"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

Wall St sinks as economic alarm escalates reuters.com 6/30/10 ["Investors fled the U.S. stock market on Tuesday and the S&P 500 tumbled to its lowest level in eight months in a sell-off triggered by a wave of increasing alarm over the global economic outlook."]
US accepts international assistance for Gulf spill google.com 6/30/10 ["The United States rarely faces a disaster of such magnitude that it requires international aid, but the government did accept assistance after Hurricane Katrina."]
Obama, Saudi King discuss 2-state Mideast solution reuters.com 6/30/10 ["Analysts say the Saudis want Obama to take a stronger stance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over stalled peace talks with the Palestinians and on freezing Jewish settlements."]
House fails to pass unemployment aid extension reuters.com 6/30/10 ["...concern about the measure's $33 billion cost to the federal treasury. The bill would help as many as 1.7 million people whose unemployment insurance benefits have run out. It would extend an emergency unemployment compensation program through November 30.  ...The government is due on Friday to report the jobless rate for June. Analysts are expecting a slight increase due to temporary U.S. government census workers being laid off."]
Clashes in Greece as thousands protest in general strike google.com 6/30/10 ["Thousands of people took to the streets to protest cuts to public sector pay and pensions aimed at shoring up Greek finances, burdened by a huge public debt and deficit."]
State's 'emergency' gun ban in lawsuit bull's-eye wnd.com 6/30/10 ["Less than 24 hours after word erupted in Washington the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 2nd Amendment gun ownership rights for all Americans, a lawsuit has been filed over a practice in North Carolina of banning guns during "emergencies." "]
States' budget crises threaten to 'destroy social fabric' of the US ft.com 6/30/10 ["States around the US are cutting costs wherever possible as they prepare budgets for the fiscal year that starts this week for most of them. Their combined deficit is projected to reach $112bn (£74bn) by June 2011."]

Gulf oil spill: Could 'toxic storm' make beach towns uninhabitable? csmonitor.com 6/29/10 ["Residents fear mass relocations should a hurricane kick the Gulf oil spill onto resort towns. ‘Hazmat cards’ are a hot commodity among residents, since they could be the key to return."]
Supreme Court Overturns Chicago's Gun Ban abcnews.go.com 6/29/10 ["In 2008, the Court issued a landmark decision in the case District of Columbia v. Heller that established for the first time an individual's constitutional right to have a gun in his house, striking down Washington D.C.'s, strict handgun ban. The ruling, however, applied only to federal enclaves. Today's ruling applies to states and cities, such as Chicago, that have similar bans. "]
Supreme Court says you can 'keep and bear arms' wnd.com 6/29/10 ["In the Supreme Court's second major ruling on gun rights in just a few years, the justices used the 14th Amendment to extend the federally protected right to "keep and bear arms" from the U.S. Constitution to residents of all 50 states. "]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Gay, Diveristy Rights Override Religious Freedom lifesitenews.com 6/29/10 ["The court decided 5-4 Monday in the case Christian Legal Society v. Martinez to uphold a California law school’s denial of official recognition of a Christian student group. The Christian group refused to agree to let non-Christians and those engaging in a "sexually immoral lifestyle" to become voting members or leaders. The case has received national interest as the guidelines, which bar openly-practicing homosexuals from the group, came to be perceived as discrimination against homosexuals."]
RBS tells clients to prepare for 'monster' money-printing by the Federal Reserve telegraph.co.uk 6/29/10 ["Societe Generale's uber-bear Albert Edwards said the Fed and other central banks will be forced to print more money whatever they now say, given the "stinking fiscal mess" across the developed world. "The response to the coming deflationary maelstrom will be additional money printing that will make the recent QE seem insignificant," he said. "]
Adult Stem Cells, Not Embryonic, Cure Blindness in Dozens of Patients in Italy lifenews.com 6/29/10 ["The treatment is only successful for patients who have had their eyes damaged from chemicals, not from normal deterioration such as macular degeneration. Also, patients must have at least some sight because their own eye stem cells are used in the process."]
Missouri Becomes Second State to Allow Women to Use Force to Protect Unborn lifenews.com 6/29/10 ["making the Midwestern state the second in the nation to adopt a new kind of law. The measure ensures a pregnant woman can use deadly force to protect the life of her unborn child."]
States struggle to pass budgets without federal stimulus dollars al.com 6/29/10 ["Now, with a new fiscal year just days away in most states, many governors are proposing to make up for the shortfall with tax increases, cuts in essential services and potential layoffs of thousands of public employees."]
Bombers Away? The B-1 Could Be Near Its Demise time.com 6/29/10 ["the Air Force is thinking of retiring its total 66-plane B-1 fleet to hit budget targets set by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Top Air Force officials met behind closed doors late last week to determine if permanently grounding the B-1 fleet makes sense."]

A Special Tribute to Pastor David J. Meyer lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 6/28/10 [Editor: He will be greatly missed for his insight, ministry, and compassion.]
Gay pride marchers celebrate with parades, parties google.com 6/28/10 ["Thousands of marchers and a rainbow of floats filled the streets of New York and other U.S. cities on Sunday as people celebrated gay pride..."]
Fannie Mae gets tough on homeowners who walk away latimes.com 6/28/10 ["Taking aim at homeowners who are able to pay their mortgage but decide it's not worth it, Fannie Mae plans to go after them in court and to limit their access to home loans for seven years. "]
What Will It Take Fellow Americans? Had Enough? newswithviews.com 6/28/10 [By Greg Evensen  "There is no more time to mince words about the dying state of America."]
UK bill of rights plan a 'bad idea', warns head of European court guardian.co.uk 6/28/10 ["Plans to create a British bill of rights have been strongly criticised by one of Europe's most senior judges, in a stance which could create further conflict between the government and the European court of human rights."]

10-Year-Old Boy Used as Grand Marshal of Arkansas Homosexual Fest lifesitenews.com 6/26/10 ["The boy, Will Phillips, attracted national media attention last year after he refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance at school, saying that homosexuals are refused "liberty and justice" because the government defines marriage as between a man and a woman."]
New York Lawmakers Pass Weekly Emergency Spending Bill businessweek.com 6/26/10 ["...12th consecutive weekly package of emergency spending bills to keep the government operating."]
More American women not having children: report reuters.com 6/26/10 ["Nearly 20 percent of older women do not have children, compared to 10 percent in the 1970s, the Pew Research Center said. "In recent decades, social pressure to play traditional roles has lessened in a broad variety of ways and there is more leeway for individual choice."]
German Court Legalizes Euthanasia lifesitenews.com 6/26/10 ["In countries that have already legalized euthanasia, such “safeguards” as living wills are often cited by euthanasia campaigners as means of avoiding abuse of power by doctors and nurses. Nevertheless, reports from Belgium and the Netherlands are increasingly showing that patients are regularly being killed without any form of consent being given. "]
Obama urges illegals: Rat out your bosses! wnd.com 6/26/10 ["The Obama administration is encouraging illegal aliens to call its new hotline and rat out U.S. employers because they "work hard and have the right to be paid fairly." Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is personally asking illegals to snitch on bosses if their paychecks aren't large enough. "]
Governors to bring Medicaid fight to Washington reuters.com 6/26/10 ["By Friday morning, governors were planning to come to the nation's capital to tell lawmakers that without the money, they will have to slash already lean budgets for fiscal 2011, which for most states begins in a week."]
House Passes Disclose Act Bill That Would Place Heavy Restrictions on Pro-Life Organizations lifenews.com 6/26/10 ["The biggest problems are that it would require pro-life groups to disclose donors' names and require them to restrict 501(c)4 activities that allow them to educate their members and the public about legislative and election issues."]
Regulators close three banks, total now 86 reuters.com 6/26/10 ["The FDIC has said it expects failures will peak in the third quarter, but warned this week that economic threats could cloud recovery for the bank industry, such as concerns about the economic effects of the BP oil spill and European debt problems. Last year, 140 U.S. banks closed, compared with 25 in 2008 and three in 2007."]

