It took 3 weeks for the November data of all petitions filed in the Counter Measures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) to be published today. That’s what we get when our government relies on contractors to process petition claims, correspondence with petitioners, and correlate data for monthly and annual reporting. The November 2022 data was released […]
Africa resists policies that promote primitive farming and energy, and making muffins out of flies As Americans give thanks this week for our many blessings, let us recall the Pilgrims’ and Native Americans’ primitive agricultural knowledge and technologies, the hunger and disease that were constants in their lives – and how so many around the […]
Oregon Firearms has filed the first of what we believe will be numerous lawsuits to put the brakes on Ballot Measure 114, Oregon’s gun ban initiative. (Although the media is not giving it much attention yet, in the lawsuit filed with the court, our lawyer, John Kaempf, also challenges the “permit to purchase” provisions of […]
Whenever I watch Jeopardy, I’m always amazed at how much some people know. Not only that they know so much, but that they have such quick recall. Even when I know the answer once or twice, I’m usually still reading the clue when one of the contestants is giving the proper response. I wonder if […]
As we approach Christmas, I am reminded of how profoundly we have benefited from a benevolent God who admonishes us to be good people, help our fellow men, and obey the Ten Commandments. Christianity is the basis of Western Civilization and its premier achievement: science. More than 2,000 yearly celebrations of the birth of Jesus […]
Today, we’ll begin with the 34th occasion of the word “faith” in Romans; “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” […]
In our country, we are witnessing the consequences of having raised a generation of young people to believe that there is no God, and that everything has resulted from random molecular mutations. According to evolution, a bird and a bison share a common ancestor somewhere on the evolutionary tree. Such foolishness! Without people having a […]
Active and retired military personnel and their families to be admitted free Nov. 11 In honor of Veterans Day, the Oregon Zoo will be offering free admission for military veterans and active military personnel, as well as up to five family members who accompany them to the zoo, on Friday, Nov. 11. Families of deployed […]
Ballot Measure 111 – Amends the Oregon Constitution to obligate the state to provide Oregon residents, “access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care as a fundamental right.”The whole essence of the measure is in these three relevant clauses: cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable. How can the state fulfill this fundamental human-right? How will […]
This November’s General Election has a batch of proposed measures which are included on your statewide Ballot.Ballot Measures, 111, 112, 113, and 114 are presented in the Voters’ Pamphlet without any critical analysis. The information provided is like a restaurant menus written by various maître d’s in a vain effort to tease people into the […]