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U.S. State Department Defines Settler Violence as Terrorism For First Time

“Price-tag” attacks get Israel listed...

(WASHINGTON DC) - A report by the U.S. State Department defines, for the first time, violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers in the West Bank as acts of terrorism.

The Country Reports on Terrorism, which under U.S. law is produced annually by the State Department and presented to the U.S. Congress, was published two weeks ago.

Firefighters Attack New Fire Starts

Multiple recreational events continue today throughout the area. All campgrounds are open, the air is good, and the water is cool.

(SALEM) - Thunderstorms on Saturday brought five new fires to the Middle Fork District. These additional fires have been added to the Buckhead Complex and are being managed by the Type 3 South Cascade Interagency Management Team.

Three of the new fires are located north of Steeple Rock, one is near the North Fork of Indian Creek, and one is near the headwaters of Packard Creek.

Veterans: Doing The Job Of Our Legislators?

This is published as a press release; John encourages all interested media to republish this information, thank you.

(MEDIA, PA) - When it involves Vietnam veterans, some (not all) of our legislators turn a deaf ear.

Those who do understand our health problems do try to help. They are the minority. I speak for Navy Blue Water Sailors, as well as some Air Force and Fleet Marines.

The Week that Will Be and a Week that Was

"People have to rise up but Americans have become so passive and power overwhelmingly abusive." - Helen Thomas

(CLERMONT, FLA) - Next week, this reporter will be in the streets of Tampa during the Republican National Convention and I begin next Sunday, at the Sun Dome for the Ron Paul Rally.

Less than 80 days remain before Election Day. Twenty-five million Americans are unemployed or underemployed. Over thirteen million homeowners are at risk of foreclosure.

States Respond to Deferred Deportation

The Obama administration’s deportation suspension program could benefit upwards of 1.4 million young people.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - California and Arizona have a lot in common. They both were once part of Mexico, share the Colorado River and exchange mutual passions over their National League baseball teams.

Both states were among the hardest-hit by the housing bust and Great Recession, suffering foreclosures and fiscal crises.

Palestinians `Going for Gold` are Hampered by Leaders who are Born Losers

Silence and incompetence are the required skills, which they have in spades.

(LONDON) - Palestine’s Olympians have gone home, and not even ardent supporters like me were aware they’d been here.

That’s a slight exaggeration. We caught a brief glimpse of them on TV in the opening parade.

Washington Eyes Iran Proxy War through Israel

Is there no limit to US hypocrisy?

(TEHRAN) - Israel's narrative of launching an attack on Iran's nuclear plants is so overpoweringly hyped up that Israelis believe such an attack will happen and that Iran will sit idly in the manner of a befuddled, thunderstruck and petrified nation.

Strangely, western and Israeli media aggrandize the military prowess of Israel to the skies and underestimate that of Iran.

Ducks Open Pape` Field With 2-0 Win Over UAB

The Ducks look to build on a solid start to the season next week as they hit the road for matches at Portland (Fri. Aug. 24th) and Portland State (Sun. Aug. 26th).

(EUGENE, OR) - Freshman Kristen Parr scored two goals to lead the University of Oregon women's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers Sunday in the first game of the season at the brand new Pape' Field.

Hebrew Bible: Plagiarized Mythology and Defaced Monotheism

Many are the stories that were told in the Hebrew Bible, but the greatest story that is yet to be told is the story of the Hebrew Bible itself.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The relationship with gods/god has always been one of man’s oldest preoccupations, and still is till this very day.

And while it’s fair to assume that Modern day man owes his advancement in philosophy and science to ancient Greece and its earliest thinkers, it’s equally fair to give credence to the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Wimpish in America

Brownson’s “Laboring Classes” is a call to action, virtually at the inception of the country, to put the control of the government back in the hands of the people.

(LAVERNE, CA) - Last month, Stuart Jeffries writing in the Guardian, observed, “Capitalism is in crisis across the globe – but what on earth is the alternative?”