International News:

• Spain:   DNA Checks at Abortion Clinic Accused Of Flushing Crushed Fetuses Down the Drain.   (The Times Online, UK)
• Al Jazeera Publishes Latest Message from Osama bin Laden.   Calls on European countries to pull their forces out of Afghanistan. (Hindu Times)
• Butto Links Polls Boycott To Consensus.   Her Peoples' Party would revise decision to take part in elections if it could agree on a "common goal" with those advocating a boycott of elections. (Daily Times)
• Musharraf To Remain Neutral Over Elections; Won't Endorse Anyone.   (Daily Times)
• Pakistan:   No Wheat Hoarding Allowed.   (Daily Times)
• Can Netanyahu Save Israel?   (The Trumpet)
• A Glance at Some Of Chavez's Proposed Changes To Venezuela's Constitution.  Venezuelan voters decide Sunday whether to make 69 changes to the constitution that were approved by lawmakers allied with President Hugo Chavez. Among the key proposed changes are:   Presidential terms are lengthened from six to seven years. Terms limits are eliminated, allowing the president to run for re-election indefinitely. (IHT)
• Chavez Threatens To Cut Off Oil To U.S.   (Seattle Times) [Isn't it lovely the way American businesses are held hostage by the terrorists of the world. And all with the help of our own RINO Senator Smith who voted against drilling for oil in ANWR.]
• Colombia Hostage, Ex-Presidential Candidate, Speaks Of Hardship In New Letter.   She has been a hostage for 5 years. Some of her fellow hostages for 10 years. (Fox News)

Oregon News:

• Who's Telling the Truth In Oregon?   On Lars Larson, Kulongoski & Leonard. (SJ's liberal columnist, Gene McIntyre)
• Reeducation Camps Proposed for Oregon!   Victoria Taft Blog Report
• Will Sen. Wyden Save Yahoo from Royalties Expense?   Wyden bill would repeal royalty increases. Today's headline says, "Yahoo, AOL May Abandon Web Radio After Royalties Rise. (Bloomberg)
• Multnomah County Introducing New Warrant Strike Team Wednesday.   (Portland Tribune)
• Willamette Week Editorial Dubs Kulongoski "Rogue Of the Week."   Asks "Has the Guv gone plum loco? [Gov. K. getting too conservative on illegal immigration for the WW?]
• Portland Home Prices Stable While Most Cities Slide.   (Oregonian)
• Albany:   Property Owners Want CARA Funding.   (Dem. Herald)
• Kicker Checks Are Signed, Sealed, Almost Delivered.  (SJ)
• Sen. Wyden Seeks Rating System for Credit Cards.   (Mail Tribune)
• Guilty Plea Opens Fugitive Sexual Abuser To Extradition.   (SJ)
• Jackson County M-37 Claimants Might Face Uphill Fight.   (Mail Tribune)
• 20-year-old College Student, Alejandra Trujillo, Probably To Be Deported After Arrest On Misdemeanor Fraud Charges.   (Kurt Eckert, Oregonian) [Sympathetic angle by Mr. Eckert] "Unfortunately, she produced incorrect identification when she went to have her driver's license renewed at the Hillsboro Department of Motor Vehicles' office." [But, Mr. Eckert calls her a model citizen & implies "her experience raises specter of local racial profiling."]
• Albany:   If You See This Tree, Call Police.   (Dem.-Herald)
• Hispanic Groups Schedule Two Forums To Address Gangs.   (SJ)
• Kulongoski Says Gas Projects Should Get "Fair Opportunity," Can't Be Vetoed By State.   (Oregonian)
• Jackson County:   Board Feels Pushed To Decide On S. Medford Schools.   Some in attendance were critical of the decision to bar public comment at the meeting. Kurt Chapman, who has been critical of the bond since its inception, said the affair seemed too scripted. "This is a dog-and-pony show," Chapman said. "They included work on Jackson and Roosevelt in the original bond because they knew it wouldn't pass otherwise. Now they've decided to throw them under the bus to build the new high school." A Jackson teacher, who declined to give his name, agreed that the bond was an excuse to build the new high school, and the fate of the two elementary schools was irrelevant.
• Ashland:   Lawsuits Pile Up Against City.   (Ashland Tidings)
• Gov. K:   Gas Companies Need To Step Up PR Efforts.   (Oregonian)
• Letter to Ed.:   Guns and Teachers.   (SJ)
• Jackson County Commissioners Might Decide On Rural-use Zoning On Wednesday.   (Mail Tribune)
• Reynolds School Board Chairman Enters House District 49 Race.   John Nelsen (Republican) is seeking Karen Minnis' seat. (Oregonian)
• Eugene's Town Club To Be No Longer?   Not in the same building anyway. (RG)
• God Brought Them Together.   A journey of commitment, caring. (Oregonian)
• Lane County:   Landowner States His Case with County - Again.   The word that pushed Lane County Commissioner Peter Sorenson over the edge was “extort.” Jim Gillette, owner of about 400 acres of rural land just south of Eugene, had used the word repeatedly to describe county efforts to collect tens of thousands of dollars in fines... (RG)
• Mapes Blog:   Four Dems Compete for Oregon's Oddest Elective Post:   Sec'y of State.   (Oregonian)
• Mapes Blog:   Lobbyist May Have a Point.   (Oregonian)
• 11 from Oregon Charged In Interstate Drug Conspiracy.   (Oregonian)
• Lake Oswego Men Make Second Try At Private Casino.   (Oregonian)
• Battleground, WA:   Former Church Deacon Narrowly Captures City Council Seat Despite Accused Theft from His Church.   (Oregonian)
• Sen. Smith Hawks Funding for Mental Health In Hillsboro.   (Oregonian)
• Man Accused Of Traveling with Wrapped "Gift" Of Marijuana.   (Oregonian)

