Larry Hildes is the defender you want whent he Feds kick your door in at three am.
portlandnlg.org/ is the way to the National Lawyers Guild where you can get the facts and know your rights at the same time. And you'll want to visit the Civil Liberties Defense Center at cldc.org
As Portland contemplates spending $23.2 million for security and deferred maintenance improvements at Portland's open-air reservoirs, peeing in the water seems a bad idea. But in terms of a wake-up call of nature could it get any better? Citizens will be out there watching anyone who approaches the water we fought so hard to protect from the EPA’s transparent attempt to cover, contain and then sell down the river, so to speak, the Bull Run Reservoir’s gift to Portland. Portland Water Bureau Administrator David Shaff was in front of the Portland City Council on Wednesday, giving highlights of an old contract to, among other things, "better secure the open reservoirs with cameras and electronic security devices," according to the report. But nothing works better than an enraged and mobilized citizenry…
The “Well Duh-uh Department: The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new tool against nuisance sea lions in the Columbia River - a water sprinkler.
Wildlife officers installed a sprinkler with a motion detector on a dock. When a sea lion climbs on the dock, the sprinkler turns on.
Death row inmate Gary Haugen is insulted by an attempt to call off his execution so he can have a mental examination.
Haugen told the Statesman Journal that he wants no one to spare his life and doubts the governor will stop the lethal injection scheduled for Aug. 16. It would be Oregon's first execution in 14 years.
In an interview Wednesday, Haugen said he's sacrificing himself to protest what he calls the hypocrisy of the justice system and the arbitrary and vindictive nature of the death penalty. Haugen is sentenced to die for killing a fellow penitentiary inmate in 2003 while Hugen was serving time for killing the mother of his former girlfriend.
Wonderring where all the trees have gone? The short answer is Asia. China in particular. And Japan of course. The region's loggers and longshoremen can say thanks, in part, to the Russians. Back in 2008 Russia to place a high export tariff on its timber from Siberia. China decided to reduce its own timber harvest and turned to the United States and Canada for the wood product it needs for its building boom. Many Northwest ports are experiencing a boom in log shipments, but nowhere is it more dramatic than in Olympia, where Weyerhaeuser moved one of its exporting operations from Tacoma about two years ago to service its Japan trade. Pacific Lumber and Shipping also has increased its use of the Olympia port for shipments to China. And as the US economy collapses in ruin, the Idiot Right is going to sell off the last of our natural capital like wildfire in order to sustain Americans’ appetite for everything.
Yesterday we learned that Israeli media sources reported that the Israeli army and the navy are intensifying their training and preparing plans to intercept and attack the Freedom Flotilla 2 should it try to reach the Gaza Coast to deliver humanitarian supplies.
The Israeli Radio stated that the army in determined to stop the Flotilla and will not allow the activists to break the siege on the coastal region.
Units will be holding extensive training Wednesday to prepare for all possible scenarios. The Israeli Navy also concluded its training to intercept the Freedom Flotilla aimed at avoiding last year's deadly Israeli attack against the Freedom Flotilla that led to the death of nine Turkish activists and dozens of injuries.
Also, the Radio said that the Prison Administration is also preparing for the possibility of extensive arrests amongst the activists aboard the ships.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Prison Administration transferred dozens of Palestinian detainees from Qidar detention facility to Ramon in order to make space for the possibility of massive arrests among the activists.
The Freedom Flotilla 2 will be sailing to Gaza likely in the last week of June. 15 boats will be sailing from different European ports. The ships will carry tons of humanitarian and medical supplies, while nearly 1500 activists will be on-board.
- KBOO