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Ken O`Keefe in Tehran - `Iran is not the Threat, we are` - American Patriots Rise

When America truly becomes a nation of honor I will be proud to stand among its citizens as a genuine member of the family.

(TEHRAN) - It is time to stop being Israel's Bitch!

I renounced my US citizenship and the United States of Hypocrisy refused to acknowledge my right, our right, to self-determination.

Kobina Wright Places Spotlight on Swedish Film on the 40th Anniversary of its Release

Kobina Wright pays tribute to a Bergman film on the arts and culture blog, The Wrighter.

(TUSTIN, CA) - Writer and artist Kobina Wright, pays tribute to the Swedish writer, director and producer Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 film, Cries and Whispers.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the film’s release (March 5th, 1973).

Spielberg v. Tarantino

Hollywood and the Past.

(LONDON) - History is commonly regarded as an attempt to produce a structured account of the past. It proclaims to tell us what really happened, but in most cases it fails to do that.

Instead it is set to conceal our shame, to hide those various elements, events, incidents and occurrences in our past which we cannot cope with.

GOP Descends Into Its Winter of Discontent

“Why, I in this weak piping time of peace
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity.” - William Shakespeare: Richard III

(CHICAGO) - A major archaeological discovery was announced in Leicester, England this week. Experts have confirmed that skeletal remains found during the excavation of a Leicester parking lot are those of Britain’s King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet kings.

Richard, portrayed by Kevin Spacey, was killed in 1485 by Tudor enemies during the Battle of Bosworth Field.
British officials authenticated the remains through the thoroughly modern method of DNA “fingerprinting” connecting King Richard to a 21st century male descendant of Richard’s sister, Anne.

Academy Members Shouldn`t Shun Zero Dark Thirty

These are secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to overseas black sites like those shown in the film where torture is used.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Actor David Clennon, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, claims that the movie Zero Dark Thirty "promotes the acceptance of the crime of torture, as a legitimate weapon in America's so-called War on Terror."

Mr. Clennon, along with actors Ed Asner and Michael Sheen, state they will not vote for the film in any category.

Bil`in Protesters Oppose a `Horrible, Horrible Wrong` - Michael Moore

Moore reveals a deeper connection to the film '5 Broken Cameras' than suggested by those lonesome tweets.

(TRAVERSE CITY, MI) - Michael Moore tweeted his followers to watch the film about Palestine that launched earlier in the departed year called 5 Broken Cameras. Twice.

The chieftain of cinematic guerrilla activism sings it up as “one of the best films of the year” and ”that rare documentary that has the power to move many. Please watch!”

Zero Dark Thirty: Turning the Spotlight On US Use of Torture

I highly recommend Zero Dark Thirty. Americans should see another example of what is being done in their name.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Everybody knows that Osama bin Laden was killed by a team of Navy SEALS on May 2, 2011.

The film Zero Dark Thirty involves the ten-year search for bin Laden, pitting Maya, played by Jessica Chastain, who believes bin Laden is likely hiding in plain sight, against the non-believers, which builds up to an action-packed climax where bin Laden is killed.

Zed Wants Lindsay Lohan to Apologize for `Racist` Gypsy Remarks

Lohan reportedly had an altercation with a fortune teller when she reportedly uttered the racist Gypsy slur.

(RENO, NV) - Distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed has asked for an immediate public apology from Hollywood diva Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls) for suggesting gypsies were thieves.

Ending the U.S. Senate`s Filibuster Rule

In the last six years, the Senate has had 380 filibusters.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - There is increasing sentiment in the U.S. Senate to end or reform the filibuster.

Supposedly, all seven of the newly elected senators and newly elected independent Angus King of Maine have pledged support for changing the Senate's filibuster rule.

The Election, the Market, the Fed and the Irish Bookies...
Now Poll This

The Republicans are predicted to prevail in both Congress and the Senate, winning clear majorities in both. The White House is something else.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FLA) - With the launching of the second week of the Convention Circus, the main question on most people's minds is:

"What will the Democrats come up with to offset Clint Eastwood putting bad words in the President's mouth?"