French unions strike against pension age rise ft.com 6/25/10 ["A third of all school teachers stopped work, forcing some schools to close. Two-fifths of train drivers went on strike, triggering the cancellation of half the country’s high-speed and regional train services. Paris metro and suburban rail services were also disrupted..."]
Obama Administration Approves More Embryonic Stem Cells for Taxpayer Funding lifenews.com 6/25/10 ["On Monday, NIH Director Francis Collins approved eight more embryonic stem cell lines for federal funding -- including the six lines the Stem Cell Working Group signed off on last week."]
Judge refuses to delay ruling on Gulf drilling ban google.com 6/25/10 ["A federal judge who overturned a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed after the Gulf oil spill refused Thursday to put his ruling on hold while the government appeals."]
Cost of seizing Fannie and Freddie surging msnbc.msn.com 6/25/10 ["Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took over a foreclosed home roughly every 90 seconds during the first three months of the year."]
Jobless aid and tax bill fails in Senate reuters.com 6/25/10 ["Democrats, who control 59 seats in the Senate, have been pushing to win over a few Republicans by paring back the package that at one point would have added about $80 billion to the deficit over 10 years."]
Venezuela to nationalize U.S. firm's oil rigs reuters.com 6/25/10 ["Venezuela will nationalize a fleet of oil rigs belonging to U.S. company Helmerich and Payne, the latest takeover in a push to socialism as President Hugo Chavez struggles with lower oil output and a recession. ...He has threatened to nationalize Polar, the top brewer and food processor in the country of 30 million."]
Philadelphia Scouts Can Keep Building Despite Homosexual Ban: Federal Jury lifesitenews.com 6/25/10 ["The jury found that such a requirement violated the council's First Amendment rights. The city is still permitted to terminate the lease, but must not do so because of the organization's views on homosexuality."]

America, 2010: Christians hauled to jail for preaching Jesus wnd.com 6/24/10 [""These Christian missionaries were exercising their constitutional rights to free speech and the free exercise of religion, but apparently the Constitution carries little weight in Dearborn, where the Muslim population seems to dominate the political apparatus," said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center. "]
Is Allah Like You? chick.com 6/24/10 [""]
St. Louis Planned Parenthood to Offer Artificial Insemination lifesitenews.com 6/24/10 [""This is disturbing, and consistent with Planned Parenthood’s warped view of sex and children," Wendy Wright, President of the Concerned Women's Alliance, told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN)."]
Calif., Fla., other states to get more housing aid google.com 6/24/10 ["The states estimate that the plans are projected to help up to 93,000 homeowners. That's a small part of the administration's main existing $75 billion mortgage assistance program, which is widely viewed as a disappointment."]
Schwarzenegger: State workers to face minimum wage mercurynews.com 6/24/10 ["that the administration will tell the controller to reduce wages for the July pay period if there is no budget agreement. "]
BP Hurricane Plan For Oil Spill Under Scrutiny wwltv.com 6/24/10 [""There isn't a plan," said Jefferson Parish Emergency Operations director Deano Bonano. "We're in the working stages of that now, getting BP to look at that process and to put those plans in place.""]
Senators warn Obama: 'No amnesty by presidential fiat' wnd.com 6/24/10 [""Deferred action" is granted by the Department of Homeland Security. It's a short-term suspension of deportation hearings for illegal aliens. With "deferred action," illegals are often allowed to apply for employment authorization cards. "]
Midwest Town Mandates Immigration Check for Renters abcnews.go.com 6/24/10 ["Under the ordinance, renters would have to apply for a license, which includes a police check of the applicant's legal status. Undocumented aliens would be turned over to the federal government. "]

White House Fetes Lesbian Banned from Cross-Dressing at Prom lifesitenews.com 6/23/10 ["Now her newfound notoriety has received an added boost, after the White House decided to invite her to a reception honoring lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBT) scheduled for Tuesday at 5pm. Both President Obama and Vice-President Biden were expected to attend the reception. Openly gay Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh also planned to attend."]
Home Depot Hosts Children’s Workshop at Gay Pride Festival lifesitenews.com 6/23/10 ["The American Family Association (AFA) has launched a protest against Home Depot for setting up a children's workshop at the Southern Maine Pride Festival, which took place from June 13-20 in Portland, Maine."]
Feds bash reliability of birth documents wnd.com 6/23/10 ["The report predates by several years the controversy over Obama's birth. The document, titled "Birth Certificate Fraud," was done in 2000 by Inspector General June Gibbs Brown for the Department of Health and Human Services in response to questions about the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996."]
Judge lifts Obama's ban on offshore oil drilling nwsource.com 6/23/10 ["A federal judge Tuesday struck down the Obama administration's six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the government likely acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" in imposing the halt."]
Obama Seeks More Than $100 Million for Laid-Off Oil Rig Workers bloomberg.com 6/23/10 ["That money is separate from a $20 billion fund put up by BP to pay economic damage claims from individuals and businesses on the Gulf Coast affected by the worst oil spill in U.S. history. "]
US existing-home sales unexpectedly fall google.com 6/23/10 ["Sales of existing homes in the United States fell 2.2 percent in May after two consecutive rises, an industry group said Tuesday, despite support from a government tax-incentive program."]
Utah Supreme Court: Online petition signatures OK google.com 6/23/10 [""The court's opinion, which is the first of it's kind nationwide, has the potential to increase significantly the ability of independent candidates to access the general election ballots," said Darcy Goddard, legal director for the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued the case on Anderson's behalf."]
Britain launches emergency tax hikes, spending cuts google.com 6/23/10 ["Finance minister George Osborne announced that he would slap a levy on banks, ramp up taxation on goods and services, freeze public sector pay and slash benefits spending in an attempt to cut the public deficit."]
Nearly Bankrupt Illinois Forced To Pay Through The Nose To Borrow Money bloomberg.com 6/23/10 ["Illinois lawmakers passed a provisional $25.9 billion fiscal 2011 budget that’s about $13 billion short, and are resisting Governor Pat Quinn’s plan to sell $3.7 billion in debt to make a pension payment and help bridge the gap. Legislators recessed last month without covering the pension obligation and $4.5 billion in unpaid bills. "]
Report: California on 'Verge of System Failure' moneynews.com 6/23/10 ["Budget analysts say Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has no choice but to ask Washington for bailout funds, and that Washington has no choice but to agree because not bailing out the Golden State could put the entire U.S. economy at risk. It seems that California — which at one time had the third-largest economy in the world — is like the biggest U.S. banks: Too big to fail."]

