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In the 1960's German Pastor Martin Niemoller would stand with the Communists to protest the war against them in Vietnam. I was not with the Commies. But Niemoller also gave us the immortal words that described a time when everyone's freedom was threatened by tyranny...."First they came for the Jews and I did nothing because I wasn't a Jew" and so on.... In the 1970's I was a "groupie" for a vain and egotistical radio preacher who fancied himself the leader of a 20th Century 'reformation" and who preached that "Honor thy father and mother" was "Social Security" found himself...

THETFORD MINES, Que. (CP) - A 29-year-old man trying to make hashish was one of three people slightly hurt Saturday following an explosion and fire in his hotel room, police said. The blast at the Bal Moral hotel, in Thetford Mines in south-central Quebec, caused serious damage to the building. It ripped through the man's room just after 5 a.m. He escaped by jumping out one of the blown-out windows. A man in the next room was slightly hurt, as was a firefighter, one of about 40 called to put out the fire. "I didn't have much, but now I...

STUART, Fla. -- Hyperactive like the rest of her breed, the Jack Russell terrier named Kaylee would chase anything thrown her way. And to the horror of adults and children at a family July 4th picnic, she did just that when a powerful firecracker was thrown into her yard. She chased it down and was killed outright when it went off. "I lost a family member," Joseph P. Kolinoski, 26, wrote in a statement to a Martin County Sheriff's Deputy. Kolinoski said the family was celebrating in their yard when his wife's uncle drove by and threw the powerful firecracker...

Bus blows up near Afula; at least 20 casualties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerusalem Post Internet Staff Jun. 5, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge bomb went off near a bus Wednesday morning in the area of Afula and at least 20 casualties were reported. Police said they suspect that a car booby-trapped with explosives detonated next to a bus as it traveled on the Wadi Ara Road, near Megiddo Junction, and that there were many casualties. The bus, on route 830, had left from Tel Aviv early this morning and was destined for Tiberias. Many soldiers were believed to be on board, an official...