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James Pribram Eco-Warrior Project: Dead On Arrival

Sponsor Xs® Energy Drink David Vanderveen Filed For Divorce in mid-November: Another “Hollywood Marriage” Kaput in 2011.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - OK, cue up Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust,” another phony enviro-venue that ironically died just before Thanksgiving Day 2011..

So I’ll give THANKS today from not only myself, not only Laguna and knowledgeable industry surfies, but from the other legitimate eco-groups infinitely more deserving of support which suffered donation drainage.

NY Times Drops Sri Lanka from the `Best Destinations` List

Sri Lanka is targeting 2.5 million tourist by the year 2016.

(COLOMBO Colombo Telegraph) - Sri Lanka is not within the 45 best destinations to visit in 2012. The New York Times listed “45 places to go in 2012” palaces including Kerala and Maldives. The list published January 6, 2012 in the New York Times travel section.

It is speculated that The New York Times has dropped Sri Lanka after Christmas Day gang rape and killing incident in President Rajapaksa’s political home base, Tangalle.

The turbulent 2011 at a glance

It was a year of wars, revolutions, threats and failures.

(TEHRAN) - 2011 was a turbulent year for the world.

With chained revolutions in the Arab world, mounting financial crisis in Europe and the unprecedented wave of protests and mass demonstrations in the U.S. against the corporate system of the government which has long swallowed the rights of the defenseless majority of the people voraciously, one can call 2011 the year of global unrest and tumult.

Adelson and Ross: Yin Yang of US Politics

So I asked Google what unites Adelson and Ross and why do they make me think of yin yang?

(CHICAGO) - What unites Sheldon Adelson and Dennis Ross? And why did both show up at the same time in the weekend news in two different locations?

Here is how it came down: Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson gave $5 million to a Newt Gingrich PAC, a huge boost to Gingrich’s fading presidential hopes.

Faces of Oregon war dead

Oregonians from 70 towns have been killed in the fighting overseas...

(PORTLAND) - The Sunday Oregonian rightly welcomed an Oregon Army National Guard battalion home from Afghanistan.

But we need also note that, according to the Pentagon, at least 93 military members who claimed home towns in Oregon have died in the Iraq and AfPak wars. The Oregonian counts 111 because its criteria is that a GI need only have "some tie" to Oregon or SW Washington to be counted.

Salafis to Hindus & Buddhists: Reconvert Back to Islam

Nearly 2000 Salafis are planning to travel to Bangkok next week to protest against the huge number of Buddhists who were allegedly Muslims in previous lives but now either don’t remember or don’t seem to care.

(EL KOSHARY, Cairo) - The Egyptian Salafi movement has accused the Indian government of holding captive millions of Hindus and Buddhists who had allegedly been Muslims in a previous life.

“These people had converted to Islam at some point in the distant past and they are now being kept hidden inside Buddhist temples and ashrams all over South Asia,” said Salafi leader
Mohammed Hareeqa-

How to Deal with Legacies of Conflict in Afghanistan?

Certain initiatives—whether locally-driven or at the national level—have the potential to provide a measure of comfort to conflict victims while paving the way for a more enduring peace.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There are millions of conflict victims in Afghanistan and the ongoing fighting creates new suffering every day.

With a complex and contested wartime history, how can a way forward be found that satisfies victims’ demands for justice and healing while delivering the peace that is so desired.

The Zionization of American politics and how it could be terminated

In the so-called democratic or what used to be called the “Free World” we have the framework for democracy but not the substance.

(LONDON) - The first headline I thought of for this article was The Zionization of American democracy and how it could be terminated, but then I said to myself: “Don’t be silly, Alan, there’s no democracy in the ‘Land of the Free.’”

Leaving aside the fact that any American can now be arrested and detained without due process, there’s no mystery about why.

Can a Fatal Plane Crash Free the Schneider Pill Mill Team?

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King, Jr.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - An untimely plane crash recently killed key members of a team working on behalf of a convicted pill mill doctor and nurse team.

Now attorneys petition Appellate Court to toss out their convictions in the overdose deaths of 68 patients citing their trial lawyers were merely "mouthpieces" for Siobhan Reynolds, head of the Pain Relief Network who used their case to promote her own agenda.

North American Zoos Support Worldwide Elephant Conversation

2012 International Elephant Foundation Grants Backed by Zoo Donations.

(SILVER SPRING, Md.) - The International Elephant Foundation (IEF) and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) today announced support for 19 elephant conservation projects for 2012.