December 13, 2022, 3:11 pm 32 comments in the last 90 days.
6 Crucial Business Travel Tips.

Business travel is an essential business aspect. Traveling for business allows you to network with other industry professionals while meeting new people and connecting with prospective customers.

June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 18 comments in the last 90 days.
Disconnecting War from Its Consequences.

Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of courageous hope flickering in a chaotic world.

February 3, 2021, 12:37 am 4 comments in the last 90 days.
Rumination on the Trump Deplorables.

Were we better off January 20 than we were four years ago? The answer is a definite “NO.” I am still trying, however, without much success, to understand why 74+ million Americans voted to re-elect Trump when for four years he has embarrassed himself and this nation with his ignorance, ineptness, and lack of human decency. During the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” Who are these deplorables?

March 29, 2011, 2:20 am 3 comments in the last 90 days.
Could Oregon be First to End Cannabis Prohibition? 'OCTA 2012' is Approved for Signatures.

If passed, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012 will regulate the legal sale of marijuana to adults through state-licensed stores, allow adults to grow their own, license Oregon farmers to grow marijuana for state-licensed stores and allow unlicensed Oregon farmers to grow cannabis hemp for fuel, fiber and food. OCTA 2012 organizers need to gather 90,000 registered voters' signatures.

October 24, 2010, 6:33 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
Award Winning Original Roots Bluegrass Band to Appear at Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center.

Doran Productions and the Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center will host an evening of family friendly, outstandingly entertaining original roots bluegrass with the award-winning group Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising. Celebrating their 5th year together, 2010 has been a banner season for the band, with the release of their 3rd CD - a gospel recording called "Walk Humbly", 47 performances, a partnership with Brian Farrish Radio Promotions, and the recent win of the $10,000 prize in the 2010 International City Love Music Contest with a song about band leader Kathy Boyd's home town of Clatskanie, Oregon

July 19, 2011, 3:25 am 2 comments in the last 90 days.
The Himalayas-Once Moaning, now Groaning.

The Himalayas are being pounded again. Timber was stolen first; medicinal and aromatic herbs next. Now power projects are stealing water, life line for 30 million mountain folks and 3 billion in the Himalayan-water-dependent nations, as far as Vietnam.

June 7, 2023, 3:07 pm 2 comments in the last 90 days.
U.S. Navy Arriving in Portland for Rose Festival Fleet Week.

Sailors assigned to two U.S. Navy ships,USS Kansas City (LCS 22) and USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) will join crews on vessels from the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy in Portland to participate in annual Portland Rose Festival activities, June 7-11. It is a significant commitment by the Navy to make Rose Festival Fleet Week one of the premier Fleet Week events in the country.

June 17, 2025, 3:55 pm 1 comments in the last 90 days.
Portland Is Not for Everyone - But It Might Be for You.

There’s something about Portland that gets under people’s skin. Some come for the trees and stay for the coffee. It’s not easy to explain why Portland draws people in— but the city does. It has that kind of personality.

August 14, 2012, 10:23 pm 1 comments in the last 90 days.
Solving 911 - A Review.

I became acquainted with author Christopher Bollyn over a decade ago when he misused my research on the Ginossar scandal. If you recall, Yasir Arafat stole over $300m from his people and put it into Swiss bank accounts with the help of Israel's PLO liaison, Yossi Ginossar. By the time Bollyn had abused my research, Israel made Arafat steal the dough...

April 26, 2010, 6:10 pm 1 comments in the last 90 days.
Hemperor Jack Herer is Laid to Rest (Photos).

Jack Herer, 70-year old noted author and leader in the worldwide hemp/cannabis movement was laid to rest at 1:00 pm April 25th, at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, CA. The ceremony was open to the public and attended by hundreds of family, friends, followers and others that wished to pay their respects to the most well-known hemp activist in the world.