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Pilger`s `The War You Don`t See` is a Dose of Mind Numbing Reality

Pilger is right, there is no just excuse for the types of wars the west is waging.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Coming to understand my own role in promoting the US wars overseas as a former embedded reporter, John Pilger's: The War You Don't See, shoved me right off of the cliff of ignorance, into a painful valley of understanding.

I used to think it was different for me because the only thing I've shot in a war was my television camera. I increasingly understand that I was part of the problem.

WikiLeaks: A Very Short Coincidence Theory

(OSAKA, Japan) - It is surely just a coincidence that the law firm representing Julian Assange is also legal adviser to the Rothschild Waddesdon Trust- and that Rupert Murdoch and his propagandist father, lauded as fearless advocates of the truth by the WikiLeaks founder in an op-ed, are closely associated.

These intriguing connections, which might appear suspicious to those suffering from the “crippled epistemology” associated with anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists, are undoubtedly coincidental.

Read My Lips (and Ignore my Hands)!

Trusting either of the two primary political machines is like deciding which rattlesnake you should put in your pocket today...

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Trusting either of the two primary political machines is like deciding which rattlesnake you should put in your pocket today

An article titled "Senators vote to ban earmarks — then grab them", written by Andrew Taylor, the majority of Senators are verbose in their support of banning earmark spending, yet only two were sincere enough to withdraw the earmarks they had applied for earlier.

New Program Allows Press Releases to Avoid the Round File with Salem-News.com

Salem-News.com Global Online News Group boasts a half a million viewers and two million page views each month

(SALEM, Ore.) - What’s the most anti-climactic part of writing a successful press release? How about never seeing it in print?

The Information Super Toll Road: an Intended Consequence of Net Neutrality

This is the moment that we have to step up and become architects of our digital future.

(NEW YORK) - What is Net Neutrality? The best definition available is in the sidebar. However, the specifics of the Net Neutrality fight, and the proposed guidelines (which will soon become rules) are all a smoke screen.

Let’s talk about how the future is likely to unfold if a reasonable agreement is not reached.

Oregon Senator Moves to Save the Internet!

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) may go down in history as the man who saved the Internet.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - According to an article published by “The Raw Story” and written by Stephen C. Webster, “A bill that critics say would have given the government power to censor the Internet will not pass this year thanks to the Oregon Democrat, who announced his opposition during a recent committee hearing”.

The bill is known as “Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act” or COICA.

MySpace Users Want the Old Look Back

Story includes link to petition.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A new petition drive seeks to see MySpace return to its old days and re-simplify the site so that people can again have an unfiltered place stripped of the unnecessary bells and whistles.

MySpace.com took the world by storm, becoming the most popular social networking site in June 2006. In the wake of MySpace we have seen Facebook take over the social communication aspect of the Internet...

The Oregon Digital Library Consortium adds more than 15,000 public domain books

Only the best EPUB eBooks will be added to Library2Go

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Digital Library Consortium has added more than 15,000 public domain eBooks from Project Gutenberg to its Library2Go website. This featured collection enables library users to discover and download thousands of free classic eBooks, in the industry standard EPUB format, without holds or waitlists.

Merkley`s Bill to Ban Animal Torture Videos Passes Senate

Ban sends message that horrifying videos of animals being tortured and killed for human sexual gratification will not be allowed.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, a bill introduced this week by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, passed the Senate unanimously Tuesday evening.

The bipartisan bill, cosponsored by Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Richard Burr (R-NC), criminalizes the creation, sale, distribution, advertising, marketing, and exchange of animal crush videos.

"The torture and killing of animals for pleasure and profit is absolutely unacceptable," Merkley said.

Moroccan Journalists Held in Algeria

"This situation must end." - Younes Mjahed, IFJ Senior Vice President

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Two Moroccan journalists are being denied permission to leave their hotel, subjected to hours of interrogation and their documents withheld, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

"Algerian authorities must respect journalists' right to freedom of movement across the country, especially free access to conflict zones so the public can be properly informed," said Younes Mjahed, IFJ Senior Vice President.