"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

Obama Signing Reconciliation Health Care Bill With No Fixes for Abortion Funding lifenews.com 3/31/10 ["Before the final Senate vote, senators rejected a pro-life amendment that would have denied coverage of the dangerous RU 486/mifepristone abortion drug responsible for killing more than 13 women worldwide and injuring at least 1,100 in the United States."]
Physicians group sues over health-care law wnd.com 3/31/10 ["The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons became the first medical society to file suit to overturn the newly enacted health-care law. ...it violates the Fifth Amendment protection against the government forcing one person to pay cash to another. The group also charges violations of the Tenth Amendment, the Commerce Clause, and the provisions authorizing taxation. "]
California 'had duty' to examine Obama eligibility wnd.com 3/31/10 ["A brief submitted to an appeals court in California contends elections officials in California had a duty to examine Barack Obama's presidential eligibility during the 2008 election. ..."This is not a political question, but is, rather, a question well within the jurisdiction of this court to determine, as it is a duty that may be compelled by this court's equitable power," he wrote. "]
Failing US banks must fear government closure: Obama adviser google.com 3/31/10 ["While Volcker said the government should have the power to step in to bolster banks if needed, "ultimately the failing firm should be liquidated or merged. In all... it is a death sentence, not a rescue at the hospital.""]
John McCain: National Guard Should Seal the Border cbsnews.com 3/31/10 ["McCain wrote in his letter that he is merely reiterating his past calls for troops at the border. Last year the Obama administration declined a request from the Arizona governor, Jan Brewer, for National Guard troops to be deployed there. "]
[Arizona] House To Take Up Sweeping Immigration Bill kpho.com 3/31/10 ["The bill would make it a state crime to be in Arizona if you are in the country illegally. It would also make it illegal to hire day laborers or transport anyone who is an illegal immigrant."]
An Imperial Presidency In The Making? newswithviews.com 3/31/10 [By Chuck Baldwin  "And here is another reason to be thankful for America's founders: they recognized the ultimate role of the states in safeguarding and protecting liberty. As James Madison said in Federalist 45, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.""]

The Greatest Deception! 3/30/10 [By Pastor David Meyer  "We know that the purpose of Satan is to unite the entire world under the authority of a totalitarian dictator that the Bible calls the man of sin or son of perdition. Satan knows that the only way this can happen is through a grand deception. The man of sin must appear as a godlike answer man who will bring change to our troubled earth."]
March 31 Marks Fifth Annual National Memorial for 'Terri’s Day' lifesitenews.com 3/30/10 ["“On March 31, five years ago, Terri Schiavo died a court mandated and government enforced death ...I saw for myself, as I held her hand and prayed at her bedside, that this death was not ‘peaceful’ and ‘beautiful’ as euthanasia advocates want us to think. "]
Obama Appoints Lesbian Activist to EEOC Board lifesitenews.com 3/30/10 ["Feldblum, a Georgetown law professor who has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union and the radically pro-homosexual Human Rights Campaign, is known for her outspoken preference for pro-homosexual values over religious values. "]
Militia members indicted on conspiracy, weapons charges latimes.com 3/30/10 ["The indictment said the Hutaree, which describes itself as a "Christian warrior" group, viewed all law enforcement as the enemy. It said members planned a violent act to get the attention of the police, possibly by killing an officer at a traffic stop, then attacking the funeral procession with explosives."]
'Obamacare' cops: $1 billion to force new tax compliance wnd.com 3/30/10 ["The legislation will require the IRS to hire as many as 16,500 additional auditors, agents and other employees to investigate and collect billions in new taxes imposed on Americans, according to a House Committee on Ways and Means Committee Republican report prepared March 18 for ranking members Reps. Dave Camp, R-Mich., and Charles Boustany, R-La. "]
Homelessness set to surge among US elderly: report google.com 3/30/10 ["While the number of Americans aged 65 or older stood at just 3.1 million people in 1900, today the figure has risen to 37 million or 12.6 percent of the total population."]
J’lem posters call for 3rd Temple jpost.com 3/30/10 ["Marzel brushed off the furor the ads might elicit from the capital’s Muslims, saying, “It upsets them that we’re alive, and that we’re living here."]

Regulators shut 2 Georgia banks, 1 in Florida, 1 in Arizona; makes 41 US bank failures in 2010 startribune.com 3/29/10 ["The pace of bank seizures this year is likely to accelerate in coming months, regulators have said, as losses mount on loans made for commercial property and development."]
What kind of world do we want to live in? heraldsun.com.au 3/29/10 ["This begs the question that since information is not inherent within matter itself, nor can it be derived from natural law, "where did it come from?""]
Half of U.S. Home Loan Modifications Default Again bloomberg.com 3/29/10 ["More than half of U.S. borrowers who received loan modifications on delinquent mortgages defaulted again after nine months, according to a federal report. "]
Utah gov. OKs eminent domain use on federal land google.com 3/29/10 ["Fed up with federal ownership of more than half the land in Utah, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Saturday authorized the use of eminent domain to take some of the U.S. government's most valuable parcels."]
AT&T to Book $1 Billion Cost on Health-Care Reform businessweek.com 3/29/10 ["AT&T, the biggest U.S. phone company, joins Caterpillar Inc., AK Steel Holding Corp. and 3M Co. in recording non-cash expenses against earnings as a result of the law."]
Feds confirm 'activities' in southeastern Michigan freep.com 3/29/10 ["Federal agents conducted raids over the weekend in Lenawee and Wastenaw counties that reports say may be related to some members of Hutaree, a Christian-militia group in Michigan." Editor: Just posted for FYI.]
Seven arrested in FBI raids linked to Christian militia group detnews.com 3/29/10 ["Lackomar said he heard from other militia members that the FBI targeted the Hutaree after its members made threats of violence against Islamic organizations."]

