By WILLIAM BLUM
All the crying from the left about how Obama "the peace candidate" has now become "a war president" ... Whatever are they talking about? Here's what I wrote in this report in August 2008, during the election campaign:
We find Obama threatening, several times, to attack [...]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas described the Israeli draft law binding any government to go to referendum before agreeing to withdraw from Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights as a referendum on something that it does not own.
Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said in a press release [...]
Taxpayer, I’m only going to address a couple of your questions and answers here.
“3- What exactly is the weekly curriculum for character counts? Answer:There is none. Its “student directed”…which according to the rhetoric above translates to “greater student input and ownership”. For thinking people, this means, “not much is going [...]
NOTICE
On December 9, 2009, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Cellco”) filed an Application with the Connecticut Siting Council for the installation of a wireless telecommunications facility in the Town of Woodstock, Connecticut. The installation would consist of a 100’ x 100’ leased area and a 50’ x 75’ fenced compound [...]
Gov. M. Jodi Rell has offered a detailed plan to cut the close to $600 million budget deficit for the current two-year state fiscal plan agreed to in September. Gov. Rell has taken the leadership steps needed to reduce the flow of red ink and to [...]
By Jonathan Cook, Foreign Correspondent, The National
NAZARETH // The fatal shooting by Israeli soldiers of an Israeli man earlier this week as he tried to scale a fence into the Gaza Strip was reportedly part of a drastic procedure the army was supposed to have phased out several years [...]
Have you ever wondered why you never see Connecticut mentioned?
More Data Available for RI
The folks at the Ocean State Policy Research Institute pulled together a website for Rhode Islanders to provide feedback on the federal stimulus project. Taxpayers may cast your vote for the project that you feel are [...]
UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd
December 10, 2009
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM -- Israeli police ordered outgoing UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd to leave an East Jerusalem home on Thursday during her last official visit as the head of the relief agency.
Ma’an’s reporter on the scene said AbuZayd left after [...]
December 27, 20091:00 pmto3:30 pmSunday, Dec. 27
On the one year memorial of the horrific Gaza Massacre and in solidarity with a thousand Americans who will attempt to break [...]
Columbia President Alvaro Uribe (left) and Venezuela President Huge Chavez
Foreign Polocy
December 8, 2009
By Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
After Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's November deployment of 15,000 troops to the porous border with Colombia, some analysts have worried about the prospect of conflict between the two [...]
The time for accountability is now.
By Stephen Lendman - Chicago
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an "independent legal body dedicated to the protection of human rights, the promotion of the rule of law, and the upholding of democratic principles in the Occupied Territories." It [...]
Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa since September [AFP]
The ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, is to leave the country for exile to Mexico, sources have said.
Zelaya, who was forced to leave the country by the Honduran military in a [...]
December 11, 20097:00 pmto11:00 pmif you are looking for something fun to do friday, check out this great dance event by our comrade Adrienne. All for a good cause!
Come Dance the night away
Get ready for the Holiday spirit
Enjoy tons of different dances, Cha Cha, Waltz, Tango, [...]
Did you know that the fight for women’s rights was born in the late 19th century struggle for socialism? Did you know that in the first years of the first socialist revolution in the world, women gained free abortion on demand, and a [...]
Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend
Chicken Little is alive and seemingly employed as a finance analyst or reporter for an education interest group. If one relies on newspaper headlines for education funding information, one might conclude that America’s schools suffer from a [...]
Saad Hariri: 'I know I won’t win but I want to participate anyway..'
By Franklin Lamb - Beirut
'There is no obstacle to cooperation with any official in the new Lebanese unity government with the exception of Hezbollah,' Nicole Shampaine, the Director of the US Department of State's' [...]
The 60th anniversary of UNRWA, which provides aid to Palestinian refugees, is a regrettable one. (Hatem Omar/MaanImages)
By Karen AbuZayd, The Electronic Intifada, 7 December 2009
Sixty years ago today the United Nations General Assembly voted into existence a temporary body known as UNRWA, the United Nations [...]
