Category: General Interest

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Some of you may have seen this note previously, but for anyone who missed it or was affected by an earlier oversight, I want to ensure everyone is informed about the ongoing food collection efforts for our community. Additionally, many of you have inquired about the next “NO KINGS” Protest. The date for this event has been set for Saturday, March 28. As of now, the protest is scheduled to take place along Highway 101 in Manzanita. Will let you know if there is any change to this location.

Looking ahead to the North County Resistance protest planned for this coming Saturday, February 7, the weather forecast predicts significant rainfall. Participants are encouraged to dress appropriately for wet conditions, raincoats, hats, rain pants, boots, and gloves are recommended. Umbrellas may also be helpful. While our main purpose is to protest regardless of the weather, we always manage to look good doing it!

Thank you to everyone who joined the North County Resistance event this past Saturday. Your participation—105 strong—and continued support are deeply valued. We are excited to announce that we will be gathering again on Saturday, February 7, from noon to 2 PM. We look forward to seeing you there as we continue our collective efforts for the betterment of our community and country.

I would like to recognize two key organizations making a difference in our community, starting with the Food Pantry at the Methodist Church in Nehalem. Operated by Nehalem Bay Community Services, this pantry provides essential support to those in need. Donations of food, clothing, linens, pet food, and other items are gratefully accepted. The pantry is open to all on Monday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM, and on Wednesday from 1 PM to 5 PM.
If you are able to donate, please consider items such as canned meats, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, soups, and similar goods. As the pantry’s needs may change weekly, it is helpful to ask what is currently needed when making a contribution.
Nehalem Bay Community Services also runs a Senior Lunch program every Tuesday and Thursday starting at 11:30 AM. Financial contributions are always welcome and help keep this vital service running. If you wish to donate, please send a check to Nehalem Bay Community Services, PO Box 232, Nehalem, Oregon 97131, and indicate on your check how you would like the funds to be used. Your generosity ensures the ongoing success of these important community meals, which are also delivered to those unable to attend in person.

The second organization deserving mention is the North County Food Bank, located in Wheeler. The food bank is open every Tuesday from noon to 3 PM, serving as a crucial resource for many in the area. Although the clothing bank is temporarily closed due to the construction of a new building, monetary donations are especially important at this time. Cash contributions enable the North County Food Bank to purchase food at discounted rates, making your support go even further.

The new facility is needed because the organization has lost access to the building they have used for the past 30 years. Support for the construction of this new building is greatly appreciated. When making a donation, please specify how you wish your contribution to be used. Large donations are particularly important for this project, and you are encouraged to reach out to others who may be interested in supporting the food bank’s new facility.

At our protest on Saturday, February 7, you are welcome to drop off checks or food donations for either organization. Simply let us know where you would like your donation directed, and we will ensure it reaches the correct destination. Thank you for your continued support!
Best,
Patty

Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Penned by Shakespeare, as morally relevant now as 400 years ago.

https://youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?si=yMBIxp6Jzdcp6BRz&t=1208

Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
Hath chid down all the majesty of England;
Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,
Their babies at their backs with their poor luggage,
Plodding to the ports and coasts for transportation,
And that you sit as kings in your desires,
Authority quite silenced by your brawl,
And you in rough of your opinions clothed;

What had you got? I’ll tell you: you had taught
How insolence and strong hand should prevail,
How order should be quelled; and by this pattern
Not one of you should live an aged man,
For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.

O, desperate as you are,
Wash your foul minds with tears, and those same hands,
That you like rebels lift against the peace,
Lift up for peace, and your unreverent knees,
Make them your feet to kneel to be forgiven!

You’ll put down strangers,
Kill them, cut their throats, possess their houses,
And lead the majesty of law in liom,
To slip him like a hound. Say now the king
(As he is clement, if th’ offender mourn)
Should so much come to short of your great trespass
As but to banish you, whether would you go?

What country, by the nature of your error,
Should give you harbor? go you to France or Flanders,
To any German province, to Spain or Portugal,
Nay, any where that not adheres to England,–

Why, you must needs be strangers: would you be pleased
To find a nation of such barbarous temper,
That, breaking out in hideous violence,
Would not afford you an abode on earth,
Whet their detested knives against your throats,
Spurn you like dogs, and like as if that God

Owed not nor made not you, nor that the claimants
Were not all appropriate to your comforts,
But chartered unto them, what would you think
To be thus used? this is the strangers case;
And this your mountainish inhumanity.

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

Uniparty is a political term referring to the idea that the seemingly separate political parties – like Democrats and Republicans function in practice as a single entity in our federal government.

