Author: North Coast BBQ

I have come to the conclusion that the average person does not need nor should want AI in their lives. AI means a fake intelligence. Supposed to be smarter and more adept at making decisions then humans – but I don’t see that at all – sometimes I find it impossible to manage a telephone call where you get frustrated not by AI but just by an automatic response on the phone or device that cannot take a simple request. Maybe scientists could use AI but at this point I don’t believe it is for regular human lives. I have discovered AI on the computer where it has been used to deceive which is an enormous problem. We have enough lies and distortions on the daily news – just imagine AI in every encounter before you encounter a
real person that you really want or need to have a conversation with. Humans are social animals – it is in our DNA to socialize with our own species. AI interjects itself between human interaction.

I read recently where some cab services in Portland are employing AI now. It is advertised to be helpful when hiring a cab but I heard from a recent rider that they found out that it also records everything that goes on inside a cab- every conversation and transaction that happens ??-
I did check on this by contacting one one Portland cab driver who said YES – All conversations are recorded! It may also monitor the driver and out-guess the drivers choices when driving in traffic. I can see where that would be a big problem. Like these videos of persons being harmed by ICE Officers. (What really happened? Interpret the video six different ways!)
Portland Oregon now has a growing number of taxi companies adopting TaxiBook AI. Since the release of this newest service more taxi companies are joining to modernize their operations. If you get a taxi – ask the driver if he has a recording device in the cab that records everything – conversation – the driving route , etc.
AI everywhere – even in your Taxi. Or should I say – the government will soon be everywhere – even in your taxi!!

Please check it out and give generously–sowing your own seeds of love.

The Giving Guide and detailed directories of the organizations can be found at www.northcoastbbq.com/local-resources/

The Giving Guide can also be found here:
www.northcoastbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Giving-Guide-2025-26_Final_Spreads3.pdf

Not every organization can afford a paid profile, which pays for the production. So there is a list of contact information for all in the back of the Guide.

Here are descriptions of several of those organizations:
Friends of Rockaway Beach Library
Friends of Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM)
Friends of Tillamook Police

Friends of Rockaway Beach Library
PO Box 185
120 N Coral St
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136
503-355-2665
friendsrockawaybeachlibrary@gmail.com
www.friendsrblibrary.org

Tom Zelenka, Board President
tzelenka49@gmail.com
971-254-6535

Mission Statement: To provide library services, including access to free internet and fax, to the citizens and visitors to Rockaway Beach.

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
Since its inception in 1999, the Friends of the Rockaway Beach Library and the donation of the Woman’s Club meeting house, the library building and facility ongoing maintenance, including insurance, utilities, cleaning and repairs are funded through annual Friends memberships, donations, grants and community fund-raising events. The library provides opportunities for local community art and/or informational displays/exhibits, as well as meeting space for gatherings for adults and children, as well as a place for readings/writing classes from local authors.

Friends of Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM)
4000 Blimp Blvd
Tillamook, OR 97141
503-842-1130
FriendsOfTillamookAirMuseum@gmail.com
www.FriendsOfTillamookAirMuseum.org

Bruce Lovelin, President, Board of Directors

Friends of Tillamook Police
210 Laurel Avenue
Tillamook, OR 97141
503-842-2522
tillamookpd@tillamookor.gov
www.friendsoftillamookpolice.org
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Nick Troxel ntroxel@tillamookor.gov

Mission Statement: To enhance the quality of life in Tillamook by educating the community about crime prevention and by funding crime prevention, youth programs and other police services.

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
The primary purposes of this corporation’s activities are to prevent crime and to promote community safety and wellbeing through public education and youth programs. Examples of programs the corporation will support include, but are not limited to, Neighborhood Watch, Business Watch, Citizen Police Academy, Tillamook Police Cadets, Youth Programs and the Tillamook Police Auxiliary volunteers. Please contact us by email or phone to see how you might be able to help.

Please take a moment to save this in your phone. This number can be used to report sea mammal entanglements, including whales and sea turtles.

