"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

Climate change theme for UN's Ban on tour reuters.com 10/31/7 ["Returning to the climate change theme, he will visit Valencia, Spain, on November 17, where the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, is releasing its latest report. The IPCC and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore won this year's Nobel Peace Prize."]
Australia Revises Wheat Forecast Down--Again forbes.com 10/31/7 ["Extraordinary dry and hot weather in September and October triggered an Australian government research agency to revise downward its annual wheat forecast by 22%, the second time in six weeks it has done so, signaling that world wheat prices will likely continue breaking record highs."]
Mexican truckers cite years of driving deep into U.S., say pilot program nothing new iht.com 10/31/7 [Yet...  "Spencer said he has seen transportation department data showing Mexican carriers with brake defects or bald tires that were not put out of service, and he points to an August report from the department's inspector general's office citing a backlog of 40,000 citations against Mexican trucks in Texas that were never put into the state's database.  "That's the quality of the data," he said. "If there is nothing reported, that doesn't mean everything is hunky dory.""]
Homeland Security strikes deal with New York on driver's licenses newsday.com 10/31/7 ["Under the compromise, New York will produce an "enhanced driver's license" that will be as secure as a passport. It is intended for people who soon will need to meet such ID requirements, even for a short drive to Canada.  A second version of the license will meet new federal standards of the Real ID Act. That law is designed to make it much harder for illegal immigrants or would-be terrorists to obtain licenses.  A third type of license..."]
Israel steps up threats to invade Gaza Strip reuters.com 10/31/7 ["Israel, which controls official Gazan border crossings, began reducing the amount of fuel pumped to Gaza this week. It also wants to reduce power supplies but has put that on hold.  The sanctions prompted UN and EU delegates to urge Israel not to impose "collective punishment", illegal under international law, on Gaza's 1.5 million residents."]
Gay enclaves in U.S. face prospect of being passé iht.com 10/31/7 ["At the same time, cities not widely considered gay meccas have seen a sharp increase in same-sex couples. Among them: Fort Worth; El Paso; Albuquerque; Louisville, Kentucky; and Virginia Beach, according to census figures and extrapolations by Gates for The New York Times. "Twenty years ago, if you were gay and lived in rural Kansas, you went to San Francisco or New York," he said. "Now you can just go to Kansas City.""]
 

Dollar hits fresh low against euro ft.com 10/30/7 ["as the prospect of a cut in US interest rates continued to pile pressure on the currency.   ...as gold prices struck a 28-year high."]
Thousands Rally against Abortion on Britain’s 40th Anniversary of Legalisation lifesite.net 10/30/7 ["British pro-life groups are using the anniversary to bring public awareness to the issue. Remembrance services are planned across the country for the more than 6 million children who have lost their lives to legal abortion since 1967."]
Why Would God Judge America 10/30/7 [By Daniel Valles  "In II Kings. 21:16, God mentions that Manasseh shed innocent blood “very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another…” God pronounced judgment on Judah as a whole for this wickedness – why? Vs. 8-9 tells us they harkened not to God’s commandments, and were thereby seduced to do more evil than “the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.” A righteous nation can stoop to level lower than even the unbelieving nations."]
IAEA chief lashes out over Israeli raid in Syria ynetnews.com 10/30/7 ["Mohamed ElBaradei accuses Jewish state of 'taking the law into its own hands', says 'if countries have information that another country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come to us'"]
Why HR 1955 Was Rammed Through Under Cover Of Fire newswithviews.com 10/30/7 [By Devvy Kidd  "2 Million Americans Face Losing Their Home. October 26, 2007: "An influential congressional committee warned yesterday that 2 million US families face losing their homes in a "tidal wave" of repossessions with an estimated cost of $71bn.""]
 

Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terror Bill Passes House prnewswire.com 10/29/7 ["The bill creates a National Commission to examine the causes of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism and propose recommendations and legislative strategies for mitigating these threats. It also establishes a Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Radicalization and Home Grown Terrorism that will study the social, criminal, political, psychological and economic roots of the problem to provide further suggestions for action to address these dangers."]
Lawyers' Group Wants Halt to Executions guardian.co.uk 10/29/7 ["Serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and accuracy in capital punishment cases and justify a nationwide freeze on executions, the American Bar Association says.  Problems cited in a report released Sunday by the lawyers' organization include..."]
 

