URGENT: Pray for Tyler Farver

Tyler Farver is a rebelutionary from Texas who helped with both of our Dallas Conferences the past two years. In the picture above he is about to fire off a “book-give-away” rocket from the balcony ... . He has internal bleeding and damage to several organs. Please lift Tyler and the Farver family [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:45:39

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H&I Fires* 16 Jan 2009

H&I Fires* 16 Jan 2009 By Denizens on January 16, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (12) | TrackBacks (0) ... damage from high flying, saves kerosene, and won't disturb the birds, who were there first and how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:27:13

GAZA: In Lebanon and Iran, Israel described as loser

Though Israel says it has achieved all the goals it set out for its offensive in Gaza, ... than to damage civilian lives and the tools of Palestinian statehood built up since the Oslo ... just by continuing to stand and fire rockets into Israel, likening the conflict to the monthlong war [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:16:00

Day 23 of the War, Sunday, January 18, 2009

Day 23 of the Gaza War, Saturday (night), January 18, 2009Daily sticky post, constantly updated ... fire in the direction of the rocket launches at Israel earlier today.12:59 PM No reports of injuries or damage in rocket attack on Ashkelon minutes ago. (You can ignore the Air Raid sirens [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:56:00

A Meaningful Ceasefire?

Following my trip to Israel earlier this month, I have been writing a bit on the country's upcoming elections and its conflict with Hamas in Gaza ... by Egyptian mediators to get an agreement. Israel first announced a unilateral cease-fire that took effect ... , Hamas also said it would hold its fire to give Israeli forces time to pull out. The AP also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:25:04

Time for a New Divestment Campaign

By KEVIN ALEXANDER GRAY Barack Obama’s inauguration coming as we celebrate of Martin Luther King Day predictably draws linkages between the two. Many use Obama’s election to claim a realization of the “dream.” Others mumble something about a post-racial America. I suspect that King, if alive, would reject such nonsense [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:56:05

Cease Fire

We’ll see how long that lasts. Headline’s probably changed by now. It has. I didn’t feel like blogging the news yesterday is why this is so late ... announced a unilateral cease-fire that took effect early Sunday, with Hamas initially vowing to keep fighting until all troops left Gaza. Later Sunday, Hamas also said it would hold its fire to give [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:12:44

"The Good Old Days"???

(Thank you for promoting this story- Charlie's death literally changed my LIFE. I never knew him, yet I owe him a "thank you" for opening my eyes.) ... a fire alarm. Charlie Howard's body was found by rescue workers several hours later. This event ... about his involvement in the case and the damage that intolerance can do to people and their community [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 21:50:14

Restore some forests to their precolonial condition

Note: yours truly in the Main Stream Media. Special thanks to Jack Wilson, Editorial Page Editor, The Register-Guard. Restore some ... that they contain — to fire and insects. … Inaction is a much more risky option for a variety of ecological ... the Biscuit Fire (2002), the B&B Fire (2003), and last summer’s Rattle and Middle Fork Fires. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:34:06

Ben Cohen: Alan Dershowitz is An Apologist for Israeli War Crimes

The problem with lawyers is that their vocation requires they become professional liars. Many use their powers of persuasion for good, but the majority are simply guns for hire aiming wherever they are paid to aim. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is a tremendously skilled lawyer who has lent his talent to defending people like OJ Simpson [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:12:21

Wicked

Photographer: Annie (YAY, photo from my point and shoot!). Hy did the coloring (post processing)This week, my company (the full time job one) ... , but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:55:26

Bullets in the brain, shrapnel in the spine: the terrible injuries suffered by children of Gaza

Doctors at a hospital near Gaza are almost overwhelmed by the number of Palestinian children needing treatment for bullet wounds to their heads ... fire during the Israeli ground assault on Gaza. Dr Ahmed Yahia, the head of the trauma team ... downwards. I’ve seen a lot of gun injuries and the damage here is so extensive I think it may be fatal.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:32:49

