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Ongoing Housing Scam for Prospective Renters

Many victims and over $10,000 in cash scammed

(McMINNVILLE OR) - McMinnville Police received information regarding a possible fraud complaint in late July, involving the rental/lease of a residence on SW Manzanita Street in McMinnville. A female victim contacted the police department and advised that she responded to an advertisement for a residence for rent/lease.

The victim described meeting with a male, who identified himself as Jerry Carpenter, who agreed to lease the residence to her. The victim gave Jerry more than $1000.00 in cash deposits and rent and signed a rental agreement.

Oregon Governor Signs Marijuana Dispensary Bill into Law

Oregon’s cannabis culture rises to the occasion becoming the 13th state to approve dispensaries

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries today.

Medical marijuana advocates rejoiced as the Oregon House and Senate passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana retail establishments. The bill has been on the governor’s desk since July 10th.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Marijuana and Weed - An Egregiously Disappointing Program

Marijuana helps many diseases.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - All of the hullabaloo advertising Dr. Gupta’s apology for maligning marijuana (cannabis) left a sour taste in the mouth of everybody who knew anything about marijuana. He says, “I had steadily reviewed the scientific literature on medical marijuana and thought it was fairly unimpressive.” This is an outright fraud. Even a high school Junior knows better than that.

In his own country, India, it has been used as medicine for about 3,000 years. He is supposed to be a scientist, as well as a physician. How can I, or anyone else, accept his apology about marijuana?

The Rule of Law: Unjust and Violent

Elite control of governments is now destroying hard-won human rights and civil liberties, as well as environmental protections...

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - The common phrase is 'law and order' but does the legal system deal with dysfunctional social behavior in ways that keep us safe?

While diverse but eminent historical figures such as Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas K. Gandhi all wrote critiques exposing the injustice and violence of legal systems, the delusion that the law is a neutral agency that delivers justice still widely prevails.

Purple Buffalo Convention & Operation Red Dragonfly

New Bern has a nice airport and the future Waterfront Sportsman 225 slip marina for the major players and supporters for Tim King's 'Operation Red Dragonfly'

(CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) - All the Waterfront Sportsman Brothers and Sisters of Ducks Unlimited the River Keepers, Coastal Federation, Surfrider Foundation are joining the "Purple Buffalo Coalition" at NC Ducks Unlimited State Convention this Weekend in New Bern, N.C.

The Duck Dynasty and Orange County Choppers Boys & Chic's will have their work cut to match Katy's Couric new Ring and had better stop by Hayes Jewelers to load up.

Land Grabs in Africa

An exclusive, acoustic version of “In My Place” by Coldplay was created in partnership with Oxfam. The band’s fans filmed themselves to raise awareness of land grabs and its devastating impact on communities.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Big land deals in Africa are leaving people homeless and hungry. Families are being unfairly removed from their land and left with no way to grow food or earn a living. Poor families are often evicted without their consent, no warning and no compensation.

Many of these cases involve ancestral lands that families have occupied for generations. Communities are being ripped apart.

Michael Francke Murder Mystery Solved (Part Nine)

None of the so-called witnesses knew anything about the case until after the State Police came to them...

(SALEM) - Last week, we told you about the chronology of events that preceded the August 22, 1989 memo from Cory Streissinger to her cohort, Governor Neil Goldschmidt.

We told you that Frank Gable pissed off the Keizer police by ripping them off for free rent and then skipping out on them.

The World Continues to Focus on Junk-TV

We should not allow to be true the assertion of Lope de Vega, "If the mob is stupid, it's just to talk them silly, to please them."

(MADRID) - Broadcasters are a window on the world from different perspectives that animate their information projects..

The right thing is to promote television events focused on causes such as peace, economic and social progress, security and coexistence among people from heterogeneous cultures. This will promote a television that in addition to distract, encourages a culture of peace, security and development.

Former Norwegian Minister Calls for Probe Into Human Rights Abuses in Sri Lanka

Solheim mediated between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels before fighting broke out again in 2006, resulting in the rebels being eventually defeated in May 2009.

(COLOMBO Business Standard) - A former Norwegian minister who once played a key role in brokering peace between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday called for an international investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.

Erik Solheim aays Navi Pillay, who is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka this month, should pass on a strong message to the Sri Lankan government.

Marijuana Can Prevent Millions of Tobacco Deaths

Meanwhile, our government makes billions ($47.2 billion in 2011) on the sales.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The smoking and chewing of tobacco products causes about 430,000 deaths per year, just in the United States. It also kills about 3,000 people from second-hand smoke, and causes about 300,000 infants and children to get respiratory infections per year.
Tobacco adversely affects the lungs, heart, brain, mouth, larynx, esophagus, and bladder.

In opposition to this, is the U.S. government’s position that marijuana has no legitimate medical use, and in fact is dangerous. Marijuana has never killed anybody. NEVER.