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UN General Assembly president “frustrated” in his attempts to end blockade of Gaza
Stuart Littlewood
Farewell, Fr Miguel... and thank you for trying
Outgoing United Nations General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockman says he was obstructed by leading UN members from trying to improve the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
"My greatest frustration this year has been the Palestine situation," he told the 192-nation assembly in his final address on 14 September before handing over the one-year presidency to Libyan diplomat Ali Treki.
Revolving doors
Khalid Amayreh
Another round of shuttle diplomacy from US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell fails to convince the Israelis to freeze settlement building. In Ramallah, Khaled Amayreh wonders how many doors are left for Mitchell to knock on.
American Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell has once again failed to convince Israeli leaders to freeze Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The freeze is viewed as an essential precondition for the resumption of the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Doctors Aiding Torture
by Stephen Lendman
In April 2009, a confidential February 2007 ICRC torture report was publicly released. Titled, "ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen 'High Value Detainees' in CIA Custody," it detailed harsh and abusive treatment from their time of arrest, detention, transfer, and incarceration at Guantanamo where ICRC professionals interviewed them.
Besides detailed information on torture and abusive treatment, they obtained damning, consistent detainee accounts of medical personnel involvement, including:
-- their monitoring of and direct participation in torture procedures;
Revolutionary new physics could lead to ultimate weapons of mass destruction
Roland Michel Tremblay
As a sci-fi author and science consultant for films and television documentaries, I have made it my mission to seek out every alternate theory out there – no matter how crazy they may seem – to explore any possibility of new physics that might be uncovered and put to use. That is, until I came across something so perfect and convincing that I had to stop in my tracks.
I now realize, to my complete astonishment, that the true Theory of Everything already exists, in a book published soon after the new millennium – you just haven’t heard about it yet. Who is this author, Mark McCutcheon, and what is this book, The Final Theory, that I have read? My God! This is not the usual crackpot theory used as fodder for some lame sci-fi TV series; this is it – the first truly viable new physics to have ever arisen.
NEW 'HUMANKIND' - "WE are the leaders we've been looking for"
Grace Boggs
American author, feminist, social activist Grace Boggs at 94 - thoughts worth pondering. Excerpted, compiled, edited by Carolyn Bennett
You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it, and responsible for changing it.
'If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, rain without thunder and lightning' [Frederick Douglass].
For most people including myself this oft-quoted passage from Frederick Douglass sums up all that we had to learn from him. We viewed revolutionary struggle mainly as the oppressed standing up, rebelling against an external enemy, and (not yet) as two-sided transformation. Thus revolutionary leadership meant only agitation and mobilization.
Israel/America: A Rambling Poem
Remi Kanazi
I recently appeared on GRITtv with Laura Flanders to perform a spoken word poem entitled Israel/America: A Rambling Poem. The poem appeared after a segment on BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions).
I recognize this is not the traditional format, but because of the overt political nature of the piece, I thought it may be of interest.
I am the editor of the recently released collection of poetry, Poets For Palestine. I will be touring the US and Canada this fall on the upcoming Poets For Palestine tour.
A Taste of AFRICOM: Some history on Somalia to put the most recent attacks by the Obama administration into perspective
by chycho
The True Story Of Black Hawk Down
American commandos killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa, in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on 15 September 2009. This attack is a good "indication of the Obama administration’s willingness to use force against Al Qaeda’s growing influence in the region.”
“American officials on Monday provided few details but confirmed that Special Operations forces commandos, operating from a nearby American warship, participated in the helicopter raid… The helicopters, either with sniper bullets or air-to-surface missiles, quickly disabled the trucks, according to villagers in the area, and several of the Shabab fighters tried to fire back. Shabab leaders said that six foreign fighters, including Nabhan, were quickly killed, along with three Somali Shabab.
“‘We are very upset, very upset,’ said a Shabab official from the town of Merka, near where the raid happened. ‘This is a big loss for us.’ Ahmed Gaabow, a resident of the area, said that the helicopters then landed and retrieved the bodies, apparently for identification purposes.”
Now 'all Guns' must be listed on your next 2010 tax return!
NOTE: There seems to be confusion as to the legitimacy of SB-2099. Searches don't confirm it's existence. HR 45 is a real bill but has no co-sponsors and won't be passed.
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from: Phil L.
Your writer "Philip Bondank" and his submission:
"Now 'all Guns' must be listed on your next 2010 tax return!" on
September 17th, 2009 7:49 AM http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/09/17/now-all-guns-must-be-listed-on-your-next
Is bogus and uses fear tactics.
You should check there work before spreading more lies!
The first part is usually the story or rumor and the last part either backs it up or dismisses it. In this case, neither has any hope of passing.
#-1 A pending Senate bill would require that all handgun owners list their guns on their federal income tax returns. False!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/taxreturns.asp
#-2 A bill before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses. True! However no one supports it!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/blairholt.asp
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from Philip Bondank
As if we didn’t have enough to get upset about! If you have a gun, I hope it isn't registered!
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It will require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.
This bill was introduced on Feb. 24, 2009, by the Omama staff. BUT this bill will only become public knowledge 30 days after the new law becomes effective! This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act o f 1986. This means that the Finance Committee has passed this without the Senate voting on it at all. Trust Obama ? ... you must be kidding! The full text of the IRS amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage, U.S. Senate. You can find the bill by doing a search by the bill number, SB-2099. You know who to call; I strongly suggest you do. Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.
Under siege: Lebanon’s Palestinians 27 years after the Sabra Shatila Massacre
Camp Notes: Sliding toward more Nahr el Bareds?
Franklin Lamb Martyr’s Square, Shatila Camp
Author’s note: Yesterday, this observer, along with British surgeon Dr. Swee Ang Chai and Nurse Marion Looi Pok, true global medical heroines during and following the 1982 Massacre at Sabra-Shatila had the honor to pass the afternoon with our longtime friend, Dr. Bayan al Hout whose husband Shafiq, one of the most respected and loved founders of the Palestine Liberation Organization passed away quite suddenly on August 2, 2009.
Her now classic volume, "Sabra and Shatila: September 1982" by Bayan Nuwayhed Al-Hout, 2004, available from Pluto Press, London, is highly recommended by the Sabra Shatila Foundation for those who seek a deeper understanding of the exact sequence of events during and surrounding the Massacre.
Ramadan asserts Muslim attachment to Jerusalem
From Khalid Amayreh in Jerusalem
As the month of Ramadan draws to a close, many Palestinians are devoting the last ten days of the holy month to gaining more spiritual enrichment through I’tikaf or uninterrupted spiritual engagement.
Many people are going for I’tikaf this year, motivated by a desire to gain Allah’s blessing and also encouraged by a relative relaxation of the normally harsh Israeli restrictions on the entry of Palestinians to al-Quds. The Israeli occupation authorities this year allowed men over 50 and women over 45 to enter Jerusalem on Fridays. However, worshipers are still subjected to meticulous and often humiliating searches.
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