New Work
on Nov 11, 2009 in Indian Country The Singularity A. Jay Adler indigenous peoples poetry BloodLotus Issue 14 October 2009 ———————————————————————————————...

The Tribal Nations Conference
on Nov 10, 2009 in Indian Country American Indians Individual Indian Money Trust Fund Litigation Ken Salazar Native Americans President Obama Tribal Nations Conference Tribal Trust Fund litigation UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Reports Indian Country Today, on November 5: “More than 400 members of federally recognized tribes gathered today at the Department of the Interior at a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Interior Ken S...

How We Lived on It (5)
on Nov 9, 2009 in Uncategorized Jacob Fisler Moonwalk New Orleans photography Someting to Believe Moonwalk, the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana Jacob was born in Chicago. lived in Texas, then Chicago again, now New Orleans. “For some people, hard times started long before last year.” Song, vocals, and all instruments: Jacob...

The Refusal II – A Response and Elaboration
on Nov 7, 2009 in The Political Animal Gaza Israel Israeli-Palestinian Conflict U.N. Resolution 242 I’ve received a comment from a reader (“People Are Talking,” at right), a very fine thinker and a reader I admire, that raises problematic issues with my last post, “The Refusal.” They are significant enough to warrant clarification in a po...

The Refusal
on Nov 6, 2009 in The Political Animal cognitive warfare demopathy Goldstone Report Israel Goldstone Last night, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold debated Judge Richard Goldstone on the subject of Goldstone’s UNHRC report. Gold declared at the outset: “Let me begin by being very direct. The UN Gaza report is...

The “Commission” Rules
on Nov 5, 2009 in The Political Animal Goldstone Report UNHRC The other day, in consideration of its vote to endorse the Goldstone Mission Report, I did a casual analysis of the character of the United Nations Human Rights Council. I measured the  current members against their recorded votes on the infamous...

Yankees Rule! (27X)
on Nov 5, 2009 in Culture Clash champions. baseball New York New York Yankees victory winnning Live with it.

The Legal and Intellectual Fraud of the Goldstone Report
on Nov 4, 2009 in The Political Animal demopathy Goldstone Report Israel As I argued earlier, the Goldstone Report will be a turning point in the manner of U.N. Resolution 3379, which in 1975 declared Zionism to be a form of racism, and which was repealed sixteen years later. It will reveal, as it continues to be analyzed...

Rep. Howard Berman Responds to Goldstone on H. Res. 867
on Nov 3, 2009 in The Political Animal Goldstone Report H. Res. 867 Israel Below is the response that Rep. Howard Berman, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and South Asia, and Rep. Gary Ackerman, Chair of the Subcommitte on the Middle East, released yesterday in response to Richard Goldstone’s written objectio...

Eating Poetry* (IV)
on Nov 1, 2009 in A Blue Guitar Blaise Cendrars poetry from Prose of the Trans-Siberian and of Little Jehanne of France by Blaise Cendrar But I was a very bad poet. I didn’t know how to go to all the way to the end. I was hungry And all the days and all the women in the cafés and all the glasses...