Patrick Henry and President Obama Share One Date in History For Opposite Reasons lc.org 3/27/10 ["Responding to similar arbitrary abuses of power by the King of Great Britain that threatened life and liberty 235 years to the day, on March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his fiery speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses at St. John’s Church in Richmond."]
Obamacare prescription: 'Emergency health army' wnd.com 3/27/10 ["President Obama's recently passed health-care reform legislation includes a surprise for many Americans – a beefing up of a U.S. Public Health Service reserve force and expectations that it respond on short notice to "routine public health and emergency response missions," even involuntarily. "]
Silence that speaks volumes: blackout as Israel’s leader leaves White House timesonline.co.uk 3/27/10 ["White House staff denied Mr Netanyahu the usual photo opportunities afforded to a visiting leader, issued only the vaguest summary of their talks — let alone a joint statement — and reversed a decision to release an official photo of their meetings. "]
Rep. Hoyer Suggests Mandate Requiring Every Person To Buy Health Insurance Is ‘Constitutional’ 3/27/10 ["At his weekly press briefing on Tuesday, CNSNews.com asked Hoyer, “The House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said that the quote -- ‘good and welfare clause’ – unquote, grants Congress the authority to mandate that individuals get health insurance. Do you agree with the chairman?” "]
President Obama Loved Biden's F-Bomb? foxnews.com 3/27/10 ["Former Bush press secretary Dana Perino was shocked the president approved of the remark, saying: "It shows a broader attitude of callous disregard for decorum and decency..."]
South Korean navy ship sinks; North link played down reuters.com 3/27/10 [""An unidentified reason caused a hole in the ship, which led to its sinking. Currently 58 have been rescued out of the total 104 on board. Rescue efforts are under way," the ministry said."]
Brazilian Couple Receive Criminal Conviction for Homeschoolinglifesitenews.com 3/27/10 [""The natural thing to do is appeal, but I don't trust the Brazilian judges," Nunes told LSN. "They already showed who they are and what they want. They are not interested in protecting our kids....They want to take control of them, of their minds, they want them out of their home.""]
Obama to order fresh help for struggling homeowners google.com 3/27/10 ["Obama officials will order mortgage firms to help hard-hit homeowners restructure mortgage payments, with specific breaks for the unemployed and owners whose homes are worth less than what they owe."]
`Smart' meters have security holes google.com 3/27/10 ["At the very least, the vulnerabilities open the door for attackers to jack up strangers' power bills. These flaws also could get hackers a key step closer to exploiting one of the most dangerous capabilities of the new technology, which is the ability to remotely turn someone else's power on and off."]

Prissy Pastors newswithviews.com 3/26/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire "Christianity was birthed in rebellion as well. Nearly all of the heroes of the Bible are heroes because they resisted un-godly authority. Ask your pastor:..."]
The Rule Of The Heathen newswithviews.com 3/26/10 [By Sheriff Jim R. Schwiesow, Ret.  "Like Stalin our new potentate knows that under the firm hand of a totalitarian government the people count for nothing, and like Hitler he also knows that the American people are sheep who let their government leaders do their thinking for them. "]
Eurozone agrees on bailout plan for Greece google.com 3/26/10 ["that would combine loans from other eurozone governments and the International Monetary Fund, a move aimed at stopping the government debt crisis that has undermined the shared currency."]
Senate Votes to Keep Coverage of Abortion Drugs in New Health Care Law lifenews.com 3/26/10 [""Elective abortions are not health care and do nothing to improve or protect the health of patients," Coburn said about his amendment. "Health care dollars should not be diverted from medically necessary care to pay the costs of an elective medical procedure or an unnecessary drug. This is especially true for abortion which ends a life and is abhorrent to most Americans, who will be subsidizing the health care exchanges.""]
Health-Care Changes to Start Taking Effect This Year bloomberg.com 3/26/10 ["Insurers will be required by September to begin providing health coverage to kids with pre-existing illnesses and allow parents to keep children younger than 26 on their plans as the clock has begun ticking on many of the law’s provisions. "]
WH Spokesman Admits Abortion Exec. Order Merely "Reiterates" Law lifesitenews.com 3/26/10 ["Robert Gibbs admitted on Wednesday that President Obama's executive order regarding abortion funding in the health care bill merely "reiterates" what was already stated in the bill, providing further fuel for critics who have blasted the order as useless for banning the abortion funding embedded in the bill."]
Health Law Surprise Is Page 1,617 Demanding Which Drugs Work bloomberg.com 3/26/10 ["The overhaul creates an institute, funded with $500 million or more annually, to spur studies of which drugs, devices and medical procedures work best. The boost for comparative- effectiveness research, as the field is known among health experts, will increase scrutiny on treatments used by millions of Americans"]
Court told 'citizen' Obama actually may be alien wnd.com 3/26/10 [""Under the British Nationality Act of 1948 his father was a British subject/citizen and not a United States citizen and Obama himself was a British subject/citizen at the time Obama was born," says a new filing in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Kerchner v. Obama. "]

