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Cold War in Warm Waters: US-China's Dangerous Contest for Asia-Pacific (Ramzy Baroud)

ramzybaroud@hotmail.com (Ramzy Baroud) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:46:50 GMT

South China Sea. Source: Demis Ramzy Baroud World News Trust Feb. 22, 2012 On two occasions in my life I found myself living close to the South China Sea. The sea became my escape from life’s...

#OccupyHemp: Don’t let the truth go up in smoke (Mickey Z.)

info@mickeyz.net (Mickey Z.) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:32:17 GMT

“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this...

The Choices We Make (James Howard Kunstler)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (James Howard Kunstler) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:36:21 GMT

Feb. 20, 1012 The misalignment of politics and reality threatens to scuttle both major parties, but it's especially gratifying to see the Republicans sail off the edge of their own flat earth on the...

Occupy for All Abilities: #PissOnPity (Mickey Z.)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Mickey Z.) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:28:48 GMT

Mickey Z. World News Trust “While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.” --Helen Keller Feb. 19, 2012 One Sunday afternoon last November in the pre-eviction Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park...

Silencing The Critics (Paul Craig Roberts)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Paul Craig Roberts) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:05:02 GMT

Feb. 20, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) In 2010 the FBI invaded the homes of peace activists in several states and seized personal possessions in what the FBI the lead orchestrator of fake “terrorist plots”...

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Friends Committee On National Legislation) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:35:02 GMT

Nuclear Calendar February 20, 2012 Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 18-26 House and Senate Presidents Day recess. Feb. 20 7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council,...

PILLOW TALK: Green Screen Girls (Deborah Goodwin)

Dmcgoodwin@gmail.com (Deborah Goodwin) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:36:37 GMT

Yes, girls, I know that I am so lame, but you asked me when I would blog about you! Feb. 18, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) I have two beautiful, brilliant, fantastic daughters who are, thankfully, remarkably...

Romney, Severely Awful (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

articlev@gmail.com (Joel S. Hirschhorn) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:21:51 GMT

Mitt Romney Joel S. Hirschhorn World News Trust Feb. 17, 2012 There are many, many reasons to have low regard for Mitt Romney. All but the totally delusional correctly see him as disingenuous,...

Washington’s Insouciance Has No Rival (Paul Craig Roberts)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Paul Craig Roberts) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:17:20 GMT

According to news reports, Obama’s White House meeting on Valentine’s day with China’s Vice President, Xi Jinping provided an opportunity for Obama to raise “a sensitive human rights issue with the...

The New Poverty (David Glenn Cox)

Daveparts@att.net (David Glenn Cox) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:07:12 GMT

David Glenn Cox World News Trust Feb. 15, 2012 I met a man the other day, pretty regular guy all in all except he was homeless. Just one more, one more of the millions of Americans to whom...

Corporate Power vs. Animal Rights: #DeOccupyAETA (Mickey Z.)

info@mickeyz.net (Mickey Z.) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:02:42 GMT

“We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and...

Is Western Democracy Real or a Facade? (Paul Craig Roberts)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Paul Craig Roberts) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:56:32 GMT

Skeptics point out that President George W. Bush was put in office by the Supreme Court and that a number of other elections have been decided by electronic voting machines that leave no paper trail....

BDS: Power of the People at Work (Ramzy Baroud)

ramzybaroud@hotmail.com (Ramzy Baroud) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:49:35 GMT

Feb. 15, 2012 The issue is not about hummus, chocolate bars or Dead Sea vacations. It is about civil society taking full responsibility for its own action (or lack of). The issue is not exactly about...

BOOKS: The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival, By Hirsh Goodman (Jim Miles)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Jim Miles) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:45:56 GMT

Dec. 30, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) The “Anatomy of Israel’s Survival” rests on a single backbone: military strength. I have always said that Israel will survive regardless of the situations it may...

BOOKS: Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. By Belen Fernandez (Jim Miles)

fmgoodwin@worldnewstrust.com (Jim Miles) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:41:56 GMT

Dec. 12, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over the past several years, mainly due to my distinct disdain for his writing and his thinking. It was...