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Barack Obama: It`s been a busy and productive four years

News conference by the President from the East Room of the White House.

(WASHINGTON DC) - THE PRESIDENT: Please have a seat, everybody. Good morning. I thought it might make sense to take some questions this week, as my first term comes to an end.

It’s been a busy and productive four years. And I expect the same for the next four years. I intend to carry out the agenda that I campaigned on -- an agenda for new jobs, new opportunity, and new security for the middle class.

New Mexico`s Next Century

Will the futures of New Mexico’s next generations be given real attention, or will the deep-pocketed, special interests once again claim the state mantle?

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In Santa Fe, the New Mexico state government is winding down its celebration of the Centennial of Statehood, a commemoration of the Land of Enchantment’s admission to the United States as a state in 1912.

Pared down to fit governmentally austere times, the Centennial celebration lurched forward with the help of private sponsors...

Science: is it Really Against Your Religion?

In matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning power is not above the monkey's. - Mark Twain

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Science tends to rely on evidence and analysis and has little to do with myth - which is so dear to the heart of most of us.

Why Dead Children Don`t Matter, and How they Can: What Billie Combes and Moloch Still Teach Us

Does it matter to you? Do you too hear the screams that never stop?

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I don't remember a lot of my dreams, but last night's was stark and unforgettable. My murdered friend Billie Combes came and spoke to me.

He looked as sad as ever, but his eyes were sharp, like his tone. Billie barked at me, "You're forgetting about all the children, Kev! They're still waiting for you. They're waiting to come home. They want to speak. Don't fail them! Don't!"

JFK, MLK Milestones Set to be Marked in 2013

Both men are dead, deliberately murdered. Yet the streak of violence goes on and on ad nauseum.

(SALEM) - Two icons of recent US History are more than likely to be commemorated this year, 2013. Both are familiar household names: John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Their lives actually overlapped and both died violent deaths.

A Significant Defeat for the Zionist Lobby?

There are some who believe that Obama sees in Hagel a man who will assist him to put America’s own best interests first by ending the Zionist lobby’s control of policy for Israel-Palestine.

(LONDON) - I would like the headline to be a statement but it has to be a question.

As I write it looks as though the Zionist lobby realises that it overplayed its hand in smearing Chuck Hagel in the hope of causing President Obama to back off nominating him for the post defense secretary.

Remarks by the President in Nomination of Secretary of the Treasury

"Jack has the distinction of having worked -- and succeeded -- in some of the toughest jobs in Washington" - President Obama

(WASHINGTON DC) - THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat.

A little more than four years ago, I stood with Mr. Tim Geithner and announced him as my first nominee to my Cabinet. We were barely two months into the financial crisis. The stock market had cratered...

Major League Baseball & The Hall Of Fame

What are the real motives behind sinking the careers of sports heroes?

(CLEVELAND) - When the time came for sports writers to answer the call, What a shock, Big Mac was not elected to the hall,

Allegedly the same will happen for Sammy and Barry, All because of the controversy they supposedly carry.

Stop the Press: 0.000125 % of the Jews are Ethical and Universalists

The Messiah must be finally here--or at least just around the corner!

(LONDON) - What other conclusion can be drawn from the fact that in the last few days almost 50 Jews, most of them notorious for being Anti-Zionist Zionists (AZZ), have now decided to support the universal and elementary right of the Palestinians to return to their homes. These elite 50 even formed an exclusively Jewish list and a website for the matter. Isn’t it wonderful?

Hindus Ask Pope to Take Lead in His Call for Dialogue

Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that serious and honest interfaith dialogue was the need of the hour and Pope should take the lead in organizing one.

(RENO) - Hindus have welcomed call for dialogue by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and have asked him to take the lead in organizing one.

In his annual address to the members of diplomatic corps accredited to Holy See on January seven in Vatican City, Pope reportedly said: “… building peace through dialogue is no longer a choice but a necessity!”