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Nativity

The quiet flakes blessed us with memory, like a benediction, and settled in love on the whole of creation, even on the unmarked graves of the forgotten children up at the old Indian residential school.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - The last Christmas we were all together hangs over memory like the fog that year in the Alberni Valley.

It was a time of gathering, two years and more of labor summoning so many together where once there were but a few. And it was a time of ending.

Killed Beaten Raped: Migrant Workers In Saudi Arabia

Large numbers of migrant workers relate similar stories, horrific experiences causing many to fall into ill health and large numbers to commit suicide...

(LONDON) - With few opportunities at home, millions of poor, desperate men and women from South East Asia and the horn of Africa migrate annually to Saudi Arabia.

Vulnerable at home and vulnerable abroad where many are enslaved and badly abused, some killed. Slavery is woven into the fabric of the psyche of the kingdom; according to Saudi scholar Ali al-Ahmed, a "culture of slavery pervades the country" [The Guardian[i]], and although banned in 1964, the barbaric practice of owning a fellow human being still exists here...

Bangladesh Must Halt Execution of War Crimes Suspect Abdul Qader Mollah

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes asked president of Bangladesh stop the hanging of the leader of the country's largest Islamic party.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Hanging Mollah on the basis of retroactive legislation and then denying him the right to appeal against this sentence is a grave violation of his fundamental rights. Following the international standard of Justice, Abdul Qader Mollah, accused of war crimes, should be granted a right to appeal against the conviction and death sentence.

According to Human Rights Watch, Mr. Mollah's death sentence was handed down based on retroactively amended legislation. This is a violation of international fair trial standards.

Ken O`Keefe: `Time to Arrest Traitors in White House/Congress`

Ken delivers fiery words for the biggest deceivers in our midst; the warring corporate western governments and Israel.

(LONDON / MOSCOW) - Ken O'Keefe was a guest on the Russia Television (RTV) program Sophie & Co with Sophie Shevardnadze this week. Ken reviews current political developments in the Middle east with his usual clarity and passion.

He agrees that this may be one of his best programs so far, and that coming from an activist who has been seen on television for years, particularly on The BBC, a group that has paid close attention to some of Ken's accomplishments and encounters.

Trade Not Aid Palestine Report - Criminal Infiltration & Police Collusion - Ken O`Keefe

Ken O'Keefe sets the record straight regarding Trade Not Aid, and is joined by a number of known political and religious leaders in the UK who equally abhor the treatment of the Gaza people under Israeli occupation.

(LONDON) - This document was compiled with one major purpose in mind, to establish beyond any doubt that the police in the UK are working directly with criminal personalities who infiltrated the Trade Not Aid mission (Samouni Project & Aloha Palestine) so as to thwart the mission.

The value in this understanding is in developing a greater awareness of arguably the most effective tactic at subverting intelligent direct action.

Power is Dangerous Unless You Have Humility
A Conversation with Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa

Now retired, this Rwandan businessman is a leader in Africa as an industrialist who has spent 52 successful years manufacturing tobacco, tea, snack foods and cement.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - After a long flight to Washington DC, Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa sat down with this writer for an exclusive two-hour interview.

Upon meeting him, one can immediately sense that Mr. Ayabatwa is a humble man with an obvious desire to improve the business community of Africa as well as empowering the lives of Africans through support in their business ventures. He is a soft-spoken man with a welcoming smile that never left his face no matter the topic.

ALEC: In Town and Under Fire: Lawmakers to Respond to Corporate-Owned Agenda and Disturbing New Revelations Detailed in Leaked

Includes New Must Read Report from the Guardian, Dec. 3: ALEC facing funding crisis from donor exodus in wake of Trayvon Martin row.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - State and federal lawmakers who have seen firsthand how ALEC’s corporate-owned special interest agenda harms their constituents will respond to disturbing new revelations about ALEC’s upcoming legislative agenda and plans to further sabotage the Affordable Care Act, as well as newly published documents that raise serious issues about the group’s status as a so-called charitable organization.

ALEC – the American Legislative Exchange Council, is in D.C. this week for its “State and Nation Policy Summit”...

`Tis the season to be jolly...
A Dissertation On Comparative Religions

Man is the only religious animal... that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven... - Mark Twain

(DAYTONA BEACH) - Our godly neighbor nation to the south has just about run the gamut of the current news cycle, exhausting their tears and incredulity over the massacre of children.

But this holy tide of Christmas all other doth deface, so its high time all of us were getting on with it, redirecting our attention to ringing sleigh bells and shoe-horning beloved carols into the doggerel of year-end car sales.

A Syrian Girl Reveals Truth Behind Syria Crisis

At present Syria has no debt from the IMF. It only has loans from friends such as Russia. It is therefore becoming a target for American and NATO aggression.

(DAMASCUS Syrian Free Press) - Syria's Biological Weapons were not included in the Chemical Weapons treaty. So a biological weapons False Flag Attack in Syria is possible as occurred with chemical weapons to disarm Syria.

Will our children be once again sacrificed for Zionist designs? I believe this is unlikely but we should be aware.

`As Sick as a Plane to Lourdes`: Memories of Reverend Bud, or Why We Need Not Fear Rulers

A reminder that rulers of whatever denomination tend to exchange not only their ethics but wisdom and reason itself for a new sauna and nicer wall panelling in their private studies.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - He was an odious little creep, even by church standards. But in his immaculate suit and "I can sell you anything" smile, he obviously had just the right stuff to head a seminary: specifically, as Principal of my Alma Mater, the Vancouver School of Theology (VST).

His name was Bud Phillips, and he dropped among all the pious bunnies a year after I had enrolled there.