America battles 'epic' drought theage.com.au 10/28/7 [""Nearly half of the south-east is in extreme drought and water supplies have reached critical levels in some cities," says Michael Halpert, head of forecast operations at the official Climate Prediction Centre."]
US diplomats forced to take Iraq posts smh.com.au 10/28/7 ["Thomas said the State Department had made "directed" assignments before, such as in 1969 when an entire junior foreign officer class was sent to Vietnam and again in the 1970s and 1980s for some difficult African postings."]

California Wildfire Evacuees Head Home ap.google.com 10/27/7 ["...lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking water."]
Gold Surges As Oil Hits Record Over $92 ap.google.com 10/27/7 ["Oil prices crossed $92 a barrel for the first time. The dollar slumped against the euro, which bought a peak $1.4392. Gold topped $780 an ounce as the metal edged closer to its all-time highs above $850 in 1980."]

UN issues 'final wake-up call' on population and environment iht.com 10/26/7 [""The human population is now so large that the amount of resources needed to sustain it exceeds what is available at current consumption patterns," Achim Steiner, the executive director of the program, said in a telephone interview. Efficient use of resources and reducing waste now are "among the greatest challenges at the beginning of 21st century," he said.  The program described its report, which is prepared by 388 experts and scientists, as the broadest and deepest of those that the UN issues on the environment and called it "the final wake-up call to the international community.""]
Harry Potter Author Plays Dumb: Acts Surprised at Reactions to Gay Character lifesite.net 10/26/7 ["Harvey cautions that Rowling's decision will now force all parents to address the issue of homosexuality with their young children. "Will we allow our kids to believe it would be perfectly appropriate for the headmaster of any school to be homosexual?" "]
Dream Act blocked by split Senate washingtontimes.com 10/26/7 ["The Senate yesterday blocked the Dream Act, a bill to legalize illegal-alien students — the second major immigration bill to be stopped this year and a signal that this Congress is too stalemated to pass any bill that offers a path to citizenship for illegal aliens."]
UK: Spy jacket to track your kids with global positioning news.com.au 10/26/7 [""The jacket is not something that was released due to people losing their kids," said Adrian Davis, a partner at Bladerunner. "It was originally made for mountain climbers, skiers and snowboarders.""]
American Life League Unveils New Online Map With Location of All US Planned Parenthood Centers lifesite.net 10/26/7 ["...pinpoints the exact location of each of Planned Parenthood's (PP) 860 clinics across the United States. The new webpage also provides information regarding any scheduled protests that take place on a regular basis at the PP locations."]
New York Pregnancy Center's Mobile RV Continues to Help Women Avoid Abortion lifenews.com 10/26/7 [""We go out to the toughest neighborhoods in the South Bronx and the most international area of Queens where there's a huge pocket of abortion clinics along a strip we call it 'Abortion Row,'" he said.  ...Slattery indicated that the abortion center can't do much about their presence."]
 

Gore says 2007 pivotal year in climate change fight reuters.com 10/25/7 [" In one of his first public speeches since winning a share of the award on October 12, Gore also said world leaders should meet in January under the auspices of the United Nations to act on the results of U.N. climate change talks in Bali in December.  The former Vice President also renewed a call to speed up the timetable for a post-Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by two years to 2010. The Kyoto Protocol that runs to 2012 requires 36 nations to cut emissions."]
American kids, dumber than dirt sfgate.com 10/25/7 [Secular Article/Language  "It's gotten so bad that, as my friend nears retirement, he says he is very seriously considering moving out of the country so as to escape what he sees will be the surefire collapse of functioning American society in the next handful of years due to the absolutely irrefutable destruction, the shocking — and nearly hopeless — dumb-ification of the American brain. It is just that bad."]
US to transfer $410 million to PA ynetnews.com 10/25/7 ["Half of the American aid will be directed at infrastructures, $35 million will be transferred to the Food and Employment Bureau of the United Nations Refugees Works Agency (UNRWA). The remainder of the money will be combined with the PA's continuous budget."]
Panel Recommends FluMist for Young Kids ap.google.com 10/25/7 ["Recommendations by the panel usually are accepted by U.S. health officials, and they influence insurance companies' decisions on vaccination coverage.  ...The committee also discussed a proposal to recommend flu vaccinations for all school-age children."]
Chilean government fines pharmacies millions for not selling abortion pill catholicnewsagency.com 10/25/7 ["Up to now, all of the major Chilean laboratories have refused to manufacture the pill, and therefore the government and abortion organizations have had to import it from Colombia."]
Merrill Lynch set to report $2.5 billion in added loss iht.com 10/25/7 ["...in July, the credit market collapsed and many Wall Street banks were caught with commitments to lenders that they could not resell and collateralized debt obligations that started to deteriorate sharply in value.  Merrill wrote down $4.5 billion worth of subprime loans and collateralized debt obligations and $463 million, net of hedges, in commitments to fund loans."]
 

