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The Warmongers Will Play Along with Commonsense for a While but Eventually Come Back onto their Original Course

Henry Bellingham: “What is the Party doing, please, to rein in its dangerous loons before it's too late?”

(LONDON) - My MP Henry Bellingham has replied promptly to a letter on 26 August about the US and UK’s eagerness to “jump the gun” on Syria.

This was before the famous vote in Parliament and while media headlines were screaming: "Britain is planning to join forces with America and launch military action against Syria within days in response to the gas attack believed to have been carried out by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces against his own people..."

TCHR Pays Tribute to Sunila Abeysekera

Sunila will be remembered by countless people locally and internationally for her unswerving dedication to human rights.

(PARIS) - With heavy hearts we learn that veteran civil society activist late Charles Abeysekera’s (1926-1998), daughter and prominent human rights activist, Sunila Abeysekara, passed away on 9 September 2013.

Sunila’s dedication and devotedness to human rights has a resonance in the date of her death - the very first day of the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. If Sunila were healthy and able to travel, she would have been in Geneva for this session.

UN Rights Council Says Syria Gas Attack Videos, Photos Fake: Russia

Russia says the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has confirmed that the videos and photos purporting to show the victims of a chemical attack near the Syrian capital, Damascus, were fabricated.

(DAMASCUS) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Tuesday statement that international experts as well as Syrian public and religious leaders presented their evidence to the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 9.

It also said evidence provided by numerous witnesses confirms that militants fighting against the Syrian government used chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of western Ghouta last month.

Small Talk Can Mean a Big Deal

My conclusion as an explorer of human relations is that "small talk" often reaps big positive results.

(SALEM) - When much, much younger, I mistakenly thought that intelligence was what made me worthwhile as a person. My brain was viewed as my most important functioning organ, and so those feeble attempts to spout "knowledge" drove the engine.

I can recall how at age 8 or 9 my father would march me in front of other adults as a show-and-tell showcase he could glorify about.

Marijuana vs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for PTSD and other Mental Disorders

Pharmacotherapy vs Psychotherapy

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - This article was prompted by a book review by Eric R. Kandel in the New York Times (9-8-2013). The book title appears to be “The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind and Brain from Vienna 1900- Present”. Dr. Kandel of Columbia University is the author of the book.

The reason I am writing this article is to compare the CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) with marijuana therapy.

`Operation Red Dragonfly` : Breakdown in Kansas

The trials of mechanical breakdown and miraculous generosity in the Midwest.

(WICHITA, KS) - 'Operation Red Dragonfly' nearly came to a halt today when a major oil leak began spraying oil all over the inside of my legs.

I pulled over at a convenience store and was immediately approached by a young woman who works at the store, offering to help in any way she could.

Oregon National Guard 102Nd Civil Support Team to Participate in Resilient Response `13 Exercise

(Corvallis, Ore.) - The Oregon National Guard's 102nd Civil Support Team is scheduled to participate in an interagency training exercise with first responders in Corvallis, Ore., Sept. 12-13.

9/11 Truth Film Festival in Oakland, CA on Wed. Sept. 11, 2013, 1PM to 11PM

The scheduled times for the movies selected are now listed here in the third link below for the 2013 9/11 Truth Film Festival "Fifty Years of Betrayal - From JFK To Today".

(OAKLAND) - I have a short 5 and a half music video at 9:20 pm titled as the same title as the book, "An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King", about the trial that was won by attorney William Pepper in Memphis in 1999 on behalf of the King family.

The jury of 6 black and white members unanimously found Loyd Jowers and "un-named government co-conspirators" guilty of the murder of Martin Luther King.

Egypt: Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes Condemns Abu Deraa Detention

As documented by several human rights groups, military trials in Egypt routinely fall short of fair trial standards and violate fundamental rights of due process.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes has “strongly condemned” the arrest of Sinai based journalist Ahmed Abu Deraa.

On 5 September 2013, journalist and human rights defender Mr Ahmed Abu Deraa' was arrested by the Egyptian Armed Forces in the North Sinai city of Areesh, where he is based and acts as a correspondent for independent Egyptian newspapers...

Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) Traveling Show

Threads to New Worlds - A Collection of Fiber Arts Opens October 4, 2013 at The Willamette Heritage Center

(SALEM, Ore.) - “Threads to New Worlds - A Collection of Fiber Arts” is a year-long traveling exhibit sponsored by Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO). This juried show contains 30 pieces, plus display pieces of fiber art, created by 24 artists.