Links From 5/15/12

May 16th, 2012




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Amazon hiring 1,000, Microsoft 1,500…

Oregon adds 2,300 jobs in April, unemployment slips to 8.5%; Summer hiring shows promise…


UPDATE: Mom of 9YO WA school shooter cuts plea deal…


Bill moving through CA Legislature would make tens of thousands of illegal immigrants eligible to receive work permit, legal status…


Out-of-shape wannabe troopers prompt WA State Patrol to try again…


Alaska Airlines unveils ‘Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II’…


NAME THAT PARTY: KingCo Exec acknowledges affair; adviser says no official misconduct…

SnoHo County Fireworks: Council annoyed exec recommending “criminal justice sales tax” to avoid shortfall made obvious last year…

MORE NAME THAT PARTY: Reardon’s push to put a sales tax on the ballot comes after he’s spent months besieged by legal problems and questions about his use of county resources during his successful re-election campaign…


Seattle Mess Transit: Light rail driving up rents in “low wages” Rainier Valley…


Seattle could face DOJ lawsuit over police reforms…


WA Education $ At Work: 2 separate audits find Tumwater schools overpaid employees, program as much as $325K…


Washington faith-healing parents acquitted of murder charge; 17-year-old died at home of ruptured appendix…


Spokane council passes new noise ordinance targeting bar performers…


Update: Move to unmask Spokesman-Review commenters going to judge; County GOP Chairwoman claims she was defamed…


Spokane developmentally delayed man in ICU after daylight assault…


Bristol Palin: I’ve received death wishes over comments supporting traditional marriage…


West Coast spike in gas prices tied to refineries…

North Dakota Passes Alaska to Become Nation’s Second-Leading Oil Producer…


Seattle Police: 1/2 hour ‘pooper scooper’ battle ends with attacker on the run…


UTAH OOPS: Teen accused of burglary after leaving homework at crime scene…


U of Washington Study: Some animals won’t survive GLOBAL WARMING… because they can’t move fast enough…


HBO INW: Drywall dust prompts investigation at Spokane federal building…


OOPS: SEIU Threatens Picket; Columbia Willamette Planned Parenthood Cancels Fundraiser…

“… The cherry on top: Cecile Richards, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America is married to Kirk Adams, International Executive Vice President of SEIU!…”


VIA LARS, PORTLAND EDUCATION $ AT WORK: “If 300-thousand dollars for a classroom of 25 isn’t enough to get the job done… its time to find a new superintendent and elect a new school board…”

TAFT UPDATE: Portland State U. Anti Israel Protester Huff-Leaving “Goes Off Without a Hitch”…

Bittersweet budget passed by Portland School Board…


OREGON PRIMARY DAY…

… AG RACE: Holton blasts Rosenblum pot money…

… Romney set to pick up more delegates…

… New poll: Hales, Smith leading PDX mayor’s race…

Idaho voters go to polls in first closed GOP primary…


Oregon PERS retirees to cost half a trillion dollars for next 100 years…


Oregon Justice (?) Update: PSU official/lawmaker sentenced for official misconduct – probation, letter of apology…


Portland City Audit: Police bureau years behind on many plans for improvement…


CHA-CHING! Portland considers higher waste-collection rates…


As state faces $16 BILLION budget hole… California offered piece of the action from Internet poker…


P.C. UPDATE: Portland brewer cancels ‘Kali-Ma’ beer… because of “trivialisation of Goddess Kali”…


3 teens accused of setting 4-alarm fire at Woodburn High School; Family says started w/hand sanitizer, lighter…


Health officials on alert for more meningitis cases after U of Oregon student’s death…


Northwest Couple’s Nightmare Cross-Country Bus Trip: Disabled in Wheelchair, Asked to ‘Pee in a Cup,’ Lawsuit Alleges…

Other Lawsuit Accusations: Not being allowed to exit the bus with other passengers during scheduled stops…
Getting “knocked over on the bus when the driver failed to secure [his] wheelchair” and drove unsafely…
Being “reliant upon strangers to carry his body up and down the bus stairs”…
Getting “repeatedly subjected to profanity and blame,” from bus drivers for slowing down the voyage…






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FBI May Charge George Zimmerman With Hate Crime – Could Face Death Penalty…


DOJ formally launches criminal probe into JPMorgan…

SHAREHOLDERS VOTE – DIMON STAYS ON…


HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Tax $ At Work: $1.5 million of Obama stimulus for study “into the erectile dysfunction of overweight middle aged men and the accurate reporting of someone’s sexual history”…
  • Update: LightSquared files for bankruptcy protection…
  • Report: Obama friend who allegedly tried to bribe Rev. Wright gets $5.9 million HHS contract…
  • Federal employee salaries exposed; 1 Ag Dept worker made $241,895 in 2011…

  • MIDEAST:

  • US set to take Iranian exile group off terror list…
  • UPDATE: Al-Qaeda Infiltrator was Working for Brits not CIA – Cover Blown for Election Year Politics?…
  • EXAMINER: Obama, Clinton ignore requests to name Haqqani as terrorist group…
  • DEBKA: Series of ‘Unconnected’ Military Movements By US, Israel in Middle East…
  • NATO invites Pakistan to Chicago summit… While shunning Israel
  • Saudi, Bahrain plan merger culminating in Gulf confederation to counter Iran…
  • U.S. drones deliver ‘major blow’ in Yemen to Al Qaida command structure…
  • Iran Executes Alleged Israeli Spy…

  • 2012:

  • Poll: Obama Leads By Only 7… in Arkansas Democrat Primary
  • CBS/NYT: Romney leads Obama 46-43…
  • Obama campaign: NYT/CBS poll ‘biased’…
  • USAToday/Gallup: Most Think ‘President Romney’ Better for Economy…
  • POLL: ROMNEY LEADS WITH WOMEN…
  • Paul: No Longer Campaigning for GOP Nomination…
  • ANOTHER O’KEEFE EXCLUSIVE: VOTER FRAUD IN NCAROLINA…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • MSNBC Panel: Media in the bag for Obama at debates…
  • Donny Deutsch Lauds Obama on Gay Marriage Vs. Romney ‘Bullying’…
  • After Repeatedly Mocking Palin for What She’d Do on ‘Jeopardy!’… Chris Matthews Comes In Last…
  • MORE MATTHEWS: Lectures Black Pastor on Gay Marriage: “I Hope You Evolve”…
  • CNN’s Lemon Bemoans People ‘Injecting’ Religion Into Marriage Debate…
  • NPR ombudsman: It’s OK for reporter to tweet anti-Romney photo…
  • GOOGLE Shuts Down another Conservative Blog

  • TSA Pats Down… Henry Kissinger… In A Wheelcahir…

    Airport Worker Allegedly Used Murder Victim ID To Hide Illegal Immigrant Status…


    Ex-NOTW editor Rebekah Brooks charged in phone hackings…


    Merkel To Greece: Shape Up Or Ship Out Of The EU… Greek Minister Warns of Civil War…


    Democrats ‘Fuming’ After Limbaugh Named To ‘Hall Of Famous Missourians’……


    Backlash over NY court ruling to allow viewing of child porn…


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    Links From 5/14/12

    May 15th, 2012




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    Forbes: Microsoft’s Ballmer ‘worst CEO’ at large public company…

    Gates rises, Bezos falls on ‘billionaires index’…


    Idaho: Man bitten by rattlesnake at Walmart…


    (Photo: NWCN / AP)


