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Russia Poised to Teach US Leaders Another Economic Lesson

"The institution of oversight and control has lost its value" - Vladimir Putin

(CHICAGO) - For the past several years it seems that the world has spun into a strange Twilight Zone where everything is topsy-turvy and what went around is coming back in truly Mad Hatter style.

The latest evidence of this is the US federal government's foray into the minefield of unfunded dent obligations and massive deficits resulting in an expansion of the bureaucracy by historic numbers.

Will Hezbollah Defeat Israel (again!) in the Coming War

Part I: “Know thy enemy” (Sun Tzu)

(MARON AL RAS VILLAGE, Lebanon Border) - On a clear day you can see Akka, Palestine from my favorite Lebanese village, Maron al Ras, where more than a few analysts here conjecture that the next and 6th aggression by Israel against Lebanon will begin.

On any day, but particularly since 9/21/10, you can also see beefed up Zionist military patrols, assorted electronic listening posts, sundry spy devices...

A Cathedral of Avarice?

I often wonder how the Founding Fathers would view what has become of our country today.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - What would make our elected representatives totally ignore the electorate they are supposed to be representing? What would make them insert pork barrel spending into every bill, thus crippling the U.S. taxpayer over time?

What is it that drives them to regularly make promises they know that they cannot keep? What makes them build alliances with entities that practice the very evils our country condemns?

The Cost of Telling the Truth in the United States

By firing the Cuban-American news anchor and host, CNN demonstrated that those who assert that the United States is a "beacon of freedom" just make baseless and unfounded claims.

(TEHRAN) - "Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well."

This frosty statement was the conclusion of Rick Sanchez's 6-year-long career with the United States' cable news network, CNN.

Israeli Invention for Electric Hair Removal Device Contributes to Female Happiness Worldwide

Rumors, insinuations and outright propaganda are a continuous challenge for truth.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - While attempting to read an article on the Haaretz website this afternoon about the brutality of the IDF takeover of the Gaza-bound boat Irene, filled with Jewish activists, I was distracted by an advertisement at the top of the page.

The ad featured a cheerful non-Israeli woman with bangs and a flowered scarf around her neck, a picnic scene in the background, and a skewer of meat oscillating at her side.

War and Peace with Ken O`Keefe

Ken O'Keefe and his brothers were the police last May, when they defended their ship, the Mavi Marmara, from Israeli military invaders. Nine men aboard Ken's ship were killed that night.

(SPOKANE, Wash.) - One overnight accommodation on the Ken O'Keefe NW tour happened at an exquisite place of natural beauty called Soap Lake, Washington.

What a contrast that must be for someone who has seen the kind of needless death and oppression Ken has witnessed in this life of his...

Israel Refuses Entry to Nobel Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire

The British embassy is expected to send a delegate to escort Maguire to the United Kingdom Wednesday.

(SPOKANE, Wash.) - Mairead Maguire, Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been refused entry to Israel. Israeli authorities prevented the Irish Nobel laureate from entering the country upon her arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, proceeding to escort Maguire to a U.K.-bound flight.

YNET reports that Maguire resisted her deportation, and that a resulting 'scene' from her refusal to board the flight led to the plane's captain declaring that this noted human rights activist would not be able to board the plane anyway.

Global AIDS Report Shows Continued Gains in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission

Reinforces Momentum Toward Elimination of Pediatric HIV and AIDS
Statement of Nicholas Hellmann, M.D., Executive Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

(Washington, DC) - Nicholas Hellmann, M.D., Executive Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, releases statement in response to global AIDS report.

"The 2010 report on universal access to HIV prevention, care and treatment released today by WHO, UNAIDS, and UNICEF shows continuing progress in scaling up global HIV/AIDS interventions. We are particularly encouraged by increased access to treatment for both pregnant women and children living with the virus, as well as ongoing expansion of programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), which accounts for more than 90% of new infections in children.

Pro-Obama Lefties Slapped Down by the FBI

The Minneapolis and Chicago raids are just the beginning.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - FBI raids on six houses in Minneapolis and Chicago have the antiwar movement in an uproar.

Agents came barging into homes guns drawn, kicking down doors and smashing furniture, armed with search warrants.

Post-Earthquake Photos of Haiti by Daniel Cima

Incredible images from a still stricken land.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This past week in Washington, D.C., I met with award-winning Argentine photographer Daniel Cima, who spent over a month in Haiti following the January 2010 earthquake.

The following series of Cima’s photographs is an example of disaster-inspired creativity of a different nature than that espoused by hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean, who preferred to channel his artistic talents into a bid for the Haitian presidency before settling for a musical album entitled “If I Were President, the Haitian Experience”.