Its like this: picture in your mind a huge grassy field where hundreds, thousands of sheep are grazing. At one end of the field is farmer Dem, at the other end of the field is Farmer Rep. Two sheepdogs go out and try to herd as many sheep into their farmer’s pens as they can. After Farmer Rep, and Farmer Dem count their sheep – as we would count votes, – then the sheep are herded into trucks and off they go to the very same butcher shop.

And that is how it is for our federal government!

Thats why I call main stream media – the Sheep Dog News!!

Submitted By: Keeks54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.
– President Grover Cleveland

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
-President Franklin D. Roosevelt

America has experienced this crisis before. Every few generations, a class of greedy oligarchs rise to power who are so intoxicated by wealth, so determined to hoard more, more, more, that they become a threat not just to our economy but to our democracy itself.

— It happened in the 1850s when the plantation aristocracy rose up, destroyed democracy in the South, and then tried to conquer the entire nation.

— It happened again when the Robber Barons of the Roaring 20s crushed unions and helped trigger the Republican Great Depression.

— And it’s happening today in the aftermath of the Reagan/Bush/Trump Revolution, as billionaire fortunes have exploded over the past 44 years and the American middle class has collapsed.
-Thom Hartmann

Chris Berrie
Rockaway Beach

Submitted By: Nani@naniwaddoups.com – Click to email about this post

Hi All!
Has anyone used Tillamook Movers? If so, would you share your experience with me?
Thanks!

Submitted By: jrcharrison@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Mysterious Conspiracy Theory Poster:

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. You have a lot of the former and none of the latter.
There are only 5,000 characters in a reply here on BBQ, and refuting misinformation takes far more work than it does to rattle it off in the first place.
In the words of Jonathan Swift: “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv’d, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale has had its Effect.”

As I said in my earlier reply, I did not endeavor to disprove all your false allegations- merely show that your arguments are spurious in that they are not based in reality. It should not be on me to disprove your radical assertions- you should bring the receipts for the claims you make.
There’s a link below with the facts about Jan 6. There is lots of documentation of President Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost. The insurrectionists may have believed the election was stolen, but they believed conspiracy theories without evidence.
Many such cases, these days.
This is where Occam’s Razor can be helpful. I leave it here for your consideration.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
Also, while I’m here: Liz Cheney didn’t run a court. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6th_Committee
They made referrals to the DOJ for prosecution, but did not do the charging themselves. They also didn’t sentence anyone. Judges did that, and then President Trump pardoned almost 1500 of the criminals, some of whom have gone on to reoffend.
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/at-least-33-pardoned-insurrectionists-face-other-criminal-charges-but-many-are-now-going-free/
The American project is rife with abuses of power- slavery, segregation, the Bay of Pigs, Grenada, Haiti, El Salvador, Iran-Contra, Panama, the MOVE bombing, COINTELPRO, Citizens United, the Trail of Tears, the Indian Wars, Indian Termination Policy, ICE, drone strikes, the Powell memo- and I think they are all bad and that we shouldn’t do them any more or ever again. =)

To BBQ Readers Generally:

Hello! Your hair looks great! If you listen to that guy up there, do so with the largest of grains of salt, please.
Wikipedia has the following on the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack
All the numbers at the end of a sentence on Wikipedia link to a source for the claim or statement made in the article- it has been communally fact checked and verified. The riot was not incited by “feds” though there were some federal employees, military members, and law enforcement officers among the mob of white supremacists, fascists, and disgruntled supporters of President Trump.
I implore you to question things you read or hear- especially things that rile you up or sound too good (or too bad!) to be true. The SIFT method is a good place to start:
guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=1241077&p=9082322
Stop!
Investigate the Source
Find Better Coverage
Trace Claims, Quotes, and Media to their Original Context

Also, because it got brought up a lot recently- I’m a socialist! It’s fantastic and I think you should try it. A lot of the best things in this country are socialist: Social Security, the interstate highway system, national parks, AmTrak, libraries, public schools, the EPA, the National Weather Service, even the good ol’ Manzanita Transfer Station.