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Public Education newswithviews.com 10/24/7 [By R.C. Murray  "It all starts with reading. If children never learn to read, they can’t read to learn. And if they’re not equipped for independent study, they can be controlled..."]
Voice From The Pews voicefromthepews.com 10/24/7 [By R.C. Murray  "...a website ministry dedicated to helping Bible-Believing Christian parents learn about what's really going on in the public schools they think are educating their children."]
Football stadium transforms into guest house for fire evacuees cnn.com 10/24/7 ["more than 12,000 people seeking shelter from wildfires that have swept through the region.  ... Outside, thousands more filled about half the spaces in the 18,000-vehicle, 122-acre parking lot.  Many of them were setting up tents beside their cars and trucks.  Anticipating more arrivals, the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered 25,000 cots to the city-owned, 40-year-old structure.  With more than 321,000 people forced from their homes by late morning Tuesday, FEMA's precautions appeared timely."]
Emerging Church Confusion crossroad.to 10/24/7 [" Many feel that the real problems with the emerging church are centered around methodology (e.g., how much lighting to have, where to hold church services, and what to wear while attending them, etc.) Such distraction from the true concerns is like telling a neighbor that his dog is tearing up the garden when his house is burning down and his children are inside.  The emerging church is fundamentally mystical as can easily be seen by the leaders who feed the emerging movement a steady diet of contemplative spirituality. Leonard Sweet, one of the emerging church movement's most prolific leaders explains..."]
EU vows to shape globalisation euobserver.com 10/24/7 ["In December, EU leaders are expected to adopt a declaration, which should underline the bloc's change of priorities – moving from institutional matters towards issues such as globalisation and climate change.  ...In practice, it is promoting the so-called principle of reciprocity - meaning trading partners should open their markets as much as the EU does."]
Online privacy? For young people, that's old-school usatoday.com 10/24/7 ["Reared on reality TV, paparazzi, cellphone cameras and the insatiable maw of the World Wide Web, it's no wonder teens and adults in their 20s think a little differently when it comes to privacy."]
Sovereign Funds To Pummel The Dollar forbes.com 10/24/7 ["Sovereign wealth funds are state-controlled investment vehicles that allow governments to dip into their burgeoning currency or oil reserves to make investments. ...Given that they have huge spending power, with assets under management worth $2.3 trillion, their evolution will have "monumental implications" for financial markets, Jen said."]
Iran completes move away from dollar reserves gulfnews.com 10/24/7 ["Iran's move to diversify away from the dollar has been partly motivated by political tensions with the US and partly due to the weakness of the dollar in the past two years."]
Bush Pledges Veto on Law Banning Job Discrimination based on "Sexual Orientation" lifesite.net 10/24/7 ["H.R. 3685, said the notice, is inconsistent with the right to the free exercise of religion as codified by Congress in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). "The Act prohibits the Federal Government from substantially burdening the free exercise of religion except for compelling reasons, and then only in the least restrictive manner possible. H.R. 3685 does not meet this standard. For instance, schools that are owned by or directed toward a particular religion are exempted by the bill; but those that emphasize religious principles broadly will find their religious liberties burdened by H.R. 3685.""]
School Committee to consider plan to limit contraceptives boston.com 10/24/7 ["The proposal by committee member Benjamin Meiklejohn would give parents the option of blocking access to prescription contraceptives if they enroll their children in the clinic. It also would limit contraceptives to students who are at least 14."]
British Family Court Judge Forced to Resign Rather than Participate in Homosexual Adoptions lifesite.net 10/24/7 ["The 63 year-old McClintock, a father of four, had written to his employers asking for an exemption just before a law allowing homosexual partners to adopt children came into effect in April. He said he was bound to consider the best interests of children, rather than the legal advances of homosexual partners."]
Volunteer radar gunslingers nail speeders usatoday.com 10/24/7 ["Speeders beware. Your neighbors might have you on their radar. That's the message police departments across the country are trying to send by loaning residents radar guns and turning them into neighborhood speed watchers."]
Pendemic Protocols May Prove Worse Than The Disease newswithviews.com 10/24/7 [By Jim Kouri  "These steps may be carried out by enforced isolation at health care facilities, individual homes, or "alternative facilities" that can easily be regarded as prison camps."]
 

