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LBJ and a Tragic June 1967 Day Veterans Will Never Forget

Facebook, Helen Thomas, LBJ and 8 June 1967, a Day that Lives in Infamy for U.S. Military Veterans.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Although it was after midnight when my evening with Helen Thomas ended much too soon: Read more… my questions have only just begun!

Last Sunday afternoon, round about the time I was leaving a few more questions for Ms. Thomas on Michelle’s [her friend and assistant] phone, busboysandpoets‎ tweeted, “Helen Thomas event today got cancelled due to illness. Sry for any inconveniences. Stay tuned for new date!”

Project Takes WWII Vets to National Memorial

Let’s get this mission done!

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Can you help spread an important message?

Send this touching two-minute video about World War II veterans to FIVE friends and family to remind them that every day alive in this great, free country is truly a bonus.

Ken O`Keefe - On Being a World Citizen

Is self-determination a human right? Or do we live in a world in which states claim people like the owner of a pet? We claim the former.

(GAZA / SALEM) - I guess it was not that much of a surprise when the attacks on Ken began several months ago.

People went after him for one reason, and that was to thwart his success on behalf of Gaza. We're talking about a man of the world who has already lived a hundred lives. His detractors can't fail to notice that the brutal challenges have only made him stronger.

The Stay Human Convoy is leaving for Gaza 11 May 2011

They want to take Vittorio back to Gaza, by carrying forth the ideas which inspired his everyday actions.

(ROME) - A press conference will be held Tuesday 10 May at 3:00 pm at Arrigoni Hall @ Sala Cinema Palazzo (ex cinema building), at Sanniti Square (Piazza dei Sanniti) in San Lorenzo neighborhood of Rome.

The Stay Human convoy (CO.RU.M convoglio Restiamo Umani) will be in Gaza from 11th to 18th May. The people behind this group are individuals, associations and movements which have always been close to the people of Palestine and who feel it is necessary to react to the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni.

Tim and Bonnie King Receive 2011 Silver Spoke Media Award in Albuquerque (VIDEO)

We do not take this amazing honor lightly.

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) - The Silver Spoke Awards Banquet at the 26th Annual National Coalition of Motorcyclists Convention was an honor for Bonnie and I to attend.

Held at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the political event was swarming with camaraderie and peaceful relations between so many American motorcycle clubs that we never were able to count them all.

Nominees Announced in the 11th Annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards

Greatest Rides and Biggest Waves of the Last Year to be Honored in April.

(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) - Nominees have been announced for the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards fueled by Monster Energy.

It is shaping up to be another spectacular showdown of surfing’s greatest rides and riders witnessed over the last 12 months.

Daniel Assange Never Thought WikiLeaks Would Succeed

“His actions as a personal individual and his actions in a grand political sense are completely disconnected things, and they should be considered in that sense.” - Daniel Assange

(MELBOURNE) - When Daniel Assange was 16, his father Julian asked him to be a part of WikiLeaks, the controversial group of internet freedom fighters that was then in its infancy.

Sceptical of the project’s likelihood of success, and not on the best of terms with his father, Daniel said no.

Obama`s Omissions and Universal Rights

"Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret [and] reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections." - Washington Post

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - On Monday evening, President Obama went on TV to focus on the need for intervention in Libya.

On Tuesday morning, it was reported that the Israeli Interior Ministry announced a decision would be reached next month regarding final approval to build another 1,500 Jewish only apartments in east Jerusalem and begin annexing major West Bank settlement blocs.

Nuclear Activists Receive Prison Sentence, Cheers, Prayers

This group deserves our honor and support..." - Tim King, Salem-News.com News Editor

(TACOMA) - The Disarm Now Plowshares activists who entered U.S. Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to symbolically disarm the nuclear weapons stored there were sentenced today at the Tacoma Federal Courthouse, receiving sentences of 6 months to 15 months confinement, plus one year supervised release.

About two hundred fifty people gathered at the courthouse to support the Plowshares activists with their presence, song, and prayer.

Who Deserves Death?

Are we all, by our silence, guilty of being accessories to murder?

(JAMESTOWN, R.I.) - Should Bradley Manning die for allegedly leaking documents to the US public?

He is now charged with aiding the enemy, but the government cannot tell you who the enemy is. Are you OK with this logic?