February 2016 Portland Alliance
The Portland Alliance
Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
of, by, & for the people
Vol. XXXVI, Number 2 February 2016
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2016/February
Bernie Leans Right
“It has been well-known for years that when Bernie (Sanders) votes, he leans right…”
Jessie Sponberg is Running for Mayor! (Of Portland. Oregon)
“So, we can continue along our chosen path of exporting carnage, destruction, terror, munitions and war… and then have mainstream media pretend there are not coffins and consequences in the pursuit of “Development.” Used in the context of geography and culture, development is a code word neo-colonists use instead of exploitation. ”
Scared of Cops? Next COAB Meeting!
Next COAB Meeting:
Thursday
1/28/16 5:30-8:30pm
We need Peace instead of War…
“Some people are so afraid they cannot find the courage to debunk the junk and face facts. And increasing numbers don’t want to know truths which may be too terrible to bear.”
Weather in Missoula, Montana tonight… a couple minutes ago…
7 Pearl Harbor Day
6 Chanukah lasts 8 days
12 Poinsettia Day
22 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
23 Festivus – for the rest of us!
25 Christmas
26 Kwanzaa
27 National Fruitcake Day
28 Boxing Day – not on the 26th this year
31 New Year’s Eve
December 2015 Portland Alliance
Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
Unarmed US citizens killed by armed, uniformed “peace officers”
“Police work is often viewed by those in the force as an us-versus-them war rather than a chance for community-oriented engagement and problem solving. The authors also point to a lack of accountability as one of the reasons why police violence persists.”
The November 2015 Portland Alliance
Of, by, and for the People! http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/November
Speaking Truth to Power Since 1981
Chris Hedges: America’s Electoral Farce: Posted Juns 16, 2015 By Chris Hedges
I intend to devote no more time to the upcoming presidential elections than walking to my local polling station on Election Day, voting for a third-party candidate, most likely the Green Party candidate, and going home.
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