Fire Press Release - Two Fer

ISSUING OFFICER: Ken Kirsch/Battalion ChiefDATE OF INCIDENT: 1/18/2009INCIDENT TYPE: Structure FireINCIDENT ADDRESS: 1317 S LaceyCITY: SpokaneSTATE: ... amage evident in the attic above these areas. Minor smoke damage was also evident throughout t ... found smoke coming from a 1 ½ story, wood-frame, single family structure. Crews advanced a pre-c [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:10:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/17/2009

Inflation in Zimbabwe has made a 100 trillion dollar note necessary. Those are Zimbabwean dollars, needless to say. There’s not much you can buy with them.Also, there’s a proposal afoot in Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment so that Barack Hussein Obama can be re-elected every four years until… whenever.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:53:00

Beyond Vietnam

Just read it. (Or listen.) Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered 4 April 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam at Riverside Church in New York City You can also click here to listen to Dr. King delivering the speech and download an MP3 file to replay any time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:58:58

A new wind blowing

The wind is grooming the trees. A month ago, we were in the middle of the longest stretch of snow and sub-freezing weather most of us can recall in Portland. Although not evident at the time, a great deal of damage was done to trees and other ... a lot of visible damage. Trees, like humans and other animals, grow scraggly, ragged and weak [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:43:46

FIGHT ISRAEL: From South Africa to Israel - Time for a New Divestment Campaign

Barack Obama’s inauguration coming as we celebrate of Martin Luther King Day predictably draws linkages between the two. Many use Obama’s election to claim a realization of the “dream.” Others mumble something about a post-racial America. I suspect that King, if alive, would reject such nonsense [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:24:53

War News for Monday, January 19, 2009

The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by the military. Senior Airman Omar J. McKnight died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Balad, Iraq on Saturday, January 17th.Jan. 17 airpower summary:More Joining American Military as Jobs Dwindle:Lawyer: Iraqi shoe thrower to seek Swiss asylum:Reported Security incidents:Baghdad:#1: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:42:00

Israel Hopes to Finish Troop Withdrawal by Tuesday

JERUSALEM — Israel hopes to withdraw its troops from Gaza by the time of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration as long as Hamas maintains its cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told European leaders, Israeli officials said ... as a fragile cease-fire ending the devastating 22-day battle appears to be holding. But significant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:35:45

The Truce at Gaza

Here’s the latest from the Gaza Strip, as Israel intends to control the reconstruction after its its 22-day strike ... cease-fire that ended three weeks of fighting in the Palestinian territory, Israeli officials said ... of the destruction becomes apparent. The Israeli brand has suffered huge damage, and its leaders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:20:29

Maschine and APC Answers: It Does Have Hardware MIDI, It Doesn’t Need Max

Native Instruments’ Maschine is a hardware controller and software sequencer and beat sampler that promises a computer-based but mouse-free drum machine. You can use it to make your computer into a beat workstation, or add it as a plug-in to an existing tool of choice (like Live). (See additional Q&A on Maschine and APC) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:20:12

Bonfire Canceled, Man Arrested for Burning Trees Anyway

Salem, Massachusetts holds an annual bonfire to dispose of leftover and used-up Christmas trees, but they canceled it because of the weather. Joseph Richard Ferrante Jr., of Ipswich, Mass. didn't like the news, so he set them on fire ... going to be held last Thursday, but the Salem Fire Department had the city postpone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:00

A return to square one

By Alastair Crooke, a former security adviser to the EU and founder and director of the Conflicts Forum conflictsforum.org (THE GUARDIAN, 19/01/09) ... the parties to end a conflict - but a decision that its forces will unilaterally halt their fire ... contingent on an end to rocket fire from Gaza. Yesterday, the resistance movements in Gaza, including [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:54:28

The Bush Years, as Told by The Onion

I remember snickering at the once-amusing, now eerily-prescient classic article in The Onion titled Bush: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over:   What better day than on the last day of the Presidency that made a virtue of willful ignorance to present a catalogue of George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:00:00

Operation Cast Lead Mon Jan 19th, 2009

Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata If you don’t count the 20+ rockets and mortar shells that were fired into Israel yesterday, the ceasefire is holding. But given its fragility, methinks it wise to keep up the liveblogging for now. Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:30:51