National News:

• Idaho Mayor Still Hopes to Ban Guns On City Property.   (Oregonian)
• Seattle, WA:   Attack On Sikh Cab Driver Called Hate Crime.  The man called the cabbie "an Iraqi terrorist" while beating him, according to the Seattle Times. (Oregonian)
• TOM TANCREDO Asks WHO Why Taiwan Was Left Out Of the Loop.   (Taipei Times) [Why aren't U.S. newspapers making anything of this? Could it be that it is because they are liberal and don't give a whoop about Taiwan or whether or not China takes them over, either militarily or economically?]
• Oral Roberts University Gets $70M Pledge from Christian Supply Store Founders.   (AP)
• AP Headline:   Huckabee Tries to Gloss Over Ark. Record."   Other candidates realizing he gaingin to much & investigating his past. (AP) [It's going to get tougher for underdog Huckabee.]
• Romney's Judicial Appointment of "Flip-Flopping" Judge May Hurt Campaign.   (AP) [The judge had a record for being tough on crime. But her latest decision defies understanding & appears quite liberal. Will her seeming flip-flop hurt Romney more than his own flip-flops?]
• Liberal Media Asks:   Can Oprah's Blessing Boost Obama?   (AP)
• McCain Doubts Progress In Peace Talks.   (AP) [Would he really be tougher if he were the President?]
• Bill Clinton Says Hillary Will Bring America "Back to the Future."  Bill flip-flopping for Hillary. Showing inconsistency on an issue that has dogged his wife, the former president also told Iowa Democrats that he "opposed (war in) Iraq from the beginning." (AP)
• Supreme Court To Hear Main Internet Case.   (AP)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

• Sky News To Be More Like Fox Says Rupert Murdoch.  Rupert Murdoch this month criticized the British Sky News channel, operated by his younger son James Murdoch in London, saying that "nobody at Sky listens to me”. (Scopical)
• Female Bomber Wounds U.S. Troops, Iraqis.   (AP)

International News:

