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America Is Under Attack!

This drive for domination is the root cause of war...

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Vicious fanatics are trying to kill us and destroy our country. They're blowing up our soldiers overseas.

They've infiltrated our country. We must defend ourselves against these mad-dog berserkers before it's too late.

Hindus Condemn Demolition of Gypsy Settlement in Spain

"Instead of unleashing repression, Spain and Europe needed to work on social inclusion and rehabilitation of Roma communities" - Rajan Zed, Hindu Statesman

(RENO, NV) - Hindus have condemned the reported recent demolishing of a Gypsy (Roma) settlement on the banks of the Manzanares River near Madrid.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was unfortunate and simply inhuman to thus devastate the lives of voiceless Gypsy families forcing many into homelessness...

Does Team-Creep Breed Conformity?

The climate to induce progress must be handled gingerly.

(SALEM) - Is being a "team player" an abject surrender of your individuality? Sometimes that thought creeps into the pondering part of my cranium in search of resolution.

This is particularly a front-and-center issue in many workplaces.

In Israel, Some Rebel Against Circumcision

"The main issue which still troubles me a little is the social one, that one day he may come to me and say 'Mom, why did you do that to me? They made fun of me today'" - Gali, a nursing mom in Israel

(TEL AVIV ) - Circumcision is one of Judaism's most important laws and for generations of faithful it has symbolized a biblical covenant with God.

But in Israel, more and more Jewish parents are saying no to the blade.

Let`s hear it for the WCC... Dissing The Doctrine

And even madmen manage to convey unwelcome truths in lonely gibberish. - W. H. Auden

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Recently, writing in the Los Angeles Times, John Gehring enthused over the Vatican's "five decades of sweeping reforms" and announced that the Catholic faith and the Church "stand at a crossroads."

However those more aware, might respond that, rather than a crossroads, the Vatican stands at a traffic circle.

Federal Court Rules D.C. Political Postering Law is Unconstitutional

Regulation Struck Down as Violating the First Amendment. In related victory, government forced to rescind $70,000 in fines against anti-war group.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's five-year-long free speech battle to overturn poster regulations used to target grassroots organizations has resulted in a historic federal court ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional.

Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a 58-page opinion yesterday finding that the law "fails First Amendment and Due Process scrutiny."

THE CON: Medicine`s Obsessional Approach to Circumcision

If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.- W. C. Fields.

(MONTEREY, CA) - Over 100 children die annually from their Blood Sport. Yearly this is more than John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and the Manson family’s combined totals. Circumcision is a Mock Death ritual of play killing.

Criminally and medically circumcision is a Genital Dismemberment. Circumcision is a sexual crime.

Akha Sail for Freedom

Your donation will make a world of difference fo young people.

(NEWPORT, OR) - The "Sail for Freedom" is a project to provide sail and human rights training for Akha people from SE Asia teamed up with young people from the US.

The tall ship will be based out of Newport, Oregon. The cost of the ship is $700,000. Refitting will cost $400,000.

** Determination`s Demise - The Tragedy in Dreams Coming Alive **

[Determination - Dreams – Realities]

(LOS ANGELES) - It’s rather easy to dream a dream, and it may not even be a ‘task’ by any means, to do so.

True enough, that great notions,
discoveries, and all significant and worthy entities saw daylight, as inceptions, in the form of dreams in one’s mind. Nothing may have arrived by means of “magic”.

I am a Muslim but Not a Palestinian

I stand with Palestine. But I denounce with equal conviction any rhetoric or agenda which seeks to demonize, subjugate or remove Jews from the region.

(BALI, Indonesia) - I am a Muslim but not a Palestinian. Others are Palestinian but not Muslim.

Still more again are neither Muslim nor Palestinian but nevertheless conscientiously support the Palestinian cause.