John Woods

John Woods


  • Stuck like a bug in amber, Oregon moves back to its old ways

    December 14, 2024

    Stuck like a bug in amber, Oregon moves back to its old ways

    If you have ever gone to rock and mineral or jewelry shows, you will usually find a piece of amber at one of the vendor's booths with a bug stuck in it. Amber is the fossilized remains of pine tree sap. The bug was the unfortunate victim of landi...

  • Attestation: A bizarre way to run elections

    December 3, 2024

    Attestation: A bizarre way to run elections

    In the 2024 election cycle in Oregon, we have seen a total failure of any sense of fair, transparent, honest elections. We have a system that relies on “self-attestation” to provide election security. According to different sources, ...

  • Oregon, where cheating is a virtue!

    November 30, 2024

    Oregon, where cheating is a virtue!

    As early voting results came in, the Oregon Secretary of State gave a small notice that 300 illegal voters had voted in the election. As time went on, the number of these illicit votes -- that is, illegal registrations without citizenship being estab...

  • Pressure may be the culprit

    November 15, 2024

    Pressure may be the culprit

    I am reading in numerous news outlets about pilots having heart attacks and other heart problems after they have had the COVID-19 shot. In the fall of 2017, I was having problems breathing and was very weak as a result of that. The doctors were havin...

  • The not so great pyramids

    October 13, 2024

    The not so great pyramids

    When taxes are added cumulatively to products that industries are producing and selling, and when, each time the product moves from the producer to the middle man and ultimately to the seller, that tax is added on, it is called Tax Pyramid. ...