Soft Yet Durable - Local Fabric Production Could Help BC's Economy
Industrial hemp has been with human civilization since before 7000 B.C. Fast forward to the middle ages and start of the Renaissance back to your high school lesson—you may remember a hippie history...
View ArticleCanadian Plastic
In the 1987 movie Trains, Planes and Automobiles John Candy and Steve Martin are staying in the same room and the same bed, when they're robbed by a small town burglar. Candy: “What kind of plastic...
View ArticleMay Day in Occupy Oakland: Let a Million Seeds Sprout
What was Oakland’s muddy “Lake Quan” as Occupy went into winter hibernation has resurged as a sea of green. Green grass, that is. After Mayor Quan and OPD evicted the Occupy encampment at Frank Ogawa...
View ArticleGotcha Again America
We were told that the vast amounts of stimulus monies that had been set aside and earmarked were to be dedicated to bringing our economy back from the brink. Why are these funds being spent to help...
View ArticleConsumer Chronicles: Maternity Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
I volunteer at Consumer Action assisting consumers by providing information and resources to help them solve their consumer complaints. Many consumers are unaware that individual health insurance...
View ArticleUrban India Shines: Without Toilets, Many Homeless
Former International Monetary Fund [IMF] bureaucrat Manmohan Singh was never projected as India’s Prime Minister; he was imposed on 1.2 billion hapless Indians. Former World Bank [WB] major domo...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal... America's Penal Problem and The Vatican Solution
I'm not saying we're the worst people in the world, but it sure looks like we're the most judgmental. America has more people per capita in jail than any other country, 750 cons for every 100,000 of...
View ArticleFNS News: Bleak News for Rio Grande Irrigators
Rio Grande irrigators in the Paso del Norte borderland are in for more bad news. Experts have noted that spring runoff forecasts for the Rio Grande into New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir are only...
View ArticleMake Money: Help Yourself and Salem-News.com, and Feel Good About What You Do
We are opening up our advertising sales program on a worldwide scale. You sell the ad, you make 25%. There is no other agency we know of that offers that high of a commission. All you have to do is...
View ArticleMerkley: J.P. Morgan's Trading Losses Show Need for Strong Volcker Rule
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, cosponsor of the Merkley-Levin provision in Dodd-Frank that put into law the Volcker Rule, issued the following statement after news that J.P. Morgan lost at least $2...
View ArticleA Mother's Day Manifesto and Shimon Peres
Not often is the power of ONE able to make a damn bit of a difference in our Orwellian World, but a few mothers who did, were Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, who organized a day to raise...
View ArticleArise, Then, Women of this Day!
Here again, lest we forget, is the original call spelling out the intent for what is now known as "Mothers Day"! Let us once again see through the lies and propaganda to the TRUTH - of Mothers Day...
View ArticleSoetoro and Maino
Barry Soetoro rules the world’s most powerful democracy; Antonia Maino rules the world’s largest. One is a black man ruling over conservative white Amerika; the other is a white woman ruling over...
View ArticleWhy Can't People Work In Your State?
Why can’t many Americans simply create jobs for themselves and others? For many jobs, a recently released report finds the answer is: The government won’t let them.
View ArticleGeorge Washington's Children?
The United States as we know it is irrevocably changing. The Census Bureau reports that, for the first time, the percentage of whites born in the country has fallen below 50% (49.6 percent of all...
View ArticleOccupy Present... Single Payer Health Care
Occupy Salem will present a forum featuring activist Rosalie Pedroza sharing her views on single payer health care. The forum will take place at 7 pm on Monday, May 24th at the office of Oregon...
View ArticleMerkley, Levin Call on Regulators to Close 'JPMorgan Loophole'
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) today sent a letter to regulators, calling on them to close the “JPMorgan Loophole.” Although the Dodd-Frank Act prohibits banks from...
View ArticleToo Big To Blame
The Dodd-Frank Bill, an Act to regulate the American financial industry and provide investor and public protection, was passed by Congress and the Senate over a year ago. Since that time, at least one...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg Enters CA Prop. 29 (Cigarette Tax) Money Race with a $500K...
A MapLight analysis of campaign contribution data from the California Secretary of State shows that a recent contribution of $500K from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg raises the total for...
View ArticleUS/Burma: Safeguards Needed Before Allowing Investment, Financial Services
The goal of promoting peace in Burma is a noble one, but the process should not be a free for all, and it is imperative that individuals involved in crimes against humanity are not among those...
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