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Tired of Wars and Spending: You`re About to Get More of Both

Tired of endless wars and endless spending on weapons systems; well vote the prostitutes out.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Your Congress is at work again bringing about the next war and spending more money on the military than the military wants.

Congress is inching its way to a war with Iran by passing resolutions written and put forth by the powerful pro-Israel lobby group, AIPAC.

Billion Dollar Bait & Switch: States Divert Foreclosure Deal Funds

While the settlement between five of the country's biggest banks did not require states to use the settlement money on programs related to the crisis.

(NEW YORK CITY) - A ProPublica analysis of the landmark mortgage settlement reveals states have diverted $974 million of the funds to pay down budget deficits or fund programs unrelated to the foreclosure crisis.

Paul Kiel and Cora Currier explain, "That’s nearly forty percent of the $2.5 billion in penalties paid to the states under the agreement."

Evidence of Widespread Wage Theft

A growing body of research has begun to reveal that wage theft is a widespread problem in Oregon and the nation.

(SILVERTON, OR) - Wage theft is inherently challenging to quantify.

Wage theft occurs when employers pay workers less than the minimum wage, don’t pay time-and-a-half for overtime hours, cheat on the number of hours worked, steal tips or don’t pay workers at all.

Taking Notes Banned from Court

Calling All Media Professionals Interested in Fair Trials...

(LONDON) - Following a directive by his senior colleague, Sir Nicholas Wall, the President of the Family Division, Judge Patrick issued yesterday a ‘blanket ban’ on reporting.

This includes the internet, on the Musa case[1] – a criminal trial scheduled to last 4 weeks in Wood Green Court.

Response to the 60 Minutes Segment on Israel

This program was an extreme disappointment. I thought 60 Minutes had more integrity and courage.

(WEST KINGSTON, R.I.) - On Sunday 60 Minutes did a rather disgraceful segment to please Zionists. I was sufficiently disgusted to send the following hasty response via their web site.

Tonight’s segment on Israel (May 20, 2012) gave a totally distorted picture of the Middle East conflict.

Groups call on Obama to Veto the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act if Summary Judgment Survives House Vote

“...summary judgment means that no low paid federal worker will stand a chance.” - Steve Kohn, NWC

(WASHINGTON DC) - A national “Whistleblowers Conference is being held this week in the nation’s capital to protest the treatment of whistle-blowers and women in this administration.

S. 743 provides millions of federal workers with important safety protections, it strips other legal protections...

EBRD ensure that Concrete Benchmarks in the Country Assessments for Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes, writes to EBRD Pres. Thomas Mirow about Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia.

(SALEM) - Serious, ongoing human rights abuse continues to plague Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco.

The continuance of these egregious conditions cast great doubt on the hope of the three governments remaining committed to multiparty democracy and pluralism.

England`s Devastated Family
Musa Trial Day 1

Judge imposes a ‘Blanket Ban’ as he put it on all public reporting of these proceedings; but then we're not in London...

(LONDON) - Thanks to all those who turned up at Wood Green Crown Court on Day 1 of the Musas’ criminal Trial.

We were in Court 2 under Judge Patrick and Court 2 only had seating for some 10 persons in the Public Gallery and we were way more than 10 and had to sit 2-3 to a seat and some were dismissed from the courtroom altogether.

Hafez Aladdeen is an Israeli Patriot

The Dictator-A Film Review by Gilad Atzmon

(LONDON) - On the face of it, Baron Cohen’s The Dictator is a horrid film. It is vulgar, it isn’t funny and if it has five good jokes in it, they appear in the two minute official trailer.

In short, save your time and money – unless of course, you are interested in Jewish identity politics and neurosis.

The Illusion of Corruption

People are not evil or corrupt; institutions are.

(CHENNAI, India) - Since 1995 an institution called the ‘Transparency International’ [TI] has been publishing data on countries ranked from least to most corrupt based on “perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. Their definition:

Corruption is essentially "the misuse of public power for private benefit."