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Agenda Prevails Over Truth

In the Western world truth no longer has any meaning. In its place stands agenda.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Agenda is all important, because it is the way Washington achieves hegemony over the world and the American people.

9/11 was the “new Pearl Harbor” that the neoconservatives declared to be necessary for their planned wars against Muslim countries.

From Bethlehem

Jesus was the first martyr for non-violent resistance in Palestine.

(BETHLEHEM) - Bethlehem (Aramaic for House of Laham, the Canaanitic God of Sustenance) area is decked in colors and the best and most beautiful lights are the smiles on the faces of our children.

On Saturday evening, we attended a christian service that was a joint service with the National Cathedral in Washington DC. The Palestinian children bell choir was uplifting.

That Duel Before Yule

If mate is away, refrain from romance; For those ever horny have yet much to fear, To be neath the hoofs of those seven reindeer.

(SALEM) - "Want a Knight before Christmas, alas, fondest gift,
To warm forth my pillow, and bestow a lift,
For Arthur is off in some distant turf,
And with my fab figure, won't settle for serf!"

This utterance came from Queen Guinevere,
Knowing that King and his staff weren't near;
A lonely heart pining for marvel of mate
To fulfill her empties, but what be her fate?

Hospital Christmas for Mandela as Rumours Fly

Former President Nelson Mandela will spend Christmas Day in hospital, the presidency has announced.

(JOHANNESBURG BBC) - The iconic figure has been hospitalized in Pretoria since December 8.

The length of his stay, and obfuscations from government about his exact whereabouts, has caused concern among South Africans.

If God were Alive Today: Remembering Maisie Shaw and Berny Cameron

A Christmas Reflection to be read, if possible, in every Catholic and United Church service across Canada.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - It's well into the night here in Nanaimo, and although the cold rain beats incessantly at our home, the fire inside is roaring.

Carol is asleep next to me on the couch and my stomach is filled and warmed with good cheer.

New Evidence from The International Common Law Court of Justice: The Case of Genocide in Canada

The next session of the online Court will conclude the Prosecution's case concerning Crimes against Humanity by church and state in Canada.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - The Prosecutor's Office of the Common Law Court of Justice has today posted new evidence and an update about its work, in the attached youtube link.

The enormous response to the Court's November 6 commencement as well as considerable new evidence it has acquired has necessitated this slight delay.

Slow Writers and Blank Prose (and All That Noise)

What does a blank page have to do with a lack of noise?

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - My sainted mother lived the last half of the Roaring Twenties in New York City with my father, which was bad enough because he wrote tons of stuff for the pulps and was pretty noisy about it.

But she, naturally, grew up with rag-time, Scott Joplin and Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, and was accordingly not unfamiliar with a few decibels.

A Winter Solstice Greeting

Modern western culture has set itself a drift from our natural moorings in our crazy belief that we are somehow above our own ecosystem...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The Winter Solstice arrived in Sacramento at 3:12 am this morning. This darkness outside my window was the longest night of the year.

Western scholars often misinterpret the fires and lights that marked this night among our ancestors, claiming that they were so primitive as to fear that the sun might not come back...

Not if it isn`t True

Burying the hatchet is always a good thing for those with the bigger hatchet, much as the law is good for the man with property, and terrible for the one without it.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Being Christmas, this is the season of lies; so it's a good time to talk about healing and reconciliation.

So Let`s Talk Football: The Great Grey Cup Game of 1959

“Give me a “W”!” shouted the cheerleader. “W!” we all responded. “Give me an “I”!” “I”! But there the cheerleading foundered. The guy, well-intentioned, wasn't from, nor could he spell “Winnipeg.”

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - "Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock