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Marijuana Therapy: Better / Safer than Most;
Potential Hazards are Unfounded

Many patients say that Cannabis/Marijuana works better even than aspirin for headaches because it acts faster without the possibility of nausea and vomiting by stomach irritation.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am continually amazed to see on my computer screen the new diseases for which Cannabis/Marijuana is beneficial. On December 12, 2011, I posted PTSD: Medicial Marijuana Clinical Studies Confirm Benefits on salem-news.com.

On December 23, 2011 I posted Marijuana: Mechanism of Action: Action on the CB-1 Receptor, which is in the brain.

Fukushima Radiation Spreads Worldwide

Tepco Admits that Radiation Levels from Fukushima.

(KYODO, Japan) - The University of California at Berkeley detected cesium levels in San Francisco area milk above over EPA limits … and even higher than they were 6 months ago.

TET `68 and the Siege at Khe Sanh - 44 Years Ago

The Chinese New Year holiday holds memories of fierce bravery and combat.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - The infamous Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, 44 years ago, marked the turning point in a long U.S. military struggle to help the South Vietnamese win a decisive victory against the Communist North.

Both sides had strong determination, and the Americans fought for years with the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) with many victories to their credit.

Why Americans Should Care About What Happened in Sri Lanka

Western media has ignored the Tamil Genocide and the plight of fellow journalists.

(SALEM) - The survival of humanity is a concept of inter-dependency. Each time this essential synchronicity is stripped away, the dogs of war assume their battle stations and sickening patterns of brutality begin.

The horror that enveloped Sri Lanka just over two years ago is beyond description. Sexual depravity accompanied mobs of morally disorganized soldiers who had orders to kill, everyone.

Another Dictator Sets Up Shop in the US

The US helped broker a deal giving Saleh immunity, in exchange for his surrendering power, which the US did not do with Gaddafi in Libya.

(Jamestown, RI) - Here we go again. The long time US supported dictator of Yemen will be coming to the US to set up residence. You may or may not recall a similar incident triggered the Iranian hostage situation back in 1979.

The brutal dictator, the Shah of Iran, was installed after the democratically elected President was overthrown by the CIA.

The Nightmare in the Congo

It is an understatement to say that everyone wants a piece of this place.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Congo is a very large country in Africa which if placed in the U.S. would span from California east to Kansas and from Texas north to North Dakota filling almost half the U.S.

`In ravaged times, poets become the voice of the voiceless`

It’s a different kind of imagination that is involved in this particular kind of being a witness, which you can very clearly see in my work.

(JAIPUR, India) - R Cheran is a Sri Lankan Tamil poet and academician, born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He published his first collection of poems Irandaavathu Suriya Uthayam (The Second Sunrise) in 1982.

His other titles include Yaman (God of Death) (1984), together with an anthology of Tamil resistance poems...

Supreme Court Declares Big Victory for Privacy Rights

It's the first time in 20 years that the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of location-tracking technology.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Earlier today, in a big victory for privacy rights, the Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Jones that the government violated the Fourth Amendment when it attached a GPS device to a car and tracked movements continuously for a month without a warrant.

This was a critical decision for defending the Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans from unreasonable searches.

Stop the pro-Israel lobby

The ‘consultation’ on a statutory lobby register may be a window of opportunity...

(LONDON) - The Queen needs a new royal yacht. But the British government says it can't afford to buy her one. The £80 million for the project must come from private sources.

Congress and States Prepare for another Circumcision Battle

MGMbill.org sends proposed genital mutilation legislation to Congress and eleven state legislatures as the legal battle to regulate circumcision heats up.

(SAN DIEGO PRWEB) - Children’s right activists from coast to coast have joined together this month to press more than 2,200 lawmakers in Congress and eleven states to enact the Male Genital Mutilation Bill.

The proposed bill would protect boys from forced circumcision the same way that girls are protected under federal and state laws.