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But what you don't much of are helmets. While there is no concrete helmet law currently, it is a salient issue.
I bike to and from class most days, and on anecdotal evidence I can say that not many campus bikers use helmets.
But it does beg the question, should we sacrifice immediate safety for long term health?
A recent article in the New York Times argued that by encouraging helmet wearing we are making cycling more of a hassle than it should be, thereby making it a less attractive form of transportation. And with the clear health issues in the United States, we need all the exercise we can get.
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Initially I thought about the trans. I pulled the chain off and it ran fine thu the gears, no noises, even dropped into first without any clunk.
Any ideas would be great, clutch? offer these symptoms?
Is the chain too tight?
With the bike on the sidestand and no weight on it, if you can push down with two fingers in the middle of the chain and just get it to touch the black plastic guide thingy, it's about right. If you can't touch that with the chain, loosen it up a bit. If you can touch the aluminum of the swingarm behind it, you're too loose.
Is there any chance that the master link is not the same width as the rest of the links in the chain?
As for clunking into first, blame that on clutch drag.
Master link is the same as the others. Chain tension seems adequate. I'm kinda at a loss on this one. I'll try the chain on the loose side and see what happens. Oil has maybe an hour on it, I'm not sure what the previous owner used, I'm running Yamalube as I have in all my bikes for years. Would this clutch drag cause these symptoms?
I replaced the sliders, and the chain. I went with a normal, non-oring chain. The clunking is nearly gone. I may adjust the chain tension a bit to see if I can get rid of it completely. The sliders were very bad, all 3 of them were worn pretty thin.
I always suggest checking chain slack with swingarm pivot, countershaft center, and rear axle all in a line- it must have some slack at that point in the travel, else it's too tight.


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Toby Perkins, Labour, Chesterfield MP's trip funded by a bizarre Iranian terrorist cult (Mojahedin Khalq, Rjavi cult)
BY Iran Interlink, 2017/08/19
Guido Fawkes, UK, August 19 2017:… "[The MEK] is a bizarre organisation. As it is today, it resembles a kind of religious cult, brainwashing its adherents, taking their money and property, and separating them from partners and families… It originated in the 1960s as a violent Marxist-Islamic group opposed to the Shah; in the 1970s, it killed US servicemen in Iran, among others. It gave significant armed support to the revolution in 1979, but lost out …
Owen Bennett-Jones, Dawn, July 27 2017: The Strange World of the People's Mujahedin
Under President Macron, France can play a pivotal role in Western relations with Iran
Link to the source
TOBY PERKIN'S TRIP FUNDED BY FRONT FOR 'BIZARRE IRANIAN CULT'
A Labour MP's trip to Paris was paid for by an Iranian exile group which has been described as the front organisation for a 'bizarre cult'. Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins accepted £800 worth of accommodation, meals and transport from the France-based National Council for Resistance (NCRI) in Iran for a two-day trip in July. The NCRI is widely considered to be the political front for the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), who oppose the Khomeinist regime in Iran, and were a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK until 2008. Though the MEK has been praised for its opposition to Iranian theocracy, the methods and precise motives of the group have split Western opinion, with the US government describing it as a 'cult'. Michael Axworthy, former head of the FCO's Iran Section, said:
"[The MEK] is a bizarre organisation. As it is today, it resembles a kind of religious cult, brainwashing its adherents, taking their money and property, and separating them from partners and families… It originated in the 1960s as a violent Marxist-Islamic group opposed to the Shah; in the 1970s, it killed US servicemen in Iran, among others. It gave significant armed support to the revolution in 1979, but lost out to Khomeini's supporters in a bloody power struggle thereafter, was forced into exile, and later was based in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Because it fought on Saddam's side against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war, it has since then been completely discredited with ordinary Iranians in Iran. No one with any claim to sound judgment, let alone high office, should have given [the MEK] their backing."
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/170731/perkins_toby.htm
Gary Sick: To understand MEK we need to understand the source of its revenue
Radicalisation Awareness (Presentation at the ICSA Conference, Bordeaux, July 2017)
Debate in the European Parliament 'What is to be done about the Iranian Mojahedin Khalq (MEK)?'
Anne Singleton: Key to de-radicalization of MEK hostages in Albania are their families
IMPAKT 55 – Muxhahedinet iraniane ne Shqiperi. Interviste eksluzive me Anne Singleton
https://youtu.be/8v-Q7UWfN3M
The MEK's dirty past includes the anti-Imperialist inspired murder of six Americans in pre-revolution Iran which it later celebrated in songs and publications
https://iran-interlink.org/wordpress/?p=7979
House debate contaminated by Maryam Rajavi lobbyist Lord Alton (Open letter to Baroness Afshar)
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Open Minds, December 12 2016:… As a Farsi speaker I am sure you will understand when I describe Lord Alton's contribution as throwing a mouse in the stew (moosh andakhtane Lord Alton dar dige hoghoogh bashar); he ruined it for everyone. Rather than enjoying a free and productive discussion about human rights in Iran, the whole debate was contaminated by Lord Alton's …
Introducing Maryam Rajavi as a human rights activist is the wrong tool for the wrong job
The Life of Camp Ashraf Mojahedin-e Khalq – Victims of Many Masters By Anne Singleton and Massoud Khodabandeh
Dear Lady Afshar,
Baroness Afshar
We are fortunate in the UK to have in the House of Lords an Iranian woman with your distinguished past as Professor of Politics at York University and as a highly-respected advocate for Iranian and Muslim women's rights.
The House of Lords debate you called on December 8 was most welcome and timely. Your call to exert diplomatic pressure on Iran over its failure to administer true justice to its citizens and its mistreatment of named individuals was an admirable example of 'speaking truth to power'.
"Having spoken truth to power all my life, I find that in this country I am invited to apply to join your Lordships' House. I fear that in my own birthplace I would be put in prison and maybe the UK Government would not be able to help."
Surely then you were as dismayed and frustrated as myself and many others that Lord Alton brushed aside your "deep personal experiences and knowledge of Iran" to opportunistically launch into his stock speech in support of the notorious National Council of Resistance of Iran (aka MEK, MKO, PMOI, Rajavi cult) and its leader Maryam Rajavi. To say this was an unwanted and irrelevant intervention is an understatement. Indeed, when he referred to Maryam Rajavi's (fictitious) "commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to other international instruments", I was deeply dismayed.
Over decades, report after report by human rights bodies including various offices of the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have charted the appalling violation of every single article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Maryam Rajavi and her late husband in relation to their own followers. Surely it is common knowledge – at least among Iranians – that members of the MEK are held in a state of modern slavery and subjected to bizarre cultic abuses.
As a Farsi speaker I am sure you will understand when I describe Lord Alton's contribution as throwing a mouse in the stew (moosh andakhtane Lord Alton dar dige hoghoogh bashar); he ruined it for everyone.
