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=== Tuesday | November 16, 2010 ===
=== Tuesday | November 16, 2010 ===
[[File:Peta proud body scan.jpg|thumb|Proud body by [http://www.peta.org/ PETA].]]
[[File:Peta proud body scan.jpg|thumb|Proud body by [http://www.peta.org/ PETA].]]
'''Pouting <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.peta.org/ PETA]</span>philes Ponder PDX Patdowns'''<br />
'''Pouting <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.peta.org/ PETA]</span>philes Ponder "Proudbody Patdowns" @ PDX'''<br />
The success of [http://www.peta.org/ PETA]'s "proud body" campaign depends on ubiquitous distribution of [http://www.tsa.gov/ TSA]'s full-body scanners at all major airports. Unfortunately, the scanners slated for Portland International Airport ([[PDX]]) have failed to materialize and "Portland is not on TSA's deployment list" for the remainder of the year. Can PETA successfully incorporate the gropings and fondlings imposed on air travel victims by TSA's "handlers" into its "proud body" campaign?<br />
The success of [http://www.peta.org/ PETA]'s "proud body" campaign depends on ubiquitous distribution of [http://www.tsa.gov/ TSA]'s full-body scanners at all major airports. Unfortunately, the scanners slated for Portland International Airport ([[PDX]]) have failed to materialize and "Portland is not on TSA's deployment list" for the remainder of the year. Can PETA's "proud body" campaign successfully exploit any furtive gropings and fondlings TSA's "handlers" inflict upon Portland's air travel victims?<br />
:''Go to stories'':<br />
:''Go to stories'':<br />
*[http://www.katu.com/news/local/108007129.html Researchers sound alarm over radiation from body scanners]
*[http://www.katu.com/news/local/108007129.html Researchers sound alarm over radiation from body scanners]

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News

Tuesday | November 16, 2010

Proud body by PETA.

Pouting PETAphiles Ponder "Proudbody Patdowns" @ PDX
The success of PETA's "proud body" campaign depends on ubiquitous distribution of TSA's full-body scanners at all major airports. Unfortunately, the scanners slated for Portland International Airport (PDX) have failed to materialize and "Portland is not on TSA's deployment list" for the remainder of the year. Can PETA's "proud body" campaign successfully exploit any furtive gropings and fondlings TSA's "handlers" inflict upon Portland's air travel victims?

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Monday | November 15, 2010

Poor people are so...icky!

America's Sieg Heilers Blame Poor Folks For Economic Blight Imposed By Wall Street
"Political conservatives (continue) to blame poor African-Americans and Hispanics for the very act of being poor even as 43.6 million Americans of all racial stripes, 12.3 percent of them white, are living in poverty and collectively struggling to survive the fallout of an economic downturn (characterized by) widespread layoffs, massive home foreclosures and loss of retirement savings and other assets."

Go to story: Conservatives Blame the Poor for being Poor

Sunday | November 14, 2010

Unwelcoming committee.

"Queen Of Terror" Denied Entry
Rose City "radicals" question their own "victory" after realizing they just bolstered Portland's reputation as bastion of monochromatic pseudo-liberalism by compelling a conservative black woman to take refuge in "(Dick) Cheney's bunker."

Go to story: VICTORY?

Saturday | November 13, 2010

Coal-fired power plant. Image: Scott Butner

Coal Controversy Heats Up
PGE's coal-fired power plant in Boardman, Oregon "puts toxins into the air and water (that are) responsible for four of the five leading causes of death in the United States. These are serious toxins. If we wait another 10 years (to close the plant) the impacts could be disruptive and permanent."

Go to story: Debate flares over coal-fired power: Environmentalists at odds over when is best time to close pollution-causing plant in Boardman, Ore.
Go to info resource center: End Mountaintop Removal Action and Resource Center

Friday | November 12, 2010

Conflict Minerals 101

Clearcut Cell Towers; Leave The Trees
Perhaps you're one of the dozens--if not hundreds--of folks across Consumertopia who has permanently switched off your cell phone because you can no longer feel good about our culture's "insatiable demand for electronics products such as cell phones and laptops" that "fuel waves of sexual violence" in places "that most of us will never go." No more trade in conflict minerals for you! And you're no longer overheating your brains with cell phone radiation and looking foolish by pressing an electronic gadget up against your head while chattering aimlessly as you hurtle down the highway or stumble along the sidewalk. But wait; there's something more: cell phone towers. They gotta go. Good news! You're invited to attend a workshop that'll show you how to get rid of 'em.

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Thursday | November 11, 2010

Supporting our troops.

Today Is Veterans Day; Do You Know Where Your Veteran Is?
"More than 10 percent of Oregon's homeless are veterans. There are 19 separate squatter villages populated primarily with homeless veterans in Central Oregon alone, and that's only the ones the Central Oregon Veterans Outreach group knows about. Many of them are addicted to drugs, or suffering from PTSD."

Go to story: Veteran assistance programs aid more homeless veterans in the winter

Wednesday | November 10, 2010

Neighborhood Greenways: From Asphalt To Bike Path, One Street At A Time
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Portland's Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) claims that neighborhood greenways are "much more than just chevrons painted on the asphalt." PortlandWiki News has in fact discovered they're traffic calming devices like speed bumps, extended curbs, stormwater management planters and all the other features that bike bloggers and city planners prattle on and on about.

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