Lars Jefferson’s This Week in the Media –
LPO Volunteer Lars Jefferson curates news and links for the LPO.
27 February 2023
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Mises Caucus
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Rage Against the War Machine
‘Never saw such hell’: Russian soldiers in Ukraine call home
Pro War Media Strikes Again | Dave Smith | Part of the Problem
“NATO is going to get us all killed” – Protests aim to shut down NATO for good | Redacted News
Multnomah County
Portland Fentanyl Dealer Charged in Federal Court | United States Department of Justice
From @PDXReal
Report: High tax rates could be driving people out of Portland, OR
What’s the matter with Portland? Shootings, theft and other crime test city’s progressive strain
Driver Narrates As Snow Turns Portland Interstate Into Parking Lot – Videos from The Weather Channel
Abandoned cars, downed trees block PBOT snow plows, emergency vehicles | KATU
Substances fuel record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon
East Coast Trust Puts The Nines Hotel Up for Sale
Portland leaders celebrated Milepost 5. Now it’s a lesson in how not to do affordable housing – OPB
Food theft at Fred Meyer | PDXReal
NIKE HAS $$ BUT NO COPS TO HIRE. THEFT STRICKEN STORE CLOSED
Snow day in Portland | WTFPortland
Travis Nelson (HD 44, NE Portland)
HD 44
114 and More
Things keep getting stranger | OFF
Roughly 18 guns were seized every day at US airports last year | AP News
Albany target maker draws on mid-valley crowd in Lebanon range venture
State
Politics and Law
SB 2002 Mandates insurance covers all child mutilation and abuse
HB 3158 | OLIS (Establishes Diesel engine tax)
Panel hears measures to lower Oregon voting age
EDITOR’S NOTE: Capital B in BLACK is different from black. The capital B designates politically black, as in critical conciousness awakened to oppression; a communist. Lower case b is the normal adjective. See also BIPOC
Land use dispute snags Oregon Semiconductor Plan
BILL BANS: KANGAROO SHOES, PACKING PEANUTS, VAPE FLAVORS
SB 704 HEARING ON FREE HEALTH CARE (YET COSTS ALREADY +32%)
REP. CRAMER: UPDATE ON HOUSING, HOMELESS BILLS
Bill would help Ukrainian refugees settle in Oregon
Lawmakers consider state requirements to spur housing
HB 3206 LETS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VOTE IN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
No New Cannabis Taxes – Oppose HB 2505 – Action Network
Albany
Albany Police release 2022 crime report
Albany Civic Theater hosts its first drag show
Antifa Lawsuit
Antifa member sues Salem Police | Andy Ngô
Man claims excessive force, wrongful arrest at 2021 Salem protest
Benton County
HP considers vying for federal dollars, asks Benton County for help
Benton County Opens Hotels for Cold Weather Shelter
Benton County women fighting to keep ranch going
Budget
9 WAYS LAWMAKERS OVER-SPEND, LAY PATH FOR NEW TAXES
Earl Blumenaur (OR, HD 3, East Multnomah, North Clackamas, Hood River)
Congressman Blumenauer offers ‘trade’ response to Greater Idaho Movement
OREGON CONGRESSMAN: TRADE RURAL OREGON FOR BOISE, RESORT TOWN
Education
Albany Elementary school sees results from social-emotional learning
SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS CAN BOOST PUBLIC SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
Oregon’s tuition free community college program has failed to deliver on multiple goals
Kicker
$5,200 IS AVERAGE KICKER REFUND. WILL IT BE STOLEN?
Oregon taxpayers could see nearly $4 billion ‘kicker’ next year as economic outlook improves
Tolling
WORKERS PRESSURE EMPLOYERS TO PAY THEIR TOLLS
ODOT SAYS HOUSEHOLDS WILL PAY $575 A YEAR IN ITS FIRST ROUND OF TOLLS
National 🇺🇸
Politics and Law
Shared post – Mugshot of Democrat House Minority Whip’s ‘daughter’ released
GOP Lawmakers call for investigation into unauthorized release of their Air Force records
Republicans request documents from Biden’s Supreme Court commission | The Hill
2024 Presidential Primaries
The AP Interview: Biden ready to run, US first lady says
‘Woke, Inc.’ author Vivek Ramaswamy enters Republican race for White House
Marianne Williamson announces another bid for Democratic presidential nominee
Milwaukee hosting Republican presidential debate in August
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ manslaughter charges downgraded, cutting possible prison time | Reuters
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty in shooting, can still work | AP News
‘Rust’ producers to pay $100,000 safety fine after shooting | Reuters
Bernie Sanders
Sanders says Haley’s call for competency test ‘absurd’ | The Hill
Chinese Balloon
THE U-2 AND BALLOONS – SOME HISTORY, AND SOME THOUGHTS | Dragon Lady Today
COVID
FDA Authorizes combination flu-COVID test for home use
Donald Trump
Trump attacks Georgia grand jury forewoman over media tour | The Hill
Economy
Home Depot to raise pay for Canadian, U.S. workers | CP24.com
Key US inflation measure surges at fastest rate since June
Energy
Will New Reactors Ease America’s nuclear waste problem or make it worse?