This socialist has a name, and it’s
Jeremiah Shepersky

Submitted By: janheflin@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Let’s Talk Tillamook: Veteran’s Advocacy
A conversation with Dr. Ky Hunter CEO of ROC and Afghanistan Veterans of America
January 23, 2026
Editor’s Note
This Q&A is based on an interview with Dr. Ky Hunter CEO of ROC and Afghanistan Veterans of
America. Listen to the full interview at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4tjrZrHS-Y
Q: What led you from military service into veterans’ advocacy and public policy work?
My background is as a Marine Corps Cobra attack helicopter pilot, with multiple combat
tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. After active duty, I served in the Office of Legislative Affairs at
the U.S. House of Representatives. That experience was transformative. I saw firsthand
how policy decisions directly affect veterans’ lives, often far more than people realize.
What stood out to me was how effective advocacy requires both strong research and real
human stories. At the time, many policy discussions relied heavily on anecdotes without
robust data. I wanted to help bridge that gap, using research to support lived experiences
and push for evidence-based policy that improves quality of life after service and
strengthens long-term military readiness.
Q: How would you describe the current state of veteran services in the United States?
What is working well?
There are several real success stories. The Post-9/11 GI Bill has been truly transformative,
expanding education access and increasing veterans’ employment prospects and lifetime
earnings. It’s also allowed benefits to be shared with families, which strengthens long-term
stability. We’ve also seen strong progress in women’s veterans’ health care. Policies
ensuring access to female primary care providers, direct gynecological care, and improved
screening, especially for veterans exposed to burn pits. The PACT Act has also expanded
eligibility for VA care, reaching tens of thousands of veterans who may not have known they
qualified.
Q: Where are veterans still falling through the cracks?
Mental health care is the most urgent concern. The VA is facing tens of thousands of vacant
mental health provider positions. Many veterans prefer VA providers because they
understand military culture, but shortages have led to longer wait times and increased
reliance on community care, where access and quality can vary. This shift has been
particularly challenging in rural areas, where community providers may not exist at all.
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Q: What challenges do rural veterans face in places like coastal and inland Oregon?
Rural veterans deal with long travel distances, seasonal road closures, and limited provider
availability. In many communities, the VA has historically been the only reliable source of
care, especially for women’s health services. When funding or staffing is reduced at VA
facilities, rural veterans are disproportionately affected. Weather, geography, and
infrastructure make missed appointments and delayed care very real consequences.
Q: What concerns are veterans raising about economic security and benefits?
Housing and economic stability are top concerns. VA home loans are one of the most
powerful tools veterans have to achieve homeownership, which is a key way military
service helps break cycles of intergenerational poverty. Any effort to make those loans
more expensive or limit access creates serious anxiety for veterans and their families.
Veterans are also expressing concern about how current deployments and domestic use of
military personnel may affect long-term mental health outcomes and future care needs.
Q: What steps should veterans and communities take right now to protect benefits
and improve access to care?
First, veterans should make sure they are enrolled in the VA system and registered under
the PACT Act, even if they are unsure whether they qualify. Oregon’s veteran service officers
are an excellent resource for navigating benefits. I also encourage people to get involved
with organizations like Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Advocacy matters, and
educating both veterans and non-veterans about policy decisions helps ensure that
lawmakers understand what veterans actually need.
Let’s Talk Tillamook is an independent community project led by experienced broadcasters
and journalists dedicated to providing accurate, factual information and thoughtful
conversations for the people of Tillamook County.

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Hello, and thank you to everyone who participated in the North County Resistance event this past Saturday. Your presence—105 of you—and your support are greatly appreciated. We are pleased to announce that we will be gathering again this coming Saturday, February 7th, from noon to 2 PM. We hope to see you there as we continue to work together for our community and country.

I want to acknowledge two vital organizations serving our community, starting with the Food Pantry at the Methodist Church in Nehalem. This pantry is a part of Nehalem Bay Community Services and provides essential resources to those in need. They accept donations of food, clothing, linens, pet food, and more. The food pantry is open to everyone on Monday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM, and on Wednesday from 1 PM to 5 PM.
If you are able to contribute, please consider donating items such as canned meats, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, soups, and similar goods. Needs may change weekly, so when making a donation, it is helpful to ask what is currently needed.

Nehalem Bay Community Services also offers a Senior Lunch program every Tuesday and Thursday beginning at 11:30 AM. Financial support for this program is always appreciated. If you would like to make a donation, please send a check to Nehalem Bay Community Services, PO Box 232, Nehalem, Oregon 97131. Be sure to indicate on your check how you would like your donation to be used. Your support helps ensure the continued success of these important community lunches. Lunches are also delivered.

The second organization I wish to highlight is the North County Food Bank, located in Wheeler. The food bank is open every Tuesday from noon to 3 PM and serves as a lifeline for many in our area. While the clothing bank is temporarily closed due to the construction of a new food bank building, your monetary donations are especially valuable at this time. Cash donations allow the NCFB to purchase food at reduced prices, stretching your contribution further.

The NCFB is building a new facility because they have lost the building they started serving from 30 years ago. Support for this new facility is greatly needed and appreciated. When donating, please indicate how you would like your contribution to be used. Large donations are particularly necessary for this project, so please consider reaching out to others who may be interested in supporting the food bank’s new building.

At our Protest on Saturday, February 7, you can drop off checks or food for either organization. Just tell us where you want your donation directed and we will make sure it gets there. Thank you!