Also, if you are interested, you can download the Whale Alert App from the Apple Store. With Whale Alert you can look for areas of regulatory information, icons that show whale sightings, and risk gauge information, among other things.

I’ve linked the OPB article for more information.
Again, please take a moment to save the number and share it. 877 767-9425

Thank you!

www.opb.org/article/2026/01/28/oregon-dungeness-crab-fishing-season-whales/

on 1/27/26 BBQ, a canadian posted this: “they (our government) may not be listening, but the rest of the world is.”

i find that incredibly uplifting.

he went on to say that the protests show the rest of the world that while our government is running amok with damaging policies (my choice of words), much of our U.S. citizenry does not agree with their actions. it’s important for the world to know that what is happening nationally and internationally is not supported by a majority of U.S. citizens.

i applaud the protesters who show up week after week, and i am inspired to join them.

om peace namaste
lucy brook
nehalem resident
U.S. citizen

North Coast Resistance will be returning to Nehalem on Saturday, January 31, from noon to 2 PM. While the weather forecast remains uncertain given how far out it is, living on the coast has taught us all to embrace unpredictability. Our love for the coastal weather brings us together, and since we haven’t had enough rain lately, please be prepared for wet conditions during the event.

Currently, many individuals appointed to positions in Washington D.C. under Trump’s administration are closely following the rules set by Trump. It appears their primary motivation for compliance is to maintain their employment.

Trump himself does not seem to have been raised with clear standards, whether moral or otherwise. The way he has raised his children likely reflects his own approach: pursuing personal gain by any means necessary, without concern for those who may be negatively affected. This mindset seems to have become a way of life for him. As a lighthearted warning, whatever you do, do not get in front of Trump in the lunch line.

I hope you were able to see the CNN talk with Stella Carlson, the “Pink Coat Lady.” If you search for this story online, you can learn more. Her ability to capture the video of the killing of Alex Pretti was both horrific and incredible. Renee Good and Alex Pretti were only 37 years old.

Heavy hearts are with the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Please take a few minutes in your day to remember these two individuals whose lives were cut short. Both were 37 years old. Do you remember where you were at 37? Mentioning these people reminds us of their sacrifices.

Yes, there have been more quotes about “sticking together.” Two people have died who did not need to die.

Please mark your calendars for March 28. Many have asked when the next large protest will be. This date will be our “NO KINGS” protest, and we will share more information about the location and time as it becomes available.

Once again, we thank all our peaceful protesters. We hope to see you this Saturday, January 31, in Nehalem from noon to 2 PM.
Thanks, Patty

The first is the speech that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered at Davos last week. In it he spells out how Canada will deal with the rupture of the world order triggered by (but not necessarily caused by) Donald Trump’s regime. He also speaks about some of the newest challenges the world faces such as AI and domination by the interests of the wealthy.

Many have called this speech the marker point signaling the start of the demise of the neoliberal era of the last 50 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flsgJe8mN-A

The second video is a very well-done explainer about the history of neoliberalism, what it has created for all of us, and what options we have as it begins to fail. Richard Murphy, emeritus professor at Sheffield University, U.K., is a cogent & accessible scholar dealing with business, economics and politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMTQNI3BV90

The videos, totaling about 43 minutes, are well worth the investment of your time.

Gene Dieken

But she says they are not working – YET. (Exactly why did she include this statement??)

Again, if you are an immigrant living here unlawfully, and you do not want to be deported, STAY OUT OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY LIBRARIES as they have deployed A.I.-driven facial-recognition cameras at ALL LOCATIONS that can be TURNED ON AT ANY MOMENT.

If you are from Venezuela, as part of Israel’s and Drumf’s kidnapping and oil theft plan relating to your country, Drumf has instructed ICE to deport you to a torture prison in El Salvador. (I incorrectly wrote Argentina in my last post. Argentina is the country that America First (chuckle chuckle) Drumf sent 40-billion dollars to buy beef and bail out George Soros – of all people! El Salvador is the country that is home to MAGA Drumf’s torture jail.)

