by Chris Hedges
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Shahzad’s charade continues By Jerry Mazza
By Jerry Mazza
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crossposted at Online Journal
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July 21, 2010
About 8 a.m. a week ago, I’m watching NY1 TV and here comes a video segment on Faisal Shahzad, post full-confession, showing him in previous days with reputed Taliban members. He’s in native dress, a Kalashnikov on his hip, back to camera, as they climb a rocky slope in Pakistan, or was it a back lot at Paramount? Anything’s possible.
Then there is this video in an AP piece on NorthJersey.com, showing him reading verses from the Koran, and telling us how he will carry out a “‘revenge attack’ against the US to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the US, and that he hopes his actions will touch the hearts of Muslims.” I’m thinking, Shahz, we heard you the first time, in the courtroom.
Ground Zero Religious Freedom by Michael Carmichael
by Michael Carmichael
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PlanetaryMovement.org
July 21, 2010
The United States of America rightly prides herself on her constitutional tradition for the Constitution clearly and starkly defines individual freedom in the Bill of Rights.
The core of the Bill of Rights is, of course, the First Amendment that states:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Recently, Sarah Palin joined with Mark Williams another prominent leader of the Tea Party Movement when she spoke out in opposition to the creation of a Muslim cultural center in Lower Manhattan that aims to establish mutual respect between people of all faiths. In doing so, Palin and the Tea Party leadership boldly and explicitly proclaimed their opposition to religious freedom.
Yes, Jews Killed Jesus, Too—The Bible Told Me So by Jeremy R. Hammond
by Jeremy R. Hammond
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Foreign Policy Journal
21 July, 2010
Jesus, on the cross, is mocked in Calvary as the King of the Jews, Luke 23:36-37 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There is a considerable manufactured controversy regarding the assertion that Jews were responsible for the crucifixion of Yeshua the Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ). According to this narrative, anyone who suggests Jews had a role is implicitly an anti-Semite, and comparisons to the Nazis and invocation of the Holocaust are seemingly obligatory in such arguments.
In a recent example, Stephen C. Webster writes in Raw Story that Glenn Beck, in saying that “the Jews murdered the biblical messiah Jesus Christ” was siding “with Nazi propaganda”. Webster argues that, “as the story goes, Jews did not kill Jesus. The Roman empire had him executed after Jewish religious leaders became worked into a frenzy over his ideas—or so the New Testament claims. Armed Roman guards allegedly beat and lashed him, then hung him on a cross until death.” He asserts that “claiming as fact that Jews killed Jesus” indicates one’s adoption of “a meme otherwise endemic to anti-Semitic thought and literature. The implication that Romans were stalwarts of law and reason who merely appeased the bloodthirsty Jewish mob was a vital component of Nazi propaganda.”
The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What?
Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich discuss the proposal for a Department of Peace.
The Story of Cosmetics (2010)
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storyofstuffproject | July 20, 2010
The Story of Cosmetics, released on July 21st, 2010, examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo. Produced with Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the seven-minute film by The Story of Stuff Project reveals the implications for consumer and worker health and the environment, and outlines ways we can move the industry away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. The film concludes with a call for viewers to support legislation aimed at ensuring the safety of cosmetics and personal care products.
More Clear Evidence of Crimes by BP By Steve Windisch
By Steve Windisch (jibbguy)
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July 20, 2010
We have much evidence now that the clean-up is a sham and a fraud, and that BP constantly engages in fraudulent practices; such as using sham workers when “big-shots” travel to witness the clean up operation. Here are two examples of witnesses stating evidence of blatant and easily proved Fraud by BP:
Ms. Kindra Arnesen relating instances of CLEAR AND EASILY PROVED FRAUD regarding the “clean-up”
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