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See your bristle worms here.

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Three years after a secretive federal inquiry found that numerous agencies of the Canadian government were complicit in his torture, Ottawa's Abdullah Almalki held a press conference on Parliament Hill on Oct. 25, where he released shocking documents to prove the alleged case against him was completely unfounded and based on racism.

Almalki, who was detained, interrogated, and tortured for 22 months in a Syrian dungeon, has sought answers to many questions since his return to Canada. Why was he targeted? How could agencies of his own government fabricate a case against him and then send questions to his Syrian torturers? He had hoped to participate in the Iacobucci Inquiry struck in 2007 to investigate both his case and those of Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin, also tortured with Canadian complicity, but all three were completely shut out of the process, along with their lawyers, the public, and the media.

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"War is delightful to those who have not experienced it."
—Erasmus

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Usually I prefer to opt out of expressing opinions about other people's religious beliefs/practices, but this video makes my skin crawl.

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YOU DON’T LIKE THE TRUTH - 4 days inside Guantánamo is a documentary based on security camera footage from the Guantánamo Bay prison.

September 28th 2011 - US premiere at the FILM FORUM in New York City.

Trailer:

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Article by Scott Belsky online at 99%.com

There has been much discussion about the value of the “creative pause” – a state described as “the shift from being fully engaged in a creative activity to being passively engaged, or the shift to being disengaged altogether.” This phenomenon is the seed of the break-through “a-ha!” moments that people so frequently report having in the shower. In these moments, you are completely isolated, and your mind is able to wander and churn big questions without interruption.



However, despite the incredible power and potential of sacred spaces, they are quickly becoming extinct. We are depriving ourselves of every opportunity for disconnection. And our imaginations suffer the consequences.