Dates That Destroyed America newswithviews.com 3/25/10 [By Chuck Baldwin  "On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the health care bill into law, and as such, this date--along with March 21--joins a list of dates that have each inflicted unconstitutional, socialistic, and sometimes even tyrannical action against the States United and have, therefore, contributed to the destruction of a free America..."]
Fox News Poll: 79% Say U.S. Economy Could Collapse foxnews.com 3/25/10 ["Just 18 percent think the economy is "so big and strong it could never collapse.""]
Samaritan Ministries International samaritanministries.org 3/25/10 ["is a community of Christians from around the world joining together to bear one another's health care burdens in a loving, cost-effective manner that doesn't involve health insurance."]
Health Care Tidbits: of Pens, Swear Words, and Airports in Michigan lifesitenews.com 3/25/10 ["The fallout after the passing of the Senate health care bill Sunday evening made for various interesting tidbits of information that don't merit in-depth coverage, but are worth mentioning. Here is a list of some of them:"]
China, Japan Reduced Holdings of U.S. Treasury Debt in January businessweek.com 3/25/10 ["“Foreign central banks stopped buying Treasuries in January,” said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York. “If this were to continue, if China were to stop recycling its dollars into U.S. Treasuries, it could have dire implications for Main Street America in that mortgage rates could move higher.”"]
Forget amnesty, look where Democrats now stoop for votes! wnd.com 3/25/10 ["Critics call it another example of the federal government overstepping its constitutional powers to squash state sovereignty and point out that the laws don't discriminate against minorities, for the statistics simply reflect the disproportionate numbers of black and Hispanic Americans convicted of crime. "]
White House Can't Defend Decision to Sign Abortion Executive Order in Private lifenews.com 3/25/10 ["...Today’s decision to sign the Executive Order behind closed doors reveals much about the seriousness of this President and Democrats' commitment to keep abortion funding out of the newly passed healthcare legislation. If the Executive Order solution were real, then the signing ceremony would have to be on the White House lawn—somewhere big enough to fit the massive, bipartisan consensus that exists opposing taxpayer funding for abortion." "]
Greece ‘Dress Rehearsal’ for U.S., Deutsche Bank Says businessweek.com 3/25/10 ["Credit-default swaps on the debt of Greece, Spain and Portugal rose to record highs today amid concern that European governments will struggle to fund their deficits."]
Geithner: Barney Frank Is Wrong! Fannie and Freddie DO Have a Blank Check from Uncle Sam yahoo.com 3/25/10 ["Geithner was taking no chances, declaring in his prepared testimony: "It should be clear that the government is committed to ensuring that the GSEs have sufficient capital to perform under any guarantees issued now or in the future and the ability to meet any of their debt obligations.""]
Bees in more trouble than ever after bad winter news.google.com 3/25/10 ["A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees' pollen and hives laden with pesticides..."]
Obama Pays More Than Buffett as U.S. Risks AAA Rating bloomberg.com 3/25/10 ["The bond market is saying that it’s safer to lend to Warren Buffett than Barack Obama. "]
Obama seeks $2.8 billion for earthquake-ravaged Haiti miamiherald.com 3/25/10 ["The request comes a week before international donors meet at the United Nations to plot how to finance a reconstruction effort that has been estimated to cost as much as $11.5 billion. More than 200,000 people died in the Jan. 12 earthquake."]
Airport Worker Warned In Scanner Ogling Claim reuters.com 3/25/10 ["The case is believed to be the first of its kind since the full-body scanners were rushed into service at a number of British airports... They are now being rolled out at airports across the world."]

President Signs Health Care Bill into Law, 12 States Immediately Sue lifesitenews.com 3/24/10 ["“At no time in our history has the government mandated its citizens buy a good or service,” said Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in a statement this week. “We believe the federal law is unconstitutional as it is based on the commerce clause. Simply put, not buying insurance is not engaging in commerce,” he added."]
Netanyahu: Jerusalem not a settlement but our capital cnn.com 3/24/10 [""The connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem cannot be denied," Netanyahu said to prolonged applause. "The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago, and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today. Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is our capital.""]
Scientists fear larger volcanic eruption in Iceland could bring global consequences google.com 3/24/10 ["Iceland's Laki volcano erupted in 1783, freeing gases that turned into smog. The smog floated across the Jet Stream, changing weather patterns. Many died from gas poisoning in the British Isles. Crop production fell in western Europe."]
US orders 15 percent pay cut for bosses at bailed-out firms google.com 3/24/10 ["It marks the first time the government will look into pay at a broad swath of firms that took government bailout funds."]
President Obama Signs Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, Ignores Executive Order lifenews.com 3/24/10 ["...an executive order issued by Obama can't trump a law passed by Congress."]
Public Pension Deficits Are Worse Than You Think  3/24/10 ["...report they are underfunded by $450 billion, according to a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. But this vastly underestimates the true shortfall, because public pension accounting wrongly assumes that plans can earn high investment returns without risk."]
Health care overhaul is boon to TV networks google.com 3/24/10 ["Brian Williams signed off from NBC's report by noting that despite the White House celebration, "there is a lot of anger in the land.""]
French government backs down on carbon tax plan news.bbc.co.uk 3/24/10 ["Had the plan been approved, France would have been the largest country to impose a carbon tax as part of efforts to tackle climate change. "]
NYC official: agencies must cut $1.3 billion in costs reuters.com 3/24/10 ["It is the eighth time in the last two years that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pushed city agencies to wring out savings. In January he had warned that a proposed $1.3 billion cut in state aid would force him to lay off 19,000 workers."]
Terri Schiavo Mocked on FOX's Family Guy lifesitenews.com 3/24/10 [""After further thought, I realized that using my deceased sister as fodder for satire also validates what our family has been saying for many years. There is growing, deep-rooted prejudice against people with brain injuries and other cognitive disabilities. This sort of bare-faced bigotry is dehumanizing to those with disabilities and cruel to those who work tirelessly to ensure that people with disabilities are provided the proper care, protection and respect. People are not vegetables." "]

Greece targets church in massive tax grab theaustralian.com.au 3/22/10 ["A new draft bill to be tabled in parliament next week imposes a 20 per cent tax on the Orthodox church's real estate income, reportedly worth over 10 million euros ($14.8 million) a year."]
Illinois high court yanks hospital's property tax break wkzo.com 3/22/10 ["An Illinois hospital lost its property tax exemption on Thursday, ending a long-fought battle watched by nonprofit hospitals concerned about greater scrutiny of their charity care."]
U.S. gun rights advocates pack heat with pride vancouversun.com 3/22/10 ["As many as 43 states already have some form of open-carry laws that allow citizens to carry firearms in plain view."]
Temple Institute wants to Offer Biblical Passover Sacrifice israelnationalnews.com 3/22/10 ["The Temple Mount Institute has filed suit in its fight for the right to sacrifice a sheep on the Temple Mount prior to Passover, as commanded in the Torah."]
Academic Paper in China Sets Off Alarms in U.S. nytimes.com 3/22/10 ["...published a paper on how to attack a small U.S. power grid sub-network in a way that would cause a cascading failure of the entire U.S."]
U.S. Census Tracks Mail, Raising Fears Among Some wsj.com 3/22/10 ["The Census Bureau can check on what letters have been delivered, residents who have changed their addresses, homes and apartments that are unoccupied and who has returned their Census form, all in real time."]
Iceland fears a second, more powerful volcanic eruption digitaljournal.com 3/22/10 ["...the volcano erupted for first time in nearly 200 years..."]
Box makers wait for signal of economic growth cincinnati.com 3/22/10 ["Corrugated box shipments have long been viewed as a leading economic indicator... Making things more difficult for box makers in the midst of weak demand is the fact that paper prices are rising."]

Bill Would Make Obama's International Taxpayer Funding of Abortions Permanent lifenews.com 3/20/10 ["The new York Democrat and prominent abortion activist in the House has unveiled new legislation designed to make permanent Obama's executive order revoking the Mexico City Policy."]
Tool Firms Seek U.S. Aid wsj.com 3/20/10 ["Cash-strapped small and midsize companies that supply critical parts to industrial giants are seeking a $30 billion U.S. loan-guarantee program and pressing General Motors Co. to speed up payments in hopes that other manufacturers will follow."]
Census blamed in internment of Japanese seattlepi.com 3/20/10 ["The academics say the Census Bureau's involvement included identifying concentrations of people of Japanese ancestry in geographic units as small as city blocks, lending a senior Census Bureau official to work with the War Department on the relocation program and a willingness to disclose names and address of Japanese Americans."]
U.S. kids even fatter than believed msnbc.msn.com 3/20/10 ["It found that 7 percent of boys and 5 percent of girls were extremely obese, as were more than 2 percent of all children under 5 years old.  Two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese and a third of children are obese..."]
Utah, Georgia Banks Closed wsj.com 3/20/10 ["Among the seizures were three more in the hard-hit state of Georgia and a $1.6 billion Draper, Utah-based unit of credit-card issuer Advanta Corp. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. couldn't find another institution willing to assume the $1.5 billion in deposits held by Advanta Bank Corp."]
AGAIN! City orders Bible study closed wnd.com 3/20/10 ["A southern California city has ordered a Friday night Bible study involving about a dozen people to shut down its meetings by Good Friday or members could face financial sanctions."]
Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless washingtonpost.com 3/20/10 ["Officials know they must move many of the 1.3 million people displaced by the earthquake before the rainy season starts in earnest in April. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at the golf-course camp Sunday that the people living there were in particular danger. "]
FDIC Weighs Ending Guarantee wsj.com 3/20/10 ["...for special deposit accounts in banks used by businesses."]

Idaho First to Pass State Anti-Health Care Law cbn.com 3/19/10 ["The bill, signed by Idaho Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter at a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, would require the state's attorney general to sue the U.S. government over any federal insurance mandate forced on Idaho residents."]
Health-care 'trickery' called overthrow of Constitution wnd.com 3/19/10 ["At issue is the possibility that reforms pushed by President Obama and other Democrats will be approved without ever actually having a direct vote, but could be "deemed" to have been passed, then signed into law by Obama. The process is called the "Slaughter Strategy," named for Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Rules Committee."]
Texan accused of disabling 100 cars over Internet google.com 3/19/10 ["The Texas Auto Center dealership in Austin installs GPS devices that can prevent cars from starting. The system is used to repossess cars when buyers are overdue on payments..."]
Looking Back To The Future newswithviews.com 3/19/10 ["History has proven over and over again that food is the beginning solution to almost every major problem particularly those involving independence, freedom, security and, yes, even survival. "]
One Abortion Every 11 Seconds in Original 15 EU States lifesitenews.com 3/19/10 ["IPF reports that in the last 15 years, approximately 20 million children have been “lost” to abortion in the European Union. The United Kingdom, France, Romania, Italy and Spain are the countries of the EU with the highest number of abortions, accounting for 775,000 abortions of the 2008 total. "]
China trims holdings of Treasury securities google.com 3/19/10 ["China retained its spot as the biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury debt in January even as it trimmed its holdings for a third straight month."]
Chile Could Still Be Hit By Strong Aftershocks -US Scientist wsj.com 3/19/10 ["Chile will keep suffering strong aftershocks over the next few months and has a 30% chance of these topping magnitudes of 7 as a consequence of the destructive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country Feb. 27, a scientist of the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday. "]
CDC: Gay Men Over 44 Times More Likely HIV+ than Hetero Men lifesitenews.com 3/19/10 ["While CDC data have shown for several years that gay and bisexual men make up the majority of new HIV and new syphilis infections, CDC estimated the rates of these diseases for the first time based on new estimates of the size of the U.S. population of MSM.  ...In 2008 the outgoing executive director of National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a leading homosexualist organization, admitted that homosexual behavior is both extremely high-risk and primarily responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS in America."]