Rather than enjoying a free and productive discussion about human rights in Iran, the whole debate was contaminated by Lord Alton's unwarranted support for a terrorist group which is known far and wide for its war crimes and crimes against humanity. We cannot now expect Iran not to take advantage of this speech and denounce the UK for double standards and supporting a terrorist group.
Some in the west perhaps forget that the Iranian establishment controls the narrative on the MEK in Iran and not Maryam Rajavi, and that it has lost no opportunity in the past to bring victims of MEK bombings as well as former members to the screen to testify to the MEK's (irrefutable) acts of terrorism, treachery and human rights abuses.
As a result of its bloody and treacherous past the MEK is reviled both inside and outside Iran. I would challenge anyone to find an Iranian who has not been paid or brainwashed by the MEK who would advocate for the group. What possible motive could Lord Alton have to support this group for three decades in full knowledge of their past and current human rights abuses? What possible benefit could be brought to the debate on human rights in Iran by such support?
As a respected member of the House and an Iranian woman who for decades has advocated for women and human rights you know that this directly damages every effort by activists and protestors inside and outside Iran to democratically challenge and change their government's suppressive, discriminatory and harmful policies. Support for Maryam Rajavi and the MEK plays directly into the hands of the hardliners who like nothing better than to point to UK support for MEK terrorism to justify their continued crackdown on civil protest.
Comrades in Arms – Sexual abuse by Massoud and Maryam Rajavi
https://youtu.be/jpDUMaIntS8
Open Minds – Explaining Radicalisation for Prevent and Channel
Anne Singleton, Prevent Suffolk Conference 22 March 2016
From Attraction to Action — How Young People Are Radicalized
Expert in cultic abuse and terrorism in the MEK speaks in London charity meeting
President of MIVILUDES Serge Blisko with Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton) of the FST. FECRIS 2015
U.S. pushes Mojahedin Khalq to accept Albanian asylum offer (2013)
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), University of Baghdad:
MEK's Western backers are complicit in their deaths
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton) and Nasrin Ebrahimi, European Parlaiment:
Silencing the victims of Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult, PMOI, NCRI …) to promote Maryam Rajavi
Anne Singleton from Iran-Interlink
visits Camp New Iraq (Formerly Ashraf)
in wake of violence by loyalists of the Rajavi cult
'No Exit' – Human Rights Abuses Inside the Mojahedin Khalq Camps – Human Rights Watch, May 2005
Document on Mojahedin Khalq released by RAND (The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq, A Policy Conundrum)
Open Letter to Susana Klien and Caroline Haworth of Womankind Worldwide
A number of survivors of Rajavi cult, August 31 2015:… This summer, your charity floated an engaging invitation on its Facebook page for women to nominate their 'women's rights idol'. Sadly, perhaps inevitably, Womankind was then inundated with nominations and praise for Maryam Rajavi. The effect has been to hijack the page and spoil its intent. The Mojahedin are …
Our story thus far: Another Mojahedin attack on two fathers and the sister of MEK's captives
Council of Foreign Relations, 2014: Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK). Backgrounders
(Received with many thanks – Iran Interlink)
As the outgoing and the incoming CEOs you will both be sensitive to the enduring reputation of your valuable charity Womankind Worldwide. We hope therefore that you are aware by now that you have become the latest target for another of the Mojahedin Khalq's deceptive propaganda campaigns.
This summer, your charity floated an engaging invitation on its Facebook page for women to nominate their 'women's rights idol'. Sadly, perhaps inevitably, Womankind was then inundated with nominations and praise for Maryam Rajavi. The effect has been to hijack the page and spoil its intent.
The Mojahedin are not doing this to promote women's rights and cannot point to a single real-life example of what Maryam Rajavi is supposed to have done to help women. Instead they are trying to whitewash their savage past and evade the court cases and allegations of gross human rights abuses inside the organisation.
We are all witnesses to the cruelties Maryam Rajavi has inflicted on the female members of the cult she created with her fugitive husband Massoud Rajavi. Maryam Rajavi is indisputably responsible for the deaths and mistreatment of tens of women members. And this is an ongoing problem. Only this month Maryam Rajavi's response to a young Iranian Canadian woman who visited her headquarters in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, searching for her sister, was to send a gang of thugs into the street to beat her up. This is not the action of a defender of women's rights.
Have no doubt, Maryam Rajavi's notoriety is known worldwide – from the US State Department and Human Rights Watch to the Human Rights Ministry of Iraq. And closer to home, the Foreign and Commonwealth office and the Home Office in the UK.
Although we are confident that you have no intention of allowing the reputation of Womankind Worldwide to be tarnished by association with this cult and its leaders, we thought a friendly heads-up to be appropriate at this stage. All of us are happy to provide more information on this issue. The following links are a good starting point.
Batoul Soltani – Germany
Open letter of Iranian Women's Association to Mr. Otto Bernhardet: Do you know who Maryam Rajavi is?
Homeyra Mohammad Nejad – Germany
Open letter to Mrs. Jane Holl Lute
Nasrin Ebrahimi – Switzerland
Beware of Maryam Rajavi's deception (open letter to Régine Deforge)
Zahra Mirbagheri – Iran
78 signatories: Mojahedin Khalq terror group are threatening to kill us in your country (Open letter to François Hollande)
Zahra Moini – Germany
President Hollande should curtail violent activities of Mojahedin Khalq (Rajavi cult) in France
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton) – U.K.
And some relevant links:
In 1997, the Home Secretary excluded Mrs Rajavi from the UK on the ground that " We need to take a firm stance against terrorism". That exclusion remains in force.
http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/11/12/government-may-weigh-rights-against-national-security-without-courts-interference/
Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK). Backgrounders
http://www.cfr.org/iran/mujahadeen-e-khalq-mek/p9158
No Exit: Human Rights Abuses inside the Mojahedin Khalq Camps
http://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/mena/iran0505/
UN: continued concerns about abuses committed by the PMOI/MeK leadership.