New reactors could revive US uranium mining and concerns about its toxic legacy
HUNTING CLEAN ENERGY IN THE WEST
Foreign Policy
US announces sweeping new Russia sanctions 1 year into war
Navy top official warns Russian fleet “increases risk of incident” in the Med – Decode39
Ghislaine Maxwell
Harvey Weinstein
Weinstein begs for mercy as he is sentenced for another rape – BBC News
Health regulation
Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
Homeland Security
Judicial Watch Sues DHS for Records on Election Censorship
Immigration
‘Say That Last Part Again’: GOP Lawmaker Shocked By Remark From Sheriff
January 6 2020
New Body Cam Footage released | DC Draino
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner subpoenaed in Jan. 6 probe: NYT | The Hill
Kevin McCarthy Breaks Silence On Giving January 6 Tapes To Tucker Carlson | The Daily Wire
Jeffery Epstein
Jimmy Carter
Appreciating Jimmy Carter, outspoken but ‘never irrelevant’
Joe Biden
Biden Falls While Walking Up Steps To Air Force One | The Daily Wire
Kaiser Permanente Lawsuit
Malcom X
Malcolm X’s family to file $100M lawsuit alleging coverup of his assassination | The Hill
Medicaid
Pentagon Security
Pentagon probing report of leak from military email server
School Lunches
Study hints healthier school lunch can reduce obesity
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon’s ex-lawyers sue for nearly $500,000 in unpaid legal fees | The Hill
California
Man Arrested in Bishop’s killing had worked for him
Suspect in shooting death of Los Angeles bishop charged with murder | Reuters
Snow covers California’s Santa Cruz mountains amid winter storm
California particle pollution linked to heightened risk of heart attack: study | The Hill
Florida
US Couple unable to get an abortion will see their baby die
Florida Bill Would Ban Dogs from sticking heads out of car windows
Louisiana
1 dead, 4 injured after New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade Shooting
Nevada
5 dead, including patient, in medical flight crash in Nevada
North Carolina
NC House Speaker Tim Moore Rammed Several Times By Car On Highway | The Daily Wire
Ohio
EPA takes charge of cleanup in toxic East Palestine Ohio train derailment
East Palestine mayor: Biden Ukraine visit ‘biggest slap in the face’ | The Hill
East Palestine, Ohio residents on the toxic train derailment – Rebel News
‘We Don’t Know What We Are Breathing’: A Report from East Palestine
New Details In East Palestine Train Derailment Revealed In Fresh NTSB Report | The Daily Wire
Officials up estimate of animals killed by Ohio derailment to nearly 44,000 | The Hill
Biden faces political threat with East Palestine train derailment | The Hill
White House says Biden has no plans to visit Ohio derailment site | The Hill
Brockovich warns Ohio town of dangers after train crash
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh takes stand, denies killing wife, son – oregonlive.com
Tennessee
Uranium fire contained at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge | WATE 6 On Your Side
‘I am going to die’ | KPD releases body camera footage of incident involving in-custody death
Texas
Unpublished JFK photo from day of assasination found in thrift store CD case
Vermont
Cigarette butt left at 1971 crime scene solves cold case murder of Vermont woman: Police
Ep. 109: War Footing | Disaffected
S 37 Text | Vermont General Assembly
Washington
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination – BBC News
Governor Jay Inslee: Stop The Commission!
HB 1333 – Washington State Legislature
Washington D.C.
Why the new K-12 Draft Social Studies Standards are wrong for DC students
International
Refugees
Ukrainian refugees safe, but not at peace, after year of war | AP News
Australia
Social Credit system goes live | Tiktok
Canada 🇨🇦
Canada sending four more battle tanks, ammunition to Ukraine
China 🇨🇳
China calls for ceasefire in Ukraine, urges lifting of sanctions on Russia
Or do they?
