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Where is the American Freedom Flotilla?

Pro-peace lobbying in US Congress conspicuous by its absence.

(LOS ANGELES) - The failure of American pro-peace organizations to extend their work to lobbying in Congress has allowed the Israel lobby to control the US legislature as well as the state and defence departments because the Senate “through confirmation hearings for the president’s appointees, can confirm or deny the job to candidates deemed by AIPAC as ‘unsympathetic’ to Israel”.

The Crucifixion of Kindness

I guess that Christians and Muslims will be shocked and outraged to find out that Yesh’u (יש"ו), the Hebrew name for Jesus, is an abbreviation that translates: "May his name and memory be blotted out"*.

(LONDON) - Panic is detected in Israel. Strategic affairs minister, Moshe Boogi Ya'alon who served as acting PM during last week's massacre on the high seas said yesterday that “someone failed to prepare a standard operating procedure.”

A senior IDF official was quick to respond "If there wasn't a standard operating procedure, why didn't he make sure there was one. He was the acting prime minister and it was his responsibility.”

The Real Threat Aboard the Freedom Flotilla

The Freedom Flotilla defied Israel's policy of blocking solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict based on international decisions, and so it had to be crushed.

(CHICAGO) - Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world. Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime.

But the crime is nothing new. For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats between Cyprus and Lebanon and killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes holding them hostage in Israeli prisons.

Education News: The Mexican Revolution in El Paso

Asked about parallels between the migrations of 100 years ago and today’s exodus from neighboring Ciudad Juarez, El Paso Prof. Keith Erekson, says specific causes of the dislocations might be different, the terror and trauma suffered by people are similar.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The role of the Texas border city of El Paso remains one of the little-known stories of the revolutionary upheaval that erupted in Mexico in 1910.

The US city on the Rio Grande was a vital center for many of the plots, intrigues, advances and retreats of different political factions vying for power in Mexico.

Obama: The Environmental President

Obama should take the lead in developing a comprehensive energy policy, not one developed behind closed doors with just bid energy in attendance, but open to the public.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - It's time for President Obama to stand up to Big Energy and get to work on climate change. He has to to get angry, to act, not just react.

Benny & Sid Presents Chapter 15 of the new serialized graphic novel The Hummer -- The Final Chapter

This marks the last chapter in the graphic novel "The Hummer."

(Your City, USA) - This marks the last chapter in the graphic novel "The Hummer." I hope you've had as much fun reading it as I've had creating it. As it turns out it's also the 199th comic I've made for Salem-News.com. I started four years ago this coming August.

The first one hundred comics were under the title of "Nota Bene" and the premise was that the comics represented events in parallel universes. They were thinly disguised satires of America under the Bush Administration.

Multiple Deaths in Porn Industry in One Day Underscore Need to Enforce Obscenity Laws

A briefing for Members of Congress and their staffs featuring recognized experts and the personal experience of a former porn star

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - On June 3, two porn performers in separate incidents, were involved in heinous murder/suicides, illustrating a little known dark side behind the fantasy of adult hardcore pornography.

Former porn actress Shelley Lubben will discuss this reality at a timely briefing, "Pornography Harms: What Congress can do to Enforce Existing Laws" at the United States Capitol Visitors Center ~ HVC-201 at 11 a.m., June 15.

As Israel kills and Maims, Outrage is Directed at Helen Thomas

In Thomas's lifetime Israel has ethnically cleansed over a million people, replaced them with colonists from around the world, committed dozens of massacres, tortured thousands, killed and maimed untold numbers of children...

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene.

Amber Alert Canceled for 16-Year Old California Girl

The girl and the suspect have not been found at this time, but their vehicle was located in San Diego.

(SANTA ANA) - The State of California issued the Amber Alert today, in regard to a girl who was reportedly abducted in Overland Park, Kansas on Thursday, 3 June 2010.

They are believed to be in the Orange County, California area based on cell phone and credit card use. It is believed that the suspect fled with the girl to avoid prosecution in Kansas.

Israel`s Lifting of Gaza Blockade Means Junk Food, But No Cement to Rebuild Damaged Buildings

The marginal easement is a step in the right direction, but a very small one.

(JERUSALEM) - Israel has allowed some previously banned food items into the Gaza Strip, taking a small step toward easing its three-year-old blockade of the territory after worldwide criticism of last week’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound international flotilla.

The decision only narrowly expands the list of goods that can enter Gaza — and most of the newly permitted items are already being smuggled into the area from neighboring Egypt.