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Washington is Conquering Africa using France, Human Rights, Terrorism, and the National Endowment for Democracy

“Fighting terrorism” and executing “humanitarian missions” are just façades or smokescreens.

(ROME) - A repeat of the disorder and pandemonium generated inside Afghanistan is in the works for the continent of Africa.

The United States, with the help of Britain, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, created the brutal Taliban and then eventually waged war on its Taliban allies.

EPA rules Lejeune water contaminant causes cancer

“This was 20-plus years in the making” - “It’s a crying shame that it takes that long for our regulatory agencies to finally getting around to protecting public health and the environment.” - Jerry Ensminger

(JACKSONVILLE, N.C.) - A long-anticipated report by the Environmental Protection Agency determined this week that exposure to the chemical degreaser TCE causes cancer in humans.

Exclusive - Sri Lanka keeps digging in the hole?

The Last Rule of Holes: When you are in one, GET OUT! Soon.

(LONDON) - After relative silence of writing for over six months, I had some time to think over of the predicament facing Sri Lanka in the international arena.

My thoughts focussed on a proverb ‘When you are in a hole don’t dig it’ any further deep. This is more relevant to the present day Sri Lanka and its rulers. I hope someone holding the steering wheel of Sri Lanka will find a little time to read this write up and do the needful to deal with the difficulties in a positive manner.

Salem-News.com Kicks Ass

Freedom of the press exists for those who own one.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Free media, it is a beautiful thing, and we are free to write crazy headlines like this that I am actually borrowing from the historic Los Angeles radio station KLOS, which had this message plastered on LA and Orange County billboards back in the day.

This is a new day and I'm just feeling proud today, to be here like a madman publishing news nearly solo for seven years. I could be handcuffed to my laptop and might not know.

Palestinians Are `Marching To Freedom Land`

The Palestinians have joined the “march to freedom land”. They now have their own self-governing plan.

(CHICAGO) - A warning to the United States and Israel is embedded in a New York Times analysis entitled, “Arab Debate Pits Islamists Against Themselves”.

The warning lies in the reality that the Palestinian people are on the same march against the same obstacles that have stirred the quest for freedom throughout the region.

The U.S. Constitution is Obsolete

The President had ordered assassinated without any due process, and one of those Americans was Anwar al-Awlaki.

(WEST KINGSTON R.I.) - The requirement that wars be declared by Congress was abandoned more than 60 years ago. The Bill of Rights was essentially repealed by FICA and the “Patriot Act.” It’s OK for a government agency to spy on Americans and seize items without a warrant.

Chomsky on `Occupy Wall Street` and Israel Imminent Collapse

In an interview with RT’s Marina Portnaya, prominent scholar Professor Noam Chomsky gives his take on some of the world’s political hot topics.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Chomsky vividly shares his reflections on the wall street protests and warns of an impending serious poverty and real unemployment similar to the great depression.

He talks about the 2012 American presidential campaign spending and how positions in both the white house and the congress are being bought, not earned and he refers to the killing of Osama Bin Laden and how this marks a shift of American policy from Bush’s abducting and torturing whoever the CIA thought posed a threat to the U.S to Obama’s “just kill `em when you spot `em” approach regardless of the legalities overlooked in the process.

Heckling becomes a crime

Defence attorneys claimed that the students acted within the law and were exercising their right to free speech.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - On September 9, 2009, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson shouted "you lie!" at President Barack Obama during the President's State of the Union address to Congress.
The outburst came from Wilson after President Obama said his health care plan would not subsidize coverage for illegal immigrants.

On September 26, 2011, The Los Angeles Times reported on the trial of the "Irvine 11" for disrupting a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine.

Body of Buena Vista Man Recovered from Willamette River

Anyone having information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Detective John Williams or Sgt. Kevin Haynes at the Polk County Sheriff's Office; 503-623-9251.

(INDEPENDENCE, Ore.) - A body was pulled from the Willamette River at Buena Vista Saturday afternoon. Officials say the deceased man was later identified as 63-year old Marvin Leonard Studer, a resident of the Buena Vista area.

Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies got the call around 2:30 p.m. and responded to the reported sighting of a body floating in the Willamette River. Buena Vista is an unincorporated area of Polk County south of Independence, Oregon.

Woman Killed By Train Near Gervais

Union Pacific Investigators were assisting with the investigation, which Thomson says is on-going. No further information is available at this time.

(GERVAIS, Ore.) - Marion County deputies have identified the victim of a fatal train vs. pedestrian collision early Saturday morning, as 53-year old Anna Emerikov, of Gervais. Her family has been notified. No information has been developed as to why she was on the tracks.

Marion County Sheriff spokesman Don Thomson, says deputies responded to a report of a train versus pedestrian accident on the Union Pacific tracks one mile north of Gervais, at approximately 2:00 a.m. Saturday.