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MD Author's New DVD Benefits 9/11 Causes Preview for free today: Carolyn Long's newly released DVD and poem, "Angels Over America," is a spectacular tribute to 9/11 victims and heroes, benefits 9/11 causes, and inspires everyone who sees it. View video or read poem at www.angelsoveramerica.com . "The way we remember September 11, 2001, will shape our future," says Ms. Long. "We must never forget that tragic day, and we must never forget what got us through it - our courage, our compassion, and our commitment to preserving the American Spirit - that spirit of freedom known to all the...

Middle Ages were warmer than today, say scientistsBy Robert Matthews, Science Correspondent (Filed: 06/04/2003) Claims that man-made pollution is causing "unprecedented" global warming have been seriously undermined by new research which shows that the Earth was warmer during the Middle Ages. From the outset of the global warming debate in the late 1980s, environmentalists have said that temperatures are rising higher and faster than ever before, leading some scientists to conclude that greenhouse gases from cars and power stations are causing these "record-breaking" global temperatures. Last year, scientists working for the UK Climate Impacts Programme said that global temperatures were...

11 More "Why’s?" 1) Why is the Bush administration so angry and surprised over the intractability of the United Nations – especially when Vice President Cheney last summer warned that inspections were a total "sham"? Why are they upset over the very 'slow as molasses' process they agreed to? 2) Why is using the U.N. and the art of 'diplomacy' acceptable when it comes to North Korea's nuclear program and intercontinental missiles but unacceptable for dealing with Iraq? 3) Why does G.W. Bush believe Russian President Vladimir Putin – now on the record calling for more inspections in Iraq –...

Across the Rubicon The most experienced counterterrorist investigator in the Western world is France's Jean-Louis Bruguiere. He is not campaigning against a U.S. regime change invasion of Iraq. But he is saying Islamic militants are recruiting hundreds of jihadi-prone co-religionists to carry out terrorist attacks as soon as the war balloon goes up. He also sees the bulk of these threats emanating from groups in Chechnya. Many of these terrorists were trained in how to make chemical weapons in al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and/or in the Red Army during the Cold War. Mr. Bruguiere has searched high and low...

If you think you've been bombarded by bad news in the past, you ain't seen nuthin' yet! Republican control of the White House, the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate does not mean that those who suffer from "Anxiety Disorder" are giving up their hold on Academia or the Media. These two extra-governmental powerhouses will certainly influence what happens next. Get ready for a virtual tsunami of depressing news stories, statistics, scientific studies and disasters predicted by computer-driven models. If you're not totally miserable and afraid by Election Day, Nov. 2, 2004, it will be due only to your...

Britain urged to crack down on ape meat trade LONDON, Feb 27 - Britain must tighten airport security to stop illegal imports of meat from endangered African apes, London-based environmental groups said on Wednesday. The UK Bushmeat Campaign said at least 1,000 tonnes of illegal meat was smuggled into Britain each year from West and Central Africa, carrying the threat of human and animal diseases such as Ebola and monkey pox. Britain has barely recovered from last year's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, believed to have come from abroad and possibly from smuggled meat. "Just think of the economic impact that ...

Legitimate Grievances? It is, IMHO, absolutely true that the 'Palestinians' have many legitimate grievances, both collective and individual, against 'Zionism,' and the supporters of it, namely us. Certainly the Palestinian refugee camps, for which there is enough blame on everyone's side, are one of the most totally unecessary sets of hellholes on this planet. The grievances are real enough. The question is how do we (and Israel, of course) settle it? We Americans, of all people, apparently have a better handle on squaring things with wronged populations, indigenous and slave, than anyone else in the world. We settled it for ...

The west has won Radical Islam can't beat democracy and capitalism. We're still at the end of history by: Francis Fukuyama Thursday October 11, 2001 The Guardian A stream of commentators have been asserting that the tragedy of September 11 proves that I was utterly wrong to have said more than a decade ago that we had reached the end of history. It is, on the face of it, insulting to the memory of those who died to declare that this unprecedented attack did not rise to the level of a historical event. But the way in which I used ...

But as Mideast expert Daniel Pipes wrote this week, "The president dismissed al-Qaida's version of Islam as a repudiated 'fringe form of Islamic extremism.' Hardly. Muslims on the streets of many places – Pakistan and Gaza in particular – are fervently rallying to the defense of al-Qaida's vision of Islam. Likewise, the president's calling the terrorists 'traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam' implies that other Muslims see them as apostates, which is simply wrong. Al-Qaida enjoys wide popularity – the very best the U.S. government can hope for is a measure of Muslim neutrality and ...

Dear Doctor Abdelkarim, Please do give us the Moderate Muslim word on the slaughter of Christians in Kosovo, Macedonia, East Timor, The Phillipines, and especially in The Sudan, where your co-religionists are enslaving thousands of Christians,and starving to death thousands of others whom they have not killed outright. Of course, the vast majority of Muslims play no active role in all of this. (Unless, of course, they are among the thousands across the country who have been sheltering the terrorists) They do however, play an important a passive role in all this. Because, as of yet, not one American Muslim ...

In re: Moderate Muslims, Moderate Islam: Here is my personal experience. I am fortunate to have lived and worked in an Arab country. I developed a great respect for my hosts and wanted to learn Arabic. My teacher was an Egyptian engineer, who, I soon learned was also an advisor and teacher of English to many local professionals, with a reputation for wisdom and devotion to Islam. One cannot learn Arabic without learning a great deal about Islam. When one studies Arabic in an Islamic country, the question of religion comes up frequently. This did not bother me in the ...

Hillary: "Thank You Denise, I AM FREE AT LAST!" Over the past year, the Clinton Stooge Media has managed to ignore the fact that Denise Rich has been living with Bill Clinton in the White House. As this factoid becomes common knowledge, Hillary will use it as an excuse to finally separate from her Billy Booster Rocket and to zoom into a higher orbit, thrust by righteous indignation over her "discovery" of Bill's affair with Denise. "Oh, how could he? ...etc. ad nauseam." At this point, the media will dutifully point to her as the 'courageous woman wronged who ...

US envoys ambushed in Serbia Special to the London Times by John Phillips and P. Draganovich in Belgrade THE Bush Administration’s resolve to stay in the Balkans was tested yesterday when the region's two most senior US envoys came under fire from Albanian fighters in southern Serbia. A motorcade carrying James Pardew, the US special envoy to the Balkans, and William Montgomery, the new Ambassador to Belgrade, was ambushed near the village of Lucane in Presevo Valley, the buffer zone between Kosovo and Serbia proper. Fighters from the Liberation Army for Presevo, Medvedza and Bujanovac (UCPMB) opened fire on the ...

HIV rate rises among San Francisco's gay men, experts say SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The number of HIV infections among the city's gay men has more than doubled during the past four years, according to a comprehensive analysis by a panel of researchers and AIDS experts. The rate of HIV infections has jumped to 2.2 percent of San Francisco's gay male population, from 1.04 percent in 1997. That equals 748 new infections projected this year, according to a draft report released Wednesday. The increase partly is attributed to antiviral drugs that are keeping HIV-positive individuals alive longer, making it possible ...

From First Edition MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES HANDBOOK Military Medical Operations Office Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5603 December 1999 Depleted uranium (DU) is neither a radiological nor chemical threat. It is not a weapon of mass destruction. It is contained in this manual for medical treatment issues. DU is defined as uranium metal in which the concentration of uranium-235 has been reduced from the 0.7% that occurs naturally to a value less than 0.2%. DU is a heavy, silvery- white metal, a little softer than steel, ductile, and slightly paramagnetic. In air, DU develops a layer ...

TUESDAY,JANUARY 16,2001 Molestation as protected behavior OK, that does it. I've seen everything, now. America has gone off the deep end. There's no other explanation for this kind of insanity. Here's what has me shocked, mortified, shaking my head in disbelief, appalled and, nearly, speechless. This from the Las Vegas Review-Journal: A narcotics detective suspected of molesting a 16-year-old boy won't be charged with any sex crimes by prosecutors, who said such action would be (are you ready for this?) "discriminatory toward homosexuals." Detective Vinten Hartung (that's his name, folks, it's not a typo), 42, is still being investigated ...

"There comes a tide in the affairs of men..." Jesse Jackson is handing you, George W, Bush, a chance to become a hero ... or a goat ... on your first day as President-Elect. All you, George W. Bush, have to do is stand up to this demagogue; this blackmailing bunko artist who has made his living blackmailing otherwise sane Americans to wimp out and pay out with his absurd posturings. W, just tell the "Reverend" that you are immune to this African-American version of the protection racket, Don't ever let the illegitimate half-brother of a gangster who headed Chicago's ...

Long Live King William! Forget Oxford! Forget New York City! It is obvious and I have a poll to prove it. The highest and best use of William Jefferson Blythe Clinton on this planet would be to assume the hereditary throne of Albania, rather hastily vacated by King Zog in the '40s. The dominant industry of Albania is pocessing stolen cars from Europe on their way to the Levant and Russia, and processing heroin on its way from Afghanistan and China to Europe. There are also heavy overseas foreign exchange subsidies pouring in from brothel operations from Kossovo to Stockholm. ...

At All Costs, The Republicans Must Not Be Permitted to Return to Their Usual Spineless "Business as Usual" Mode. 1st Order of Business Proceed with indictments and trials of Clinton for Perjury, Clinton and Gore for violations of existing campaign financelaw, and for trading military hardware and secrets in exchange for chicom cash. No need to comment. Just let the Real Laws take their normal course. Make it happen in the background. If the Republicans wimp out and let these two criminals assume "Senior World Statesman" status, they will bedevil and wreck this administration with 4 years of unremitting hell. ...

Bush Must Warn Gore: There's a Price to Be Paid for Subverting Democracy It's now clear that the Democratic Party establishment remains, at least for the moment, united behind Vice President Al Gore his attempt to overturn the election results as certified by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris Sunday night. It's also clear that if the Gore forces fail, they mean to thoroughly delegitimize any Bush presidency, through the media,in Congress, indeed by any means necessary. President-elect Bush must immediately make clear that Democratic efforts to destabilize democracy pose as clear and present a danger to the nation's well-being ...