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		<title>Virgin Mary in Bondage Causes Stir with Community in Women&#8217;s Rights Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cory Allen Contemporary Art</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 29, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) announces that artist and feminist Marilyn Artus is introducing her new portrait of the Virgin Mary in attempt to protest the continued infringement of women's rights by the Catholic Church and the many prominent conservatives. The portrait of the Virgin Mary will be on tour though many galleries and events; kicking off the tour with the AKA Gallery in Oklahoma City, Okla., April 6, 2012.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://send2pressnewswire.com/image/12-0329-artusvm_72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" class="alignright" height="250" width="250" align="right" />OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 29, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) announces that artist and feminist Marilyn Artus is introducing her new portrait of the Virgin Mary in attempt to protest the continued infringement of women&#8217;s rights by the Catholic Church and the many prominent conservatives. The portrait of the Virgin Mary will be on tour though many galleries and events; kicking off the tour with the AKA Gallery in Oklahoma City, Okla., April 6, 2012.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Lady of Nazareth Chose to Play Along,&#8221; depicts the Virgin Mary, with Pope John the XXIII looking on, partially nude in provocative black panty hose and heels, but denied free will by bondage restraints that have her arms crossed and pinned. Her hands, sticking out passed curved hips, embrace the traditional aged crucifix and a wire hanger that represents the many brutal back-alley abortions that have been the unfortunate result of denied contraceptive practice. </p>
<p>&#8220;My image shows solidarity for the Virgin Mary, not blasphemy. I feel that as a woman she has been the submissive victim of male dominated Catholic hierarchy,&#8221; said artist Marilyn Artus. &#8220;But, I&#8217;ve already been met with a certain amount of anger with requests to not show the image coming from some of my friends and relatives who belong to the Conservative Right.&#8221;</p>
<p>Prominently placed over her private area is a scarlet F, marking the Catholic Church&#8217;s questionable area of focus in regard to their stances on birth control and abortion. </p>
<p>Lifelong congregation member Jeff Hamilton of Saint John the Baptist in the Oklahoma City area is not against the protest art. &#8220;It seems kind of sacrilegious to depict the Virginal Mother that way, but the church uses art for its message and this happens to be a case where an artist uses art to create an image the church wouldn&#8217;t agree with,&#8221; said Hamilton, adding, &#8220;As an adoptee, there isn&#8217;t a day that goes by that I don&#8217;t feel grateful to be here, but I support the artist&#8217;s right to protest the Catholic stance on birth control.&#8221; </p>
<p>The artist&#8217;s camp is expecting more contentious voices to emerge against the work that is set for display throughout the month. &#8220;The artist isn&#8217;t trying to anger anyone. She is simply saying the Catholic ban against modern contraception was put into place by a Pope, and it can be lifted by a Pope,&#8221; said spokesman Cory Allen. </p>
<p>Marilyn Artus&#8217;s past work includes &#8220;Our Lady of the Anti-Personnel Weapon and Her Stepford Friends.&#8221; The work depicting clashing conservative ideologies featured the religious icon wielding a knife and a hand grenade and was covered by the mainstream media in 2010. </p>
<p>The Virgin Mary portrait will be on a tour from coast to coast in the United States before going international. It will first publicly appear next Friday, April 6th, at AKA Gallery Oklahoma City, Okla., before heading to other galleries and festivals.</p>
<p>For more info, contact Cory Allen at 323-393-3115 or visit <a href="http://www.cacanet.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.cacanet.com" target="_blank">http://www.cacanet.com</a> .</p>
<p>- 300dpi image download for media (no nudity): <a href="http://Send2Press.com/mediaboom/12-0329-artusvm_300dpi.jpg" class="autohyperlink" title="http://Send2Press.com/mediaboom/12-0329-artusvm_300dpi.jpg" target="_blank">Send2Press.com/mediaboom/12-0329-artusvm_300dpi.jpg</a> .<br />
- Image Caption: &#8220;The Lady of Nazareth Chose to Play Along&#8221; by and Copr. &copy; Marilyn Artus.</p>
<p><strong>News Source:</strong> Cory Allen Contemporary Art :: This press release was issued on behalf of the news source by <a href="http://send2press.com/services">Send2Press&reg; Newswire</a>, a service of Neotrope&reg;. View all current news at: <a href="http://Send2PressNewswire.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://Send2PressNewswire.com" target="_blank">http://Send2PressNewswire.com</a> .</p>
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		<title>Inside Story of How Houdini&#8217;s Missing Bust Was Recently Secretly Restored to His Gravesite in New York City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Houdini Museum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Houdini Museum, a 501(c)3 nonprofit museum in Scranton, PA, had a secret project to restore Houdini's grave site bust for over 20 years. It reached full intensity in the past year. The original statuary bust was installed after Houdini's death in 1926. It was destroyed by vandals in 1975.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://send2pressnewswire.com/image/11-1003-houdinib_72dpi.jpg" border="0" title="Houdini Commandos" alt="Houdini Commandos" class="alignright" align="right" />NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Houdini Museum, a 501(c)3 nonprofit museum in Scranton, PA, had a secret project to restore Houdini&#8217;s grave site bust for over 20 years. It reached full intensity in the past year. The original statuary bust was installed after Houdini&#8217;s death in 1926. It was destroyed by vandals in 1975. It has been gone for 36 years. Several composition, or plastic, busts were placed there briefly but lasted a short time or were used one day each year &#8211; October 31, for a ceremony done by The Society of Americans &#8211; that brought more grief to the cemetery. Because of this the cemetery now closes on Halloween, the date of Houdini&#8217;s death. </p>