    GAO: Recoverable Oil in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming “About Equal to Entire World’s Proven Oil Reserves”…


    Idaho Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign…


    Calif. Budget Deficit Hits $16 Billion…


    $250K in copper stolen from Seattle rail tunnel…


    Seattle man falls into 160-foot crevasse, survives…


    Rogue WA locksmiths prey on desperate victims…


    WA school bus driver arrested in child porn case…


    Everett City councilman dies in Green River rafting accident…


    U of Idaho senior football player killed; Shooting at LA party…


    WA 2-year-old found malnourished, weighing less than 10 lbs…


    Oregon considers mileage tracking system for road tax…


    Anti Semitism at Portland State U: Swastika Shows Up on Poster by Pro Israel Event…


    Union petition to end Oregon corporate kicker starts…


    Portland sues Oregon Liquor Control Commission over food carts with booze…


    Oregon: Reports of teacher sexual misconduct on the rise…


    YIKES: Obama Is In Trouble In OREGON?…


    Another OOPS: Oregon SOS office bungled enforcement of state election law in Portland schools case…


    Portland Mess Transit: TriMet workers, management appear headed for a major collision over benefits…


    RUMOR: Steve Buckstein tabbed as replacement for late Oregonian editorial page editor Bob Caldwell…


    RUMOR: Timbers Owner Merritt Paulson As Possible Blazers Buyer?…


    Officials: Bacterial meningitis caused U of Oregon student’s death…


    Lawsuit filed in deaths at sea; two Oregon passengers said they alerted cruise line to a boat in distress…

    Former Oregon church members sued for $500,000 over online comments…


    Iditarod champ sues Oregon knife maker, claims lost winnings over injury to finger…






    NATIONAL/WORLD





    MIDEAST:

  • Tripoli clashes after direct orders from Assad to Lebanese army…
  • Poll: Egyptians Want to Ditch Peace Treaty With Israel…
  • U.S. resumes arms to Bahrian after consensus reached on Iran threat…
  • More than 60 nuclear experts at work building Iranian nuclear bomb…
  • Tensions Mount as Syria Attacks Religious Groups…
  • Leading Egypt candidate calls ‘racist’ Israel a threat…

  • US, British Intel: Obama’s father suspected of being anti-white terrorist…


    Obama Ad: Romney As Economic ‘Vampire’

    Rest Of Story: Layoffs By OBAMA Bundler

    2001 PLant Closing – Mitt Left Bain in 1999

    HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • White House: Obama skipping APEC…
  • Michelle Obama at 9-11 ceremony: “All This Just For a Flag”…
  • NYPOST: Obama Camp Offered Jeremiah Wright $150,000 to Go Away in 2008…

  • 2012:

  • Poll: WI Gov Walker up 9 in recall fight…
  • Ex-Obama adviser: Attacks on Romney ‘unfair’…
  • Turmoil: NC Dem chair resigns – then unresigns…
  • Poll: Romney 50%, Obama 42%; 55% Diapprove of Obama Performance…
  • Obama leads Romney 45.1 to 39.5 in Michigan…
  • Romney, Paul supporters brawl at Oklahoma GOP convention…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • CNN’s Don Lemon Compares Mitt Romney to 60s Segregationist George Wallace…
  • MSNBC Guest Calls Ann Romney ‘Insufferable’, Op-Ed ‘Creepy’…
  • … Compares to Hitler and Stalin… On Mother’s Day…
  • CNN’s Velshi’s Thesis: ‘Mitt Romney Has Already Lost the Election’…
  • NEWSWEEK Cover: “The First Gay President”…
  • MSNBC’s Bashir to Conservative Minister: Bible Seems Okay with Slavery, So Why Use It to Oppose Same-sex Marriage?…
  • Video: MSNBC cuts conservative’s mic when he calls out media coverage of Romney ‘bully’ story…
  • What Double Standard? Media Silent as Obama Supporter Screams ‘Traitor’ at Mitt Romney During Obama Speech…

  • op-ed review 5/13: “… WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, for example, found four illegal immigrants in one mobile home who claimed 20 dependents. They received nearly $30,000 from the IRS…”


    JPMorgan exec expected to resign after huge loss…


    Yahoo CEO steps down amid resume dispute…


    Texting while walking banned in New Jersey town…


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    Links From 5/11/12

    May 13th, 2012




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    SEATTLE SONICS OKC THUNDER UPDATE: Announcer arrested for allegedly forcing children to watch him masturbate…


    KING 5 Poll: Washington governor’s race a toss-up…

    … Inslee retains fundraising lead, but McKenna closing gap…


    OBIT: Seattle Philanthropist / Developer Jack Benaroya, 90…


    Executive pay soars as one of WA state’s largest non-profits makes cuts…


    ENVIRONY: Feds looking to expand permits for the killing of bald eagles… by wind farms…

    California Tax $ At Work: State agency confiscates stuffed wolverine, red-tailed hawk on display at bar for 50 YEARS


    Obama In Seattle: ‘Sometimes I Forget’ Magnitude of the Recession…

    The 99%: Obama luncheon too expensive for host’s sister to attend…

    Obama tells Seattle crowd: ‘We are moving forward’ on equality…

    Flashback, 2008: Obama Wrote That States Should Decide Gay Marriage

    … What The Seattle Media Missed: Obama Still Has Not Signed ‘Nondiscrimination Executive Order’…


    WA: Parents of children molested on bus sue Olympia School District…

    Northwest Education $ At Work: “Can a school district supposedly going broke afford a $50K/year executive chef?…”


    Whooping cough cases prompt WA state epidemic alert…


    Notorious “I-5 Killer” linked to more murders…


    Microsoft returning Windows to ‘the digital dark ages’, by banning competition?…


    Dead WA murder suspect/Supremicist left behind videos…


    WA Supreme Court overturns Stenson death sentence – “wrongfully suppressed” from photographs…


    Idaho: Bodybuilding.com agrees to $7 million fine for misbranding drugs…


    78% of CA 8th graders fail national science test…


    Update: FBI hints source of powder-laden letters that hit Portland buildings identified…


    Idaho White House shooting suspect facing new charges…


    Anthony Bourdain’s sick of California Democrat Party nannies… “Why I will always eat foie even though bored with it: spite…”


    Oregon: 4-alarm fire damages Woodburn High School, no one hurt…


    “50 Year-Old Bully Barack Obama Targets Private Citizen”: Idaho wellness-products CEO…

    Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, “Keeping GOP Honest,” took the extraordinary step of publicly naming and assailing eight private citizens backing Mr. Romney. Titled “Behind the curtain: a brief history of Romney’s donors,” the post accused the eight of being “wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records.” Mr. VanderSloot was one of the eight, smeared particularly as being “litigious, combative and a bitter foe of the gay rights movement…”


    KATU Poll: Rosenblum far ahead of Holton in Oregon AG race…


    Report: Oregon faulted for failure to require lawyers for abused children…


    Mayor Adams tells Sheriff that Portland will no longer pay most of the jail fingerprinting cost…


    Occupy Portland demands Water Bureau turn on water at ‘liberated’ house…

    Protester arrested after climbing the flagpole at Oregon’s Capitol…


    White powder incidents now 6 in Portland…


    SPOKESMAN-REVIEW: Utility Company Avista gives cash to oust Idaho GOP incumbents who support energy regs, competition…


    20 Years Later: Sara Weaver forgives, moves beyond Ruby Ridge…


    HBO INW: Sporting News ranks BSU’s Peterson as No. 2 college coach…


    Well-traveled Ore. wolf photographed in Calif….