Drumf and his Israeli overlords need VZ oil to appease those countries that will be affected by the closure of the Straight of Hormuz once Israel and Drumf attempt to genocide Iran.

MAGA = Mariam Adelson Governs America

Mary, some questions:

Why does the library need facial recognition cameras? What’s wrong with closed circuit video?

Whose idea was it to install the A.I.-driven facial recognition cameras? Did the idea originate from a library employee or was it brought to the library by a lobbyist?

Are the feds behind this or involved in this, Mary? Be honest…

And folks, don’t forget to read today’s Oregonian article about Google’s (The CIA’s) huge A.I. storage facility near The Dalles that is taking the sacred power of Che’Wanna and using it to enslave all of us via A.I., control grids, geo-fencing, digital payments/end of cash, etc.

The article talks about how much our electric bills are going to increase because of A.I. We get to pay for our own enslavement! Kinda like the trillions in ‘covid’ (CIA term, there is no pathogen called covid) ‘vaccines’ that saw taxpayers transfer trillions to the world’s richest billionaires for gene therapy that did not stop the spread of the bio-weapon (despite what Fauci and Biden and The Father of The Vaccine Donald Drumf told us), and that likely killed more people than the bio-weapon itself.

And so much for drawing down The Dalles dam to see the sacred Celilo Falls once again. It’s much more important that we use the hydropower to build our own digital prisons of the mind!

Get rid of cash!
A.I. everywhere!
Give the tech/banker oligarch’s exactly what they want: YOUR FREEDOM!!!

How about a boycott of the Tillamook County Libraries until they get rid of the A.I. cameras and switch to closed circuit?

Do what Lyin Wyden said, PUSH BACK.

1776 AGAIN NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baTYLcR_vSE

Recently someone posted misinformation about Tillamook County libraries being unsafe for immigrant community members due to facial recognition software that could be accessed by immigration officials. As a Tillamook County commissioner and the county liaison to the library for the past seven years, I would like to set forth the facts.

What is true: the library has installed new security cameras at the entrances of all of the branch locations to promote safety for patrons and staff. Libraries are warm, open, and public spaces where everyone is welcome. Occasionally that includes people who violate library rules intended to keep people safe. The cameras will create a visual record of who has entered the library in case a violation of library behavior rules occurs. The cameras are not yet in use, while the library updates its policies.

It is also true that the cameras have a facial recognition software option; however, the library has no current plan to enable that feature. The library takes privacy as a core and fundamental value for its users. There are strict limitations about access to images or video from the library. The library director or one of two senior librarians are the people authorized to release images and video footage.

Anyone who has questions or concerns about the library is invited to contact Tillamook County Library Director Don Allgeier. Don welcomes the opportunity to engage with community members about the library system. Please rest assured that security cameras are intended to enhance safety and security for all of the library’s valued patrons.

Sincerely,

Mary Faith Bell
Tillamook County Commissioner

I watched the first couple of minutes of the football game over the weekend. As they going to commercial, the broadcaster said when we come back, we will honor America. I said out loud to myself we need to mourn what we have known of America. She is dying.

I am going to be hosting a time of mourning, offering prayer into our land. I believe that’s the only thing that will heal us. Even in the protest, hearts are hardened and angry. We reap what we sow. We need to start sowing something different.

We are in a wonderful time of being able to help usher in what is before us. None of us know what the future holds, but we can certainly prepare our hearts. Nothing dies without something bringing life.

We can offer a time of comfort with songs and spoken words. We can begin envisioning what our world can still be. If we are not part of the change, we risk being left behind.

No one will win in this culture war if we do not step up and take a lead into a new world. We’re already headed that way. If we don’t envision it, and create it, it will continue to be more of the same and worse.

If we want something we have to begin doing something different.

We are heading into a major financial crisis both at the state level and across the country. The changes to SNAP and Medicaid changes will begin taking place at the end of the year.

