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The Feres Doctrine Horror Show

Vietnam Army veteran John McCarthy writes about the restrictions imposed on those injured on active duty by the Supreme Court's Feres Doctrine.

(LOS ANGELES) - The Feres Doctrine prevents military personnel and veterans from filing a tort claim for any injuries on active duty, even when the government is grossly negligent.

Cosmology of the Ants

It appears that billions of Argentine ants around the world all actually belong to one single global mega-colony.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - As children, it’s natural for us to believe the world is flat. Everything around us is flat. If we live on a prairie, the world stretching away looks flat; everything just gets smaller in the distance. No mystery there.

Economic Benefits of Medical Marijuana Reform in Oregon

Comprehensive Marijuana reforms would increase revenues, create jobs, decrease law enforcement and incarceration expenditures, increase tourism, and create new educational opportunities in Oregon’s universities.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The existing medical marijuana program in Oregon has been highly successful, but is in many ways less than optimal.

I am not personally a medical marijuana user, nor do I have any association with the organizers of the medical marijuana regulation campaign in Oregon.

Israel Facts, Figures and Statistics About Poverty Stricken Holocaust Survivors

Article rewrite demanded by a teacher named Nellie Deutsch. The original was by two of her students, and apparently wasn't intended to be published.

(JERUSALEM / SALEM) - The original article that occupied this space was sent to Salem-News.com and published along with the regular flow of information that passes through our electronic halls each day.

The original piece was presented exactly for what it is, with full credit to the writers and teacher.

Benny & Sid Presents Chapter 2 of the new serialized graphic novel The Hummer

Here's a secret I'd like to share: Cheap goods are just as out of reach if you don't have a job.

(Your City, USA) - Buy American! I think we'd all like to do that. We'd all like to be able to do that. But what can you buy that's made in America?

What manufacturing industry hasn't been free to move overseas to avoid the cost of labor, the cost of paying workers what it takes to raise a family? These same industries are now puzzled as to why they have no customers.

Israel Sandbags...Stupid America, as it Gloats in its Sadistic, Public Rape of Palestine

Joe Biden should have turned around and left the country.

(ANN ARBOR) - The far rightwing government of Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel majorly sandbagged Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

Putting a Damper on Bank and Financial High Risk Bets

Merkley, Levin, Kaufman, Brown, Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Restrict Banks and the Largest Financial Institutions from Making High-Risk Bets.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - United States Senators Jeff Merkley (OR), Carl Levin (MI), Ted Kaufman (DE), Sherrod Brown (OH), and Jeanne Shaheen (NH) put forward a new proposal today to help prevent taxpayer bailouts of financial firms by limiting high-risk speculation, also known as proprietary trading.

Afghanistan Debate Begins in U.S. House Early This Afternoon

"Today is our first opportunity to send the message not only to the White House but to the world that America is ready to work with the world community to meet the challenges of global security" -Dennis Kucinich

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This afternoon we're going to have a vote on whether or not the United States gets out of Afghanistan or stays there indefinitely.

Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Millions of Bird Deaths

“This legislation will absolutely save the lives of millions of birds that mistake objects reflected in window glass, such as habitat and sky, as real. The reflection of a tree limb looks just like a real tree limb to a bird,” - ABC President George Fenwick.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Bird groups are applauding legislation introduced by Illinois Congressman Mike Quigley to help prevent the deaths of millions of birds that collide with windows at thousands of federal buildings across the country.

The bill calls for each public building constructed, acquired, or altered by the GSA to incorporate, to the maximum extent possible, bird-safe building materials and design features.

Salem-News.com Passes Statesman Journal in Online Ranking

The 159-year old newspaper has been steadily edged in on by the only independent online news group in the country.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For nearly six years, Salem-News.com has been a constant in the Willamette Valley. The first independently owned online news group in the Nation, Salem-News.com has grown from an idea to a mainstay in homes and offices across America, and around the world.

Today, according to Alexa.com, the small upstart of a news company has surpassed the Gannett-owned Salem based newspaper, The Statesman Journal, in online ranking.