Submitted By: stayhuman@tutamail.com – Click to email about this post

A self-described socialist responded to my post FED KILLINGS (in this general interest category days ago) – about feds killing the two folks in MN and Ashley Babbit on J6.

The self-described socialist wrote, about feds killing the small, unarmed woman Ashley Babbit, who was protesting on J6:

“She was climbing through broken glass of one of the doors when U.S. Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd fired a single shot to stop her entry to the secured area. This stopped her from crossing the threshold and scared her accomplices away, preventing their advance into the breach. While her death is regrettable, I feel that his use of force is one of the few captured on video that remains defensible.”

Frist of all, the above is hardly a reason to end somebody’s life.

Second, I am so glad that you do not work for ICE!

The socialist went on to write:
“I do not mourn Babbitt. I am angry that her co-insurrectionists were pardoned.
My heart breaks at the fate of Good and Pretti, because they were trying to make the world a better place.”

I do mourn for Ashley, as I mourn for the two shot dead in MN and for anyone, of any belief, race, sexual orientation, etc., that is shot dead by out of control feds.

Again, I am so glad the socialist does not work for ICE, and I hope he doesn’t own a firearm.

If interested, read on as I will explain my view of the events of J6. If you are not interested, don’t read what I am about to write.

If you watched the video I posted showing Ashley’s murder, you will see Pelosi’s Capitol police standing by and doing nothing while feds – in my view – are smashing windows. My favorite is the fed – in my view – with the mask and wrapped in the Don’t Tread On Me flag!

I believe J6 was a riot orchestrated by the feds. Ray Epps is one of the feds who got found out, and he can be researched. Much like the ‘umbrella man’ in Minneapolis the first time around, who was seen lighting fires, and was likely a fed, there were lots of feds doing the bulk of the violence and window smashing on J6.

The reason why Pelosi’s Capitol police opened the gates for the protesters was so they would trespass, get charged with sedition, and then the dems could try to link the sedition to Drumf, so he couldn’t run in ’24.

A huge flag for any free thinker:
Dick Cheney’s daughter ran the kangaroo court(!), and that fact alone should get the attention of anyone who remembers the most anti-American (9/11) and most murderous (Iraq) administration of my life: Dubya and Dick. She handed down extreme draconian sentences to folks who were wandering the Capitol grounds as if they were tourists. 20 years???? This is why I wrote a piece on this site when Drumf deployed the National Guard to Portland – so young activists wouldn’t be arrested and sentenced like Lizzo sentenced j6ers.

The socialist also cites the NYT in his ‘media literacy’ paragraph as an example of objective reporting. This is the same war-war-war!!! NYT that published treasonous Dick Cheney’s WMD lie from BS Italian intelligence that Saddam was procuring yellowcake, that NYT article written by fellow treason gal Judith Miller. In my view, the NYT has always been nothing but propaganda for the 1%. And the NYT LOVES WAR.

I would also like to point out that the socialist did not deny the many anti-American murderous atrocities of treason committed by Team Blue that I wrote about – only finding issue with the number of executive orders I wrongly ascribed to King Obama. King Obama, however, still holds the record for persecutions of whistleblowers and journalists.

I did forget to mention my favorite lie from King Biden though: After US special forces and Norwegian special forces blew up Russia’s Nordstream pipeline, an act of war – done to escalate NATOs war against Russia – King Biden lied to the world, and to HIS OWN VOTERS, claiming that Russia blew up their own pipeline! That act of terrorism from King Biden resulted in the single largest release of methane ever, if that matters to any climate change folks.

Finally, I believe Biden did in fact steal the election. As did JFK and Dubya did twice.

I believe J6 turned quite rapidly into a riot orchestrated by the feds.

I also believe those protesting on J6 had a great case and great cause for protesting the election. And, I think they were trying to make the world a better place, by standing up for democracy, as THEY BELIEVED THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

Bottom line: there was no reason for that officer to murder Ashly Babbit.

Submitted By: jamietaylormassage@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

We are being asked to hold so much, more than ever, it seems. I have done a lot of personal work over the years deconstructing in myself the lies of colonialism, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, all of it, and I also have a large capacity for grief, but still, I know that I have spent the last month practically drowning in the horror and the sorrow of it all, wondering, how do we move forward knowing, so, so, so clearly now, that these evils exist in the world? How do we move forward knowing that these people in power are a depraved death cult, so deeply disconnected from their humanity, and that they may well kill us all? I’ve found myself especially lamenting that this evil, or potential for evil, has always existed, and I was feeling rather hopeless in the “why-did-I-even-sign-up-for-incarnation-and-why,-oh-why,-did-I-have-children-it’s-too-fucking-hard” way. I have been crying real, bitter, tears about it. I have had grasping thoughts of how to stay safe in the midst of it all, and coming up empty. This morning something shifted in me though, and that is this. Hopefully, it will help you too.