After a Massive Tennessee Ash Spill, Authorities Try to Assess the Damage

As the cleanup continues of the billion gallons of ash that spilled out of a reservoir at a Tennessee coal-fired power plant two ... . The testing includes municipal supplies and private wells, he said. However, samples of the fly ash ... , is already working on cleaning up the pollution, Sims said. (more…) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:04:00

Another War, Another Defeat

The Gaza offensive has succeeded in punishing the Palestinians but not in making Israel more secure.By John J. Mearsheimer | The American Conservative, January 26, 2009Israelis and their American supporters claim that Israel learned its lessons well from the disastrous 2006 Lebanon war and has devised a winning strategy for the present war against [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:30:44

The Tragedy in Gaza

By Shimon Z. Klein  After 8 years of Qassam rocket fire into Israel with the minimum of Israeli Army retaliation, Israel decided to react ... . There was no real reason for Hamas’s illogical behaviour. There is no justification for damage caused by these rockets to the population in southern Israel! The damage, apart from being physical and ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:21:35

Israel Plans Unilateral Cease-Fire

Israeli government officials told CNN that the cabinet led by Ehud Olmert plans to announce a unilateral cease-fire Saturday night ... on both sides to accept an immediate cease-fire. Cynics may believe that Mubarak spoke out so strongly in favor of a cease-fire, after weeks of criticizing Hamas, because Israel informed him it would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:45:45

My World Tuesday 14

Visit other My World Tuesday blogs HEREI shouldn’t really be telling you this, so you have to promise not to tell anyone else about Lipson Cove ... from the camping ground so as not to damage the delicate coastal environment.But remember, you promised not to tell anyone Back home again to check out the hot hot weather. And that means Total Fire Bans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:15:39

UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 19 January

UN DAILY NEWS from the UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE19 January, 2009 =========================================================================SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED AT CEASEFIRES CALLED BY ISRAEL, HAMASVoicing relief at Israel’s unilateral decision to halt its 22-day military offensive in Gaza and Hamas’ announcement of a temporary ceasefire, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:14:00

Who Put The Con in Neo-Con?

With all of the rejoicing regarding the imminent departure of George Bush, it is easy to forget there were two, rather than just one, epic failures over the last eight years. The obvious failure, of course, was the rise and fall of the George W. Bush presidency. Yes, Bush will soon take leave of Washington D.C., but the damage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:03:11

Khalil Nakhleh - Our Palestinian Future in Israel: How Long Can We Be Dehumanised in a Racist State?

Every month or so I drive for three hours from Ramallah to my native village in Upper Galilee to hike in the olive orchards engulfing my village and to reminisce about my childhood. My village, which was perched alone on that hill under the cold drift from Mount Hermon, as I remember it, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:38:57

Operation Cast Lead Fri Jan 16th, 2009

Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) Click Refresh to show latest updates. 3:45PM: Ok, that’s it from me for now. Elder of Ziyon, Brian of London and NeoZionoid - who are not in Israel - may continue with the updates tonight/this morning ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:55:04

China: 'Dazzling' Diamond Shaped UFO Comfirmed By Government

A remarkable UFO was seen and filmed in China by an entire squadron of fire-fighters in Liu Pan Shui City in the province of Guizhou through a camera with a 700X zoom capability. One of the fire-fighters, Wang Jia Wei, noticed an odd looking, brightly flashing star moving in a south easterly direction and went inside the fire-fighters barracks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:44:00

The End of Hypocrisy: Crime's Gleeful Abandon in Gaza

More and more, comment on Israel's savage attack on the people of Gaza seems superfluous. The facts -- even the modicum of facts that can be gleaned through the deadly wall of Israeli censorship and the perverse and sinister distortions of the American media -- speak loudly, with horrifying clarity, for themselves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:44:14

The End of Hypocrisy: Crime's Gleeful Abandon in Gaza

More and more, comment on Israel's savage attack on the people of Gaza seems superfluous. The facts -- even the modicum of facts that can be gleaned through the deadly wall of Israeli censorship and the perverse and sinister distortions of the American media -- speak loudly, with horrifying clarity, for themselves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:44:14

1st burn ban of 2009 in effect in Pierce County

I am on an email notice list with Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and they’ve sent out a notice that the first burn ban of the year has been put into ... banned. This includes recreational fires such as bonfires, campfires and the use of fire pits and chimineas. Burning of storm and flood damage debris is also prohibited.* The Clean Air Agency encourages [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:03:54

So, The lie’s have already started ?

