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Battlefield 3 video game conditioning America;s youth for another war for Israel (against Iran)?!

Window into World War III – EA’s Battlefield 3 Announces US Invasion of Iran and War with Russia...

(LOS ANGELES) - From the ghosts of Tom Clancey’s 2001 release of Ghost Recon, with its single player campaign plot involving the exact, prophetic, Georgian invasion of South Ossetia with Nato backing that later occurred in 2008, comes the latest, greatest, First Person Shooter Video Game from EA: Battlefield 3.

Battlefield 3 features the latest gaming engine, Frostbite 2.

2011 Lantos Prize to be awarded in November

The Lantos Foundation established the Lantos Human Rights Prize in 2009 to honor and bring attention to heroes of the human rights movement.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice is proud to announce that Rwandan humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina will be the 2011 recipient of the Lantos Human Rights Prize.

Agent Orange can be Deadly

Agent Orange: over 21,000,000 gallons of this toxic herbicide was sprayed in Vietnam to defoliate crops to lessen the food supply and to thin out foliage.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Some Land, Air and Sea service members, better known as having Boots-On-Ground who were infected by suspect elements of Agent Orange, in some cases receive Veteran Administration (VA) compensation for their disability.

For most Navy Veterans, not ever having Boots-On-Ground who served onboard Naval ships within the coastal waters of the Vietnam combat zone are known as Blue Water Sailors. These sailors are not eligible for VA compensation.

Oakland Police Union Speaks Out Over Extensive Confusion

An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide a living for our children and families.

We are severely understaffed with many City beats remaining unprotected by police during the day and evening hours.

The Zionist lobby`s First Lady in US Congress

Once upon a time it was only those seeking to be elected on the Democratic ticket who felt the need to kiss the Zionist lobby’s bottom. Now the Republicans are at it, too.

(LONDON) - After UNESCO voted to give the Palestinians full membership, the words of State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland contained a hint that the Obama administration at the highest levels is quite seriously concerned about the possible consequences for America of cutting off funds to the UN agency as required by Zionist lobby driven law enacted by Congress.

Most of Nuland’s shortish statement would have been sweet music to the Zionist lobby’s ears.

Society for Humanistic Judaism Condemns Mosque Burning in Tuba-Zangaria

“Humanistic Jews believe that all people have the right to dignity and respect”
- SHJ Executive Director, Bonnie Cousens

(FARMINGTON HILLS, Mi.) - The Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ) has issued a statement condemning the arson attack on a mosque in Tuba-Zangaria, Israel.

The October 3, 2011, arson and vandalism of this mosque is just the latest in a string of similar attacks by a shadowy group of right wing religious extremists who constitute the “price tag” movement.

Did We Win the Iraq War?

Clearly, we cannot continue spending billions of dollars on the Iraq war, a figure that now exceeds $80 billion and climbing.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - President Obama announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. Was the “mission accomplished?” Did we win the war?

I for one applaud President Obama's announcement. As of October 31, 2011, 4,482 Americans have died. We cannot continue to waste any more American lives. Our economy is in a shambles. Our deficit is $14.9 trillion and climbing.

Patent Issued for OHSU Stem Cell Cloning

“In addition to improving the health of all Oregonians, part of OHSU's mission is to impact the economic health of the state” - Dan Dorsa, Ph.D., vice president for research at OHSU

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon Health & Science University’s unique method of transforming a person's own skin cells into stem cells has officially been patented. The United States Patent and Trademark Office, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, issued the patent earlier this year.

Securing a patent is a key step in commercializing discoveries, an important objective for OHSU.

Living on a Dollar a Day in a `Middle Income nation`

The latest WFP assessment found that half the households in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka lived on less than $1 a day.

(GENEVA) - Food security is becoming a growing concern in Sri Lanka´s war ravaged north where a majority of the inhabitants live on less than a dollar a day.

At the same time only a quarter of a UN-Sri Lanka post-conflict reconstruction programme has been financed partly because the World Bank has classified Sri Lanka a middle income nation.

Syria`s Unreported Bravery and Horror

“All hell could break loose anytime in Syria” That is one statement President Bashaar al-Assad made that I can’t undermine nor challenge.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The Syrian situation is far from simple; as a country virtually replete with all sorts of sectarian prejudices, potential military conflicts, religious denominational differences, Israeli-Arab hot friction points, and political ambitions for foreign powers Syria could very well play the catalyst role Poland played in the Second World War once the wrong move has been taken.