Yes, this horrific capacity in humanity for shallow evil and lies has always existed, but so has our capacity for deep love and truth. Those of us that share this collective grief and rage about our current reality are truly expressing our maintained connection to our own humanity and love for Life, and that too, has always existed. Therefore, the conditions are still the same. Life is asking of us in this moment, and every moment, the same thing that it has always been asking of us humans, simply, to risk it all. Life is asking us today, as it always has, how alive can we be, for our lives? How human, can we become? How tender? How soft? How honest? How complex? How open? How vulnerable? How connected? How kind? How patient? How curious? How amazed? How brave? Given all that is on the table, how much are you willing to give of your life, for Life? For the future ones? What are you here to do, really? Let us take our places in the long and distinguished line of people who have stood for Life. Let’s risk it all.

We’re all going to die, this I know, and none of us know when, or how. Friends, I beg of you, make a place for grief in your life. If we are going to do the true, honest work of meeting Life on it’s own terms, knowing that everything we love, including our own lives, we will lose, there we will find the courage to live our lives for Life. Life does not want us to stay safe or small, it does want to know what kind of ancestor do you want to be?

Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Excellent history and explanation of Oregon’s Transient Lodging Tax by Rep Cyrus Javadi.

As Rep Javadi says, Since 2003, 70% of TLT moneys collected MUST be used for marketing tourism. He points out that overnight visitors contribute to that tax and that “day trippers” do not. And that ALL visitors use our infrastructure that needs to be maintained and paid for: water, bathrooms, roads, police, etc.

And in Tillamook County the other 30% of TLT money HAS to be used for roads.

So how do tourist communities maintain their infrastructure when they see their population double, triple and even quadruple during high tourist season?

He is co-sponsoring HB 4148 along with our Senator, Suzanne Weber, and others, which allows cities and counties to change the percentage that goes to marketing while leaving at least 40% for marketing.

This is a good start to fixing this problem. Please our legislators with your support.

Rep Cyrus Javadi
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1432
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, H-373, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: www.oregonlegislature.gov/javadi

Senator Suzanne Weber
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1716 Disrict Phone: 503-300-4493
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, S-405, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: Sen.SuzanneWeber@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: www.oregonlegislature.gov/weber

From Rep Javadi’s newsletter:
“This is the same bill we introduced during the long legislative session in 2025. No changes. Just more support.
Senators Weber and Nerron Misslin, along with Representative Julie Walters, myself and many lawmakers are sponsoring the bill.
Now, before anyone reaches for the fainting couch about a bill that raises taxes or ruins tourism, let’s be clear about what it doesn’t do.
It doesn’t eliminate tourism promotion.
It doesn’t raid marketing budgets.
It doesn’t punish hotels, short-term rentals, or the people who make their living welcoming visitors.
It doesn’t raise taxes. It doesn’t increase rates. And, it doesn’t create a new program or a new bureaucracy.
What it does (quietly, almost modestly) is restore balance.
Cities and counties would still be required to devote at least 40 percent of lodging tax revenue to tourism-related spending. That’s more guaranteed promotion than almost any other industry receives from a consumer tax. And, this is important, if a city or county wanted to invest 100% of the tax on tourism promotion, they absolutely can.
That’s the beauty of it. Cities and counties can decide how to meet the needs of their communities. Local governments could finally use the remaining funds for what tourism actually needs to function:
Infrastructure. Public safety. Emergency services. Basic livability. In other words, the stuff that makes visitors want to come back.
So, let me say it again:
No new tax. And no rate increase. Just permission to use existing dollars honestly.

Want to read more? Find the full newsletter here: cyrusjavadior.substack.com/p/sunsets-and-sewer-pipes

Text of HB 4148
apps.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4148

The first reading is today, 2-2
olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4148

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Tillamook County Housing Commission
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The Tillamook County Housing Commission is pleased to announce that it will be hearing eight project proposals for this round of the Housing Production Solutions Fund (HPSF) at our next meeting, February 5th 2026 at 9 am.
It is always exciting to hear about new housing projects in Tillamook County! The public is invited and encouraged to attend in person or online. For more information, visit tillamookcounty.gov/bc-hc or email Parker.Sammons@TillamookCounty.Gov

Submitted By: babbles@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

to the BBQ readership:

Mahatma Gandhi’s Seven Social Sins, published in his Young India newspaper in 1925, are behaviors he believed would destroy society by undermining moral, ethical, and human values. They are:
1. wealth without work,
2. pleasure without conscience.
3. knowledge without character.
4. commerce without morality.
5. science without humanity.
6. religion without sacrifice.
7. politics without principle.

