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Bangladesh Government Blocks Website for Publishing `Anti State` Poem

Examining the past record of Bangladesh, we find a history of media censorship.

(SALEM) - The Bangladesh government has blocked the website of journalist and human rights activist William Gomes, for having published the poem, “Anti state”.

Willamette Week`s Jacquiss Wins $1,000 Baer Award Prize for Columbia River Series

Friends of Bruce Baer: Honoring Oregon's Best Investigative Journalism for 24 Years.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Nigel Jacquiss of Willamette Week has won the Bruce Baer Award – Oregon’s top prize for investigative reporting.

Jacquiss was honored for "A Bridge Too False” and five succeeding stories published since June of 2011..."

Israel`s Hidden Hand Behind Pakistan`s Disasters

The continual bloodbath in Pakistan will continue, even if the Americans vacate their forces...

(LONDON) - Suspicions are aroused when the founder of the discredited group Quilliam Foundation, Majid Nawaz who has strong pro Israeli supporters, heads off to Pakistan:

“…to counter the spread of extremist ideology within Pakistan, predominantly amongst younger generations of Pakistanis, who now constitute 63% of the total population”.

William Gomes: An Outspoken Voice for the Voiceless

"I have seen journalism from a very different point of view for years." - William Nicholas Gomes

(TEHRAN / SALEM) - William Gomes is a young, progressive journalist and human rights activist from Bangladesh.

He has written widely about the human rights violations around the world and was recently declared as the Human Rights Ambassador for the U.S.-based news website Salem-News.

Michael Bloomberg Enters CA Prop. 29 (Cigarette Tax) Money Race with a $500K Contribution

The nonpartisan MapLight Voter Guide was made possible in part by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

(BERKELEY, CA) - A MapLight analysis of campaign contribution data from the California Secretary of State shows that a recent contribution of $500K from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg raises the total for committees supporting California's Proposition 29 (Cigarette Tax) to $8.5 million.

Committees opposing California's Proposition 29 have raised nearly $40 million.

Too Big To Blame

I never knew a city boy who was worth a damn. - Ernest Hemingway

(SASKATCHEWAN) - The Dodd-Frank Bill, an Act to regulate the American financial industry and provide investor and public protection, was passed by Congress and the Senate over a year ago.

Since that time, at least one senator has observed that following the greatest scam in world history, all the known perpetrators are still prominent, richer than ever.

Israel to Rule on Nuclear Whistle Blower`s Appeal to Revoke Citizenship

When we began conversing in 2005, I put my pen down when Vanunu told me, “The Silence of The Lambs” was about him.

(CLERMONT, FLA) - After having gone silent on Facebook and Twitter on May 1st, [ Vanunu's Final Message to Facebook] Vanunu went public again today:

"All the restrictions now have been renewed, no changes. The 9th year- with all the restrictions continue. The court hearing is June 6th."

Post Traumatic Psychic Injuries or PTSD?

As always, at the end of the discussion, cannabis therapy works best.

(MOLALLA, OR) - I just heard from somewhere that somebody wants to change PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to Post Traumatic Stress Injury or PTSI.

I don’t get it! We already have (Post) Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI.

A Double-Take from Last Indian Summer...
Open Letter To Christie Blatchford

There is no need to amend the Indian Act. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Let me begin by noting an historical event known as the Two-Row Wampum Treaty of 1613.

It illustrated that our hosts at that time didn't WANT to become white Europeans, such as those who were beginning to arrive on Turtle Island with the Bible in one hand and an eviction notice in the other.

Radiation at El Toro Hangar Unresolved

Marines who worked in the north mezzanine of Hangar 296 were at risk of exposure to Radium 226 and its radioactive decay products.

(IRVINE, CA) - An old WW II hangar over 200,000 square feet in area at former MCAS El Toro will not be on any tourist list now and maybe for years to come.

Hangar 296 is one of the primary sites of the TCE plume spreading into Orange County and reason for the base’s placement on the National Priority List (NPL), commonly referred to as the EPA Superfund.