Poll Reveals 46% of Doctors Would Quit if Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill Passed lifenews.com 3/18/10 ["The New England Journal of Medicine survey indicates 46 percent of doctors would consider leaving their practice. The poll finds 46.3% of primary care physicians (family medicine and internal medicine) feel that the passing of a public option will either force them out of medicine or make them want to leave medicine."]
New ghost towns: Industrial communities teeter on the edge usatoday.com 3/18/10 ["Ravenswood, with 4,000 people and one big factory, is like many towns in the USA where things still are made: caught in a winter between recession and recovery, hoping the latter will arrive before the former kills the last decent blue-collar job."]
Absence of U.S. flag in Haiti sparks controversy usatoday.com 3/18/10 ["The lack of the Stars and Stripes does not sit well with some veterans and servicemembers who say the U.S. government should be proud to fly the flag in Haiti, given the amount of money and manpower the U.S. is donating to help the country recover from the Jan. 12 quake. The Obama administration says flying the flag could give Haiti the wrong idea."]
Indiana government positions surpass factory jobs newstimes.com 3/18/10 ["...for now, the eclipse of the industrial base marks a remarkable chapter for this Rust Belt state. Indiana remains the state with the largest share of its labor force in manufacturing, although that factory force clearly has shrunk."]
Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama 'birthers' google.com 3/18/10 ["As the state continues to receive e-mails seeking Obama's birth certificate, the state House Judiciary Committee heard a bill Tuesday permitting government officials to ignore people who won't give up."]
Australian bishops lead crossing to Rome theaustralian.com.au 3/18/10 ["The move comes as 100 Anglican parishes in the US and some in Canada have announced their decisions to convert to Catholicism en masse, voting to take up an offer made by Pope Benedict XVI in November..."]
Busy bees, but hives are besieged, diseased msnbc.msn.com 3/18/10 ["More than three years after beekeepers starting seeing the sudden disappearance of hive populations, scientists have yet to find the cause — let alone the fix — for a condition called colony collapse disorder (CCD). Meanwhile, the commercial beekeeping industry is struggling to provide pollination services to the nations' farmers. One-third of food crops rely on insect pollination. "]
US prison rate remains near one in 100 Americans: study google.com 3/18/10 ["While the total US jail population has surged by 705 percent since 1973, the Pew Center said it was too early to know if the slight drop in 2009 was a blip or a change in trend."]
Tea parties win key victory in ousting Congress wnd.com 3/18/10 ["A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that the New Jersey secretary of state must accept the tea partiers' notice of intent to recall Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and allow their joint recall committee to begin collecting the voter signatures needed to put the senator's name back on the ballot, two years before his term is supposed to end. "]

Bill Expanding Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Research Order Pushes Human Cloning lifenews.com 3/17/10 ["Under the guise of making the current Obama Administration’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines permanent, the bill provides broad authorization for research that implicitly goes well beyond research on stem cells from so-called “leftover embryos.""]
Big ax looming at the FDNY: Threat of 1,000 layoffs, closing of 62 fire companies nydailynews.com 3/17/10 ["The department will be forced to close a staggering 62 fire companies and lay off more than 1,000 firefighters if the bad-news state budget becomes reality, Commissioner Salvatore Cassano told the City Council Wednesday."]
Virginia questions Obama's eligibility wnd.com 3/17/10 ["The recording of Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli puts him on a growing list of elected leaders, members of Congress and state officials who have addressed concerns over Obama's eligibility to occupy the White House. "]
Riots in Jerusalem on Hamas 'day of rage' irishtimes.com 3/17/10 ["Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem yesterday as US envoy George Mitchell put off a trip to the region, leaving the future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in doubt."]
'Social Justice' Is Not Christian Charity newswithviews.com 3/17/10 [By Paul Proctor  "If anyone wanted and needed “social justice” during Jesus’ earthly ministry, it was the Samaritans, as revealed by Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well, who told Him: “…the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.” But, Jesus didn’t offer her social justice – He offered her “living water” which had nothing to do with her social status, rights or economic condition."]
Public pension funds are ‘going to Vegas’ msnbc.msn.com 3/17/10 ["states and other bodies of government are seeking higher returns for their pension funds, to make up for ground lost in the last couple of years and to pay all the benefits promised to present and future retirees. Higher returns come with more risk. "]
5th state exempts guns. Is Washington noticing? wnd.com 3/17/10 ["South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed into law his state's version of a Firearms Freedom Act that first was launched in Montana. ...Wyoming, which took the unusual step of specifying criminal penalties – including both fines and jail time – for federal agents attempting to enforce a federal law on a "personal firearm" in the Cowboy State. "]

6.7-magnitude aftershock hits Chile coast: USGS google.com 3/16/10 ["The latest aftershock was one of over 200 to rock the South American nation since the February quake."]
Chile's power grid unstable for a week - president reuters.com 3/16/10 ["Millions of Chileans were left without power on Sunday evening after a transformer failed in the electricity grid, two weeks after a devastating earthquake killed hundreds and mangled roads and bridges in the South American country."]
Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs google.com 3/16/10 ["This year, for the first time since the 1980s, when Congress last overhauled Social Security, the retirement program is projected to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes — nearly $29 billion more."]
FDIC seizes New York's Park Avenue Bank and LibertyPointe Bank latimes.com 3/16/10 [" In the case of four-branch Park Avenue Bank, its CEO, Charles Antonucci, became the first bank executive to be charged with fraud in connection with TARP, officials said."]
UN climate change claims on rainforests were wrong, study suggests telegraph.co.uk 3/16/10 ["The United Nations' climate change panel is facing fresh criticism after new research contradicted the organisation's claims about the devastating effect climate change could have on the Amazon rainforest. "]

Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan google.com 3/12/10 ["Fears of a Greek default have undermined the euro for all 16 countries that share it, putting the Greek government under intense European Union pressure to quickly show fiscal improvement."]
Commercial Real Estate Owners Beginning To Walk Away From Properties wsj.com 3/12/10 [" The trend is likely to escalate in coming months as more loans mature and refinancing remains difficult and costly. As with residential properties, there is less incentive for owners to hold on to properties when the buildings are worth less than what is owed on their mortgages. "]
U.S. Sales Tax Rates Hit Record High yahoo.com 3/12/10 ["...up a nickel on a taxable $100 purchase from a year earlier and up nearly 40 cents for the decade. The highest sales tax rate in the country now stands at 12%."]

