Lately (as in, the last couple of months), the Source has been less than impressive. The article on Kyle Sonnen & Laura Deatherage reminded me why I continue to pick the Source up every week.
Faith in the Source Restored
Posted inOpinion
On the Road (to Truth) Again
Willie Nelson has recently joined the millions of people speaking out for 9/11 truth and working towards an independent citizens' investigation into the attacks. Willie's statements are based upon his own observation of the events and common sense. Put simply, Willie is thinking for himself and possesses the courage to speak out.
Willie's voice, as part of the 9/11 truth movement, is important because he is widely appreciated by country music and contemporary music lovers alike. His voice and music have appeal for their creativity and integrity. One might say that Willie Nelson has bridged the social gap between the rednecks and the hippies. He is a real uniter.
Posted inOpinion
Speed-Trapped” in Redmond
Please print my anonymous letter, as I speak for so many responsible citizens who share my frustration in this matter, I believe my name is unimportant. I think freedom of speech includes freedom of anonymity.
Central Oregon law enforcement, what are you trying to do? Destroy the already shaky financial stability of our working-class families?
The [Redmond] bypass project that we are all excited about and looking forward to is moving along.
No doubt it is costing more than expected, because the citizens are being robbed to pay for it. There has been a predatory and pervasive practice going on since its inception - traffic officers hiding, "laying in wait" for anyone who didn't notice the sudden speed limit changes along Highway 97.
Posted inNews
Sound Check Link-o-rama: Laromlab and NIN
The future is now with the music of Laromlab.Here in The Blender, we’re all about technology. If the toothbrush isn’t electric and/or made of carbon fiber, keep it. If the shoes don’t have pressurized air in the soles, we can’t walk in ’em. So, of course, we’re mighty glad to help spread the gospel of this week’s Sound Check with the following links to extra-digital music and related this n’ thats from Laromlab and other chiptune artists, not to mention the fabulous electronic music makers from way back, Nine Inch Nails. Read on.
Posted inNews
Bending It Like The Bulletin
The Bend blogosphere is abuzz with the story of a Bulletin reporter who lost his job after complaining the paper was sugar-coating its coverage of the local real estate market.
Posted inNews
In Washington, Golf Becomes a Handicap
Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith is one of Capitol Hill's most enthusiastic and skillful golfers - so much so that he made Golf Digest's 2005 list of Washington's Top 200 Golfers.
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Brooks Washes Its Hands of Clothesline Controversy
Awbrey Butte residents might be in for a replay of the Great Clothesline War of 2007 if they vote to create a new homeowners' association.
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FLASH: Sizemore Supports Tax Increase!
This just in from our sources in Klamath Falls: Perennial anti-tax crusader Bill Sizemore has come out in favor of a tax increase to offset the loss of federal timber payments.
Posted inOutside
Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home!: Taking advantage of natural pesticides
Transverse Lady Beetle doing its thing: pigging out on aphids.In late summer, my wife and I take a small group to Lava Beds National
Monument and neighboring Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge to tag
Monarch butterflies. While we're about it, we observe thousands of lady
beetles gobbling up aphids on the Monarch's food plant, narrow-leaf
milkweed.
That's OK; that's what lady beetles do - eat pestiferous
insects that cause great harm to Monarch caterpillar food and the
agricultural and landscaping business.
The problem is, as is
often the case with the way Man does things, if a little is good, we
think that a whole lot more is better – like pesticides. Not so with
lady beetles. Unfortunately, the free enterprise system that we all
operate within, depend on to make a living and find things in the
grocery store got carried away with ladybugs.
Posted inCulture
Getting in Touch With My Inner Geek at Gallifrey: A weekend with my fellow Doctor Who fanatics
A deadly Dalek threatens to EX-TER-MI-NATE other convention-goers. Why aren’t they scared?Question: What's geekier than a Star Trek convention?
Answer: The 19th annual Doctor Who convention, held a few weeks ago in Southern California.
So what was I doing there with more than 1,000 sci-fi geeks at the LAX Marriott hotel?
I
was looking for a story, but I was also fulfilling a childhood fantasy.
I discovered Doctor Who in the late 1970s during the "dark ages" before
cable TV. As a latchkey kid, I watched the super campy series after
school on PBS. I loved everything about it: the psychedelic intro, the
British humor, the tin-foil aliens. It was like tripping on acid at the
tender age of 10. The campy, sci-fi series first hit British airwaves
in 1963, running for two and a half decades before being cancelled
abruptly in 1989.