SNAP changes: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/obbb-implementation

American Medical Association’s information on Medicaid changes: www.ama-assn.org/system/files/medicaid-community-engagement-requirements-summary.pdf

You can look at what the Oregon legislative body will be working on beginning next week.

Here is a link to watch this month’s committee hearings. This is the first day. Click on the calendar arrow to see the meetings for the whole week. The joint ways and means committee is where state spending and revenue discussions are that will affect all of us.

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025I1/2026-01-13

Pay attention to budget shortfalls. How do we begin preparing for the much harder times ahead? We can’t keep fighting about what’s already on the way.

I keep saying protesting alone will not move the needle. How quick did people forget about Saturday when the football game came on the next day.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If you’ve read this far and are still interested, my email is laniciaduke@gmail.com and my number is 503-898-8929.

LaNicia Duke

I was down at the beach briefly later on and thought again about why I haven’t raised my voice and joined the millions who are marching and singing across our country and in our communities. Why in a year since the local protest group began, all I’ve mustered is driving by and honking when I happen to be in the area of a Saturday protest, despite my despair as the days have gone on and the horror and agonies have grown. I’m ashamed of myself. Physically, it would be very difficult to join the protest group, but I have words — words that have been sitting on my heart and making it heavier and heavier as each day goes by.

It is so important that we join our voices with others — just as one dot makes a small impact when placed in the middle of a page, when another dot is placed and they connect and then another, it encourages others to place a dot and the dots spread out and connect and on and on until we have a heart that beats in unison with the words of our Pledge of Allegiance: … One Nation Indivisible, With Liberty And Justice For All. One heart that beats in unison with love of and support of our Constitution. One heart that beats in unison to the Golden Rule: Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You.

If apathy or whatever or however you want to label it failed to keep us engaged in and understanding the political process and why each of our votes, informed votes, matters, it is now up to each of us to stand up and speak up and sing and cross the divide that separates us from those who would support this administration and all the pain, evil, and yes, death it has brought to our country. Each of our lives are impacted by the events of the last year in our country. Each of us may have a line to cross with family members, friends, neighbors, acquaintances — for me, it’s a brother and a cousin; for a friend, it’s a sister. They aren’t enemies; they’re flesh and blood, and they matter to us. We have history with them, just as we have history with our country. It’s terrifying for me to consider that the brother who has been a rock and the source of so much joy through all these years might forsake me for crossing that line with him. However, the belief I have that the possibility of connecting our dots might lead to the connecting of other dots — well, I just can’t go to sleep another night with that burden on my heart and not make an effort to lighten the burden.

And that’s what this letter is about — joining my voice in protest, with my neighbors and friends and community, of a president (no capital “p” — he doesn’t deserve it —) and an administration that has robbed us of our trust in our government to do what is right for us — all of us in our community and state and country and the world. We are a young country of immigrants, and we’re being shaken to our core. I do believe today there are encouraging signs that what we are doing in rising up against all the injustice is making a difference. May our hearts rest in the peace and knowledge that all will be well, however long that may take, and that we will find the courage to carry on together.

With heartfelt love and gratitude to all my brothers and sisters in our local community and throughout the country standing up and speaking out and singing —

Jill Thurston

What we found is the people in our community are willing to share their thoughts. A project that we thought might take a few hours ended up taking more than a few days. As we listened to the concerns of our neighbors along the main street, we were overwhelmed to find that we all shared similar concerns and values. At a time when main-stream and social media push the evocative notion that we are a deeply divided country, we found that is far from the case in our community.

The common grounds shared by our community members include the belief that truth matters. Our constitutional rights should be protected. Our laws should be followed and enforced by trained officers and politically neutral courts. People should not be stereotyped based on the color of their skin. Good people come in every color. Everyone, regardless of country of origin, has a right to due process and to be treated respectfully.

