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U.S. Soldiers Tell It Like It Is.

This is the third deployment film I made interviewing Soldiers and filming multiple mortar and rocket attacks that hit our FOB as... more

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Prince vs. Gay Rights?

What a week in music! Paul McCartney wants to release a long-lost Beatle track. Rod Stewart's rolling with Ron Wood this... more

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Presidential Doodles - Blog - Copy Cut Paste

Real drawing doodles of Obama and Palin. Quite surprising. Also, site pokes fun at some other politicians/celebrities would-be... more

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Sarah Palin's Song (Sarah-nade)

This video is HILARIOUS! It was made by Mizzou students, and its all about Sarah Palin.

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Palin calls for Republican rally--Says they should Not become the "negative party"

"We are now the minority party, but let us not resolve to become the negative party. Losing an election does not have to mean... more

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Palin says she would be honored to help Obama

"Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration,... more

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The Palin Crime Family

It seems according to Alaska's court records that the Palin clan have quite a list of crimes and misdemeanors. Bristol... more

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Perhaps Sarah Plain should watch this - Saving Africa's Witch Children

A friend in London just sent me this link.

In some of the poorest parts of Nigeria, where evangelical religious fervour is combined with a belief in sorcery and black magic, many thousands of children are being blamed for catastrophes, death and famine - and branded witches by powerful pastors. These children are then abandoned, tortured, starved and murdered - all in the name of Jesus Christ.

This Dispatches Special follows the work of one Englishman, 29-year-old Gary Foxcroft, who has devoted his life to helping these desperate and vulnerable children. Gary's charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria, raises funds to help Sam Itauma, who five years ago, rescued four children accused of witchcraft. He now struggles to care for over 150 in a makeshift shelter and school in the Niger Delta region called CRARN (Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network).

Gary and Sam introduce Dispatches to some of the rescued children who have been through unimaginable horrors, such as Ekemeni, aged 13, who was tied up with chicken wire and starved and beaten for two weeks, and Mary, aged 14, who was burnt with acid before her mother attempted to bury her alive. Other children display the hallmarks of witch-branding - acid burns and machete scars. Uma Eke, aged 17, has been left brain-damaged after having a three-inch nail driven into her skull.

Hospitals refuse to treat children associated with sorcery, so Sam's centre does its best to provide medical aid. As well as the physical scars, the children arrive at the shelter badly traumatised by their experiences, with many of them brain-washed into accepting they are possessed by the devil.

The parents or siblings of children torture them in an attempt to kill them or force confessions from them to admit that they are witches. As Gary remarks, the children at CRARN are the lucky ones - they're still alive.

Influential preachers from the more extreme churches brand the children witches or wizards and exploit their desperate parents by charging them exorbitant amounts of money in return for exorcising the spirits. The film features extraordinary access to some of the preachers who openly discuss their work. One preacher who calls himself 'The Bishop,' says he has made a fortune by carrying out 'deliverances' on children. He admits having killed 110 people in the past. Dispatches films him as he administers a mixture of pure alcohol, a substance known as 'African mercury' and his own blood to one child accused of witchcraft.A friend in London just sent me this link. In some of the poorest parts of Nigeria, where evangelical religious fervour is... more