http://www.uniraq.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1567:unami-half-yearly-report-on-human-rights-january-to-june-2013&Itemid=605&lang=en
New document on Mojahedin Khalq released by RAND (The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq, A Policy Conundrum)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG871.html
State Department's Report on Mojahedin Khalq Orgainsation, Rajavi cult
http://www.iran-interlink.org/?mod=view&id=2309
Iran Interlink Fourth Report from Baghdad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpDUMaIntS8&feature=youtu.be
An Unfinished documentary for my daughter – Trapped in Rajavi cult, Mojahedin Khalq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEb5-ZBuk4k
Miss Mohammady: Our story thus far: Another Mojahedin attack on two fathers and the sister of MEK's captives
Behind the deceptive face of Maryam Rajavi's Women's Day meeting in Berlin
Judit Neurink: Iranian resistance group MKO to move to Albania
Silencing the victims of Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult, PMOI, NCRI …) to promote Maryam Rajavi – March 2013
Anne Singleton (Khodabandeh), Middle East Strategy Consultants, March 06 2013: … These women face a backlash of 'power and money' to stop them talking, while the same 'power and money' grooms the perpetrator, Maryam Rajavi, to talk about the rights of women and criticise marriage laws and say how they should be changed in the favour of women. 'Power and money' believe the MEK should not only be removed from terrorism lists but should be paraded in parliaments as exemplars of feminism. 'Power and money' are so dishonest that they cast the MEK in the role of victim while condemning the former women members as torturers, spies and agents …
(Maryam Rajavi directly ordered the massacre of Kurdish people)
Anne Singleton (Khodabandeh), Middle East Strategy Consultants, March 06 2013
http://www.mesconsult.com
Author of "Saddam's Private Army" and "The life of Camp Ashraf"
http://www.camp-ashraf.com
International Women's Day on 8 March is rooted in women's demands for better working pay and conditions, and for voting rights, and has expanded to encompass women's global struggle for equal rights and equal participation in social, political and economic processes.
In spite of considerable progress, continued vigilance and action are required to ensure that women's equality is gained and maintained in all aspects of life all over the world.
In this context what are we to understand about Maryam Rajavi's claim to feminist credentials?
Rather than take Maryam Rajavi's words and image at face value, let us examine her actions and behaviour toward women in her own organisation. The best people to help in this respect are the women members of the Mojahedin. Understandably, current female MEK members cannot speak freely about their experience of being in this organisation because they must only iterate the MEK's public stance.
However, those women who have recently left the MEK are certainly free to talk about the situation for women inside the MEK. Even so, their courage must be acknowledged. Not only is it difficult for women to break social taboos to talk about sexual abuse, but like whistleblowers everywhere, they are subjected to enormous pressure to keep quiet.
Indeed, just a glance at the difficulties faced by these women in recent months speaks volumes about the MEK's real approach to women. Since making public statements in a conference held the Autumn of 2012 about sexual abuses committed by the MEK leaders, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, against them and other women members, the following incidents have taken place against these women.
Batoul Soltani previously spoke out about the abuse of women in the MEK in both Baghdad and now in Europe where she lives. She was recently attacked in front of her house and her neighbours had to come to her rescue. The MEK have published indecipherable false documents on their websites alleging that while she was a member of the Mojahedin's Leadership Council (the highest rank after the Rajavis), she was working for the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. Batoul joined the MEK with her husband and two month old baby when she was barely eighteen years old. She had been a member for over twenty years.
Nasrin Ebrahimi, who now lives in Switzerland, was fourteen years old when she was taken to the MEK's Camp Ashraf in Iraq. She was only able to escape after the American army forced the MEK to disarm in 2003. Nasrin was invited to the European Parliament to testify about her experience as a woman in the Mojahedin. After that she suffered such severe harassment by the MEK that she changed country twice to escape them. Police have had to protect her for some time against the MEK. Recently she has again been approached and threatened in Switzerland for joining the group of women exposing the abuses.
Zahra Bagheri crawled combat-style over a kilometre for hours in the dark to escape Camp Ashraf. Her body was so lacerated and bleeding that the Iraqi soldiers who found her wept on seeing her injuries. She spent several weeks in hospital recovering from this ordeal. In addition she has had to undergo various operations in Germany because of neglect of her medical conditions while she was in Ashraf. She also joined the other women in the Autumn 2012 conference. The MEK are currently using her two sisters and her brother who remain in Camp Liberty to perform on their TV to swear at Zahra and their mother.
In the last two months, three more women have escaped from Camp Liberty. Seeing this treatment is it surprising that they are reluctant to talk to human rights investigators in Iraq even though privately they corroborate the experiences told by the women above.
They talk about Maryam Rajavi grooming young women and having them dance naked for her and Massoud. They say that after raping them Massoud gives them a medallion with his picture on it. There are 100 names, perhaps more, of women who have had hysterectomies; that is one in ten women in the MEK. They say this is done so that Rajavi can order them to sleep with him or any other man without fear of pregnancy.
It is public knowledge that the MEK instigated forced divorces long before the fall of Saddam so that for twenty years there have been no children in the MEK. In interviews with the BBC they proudly announced it and defended this policy. According to recent escapees, Rajavi has told the MEK the following: 'According to Islamic rule, if a woman turns against her husband he has the right to kill her. According to the Internal Revolution you are all my wives. So if any of you betrays me and leaves the MEK I have the right to kill you under Islamic law.' On the MEK websites they have published Massoud Rajavi's threat: 'I have evidence about everybody and if they leave I will expose them.' It is thought he may have film of sexual acts.
(Women "rewarded" with pendants and robes after sexual ordeal)
The MEK have for decades used violence, intimidation and harassment to prevent former members from speaking publicly about the abuses taking place inside the organisation.
News of these activities is suppressed because some people think that terrorism is a useful tool. These women face a backlash of 'power and money' to stop them talking, while the same 'power and money' grooms the perpetrator, Maryam Rajavi, to talk about the rights of women and criticise marriage laws and say how they should be changed in the favour of women. 'Power and money' believe the MEK should not only be removed from terrorism lists but should be paraded in parliaments as exemplars of feminism. 'Power and money' are so dishonest that they cast the MEK in the role of victim while condemning the former women members as torturers, spies and agents.
