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Benny & Sid presents Chapter 4 of the serialized graphic novel The Truant Officer

The latest edition in Salem's only original cartoon series.

(Your City, USA) - Nobody likes to be made a fool of. Sometimes you see it coming. Sometimes you've just got to clench your teeth and take it in the gut because it's your job.

I'm not sure what consolation it is to know that Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote "That which does not kill us makes us stronger," or that Arnold Schwarzenegger said much the same thing in "Conan the Barbarian," but the jobs real men do take more than just swinging a pick or driving a long haul truck.

NFL Snubs Notion of Limbaugh Ownership

"The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it" - Rush Limbaugh

(SALEM, Ore.) - With quotes like the one above, it isn't hard to imagine why the NFL is down in the mouth over Rush Limbaugh's idea to purchase the St. Louis Rams.

The idea hit the wall Tuesday when Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay vowed to vote against Limbaugh. Commissioner Roger Goodell echoed similar thoughts, noting that the conservative commentator's "divisive" comments are not something any NFL insiders would tolerate.

Human Rights: We Shall Overcome

Palestinian people continue to dream and hope and yearn for freedom, and acts of heroism and resistance continue.

(NEW HAVEN, Ct.) - Netanyahu looked old, tired, and angry as he delivered his “speech” in front of the Knesset. He had nothing new to say so he regurgitated the old myths about how Palestinians better recognize Israel as a Jewish state in order to have peace on the occupier’s terms.

A little bit earlier, Mahmoud Abbas gave a speech in which he stated that Hamas leaders are using the Goldstone issue to escape from signing reconciliation agreements.

Steve Shields Announces Bid for Governor

Candidate pledges to take Oregon in a new direction.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Steve Shields, a very different kind of candidate, will throw his hat into the ring, filing papers to run as a Democrat for governor of Oregon.

Shields is the only candidate from either party not to hold elective office or have worked in state government, something he considers an asset.

Volunteers Sought For Red Cross Emergency Warming Center

The Oregon Trail Chapter's emergency warming center will only be open in extreme weather, when triggers determined by the City of Portland are met.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - While this week's weather may be blustery, now's the time to start planning for the freezing temperatures Portland will see in the coming months.

Lise Harwin with the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross, says volunteers are now being recruited to staff an emergency warming center that will serve our city's homeless population during extreme weather. The Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross has planned a number of orientation sessions.

Tel Aviv, Peace and the Obama Prize

How can any nation trust that U.S. policy is crafted in Washington and not Tel Aviv?

(TEMPE, Az.) - The Nobel Committee again piqued the interest of those who marvel at the impact of an annual ritual of global branding that in 1973 labeled Henry Kissinger a peace laureate! As with many aspects of unconventional warfare, what emerges in the foreground often obscures behavior that remains concealed in the background.

Anyone paying attention knows that pro-Israelis manipulated the intelligence that induced the U.S. to invade Iraq.

Fascist Ties to Politics and Business in the U.S.

Redacted history: how does a democracy hold onto its freedom when its own history, when that history becomes "inconvenient" and disappears like a blackmailing hooker in the Nevada desert?

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - In recent days, there has been much confusion with terms like "Fascism" and "Socialism". It seems Americans have gone into a state of confusion over political labels.

"Conservatives" wanted to borrow and cut taxes to the rich while creating massive government bureaucracies and "Liberals" are secret communists, wanting to tax the rich while making everyone move onto collective farms and grow turnips at gunpoint.

Activists Charge: Palestinian Authority Failed to Advocate for its People

Calling for a Special Session: An Opportunity to Ensure that Justice is NOT Delayed, an Opportunity to Rectify the Wrongs, and an Opportunity for the Member States to Act for Victims at the UN Human Rights Council.

(GAZA CITY, Occupied Palestine) - On 1 October 2009, the UN Human Rights Council decided to defer consideration of the report issued by the UN Fact Finding Mission investigating last winter’s Israeli aggression into Gaza until March 2010.

This decision represented a failure of the international framework for the protection of human rights, and a blow to the victims of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

Farmers Arrested for Planting Industrial Hemp at DEA Headquarters

The group plants hemp seed on the DEA's Lawn with ceremonial shovels.

(WASHINGTON D.C. ) - Groups organizing in Washington D.C. today say the DEA's continued blockade of state industrial hemp programs Violates common sense as well as Obama's Presidential Directive to federal agencies to respect states' rights.

Even though the U.S. is the largest market for hemp products in the world, and industrial hemp is farmed worldwide, not a single American farmer has the right to grow the versatile crop.

Death Investigation Clears Elderly Husband

The investigation continues, but detectives believe the death of Oleg Plyushcheva and injuries suffered by her husband were not caused by a criminal act.

(GRESHAM, Ore.) - Gresham Police, along with Gresham Fire and Rescue were dispatched Friday morning to check the welfare of occupants at a home on NE 183rd, Portland, Oregon.

Inside the residence emergency personnel discovered 73-year old Olga Plyushcheva, deceased, and her husband, 79-year old Stephan Plyushchev, semi-conscious and with visible injuries to the right side of his face and left shoulder.