The European Union said it had 'never recognised the annexation of East Jerusalem' [AFP]
European Union foreign ministers have agreed that Jerusalem should be the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state following two days of talks in Brussels.
The ministers dropped an earlier [...]
Norwich Bull article. ‘First Selectman Allan Walker said he was “very excited” the proposal passed. … I think it’s the right time to do it because bonding rates and construction costs are low right now,” Walker said. “It’s long overdue.” ‘
ALSO… Many thanks to those who participated with donations [...]
From teachref09: “I just can’t fathom the incongruity of Mr. Powers who has sued the Town of Woodstock and cost the taxpayers thousands of dollars in legal fees and now has a seat at the BOF table. What is wrong with this picture? The CPS crowd has placed a lot [...]
The Erez crossing, where people from Gaza cross into Israel for medical treatment. Many say they have been pressed to become informants. Photograph: AP
Israeli security agents held a Palestinian patient for three weeks without charge, interrogated him repeatedly and offered access to hospital care if he [...]
Ma'aleh Levona settlement - photo by google Earth
By Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News
Illegal Israeli settlers escalated their protest against the Israeli government decision two week ago to freeze construction in illegal West Bank settlements.
On Monday morning scores of illegal Israeli settlers blocked a road' [...]
By Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
The Land Research Center (LRC) of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem reported that the Israeli authorities conducted 187 violations in Jerusalem in November, and demolished 14 Palestinians homes in addition to issuing orders to demolish 170 homes.
The center prepares [...]
by teachref09
While listening to the WINY Talk Show this morning (Monday)I heard a woman talking about voting down the proposed bonding issue for the salt shed/Town Garage. Is every building project in the Town of Woodstock going to be called a “Taj Mahal?” First it was the new Town Hall [...]
Attacks are rare in the Sadr City area, which is surrounded by US and Iraq troops [AFP]
At least eight people have been killed, mostly students, in a bombing at a school in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.
Among the dead were six children between the ages [...]
Rasmussen said the summit must deliver 'significant and immediate action' on climate change [AFP]
The biggest climate meeting in history has opened in Copenhagen with hosts Denmark saying an unmissable opportunity to protect the planet was "within reach".
"The world is depositing hope with you for" [...]
The blasts happened at Moon Market in
Lahore's Iqbal Town locality
At least 12 people have been killed and 75 wounded in twin explosions at a busy marketplace in the northeast Pakistani city of Lahore.
The blasts took place on Monday at the Moon Market in [...]
Bedouins have to live in makeshift housing without electricity or water because the Israeli authorities do not officially recognise their communities in the Negrev desert. Ariel Schalit / AP
December 07. 2009
By Jonathan Cook
NAZARETH, ISRAEL // About 35,000 Bedouin residents of Israel’s southern Negev [...]
Morales appears to have strengthened his grip on power with a landslide victory [EPA]
Evo Morales has claimed victory in Bolivia's presidential election after exit polls indicated he had easily won re-election with more than 60 per cent of the vote.
"This process of change has" [...]
Arundhati Roy is an unusual Indian woman.
Listening to Grasshoppers; Field Notes on Democracy, Arundhati Roy, Hamish Hamilton, Penguin, India 2009, 240 pages, 499 rupees.
By Trond Øverland
Arundhati Roy is an unusual Indian woman. Instead of acting the graceful upholder of traditional values, she goes on challenging the [...]
I attended the informational meeting on the Highway project on 12/1 where Mr. Audet put forward the slide presentation and argument for the bond, and quite frankly, in my opinion, the case was not in any way made for the scope of this project- nor was there the specificity I [...]
The anti-Semites have become anti-Muslims; same lady in a different robe.
By Uri Avnery – Israel
It would have been the epitome of political kitsch.
Binyamin Netanyahu and ten of his ministers were to hold a joint meeting with Angela Merkel and ten members of the German [...]
Palestinian inspect a car damaged by settlers in Nablus [MaanImages]
NABLUS – Angry at their government over a slowdown in the expansion of West Bank settlements, illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian vehicles and buildings and uprooted more than 50 trees on Sunday.
Illegal settlers [...]