No one expects 'power and money' to take the side of victims, but to turn the tables in this way is truly sickening
Dear Washington: Kick Out This Iranian Militant Cult
Holly Dagres, Huffington Post, December 12 2014:… Maryam Rajavi's marriage to one of the original founders of the MEK symbolized the transformation from an organization to a "cult of personality." With the money provided by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein–they formed an alliance due to a deep disdain for the Iranian regime–to "construct self-sufficient camps" …
Discovering Iran (Women of Iran, Washington just doesn't get it)
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Foreign Policy Journal, November 08 2014:…In addition to the "Iran experts", Washington has found itself other sources of 'intelligence', foremost; the Mojahedeen Khalg (MEK) terrorist cult. This group feeds Washington information provided them by Israel. Previous to this assignment, the cult was busy fighting alongside Saddam …
ISIS supporter Maryam Rajavi attacks Obama from French parliament
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Iran Interlink, November 01 2014: … When a supporter of ISIS sits in the French parliamentary building and attacks President Obama, the cracks are seriously beginning to show in the West's approach to resolving the whole Middle East situation. Observers may not be sufficiently informed to tell Western governments what to do in …
Azar (Mona) Hossein Nejad asks UNHCR to transfer her sister out of Camp Liberty
Azar Hossein Nejad, Hossin Nejad weblog, January 01 2015:… I am contacting you to ask for your help regarding the situation of my sister, Zeinab Hossein Nejad, a 36 years old woman who is living in Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq. I never saw my parents or sister during my childhood and youth as all of them had to run for their lives. They left Iran along …
European Conservatives line up with Iranian hardliners (Stevenson, Vidal-Quadras)
Farideh Farhi, Lobelog, April 22 2014: … members (some of them with links to the exiled Iranian opposition group, the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK), such as Spanish EPP member Alejo Vidal-Quadras and British ECR member Struan Stevenson) proposed amendments deleting the call for an opening of the EU office in Tehran, fully in line with the position of their supposed enemies — Iranian hardliners …
Zahra Moeini: Situation of women in Camp Liberty (Mojahedin Khalq, Rajavi cult)
Nejat Association reporting from , Ashraf news, April 21 2014: … Massoud Rajavi has ordered the officials of the Camp to intensify the limitations against women especially after the revelations by Batoul Soltani and other dispatched members who bravely exposed the internal affairs especially the sexual scandals of the cult leader such as 'Salvation dancing' …
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Facebook Twitter Host MEK – Ban Critics
BY Russia Today, 2020/01/19
Russia Today, January 19 2020:... Twitter removed state-backed media outlet Al-Alam News' account, as well as that of the popular Iran-backed Spanish-language media outlet HispanTV, only reinstating the latter after a massive public backlash. Dozens of individual Iranians who supported their government were also deplatformed on Twitter, while anti-government users – many linked to notorious exile terror group Mujahedin e-Khalq…
US Imposed MEK Terrorists Put Albanians At Risk
BY TRT World, 2020/01/16
Elis Gjevori, TRT World, January 16 2020:... In 2014, under US pressure, Albania took in more than 4,000 members [Correct number is 2100 - Iran Interlink] of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) a secretive group formerly based Iraq. "Albania is hosting one of the most dangerous terrorist organisations on behalf of the United States," says Dr Olsi Jazexhi, an…
MEK Bots In Albania Main Source Of Retweeting Donald Trump's…
Daniel Moattar, Mother Jones, January 16 2020:... Trump was bragging about his tweet in Persian being the most retweeted Persian-language tweet. But much of that retweeting happens by these bots, and through these online activist cyber armies like the MKO (Rajavi Cult, MEK, NCRI, ...) . Their activism, now, is basically tweeting. They have these halls of aging activists sitting behind computers and…
Nejat Society Newsletter No. 67
BY Nejat NGO, 2020/01/14
Nejat Society, Tehran, January 14 2020:... After the fuel demonstrations in Iran were quashed, Iran's right wing claimed the MEK was behind the violent unrest. The MEK also claimed they were behind it. Genuine opposition groups and demonstrators said they need to have the right atmosphere and conditions so that people can demand their rights without the interference of MEK,…
Trump Admin Walks Back Anti-MEK Memo
BY The Daily Beast, 2020/01/14
Betsy Swan, Erin Banco, Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast, January 14 2020:... Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani—who the MEK hired to help it get off the U.S. list of foreign terrorist groups and who recently called the group "my MEK people"—welcomed the reversal. "[The MEK] is very supportive of a free…Iraq. It's run by a great woman who is committed to…
Voice Of America VOA or Regime Change Channel?
BY The Intercept, 2020/01/12
Lee Fang, The Intercept, January 12 2020:... VOA Persian now provides wall-to-wall positive coverage for hard-line regime change advocates. The network provides reliably favorable coverage of Mojahedin-e Khalq, or MEK, the militant opposition that has worked with Israeli intelligence to carry out assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, even providing a platform for Heshmat Alavi, a fake persona created by MEK. The network's journalists…
Pompeo keeps MEK at arms length
James M. Dorsey, Euro-Asia Times, January 12 2020:... A litmus test of the directive by Mr. Pompeo, known to have a close relationship with Donald J. Trump, is likely to be whether the president's personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, distances himself from the controversial National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an offshoot of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, a group that was taken…
Imprisonment of Ehsan Bidi in Albania against International Laws
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As learning gardens bloom, ribbon-cutting ceremonies celebrate community collaboration in Jackson, Leland
By Luna 3 months ago
Contact: Vanessa Beeson
Students explore the learning garden at Galloway Elementary School in Jackson. (Photo by Scott Willard)
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Learning is in full bloom at area schools in Jackson and Leland as Mississippi State faculty are celebrating alongside district and community leaders with dual ribbon-cutting ceremonies for school gardens today [Oct. 8].
Over the past year, an MSU cross-college collaboration has led to the design and completion of gardens at Galloway Elementary School in Jackson and Leland School Park in the Delta. Both gardens employed an award-winning design concept called The Living Room: A Freeware Learning Garden Focused on Health, Food and Nutrition Education. The model was developed by MSU faculty and students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' landscape architecture department and the College of Architecture, Art and Design's architecture and graphic design programs.
Cory Gallo, a landscape architecture professor, co-led the project with Hans Herrmann, architecture professor, and Suzanne Powney, associate professor of graphic design. He said each design challenged MSU students to improve upon the concept of learning gardens.
"The students were intentional in the design approach and asked important questions about how the gardens can contribute to education. This resulted in a design that included minimized growth space, ample seating, a chalkboard and other features that created the function and feel of an outdoor classroom," Gallo said. "Calling it a Living Room design came from the idea of creating a place where education flourishes. It's about building a better learning space that can be actively used. Once you establish the idea that the garden is a classroom, children approach it with that learning mindset."
Travis Crabtree, one of two project curators for the overarching Fertile Ground project of which the Galloway learning garden is a part, explained the garden's role in telling the story of food access in Mississippi's capital.
"Fertile Ground is a public art installation aimed to inform the public about food access through the medium of public art and design. The learning garden is one of approximately 15 different installations across the city that seek to gain the public's attention about food insecurity," Crabtree said. "The garden faces a fast food corridor and is located in one of Jackson's biggest food swamps, where an abundance of foods with limited nutritional value are readily available. The learning garden is focused, in part, on teaching kids about healthier food options."
The MSU landscape architecture alumnus said he is proud of the garden's concept and excited to build something with his alma mater.
"We're fortunate to have partnered with Mississippi State's design/build collaboration. Learning gardens can be a challenge to manage and maintain. We thought about the sustainability and longevity and how the garden would last from a physical, educational and community standpoint. The design will help teachers and the surrounding community use the garden in the way we envisioned, while also taking ownership of it and making it their own," Crabtree said.
Celebrating a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Leland School Park are, from left, Esperanza Colon, student; Barbara Lucas, principal; Emiline Brown, science teacher; Jamesha Keithley, science teacher; Susie Williams, district curriculum coordinator; Allison Poindexter, Delta Health Alliance; Suzanne Powney, MSU associate professor of art; Alexis Hamilton, MSU Extension agent I; Caleb Davis, student; Rev. Jesse King, district superintendent; Scott Willard, interim dean of MSU's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Cory Gallo, landscape architecture professor; Sadik Artunç, professor and head of MSU's landscape architecture department; Marquis Wafford, student; and Rickeya Brown, science teacher. (Photo by Kenner Patton)
Susie Williams, former Leland School Park principal who is now curriculum coordinator for the district, said she is proud of the Leland community's hard work in bringing their school garden to fruition, which involved hands-on help from community members, administrators, teachers, students and even the high school football team.
The learning garden at Leland School Park. (Photo by Scott Willard)
"I am excited about the relationships that have been established, the growth opportunity for our teachers and students and the opportunities to expand and collaborate with community partners and Mississippi State University," she said. "Students can engage in learning in the fresh outdoors, interact with Mother Nature and enjoy a change of pace from the traditional classroom setting."
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was on hand to commemorate the Galloway garden, which is part of Fertile Ground, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Utah's Pikus Concrete and Pennsylvania's Significant Developments also collaborated on the project.
Collaborators for Leland School Park garden include AIM for CHANGE (Advancing, Inspiring, Motivating for Community Health through Extension), an MSU Extension program, which funded the project with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Delta EATS (Edible Agriculture Teaching Students), a nonprofit group that is part of the Delta Health Alliance.
For more on MSU's Department of Landscape Architecture, visit https://www.lalc.msstate.edu/; the School of Architecture, visit https://www.caad.msstate.edu/academics/majors/architecture and the Department of Art's graphic design program, visit www.caad.msstate.edu/category/graphic-design.
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Celebrate Women's History Month by Checking Out These Women to Watch
Check out these 8 women making waves online and beyond
By Avital Norman Nathman Published on 03/27/2017 at 12:30 PM EST
While Women's History Month is about remembering what came before and building upon it, there's no better way to close out Women's History Month than looking toward the future, to the many women out there who continue to make waves in their specific industries and make a big impact on the world at-large. From STEM to sports, we've created a list of amazing women who are making their mark via their words and actions. Get to know them!
Jenny Yang. Comedian. Jenny Yang is hilarious. She manages to mix an energetic style of comedy with her sharply-formed political opinions, resulting in her audience being schooled in everything from microagressions to cultural appropriation while also laughing (sometimes at themselves). Yang's style — one seen more often in the comedy scene than ever before — punches up, and that may be why she gets so many laughs. After a white chef made a video on the 'right' way to eat pho for Bon Appétit, Yang responded in a sweet… and savory way.
Jessica Luther. Writer. When it comes to the intersection of sports and feminism, Jessica Luther is there. The author of the recently released Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape, Luther is leading the way in discussing and commenting on sexual assault and sports. A sports-lover from birth, Luther is both engaging and accessible to both novices and former athletes alike. She's not afraid of asking tough questions of athletes, various teams, and the larger, male-dominated system that houses them. Follow Luther on Twitter if you enjoy sports, random pop culture commentary, and some reproductive justice sprinkled in the mix!
Laverne Cox. Actress & Activist. Laverne Cox might be known best for playing Sophia Burset in Netflix's hit series Orange is the New Black, but it is her activism within the trans community that really makes her someone to follow. In addition to numerous acting gigs, Cox works hard at not only elevating the stories of trans individuals — particularly trans POC [people of color] — but advocates hard for them as well. Whether it's speaking on talk shows and college campuses or acting on television, Cox's voice and visibility are incredibly important when it comes to representation.
Dr. Katherine J. Mack. Astrophysicist & Writer. Katie Mack is an astrophysicist from Melbourne, Australia with a popular social media feed — and for good reason. Mack makes science interesting, cool, and fun (for those of you who didn't already know how awesome it is). One of the reasons to follow Mack is not just her love of science, but because she finds ways to blend in other important topics (like racism, bias, sexism, and more) into her awesomely nerdy tweets and posts. Plus, she makes these topics super-accessible, so anyone can learn! There is still a huge gap when it comes to girls and women entering and succeeding in STEM, but Mack shows just what can happen if we ensure that equal opportunities and proper support in the sciences exist.
Leslie Mac & Marissa Janae Johnson. Safety Pin Box. Activists Leslie Mac and Marissa Janae Johnson took the "slacktivist" concept of wearing a safety pin and made it something that has multiple, positive impacts. As co-creators of the Safety Pin Box, Mac and Johnson provide a monthly service that provides white folks with resources to help them actively work on their own internal prejudices and dismantling white supremacy while simultaneously financially supporting Black women. With more and more people wanting to do something meaningful in light of our current political situation, the Safety Pin Box is an excellent place to start. It's a new form of activism, started and run by women, and it will definitely have an impact on the way many of us work towards equity and equality.
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Turn the rebranding of Oregon Angel Fund as Oregon Venture Fund, into an opportunity for local design students to gain real-life experience and mentoring.
Oregon is a state that prides itself in local business development and growth.
As such, Oregon Angel Fund is an organization that excells in discovering new local businesses that show potential, investing and helping them grow into companies worthy of the "Made in Oregon" stamp of approval.
So when OAF came to AKQA Portland looking for help to rebrand themselves as Oregon Venture Fund, it was only natural that they took the same approach to their own company as they do to businesses they invest in—keeping it local and focussed on development from within.
Working with local universities, AKQA selected 10 design teams comprised of 2 designers each, to participate in a month long competition that would ultimately decide the new brand identity for Oregon Venture Fund. But more than just a competition, students were to participate in workshops, mentorship meetings and presentations, as they developed and sharpened their designs.
Each step of the process was made to highly local, highly inspirational and offering true mentorship to participating teams.
After being briefed at AKQA Portland, teams spent a week developing first round designs. During this time each team had a one-on-one session with AKQA design directors, helping them to refine their designs and inspirations. After presenting their first designs internally, the selection was narrowed down to 3 teams.
Top teams then had a chance to spend time with 2 world renowned designers, Adam Garcia and Mike Erdenberger—both veterans in the local Portland design scene. After further development and refinement, students got to do an internal presentation to AKQA creatives as a rehearsal for their final presentation to OVF.
Going above and beyond, students truly brought their best to the table.


Your husband is your best friend. But now it's time to excite your better half with some awesome gifts. Don't get perplexed instead read the below points to get idea on how to search gift for him.
Wood Pasted Photo Album: As a wife, you always endear to pile up the good memories that you have with your husband. Honestly collecting them in an album gives a close touch. In that respect get a scrapbook album to deck up your lovely memories. The best thing is that it is made from fine quality wood and has a glossy wood finish as well. The key attributes of the book is that it has premium quality butter paper, high standard of binding rings etc. Moreover, the scrapbook pages are prepared from 180 GSM black sheets. You can send this gift from any reputed onlinegift shop.
