"A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."   Proverbs 22:3 and Proverbs 27:12  KJV   Word study on this verse

 Homosexuals headed for Jerusalem jnewswire.com 4/30/6 ["200,000 from the nations to flaunt perversions in God's holy city"]
 Gay cruisers quickly filling two largest ships afloat sfgate.com 4/30/6 ["Rival gay-travel companies Atlantis and RSVP have each chartered all-gay cruises for next year on the two largest passenger vessels on the planet -- the most visible demonstration yet of the strength of gay and lesbian travel dollars  ...Royal Caribbean's new 3,700-passenger Freedom of the Seas, scheduled to begin service next month, and Cunard's 2,600-passenger Queen Mary 2."]
 Scotland: Revealed: women offered 'lunchtime abortions' on Scots scotsman.com NHS 4/30/6 ["Doctors will begin a pilot next year in which women undergo terminations while fully conscious in outpatient treatment rooms, rather than operating theatres.  ...The more streamlined the process becomes, the higher the risk that the woman will not fully consider her options. This will make abortion more convenient and make it less likely the woman will be able to pause for thought.""]
 Israel Approves Construction of Fence Around Jerusalem foxnews.com 4/30/6 ["Israel's Cabinet voted on Sunday to lay temporary fencing around areas of Jerusalem where the controversial West Bank separation barrier still hasn't been built, calling it a quick solution to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers from entering the country."]
 Conspiracy film rewrites Sept. 11 news.yahoo.com 4/30/6 ["Professors and researchers of film and politics say the Internet is making it far easier to spread such theories because the traditional media are losing their hold on the news. The immense coverage of controversies and accusations surrounding the war on terror has created fertile ground for people who assign their own interpretations to photos, footage, eyewitnesses, investigations and newspaper accounts of what happened, they say."]
 

 US seeks to dismiss AT&T secrets suit news.yahoo.com 4/29/6 ["The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a San Francisco civil liberties group against AT&T because it says the case could reveal military and state secrets.  The class-action suit by the group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, on behalf of AT&T customers accuses the company of unlawful collaboration with the National Security Agency in its surveillance program to intercept telephone and e-mail communications  ...the NSA installed a device at AT&T's San Francisco office in 2003 capable of scanning huge amounts of data to locate specific targets."]
 Canada: Parliament to vote on new NORAD deal: Harper ctv.ca 4/29/6 ["The Conservative government recommitted Canada to the NORAD (North American Air Defence Command) agreement on Friday, giving new responsibilities to the military alliance  ...The new deal commits Canada to "indefinite" participation in the air defence pact, and gives NORAD the new responsibility of watching out for terror attacks by sea."]
 Gold hits 26-year high as tension over Iran escalates orlandosentinel.com 4/29/6 [""]
 Euthanasia on the rise in Netherlands seattlepi.nwsource.com 4/29/6 ["doctors reported 1,933 cases in 2005, up from 1,886 in 2004 and 1,815 in 2003. Studies have estimated that reported cases represent slightly more than half of all euthanasias."]
UK: Bill ignites euthanasia fears theherald.co.uk 4/29/6 [" Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, to be debated in the House of Lords on May 12, would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for people who are terminally ill."]
 Pakistan Missile Test A Success cbsnews.com 4/29/6 ["successfully test fired its longest-range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile, the military said.  The ballistic Missile Hatf VI (Shaheen II), with a range of 1,555 miles, can carry "nuclear and conventional warheads with high accuracy," a Pakistan military statement said. "]
 U.N.: World govts accountable for genocide upi.com 4/29/6 ["The vote by the 15-member Council confirms an agreement reached by world leaders at the U.N. World Summit in September on their collective responsibility to protect civilians from genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity and war crimes."]
 EU boosts visa cost by $31 washingtontimes.com 4/29/6 ["The increase is meant to cover higher costs for new border control systems using biometric data. "]
 

 U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK news.yahoo.com 4/28/6 ["secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday."]
 Nicaragua Congress to Debate Legalizing Abortion lifesite.net 4/28/6 ["A new proposal to allow therapeutic abortion is being considered by the National Assembly of Nicaragua. The proposal would change the country’s Penal Code to legalize abortions."]
 Minnesota House Approves Ban on Taxpayer Funding of Abortions lifenews.com 4/28/6 ["The measure is designed to overturn a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling forcing the state's taxpayers to foot the bill for abortions for poor women.  House lawmakers signed off on the measure by an 81-50 vote. Sponsored by Rep. Laura Brod, a Republican, it would require the state's high court to re-examine its 1995 decision in Doe v. Gomez."]
 Polish parliament bans sale of genetically modified seeds news.yahoo.com 4/28/6 ["But according to Poland's European affairs ministry, such a ban goes against European Union directives. Poland joined the EU in May 2004.  The law has to be endorsed by President Lech Kaczynski before it takes effect."]
 

 Louisiana Senate Passes Abortion Ban – No Exceptions for Rape or Incest lifesite.net 4/27/6 ["If passed into law by the state House and not vetoed by the governor, the proposed law would outlaw all abortion except that which saves the life of the mother.  ...The bill contains a provision that says the ban will only come into effect when the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade"]
 May 1 protest aims to "close" cities news.yahoo.com 4/27/6 [""There will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the streets in Los Angeles alone. We're going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno," said Jorge Rodriguez, a union official who helped organize earlier rallies credited with rattling Congress as it debates the issue.  Immigration has split Congress, the Republican Party and public opinion. Conservatives want the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants classified as felons and a fence built along the Mexican border."]
 Hawaii Governor Lingle Signs Bill Expanding Abortion, Harming Women lifenews.com 4/27/6 ["The law removes the requirement that abortion facilities cannot do abortions on a woman who has lived less than 90 days in Hawaii.  It also removes a requirement that all abortions be performed in a hospital in case of a botched abortion where the woman involved needs immediate medical attention."]
 Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship washingtonpost.com 4/27/6 ["Martinez said it was implicit in Bush's remarks that many of the immigrants illegally in the U.S. would be permitted to remain during a lengthy wait and application period.  Under the Senate bill, immigrants in the U.S. longer than five years could apply for citizenship without leaving the country. Those in the U.S. for more than two years but fewer than five would be required to go to a border point of entry, but they could return quickly as legal temporary workers."]
 Iran buys surface-to-surface missiles capable of hitting Europe haaretzdaily.com 4/27/6 ["With this purchase the Iranians have leap-frogged over their Shihab-4 missile with its range of 2,000 kilometers."]
 House intelligence bill gives CIA, NSA more arrest, pension power to counter leaks jurist.law.pitt.edu 4/27/6 ["Sections 423 and 432 of the bill would authorize CIA and NSA security personnel to make warrantless arrests for "any felony" committed in their presence, even if the felony occurs off CIA or NSA premises. The expansion of arrest powers would overrule a 2005 opinion [PDF text] from the Maryland attorney general, which limits NSA police powers to NSA grounds plus 500 feet. The proposed legislation would also require the director of national intelligence to look into revoking the pensions of anyone found to have made unauthorized disclosures. "]
 First Pacific-wide tsunami exercise to take place on May 16 news.yahoo.com 4/27/6 ["Twenty-eight countries, comprising nations around the Pacific rim as well as some island states in the South Pacific, will take part in the drill, named Pacific Wave '06.  Under it, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii -- the technical heart of the PTWS -- will issue a mock tsunami alert to the authorities in specific countries."]
 

