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A Land of Bootstraps

The International Labor Organization has now classified Mexico as having the highest rate of informal employment in Latin America.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - But a new analysis by the Mexican Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (Inegi) reports that six out of ten Mexican workers are employed in precarious circumstances.

This means they lack contracts, benefits or retirement plans.

Pakistan: Second Incident of `Quran Desecration` in 2012
Muslim Mob Reportedly Kills Suspect then Burns Body

Police did not identify the person who died. It is estimated that the man was forty-two years old

(KARACHI) - Police in Dadu (ضِلع دادُو‎), in Pakistan's Sindh province, say a man who allegedly desecrated the Qur'an, was the victim of a mob murder.

Will the Destruction of Nahr al Bared be Replicated in Yamouk?

The morning of 12/21/12 saw general calm in Yarmouk, following intense clashes, widespread destruction in some areas and two bombs dropped over the past week.

(YARMOUK CAMP, Damascus) - Some Palestinian here in Damascus, from the Palestinian Writers Union with whom this observer has been meeting, including independent researcher Hamad Said Al-Mawed, are saying so.

Admittedly there are some similarities between the two camps fate. Both among the ‘better’ of the 57 Palestinian refugee camps in the hosting countries, of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza.

President Obama: Who Will You Choose - AIPAC or Senator Chuck Hagel?

Isn’t it time to tell Israel – Enough is Enough?

(WASHINGTON DC) - The lobby has choked this nation from having any debate or dialogue on Israel.

Its illegal and belligerent policies against the Palestinians, our vast aid in the billions of dollars to one of the world’s richest nations at a time when we’re talking about a “Fiscal Cliff”.

New Evidence from The International Common Law Court of Justice: The Case of Genocide in Canada

The next session of the online Court will conclude the Prosecution's case concerning Crimes against Humanity by church and state in Canada.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - The Prosecutor's Office of the Common Law Court of Justice has today posted new evidence and an update about its work, in the attached youtube link.

The enormous response to the Court's November 6 commencement as well as considerable new evidence it has acquired has necessitated this slight delay.

Watch Human Right Watch - A Tribute to Prof Richard Falk

Prof’ Falk had little chance of surviving within such a tribal milieu and the reason is pretty simple.

(LONDON) - On the face of it, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an independent, NGO ‘dedicated to defending and protecting human rights’.

But it takes no more than a few seconds of research to find out that the primary donor of the HRW is liberal-Zionist George Soros...

NC Governor Bev Perdue (@NCGovOffice): Pardon the Wilmington Ten

Governor Bev Perdue can help set the record straight once and for all, and in doing so free the surviving Wilmington Ten members...

(WILMINGTON, NC) - In 1972, I was one of ten young civil right activists -- nine black men and one white woman -- who were framed and wrongfully convicted of a crime we didn't commit.

It happened during protests of racial discrimination in the Wilmington, NC school system. We came to be known as the Wilmington Ten.

Construction Employment Declines in Most States in November

Anxiety Over Fiscal Cliff Causes Contractors to Hold off on Hiring.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Barely one-third of states added construction jobs on either a monthly or annual basis in November.

Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour - Chris Martenson Interview (Part 2)

Saving energy is something that really gets overlooked, but it's where the biggest savings always happen to be.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - In part 1 Chris spoke about:

Why we shouldn't be speaking about Energy Independence, why we could see $200 a barrel oil in the near future, why peak oil is not a defunct theory, what we aren't being told about the shale boom, and much more…

Don`t Fall for the Shale Boom Hype - Chris Martenson Interview

Looking at our energy future in more detail we were fortunate to speak with the well known economist and author of the Crash Course Chris Martenson.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - We are in the midst of an amazing energy boom, but by sweeping the idea of peak oil under the rug we are ignoring a significant fact.

That is the relationship between hydrocarbon reserves and flow rates are not the same as they used to be—reserves have increased but flow rates are not as high or sustainable.