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In Our Best Interests

September 6, 2012 – 5:56 pm

The Democratic convention platform in Charlotte left out any mention of Israel and God. The GOP bible-thumpers attacked the omission of their Almighty Deity and those farther to the right have been outraged without surprise, for as resistance.ning.com states; “For Democrats there is NO God because they believe in the merciless slaughter of America’s innocent, […]

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MUNICH 1972 REDUX by Peter Nolan Smith

September 6, 2012 – 1:19 pm

The Buffalo Bar on Pattaya’s Sai 3 attracted all types in the late 00s. Bank robbers rubbed elbows with Interpol officers, miners drank beer with environmentalists, and gamblers took bets from football hooligans. Every nation showed their flag and the faithful clientele an appearance was rewarded by the gracious hosts with cheap drinks and a […]

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Everyone Young

August 29, 2012 – 11:31 am

My younger brother died on AIDS in 1995. Our family buried him in the town cemetery. I couldn’t speak at the funeral and I said little after the burial. My sisters knew that I had a packet of airline tickets in my pocket. Each destination offered a holy site, at which I would prayed for […]

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The Memory Of An Elephant

July 28, 2012 – 11:57 am

Elephants rival humans, apes, and dolphins for intelligence. Their dense highly folded brains are well suited for memory retention of their long lives, but some ethnic humans can never forget a tragedy and this week the families of the athletes slain at the 1972 Munich Olympics asked for a moment of silence to honor their […]

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Statehood / Falsehood

September 15, 2011 – 3:53 am

In 1947 the newly formed United Nations divided Palestine into several parts. The Zionist state received the greater slice of the pie and the Arabs fought several wars over the next six decades. None succeeded in either returning the lost land or granting statehood to Palestine. The UN is on the brink of holding a […]

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