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The Storm Brewers - Notes on Florida`s Hurricane Industry

The Republican platform promises to do better. I don’t think they have done so bad. Everybody’s broke but them. - Will Rogers

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Conventional wisdom has it that Florida is a Red State, an enclave of old geezers who are entrenched conservatives, as right-wing as Todd Bertuzzi of the Detroit Red Wings.

More significantly, it is contended, Florida is a dysfunctional constituency because of the demographics, and ergo the residual geriatric dementia. Ballots are spoiled in the unaccustomed pressure of poll-going, coupled with the ancient urge to vote for the remembered party of Bob Taft, Spiro Agnew and the two beloved birds in the family Bush.

U.S. Crisis Unsettles Mexico

The U.S. crisis comes at a time when worries already exist over the state of the Mexican economy and the tax reform looming in the Mexican Congress, including a possible hike in the border region sales tax from its current 11 percent to 16 percent.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The partial shutdown of the U.S. government is unsettling the Mexican economy. As the crisis took shape last week, the Mexican peso dipped to 13.34 units per dollar, an amount which represented the second largest depreciation in 2013.

The pending October 17 showdown over the U.S. debt limit is likewise contributing to the jitters, said Gabriela Siller, an analyst for Mexico-based Banco Base.

Did Jayewardene Deceive Rajiv Gandhi? - M.A. Sumanthiran

Rajiv Gandhi or his advisers, unlike Indira Gandhi, were the least concerned about the welfare of the Eelam Tamils. If he was, he would not have signed the Indo - Sri Lankan Accord with so many clauses that are disadvantageous to the Tamils.

(MELBOURNE) - On the advice of dubious Indian advisers and the Indian Intelligence, RAW, Rajiv Gandhi embarked on a policy of dismantling the militant movements and disarming them.

This was a 180 degrees policy change from Indira Gandhi, who advocated the freeing of Tamils from the clutches of the Sinhalese by their own effort. The advisers gave Rajiv at least 3 reasons for it.

Kurt Schrader Puts Obama`s Shutdown Ahead of National Security: Voted Against Securing America`s Borders

Kurt Schrader Voted Against The Border Safety And Security Act.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Kurt Schrader continued his outrageous commitment to the Democrat government shutdown by voting against funding to secure America’s borders. Schrader voted against the Border Safety & Security Act, which immediately funds border security programs within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). America’s national security depends on funding found within the legislation.

“Kurt Schrader’s reckless vote against funding America’s border security programs puts our nation at risk for terrorism and drug violence,” said NRCC Communications Director Andrea Bozek.

Dusting Off the Government Mouthpiece for Agent Orange Denial

The Korean government spent 1 1/2 million dollars and did their own studies and testing when they discovered that the Department of Defense was fudging the test results.

(DETROIT) - For years the Department of Defense and Col. Alvin Young have lied to the Vietnam veterans about Agent Orange. Because they cannot admit that they screwed up when they sign on with the (military contractor)) Monsanto Chemical Company to (WEAPONIZD) Dioxin better known as the rainbow herbicides.

Recently Col. Alvin Young was once again was dusted off and brought out by the Department of Defense to go on record in an article in the Stars & Stripes newspaper to try and explain away the discovery of the toxic landfill at the and chemical drums clearly marked and legible Dow Chemical Company Midland Michigan at the farmer Kadena US Air Force Base in Okinawa.

Israel`s Reaction to EU Sanctions: `Anti-Semitism,` Comparison to Nazism

"Without. Israel, widespread anti-Semitism in post-Holocaust Europe would most likely not have awakened from its dormancy."
- Hillel Halkin

(WASHINGTON DC) - Under guidelines adopted by the executive European Commission in June, Israeli "entities" operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will not be eligible for European Union (EU) grants, prizes or loans in the future.

Some 500,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem among 2.5 million Palestinians. Israel captured those territories, along with the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Syrian Golan Heights, in the 1967 war.

Northern California Court Supporters Fight Back

From the Judge to the attorneys and public defenders, on down to the court reporters and bailiffs, the reality begins to spread in the courthouse that their is a large gathering of dedicated people supporting defendants in medical marijuana cases.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Recently in Northern California a new breed of activist has been born. They call themselves court supporters and most of them belong to a organization called The Human Solution or (THS).

These upstanding citizens take time out of their daily lives to join medical marijuana patients at their criminal court hearings. Most supporters are medical marijuana patients who are tired of seeing the justice system railroad their fellow sick patients by prosecuting them unjustly.

URGENT MEMORANDUM: Save Human Lives, Stop Genocide Towards Minority Rohingya in Myanmar

The International Communities must open their eyes. This is GENOCIDE against minority Muslims in Myanmar. This is the biggest crime against humanity.

(YANGON) - Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization Malaysia (MERHROM) would like to draw your attention in regards to the recent attack on minority Rohingya Muslim in Thandwe, Arakan State of Myanmar which started on 29 September 2013.

MERHROM strongly condemned the Myanmar government on the continuous attack on Muslims in Myanmar which took place over 60 years without the world knowing what we went through inside Arakan State. The continuous attack on Rohingya clearly proves the plan of the Myanmar government to eliminate minority Muslims across Myanmar.

Deputies Searching For Missing Mill City Man

Anyone with information pertaining to the whereabouts of Mr. Johnson is asked to contact Marion County Sheriff's Office at 503-588-5032.

(SALEM) - On September 30th Patrol Deputies responded to the 28300 block of Santiam Hwy SE near Mill City, on a report that Gregory D. Johnson age 54, left his residence on September 29th at 8:30 a.m., and he has not been seen or heard from since.

Gregory left his residence on foot and was last seen wearing a green camouflage jacket.

Myanmar Religious Leaders Urge Harmony After Anti-Muslim Clashes

Muslim residents told the Associated Press that during the clashes—in which a 94-year-old woman was stabbed to death—local police had failed to protect them a mob of hundreds of Buddhists armed with knives and sticks who went on a rampage in Pauktaw and Thabyuchine villages.

(YANGON RFA) - Religious leaders in a western Myanmar town reeling from deadly anti-Muslim clashes urged calm on Monday after fresh violence broke out in the country’s central Irrawaddy Delta region.

On Sunday night a mob of Buddhist residents destroyed five Muslim houses in the region’s Kyaunggon township, some 70 miles (100 kilometers) outside the former capital Yangon.