PolitiFact has just submitted another entry in a long line of evidence of bias in their analysis. This time, it’s the Oregonian’s man on the beat, Charles Pope. Mr. Pope has decided to dissect this statement on the website of Oregon’s only Republican Congressman, Greg Walden: “When the bill was …
Portland City Councilman Nick Fish was recently moved to comment on the retirement announcement by Barney Frank (D-MA). After the recounting of Fish’s first campaign experience working on Frank’s campaign, he talks about his legacy: Barney Frank: a legacy of principles and pragmatism Barney will be remembered for many things. …
For years, the questions have been whether Metro Regional Government should even exist. Tensions and jealousies have been created by the seeming uneven application of Metro edicts from city to city within its jurisdiction. Background: Oregon has what are regarded as the most jacked-up land use laws in the nation. …
The bad news – Occupy Portland insists on sticking around and causing problems for the 99% who aren’t them. The good news – they’re the gift that keeps on giving for citizen journalists hell bent on exposing the truth not revealed by the legacy media. Dateline Portland Oregon- November 29, …
Sit back and pop some popcorn, folks. This is getting interesting. First, to catch the reader up: We posted yesterday about OMSI’s lame explanation for canceling the AMS Climate Presentation. Late yesterday, AMS issued a press release: Oregon AMS Response to OMSI Meeting Cancellation Press Release “The Oregon Chapter of the …
A board-certified diagnostic radiologist, Dr. Milton R. Wolf yesterday ripped Obamacare and one of its leading proponents, Dr. Donald M. Berwick. The good doctor has recently been dumped by the Obama administration – not because he’s a socialist, but because he made it clear. The most open and transparent administration in the history of …
A citizen journalist (LAL in the Captions) has a conversation with a Longshoreman at Occupy Portland. Right at the beginning, he confesses that the riots in Longview were all planned ahead of time. And, just to refresh the reader’s memory, this is the violence and rioting that was planned in …
Well, it was inevitable. Oregon’s leftward bent has caused it to make national news again. Dennis Prager writes today for National Review Online: Oregon and the Death Penalty Responding to Governor Kitzhaber’s five weak reasons. Oregon governor John Kitzhaber announced last week that he would not allow any more executions …
It’s a sentiment based on admirable goals: supporting local jobs and businesses. But the push to shop locally is also partly based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how economics works. So before you reject “big box stores” out of hand as immoral marketplace bullies who gobble up their mom …
Earlier today, OMSI released a rather … ah … tepid statement defending their actions in calling off the AMS Climate event: On October 22, the Oregon chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) asked OMSI if they could hold their November 29 meeting at OMSI, after hours, at no charge. …
I am one of the presenters that was scheduled to speak on climate at this AMS meeting. I’m honestly wondering if you can appreciate the fact that what you have done would be viewed by most reasonable people as an act of ultimate rudeness, unprovoked hostility and an outrageous slap in the …
Editor’s note: This originally appeared on the blog of our newest contributor, Matt of theunlikelyconservative.blogspot.com. It’s been over a month since I posted my little rant about the hypocrisy of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Based on the signs I saw on the news the day I shot it, the …
What an interesting follow up we have today to last weekend’s canceled climate conference at OMSI. The reader will recall that OMSI canceled, at the last minute, the Oregon American Meteorological Society’s event featuring Meteorologist Chuck Wiese, Climatologist George Taylor, and Gordon Fulkes, PhD, on November 29 due to the …
Editor’s Note: We are reproducing this article in full from the original post at Media Research Council. This is a great national example of the work we will do to expose local media bias here in Oregon. FNC Highlights MRC Study on Network News Double Standard Between Dem and GOP …
We wanted to bring the readers’ attention to a solid article posted by Jeff Mapes in The Oregonian that briefly covers the history of PERS, and why it’s currently in deep, deep trouble. The article gives a good, basic overview of Tier I and Tier II public employees, and where …
Reported by a citizen journalist: At the General Assembly of Occupy Portland, Nov. 26, 2011, in Director Park, Jeff (or Jess) of Portland Central America Solidarity Committee presents a plan to shut down the Port of Portland, in coordination other Occupy groups shutting down other Ports on the West …
In today’s society consumers are bombarded with Organic Propaganda. The Organic Food Movement, who doesn’t really care what your family eats, has done a great job of marketing organic food, mostly with scare tactics. It often times aligns itself with campaigns that create the illusion that it is healthier or …
The Mobile Improvised Explosive Device (MIED) places GM at the forefront of cutting-edge technology. While only about 5300 of their Chevy Volt line have been sold nationwide, the government has been vigorously promoting deployment through a combination of propaganda and financial incentives. To date, the average MIED driver takes home $175,000 per …
So much for the police brutality claim. They’re so desperate to create a conflict that they’ll manufacture one solely for the sake of having a martyr. Sickening. We’ve already documented how quick the legacy media was to highlight claims of police brutality. The Oregonian was quick to take credit for …
Oregon’s re-tread governor digs the chicks – just not enough to marry ‘em. The governor also has a thing about abortion-on-demand, and “physician-assisted suicide”. But when it comes to the death penalty for a convicted two-time murderer, the murderer himself calls the governor a chicken: In a telephone interview with the …