IS THIS IS NOT WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY OUR COUNTRY? ARE NOT MORAL, ETHICAL AND HUMAN VALUES BEING DESTROYED?

we need instead, the following:
1. wealth WITH work.
2. pleasure WITH conscience.
3. knowledge WITH character.
4. commerce WITH morality.
5. science WITH humanity.
6. religion WITH sacrifice.
7. politics WITH principle.

these principles serve as a timeless guide for maintaining a just and sustainable society. let us elect leaders who will follow the teachings of Mahatma Ghandi. be sure to VOTE in every election.

om peace namaste

lucy brook
nehalem resident
U.S. citizen

Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

By Marc Johnson

www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/many-things-considered-the-lying-will-continue/

Submitted By: lfelley@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

So many of us are disturbed by what is happening in our country. It helps to feel like you are doing something to make things better. This article suggests an easy action one can make, boycott big tech
www.businessinsider.com/tech-ai-boycott-february-protest-ice-scott-galloway-2026-2

Hope you find this helpful!
Lydi Felley

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Just saw a story about Jesse Welles, a folksinger from Arkansas, on the CBS Sunday morning show. His songs relate to current challenges for average folks in the tradition of past great folk singers, and I think have potential to bring us together.

– Dave

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

The North County Resistance proudly identifies as a group of peaceful protesters, dedicated to expressing our concerns while respecting the city and its residents.

We believe that voicing our opinions is essential, but it must be done in a manner that upholds the values of our community. Our actions are guided by a commitment to nonviolence and consideration for everyone around us.

Our group makes it a priority to honor the city’s guidelines and demonstrate thoughtfulness toward local businesses and neighbors. We strive to foster goodwill and maintain positive relationships throughout our activities, ensuring that our message is heard without causing disruption or harm.

We extend our gratitude to the City of Nehalem for the use of their parking lot for our protest activities. It is important to us that our presence does not disrupt or interfere with the businesses located in Nehalem. In this spirit, we kindly ask all participants to avoid congregating near local businesses and to ensure that the flow of customers and operations remains uninterrupted.

Specifically, we request that protesters do not block the entrances or exits of the coffee shop across the street from our gathering location. Additionally, we ask everyone to be mindful not to visually obstruct the sign for the business situated to the north and across the street. It is also worth noting that the honking of horns heard during our demonstration is initiated by passing drivers and is not orchestrated by our group. Our intention is to foster good relationships with our neighbors in the community.
We encourage everyone to consider the perspective of local business owners, who face challenges during the winter months. Supporting their ability to attract customers is important to us, as we all share the goal of seeing Nehalem businesses thrive.

On Saturday, January 31, Nehalem became the site of a remarkable demonstration, as more than 100 individuals came together, lining the sidewalks in a unified and peaceful assembly. The atmosphere was striking, with participants standing together to protest recent actions taken by the government. This collective effort reflected deep concern over several urgent issues impacting the United States of America.

Protesters raised voices against the government’s role in contributing to harm and loss of life and expressed strong opposition to the detention of citizens without just cause. There was also significant anxiety about the climate of fear that has led many people to feel confined to their homes. Furthermore, demonstrators objected to the government’s apparent reliance on individuals perceived as bigots and brainwashers. The event served as a powerful statement, showcasing the community’s widespread unease and their unified call for meaningful change.
We are a group of people, mainly locals, but also joined by people from here and there, in county and out of county, in state and out of state. Many of us are old and we’ve been joined by more younger people every week. We thank each one of you. We will continue to peacefully protest and hope you will join us! We will see you again next Saturday.

Best,
Patty

Submitted By: wattchildress@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Hey folks,

Earlier this year I sent you the op-ed linked below. Oregon’s legislature begins a new session next week, so I’m sharing it again. I also sent it out to every state rep and senator.

The north coast can improve how we spend tax dollars collected from overnight visitors. We can make sure that money sustains our scenic rural heritage in ways that model fiscal stewardship.

To do that, we need to think beyond the narratives made by the same old lobbies that have driven discussions about tourism. That’s why I wrote this, in hopes of opening up the conversation. Thanks for reading it.

Watt Childress

www.upperleftedge.com/2026/01/06/smart-travel-money-helps-care-for-places-we-love/

Submitted By: jrcharrison@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Hello BBQ! The original “Fed Killings” post www.northcoastbbq.com/2026/01/30/fed-killings/ incensed me quite a bit and I felt I had to address some of the points so- *deep breath* -here we go.
[TL;DR: Facts are important, whataboutism is bad, we have to acknowledge a shared reality, check your sources and develop media literacy, I’m happy to answer questions by email!]