Two-years after she was beaten and raped by eight men, fourteen-year-old Samiya has yet to see justice.
Her story stands in contrast to Western claims that the lot of women in Afghanistan has improved since the US-led invasion.
Seven of the eight men who attacked [...]
from Becki
I don’t know what the average per head cost would work out to be. What I remember from the town meeting was that the increase in taxes that this project would create would work out to about $30 per $100,000 in assessment(…or $2.50 a month) initially. Then in the [...]
De facto government security forces [MaanImages]
GAZA – Israel’s supposed plan to continue the siege of Gaza even if its soldier is released is a continuation of the country’s offensive against the Palestinian people, a Hamas official said Saturday.
The comments, made by Hamas spokesman Sami [...]
Morales enjoys a 60 per cent approval rating, much of which comes from Bolivia's indigenous majority [EPA]
Voters in Bolivia are preparing to head to the polls for presidential and congressional elections with Evo Morales, the nation's first indigenous president, expected to win a second term in [...]
from the Board of Education
Common sense suggests that students who feel safe, supported, and engaged in school are more likely to learn well. In the last 30 years, a growing body of research has confirmed the importance of the learning climate for students. Compelling empirical research shows that a positive [...]
By ZOLTAN GROSSMAN
In just a few months, Afghanistan will surpass Vietnam as the longest single war fought by the United States in its history. In his West Point speech on December 1, President Obama denied that “Afghanistan is another Vietnam”--and in some senses he is correct. Vietnam in 1975 was [...]
By Alfred Warkentin – Montreal
All agree. Only America is important.
There's a current of opinion in the Middle East that says: "If you want peace, you don't want justice." Peace, peace, but there is no peace, despite decades of peace prizes. The record is dismal.' [...]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in a US jail for spying for Israel, has called on Israel to execute one Palestinian captive everyday until Shalit is freed, according to a report published in the Jerusalem post on Tuesday.
Pollard expressed his anger [...]
Many Jews globally, including Israelis, are extremely critical of government policies.
By Stephen Lendman - Chicago
During Israel's war on Gaza, only 5 of 535 congressional members dissented on pro-Israeli resolutions.
On January 8, 2009, the Senate unanimously passed S 10: "A resolution recognizing the right of" [...]
The question that begs for answers is why does America hate us Palestinians?
By Dr. Haidar Eid - Gaza
The Palestinians have 'realized,' thanks to Hilary Clinton, that the US is biased towards Israel. According to the American Secretary of State, negotiations between "the two parties" should resume [...]
Want an early glimpse at your town’s spring budget brawl? Listen to what’s happening in Naugatuck.
Due to a number of staggeringly stupid decisions by its elected overseers and “professional educators,” the borough’s school district is running a deficit of over $2 million in the current fiscal year. That’s nearly 4 [...]
This paper was published on October 8th:
“Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a statin/caffeine combination against H5N1, H3N2 and H1N1 virus infection in BALB/c mice”
by Liu, Zeyu et al.
European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 38:215-223, 2009
“The development of novel antiviral drugs is necessary for the prevention and treatment [...]
Abdel Sattar Qassem outside his home in Nablus. (Marcy Newman)
By Marcy Newman, The Electronic Intifada, 27 November 2009
Abdel Sattar Qassem, a professor and author of numerous publications on Palestinian history and Islamic thought, is well-known for his pungent critiques of Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...]
12 December 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the regime will return to settlement construction after a "temporary" moratorium on new construction in the occupied West Bank.
Netanyahu said on Tuesday that a 10-month settlement freeze he had earlier announced was only a "one-time, temporary" move, [...]
The number of Arab residents of East Jerusalem Al-Quds stripped of their residency rights by the Israeli Interior Ministry strikes an all-time record.
Last year, the ministry revoked the residency of 4,577 Palestinian residents of the illegally annexed neighborhood, the Israeli daily Haaretz said on Wednesday, compared with the [...]
Israel says the Palestinian dismay at the partial halt of settlement expansions should be the last issue of concern.
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that Israel disregards Palestinians' opposition to its offer for a partial freeze on its settlement activity.
"The last thing that should interest us'" [...]