<p>Many consultants were contacted in conjunction with this plan. Nothing was to get in our way. Peter Blacksberg, the president of Riverside Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Saddlebrook, New Jersey, was contacted for advice. We were told to get a letter from the closest living relatives going back to Houdini&#8217;s death, and to have insurance in case anyone was hurt doing the repairs. This was done. A high profile New York lawyer, Gary Pillersdorf, was contacted for advice and to bail us out in case we got arrested. We had all our ducks in a row. There had been some contention between the Society of American Magicians and the cemetery as to ownership of the grave. We decided not to contact them, to avoid any new problems with this project. We did try to contact the cemetery in the past but to no avail. </p>
<p>In the 1970&#8242;s The Society of American Magicians made a lightweight cast of an original bust now owned by the Museum of the City of New York. Houdini&#8217;s wife donated the original to that museum. The lightweight copy was on loan to magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz, owners of New York City&#8217;s Magic Towne House, who had it on display. The magicians currently run the nonprofit Houdini Museum in Scranton PA. The Society of American Magicians asked them to return the replica in 1979 and it was soon misplaced. For the sake of posterity, the two magicians secretly made a mold of the bust and put that in storage. In the past year they made five trial composition busts and finally three statuary cement busts. The best one destined to be installed at Houdini&#8217;s grave site. Another will be unveiled this year at the annual historic Houdini Seance on Halloween at The Houdini Museum. This event is free and open to the public by reservation.</p>
<p>A secret group called the &#8220;Houdini Commandos&#8221; was then formed. They were Dorothy Dietrich; Dick Brookz; Steve Moore, retired escape artist; along with Dean Allen, contractor; Tracy Bullaro, helper; Cathy Moore, helper; and Ron Chicken, videographer. The stealth plan was to get in and out unnoticed in one day.</p>
<p>Everything was ready. Diamond bits, drills, a powerful vacuum system, a generator (no electricity at the grave), special cements and epoxies, a way to safely transport the bust, etc. On several of the planned days flooding rains ensued and dates were changed. Everyone had to be available on the same day, which was almost impossible. Finally the day came. On September 27, 2011 everyone arrived by caravan at 10 a.m. and the work began. Each person had their assignments. Part way into the project a cemetery caretaker and watchman inquired what we were doing. Dorothy explained and tried to distract him with various papers, etc., as we continued working. He said we would have to stop until he called his boss. A long, almost non-ending phone conversation followed, and the issue of insurance came up. Our insurance agent faxed a letter and we were given the go ahead. Because of the lost time and other problems &#8211; such as a powerful construction cement drying too rapidly, having to drill it out and rushing to a local hardware store last minute for more &#8211; we did not finish until 7 p.m. The watchman had now become our supporter and allowed the cemetery to stay open an extra 3 hours. </p>
<p>This project has cost The Houdini Museum (<a href="http://houdini.org">http://houdini.org</a>) close to $10,000, but it sorely needed to be done. Houdini, in his lifetime, had paid for the fixing of dozens of magicians graves that were in disrepair. This was only fitting payback. Kudos have come in to the Houdini Museum from historians and magicians from all over the world.</p>
<p>For more information and links to hi res pictures go to: <a href="http://houdini.org/houdinibust.html" class="autohyperlink" title="http://houdini.org/houdinibust.html" target="_blank">http://houdini.org/houdinibust.html</a> .</p>
<p><strong>Media Contact:</strong><br />
Penny Wilkes<br />
Houdini Museum<br />
(570) 342-5555<br />
webmaster@pocono.net</p>
<p><em>- Photo caption: Houdini Commandos: Steve Moore, Dorothy Dietrich, Dick Brookz.</em></p>
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		<title>Art Controversy Revealed this Week: Daniel Edwards&#8217; Justin Bieber Allegory of a Teen Sex Symbol</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cory Allen Contemporary Art</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://send2pressnewswire.com/image/11-0824-de-jbprivates_72dpi.jpg" border="0" title="Daniel Edwards" alt="Daniel Edwards" class="alignright" align="right" />NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Images of the allegorical tribute to teen idol Justin Bieber, created by controversial New York artist Daniel Edwards, are being released by Cory Allen Contemporary Art this week.</p>
<p>&#8220;Allegory of a Teen Sex Symbol (Justin Bieber)&#8221; shows a symbolic representation, in a manner inspired by renaissance painter Giuseppe Acrimboldo&#8217;s portraits created from assemblages of fruit, and groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster&#8217;s famous series of plaster casts of 60s rock stars. </p>