 Gay activist puts $1.5 million on Colorado TV ads washingtontimes.com 4/26/6 ["Colorado software millionaire and homosexual activist Tim Gill yesterday started an unprecedented advertising campaign aimed at promoting his domestic-partnership referendum, even though the initiative has yet to win a slot on November's ballot. "]
 Thousands of Schools Participate in GLSEN's 10th Annual Day of Silence usnewswire.com 4/26/6 ["An estimated 500,000 students at 4,000 schools nationwide are participating in GLSEN's Day of Silence to peacefully bring attention to the pervasive problem of anti- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) bullying and harassment in schools."]
 Canada bans live coverage of war dead seattlepi.nwsource.com 4/26/6 ["Canada's new Conservative government banned the media from showing live images of the flag-draped coffins of four Canadian soldiers when their bodies were returned Tuesday from Afghanistan, angering political opponents and some families."]
 EU report condemns secret CIA flights guardian.co.uk 4/26/6 ["The CIA has carried out more than 1,000 undeclared flights over European territory since 2001, European parliament investigators said today.  Politicians scrutinising illegal CIA activities in Europe also said incidents in which terror suspects were handed over to US agents did not appear to be isolated, and suspects were often transported in the same planes and by the same groups of people."]
Hamas says Saudi Arabia pledged $90 million aid to Palestinians haaretzdaily.com 4/26/6 ["Zahar said the funds would be distributed by the government. He gave no details on how it would be given to the Palestinian Authority."]
 Rick Warren's Presence at 'Azusa Street' Questioned agapepress.org 4/26/6 ["Thousands are gathering in Los Angeles to mark the 100th anniversary of the "Azusa Street Revival," which is considered the start of the modern Pentecostal/Charismatic movement. According to the official website for the centennial celebration, objectives of the gathering include commemorating the movement's heritage, diversity, and progress, as well as seeking God's direction for its future. More than 150 well-known Pentecostal leaders are scheduled to preach or teach, among them Benny Hinn, T.D. Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, and Creflo Dollar."]
 

 Senate to Take Up Iraq, Hurricane Spending ap.org 4/25/6 ["The $106.5 billion bill has ballooned by almost $15 billion over President Bush's February request, and that figure could grow as senators of both parties press amendments to add money for border security and medical care for veterans. "]
 N.Y. Mayor Hosts Gun Control Summit news.yahoo.com 4/25/6 [""Gun crime is a national problem that needs a national response," Menino said, noting that many guns used in Boston murders last year came from other states.  The mayors summit hopes to create a loose coalition that will trade crimefighting information, work together on city and state legislation and form a louder voice in Washington."]
 Bush: Massive Deportation Is Unrealistic apnews.myway.com 4/25/6 ["He called a Senate bill, which creates a way for illegal immigrants to work legally in the United States and for many to eventually become citizens, an "important approach.""]
 Pro-Life Group Mourns Victims of First Pro-Abortion Law christianpost.com 4/25/6 ["It was on Apr. 25, 1967, that then-Colorado Gov. John A. Love signed the first permissive abortion law in the United States, allowing abortion in cases of permanent mental or physical disability of either the child or mother or in cases of rape or incest. Shortly afterwards, similar laws were passed in California, Oregon, and North Carolina."]
 Amnesty International Considers Pushing Enforcement of Abortion as Human Right lifesite.net 4/25/6 ["by using its resources to promote a so-called 'right to abortion'. In proposed changes to its Sexual and Reproductive Rights Policy, the organization has asked members to comment on proposals around AI's abortion position by May 20, 2006."]
 Televisioning And The Non-Functional Citizen newswithviews.com 4/25/6 ["Tele-visioning has deteriorated our thought and logic processes, our efforts, our caring, our parenting, our personal relationships, our ability to converse, write, and read, our physical conditions, our ability to cook, and our thinking. Night after night, year after year, decade after decade, we are plugged into TVs and headphones to the point of drugged and mesmerized retardation. We know how to do nothing. We’ve lost the ability to perform standard skills and we’ve lost our ruggedness. This is by no accident."]
 From Sesame Street To MTV To Immorality newswithviews.com 4/25/6 ["The worldview depicted in the majority of TV and films is anti-God. Yet Christian's viewing habits are not much different than the world's. Believers regularly tune into programs where the men are portrayed as nothing more than oversexed, incompetent, disrespected boobs! Where offspring are smarter and wiser than their dim-witted dads. Granted, we are no longer under the law, we are free in Christ!  But, that doesn't mean we're free to behave like Beavis and Butthead. Believers are called to be holy, which means we should all be striving to be more like Christ. That's a no-brainer. So why are Christians not bothered by sitcoms that portray kids as cynical, full of sarcasm and, worse yet, show no respect for adults? The answer is, they're worldly! "]
 

 IMF wins new powers to police global economy news.yahoo.com 4/22/6 ["The International Monetary and Financial Committee, or IMFC, said IMF surveillance would focus on spillovers and links between countries' economic policies and reaffirm their monetary, fiscal and exchange rates frameworks."]
 “Gay” Subculture Left Woman Scarred from Childhood in Homosexual Home lifesite.net 4/22/6 ["The Massachusetts government heard testimony last week from a young Canadian woman, Dawn C. Stefanowicz who had been raised from infancy by her homosexual father and his various “partners” in a “gay” household. She told the Massachusetts Judiciary Committee that her life submerged in the homosexual subculture had left her scarred psychologically and morally.  ...Describing her father’s homosexual lifestyle as a culture without “boundaries and principles of morality and monogamy,” Stefanowicz said her upbringing was characterized by confusion and lack of affection, domestic violence and sexual abuse."]
 Iran tensions threaten Treasuries as safe haven reuters.com 4/22/6 ["heavy investments of Middle Eastern central banks in U.S. government debt.  A conflict with Iran could trigger a shift in those investment patterns. If central banks buy fewer Treasuries or stop buying them altogether, prices would tumble, something a safe-haven investor would hope to avoid at all costs.  "Oil-exporting nations have bought a great deal of U.S. Treasury debt. If they were to go on strike and stop buying Treasuries, that could weigh on prices," said Jane Caron, chief economic strategist at Dwight Asset Management in Burlington, Vermont, with $55 billion fixed-income assets under management."]
 U.S. Senators Investigate FEMA Trailers in Hope katv.com 4/22/6 ["A congressional committee investigating response to Hurricane Katrina met in Hope, Arkansas, Friday to discuss over 10,000 mobile homes sitting on Hope's airfield. ...(Sen. Susan Collins – R, Maine) "FEMA's own regulation prohibits placing manufactured homes in flood plains, yet FEMA went ahead with their purchase knowing that virtually the entire affected region sits in a flood plane."  ...Three thousand mobile homes will be sent to Louisiana in mid-June. The remaining will be stored for future natural disasters. "]
 Russia Warns Against Threatening Iran yahoo.com 4/22/6 ["A top Kremlin diplomat warned against threatening Iran with sanctions or the use of force, saying that would only aggravate the international standoff over Tehran's suspect nuclear program"]
 

 Dollar in rough water and needing support news.yahoo.com 4/21/6 ["on Friday it was the turn of politicians and central bankers to highlight another potential threat to the dollar - that of reserve diversification.  Sweden's Riksbank said it had slashed the proportion of dollars in its reserves from 37 to 20 per cent, pushing its euro holdings up to50 per cent.  Alexei Kudrin, the Russian finance minister, said at the G7 summit in Washington that the dollar was not the "absolute" reserve currency and that the US external deficit could affect the dollar's reserve status in the future."]
 New U.S. Internet Porn Law Introduced - Triples Fines for ISPs Failing to Report Child Porn lifesite.net 4/21/6 ["making the available fines $150,000 for the initial violation and $300,000 for each subsequent violation.  In order to protect individuals from inadvertently coming across pornographic materials on the Internet, the legislation would require all websites that are operated primarily for commercial purposes to include warning labels on every page that contains sexually explicit material. ...the new legislation would prohibit the practice, often engaged in by certain sexually explicit websites, of hiding innocuous terms in a website's code so that a search for common terms on the Internet would yield links to the sexually explicit websites."]
 Alabama Governor Signs Unborn Victims Bill Protecting Pregnant Women lifenews.com 4/21/6 ["The measure allows prosecutors to charge criminals with a second crime when they attack a pregnant mother and kill or injure her unborn baby."]
 Gay Men's Chorus Suggests A Culture Shift cbs4denver.com 4/21/6 ["The new choir is evidence that Colorado Springs' reputation as a place where gays are unwelcome is outdated, members said. The reputation dates at least to 1992, when state voters approved a constitutional amendment written by a Colorado Springs group that banned protected status for gays. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the amendment in 1996."]
 Howard Dean to Churches: Give up Religion or Stay out of Politics to Keep Tax Exempt Status lifesite.net 4/21/6 [Editor: How quaint that around 'tax time' this comment is made to remind 501c3 churches of who they love the most - God or the government]
 Israeli troops could reoccupy part of Gaza - report reuters.co.uk 4/21/6 ["if cross border violence escalates, a senior army general told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Friday."]
 Belgian Gays to Legally Adopt Children lifesite.net 4/21/6 ["The decision makes Belgium the fourth country in the European Union, after Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden, to link homosexual “marriage” laws with homosexual adoption."]
 Judge Says Calif. Stem Cell Agency Legal news.yahoo.com 4/21/6 ["California's novel, $3 billion stem cell research institute is a legitimate state agency and two lawsuits challenging its constitutionality have no merit, a state judge ruled Friday."]

 Washington State Abortion Advocates Want Pharmacist Mandate on Drugs lifenews.com 4/20/6 ["Abortion advocates told state officials Wednesday that Washington pharmacists should be forced to fill all prescriptions for legal drugs, even if those drugs can cause an abortion. They said pharmacists should not have a conscience clause allowing those with religious or moral objections to opt out of dispensing such drugs."]
 Minuteman Border Fence Project minutemanhq.com 4/20/6 ["Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, today announced plans by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”) to work with local Arizona land owners to build border security fencing on private land along the border with Mexico."]
 Louisiana Abortion Ban Moves Closer to Passage lifesite.net 4/20/6 ["“I am very deeply concerned about women who have been raped, or been involved in incest. And my heart goes out to them,” he said, but said he opposed the exceptions because “abortion is just another crime,” like rape."]
 GPS phones will home in on homes newsday.com 4/20/6 ["The systems will track inspectors as they travel and record locations and times - and will even issue alerts if employees drive too fast."]
 Mental illness writers had industry ties: study news.yahoo.com 4/20/6 ["Most of the experts who wrote the manual widely used to diagnose mental illness have had financial ties to drug makers such as research funding or stock holdings, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.  ...The study found 56 percent of 170 psychiatric experts who worked on the most recent edition, published in 1994, had at least one financial link to a drug maker at some point from 1989 through 2004. The relationships included speaking or consulting fees, ownership of company stock, payment for gifts and travel and funding for research.  All of the experts who developed sections defining mood disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders had such links, the study said.  "The connections are especially strong in those diagnostic areas where drugs are the first line of treatment for mental disorders,""]
 Feds Warn Companies Using Illegal Workers news.yahoo.com 4/20/6 [""Our nation's communities cannot be a wild frontier where illegal aliens and unscrupulous employees subvert our nation's laws," said Julie Myers, assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement."  Editor:  Exactly.  If we enforced the laws we already have, we wouldn't have as much a problem.]

 6 Branch Davidians Soon Leave Prison news.yahoo.com 4/19/6 ["Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who were sent to prison are about to be released from custody.  ...Koresh and nearly 80 followers, including two dozen children, died in a blaze that survivors say was ignited by tear gas sprayed into the compound buildings from military tanks. Authorities claim the Davidians committed suicide by setting the fire and shooting themselves."]
 CNN Backs Myth Embryonic Stem Cell Research Will Cure Alzheimer's lifenews.com 4/19/6 ["Because Alzheimer's is not a disease involving one type of cell, one scientist says the use of embryonic stem cells is unlikely to have much effect.  "Alzheimer's is a more global disease, with an effect on numerous kinds of cells," Steve Stice, a stem cell researcher at the University of Georgia, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper. "That makes it much more difficult for a cell therapy to be effective."  In a patient afflicted with Alzheimer's, clumps of protein called amyloid build up within the brain and begin attacking various types of cells and the connections between cells.  ..."Science has proven that embryonic stem cell research has not delivered one successful cure and deliberately kills human life in the process," Perkins added. "Adult stem cell science, however, has thousands of cures and is completely ethical.""]
 UN Warns of Growing Intolerance Against Migrants voanews.com 4/19/6 ["The U.N. refugee agency says fears of terrorism, tighter asylum restrictions and growing intolerance threaten the world's ability to deal with people displaced by conflict."]
 Louisiana Lawmakers Scheduled to Hold Hearing Today on Abortion Ban lifenews.com 4/19/6 ["A Louisiana lawmaker says he doesn't plan to add rape or incest exceptions to his bill that would ban virtually all abortions in the state. Senator Ben Nevers is sponsoring legislation that would prohibit all abortions in the state except for those necessary to prevent the death of the mother."]
 Wal-Mart offers to help fix US health care news.yahoo.com 4/19/6 ["Wal-Mart tracks expenses so closely that cardboard boxes at its distribution centers bear a message reminding employees that each box costs the company 75 cents.  The retailer offered up its information technology expertise to help develop a system for keeping electronic medical records as another means of reducing costs.  Wal-Mart also said that lessons could be learned from health clinics it is opening in dozens of stores around the country, many of which serve uninsured patients who would otherwise go to the emergency room -- a major drain on health care resources."]
 Population Research Expert Criticizes Dutch Proposal to Penalize Stay-At-Home Moms agapepress.org 4/19/6 ["Dijksma calls the decision by any eligible, college-educated woman not to seek a job in the paid workforce a "destruction of capital." The lawmaker recently explained her position, declaring to women across the Netherlands, "If you receive the benefit of an expensive education at the cost of society, you should not be allowed to throw away that knowledge unpunished."  ...the Population Research Institute's vice president of communications points out, this kind of socialist system that the Netherlands employs, with its offers of "free" services and benefits, unfortunately allows the government and its agents "to then try to take over your life.""]

 Georgia governor signs sweeping immigration law news.yahoo.com 4/18/6 ["The state of Georgia approved a sweeping measure on Monday to crack down on illegal immigrants, while in a sign of the national division on the issue, Arizona's governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed undocumented workers to be prosecuted as trespassers.  ...denies many state services paid for by taxpayers to people who are in the United States illegally.  It also forces contractors doing business with the state to verify the legal status of new workers, and requires police to notify immigration officials if people charged with crimes are illegal immigrants."]
 Florida Judge Overturns Abortion Protest Buffer Law, Upholds Free Speech lifenews.com 4/18/6 ["A Florida judge has overturned an abortion protest law put in place by West Palm Beach officials that creates a buffer zone between pro-life protesters and the local abortion business. The judge said the law violates free speech rights and he ordered the city not to enforce it.  ..."Freedom of speech is rarely an issue when everyone agrees," Middlebrooks wrote, according to a Palm Beach Post report. "Perhaps more than at any other place and any other time, in cases such as this, speech guaranteed by the First Amendment must be protected.""  Editor:  Pray and act for more!]
In Europe, unmarried parents on rise news.yahoo.com 4/18/6 ["Across Europe, the number of children born to unmarried couples has risen sixfold over the past 35 years to nearly 1 in 3 of all babies  ...More housing will be needed for more families, more childcare facilities will have to be provided, more thought will have to be given to employing single mothers, and more attention paid to the particular social and educational needs of youngsters brought up by only one parent. All this, with many European countries already faltering under the strain of generous state welfare programs."]
 Thousands flee Balkan floods cnn.com 4/18/6 ["With melting snow and heavy spring rain swelling the river to its highest levels in more than a century, authorities say the worst may be yet to come.  The floodwaters were surging downstream from Serbia towards neighboring Romania and Bulgaria. Forecasters say the flooding is expected to reach its peak in the two Balkan countries later this week."]
 Dollar Falls Sharply in Asian Trading moneycentral.msn.com 4/18/6 ["a media report suggesting that China might reduce its purchases of U.S. Treasury holdings, and amid speculation that U.S. interest rates may have peaked.  ...China has the world's largest foreign exchange reserves and is a major investor in U.S. Treasuries."]
 Gold hits new 25-yr high over $604, silver surges reuters.com 4/18/6 ["as lingering concerns over Iran's nuclear aspirations and surges in the key U.S. crude price spurred active speculative buying."]
 To boost its ruble, Russia may bar mention of dollar baltimoresun.com 4/18/6 ["It is about time to start respecting our own currency, especially taking into account that it is already stronger than the dollar."]

 China's economic growth gets even faster smh.com.au 4/17/6 ["Swift increases this year in bank lending, as in 2003, have stimulated the Chinese economy, as China's large trade surplus and continued intake of heavy foreign direct investment have helped give Chinese companies and individuals large sums to stash in bank deposits that the banks then lend for further investments."]
 How To Destroy America newswithviews.com 4/17/6 ["History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual.  ...My sixth plan for America’s downfall would include dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other—that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful or stable society is against most historical precedent."]
 Messianic Fervor Grows Among Iran's Shiites latimes.com 4/17/6 [""]
 Gold, Silver Rally on Concern Oil Gains Will Spark Inflation bloomberg.com 4/17/6 ["Gold and silver have rallied on concern that gains in energy and metals prices will boost the cost of consumer goods. Oil jumped to a record high today in London. Investors are buying precious metals as a hedge against inflation and on speculation that they will outperform stocks and bonds. "]
 Qatar Pledges $50 Million to Palestinians abcnews.go.com 4/17/6 ["The official Qatar News Agency said the funds were offered to "bolster the budget of the Palestinian authority based on the decision of the Arab summit" held in Khartoum, Sudan, in March."]
 Euthanasia Group Wants to Expand Assisted Suicide Services in Europe lifenews.com 4/17/6 ["A pro-euthanasia group in Switzerland that runs an assisted suicide clinic in Zurich wants to expand the number of people who go to it for help in killing themselves. The group wants to start conducting assisted suicides on people who aren't terminally ill but suffer from chronic depression.  ...But the head of a Christian doctors group says the euthanasia advocates fail to comprehend that people considering assisted suicide need help, not death."]
 Messianic Fervor Grows Among Iran's Shiites latimes.com 4/17/6 ["All Muslims await the appearance of the Mahdi; the largest branch of Shiites, those known as Twelvers, await his return.  To the majority of Shiites, the Mahdi was the last of the prophet Muhammad's true heirs, his 12 righteous descendants chosen by God to lead the faithful."]

Iran donates $50 million to Hamas-led government news.yahoo.com 4/16/6 ["Mottaki said the gift was Iran's duty as a friend of the Palestinians, but did not say how or when it would reach them."]
Canadian Victory for Christian Freedom: Bible = Hate Literature Ruling Reversed lifesite.net 4/16/6 ["The highest court in the province of Saskatchewan has reversed a 2002 decision by the Court of Queen's Bench which ruled that a man who placed references to Bible verses on homosexuality into a newspaper ad was guilty of inciting hatred.  ...the Court said s. 14(1)(b) must be read as applying only in cases where the message in question involved extreme emotions and strong feelings of detestation, calumny and vilification. The Court also stressed that any message impugned under s. 14(1)(b) must be carefully examined with regard to its full context in order to determine whether the section has been offended. "]
US readies flu pandemic response plan: report news.yahoo.com 4/16/6 ["Bush is expected to adopt post-Katrina recommendations that a new interagency task force coordinate the federal response and a high-level Disaster Response Group resolve disputes among agencies or states, the newspaper said. Neither entity has been created.  ...administration would tap into its secure stash of medications, cancel large gatherings, encourage schools to close and shift air traffic controllers to the busier hubs.  ...retired federal employees would be summoned back to work, and National Guard troops could be dispatched to cities facing possible insurrection."]
 

Episcopal Churches Turn to U2 to Pack Pews news.yahoo.com 4/15/6 ["Bono, meanwhile, has told interviewers that he worships God through music. He once belonged to an ascetic Christian community, and in February, he spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast. The band's early tapes were sold in religious bookstores.  Still, the band members are traditional rock 'n' rollers — they swear, drink and sing about sex."]
 Internet Agency Weighs New Domain Name news.yahoo.com 4/15/6 ["As proposed, individuals could use a ".tel" Web site to provide the latest contact information and perhaps even let friends initiate a call or send a text message directly from the site. Businesses could use a ".tel" site to determine customers' locations and route them automatically to the correct call center.  Its proponents also envision ".tel" as a place from which the various people-finding services on the Internet could pull the latest contact information as individuals move about."  Editor: As the world edges closer to the final days, there will be an increased perceived need for identification and tracking of individuals for a variety of reasons - some good, some bad.]
 Autism, mercury, and politics boston.com 4/15/6 ["In a 1991 memo, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, one of the fathers of Merck's vaccination programs, warned his bosses that 6-month-old children administered the shots on schedule would suffer mercury exposures 87 times the government safety standards. He recommended that Thimerosal be discontinued and complained that the US Food and Drug Administration, which has a notoriously close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry, could not be counted on to take appropriate action as its European counterparts had. Merck ignored Hilleman's warning, and for eight years government officials added seven more shots for children containing Thimerosal.  Mercury is a known brain poison, and autism rates began rising dramatically in children who were administered the new vaccine regimens."]
 Pa. to install cell tracking technology businessweek.com 4/15/6 ["Almost a dozen states -- including neighboring Maryland and Delaware -- and the District of Columbia are completely covered by 911 cell phone tracking technology, which uses information from GPS chips embedded in some cell phones or by monitoring how far the caller is from nearby cell phone towers."]
 Inflation And The Federal Reserve newswithviews.com 4/15/6 ["the Federal Reserve Bank is a private corporation that controls the entire monetary and financial system of the United States. As such, it is not part of our government but controls it through creating highs and lows in the business cycle. What that means is that a small group of insiders can “buy low and sell high” while the rest of us “hold.” This is a direct transfer of wealth from us to them!"]
 

 Hawaii First State in US to Enshrine Abortion “Rights” in Law lifesite.net 4/14/6 ["The same bill eliminates the mandatory 90-day residency requirement before abortion, and allows abortion as an in-office medical procedure. The proposal prompted one commentator to dub the island state as the “baby killing center of the Pacific.”  Republican Sen. Sam Slom added that the new law “would make Hawaii the abortion capital of the world. We are known for sewage in our ocean. What other negative thing could we be known for,”"]
 Ind. Signs Lease for Toll Road, Gets Sued chron.com 4/14/6 ["Under the lease, Spanish-Australian consortium Cintra-Macquarie would pay the state $3.8 billion up front and be responsible for operating and maintaining the highway. It would get to keep the toll revenue it collects.  Opponents argued it violates the state constitution and have sued. They said the constitution requires that the proceeds from the sale of any public works be used to pay off state debt."]
 Euthanasia Bill to be Brought to House “Sooner Rather than Later” says Quebec MP lifesite.net 4/14/6 ["Lalonde said that she fully intends to bring forward another bill proposing to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia to replace the previous bill that died on the order paper in December.  Had Lalonde’s bill C-407 been passed, the law in Canada would have allowed any individual to “assist” someone to commit suicide with or without a doctor present."]
 Immigrant advocates convene May 1 work stoppage reuters.com 4/14/6 ["U.S. immigrant rights advocates on Thursday called for a nationwide boycott of work, school and commerce on May 1, seeking to capitalize on the momentum of recent mass demonstrations across the country.  "I don't think we will crumble the economy of the United States on May 1 but we will make a dent,""]
 Poll: Sinking Perceptions Of Islam cbsnews.com 4/14/6 [Editor: Notice further in the article that they put "Christian Fundamentalists Religions" (rated at only 31% Favorable) in a separate category than "Protestantism/Other Christians" (58% Favorable)]
 'Economic Patriotism' Casts Doubt in EU news.yahoo.com 4/14/6 ["The European Union has often struggled to persuade governments to look beyond narrow national interests, as it inches toward its goal of becoming a vast free market. But now an unabashedly populist ideal is taking root among governments: economic patriotism."]
 

 Sprint unveils mobile child locator service  4/13/6 ["The service lets parents look at maps on their cellphones or computers to locate their children who also carry mobile phones.  ...the estimated accuracy of the reading, which could range from a radius of 2 yards around the child to a radius of hundreds of yards."]
 Harvard Scientists to Try Human Cloning That South Korea Team Falsified lifenews.com 4/13/6 [""We're now probably two years behind where we'd hoped to be," he said, adding that now scientists still have no idea how to transplant human DNA into egg cells.  The proposal may run into problems because it may be difficult to get donor eggs to use in the research.  A new Massachusetts law prohibits paying women for their eggs and, before it was enacted, companies that paid as much as $4,000 to women for their eggs had a difficult time securing many to use.  Scientists have previously obtained stem cells from destroying human embryos but they have never been able to clone a human embryos specifically to obtain the stem cells. All of the destruction of human life that has occurred so far has been done with embryos donated from fertility clinics."]
 If Roe is reversed, abortion would still be legal in more than 40 states, group says bpnews.net 4/13/6 [""]
 Olmert: Convergence to cost USD 10 billion ynetnews.com 4/13/6 ["The newly appointed prime minister said he intends on withdrawing 70,000 Jewish settlers from the West Bank, less than a third of the 250,000 currently living beyond the Green Line.  In return, Israel will keep hold of large West Bank settlement blocks, where most of the evacuees will be relocated."]
 Florida Gov Bush Forced to Give Up on Idea to Protect Other Terri Schiavos lifenews.com 4/13/6 ["Bush directed his staff to develop legislation based on the idea but couldn't find a lawmaker willing to carry the bill."]
 Outsourcing saves less than claimed news.yahoo.com 4/13/6 ["Outsourcing of information technology and business services delivers average cost savings of 15 percent, a survey found on Thursday, disproving market claims that outsourcing can reduce costs by over 60 percent."]
 

 Australia Approves First Request to Use Dangerous RU 486 Abortion Drug lifenews.com 4/12/6 ["A federal agency that the Australian parliament granted oversight regarding the dangerous abortion drug RU 486 has approved an abortion practitioner's request to use the dangerous drug. The approval marks the first time in the abortion drug will be used in the island nation."]
 What's Love Got To Do With It? newswithviews.com 4/12/6 ["Today, many extol "God's love" through religious manipulation; craftily employing what amounts to deceit in carrying out a "sacred" agenda for church growth; the same tactic Satan himself used on Eve in the Garden. We have churches offering unrepentant sinners amusements, refreshments, recreation and smiling faces that wink at rebellion while denying the Lord they claim at every turn by hiding His Word behind clever programs, techniques, organizations, reputations and strategies; and in doing so, re-define "love" into something sneaky, seductive, misleading and unbiblical as a pragmatic means of gaining advantage for the coveted favor and approval of a fallen and rebellious world that, in reality, hates Jesus Christ and His Word.  ...Who needs the ACLU to censor the Word of God around town with scripturally sterilized church programs and playgrounds like this?"]
 Brokeback Lesson Plans for Canadian Schoolchildren lifesite.net 4/12/6 ["The fact that Brokeback Mountain is a propaganda film to normalize homosexuality has been attested to by even the secular media, but has also been analyzed as such by an expert in the field. Dr. R. Winfield, in an article on the controversial film writes, “Having studied propaganda and its effects on societies for over 50 years, I can state unequivocally that the film Brokeback Mountain is one of the most blatant propaganda pieces of recent times.”"]
 White House hotly denies report on Iraq WMD news.yahoo.com 4/12/6 ["On May 29, 2003, Bush hailed the capture of two trailers in Iraq as mobile biological laboratories and declared, "We have found the weapons of mass destruction."  The report in The Washington Post said a Pentagon-sponsored fact-finding mission had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons."]
 Cabinet Chooses Olmert to Become Prime Minister on Friday israelnationalnews.com 4/12/6 ["The Cabinet voted today to appoint Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as Prime Minister when Ariel Sharon becomes officially and permanently incapacitated this coming Friday. Friday will mark 100 days since Sharon was medically induced into a coma after his massive brain hemorrhage; the law states that a permanent replacement must be found for him at that time."]
 An Indivisible Nation - How America Will Stand newswithviews.com 4/12/6 ["Public schools and our children are the public-private property of Socialist re-engineers. American children are now thoroughly trained to be sexually active, morally blank, community consensus and ignorant laborers – or else they are “mentally ill” and drugged."]
 

