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Poetry: Iraq & Afghanistan

Taking a moment to observe the sacrifice; Foreword by Tim King.

(LOS ANGELES) - It is so easy for Americans to be supportive of the wars overseas, but understanding what they support is a different thing altogether. There are the politics, but let's put that aside.

The lives of combat forces are hard, very hard. There is the fear, there is the anticipation, the heat, the cold, the fatigue, the marginal food, the attitudes, the endlessly competitive spirit of competition, the list goes on and on.

Deception, Death and Darfur

Sources confirm that hundreds of people were arrested and more will continue to be over the next few days.

(EL FASHER / PORTLAND) - The citizens of Darfur came together in protest on Tuesday, April 27 in El Fasher. Although their protest ended after an hour, many felt that they had begun to send their message that, “the government that is killing innocents must stop”.

Our source says the police came in force using tear gas, batons, live and blank AK-47 rounds, against those protesting.

Week 1 of Pill Mill Doc Trial in Wichita, Kansas

"So dark the con of man" - Da Vinci Code

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Opening statements in what could be a 12 week trial, included a prosecutor portraying Stephen Schneider, a former doctor, and his wife Linda, a nurse in his medical practice as "greedy criminals".

"This is a case about money, not medicine," Assistant US Attorney Tanya Treadway told jurors this week.

We Kill Our Own: The 40th Anniversary of the Kent State Massacre

This week, we continue to seek the truth of exactly what happened at Kent State.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - On May 4, 1970, at Kent State University, in the city of Kent, Ohio, members of the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.

USS LIBERTY: The Fifth Fleet Sacrifice Why did it happen?

“Truth and America’s honor were ignominiously sacrificed to provide cover for Israel’s transparent lies and despicable act of perfidy.” -Phillip F. Tourney, Pres. USS LIBERTY Veterans Association

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - We have long wondered, and conjectured, the “why” of the USS Liberty incident, as it has become known and referred to.

“Incident” in this case, being an easier event to push onto the back burner and forget while it simmers away harmlessly, unlikely to boil over and burn the stew.

Salem Carousel`s `Lady Camoolot` Adopted by Rickreall Dairy

The ornamental Carousel landmark ‘moooved’ down to Salem sometime in 2004.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An adoption – of sorts – took place in in Salem, Oregon Friday.

One of the Carousel’s artworks, Lady Camoolot, a fine bejeweled bovine, was transported via truck and trailer, from Salem’s Riverfront Carousel, out to live at the Rickreall Dairy.

UC Berkley Vote: A Travesty of the `Democratic` Process

The students at Berkeley will remember who voted for, and who voted against.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - Disappointing, but this shows the immense power that “the Organization” has to overturn popular demand against amazing majority numbers in the face of all reason and “democratic” principle.

The Administration of the University may have the power to veto student propositions, but they certainly do not have a moral right to do so on propositions such as this one.

The Next 9/11-Made in Israel?

If, as Benjamin Netanyahu admitted, 9/11 was “very good” for Israel, a nuclear 9/11 might be even better.

(OSAKA, Japan) - Citing the possibility of a terrorist organization getting nuclear weapons as the greatest threat to U.S. security, Barack Obama persuaded 46 other countries at the recent Nuclear Security Summit to agree to secure the world’s loose nuclear material.

Those leaders who came to Washington might have done more to avert a nuclear attack, however, if they had asked the U.S. President to account for America’s own loose nukes.

Inmates on Work Crew Save Deputy`s Life

"According to EMS responders, the inmates' quick thinking and immediate action help to save the deputy's life" -Lt. Mary Lindstrand, MCSO

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A Multnomah County Sheriff's Office inmate work crew helped save a deputy's life‏ Friday.

Around 3:00 p.m. Friday, an MCSO Corrections deputy was overcome with medical complications while he and his inmate work crew were rendering aid to a stranded motorist.

UC Berkeley Vote: a Small Loss, an Enormous Win

Jewish Voices for Peaces speaks up over a near vote to enact divestment from murderous Israeli companies.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - I have been an activist since I was a teenager, and yet, the night of April 28 in the Pauley Ballroom of UC Berkeley will surely stand out as one of the most remarkable activist achievements I have ever witnessed.

And I am grateful that you were there, represented by thousand of green stickers: each with a name, a place, an identity.