<p>&#8220;Daniel is commenting on how young celebrities grow up too fast in the media &#8211; how they are often sexualized too soon,&#8221; said the artist&#8217;s representative Cory Allen.</p>
<p>&#8220;It would be naive and hypocritical for anyone to be offended by this simple sculpture, yet be apathetic towards the plethora of images to which they subject themselves on a daily basis,&#8221; said Daniel Edwards, &#8220;I stand by the work.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>About Daniel Edwards:</strong><br />
Daniel Edwards is a professor of sculpture at the New York Academy of Art, who also publishes books on art at independent publishing house AppleParrot. His past works include &#8220;Monument to Pro-Life,&#8221; which featured Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, a portrait bust of Hillary Clinton imagined as the first woman president of the United States, which exhibited at New York&#8217;s Museum of Sex, and &#8220;Paris Hilton Autopsy,&#8221; an interactive sculpture of Hilton, which warned teenagers about the hazards of driving under the influence.</p>
<p>For more info, visit <a href="http://www.facebook.com/officialdanieledwards" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.facebook.com/officialdanieledwards" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/officialdanieledwards</a> or <a href="http://www.CACAnet.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.CACAnet.com" target="_blank">www.CACAnet.com</a> .</p>
<p>No celebrity endorsement claimed or implied.</p>
<p><em>- Image caption: &#8220;Allegory of a Teen Sex Symbol (Justin Bieber)&#8221; by Daniel Edwards.</em></p>
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		<title>Osama Bin Laden Death Sculpture Gets Name from Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cory Allen Contemporary Art</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A naked Osama Bin Laden, laden with sea crabs and shackled to a U.S. Navy SEALs cement block at the bottom of the sea receives its official title, courtesy of the friends on Facebook. The Osama Bin Laden sculpture is the latest by New York artist Daniel Edwards, and is being unveiled this week on Facebook, announces Cory Allen Contemporary Art.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://send2pressnewswire.com/image/11-0601-edwards_72dpi.jpg" border="0" title="Signed SEALed and Delivered" alt="Signed SEALed and Delivered" class="alignright" align="right" />NEW YORK, N.Y., June 1, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; A naked Osama Bin Laden, laden with sea crabs and shackled to a U.S. Navy SEALs cement block at the bottom of the sea receives its official title, courtesy of the friends on Facebook. The Osama Bin Laden sculpture is the latest by New York artist Daniel Edwards, and is being unveiled this week on Facebook, announces Cory Allen Contemporary Art. </p>
<p>Titled &#8220;Signed, SEALed, and Delivered: The Porn King of Pakistan,&#8221; the sculpture features a naked Bin Laden with a bullet hole in the center of his forehead and a pair of crabs crawling through his beard &#8211; his wrists and ankles are manacled and chained to a cement block embossed with the U.S. Navy SEALs emblem. </p>
<p>&#8220;As soon as it was announced that Washington would not release actual death photos of Osama Bin Laden, I went to work, motivated by patriotism,&#8221; said Daniel Edwards about the sculpture, which started out as a Facebook friend request. &#8220;I was sure some of the general public still needed the closure those photos could bring, so I felt that providing a carefully rendered image of a dead Osama Bin Laden could be a meaningful supplement for those having difficulty creating their own mental picture.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Bin Laden representation also displays crustaceans mating on his pelvic region and hanging from his nipples in reference to the discovery of his secret stash of pornography, according to the artist&#8217;s representative.</p>
<p>The title was selected from a couple dozen suggestions solicited from friends on Facebook. Martin Newman and Paige Fessenden came up with the winning titles. </p>
<p>&#8220;The artist chose &#8216;Signed, SEALed, and Delivered,&#8217; as suggested by Newman, because it succinctly describes the account of Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s death, and he also chose &#8216;The Porn King of Pakistan,&#8217; as suggested by Fessenden, because it offers an alternative to using the terrorist&#8217;s name in a way that references the provocative information reported by the media, as well as indicts Pakistan for his safe harbor,&#8221; said the artist&#8217;s spokesman Cory Allen of Cory Allen Contemporary Art. </p>
<p>Previous works by Daniel Edwards, such as &#8220;Monument to Pro-Life&#8221; featuring a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, and &#8220;Paris Hilton Autopsy&#8221; can be viewed at the artist&#8217;s Facebook account: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/officialdanieledwards" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.facebook.com/officialdanieledwards" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/officialdanieledwards</a> .</p>
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		<title>Kyle Gass of Tenacious D to perform at &#8216;Prop 6-Pack&#8217; Wedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Eleventh Percentile Entertainment Group LP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Eleventh Percentile Entertainment is proud to announce the addition of Kyle Gass and Friends to the entertainment portion of The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock 'N' Roll Reception to be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The event is a celebration of the union between Buck 'F' Naked, renowned drunkabilly chanteur, and his life long love, beer.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://send2pressnewswire.com/image/10-0608-bucknakd_72dpi.jpg" border="0" title="Buck F Naked" alt="Buck F Naked" class="alignleft" />LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Eleventh Percentile Entertainment is proud to announce the addition of Kyle Gass &amp; Friends to the entertainment portion of The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock &#8216;N&#8217; Roll Reception to be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The event is a celebration of the union between Buck &#8220;F&#8221; Naked, renowned drunkabilly chanteur, and his life long love, beer.</p>
