Another United States Intervention: This Time US forces help one side in the Amish Civil War

US authorities have raided the compound of a breakaway Amish religious group and arrested seven men on federal hate crime charges in haircutting attacks against Amish men and women.

Cutting the hair is a highly offensive act to the traditional Amish, who believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once they marry. Several members of the breakaway group forcefully cut the beards and hair of Amish men and women in September and October, authorities said.

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United States intervenes in the Amish Civil War

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George Clooney and Cristiano Ronaldo star in Berlusconi trial witness list

George Clooney and Cristiano Ronaldo star in Berlusconi trial witness listIt could be the cast for a remake of one of those 60s classical epics: George Clooney as one of the stars, together with a former belly dancer and 32 assorted starlets, dancers and showgirls.

In fact, it is just part of the witness list agreed on Wednesday for the trial in which Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is accused of paying an underage prostitute. Others with walk-on parts in the courtroom drama include the Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, the former Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore, and three ministers in Berlusconi’s last cabinet – including the former topless model who was his equal opportunities minister, Mara Carfagna. For the complete story, click on the link below.

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The Occupy movement is growing; it can’t be sprayed away

The Occupy movement is here to stay. It isn’t going away. The movement is growing as more and more people learn how their livelihoods, money and futures have been redistributed to the 1 percent by the federal government over the last thirty years. Fox Fake News can’t will it away. Click on the link below for the story.

The Occupy Movement Can't Be Sprayed Away

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Has Newt Gingrich Found a New Way to Talk About Illegal Immigration?

Lawrence O'"Donnell: Has Gingrich Found a New Way to Discuss Illegal Immigration

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Did Newt Gingrich find a New way to Talk About Illegal Immigration?

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