by Jim Kouri, CPP  A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the international community to intervene after at least 12 Lebanese civilians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli attack on a convoy fleeing threats to destroy their village.    The fleeing civilians had reportedly sought...
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From ecology, it has been learned that a complex interplay of factors and forces results in the balance of nature that environmentalists insist can be easily thrown out of whack should any one of these readings stray too far from the optimal norms. As the pinnacle of the food chain, a number of these...
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Arizonans will have a chance in November to approve a proposal that would award a cool million dollars to one voter, chosen by lottery, after each general election. The idea is to encourage civic participation. The idea is preposterous. The mainstream media and other professional do-gooders regularly harp on the theme of everyone being...
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The Internet can be a great place to meet a potential paramour. It also can be what I call ”dysfunction junction” — a terrible experience. That’s why I created a new tool to help you navigate and avoid the landmines of Internet dating: “The NoNonsense Rules of Internet Dating.” You can get your copy by...
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Remember the good old days when you could take the family to Lebanon for a nice, leisurely vacation, free from the fear of violence? Me neither. Now, the Americans who are there had better make like Courtney Love after spotting a cop in the rear-view mirror, because it’s getting ugly. How ugly? Vietnam ugly....
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SOME FACTS THAT FOOD FASCISTS IGNORE Many fruit drinks contain more sugar and calories than Coca-Cola, experts have found. Popular drinks are packed with hidden sugar and kilojoules, an investigation by The Sunday Mail found. And compared with freshly prepared fruit and vegetables they contain less fibre and fewer nutrients. Dietician Kate Diprima said...
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Sharon McKibben, 22 yrs old, one child. Welfare was a way of life in our family. Mom was on it as long as I can remember. Grandma was, too. So when I had Chuck, in my last year of high school, it was almost automatic that I went on the county. But it wasn’t...
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Sharon McKibben, 22 yrs old, one child. Welfare was a way of life in our family. Mom was on it as long as I can remember. Grandma was, too. So when I had Chuck, in my last year of high school, it was almost automatic that I went on the county. But it wasn’t...
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Senate votes to bar emergency gun confiscation The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to prohibit the confiscation of legally owned guns during an emergency like last year’s Hurricane Katrina, marking another victory for the gun lobby. By a vote of 84-16, the Senate embraced an amendment by Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican. He...
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WHY THE CURRENT CONFLICT INVOLVING ISRAEL? Find here the address by Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to the Knesset last Monday. He speaks with blinding clarity about the present situation. Some excerpts: Over the past few weeks, our enemies have challenged the sovereignty of the State of Israel and the safety of its residents...
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