<p>Kyle Gass is best known as a key member of Tenacious D with fellow actor/musician Jack Black. The group Kyle Gass &amp; Friends has been assembled from the ranks of Tenacious D and Gass&#8217; other noteworthy act, Trainwreck, for this event and to support man-beer love.</p>
<p>The centerpiece of the event will be a wedding ceremony conducted by Reverend Tommy Gunn, Universal Life Church minister and founder of the sideshow troupe Freakshow Deluxe. The ceremony will be preceded by a short performance from the groom&#8217;s drunkabilly duo, Naked &amp; Shameless, and will be followed by the Rock &#8216;N&#8217; Roll Reception featuring Kyle Gass &amp; Friends, The Glen Meadmore Country Band, and The Vooduo. The Reverend Gunn will emcee the reception as well as perform a few sideshow stunts throughout the evening.</p>
<p>Glen Meadmore is an internationally recognized artist known for fusing avant garde performance art with country music.</p>
<p>The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock &#8216;N&#8217; Roll Reception takes place on Saturday, June 26 at Out Of Asia (3249 South La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles). In addition to invited guests, the general public is also welcome to this one-of-a-kind event through a limited number of for-purchase invitations ($20 in advance, $30 at door).</p>
<p>More information and tickets: <a href="http://nakedandshameless.com/wed" class="autohyperlink" title="http://nakedandshameless.com/wed" target="_blank">http://nakedandshameless.com/wed</a> .<br />
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		<title>The Alex Jones Show: Charlie Sheen Requests Meeting with Obama Over 9/11 Cover-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carly Zed Zander</dc:creator>
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	 AUSTIN, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- According to syndicated talk show host Alex Jones, actor and television star Charlie Sheen has publicly requested a meeting with President Barack Obama to urge him to reopen the official investigation into 9/11; in light of the fact that the majority of the 9/11 Commission members have now publicly gone on record to express their conviction that the government agreed to lie about the official story.
	
	   
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://send2pressnewswire.com/image/09-0908-CSheen_72dpi.jpg" border="0" title="charlie sheen" alt="charlie sheen" class="alignleft" />AUSTIN, Texas /Send2Press Newswire/ &#8212; According to syndicated talk show host Alex Jones, actor and television star Charlie Sheen has publicly requested a meeting with President Barack Obama to urge him to reopen the official investigation into 9/11; in light of the fact that the majority of the 9/11 Commission members have now publicly gone on record to express their conviction that the government agreed to lie about the official story.</p>
<p>Sheen will appear live on The Alex Jones Show on Wednesday and Friday to discuss the content of his &#8220;20 Minutes With The President&#8221; piece and how he plans to move forward with this exciting new initiative. You can listen free here or subscribe to <a href="http://prisonplanet.tv" class="autohyperlink" title="http://prisonplanet.tv" target="_blank">prisonplanet.tv</a> to watch live streaming video. </p>
<p>Sheen&#8217;s request takes the form of a letter to the President in the context of a fictional meeting between the two entitled &#8220;20 Minutes With The President,&#8221; published exclusively on radio talk show host Alex Jones&#8217; <a href="http://Infowars.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://Infowars.com" target="_blank">Infowars.com</a> and <a href="http://PrisonPlanet.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://PrisonPlanet.com" target="_blank">PrisonPlanet.com</a> Web sites. Audio clip with Sheen: <a href="http://www.infowars.com/media/20090908-CharlieSheenINT-Promises.mp3" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.infowars.com/media/20090908-CharlieSheenINT-Promises.mp3" target="_blank">www.infowars.com/media/20090908-CharlieSheenINT-Promises.mp3</a> .</p>
<p>The letter cites evidence, backed up by a substantial online bibliography, that alleges to prove the official story behind 9/11 is a fraud and that this conclusion was also reached by the majority of the 9/11 Commission members, a fact that mandates President Obama to reopen the investigation into the terrorist attacks.</p>
<p>Sheen expresses his hope that President Obama will follow through on his promises of change, accountability and government transparency by using his executive powers to re-examine 9/11, adding that he voted for Obama with the understanding that he would follow a different course to the Bush administration.</p>
<p>However, as Sheen highlights in his letter, the course of Obama&#8217;s first year in office clearly indicates that he will do nothing to reverse policies crafted by the Bush regime, and in fact has sought to exceed outrages of the previous administration in areas such as warrantless wiretapping, rendition, detention without trial, and wars in the Middle East &#8211; all of which arrived as a consequence of 9/11.</p>