Who would know better then the wife? Click to read You tell me why these damage control parties do this crap ? So the wife tells that he had a chance at both jobs ? Whats the big deal ? Now we have the president elect’s spokesperson bascially calling the wife a liar ? Give me a break. You need to fire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:23:13

The Muslim march the BBC didn’t let you see

Special in-depth feature by Nick Griffin on the efforts of the far-left to spark a Muslim intifada on our streets. Flicking burning matches into boxes of gelignite! That’s the only way to describe the irresponsible antics of the far-left as they use the distant conflict in Gaza as an excuse to wind up young Muslims [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:23:41

Israel Hamas War -- News Updates And Commentaries For January 19, 2009

Men of the Salmi family salvage some belongings from the rubble of their home in the Gaza City district of Zeitoun. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ... Continues Gaza Withdrawal as Cease-Fire Holds -- New York TimesIsrael and Hamas Enact Cease-Fires -- Wall ... of AmericaHamas Agrees to Cease-fire -- Washington TimesRebuilding Begins Upon a Wobbly Truce -- [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:00:00

White Phosphorus Casualties in Gaza

By Cernig The Guardian has the video. It also spoke to Marc Garlasco, "a senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch. He had seen Israeli artillery fire white phosphorus shells at Gaza City, Garlasco said." Just in case anyone questions Garlsaco's qualifications, here's his bio: Garlasco leads Human Rights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:42:37

Epic failures

Vox Day January 19, 2009 A little more than three months ago, the debate was raging over the $700 billion Paulson Plan. And while there was never any doubt that House and Senate Democrats would support the notion of handing over astronomical sums of money to anyone with a pulse, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:21:05

Another War, Another Defeat

The Gaza offensive has succeeded in punishing the Palestinians but not in making Israel more secure.By John J. MearsheimerThe American ConservativeJanuary 26, 2009 Issuehttp://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/jan/26/00006/Israelis and their American supporters claim that Israel learned its lessons well from the disastrous 2006 Lebanon war and has [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:33:31

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

By: Claude Salhani Washington - The question that was being asked around Beirut this past week was if the bombing of Gaza by Israel — now in its ... a unilateral cease-fire, and hours later so did Hamas, which in essence solves nothing in the long [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:59:01

Suspected Arson Damages Vacant House

Suspected Arson Damages Vacant House   By RNW Staff Writer Hayden Jennings A West Rome house received damage in what fire and police officials were calling a suspected arson late Monday afternoon. Rome Police Along with Rome Fire Quint ... and douse the blaze within 15 minutes. According to Rome Fire Deputy Chief Benny Bohannon, the home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:01:45

Foundation for Israeli Foreign Policy? Joshua 6

Operation Cast Lead was the name given to the recent Israeli operation into the Gaza Strip.  The two official reasons given for the campaign into Gaza are 1) to put an end to the rocket and mortar fire coming from Gaza; and 2) to restore Israel’s deterrent, which Israel has lost since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:13:40

Today in Solidarity We're All Palestinians: History of Israeli Terror Killings Gaza Aggression Timeline

By STEPHEN LENDMANWorld outrage continues over Israeli war crimes and Washington's complicity. Gazans are now immortalized. Hamas is more popular than ever and remains resolute despite everything the IDF threw against it.Democrats and Republicans share equal guilt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:26:00

Climate Change, part 2.

A long, long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away…) I wrote up a summary of two events that I attended discussing the mathematical treatment of ... largest coastal cities - and as a UN report estimated, the damage to infrastructure alone in the top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:40:06

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