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The Rapporteur`s Reprise...
Halliburton`s Elixir In A Fracked-up World Part II - The View From The Boardwalk

I never saw a city boy yet who was worth a damn. - Ernest Hemingway

(DAYTONA BEACH) - Coursing through the trackless wastes between Toronto and Winnipeg, our intrepid reporter Rap (short for "rapporteur," just to add a touch of class), taking a leaf from Stephen Colbert (Col-bear) and his Report (pronouced Re-poor), checked in recently.

In fact the paper trail of his expense account items continued, meandering across Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, notably hovering in Camden, N.J. with an item for $139.50 datelined Moe's Jazz Society.

`Back for Christmas` for Stolen UK & Foreign Children

3 Court Hearings in December illustrate how the UK’s ‘child protection’ system is an international scandal

(LONDON) - The Association of McKenzie Friends is an unfunded network of individuals. It has come together to help parents whose children were taken and imprisoned, fending for themselves as Litigants in Person. Our petition Children Placed in Foster Care was put before the House of Commons on 3 September 2013 without any response so far.

Vicky Haigh was imprisoned for 3 years for supposedly having breached a ‘non-molestation order’ – by saying ‘hello’ when she saw her daughter accidentally at a petrol station.

BBC: David Cameron `Breached Protocol` in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's government has accused David Cameron of breaching protocol on his visit to the country, during which he raised concerns over alleged human rights abuses against Tamils.

(LONDON) - A senior source told the BBC that the prime minister had "brushed aside" an official and had failed to acknowledge a dance reception. They added that they "expected better". But Mr Cameron told MPs on Monday that his visit had succeeded in raising awareness of human rights issues.

In May 2009, Sri Lanka's army defeated the separatist Tamil Tigers after almost 30 years of brutal and bloody civil war.

`Our Silent Epidemic` by Senator Ron Wyden

Senator seeks support for petition regarding military sex abuse.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - It’s both unbelievable and shameful: Each year in our military, there are more than 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact, sexual assault, or rape. It’s a silent epidemic that is tearing our country apart from the inside, folks.

Slowly but surely we’ve worked to shine a light on this tragic problem, and now we could be just days away from a solution.

Government and Wall Street: A Revolving Door With Ill Effects

The revolving door keeps turning----and government keeps growing and keeps serving the interests of those who so generously finance the campaigns of both Democrats and Republicans...

(WASHINGTON, DC) - It was recently announced that former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would join Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm-----although Mr. Geithner had no experience whatever in the private equity field.

Writing in THE NEW REPUBLIC, Noam Scheiber noted that, "It's hard to believe that Geithner, with no investment or private sector experience, would be worth the millions he will surely earn each year if he didn't also turn heads at the highest levels of government."

Oregon Volunteers Spending Thanksgiving Caring for Victims of Typhoon

Medical Teams International is responding to the disaster by shipping medicines and medical supplies and sending teams of medical volunteers to provide care; the organization will continue to mobilize teams as needed.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Medical Teams International (MTI) is mobilizing additional medical professionals to care for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

By the end of this week, the humanitarian relief and development organization will have deployed more than 30 volunteers.

Wisconsin Voter ID Trial Outlines Law`s Discriminatory Impact

Advancement Project Showed Law Would Exclude Thousands of Eligible Black and Latino Citizens from Exercising Their Right to Vote.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - A legal challenge to Wisconsin’s restrictive voter ID law – the first trial challenging a voter ID law under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, since the June 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder – concluded on Friday, November 15.

During the two-week trial, attorneys from Advancement Project and pro bono counsel Arnold & Porter showed that Wisconsin’s photo ID law would exclude hundreds of thousands of eligible Wisconsin voters who do not have state-issued photo ID from voting...

Two Injured After Drone Hits US warship Off Southern California

The drone, a 13-foot-long aircraft with a wingspan of nearly 6 feet, was being controlled from Point Mugu.

(POINT MUGU) - The US Navy says that two American sailors have been injured after a drone malfunctioned and struck a guided missile cruiser off the coast of Southern California.

The incident happened during a military exercise off the coast of Point Mugu on Saturday afternoon.

`Shall We Stop this Bleeding?`: A Call from Kevin Annett

Half of the problem is rooted in the fact that church leaders ask their congregations to not report crime to law enforcement - but rather to keep it in the church political system.

(SACRAMENTO ) - I feel honored to know Kevin Annett, much less serve as his news editor. I know of few people with such passion and dedication toward helping the voiceless, the nameless, the poor. His work for humanity in exposing Genocide and helping befall high ranking members of the Catholic Church for protecting priests that rape children is extremely important.

So many people bemoan the anguish of child sex trafficking, rape and abuse victims, yet 99% of the people do nothing about it.

School of Assassins Faces Protest & Congressional De-Funding

The SOA burst into the news in 1996, when the Pentagon released copies of its torture training manuals. The Sept. 21, 1996 Washington Post, in “U.S. Instructed Latins on Executions, Torture; Manuals Used 1982-91, Pentagon Reveals”

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The US Army School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia is a notorious training operation for Latin American officers and soldiers. It’s associated with some of the worst dictatorships and human rights violators in the hemisphere.

For over 20 years, the grassroots School of Americas Watch (SOA Watch) has grown into one of the most dynamic, multi-generational, cross-continental movements against militarism in the Americas (SOAW.org/November).