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Bangladesh: From Dysfunctional Democracy to a Dead Democracy

The Shahbag movement is moving towards its next victory, wherebJamaatbwill be banned from politics

(YORK, UK) - With elections looming at the end of this year, escalating violence and political confrontation has left democracy in Bangladesh at a crossroads.

In truth, democracy in modern Bangladesh has always been precarious: military takeover, political violence and parliamentary boycotts have all featured throughout Bangladesh’s 42 years of existence.

The Forgotten Mentally Ill; A Remembrance
Dedicated to my Cherished Older Sister

Ms. Margaret Mary Elizabeth Tamar Griffin-Carver
Born: November 9th, 1957, Died: New Years Eve, 2006

(PORTLAND, OR) - To say that our beloved sister Margaret was mentally ill is not an easy admission. It is also tragically the sad truth.

She was one of thousands of mentally ill currently residing in the state of Oregon and suffering from schizophrenia among other personality disorders.

Zion - the Promised Land - too Little, too Late

“Pour out thy wrath upon the Gentiles (Goyim) that have not known thee.” (Psalm 79:6)

(LAVERNE, OR) - In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s unfinished novel, Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret, the good Doctor’s grim reflection on the human condition was delivered to his adopted child, Ned, knowing the child was too young to grasp his revelation.

This might well give us pause as the state of Israel seeks to tether itself by an umbilical cord of self-defense to the U.S. through a strategic ally agreement.

Guns, Cents and Common Sense

$8 billion split revenue with states and let them enforce said laws, law abiding citizens keep their guns and the gov get more money.

(WASHOUGAL, WA.) - Let law abiding citizens keep their guns. And let congress do what it does best - tax !

Like autos, registered and tax every gun. $20 for pistols and $100 for assault rifles would generate est.

Jaguars, Ranchers, Loggers and Bureaucrats

“It’s a protected animal, but there’s nobody there to protect it except us” - Abner Rios, lifelong local resident

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Last summer, Mexican rancher Abner Rios noticed a curious thing. Cows that were ready to give birth wandered off only to come back from pasture alone. “We began to notice that pregnant cattle were not returning with calves,” Rios told FNS.

Hindus Upset at India`s Income Tax Department Saying Hinduism Not a religion

Any standard encyclopedia would tell you that Hinduism was the oldest and third largest religion of the world - Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed

(RENO) - Hindus are upset at recent reported order of an Income Tax Tribunal in Maharashtra that “Hinduism is neither a religion nor Hindus form a religious community”.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a bizarre, inappropriate and shocking statement.

BRCA Delegates Attend Burma Forum at Australian National University

RNDP General Secretary Said He Sympathize Rohingya Muslims

(CANBERRA, Aust.) - Burmese Rohingya Community Australlia (BRCA) contacted Australian National University (ANU) a day prior to their scheduled forum and raised the concern over Rakhine National Democrtic Party (RNDP) party participation in the forum.

They were informed that BRCA delegates would be joining the forum.

PHOTOS: Derelict Japanese Boat Found and Removed from Oregon Beach

Vessel with Japanese writing was located at Muriel Ponsler Memorial Wayside, north of Florence.

(FLORENCE, OR) - A 24' nonmotorized boat was removed from the ocean shore near Muriel Ponsler Wayside north of Florence at 7 p.m., Mar. 14, 2013. Leisure Excavating from Florence transported it to a local landfill.

No pollution or other hazardous materials were detected, but there was marine life clinging to the debris.

US Refuses to Transfer High-Risk Prisoners to Afghan Control

The Obama administration considers the detainee problem a short-term disagreement unrelated to the strategic negotiations on Afghanistan’s future security.

(KABUL Khaama Press) - A dispute between Kabul and Washington over the fate of about three dozen militants held by US forces in Afghanistan has disrupted negotiations over a long-term security agreement between the two nations, Washington Post reported.

Richard! You Are Immortal!
(18 March 1958 - 18 February 1990)

Includes never-seen-before-images of the late “RICHARD MANIK DE ZOYSA”, performing Shakespeare Excerpts at Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

(LOS ANGELES) - Time has flown-by, in the blink of an eye, Since you were laid to rest, in that fateful night…

Over two decades, have passed, alright,
Three years added, to that era, outright… Twenty three years, since the island lost sight,
Of a ‘being’ unique, brisker than mere daylight…