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Men taking aid to Gaza, Activists aim to promote peace in the Middle East

By BILL RODGERS Tribune Chronicle

POSTED: July 6, 2009

Two local peace activists were attempting to get medical supplies into Gaza this weekend, just days after a similar mission resulted in 21 people being detained by the Israeli military.

Werner Lange, of Newton Falls, left Saturday for Cairo, where he planned to join a convoy of about 100 trucks organized by the British-based activist group "Viva Palestina." Joining him will be Raed Khatib of Youngstown, a… Continue

Added by Tara on July 6, 2009 at 10:03am — No Comments

Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

Late blight — the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s — occurs sporadically in the Northeast, but this year's outbreak is more severe for two reasons: infected plants have been widely distributed by big-box retail stores and rainy weather has… Continue

Added by Inheritor From ConCen on July 6, 2009 at 10:12am — 2 Comments

Cynthia McKinney ‘Freegaza21’ Released

Cynthia McKinney’s mother said Sunday she’s learned that her daughter is on the way home. Leola McKinney, of Atlanta, said a friend who contacted the U.S. Embassy in Israel reported that the former congresswoman was released from Israeli custody and taken to Ben Gurion International Airport. “We finally got word that she was released,” Leola McKinney said. “We don’t know what time she is supposed to fly out. All we know is that they took her to the airport.” Cynthia McKinney had been in custody… Continue

Added by truth on July 6, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, gets owned by Chip Reid and Helen Thomas

It won't be long my… Continue

Added by Inheritor From ConCen on July 6, 2009 at 11:02am — 3 Comments

9/11 Truth Invades Cincinnati Fourth of July Parade

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Cincinnati 9/11 Truth had a successful showing in the Northside Fourth…

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Added by truth on July 6, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Join a Nationwide Effort to Flood the Senate with Calls in Support of S 604 to Audit the Federal Reserve

Join a nationwide effort to overwhelm your Senators with calls demanding support for S 604 to Audit the Federal Reserve, as well as say NO to new powers for the Fed.

The Senate Switchboard number is:

(202) 224-3121 or toll free at 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641.

Call-A-Thon Targets:

HOUSE OF REPS:

Barney Frank (D-MA) 202-225-5931

Call to urge him to bring HR 1207 to a vote!

SENATORS - URGE TO SUPPORT S. 604:

Richard Shelby - (R-AL) -…

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Added by truth on July 6, 2009 at 2:34pm — No Comments

Dedicated To The American People- Happy Independence Day

Added by NewAmericaNow on July 5, 2009 at 10:54am — No Comments

The FEMA Blogger Camps are not a Wi-Fi Zone

The FEMA Blogger Camps are not a Wi-Fi Zone.

Let’s see now… The Israelis invade Gaza and murder 1500 people in cold blood using banned weapons and destroying the infrastructure so that the people are now living in the rubble and… Obama says nothing.…

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Added by truth on July 2, 2009 at 10:43pm — 2 Comments

'There Is No Way I Will Deploy to Afghanistan' -- Seeds of Dissent in the U.S. Military Are Growing

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By Dahr Jamail, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Posted July 2, 2009.

From suicide to desertion to refusal to deploy -- service members' dissent may be growing into something far larger.

The All-Volunteer Force (AVF) exists for a reason captured in a study by Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., author of the "definitive… Continue

Added by Marklar on July 2, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Brookings Publication mentions possibility of ‘Horrific Provocation’ to Trigger Iran Invasion

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Jurriaan Maessen

June 29, 2009

In a recent policy paper published by the influential Brookings Institute, the authors propose almost anything…

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Jury for the Ed and Elaine Browns' trial to be selected . They face 11 felonies from their standoff . If found guilty, they face virtual life sentences for their crimes

June 29, 2009 - 7:01 am

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For nearly nine months, Ed and Elaine Brown holed up in their fortified concrete Plainfield home, surrounded by supporters and supplies, and railed against the federal government.

