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Announcing the Guardianship Convention Against Torture Project

Determine if your guardianship situation qualifies under the terms of the Convention.

(PROGRESO, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico) - While in Geneva, Switzerland recently I met with a number of disability rights oriented groups.

It was suggested to me at that time that the guardianship victims bundle together our complaints and submit under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The U.S. has both signed and ratified this international treaty and thus is bound to its conditions.

Report: Nearly a Quarter of Working Households Spend More than Half of Income on Housing

Shrinking incomes outpace falling homeownership costs; renters face rising costs on tightening household budgets.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A new study by the Center for Housing Policy confirms that falling home prices have not solved the housing affordability problems of the nation’s working households.

In fact, the Center’s Housing Landscape 2012report found that the share of working households paying more than half their income for housing rose significantly between 2008 and 2010 for both renters and owners.

Camp Lejeune Documentary: `Semper Fi, Always Faithful`

Very quietly, the Veterans Administration has paid compensation claims for 63 marines diagnosed with breast cancer.

(LOS ANGELES) - The Camp Lejeune documentary "Semper Fi, Always Faithful" will be shown on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnel Friday night - 24 Feb2012 -on MSNBC at 10 PM EST.

Lawrence O'Donnell was instrumental in MSNBC's purchase of the documentary and it is on his show that it will air for the first time on Friday.

Dead Marine Falsely Accused of Felonies (Part II)

Marine Corps attempts to cover up murder by calling a decorated Marine Colonel a crook and felon.’

(IRVINE, CA) - This is part two in a special series, visit Part One Here

Brigadier General Adams, Commanding General, MCAS El Toro, called Dr. David Sabow, the younger brother of Colonel James Sabow, in early March 1991, requesting that he attend a meeting on March 9th at El Toro to discuss questions related to Colonel Sabow’s death.

Corporate Tax Reform Shouldn`t Be Revenue-Neutral, Greenlining Says

Fair Tax System Could Cut Deficit Without Hurting Poor, Working Class.

(BERKLEY, CA) - While President Obama deserves credit for proposing corporate tax reform, such reforms should not be revenue-neutral, policy experts at The Greenlining Institute said today.

What`s The Truth Behind the `Occupy` Eureka`s Story?

It takes so much to unravel the consequences of misinformation, once it's made public.

(EUREKA, CA) - It is seeming easy to fall into vilifying another, especially if one appears to be homeless and unkempt and we haven't bothered to get close enough to understand and appreciate them for who they are (or may even suffer from) before making up our minds.

Smoking, Drinking & Drugs

What killed Whitney Houston?

(CLEVELAND) - This deadly combination, that's what. Doctors, lawyers, clergy, cops, elected officials, rich & poor. No one is immune. So, why does it still reign supreme? What will it take to put out the fire?

God didn't create mankind to smoke, get drunk and be high- these are mere tools or traits of the devil, here’s why...

Above-Normal Number of Tornadoes Expected in 2012

Whether tornadoes hit highly populated areas like they did last year is harder to pinpoint.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA) - AccuWeather.com reports following a near-record number of tornadoes in 2011, an active severe weather season with above-normal tornadoes is expected in 2012.

There were 1,709 tornadoes in 2011, falling short of the record 1,817 tornadoes set in 2004. In comparison, the average number of tornadoes over the past decade is around 1,300.

Whitney Houston`s Toxicology Report...

What's going on (or not) Medical Automatism can kill.

(MOLALLA, OR) - Before I start out, I’d like everyone to know that I am a Forensic Toxicologist, that is, I have operated, myself, a poison detection laboratory and I have testified in court over 400 times on all sorts of poison cases, homicide, suicide, accidental overdose, and Medical misadventure (wrong drug or wrong dose).

In writing this, I think I know something about the toxicology procedures from start to finish.

Dead Marine Falsely Accused of Felonies (Part I)

Marine Corps attempts to cover up murder by calling a decorated Marine Colonel ‘a crook and felon.’

(IRVINE, CA) - The Marine Corps went to great lengths to keep the media out of the investigation into the death of Colonel James E. Sabow.

The last thing the Corps wanted was an investigative reporter from one of the major media outlets asking questions about the unexpected suicide to this decorated Vietnam fighter pilot.