Topic: Culture & Society

Did you know that when a dog is rescued from the pound (instead of purchased from breeder or pet shop), he/she knows its been rescued? You will never find a more loyal friend then that who knows you just rescued him/her! Isn't just this one fact alone enough to make you want to rescue/adopt instead of purchasing that cute puppy in the window who will surely grow up into an adult dog anyway?

For some, the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980 might seem like a straightforward case of ‘bad man pulls trigger’. However, according to an article in the Winter 2007 issue of Haunted Times Magazine, something more sinister may have been at work.

"One of our main tasks as theologians is to deal with current events in light of the fact that our first allegiance must be to God, who created and loves all people - indeed all forms of life," argues David Ray Griffin in the preface of his just released and highly controversial Christian Faith and the Truth behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action. "If we believe that our political and military leaders are acting on the basis of policies that are diametrically opposed to divine purposes, it is incumbent upon us to say so."

The best way for Israel to stop terrorist attacks in its territory is by first ceasing its occupation of all Arab land it captured in the 1967 War which, admittedly, Israel did out of self-defense. Israel was correct in defending itself.

Stephen Hawley Martin, author of a new book on the Salem witch hysteria, "A Witch in the Family," says that the similarities between Muslim extremists and the Puritans of seventeenth century New England are striking.

Coco Tralla LLC announces a seven book series that claims to stop accelerated global warming, cease non-stop wars and thwart future nuclear fallout by the most powerful industrial military complex in the world. Recently released, Book One, Light Vision, does not contain the controversial findings of Book Two, Energy Grid. (Book One is a novel about sex magick and Italian witches in Rome, Italy.) Strange as it may seem, according to Coco, Book One purposefully does not document findings about the grid or invisible warfare because, prior to the release of Book Two, she aims to position herself as a leader in increasing public awareness and therefore circumvent the destructive path of the world's largest industrial military complex.

Not Enough Time In the Day? Learn From A Sea Turtle. by John P. Strelecky Author of The Why Café

As strange as it may sound, we can learn a great deal about how to prioritize our lives by taking a few moments and watching a sea turtle. That may sound crazy, but it’s true. Sometimes major life lessons come from the most unlikely of sources. When it comes to prioritization, sea turtles are experts.

Tralla Productions (pronounced tra-la) announces a massive campaign to expose the misuse of a “New” Energy that makes oil and gas pumps, even electric meters, obsolete. Company president & CEO, Coco Tralla, explains, “New is in quotes because the energy has been kept hidden from the public for decades -- and the reason for keeping it hidden is clear -- it’s all about power. Everyone must become aware of the clear signs so that we can stop the misuse of an energy that enables a select few to orchestrate catastrophic events with a political/financial agenda.”

My Perfect Mess by Nancy Roman Excerpt from The Right Words at the Right Time Volume 2 by Marlo Thomas

I had a rotten fifth grade. Although I made good grades, worked hard, was quiet and mostly obedient, Sister Saint Therese du Divine Coeur hated messy. And I was so messy.

Besides the deepening complexity of international dealing over Iran nuclear program, the distrust seems to be prevailing mostly among the US, France, Germany, Britain, and Israel, among others. Iran is posturing a non-shaken defiance over its nuclear program, inviting the diplomatic overture like imposition of sanction from the Security Council, or the eventuality of ultimate use of force (from the US) against the Islamic Republic, the option which is being hugely disqualified by many international onlookers. Though the US has also preferred for a diplomatic solution, the ruling-out of such military option from the Bush administration would be incorrect.