Ashley Babbitt was part of a mob involved in a violent insurrection at the US Capitol with the goal of overturning a free and fair election. This mob was inside the Capitol and attempting to breach a set of double doors that had been barricaded with office furniture by Capitol Police. She was climbing through broken glass of one of the doors when U.S. Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd fired a single shot to stop her entry to the secured area. This stopped her from crossing the threshold and scared her accomplices away, preventing their advance into the breach. While her death is regrettable, I feel that his use of force is one of the few captured on video that remains defensible.

In contrast, Renee Good and Alex Pretti were both in their own city, unarmed, outnumbered, and shot multiple times while engaging in activities that are protected by the First Amendment. Jonathan Ross, who murdered Renee Good, and the two as-yet-unnamed Border Patrol agents who murdered Alex Pretti did so while acting recklessly and unprofessionally, and their superiors immediately lied about their victims in official statements.

There is no equivalency here.
I do not mourn Babbitt. I am angry that her co-insurrectionists were pardoned.
My heart breaks at the fate of Good and Pretti, because they were trying to make the world a better place. I am heartened that their comrades are still doing their best, and I would like to be counted among them.

As for some of the other issues raised, I am not Sisyphus to attempt to correct every factual error on the internet [ https://xkcd.com/386/ ] but I will point out that President Barack Obama issued fewer executive orders than President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton. In each of his terms President Obama issued fewer executive orders than President Donald J. Trump did in both President Trump’s first term and the first *year* of President Trump’s second term.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-orders

There’s also a lot of whataboutism going on here!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

While Obama and Biden and all modern presidents have abused executive power, the levels of overreach we are seeing now are more frequent, more severe, and escalatory. It is established fact that the left critiqued Obama and Biden. A more meaningful exercise may be to compare the contrast the right’s reaction to the Jade Helm exercises of 2015 with the current deployments of ICE and DHS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Helm_15_conspiracy_theories
We now have New York Times infographics on “How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/24/us/us-federal-agents-national-guard-ice-fbi.html
And the Minnesota Star Tribune can help you identify the crowd control munitions that are being deployed in the neighborhood
www.startribune.com/federal-agents-are-deploying-clouds-streams-and-spatters-of-chemical-irritants-what-are-their-health-consequences/601568140
ICE has internal memos that say it no longer needs a warrant signed by a judge to enter a home.
apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d

I will be standing along Highway 101 at the next No Kings rally on March 28th. US politics is currently a two party game, unfortunately, but we’re at a heady moment of change. While most of the party leadership is center-right technocrats, there is a real and tangible shift for the Democratic Party towards rejecting the billionaire and oligarch class and moving towards progressive ideals that will help the vast majority of Americans, with inroads being made with Democratic Socialist candidates like Zohran Mamdani, and AOC. The Republican Party, however, has decided to go all in on the far right, Christian nationalism, and neosegregationists. I can pull the Democratic Party to the left. The Republican Party wants to exile, harass, and eliminate my friends, family, and community members. Team Blue might not be always right, but right now Team Red is dead wrong.

That’s enough out of me for now, your friendly local idealist solarpunk socialist. I’m glad to have a discussion by email if you like, but am more inclined to forum lurking than posting.

I am including links to media literacy guides from both the University of Oregon as well as Oregon State University so as to avoid any appearance of bias in that regard. =)
researchguides.uoregon.edu/medialiteracy/evaluating-sources
guides.library.oregonstate.edu/newsliteracy

A better world is possible.
Jeremiah Shepersky

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

If you are like me, you are wondering about what is going on on this planet of the humans!
I keep tying to find out – I keep hoping to understand. Well, I found a video that explains this, and I think it is good. It is not political – It is how the world works now – It is about 30 minutes long. Worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbN-AhFoN6M

THE START OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
That should be the title if you click on the above

Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Beautiful song shared by Lane on Facebook

Ma Muse link
www.facebook.com/share/v/1DBu4FJXXX/

Lyrics:
I am home in the holy
I’m stepping in fully
To the shift
To the change
To the ground
That’s holding me.
I’m alive to the midnight,
Wide eyed in the twilight
Giving up
Giving in
Giving over to the mystery
May my life be an offering
To serve our mutual flourishing
We are in the care of one another
I keep my inner fires burning
fuel the passion and the yearning
To give these gifts
To keep on learning
Without end

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

From an article (Jan 29, 2026) by Hilary Clinton:

…. “The glorification of cruelty and rejection of compassion don’t just shape the Trump administration’s policies. Those values are also at the core of Trump’s own character and worldview. And they have become a rallying cry for a cadre of hard-right “Christian influencers” who are waging a war on empathy.

“Their twisted campaign validates Trump’s personal immorality and his administration’s cruelty. It marginalizes mainstream religious leaders who espouse traditional values that conflict with Trump’s behavior and agenda. And it threatens to pave the way for an extreme vision of Christian nationalism that seeks to replace democracy with theocracy in America.