Failed Banks May Get Pension-Fund Backing as FDIC Seeks Cash businessweek.com 3/10/10 ["The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to encourage public retirement funds that control more than $2 trillion to buy all or part of failed lenders, taking a more direct role in propping up the banking system, said people briefed on the matter."]
Census: A Little Too Personal lewrockwell.com 3/10/10 [by Ron Paul  "The invasive nature of the current census raises serious questions about how and why government will use the collected information. It also demonstrates how the federal bureaucracy consistently encourages citizens to think of themselves in terms of groups, rather than as individual Americans. The not so subtle implication is that each group, whether ethnic, religious, social, or geographic, should speak up and demand its “fair share” of federal largesse. "]
Unbelievable Coincidence Saves Baby from Abortion in Indianapolis lifesitenews.com 3/10/10 ["Instead of Planned Parenthood, she got Joseph, who was answering the cell phone that's being used by ..."]
Britain could force owners to microchip their dogs google.com 3/10/10 ["British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines."]
U.S. Taxpayers on Hook for $5 Trillion of Fannie, Freddie Debt ... No Matter What Barney Frank Says yahoo.com 3/10/10 ["The U.S. government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in conservatorship in September 2008: "This means that the U.S. Taxpayer now stands behind $5 trillion of GSE debt," according to the Congressional Research Service."]

Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a Loss nytimes.com 3/9/10 ["This latest program, which will allow owners to sell for less than they owe and will give them a little cash to speed them on their way, is one of the administration’s most aggressive attempts to grapple with a problem that has defied solutions. "]
Detroit wants to save itself by shrinking google.com 3/9/10 ["Several other declining industrial cities, such as Youngstown, Ohio, have also accepted downsizing. Since 2005, Youngstown has been tearing down a few hundred houses a year. But Detroit's plans dwarf that effort. The approximately 40 square miles of vacant property in Detroit is larger than the entire city of Youngstown."]
Proposed European Monetary Fund Advances nytimes.com 3/9/10 ["But details of the fund proposal were vague, and any plan faced political and legal impediments. A plan would also come too late to help Greece even if all European Union members agreed to it, analysts said. "]
Strong earthquake hits eastern Turkey news.bbc.co.uk 3/9/10 ["A strong earthquake has struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people, officials have said. The 6.0-magnitude quake, centred on the village of Basyurt in Elazig province, struck at 0432 (0232 GMT). It has been followed by more than 40 aftershocks. "]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Misleads on Abortion Funding in Health Care Bill lifenews.com 3/9/10 ["Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius contradicted herself on abortion funding in the Senate health care bill in a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press." Sebelius applauded the Senate language before and talked about mandatory abortion fees, but now she claims there is no funding. Sebelius also appeared to contradict herself within the interview, saying at one point that abortion funding is a part of the government-run health care bill."]
China ready to end dollar peg telegraph.co.uk 3/9/10 ["The head of China’s central bank has given the strongest signal yet that the country will move away from pegging its currency to the dollar, but he said any changes would be gradual. "]
Au: Retrospective land tax to hit Queensland property investors couriermail.com.au 3/9/10 ["Under the innocuous title of the Valuation of Land and Other Legislation Bill 2010, the Queensland Government will literally rewrite history and rewrite the dictionary. It will retrospectively change the way land tax is applied in Queensland – back to June 30, 2002."]
Feds Move to Break Voting-Machine Monopoly wired.com 3/9/10 ["Even before the sale, ES&S, based in Omaha, Nebraska, was the nation’s largest voting-machine maker, with machines being used in 43 states. ES&S systems were “utilized in counting approximately 50 percent of the votes in the last four major U.S. elections,” according to the company’s website."]

Obama 9th Circuit Nominee: Constitution Must Adapt to Changes in the World foxnews.com 3/8/10 [""Applications of constitutional text and principles must be open to adaptation and change ... as the conditions and norms of our society become ever more distant from those of the Founding generation." That theme -- that the Constitution's text and principles must be adapted to changes in the world -- repeats throughout the book and raises eyebrows among conservatives."]
Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution google.com 3/8/10 [""The majority of home-schoolers self-identify as evangelical Christians," said Ian Slatter, a spokesman for the Home School Legal Defense Association. "Most home-schoolers will definitely have a sort of creationist component to their home-school program.""]
Kansas City wants to close half its public schools google.com 3/8/10 ["A final plan presented last week calls for closing 29 out of 61 schools to eliminate a projected $50 million budget shortfall."]
Schools' New Math: the Four-Day Week wsj.com 3/8/10 ["A small but growing number of school districts across the country are moving to a four-day week, in a shift they hope will help close gaping budget holes and stave off teacher layoffs, but that critics fear could hurt students' education. ...Of the nearly 15,000-plus districts nationwide, more than 100 in at least 17 states currently use the four-day system"]
Waste watchers? UK group fears trash bin spies google.com 3/8/10 ["The advocacy group Big Brother Watch found through a series of Freedom of Information requests that many local governments, called councils in Britain, are installing the microchips in trash cans distributed to households, but in most cases have not yet activated them — in part because officials know the move would be unpopular."]

Aid curfew as second quake hits Chile abc.net.au 3/6/10 ["Meanwhile, less than a week after the earthquake and tsunami rocked Chile, the country has suffered a separate quake. "]
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake shakes Indonesian Sumatra google.com 3/6/10 ["A magnitude-6.5 undersea earthquake shook the western shore of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, causing panic but no casualties or damage, an official said."]
Regulators close banks in four states reuters.com 3/6/10 ["FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair has said she expects bank failures to remain high through 2010, even as the economy improves, because the bank industry is continuing to recognize loan losses and clean up their balance sheets. Regulators closed 140 banks in 2009, up from 25 in 2008 and only 3 in 2007."]
Massachusetts: Lawmakers review 'male mutilation' wnd.com 3/6/10 ["Lawmakers in Massachusetts are attacking the practice by Jews and other groups of circumcision with a bill to label the process genital mutilation and outlaw it. The proposal would make Massachusetts the first U.S. state to take such action. "]
UK Govt’ to Impose “Hate Registers” for British Children who Make Gay Comments lifesitenews.com 3/6/10 ["Late last year, Schools minister Vernon Coaker said that as of September 2010 all schools will be legally required to report all “hate incidents” no matter how small, and keep records on offending children. Serious cases were to be reported to local councils. "]
U.S. airports expand passenger full-body screening reuters.com 3/6/10 [" Three to be activated on Monday at Boston's Logan International Airport will be the first of 150 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials hope to deploy in the next few months using funds from last year's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus."]
DeMint: White House land grab washingtontimes.com 3/6/10 ["A secret administration memo has surfaced revealing plans for the federal government to seize more than 10 million acres from Montana to New Mexico, halting job- creating activities like ranching, forestry, mining and energy development. Worse, this land grab would dry up tax revenue that's essential for funding schools, firehouses and community centers. "]
Obama calls 'entrepreneurship summit' with Muslims breitbart.com 3/6/10 [" In the closely watched address, Obama said the United States was seeking a "new beginning" with the Islamic world to rebuild relations that had sharply deteriorated over the past decade. "]
US to launch security-enhanced 100 dollar bill in April 3/6/10 ["The Treasury said the unveiling will launch a global multi-government agency public education program before the new 100 dollar note is put into circulation."]

