Opinion List

Ecoterra Press Release 235 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 51
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 238 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 50
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 237 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 49
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 236 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 48
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ana Gomes to Host Hearing on Oromia, Afar, and Sidama in the Euro-Parliament, following OSG Report
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In two previous articles entitled "OSG Report Imposes UN Intervention in Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia), End of Racist Amhara – Tigray State" (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/osg-report-imposes-un-intervention-in-abyssinia-fake-ethiopia-end-of-racist-amhara-tigray-state.html) and "Europe and America Have ...
Ecoterra Press Release 235 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 47
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 234 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 46
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 233 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 45
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
The Integrity of Textbooks
Dennis AuBuchon
The current controversy over proposed textbook changes in one state has brought the process of change into question. The current environment involves the state board of education but the make up of the board can impact what is being taught in future curriculum. Criteria should be established if not already when changes to textbooks are necessary to keep them current for the leaders of tomorrow.
Israeli military bans outsiders from being in two Palestinian villages on Fridays for six months
Marian Houk
The Israeli military extended its total closure of the Palestinian West Bank from last Friday until Tuesday at midnight, as tensions continue to run high. Separate-but-related Palestinian demonstrations continued Monday in East Jerusalem (about the restrictions on Palestinian worshippers and about what Palestinians say they fear is an attempt to undermine Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites in the Old City) and the rest of the West Bank (about The Wall and the military checkpoints). Just before dawn on Monday morning, the Israeli military also entered the West Bank villages of Bil'in and Nil'in, to post notices of a military order apparently issued three weeks ago, banning the presence of Israeli or international activists, or any Palestinians who don't actually live there, from the villages all day on Friday for the six months. There was an astonished reaction to this new attempt to ban protest demonstrations.
Israeli military bans outsiders from being in two Palestinian villages on Fridays for six months
Marian Houk
The Israeli military extended its total closure of the Palestinian West Bank from last Friday until Tuesday at midnight, as tensions continue to run high. Separate-but-related Palestinian demonstrations continued Monday in East Jerusalem (about the restrictions on Palestinian worshippers and about what Palestinians say they fear is an attempt to undermine Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites in the Old City) and the rest of the West Bank (about The Wall and the military checkpoints). Just before dawn on Monday morning, the Israeli military also entered the West Bank villages of Bil'in and Nil'in, to post notices of a military order apparently issued three weeks ago, banning the presence of Israeli or international activists, or any Palestinians who don't actually live there, from the villages all day on Friday for the six months. There was an astonished reaction to this new attempt to ban protest demonstrations.
Torrance California Police Stop Again Casts Ugly Glare on Racial Profiling
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The throng of angry whites jeered, catcalled, and spat out borderline racial insults at the small group of mostly black protestors. This wasn´t a march against Jim Crow in Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, Mississippi, or Cicero, The year wasn´t 1963. The charged racial confrontation ...
Ecoterra Press Release 232 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 44
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 231 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 43
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 230 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 42
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 229 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 41
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 228 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 40
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 227 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 39
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 226 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 38
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Europe and America Have to Break Ties with the Racist Ethio-Fascist Abyssinian Tyranny
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In a previous article entitled "OSG Report Imposes UN Intervention in Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia), End of Racist Amhara – Tigray State" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/145561), I published a first part of the devastating OSG (Oromia Support Group) Report 45 (March 2010), which reveals ...
New Archaeological Museum of Pella (Macedonia, Greece)
Australian Macedonian Advisory Council
PELLA, Macedonia, Greece – The archaeological site in Pella has acquired a new museum covering an area of 6,000 square metres, which opened its doors to the public for the first time last week. Situated in the northeast corner of the site, near the contemporary town of Pella, the museum represents t...
Temptation, Endurance & Faith
Elias Bejjani
God, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil Many people when exposed to hardships and various life's serious stumbles like ailments, death of a beloved one, accidents, separation, divorce, family problems etc, we hear some of them saying with a self pity tone: "God is putting me i...
Council rejects privatization of Agus-Pulangui hydropower complexes
Mike Banos
One of the major advantages in doing business in Mindanao is the low cost of electricity due to the low production cost of the Agus-Pulangui Hydroelectric Power Complexes. Privatizing the APHC would adversely affect investments, production and development in Mindanao. Energy-intensive industries will be discouraged to come in and existing industries will be forced to move out under the high power rate regime.
Top U.S. Diplomat Urges Inclusive Somali Government
Mahdi Haile
The United States continued to seek an "inclusive" political resolution to Somalia's crisis and believed that the transitional government, which only controls a portion of Mogadishu, was best placed to promote one
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox, A Blog Tour/Review for All ThingsThat Matters Press
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
Musical Chairs by Jen Knox visits how mental illness impacts people at various times in theri lives and what can be done to overcome it or cope. For more insight into this interesting book please read the reviews contained in this blog tour as well as visit the web sites and links.
Ecoterra Press Release 225 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 37
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 224 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 36
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 223 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 35
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 222 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 34
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 221 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 33
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Throwing Cotton Balls A Felony Hate Crime?
Robert Paul Reyes
"Two students at the University of Missouri-Columbia were suspended Wednesday after their arrests in a case of cotton balls thrown across the lawn of the campus black-culture center. Campus police on Tuesday evening arrested the students, one of whom is from the St. Louis area, on suspicion of ...
Sarah Palin Defends Writing On Her Palm: God Did The Same Thing!
Robert Paul Reyes
"The former Alaskan governor (Sarah Palin) was speaking at an Ohio Right to Life fund-raiser last week when she addressed the palm-writing incident that occurred at a Tea Party convention last month and earned her so much media mockery. 'I didn't [at the time] have a good answer to that critici...
What's Your Investment IQ?
Steve Selengut
Investing is as fascinating as it is frantic, as scary as it is exciting, and as intimidating as it is satisfying. But perhaps the most interesting thing about it is how educationally unprepared most individual investors are for the adventure!
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CELLPHONES AND BRAIN TUMORS
Christiane Tourtet B.A.
For many years, numerous concerned and devoted scientists have warned that cell phones can cause brain tumors. And indeed, there is already an alarming increase in brain tumors, (malignant and non-malignant) worldwide not only in adults, but in young children, as they are the most vulnerable. With b...
Employee Health Promotion Programs: Special Situations
John Bates
Sometimes, Employee Health Promotion Programs can take advantage of "special situations" that occur and which offer an excellent opportunity for worker education and support, at little or no expense to the employer. Not only do these situations help workers personally, but also they are an opportunity for the employer to be seen in a positive light.
Ecoterra Press Release 220 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 32
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
A Conversation With Susi Pittman Author Of Animals in Heaven? Catholics Want to Know!
Norm Goldman
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Interviews Susi Pittman
Egyptian Rule over Kush-Ethiopia, and Ahmose Nefertari, Foremother of Oromos and Sudanese. Part III
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In an earlier article titled "Egypt, Ethiopia - Sudan, Abyssinia, the Freemasonic Orientalist Fallacy of Ethiopianism, and Nubia", I expanded on the colonially masterminded project of fake identity projection on both, the Arabic speaking populations of Central Sudan, and the Semitic Amhara and Tigra...
Women and girls trafficking in Somalia: a tragedy
Mahdi Haile
report says Golf States especially Dubai is the destination point for girls being trafficked into the country from Bangladesh, Burma, Somalia and the Sub-Saharan Africa states.
Muslims´ Sheep Mentality
Amil Imani
Humans are living information machines, receiving input from both external sources as well as the body, processing it in some fashion, and producing output: our thoughts and behavior. From the moment of birth, parents, siblings, and others play pivotal parts in supplying the input and influencing ho...
Review: Vichy Water: A Novel Reviewed By Norm Goldman Of Bookpleasures.com
Norm Goldman
Norm Goldman, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com reviews Vichy Water: A Novel authored by Calvin Barry Schwartz
Understanding Toyota Sudden Acceleration
Joel S. Hirschhorn
As a materials and manufacturing engineer with decades of experience with failure analysis of manufactured products, and as an owner of a Toyota vehicle, I am saddened by the lack of expertise and insight shared with Congress and the public about the sudden acceleration problem. When products fai...
U.S. policy toward Yemen missing key component of food
William Lambers
The U.S. sent 150 million in military aid to Yemen recently so it can resist Al Qaeda and extremists. But while that´s happening, Yemenis displaced by a conflict in the North and living in camps are having their food rations cut. This is the result of low funding from the international community for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). These rations will go to zero eventually if new funding is not found.
What is the National Institute of Standards
Dennis AuBuchon
The National Institute of Standards is a vital organization for the success of business in the global economy. The standards established help to bring confidence in the products business use when they are followed. One of the key factors of their requirements is traceability. Traceability is important in everything we do especially to assure the accuracy of measurements taken for products being produced by businesses.
Importance of Technical Education & it΄s Scope
Mohammad Abir Islam
Education plays a vital role to change the stare of a country. It is important for every individual in a nation. None could bring a revolution in it unless its everybody are educated enough to meet the challenges. It makes a man realize about himself and his goals and how to achieve that goals. I...
A Solution to the Unemployment Crisis
Kobina Wright
What if the unemployed thought outside their resumes and cover letters. The unemployment rate is high, but it doesn΄t really have to be that way.
Sally Kern has Serious Competition for Gay Hatred
James Nimmo
Not content with passing SQ 711 in 2004 making marriage only between one man and one woman as many times as they like, the Senate has just passed 38-9 a bill (SB1965) opting out of the recently passed federal Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes Law. The bill now goes to the House side of the building.
OSG Report Imposes UN Intervention in Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia), End of Racist Amhara – Tigray State
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The devastating Oromia Support Group Report 45 (March 2010) reveals the chaotic situation of a unique tyrannical rule intertwined with the extensively attested Anti-Oromo racial hatred of the guilty Amhara and Tigray Tewahedo Abyssinian tribes. UN intervention is imposed in the light of the evid...
International Women´s Day in Africa: Ogadeni Women Lead the Struggle for National Independence
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
There is a part of Africa where the International Women´s Day had a very special meaning. This is Ogaden, Somalia´s western province that has been illegally occupied by the British colonials who at a later date (early 1950s) transferred their authority to the anti-African, racist state o...
RDC-X decides today on deferment of planned privatization of Mindanao Hydro Plants
Mike Banos
The Regional Development Council for Region X general assembly will decide FridaY on the RDC-Infracom Resolution opposing the privatization of the Agus-Pulangi Hydro Complex. Make your voice on this issue heard! Join Mindanao Against Darkness (MAD)in Facebook. We're MAD!
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Tanzania
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Nigeria
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
Anti-Christian Terrorism in Iraq to Be Impacted by Swedish Anti-Islamic Cartoons
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
At the moment a cooperation between Muslims and Christians would be necessary in order to put an end to the Aramaean Christian Exodus from Iraq, the republication of the shameful and barbaric Swedish cartoons, so timely incurred, risks providing terrorist groups and militias with an extra reason for...
Biden says that problems with settlements can only be solved in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
Marian Houk
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said at Tel Aviv University on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's new statement -- that it could take years to actually construct 1,600 new housing units in one Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem -- was "significant" -- because it allows time for negotiations to resolve the issue. Does he now believe, or did he get private assurances, that Netanyahu has issued a go-slow policy for this specific plan for new settlement housing? Two days ago, Biden issued an unprecedented statement condemning the Israeli government announcement about the 1,600 units, during his high-level visit to the region. In his speech in Tel Aviv, Biden ignored signals in recent days -- and clear statements made by Arab League officials and Palestinian negotiators overnight - that, contrary to an American announcement made earlier this week, there would be no Palestinian participation in "indirect" negotiations under U.S. auspices until the Israeli government cancelled its plans for these and all other new settlement housing units. But, Israeli peace activists say, there are at least 40,000 other housing units being planned in various settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Biden says that problems with settlements can only be solved in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
Marian Houk
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said at Tel Aviv University on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's new statement -- that it could take years to actually construct 1,600 new housing units in one Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem -- was "significant" -- because it allows time for negotiations to resolve the issue. Does he now believe, or did he get private assurances, that Netanyahu has issued a go-slow policy for this specific plan for new settlement housing? Two days ago, Biden issued an unprecedented statement condemning the Israeli government announcement about the 1,600 units, during his high-level visit to the region. In his speech in Tel Aviv, Biden ignored signals in recent days -- and clear statements made by Arab League officials and Palestinian negotiators overnight - that, contrary to an American announcement made earlier this week, there would be no Palestinian participation in "indirect" negotiations under U.S. auspices until the Israeli government cancelled its plans for these and all other new settlement housing units. But, Israeli peace activists say, there are at least 40,000 other housing units being planned in various settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Eritrea: Awate.com and Professor Bereket Habteselassie
Michael Abraha
Professor Bereket Habteselassie outpaced literally every other awate.com contributor by devoting close to a 15-thousand word-paper (small-size book) to respond to Awate Foundation΄s anti-Christian stereotyping mission also known by many as Ali Salem΄s jihadist project. This ominous project has to be...
The Vile Fascination with the Monkey Image of the Obama´s (and African-Americans)
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The worst thing about the CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association Walt Baker´s silly, sick, demeaning depiction of First Lady Michelle Obama as a chimp ironically is not the depiction. It´s Baker´s clueless defense. The instant the storm broke, and Nashville´s mayo...
American Vice President Biden meets Palestinian President Abbas in West Bank city of Ramallah
Marian Houk
Both the Palestinian President and the American Vice President said that yesterday's Israeli announcement of further steps to construct additional housing in the Jewish settlement of Ramat Shlomo, next to the Palestinian village of Shuafat in East Jerusalem, "undermined trust", and any proposal for negotiations. Yesterday evening, Vice President Biden issued an unusually strong statement in which he said: "I condemn the decision of the government of Israel"... But, it was not enough to persuade Palestinian negotiators, who said, after Biden's visit to the Palestinian Presidential headquarters in Ramallah, that proposed "indirect" negotiations had not yet started.
American Vice President Biden meets Palestinian President Abbas in West Bank city of Ramallah
Marian Houk
Both the Palestinian President and the American Vice President said that yesterday's Israeli announcement of further steps to construct additional housing in the Jewish settlement of Ramat Shlomo, next to the Palestinian village of Shuafat in East Jerusalem, "undermined trust", and any proposal for negotiations. Yesterday evening, Vice President Biden issued an unusually strong statement in which he said: "I condemn the decision of the government of Israel"... But, it was not enough to persuade Palestinian negotiators, who said, after Biden's visit to the Palestinian Presidential headquarters in Ramallah, that proposed "indirect" negotiations had not yet started.
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Mauritania
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Tunisia
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Uganda
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Kenya
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
REPUBLICANS + LIES = GOP SENATOR ORRIN HATCH
Gary Ater
The long-time senator from Utah has a very big problem with telling the truth, whether on TV or in a Washington Post article.
Ecoterra Press Release 219 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 31
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 218 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 30
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Genocide against Civilian Nigerian Christians
Elias Bejjani
Matthew 5/4&10:"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness´ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven" It is so sad and extremely frustrating to hear every day horrible mascaras targeting peaceful Christian civilian...
Ecoterra Press Release 217 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 29
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 216 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 28
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 215 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 27
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Ecoterra Press Release 214 – The Somalia Chronicle June – December 2009, no 26
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the Somalia Spring 2009 Chronicles, I herewith republish the Ecoterra press releases issued in the second half of 2009. I reproduce the integral version of all Ecoterra press releases in a recapitulative effort to provide the global readership with the most comprehensive collection of text...
Fidh Report – Women´s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Djibouti
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Women´s Rights and Human Rights are not monolithic and mono-dimensional concepts with worldwide application; human life is basically the same but culturally different from one to another part of the world. All the anthropological concepts exist everywhere, and this is reconfirmed by the fact t...
U.S. mediator accepted Israeli starting position on talks -- what will Palestinians do now?
Marian Houk
The Palestinians appear to have been edged out in Round One of the proposed new "indirect talks" with Israel that are to be managed by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell. Despite Palestinian insistence that negotiations must take up where they left off (at the end of December 2008, when Israel launched Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip), the U.S. made a very official public announcement yesterday evening (Jerusalem time) that the process has begun. Now, the Israeli media reports today that the U.S. has backed the Israeli government's position instead, and has given assurances that any previous offers are "non-binding". What will the Palestinian leadership -- and the Palestinians -- do now?
U.S. mediator accepted Israeli starting position on talks -- what will Palestinians do now?
Marian Houk
The Palestinians appear to have been edged out in Round One of the proposed new "indirect talks" with Israel that are to be managed by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell. Despite Palestinian insistence that negotiations must take up where they left off (at the end of December 2008, when Israel launched Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip), the U.S. made a very official public announcement yesterday evening (Jerusalem time) that the process has begun. Now, the Israeli media reports today that the U.S. has backed the Israeli government's position instead, and has given assurances that any previous offers are "non-binding". What will the Palestinian leadership -- and the Palestinians -- do now?
International Women´s Day and the Quest for Opportunity, Education and Acceptance
William Lambers
This is a struggle not unique to Bradstreet´s time. As International Women's Day arrives, there are women all across the globe who are being deprived of education and opportunities. This may be because of the poverty they live in, but it can also be due to deep-rooted societal beliefs.
Can these Israeli-Palestinian differences be glossed over? George Mitchell is trying
Marian Houk
A Palestinian official in Ramallah says that they are still waiting for an American response about the terms of the negotiations that the U.S. State Department is saying have already started. For the Palestinians, it is not so important whether the negotiations are styled as "indirect" or "proximity" talks. Instead, this official said, "Ihe problem we have with the Americans is that they are speaking about ´relaunching´ these negotiations, while we want to ´resume´ negotiations at the point they ended on 27 December 2008 [the day Israel launched an unprecedented three-week military operation against Hamas in Gaza]. But Israel doesn´t want to do that". He added that "We are here to negotiate to obtain our freedom. If this turns out to be just an attempt to make a good PR [public relations] campaign for Mr. Netanyahu, then of course we are not willing to do simply that".
Can these Israeli-Palestinian differences be glossed over? George Mitchell is trying
Marian Houk
A Palestinian official in Ramallah says that they are still waiting for an American response about the terms of the negotiations that the U.S. State Department is saying have already started. For the Palestinians, it is not so important whether the negotiations are styled as "indirect" or "proximity" talks. Instead, this official said, "Ihe problem we have with the Americans is that they are speaking about ´relaunching´ these negotiations, while we want to ´resume´ negotiations at the point they ended on 27 December 2008 [the day Israel launched an unprecedented three-week military operation against Hamas in Gaza]. But Israel doesn´t want to do that". He added that "We are here to negotiate to obtain our freedom. If this turns out to be just an attempt to make a good PR [public relations] campaign for Mr. Netanyahu, then of course we are not willing to do simply that".
US Christians, Iraq, Persecuted Oriental Christians, and the Anti-Christian Freemasonic Conspiracy
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following the pre-electoral terrorism and the pogrom carried out by pseudo-Kurdish terrorists and militias in North Iraq against the Christian Aramaeans, the Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch issued a public condemnation, expressing deep concern about the fate of the Oriental Christ...
Is there a White House resignation in the works?
Gary S. Bekkum
A 21 Jan 2010 "psychic spy" note referenced "non-essential Federal shutdown" days before a snowstorm shut down the government in Washington. The same note also referenced an "unhappy circle" in the Obama White House over an "affair."
SOCIAL SECURITY´S FUTURE CAN EASILY BE FIXED, IF WE HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT!
Gary Ater
Social Security is in pretty good shape, when compared to Medicare and Medicaid, but it still can be made better.
Palestinian leadership accepts U.S. proposal for "indirect" talks with Israel via George Mitchell
Marian Houk
The Palestinian leadership has now received qualified approval to embark on "indirect" negotiations with Israel that will be brokered by the U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell. The agreement is that the process will be evaluated after four months, and the U.S. is supposed to state publicly if either party has been an obstacle to the process. Previous negotiations have gone on for years without any result but a maintenance of the status quo, which is an Israeli miltary occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Gaza is isolated and under total Israeli blockade -- a situation Israeli officials have argued is an end to its occupation there. Part of the present process seems to be managing the situation until the exclusion of Hamas, the winner of the 2006 parliamentary elections, and now in control in the Gaza Strip after ousting Fatah-led security forces in mid-June 2007, is complete. But, how do all the political leaderships involved think they're going to be able keep a lid on this explosive situation?
Palestinian leadership accepts U.S. proposal for "indirect" talks with Israel via George Mitchell
Marian Houk
The Palestinian leadership has now received qualified approval to embark on "indirect" negotiations with Israel that will be brokered by the U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell. The agreement is that the process will be evaluated after four months, and the U.S. is supposed to state publicly if either party has been an obstacle to the process. Previous negotiations have gone on for years without any result but a maintenance of the status quo, which is an Israeli miltary occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Gaza is isolated and under total Israeli blockade -- a situation Israeli officials have argued is an end to its occupation there. Part of the present process seems to be managing the situation until the exclusion of Hamas, the winner of the 2006 parliamentary elections, and now in control in the Gaza Strip after ousting Fatah-led security forces in mid-June 2007, is complete. But, how do all the political leaderships involved think they're going to be able keep a lid on this explosive situation?
Fidh Report – Awful Life Conditions of Tyrannized Women in Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) Denounced
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The poor Human Rights record of the Abyssinian tyranny is evidently reflected on the disastrous situation under which live dozens of millions of women in the Amhara and Tigray-led tyranny. The Fidh Report (Dossier of Claims) sheds light on the troubles experienced by all the women who belong in the ...
International Women´s Day - Respect for Women´s Rights in Africa
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
On the occasion of the International Women´s Day, the International Federation for Human Rights (Fidh) published a Report (Dossier of Cliams) and issued a Press Release (We Demand Respect for Women´s Rights in Africa). The critical situation of Women´s Rights in Africa demands a sp...
Forged documents and a scientist who absconds with $2 million puts Autism studies in doubt
Christina England
Autism Action Network have reported that the key scientist involved in studies proving that there was no link to thimerosal in vaccines and autism has forged documents and absconded with $2 Million.
Forged documents and a scientist who absconds with $2 million puts Autism studies in doubt
Christina England
Autism Action Network have reported that the key scientist involved in studies proving that there was no link to thimerosal in vaccines and autism has forged documents and absconded with $2 Million.
International women day
Ayo Johnson
Women have always been at the heart of human development, but they find themselves at the margins of most societies, despite major advances and a constant promotion of women development world wide. In many countries in Africa women΄s position within society has not changed much in over 50 years, cultural beliefs and taboo ensures that women΄s roles remain invincible and their efforts recognised for almost little or no reward. International women΄s day started in 1911 with calls for a closing of the gender gap, for women to be paid as much as men and for all women to be offered the same privileges usually bestowed on man.
The Bejas, Sudan, Eritrea and the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following my earlier article on the historical nation of Blemmyes / Bejas and their ongoing persecution in Sudan, I herewith publish the integral text of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement that was signed in October 2006 in Asmara between the Eastern Front and the Sudanese government with Eritrea as ...
Sudan: the Forgotten Red Sea Nation of Bejas / Blemmyes, and their Struggle for Self-Determination
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
One of the most forgotten, marginalized and terrorized nations of the Middle East is located in one of the most important geo-strategic regions of Africa, and emanates from an illustrious historical background that spans over four millennia: the Blemmyes – Bejas. Originally a Western desert noma...
Food for Education in the West Bank and Gaza
William Lambers
The school feeding programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was introduced as a safety net in order to protect the livelihoods of the most vulnerable non-refugee households.
The Somali Government forces may supply arms to Alqaida and AlShabab.
Mahdi Haile
A series of arms seizures in the north Mogadishu months ago a logistical support for the Shabab may be coming from former (ICU) a Islamic courts of Union friends In Sharif Government and in the so-called Darawiish. In mid-February, it was reported by Somali media that a Somali police checkpoin...
What are the Responsibilities of the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration?
Dennis AuBuchon
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration has numerous responsibilities and authority. One of these responsibilities is to investigate automobile recalls such as the ones currently in the news. They have other responsibilities involving issues of safety on highways which involving drivers and the safety of their passengers. The number and topics of recall issues and their investigation status is posted on their web site.
Another International Day at CFB Borden
Risto Stefov
Many thanks to Canada and the Canadian Military for creating International Day at CFB Borden which gives the various multi-ethnic communities in the surrounding region the opportunity to come together under one roof and celebrate their cultures.
Horn of Africa: Unprecedented Enthronement of Issa´s Tribal Chief
Abdulazez Al-Motairi
The chief tribe is devoted to serve the community and possess experience and skills in problem-solving because he is the brain behind Issa tribe. The chief has consultants who are strong between the communities, and are widely respected.
Somali government Faces Pressure
Mahdi Haile
During the last few years, the EU and US and many other donor nations pledged millions of dollars to Somalia, half of the money went to the Government, and Yet Somali government is asking more money: "Where did the money go? What the international community can do?
Iraq: Turkmen Denounce the Replacement of Saddam Hussein by Al Qaeda Terrorists Barzani, Talabani
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The prevailing chaotic situation in North Iraq turns Aramaean Christians to a massive exodus, threatens Yazidis and Shabak with extinction, and poses serious problem to millions of Turkmen citizens who claim secession and independence from Iraq. The setup of terrorist gangs claiming to belong in...
How Yezidi Intellectuals View the Pre-Christian Origins of Yazidism
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
It is always important to know how indigenous peoples and ethno-religious groups view their past and systematize their knowledge about the origins of their religion, without resorting to exterior (in their nature), biased (in their character), and premeditated (in their functionality) Western Europe...
REPUBLICANS HAVE RESORTED TO THE "BR´ER RABBIT" SYNDROME
Gary Ater
The GOP really knows how to treat their wealthy friends.
End of Aramaean Christianity in North Iraq: OCHA Report Imposes Impeachment of Talabani, Barzani
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The dramatic and precipitated events in North Iraq, triggered because of the US support offered to the pseudo-Kurdish Al Qaeda militias of Talabani and Barzani, drew the attention of the UN. The Report published a few days ago and commented by the principal Aramaean portal Aram Nahrin (www.aramnahri...
Iraq: Genocide Against the Yazidis, Perpetrated by Al Qaeda Thugs-in Chief Talabani and Barzani
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In an earlier article "Yazidis. Historical Landmarks of Millennial Persecution", I republished an article on the ´Ezidi Genocide´ written by the Yazidi intellectual and political activist Mirza Donnayi. In the present article I republish the article´s second part that focuses on th...