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Romney`s Israeli Friends Desert Him

Israel was “standing down” until after the November 6 election. Romney was left to saber rattle alone.

(CHICAGO) - In a foreign policy speech delivered Monday at Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Governor Mitt Romney sounded, well, to be charitable, like a man in an echo chamber.

I will put the leaders of Iran on notice that the United States and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. I will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on Iran, and will tighten the sanctions we currently have.

Media Producer Sues LA Police for Abuse Causing Miscarriage

TODAY: The Pitchess Motion Hearing will take place at 1:30 PM in Dept 47, the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center 210 West Temple St. Los Angeles, CA.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Melissa Balin lost her baby. She suffered a miscarriage after being admitted to the LA County Hospital last winter. She had been taken to the emergency room for treatment after the use of force by sheriffs.

Thailand: Take Immediate Steps to Abolish Death Penalty: an Irrevocable, Inhuman, Cruel and Degrading Punishment

According to the United Nations, approximately 150 countries have abolished the death penalty or introduced a moratorium, either in law or in practice.

(SALEM) - Ten years have passed since the first 'World Day Against the Death Penalty' and still the struggle for this most basic point continues in a world where many people are falsely convicted.

More than three years have passed since Thailand carried out an execution. Two convicted drug traffickers were put to death in August 2009, they died by lethal injection.

Urgent Update and Notice from The International Common Law Court of Justice

The Court will convene as planned on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 9 am pacific time.

(BRUSSELS) - Thirty two officials of church and state were issued official Public Summonses by our Prosecutor's Office on September 21, 2012 to respond to charges made against them. They were given ten working days to reply, and that period of time has now elapsed.

As of today, only one response has been received by the persons named in these Summonses, from Dr. John Milloy, a researcher for the Canadian government's so-called "truth and reconciliation commission".

PSTD: Failures of Fake Treatment

I have PTSD myself.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The New York Times, Sunday September 30th 2012, had a book review titled “A Surge in New Treatment for Veterans Trauma (PTSD)” by Tina Rosenberg, who unfortunately uses data from the VA and other severally biased Federal agencies about “new treatments” for PTSD. None of which work satisfactorily for most veterans.

I am constrained as a marijuana physician, who has successfully taken care of about 1000 PTSD veteran victims, and 5000 plus total patients.

Action Against Hunger Demands Justice for Muttur Murders

We urge the public to sign our petition for an independent investigation, so the United Nations can end the impunity in Sri Lanka.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Action Against Hunger is calling on the United Nations to launch an independent investigation to finally bring those responsible for the murders of 17 aid workers in Sri Lanka in 2006 to justice.

Six years after the humanitarian organisation’s team were executed at their offices in the town of Muttur, investigations in Sri Lanka have been hindered and obstructed, with the perpetrators still not been held to account.

Jeffrey Blankfort to Ali Abunimah (must read)

Who commissioned you to be the decider of who is and who isn't a part of this movement and the judge on high of his or her activities?

(LONDON) - I know you have great ambitions, Ali, but Abe Foxman does not plan to retire yet although you do give a very good imitation of him as grand inquisitor.

Perhaps, he will hire you as the ADL's expert on "anti-Semitism" in the solidarity movement since at the moment you seem to be doing the job for free.

It`s a Yogi Berra market... Gentlemen Prefer Bonds
(All others buy stock)

When the rank and file are climbing on the caboose, you'll see me jumping off the locomotive.
- Joe Granville
The Kansas City Guru

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Yogi, thou should be behind the plate at this hour.

We need your insight, Yogi. You should be saying something like: "So many people are nervous about the stock market these days, that it's hit a new high."
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One-Year Old Being Pushed in Stroller Struck by Car, Dies from Injuries

Otherwise peaceful afternoon turns tragic in Newberg.

(NEWBERG, OR) - At approximately 3:44 p.m. Monday, the Newberg-Dundee 911 Center received an emergency call reporting that a child in a stroller had been struck by a vehicle on 4th Street near South Meridian.

The one year old, male toddler, was being pushed in a stroller by his 13 year old cousin when he was struck by a 1991 Ford Taurus.

Paul Larudee on the Abunimah - Berlin Affair

Dispel the Doubts? What Doubts?

(LONDON) - I am not going to waste my time trying to liberate Palestine by prosecuting Greta Berlin for the offense of – in essence – turning onto a one-way street against the traffic.

Doing so gets a lot of attention, and the drivers heading towards you will say a lot of nasty things. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you secretly harbor a desire to sabotage the traffic or that you are part of a movement to end one-way streets.