Obama Inserts Gay Dads into Father’s Day Proclamation lifesitenews.com 6/22/10 ["In late May, President Obama emphasized his bona fides with the homosexualist movement by proclaiming June – for the second year in a row – as “Gay Pride Month.” The proclamation outlines Obama's policy agendas for the promotion of homosexuality including..."]
Borrowers exit troubled Obama mortgage program google.com 6/22/10 ["Last month alone,155,000 borrowers left the program — bringing the total to 436,000 who have dropped out since it began in March 2009. About 340,000 homeowners have received permanent loan modifications and are making payments on time."]
'Epidemic' growth of Net porn cited washingtontimes.com 6/22/10 ["According to the American Psychological Association, over the past 12 years, girls have changed in their thinking. They are beginning to see themselves as having their only value in sexuality."]
Elections official hits TV to affirm no Hawaii birth wnd.com 6/22/10 ["In direct contradiction of the White House storyline, the former Honolulu elections official who caused a national stir this month when he told WND Barack Obama was "definitely" not born in Hawaii, and that no long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate even exists for the president in the Aloha State is now reaffirming those claims to a network television affiliate. "]
High Court Upholds Antiterror Law wsj.com 6/22/10 ["The Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning "material support" for foreign terrorist organizations, even advice about entirely legal activities, disregarding arguments that the measure treads on free speech rights."]
'Ground Zero' imam makes stunning terror comments wnd.com 6/22/10 ["Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, head of the Cordoba Initiative, which seeks to construct the massive center, repeatedly refused on-air to affirm the U.S. designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization or call the Muslim Brotherhood extremists. "]
Operation Gulf Grease newswithviews.com 6/22/10 [by Darren Weeks  "At this point, a question should be coming to mind: What did these people know that the rest of us didn’t? How is it that stock in BP and Transocean suddenly seemed so unattractive to those closest to the disaster? Ah, the coincidences! But it gets even better."]

With No Gulf Solution in Sight, Louisiana Turns to Prayer foxnews.com 6/21/10 ["On Wednesday, Louisiana state Sen. Robert Adley won unanimous approval of the resolution, which invites people of all faiths from within the state and around the U.S. to focus on divine intervention to find a solution to the crisis."]
Oil spill stress starts to weigh on gulf residents latimes.com 6/21/10 ["The symptoms are well-documented: The Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 touched off a wave of suicides, domestic violence, bankruptcies and alcoholism in Alaska that created an entire literature on the unique and confounding psychology of technological disaster."]
Israel Says It May Block Gaza Aid Ships From Lebanon businessweek.com 6/21/10 ["“Israel reserves its right under international law to use all necessary means to prevent these ships from violating the existing naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip,” the envoy said."]
China keeps yuan unchanged despite flexibility vow google.com 6/21/10 ["The central bank said Saturday it would "strengthen the flexibility" of the yuan exchange rate, which some analysts saw as a sign Beijing was ready to scrap the dollar peg in place for two years and allow the currency to rise. However, the bank moved Sunday to douse expectations, saying there would be no "large swings" in the currency and no one-off adjustment."]
[Canadian] Border surveillance system upgraded detnews.com 6/21/10 ["After nearly 18 months of work, the $20 million system is up and running, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said.  ...Similar networks are in place in states along the country's southern border with Mexico."]
U.S. Passports Made In Thai Factory judicialwatch.org 6/21/10 ["Considered an essential component of a new U.S. border security system, the e-Passport contains an electronic chip that holds the same information that is printed on the booklet’s data page."]
Obama's Oil Spill newswithviews.com 6/21/10 [By Jon Christian Ryter  "Again, what the American people don't know is that 13 different countries offered to help clean the oil sludge from the Gulf. And, finally, what the American people don't know is that the Obama Administration turned all of them down."]
Congressman says Obama birthplace 'not in Hawaii' wnd.com 6/21/10 ["Tongue-in-cheek or not, Inglis is just the latest in a long list of political and other leaders to suggest there is a question about where Obama was born. "]
New Agers, neo-pagans at Stonehenge for solstice google.com 6/21/10 ["The annual all-night party typically draws thousands of alternative-minded revelers to the prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain as they wait for dawn at the Heel Stone, a pockmarked pillar just outside the circle proper which aligns with the rising sun."]
Hugo Chavez Spearheads Raids as Food Prices Skyrocket cnbc.com 6/21/10 ["Venezuelan army soldiers swept through the working class, pro-Chavez neighborhood of Catia in Caracas last week, seizing 120 tons of rice along with coffee and powdered milk that officials said was to be sold above regulated prices. ...Food prices are up 41 percent in the last 12 months during a deep recession..."]
Tornado rips businesses, arena in Billings, Mont. google.com 6/21/10 ["A tornado that ripped the roof off a sports arena Sunday evening also tore through businesses, damaging a bar and a casino and leaving just the walls of an auto glass shop standing."]

Russia to Help Spur New Economic Order, Medvedev Says bloomberg.com 6/19/10 ["“We really live at a unique time, and we should use it to build a modern, prosperous and strong Russia, a Russia that will be a co-founder of the new world economic order,” Medvedev said..."]
Prescription Drugs Match Heroin, Cocaine in Overdoses in U.S. bloomberg.com 6/19/10 ["Regulator-approved treatments were implicated in a record 1 million patients who sought help at hospital emergency departments in 2008, twice the number as in 2004..."]
More Than 90 Banks Miss TARP Payments cnbc.com 6/19/10 ["It was the first missed payment for 23 of the banks; for the others, it was at least their second miss."]
Lawsuit Seeks Order Forcing Canadian Blood Services to Accept Blood from Homosexuals lifesitenews.com 6/19/10 ["The issue of the ban on homosexuals giving blood was brought into the spotlight recently when 2 Canadian researchers published an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) saying that the ban was "outdated and discriminatory.""]
On Father's Day: Abortion Debate Should Include Forgotten Dads, They Hurt Too lifenews.com 6/19/10 ["One abortion takes place about every 25 seconds in America (based on the Guttmacher Institute’s estimate of 1.2 million abortions in 2005, the last year for which comprehensive data were available) making it one of the most common surgical procedures."]
Guess who holds patent for carbon-trading plan wnd.com 6/19/10 ["Former Clinton and Obama budget adviser Franklin Raines owns a key carbon-emissions patent he developed as CEO of the government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae, positioning him and his partners to make millions of dollars if it is used in any carbon-capping scheme implemented by the Obama administration. "]
Official: Eased Gaza blockade means less pressure on Hamas jpost.com 6/19/10 ["In addition to increasing the amount and type of foods allowed into Gaza, Israel will also increase the assistance it provides construction projects in Gaza. It will work in conjunction with international organizations to ensure that building materials such as cement and metal are not confiscated by Hamas and used for terror purposes."]
Biden Promises Kenya 'Money to Flow' if Pro-Abort Constitution Passes lifesitenews.com 6/19/10 ["a federal probe is attempting to determine whether the Obama Administration is violating federal law by using taxpayer money to lobby for the constitution, deeply controversial in Kenya in large part because of its abortion provisions."]
Foreign Nations Offer Gulf Spill Aid to US—for a Price cnbc.com 6/19/10 ["The State Department confirmed that nearly every offer of equipment or expertise from a foreign government since the April 20 oil rig explosion would require the U.S. to reimburse that country. "]