Troops, key doctors to get first U.S. bird flu shots uk.reuters.com 10/23/7 [" "Certain military personnel like deployed forces would get vaccinated before certain other military personnel," HHS science adviser William Raub said in a telephone interview.  Virtually all health experts agree that the world is overdue for a pandemic of some sort of influenza."]
White House helped craft 'gay'/transsexual rights bill worldnetdaily.com 10/23/7 ["H.R. 3685's current religious exemption will hardly affect the many ways in which ENDA would erode and destroy the freedom of Americans to act on their deeply held moral beliefs about homosexuality..."]
Scientists a step closer to steering hurricanes telegraph.co.uk 10/23/7 ["...Satellites could also heat the cloud tops by beaming microwaves from space."]
HAARP website haarp.alaska.edu 10/23/7 [""]
HAARP Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door uconn.edu 10/23/7 ["...Eastlund himself observes that "There has never been a transmitter of this power in this frequency band. It would be wise to assess its impact."  The 440-page HAARP environmental-impact statement filed by the Air Force says that the normally upward-directed IRI transmissions can raise the internal body temperature of nearby people; ignite road flares in the trunks of cars; detonate aerial munitions that use electronic fuses; and scramble aircraft communications, navigation, and flight-control systems. "  Editor: This article is a reprint of an article from the Popular Science magazine, 1995.  I included this article as additional reference that was not necessarily from the typical line up of HAARP websites.  ;-)]
US ethanol plan causing food prices to surge: bank afp.google.com 10/23/7 ["Corn prices have already jumped by 60 percent over the past two years...  In 2008, food inflation would top five percent and the following year would approach seven percent, its highest level in more than 25 years, he said.  ...soaring corn prices not only pass directly into animal feed costs and corn-based food prices like tortillas, but they are spilling over to other grain prices as farmers scramble to expand corn production at the expense of other crops"]
IMF chief warns dollar may suffer 'abrupt fall' afp.google.com 10/23/7 [""There are risks that an abrupt fall in the dollar could either be triggered by, or itself trigger, a loss of confidence in dollar assets," Rato said at the close of annual meetings here of the IMF and the World Bank."]
Portuguese Government Orders Doctors to Remove Anti-Abortion Restrictions from Code of Ethics lifesite.net 10/23/7 ["The Association's current ethical code states that "doctors must maintain respect for human life from its beginning", and "the practice of abortion constitutes a grave ethical failure"."]
 