Key Ring, Pen And Wallet In A Box: Choosing a stylish yet functional gift for your husband is indeed a courageous task. As you have to look for a combo deal in that case a wallet, pen and a functional key ring in a single box seems to be a perfect catch up for his birthday. Do not compromise on the quality which is why leather seems to be the most important which promises on the durability. Other than that it is spacious and comfortable to carry.
Grooming Collection: Grooming kit for men is again one of the awesome gifts that you can search for your boyfriend. This is a multi-functional kit which includes shaving brush, razor, pre-shaving scrub, shaving balm, shaving cream. Obviously, you will always want that your boyfriend should have a clear glowing face then this shaving kit is a must-have essential. Thus he can have healthier, softer and smoother skin. Moreover, he could enjoy a comfortable shaving. And no need to worry about skin problem because the products are dermatological tested.
Customized Cushion Cover: Get a heart shaped cushion for your husband and get your photos printed on that. Make sure that you search for something which is soft but durable at the same time. Definitely search for a spacious center where your message can be printed. At the same time, make sure that you should go for fine quality inks so that the emanating color should be lively and vibrant. That apart the makers also guarantee on the ink standard which assures that the print on the cushion won't fades away with time. Moreover, you need not worry about the washes as well because you can follow a normal hand wash only.
Personalized Beer Cup: A cup of beer in a chilly winter is something all love to catch up. If your husband too loves the same then a designer beer mug with your message quote on it deems perfect for his birthday. You just search for an online store where you can either send your high-quality photos or personal message and they will print the same on the mug. The best thing is that no need to worry about the quality as you can get the precise printed one that comes with awesome quality which means that the print will last for long. At times you are also doubtful regarding the quality of the glass it is breakable or not. Again don't worry about that because it is made from an enduring glass.
Strong Fragrance: It is the smell of the perfume that makes you remember his charm. He loves to use mild fragrances but from the top-notch brand. Honestly choosing a fragrance for your husband is not easy as you have to know about different brands. On the top of that, just note you should search for fragrances which are prepared from a high range of spices. Definitely, after putting on the fragrance, your husband will be able to pull off the personality with élan. The refreshing aroma is so soothing that it will keep the bad body odor at distance. Therefore you can send gifts at same day to you beloved once as well.
Briefcase Bar: Do you want this anniversary to be something special? Then have a husband and Wi-Fi mini bar party. But before that, you can take a step to surprise your husband with this lovely briefcase bar. It's uber stylish and the compact box is crafted from wood. Certainly, it is just a mind-blowing addition to your cocktail parties.
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Predicting The Most Popular Baby Names Of 2018
By Ariel Karlin/Updated: Jan. 23, 2018 2:53 pm EST
Whether new parents want their baby's name to stand out from the crowd or fit in nicely among the other tots, it can be hard to predict if your plan will actually come to fruition. It's hard to see the zeitgeist while you're a part of it.
So which baby names will be super popular in 2018 and which will be highly unique? I analyzed the Social Security Administration's data on changes in baby name popularity between 2015 and 2016 to spot names that are rising in popularity and creeping toward the top of the charts (2017 rankings haven't yet been released). Then I consulted with trend expert Daniel Levine of the Avant-Guide Institute to come up with this list of names that may be some of the most popular of 2018.
Emersyn
This newfangled spelling of the classic name Emerson jumped 90 spots to the 304th spot. As Levine notes, "while strange spellings are becoming commonplace, the names themselves are rooted in tradition. It's a balancing act that says 'I'm unique, but not strange.'" Emersyn/Emerson is definitely an example of this.
The surname Emerson has been around the United States for a long time. Emerson College in Boston was named after minister Charles Emerson when he founded the school in 1880, and Ralph Waldo Emerson (above) is one of the most famous American poets of the 1800s. Nowadays, the first name Emerson (with the traditional spelling) is popular across the board — it's the #161 name for baby girls and #296 for baby boys. And if funky-spelling Emersyn keeps ascending the charts at the same rate, it could soon be in the top 100. Similar name Emery is ascending the charts for both genders, but it's already particularly popular with girls, currently at #130. With three versions of this name on the up and up, it will surely be a hot moniker for the next generation.
Leia leaped 100 spots on the charts to #321, and is a princess name for these times. Star Wars names are very hot at the moment, with names Kylo and Rey/Rae surging after the release of new installment, Force Awakens (Kylo jumped 2,368 spots last year, the biggest change of any boy's name!)
Levine says animation and video games have a major influence on names right now, which could speak to the resonance of a sci-fi property like Star Wars. Perhaps after the tragic 2016 death of actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the original films, more new parents will want to honor her by naming their kids after the badass space traveler that she portrayed.
Aloy
Here's a name you might think is going to be a standout, but could actually become really commonplace: Aloy. Levine highlighted this name as an example of one that is on the rise and could become very popular in the future. Like Emersyn, it's an updated version of a traditional name: Aloysius.
According to BabyCenter, the name Aloysius is a boy's name that hit its peak popularity in 1898, but is once again on the rise. It sounds pretty old-timey to us now, but maybe in 20 years it will feel as young as the name Zayn.
Sage/Saige
Boys, girls, witches, mortals... all forms and applications of the name Sage are trending upward. The traditional spelling Sage is trending upward, moving up 15 points to #354 for girls, but the notable jump is for the boys, moving 102 spots to #546. Plus, the more modernly spelled Saige jumped 95 spots for girls.
It makes sense that this name is emerging as a go-to, as it fits in with a number of current trends. Sage is an herb, which can be used in both cooking and magic (if that's what you're into). This puts it squarely in the hipster/artisanal name category (Brooklyn is the #34 most popular name right now for a reason), and in the witchcraft world, which is currently all the rage.
There's also some crossover, as some millennials now burn sage as a cleansing ceremony for new homes. The word sage also, of course, means "wise through reflection and experience." This makes it kind of an ironic (but cute) name for a baby, and an apt one if the baby grows up to have some deep perspective.
As Levine says, "The "McDonaldization" of culture is propelling us to strive for individuality in our lives, which includes the names we choose for our children." Of course, if everyone tries to be original, originality can become common. This will explain what happened if there turn out to be a lot of new babies named Nier in the next few years. Levine chose this as an on-the-rise name, and it also fits the video game trend, and is a lot more catchy than naming your child Playstation. Just remember, "i" before "e."
5The Hawaiian name Malia jumped 55 spots last year to make the top 200 names, where it hasn't been since 2009, and it's no mystery why. Former First Daughter Malia Obama brought the name into the spotlight when her dad took office in 2008. And now she's a Harvard student, budding entertainment industry titan, and fashionable young person — a great role model to name a baby after.
While Sasha was already a more common name before the Obamas entered the White House, it had it's biggest jump between 2008 and 2009 — the name moved 99 spots to #261. It's been trending downward quickly ever since, ranking in the 500s over the past few years. Though, the name has moved up nine spots since 2015 to #533.
