer, one vote. No more worries about counting the paper ballots... California Travesty

2003-11-07T15:27:00.000-08:00

Cross Country Record for Severed Limb BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. AP Wire the limb was not there when he parked his van at 11:30 p.m. Monday. The leg was severed above the knee, the foot clad in a Nike shoe Ernest Luera spotted the limb as he climbed into his van Tuesday afternoon. "I just finished eating," the 50-year-old resident of this Saginaw County community told The Saginaw News. "I

2003-10-31T13:24:00.000-08:00

Suspect Sought for Power Line Sabotage Information developed Wednesday night led to the FBI to Eugene, in search of the Washington state man accused of tampering with a major transmission line tower in Anderson last week. From Alex Breitler of the Record Searchlight Michael Devlyn Poulin, "...may have been hiding in Eugene, Ore.," the FBI said Thursday. "...the tally of towers found

2003-10-27T13:54:00.000-08:00

The Economist Is Not Necessary at Chemeketa Community College To: jime@chemeketa.edu Subject: Failure to Honor Policy #4110POL Date: Mon, Oct 27 03:52 PM Dear Mr. Eustrom, I am a patron of the Chemekta Cooperative Regional Library Service and frequently make use of online periodicals. I was recently appalled to find out that the director of your library has absolutely no

2003-10-21T16:39:00.000-07:00

Paisley, Oregon, population 250, offers the atmosphere,friendliness and safety of a small town NOT ANY MORE The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department provided $60,000 to help finance an airstrip in Paisley, which benefits primarily an agricultural corporation and they also offer hundreds of millions of dollars worth of "gap financing" - a euphemism for a risky loan - to industries

2003-10-21T16:33:00.000-07:00

Corporate Welfare In Oregon just a small item: "But in one area, state spending is increasing. The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD) recently doubled the money it hands out to corporations for supposed job creation. The department's budget now includes $13.2 million for corporate recruiting/retention as well as an additional $10 million to subsidize "shovel ready"

2003-10-21T16:24:00.000-07:00

you don't have to look too carefully at Oregon's budget to see that most of it is written as an outright grant to corporation that often don't even deposit their money in local banks. Additionally, we have items like this one: "Perhaps the most laughable of these "emergency" declarations is the $4.5 billion in funding for the 2000 decennial census...." according to Citizens for a Sound Economy

2003-10-21T16:18:00.000-07:00

have a GOOD look at the STATE of Oregon's budget. Please. I actually applied for a job, which would have entailed putting the budget information on the web. What they've posted isn't a very difficult act to follow.

2002-03-22T19:55:00.000-08:00

bottom line is that if you move to Oregon, bring plenty of money with you -;)

2001-09-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

TODAY! Dorothy Granada Discusses Her Success in Nicaragua "Ms. Granada is the founder of a clinic in the rural central-Nicaraguan community of Mulukuku that she has directed for the past 11 years..." Salem Sunday, Sept. 23, 4:00 pm First Congregational Church 700 Marion N.E.

2001-09-15T21:51:00.000-07:00

Lee Pelton September 12, 2001 Salem, Oregon: The Day After "While we were convening - 1300 of us strong - the capitol received a bomb threat that forced us to close several of our academic buildings..."

2001-03-14T16:46:00.000-08:00

Native American leader and Poet John Trudell on on tour giving spoken word performances across the country. Tomorrow, Thursday March 15, he will be at WOW Hall in Eugene, Oregon. Other local performances include: -Friday March 16, First Unitarian Church Hall Portland, Oregon(Downtown PDX) -Saturday March 17 Capital Theatre,Olympia, WA -Sunday March 18 Rainier Unitarian Performance Hall

2001-03-11T12:25:00.000-08:00

Paul Wake posted this on alt.culture.oregon today. Thanks Paul! The Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge was intended to protect seabirds and marine mammals, and it does a good job of that. Every island off the Oregon coast is part of the refuge, EXCEPT ONE. Chiefs Island, a large island with a large seabird colony made up of, among other wildlife, puffins and endangered brown pelicans, is

2001-03-10T11:55:00.000-08:00

The folks at the Nike plant in Beaverton Oregon were warned not to speak with former soccer coach Jim Keady when he arrived in Oregon last week. Jim lost his job with the NCAA at St. John's College when he refused to where Nike equipment. Since then, he's been promoting his own projects. like the one in this press release

2001-03-09T17:17:00.000-08:00

By some miracle, an Oregon Blog - Virtual Eugene Oregon is now the #2 rated Blog at Bloghop! The more the merrier! Go there and vote me a happy green smiley face. Check out the other Top Blogs while you're there, but be sure to vote early and vote often!

2001-03-08T15:16:00.000-08:00

olympic living wage project 7:00 pm this evening, Thursday, March 8 100 Willamette Hall University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu will discuss how they lived in an Indonesian slum, starving on Nike wages.

2001-02-20T19:29:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Moss Blog! A flurry of postings will be coming soon!