Panel OKs five-mornings-after pill msnbc.msn.com 6/18/10 ["EllaOne has drawn criticism from anti-abortion groups who argue the drug is closer to an abortion pill than emergency contraception. Groups presenting at the meeting said the drug is chemically similar to the abortion drug Mifeprex, which can be taken to end a pregnancy up to 50 days into the gestation period."]
Fresh economic worries trigger rush into gold reuters.com 6/18/10 ["Gold bullion came just short of its all-time high and U.S. gold futures ran up to their highest close ever on Thursday on both concern over Europe's credit problems and downbeat U.S. data which encouraged a fresh sweep into safe-haven assets."]
Israel fears Lebanese ‘fast’ flotilla jpost.com 6/18/10 ["While the IDF continued Wednesday to track the Iranian ships en route to the Gaza Strip, the Navy was put on high alert amid fears that another flotilla would be launched from Lebanon, leaving – due to the short distance – little time to stop it."]
Obama Presses for Aid to Cities and States nytimes.com 6/18/10 ["Proponents of aid to the states, including some Congressional Democrats, governors and mayors, have been urging the president to weigh in on proposed legislation, initially providing up to $50 billion in assistance, which has been derailed in the House and Senate."]
Iceland Legalizes Gay 'Marriage' lifesitenews.com 6/18/10 ["Iceland is the only nation with an openly homosexual head of government, Johanna Siguroardottir."]
'Gay' judge decides future of homosexual 'marriage' wnd.com 6/18/10 ["Attorneys for both sides presented closing arguments today in the trial Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a lawsuit seeking to declare the proposition violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "]
Thoughts on the Marriage Amendment informedchristians.com 6/18/10 [Editor: This article, written back in '04 is still pertinent today]
Wetlands restoration plan is huge undertaking for White House latimes.com 6/18/10 ["The size, scope and details of the restoration plan Obama announced Tuesday are still taking shape under the guidance of Navy Secretary and former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said. Obama asked Mabus to assess the gulf needs and complete his restoration plan to address them "as soon as possible," aides said."]
Turkish flotilla organisers to send more Gaza ships reuters.com 6/18/10 ["The next flotilla is due to sail in the second half of July, IHH said."]
ICRC says Israel's Gaza blockade breaks law bbc.co.uk 6/18/10 ["But the key message from the body which rarely publicly criticises governments is that Israel's blockade of Gaza must be lifted. "]

How Gay Days Made a Home at Disney World time.com 6/17/10 ["Gay Days is now one of the largest gay-pride events in the world. ...about 150,000 people attended this June's six-day gathering..."]
Report Shows Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Got $650 Million in Taxpayer Funds lifenews.com 6/17/10 ["...over a seven year period. That averages to just under $100 million in federal funds each year..."]
New Obama-backed stimulus package fails in Senate vote csmonitor.com 6/17/10 ["The vote was a procedural one, but it suggested that a stimulus package backed by President Obama couldn't pass without being scaled back in cost. It would have added an estimated $80 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade. "]
NY: State Plan Makes Fund Both Borrower and Lender nytimes.com 6/17/10 ["...legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to allow the state and municipalities to borrow nearly $6 billion to help them make their required annual payments to the state pension fund. ...they will borrow the money to make the payments to the pension fund — from the same pension fund. "]
Russia Revives Plan for Financial Hub wsj.com 6/17/10 ["Mr. Medvedev's sustained pressure for modernization of the Russian economy and legal system means the government is taking steps to eliminate obstacles that have kept even Russia's own tycoons and domestic firms from conducting routine financial transactions inside the country."]
Iranian aid ships head for Gaza alertnet.org 6/17/10 ["One ship left port on Sunday and another will depart by Friday, loaded with food, construction material and toys, the report said. The boats would be part of international efforts to break Israel's isolation of the Gaza Strip."]
BP says it's sorry _ and guarantees $20B for Gulf google.com 6/17/10 ["Resolving one particularly thorny dispute between BP and the government, the company also agreed to establish a separate $100 million fund to support oil rig workers idled by Obama's post-spill six-month moratorium on new deep-sea oil drilling. The administration also was to ask Congress for special unemployment insurance for the workers."]
Fannie-Freddie Fix at $160 Billion With $1 Trillion Worst Case bloomberg.com 6/17/10 ["The cost of fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage companies that last year bought or guaranteed three-quarters of all U.S. home loans, will be at least $160 billion and could grow to as much as $1 trillion after the biggest bailout in American history. "]
Obamacare's control plan? 'Behavior modification' wnd.com 6/17/10 ["The council then will have to report to the president on what it has done, what progress has been made, and provide a "list of national priorities on health promotion and disease prevention to address lifestyle behavior modification (including smoking cessation, proper nutrition, appropriate exercise, mental health, behavioral health, substance-use disorder and domestic-violence screenings) and the prevention measures." "]
First, China. Next: the Great Firewall of... Australia? time.com 6/17/10 ["...if Canberra's plans for a mandatory Internet filter go ahead, Australia may soon become the first Western democracy to join the ranks of Iran, China and a handful of other nations where access to the Internet is restricted by the state."]
Louisiana House Unanimously Sends Pro-Life Ultrasound Bill to Governor Jindal lifenews.com 6/17/10 ["The state Senate has already passed the measure, which now heads to pro-life Governor Bobby Jindal and will be signed into law shortly.  ...When used in pregnancy centers, women considering an abortion who see the ultrasound change their mind about the abortion about 80 percent of the time."]
Number of homeless down, but homeless families up google.com 6/17/10 ["Families crowding together into single homes because of the bad economy helped increase the number of homeless families last year, even as the total number of homeless individuals dropped, federal housing officials reported Wednesday."]
Barack Obama: Let Them Eat Tar Balls americanthinker.com 6/17/10 [By Stuart Schwartz  "...the first party president, with more social affairs than any White House in the nation's history. "Party on" was the way WorldNet Daily described it; another summed it up in a headline, "Obama During Oil Spill -- Golf, Parties, Photo-Ops...and More Golf!" "]
Russia to Buy Canadian, Aussie Dollars for First Time bloomberg.com 6/17/10 ["President Dmitry Medvedev last year suggested Russia would reduce its use of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency after the greenback lost 34 percent of its value against the euro in 2 ½ years."]
Suit over Boy Scout Homosexual Discrimination Opens lifesitenews.com 6/17/10 ["The Cradle of Liberty Council says that the city council is being "selective" in its application of the anti-discrimination ordinance. They argue that other private groups that discriminate in their membership, such as a Roman Catholic parish and the Colonial Dames of America, also enjoy subsidized leases and have not been threatened with the end of their lease agreements. "]