Doug Philips: Rescue Haiti's Children: Trailer vimeo.com 3/5/10 [Editor: Even if you have dial-up, this is worth downloading to see the extent of damage in Haiti.]
Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood google.com 3/5/10 ["The lawmakers stressed that the science has changed dramatically since the ban was established in 1983 at the advent of the HIV-AIDS crisis. Today donated blood must undergo two different, highly accurate tests that make the risk of tainted blood entering the blood supply virtually zero, they said."]
WA Senate leader suggests income tax referendum seattletimes.nwsource.com 3/5/10 ["Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown wants voters to weigh in on the idea of an income tax on high earners."]
Senate Judiciary Committee OKs Obama Pro-Abortion Pick Dawn Johnsen lifenews.com 3/5/10 ["Johnsen is the radical pro-abortion activist President Barack Obama named to head up the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. The post is one of the top legal positions in the federal government and frequently a stepping stone to the Supreme Court."]
Ingredient used in many processed foods recalled google.com 3/5/10 ["It only involves hydrolyzed vegetable protein manufactured by Las Vegas-based Basic Food Flavors Inc., which did not return a call for comment Thursday."]
House OKs $15 billion jobs bill reuters.com 3/5/10 ["Rather than passing another massive job-creation bill along the lines of last year's $863 stimulus package, Democratic leaders plan to advance a series of smaller job-creation bills to avoid public sticker shock and keep their job-creation efforts in the news."]
U.S. right-wing groups, militias surge: study reuters.com 3/5/10 [""The anger seething across the American political landscape -- over racial changes in the population, soaring public debt and the terrible economy, the bailouts of bankers and other elites, and an array of initiatives by the relatively liberal Obama administration that are seen as 'socialist' or even 'fascist' -- goes beyond the radical right," the report said."]
Australia Bans Christian Schools from Teaching Creationism lifesitenews.com 3/5/10 ["...goes on to state that it "does not accept as satisfactory a science curriculum in a non-government school which is based on, espouses or reflects the literal interpretation of a religious text in its treatment of either creationism or intelligent design.''"]

150 same-sex couples seek marriage licenses in DC google.com 3/4/10 ["Some said it was symbolic to get married in the nation's capital..."]
Lawmakers launch bill to end military gay ban reuters.com 3/4/10 ["But Pentagon officials leading the policy review wondered why lawmakers didn't wait for the results. "I would think Congress would like to hear from us first before undertaking to consider to repeal (the law)," Jeh Johnson, Pentagon general counsel, told a House Armed Services subcommittee."]
America, the fragile empire latimes.com 3/4/10 ["Here today, gone tomorrow -- could the United States fall that fast?" Editor: Food for thought, mostly agree, but the comments are good perusing, too.]
Obama Pushing for New United Nations Agency Dedicated to Radical Feminism lifesitenews.com 3/4/10 ["Both the Obama administration and the European Union immediately seconded the proposal to create a new U.N. super-agency, which thus appears to have a good chance of passage. ...The new agency would amalgamate four existing entities... "]
Cry, our beloved America: Sliding Down the Communitarian Slope crossroad.to 3/4/10 [By Berit Kjos  "The government may own GM, but it won't own everything. Instead, it will control, tax and manipulate everything. That means it can crush or strengthen any company at will. It's far easier to give the commands when it's free from the responsibilities of actual ownership."]
Powerful quake strikes southern Taiwan google.com 3/4/10 ["The 6.4-magnitude quake hit about 70 kilometres (about 40 miles) from the main southern city of Kaohsiung, the US Geological Survey said, and it was felt as far away as the capital Taipei in the north of the island."]

Chile curfew extended as troops fail to grasp control after quake timesonline.co.uk 3/3/10 ["Chilean authorities today extended a night curfew to midday as thousands of troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of the devastating earthquake. "]
Post-quake chaos, looting wound Chile's pride google.com 3/3/10 ["Leonardo Sanhueza lamented in the Ultimas Noticias newspaper a "social disintegration" in the wealthy country that has led some people simply "to look out for themselves — and let the rest eat like dogs.""  Editor: Preview of America...]
Study "Proves" Violent Video Game Play Makes More Aggressive Kids lifesitenews.com 3/3/10 ["...a new study he led, analyzing 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide, proves conclusively that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids -- regardless of their age, sex or culture."]
Gold Hits Record High In Euros, Pound nytimes.com 3/3/10 ["Uncertainty over plans to tackle Greece's fiscal crisis and over what the next British election may mean for UK debt have heightened volatility in the European currencies, lifting interest in gold as an alternative asset, analysts said."]
US grants German homeschoolers asylum. Will others follow? csmonitor.com 3/3/10 ["A US judge granted German homeschoolers asylum in January after ruling they faced persecution in Germany, where the practice is punishable with fines or imprisonment. The US Home School Legal Defense Association says other German families are exploring political asylum in the US."]