As for the name Barack? Not on the charts. It's probably a little too associated with one person.
There are a ton of different versions of the name Leo that are increasing in popularity: Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leonidas, Leonardo, and for girls, Leona. Even Mindy Kaling's character on her TV show The Mindy Project named her baby Leo.
Perhaps all these babies with similar names will end up going by the nickname Leo, but they also have the option of a longer, more interesting version. You could probably come up with your own, too, though be warned: it might suddenly become extremely popular. How about Leonana? Leonido? Leom? Leonarda? The sky's the limit.
Nova/Luna
Two other space-related names that are jumping the charts are Nova and Luna. Nova made it into the top 200 girl's names after a 78-spot jump last year, and Luna jumped 33 spots to #77. A nova is a type of star, and luna is the Spanish word for moon.
While the moon has — obviously — been around for quite some time, like millions of years, it's having a pop culture moment right now. You can pay $120 for a zodiac sweatshirt from Khloe Kardashian's line, read your lyrical horoscope from the Astro Poets (currently at 210K followers), and name all your children after objects you might find floating in outer space.
Looking for an edgy name for your future rebel baby girl? Harley jumped 57 spots to #224 for girls (but has been steadily trending downward for boys, ranking in the 600s for the past several years). The name connotes a Harley-Davidson motorcycle or villain Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad (the name Quinn is also rising), the 2016 movie inspired by the DC comics superheroes. If mean girls in the 80s were named Heather and the aughts were named Regina, perhaps in the 2020s they'll be named Harley. This is the perfect name for a badass in the making.


The long Fourth of July weekend is nearly here, and people throughout the state of New Hampshire are gearing up for a weekend filled with food, drinks, and fun. No matter what your festivities will include this year, this message bears repeating: drinking and driving don't mix! If your Independence Day plans include alcohol, make sure you don't get behind the wheel of a car, truck, boat, motorcycle, or any other kind of motor vehicle. Law enforcement will be on the lookout for drunk drivers to keep our roadways safe, so if you don't have plans to spend the night with friends or family, be sure to take advantage of ride sharing services, taxis, and buses. Not only could it potentially save your driving privileges, it could save a life, too!
DWI is a serious crime in New Hampshire that could result in jail time, fines, and a suspension of driving privileges, which could have a huge impact on your family obligations and employment situation. With so much at stake, it is important to involve an attorney as soon as possible after an arrest.
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Don't take my word for it. Trust what others are saying about my just-released crime-fiction mystery novel, The National Bet, then go order a copy!
Click on image above to order a copy of The National Bet.
Highly recommend this thoroughly engrossing crime thriller. Great story, engaging characters. I'm having trouble putting it down so I can attend to the business du jour. This would make a great Christmas present. Thanks for a great read, Bob McCarty Writes!
To read excerpts from the book, click here, here and here.
To find out what happens before and after these excerpts, order a copy of The National Bet.
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On Facebook this week, I shared a photo of Butters, my office assistant, inspecting newly-arrived copies of my just-released crime-fiction novel, The National Bet.
Monday, Nov. 17: In advance of the much-anticipated grand jury decision about the Michael Brown shooting death in Ferguson, Mo., I asked an important question about the Metropolitan St. Louis Police Department's apparent use of illegal surveillance equipment known. In addition, I shared a John Oliver video about I think all Americans should watch. Adding to the mix, I shared a book excerpt from my first crime-fiction thriller, The National Bet, and ended the day by sharing details of letters written by Soldiers in support of a wrongly-convicted fellow Green Beret.
Tuesday, Nov. 18: I revealed details of how the storyline in The National Bet draws from real-world issues, including some directly ties to the mainstream news media's reporting — or lack thereof — on important issues of the day.
Wednesday, Nov. 19: I raised a favorite subject with ties to my second nonfiction book, The Clapper Memo. Look for it under the headline, Ukrainians Barking Up Wrong Tree With Polygraph. I shared stunning news about a man believed innocent, who could leave prison next week after spending 36 years behind bars. And I shared a blockbuster item under this headline: Retired Defense Intelligence Agency Investigator Accuses DoD Polygraph Veteran of Violating Espionage Act of 1917.
Thursday, Nov. 20: In advance of President Barack Obama's much-anticipated announcement about an executive order on immigration, I shared my opinion that Border Security Trumps Immigration Reform. Later in the day, I predicted NBC Dateline Will Air Polygraph Propaganda during a segment to be broadcast Friday evening.
Friday, Nov. 21: After sharing news about DIA's Throwback Thursday piece spotlighting now-Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., I did some more writing and spent a little time plotting my one-man takeover of the book publishing industry.
FYI ABOUT LAST WEEK'S FYI: The documentary film crew from Los Angeles will be coming to the St. Louis area to interview me for two to three days during the second week of January — right after I return from a speaking engagement in Orlando. Though I still can't divulge details about the people behind the project, I can tell you they're interested in the subject matter of my book, The Clapper Memo. As an aside, I can tell you my three sons, who range in age from 17 to 24, believe my appearance in this documentary will increase my "cool factor" exponentially among those in the young adult/under-30 crowd.
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Anyone who's read Three Days In August and/or The Clapper Memo knows these nonfiction books of mine tackle real-world issues with fact after fact after fact. In a similar way, my first crime-fiction novel, The National Bet, draws from the same realities.
Members of the nation's largest national news media outlets (a.k.a., "the mainstream media") had apparently opted to stick to their decades-old practice of serving as propaganda organs for elected officials and special interest groups devoted to the government-knows-best ideology. As a result, only those who witnessed such events firsthand or paid attention to alternative news sources (a.k.a., "the new media") were likely to know the true extent to which their elected officials and the MSM had failed them.
Finally, members of the mainstream media began doing their jobs as journalists.
Newspapers began offering objective front-page reports, and news magazines began offering the kind of long-form stories that had almost disappeared from the journalism landscape. Most importantly, details about several scandals that had been overlooked during the previous six years— including, but not limited to, Benghazi, "Extortion 17," and "Fast and Furious"—began to emerge.
If you want to find out what happens between these two excerpts, order a copy of The National Bet.
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My first crime-fiction thriller, The National Bet, went on sale last week, and I thought I'd offer another excerpt to go along with one I shared earlier this month.
"K-man! K-man! Wake up! We've gotta go!" Waking to those words, Master Sergeant Josh Kastens knew the day was about to get serious.
A twelve-year veteran who had reached his current rank almost two years ahead of his peers, Josh was a member of the elite Air Force pararescue fraternity known as "PJs." Assigned to the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta, Georgia, he was pulling his first six-month tour in Somalia even as most Americans didn't realize members of their country's military had been deployed to the African nation since 2007.
During the briefing, Josh learned the mission would take him and his crew from their base near Berbera on the coast of the Gulf of Aden to an insurgent stronghold almost fifteen miles west of Saylac and ten miles south of Somalia's border with Djibouti.