• Australia:   Howard's Conservative Policies Go Overboard as New Liberal Coalition Rebuilds.   (Scopiecal/au) [America has lost a good and brave ally.]
• Too Close To John Howard:   Helath Minister TonyAbbott Bows Out Of Leadership Race.   (Scopical)
• AU:   New PM Rudd Goes Solo On Selecting New Cabinet.   (Scopical)
• Middle East;   42% Of Women Condone Domestic Violence.   (Scopical)
• Musharraf Retires As Pakistan Army Chief.  Blinking back tears... (AP)
• AU:   Genitically Modified Food Approval Angering Environmentalists.   (Scopical)
• AU:   Howard Arrives In Canberra To Clear Out Office for Incoming Liberal PM Elect Kevin Rudd.   (Scopical)
• AU:   Conjecture that Lindsay "Flyer Scandal" Could Have Cost PM Howard Election.   Outgoing Liberal MP Jackie Kelly on Thursday morning labeled the leaflets a "Chaser style prank", and that on first glance, they were "quite funny". Opponents, & liberal media, deemed the flyer "xenophobic." (Scopical)
• FRENCH PRESIDENT Vows to Punish Gun-toting rioters.   (AP)
• Iranian President Already Declares Annapolis Peace Meeting a Failure.   (AP)
• UK's CNET:   Windows Vista Among "Worst Products In History."   (Scopical)
• Palestinian Police Clash with Protesters Against Mideast Peace Summit.

Oregon News:

• Congressman Greg Walden:   "Dysfunctional" Congress Is Democrats' Fault.   Agrees with public's unfavorable assessment of Congress. (KTVZ)
• Multnomah County:   DA, Victim Fight to Keep Rapist Locked Up.   (Oregonian)
• Kulongoski, Leaders To Ring for Salvation Army.   (SJ)
• Same-Sexers Preparing To Move from Domestic Partnerships to Legal Marriage.  "As more of these stories become public, we're going to be back in a couple of years... and finish the job," Same-sex Oregonians preparing for January 1, 2008 when Oregon's law becomes effective. (Gay.com)
• Conservation Groups Call for "No Action" By BLM.   Continue mantra to protect old growth. (Gazette Times)
• Willamette Week Posts Youtube Video Of Portland City Hall Meetings Regarding Name-change Of Street to Chavez Blvd.
• Salem's Oldest Charter School Likely to Continue.   (SJ)
• Salem Council Turns Down Subdivision Plan.   At its Dec. 10 meeting, the council is expected to finalize its decision to deny the subdivision application. (SJ)
• New Ethics Law Challenged In Court.   Lobbyist says restrictions violate free-speech rights. (SJ)
• Inmates Part Of Christmas Tree Tradition At State Capitol.   (SJ)
• Professor Settles Lawsuit Against UO.   (Oregonian)
• S-K Board Plans Third "Listening Session."   (SJ)
• Letter to Ed.:   Out Founders Established a Religious Government.   (SJ)
• Letter to Ed.:   Christ's Followers Must Build Christian Nation.   (SJ)
• College Newspaper Interviews Senatorial Candidate Merkley.   Transcript (Daily Vanguard)

National News:

