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For the people who now live in Eastern Oregon, they could see some of their existing rights eliminated under Idaho law, writes guest columnist Rebecca Tallent. It is unique: Some parts of Oregon are seeking a divorce from the state because the residents do not feel represented in the state Legislature.In recent elections, 11 Oregon counties voted to change states, from Oregon to Idaho. Greater Idaho, the nonprofit group promoting the move, said four Washington Counties (Asotin, Columbia, Walla Walla and Garfield) also expressed interest in moving. But what would this mean for Idaho?On its website, Greater Idaho said the...

The member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — consisting of the teetering Masters of Empire and their tawdry entourage of class-stratified vassals — have just concluded a historic confab in Vilnius, Lithuania, capital of the alpha Baltic chihuahua. In a shockingly transparent but otherwise rather banal series of events it became unmistakably clear that their grand plans to subject Russia to the “rules-based order” have come to naught. Among others, the following consequences will ripple in the wake of this reality: Russia will achieve a decisive conclusion to the war on terms they dictate. NATO is shattered as...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTKEQzLkmw No wonder Brucie and Obama played kissie mates on you tube last year

Norman Lear continues to defy convention about career longevity and age. The TV icon, who today celebrates his 96th birthday, and his Act III production company have signed a two-year first look deal with Sony Pictures TV. The pact includes the option to re-imagine titles from Lear’s extensive library including All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, among others. “I couldn’t be prouder and more excited about joining Sony Pictures Television, who has the guts to go with a kid,” Lear quipped. Sony Pictures TV, which owns the Norman Lear library, has been...

CHICAGO — When Chicago Public Schools student Jennifer Gonzalez stepped up to a White House podium Monday, nervous to give a speech in front of first lady Michelle Obama and dozens of other dignitaries, she fell back on her theater training. Gonzalez, 16, also got to chat with the first lady as photos were snapped before the event. "When I told her I was from Chicago, she said 'It's an honor for you to represent my hometown,'" Gonzalez said.

Quote:"If you think folks who work 40-50 hours a week shouldn’t have to live in poverty in the wealthiest nation on Earth and if you don’t want women’s bosses making decisions about their birth control, then you need to step up right now."

The coffee shop, in the famous Bank of China Tower, has been using the water from a tap in a lavatory to make beverages since its opening in October 2011. Images from local newspaper Apple Daily showed the tap with a sign that said "Starbucks only" a few feet away from a urinal in the dingy washroom, which the paper said was in the building's car park. "There is no direct water supply to that particular store, that's why we need to obtain the drinking water from the nearest source in the building," Starbucks spokeswoman Wendy Pang said. "The issue...

Yes, this is a real thing. Hollywood has taken political propaganda to a new level this week with the release of “The Obama Effect.” The production glorifies the ‘08 campaign through the eyes of a man who just had a heart attack and needs a new purpose in life. The character joins the Obama campaign and begins a (creepy) cult-like worshiping of the then unknown one-term Senator. His manic obsession leads to marital strain, quitting his job and a run-in with his gun-obsessed, cocaine-snorting Republican nephew who is “anti-black people,” even though he himself is black. The Orwellian take-home message...

The jewicidal Marty Peretz, the archetype of the Jewish liberal, is SHOCKED! shocked, I tell ya, to find Obama is ........... anti-Israel. This asshattery would be knee-slappingly funny if the stakes weren't so high. The Jewish liberals helped deliver this misojudaist (Jew hater) to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and are responsible for the dramatic rise in global anti-Jewish life. Maybe I’m Getting Paranoid … About Obama Marty Peretz, TNR I just read the transcript of the president's remarks about Haiti, the ones he made on January 15. He noted that, in addition to assistance from the United States, significant aid had...

To those out there desperately trying to paste together scraps of enthusiasm by singing the poetic praises of VP Dick Cheney, please don’t expect the average conservative out in flyover country to join your little Republican booster club. Certainly, there is not much to disagree with in what the former VP says. No doubt, we’re “less safe” under Obama. Pres Obama’s administration is obviously lowering all of our defenses. Opening us wide to all manner of political, economic and violent terror attacks. So why does the GOP Base continue to rapidly shrink? (now down to 27% - Gallup) Why is...

