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Merkley, Levin Call on Regulators to Close `JPMorgan Loophole`

The Volcker Rule goes into effect this July, but regulators have not yet finalized their rules.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) today sent a letter to regulators, calling on them to close the “JPMorgan Loophole.”

Although the Dodd-Frank Act prohibits banks from proprietary trading, the regulators’ proposed rule creates a new loophole that could allow proprietary trading to continue even after the law goes into effect.

Occupy Present... Single Payer Health Care

eople interested in fairness, and improved sustainable health care for everyone will want to mark their calendars for this free presentation.

(SALEM) - Occupy Salem will present a forum featuring activist Rosalie Pedroza sharing her views on single payer health care.

The forum will take place at 7 pm on Monday, May 24th at the office of Oregon PeaceWorks, 104 Commercial St. NE, in downtown Salem.

APN Applauds House Committee for Clarifying that Bill Doesn`t Authorize Use of Force Against Iran

APN Applauds House Committee for Clarifying that Bill doesn’t Authorize Use of Force against Iran; Urges Passage of “Iran Special Envoy” Amendment,

(WASHINGTON DC) - Last night the House began consideration of HR FY13 National Defense Authorization Act.

Americans for Peace Now (APN) has serious concerns that Part C of the bill could be interpreted as an authorization of use of force against Iran.

The Only True Revolution in Syria Is Nonviolent

Iara Lee is currently in post-production on her new documentary, The Suffering Grasses, which was filmed at the Syria-Turkey border.

(RIO DE JANIERO) - The present conflict in Syria is a rather ugly mutation of the Arab uprisings that erupted across the Middle East and North Africa over a year ago.

Report from the Front Lines in Riverside, California

“Toni Eggebraaten has embezzled thirty thousand dollars and I am therefore executing a citizen’s arrest. Bailiff, take Ms. Eggebraaten into custody”.

(RIVERSIDE, Ca.) - Today in Riverside Superior Court, Department 8, I attempted to execute a citizen’s arrest of an attorney.

Toni Eggebraaten, the attorney for the Family Trust for which I am a beneficiary, filed an accounting in which she attempted to obscure her embezzling thirty thousand dollars.

New York Judge Admits to Medical Marijuana Use and Endorses Legalization

“This is not a law-and-order issue; it is a medical and a human rights issue” - Supreme Court Justice Gustin L. Reichbach

(BROOKLYN, Raw Story) - Kings County Supreme Court Justice Gustin L. Reichbach revealed that he regularly smokes marijuana to cope with the side effects of his ongoing cancer treatment.

He pleaded with New York lawmakers to legalize medical use of the drug this year.

Israel to Rule on Nuclear Whistle Blower`s Appeal to Revoke Citizenship

When we began conversing in 2005, I put my pen down when Vanunu told me, “The Silence of The Lambs” was about him.

(CLERMONT, FLA) - After having gone silent on Facebook and Twitter on May 1st, [ Vanunu's Final Message to Facebook] Vanunu went public again today:

"All the restrictions now have been renewed, no changes. The 9th year- with all the restrictions continue. The court hearing is June 6th."

Hindu Gods Getting Married in Oregon, Arizona, Wisconsin & Washington

Oregon's event, claimed to be first time in Portland and described as “divine opportunity”, will be performed in a special mandap ordered from India.

(RENO, NV.) - Hindu gods will reportedly be getting married in the coming weeks in grand ceremonies in Arizona, Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington states of USA.

In a statement in Nevada today, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, applauded efforts of India’s Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and temple communities in USA to organize this ancient ceremony.

INDIA: Three Men Tortured and Killed in Controversial Encounter with 23rd Assam Rifles

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes writes to the Prime Minister of India over military murders of surrendered combatants.

(SALEM) - Another letter of appeal over appalling treatment of human beings in India; this one worse than most; the murder of surrendered disarmed prisoners.

George Washington`s Children?

A tectonic shift in what America will become is something that the next generation must deal with.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The United States as we know it is irrevocably changing. The Census Bureau reports that, for the first time, the percentage of whites born in the country has fallen below 50% (49.6 percent of all births in the 12-month period that ended last July). Babies born to Hispanics, blacks and those of mixed race were at 50.4%.

This is a trend. Whites are no longer in the majority in four states and the District of Columbia. They have slipped below half in many major metro areas.