…. “The tone was set right at the beginning of this second Trump presidency. The day after taking the oath of office last January, Trump attended a prayer service at the National Cathedral. The Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, directed part of her sermon at the new president: “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” She spoke of children of immigrant families afraid that their parents would be taken away, refugees fleeing persecution, and young LGBTQ Americans who feared for their lives. It was an honest plea, suffused with the kind of love and generosity toward neighbors and strangers that Jesus taught.

“Bishop Budde was immediately vilified. One Republican congressman said she “should be added to the deportation list.” The pastor and influencer Ben Garrett warned his followers, “This snake is God’s enemy and yours too. She hates God and His people. You need to properly hate in response.” The right-wing Christian podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey called the sermon “toxic empathy that is in complete opposition to God’s Word and in support of the most satanic, destructive ideas ever conjured up.” Toxic empathy! What an oxymoron. I don’t know if the phrase reflects moral blindness or moral bankruptcy, but either way it’s appalling.” ….

Her article goes on and on. Near the end she offers some ideas on what we can do, but I think misses the most direct and effective action: to call it what it is – Cruelty and Corruption. Their actions are CRUEL and CORRUPT, things most of us (Christians included) don’t want done in our names and would never vote for.

– Dave

Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

This article from the Oregon Journalism Project that does a good job defining the issues and pointing at solutions. Here’s the lede from the article:
“Leaving it up to the locals impedes Oregon’s much-needed reading recovery. Unlike other states, Oregon funds its 197 school districts but does little to hold them to account for their outcomes.
“When it comes to education, Oregonians cherish local control. Yet increasingly, experts say local control is one reason so many Oregon kids can’t read.”
www.oregonjournalismproject.org/leaving-it-up-to-the-locals-impedes-oregons-much-needed-reading-recovery
Gene Dieken

Submitted By: stayhuman@tutamail.com – Click to email about this post

Two Americans shot dead by Feds in Minneapolis.
And the left is protesting violently in the streets. Some are crying. Some say the end of democracy is at hand!

But there was not a peep from the left, not a tear shed from the left, when the Feds blatantly murdered Ashley Babbit on J6.

If you consider yourself on the left, I challenge you to watch the feds murder of Ashley Babbit:
rumble.com/v6e3a71-ashli-babbitt-shooting-analysis..html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_o&sci=eba5222e-d225-4c0e-b102-dd2a0f7f064b

The divide and conquer dual party fascism run by the oligarchs/bankers/tech bros needs to end.

TEAM RED VS TEAM BLUE needs to end.

It’s the people (the 99%) versus the bankers who create money out of thin air, their minions within corrupt elements of our military, the SiliCON valley tech boys, and the obedient oligarchs who make wars and make us sick in order to keep the scam going.

No Kings?? It’s easy for the left to see Drumf behaving as a King. But what of Biden and his autopen? Who was king then? And what of King Obama and his record persecution of whistleblowers and journalists? What of King Obama and his record number of Executive Orders, outdoing his predecessor King Dubya? What of King Obama dropping drone bombs in the Middle East weekly, or using USAID money to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Ukraine in 2014, doing the bidding of the bankers and starting NATOs current war with Russia? What of Queen Hillary overthrowing Honduras, installing death squads and causing a mass exodus north? What of Queen Hillary overthrowing Libya, laughing about the murder of Ghadaffi on 60-minutes, and causing a mass exodus to Europe?

My main problem with the left, and why I will NOT be joining the protestors along HWY 101 in Nehalem, is the left thinks Team Blue is ALWAYS RIGHT, and they as a whole tend to be extremely self-righteous about it, even as they traumatized our children with mandatory masks at school for months – just one example I can highlight.

Here are two comedians commenting on the need to end the two-party divide and conquer scam from on high, through the lens of the Minneapolis murders:

rumble.com/v74wyiw-what-theyre-not-telling-you-about-the-ice-killings.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a

Also, in my view, it was Jacob Frey and Tim Walz who are most to blame for the utter destruction of Minneapolis last time around. What will these two anti-American operatives do for the oligarchs this time around?

rumble.com/playlists/MJLsajTRn58

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United Paws of Tillamook is an all-volunteer nonprofit organizations dedicated to alleviating animal suffering by humanely addressing cat and kitten overpopulation and homelessness.

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Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

AI as it is called. We all know it is partially here. Do we need it? Does it really make things more efficient? Does it make things more helpful in our lives?
Does it make more money for the corporations? How about a One World Government – would it help them keep control?

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!!

Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

The theme this year’s Tillamook County Giving Guide is “Sowing Seeds of Love”.

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
(11) Facebook

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.

Submitted By: heidiangelaparker@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

877 767-9425

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/