    NATIONAL/WORLD





    Obama Campaign Selling LGBT Gear…


    New Book: Bill Clinton says Obama an “Amateur”, “Incompetent”…

    Update: Romney Bully Story Labeled ‘Factually Incorrect’ By Family of Alleged Victim…


    Did JPMorganChase tip hand to Wall Street execs to get around Volcker Rule?…


    MIDEAST:

  • Hizballah rushes arms to Syria, Iran sets up security cameras in Damascus…
  • Report: Israeli Attack on Iran’s Nukes Possible ‘At Any Given Moment’
  • Israel Not Invited to NATO’s Chicago Summit…
  • Attacker in Afghan Army Uniform Kills US Soldier…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Top Fed Official: ‘It’s Going To Take Several Years’ Before Jobs Return…
  • Jobless benefits end for 230,000 this weekend…
  • JP Morgan reveals $2 BILLION trading loss…
  • Air traffic controllers in NY napped, watched movies, gambled on job
  • Tax Dollars at Work: Canadian Firm Will Receive Up To $50 Million Stimulus for Nevada Solar Plant… That Employs 2 People…
  • Obama’s Own Doctor Slams ObamaCare as ‘Failure’…

  • 2012:

  • Poll: Romney Jumps to 7 Pt Lead Over Obama…
  • Dick Morris: If Election Were Today, Romney Would Win in Landslide…
  • Obama Adds ‘Clean Coal’ to Website Only After Disappointing W.V. Primary…
  • VIDEO: Romney Scolds Reporter: ‘Aren’t There’ Important Issues ‘You’d Like to Talk About?’ ‘Economy?’ ‘Jobs?’…
  • Second School Reveals: Elizabeth Warren Used Phony Native American Background to Enhance Career…
  • Governor Scott Walker Holds 5 Point Lead Over Liberal Challenger in Wisconsin Recall Race…
  • … Report: Far Left Wisconsin Recallers Owe $17 Million in Back Taxes…
  • Turmoil: Dems Consider Moving Convention Out of NCarolina…
  • BEACH BOYS SINGER: ‘Obama’s a Socialist A**hole’…
  • More Young Obama Revealed: The Trash-Talker…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • News Orgs Still Pounding Romney Bully Story… While Continuing To Ignore Obama Bullying Nerd Girl in High School…
  • … Even Democrat Star Jones is fed up with the vetting of teen Romney…
  • NBC’s Savannah Guthrie: ‘Many People’ in Media ‘Uniformly Support Same-Sex Marriage’…
  • Propaganda for $300: ‘Jeopardy’ Sells Out to Democrats…
  • Gayle King Likens Opposing Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ to Opposing Desegregation…
  • Pro-wrestler to traditional marriage supporters: “Kill yourself”…

  • More spies in U.S. than ever: Ex-CIA officer…


    NARAL Chief: 18- to 30-Year-Olds Much More Intensely Pro-Life than Pro-Choice…


    SOPA Supporters Urge White House To Use Secretive TPP Process To Insert Draconian New IP Laws…


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    Links From 5/10/12

    May 11th, 2012




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    President Obama in Seattle for fundraisers…

    WHAT ABOUT THE 99%? $35,800-per-couple brunch; $1,000 ticket for general admission / $5,000 for photo reception; “Expect traffic tie-ups… Convention Place station in the transit tunnel will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m…”


    WA State Patrol: No timetable set on SnoHo Co Exec criminal probe…


    GOING AFTER JOE? “America’s Toughest Sheriff” to Face Federal Suit…


    Trial begins for WA faith-healing couple accused of murder in son’s burst appendix death…


    Retired WA trooper accused of doctoring overtime pay, fixing parking tickets…


    WA town council passes panhandling ban…


    71-year-old WA man, city battle over windmill…

    “… They’ll take my windmill down when they pry my cold, dead hands off it…”


    Talk about bad luck: WA man hit by own truck – between carjacking and theft…


    Amanda Knox slander trial postponed in Italy…


    Alaska man plans year on uninhabited island…


    Seattle firefighters free pizza maker from dough machine…


    Father of Idaho soldier, captured and held by Taliban-affiliated group, critical of negotiations…


    Montana judge rules teen birth control coverage ban unconstitutional…


    Idaho sheriff candidate hosts cross burning: ‘It’s a religious symbol’…


    2 CA policemen ordered to trial over videotaped beating death…


    Car crashes into TVW studios in Olympia…


    ANOTHER NORTHWEST MEDIA DEATH: PUBLICOLA, 2009-2012…


    U of Washington offers fellowship to blind China dissident…


    WA: Opponents of gay marriage say they have over half of signatures needed for R-74…


    Update: Official steps down after fraud exposed in WA’s minority contracting program…


    WA US SENATE RACE: BAUMGARTNER PULLS AHEAD OF MARIA CANTWELL (ON FACEBOOK)


    Divergence: Oregon income falls to 15% behind Washington…


    NBA UPDATE (?): Over objections from Port and Mariners, Seattle poised for MOU on new arena…


    Montana State Prison inmate files $2.2M lawsuit… over broken toe…


    Daily Show comes Idaho to film segment on mutant fish…


    HOPE&CHANGE&NEWTONE&BIPARTISANSHIP:

  • ACORN, MoveOn Go After Oregon Democrat… Who Occasionally Cooperated With GOP…
  • WA Sen Murray: “We can’t take the risk of the Tea Party taking over the Senate – not now, when the economy is just starting to pick up… Don’t let the Tea Party extremists add another member to the Senate…”

  • CA high school students sue federal govt over global warming…

    Bill Nye the Science Guy: Climate change more important than economy…


    City of Portland debt picture worsens… BOJACK: “… New IOUs for $69.8 million of “urban renewal” play money in the Convention Center area sold yesterday…”

    April Poll: 47% think Portland moving in the “right direction”… down 9 points from FEBRUARY…

    Portland Mayor Polling: “Sam Adams would have had a hard time winning re-election…”

    TriMet Lift operators suspend strike, head back to bargaining table…


    Oregon church leader accused of placing camera in women’s bathroom…


    Prosecutor: Oregon quadruplet tried to kill brother; 16-year-old charged as an adult with attempted murder…


    CREEPY UPDATE: Witness to Breitbart death found…

    Days before his sudden death, Breitbart had vowed he and his media organization, Breitbart.com, would do the vetting of Barack Obama which the MSM had failed to do in 2008. More than that, Breitbart said he had “damaging” information on Obama’s past associations, especially with Bill Ayers… “Lasseter saw a band of white blanched skin along Breitbart’s hairline, and that Breitbart’s face was bright red…”


    Oregon norovirus traced to reusable grocery bag…


    Paul Allen: Blazers not for sale, but this season most disappointing he’s had as team’s owner…


    Family irate over 18-month sentence in deadly Oregon hit-and-run…


    OR Gov withdraws controversial nominee for lottery commission…


    Mess Transit Poll: Portland should fix streets, before adding bikeways, streetcars…


    Update: 43-year-old Reed College nuke reactor license renewed for 20 more years…






    NATIONAL/WORLD





    Fed Clears China’s First US Bank Takeover…



    MIDEAST:

  • Report: Al Qaeda Bombmaker Designs Bombs to Hide in Cameras, Hard Drives and Pets…
  • US: Yemen terror group may have made more underwear bombs…
  • US police, military trainers, advisers back in Yemen…
  • Multinational force massed on Jordanian-Syrian border…
  • Syria: 55 dead in Damascus suicide blasts…
  • … LIVE UPDATES…
  • Poll: Egyptians Hold Less Favorable View of US & US Aid Since Arab Spring Revolution
  • ‘US drone’ raid kills 8 Qaeda militants in Yemen…
  • Report: Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement Dead…
  • … “Last element in normalization with Israel”…
  • … Israel weighs cyberwar ops…
  • … Muslim Brotherhood Promises to Liberate Jerusalem…

  • HOPE & CHANGE:

  • Did Fundraising Problems Force Obama Decision on Gay Marriage?…
  • White House Chef: US’s Greatest Threat Is Fat…
  • Jobless claims at 367K…
  • Trade gap widens…
  • US rate on 30-year mortgage hits record low…
  • Obama: Soldiers ‘Fighting on My Behalf’…
  • Gallup: 1 In 3 Young Adults Underemployed…
  • 324,000 Women Dropped Out of Labor Force in Last Two Months–As Number of Women Not in Labor Force Hits Historic High…

  • 2012:

  • Report: Romney once forcibly held down high school classmate, cut his hair…
  • Obama: Romney auto bailout claim an ‘Etch-a-Sketch moment’…
  • Poll: Dead heat in Ohio…
  • ICYMI: OBAMA BACK-AND-FORTH STATEMENTS ON GAY MARRIAGE…
  • Ron Paul Votes Against ‘One-Sided’ Bill to Boost US-Israel Ties…
  • Democrats File Complaint Against Scott Brown… Over Half-Court Basketball Shot…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • NY Times on Gay TV: Winning Liberal ‘Saints’, Vanishing Conservative ‘Bigots’…
  • MSNBC MATTHEWS: Obama now embracing your gay children like God did when he created them…
  • MSNBC SHARPTON: “GOP Declared War on Blacks… Want to Roll Back Our Right to Vote…”
  • MSNBC Papantonio: Romney’s A Nuclear Madman…
  • Kos: Evil conservatives are evil! Like Putin and the Taliban!…
  • CNN Welcomes Mourdock to Senate Race: Aren’t You Going to ‘Undermine’ American Unity If You Win?…
  • NPR Publicizes Students’ Campaign Backed By Left Wing Organization…
  • On MSNBC, Sharpton uses kids to bash Romney: “He’s a poopy pants”…

  • Missing words from 9-11 tribunal: CIA and “big-boy pants”…


    Russia says it foiled terror plot in 2014 Olympic city…


    Tax $ At Work: NJ Taxpayers Footing Bill for Public Employees’ Union Work…

    BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Occupy DC gets office space… with money from SEIU…

    Education $ At Work: University ‘forced’ to create gender-neutral bathrooms…


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    Links From 5/9/12

    May 10th, 2012




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    Father of Idaho soldier, captured and held by Taliban-affiliated group, critical of negotiations…


    Montana judge rules teen birth control coverage ban unconstitutional…


    Idaho sheriff candidate hosts cross burning: ‘It’s a religious symbol’…


    2 CA policemen ordered to trial over videotaped beating death…


    Car crashes into TVW studios in Olympia…


    ANOTHER NORTHWEST MEDIA DEATH: PUBLICOLA, 2009-2012…


    U of Washington offers fellowship to blind China dissident…


    WA: Opponents of gay marriage say they have over half of signatures needed for R-74…


    Update: Official steps down after fraud exposed in WA’s minority contracting program…


    WA US SENATE RACE: BAUMGARTNER PULLS AHEAD OF MARIA CANTWELL (ON FACEBOOK)


    Divergence: Oregon income falls to 15% behind Washington…


    NBA UPDATE (?): Over objections from Port and Mariners, Seattle poised for MOU on new arena…


    Montana State Prison inmate files $2.2M lawsuit… over broken toe…


    Daily Show comes Idaho to film segment on mutant fish…


    GOP leaders bracing for combative Washington state party convention from Ron Paul supporters…


    Seattle asst. police chief cleared in WSP misconduct investigation…

    INTERNAL RIFT EXPOSED?…


    Report: 1,300 radioactive tubes at California nuclear plant damaged beyond repair…


    WA school district mum after bus driver caught over the alcohol limit…


    9th circuit judge appointed by JFK dies – was nation’s longest-serving federal appellate judge…


    California may ban gay teen ‘conversion’ therapy…

    … Are Northwest Gay marriage leaders giving Obama a pass on ‘evolving’ view?…


    Update: Seattle mansion dwellers charged in welfare fraud…


    Idaho seniors pull prank, face police charges… over sticky notes and zip ties on lockers?…


    Whooping cough scare closes Seattle high school…


    HBO INW: Off-duty Spokane deputy stops suicide attempt…


    Seattle mom seeks ‘hot male teen’ for daughter’s prom date…


    Idaho man sentenced for lighting girlfriend on fire…


    Alaska Justice? Drunk Driver in Fatal Crash Gets 45-day Sentence…


    Sacramento: ‘Ball of Fire’ Moving Through Park was Live Stray Cat in Flames…


    Oregon norovirus traced to reusable grocery bag…


    Paul Allen: Blazers not for sale, but this season most disappointing he’s had as team’s owner…


    Family irate over 18-month sentence in deadly Oregon hit-and-run…


    OR Gov withdraws controversial nominee for lottery commission…


    Mess Transit Poll: Portland should fix streets, before adding bikeways, streetcars…


    Update: 43-year-old Reed College nuke reactor license renewed for 20 more years…


    Tax $ At Work: Oregon Housing and Community Services agency using ZOMBIES to spice up safety week messages to employees…


    (Photo: KATU)


    “JUST LIKE THE TEA PARTY” Occupy Portland protester charged with stealing American flag from courthouse…

    Ironic? Seattle Police Dept Issues Subpoenas to Local Media Demanding Video of May Day Protests…


    Oregon School Teachers Vote to Go on Strike on the National Teachers Day…

    U of Oregon Prof Stunner: “… We will find out that the Common Core Standards, after billions of dollars, millions of hours of teacher time, and numerous PD sessions, alignment task forces, is not the cure to American’s education ill…”


    Oregon Mess Transit: TriMet Lift operators strike over wages; agency providing only ‘life-sustaining’ paratransit rides in Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas counties…


    Oregon Mess Transit: Pedestrian hit by MAX train, dragged 90 feet…


    BOKACK: “For years now, there’s been a rumor going around that one of the hideous condo towers in Portland’s failed South Waterfront (SoWhat) District is leaning…”

    MORE: “… At the Gerding Edlen monstrosity known as the Meriwether, the eco-roof is alleged screwed up to the tune of $200,000, and the basement garage is allegedly leaking like a sieve, needing $2.7 million in reworking…”


    Oregon Big Brother? City of Coos Bay installing motion-triggered cameras at various undisclosed locations…


    WHY IS SALEM CITY HALL BUILDING FLYING THE MEXICAN FLAG?…


    (Photo: Bill Post Radio Show)






    NATIONAL/WORLD





    HOPE & CHANGE:

  • Obama: Soldiers ‘Fighting on My Behalf’…
  • Gallup: 1 In 3 Young Adults Underemployed…
  • 324,000 Women Dropped Out of Labor Force in Last Two Months–As Number of Women Not in Labor Force Hits Historic High…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • Kos: Evil conservatives are evil! Like Putin and the Taliban!…
  • CNN Welcomes Mourdock to Senate Race: Aren’t You Going to ‘Undermine’ American Unity If You Win?…
  • NPR Publicizes Students’ Campaign Backed By Left Wing Organization…
  • On MSNBC, Sharpton uses kids to bash Romney: “He’s a poopy pants”…

  • Romney: ‘I believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman’…

    Obama Endorses Gay Marriage…

    … Rest of the story: Still wants states to decide…

    Or not? Snr. Obama Advisor: Obama Will ‘Certainly’ Endorse Same-Sex Marriage ‘After the Election’…


    USPS floats plan to keep open rural post offices…


    MIDEAST:

  • Report: Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement Dead…
  • … Egypt cancels natural gas contract – “last element in normalization with Israel”…
  • … Israel weighs cyberwar ops to stop attacks from Sinai…
  • … VIDEO: Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Promises to Liberate Jerusalem…
  • US Institute: “New activity”, “washing” at Iran nuke site…
  • New Iranian proposals in secret dialogue with US?…
  • DEBKA: “Inestimable damage” from double agent exposed in AQ’s use of undetectable explosive…
  • VIDEO: Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Promises to Liberate Jerusalem…

  • HOPE & CHANGE:

  • US Army Field Manual – on Civilian Internment?…
  • Dem Sen Calls in FBI on Conservative Activist – For Saying “We have to get Claire McCaskill out. We have to kill the Claire Bear ladies and gentlemen…”
  • Abortion-Supporting Obama Makes Pregnant WH Visitors Register Unborn Baby as Separate Visitor…
  • Blogger Fired for Questioning ‘Black Studies’…

  • 2012:

  • POST-TUESDAY PRIMARY WRAP: BAD DAY FOR BLUE WAVE IN NC, WV, WI…
  • PANIC: Carville to Democrats: ‘Wake the f*** up’…
  • BYE: 6-term Indian GOP Sen. defeated in primary by 20 points!
  • NCarolina approves ban on gay marriage…
  • WI: UNOPPOSED GOP Gov Gets More Votes Than Top Two Dems… COMBINED…
  • West Virginia Democrats: Obama 59.4%, Federal Inmate 40.6%…
  • Scrubbed at AP: W. Va. Senator Manchin Refuses to Say Whether He Voted for Obama in Tuesday’s Primary…
  • Huckabee on VP Short List?…
  • MA: Scott Brown Demands Elizabeth Warren Release Records on Native American Ancestry…
  • … Rasmussen: Brown 45, Warren 45…
  • Report: Thousands of Foreigners May be Illegally Voting in Florida

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • MSNBC Whacks Romney for Failing to Dismiss ‘Treason’ Talk; But In ’08, Obama Failed to Dismiss ‘Treason’ Talk on… MSNBC…
  • NYT’s Revkin Calls Climate Depot’s Marc Morano ‘Divisive and Toxic’…
  • Bill Keller: Fox News, ‘America’s Poison’?…
  • 11 attend Columbia’s Limbaugh protest… Politico: “Can’t win ‘em all…”

  • IRS May Issue $26 Billion In Fraudulent Tax Returns Because Of ID Theft…


    TAX $ AT WORK: VIA IRS LOOPHOLE… BILLIONS GIVEN TO UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS EVERY YEAR… AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY…


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    Seattle assistant police chief faces misconduct investigation…

    SEATTLE TIMES: The Washington State Patrol has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of official misconduct by Assistant Seattle Police Chief Mike Sanford, who commands the department’s Patrol Operations Bureau and is leading the department’s response to a federal civil-rights probe…


    Video: Wash. teenager chokes fellow middle school student – Says only “messing around”…


    Seattle Mayor proposes 31% City Light rate hike…


    Court documents: Steven Powell videotaped women all over WA state…

    Judge tosses child porn count…


    WA city to consider electronic dog leash law…


    Update: Ex-NFL/WSU QB Ryan Leaf reaches plea deal in drug, burglary charges…


    Ride along with the ‘Barefoot Bandit’ on his run from the law…


    Pastor of Seattle’s oldest congregation: Anti-gay stand is “evil”…

    “First Churchers are hurting because last week’s General Conference suggested we’re stuck in a Pope Benedict-slash-Rick Santorum-slash-Southern Baptist-slash-Rush Limbaugh church of closeted gays and sanctimonious straights…”


    Nevada issues license for driverless car…


    L.A. Readies Plastic Bag Ban…


    WA WEIRD: Woman Attacked by Boyfriend’s ‘Jealous’ Pet Lynx While Vacuuming…


    WHY IS SALEM CITY HALL BUILDING FLYING THE MEXICAN FLAG?…


    (Photo: Bill Post Radio Show)


    CEO Ranking for Best Places to Do Business: WA #37, HAWAII #41, OR #42, CA #50…


    KATU Poll: Portland Mayor’s race a three-way tie…


    West Coast Mess Transit: Do bus cuts violate your civil rights?…

    Stats: 12% of San Francisco’s union bus-drivers missed work…

    Historic ferry may be too fragile to leave Tacoma…


    Portland Tax $ At Work: Does Metro now have three “reporters” on staff?…


    Veterans Shafted in 9th Circuit Decision; Heading to Supreme Court…


    Oregon dad who drank while 10-year-old drove speaks…


    KOIN TV sold in $330 million media group deal…


    ‘Lost’ star Matthew Fox arrested for DUI in Oregon…


    Twitter Unhinged: Bill Maher “creepily fixated” on Bristol Palin….

    Obama supporter and donor Kathy Griffin: Bristol Palin is a big, old slut…


    HBO INW: Civil investigation of Missoula sex assaults a first for Justice…






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    Tea Party Flexes Muscles: 6-term GOP Sen. Richard Lugar defeated in primary by Richard Mourdock…


    TAX $ AT WORK: VIA IRS LOOPHOLE… BILLIONS GIVEN TO UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS EVERY YEAR… AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY…


    MIDEAST:

  • Chairman of House Homeland Security Committee: Obama admin may have misled public on bomb plot, calls for review
  • UPDATE: CIA Double Agent Infiltrated AQAP Bomb Plot…
  • … MORE: Informant also provided info that aided CIA drone strike last weekend against top operative for AQ in Arabian Peninsula…
  • Iraqi court orders release of Hizbullah commander charged with plot on U.S. soldiers…
  • Did U.S. aid to Iraq buy ‘protection’ from militias, insurgents?…
  • AP: W.H. embargoed Al Qaeda bomb threat…
  • Biden on Iran: America was the problem when we took office in 2009…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Obama Admin Warns: Working Outdoors Can Kill You…
  • Obama admin advises new French president: For sake of world economy, don’t raise taxes and increase spending…
  • NYT: New French Prez Socialism Fits Obama Better

  • 2012:

