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Conversing With Republicans

Frank words from a red-state-red-meat Republican.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - I’ve been trying to figure out what Republicans want. Inspired by a local businessman I decided to make friends with a Republican.

So I jumped on the bus and went down to the Chamber of Commerce but they wouldn’t talk to me because I just got off the bus and I wasn’t wearing a gray pinstriped suit.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain`s 9/11 Commission

While Bush probably believed he was “ridding the world of evil,” Zelikow knew exactly why Iraq was being targeted.

(OSAKA, Japan) - All too often, official inquiries are conducted by the very people who should themselves be under investigation. In this respect, Britain’s Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq war bears a distressing similarity to the 9/11 Commission.

In a remarkable symmetry, both inquiries involve a Jewish Zionist historian, who not only advised his country’s leader to go to war against Iraq, but actually provided the ideological justification for that unnecessary war.

WikiLeaks and Espionage Israeli Style

Is WikiLeaks the visible face of an Israeli disinformation campaign?

(TEMPE, Az.) - The U.S. is under attack by an enemy within. Skilled at game theory warfare, this foe targets the most sensitive realm of U.S. national security: its relations with other nations.

The online publication of a quarter-million documents chronicling diplomatic exchanges is notable both for what’s omitted and what’s included.

Obama`s Israel Policy: Speak Softly and Carry a Very Big Carrot

(OSAKA, Japan) - Even those familiar with the long and shameful history of America’s appeasement of Israel were taken aback by the Obama administration’s extraordinary offer to Netanyahu.

In exchange for a paltry one-off 90 day freeze on illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank (excluding East Jerusalem), Israel will get 20 F-35 stealth fighter jets worth $3 billion and a slew of other goodies.

The Burning Bush

The story here goes far deeper. The fire in northern Israel is far from being a coincidence. Israel’s rural landscape is saturated with pine trees. These trees are totally new to the region.

(LONDON) - Disaster in the North of Israel, at least 40 dead as fire rages across the Carmel Mountains. A mass evacuation has begun.

As I am writing these lines, Israeli Fire fighting crews are battling with the flames. They also express no hope of controlling the fire soon.

`Coffee with Hezbollah` review by Mary Rizzo

Following is a review of Belén Fernandez' book Coffee with Hezbollah, written by Mary Rizzo for Palestine Think Tank.

(ROME) - Before reading the wonderful book by Belén Fernández “Coffee with Hezbollah”, I never would have imagined it possible to read about the post-destruction aftermath of Lebanon and smile at the same time.

The pretext alone, a hitchhiking trip from Turkey to southern Lebanon simply “feels” dramatic, especially when the memory of Brides on Tour, was still fresh.

All Wars Are Crimes

Civil War Descendant Reviews current Conflicts with historical perspective.

(NEW YORK) - John Parsons can feel the ghost of his great-great grandfather, a Civil War combatant, looking over his shoulder every time he reads about all the wars unfolding around the world today.

“Whenever I read about war crimes in reference to our military conflicts today, and some from our nation’s history, I feel like my ancestors are shaking me by the lapels so the tragic irony doesn’t escape me,” said Parsons.

The Lost Tomb Of Jesus

We live in an age of revisionist history.

(CLEVELAND) - Sometimes you have to wonder where the idea of Christianity and modern divisive politics met, where was the scene of that crash?

Theft of Bread Daily and the Worst Circuses In World History

Fools Conned by Knaves...

(PHILADELPHIA, Pa.) - The Roman Empire dispensed bread and circuses to its citizenry to distract them from the criminality that had taken over Rome c.46BC.

America c.2010 confiscates it's citizenry bread daily and perpetuates phony and artificial circuses to the masses who have no clue as to where to storm let alone where the gates are located.