El Salvador 🇸🇻
Footage of 40K mega prison released | @patrickbetdavid
France 🇫🇷
Macron to visit China after Beijing’s Ukraine peace plan
Israel 🇮🇱
Israeli settlers go on violent rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2 | CTV News
Italy 🇮🇹
At least 59 migrants drown after boat breaks apart off southern Italy | World News
Mexico 🇲🇽
Blaze engulfed a crude oil storage facility in Veracruz, Mexico
North Korea 🇰🇵
Seoul: North Korea fires missiles 2 days after ICBM test
Russia 🇷🇺
Putin raises tension on Ukraine, suspends START nuclear pact
Taiwan 🇹🇼
US Plans To More Than Quadruple Troop Presence In Taiwan – Reports – UrduPoint
Tajikistan 🇹🇯
6.8 Earthquake shakes lightly populated part of Tajikistan
Turkey 🇹🇷 & Syria 🇸🇾
Turkey, Syria rocked by another powerful earthquake | The Mercury
Ukraine 🇺🇦
The war in Ukraine in Eight Photos
Biden promises new military aid for Kyiv during ‘historic’ visit | Reuters
Scripted Drama as Biden walks with Zelenskyy
Biden in Poland says US and allies ‘have Ukraine’s back’ – OPB
White House gave Russia heads-up about Biden’s Ukraine visit for ‘deconfliction purposes’
Tethered to the Pole: The Appearance of Vigilante Justice in Ukraine
United Kingdom
Rod Stewart pays for scans at NHS hospital to cut waiting lists – BBC News
Technology/Social Media
Birds really AREN’T real
Stuffed dead birds made into drones could spy on animals or humans | New Scientist
It All Started With a Dead Cat Drone – Now A Taxidermy Drone Company
Censorship
Google’s news-blocking test in Canada a ‘terrible mistake’, says PM Trudeau | Reuters
Chat GPT
University Apologizes for Using AI to Write Letter to Students About Shooting
META
Meta heats up Big Tech’s AI arms race with new language model | Reuters
SCOTUS & Section 230
Two Supreme Court cases this week could upend the entire internet
Tesla
Newsom, Elon Musk meet at site of new Tesla headquarters in California
Culture/Editorials
Angela Davis
Archaeology
Ben Shapiro
WATCH: Ben Shapiro Goes ‘Uncensored’ With Piers Morgan On Politics, Culture | The Daily Wire
Climate change?
Merchant of woke climate doomsday narcissism
Daytona 500
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins Daytona 500 in wreck-filled finish – NBC
Douglas Murray
Things worth remembering: T.S. Elliot and the passage of time
Economy
*this article is from 2018 but still relevant
The Real Reason Your Downtown Died
Education
Decades of Research Finds Voucher Programs Are Associated with Improved Public School Quality
Faith and Religion
I WENT TO ASBURY COLLEGE AWAKENING, MY FAITH IN GEN Z RENEWED
Film
BILL DESIGNATES THIS FILM AS OFFICIAL STATE MOVIE OF OREGON
Ant-Man 3 Will Make you Hate Movies | The Critical Drinker
DISNEY TOUTS POLITICS, SOCIALISM IN NEW KIDS FILM
BAFTA Film Awards 2023: See the Complete List of Winners – E! Online
Award Shows are RACIST | The podcast of the Lotus Eaters
Gaming
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: “Shredder’s Revenge”
Mental Health
Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s The Evidence.
National Security
Nipsey Hussle Murder
Nipsey Hussle’s killer sentenced to at least 60 years in prison
OLCC Scandal
Lars Larson on the OLCC Scandal
Project VERITAS
Statement from the Project Veritas’ Board of Directors
James O’Keefe REMOVED As CEO Of Project Veritas, FULL SPEECH From James At Veritas HQ
Queer Praxis
Australian Pedo Bear mural | LibsofTiktok
EDITOR’S NOTE: Under radical gender ideology, biology, indeed reality is oppressive. Sex and gender are merely social constructs. So even though it is women being affected, Queer praxis is the root of WHY this is happening.
I Was Fired for Supporting Women’s Sex-Based Rights. Now I’m Suing.
R Kelly
Religion
Southern Baptists Boot Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor | The Daily Wire
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive
Queen Consort Camilla appears to weigh in to Roald Dahl edit furore
Roald Dahl: Original books to be kept in print following criticism – BBC News
Science
A giant destructive blob is headed for Florida and it stinks
Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn – KOB.com
Antarctic sea ice hit record lows again. Scientists wonder if it’s ‘the beginning of the end’
Henrietta Lacks: The Pain and Posterity of a Life-saving Legacy
Study unlocks clues in mystery of naked mole-rats’ exceptional fertility
Nanoparticles self-assemble to harvest solar energy
Television
New Details Emerge About Behind The Scenes Drama That Could Tank ‘Yellowstone’ | The Daily Wire
Warner Bros. suing Paramount over ‘South Park’ streaming – UPI.com
‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Trump visit to East Palestine | The Hill
News of Weird
PETA Offers to replace Wienermobile’s stolen catalytic converter if vehicle becomes vegan hot dog
Alligator captured in New York park
Woman Says She Dropped Curry While Fleeing Rampaging Badger In Gas Station
Average penis length has grown 24% in recent decades
Letter sent more than 100 years ago finally gets delivered
Humor and Memes
Alien Confused After Being Taken To Our Leader President Biden
Is Your Starbucks Barista Conservative? Know The Warning Signs!
Polyamory defined in 15 seconds
Podcasts
National Divorce discussed on Timcast IRL w/ Mark Ousley
Video shows teenager arrested for protesting males using female bathrooms in high school | Timcast
EDITOR’S NOTE: Guest describes WHY Scotland is the way it is and the Roald Dahl segment gets into copyright laws and how they are manipulated to create woke versions of classics.
Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #594
- Woke is losing ground
- The prestigious “Far Right”
- The Desecration of Roald Dahl
Matt Walsh
Dylan Mulvaney’s Horrendous Mockery Of Women Continues
My Response To Those Calling Me “Too Rude”
How Leftists Think | James Lindsay
Lysenkoism, Holodomor (1932), Great Leap Forward (1958), Year Zero (1975), and Great Reset (2030)
