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Senator Kirk`s War Prayer

With shut lids the senator, unconscious of his presence, continued with his moving prayer, and at last finished it with the words, uttered in fervent appeal, "Bless our arms, grant us the victory, O Lord our God, Father and Protector of our land and flag!"

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Senator Kirk was praying to Senators Schumer and Menendez, or rather to his god but for their benefit. He was praying in his office where the three were gathered late at night. He was praying for a chance to drop bombs on Iran.

An aged stranger entered the office without a sound, despite the closed door. ...

Abject Poverty or Domestic Servitude

Millions of women and children meeting the domestic needs of the economically better off, are victims of a global socio-economic system that has trapped hundreds of millions into poverty...

(LONDON) - They work as maids, housekeepers, cleaners; they take care of children, the elderly and infirmed for wealthy and middle class families in rich and upwardly mobile nations.

They are found throughout the world: in the G20 countries and the Gulf States, Latin America (where they account for 60% of internal and international migrants), and developing countries in Africa and Asia where vast numbers of poor and vulnerable live alongside the privileged few.

No Peace Through Military Strength

A response to Catherine Ashton's "To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle".

(PORTLAND, OR) - “The War to End all Wars” never achieved what H.G. Wells implied with this term. On the contrary, World War I not only resulted in the death of more than 16 million humans, it also resulted in a victor’s peace directly setting the stage for World War 2 where an estimated 60 to 100 million people died.

I like to believe that no World War is on the horizon, but I was quite surprised to read the headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece “To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle. The surprise not so much was the title itself.

`Stop GMOs`: Russian Scientists Urge 10-Year Ban on Genetically Modified Products

In September, Russian authorities temporarily suspended the import and sale of Monsanto’s genetically modified corn after a French study suggested it may be linked to cancer.

(MOSCOW RT) - Russian scientists are calling for a 10-year moratorium on GMOs to thoroughly study their influence on human health, stressing that such examinations are vital.

"It is necessary to ban GMO, to impose moratorium [on it] for 10 years. While GMO will be prohibited, we can plan experiments, tests, or maybe even new methods of research could be developed,” vice president of Russia’s National Association for Genetic Safety, Irina Ermakova, told Interfax news agency.

Misguided Policy on Puerto Rico

The policy announced by Senators Wyden and Murkowski will delegitimize whatever results stem from a referendum and derail the process towards an ultimate solution on status.

(SAN JUAN The Hill) - In an unprecedented letter to the presidents of the Commonwealth, Statehood, and Independence parties of Puerto Rico, Senators Wyden and Murkowski, chairman and majority leader of the Senate Energy Committee with jurisdiction over the political status of Puerto Rico, ruled out developed Commonwealth as an option that may be presented to the people of Puerto Rico in a future referendum.

The policy expressed by Senators Wyden and Murkowski goes against the right of self-determination of the Puerto Rican people.

Blacks Ridiculed Again by the Mormon Church

Only in the recent past has the “Complete History” of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints come to the attention of its own membership, much less to the under developed regions of the world.

(MONROVIA, Liberia, West Africa) - For several years now, every Tuesday evening I have had the great privilege of hosting “Teaching The Truth”, an LDS focused broadcast to the Christian and Mormon listeners of Worship FM 101.7 in Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia, West Africa.

I have come to know several of the station managers and a number of the more frequent callers to this weekly program. Through their comments, questions and photographs, I have been genuinely moved to see the application of their unyielding faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Cheap Politics Of TNA Parliamentarian Premachandran

The calculated land grabbing experience took place just a stone throw away from the Northern Provincial Council office in Kaithady in Thenmaradchi.

(JAFFNA Colombo Telegraph) - I experienced a very serious illegal land grabbing endeavour by a group of Tamils on my visit to Jaffna on 6 December 2013. This is part of much wider land fraud perpetuated by the Tamil criminals in the north.

One has to experience the scandalous culture practiced widespread by Tamils against the fellow Tamils to understand the seriousness of the fraud that has become endemic in the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka.

Nativity: The Story of Whistle-Blower Kevin Annett and the `Little Matter of Genocide`

Duty to Warn...

(DULUTH, MN) - One of the most meaningful Christmas stories that I have ever heard came from my Vancouver, Canada friend, Reverend Kevin Annett. His story is titled “Nativity” and is printed further below.

Kevin spent a week at my home in Duluth, Minnesota a couple of years ago. The week was spent giving scheduled radio and film interviews, giving informal talks over meals, delivering a major speech to the Lake Superior Freethinkers, conducting forums at churches and answering questions following a Zinema 2 screening of his award-winning documentary, Unrepenant.

Richard Dawkins

If Richard Dawkins argues for evolution with a passion and, that “natural selection is a cumulative process with graded ramps of slowly increasing complexity,” then he advocates a creative process that necessitates mind-brain-intelligence, in order to be able to choose and select.

(KELOWNA, BC) - Is Biology Professor Richard Dawkins actually a Believer, and doesn’t know it? In a video, at the pearly gate, Dawkins asked the man in the sky; what kind of God are you? Thor-Zeus-Apollo-Yahweh or?

Why did you conceal yourself? This is not a very profound enquiry from a serious scientist.

Leading Native American Group Joins Academic Boycott of Israel

The council of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) declares its support for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

(SALEM) - Years of conflict have greatly impacted the ability of Palestinians to receive an education. This critical issue has now prompted one of America's leading Native American group's to join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, says the decision came after much discussion. In fact they wrote their own declaration of support, rather than simply adding their name to the existing declaration.