Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with culture www.salem-news.com 2010 Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney says revenue is down a little, but it will fit within the co-chairs’ budget proposal. That means we can move forward with a budget rebalance that will keep our schools open and criminals behind bars. It means we will take care of our seniors and provide services for people with disabilities and our children. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/revenue-reax-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/revenue-reax-tk.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:00 PST This is the Executive Summary for the March 2012 Oregon Economic Forecast. Salem-News.com brings you the complete document, and also reactions to the news of Oregon falling more than $35 million this year. This information contains recent trends, demographics, risks and forecasts, General Fund revenues and information on Extended General Fund revenue outlook. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/oregon-2012-revenue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/oregon-2012-revenue.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:35:00 PST To the end of his life, Albert Einstein's best friend at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton was the mathematician and logician Kurt Godel. In 1947, when Godel was about to go through his citizenship hearing, he revealed to Einstein and economist Oskar Morgenstern, that he had discovered flaws in the Constitution that would make it possible for the U.S. to become a dictatorship. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/constitution_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/constitution_dj.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:06:00 PST Jesus Navarro could die without a kidney transplant. His wife is a match, and he has health insurance. But because Jesus is undocumented, a state medical center is refusing to perform surgery, essentially leaving Jesus to die. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/transplant-denial.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/transplant-denial.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:10:00 PST Can a roommate-seeker be sued for housing discrimination? Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first court in the nation to say, “no.” The case involved a lawsuit against Roommates.com, a roommate-locator service that asked users to fill out a form stating the sexual orientation of their preferred roommate and whether they wanted to live with children. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/discrimination-roommates-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/discrimination-roommates-ro.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:09:00 PST There is nothing in the Constitution that requires the government to bow to the wishes of a particular religion. It simply requires that reputable religions be respected by all people. For Republicans in general or its candidates in particular to say otherwise is to play upon Catholic and Evangelical emotions to defeat and replace a sitting President. It is deceitful and a disgrace to all who subscribe to such nonsense. http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/being-honest-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/being-honest-kr.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:54:00 PST Tim King and his tireless band of peaceful warriors deserve an encomium for their efforts to spread truth, justice, and peace throughout the world instead of hate, oppression and imperialism, and Agron Belica has given it to the them in Beautiful Hope. Now supplied with an accompanying video, the pop & rock hit is set to make its rounds again. http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/beautiful-hope-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february062012/beautiful-hope-jc.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:00 PST A report this week by Xinhua news agency, describes the extreme, freezing conditions families in Afghanistan are attempting to survive. They won't all make it. Never in all of my life will I forget my freezing 2006/08 winter covering the war in Afghanistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/afghan-winter-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/afghan-winter-tk.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:30:00 PST "In contrast to the murderous vision of violent extremists, we are joining with allies and partners around the world to build their capacity to promote security..." wrote U.S. President Barack Obama. The report details the United States’ own vision of violent extremism being directed against Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/violence-dollars-yaw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/violence-dollars-yaw.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:20:00 PST After a few hours of following the current debates between the Republican candidates for the presidency in America, I couldn't resist the thought that "democracy" had become much less than promoted. The U.S. is touted as having a great democracy. Everything good--either real or imagined—is supposedly due to their principles of democracy. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/democracy-utopia-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/democracy-utopia-pb.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:43:00 PST Follow this. Large US banks indulged in risky real estate loans resulting in their holding billions of dollars in bad debts, then turned around and sold many of them fraudulently disguised to pension funds. Failing because of their stupidity and foolish investments, US banks were given 8 trillion dollars of your money without your say or vote in the matter... http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/bank-fraud-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/bank-fraud-jc.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:39:00 PST New research shows one in four newly circumcised men resuming sexual activity before their wounds have healed. Most reporting the early resumption of sexual activity engaged in unprotected sex, often with multiple partners. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/zambia-aids.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/zambia-aids.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:00 PST A legal reform activist and journalist, who exposed a money laundering operation wherein home loans were being used to funnel pay offs to California judges, is now being stalked by…..you got it…a judge. After nearly a decade of reporting on corruption in the legal system, journalist Janet Phelan moved to Mexico, where she has continued to write on issues pertaining to courts and justice. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/stalking-judge.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/stalking-judge.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:00 PST All we care about is being good Zionists, good Israelis..” -Sheldon Adelson The 3rd richest American, he gave over 10 million dollars of his own money to support Gingrich’s campaign for the Republican nomination which saved Gingrich’s campaign according to the NY Times. http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/gingrich-israel-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/gingrich-israel-ae.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:00 PST I just heard about the groups of topless women in the Ukraine, part of The Femen Movement, who are taking a stand by taking their shirts off in public protest at events that quite naturally, have garnered their share of attention. The idea was presented to me as something slightly humorous and very entertaining, and yet that is not the case at all, sadly. http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/topless-ukraine.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/topless-ukraine.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:10:00 PST In this interview, Alice Muhirwa, FDU-INKINGI Treasurer, describes the political climate in Rwanda from her experience in a political opposition group in Rwanda. She's faced challenges in supporting Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, a jailed political prisoner, whose trial continues to be postponed. http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/alice-muhirwa-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/alice-muhirwa-jf.php Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:27:00 PST On a January day with temperatures pushing into the 80's in San Diego County, a white van circles the block in San Diego’s Hillcrest district for a last minute drop-off of creative “boards,” panels displaying images of websites and short films. Our destination: The San Diego Ad Club. This is an entry for the Addy Awards. I'm getting a creepy feeling as I'm driving--as I get closer to the deadline and as the temperatures keep rising on a hot afternoon. http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/advertising-ususal-rl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/advertising-ususal-rl.php Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:56:00 PST Many proponents of the global cannabis movement believe legendary pitchman and author of The Black Tuna Diaries, Robert Platshorn, holds the key to cannabis legalization in the United States. Platshorn has shown he can sway senior audiences to support medical cannabis. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/florida-marijuana-mb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/florida-marijuana-mb.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:00 PST Anyone who has followed events outside the U.S. over the last few decades has heard of the death squads. They have been active as extrajudicial killing forces in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and others elsewhere in the world. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/death_squads_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/death_squads_dj.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 PST Israeli Mossad agents posed as CIA officers in order to recruit members of a Pakistani terror group to carry out assassinations and attacks against the regime in Iran, Foreign Policy revealed on Friday, quoting U.S. intelligence memos. Foreign Policy's Mark Perry reported that the Mossad operation was carried out in 2007-2008, behind the back of the U.S. government, and infuriated then U.S. President George W. Bush. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/cia-mossad-br.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/cia-mossad-br.php Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:05:00 PST Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. once stated: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." It does matter that a mother died this week who has not seen her two sons for years (one for 9 and the other 18 years) because they are in Israeli jails and the jailers refused family visits. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/restiamo-umani-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/restiamo-umani-mq.php Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:14:00 PST Dr. Elias Akleh is a Palestinian. In 1948 and again in 1967 his family were displaced, and like millions of other Palestinians, he now finds himself living outside of his homeland. It is perhaps fortunate that he did not move to the UK and join the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, because after their AGM on Saturday, he would most likely by now be facing moves to expel him from the same campaign that seeks to liberate him. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/gilad-psc-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/gilad-psc-ga.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:03:00 PST Proposed changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders in the will potentially disrupt appropriate and necessary services to hundreds of thousands of individuals in the US. Advocates believe the changes would hamper the ability to track the numbers of people with autism, and interfere with efforts to establish biological causes of autism. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/autism-spectrum.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/autism-spectrum.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:00 PST This last weekend brought with it some vile manifestations of Jewish politics in its most horrific forms. In the USA, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu should consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama so that his successor will defend Israel against Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/imperial-jewish-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/imperial-jewish-ga.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:00 PST In the U.S., radiation-related "safety" decisions over commercial nuclear power plants are handled very undemocratically. They are considered to be strictly the purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Courts, utility and state energy commissions, EPA, DOE, and everyone else whose regulatory authority touches on nuclear power will insist that you cannot talk to them about "safety." You must go to the NRC. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/nuclear-power-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/nuclear-power-ah.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:04:00 PST "Mubarak is neither a tyrant nor a bloodthirsty man... "He is a clean man, who could say no wrong. Mubarak has seriously and faithfully worked to the best of his abilities and energy for Egypt and its people and lived a life burdened by his nation’s problems” Said Fareed El-Deeb, Mubarak’s lawyer at a hearing just days prior to the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution...” http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/revolution-anniv-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/revolution-anniv-ae.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:21:00 PST Freud was his own first patient. He may have been conditioned from Maternal Emotional Incest. The condition lies in the mother and from experience transferred into the child’s psyche. Freud’s mother’s condition may be termed the Gaia Complex. Gaia was the pre-Olympiad Great Mother Earth goddess. Gaia created Uranus by herself. Uranus became her son/mate and they begat Titans. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/freud-circumcision-rm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/freud-circumcision-rm.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:39:00 PST Oregon and the Federal Republic of Germany signed an agreement Jan. 17 that continues the practice of waiving drive tests between this state and Germany. Applicants in Oregon must be at least 18 years old, hold a valid driver license issued by Germany, prove residency in Oregon and are otherwise eligible for a Class C, non-commercial driver license. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/oregon-germany-license.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/oregon-germany-license.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:08:00 PST In this week in history: the Filastin newspaper was closed by the Ottoman authorities after Zionist complained in 1914. Bylaws of the "Muslim-Christian Association" were approved in Jerusalem in 1919, and the first Palestinian Arab Congress opened in Jerusalem in 1919, and over 100 peaceful demonstrators were gunned down by British forces in Baghdad- 1948. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/mazin.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/mazin.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:10:00 PST Welcome to post post-modern timesWhere loves comes with a turn and a twistNothing is ever straightforwardYou're thinking of the age of innocenceEverything is on offer, with a discount if you insistTry a bit of that, a touch of thisYou don't even have to be sincereAnd sex may precede any meaningful kiss... http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/modern-times-ma.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/modern-times-ma.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:28:00 PST