Tell President Obama and Sec. Salazar - We Don't Kill Wolves Either!

The public said no to wolf hungry Palin, remind our new Administration that protection is needed to help restore natural balance, we have upset for several hundred years in US alone.

clipped from mail.google.com Help Close the Book on Eight Years of Bush Wolf-Killing Policies It would be a brand-new day for wolves -- if we can convince Interior Secretary Salazar to reverse the Bush Administration’s wolf-killing policies. Please send a Citizen Petition to Save Wolves. Just a few clicks could help save hundreds of wolves from slaughter.

Florida has had a lot of people exonerated - give this case a chance too?

clipped from www.deathpenaltyinfo.org Florida Scheduled to Execute Defendant with Strong Claim of Innocence Posted: February 11, 2009 in Innocence What's New Wayne Tompkins is scheduled to be executed in Florida at 6 pm on February 11 despite evidence that he could be innocent.  Tompkins was sentenced to death for a murder in which even the victim’s death is in question.  The body used as evidence in the case was identified by partial dental records matching one tooth, and several individuals have signed affidavits saying they saw the victim alive after the alleged murder. Gov. Crist could stay the execution.

Exciting news - Brain to Artificial Arm - "Time to move now!"

I sure hope this may also be adapted to help those with nerve damage or amputation, as well!

clipped from www.nytimes.com In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain

American Predator Aircraft Daily Violate Presidential Executive orders Against Assassination

Executive Order 12333
2.11Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.

2.12Indirect Participation. No agency of the Intelligence Community shall participate in or request any person to undertake activities forbidden by this Order.

clipped from www.commondreams.org In a camouflaged trailer truck in the Nevada desert, a bank of computer screens shows live images of a mud-walled compound in Afghanistan, 8,000 miles away. Those pictures are coming from a Predator unmanned aircraft that you, hunched over the computer in the darkened room not far from Vegas, are flying remotely.

Get Ready to Celebrate

If not for them, there'd be no us!

clipped from www.internationalwomensday.com INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (8 MARCH 2009) IWD is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. The first IWD was run in 1911 so in just a few years time 2011 sees the IWD Global Centenary. In some countries like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday ... more

Get your bags packed to visit Habana

clipped from org2.democracyinaction.org Send the Cuba Travel Ban to the Trash Bin! Witness for Peace has worked for the past decade to change the senseless and cruel U.S. policies toward Cuba.  Along with our partners, we have identified that removing the ridiculous ban on travel by U.S. residents to Cuba will be the first step in building fully normalized relations with our island neighbor. President Obama has promised to open up travel for Cuban Americans to visit their family in Cuba, but we must seize this moment to end the travel ban for all U.S. residents once and for all.  We have the best chance we've ever had if we mobilize now. We now have legislation in the House of Representatives calling for an end to the travel ban on Cuba for all Americans."Travel for All" instead of "Travel for None" or even "Travel for Some." Take action now:  Send an email to your representative asking him or her to co-sponsor H.R. 874.

Knit Not War!

Good hands on project!

clipped from knitnotwar.com Knit Purl Hosts Knitnotwar 1,0o0! If you are in Portland, please join knitters at Knit Purl, a fantastic knitting boutique in downtown Portland, for two knitnotwar Nights (Feb. 4th & Mar. 4th) as they help complete the project by donating the 300 cranes needed to finish the project.

New Mexico - Will It Repeal Death Penalty?

Let's hope - YES!

clipped from media.www.dailylobo.com Media Credit: Robert Maes / Daily Lobo Mary Burton Riseley, from Cliff, N.M., displays a sign protesting the death penalty. Riseley was one of more than 100 people who rallied in Santa Fe on Monday in support of a bill that would abolish the death penalty. The Roundhouse was filled with shouts of "Governor! Governor!" as an exuberant crowd cheered Gov. Bill Richardson's support of their cause. About 150 people gathered on Monday to convince New Mexico legislators to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico.

