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The Ridiculest: Bill Maher`s Cultural Supremacy and Religious Hierarchy

Palestine Think Tank's Nima Shirazi writes the weblog Wide Asleep In America.

(BALTIMORE) - Bill Maher makes no secret of his contempt for religion.

Via his comedy routines, his political commentary, his film Religulous, and his duties as host of Politically Incorrect and now HBO's Real Time, Maher has long warned of the dangers and exploitation of organized religion and how incompatible dogma and doctrine are with the scientific enlightenment of modern society.

The Day I Flew Wing to Wing with a Soviet MiG-17

"I spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force learning to fight these things, and now I own one" -MiG Pilot Bill Reesman

(SALEM, Ore.) - From time to time I unearth old archival material and this one, an aerial show from a historic Russian jet fighter, I think, is a gem.

On this particular day, I was able to shoot a story on Bill Reesman's red MiG-17 the best possible way; from a Lear Jet!

Nobel Prize Winner Calls for Release of Israel`s Nuclear Weapons Whistleblower

Irish Peace Nobelist Mairead Maguire Calls on Peace Nobelists President Obama and President Shimon Perez to do all they can to Free Mordechai Vanunu.

(DUBLIN) - Mairead Maguire, has written to President Barack Obama, USA and President Shimon Perez, Israel, asking them to ‘do all they can’ to obtain the release of Mordechai Vanunu and for Mordechai to be given his freedom and allowed to leave Israel.

Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower, was convicted by an Israeli Court in l986 and sentenced to 18 years for passing on information about Israel’s nuclear weapons.

Framing Pakistan: How the pro-Israel Media Enables India`s Surrogate Warfare

Clearly, Israel and India share a common geostrategic interest in the destabilization of the nuclear-armed Muslim nation.

(OSAKA, Japan) - In its bitter rivalry with India, Pakistan is at a fatal disadvantage. Unlike its South Asian neighbour, Islamabad lacks an ally with considerable influence over American mainstream media.

The latest example of US media complicity with the Indo-Israeli alliance came in the aftermath of the much-hyped Times Square “car-bomb” incident.

A Nakba Commemoration at Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp in Beirut

Palestine Civil Rights Campaign-Lebanon: A PCRC update by Sarah Marusek, Board Member PCRC

(SHATILA CAMP, Beirut) - 22 May 2010—On this warm Saturday afternoon inside Beirut’s Shatila Camp, hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the Palestinian Youth Center to observe the annual commemorations of the 1948 Nakba or disaster, that forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland.

That number includes around 120,000 who found refuge in what were originally intended to be temporary camps in Lebanon.

`Friendship is a Two-Way Street` Australian Foreign Minister tells Israel

Many are taking the time to voice support.

(MELBOURNE / SALEM) - Australia's principled decision to expel an Israeli diplomat has been highly regarded throughout the world, not just for their stand against Israel’s abuse of Australia’s Passport system but especially because of their abuse of a long standing friendship..

The Aussies are shocked and saddened by the news as it breaks all across the country.

Clean Water Now In The Gulf? I Don`t Think So!

“Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated” - George Santayana

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - It doesn’t feel good or make me righteous to say “I told you so” when the results in the Gulf oil catastrophe are so devastating.

The predictive modeling and forecasts in recent technical updates are now beyond the dire warnings of those of us who gasped at it initially anyway. I’m no longer angry, that’s in my rear view mirror-----Just color me stunned.

Watching Israel Delegitimize the U.S.

We have been seduced by those masterful at deceit to freely embrace the very forces that delegitimized us as a nation and collapsed our economy from within.

(TEMPE, Az.) - The U.S.-Israeli relationship has long been America’s Achilles heel. Our first president warned against “entangled alliances” particularly when, as here, there’s a “passionate attachment.”

Our “special relationship” with this rogue state has placed the U.S. outside the same system of international law that we now seek to impose on others, including Iran.

Oregon Senate Republicans Choose Status Quo Over Streamlining Legislative Process

“Senate Republicans proved today that they’re the defenders of the status quo” - Assistant Majority Leader Diane Rosenbaum (D-Portland)

(SALEM, Ore.) - Following the failure of a procedural vote on the Senate floor this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Richard Devlin expressed his disappointment with the Senate Minority.

Senate Republicans voted against an amendment to the Senate’s rules that would have modernized and streamlined operations for the body, saving tax payer dollars, and improving efficiency in the Oregon Legislature.

Ciudad Juarez News: From Bullets to Books

“Let it be understood that only the people can save the people and that’s why they are organizing” -Ciudad Juarez actress Perla de la Rosa

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - A group of Mexican actresses traveled to embattled Ciudad Juarez this week to show solidarity with victims of violence and contribute to the construction of a new community library.

The three women, Luisa Huertas, Julieta Egurrola and Angelina Pelaez, are recognized stage artists and members of Mexico’s National Theater Company.