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From The Times April 18, 2009
Israel stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem
The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.
Among the steps taken to ready Israeli forces for what would be a risky raid requiring pinpoint aerial strikes are the acquisition of three Airborne Warning and Control (AWAC) aircraft and regional missions to (…)

Iran’s hardline leadership has been knocked sideways by Barack Obama’s conciliatory tone. But how will it affect the election?
Richard Beeston
In Tehran drivers dutifully wear their seatbelts but think nothing of racing through a red light. Women must cover their faces and bodies under strict Islamic laws, but young women stretch the rules to reveal designer clothes, dyed hair, heavy make-up and prominently displayed bandages from recent cosmetic surgery.
The state-controlled media (…)

Georgia Straight
National Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations delivered this statement today (April 29) to Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Today the pope told a delegation of aboriginal Canadians he is sorry for the abuse that took place at Canadian residential schools run by the Catholic Church.
Most Holy Father:
Today is a joyous day for the human spirit. It is a momentous day for our people and for our country, Canada.
It is my highest honour as the (…)

By Nicola Nasser*
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to be the third pontiff to visit the Holy Land from 8 – 15 May, following in the footsteps of Paul VI in 1964 and John Paul II in 2000, on a mission officially described as a “pilgrimage” and one of “peace and reconciliation.”
However, the Pope will be stepping into “a diplomatic minefield,” where the Catholic highest spiritual authority will be unmercifully scrutinized by the protagonists of the one hundred year old Arab – Israeli (…)

A medical researcher says that there is no current vaccine for swine flu and that current strategies are off target. It will take at least 6 months to manufacture a vaccine to combat swine flu.
So, should we be taking this pandemic more seriously and wring our hands, and get flu shots, or should we wash our hands and practice good sanitation procedures?
Our 24 hour news engines continue to pound the world with hour after hour of pandemic fear mongering. Despite the fact that there have (…)

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/24/18591062.php
Harry Young, an 82 year old black farmer from Owensboro, Kentucky was arrested and released on $50,000 bond in connection with allegations of threatening US Department of Agriculture employees. terroristic threatening. It all stems from a contested foreclosure and sale of his family farm in 2005.
Young was arrested over the weekend on allegations that he threatened a federal employee of a farm agency last week via phone. Supporters (…)

On May 1, 2009, a spirited rally, with a huge crowd in attendance, was held in late afternoon in Lafayette Park, just north of the White House. The demonstration called for “just and humane immigration reform;” an end to raids and deportation of immigrants by the “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement” (ICE) agents; a stop to “287g agreements,” which have resulted in police collaboration with ICE; and for the U.S. Congress to pass a “comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation in 2009.” (…)

The New Statesman (that I have read for over 40 years) used to permit sensible, authoritative, substantiated, referenced comment on its articles - but now it CENSORS comments, and in particular comments that inform about past, present and future Anglo-American genocidal excesses. Having been subject to repeated censorship of this kind by the New Statesmen I have now told them that I will INFORM people around the world about this ongoing holocaust-ignoring, especially in relation to (…)

Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA — mpwright8@aol.com
On April 29, I posted this report at BellaCiao:
The April 29 report describes the cancellation of a speech, scheduled for May 2 at the University of Oklahoma, to be given by CIA agent Michael Scheuer. In OU’s promotional announcement about the speech, Scheuer was described as "the long-time chief of the Bin Laden tracking center."
After I started encouraging OU students to ask Scheuer why the CIA did not capture Bin Laden in (…)

Multiple simultaneous marches bring attention to the affairs of the World Bank & International Monetary Fund. It was all fun and games until somebody put an eye out. Includes critical visual analysis of why it turned so ugly so fast.
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