Priestly Blessing on Temple Mount israelnationalnews.com 10/22/7 ["The special visit was held to commemorate the 842nd anniversary of Maimonides's famous visit to the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. A group of some 25 Jews, organized by the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, marked the special day with a commemorative visit.  ...Another notable aspect of the visit was the welcoming attitude of the police.  ..."we found that the police were particularly sympathetic to our needs. At one point, when the Moslem Wakf guards started yelling that we were praying, one of the policemen took our side and even threatened to remove them if necessary." "]
Preaching Success: Joel Osteen Teaches Positivity abcnews.go.com 10/22/7 ["The popular pastor's message of prosperity and forgiveness attracts massive crowds. Osteen, who has gained international prominence as a pastor and best-selling author, has turned the church into the country's largest with more than 40,000 members. His followers flock to hear sermons laced with themes of faith and positivity."]
Your Papers, Please! newswithviews.com 10/22/7 [By Alan Stang  "This is government by emergency. Most Americans have never experienced anything else and don’t know it could be done differently. They think government by emergency is “normal.” So would I, had I not lived for a few years in a couple of other countries. There, emergencies were unusual events. Most of the time, people in those countries just live."]
CNN Takes Stock of a `Planet in Peril' ap.google.com 10/22/7 ["Too bad it's not tougher. Right now Earth is looking pretty fragile as it suffers from increasing human punishment.  This isn't really news, of course. But CNN has packed the two-night, four-hour "Planet in Peril" with information and images that give a familiar story new urgency. Here is an eye-opening, often heart-wrenching exploration."]
Cheney Warns Iran of `Serious Consequences' on Nuclear Program bloomberg.com 10/22/7 [" ``The Iranian regime needs to know that if it stays its present course, the international community is prepared to impose serious consequences,'' Cheney said in a speech before the Washington Institute for Near East Policy in Lansdowne, Virginia. ``We will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.''  He also accused Iran of being a ``subversive'' force in Iraq and working to ``destabilize'' the Middle East. "]
Barclays, RBS line up emergency funds from US Fed - report marketwatch.com 10/22/7 ["...have lined up emergency funds of up to $30 billion, or GBP15 billion, from the U.S. Federal Reserve to bail out American clients caught up in the global credit crunch"]
UK: Microchip gives staff the lowdown on pupils timesonline.co.uk 10/22/7 ["The radio frequency identification system is being tested at Hungerhill School in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Ten pupils began wearing a chip sewn into their uniforms eight months ago."]
 

  J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character ap.google.com 10/21/7 [""Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.  ...Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason."]
  J K Rowling: 'Christianity inspired Harry Potter' telegraph.co.uk 10/21/7 ["Christians have been divided about the books, with some claiming that their popularity should be exploited to spread the Christian message."]
Check out our Profane Fables Resource Section 10/21/7 [""]
Perdue declares state of emergency due to drought ajc.com 10/21/7 ["...and called on President Bush to recognize that the historic drought had created a disaster for 85 counties.  In a defiant plea Saturday at Lake Lanier, Perdue asked Bush to issue a federal disaster designation..."]
One world, taking risks together iht.com 10/21/7 ["Given the historical echo — as well as the 20th anniversary of the crash of Oct. 19, 1987 — it's appropriate that the plan to ease the credit crunch is high on the agenda this weekend as the finance ministers of the Group of 7 leading industrial countries confer in Washington."]
'We can fire 11,000 rockets in a minute' jpost.com 10/21/7 ["Iran is capable of firing 11,000 rockets into enemy bases in the first minute after any attack, state-run television quoted a top Revolutionary Guards Corps commander as saying Saturday."]
Can Eating Pork & Shellfish Destroy Your Health? newswithviews.com 10/21/7 [By Greg Ciola  "Pigs are scavengers. They are notorious for eating anything, including their own waste and garbage. A pig will eat sick and infected animals, including its own piglets that die from disease. Pigs also have one the quickest, yet poorest digestive systems of any animal. On average a pig can completely digest its food in four hours. Since it processes everything so fast, many times the toxins aren’t removed and they are stored in the pig’s fat."]
 

Boy Scouts' Rent Hiked Over Gay Ban ap.google.com 10/20/7 ["...must pay fair-market rent of $200,000 a year for its city-owned headquarters because it refuses to permit gay Scouts.  The organization's Cradle of Liberty Council, which currently pays $1 a year in rent"]
Israeli news evokes 'Gog and Magog' scenario israeltoday.co.il 10/20/7 ["Israel's Channel 2 and Channel 10 evening newscasts ran with the president's statement, presenting viewers with large world maps showing the possible alignment of nations in a future world war."]
Anybody Can Get It? cwfa.org 10/20/7 [By Janice Shaw Crouse  "We treat HIV/AIDS differently from any other public health threat. While doctors are required by law to report nearly 50 communicable diseases (including tuberculosis, measles, syphilis, meningitis), and people with those communicable diseases are ordered by law to get treatment or go to jail, United States laws prohibit disclosure of anyone’s HIV status. ...the only way anyone knows that a person has the virus is if that information is voluntarily given."]
Living Paycheck to Paycheck Gets Harder ap.google.com 10/20/7 ["Industry analysts and some economists fear the strain will get worse as people are hit with higher home heating bills this winter and mortgage rates go up."]
Air Force fires commanders over nuclear mix-up reuters.com 10/20/7 ["The U.S. military does not normally comment on the movement of nuclear arms but Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne said he had decided to make an exception."  Editor: Deliberate misinformation leak]
Putin touts new nuclear weapons against US telegraph.co.uk 10/20/7 ["Delivering one of his most belligerent anti-Western tirades, Mr Putin also suggested that America and its allies had concocted a fake assassination plot to prevent him from visiting Iran this week."]
Senate Rejects Cutting Funds to Abortion Facilities for Family Planning lifenews.com 10/20/7 ["...rejected an effort by pro-life lawmakers to cut federal funding for family planning efforts carried out by abortion facilities. Backers of an amendment to do that said their goal was not to cut such efforts but to make sure taxpayer dollars aren't sent to abortion businesses."]
 

Japan and China lead flight from the dollar telegraph.co.uk 10/19/7 ["Data from the US Treasury showed outflows of $163bn (£80bn) from all forms of US investments. "These numbers are absolutely stunning," said Marc Ostwald, an economist at Insinger de Beaufort.  Asian investors dumped $52bn worth of US Treasury bonds alone, led by Japan ($23bn), China ($14.2bn) and Taiwan ($5bn). It is the first time since 1998 that foreigners have, on balance, sold Treasuries."]
IMF says dollar ‘overvalued’ ft.com 10/19/7 ["...the fall in the dollar, which dropped by more than 4 per cent against the euro in September alone."]
With euro at new high, pressure mounts for action on dollar iht.com 10/19/7 ["The gyrations have also fed turmoil in energy markets, with the price of a barrel of oil above $88 a barrel, just off the all-time high reached this week. When the dollar weakens, the price of oil, which is sold for dollars, generally firms to reflect the commodity's true value.  Tensions between Turkey and Kurds over cross-border violence in northern Iraq have helped keep oil prices rising"]
Va. County OKs Illegal Immigrant Crackdown cbsnews.com 10/19/7 ["After 12 hours of meeting and hearing emotional testimony, Prince William County supervisors voted to move forward with their contentious measure to deny services to illegal immigrants.  They postponed the matter of how to secure long-term funding for the plan, which includes allowing police to check the residency status of anyone arrested in the county and improve cooperation with federal immigration authorities."]
Support for HPV Vaccine Gardasil Helps Planned Parenthood Says LDI President lifesite.net 10/19/7 ["“What they want is the corporate stamp of approval, the (cream of the) crop endorsement. They want to be able to tell people, ‘Merck supports us; we’re a legitimate organization,’” Scott stated. “Any sort of a connection between Planned Parenthood and any corporation only benefits Planned Parenthood on the public relations side, which is a lot more important and more devastating.”"]
Putin goes live on TV phone-in to escalate nuclear war of words guardian.co.uk 10/19/7 ["President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia was developing a new generation of nuclear weapons as part of a "big, grandiose" plan to boost the country's defences against the US."]
Israel signals readiness to cede parts of Jerusalem to Palestinians guardian.co.uk 10/19/7 ["Mr Olmert noted that Israel had built a series of thriving Jewish neighbourhoods in east Jerusalem, but signalled that Israel's control of Arab areas was not necessary.  ...Israel has claimed all of the city, including east Jerusalem which it captured in the 1967 war, as its capital.  The Palestinians want the eastern sector for the capital of a future independent state."]
First Gay Adoption in Maine Finalized cbn.com 10/19/7 ["Unmarried heterosexual couples would also be able to adopt under the ruling."]
UN: Syrian delegate never referred to nuclear site ynetnews.com 10/19/7 [""There was an interpretation error" (in the English translation) while the Syrian delegate was addressing the General Assembly's disarmament committee in Arabic Tuesday, Farhan Haq, a UN spokesman, told reporters."]
Senate panel OKs wiretap bill, telecom immunity reuters.com 10/19/7 ["The bill would allow wiretapping without a court order of suspected foreign terrorists, including when they call Americans, committee leaders said.  It would grant lawsuit immunity, demanded by the White House, for telephone companies that participated in a secret warrantless eavesdropping program"]
 