<p>Sheen&#8217;s letter is a public declaration demanding the truth behind 9/11 as America approaches its eighth anniversary since the tragic events of that day. His questions are shared by a majority of victims&#8217; family members, according to Bill Doyle, the representative of the largest 9/11 families group.</p>
<p>The letter focuses around the fact that no less than 60 per cent of the 9/11 commissioners have now publicly stated that the government agreed not to tell the truth about 9/11 and that the Pentagon was engaged in deliberate deception about their response to the attack.</p>
<p>Sheen also presents a plethora of other evidence to illustrate how the official story is a fraud, including the revelations of whistle blowers like FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, who recently broke a Federal gag order to expose how Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were working for the U.S. government right up until the day of 9/11.</p>
<p>The issues highlighted by Sheen do not represent idle speculation or conspiracy fodder, they are documented facts that have been deliberately ignored by other 9/11 programming that is now airing as the anniversary approaches, particularly last months&#8217; 9/11: Science and Conspiracy which was aired by the National Geographic Channel and wasted little time in portraying people who have doubts about the official 9/11 story as extremist cranks, while failing to acknowledge that the majority of the members of the 9/11 Commission have publicly expressed similar concerns.</p>
<p>Charlie Sheen is once again using his prominent public platform in an attempt to expand a national debate about the disturbing unanswered questions behind 9/11, having first spoken out on the issue in March 2006 on The Alex Jones Show. After he first went public, Sheen was asked to do more and now he is doing more as he feels there is a chance to get more traction behind a new investigation with a new President in the White House.</p>
<p>Sheen is directly appealing to Barack Obama to read his letter and to look into the lies surrounding 9/11 for himself.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether or not President Obama agrees to meet with him, Sheen is confident that his letter will serve as a catalyst from which questions surrounding 9/11 and other false flag events will be brought to national attention.</p>
<p>This is a call to action and a declaration of war on the alleged lies of 9/11 that have formed the foundation of the endless wars abroad and the police state at home as the Republic falls. Sheen is demanding that truth activists and those who simply care about the future of the country stand up beside him and speak truth to power.</p>
<p>Sheen is now urging grass roots political organizations and individuals across the country to go to press conferences and other public events and demand answers about the truth behind 9/11. As much awareness as possible around the issue of false flag terrorism needs to be generated in order to prevent tragedies like 9/11 from happening again. Sheen emphasizes in his letter that we cannot let 9/11 become ancient history, try and forget about it or just move on, because if a nation forgets its history then it is doomed to repeat it.</p>
<p>We cannot allow governments to continue to advance their political agendas by exploiting forged pretexts, argues Sheen, and the fact that big budget hit pieces against 9/11 truth are still being rolled out proves that the establishment is upset that the population is waking up to false flag terror.</p>
<p>No matter what your views are on 9/11, Sheen is asking the thinking public to look at how many members of the 9/11 Commission itself have questioned the official story, along with the scores of other highly credible former and current government officials, intelligence professionals, military officials, scientists, structural engineers and architects, and legal scholars who have all publicly denounced the fraud that continues to masquerade as the official 9/11 story.</p>
<p>For media requests on this subject email sheen@infowars.com .</p>
<p>The Alex Jones Show broadcasts live from Austin, TX from 11 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m. Central. Alex Jones&#8217; show and Web sites <a href="http://www.Infowars.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.Infowars.com" target="_blank">www.Infowars.com</a> and <a href="http://www.PrisonPlanet.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.PrisonPlanet.com" target="_blank">www.PrisonPlanet.com</a> are a focal point and a forum where many prominent figures from academia, the political world and Hollywood have spoken out about what really happened on September 11th.</p>
<p>More information about &#8220;20 Minutes With The President&#8221;: <br />
<a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/twenty-minutes-with-the-president.html" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.prisonplanet.com/twenty-minutes-with-the-president.html" target="_blank">www.prisonplanet.com/twenty-minutes-with-the-president.html</a> .</p>
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		<title>Fox News Joins Major News Organizations Promoting Marijuana Candidate with Air Time for Craig Rubin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carly Zed Zander</dc:creator>
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	 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Craig Rubin, candidate for mayor in the City of Los Angeles, is certainly happy that Michael Phelps is not going to be prosecuted, but is still organizing an international boycott against Kellogg's. He is even happier that marijuana seems to be the subject d'jour the month before the L.A. Mayoral election. Rubin, who recently has become a fixture on Los Angeles television and radio, is the off-beat candidate challenging the current mayor in 'The City of Angels.'
