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December 29, 2008 10:08 AM EST

Notes to help you follow the current crisis

I find it helpful in covering current events to go over the time line of past events....I figured you would like to do the same as you follow what is going on right now in Israel / The Gaza: RAW DATA: Chronology of Israel's Relationship with Gaza Sunday , December 28, 2008 June 1967: Israel captures the Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip during six-day Mideast war. An Israeli census put the ... read more


December 29, 2008 09:46 AM EST

OPEN THREAD

open thread....blog! ... read more


December 29, 2008 09:44 AM EST

Oprah - scammed !

Oprah got scammed....click below and read....but I will defend Oprah on this one. What is she to do? Put all her guests on lie detectors? Can't she presume that her guests are honest? can't she assume a publishing company promoting the book has done its work in making sure non fiction is actually non fiction? What do YOU think?

False Memoir of Holocaust Is Canceled

By MOTOKO RICH and JOSEPH ... read more


December 29, 2008 09:04 AM EST

If the pay were equal....

December 29, 2008 08:08 AM EST

Good Morning -- BLOG!!

good morning....blog...this is an OPEN THREAD ! ... read more


December 29, 2008 08:04 AM EST

the last blog entry inspires us...and this one? ugh

What do YOU think? Read and post.. Widespread Practice of Female Circumcision in Iraq's North Highlights The Plight of Women in a Region Often Seen as More Socially Progressive By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, December 29, 2008; A09 TUZ KHURMATU, Iraq Sheelan Anwar Omer, a shy 7-year-old Kurdish girl, bounded into her neighbor's house with an ear-to-ear smile, looking ... read more


December 29, 2008 07:57 AM EST

Want to feel inspired to give ? Then read ...

December 29, 2008 The Neediest Cases

On Her Way to College Despite Her Family s Eviction

By TINA KELLEY The worst moment of the fall came when Rene Blas, 19, and her family were evicted from their Harlem apartment and had to scatter in three directions: her parents and younger brother to a family shelter in Brooklyn, her older brother and his girlfriend and infant to another family shelter, ... read more


December 28, 2008 11:06 PM EST

OPEN THREAD -- BLOG!

Go ahead...blog! This is an OPEN THREAD --- BLOG! ... read more


December 28, 2008 10:56 PM EST

What do YOU think about this ?

Read below....and post your comment: Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to the United States By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer IRVINE, Calif. Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open ... read more



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