Chile Quake Is One of the Biggest in a Century wsj.com 3/2/10 ["The Chile quake released 500 times more energy than the quake that hit Haiti.""]
Recent large earthquakes in first two months of 2010 indicate trend sfgate.com 3/2/10 ["First, the rate comes to about one major earthquake every two weeks. Second, the US Geological Survey reports that earthquakes of over 7 on the Richter Scale are still constant in number, not increasing or decreasing."]
Pictured: Body of looter left dying by side of the road after being hit by car in aftermath of Chile earthquake dailymail.co.uk 3/2/10 ["His horrific fate came as the Chilean government was forced to send in 10,000 troops to manage the chaos as earthquake survivors scramble for food and water. ...Bachelet signed a decree giving the military control over security in the provinces of Concepcion and Maule and announced a 9 pm-6 am curfew for all non-emergency workers."]
Chile Battles Lawlessness, Desperation After Massive Earthquake voanews.com 3/2/10 ["In Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city, some residents have taken local security matters into their own hands, setting up impromptu roadblocks to keep track of all who seek to enter their neighborhoods."]
Hundreds of looters detained in Chile abc.net.au 3/2/10 ["Hundreds of looters have been detained in earthquake-hit Chile, where troops have been forced to fire tear gas to stop mobs from pillaging shops and homes."]
American reliance on government at all-time high washingtontimes.com 3/2/10 ["Moreover, for the first time since the Great Depression, Americans took more aid from the government than they paid in taxes. "]
High court to define reach of gun-control laws usatoday.com 3/2/10 ["The new question is whether the 2008 decision also applies to cities and states, or only to laws in the federal government and its enclaves, such as Washington. It sets up another major constitutional question with ramifications for scores of mostly urban gun regulations."]
Fannie Taps Treasury for $15.3 Billion More After a 10th Loss bloomberg.com 3/2/10 ["...will seek $15.3 billion in U.S. aid, bringing the total owed under a government lifeline to $76.2 billion, after its 10th consecutive quarterly loss. "]
One in four Germans wants microchip under skin: poll google.com 3/2/10 ["But 72 percent said they would not "under any circumstances" allow electronics in their body."]
Dramatic Vegas Abortion-Reversal Results in Healthy Birth lifesitenews.com 3/2/10 ["The late-term abortion – which takes between two to three days – was just underway when two pro-life crisis pregnancy counselors at First Choice clinic in Las Vegas were able to reach out to Jamie and convince her that she still had a window of opportunity to stop the death of her child. "]

America - Infested With Spiritual Bacteria! lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 3/1/10 [By Pastor David Meyer  "One of the great signs of the end of this present world is the earthquakes, which are increasing in number, frequency, and intensity on average. Anything above a magnitude four is considered to be a significant quake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, we have had 389 such quakes within the past thirty days as of February 11th, 2010. "]
Head of IMF Proposes New Reserve Currency abcnews.go.com 3/1/10 ["Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, suggested Friday the organization might one day be called on to provide countries with a global reserve currency that would serve as an alternative to the U.S. dollar."]
Chile was ready for quake, Haiti wasn't google.com 3/1/10 ["Chile is wealthier and infinitely better prepared, with strict building codes, robust emergency response and a long history of handling seismic catastrophes. No living Haitian had experienced a quake at home when the Jan. 12 disaster crumbled their poorly constructed buildings."]
Tsunami sets off panic but does little damage google.com 3/1/10 [""We expected the waves to be bigger in Hawaii, maybe about 50 percent bigger than they actually were," Fryer said. "We'll be looking at that.""]
Google launches ’person finder’ for Chile quake victims vancouversun.com 3/1/10 ["It asks users "What is your situation?" and gives them the choice between "I’m looking for someone" and "I have information about someone." Users can then search records by name or input information about someone."]
Iris scans may prevent mistaken release of inmates google.com 3/1/10 ["The U.S. Justice Department has given a $500,000 grant to the National Sheriff's Association, which is doling out the money through $10,000 grants to about 45 agencies across the country that will create a national database that better identifies, registers and tracks inmates"]
Germany and France agree to rescue Greece, with conditions telegraph.co.uk 3/1/10 ["Germany and France are putting together a plan to buy as much as €30bn (£26.7bn) of Greek debt to help the country avoid a calamitous sovereign default – but only if Athens commits to slashing public spending. "]
Supreme Court scrutinizes state, local gun control google.com 3/1/10 ["The justices will be deciding whether the right to possess guns guaranteed by the Second Amendment — like much of the rest of the Bill of Rights — applies to states as well as the federal government. It's widely believed they will say it does."]
Rain triggers deadly floods in Haiti news.bbc.co.uk 3/1/10 ["The deaths occurred in or near the southeastern port city of Les Cayes which was swamped by more than 1.5m (5ft) of water. "]
Greenspan: U.S. recovery "extremely unbalanced" reuters.com 3/1/10 ["Small businesses and the jobless are still suffering from the aftermath of a credit crunch that was "by far the greatest financial crisis, globally, ever" -- including the 1930s Great Depression, said Greenspan in an address to a Credit Union National Association conference."]
Sweden: State takes custody of 7-year-old over homeschooling wnd.com 3/1/10 ["WND reported late last year when the Administrative Court of Stockholm affirmed the state custody of Dominic, who was taken from the airliner by uniformed police officers on the orders of social workers even though there was no allegation of any crime on the part of the family nor was there any warrant. "]
FDIC shuts down banks in Nevada and Washington google.com 3/1/10 ["Regulators have shut down banks in Washington and Nevada, marking the 21st and 22nd failures this year of federally insured banks."]
Augmented Identity technologyreview.com 3/1/10 ["An application that lets users point a smart phone at a stranger and immediately learn about them premiered last Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Developed by The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a Swedish mobile software and design firm, the prototype software combines computer vision, cloud computing, facial recognition, social networking, and augmented reality."]
Obama signs one-year extension of Patriot Act google.com 3/1/10 ["Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama's signature Saturday."]
Unemployment Benefits to Expire Sunday After Senate Stalemates On Extension foxnews.com 3/1/10 ["But the Senate will likely be able to renew them with a Tuesday vote. Democrats are expected to take up a broader bill next week, the second in their “jobs agenda” that will extend the benefits, among many other provisions – including popular tax extenders – for one year. The bill is expected to pass by the end of next week."]