	
	   
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Craig Rubin, candidate for mayor in the City of Los Angeles, is certainly happy that Michael Phelps is not going to be prosecuted, but is still organizing an international boycott against Kellogg&#8217;s. He is even happier that marijuana seems to be the subject d&#8217;jour the month before the L.A. Mayoral election. Rubin, who recently has become a fixture on Los Angeles television and radio, is the off-beat candidate challenging the current mayor in &#8220;The City of Angels.&#8221; </p>
<p>As can be seen on his appearance on the number one rated morning show in Southern California, &#8220;Good Day L.A.&#8221; starring Steve Edwards, Dorothy Lucey and Jillian Barberie where the focus seemed to drift like smoke toward the cannabis plant. </p>
<p>&#8220;Finally, pot is getting more coverage than gay marriage. Marijuana affects more people than gay marriage as can be seen by the recent arrest of Michael Phelps&#8217; friends in South Carolina,&#8221; Rubin quipped at a recent public event.</p>
<p>At the links below Rubin can be seen on Fox News&#8217; Good Day L.A. and with entertainment reporter Lisa Breckenridge. </p>
<p>Craig Answers Your Emails:<br />
<a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/good_day_la/Craig_Rubin_Answers_Your_Emails_20090217" >myfoxla.com/dpp/good_day_la/Craig_Rubin_Answers_Your_Emails_20090217</a></p>
<p>Meet Craig Rubin L.A. Mayoral Candidate:<br />
<a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Meet_Craig_Rubin_LA_Mayoral_Candidate_20090217" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Meet_Craig_Rubin_LA_Mayoral_Candidate_20090217" target="_blank">www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Meet_Craig_Rubin_LA_Mayoral_Candidate_20090217</a> </p>
<p>Good Day L.A.<br />
<a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/subindex/good_day_la" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.myfoxla.com/subindex/good_day_la" target="_blank">www.myfoxla.com/subindex/good_day_la</a> </p>
<p>&#8220;I am going to win. The mayor is afraid to debate me and he is acting as if he has no challenger,&#8221; says Rubin. </p>
<p>On Good Day L.A., both Dorothy and Jillian seemed to support the candidate and his message. Edwards, however, said to Rubin, &#8220;You don&#8217;t stand a chance, so is your point to get a message about pot out there?&#8221;</p>
<p>Rubin disputed the assertion and referred to the Biblical King David who, as a young man, defeated Goliath the Philistine giant who taunted the enemy by bad-mouthing their deity. Young David gathered five smooth stones and with his sling in the name of the Lord killed the giant. &#8220;I too have five smooth stones and my faith in God&#8217;s ability to guide me to victory.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rubin has a busy schedule reaching out to churches, speaking at neighborhood council meetings and attending local debates with the other candidates. He and the other candidates have gotten to know each other fairly well, showing up at all the local events while the current mayor has yet to be even photographed with the other candidates. The mayor, instead, has been appearing with Bill Clinton, the world&#8217;s most famous cheater, confirming his affinity for alleged adulterous behavior. </p>
<p>The candidate has pledged to protect medical marijuana clubs when elected mayor of the city. &#8220;I always knew we could win if medical marijuana could pass, but now we are beginning to see others who believe in my candidacy too. I think we are going to shock the mayor,&#8221; say Rubin. </p>
<p>The candidate is urging people to watch the video, visit his web site (<a href="http://CraigX4Mayor.org" class="autohyperlink" title="http://CraigX4Mayor.org" target="_blank">CraigX4Mayor.org</a>) and contribute to his campaign. &#8220;Every little bit helps. With only 10-percent of the people showing up to vote, even prayers are helpful to me. You can hear me on KPCC with Patt Morrison tomorrow, too, and on NBC,&#8221; the candidate added, doing his best to promote his campaign. &#8220;Just use Google!&#8221;</p>
<p>More information on Craig X Rubin for Mayor: <a href="http://www.craigx4mayor.org" targer="_blank">www.craigx4mayor.org</a>.</p>
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		<title>International Boycott of Kellogg&#8217;s Products Called for Over Michael Phelps Firing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carly Zed Zander</dc:creator>
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	 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Millions of Americas are currently unemployed with hundreds of thousands being added to the unemployment roles monthly. Michael Phelps is obviously not unemployed, but he has been fired by Kellogg's as their spokesman. Pastor Craig X Rubin, candidate for mayor in the City of Los Angeles, is calling for an international boycott of all Kellogg's products as a result of his firing.
