Lost in one of Oregon's wildest places, in search of Devil's Staircase, a bit of panic began to set in On the trail to a patch of old-growth trees called the Dark Grove, in the proposed Devil's Staircase Wilderness in the Coast Range. (Jamie Hale/Staff) Halfway down the steep, mist-speckled ravine our guide stopped to consult her map and compass once again. Thickets of ferns stirred from a soft breeze. We'd been hiking for close to 30 minutes, through a gantlet of green underbrush and fallen logs. There was just one problem now: We had wandered way off course. Bushwhacking through the rainforest of the proposed Devil's Staircase Wilderness in the Coast Range. The five of us exchanged flustered glances. A tinge of panic set in. That a group of moderately experienced hikers could wind up so disoriented in a short time is perhaps a testament to just how wild this section of woods remains. But it can also be a little frightening. Jason Gonzales, with Oregon Wild, attempts to navigate through the proposed Devil's Staircase Wilderness in the Coast Range. With the help of Oregon Sen.
Carl Bernstein After leaving The Washington Post in 1977, Carl Bernstein spent six months looking at the relationship of the CIA and the press during the Cold War years. His 25,000-word cover story, published in Rolling Stone on October 20, 1977, is reprinted below. How Americas Most Powerful News Media Worked Hand in Glove with the Central Intelligence Agency and Why the Church Committee Covered It Up In 1953, Joseph Alsop, then one of America’s leading syndicated columnists, went to the Philippines to cover an election. Alsop is one of more than 400 American journalists who in the past twenty‑five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to documents on file at CIA headquarters. The history of the CIA’s involvement with the American press continues to be shrouded by an official policy of obfuscation and deception for the following principal reasons: THE AGENCY’S DEALINGS WITH THE PRESS BEGAN during the earliest stages of the Cold War. C.L. Footnotes:
JFK Lancer - President John F. Kennedy Assassination Latest News and Research CIA Document 1035-960Concerning Criticism of the Warren Report CIA Document #1035-960 RE: Concerning Criticism of the Warren Report 1. 2. Innuendo of such seriousness affects not only the individual concerned, but also the whole reputation of the American government. 3. a. 4. a. 5. Why Your Grandma Is Your Biggest Blessing In Life There are many people in your life you are thankful for: Mom, Dad, siblings, cousins, best friends, teachers, neighbors, you name it. You are grateful to have people who constantly support you, who pick you up when you're down and love you unconditionally. But the one person who stands out among the rest of them is your grandma. SEE ALSO: 10 Reasons Why Your Grandma Is The Best Person In Your Life Ever since you were little, you and your grandma have always had a special connection. You went to the park, made cookies, went out to dinner, got a “sweet treat" at the mall, played Go Fish, took a bubble bath for as long as you wanted and got way too much dessert than you should have. Because at Grandma's house there were no rules, and you didn't have to worry about a single thing. The older you got, your weekend excursions with your grandma weren't as frequent, and you didn't get to see her as much. You were with your friends 24/7, but you missed being with your grandma.
FOIA Docs Show CIA/Pentagon Influenced 1,800 Movies, TV Shows To Make America Love War By Claire Bernish | Activist Post Hollywood magic doesn’t percolate only in the minds of legendary producers and acclaimed directors to be brought to life on the big and television screens where actors’ adept performances capture our imaginations; rather, if the plot pertains to the military, it’s more than likely the Department of Defense had a hand in the script. From Meet the Parents and America’s Got Talent, to Cupcake Wars and Zero Dark Thirty — even Iron Man, Oprah, Patriot Games, and the James Bond thriller, Tomorrow Never Dies — if the production pertains to the War Machine or Surveillance State, it’s a veritable guarantee government significantly influenced the final product. Censorship apparently reigns more supremely over Hollywood than we’d ever surmised — nearly 1,800 movies and TV shows have borne the fierce scrutiny of the eagle-eyed Pentagon and CIA. When applicable, films and television series must be rubber-stamped by the government — no seal of approval, no production.
America is Not an ‘Idea’ A Somalian feminist and well-known critic of Islamic patriarchy, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, expressed the following critique of Black Lives Matter in an interview with the Hoover Institution last summer: What we are seeing now is this mishmash of people who call themselves Black Lives Matter have found the hook. They found a way of going about the business of destroying what we stand for, the ideals, you know, the idea of America, by constantly harping on the things we did wrong, which we all admit: the slavery, the segregation…. Our human frailties have been well documented in the past, and if you just grab on any one of the most outrageous, of course—the slave trade—and then you say, ‘Well, here we now have a reason to destroy everything American stands for,’—and this is what those people are saying—then I think it is the time now for most of us to stand up and say, ‘No, here’s what we value, this is who we are.’” Dear Readers, Image Credit: Flickr-Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0
Can (band) German experimental rock band The roots of Can can be traced back to Irmin Schmidt and a trip that he made to New York City in 1966. While Schmidt initially spent his time with avant-garde musicians such as Steve Reich, La Monte Young and Terry Riley, he was also eventually exposed to the world of Andy Warhol, Hotel Chelsea. In his own words, the trip "corrupted" him, sparking a fascination with the possibilities of rock music. Soon Over Babaluma from 1974 continued in the ambient style of Future Days, yet it regained some of the abrasive edge of Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi. Can made attempts to find a new vocalist after the departure of Damo Suzuki, although no one quite fit the position. Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (2019) Young, Rob; Schmidt, Irmin (2018). Bussy, Pascal; Hall, Andy (1986).
Newslogue Debate I enjoy a good conspiracy theory as much as the next peddler of anti-establishment vitriol. If you can hold them loosely, conspiracy theories can keep you conceptually and ideologically fluid so you don’t settle into any single set of perceptual or cognitive habits with this political stuff, and as an added bonus they tend to consistently infuriate all the worst kinds of people at all the right times. But this article is not about conspiracy theory. What I’ll be sharing with you here are verifiable matters of public record which I encourage you to independently investigate if anything you read here is new to you. I emphasize this not because I want you to believe me, but because we need as many eyes on this stuff as possible. The American political establishment appears to have settled into an aggressive disinformation campaign against its own citizens as a result of the way it lost control of the narrative in 2016, and that campaign is only escalating. In 2005, President George W.
No One Is Coming to Rescue You—Especially Not a Presidential Candidate We are only a few months into 2019, and already the 2020 presidential election season is well underway. Each week, it seems that more candidates are entering the race, especially in the Democratic field. And as the country cycles through its political flavors of the week, social media has become overrun by passionate posts that read more like stump speeches in support of a given candidate. Nearly every single person has an opinion about who this country should be supporting. In order to truly better our lives, we need to rely less on political talking heads and more on ourselves. Politicians Can’t Save You Every four years, it is the same old song-and-dance as Americans make a pastime of rooting for political candidates in the same way they root for their favorite sports teams. These cults of personality are dangerous and they elevate politicians to an undeserved status. Donald Trump was going to save the American middle-class and the businesses sector. We’ve Got to Save Ourselves