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The Media, Ron Paul and a Third Rail named Vanunu Mordechai

Includes a letter to Ron Paul dispatched today.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - One week before the Iowa caucus as Ron Paul’s poll numbers are surging, the Media’s scrutiny is focused on the contents of an “investment newsletter” that Paul produced and profited from back in the ’80s and ’90s.

Entitled the “Ron Paul Investment Newsletter” or the “Ron Paul Survival Newsletter” it also contained a series of racially biased attacks.

35, 40 or 50 - Jump Start to General Fitness & Good Health

Remember its exercise, you decide when, where and how long. Get started and don’t give up!

(GUELPH, Ontario) - I have been Powerlifting for 15 years and a member of the National Masters Powerlifting Team for 3 out of the last 6 years. I finished 6^th at the World Championships in the Czech Republic in 2010 and placed in the top 10 in 2005 and again in 2009.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Half Billion Dollar Nationwide Settlement over Price-Fixing Scheme

California consumers and government entities will receive a significant portion of the more than $500 million settlement...

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A $553 million settlement has been reached with manufacturers that engaged in price fixing of flat screen LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panels found in monitors, laptops and televisions.

In October 2010, Attorney General Harris filed a lawsuit against ten companies for engaging in price fixing of LCD panels from 1999 to 2006 that resulted in higher prices for California residents and businesses, as well as government agencies.

American Presidents: Romancing A Stone

An American past in an Israeli future for an ever present and brutal occupation

(LONDON) - Happy Christmas Mr President or may I call you Barack this Yule Tide?

As you know “Christmas is the day that holds all time together” (Alexander Smith) certainly as you rustle through your Christmas stocking and wrestle with your conscience perhaps to find as you dig deep in both and past ‘hegemonic imperatives’ an olive twig or a so-called ‘peace process’? Perhaps not.

Rwandese Journalists in Distress

Personal testimonies about the death of Charles Ingabire and the current media situation in Rwanda.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) 18 independent Rwandan journalists live in exile.

Additionally, four journalists have been murdered with their cases having gone unsolved let alone investigated.

A Tale of Two Squares and Two Movements

Egyptians in Tahriri and Abasssiya Squares have a better grasp of American politics and many of us have.

(CAIRO) - The assault on the "blue bra girl" brought intense wrath upon Egypt's army and the Supreme Council of Armed Forces.

The attacks are on the minds of all protestors, but in Abassiya Sq. the participants focus more on the provocative demonstrators in Tahrir Sq. many of whom they claim are baltagiy (hoods or thugs).

Salem Police Investigating Motel Room Murder

The manner of death is being withheld pending an autopsy, which is scheduled for 9:00 AM tomorrow.

(SALEM) - Salem Police responded to a report of a disturbance at a motel on Hawthorne Avenue NE last night around 8:00 p.m.

Salem Police Lt. Steve Birr, says the initial report came from an uninvolved person who was not present, so there was some initial confusion as to the location. However within twenty minutes it was confirmed that this had occurred at the Holiday Lodge, 1400 Hawthorne NE."

Special interview with KLEFF 2010 Winner for Best International Film (`Agent Orange` 30 Years Later`), John Trinh

From our friends with the Agent Orange Action Council.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - EcoKnights recently caught up with the 2010 KLEFF winner for the Best International Film, Vietnamese-born American John Trinh; he shares his first experience at the his winning film “Agent Orange: 30 Years Later” and his future plans in the world of film making.

No political system can function without a free press: Mark Kingwell

Prof. Kingwell kindly joined me in an exclusive interview and answered my questions about philosophy, popular culture, the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street Movement and ethics in journalism.

(TEHRAN) - Prof. Mark Kingwell is a world renowned Canadian author and philosopher. He is the associate chair at University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy. Kingwell is a fellow of Trinity College. He specializes in theories of politics and culture.

Kingwell has published twelve books, most notably, A Civil Tongue: Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism, which was awarded the Spitz Prize for political theory in 1997.

US silent war, loud weapons on Iran

The US silent war with Iran is no longer silent. It is gradually becoming loud and deafening.

(TEHRAN) - From silent war to loud weapons, from covert operations to overt operations, the US government has resorted and will resort to any possible means in an effort to incapacitate a nation whose sin is the very nature of its policy of no submission to force.

In line with its silent war with Iran, a US court in Manhattan made a mockery of justice, issued a default judgment against Iran, and accused Tehran of being involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks...