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Open letter to all Ugandan Members of Parliament

Background information by relating apparently unrelated events.

(UGANDA) - While most despots throughout the world faced serious threats to their power base, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa which in fact dispatched two of them in the dustbins of history, there is one exceptional despot in the Horn of Africa.

Thousands of Israelis go on Strike

Over 150,000 municipal workers have gone on strike as popular protests against Tel Aviv's handling of the economy continue to sweep across Israel.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The one-day strike was observed on Monday over two weeks after the Israelis first took to the streets to protest against social inequalities and high housing and living costs.

The regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrested many protesters so far. The demonstrators say they can no longer afford the sky-rocketing housing prices, which have jumped by 50 percent in recent years.

The Monsanto Way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy.

(BHUBANESWAR, India) - When representatives of the world’s largest seed company, Monsanto, began to make discreet visits to the offices of the of the Gujarat government in 2007, it set in motion a process that would transform Indian agriculture in unexpected and significant ways.

Maize farming changed forever, with tribal populations giving up their traditional seeds for the world’s best-known Dekalb brand of hybrid maize (corn) and age-old methods of pesticide-free cultivation.

President`s Obama`s Message on the Debt Agreement

The President reviews the new Debt Deal; some speculate the damage from this inner battle will never heal.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In a video included with this report, President Obama outlines the agreement he reached with congressional leaders that he says will meet the country's financial obligations and reduce debt.

As this current crisis loomed, many believed Barack Obama was unusually passive. However US vice-president Joe Biden did step in on Saturday to spar with his cranky former Senate colleague, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Dirty Israel

Gaza under attack as Ramadan begins; headlines in Google define ever-preent censorship.

(GAZA / SALEM) - Gaza is under attack on the first day of Ramadan, which is not surprising and very much in keeping with Israeli military habits. Israeli planes bombed the border in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Glancing at headlines, you read about rockets, defiance and that Israel is proud of its death tools, but you don't learn that on the first day of Ramadan, an important day in the Muslim world, that the Jewish state sees fit to kill people.

Time to Say a Resounding `No` to Government

No More Second Chances...

(CINCINNATI) - The “Tea Party” has spoken, using their congressional bludgeon. America’s working class has to pick up the bill for decades of waste, corruption, illegal wars, payoffs to Israel and massive tax cuts to the richest 1%.

When we are done, the average retiree will receive benefits, frozen for years due to rigging COLA (Cost of Living Allowance), Social Security for less than 2 years before dying.

A Republican War on the Environment

A bill is loaded with a promise to business to end regulation and leaves only the profit motive to determine the use of land, water and wildlife.

(APTOS, Calif.) - As the nation's attention remains riveted on the GOP attempt to downsize government by refusing to raise the national debt limit, the party is working through the backdoor to destroy protections for the environment.

In a study that reveals the GOP pledge to protect business interests at all costs, the Center for Media and Democracy recently analyzed 800 bills supported by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Osteopathic College in Oregon - the Newest Medical School

I am one of very few doctors in the United States who has graduated from, and was a professor in, both M.D. and D.O. Medical Schools.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Why the Oregonian newspaper continues to degrade Osteopathic doctors is way beyond my understanding but they did it again July 31, 2011 with New Medical School Offers Alternative Route.

Although the new Osteopathic Medical School uses the name College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest it is truly Oregon’s NEW Medical School.

Multiple Events Around Puget Sound for Peace and Nuclear Abolition this Week

Each D-5 missile costs approximately $60 million.

(SEATTLE) - Three different events are happening this week to raise awareness and engage people to work for a peaceful and nuclear weapons-free world.

Drugged up on Milk

If you love your milk, you don't have to give it up -- just make a permanent switch to farm-fresh organic raw milk.

(SEATTLE) - If there's anything more tainted than a glass of water, it's store-bought milk. The pasteurization process that's supposed to make milk "safe" robs it of all nutrition while doing zilch to break down all the drugs, hormones and other chemicals secretly (and illegally) given to dairy cows.

And believe me, those things are in your milk -- the only reason it's not common knowledge is that we don't actually test for most of them.