  • Election Day in IN, NC, WI, WV…
  • LUGAR FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL…
  • POLL: ROMNEY 49, OBAMA 44…
  • PPP: Obama up 7 in Ohio…
  • Santorum Endorses Romney…
  • Will The Media Report? “Elizabeth Warren Ancestor Rounded Up Cherokees For Trail of Tears”
  • Gallup: Obama’s Approval Among 18- to 29-Year-Olds Spikes to 62 %…
  • Poll: Romney Opens 10-Point Lead Among Key Independent Voters…
  • Poll: Majority of Independents Say Obama ‘Over-Politicized’ bin Laden Killing…
  • Gallup: Half of Americans Support Legalizing Gay Marriage…
  • Rasmussen: Ron Paul Presidential Bid Would Hurt Obama…
  • … Paul supporters win overwhelming majority of Maine and Nevada delegates…
  • Roseanne Barr announces VP pick: Willie Nelson…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • MSNBC Scarborough: Convention Should Deny Santorum Speaking Role…
  • Delta Stops Advertising on ‘Daily Show’ After Anti-Christian ‘Vagina Manger’ Skit…
  • Fox News Won’t Fire Liberal Contributor for ‘White Boy’ Insult…
  • CNN Soledad O’Brien Tries to ‘Correct’ Romney Aide, Says Economic Trend Favors Obama…
  • ABC, NBC All But Ignore Chinese Dissident’s Crusade Against Forced Abortions…
  • MSNBC Matthews on gay marriage: “At least Democrats believe in evolution”…
  • Media Attacks Romney For Supporter Shouting “Treason” at Rally…

    MEANWHILE:

  • Chris Matthews Compares Romney to ‘Wall Street’ Villain Gordon Gekko…
  • CHER: “If ROMNEY gets elected I don’t know if i can breathe same air as Him & his Right Wing Racist Homophobic Women Hating Tea Bagger Masters…”
  • Axelrod: Rove and Kochs super PAC ‘contract killers’…
  • Bush, Cheney Face Torture and War Crimes ‘Charges’ in Mock Trial…

  • Occupy Protesters Turn Out in Force to Support Cleveland Bombers…


    Study: 42% of US will be obese in 2030…

    US Panel: Obesity Fight Must Shift from Personal Blame…

    State says no to bake sales…


    OBIT: ‘Wild Things’ Author Maurice Sendak, 83…


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    EVERETT HERALD: “Staffer delivered dirt” to Snohomish County Exec Reardon campaign… during work hours…


    Seattle Mayor’s Legacy: 28% City Light Rate Increase Coming?…


    After a decade of “blue-ribbon commissions, reams of studies and public outreach”… Seattle quietly pulls plug on broadband network…


    Mother in WA Amber Alert turns herself in; Ex-boyfriend died over weekend from critical stab injuries…


    Man says WA survivalist murder suspect helped him find place to propose…


    WA: Body found in trunk of burned-out car…


    Steve Powell’s porn-voyeurism trial begins…


    Idaho prosecutors want felony for not reporting crimes against children…


    TOWNHALL.COM: “How Bill Gates Rips Off Babies…”

    KIEFFER: “… Gates is more dangerous to the free markets than President Obama. Why? Because everyone knows that Obama is a socialist who lacks business experience. However, when a billionaire capitalist like Gates advocates socialist policies, Americans will believe those policies are ‘pro-business’, ‘entrepreneurial’, and ‘fiscally responsible’…”


    Editors of Seattle Lesbian Magazine speak out after rape threats…


    IN TROUBLE? Obama campaign opens office in Portland…

    “Isn’t Oregon blue? Do we really have to have a campaign here?” state director of the Obama campaign in Oregon Brandyn Keating asked rhetorically, before answering, “Yes we do”…


    Northwest Mess Transit: Columbia River Crossing needs $900 million…


    PDX Duplicity: Photographer Told He Must Have Permit to Use Portland Park–The Same One Occupy Uses for Meetings…

    ZOMBIE OCCUPY-WRAP:

  • “Complete pantheon of Communist heroes…”
  • “Decolonize Oakland…”
  • “May Day General Strike…”

  • Multnomah County seeks $2 million in property taxes from the city of Ptld…


    Drunk driver arrested in Oregon had 10-year old son drive vehicle…


    KATU investigation may prompt new Oregon laws in cosmetic injection world…


    CA: 92-year-old who sold ‘suicide kits’ to be sentenced…


    Two killed, 3 injured in Portland shootings…


    First In The USA: Predator Drone Used to Arrest North Dakota Man…


    Whooping cough cases turn up in Portland…


    “Even More Evidence Howard Schultz Was a Horrible Owner of the Sonics…”

    … Not to be outdone, Schultz followed suit. He gave each employee a Starbucks gift card. One member of the staff–who wasn’t a Starbucks regular–decided to use his card to get some snacks. When he went to pay for his roughly five dollars’ worth of food, he asked how much money remained on the card.
    “Well, you owe me money,” the cashier said.

    The Sonics employee asked how much had been on the card to begin with.
    “$3.50,” the barista replied.

    At the time, we would later learn, ordinary customers couldn’t buy a Starbucks card with a value of less than $5. These were custom $3.50 gift cards…






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    MIDEAST:

  • Update: Officials Say More Al Qaeda Bombs Unaccounted For…
  • … Fear of surgically implanted, non-metallic devices…
  • Earlier: CIA thwarts new underwear bomb plot, on 1-year anniversary of killing of OBL…
  • Report: Syria Moving Long-Range Scuds to Israel, Turkey Borders…
  • Report: US secretly releasing Taliban fighters…
  • Congress’ Intelligence Heads: Taliban Has Grown Stronger Under Obama…
  • Top General: Obama Knew About OBL Hideout in Abbottabad Since Summer of 2010…
  • Clinton: Obama Has Sent Message of Respect For All Religions — ‘in Particular of Islam’
  • DEBKA: “Change of French presidents weakens Western front against nuclear Iran…”
  • Iran readies secret salt desert bunkers for clandestine nuclear facilities…
  • Al-Qaida kills 20 Yemen troops after U.S. drone kills top militant…
  • Al-Qaeda Releases Video of US Hostage Warren Weinstein…

  • HOPE AND CHANGE:

  • Name That Party: Report Released Shows Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown Had Restraining Order Filed Against Him By Ex-Wife; Alleged Abuse…
  • ‘Real’ Unemployment Rate Remains at 14.5%…
  • Tax $ At Work: Feds Spend $1 Billion to Get Kids to Walk and Bike to School…
  • Photo: Did “Post-Racial America” Obama Campaign Office Violate Civil Rights Act?…



  • 2012:

  • Poll: Romney With Razor-thin Lead Over Obama…
  • Swing State Poll: Romney, Obama Tied…
  • Poll On Economics: Romney 47, Obama 44…
  • New Obama ad strikes ‘don’t blame me’ tone on economy…
  • … op-ed review 5/5: “Obama has already held more re-election fundraising events than every elected president since Richard Nixon combined…”
  • Charles Barkley To Romney: ‘We’re Going To Beat You Like A Drum’…
  • Name That Party: Obama Donor/School Principal Fired For Creating Phony Facebook Page to Spy on Kids…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • On NBC, Biden Lauds NBC for Moving America Toward Same-Sex Marriage…
  • MSNBC’s Finney: Romney-Ryan Plan Would Kill Women By Their Mid-30s…
  • SNL Scraps Skit Bashing Obama – Run Anti-FOX News Skit Instead…
  • Bill Maher: ‘For the Sake of Black America Obama Needs the Second Term’…
  • CNN’s Candy Crowley: Most People Think GOP Are ‘Conservative White Guys Who Want to Protect Big Oil’…
  • ESPN Columnist Reilly Condemns Nebraska Asst. Coach Brown as Un-Christlike for Affirming Biblical Views on Homosexuality…

  • Socialist Francois Hollande defeats Nicolas Sarkozy in French presidential election…

