By now everyone has heard the story of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot Upfront's hometown by 150 miles. The flight reportedly turned around only after a stewardess alerted pilots that they appeared to have missed their approach to Minneapolis and by that point they were probably closer to Milwaukee than MSP. This week the FAA announced that is was suspending the license of the two pilots, one of whom was from Salem, pending an investigation into the mishap. While people initially speculated that the pair had dozed off at the controls, a new explanation surfaced this week. The pair was reportedly working on a laptop – multitasking if you will.
Northwest's Ghost Flight
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What Happens In Kabul… NFL in denial, Obama vs. Fox, Scientology on trial and more!
The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from a party, surrounded by murderers and ghosts, Palins and Obamas, wondering if it's already 2012 or only Halloween, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
SWINE!
In case you haven't heard, don't go looking for any H1N1 vaccines because they grow it in eggs. Yep, that's right, protection from the “swine flu” is created in chicken eggs – Our nightmares of mutant Wilbur-Henny-Pennys will soon be reality. This shouldn't be a headline, nor should any flu be declared a national emergency (surely another of Obama's Muslim-Socialist attempts to control our lives and take away our guns) with winter approaching. Relax, wash your hands often, and watch “28 Days Later.”
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The Truth About Marriage: Civil rights expert to take on marriage equality in Bend
I can't put the book down and I can't stop talking about it. Let me share with you one of my favorite quotes from Evan Wolfson's Why Marriage Matters, America, Equality and Gay People's Right to Marry:
“It was so cool,” said Gabriel, thirteen, who served as the ringbearer, after standing in line overnight with his parents. “I always accepted that 'Yeah, they're my moms,' but they were actually getting married. I felt thick inside with happiness. Just thick.”
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A Friendly Local Habit?
This week's letter comes from Kim G. who reminds us that, even in a recession, customer service seems to be a lost art. Thanks for the letter Kim, you can pick up your winnings, a bag of Strictly Organic coffee, at our office, 704 NW Georgia.
I'm all about “making local habit,” but I have really been put off recently by the way some local businesses don't seem to care a lot about the customers walking through their doors.
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The First Latino Supreme Court Justice
In the politics of America, it can be easy to get mired down in questions of race, gender, and class. Indeed, it is rare that we can mark major steps forward in these areas.
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We're Not Wannabee Drill Sergeants
W. (Wilderness) T. (Therapy) F. (Friend)! In reference to last week's WTF? article, “Hoods In The Woods,” I would like to inform our community on a few things. I am a past “wannabee drill sergeant” having worked for 2-plus years at a Wilderness Therapy Program. I take offense to being called this slanderous term. No, we are not crazy drill sergeants. We are real people who just so happen to care about our youth. We hope to lead students on the journey of self-discovery. We work to build stronger family units in a time when many are falling apart. My “wannabee drill sergeant” friends and I find Central Oregon to be an amazing place to help teens discover all these things.
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Small Mistake Could Be a Big Factor in Tax Vote
A minor oversight could turn out to be a major problem for the forces trying to repeal the tax increases passed by the Democrat-controlled legislature last session.
The legislature’s tax measures include an increase in the corporate minimum tax (currently a ridiculous $10, unchanged since 1931) and in the top income tax rates for affluent Oregonians (individuals making over $125,000 a year or households making over $250,000).
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The Heavy at the Silver Moon: Canceled
While charging through the chaotic weekly nightmare that is the production cycle here at the Source, there was something looming in my mind: “Just think, by Wednesday you’ll be jamming out to The Heavy at the Silver Moon.”
Yeah, about that… I just got off the phone with Cassie Moore, the Booking Manager at the Silver Moon, who said that the show is cancelled.