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Rolla Peace News October 13, 2015 |
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================================= Dear Friends:In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 2. OUR FEARLESS EDITOR AT CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) A Nuclear Islamic State? — Not Yet b) Where Do Refugees Come From? c) And the Real Enemy Is — Non-violent Peace Activists d) What If They Gave a Demonstration and Nobody Came? ================================ 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, October 15, 2015, (and all subsequent Thursdays until peace is established) from Noon to 1:00 PM. Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the 70s. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign. 2. OUR FEARLESS EDITOR AT CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND Helen is flying home tonight from a conference in drought-ridden California. She'll be home too late to write her column this week. 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) A Nuclear Islamic State? — Not Yet b) Where Do Refugees Come From? c) And the Real Enemy Is — Non-violent Peace Activists d) What If They Gave a Demonstration and Nobody Came? A NUCLEAR ISLAMIC STATE? — NOT YET I think some unsavory folks might be reading my column. Well, it's nice to have such non-discriminating followers. A few months ago (July 28), I wrote a column stating that if Greece had a few nuclear weapons and a missile that could reach Paris or Berlin, the European bankers wouldn't be treating the Greeks so shabbily. I further wrote: “Let's not stop with Greece; let's talk about the Islamic State. While it's unlikely that Greece would acquire nuclear weapons, the Islamic State is another matter. It's already under control of men who at least appear to be mad and there is a lot of loose nuclear material floating around. (You can thank your own leaders for that.) Do you think the world would be so cavalier about bombing territory controlled by the Islamic State if they had nuclear weapons? ... The only way a poor small nation can get any respect is to acquire nuclear weapons or an equivalent threat. You can thank your own leaders for that too.” It appears the FBI might have foiled a plot to sell nuclear material to the Islamic State. The problem is that the potential buyers seem to have been FBI agents and there is (proclamations by the news media not withstanding) apparently no evidence that the Islamic State is looking for nuclear material, which is a good thing. After all, the world is dangerous enough with a nine member exclusive nuclear club consisting of the USA, Russia, Israel and six other unsavory states. I read that the Islamic State does all sorts of nasty things, but I wonder: Has the Islamic State ever bombed a hospital like the US military did again last week? How about wedding parties? That seems to be a favored target for the US and its allies. WHERE DO REFUGEES COME FROM? According to Thomas Harrington it has been long-standing US/Israeli policy to dismember Middle-Eastern states by fomenting war and strife in the hopes that all sides lose. This policy of creating chaos instead of stability was supposed to make Israel safer. Ha! Having made much of the Middle East unlivable, we now have armies of refugees attacking the European fortress. And now Russia is involved in Syria which, while partially foiling the US/Israeli plot, is likely to make the world far less safe in the long run. Harrington's article is important. Read it. John Feffer supplies some background on modern “population transfers”. And here's what happens to some of our American refugees who are deported back to the violent situations they sought to escape. AND THE REAL ENEMY IS — NON-VIOLENT PEACE ACTIVISTS Saturday, a peace demonstration in Turkey was bombed killing almost 100. Turkish police then prevented ambulances and other emergency medical workers from entering the scene of the bombing and aiding the victims. The government is blaming the Islamic State, although anger over the bombing seems to be focused on the government. Whoever set the bomb off, it appears that some warring factions in Turkey may have colluded against a common enemy — non-violent peace activists. Sound familiar? WHAT IF THEY GAVE A DEMONSTRATION AND NOBODY CAME? Saturday was supposed to be a day of hate-demonstrations against Islam in the United States. But it seems like Islam has found a new popularity. A demonstration in Huntsville, Alabama netted zero anti-Islam demonstrators. Many demonstrations boasted more supporters of tolerance than hate-mongers. ================== Rolla Peace News is distributed by email once a week on Tuesday evenings (except on rare occasions) and is posted on the web at http://tomsager.org (click on Grassroots Rolla: top of rightmost column).If you don't wish to get notices of peace events in the Rolla area, let me know and I'll take you off this list. If you want to be added to this list, let me know. Wage peace, Helen helenm (at) fidnet.com ### |