    US stocks under pressure after European elections…


    Space weather expert has ominous forecast: World isn’t prepared for truly damaging solar storm…


    OBIT: George Lindsey, Goober Pyle on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’, 83…


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    Washington State Progressive Caucus courting Kucinich to move, run for Congress again…


    WA Gov using emergency cash to curb whooping cough epidemic…


    Creepy or Cool? Microsoft software tracks your emotions


    Pregnant WA delivery woman attacked for pizza, wings…


    WA DSHS to pay $2.8 million to victim in sex abuse case…


    WA ED $ AT WORK: 14-year-old boy charged with indecent exposure, unlawful imprisonment in assault on 13-year-old girl on school bus…


    Hundreds of Alaska Airlines flight attendants say their uniform is making them ill; Itching, hair loss, and other adverse health reactions

    Alaska, Horizon facing fines over maintenance regulations…


    IDAHO: 10-year-old brings semi-automatic handgun to school…


    Idaho: Judge charged with excessive DUI…


    Idaho judge drops charges in moonwalk dance case…


    CA: Student Left for Days in DEA Cell Files $20M Suit…


    HBO INW: Canadian on Montana’s Death Row seeks U.S. clemency…


    WILL AL SHARPTON COME TO SPOKANE? Woman walking her dog fatally stabbed multiple times… Witnesses: Black male with “crazy eye”…


    JBLM soldier accused of blackmailing teens for sexual videos…


    MT US Senate Race: Rehberg 53, Incumbent Democrat Tester 43…


    CO First Grader Suspended for Sexual Harassment – Sang line from LMFAO song to girl…


    Idaho police ID body found by turkey hunters as ex-CNBC TV personality; May have been there for several months…


    HBO INW: Al-Qaida mag urges terrorists to set wildfires… in Montana…


    Clackamas County police union president arrested for assault…

    Former Clackamas County employee jailed for altering juvenile mugshots…


    VIA LARS: Woodburn Schools super planning to let go teachers… who only speak ENGLISH?…


    Did Occupiers Forge Tweets From Portland’s Mayor?…

    Occupy Blames Cops for Rapes…

    ICYMI: Neo-Nazi Who Went On Shooting Rampage, Leaving 5 Dead… An #Occupy Phoenix Protester?…


    TAFT: “Portland’s (Gay) Mayor Still Mute About ‘Angry Queers’ Attack On Portland Church…”


    Update: Judge tosses lawsuit from tribes on U of NDakota Fighting Sioux nickname…


    Pot-infused ‘herb dinners’ turning up in Oregon eateries…


    L.A. program offers healthcare for illegal restaurant workers…






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    MIDDLE EAST:

  • Israel: Iran Seeks Ability to Build Nuke in 60 Days…
  • Top Russian Military Offiicial Threatens Preemptive Strike on US Missile System…
  • Ted Turner: US & Israel Should Disarm to Prevent Iran From Getting Nukes…
  • Docs: Bin Laden Liked CBS & MSNBC, Loathed Fox…
  • More Navy SEALs coming forward to criticize Obama for aftermath of Bin Laden raid?…
  • Obama Gives Shout Out to Himself While Speaking to Troops – “You Got Me in the House!”…

  • HOPE & CHANGE:

  • Obama DOJ Wants Greater Power to Access Cellphone Records…
  • Unemployment rate at 8.1%…
  • Rest of the story: Size of labor force drops by half million…
  • Obama Warns Supremes: Don’t Overturn Healthcare Reform…
  • Obama Energy Policies Have Cost Economy $358 Billion…

  • 2012:

  • Ted Turner: Romney Would Make Good President…
  • Poll: Obama Slightly Edging Out Romney In Virginia…
  • Primary Stunner: Mourdock up 10 over Lugar, 48/38, four days before Indiana primary…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • ‘Unfit’ Murdoch Tops NYT Page One; Conviction of Terror Suspect in Subway Bombing Plot, Page A-19…
  • NBC Fires Another Producer in Fake Zimmerman Audio Scandal But Still Hasn’t Come Clean…

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    WA Sen. Majority Leader won’t seek re-election…


    Women sue WA A-G McKenna over federal health care law…


    WA Gov warns successor: New revenue is necessary…


    Tacoma CHA-CHING!: Outgoing deputy city manager to receive $66k in severance, accrued leave pay…


    Tacoma NAACP sides with Tukwila superintendent in discrimination case…


    Man who climbed fence at WA home sues homeowner who shot him as suspected prowler…


    3-year-old left alone on WA school bus…


    Day Care in WA church fire bombed…


    Boeing shows radical design for 737 MAX winglets…


    WA man in coma after commenting on stranger’s car rims…


    OOPS: Man falls from women’s bathroom ceiling at Seattle college…


    Update on Walter Fitzpatrick: Do FBI Training Materials Defame Former Northwest Navy Man As White Supremacist?…


    Report: State’s Biggest Employers Say Washington’s Business Climate Needs Fixing…


    May Day Aftermath: Rocks Thrown Through Windows at Seattle Mayor’s Home…


    City of Seattle seeks dismissal of lawsuit in ‘Mexican piss’ officer case…


    HBO INW – SPOKANE: Federal judge orders mediation session in Zehm case…


    Judge asked to block evidence in Oregon Christmas tree lighting ceremony bomb case…


    Portland Mayor Race Poll: UNDECIDED 28%, Charlie Hales 25%, Eileen Brady 23%, Jefferson Smith 20%, Other 6%…

    Mayor Adams seeks input on ‘responsible banking’ resolution…


    Oregon Gov announces $1.9 billion health care agreement with federal govt…


    LARS: “There is simply no reason for the city of Portland to shell out five million bucks to shore up the Portland Schools…”

    ICYMI: Oregonians used welfare cards to withdraw money at bars, strip clubs, casinos, liquor stores and tattoo parlors…


    ObamaCare At Work: Regence BlueCross BlueShield to drop its Portland-area provider network for individual members, giving them fewer choices or higher costs…


    Update: Man who stripped in protest at Portland airport will fight indecency charge…


    Portland city council rejects police surveillance cameras in Old Town…


    Portland City Hall, teachers union seeking deal to save teacher jobs…


    OR teacher who was arrested last month, accused of having sex with student, was back in jail… accused of meeting same girl at Coldplay concert…


    Drugged Oregon driver sentenced to over 25 years for death of two…


    Oregon couple marries with just weeks to live…


    Update: Amanda Knox prosecutors spent $240K on animated video showing how the alleged crime took place…






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    MIDEAST:

  • Documents Declassified: Bin Laden’s Last Words Go Online…
  • Al Qaeda Magazine Calls for Firebomb Campaign in USA; Montana Prime Target…
  • DEBKA: Palestinians renege on security ties with Israel, restore revolving door for terrorists …
  • ISRAEL CALLS UP RESERVES…

  • HOPE & CHANGE:

  • Will The Media Notice? Obama Praises Nazi Supporter in Jewish Heritage Month Proclamation…
  • IF THIS WAS BUSH…: The White House claimed that the inclusion of Stein had been a mistake, the result of an earlier draft of the proclamation released in error. However, Algemeiner preserved a screen shot of the original proclamation, which remained on the White House website after the new press release had been drafted…
  • FEB FLASHBACK: Obama Admin Denied Political Asylum to Top Chinese Communist Party Official…
  • … NOW: Did Hillary, Obama abandon blind Chinese dissident and family?…
  • Issa drafts contempt order to Holder…
  • Tax $ At Work: WI Unions Reap Stimulus Money, Use it to Recall Walker…
  • Obama Admits Fabricating Girlfriend in “Dreams”…
  • DHS senior staffer’s Twitter account goes into hiding after pro-May Day tweet… Homeland Security official worked previously for SEIU, Obama campaign…
  • Guns Used to Kill Brother of Former Chihuahua State Attorney Linked to Operation Fast and Furious…

