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The Next Big Storm in the Spirit Realm Has Arrived Suddenly

We've got to resort to non violent resistances with unbiased diplomacy with prayer and fastings to deal with the root causes of the problems and not with the use of drones, tanks, missiles, rockets, bombs and bullets.

(SEOULE, South Korea) - The next big storm in the spirit realm has arrived suddenly and more quickly than usual due to increased blood shedding in Syria, Afghanistan, Libya etc. releasing more curses-increasing the intensity of the tidal wave of darkness moving across the world like a big waves, causing the whales, dolphins, birds animals and people to become more disorientated and sickly.

Everyone needs to beef up their spiritual defences with a day's water fasting.

Are Wars Inevitable?

We can create a society that meets human needs and distributes the world's resources more evenly. We can live at peace with one another.

(OLDERBURG, Germany) - "We've always had wars. Humans are a warring species. Without an army to defend us, someone will always try to conquer us."

These assumptions have become axioms of our culture.

Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing (Charity) is Not a Sin

As the government spent more and more on wars that fattened the corporate and banking coffers, the tax-based income to fund those wars became thinner and thinner.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - I credit David Korten (well known Economist, Author, and co-founder of “YES!” magazine) with the statement that spawned the title of this opinion piece.

For the purpose of this discussion, we will consider the seven virtues to be prudence, justice, restraint, courage, faith, hope, and charity.

Ground Zero $$$ & Zero Cents

This is a group that has been treated like the Agent Orange victims of the Vietnam War.

(CLEVELAND) - What is the meaning of 'audacity' - and first let us agree on the simple fact that audacity is typically not a positive, but a negative. It is a pessimistic yet sometimes necessary way of saying something overt and uncomfortable.

To me, audacity is best defined by the actions of the U.S. government toward the people who worked at what came to be called 'Ground Zero'.

`My Friend Came to me with Sadness in his eyes` - it wasn`t about Bangladesh or Somalia but Palestine

"The formula is simple and it's reduced to four words every kid in the world knows: Tell me a story. It's that easy."- Don Hewitt

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Forty years ago, on the first day of August, George Harrison and Friends and fans got together for two shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City and blew the roof off at The Concert for Bangladesh.

Everyone checked their egos at the door and in harmonious rocking solidarity with George, Ringo, Clapton, Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and more raised awareness and funds that were- and still are- being dispersed through UNICEF.

The Wit and Wisdom of Gordon Gekko

“You’re all pretty much f*cked. You don’t know it yet, but you’re the Ninja generation—no income, no job, no assets.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Gordon Gekko is a fictional movie character played by Michael Douglas (a role for which he won the best actor Academy Award).

At the end of the first movie, in 1987, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) has turned him in for insider trading and the viewer is left with the impression that GG will go to jail. It’s 1993 before he “actually” does and he is in for almost eight years—released just after 9/11.

Marine Reports on Life in the Afghanistan Sandbox

"All I can say is it’s over 110".

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - I’ve known this Marine since he was in grade school.

He’s married now, father of a young boy, deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan, his unit or the place of deployment in-country are not disclosed for obvious reasons.

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

Happy Birthday Madiba. You are one of the twentieth century's great men.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A belated happy birthday to Nelson Mandela on his 93rd birthday. He was born on July 18, 1918.

Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC).

Salem Officers Recognized for Courage and Service

Includes the the full list of honorees...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem Police took time to honor their own this week, for a variety of honorable, courageous and timely acts.

Holder Lied: DOJ News Release Shows Obama Admin Approved ATF Mexico Weapons Smuggling

Eric Holder gave false info. to a Congressional Committee about ATF operations tied to the deaths of two U.S. Agents: we have the proof.

(SALEM, Ore.) - New information indicates that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's actions are squarely behind the ATF operation known as "Fast and Furious", which orchestrated the delivery of almost 2,000 weapons to Mexican drug cartels.

Holder told a Congressional Committee last May that he had only known about the operation for a few weeks. Now we know he openly proclaimed his connection to the operation in April 2009 in a recorded speech in Mexico.