contributions

At this point in my life I am against the death penalty, mainly because I know the system is corrupt, however I have been a supporter of the death penalty in the past and may become one in the future, so I have a question for those who support the death penalty in the United States of America, or anywhere else for that matter. Would you execute the members of a criminal syndicate responsible for child trafficking?
Specific Example
On Thursday, 12 February 2009, “judge, Mark A. (…)

Pursuant to its mission, the UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA) launched, in Fall 2005, a long term research project to assess the effects of the U.S. war on terror on human rights in the Americas.
Whether invoked as the rationale for the "extraordinary rendition" of Canadian citizen Maher Arar to Syria or as the basis for the suppression of indigenous movements in South America, the war on terror has had significant effects on human rights in the (…)

On Feb. 17, 2009, a press conference was held in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club. Descendants of Geronimo, the great Apache Warrior, have today filed a lawsuit against the federal government. They seek to have Geronimo’s body, now buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, returned to the ancient burial grounds of the Apaches. They are also pursuing a claim that in 1918, a group of Yale students, who belonged to a secret cult, “The Orderof the Skull and Bones,” reportedly, invaded (…)

On Feb. 17, 2009, a press conference was held in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club. It featured Harlyn Geronimo, the great grandson of the legendary Apache warrior—Geronimo. Harlyn, along with 19 other blood descendants of the “defender of the Apache homeland,” have today filed a lawsuit against the federal government. They seek to have Geronimo’s body, now buried at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, returned to the ancient burial grounds of the Apaches. They are also pursuing a claim that in (…)

By David Glenn Cox http://theservantsofpilate.com
When we have all been thoroughly indoctrinated in truth, justice and the American way, the very word socialism evokes flickering black and white images of Winston Smith. His empty, loveless life controlled by the stern-faced Big Brother. Or we hear the clicking sounds of jackbooted policemen, and even worse, of the secret policemen.
Who told you these things? Who put these images before your eyes? Why, the very people who benefit from (…)

Romania can drive Austria to meltdown
17 Februarie 2009
Countries like Romania are too proud of their economic performances and overconfident that they will dodge financial crisis and this is why they showed reticence and lack of interest toward Vienna’s rescue package for banks, which can lead to a disaster, says the Austrian press. After the last week’s visit of Austrian minister of finance, Josef Pröll in Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria and Ukraine, the commentaries on the Vienna (…)

The evening before Human Rights Watch expert on Rwanda Alison Des Forges’ critical quote on the secret deal worked out between Rwanda’s murderous U.S.- backed President, Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila appeared in a Washington Post article, written by Stephanie McCrummen from Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Des Forges died in the fiery crash of Continental Flight 3407, en route from Newark to Buffalo, Des Forges home town.. (…)

A ’fraud’ bigger than Madoff
Patrick Cockburn – The Independent February 16, 2009
In what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate the alleged role of senior military officers in the misuse of $125bn (£88bn) in a US -directed effort to reconstruct Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The exact sum missing may never be clear, but a report by the US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) suggests it may (…)

Moderator’s note: I’m an absolutist when it comes to the First Amendment prohibition of religion mixing with civil law. However, if the Oklahoma Legislature is going to have a chaplin, he or she can’t be censored. It’s either all or none. (OKLAHOMA CITY) Wednesday, February 11, 2009 was an important day in the life of Rev. Scott Jones, minister at Cathedral of Hope, a United Church of Christ (UCC) congregation in Oklahoma City ( http://www.cohokc.com/ ). As an openly gay man, he had (…)

They’re all over the place. Think tank bloviations on “possible terror attacks in the US.” An attack is imminent, one cries. Be prepared, warns another.
While we are shaking in our boots over yet to happen attacks from foreigners, the current incarnation of weapons of financial destruction is doing real damage right now. Factories are downsizing or shutting down. Chain stores are seeking bankruptcy protection or going the way of the dinosaur. State governments are furloughing employees, (…)