Bill to end death penalty proposed in Kansas

clipped from www.ksn.com By Jessica Oakley Story Created: Feb 6, 2009 at 12:16 PM CST Story Updated: Feb 6, 2009 at 5:58 PM CST WICHITA, Kansas – Kansas’ death row could be shut down to save money. That’s the idea of one Wichita lawmaker, who is looking to slash expenses in the face of a $1 billion budget shortfall.

Clemency recommended for Jeffrey Hill

clipped from www.chillicothegazette.com COLUMBUS — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended unanimously that Gov. Ted Strickland spare a death row inmate whose entire family opposes his execution. The board voted 8-0 in favor of mercy for Jeffrey Hill, who killed his mother in 1991 in a crack-cocaine induced rage.

Fair Trade for Valentine's Day, not roses

Good idea!

clipped from us.oneworld.net Fair Trade Valentine's Day chocolates from Global Exchange, an organization advocating for fairer globalization. © Global ExchangeWASHINGTON, Feb 4 (OneWorld.net) - If you're looking to stand out this Valentine's Day, check out OneWorld.net's socially and environmentally conscious gift guide, where you can find everything from llamas -- donated in your sweetheart's name to a family in Ecuador -- to Fair Trade soapstone heart boxes from Kenya.

Good on You - Jewish Community Urges Immigration Reform

clipped from www.njjewishnews.com A coalition of Jewish community leaders is urging the reform of immigration policy before Passover begins on April 8. Called “Progress by Pesach,” the campaign began with a Jan. 29 conference call to members of the Jewish media chaired by the president of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Gideon Aronoff of South Orange.

The hidden detainees - children on their own!

Let's hope that President Obama and the new Secretary of Homeland Security act quickly to do right by the children rounded up and detained like adult felons and with no way to contact their families.

clipped from www.facebook.com On February 4, the Women’s Refugee Commission and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP released Halfway Home: Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Custody, the first in-depth investigation into conditions of care for this vulnerable population since the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ordered a transfer of custody to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The report details the challenges that exist in protecting the safety and basic rights of these vulnerable children, and reveals a few critical areas that warrant significant improvement. Download the full report and press kit. Boys held in a cell at the Border Patrol's Fort Brown station. Photo by Michelle Brané/Women's Refugee Commission

Death Penalty Debate in Montana

clipped from www.montanasnewsstation.com Reporting from Z7 in Bozeman Also on the Web 2009 MT Legislature - Home Proposals to abolish the death penalty in Montana have sparked debate among Senate lawmakers during the last four sessions. Now, the controversial proposal will go before them again. Senate bill 236 calls for replacing lethal injection with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Anti-Alien Advocates are as American as Apple Strudle!

They are disgusting but America has had Hate Foreigners movements almost since our beginning as a nation. If they did not directly or indirectly encourage acts of violence and killings, they would be just laughable. So they must be exposed and opposed. At the least, when one cracks a joke - say something - silence encourages them or they take it for support and they are emboldened.

clipped from www.splcenter.org The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance describes how the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and NumbersUSA were founded and funded by John Tanton, a retired Michigan ophthalmologist who operates a racist publishing company and has written that to maintain American culture, "a European-American majority" is required.

Forgotten Victims: Families of People on Death Row

The Old Testament tenet: Do justice, love mercy, and humbly walk with your God describes much of 83-year old Celia McWee's life; visiting her son on death row before he was executed gave her meaning to her life for 13 years.

clipped from inthefray.org Celia McWee's loved and lost ones.   Celia McWee, 83, looked forward to Saturdays for 13 years. This was her favorite day of the week because she would use it to make herself pretty for her Sunday morning visit. But she wouldn’t go to church. She would visit the state prison. She would drive three hours from Augusta, Georgia, to Ridgeville, South Carolina, to visit her son, Jerry McWee. Jerry had been on death row since he robbed and killed John Perry, a grocery store clerk in rural Aiken County, in 1991. He was executed on April 14, 2004. He was 52.