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Israel Braces Itself for a UN Fact Finding Mission

The Jewish State is now in a mental, spiritual, intellectual, physical and political siege, with only itself to blame.

(LONDON) - Israel faces another disastrous report as an 'Independent and impartial' fact-finding team appointed by the UN Human Rights Council will look into Israel's 'violations of international law' during her commando raid on the Gaza-bound Turkish ship.

Seemingly the UN Human Rights Council wasn’t overwhelmingly impressed by Israel's own ‘truth finding’ missions. I guess that this is understandable. The Israelis should accept the UN concerns.

Fear Drug Pushers? Add Purdue Pharma`s Pain Societies to the List

"How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!" - Mark Twain

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Last year the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma attempted to market for "the undertreatment of pain in newborns and pediatric patients" as well as for something they called "pregnancy pain."

I made a complaint to a government agency against Purdue Pharma and they were made to discontinue this frightening marketing tactic.

Rage Against the Machine Joins Boycott Fight Against Arizona Law

Sundstrike Artists will play historic concert to benefit Arizona Organizations fighting SB 1070; Rage Against the Machine, with Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band.

(LOS ANGELES) - In their first concert in their hometown of Los Angeles in 10 years, Rage Against the Machine will take the stage at the Hollywood Palladium on July 23, 2010.

Proceeds from the concert along with donations raised by The Sound Strike will provide much needed resources to community organizations, student groups, legal defense funds and assist activists targeting key voting districts for voter registration.

DEA Holds THC Minister in Custody After Appeal

13 church members were also arrested, but are out on bail.

(HONOLULU / SALEM, Ore.) - Fourteen people on the Big Island of Hawaii were apprehended in a series of raids, including Roger Christie, founding director of The Hawaii Cannabis Ministry two weeks ago. He is still sitting in a cell.

Former Probation Officer in Oregon Charged with Civil Rights Violations

"We stand ready to enforce and defend the civil rights of all Oregonians from such exploitation" - U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Mark John Walker, 51, of Eugene, Ore., in an eight-count indictment stemming from multiple incidents in which Walker allegedly sexually abused female offenders.

The alleged victims were under his direct supervision as a probation officer; he is also charged with obstructing an investigation to cover up his misconduct.

Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua News: Violence, Tensions Boil

Approximately 6,000 people have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez alone since January 2008.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Around-the-clock executions, routine kidnappings, burnings of rural homes, hangings of murder victims from overpasses, scatterings of body parts on public streets, a car bomb, and threats of more violence have all put Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua on extreme edge.

The violence boils as Chihuahua's Governor, state legislature and municipal governments enter their last months in office and prepare to hand over political leadership to others from the same Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Legislative Analyst`s Office Issues Report on Prop 19

Non-Partisan Report Finds Cannabis Initiative Would Put Police Priorities Where they Belong, Generate Hundreds of Millions in Revenue, Protect the Public.

(SACRAMENTO) - The California Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), which provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice, yesterday released a report on Proposition 19, the initiative to control and tax cannabis in California. The report found that Proposition 19.

Prop 19 would enable California to steer police resources toward more pressing matters, generate hundreds of millions in revenue to fund vital services, and protect children, roadways, and workplaces.

The Freedom Charter or the Second Nakba?

With humility, and the utmost respect to all my Palestinian brothers and sisters and to all people of conscience, I present the Freedom Charter, amended for Palestine.

(LONDON) - Imagine this, imagine that Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress negotiated a deal with the South African Apartheid regime and settled for a “two-state solution.”

Imagine Mandela negotiating with the Apartheid regime a land deal in which less than 15% of current day South Africa went to the black South Africans, the remaining 85% to the inherently racist Apartheid government and its people.

Eyes on the Oregon State Prison: Voicing Concern for an Inmate`s Life

"Look at him squirming, trying to defend himself, asking for our help. He needs our help now." - conversation between guards watching tape of prison stabbing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Would the state of Oregon orchestrate, encourage, and even pay for the murder of an inmate? If so, who would that inmate be? Would it be a sex offender, child killer or cop killer?

Response to a Palestinian Intellectual

This article by Abu Sitta unfortunately does nothing to penetrate down into the guts of that Golem – the real primemover behind Zionistan – but remains focussed on its lieutenants and the mechanics of their genocidal machine.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The article 'Hasbara or Za’bara' by Dr. Salman Abu Sitta has some very good rehearsal of facts.

However, I am troubled by this article. Not by what it says, which is surely only as true as any victim's provable claims. But by what it does not say.