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Still Under Wraps

With steadfast attention to their goal and continued marching toward public action that the government has reneged upon, the jobless may have found truly rewarding employment in their protests.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Here’s a story to contemplate: From a passenger ship, everyone can see a bearded man on a small island. He is shouting and desperately waving his hands.

"Who is it?" a passenger asks the captain. "I've no idea. Every year when we pass, he goes nuts." At times I feel like the bearded old man going nuts over the passing ship missing the point.

Dan Wheldon @ 33 (In Memorial)

An autopsy completed today indicates that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.

(CLEVELAND) - Dan Wheldon, the 2011 winner of the Indianapolis 500, perhaps the most well-known racing competition in the world, lost his life in a tragic crash this week in Las Vegas, at the age of 33

The English race driver was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, and in he won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 as well as this year's event. He died from injuries shortly after a collision at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday.

An Iranian rival for the Guinness Book of World Records

What doesn't have the one who has spirituality? And what does have the one who doesn't have spirituality, even if he is the most famous, wealthiest and most powerful person in the world? - Sayyed Mortaza Mirseradji

(TEHRAN) - The Guinness Book of World Records is being challenged with the efforts of a determined Iranian journalist.

A new rival is slated to take the place of Guinness World Records in the near future. Sayyed Mortaza Mirseradji, Iranian researcher, journalist and essayist has registered a plan in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to publish a book containing cultural, spiritual and moral records called "Al-Khayrat."

Suppressing the Truth

There are some scandals that refuse to die, either because they are never fully investigated or because those responsible for them never paid the price they should have. --Gideon Levy

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Issues that should concern everyone, but especially in America, have been subverted, degraded, perverted, retracted, eradicated, expunged, obscured, obliterated, squashed or (simply) zapped!

Cover-ups have kept these issues under wraps for all but those whose concern for the truth provokes them to do serious research, primarily on the internet.

Will Oregon `Fly With Own Wings`?
Will State Agencies Overlook Now-Demanded Duty To Seek Out Corporate Influence as Claim

Rep. Whisnant's Own ALEC-article states he followed ALEC-Model for Oregon-budget "reform", for other proposed legislation. Part 6 in a continuing series.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - SO NOW --after national full exploration and combined national organization exposure of "undue influence" by corporate cash-expenditure for "chairs at the table" and for "entertaining" Oregon's ALEC-member legislators-- can we any longer claim "She Flies With Her Own Wings" ?

We DO NOT know how much --if any-- of recent-session Oregon law has been "very closely modeled" on legislative-drafts proposed by Alec-member legislators .

`Panetta to Netanyahu:` Israel may not survive the current Arab/Islamic awakening`

In Next War, Only Fleeing Israelis Will Be Safe.

(BEIRUT) - Three weeks after being named by President Obama in January 2009 as the 19th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and during his first day on the job which was February 12, 2009, Leon Panetta, now US Secretary of Defense, signed off on a March 2009 “eyes only” CIA Report that had just been completed by his new agency.

As reported at the time, the CIA Report predicted the demise of Israel within 20 years, if present political trends in the region continued.

Blowing Winds of an Arab Spring

Across the world, the extinction and suffering of countless human beings could be attributed to rampant America.

(DUBLIN, Ireland) - The Middle East, always a hotbed of great power rivalry, has pivoted centre stage. Having dominated the media for the past three decades the region appears incurably gripped by violence. Mired by war, it has erupted in violent turmoil.

In the last half of the twentieth century, cultural products from films and news reports to museum exhibits and novels have profoundly shaped ideas about the relationship between Americans and the Middle East.

Apple`s Steve Jobs Passes Away in California

The world said goodbye to Steve Jobs Wednesday, this technology giant.

(PALO ALTO, Calif.) - Steve Jobs’ family today made the a statement regarding his death Wednesday. The extremely well known computer pioneer died peacefully surrounded by his family.

"In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve’s illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories..."

Not So Wild In The Streets: Revolution 2011

Our time has come....

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - Some of you might be old enough to recall a “silly” 60's movie titled “Wild In The Streets”, a Hollywood toss out starring Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook and Richard Pryor (additional cameos by Ed Begley, Army Archerd, Melvin Belli, Gary Busey, Dick Clark, Pamela Mason, Bill Mumy, Bobby Sherman, Peter Tork, Barry Williams and Walter Winchell).

The premise of this fantasy was a takeover of the United States by teenage “Hippies” who sent adults to LSD camps for “reeducation”.

Marines Heading to Wall Street to Protect Protesters

This is a war against people who are utilizing their constitutional rights.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Wall Street protesters will soon have the protection of U.S. Marines who will form a human wall between the crowds of tireless protesters and the increasingly unpopular New York cops who continue to appear on YouTube in scenes that twist the insides of patriotic Americans.

People continue to learn more about Wall Street and NY City and the nature of the place. Americans watched the players on Wall Street shove the nation's future into their wallets.