• Huckabee Making Real Conservatives Shudder?   Bob Novak thinks so.
• Hillary Challenged On Illegals.   Says her health care plan does not include illegals, but includes "safety net" to prevent spread of disease. (WA Times)
• Report Finds WA D.C. Has Highest AIDs Infection Rate.   (NY Times)
• Sheriff Fights for Tree Rights.   has rejected snowflakes and other generic signs of the season — despite an edict from local officials to keep public displays winter-themed and secular. "Our country, and sadly our own community, has reached that point where people of faith and good conscience can no longer stand silently while a belligerent minority usurps our heritage and dictates how and where we express our religious freedoms. It is time to make a statement — to grab that branch, in this case a pine bough," Sheriff Alderden said. All decorations will be donated by local residents who agree with him (WA Times)
• Case Against Ex-Diplomat Upheld By Federal Judge.   But, was it merely free speech or a hate crime? None dare speak so openly against the Arabs? A jury will decide. He's being defended by the ACLU. (WA Times)
• OSHA Makes Employers Pay for Protective Equipment.   (Portland Tribune)
• Monkey Eater Charged.   (WA Times)
• Thompson Calls for Option Of a Simplified Income Tax.   (NY Times)
• Fox Transcript of Fred Thompson Interview By Chris Wallace.
• Minutemen Back Phoenix Store's Rebuff Of Illegals.   (WA Times)
• NO SILENCE HERE:   Christians, Muslims Erect Cross In Baghdad.   (Knoxnews.com, Blog) (Photos)
• "Domestic Partnership" Becomes Law In Toledo, Ohio.   (WTOL)
• Ohio Catholic Bishop Speaks Out Against Toledo's New "Domestic Partner" Registry. (WTOL)
• Jim Geraghty Reporting for National Review:   Why Is Hillary Hitting China on Toys, and Not the GOP?
• "Balanced" Tax Hike Shows Gap Between Dems, GOP.   (Townhall.com)
• City GOP Benefits from Parking Authority Says PA Newspaper.
• House GOP Exits Will Strengthen Right in '08. (Human Events)
• NFL Star Dies from Gun Shot Wound.  "His father called and said he was with Christ and he cried and thanked me," said Sharpstein, Taylor's former lawyer. (KPTV)
• Black Listed GOP Freaks.   (WND)
• Islamic Terrorists Target Army Base -- in Arizona.   (Sara A. Carter, WA Times)
• Speak English, Get Ahead.   (Mike Reagan)
• Milwaukee School Board Votes to Provide Same-Sex Benefits.   (620 WTMJ)
• Judge Sentences Illegal Immigrant Officer to Probation.   Oscar Ayala-Cornejo already faces deportation. Says he wasn't told that he was in the U.S. illegally until he was 15, six years after he came here. His brother Alex was also an Milwaukee officer, but was fired for keeping his brother's identity a secret. (620 WTMJ Radio News)
• Illegal Immigrant Given Credit for Rescuing Boy.   (WTOL)
• Owner of Escaped Lion Scrutinized.   Lion went to highway & chased cars. (Video) (WTOL)
• Sen. Boxer Urged By Homosexuals To Call Off the Dogs In Ethics Investigation of Sen. Larry Craig.   (Cal Catholic)
• Thirty-five Republicans Joined Dems In Voting for ENDA.   House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, of MO, called the bill a "clear boon to trial lawyers." (Towers On Line, Baptist publication)
• Homosexual Agenda Wastes CA Education Resources.   (Citizen Link)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

• U.S. Stock Futures Jump After Abu Dhabi Agrees To Buy Citigroup for $7.5 Billion. (Boston Herald)
• Bush Meets With Israeli, Palestinian Leaders.   In preparation for upcoming summit with Arab nations. (WA Times)
• Signs of Kruchev; Putin Launches Another Venomous Attack On the U.S.   Accuses U.S. of meddling in Russian poll. (Guardian.co.uk)
• Bush "Deeply Concerned" at Russia Arrests.   (Brietbart)

International News:

• EU Chief Warns Europeans Could See China as "Economic Threat."   (Breitbart)
• Lebanon's Pro-Syrian President Hands Over Power to Military.  Lahoud's final announcement created new confusion in an already unsettled situation, which many Lebanese fear could explode into violence between supporters of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's Western-backed government and the pro-Syria opposition led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. (WTOL)
• Russia Election Chief Says Putin Won't Run Again.   (Reuters, Africa) This election chief might consider running himself; running AWAY. Putin opposition has a way of ending up dead.]
• Analysis - Putin Has Unfinished Work To Do.   (Reuters)
• Putin Machine Squeezes Opponents.   (BBC)

Oregon News:

• KATU Reports [Homegrown] Meth Labs "Vanishing" In OR Because of Removal Of Over-the-Counter Medications.  Toward the bottom of the article the admission that arrests for the use of meth has NOT diminished. [We merely changed over to Mexican produced meth without doing enough to reduce its importation via illegal immigrants.]
• Deputies Put On Leave After Fatal Shooting of Aloha Man.   (Oregonian)
• OR Day Care Center Closes Amid Complaints.   (Oregonian)
• Agencies' First Task In Day Care Investigations Is Determining If Abuse Complaints Exist.   (SJ)
• Sex Offender Defends Opening Bike Repair Shop.   Police notified public after he applied for business license. (KATU)
• Left-wing Salem-News Editors Slam KATU Over News Report.   Accuses KATU broadcasters of lying. (Salem-News)    Salem-News Against Beasley's Arrest for Medical Marijuana.    The Offensive KATU News Report.   (Beasley report about 2/3 page down)
• Alaska's Largest Internet Service Provider Coming to Oregon.   (KTUU)
• Umatilla:   OR City, Tribes Want to Keep Area from Development.   Say there are layers of artifacts from 2,500-year-old Village. Now owned by the Army Corps of Engineers.
• Jefferson County:   OR Congressman Walden In for Ceremonial Signing.
• Helicopters Indispensable to Christmas Tree Harvesting.   (RG)
• Metsger Would Be Fourth Journalist To Become Sec'y of State.   (SJ)
• Metsger Campaign Site

National News:

• Ron Paul Endorsed By Nevada Brothel Owner.   (AP)
• Romney vs. Giuliani Over a Murder.   (AP)
• CNN Headlines Romney-Giuliani Attacks As Getting Personal.
• GOP Shocked By Trent Lott Announcement To Retire Next Month.   Made decision over Thanksgiving. (WA Post)
• Media Spin On California's Rep. Doolittle.   Opponents using "what if" method of ousting. Accusing of shady deals with the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. [It may be tired to you, but it will never get too old for the liberals to use. Continuation of "Party of Corruption" routine despite string of Democrat scandals. Presumption of guilt being used to defeat Doolittle.Doolittle is being used to discredit ALL conservative Republicans in this article which is appearing in multiple major newspapers around the country. Liberals and media are waiting to make other Republicans uncomfortable enough to cease supporting their colleague even if they feel they know he is innocent.]    List of GOP Quotes When Asked About Supporting Doolittle.   Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter says he is presumed innocent until proven otherwise. (Fresno Bee)
• Time Magazine Writer Asks If Thompson Ran Too Late?   [Now, if only those who are against Thompson can convince "him" it is too late. So far,he isn't listening.](AP)
• Top Texas Corporation Stay Loyal to GOP.   (Houston Chron.)
• W. VA GOP Still Needs 1,100 Delegates.   (Sunday Gazette)
• NY Times Says GOP Recruiting Rich Candidates Due to Lack Of Own Funds.   [If this is true, it is probably because so many Republicans are fed up with the RNC laundering their donations to liberal Republican candidates. Enough is enough. GOP voters would rather give their $ directly to the candidates of their choice instead of letting a wayward RNC choose who the $ will go to.]
• Hillary Tells Iowa Dems She Is the Best Chance Against GOP.   (AP)

National/International News

MILITARY NEWS SITES

• U.S., Iraq Deal Sees Long-Term U.S. Presence.   (AP)
• AP Reports "Abbas, Olmert Express Hope for Peace."   [Oh wow. Nobody has ever done that before? Another "tells nothing" article. Would Netanyahu continue the forever dialogue or really get things done?]
• Israel:   Gov't Politically Blind Says Netanyahu.   "This is a very weak government, which made too many concessions going into the summit," said Netanyahu. (Ynet News)
• Bush, Rice Won't Address Syria Golan Heights Issue.   However, the official said, Syria's delegate to the parley, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad, would be permitted to address the Golan issue if he wished. The report comes after an editorial in the Syrian daily Teshreen published Monday declared that Syria would " attend the Annapolis conference in order to examine the US's commitment to peace."(Jerusalem Post) [Well now, isn't that comforting to know.] (Herb Keinon and AP contributed to this report.) [Spin, spin, spin. Couldn't be written better if it was written by a Syrian advocate. Is this catering to the Arabs/Syrians superb diplomatic work or merely a continuation of forever, useless diplomacy when tougher measures are needed? Are we militarily prepared to be appropriately tough?]  

International News:

• Pakistan:   Once Ousted Sharif Registers for Pakistan Polls.   (AP)
• Arabs Join Peace Initiative Gathering With Doubts.   Israel has said that Arab countries need to "get off the fence" and back Mideast peace negotiations, something Arabs heading into Tuesday's Annapolis conference insist they have long been ready to do. The problem, they contend, is that Israel won't commit to making concessions. (AP) [Israel has been making most of the concessions. If they keep it up there will be NO Israel left.]
• Poll Shows Barak Trailing Livni, Netanyahu.   If elections were held today, opposition leader and Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu would become Israel's next Prime Minister. (Jerusalem Post) [Yes!]
• Netanyahu:   Israelis Do Not Want "Hallucinatory Peace."   (Israel Hasbara Comittee, Info Israel)