Obama's Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill google.com 6/16/10 ["Text of President Barack Obama's Oval Office address Tuesday on the Gulf oil spill, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:"]
EPA: Climate bill costs less than postage stamp google.com 6/16/10 ["The bill would for the first time set a price on carbon emissions produced by coal-fired power plants and other large polluters. Carbon prices would range from about to $16 to $17 per metric ton in 2013 to about $23 or $24 per ton in 2020, the EPA said."]
Arizona bill would deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants cnn.com 6/16/10 ["A proposed Arizona law would deny birth certificates to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents."]
Dems block GOP effort to roll back health mandate google.com 6/16/10 ["...a major provision of the nation's new health care law requiring most people to get health insurance."]
Britain to Participate in Controversial EU Citizen Surveillance Scheme lifesitenews.com 6/16/10 ["Under the EU’s “data compilation instrument,” activists labeled by the government as “extreme right/left, Islamist, nationalist or anti-globalisation” may be put under surveillance, with the information gathered being made available to police and security forces in member states. "]
BP chief Tony Hayward sold shares weeks before oil spill telegraph.co.uk 6/16/10 ["...cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing an environmental disaster. "]
GOP House Leader Asks Obama: ‘What Happened to that Abortion Executive Order?’ lifesitenews.com 6/16/10 ["In his meeting with Obama Boehner pointed out that in a recent “progress report” about the implementation of the health care bill, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, made no mention of the order."]
NKorea threatens military action if UN slams ship sinking google.com 6/16/10 ["If the 15-member UN Security Council takes action against Pyongyang "follow-up measures will be carried out by our military forces..."]

Executive Order-- Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council whitehouse.gov 6/15/10 [""]
Don't call it a stimulus package: Obama wants another $50 billion csmonitor.com 6/15/10 ["The Obama administration argues that 300,000 teachers could be laid off without $50 billion in federal help. But it is shying away from calling it a stimulus package. "]
Senators propose granting president emergency Internet power news.cnet.com 6/15/10 ["The legislation announced Thursday says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines, or software firms that the government selects "shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone failing to comply would be fined. "]
Markets braced as Greek credit rating cut to junk again guardian.co.uk 6/15/10 ["European markets are set for another week of turmoil after Moody's cut Greece's credit rating by four notches to junk level. The move follows that of rival agency Standard & Poor's, which also downgraded Greece's sovereign debt to "junk" last month."]
Panel upholds gay blood ban health24.com 6/15/10 ["The panel deemed the current policy "suboptimal," however, and recommended steps toward a policy that looks at individual behaviours rather than barring a broad group such as gay and bisexual men."]
Report: Employers to see 2011 medical costs jump google.com 6/15/10 ["The 9 percent medical cost increase projected in 2011 is actually slightly smaller than the 9.5 percent jump PricewaterhouseCoopers is seeing this year. Thompson said several top-selling drugs will lose patent protection next year and become exposed to lower-cost generic competition. That will help temper the increase."]
Feds under pressure to open US skies to drones google.com 6/15/10 ["Last year, the FAA promised defense officials it would have a plan this year. The agency, which has worked on this issue since 2006, has reams of safety regulations that govern every aspect of civilian aviation but is just beginning to write regulations for unmanned aircraft."]
The BP Oil Spill May Be Bad, But This Cover Up is Far More Deadly mercola.com 6/15/10 ["BP is using two products from a line of dispersants manufactured by Nalco: Corexit 9500 and Corexit 9527A[ii] . Corexit products were removed from a list of approved treatments for oil spills in the U.K. more than a decade ago after the agents were linked with human health problems including respiratory, neurologic, liver, kidney and blood disorders,[iii] and "harmful effects" on sea life.  ...Dispersants are up to 4.5 times more toxic to aquatic life than the oil itself. "]
Saudi Arabia Denies Media Reports It Has Allowed Israel To Use Its Airspace sacbee.com 6/15/10 ["Saudi Arabia has repeatedly reiterated its clear stance that it will never allow anyone to use its territories or airspace for aggression against another nation."]

Cash-poor NY state may issue IOUs like California reuters.com 6/14/10 ["might have to pay its bills this way for the first time since the 1980s because the Legislature has not enacted a $135 billion budget more than two months after the deadline. So far, New York state has dodged a shutdown -- the equivalent of a mass strike by public workers -- because the Legislature has enacted Paterson's emergency spending bills."]
Oil Spill May Cost $4.3 Billion in Property Values bloomberg.com 6/14/10 ["Losses may total $4.3 billion along the 600-mile (966- kilometer) stretch from the Louisiana bayous to Clearwater, Florida, the property-information service estimates. "]
Doctors face 21 percent cut in Medicare payments washingtonpost.com 6/14/10 ["Doctors with Medicare patients will start seeing a 21 percent pay cut this week after Congress failed to defer the cuts by two more years. "]
Only a fraction of those in need file for bankruptcy usatoday.com 6/14/10 ["Bankruptcy filings are nearing the record 2 million of 2005, when a new law took effect that was aimed at curbing abuse of the system. Filings could reach 1.7 million this year..."]

Florida Governor Vetoes Abortion Bill nytimes.com 6/12/10 ["Making a decision that is likely to please Democrats with an explanation tailored to Republicans, Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed an abortion bill that would have required most women to pay for an ultrasound before terminating a pregnancy. "]
27-Year-Old Abortion Facility Closed Down Over Health Code Violations lifesitenews.com 6/12/10 ["Other abortion clinics run by Summit Medical Centers have had similar problems of gross incompetence."]
Senate snubs limits on greenhouse gas regulation boston.com 6/12/10 ["The US Senate defeated a bid yesterday to limit federal regulation of greenhouse gases, instead siding with the White House and environmentalists who said regulators must have sufficient tools to fight climate change."]
Officer to Army: See you in court wnd.com 6/12/10 ["Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who refused orders from a chain of command led by Obama, also today released a new video explaining why documentation needs to be released by Obama that could confirm that he qualifies to be president under the Constitution's demand that the office by held only by a "natural born citizen." "]
Blood Safety Threatened christiannewswire.com 6/12/10 ["In advance of the Thursday and Friday meetings on blood safety, a federal notice has reiterated that male homosexuals "have an increased incidence and prevalence of several currently recognized transfusion-transmitted diseases" -- Hepatitis B virus, HIV, syphilis, and cytomegalovirus."]
Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse wsj.com 6/12/10 ["On or about Jan. 1, 2011, federal, state and local tax rates are scheduled to rise quite sharply. President George W. Bush's tax cuts expire on that date, meaning that the highest federal personal income tax rate will go 39.6% from 35%, the highest federal dividend tax rate pops up to 39.6% from 15%, the capital gains tax rate to 20% from 15%, and the estate tax rate to 55% from zero. Lots and lots of other changes will also occur as a result of the sunset provision in the Bush tax cuts."]
Battle Continues Against Allowing Abortions at Tax-Funded Military Base Hospitals lifenews.com 6/12/10 ["A ban has been in place for years that prevents such abortions and the last time it was lifted, military doctors refused to do abortions."]
Gibbs sidesteps Social Security question wnd.com 6/12/10 ["The White House apparently isn't going to answer questions about a mystery uncovered by private investigators, who, working independently, found that President Obama is using a Social Security number set aside for applicants in Connecticut, while there is no record he ever had a mailing address there. "]

Israel ready to intercept another ship, won't apologize to Turkey kansascity.com 6/11/10 ["Israeli officials pleaded with the ship, which is carrying an Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to submit to a cargo inspection at an Israeli port, but there was no sign that the order would be heeded."]
UN Leaders in Disarray as Studies Show Abortion Doesn't Help Maternal Mortality lifenews.com 6/11/10 ["The dispute threatens to derail hopes of raising $30B for family planning at international development conferences in the coming months. These include the Group of Eight summit this month and the UN High Level Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Review in September."]
Gold price hits new record as it breaks through $1,250 telegraph.co.uk 6/11/10 ["Investors' concern that loose monetary policy will unleash inflation is among the factors prompting interest in tangible assets such as gold. "]
Senate votes on blocking EPA greenhouse gas regs google.com 6/11/10 ["Thursday's Republican-led resolution would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from moving ahead with rules under the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other major sources."]
Hawaii elections clerk: Obama not born here wnd.com 6/11/10 ["He says during the 2008 campaign when the issue of Obama's constitutional eligibility first arose, the elections office was inundated with requests to verify the birthplace of the U.S. senator from Illinois. "]
When the church abandons truth wnd.com 6/11/10 ["James De Young explains why his 'Burning Down the Shack' is getting flak"]
Russia: Sanctions allow Iran missile contract ynetnews.com 6/11/10 ["The Russian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that a new round of sanctions imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council do not obligate Moscow to renege on a sale of S-300 missiles to Tehran."]
Obama pledges $400 million for Palestinians latimes.com 6/11/10 ["President Obama pledged an infusion of $400 million in aid for housing, school construction and business development in the Palestinian territories Wednesday, saying after a one-on-one meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that the situation in Gaza is "inherently unstable.""]
Scientist Awed by Size, Density of Undersea Oil Plume in Gulf nytimes.com 6/11/10 ["Joye said her team also measured extremely high levels of methane, which is also spewing from the gushing BP well at up to 10,000 times background levels in Gulf waters."]

Back to Google News States begging Congress for $24B Medicaid bailout google.com 6/10/10 ["Four governors and a leading national economist urged Congress on Wednesday to send an additional $24 billion bailout to the states, saying cash-strapped governments face deep budget cuts and thousands of lost jobs without the aid."]
To Equality and Beyond: CA Tax Break for Gays May Exceed that for Married Couple lifesitenews.com 6/10/10 ["The IRS has released a memorandum stating that Californian registered domestic partners (RDPs), the great majority of whom are homosexual couples, must average their incomes and each report this averaged amount on their separately filed tax returns."]
States face hurdles in cutting worker benefits reuters.com 6/10/10 ["All 50 states have a collective $1 trillion shortfall in their retirement funds, says the Pew Center on the States in Washington."]
U.N. Hits Iran with New Sanctions over Nuclear Program cbsnews.com 6/10/10 ["...the new resolution proposes tough new enforceable sanctions, including financial restrictions on Iranian banks, Iranian businesses and on individual members of the powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guard, and it bans Iranian purchase of certain missiles, combat aircraft and warships."]
Those Who Don't Learn From History, Are Bound To Repeat It newswithviews.com 6/10/10 [By Dr. Patrick Jonston  "The Roman empire covered the world with roads, trade, soldiers, and technology. It was a thing of pride to be a Roman citizen. Produce and goods were inexpensive. They were the wealthiest people in the world who conquered all her challengers. But Rome..."]
British Abortion Ads Generate over 1,000 Complaints in First Two Weeks lifesitenews.com 6/10/10 ["Television spots airing in Britain advertising Marie Stopes International (MSI) abortion facilities have garnered over 1,000 complaints from viewers in their first two weeks. The volume of complaints has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to agree to investigate whether the ads have violated broadcasting rules."]
Analysis: U.N. rebukes of Israel permitted in U.S. policy shift reuters.com 6/10/10 ["Under President Barack Obama, the United States no longer provides Israel with automatic support at the United Nations where the Jewish state faces a constant barrage of criticism and condemnation."]

From This TIme Forward newswithviews.com 6/9/10 [By Sheriff Jim R. Schwiesow, Ret.  "Not a single politician has kneeled in the presence of God in humble subjection and appealed, in the name of Jesus, for mercy and forgiveness. To do so in these times would ensure the defeat of that politician by his, or her, constituency. In this nation and in this time the false gods of heathen religions are accepted and protected by the people, the courts, and the political system, but the one true God is rejected and despised. "]
U.S.’s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP: Chart of Day bloomberg.com 6/9/10 ["The amount owed will surpass GDP in 2012, based on forecasts by the International Monetary Fund."]
Kagan Article Shows She May Use Motive Test to Strike Pro-Life Abortion Laws lifenews.com 6/9/10 ["Kagan argued in the piece that First Amendment doctrine actually is focused not on the effects of legislation but the motive of the government for passing the law. Looking for governmental motive invariably involves looking for bad motives -- in other words reasons to declare a law unconstitutional."]
America's Bread And Circus Society newswithviews.com 6/9/10 [By Chuck Baldwin  "The fact is, if we could get the average American male to get as exercised and energized about defending the historic principles upon which liberty and Western Civilization are built as he is in defending his favorite quarterback or NASCAR driver, our country would not be in the shape it is in today."]
Austerity anger grows in Europe google.com 6/9/10 ["Tens of thousands protested against austerity cuts in Spain and Denmark Tuesday as Germany's powerful unions warned of mass action and Hungary became the latest debt-ridden nation to slash spending."]
'10,000' throng to stop Ground Zero mosque wnd.com 6/9/10 ["As many as 10,000 protesters from across the country – including family members who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 – took to the streets in New York City Sunday to fight construction of a 13-story Islamic mosque..."]
‘Extremely Active’ Hurricanes Set to Test Cat Bonds bloomberg.com 6/9/10 ["As the U.S. enters this year’s hurricane season, the market for catastrophe bonds may face its biggest test since the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008 brought sales to a six-month standstill. "]
The End of Empathy foxnews.com 6/9/10 ["...today’s college students scored about 40 percent lower in empathy than their counterparts did 20 or 30 years ago."]

Obama Administration to Spend $125M to Defend Pro-Abortion Health Care Law lifenews.com 6/8/10 ["a new $125 million publicity campaign over the next five years to promote the pro-abortion health care law."]
Eurozone nations set up $1 trillion bailout fund google.com 6/8/10 ["The special purpose vehicle to borrow up to euro440 billion ($526 billion) will be ready this month, when countries formalize debt guarantees for some 90 percent of the package"]
New Elena Kagan Memo Urged Clinton to Oppose Ban on Assisted Suicide lifenews.com 6/8/10 ["the Clinton presidential library released papers written by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan last week, two of them had Kagan taking a pro-abortion position. A third shows Kagan urging former president Bill Clinton to oppose a ban on assisted suicide."]
Hungary warning heightens sovereign-debt fear 6/8/10 ["Prime Minister Viktor Orban was quoted as warning that the economy had been left in a "grave situation" and that talk of a default wasn't "an exaggeration.""]
US doubts Iran has 'benign' intentions for Gaza google.com 6/8/10 ["The Iranian Red Crescent announced Monday it would send three ships with humanitarian aid to Gaza, in the latest bid to break the blockade imposed on the Palestinian territory by Iran's arch foe Israel."]
80 British IVF Babies Aborted per Year lifesitenews.com 6/8/10 ["The figures show that about half of the abortions are performed out for mothers aged between 18 and 34, the age at which it is easier for women to conceive and carry children to term. The figures included those children aborted for “selective reduction,” in which one or more children are killed when too many embryos have survived implantation in the womb."]
Utah Considers Making 12th Grade Optional foxnews.com 6/8/10 ["A cost-cutting proposal originally aimed at eliminating the 12th grade in Utah has been revised to instead allow students to graduate from high school earlier."]

Owners Stop Paying Mortgages, and Stop Fretting nytimes.com 6/7/10 ["A growing number of the people whose homes are in foreclosure are refusing to slink away in shame. They are fashioning a sort of homemade mortgage modification, one that brings their payments all the way down to zero. They use the money they save to get back on their feet or just get by. "]
Why a 'new euro' could be the saviour of the European dream telegraph.co.uk 6/7/10 ["So central is the currency to the ideal of the single economic bloc – an economy to compete with the US and Asia's emerging titans – that the notion the euro could fail is a great unmentionable in these circles. "]
Euro debt crisis opens chance for yuan depegging reuters.com 6/7/10 ["China is expected to manage the yuan against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, and as part of the shift it may start to allow the yuan -- also known as the renminbi, or people's money -- to lose ground against the dollar and major currencies."]
Signs Point to Administration Plan to Lock Up 13M Acres of Federal Land foxnews.com 6/7/10 ["...with the single stroke of his pen, President Obama can use the Antiquities of Act of 1906 to turn federal land into National Monuments. That would effectively lock up the land from any kind of private use or development."]
Ohio tornado kills 7, wrecks cop cars, graduation google.com 6/7/10 ["The storm knocked out emergency services for a short time, and all the emergency dispatchers and 911 operators had to be moved to a nearby town. "When the people who are supposed to help you are victims of the storm, it does take you a minute to catch your breath," Hummer said."]

China tightens stranglehold on rare earth minerals telegraph.co.uk 6/5/10 ["Mining rights for the 17 rare earth elements will now be restricted to only a handful of Chinese state-controlled mining companies, according to a draft proposal submitted this week for approval to China’s State Council, or cabinet. "]
Israel vows to stop aid ship as it approaches Gaza google.com 6/5/10 ["Israel has allowed ships through five times, but has blocked them from entering Gaza waters since a three-week military offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers in January 2009."]
Turkey suspends all infrastructure projects with Israel ynetnews.com 6/5/10 ["Turkey announced Thursday that it was suspending all its joint government projects with Israel in the infrastructure and energy field, the country's energy minister said. The decision was taken in response to the Gaza flotilla incident..."]
Army slams door on Obama details wnd.com 6/5/10 [""In my view our constitutional jurisprudence allows Congress alone, and not a military judicial body, to put the president's credentials on trial," wrote Daniel J. Driscoll in a memorandum determining what evidence the defense for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin will be allowed to explore at next week's hearing."]
Pentagon eyes $100 bln in cuts to get leaner, meaner reuters.com 6/5/10 ["The U.S. Defense Department said it plans to end certain arms programs in a push to free more than $100 billion to maintain current military forces and upgrade their arsenal over the next five years."]
Second Document Has Kagan Defending Clinton Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Veto lifenews.com 6/5/10 ["is the second to show Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan defending ex-President Bill Clinton's veto of a bill to ban partial-birth abortions. The memo, and others, may increase Republican opposition to her nomination."]
Cheonan credibility gap widens atimes.com 6/5/10 [Editor: Food for thought.]
4-day school weeks gain popularity across US google.co 6/5/10 ["But others say that not only did they not save a substantial amount of money by being off an extra day, they also saw students struggle because they weren't in class enough and didn't have enough contact with teachers."  Editor: I am definitely not for public schools, but it is an interested indicator to observe, especially the portent ripple effects.]
NYC may have to lay off teachers after all: mayor reuters.com 6/5/10 [ew York City might have to layoff 4,400 teachers after all, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday, just two days after he granted them a reprieve by freezing their salaries rather than cutting jobs.""]
Regulators seize three banks, year total at 81 reuters.com 6/5/10 ["TierOne was the fourth-largest bank in Nebraska with approximately $2.8 billion in assets as of March 31. It lost $300 million last year on real estate-related loans in Florida, Nevada and other states."]

Obama gay proclamation 'marginalizes' Christians sbcbaptistpress.org 6/4/10 ["Obama's proclamation is similar to the one he issued last year, although it does break new ground by calling for the repeal of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a law that requires the federal government to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman."]
New York begins gay couple commitment ceremonies reuters.com 6/4/10 ["New York City officials began offering wedding-like ceremonies for same-sex couples on Thursday, drawing as much criticism as praise from gay rights advocates who want nothing short of full marriage rights."]
Obama using flotilla fiasco to blackmail Israel? wnd.com 6/4/10 ["...an Israeli government official said the White House asked Netanyahu for concessions in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in exchange for U.S. opposition to the establishment of a United Nations commission to investigate Israel's commando raid of a flotilla earlier this week that resulted in the deaths of nine violent activists. "]
Barack Obama Praises Kenya's Draft Constitution Allowing Unlimited Abortions lifenews.com 6/4/10 ["...his administration potentially illegally spending as much as $10 million promoting the new pro-abortion constitution in Kenya. ...Obama officials were thought to have spent $2 million but Rep. Chris Smith says that figure could exceed $10 million."]
U.S. debt soars to 90% of GDP wnd.com 6/4/10 ["What is frightening is that U.S. debt is rapidly beginning to approach the same percent of GDP that has plagued European Union countries like Greece, with the same likely results – fiscal bankruptcy that requires continued borrowing for the government to remain in business and the risk of default..."]
The Decline: The Geography Of A Recession americanobserver.net 6/4/10 [""]
20% of U.S. High Schoolers Abuse Prescription Drugs usnews.com 6/4/10 ["In the survey, 16,460 high school students were asked if they had ever taken prescription drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin or Xanax, without a doctor's prescription. The abuse of prescription drugs was widest among whites at 23 percent, followed by Hispanics at 17 percent, and black students at 12 percent."]
Hearing: Chinese Women Victimized by Forced Abortions Every 2.4 Seconds lifenews.com 6/4/10 ["The experts said as many as 35,000 abortions are done daily on women who don't want one but must be subjected to one because of the strict one-child policy."]