 Researcher: Abortion Advocates Manipulate Data To Make RU-486 Look Safe agapepress.org 4/11/6 ["In such cases, O'Bannon asserts, deaths that occur as a result of RU-486 may actually get recorded as being due to complications from serious infections or natural miscarriages."]
 Iran Reaches Key Step in Nuclear Process news.yahoo.com 4/11/6 ["Rafsanjani's comment, carried by the Kuwait News Agency. was the first disclosure that Iran had successfully enriched uranium since February, when it began research at its enrichment facility in the town of Natanz.  Rafsanjani did not disclose the amount of uranium that Iran had enriched through the facility's 164 centrifuges, but he said it would put the country in a good position for ElBaradei's visit."]
 Lung Cancer Epidemic From DU Has Begun In US newswithviews.com 4/11/6 ["Children in Iraq are dying in epidemic numbers from malignancies. In most nations cancer in children is uncommon. This makes depleted uranium shells and bombs an ideal vehicle to diminish the world population."]
 ‘Missing link’ claim for fossils debunked by creationist group bpnews.net 4/11/6 ["“[Tiktaalik] is not an amphibian or a reptile,” said Menton, who holds a Ph.D. in cell biology from Brown University. “It belongs to a group of fish called lobe-fin fish.”  The lobe-fin fish have bones similar to other vertebrates. Tiktaalik, Menton said, is not unique in having these bones because other lobe-fish, such as “coelacanth” fish, also have them. Evolutionists say the lobe-fin fish became extinct millions of years ago.  Coelacanth, in particular, supposedly vanished 135 million years ago before its hyped 1938 discovery in waters near Madagascar, Menton noted."]
 Child Molestation By Homosexuals and Heterosexuals hli.org 4/11/6 [Adobe PDF]
 Worldly gain of Nat’l Geographic & Gospel writers compared bpnews.net 4/11/6 ["the Gospel of Judas  ...Irenaeus said that it was a product of a cult known as the Cainites who deliberately honored every wicked figure in the Bible so as to promote their own immoral lifestyle. The Cainites considered the God who created the world as evil and Satan as good."]
 

 'No turning back' dallasnews.com 4/10/6 [" Between 350,000 and 500,000 participants showed up, according to Dallas police estimates. In Fort Worth, about 10,000 to 30,000 people marched."]
 San Francisco: The Great Quake: 1906-2006 Days before the disaster  sfgate.com 4/10/6 ["The city was wide open with prostitution, drugs (opium was the drug of choice in 1906) and dance halls that never closed. Some things were too much, even for San Francisco. Crusaders, led by the Rev. Terrance Caraher -- "Terrible Terry" they called him -- had closed down the Hotel Nymphia on Pacific Street, an establishment with 300 prostitutes that had billed itself as the largest bordello in the world."  Editor: This article sounds like America as a whole, now.]
 Stolen Innocence, The Sin of Incest newswithviews.com 4/10/6 ["You stated: “Once a woman has an abortion it is emotionally easier to have another abortion. So it appears that abortion functions as a sacrificial, selfish birth control method.” For some, or even many, this may be true, but for many others, it is only emotionally easier because we feel that we have committed the worse evil crime and that we are going to hell anyway so what is one more... and one more... etc. Typically post abortive people have very low self esteem. We may show the world that we have our "act" together, but in reality, we are just around the corner from the next "crisis", usually of our own making. "]
 List of Canadian Vaccines Made from Aborted Babies Body Parts lifesite.net 4/10/6 ["Concerned Canadian pharmacists have published a list of vaccines in use in the country that are currently sourced from aborted fetal tissues. It turns out that all vaccines with the exception of the flu vaccine utilize aborted fetal tissues.  ...Human lives are deliberately taken in order to furnish cell lines for the production of these vaccines, according to COG. The COG also state that, similar to organ transplantation, tissues must be “harvested” in a live form in order to be of any use for the purpose of creating a vaccine. “In aborted fetal tissue research, as in any type of human tissue or organ transplant or research, it is essential that the samples collected are still living,” they state. This type of harvest implies informed consent by the mother for her child to be used for scientific or commercial purposes."]
 Animal ID System to Be in Place by 2009 news.yahoo.com 4/10/6 ["The goal is to pinpoint a single animal's movements among the nation's 9 billion cows, pigs and chickens within 48 hours after a disease is discovered"]
 Gulf Coast Prepares New Hurricane Plans news.yahoo.com 4/10/6 ["What the Harrison County emergency management director cannot fully plan for is the psychological toll another hurricane could exact on residents struggling to rebuild their lives after Katrina.  "They're already at the point of breaking," he said. "If we have another storm of any size this summer, mental health is going to be a huge issue."]
 South Dakota Indian Abortion Business May Violate Pro-Life Tribal Law lifenews.com 4/10/6 ["A planned abortion business on an Indian reservation in South Dakota may be able to get around a state ban on abortions, but a former tribal judge says it would violate tribal law that respects the life of unborn children."]
 

Protest was empty political gesture fortwayne.com 4/9/6 ["The students at South Side High School are lucky. They don’t yet have to make a living. But soon enough they will be out in the world and competing for jobs with undocumented workers taking home less than minimum wage. How will these students get their start in life? Protecting the dreams of illegal immigrants seems like a worthy goal, but when these students are forced to compete with these workers, their position may very well change."]
New Zealand: Late stage abortion numbers causing concern stuff.co.nz 4/9/6 [""]
  UK: The secret No 10 plan to tackle bird flu food shortages  telegraph.co.uk 4/9/6 ["Emergency plans to tackle widespread food shortages in the event of a bird flu pandemic are being drawn up by ministers, according to secret Cabinet documents.  Off-duty firemen and retired lorry drivers would be pressed into service to ensure that essential food and drink supplies were delivered."]
Mass protests in US cities highlight immigrant clout reuters.com 4/9/6 ["Fresh protests on behalf of the immigrants are planned for Monday in 60 cities nationwide. Immigrant organizations are calling for a general strike on May 1 to show what would happen in the United States without immigrants, legal and illegal."]
Emerging "Christianity": From Gnostic Roots To Occult Revival newswithviews.com 4/9/6 ["A flood of mystical temptations are sweeping through churches and culture. They beckon us "let go" of the old inflexible Word and explore the new ways of the world and spirit. Naturally, a growing consensus of "open-minded" seekers claim that God's truth is "too divisive" to fit their new vision of global unity or experiential spirituality."]
Lung Caner Epidemic From DU has Begun In U.S. newswithviews.com 4/9/6 ["In the year 2005 there were 175,000 new cases of lung cancer in the United States. The months of January and February of 2006 have already yielded 172,000 new cases of lung cancer in our nation. What has lead to this shocking new development?"]
 

