Vice President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Photo: Flash 90
By Ralph E. Stone
March 14, 2010
In President Obama’s June 2009 Cairo Islam speech, he called for a Palestinian state and a freeze on Israeli settlements. The Obama administration seemed to be announcing a neutral U.S. policy in all things Middle East or at least […]
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By Ralph E. Stone
December 8, 2009
President Obama recently announced that he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan bringing the total number of U.S. troops to about 100,000. Although he stated that the U.S. would begin drawing down troops in July 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were […]
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President Barack Obama with Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
By Michael Moore
December 1, 2009
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And […]
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Filed under: Economy, Healthcare, Homelessness, Housing, Opinion, Politics, Religion, War
Ivanwald, the unofficial headquarters of the Fellowship.
By Ralph E. Stone & Judi Iranyi
November 30, 2009
There is a secretive group known as “The Fellowship,” or “The Family,” one of the most powerful, well-connected Christian fundamentalist movements in the United States. The Fellowship’s membership includes congressmen, corporate leaders, generals and foreign heads of state.
The Fellowship is anti-labor, […]
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By Ralph E. Stone
November 18, 2009
The Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health care bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives prohibits the use of Federal funds “to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion” except in cases of rape, incest or […]
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Coming with the new moon, the Eid festival marks the end of ‘Ramadan’ - a month when Muslims fast throughout the day and eat only at night. Prayers, feasts and family gatherings are the major highlights of the celebrations. It was during this month that the holy Koran was revealed. Eid means recurring happiness or festivity. Eid is celebrated with much enthusiasm and fervor and Muslims from all strata of life can be seen adorned in beautiful new clothes, visiting the mosques to attend Salatul Eid (Eid prayers). Greetings of “Eid-Mubarak” or “a blessed Eid” are exchanged.
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Filed under: Culture, Homelessness, Human Interest, Religion
Fox News racist Glenn Beck
By Stephen Lendman
September 16, 2009
At a time of 24-hour news and a proliferation of television and radio talk shows featuring hatemongers and demagogues like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck may stand out as the most unhinged and extremist of all as evidenced by his jihad […]
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Filed under: Immigration, Media, News, Opinion, Politics, Religion, War
The earlier influence of fundamentalist Rabbi Abraham Kook (1865 - 1935), or Kuk, was significant. He preached Jewish supremacy and said: “The difference between a Jewish soul and souls of non-Jews - all of them in all different levels - is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle.” His teachings helped create the settler movement, and his son, Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, founded the extremist Gush Emunim (GE) under the slogan: “The Land of Israel, for the people of Israel, according to the Torah of Israel.”
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Several elected officials including California Attorney General Jerry Brown, California Senator Mark Leno, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Mayor of Brisbane Sepi Richardson and DCCC Chair Aaron Peskin, joined in unity with the estimated 4,000 protesters in front of San Francisco City Hall.
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