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Legislators Calling To Lift Ban On Drilling Were Top Recipients of Oil Industry Funds

Once again, following the money trail with MAPLIGHT.org.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - Since the spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, seven bills have been introduced that call for a permanent ban on offshore drilling in specific areas and two call for a temporary ban in the Gulf.

DEA Arrests Puerto Rico`s and Dominican Republic`s Most Wanted

Dominican authorities have described Figueroa-Agosto as the "Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean."

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) - Fugitive Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa-Agosto was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service's Puerto Rico Fugitive Task Force for escaping from a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Correctional Facility about 10 years ago.

Assault by Inmate Results in Death

The inmate who died is 29-year old Robert Haws of Salem.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Detectives from the Marion County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Unit were called upon to investigate an inmate-to-inmate assault in the Marion County jail.

The initial incident occurred at approximately 10:30am, on July 13th, when two inmates were involved in a dispute that resulted in one inmate receiving a head injury. No weapons were involved.

Missing Man with Autism Located Safe and Sound

The man was spotted by a passer by who saw a media report about his missing status.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A 30-year old Salem man missing since Friday has been located and is OK. Erick Svoboda took a bicycle ride Friday and never returned home. His family has been very concerned, as Erick is autistic, and they had no idea where he was.

Some Thoughts on Resistance

An attempt to translate the concept “holy war” could be something like “Harb Muqaddassah” which in Arabic is unheard of and even an absurdity! These words are NEVER used in our written or spoken language!!

(LONDON) - In an ideal world, one could fantasise and theorise about how life could or should be, and how one should deal with unfavourable circumstances.

Concerned Women for America: Sharing Hate Ideology with Westboro Baptist Church

Sharing a belief system; conservative Americans all too often bring more shame than good.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A confused nation full of way too full of ignorance and willful disregard for right over wrong; that is America today.

In the midst of all of our pain and uncertainty as a nation, we discover that a prominent aspect of the Tea Party set; the Concerned Women for America, shares the same belief system with those dreaded bastards from Topeka who regularly protest U.S. military funerals while stomping U.S. flags into the ground.

Sayanim - Israeli Operatives in the U.S.

Today’s corruption predates the duplicity in 1948 that induced Harry Truman to extend recognition to this extremist enclave as a legitimate nation state.

(TEMPE, Az.) - Americans know that something fundamental is amiss. They sense—rightly—that they are being misled no matter which political party does the leading.

A long misinformed public lacks the tools to grasp how they are being deceived. Without those tools, Americans will continue to be frustrated at being played for the fool.

Response to a Palestinian Intellectual

This article by Abu Sitta unfortunately does nothing to penetrate down into the guts of that Golem – the real primemover behind Zionistan – but remains focussed on its lieutenants and the mechanics of their genocidal machine.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The article 'Hasbara or Za’bara' by Dr. Salman Abu Sitta has some very good rehearsal of facts.

However, I am troubled by this article. Not by what it says, which is surely only as true as any victim's provable claims. But by what it does not say.

The Sleeping Giant

We preach to other countries about democracy and privileges to vote and we can’t even accomplish that here in Oregon, let alone the United States of America.

(BEND, Ore.) - On December 7, 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, one of their commanders had feared they had woken a sleeping giant.

Throughout history our servicemen and women have made the ultimate sacrifices for our freedoms and to protect our constitutional rights.

Veterans Administration Needs to Take Charge and Become Advocates for Change

If our nation rescinds its promises and ignores its obligation to those who have fought to preserve freedom throughout the world, we compromise the right to ask our men and women to serve and defend our national principals.

(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) - Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, would like to bring to your attention the ever-increasing problems affecting veterans and their families every day.

President Obama has clearly stated, “Whether you left the service in 2009 or 1949, we will fulfill our responsibility to deliver the benefits and care that you earned. That's why I've pledged to build nothing less than a 21st-century VA”.