San Francisco may be world's gayest city: report abcnews.go.com 4/8/6 ["San Francisco's Department of Public Health, said in an interview. "From all the data I have seen … it's the gayest city in the world."  ...That figure represents nearly one in five of the city's males above the age of 15.  0ne out of every four gay males — 25.8 percent — is infected with the HIV virus"]
Study Links Fluoride to Bone Cancer in Men foxnews.com 4/8/6 ["Boys who grew up in communities that added at least moderate levels of fluoride to their water got bone cancer -- osteosarcoma -- more often than boys who drank water with little or no fluoride.  The risk peaked for boys who drank more highly fluoridated water between the ages of 6 and 8 years -- a time at which children undergo a major growth spurt. By the time they were 20, these boys got bone cancer 5.46 times more often than boys with the lowest consumption. "]
Wiretapping on the Increase in Europe news.yahoo.com 4/8/6 ["As part of a package of European Union anti-terrorism measures, the European Parliament in December approved legislation requiring telecommunications companies to retain phone date and Internet logs for a minimum of six months in case they are needed for criminal investigations."]
Florida Lawmakers Reject Tax Money for Embryonic Stem Cell Research lifenews.com 4/8/6 ["n the House some legislators wanted to use $1 million of the money in the budget for cancer research on embryonic stem cell studies. However, lawmakers opposed the idea because embryonic stem cell research requires the destruction of human life. They also pointed out that adult stem cell research has already yielded dozens of treatments for cures and diseases while embryonic research hasn't even come close to being used to help patients.  The amendment would have allowed researchers to destroy human embryos from fertility clinics for their stem cells."]
Audio Sermond by John Weaver sermonaudio.com 4/8/6 [Includes titles such as: How God Destroys Nations, Biblical Wealth, Biblical Money & Inflation, Christian & Civil Government, and Biblical Methods of Dealing with Tyranny]
 

Gonzales hints Bush could expand warrantless wiretaps sfgate.com 4/7/6 ["suggested for the first time Thursday that a president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States.  "I'm not going to rule it out," Gonzales said when asked about that possibility at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. "]
Cost to Remove 12M Illegal Immigrants Huge news.yahoo.com 4/7/6 [""I think a lot of people are making emotional calls on this issue without thinking through the cost to taxpayers," said study author Rajeev Goyle, a lecturer at Wichita State University."  Editor: It is not an emotional call.  This 'study' is a red herring'.]
How Do You Deport Millions Of Illegals? newswithviews.com 4/6/6 ["Employers should be the first target of enforcement for identifying illegals. All employers should be required to have on file a certified birth certificate from any current or future job applicant. That employer would then call the county recorder's office in the state on the birth certificate to confirm that it was issued by that office and authenticate the document."]
Britain Rolls Out Bird Flu Crisis Plan news.yahoo.com 4/7/6 ["In Washington, federal guidelines were rushed out Friday to help companies develop new tests capable of quickly singling out bird flu in infected humans, the Food and Drug Administration said."]
Belgium to Consider Legalizing Under-18 Euthanasia lifesite.net 4/7/6 ["has called for an extension to the country’s euthanasia laws to give teenagers under 18 the right to choose assisted suicide, and parents of younger children the right to “choose” it for them."]
South Dakota Indian Tribe Moving Ahead With Plans for Abortion Business lifenews.com 4/7/6 ["At first Thunder said the tribe would build the abortion center if the bid to topple the abortion ban fails. Now, she tells Indian Country Today that it will move ahead regardless.  She already has a name, too -- the Sacred Choices Clinic."]
Mosque Suicide Bombers Kill 79 in Baghdad news.yahoo.com 4/7/6 ["are likely to stoke the already raw tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. The U.S. ambassador warned in an interview published Friday that sectarian civil war in Iraq could enflame the entire Middle East."]
US suspends aid to Palestinian Govt abc.net.au 4/7/6 ["He said US humanitarian aid to the Palestinians through UN relief agencies and non-governmental organizations that are not affiliated with the Palestinian Authority would be increased by 57 per cent this year to $US245 million.  ...also includes an additional $US42 million to strengthen civil society and independent institutions"]
Google aims to track users with wi-fi msnbc.msn.com 4/7/6 ["in order to serve them with relevant advertising from local businesses."]
 

What If Paul Revere's Horse Broke A Leg? newswithviews.com 4/6/6 ["the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of the definition of democracy--with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase. "A democracy or republic is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.""]
Wal-Mart sells 'Brokeback' DVDs despite protests reuters.com 4/6/6 [""It wasn't even a blockbuster movie, so if Wal-Mart isn't trying to push an agenda, why would they put it at the front door?" American Family Association executive Randy Sharp told the Los Angeles Times."]
How Do You Deport Millions Of Illegals? newswithviews.com 4/6/6 ["Employers should be the first target of enforcement for identifying illegals. All employers should be required to have on file a certified birth certificate from any current or future job applicant. That employer would then call the county recorder's office in the state on the birth certificate to confirm that it was issued by that office and authenticate the document."]
California: Bill requires gays' history to be taught mercurynews.com 4/6/6 ["The state Senate will consider a bill that would require California schools to teach students about the contributions gay people have made to society -- an effort that supporters say is an attempt to battle discrimination and opponents say is designed to use the classroom to get children to embrace homosexuality."]
Gold Futures Top $600 an Ounce news.yahoo.com 4/6/6 ["Gold prices have been pushed higher by the strength in other commodity prices, such as oil and silver  ...many market watchers are saying they could easily surpass the record of about $800 an ounce, and some even say $1000 is a possibility."]
California Stem Cell Research Agency Will Get $14M From Bonds Sales lifenews.com 4/6/6 ["With its financial resources drying up and two lawsuits filed against it keeping other funds tied up in court, the California committee set up to distribute taxpayer funds for human cloning and embryonic stem cell research approved selling short-term bonds to raise some quick cash."]
Cell Phone Warns About Sexual Predators news.yahoo.com 4/6/6 ["the first cell phone that uses the Global Positioning System to alert parents when a child is walking near a sexual predator's home."]
No, international law doesn't have to be dumped because of al-Qaida guardian.co.uk 4/6/6 [""]
 

