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Medical Marijuana and Dr. Oz: Shame for Misinformation Propaganda

Dr. Oz, you probably are a good surgeon but Marijuana therapeutics is obviously NOT your forte.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Dr. Oz, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read The Oregonian Dec. 15, 2010 with the headline for your article Medical Marijuana Is Not An All-Purpose Healer.

I have no idea who flummoxed you into writing this but as a physician from Turkey you should know better. Marijuana has been used as medicine in your country, Turkey, for at least 1000 years. Here for only 200.

Science Review Raises Doubts about Spotted Owl Plan

20 organizations signed a comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raising concerns and recommending changes to ensure owl recovery.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Peer reviews by three scientific societies reveal substantial flaws in the latest draft Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan.

A key concern of the reviewers is that the plan calls for extensive logging of owl habitat to reduce fire risks, a course not backed by science...

Zionist Lobby`s New Orders for Obama

AIPAC drafted House resolution 1734 and Berman rushed it through, fearing Obama could declare there will be no further American veto on Security Council resolutions

(LONDON) - After his appointment as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, California’s representative Howard Berman told The Forward, “Even before I was a Democrat, I was a Zionist.”

This is the man, one of the Zionist lobby’s most influential stooges in Congress, who introduced House Resolution 1734 which gives President Obama his new orders.

Al Qaeda is Deaf

Mr. North appears to have forgotten about cocaine-trafficking to fund terror in the form of right-wing Nicaraguan death squads

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A recent FoxNews.com dispatch from the “America’s Third War” series—this one entitled “Fighting Drug Cartels in Guatemala”

(read: “Encouraging Drug Cartels in Guatemala Such That They Might Then Be Fought”)—ends on a warning note underscoring how America’s Third War is intimately linked to the first two.

Orange County Great Park CEO Mike Ellzey Unmasked

500 miles suddenly becomes a much shorter distance.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - The CEO of the 'Great Park" is charged with transforming a dangerous toxic Southern California military base, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, into a park for children and families. Talk about one Hell of a job requirement.

New information about missing money, an underling serving time in San Quentin, and a trail of unanswered questions, including years of unpaid rent to the city of San Francisco, is Mike Ellzey's most recent professional legacy.

Karate and Kickboxing Training at Steele`s Karate in Salem Part 3

Part 3 of this series; the aerobic kickboxing dance workout...

(SALEM, Ore,) - Martial arts training can be an extremely physical activity, but it can also be fun and exhilarating, according to Sensei John Olivera of Steele's Karate in Salem, Oregon.

In the first two installments of this series we saw John actively training Karate students who range from beginner to advanced black belt; both female and male, with an age range from four to seventy years old.

Coast Guard Medically Evacuates Man Who Fell From Cliff

The man was hoisted and transported to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.

(ASTORIA, Ore) - The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 20-year-old man who fell from a cliff south of Bastendorf Beach near Coos Bay , Ore., Wednesday.

Coast Guard Group North Bend, Ore., received an agency assist request, at approximately 5:10 p.m., from the Charleston, Ore., Fire Department to hoist a man who had fallen approximately 30 feet from a cliff.

Merkley Statement on Arrival of All-electric Nissan Leaf Vehicles in Portland

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The U.S. Department of Energy highlighted the arrival of all-electric Nissan Leaf vehicles in Portland, Oregon Wednesday. Oregon’s I-5 corridor was selected as an early participant in the Electric Vehicle (EV) Project to deploy thousands of electric vehicles and charging stations in cities across the nation.

The EV Project is funded by the Recovery Act and has been expanded to include more charging stations in rural areas.

Oregon Arts Commission Awards 13 Artist Fellowships

Grants Recognize Excellence in Performing and Literary Arts

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Arts Commission announces 13 recipients of its 2011 Individual Fellowships, awarded to performers and writers of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability, professional achievement and continuing dedication to an artistic discipline. Peer-review panels of artists and arts professionals from across Oregon recommended the recipients to the Arts Commission.

Love for Jesus Can Bring Christians, Muslims Together

We have more in common than we think.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - "Behold! The angels said: 'O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and in (the company of) those nearest to God.'"

Before searching for this quote in the New Testament, you might first ask your Muslim co-worker, friend or neighbor for a copy of the Quran, Islam's revealed text.