In 1946 he published memoirs, "KZ Mauthausen". In that book he
reproduced a sketch which he claimed to have made from memory in 1945,
of bestial executions carried out by the Nazi guards.

Alas, many of his readers had file copies of Life magazine, and his
sketch -- which he also used on the cover of his book -- jogged
memories: memories of three young German soldiers, whom their
commanders had sent across the lines in captured US uniforms on
sabotage missions, during the famous Ardennes offensive of December
1944. Sentenced to death by a US court martial under the laws of war,
they asked only one last favour: to hear the Christmas Carol Silent
Night sung one last time, before they were shot.

A CRUEL forgery therefore? It should not surprise us. The Wiesenthal
center trades in forgeries and faked photos as long as it can get away
with them.

See the proof Simon Wiesenthal's forgery:

http://www.fpp.co.uk/Auschwitz/docs/fake/SWC_firing_squad_Fake.html

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Scott Dorsey wrote:

Party pooper:

http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/node/264
http://www.google.com/search?q=melaleuca+scam

If we just learned to eat the stuff, Pollutka could
stop jumping up and down about how we are all going
to starve, and we could graze the Everglades back
to health.

Then again:

"The world population ... figure continues
to grow at rates that were unprecedented
before the 20th century, although the rate
of growth has almost halved since its peak
of 2.2%% per year, which was reached in
1963."

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:50:56 GMT, see.my.sig@theBeach.edu (Crash)
wrote:

The people are not the doctor. They are the patient.

Top Ten Myths about Iraq, 2008
by Juan Cole

1. Iraqis are safer because of Bush's War. In fact, conditions of insecurity
have helped created both an internal and external refugee problem:

' At least 4.2 million Iraqis were displaced. These included 2.2 million
who were displaced within Iraq and some 2 million refugees, mostly in Syria
(around 1.4 million) and Jordan (around half a million). In the last months
of the year both these neighbouring states, struggling to meet the health,
education and other needs of the Iraqi refugees already present, introduced
visa requirements that impeded the entry of Iraqis seeking refuge. Within
Iraq, most governorates barred entry to Iraqis fleeing sectarian violence
elsewhere.'
2. Large numbers of Iraqis in exile abroad have returned. In fact, no great
number have returned, and more Iraqis may still be leaving to Syria than
returning.

3. Iraqis are materially better off because of Bush's war. In fact, A
million Iraqis are "food insecure" and another 6 million need UN food
rations to survive. Oxfam estimated in summer, 2007, that 28%% of Iraqi
children are malnourished.

Faster Climate Change Feared
by Juliet Eilperin

The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by
the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a
new report led by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The survey -- which was commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program and issued this month -- expands on the 2007 findings of the United
Nations Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change. Looking at factors such as
rapid sea ice loss in the Arctic and prolonged drought in the Southwest, the
new assessment suggests that earlier projections may have underestimated the
climatic shifts that could take place by 2100.

However, the assessment also suggests that some other feared effects of
global warming are not likely to occur by the end of the century, such as an
abrupt release of methane from the seabed and permafrost or a shutdown of
the Atlantic Ocean circulation system that brings warm water north and
colder water south. But the report projects an amount of potential sea level
rise during that period that may be greater than what other researchers have
anticipated, as well as a shift to a more arid climate pattern in the
Southwest by mid-century.

Homeless Veterans Get Holiday Help

Aaron Glantz, OneWorld US Aaron Glantz, oneworld Us - Wed Dec 17, 10:49 am
ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17 (OneWorld) - The line of veterans seeking free food
and clothing reached all the way around the corner, more than 200 strong.
Some wore their old military IDs around their neck, others carried red,
white, and blue identification cards from the Department of Veterans
Affairs.

Some had lived homeless on the streets for years. Others were seeking help
for the first time in decades, after being laid off during the United
States' increasingly deep recession.

Each waited for a chance to enter the Ark of Refuge mission South of Market
in San Francisco, where the veterans services organization Swords to
Plowshares was giving out care packages that included a backpack stocked
with a hat, rain poncho, windbreaker, flashlight, socks, underwear, ski
gloves, towels, and toiletries.

"I'm hungry and options are limited this year," said an Air Force veteran
named Mark, who asked that his last name be withheld to keep the shame of
poverty away from his famly.

S'mee wrote:

CALIFORNIA — Civil-rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday
against Laguna Beach and accused the leadership of the exclusive
coastal town of engaging in a campaign of harassment against the
homeless. The American Civil Liberties Union alleged in its lawsuit
that a city ban on sleeping on the street is unconstitutional,
particularly because there are no year-round city-sponsored shelters.
The lawsuit seeks a change in policy but no money for the homeless...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_WAWC_IeVw&feature=channel_page

From CNN, 12/26/08:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html?eref=rss_us

Poll: 75%% glad Bush is done

By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director

(CNN) --

A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans feel
President Bush's departure from office is coming not a moment too
soon.

Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research
Corp. survey released Friday said they're glad Bush is going; 23
percent indicated they'll miss him.

________________________________________________________

23%% say blow in their ears and they'll follow you anywhere. 2%% not
sure what country they're in.

Harry

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/122608.html

As George W. Bush and Dick Cheney make their case for some positive
legacy from the past eight years, two arguments are playing key roles:
the notion that torturing terror suspects saved American lives and the
belief that Bush’s Iraq troop “surge” transformed a disaster into
something close to “victory.”

Not only will these twin arguments be important in defining the
public’s future impression of where Bush should rank on the
presidential list, but they could constrain how far President Barack
Obama can go in reversing these policies. In other words, the
perception of the past can affect the future.

Though most current thinking holds that George W. Bush might want to
trademark the slogan “Worst President Ever,” America's powerful right-
wing media (and its many allies in the mainstream press) will surely
seek to rehabilitate Bush’s reputation as much as possible.

Even elevating Bush to the status of a presidential mediocrity might
open the door for a revival of the Bush Dynasty with brother Jeb
already eyeing one of Florida’s U.S. Senate seats and possibly
harboring grander ambitions.