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The Problem with Playing Defense.Given past performances, I'd say that Israel and its supporters are doing a better-than-average job of quickly beating back the international lynch mob that loves nothing more than propagating lies about Israel.

Thousands protest flotilla deaths, clashes in Athens.The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.Edith Sitwell.

Joining the Jackals.The Obama administration abandons Israel.Change you can see?

Fiasco on the high seas.The Turkish ship Mavi Marmara was no Exodus. It carried not Holocaust survivors but provocateurs, many of them extremists.

Goldman Sachs Sold 44% of its BP stock three weeks before the Deepwater Horizon explosion.I would love to have their cristal ball,just saying!

Fears of new flashpoint as defiant Israel prepares for showdown with two more Gaza aid ships.Israeli ambassador to US compares Gaza attack to fight against Nazi Germany .This isn't America or Europe, it is the Middle East, where there is no mercy for the weak, says Israeli defence minister.

Obama's FTC plan to reinvent America's news media.Has the once called The Land of the Free, And the Home of the Brave…..the United States today has become The Land Of Slave, And the Home of the Coward?

More:Will journalists wake up in time to save journalism from Obama's FTC.Journalists must understand that there is no way the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press will survive if the federal government regulates the news industry as envisioned by the FTC.

Arizona Gov. to Obama : We'll see you in court.I have a pretty good record of winning in court.

Elected officials say no thanks to Obama invite.The rest of the region's top elected officials declined White House invitations to attend Obama's speech at Carnegie Mellon University this afternoon.Yes we can?

Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf Coast following oil spill.The things I've seen: They just aren't right. All the life out here is just full of oil. I'm going to show you what BP never showed the President.No living creature should endure that kind of suffering.His motive: simple outrage.

BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas in Worst Case Scenario.WTF is going on? That much oil would wipe out all life in the Gulf and completely change the ecosystem, scientists say. And one scientist went further, and said the well may never be capped, leaking oil for over a decade.

Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw.Engineers may have to bring in a second saw if the delay continues.

NASA Satellites View of Gulf Oil Spill Over Time (1 Month).My heart goes out to all the people making a living from the Gulf and the animals affected by the spill!

Iran wants Netanyahu to face trial for Gaza raid.Perhaps he should give the example and stand trial for all the Iranian students killed and imprisoned by him?

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in England,more here.Hyde said there were 30 separate crime scenes. Witnesses described seeing the gunman driving around shooting out the window of his car.

New video :Mavi Marmara Passengers Attack IDF Before Soldiers Board Ship.Hat tip : Alexander Munch

BBC video : British Naval analyst on Flotilla lynch of Israelis Great footage and comment!

Israel vs. Palestine Share your opinion about Gaza Strip conflict!

The nightmare scenario: Oil spill set to hit Florida's beaches today as billions more are wiped off BP shares... and UK pensions.

UN statement on Israel's Gaza aid ships raid.

Q&A: Israeli raid on aid flotilla.It was the ninth attempt since 2008 to break an Israeli and Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip by sea, but the first that has resulted in bloodshed.

Says One Israeli General: Everybody Thinks We're Bananas.

Gaza flotilla: Israel to free detained activists.Meanwhile, another ship carrying aid has set sail for Gaza intending to challenge the Israeli blockade, organisers said.

Gaza Flotilla Organizer Part Of Dutch Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood Network In The Netherlands.According to Dutch media, Amin Abou Rashed is currently being held in Israeli custody.

IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla.The IDF has identified about 50 passengers who could have terrorist connections with global jihad groups.

FACTBOX-Gulf oil spill impacts fisheries, wildlife, tourism.With the failure this weekend of BP (BP.L)'s top kill attempt to plug its leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, fears are growing that the economic and environmental impact of the nearly six-week-old spill can only spread.

Turkey Wants US Condemnation of Israeli Raid.Davutoglu said that there was no need to wait for an investigation of the killings, because in Turkey's view the raid was illegal under international law because it happened in international waters.

British air hostess kidnapped and raped in Dubai desert.The defendant denies rape and drinking alcohol, which is an offence in Muslim Dubai, and will reappear in court next month.Somehow they're quicker to jail a Christian couple for kissing on the cheek!

Mass Grave of Rare Animals Found at Chinese Zoo.The bodies of more than 30 animals, including rare white tigers and lions, that died of malnutrition have been found in a mass grave near a Chinese zoo.

What will a hurricane do to the oil spill?A hurricane would clearly disrupt the efforts to stop the leak, although BP has a plan to install a device in order to quickly disconnect and reconnect the link down to the spill site in high winds. On shore, tasks like the laying of boom and rescue of wildlife would become more problematic.

Robots succeed, cut well pipe; oil gushes into Gulf.Live feeds from remotely operated vehicles.

Dredge, Baby, Dredge: Can Sand Stop the Oil?Still, Washington has only green-lighted 45 of the 90 total miles of berms Louisiana has proposed. Louisiana Senator David Vitter, also a Republican, calls that "absolutely outrageous" and has suggested that President Obama "doesn't seem to have a clue.

Oil Spill will inevitably bring extinction of animals.It will, according to biologists inevitably lead to the extinction of some animal and fish species. De dode dieren die nu aanspoelen vormen hooguit twee procent van het werkelijke aantal slachtoffers. The dead animals that wash ashore are now no more than two percent of the actual number of victims.

Religious supergroup forms to smite Comedy Central's Jesus Christ project.They are joining forces to form the Coalition Against Religious Bigotry.

Close encounter with a bizarre venomous beast.Conservationists are in the Dominican Republic to save one of the world's strangest and most ancient mammals - the Hispaniolan solenodon.

Malaysian official: God made animals for testing.God gave some humans more common sense?

Honey traps target Russian dissidents.I didn't suspect anything until drugs and sex toys were brought out. Instinctively I felt something was wrong and left.

A spooked great-grandad spotted a ghostly face in a family photo - and immediately recognised the phantom as HIMSELF on his wedding day.

Israeli Officials And American Conservatives Claim There Is No Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza.Over one hundred trucks, every day, laden with food and medicine go into Gaza. There’s no shortage of food. There is no shortage of medicine.

STUNNING Playboy model Brigitta Bulgari is being held in jail — after allegedly letting 15-year-old schoolboys GROPE her during a show.

FCC asked to monitor hate speech, misinformation online.Does we will plug the leak qualify as misinformation?

Iran Bars Music in Private Schools, May Impose University Code.Iran has set aside $1.5 billion to promote moral conduct, including enforcement of its dress code for women,to solve the cultural and social ills in society.Hmm must have come with their recent U.N. seat?

Russia proposes visa deal with EU.The main thing - it's not even a question of partnership - it would simply make life easier for millions of people.Now  terrorists need no longer visa's.

Recently in Moscow supermarkets there have appeared swastika stickers on Lithuanian products. The day before the youth movement "Nashi" ("Ours") called to declare a boycott to the Lithuanian goods.

Storm blows a 200ft hole in Guatemala City, swallowing a building.And we Canadians complain about potholes?

Massive sinkhole in Guatemala City (photo and video).

Porn actor allegedly kills 1, hurts 2 with prop weapon at LA studio.Two others who heard the man's screams ran to help him and were also attacked before Hill fled the scene.