	
	   
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Millions of Americas are currently unemployed with hundreds of thousands being added to the unemployment roles monthly. Michael Phelps is obviously not unemployed, but he has been fired by Kellogg&#8217;s as their spokesman. Pastor Craig X Rubin, candidate for mayor in the City of Los Angeles, is calling for an international boycott of all Kellogg&#8217;s products as a result of his firing.</p>
<p>Rubin explains, &#8220;I have seven children and they support me 100 percent. If stoners globally band together to help Michael Phelps Kellogg&#8217;s will be pressured within weeks to hire him again. That is the power of cooperation.&#8221; </p>
<p>W.K. Kellogg made unprecedented moves as the United States sank into the Great Depression of the 1930s. Instead of cutting back on advertising Kellogg doubled his advertising budget spending and gaining market share. 75 years ago Kellogg responded to the financial crisis by reducing hours of the three plant shifts and creating a fourth shift; spreading payroll among more workers. </p>
<p>Today as the economy worsens Kellogg&#8217;s is setting a horrible example by firing Phelps. Children can understand discrimination. All across America parents are taken from children only because their parents smoke marijuana. People are kept from receiving college loans, kept from jobs or discriminated in other ways because they chose to use cannabis for personal reasons such as recreation, health or for spiritual matters. </p>
<p>Craig Rubin feels if the &#8220;420 Nation&#8221; can&#8217;t pressure Kellogg&#8217;s, a company making tons of money off of stoners-with-the-munchies, to re-hire Phelps then the cannabis movement has no hope of ending prohibition soon. This is a test. If they can fire Michael Phelps, an American hero, for a photo; no one&#8217;s job is safe. Rubin feels if everyone who supports ending marijuana prohibition stops buying Kellogg&#8217;s it will send a huge financial message to corporate America. Most polls overwhelmingly show Americans support the ending of the prohibition of marijuana and it would create millions of jobs. It was the number one question of President Obama on &#8220;question.gov.&#8221; </p>
<p>Craig Rubin who ran a medical marijuana church after appearing on Showtime&#8217;s &#8220;Weeds&#8221; was arrested and convicted of marijuana possession and aiding in abetting in distribution of cannabis. Currently, he is prevented from leaving L.A. County and must call into probation on a nightly basis to see if he will be randomly drug tested in the morning. Rubin says the system can be abused, &#8220;I got in an argument with my brother and he called Child Protective Services on my family saying my children were being abused because I smoked pot. My family was evaluated for 30 days and the children were left at home; thank God. However, if I didn&#8217;t have a note from a doctor allowing me to smoke medical pot my children would have been taken from me.&#8221; </p>
<p>Rubin believes that marijuana can save thousands of homeowners from losing their homes to foreclosure. MSNBC said, &#8220;$400 invested can produce a pound of pot that sells for $6,000.&#8221; </p>
<p>For Kellogg&#8217;s to fire Michael Phelps over a photo is outrageous. This fine young American proves once and for all that top athletes who spend years caring for their body prefer marijuana to alcohol. When San Fernando Valley resident Nat Dikes heard that Phelps had been suspended from swimming for 90 days as a result of pot use he said, &#8220;Is pot performance enhancing too? I think they are just jealous because they can&#8217;t swim as fast as him. Are they afraid kids will smoke pot to win gold medals at the Olympics?&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the company&#8217;s annual report Kellogg Company has sales in excess of $11 billion per year. In fact, Kellogg is the world&#8217;s leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods (munchies), including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit snacks and frozen waffles. Company brands include Kellogg&#8217;s(R), Keebler(R), Pop-Tarts(R), Eggo(R), Cheez-It(R), Nutri-Grain(R), Special K(R), Rice Krispies(R), Murray(R), Austin(R), Morningstar Farms(R), Famous Amos(R), Carr&#8217;s(R), Plantation(R) and Ready Crust(R). </p>
<p>Kellogg products are sold in more than 180 countries worldwide therefore Craig Rubin is calling for a global boycott of all products. &#8220;If you want to end the global cannabis prohibitions don&#8217;t buy this company&#8217;s products. Working together we&#8217;ll win our freedom,&#8221; says Rubin.</p>
<p>More information about Craig X Rubin for Mayor: <a href="http://www.CraigX4Mayor.org" >www.CraigX4Mayor.org</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carly Zed Zander</dc:creator>
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	 LONDON, U.K., April 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Specialist communications company SentForever Limited is offering an unusual alternative to the traditional greetings card by using radio waves rather than paper to convey messages of love, celebration and remembrance.
