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PTSD: Oregon and the Cruelest, Most Dangerous Woman in the State With Her Drug War Against Veterans

Oregon Senator Betsy Close....

(PORTLAND, OR) - Sometimes I just can's believe what I am reading. The Oregon Legislature recently had hearings about including Combat PTSD for medical marijuana permits.

Senator Betsy Close was quoted as saying, "(I) am against expanding the medical marijuana program," and, "Marijuana does damage the body and especially the brain," and, "All drugs have side effects. This drug has documented brain damage and sex damage."

Is the Second Amendment Even Still Real?

"Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force and not of right." (Thomas Jefferson in a letter to James Madison September 6, 1789)

(CALGARY, Alberta) - It is unusual for gun rights to be included in a constitution.

In an historical study of constitutions, only 15 constitutions in 9 countries ever included an explicit right to bear arms.

Marijuana Sisterhood: They Know!

There are more women users than men! 12 state nurse associations support marijuana legalization.

(PORTLAND, OR) - OK, so you are asking yourself, what do they know? I didn't know all of the details myself.

I originally posted an article in Salem-News.com, Nausea of Pregnancy, Marijuana Vs. Antiemitics, Marijuana Wins Hands Down!

Why is the National Media Ignoring Murder Trial of Phil. Abortion Doctor?

The public is ill-served if this is the case, as it certainly seems to be.

(PHILADELPHIA) - The national media, as we all know, has a penchant for scandal, the more gruesome the better.

Consider the case of Jodi Arias, the young woman on trial for murdering her boyfriend---allegedly inflicting 29 stab wounds, a slit throat and a shot to the head. She claims it was self-defense.

The Oyster World

Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny.
Pistol: Why then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.
- William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor

(DAYTONA BEACH) - My family has always felt a certain kinship with, and a love of Oregon: its breath-taking coastline, its stately trees, its moderate climate, its greenness, its gemutlich atmosphere.

My grandfather, having had enough of California, traversed the Oregon wilderness en route to he knew not what destiny, promising himself to return but never achieving it.

Human Rights Ambassador Condemns Abu Dhabi Court for Sentencing Twitter Activist Abdullah Al-Hadidi

UAE needs to uarantee in all circumstances that all human rights defenders in the UAE are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals...

(YORK, UK) - A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced an activist to 10 months in jail after he tweeted from a courtroom where his father was being tried.

Abdullah al-Hadidi's father is one of 94 people on trial for plotting the overthrow of the government.

Who`ll Mourn Maggie?

Those who’ll mourn for Maggie most will be the Old Etonians and other products of our public schools who make up our ruling ‘élite’.

(LONDON) - These last two days the airwaves have been awash with eye-dabbing tributes to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

She has been elevated almost to sainthood by commentators, political hacks and former colleagues.

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Cold War Thinking is Dangerous

The world is not made more secure by maintaining any level of nuclear weapons.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The people who brought you to the very cusp of nuclear war in the Cold War want the US to keep doing so.

Well, some of them do. Others don’t.

Human Rights: Education and Healthcare

This past week and even as we commemorated the tragedy of the massacre at Deir Yassin, my wife and I had the honor to be invited to two openings in Palestine symbolizing sacrifice and progress.

(BETHLEHEM) - In any society, Education and Healthcare are pillars of progress.

In any society, war, suffering, and lack of progress are associated with ignorance, greed, and apathy.