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The Destruction of Barack Obama

Barack Obama is violent because, like all perpetrators of violence, he was terrorised and brutalised as a child.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Some people have been surprised or disappointed by certain decisions of President Barack Obama.

His war-making, his use of illegal drone strikes, his failure to close Guantanamo, his failure to genuinely help those ordinary Americans who voted him into office, and even his pursuit of whistleblowers like Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden have all raised concerns among those with the audacity to hope that he would be different.

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The best doctor in the world is your veterinarian – he can't ask his patients how they feel. He's got to just know.
- Will Rogers

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - There is perhaps no greater cliché in the history of the Western United States and the Canadian Provinces, than that of the kindly old country doctor.

He's been depicted by Norman Rockwell, chronicled in the real person of Dr. Dafoe, who delivered the Dionne Quints under primitive conditions, and his role has been overdone ad nauseum in literary mag and popular press alike...

Venezuela Raises Profile by Offering Edward Snowden Asylum

President Maduro has stated publicly that Venezuela will provide asylum to Mr Snowden for humanitarian reasons.

(CARACAS World Review) - THE SPY novels of author John Le Carre are nothing compared with the antics involving former US National Security Agency worker Edward Snowden - who has been leaking secrets - and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

Mr Snowden, 30, known as ‘the leaker’, divulged top secret work of the NSA in mass surveillance operations with the British government and in spying missions on European governments in a series of exposes in June 2013. He was charged with espionage and theft of government property by the US.

Chemicals Seized from Area Held by US-Backed Syrian `Rebel` Terrorists

The Syrian army has found toxic chemical agents in Joubar after seizing a factory operated by foreign-backed militants fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

(DAMASCUS Press TV) - The army says the chemical materials were found at the factory in the town of Joubar, which was used by militants before Syrian forces gained control of the area.

The Syrian army also claims that the materials were intended to be used for making mortar shells.

Livni Warns Israel It Faces A Worldwide Boycott

This is not what we expect to hear from an Israeli minister.

(CHICAGO) - Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is the Israeli cabinet minister with the task of finding a way back to peace talks. At the moment, she is one more frustrated negotiator.

Livni was so frustrated that she kicked off the month of July with a speech in which she said that if negotiations with the Palestinians don’t start up again soon, Israel will face a worldwide economic boycott.

Rohingyas` Legal Rights to Live as Dignified Human-Beings in Burma

The Rohingyas have their own history, culture, tradition and language different from other ethnic minority races who were living as a compact community in a geographical territory within the Union of Burma.

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - Although the call of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations to the It is not too late for Myanmar President Thein Sein to grant citizenship to the ethnic Rohingya minority people of Burma.

It is the moral responsibility of President not to delay the restoration of the citizenship rights of the Rohingya people...

PTSD Causes Heart Disease: Marijuana Helps Prevent it!

What's good for the heart muscle, is good to know

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Journal of the American College of Cardiology just printed an article that PTSD more than doubled the likelihood of heart disease such as heart attacks, had a heart procedure or has been hospitalized for a heart problem. Those with PTSD had 22% problems those without 9%. The cause was less blood flow to the heart muscle.

A leading doctor in the study was Dr. Viola Vaccarino of Emery University who studied that it was known that PTSD victims had higher levels of stress hormones.

The (Florida) Law, Sir, Is an Ass

Nobody was listening — least of all the media, who know a headline when they hear one.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - First Central Florida, then the South 48 and finally the World According To Facebook, have all been agog over the past month with the ongoing Trial of George Zimmerman, or the triumph of Law over Justice.

Or, as one Congresswoman put it the unacknowledged and silent trial of Trayvon Martin.

Experimental Essay on Sex, Gender and Fantasy; the Realm

There appears to be a distinct melancholy that accompanies the aging process.

(PORTLAND, OR) - As we age, men and women, having survived what can be numerous failed relationships or marriages often find themselves wondering if the personal hunger for romantic love can remain infallible to them or eventually wither and die altogether.

Does it fade to the inner realm of an unknown fantasy life that we conceal from family, friends or even ourselves?

The FDLR Speaks Out

There is much speculation and rumors about this group of rebels and what their purpose is

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a hot bed for armed rebel groups engaged in a geostrategic power struggle for the control of minerals and territory. One such group is the FDLR which is a rebel group from Rwanda that fled after the 1994 genocide made up of primarily Hutu refugees.

This group is considered an enemy to Rwandans and the current ruling party in Rwanda seeks to exterminate this group.