Like most Oregon communities, our residents and visitors come from diverse backgrounds and countries. We have first, second and third generation immigrants. Nearly all of us have immigrant heritage. Immigrants belong with us, in our community. As someone more eloquent than I recently wrote, “they belong to us in the sense that proximity, and familiarity, and regular interaction bring us all into a community of principle and mutual care, make us all our brother’s keeper, and calls on us to love our neighbors.” If you see a sign in a business window bearing a monarch butterfly, the symbol of migration, know that as a sign of support for these values.

In our community, as in the entire United States, people who believe in liberty and justice for all stand up to tyranny. We stand up for our neighbors. We let our voices be heard. Now is the time to let our elected officials know we demand our (and our neighbors’) freedom, the truth, and our rights protected.

One Pager
What to Say
The actions of the Trump administration violate the most sacred promise of our Constitution: that our freedom never be trampled by our own government.
The Trump administration is carrying out an illegal and unconstitutional military occupation of the state of Minnesota, in rural and urban communities alike. Trump is waging a campaign of terror and brutality to instill fear in all those who would stand up to him. He sought to make an example of Minnesota, and instead, the people of Minnesota are showing the world what standing up to tyranny looks like.
Federal agents with DHS and ICE have executed two American citizen legal observers, Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Masked, poorly trained agents are stopping, assaulting, and abducting anyone they choose. They are using chemical weapons indiscriminately. People of color are afraid to go to work or school. Businesses are closed and medical facilities dangerously understaffed, especially in rural areas. No one should have to fear leaving their home.
ICE and DHS are violating our Constitutional rights to freedom of speech and to not be deprived of life or liberty without due process of law. We have the right to object to wrong-doing by our government, to not be stopped and questioned without cause, to not be searched or arrested without a warrant signed by a judge, and to legal representation and a fair hearing.
Constitutional rights apply to everyone in the United States, whether they are citizens, legal immigrants, those in the process of seeking asylum or legal status, visitors and even undocumented immigrants.
This is a political attack, both to take the heat off of Trump’s failure to release 99% of the Epstein files (despite being required to by bipartisan federal law) and to punish states that did not vote for him and compel their leaders to comply with illegal demands for private voter data and other unconstitutional violations of state authority.
What We Want
• ICE and other federal immigration agents must cease operations now and leave Minnesota.
• All incidents of illegal arrests and violent or lethal confrontation must be investigated.
• Account for every person detained, assure that their rights are being respected and that they are being held under humane conditions.
• Create clear and enforceable operating parameters that strictly limit use of force and require agents to operate within the bounds of the law and constitution.
• Federal agents must not operate in any state, city or locality without the approval of local leadership and supervision by local law enforcement.
• Federal funding for ICE should be frozen. If ICE will not operate within the law and the Constitution, it should be disbanded and replaced with law enforcement that will.
What NOT to Say
Do not repeat or spread their arguments, not even to debunk them. Their messaging is designed to sow doubt in the mind of the listener, even when you are making the case against what they are saying. Always write and speak from our perspective.
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Do not accidentally expose people to our opponents’ framing. Our opponents try to associate us with negative concepts. When we put two ideas together in a sentence, a neural connection is made between them no matter what other words also appear in the sentence. For example: “Renee Good was not a paid agitator” is processed by the brain as: “Renee Good” plus “paid agitator.” Instead you could say: “Renee Good was a legal observer,” connecting the words “Renee Good” and “legal observer”. Become conscious of using the words “not” or “don’t”.
• Talk about how you feel and don’t use jargon. Talk in clear everyday language. Talk about right and wrong, not policies.
• Don’t label. Describe. Using labels like “fascism” tends to sound like name calling. It calls into question what you mean and what your motives are. It is always better to talk about what the person or group is doing. Then the listener is focused on judging their behavior, not yours.
• Project the image of peaceful non-violence. This is messaging too. Throwing things makes us look violent to voters. Remember what Dr King taught us about making a stark contrast between our peaceful protesting and the violent cruelty of our opponents. DO NOT work against our goals.
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