Counterfeit Cash on Coal Trains
A little musical primer on coal trains in the Pacific Northwest and grassroots effort to stop them performed by Counterfeit Cash. Continue reading
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Diversity is anti-white?
Celebrations of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in Springfield and Eugene had big turnouts today, but it looks like you can't celebrate MLK without a racist-type or two showing up. A bagpipe-playing kilt-wearing couple serenaded Springfield while wielding a sign saying "'Diversity' is a code word for white genocide." Continue reading
“Mouth Raper,” a Horrible Idea for a Beer Name
And you thought "Double D Blond" was eyeroll-worthy. Hop Valley got some bad press when Rebecca Rose of Jezebel wrote about a post from Beervana's Jeff Alworth that claimed the real name of Hop Valley's "Mr. Continue reading
DeFaz tells O to say ‘No’ to GMOs (or rather, ‘Yes’ to labeling)
This in from Rep. Peter DeFazio's office today: DeFazio Encourages President Obama to Adopt GMO Labeling Standards Washington, DC – Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) joined members of Congress and more than 200 businesses and organizations today to support a letter sent to President Obama. The letter encourages the President to fulfill his 2007 pledge to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adopt a national mandatory GMO labeling system. Continue reading
Banned “School Days” on display at New Zone, gets national attention
Tent city urbanism
Eugene camps are examined in this new documentary. Continue reading
Behavior Castle Presents Chain and the Gang, The Shivas, Thee Four Teens Live 1/12/14 at Paper Moon
The Boreal’s opening night with locals Martian Manhunter, Southtowne Lanes, Best Friends, Skeeve, & more
Kanipe Park update
This is an update email sent to supporters of a popular Douglas County park that is facing a proposed 20-acre logging operation: The 1,100-acre Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park near Oakland had strong public support at the Jan. 8 Douglas County commissioners meeting. Almost a hundred people squeezed into the meeting room, with dozens of people providing comments that Mildred’s park should not be clearcut. Facing those masses, the county commissioners decided to postpone their decision to clearcut or not, for one week. Continue reading
What’s the deal with “so-called climate change”?
In a Dec. 17 editorial, the Register-Guard wrote that "Editorially, The Register-Guard accepts the strong evidence for human-caused climate change." Continue reading