	
	   
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LONDON, U.K., April 22 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Specialist communications company SentForever Limited (<a href="http://www.sentforever.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://www.sentforever.com" target="_blank">www.sentforever.com</a>) is offering an unusual alternative to the traditional greetings card by using radio waves rather than paper to convey messages of love, celebration and remembrance. </p>
<p>Personalised messages and announcements can be created online and are transmitted at the speed of light via a dedicated British Telecoms transmission dish situated at the historic Goonhilly earth station in Cornwall, U.K. Each message is designed to last &#8211; quite literally &#8211; forever: an eternal memory of the sender. Within five hours of transmission, the message leaves the solar system to continue its journey through space and remain in the universe for all time. </p>
<p>According to the U.S. Greeting Card Association, the U.S. greeting card industry is worth over $7.5 billion annually &#8211; with the average family purchasing 30 cards every year. Since launching, SentForever&#8217;s ethereal alternative has been used to relay a plethora of good wishes for all occasions including birthdays, Valentine&#8217;s day and Mother&#8217;s day, and even to convey messages intended for the deceased.</p>
<p>The cost of the service starts at 9.95 (approximately $20). Once transmitted, a message can be tracked to see how far it has travelled and the recipient will receive a certificate of transmission detailing its contents; a premium silver service also provides the recipient with a solid silver keepsake. An international service is available. </p>
<p>Chris Thomason of SentForever says: &#8220;When we launched SentForever we assumed people would send messages for all the traditional greeting card occasions. However, we were very surprised to find that a significant number of people sent Valentine&#8217;s Day and Mother&#8217;s Day cards to people who were deceased.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Because we transmit people&#8217;s special messages into the heavens where they will exist for the rest of eternity, people may feel they are making connections with their deceased loved ones. Perhaps our transmissions are seen as a modern form of prayer for people who see themselves as being more spiritual than religious.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>About SentForever Limited</strong><br />
<a href="http://SentForever.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://SentForever.com" target="_blank">SentForever.com</a> was established in January 2008 and is based in Surrey, U.K. The business is solely involved in eternal communications. The company is privately owned and operated by Chris Thomason, an innovation consultant, and Stephanie Baillache, former head of marketing for a high street bank. The U.S. is the second highest per capita usage of greetings cards in the world with only the U.K. higher at 55 cards per year.</p>
<p>More information: <a href="http://www.sentforever.com" >www.sentforever.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hollywood Judeo-Christian Cannabis Church Forced to Close; Arrested Reverend Claims Civil and Religious Rights Violated</title>
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	 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- 'Churches and Temples are no longer safe in America,' says Reverend Craig X Rubin of Temple 420, who was arrested November 8, 2006, at his religious establishment by over one dozen heavily armed officers of the LAPD. 'If they can do this to us, they can do it to any church that the government disagrees with.' The Reverend known for his reoccurring role on Showtime's hit series 'Weeds' said arresting officers did not treat Temple clergymen as required by California Penal Codes 1524 and 1525.
	
	   
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HOLLYWOOD, Calif. &#8211; Dec. 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; &#8220;Churches and Temples are no longer safe in America,&#8221; says Reverend Craig X Rubin of Temple 420, who was arrested November 8, 2006, at his religious establishment by over one dozen heavily armed officers of the LAPD. &#8220;If they can do this to us, they can do it to any church that the government disagrees with.&#8221; The Reverend known for his reoccurring role on Showtime&#8217;s hit series &#8220;Weeds&#8221; said arresting officers did not treat Temple clergymen as required by California Penal Codes 1524 and 1525.</p>
<p>The investigation of Reverend Rubin began only days earlier. An undercover officer joined Temple 420 on November 3, 2006, and immediately purchased 3.5 grams of sacrament, &#8220;PurpleErkle.&#8221; </p>
<p>This was the basis of the arrest warrant for defendant Rubin; the seizure of all sacrament and money from the church; and, the freezing of all financial assets before conviction. As a result, Temple 420 may be forced to close.</p>
<p>(Note: Video of the arrest is available at: <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mw8W4wJcGOg" >youtube.com/watch?v=Mw8W4wJcGOg</a> ). </p>
<p>&#8220;What if this was my church?&#8221; Rubin&#8217;s lawyer asked.</p>
<p>A key tenet of Temple 420 is that members receive communion by burning a sacramental herb, marijuana. However, the plant contains the hallucinogen, THC, regulated under the Controlled Substances Act by the Federal Government; the sect is currently being barred from engaging in the practice of its religion on the grounds that it violates the California Health &amp; Safety code. </p>
<p>Temple 420 claims the Religious Freedom Restoration Act affirmed by the Supreme Court for protection. By law the Government is prohibited from substantially burdening a person&#8217;s exercise of religion, unless the Government demonstrates that application of the burden to the person represents the least restrictive means of advancing a &#8216;compelling interest.&#8217; This was affirmed in the case of &#8220;Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal&#8221; when the church&#8217;s Schedule I hallucinogenic sacrament was seized. But, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the church&#8217;s sacrament being returned and them being allowed to continue their religious practices. </p>
<p>Temple 420 has retained civil rights attorney La&#8217;Chelle Monique Woodert, who plans not only to defend the church, but to then help the Temple sue the city for violating Temple 420&#8242;s religious freedom rights when they beat the criminal charges.</p>
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Contacts: <br />
La&#8217;Chelle Woodert Esq. <br />
for Reverend Craig X Rubin <br />
+1-323-251-8890<br />
woodert @ <a href="http://sbcglobal.net" class="autohyperlink" title="http://sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">sbcglobal.net</a></p>
<p>Reverend Craig X Rubin <br />
+1-818-370-6528<br />
CraigXRubin @ <a href="http://hotmail.com" class="autohyperlink" title="http://hotmail.com" target="_blank">hotmail.com</a></p>
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