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Oil Majors Win Big As LNG Prices Soar
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Shell turned the lights back on at its Prelude offshore LNG facility just
as Asia was being frozen by a cold spell that sent prices for liquefied
natural g...
Gunning for Patriots
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“Out of my cold, dead hands!” you’re shouting.
But consider: thanks to registration, bureaucrats know who holds which guns
and how many. So they needn’t ...
Cops: Couple Tangled Over Testicle Jibe
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Man, 46, busted for domestic violence against his husband
JANUARY 19--The dispute started with an impolitic remark about a lone
testicle, records show.
T...
Fluoridation Fails Illinois
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In Illinois, where fluoridation has been state-mandated for decades, 52% of
3rd graders had cavities (59% of poor kids vs 42% non-poor). Tooth decay is
sti...
Abdur Biswas (Sep 1, 1926 - Nov 3, 2017)
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Bangladeshi Statesman. He served as the 11th President of Bangladesh from
October 10, 1991 to October 9, 1996. He was educated at Dhaka University
where he...
It’s strange sometimes how things occur. Nevertheless, what goes around will always, ultimately, come around.
A very short while ago I sat staring at the contents of a package I had just received from the US Department of Veterans Affairs. It was a certificate with the US eagle and concomitant coat of arms emblazoned in gold at its top, which read, in relevant part, “The United States of America honors the memory of” my late father “in recognition” of his “devoted and selfless consecration to the service of our country in the Armed Forces of the United States.” It was signed by the current President of the United States.
As I stared blankly down at the awarded certificate and thought of my deceased father, the tears swelled and streamed down my face and I wondered how many thousands of sons and daughters of US armed forces Black American veterans had received such certificates honoring their fathers or mothers. I thought of the pain, futility and the utter horror of combat and of war for the masses of people. And then, like a lightning bolt, the thought struck me that some in this nation are actually seriously considering the candidacy of Barack Obama to be President of the United States and concomitantly Commander-In-Chief of its potent Armed Forces.
This is a man who has enjoyed the fruits of America at the blood and expense of Black Americans and others, but who has paid virtually no dues.
This is a man whose father had also enjoyed the fruits of university schooling in America but subsequently returned to his native Kenya.
This is a man, who also like his father before him, neither served in a branch of the US military nor in any organization in America opposed to US military adventurism.
This is a man who as a deeply corporate military industrial complex US Presidential candidate, has called for “unilateral” US military actions in other nations. [And why not? After-all, his father, himself, or his wife and children were not and will not be the ones killing and being killed.]
This is a man who, in Chicago, pretended to support the human rights of the Palestinian people but who is now known to be a huge supporter of the apartheid Zionists and their powerful and insidious political lobby in America. This is a man who dares opportunistically to feign admiration for the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but does not share the collective memory, pain and deep concerns of Black America, other people of color, or even of numerous white Americans for that matter - in the ongoing struggle for equality and justice in this nation. [...] This man, Barack Obama, is but a more articulate, younger, and shinier version of the current and infamous US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, adorning himself dangerously and abundantly in superficiality and double-speak.
Times are perilous and how deeply I fear for my Black, Brown, and Red sisters and brothers. Indeed, how I fear for America as a whole, and the peoples of the world. It would seem that the US imperialists of the corporate and military elite may have at last found a black face. Unfortunately, for the moment at least, some of the American people might very well be blinded by the lightness of this black face, until such time as the horrors really begin to sink in. But will it be too late then?
Hang on just a little longer.
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There are just a few hours to go before America's long nightmare is over.
The last four years have been pure hell for those of you who value
democracy a...
K-12 enrollment down statewide, in Orleans Parish
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Declines seen across the state. Lower enrollment in pre-K, kindergarten
accounted for about half of the enrollment drops, officials said.
The post K-12...
Library Board Tomorrow
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The Lincoln Parish Library Board of Control will meet tomorrow (Wednesday,
January 20), 4:00 PM, Library Events Center, 910 North Trenton. Here is the
agenda.
Winter is Here Indeed by Bill Buppert
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Publisher’s Note: The full-throated roar of communist ambition is
steamrolling the former United States under a virtual rain of cluster bomb
munitions la...
What gets you through
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Maybe you knew Rick Tippie as a longtime chef at Arnaud's or more recently
at Killer Poboys or Liuzza's by the Track. Back in the day, he regularly
comment...
Anti-Maskers are Misguided Anti-Vaxxers
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THIS IS NONSENSE: “So, it’s a slippery slope. Stand up for freedom, before
it’s gone. Let me explain where this is going. In 2020 – a face mask is
required...
Here Comes The Boom
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Okay sports fans, here comes the boom! My Bossier is about to start back
up! Get Ready! Here it comes! The cold hard truth! Don't hate the player!
Hate the...
Welcome to the Alexandria Postcard Collection
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Postcards are an important medium in telling stories of the past. They are
historical masterpieces, showing life at points in time.
Greetings from Alexandr...
2:45 p.m., Voluntary Evacuation Area Removed
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Voluntary Evacuation Area Removed October 7, 2016 All areas once part of
the Mandatory and Voluntary Evacuation Order from the Bayou Corne Sinkhole
has b...
brief dashcam clip of alleged sex offender arrest
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brief dashcam clip of alleged sex offender arrest
some guy on a bicycle was allegedly looking at children through binoculars
across the street from the k...
Saying goodbye to our Old House
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I never thought this day would come. We had to say goodbye to the “Big
House”, the old house, the Hynson-Ringgold house (and many other names)….
We were tr...
57th presidential inauguration 21 january 2013
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57th presidential inauguration 21 january 2013
oath of office and speech + more.
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American Christians, Israel and Zionism
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In this video, our founder, Charles E. Carlson speaks about his solo
walk-in visit to the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip in March 2002.
There he...
All Good Things Must Come to an End
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Dear Readers and Friends of F&H, It is with a sense of sadness and hope for
the future that FaithandHeritage.com will cease publishing articles. All
good t...
Last Days Lunacy and End Times Madness
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Podcast: LAST DAYS LUNACY and END TIMES MADNESS (The following commentary
is a reprint of the chapter Bible Basics 101: Last Days/End Times and The
Second ...
[JTA] Loughner’s Jewish mother? Not so much
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The article/blog entry below from the JTA reminds me of the arguments about
Lenin's Jewish ancestry. Now that we can look at the records, we know that
Leni...