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Bill Helping Small Businesses Provide Health Insurance Moves to Senate Floor

Senate committee makes progress on key agenda item, full vote expected Thursday.

(SALEM, Ore.) - On the second day of the February session, the Senate Health Care committee made progress on a key item on the Senate Democrats’ agenda, moving a bill that gives small businesses and their employees increased access to affordable health insurance.

“The recession has made providing health care much more difficult for small businesses,” said Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-Gresham), chief sponsor of the bill and chair of the Senate Health Care Committee.

Oregon Massive Wave Enters Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Surfer Eric Akiskalian & Salem-News.com photographer Tim King are entered for Billabong's Ride of the Year.

"Probably the biggest wave I have ever seen ridden in Oregon" -Garrett 'G-Mac' McNamara

(SOUTH REEF, Ore,) - Footage of a California big wave surfer riding a gigantic Oregon reef wave last October has been entered in the Ride of the Year Category for The 10th Annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.

I shot the footage of Camarillo, California Eric Akiskalian last October during the Nelscott Reef Tow-In Classic that is held each year by Oregon surfers John Forse and Adam Wagner. Eric and his tow-in partner Keith Galbraith were towsurfing giant waves at South Reef, adjacent to the contest location the entire afternoon and they were riding some of the biggest waves ever ridden along Oregon’s coast.

Op Ed: `Personhood` Perverts Our National Heritage, Now Denies Progress

Frustrations driven by falsities threaten false “Revolution”

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Multiplying politically-manipulated measures are fueling the fires of a new rebellion in this nation. That’s a furious fact, reflected in numerous ways and now undeniable on many grounds.

Personal desolation resulting in disgust --and, for some, in near seditious revulsion-- have combined to create this consummate democracy-threatening mess. Most Americans still believe in their Constitution, and seek rational, reasonable adjustment to 21st Century reality.

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller Introduces Janey Ensminger Act

Miller, Dingell, Burr & Hagan push for passage of bills to help families exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - With bi-partisan support, the Janey Ensminger Act to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide health care to veterans and their family members who have experienced adverse health effects as a result of exposure to contaminated well water at Camp Lejeune was introduced today.

It is estimated that more than a million Marines or their family members were affected by the toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune.

Spanish Fly/Cantharides: Does it Work?

I think it was Ogden Nash who said “candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”. What do I know? Spanish Fly in slight overdose can be painfully lethal.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Boy oh boy do we get weird questions. Writing “ask Dr. Leveque, Pharmacologist” in my biography is a mixed blessing.

One recent inquiry, “What is Spanish Fly and does it really work?”. I think every 15-year-old boy has heard about this, and it seems to pique his fancy.

Marriage -- It`s Complicated

Where there’s communication, there’s hope.

(AGOURA HILLS, Calif.) - My wife took me to see Nancy Meyers’ new movie, “It’s Complicated,” which stars Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin.

She had seen it a day or two before and wanted to see it with me saying, “It would be good for us.”

Opinion: Democracy and the Capitalist/Communist Paradigm

The U.S. government in practice is a highly centralized, unaccountable, and purposefully opaque corporatist state.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - There is much talk in political discourse about “communism,” “socialism,” and “capitalism.” These terms are bandied about with no clear meaning attached to them. Capitalism and communism only have any meaning in the modern world as propaganda terms.

Online Shop in Palestine Spreads Local Culture While Raising Political Awareness

It's one way you can support Palestine while receiving great products at a reasonable cost.

(JERUSALEM/SALEM) - Millions of Americans support the people of Palestine in their struggle to survive under the iron hand of Israeli occupation and oppression, but the question, "How do you directly support the Palestinian effort?" is asked far too frequently.

I recently discovered The Palestine Shop online and found the coveted and sought after "Free Palestine" sticker that I have been searching for without success in Oregon, for a long time.

Purdue Pharma`s Values or the Grim Reaper Walks Amongst Us

Purdue Pharma - "We believe in doing the right thing"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - "Honesty, integrity, and respect for the individual are at the core of our culture. We are committed to improving the lives of patients in meaningful and positive ways – from finding and developing safe and effective medicines, to manufacturing them at the highest levels of quality, to demonstrating their value and proper use. We are equally committed to upholding the highest ethical standards, and to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations."

The above is posted on Purdue Pharma's website. The insane thing is these guys actually believe that they have honesty and integrity even after the epidemic of OxyContin deaths and addictions throughout the U.S. and Canada because of their past and present marketing tactics.

Portland Police Investigate Homicide

Anyone with information is asked to call Portland Police.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A police officer was flagged down Sunday, who reported a subject that was laying on the ground in the area.

The Portland Police officer continued to investigate and located a deceased man on the ground.