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How Jesus Came To Guanajuato

Unwelcome truths in lonely gibberish.

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Mexican history is a little complicated for a gringo, but it's manageable once you realize that it's more religiously straitjacketed than American history and almost as hilarious as Canadian history.

But it's necessary to decipher the past, at least that of the State of Guanajuato, because of the recent royal visit of Pope Benedict XVI, nee Joseph Ratzinger who first honed his disciple skills as a mere boy in the Hitler Youth.

Oregon Becomes Second State to Ban Discrimination Against Unemployed in Job Ads

Governor’s signing of SB 1548, the “Fair Employment Opportunity Act,” will help level playing field for Oregonians looking for work.

(SALEM) - Senate Majority Leader Diane Rosenbaum and community advocates will join Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber this afternoon for a bill signing ceremony on Senate Bill 1548.

The legislation makes Oregon the second state in the nation to prohibit discrimination against the unemployed in job announcements.

Stanford vs Marquis on Oregon`s Cannabis Legalization Future

KATU's Steve Dunn mediates the discussion, one worth watching.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I rarely see a TV show about a key issue, where I know the players as well as those in this week's KATU News program about the successes and criticisms of Oregon's medical marijuana program.

Paul Stanford of The THC Clinic and Josh Marquis, Clatsop County DA, take opposing positions over medical marijuana in Oregon.

`Make Some Noise:` Malcolm X in Gaza

“All Palestinians admire him, or should admire him, for many reasons” - Refaat R. Alareer, Islamic University of Gaza

(GAZA STRIP) - One week after the 47th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, my friend Yousef Aljamal, coordinated a talk at Centre for Political and Development Studies.

He said, “I see Malcolm X as a role model. He fought against racism, just as Palestinians are doing today.”

Tim DeChristopher Summarily Placed in Isolated Confinement

Peaceful Uprising Issues a National Call to Action.

(HERLONG, CA) - Climate activist Tim DeChristopher, currently serving two years for outbidding oil and gas companies at an illegitimate BLM auction in 2008, was removed from minimum security where he was held since September 2011, and moved into the FCI Herlong’s Special Housing Unit.

Tim was informed that he was being moved to the SHU because an unidentified congressman had called from Washington DC, complaining of an email that Tim had sent to a friend.

`Hanoi Jane` Fonda Cast as Nancy Reagan for Movie

Some political moves are just too hard to forget.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Jane Fonda's sincerity is measured in her complete and total absorption by yuppie values, and now she is going to play Nancy Reagan?

In the NewsMax.com report below by Henry J. Reske, we see that the new career direction for this Vietnam War bomb straddler- who is said to have turned a note from an American POW into his Communist North Vietnamese captors, will be a very different role for Fonda.

Federal lawsuit Seeks Injunction Against Implementation of National Defense Authorization Act

Court hearing takes place this week in a Manhattan federal court

(NEW YORK) - In a heartening move for Americans, attorneys are taking the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to task.

A lawsuit filed against the United States government, on behalf of multiple plaintiffs who will testify in support of a worldwide case, will be heard Thursday in the Southern District of the New York Federal Courthouse.

David Rovics: Disavowing Disavowal - In Defense of Gilad Atzmon

I hope that Atzmon's honest efforts to disentangle the whole question of Jewishness will lead other people from other tribal backgrounds to do more of the same.

(LONDON) - Introduction by GA: The support of David Rovics, whom I admire, is very significant to me.

CDC to Announce New Autism Rate of 1 in 88, and Believes CDC Likely to Declare `No Public Health Emergency` and `No Epidemic`

Canary Party calls on Americans to demand that federal health authorities call this what it is, an autism epidemic...

(WASHINGTON DC) - This week, the Canary Party expects CDC to announce a new autism prevalence rate of 1 in 88. Boys are diagnosed with autism at four times the rate of girls, meaning 1 in 48 boys.

That new rate would be an increase from the previous 1 in 110 reported two years ago by the CDC’s Autism Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network.

Obamacare Victory Approaches

Every media outlet, both right and left, everywhere in between, has gotten suckered on this.

(SANTA MONICA) - "Obamacare's Supreme Court Disaster" screams the headline at Mother Jones. The Chicago Sun Times reports that the "President embraces term Obamacare." Search for Obamacare on Google and a paid advertisement for Obama's reelection website sits at the top of the page.

With another election coming up the end game of the main legislative push of the administration's first term is coming to its conclusion.