They threatened law enforcement officials and accumulated weapons and bombs. They spoke frequently with news reporters and nearly daily on a radio show about an apocalyptic confrontation and… Continue

Added by truth on June 29, 2009 at 11:18am — 4 Comments

Nation Ready To Be Lied To About Economy Again

This is just a little comedy relief in the midst of all the craziness!

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WASHINGTON—After nearly four months of frank, honest, and open dialogue about the failing economy, a weary U.S. populace announced this week that it is once again ready to be lied to about the current state of the financial system.

Tired of hearing the grim truth about their economic future, Americans demanded that the bald-faced lies resume immediately, particularly… Continue

Added by Tara on June 29, 2009 at 9:59pm — 4 Comments

CIA Crucified captive in Abu Ghraib Prison

by Sherwood Ross

Global Research, June 28, 2009

The Central Intelligence Agency crucified a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, according to a report published in The New Yorker magazine.

“A forensic examiner found that he (the prisoner) had essentially been crucified; he died from asphyxiation after… Continue

Added by Marklar on June 29, 2009 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Geonomics and the true cost of poverty

by Scott Baker

www.opednews.com

Why are there so many poor people when the world seems so much wealthier as a whole? By wealthier, I mean there is more food, more housing (and bigger, better housing too), more of everything, in fact. I'll get to the obvious misdistribution and the true remedy in a moment, but would point out here that this question is not new; in fact, it… Continue

Added by Marklar on June 30, 2009 at 3:02am — No Comments

In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies

By HELENE COOPER and MARC LACEY

Published: June 29, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday strongly condemned the ouster of Honduras’s president as an illegal coup that set a “terrible precedent” for the region, as the country’s new government defied international calls to return the toppled president to power and clashed with thousands of protesters.

“We do not want to go back to a dark past,” Mr. Obama said, in which military coups override elections. “We always want… Continue

Added by Tara on June 30, 2009 at 11:21am — 1 Comment

If Neda Was a Palestinian, Nobody Would Give A Damn

By M.J. Rosenberg - June 30, 2009, 10:23AM

Max Blumenthal writes that it is wonderful that we all empathize with Iranians killed or wounded in the struggle for freedom but points out America's utter indifference to identical tragedies in the West Bank and Gaza.

Of course, as Max explains, it is hard for Americans to become outraged by events they rarely see. The American media decided long ago that reporting honestly on the occupation was dangerous. Advertisers and… Continue

Added by truth on June 30, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

"Dry Rot"

Assume that I live in a town of mostly timber-frame houses. There is from time to time a virulent infestation of dry rot, that can even destroy a house. A local firm of 'Timber Preservation Specialists' let's call it 'BaxtimberTreatment' offers to inject fungisides into all my timbers, so as to make my house 'immune' from 'Dry Rot' and other timber infestations. It works a treat, but this firm should have told me about the health effects of their toxic timber treatment. I was sick for weeks… Continue

Added by Alastair Carnegie on July 1, 2009 at 8:50am — No Comments

U.S. to beef up U.N. Army

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States is prepared to provide more military observers, police, and civilian staff to beef up the U.N.'s far-flung peacekeeping operations, the U.S. ambassador said Monday.

The United Nations has nearly 115,000 troops, police and civilians deployed in 16 peacekeeping missions from Africa and the Mideast to Cyprus, Kosovo, Western Sahara and Haiti, but it has had trouble finding soldiers, helicopters and other key assets for several important… Continue

Added by Inheritor From ConCen on July 1, 2009 at 9:53am — 1 Comment

UN begins Bhutto killing inquiry

A United Nations inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto begins on Wednesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8127833.stm

It is headed by Chile's ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz, and includes a former Indonesian attorney general and a former senior Irish police officer.

The inquiry will last six months and investigate the "facts and… Continue

Added by Tara on July 1, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

Governments: A Case Of Mistaken Identity

We are in a very crucial period of human development in the United States. Political activism could very likely insure our demise. The main problem is a case of mistaken identity. It's being made by the U.S. citizen. Not all, by any means, but by the most vocal: the political activist. The mistake is that people have confused the government with the nation. When we say the nation is at war, we should be thinking - the government is at war. The government is always at war. That's where it…

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Added by Doug Wilson on July 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment