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Steinbeck Country in 2013: The Good Old Boy Network is Alive and Well

Apparently, that smallness of mind since Steinbeck’s time hasn’t gone away. It lingers, and not just among the drunks but among ranchers, land and property owners too, and conservatives who balk at any liberal idea.

(CAYUCOS, CA) - I met a longtime resident at the local bar the other night who challenged me on just about everything from the moment I walked in.

“You live around here?” Sure, I said. He introduced me to his wife of 40-plus years, a beauty, stately and queenly. He told me she’s from a long line of settlers who moved here in the 19th century. She smiled at me, like a queen.

Local Residents to State: `If you won`t stop the pesticides, we will!`

"Another world is possible. Creating it requires courage"-Sandra Steingraber

(TRIANGLE LAKE, OR) - The Oregon Health Authority released it's assessment regarding the Hwy 36 Pesticide Exposure Investigation last night in a town hall meeting in Triangle Lake.

Activists with the group Standing Together to Outlaw Pesticides (STOP) demonstrated outside, replicating the reality of toxic spraying, while bringing awareness to chemical trespass.

AGENT ORANGE MAN (Better Living Through Chemistry)

New song illustrates the frustrating plight of despair for those unfortunate enough to be poisoned by their own government during the Vietnam War.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - The song "AGENT ORANGE MAN (Better Living Through Chemistry)" is Recorded by Michael Gram (Former LHI Records Recording Artist).

It tells the story of the Chemical Poisoning of Military Veterans and the environment both in Vietnam and here in the United States of America.

When Elephants Fight it is the Grass that Suffers

We have to make it clear that the settlement of the FDLR issue is an absolute prerequisite to secure stability in the East of Congo.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, urged the governments in the great lakes region to work together and end the war which has been going on for nearly 20 years, President Kikwete stressed that the only way out of that situation the region is facing was to speak to the rebels.

Talks with the M23 in Uganda between this Rwandan backed rebel group and the government of the DRC have been going on for many months now but with little success.

Medical Cannabis Law May be Changing in California

Californians especially are encouraged to closely examine all details pertaining to any cannabis initiative introduced for your consideration

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act, was the first of it's kind passed into an American state law in 1996 by the majority of Californian voters.

What 215 did was exempted medical cannabis patients and their doctors from punishment, for those who prefer medicinal cannabis use over pharmaceutical drugs for the state's ill patients suffering from diseases like cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, wasting syndrome, PTSD, pain & etc.

The Diplomatic Double Standards of Agent Hague

If he arms the Syrian rebels shouldn’t he also arm Hamas?

(LONDON) - UK foreign Secretary William Hague continues to surpass himself. You’ll remember how he fell for the phony claptrap about WMD and voted “very strongly” for the Iraq war, thus advertising his lack of diligence and poor judgement.

After three years in power he still has British troops dying in Afghanistan to massage the egos of American and British warmongers. He’s also made it his business to protect Israeli war crimes suspects - and the rest of the world’s most odious scum - from arrest.

Thanking Bradley Manning

It’s far easier to stand up for Bradley where I live, back in the U.S. I hope many more of us will devote the time and energy we owe this young man for risking everything, as he did, to enlighten us and the world.

(KABUL) - A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APVs), gathered for an informal presentation about WikiLeaks, its chief editor Julian Assange, and its most prominent contributor, Bradley Manning.

Basir Bita, a regular visitor to the APV household, began the evening’s discussion noting that June 1st will mark the beginning of Bradley Manning’s fourth year in prison.

Jerusalem - Israeli Forces Demolish Family Home of Salameh

"My son's wife and his two kids were the only ones inside the house. I tried to reach my home when I heard from neighbors but Israeli officers banned me. I wanted to take out my wife's gold and money from one of the drawers," - Badran al-Salameh

(JERUSALEM Ma'an) - Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on Wednesday.

Israeli forces surrounded the properties and closed off the area to media and onlookers, before bulldozers moved in to demolish the houses.

Q Madp Featured in KATU Report: `Photographer preserves memories of fallen soldiers`

News story "Photographer preserves memories of fallen soldiers" tells the story of Oregon's most dedicated patriots.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Q Madp has a love for his country and those who serve it that is unmatched, for years he has attended the funerals of those killed in the wars overseas to take photos for the family.

In cases where the family agrees, Q provides photos of the service to the media, in fact he is one of our writers.

John McCain`s Continuing Disservice to America

First a friend to communist captors, now he's kissing cheeks with the terrorists, McCain must be stopped.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Has John McCain lost his mind? His illegal meeting with Sunni terrorists in Syria is the latest stain on this warmonger's record. He's a morally repugnant low life rich guy who does nothing to this country but a disservice.

I have written before that McCain is the Manchurian Candidate, the one who was programmed long ago to destroy this nation from within.