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One Bruised Bumper Amid the Christmas Crunch

I was left with the feeling that the jingle of cash was the only green they savored.

(SALEM) - Some of us are able to maneuver around Holiday traffic by deploying sleigh and reindeer but for the vast majority of Americans we find ourselves relegated to using an old-fashioned high-octane auto.

I certainly fit credibly in that category.

Post-Mubarak Egypt Still a Work in Progress

There are rumors that a second, violent revolution will happen on January 25.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Two friends of mine recently returned from Cairo and report that except for Tahrir Square and the immediate surroundings, there is very little evidence of protests against military rule.

True this is scant anecdotal evidence, but it appears from the news accounts that the protestors may be losing the propaganda campaign that portray them as vandals and arsonists.

Christmas in Heaven

Merry Christmas and God bless every family who has lost a loved one due to the tsunami of prescription drugs.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - This poem was written by a 13 year old boy who died of a brain tumor that he had battled for four years. He died on December 14, 1997. He gave this to his mom before he died. His name was Ben.

Forced Human Experimentation Arranged by Bush`s Pandemic Laws

The laws remove the most fundamental of rights to life and liberty.

(CHICAGO) - The Bill of Rights Defense Committee is circulating a petition to attorney general today to demand accountability for human experimentation programs based on revelations by Physicians for Human Rights.

Since the dawn of medical practice, no maxim has attained greater consensus than the commitment to “do no harm.”

Group Demands Accountability Over State Pandemic Laws

Petition to demand accountability for medical professionals designing what are described as meticulously cruel torture programs and outright human experimentation.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Please circulate widely to medical/psychology groups and individuals since 99% would be appalled by this and are the ones that most need to be aware and to speak out nationally against this.

Constitutional groups and the public need to be aware that the state pandemic laws introduced by Bush at the same time as the Patriot Act, set up a frame work for forced human experimentation on anyone or any group in the US.

Attacks on Anti-POSCO Activists Surges

Statement from representatives of various organizations on the violent attack on anti-POSCO protestors on 14th December 2011 and its aftermath.

(DELHI) - We, the undersigned, visited Gobindpur, Dhinkia and Patna villages of Jagatsinhpur district of Orissa, on 22nd December, where the villagers are peacefully resisting the proposed POSCO steel plant for the last six years in order to protect their lands and livelihoods from complete destruction.

Our visit was in the aftermath of the incidents of 14th December 2011, during which the peaceful protest against the construction of the coastal road connecting Paradip port to the proposed site of the POSCO steel plant, was viciously and unexpectedly attacked...

As Sri Lanka Threatens Critics of LLRC, Ban Awaits Cheat Sheets of DPA, HRC

Both the UN Department of Political Affairs and "Human Rights" have been asked to review and summarize the LLRC.

(UNITED NATIONS) - One week ago about Sri Lanka, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:

"noted that the report of Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was tabled in parliament today and welcomed that it has been made public. The United Nations will be studying the report closely."

`America`s Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost.`

(An end of the year lament)

(LA VERNE, Calif.) - Prophets fare poorly in their own country, yet countries would do well to hearken to their prophets. Scorn, ridicule, and innuendo attend their pronouncements as the righteous defend their actions as logical, existential and necessary.

Jeremiah Wright suffered such scorn and mockery because he understood the consequences of revenge on the innocent and the defenceless, justified by whatever inane discourse.

Legal Challenges to State Immigration Laws Mount

“This challenge is necessary to send a message to anti-immigrant groups that their efforts to pass Arizona-style legislation in the Midwest are not welcome and will be resisted” - Alonzo Rivas, MALDEF Midwest Regional Counsel

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Mexico has joined with 13 other Latin American nations in supporting Washington’s legal fight over the Utah immigration law.

The countries have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case against HB 497, the state law passed earlier this year that empowers local police to investigate the immigration status of persons detained by officers.

A cover-up job

The Sri Lankan government has done well to make public the report by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The report itself, while flawed, represents a step forward in establishing what happened in the final stages of the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

For instance, while the Rajapaksa government has maintained so far that there were zero civilian casualties, the LLRC report says that there were ‘considerable civilian casualties’ and that hospitals were shelled in the closing phases of the war.