I was reading an article over at Stark Offerings about the ways in which female American soldiers have been used to torture detainees at Guantanamo. Apparently the United States has no problem with allowing its women soldiers to sexually titillate themselves by “provocative touching” of the prisoners — no word on whether or not they […]

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I’m starting to feel prescient… …but I’m pretty sure this has nothing to do with it.

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The days between Memorial Day and D-Day are especially poignant this year since it was sixty years ago the Allies launched an invasion that ultimately ended World War II. It was an invasion the likes of which the world had never seen. So many men and machines heading for five beaches. It was daring in […]

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Dear Reader, It has come time to take an honest look at a problem. In fact, it’s not just a problem but a Problem. Many have tried to solve this problem with limited results. Millions have been poured into an attempt to eradicate this from our country, yet it still exists. Some believe that it’s […]

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Someday in the future I can imagine a game show on TV where the contestants will be all trying to win a blind date with Satan. They’ll be made to do so many things they would “never do in their normal life” like pretending to support someone only to pull the rug out at a […]

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Corporate scandals still reign. And people still believe that the party which conspires to turn them into serfs is good for them. Thank goodness my wife and I have no kids. Yours will be paying for a loooooong time. And all that just so you can have a better life.

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This is the sort of thing that happens when populations begin to enlarge and people are no longer able to see their interconnections.

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I’m no longer surprised at what the Bush administration will—and won’t—do these days. Work to eliminate leaders of sovereign foreign countries because they represent an actual threat to the United States (via their non-existent weapons of mass destruction)? Or because they want the oil those leaders have? Work to eliminate civil liberties for Americans because […]

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…long time passing…. Where have all the flowers gone…long time ago… If only people could see…but like so many lemmings they rush to embrace the very things that kill them.

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All I can say tonight is that I wish I’d said what Sister Joan Chittister said. This is perhaps the most thought-provoking thing I’ve read this year. Special thanks to Mark King for bringing this to my attention.

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