By 2:30, their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter was airborne. Estimated time to target: twenty minutes. Outside the chopper, the early morning temperature was a stifling ninety-seven degrees Fahrenheit. Inside, the heat was even more oppressive as engine noise drowned out everything but the headset chatter between crewmembers.
Two gunners stood ready at their GAU-2/B miniguns, while Josh and his PJ partner, Staff Sergeant Stu Duckworth, sat with their legs hanging out opposite doors, M-4 carbines across their laps. Just in case.
Josh had made six saves during previous combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, but something about this new battlefield gave him the creeps.
Flying fast and low at a ten o'clock heading, the chopper pilot followed instructions from controllers aboard an E-3B Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Systems aircraft flying high above, and they reached the downed pilot's location without incident.
Due to the latest round of Pentagon budget cuts that had dramatically reduced the number of rescue aircraft in theater, only one chopper participated in this mission. And, thanks to misguided Rules of Engagement that no longer allowed gunners to use preliminary fire to clear landing zones of bad guys, every LZ was considered hot.
Approaching the LZ, the pilot took his chopper down at a steep angle while making a number of irregular turns designed to make it more difficult for anyone to shoot his bird down. Then, after dropping the PJs in a clearing, he climbed back into the sky. The entire process took less than forty seconds, and his chopper took no incoming fire. Now, he and his crew would keep watch over the area as the PJs went to work.
Equipped with night-vision goggles, the PJs reached the downed pilot quickly after spotting him crouched behind an abandoned truck some fifty yards north of the LZ.
"Are you hurt?" Josh asked the pilot, Captain Bud McGowan, who showed no signs of serious injury but was understandably nervous.
Captain McGowan's F-16C Fighting Falcon had lost hydraulic pressure in its lone engine. As a result, he had to eject in an area only a few miles away from an enemy base where, a short time earlier, members of the terror group al-Shabaab had been on the receiving end of one of his laser-guided five-hundred-pound bombs. Now, instead of being the hunter, he'd become the prey, hunted by dark-skinned men now less than half a mile away and closing fast.
After attaching a harness to the pilot, Josh radioed the chopper to return for an immediate pickup. As the word "copy" left his lips, a single shot rang out and, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sergeant Duckworth—"Duck" to his friends—reach up with his left hand to the side of his head. A large chunk had been ripped out of the PJ's helmet, but it didn't appear as if the bullet had penetrated his partner's skull. It did, however, cause him to be disoriented and have a hard time keeping his balance.
More shots rang out, but all missed.
As Josh half-carried his partner toward the makeshift LZ, Captain McGowan fired his 9 mm Beretta in the direction of the attackers who had cut the distance between themselves and their prey in half.
"How many are–" Josh began to ask Captain McGowan before stopping in mid-sentence as an AK-47 round grazed the left side of his neck. Then another round hit him inches above his right hip. Adrenaline surging, a quick assessment confirmed neither wound was life threatening.
Such an outcome had been made possible only after a U.S. Marine Corps three-star general had taken over as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and succeeded in convincing his superiors in the chain of command to allow crews aboard casualty- evacuation choppers (a.k.a., "CASEVACs" or "dustoffs") to defend themselves in hot LZs.
Upon hearing the E-D announcement, the chopper pilot dropped his aircraft to the ground within twenty yards of the PJs and the aviator they had come to save.
Ignoring his own wounds, Josh partnered with Captain McGowan to load Sergeant Duckworth onto the chopper. As they began lifting him up to the floor of the chopper, three more gunshots rang out in quick succession and Josh felt more pain. Looking down as he began to collapse, he saw his left leg nearly severed above the knee.
For what seemed an eternity, Josh watched through his night-vision goggles as his own warm blood poured from the leg, yielding a bright-red thermal-infrared signature. Less than a minute after he was hit, he lost consciousness.
Responding to the burst of unexpected gunfire, the chopper's right-side gunner quickly located and eliminated its source, another Somali sniper who seemed to appear out of nowhere some sixty yards northeast of the LZ. But it was too late for Josh.
While both PJs stayed true to their warrior fraternity's creed, "That Others May Live," only one survived.
The National Bet isn't a military fiction novel, but the action in the book begins in East Africa and makes its way to several locations across the United States. One of those locations, tiny Effingham, Ill., is home to several of the book's characters, including the father of the fallen PJ.
You can learn more about the book here and order a copy of the book here.
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TALK RADIO ALERT: I'll make a guest appearance on The Andrea Shea-King Show Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. Central.
Central Florida-based host Andrea Shea-King (a.k.a., "Radio Patriot") and I will discuss my just-released crime-fiction thriller, The National Bet. As usual, we'll also discuss the hot news topics of the day. I hope you'll listen and invite your friends to do the same!
UPDATE 11/21/2014 at 10:14 a.m. Central: Listen to the podcast here.
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America - The Real Danger Lies Within
There are a few newsies left who tell it like it is, Margolis is one of them.
by Eric Margolis
The year 2003 dramatically and dolefully illustrated Lord Acton's famous dictum that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
An almighty United States, unrestrained by any rival, international body, or world opinion, bestrode the globe, a belligerent colossus determined to monopolize global oil reserves and use its vast military power to crush lesser nations or malefactors that disturbed the Pax Americana.
For America's hard right - a curious farrago of Armageddon-seeking southern Protestants; neo-conservative supporters of Israel's right-wing Likud party; and the military-industrial-petroleum complex - the Bush administration's aggressive foreign policy of world domination, and utter contempt for international laws and old allies, marks a new era of national greatness. President George Bush, who vowed his foreign policy would be "humble" and "compassionate," has turned out to be the most radical president in modern U.S. history.
But for those Americans whose primary loyalty was to their country, rather than to religious cultism, foreign nations, or financial profit, the rapid emergence of the U. S. as an imperial power waging two hugely expensive colonial wars in Asia was a disaster, both for America's democratic system and for the rest of the world.
Bush's vow to bring "democracy" to the Mideast rang as hollow as pious assurances by 19th century European colonialists they were gobbling up Africa and Asia to bring the blessings of Christianity and civilization to benighted savages. Pillaging resources, not enlightenment, were - and remain - the true colonial motivation.
Bush's claims to hold the mandate of heaven to wage global warfare against the nebulous forces of "terrorism" sounded as dangerous and nonsensical as old Chairman Leonid Brezhnev's drunken claims it was the Soviet Union's "sacred internationalist duty" to launch military adventures anywhere on Earth where socialism was threatened.
Columnist Georgie Anne Gayer put it perfectly when she recently wrote that whereas America used to lead the world as champion of democracy, personal freedom and human rights, today, under Bush, it instead seeks to dominate the world through raw military and monetary power.
Posted at: January 05, 2004
Topics: Armageddon, Eric Margolis, Oil


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