"To McCain for President Campaign Headquarters" If Senator McCain votes for the bail-out bill, kindly refund my donations to his Presidential campaign, totaling $xxx. Of course, nothing will be able to compensate me and other solvent citizens for the loss of economic opportunity and freedom that this bill will cause, or to Senator McCain for the destruction of his campaign and his political legacy. Sincerely, no longer yours, An ex-banker

Funders call emergency aid to Israeli Arabs an ‘imperative’ by Robert Wiener NJJN Staff Writer Leaders of New Jersey Jewish federations are defending emergency allocations to Arab and Druze citizens of Israel who suffered or were threatened when Hizbullah rocket attacks crashed into the country’s North during the summer’s war in Lebanon. Responding to allegations from a right-wing pro-Israel activist that Israeli Arabs are a “fifth column,” the fund-raisers say that their beneficiary agencies do not discriminate by race or religion, and that it is irresponsible to make generalizations about a population that numbers 1.2 million. In his weekly e-mail...

this weeks "navy times" came out. it had the usual articles in it. one very touching one about the last carrier operations of the f-14s. then.....

KUSHNER'S CUSHY DEAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 20, 2006 -- Charles Kushner, one-time chief fund raiser to disgraced former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, is being given a "get out of jail early" card by confessing that he is an alcoholic in need of substance-abuse treatment. Problem is, this is the first anyone has ever heard about Kushner's alleged drinking problem. Kushner, recall, was sentenced to two years in a bizarre blackmail plot in which he arranged for his own brother-in-law to be videotaped having sex with a prostitute whom Kushner had hired; Kushner wanted to embarrass his sister, who was a...

High Court holds final hearing on family reunification law By DAN IZENBERG The rise of the Hamas to power in the administered territories makes a law prohibiting Palestinian men aged 18 to 35 and Palestinian women aged 18 to 25 from obtaining Israeli citizenship by marrying an Israeli spouse all the more necessary, the state's representative, Attorney Yochi Gnessin, told the High Court of Justice on Tuesday. "We are entering a new era," she said in arguing against a petition submitted by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Adalah, Meretz, Moked in Defense of the Individual and several Israeli-Palestinian...

In this age of potpourri spirituality, Anique Olivier-Mason, 25, classifies herself generally as a Christian: she grew up Catholic and often attends a Presbyterian church near her home. But on a recent Friday night, she was attending Sabbath services at Larchmont Temple. Mrs. Olivier-Mason's husband, Joshua, is Jewish, and the couple became members of the synagogue, in Westchester County, last summer, committing to immersing themselves in the 800-family congregation. On this night, she stood by gamely as her husband, 25, bobbed, swayed and sang in enthusiastic Hebrew with others in the temple. With intermarriage so common, Reform synagogues like Larchmont...

Army declares City of Patriarchs a "closed military zone" By Israel Insider staff and partners January 16, 2006 A Jewish girl is taken into custody by security forces. The army declared Hebron, the City of the Jewish Patriarchs, a closed military zone forbidden to non-resident Israelis. Israeli police seized buildings and rooftops in a Jewish settler enclave in the holy city of Hebron on Monday, restoring order after three days of riots sparked by plans to evict Israeli squatters from an abandoned Palestinian market. The closure and scuffles could signal the opening salvo in a battle over the West Bank,...

Police in Hevron Break Into Jewish Homes Without Warrants 13:45 Jan 16, '06 / 16 Tevet 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Spokesman for the Jewish community in Hebron, Noam Arnon, said Israeli police have been positioned in the community in order to provoke Hebron’s Jewish residents. He said the police have already forced their way into private homes without obtaining warrants, in a way that resembles “the Argentinean police at its best.” Arnon said the current police actions in Hevron are a “deliberate provocation”, going on despite efforts to stop demonstrators against troops' attempts to expel Jews from their homes in the city....

Israel not focus for younger Jews Young generation of U.S. Jews uninterested in prime minister's health, tries to create Jewish identity separate from Israel Associated Press As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's health deteriorated, a debate erupted thousands of miles away at a meeting of IKAR, a Los Angeles group trying to reinvent synagogue life for Jews in their 20s and 30s. A few argued that IKAR was not doing enough advocacy for Israel, especially as the nation faced a major shift in leadership. But the overwhelming majority said that wasn't their role. "They said part of what they love...

US Jews weigh in ahead of Alito hearings By MATTHEW E. BERGER / JTA WASHINGTON Talkbacks for this article: 8 Amid the Hanukka parties and the New Year festivities, the organized Jewish community has been gearing up to make itself heard on the next nominee for the US Supreme Court. Several Jewish organizations already have spoken out against Judge Samuel Alito Jr., who will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation hearings this week. Those groups and others are pushing key lawmakers to ask pointed questions about Alito's record on abortion and the separation of church and state. The...