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US Veterans to “deploy” to Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota December 4-7 Veterans for Standing Rock #NoDAPL pages states: We are veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard and we are calling for our fellow veterans…
Jared Kushner became known as “the eyes and ears” of Donald Trump during the campaign and he is now expected to play a key role in efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. By Eileen Fleming Jared Kushner is the grandson of Holocaust survivors and he was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household. Trump’s…
Mordechai Vanunu Israeli Nuclear Whistle Blower announced at Twitter on Tuesday that his July 4th indictment will continue on 22 December: Read More about Mordechai Vanunu’s July 4 indictment at 30 Years a Hostage In my 6th book, Heroes, Muses and the Saga of Mordechai Vanunu, I wrote: In my third book, I…
Senator Elizabeth Warren is a progressive democrat who called Trump’s appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general a “compromise with racism” and a “negotiation with hate.” On Tuesday, at a Wall Street Journal event with CEOs, Senator Warren spoke about Steve Bannon, Trump’s senior strategist: This is a man who has white supremacist ties….
Fundamentalism is based in fear and intolerance and fundamentalism is an attitude of heart. A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it… The antithesis of fundamentalism is curiosity, which when explored always enlarges ones point of view beyond what one thought they already knew!…
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On Saturday this author reporter discovered Twitter had censored weeks of my Tweets with the hashtags: USS LIBERTY and Vanunu by inserting “Tweet Unavailable” at the retweets. ALL the Tweets remained available at my Twitter Wall HERE BUT weeks of Tweets had disappeared at the hashtag wall for USS Liberty which I discovered the day…
Reason not emotion with Trump can save Palestine Many Muslims and Arabs have made the mistake of approaching the 2016 Presidential election with their emotions rather than common sense, reason and an understanding of the American political system. Instead of attacking President-elect Donald Trump, Muslims and Arabs should be working to meet with him, work…
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UN adopts landmark resolution calling for the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide. USA, UK, France, Russia, Israel vote NO By Eileen Fleming On 27 October 2016, a UN General Assembly committee voted to launch negotiations on a new treaty banning nuclear weapons despite opposition from four of the five UN Security Council nuclear powers….
Read More “UN Resolution to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons #GoodByeNukes #FreeVanunu” »
“If you build it, he will come” and “he” is Shoeless Joe Jackson… Most Arabs have no connection to “America’s pastime” but two Arab Americans have played in the major leagues and every Arab can relate to the injustice done unto Shoeless Joe Jackson. Lebanese American Joseph Michael Lahoud was born in 1947 and he…
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The standoff at Standing Rock and the attack on Freedom of the Press On 3 September 2016, Native Americans protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline Company were attacked by security guards with dogs and showered in pepper spray. The months long protests has united the Standing Rock Sioux tribe with members of 200 other tribes from…
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UNESCO’s draft resolution titled “Occupied Palestine” sponsored by several Arab countries uses Islamic names and challenges Israel on Jerusalem. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday passed a draft resolution titled “Occupied Palestine” with 24 UNESCO member states voting in favor, 26 abstained, and six countries voted against. The proposal, put…
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Israel’s Nuclear facility at Dimona to be renamed after Shimon Peres On Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced at a cabinet meeting then TWEETED: I intend to have the Nuclear Research Center-Negev renamed after the late Shimon Peres, who worked to establish this important enterprise This enterprise is important for Israel’s security for generations. I think…
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John Hagee is the founder and National Chairman of the Christian-Zionist organization Christians United for Israel/CUFI. John Hagee also founded Cornerstone Church, is the CEO of his non-profit corporation, Global Evangelism Television and the President and CEO of John Hagee Ministries, which reaches 150 million households. John Hagee recently wrote: Christian support of Israel usually comes…
Among the heads of State who attended Friday’s State Funeral for Shimon Peres were President Abbas, President Obama, US Secretary of State John Kerry, French President Francois Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German President Joachim Gauck, British Prime Minister Theresa May, British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, former British…
Read More “Shimon Peres: State Funeral, Hollywood and Nuclear Mordechai Vanunu” »
President of USS Liberty Veterans Association Ernest Gallo wrote regarding the latest dishonoring of the USS Liberty: This time by “head honchos” at Howard County Vietnam Veterans, Inc. in Greentown, Indiana. Gallo emailed under Subject: USS Liberty Not Wanted Sept. 15 -18 Glenn & Merrilee Oliphant, honorary crewman Ted Arens and wife Pam, Patricia and…
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In July Colorado pot shops posted record-breaking sales topping $122 million. From Friday the 9th of September through 9/11, this reporter purchased and enjoyed recreational cannabis from Herbal Wellness at 400 West South Boulder Road in Lafayette, Colorado. I learned the staff at Herbal Wellness are busy from 8 AM until 10 PM seven days…
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USS Liberty survivor of The Six-Day War’s second book, “Erasing the Liberty” is also the fundraising vehicle for a full-length feature film: Phillip Francis Tourney has been on the road for the last thirty years keeping the memory of Israel’s attack on the USS LIBERTY alive by educating Americans to the nearly fifty-year cover-up by…
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September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year – that’s one person every 40 seconds. Every suicide is preventable. “Connect, Communicate, Care” is the theme of the 2016 World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10. This reporter will be in Colorado…