Republicans Tweak Immigration Alternative news.yahoo.com 4/5/6 ["Bush said the immigration bill should include a guest worker provision that allows illegal immigrants to remain in the United States to perform jobs that, he said, Americans will not perform. But he said the legislation should not include an amnesty provision that provides automatic citizenship."]
Los Alamos, UW research paints grim picture of bird flu pandemic seattlepi.nwsource.com 4/5/6 ["Left unchecked, a global outbreak of bird flu could infect 54 percent of the U.S. population and peak in just over two months, while a less-contagious strain could affect a third of the population and peak after 117 days, a new report predicts.  ...The state Department of Health has been training communities around New Mexico in how to deal with a pandemic flu, with state workers practicing with doctors, hospitals, schools and businesses on how to respond.  "We've been planning for more than a decade, so it's not a last-minute setting. It's thoughtful," Health Secretary Michelle Lujan Grisham said."]
International laws hinder UK troops - Reid guardian.co.uk 4/5/6 ["The conventions, he said, were created more than half century ago "when the world was almost unrecognisable". They dealt with how the sick and injured and how prisoners of war were treated, "and the obligations on states during their military occupation of another state", he said.  ...He also spoke of the "concept of imminence" - the circumstances when a state could strike without waiting for an attack.  It was a principal issue during the debate over the invasion of Iraq and has clear implications for any possible future action against Iran."]
Former Head Of Star Wars Program Says Cheney Main 9/11 Suspect infowars.com 4/5/6 ["Bowman worked secretly for the US government on the Star Wars project and was the first to coin the very term in a 1977 secret memo.  ...Bowman outlined how the drills on the morning of 9/11 that simulated planes crashing into buildings on the east coast were used as a cover to dupe unwitting air defense personnel into not responding quickly enough to stop the attack.  "The exercises that went on that morning simulating the exact kind of thing that was happening so confused the people in the FAA and NORAD....that they didn't they didn't know what was real and what was part of the exercise," said Bowman"]
Bahamas bans "Brokeback Mountain" reuters.com 4/5/6 [" Four years ago, employees walked off the job at an isolated resort cay in the Bahamas after a shipload of gays arrived. The disgusted workers described carnal scenes on the beach as "like Sodom and Gomorrah" and refused to work until they had gone.  In 2004, Christian groups led a protest against the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship, which had docked with 1,600 gay passengers."]
 

Mass. Lawmakers OK Mandatory Health Bill news.yahoo.com 4/4/6 ["If all goes as planned, poor people will be offered free or heavily subsidized coverage; those who can afford insurance but refuse to get it will face increasing tax penalties until they obtain coverage; and those already insured will see a modest drop in their premiums."]
Senior China official urges cut in US debt holding reuters.com 4/4/6 ["As China is a leading financier of the U.S. current account deficit and holds the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, the comments from Cheng Siwei, a vice chief of the national parliament, sent the dollar and U.S. government bonds lower.  ...Any move by China to sell some of its massive debt holdings could drive up long-term rates, which ultimately could make it costlier for Americans to take out home mortgages."]
Iraq, Hurricane Spending Bill Could Push Past $100B foxnews.com 4/4/6 [""]
Federal Study Rejects Aspartame Risks news.yahoo.com 4/4/6 ["Over the next five years, 2,106 developed blood-related cancers such as lymphoma or leukemia, and 376 developed brain tumors. No link was found to aspartame consumption for these cancers in general or for specific types"]
 

Iran says will test more weapons in wargames reuters.co.uk 4/3/6 ["ran earlier in the wargames said it had tested a radar-evading missile and a fast, underwater missile. Iran has a commanding position over the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf, a major shipping route for oil."]
Top Scientist Advocates Mass Culling 90% Of Human Population infowars.com 4/3/6 ["Fellow professors and scientists applause and roar approval at elite's twisted and genocidal population control agenda"]
They Died For "Cheap" Labor newswithviews.com 4/3/6 ["We must reconstitute the state militias as mandated by the Second Amendment because when these illegals go berserk and they will, there is nothing standing between the hordes and your family and property. There isn't enough law enforcement or National Guard in any state to handle what's coming."]
 

Schindlers continue battling euthanasia mercurynews.com 4/2/6 ["Terri Schiavo's parents, Robert and Mary, and siblings, Bobby Schindler and Suzanne Vitadamo, said they will fight against euthanasia and a culture that doesn't value the lives of brain-damaged and severely disabled people.  The Schindlers said they want doctors to stop classifying patients as being in a persistent vegetative state."]
E.U. official critical of economic nationalism marketwatch.com 4/2/6 ["The head of the European Union's executive Commission warned Friday he would use his powers to sanction countries that construct illegal protective barriers around their national industries.
Speaking at the European University Institute in Florence, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged greater "insistence" that European countries obey laws designed to create a single European market place. "]
Iran Calls Second Missile Test a Success news.yahoo.com 4/2/6 ["The Iranian-made torpedo ...has a speed of 223 miles per hour  ...That would make it about three or four times faster than a normal torpedo and as fast as the world's known fastest, the Russian-made VA-111 Shkval, developed in 1995. It was not immediately known if the Hoot was based on the Shkval."]
 

America – Destroyed By Sorcery! lasttrumpetministries.org 4/1/6 ["I have often wondered as I watch and pray; what would it take to awaken the sleeping remnant? I pray to God this issue of the Last Trumpet will help to do it. I have been publishing this newsletter for nearly twenty-five years and have watched the fulfillment of prophecy with remarkable accuracy. It has not been easy, because I have been threatened, shot at, maligned, and even hated by some members of my own family. I have been attacked by witches and professing “Christians”. The hardest thing to bear, however, is living with a broken heart as I watch professing Christians, who should be discerning, fall into the depths of deception, because they do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God.  ...May 1st, which is the high cross-quarter sabat of Beltaine, the highest day on the heliocentric witch calendar."]
Activists working to 'paralyze' U.S. worldnetdaily.com 4/1/6 ["The coalition that organized an estimated 500,000 marchers in Los Angeles to protest immigration reform announced its next mass action is "an economic and labor boycott that will paralyze the U.S. economy."  ...The boycott is scheduled for May 1"]
In Mexico, Bush tells Fox migrant bill is doable chron.com 4/1/6 ["Bush is pushing for an immigration reform package that will secure America's southern border and allow more Mexicans to work legally in the U.S. An estimated 6 million Mexicans live north of the border illegally."]
Immigration tensions spark flag-burning in A.J. eastvalleytribune.com 4/1/6 ["students raised a Mexican flag over Apache Junction High School — and then other students yanked it down and burned it."  Editor: glimpse of more to come?]
Battle Brews As Porn Moves Into Mainstream news.yahoo.com 4/1/6 ["a sprawling industry that, by some counts, offers more than 4 million porn sites on the Internet, that in the United States alone is estimated to be worth $12 billion a year. A tracking firm, comScore Media Metrix, says about 40 percent of Internet users in the United States visit adult sites each month.  ...It destroys your sense of personhood when you bring all that you are into a relationship and someone chooses to ignore that," she said. "It eats away at the heart of the family.  ...When I ask men who are sex addicts if they would want their wife or daughter to be in porn, 100 percent say, 'No,'" she said. "They want it to be somebody else's wife or daughter. They know this material is damaging."]
Minutemen Gather for New Campaigns news.yahoo.com 4/1/6 ["A year after their first watch-and-report operation along the border in southeastern Arizona, members of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps embarked on a much larger effort in the busy migrant-smuggling corridor.  ...So far this fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, agents have caught more than 48,000 in the area staked out this weekend, up 53 percent from the same period a year earlier."]