Obama extends benefits for gay federal workers boston.com 6/3/10 ["They include child-care services and subsidies; more flexibility to use family leave to attend to the needs of domestic partners and their children; relocation benefits; giving domestic partners the same status as “family members’’ when federal appointments are made; and access to credit union and other memberships when those are provided to federal workers."]
Over a third of Gulf of Mexico waters closed to fishing google.com 6/3/10 ["US officials closed more than a third of Gulf of Mexico waters Wednesday, extending a fishing ban to 88,502 square miles (229,219 square kilometers), or about 37 percent of the Gulf's federal waters."]
In oil spill shadow, Obama pledges energy bill push reuters.com 6/3/10 ["Obama also pushed his case for a system that would limit greenhouse gas emissions from industry, a key ingredient for the United States in a still elusive global agreement to fight climate change."]
Kagan's First Case as Solicitor General Was Suppressing Pro-Life Free Speech lifenews.com 6/3/10 ["For a national pro-life group, an idea of where Elena Kagan will go on the Supreme Court is easily seen by taking a look at where she's been, and her first case she argued as Solicitor General worries Americans United for Life."]
Iran to sell 45 bln euros, buy dollars, gold -Xinhua reuters.com 6/3/10 ["The Iranian central bank has announced that it will sell 45 billion euros from its foreign exchange reserves to buy dollars and gold, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday..."]
Supreme Court Loosens Miranda Rule latimes.com 6/3/10 ["The Supreme Court retreated from strict enforcement of the famous Miranda decision on Tuesday, ruling that a crime suspect's words can be used against him if he fails to clearly invoke his rights and instead, answers a single question after nearly three hours of interrogation. In the past, the court has said the "burden rests on the government" to show that a crime suspect has "knowingly and intelligently waived" his rights."]
Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model reuters.com 6/3/10 ["British Columbia is replacing block grants to hospitals with fee-for-procedure payments and Quebec has a new flat health tax and a proposal for payments on each medical visit -- an idea that critics say is an illegal user fee. And a few provinces are also experimenting with private funding for procedures such as hip, knee and cataract surgery."]
Mutant wheat rust has scientists worried farmonline.com.au 6/3/10 ["...release issued ahead of a major conference in Russia this week, scientists from the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announced the discovery of four new mutations of the Ug99 rust strain. "]
Sojourners Founder Jim Wallis' Revolutionary Anti-Christian “Gospel” crossroad.to 6/3/10 ["...concerned that evangelical ministries, such as evangelist Luis Palau, (who will share a platform at Lifest with Wallis this July), Cedarville University (who recently had Wallis speak to their students), and Joel Rosenberg (who recently shared a platform with New Age sympathizer Leonard Sweet) are co-mingling in public venues with those who promote opposition to the biblical Christian faith – a co-mingling that is helping to bring about the spiritual decline and apostasy in the Christian church today."]

The Coming Spiritual Twilight lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 6/2/10 [By Pastor David Meyer  "We are now at the end of the age at the very end of time when Satan makes his final grand attempt to seize upon the entire world and set himself up as the one world dictator in the form of a man. As he does this, it become ever clearer to Christians what is happening. However, to the undiscerning and unbelieving, there is confusion, anxiety, and misunderstanding."]
Abortion Advocates Lobby for Free Birth Control Pills Under Obama Health Care lifenews.com 6/2/10 ["An amendment pro-abortion Sen. Barbara Mikulski attached to the health care bill allows "additional preventive care and screenings" for women to be covered by the government-run plan. Federal officials are now determining what constitutes that additional preventative care and Planned Parenthood is pushing the government to include birth control pills."]
US carrier to join S.Korea anti-submarine drill google.com 6/2/10 ["The joint drill was initially planned for late June or early July but was brought forward to send a "strong signal and show off a firm defence posture", the source said. Yonhap said the nuclear-powered carrier will head a battle fleet comprising some 10 ships including an Aegis destroyer and nuclear-powered submarines."]
Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS google.com 6/2/10 ["A problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says."]
Planned Parenthood Applauds Senate Vote for Abortions at US Military Hospitals lifenews.com 6/2/10 ["The nation's largest abortion business is applauding the vote last week in a Senate committee to turn U.S. military base hospitals into abortion centers. The amendment, sponsored by pro-abortion Sen. Rolland Burris of Illinois, would have the military break with current longstanding policy."]
ICC members meet to expand war crimes court powers reuters.com 6/2/10 ["Delegates from 111 member states will seek agreement during a 10-day conference in Kampala on how to define state aggression ...could open the door for the court to prosecute crimes such as the invasion of another country, a port blockade or a state allowing another nation to use its territory to wage war on a third state."]
Three American cities on the brink of broke cnn.com 6/2/10 ["The National League of Cities says municipal governments will probably come up $56 billion to $83 billion short between now and 2012. That's the tab for decades of binge spending; municipal defaults could be our collective hangover.  ...Last year 183 borrowers -- mostly "risky" municipal issuers, such as suburban developers in Florida -- were unable to make $6.4 billion of payments."]
UN calls for inquiry into Israel flotilla attack guardian.co.uk 6/2/10 ["Organisers of the flotilla said today they are sending two more ships to the area within the next few days. Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza Movement said a cargo boat is already on the way to challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza and a second boat carrying about three dozen passengers is expected to join it."]
Bankruptcy talk spreads among Calif. muni officials reuters.com 6/2/10 ["Two years after Vallejo, California, filed for bankruptcy protection, officials in nearby Antioch are also tossing around the 'B' word."]
Paying a price for risky schemes ajc.com 6/2/10 ["The city of Atlanta was among the hardest hit by its use of swap schemes — complex, multi-party deals involving varying interest rates, cash payments and loan guarantees. Atlanta shelled out about $86 million to cancel most of its derivative deals. The city also still owes roughly $79 million on another soured swap deal, an obligation it hopes it can reduce in time. "]

Flotilla Assault Spurs Crisis wsj.com 6/1/10 ["The clash brought tensions with Turkey, one of Israel's few friends in the Muslim world, to a boiling point. Thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul. And Ankara, which had publicly backed the flotilla, withdrew its ambassador to Israel."]
UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session on Israeli Raid voanews.com 6/1/10 ["The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Monday on how to respond after Israeli commandos intercepted a ship carrying humanitarian aid in international waters and killed at least nine pro-Palestinian activists."]
Germany in crisis after surprise resignation of President Horst Köhler timesonline.co.uk 6/1/10 ["The move — the first time that a modern German head of state has stepped down before the end of his term — will further sap the leadership of Chancellor Merkel and ignite a debate about the country’s involvement in the Afghan war. "]
International Criminal Court 'altered behaviour' news.bbc.co.uk - UN 6/1/10 ["Delegates from more than 100 countries are attending the meeting, to take stock of the ICC's achievements and push forward proposals for strengthening its rules. "]
Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran timesonline.co.uk 6/1/10 ["The submarines of Flotilla 7 — Dolphin, Tekuma and Leviathan — have visited the Gulf before. But the decision has now been taken to ensure a permanent presence of at least one of the vessels."]
South Korean Court Rules that Frozen Human Embryos are 'Not Human' lifesitenews.com 6/1/10 ["Despite parents' pleas, a South Korean court has ruled that frozen embryos are not living and thus may be experimented upon and destroyed at will. "]