  • 2012:

  • Obama Team Accuses GOP of Outsourcing to Manila… While Paying Firm that Outsources to Manila
  • Poll: Obama, Romney tied in Ohio and Florida…
  • Poll: Romney catches Obama in swing-states…
  • Bachmann set to endorse Romney…
  • Gary Johnson: Libertarian Prez Candidate…
  • WI: Scott Walker 48, likely Dem opponent 47…
  • Under Obama, Party Affiliation Has Swung 10 Points Toward the GOP…
  • Name That Party: My Grandfather Had High Cheekbones ‘Like All the Indians Do’…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • Brian Williams Praises Bill Clinton for Trying to Kill Bin Laden, Ignores All the Missed Opportunities…
  • AP: Unemployment Will Be ’7.9 Percent By Election Day’ Boosting ‘Obama’s Prospects’…
  • HUFFING-DUMPED: Left Quick To Dump Arianna After Obama Ad Criticism…

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    Report: State’s Biggest Employers Say Washington’s Business Climate Needs Fixing…


    May Day Aftermath: Rocks Thrown Through Windows at Seattle Mayor’s Home…


    City of Seattle seeks dismissal of lawsuit in ‘Mexican piss’ officer case…


    Reports: Charger-great Junior Seau found dead, police suspect suicide…


    (Photo: FOX News)


    Puget Sound Mess Transit: “Will collect more than half of all transportation revenue but serve less than 5% of trip demand…”


    Study: WA, OR 45th and 49th in church membership and attendance…


    WSU set to raise tuition 16 percent…


    Tax $ At Work: California’s biggest public pension – $530,000 a year — to be cut after probe…


    WA: Federal jury awards $485,000 to National Guard sergeant who said she was fired because of her military service…


    80 rapes in 3 years: Probe into Montana rapes in college town…


    WA survivalist/murder suspect’s bunker dismantled…


    WA: Man arrested 18 years later… Allegedly took his then-toddler son to MX, failed to return boy at summer’s end to his ex-wife…


    Calif. man forgotten in cell says he drank urine…


    Motorcycle lost in Japan tsunami found on Canadian island…


    4-year-old fires handgun in Alaska pawn shop…


    WH reporter tweets to Treasury Secy after STARBUCKS rejects his $50 bill…


    Idaho: Group filming YouTube video causes gun scare at dog park…


    Update on Walter Fitzpatrick: Do FBI Training Materials Defame Former Northwest Navy Man As White Supremacist?…


    HBO INW – SPOKANE: Federal judge orders mediation session in Zehm case…


    Update: Amanda Knox prosecutors spent $240K on animated video showing how the alleged crime took place…


    OR Gov Kitzhaber: Oregon to accept MX consular cards…


    (Photo: AP/Rick Bowmer)

    Photos of Envelopes Full of Cash Sent To ICE, Lead to $1 Million Fine for WA Organic Farm…


    MAY DAY AFTERMATH:

  • Reports: Occupiers Plotted to Blow Up GOP Convention…
  • What Bias? AP Ignores GOP Targeting, Buries OWS Ties…
  • PORTLAND MAYOR ADMISSION: Only enforcing SOME Of the laws, others not at all…
  • Seattle: Big cleanup after destructive protests…
  • … CONFISCATED: Police Seize Bombs, Rocks, Pry Bars, Bags of Sh*t…
  • … JUST LIKE THE TEA PARTY? SMOKE BOMBS, SMASHED WINDOWS, FIRES…
  • San Francisco: Occupy vandalizes cars and buildings…
  • LA Occupier assaults female cop in the back of head with snare drum…
  • … Labor Unions Occupy LAX Airport…
  • CHAOS IN OAKLAND…
  • … #OccupyOakland: ‘Pigs Go Home’…
  • … Occupier shouts at ABC7 reporter ON-AIR: Get outta here you f-kin corporate tools!…
  • … Police may face sanctions over handling of Occupy protests…

  • 2009: Father of Portland bomb plot suspect alerted FBI…


    Portland Mess Transit: TriMet union votes to chip in for health care costs… for first time…

    Are Portland drivers paying a ‘hidden tax’ for ill-maintained roads?…


    America’s Most Wanted felon captured in Portland…


    Police: Oregon neighbor beef leads to chemical attack…






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    DHS senior staffer’s Twitter account goes into hiding after pro-May Day tweet… Homeland Security official worked previously for SEIU, Obama campaign…


    Under Obama, Party Affiliation Has Swung 10 Points Toward the GOP…


    Guns Used to Kill Brother of Former Chihuahua State Attorney Linked to Operation Fast and Furious…


    MIDEAST:

    2006 VIDEO FLASHBACK, OBAMA: “I’ve Had Enough of Using Terrorism As a Wedge Issue in Our Politics…”

  • WHAT BIAS? Networks Huffed Over Bush’s ‘Presidential Shell Game’; No Complaints for Obama’s Secret Trip…
  • Taliban Bomb Kabul: 2 Hours After Obama Announces Peace Talks With Taliban…
  • AP REPORTER: ‘He’s speaking to voters at home’
  • CNN: Media almost blew Obama’s secret trip…
  • Islamists Attack Police Over Muhammad Cartoons at Rally in Germany…

  • HOPE & CHANGE:

  • Factory Orders Post Biggest Decline in 3 Years…
  • Survey: Private sector sharply reduced hiring in April…
  • Unhinged Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: GOP ‘Making Sure That We Would Redefine Rape’…

  • 2012:

  • Dem. Gov Not Sure About Voting for Obama…
  • Bad News For Obama: Up 47-43 Over Romney In North Carolina… Rest of the Story: Poll heavily over-samples Democrats vs. Republicans by 13…
  • Romney ‘pleased’ with Obama Afghan speech…
  • Gingrich to exit w/o endorsing Romney…
  • Rick Perry: God forgives people for ‘oops moments’…

  • WHAT BIAS?

  • “New York Times accepts advertising critical of Catholics, not radical Islam…”
  • Chris Matthews Compares Obama Speech to Troops in Afghanistan to Henry V…
  • NBC Panelist: Ad Calling Obama A Celebrity ‘Another Attempt’ to Paint Him As ‘Other’…
  • CREW Targets Fox Licenses with FCC…
  • NYT: ‘US Citizen’ Convicted For Subway Plot…
  • Think Progress writer mocks elderly, tells Romney ‘all your women belong to us’…
  • Piers Morgan: Killing Bin Laden ‘Biggest Decision’ of Obama’s Presidency…
  • No WashPost Liberal Labels As Kathleen Turner Play Honors Molly Ivins…
  • Media Blackout – Did you hear about the white couple beaten by black mob in Virginia?

  • CHA-CHING!

  • Feds: Illinois city official stole $53 million…
  • 7 Charged in $225.6M Medicare Fraud in La….

  • Castro warns on possible Chavez death: “Any mistake made by Obama could provoke rivers of blood”…


    From Saints to Aints: NFL hands down suspensions on Bountygate players…


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