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On May 29, 2008, on Capitol Hill, Professor John Mearsheimer shared his views, at a public forum, on the the powerful Israel Lobby, particularly its leading element, AIPAC; Christian Zionists; the late Rep. Tom Lantos; Rep. Henry Waxman; Rep. Howard Berman;and the U.S. Congress, among other matters. Bottom line for Professor Mearsheimer: “The Israel Lobby’s undue influence...on our foreign policy...isn’t good for the country...or for our democracy...Congress isn’t doing its job...And, that (…)

By Uri Blau, Haaretz Correspondent
Dozens of Jewish teens were caught on camera outside a Jerusalem mall carrying out a brutal attack on two Arab youths on Holocaust Remembrance Day earlier this month.
Some two weeks ago, indictments were filed against 11 youths, eight of them minors, suspected of having perpetrated the attack in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood. According to the indictment, the boys responded to a message on the ICQ instant messaging internet program calling for "Jewish (…)

May 27, 2008
From AIPAC to the Cuban Exiles
This week, Senator Barak Obama traveled to Florida and spoke to Jewish and Cuban-American audiences. In those speeches, he embraced the right-wing policy positions of the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) and the hard-line program of the most reactionary elements of the Cuban exile community.
Source: bitsblog.florack.us
Senator Obama was for many years considered pro-Palestinian, but a year ago when he spoke (…)

And the American academic Norman Finkelstein has been arrested and ordered deported from Israel. Finkelstein arrived in Tel Aviv earlier today on his way to the Occupied Territories. He was immediately detained and told he is banned from Israel for ten years. He’s expected to be deported tomorrow. Finkelstein is known one of the most prominent academic critics of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/23/headlines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO-bGQS10C0
Video: Iraq War Vet Rose Forrest Criticizes Sen. John McCain
Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, Baltimore, MD. On top of Federal Hill, a ceremony of planting Forget-Me-Nots flowers was done to remember America’s heroic war dead. Speaking at the event was Ms. Rose Forrest, an Iraq War veteran, former U.S. Army Captain, National Guard. She served a 12 month tour of duty in Iraq. In her comments, she was critical of some members of the U.S. Congress for (…)

WWF report says last marine wilderness area on the planet must be protected (Added: May 23, 2008)
video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19860226.html

Gary Jules (cover of Tears for Fears)
Video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18036123.html
All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I’m dying Are the best I’ve ever had I find (…)

“Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include casualties of any war or military action.”
How unfortunate that we have a need for such a day, especially since “War is a racket. It always has been. It (…)

vidéo:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/categorie-10183256.html
Oh my name it is nothin’ My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I’s taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side.
Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries charged The Indians fell The cavalries charged The Indians died Oh the country was young With God on its side.
Oh the Spanish-American War had its day And the (…)

Global Research, May 21, 2008
By F. William Engdahl*
As detailed in an earlier article, a conservative calculation is that at least 60% of today’s $128 per barrel price of crude oil comes from unregulated futures speculation by hedge funds, banks and financial groups using the London ICE Futures and New York NYMEX futures exchanges and uncontrolled inter-bank or Over-The-Counter trading to avoid scrutiny. US margin rules of the government’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission allow (…)