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As legend has it, the Grim Reaper moves among us, unseen and unstoppable. A black hood obscures his ugly, skeletal face and no one knows he is near until his touch claims life. Only in death is his face revealed. It is troubling, after America was attacked on her own soil, that so many Americans still do not realize the danger of the insidious and relentless enemy that we face. Just as no living thing can escape death, Americans cannot escape the final showdown with Islam. It is unfortunate that so many will die because they are afraid to lift...

You and your fascist co-horts will all be sorry when the Bush* administration is charged with stealing this election. His administration and this website is nothing more then propaganda for a fascist regime. We are watching you, and we will be there when you slip up and your face down on the ground because you slipped on your own Nazi style propaganda. John Kerry won this election and you know it! Everyone knows it!

Paris in the swing but business predicts a grim future By Henry Samuel in Paris (Filed: 21/08/2004) The Socialist mayor of Paris has been accused of propelling the French capital into terminal economic decline by promoting the pleasure pursuits of the city's "bohemian bourgeoisie" at the expense of commerce. The emphasis on green spaces, bus and bicycle lanes, and traffic restrictions designed to improve the quality of Parisians' lives is stifling a city that needs to work as well as play, according to politicians and business leaders. Fearful of the impact on Paris as a commercial capital, they have united...

Ronald Reagan was right and the Western Europeans were wrong. And that is something our "Allies" will never forgive.....

Bishop Anthony M. Pilla's "Live On In My Love" column Mass changes: Deeper reflection on Eucharist The new General Instruction to the Roman Missal (GIRM, as it is called in shorthand) is presenting our local Church and the universal Church with an opportunity to do some quality and authentic Christian reflection upon our spiritual lives. As the ministers of the church were instructed last week, the few revisions called for are those that speak of our reverence for the Body of Christ – the Body of Christ UPON the altar and AROUND the altar. Sadly, however, our instant and functional...

<p>Updated state figures released Friday show just how devastating the downturn has been in Silicon Valley: Nearly one in five jobs in Santa Clara County has vanished since the height of the boom in December 2000.</p> <p>The data also confirms what job-seekers have felt for months: The county's unemployment rate last year was worse than previously estimated, in some months almost a full percentage point higher. The revised rate was more than 8 percent for nearly all of 2002. In January, unemployment was 8.6 percent.</p>

<p>Silicon Valley, once a haven for job seekers worldwide, is facing yet another year of the worst job crunch in a decade -- and Santa Clara County is likely to see virtually no new jobs this year.</p> <p>That's the grim picture that emerges from economic forecasts and a spot check of the valley's biggest employers.</p>

Bali: The grim toll emerges By Kim Sengupta 15 October 2002 The death toll of British victims of the Bali bombing rose to 33 last night with growing evidence that al-Qa'ida and its allies have carried out their most devastating attack since 11 September last year. The scale of British casualties, out of a total of more than 200, is one of the highest suffered by the UK in a single terrorist attack, and there are fears that numbers may rise due to the severity of the injuries suffered by some of the survivors. Tony Blair, who will make a...

HELP! I'VE BEEN PROFILED. MORE CHAMPAGNE, PLEASE: How the Author Survived His Summer Vacation in John Ashcroft's Amerika by William GrimIconoclast Contributing Editor (www.iconoclast.ca) I began my descent into the belly of the American justice system in Germany on a warm morning in July. The sun was just beginning to shine as I walked from my apartment to the train station. The crowd was sparse and well behaved. I purchased a round-trip ticket to the Munich Airport from an automated machine. Out of the corner of my eyes I spotted two green-jacketed German police officers. Undoubtedly following orders given to...