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RiverBend, Back Posting!!!

by jimstaro

Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 05:46:11 PM EST

thanks for the news, Jim -- cho

Baghdad Burning

... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

The Lancet Study...
This has been the longest time I have been away from blogging. There were several reasons for my disappearance the major one being the fact that every time I felt the urge to write about Iraq, about the situation, I'd be filled with a certain hopelessness that can't be put into words and that I suspect other Iraqis feel also.

commentary :: :: :: buzz-it!

"My Name Is Rachel Corrie"

Rachel Corrie Memorial Site

* ³My Name is Rachel Corrie² Opens in New York

³My Name is Rachel Corrie² a play based on the life of the late US peace
activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer - was scheduled to open last
March at the New York Theatre Workshop. But six weeks before opening night,
the theater announced it was indefinitely postponing the production. The
move that was widely criticized as an act of censorship. On Sunday, the play
finally opened at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York. We play exclusive
excerpts of the play, and speak with Rachel Corrie¹s father, Craig; her
sister, Sarah; and the play¹s co-editor, Katharine Viner.
Listen/Watch/Read

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Oscar-Winning Actor Vanessa Redgrave to Present International Human Rights Award to Extraordinary Rendition Survivor Maher Arar *

Tonight, the Institute for Policy Studies will award its International Human
Rights Award to extraordinary rendition survivor Maher Arar. In 2002, Arar,
a Canadian citizen, was falsely accused of terrorist links and handed over
to Syrian authorities where he spent nearly a year enduring brutal torture.
Just last month the Canadian government exonerated Arar and criticized both
Canadian and US officials for his ordeal. Maher Arar¹s Human Rights award
will be presented by Oscar award-winning actor Vanessa Redgrave.
Listen/Watch/Read

RiverBend, Back Posting!!! | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)

Thanks, Jim (5.00 / 2) (#1)

I was just gonna post a link to this Daily Kos diary about Riverbend...

Very good news indeed.
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by wanderindiana on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 05:57:08 PM EST

So Was I.... (5.00 / 1) (#3)

Had just gotten home from work and something said to check, What A Great Surprise!!

Than not seeing anything decided to add it to the others I was gonna put up in an Open Thread, missed the KOS site by only a few, which is fine.

The short notice there Jumped Up Quickly!

She gives a Powerful Insight to the Lancet Report, From RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!!!

by jimstaro on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 06:47:54 PM EST
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: jim, I emailed a few people... (5.00 / 1) (#4)

who were relieved to hear it. Many more thanks to you from others too.

And now I have to stay up late and take a timed-release prescription! Pharmacist gave me strict instructions, as no one wants a repeat of last year. (Relapse caught relatively early this time.) Guess I'll end up sleeping most of the day tomorrow. I'm really gonna be a mess for awhile.

by Terri Emerick on Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 11:46:16 PM EST
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