Turks' vote backs right to use force inside Iraq iht.com 10/18/7 ["Parliament voted Wednesday to give the government the authority to send troops into northern Iraq, moving this NATO country one step closer to a military confrontation with Iraq over Kurdish rebels who hide there.  Turkish lawmakers voted 507 to 19 in favor of the motion, which was supported by all but one of Turkey's political parties and seemed to broadly reflect the wishes of the Turkish public."]
Syrian officials admit site attacked by Israel nuclear  ynetnews.com 10/18/7 ["...three Israeli diplomats present at a recent United Nations Disarmament Commission meeting overheard the Syrian representative clearly say that Israel's attack targeted a nuclear facility."  Editor: They say they heard them say...  hmmm]
Safety "myths" said to block Mexico trucks from U.S. reuters.com 10/18/7 ["...from well-paid U.S truckers suspended the funding on Tuesday night. The Bush administration says it will try to convince Congress to rethink the decision to block funding and could veto the broad spending transportation bill approved on Tuesday night.  Calling the decision a "sad victory for the politics of fear and protectionism," John Hill, a director at the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, echoed frustration at what Mexican business leaders see as hypocritical behavior from the United States, the main promoter of free trade in the Americas."  Editor:  The safety issue is a concern, yes, but this line of thinking is steering the focus away from the free trade and job loss aspects of this activity.]
Naked chocolate Jesus rises again reuters.com 10/18/7 ["A life-size chocolate sculpture of a naked Jesus will finally be displayed in New York starting in late October, seven months after an outcry by Roman Catholics forced a different gallery to cancel its exhibition."]
New FDA Documents Reveal Abortion Pill RU-486 Made in Substandard Chinese Plant When Approved lifesite.net 10/18/7 ["Yesterday, the public interest group Judicial Watch announced that newly acquired FDA documents, previously witheld by the FDA, show that the agency knew that the facilities owned by China’s Hua Lian Pharmaceutical Company to manufacture RU 486 were sub-standard at the time they were approved for use in August 2000."]
Parents Use Religion to Avoid Vaccines ap.google.com 10/18/7 ["While some parents — Christian Scientists and certain fundamentalists, for example — have genuine religious objections to medicine, it is clear that others are simply distrustful of shots.  Some parents say they are not convinced vaccinations help. Others fear the vaccinations themselves may make their children sick and even cause autism.  Even though government-funded studies have found no link between vaccines and autism, loosely organized groups of parents and even popular cultural figures..."]
Joel Osteen's Sugar Coated Gospel newswithviews.com 10/18/7 [By Paul Proctor  "...what if all we fed children were sweets - trays full of candy, ice cream, cake and sugary treats? They'd love us, wouldn't they? We would be their heroes and none of them would have a cross word to say to us or about us. In fact, they would probably defend us from our critics like no one else."]
Senate farm bill offers crop revenue protection reuters.com 10/18/7 ["While the Senate framework would continue traditional crop supports, it would give farmers the option, beginning in 2010, of enrolling in an "average crop revenue" program. It would release payments when statewide income from a crop was below a target set by law, responding to crop and yield woes."]
The never-ending presidency economist.com 10/18/7 ["At a congress of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, he graciously agreed to head its party list at the general election in December. He added that he may become prime minister if the party wins the election and the president is a man he can work with. United Russia is sure to win and, since Mr Putin will hand-pick the president, he will presumably get along with him. So this charade has only one meaning: Mr Putin is staying on, probably for a very long time."]
‘Super fund’ helps ease markets ft.com 10/18/7 ["“People are nervous and wondering why the banks need a big fund,” said Anthony Conroy, managing director at BNYCovergEx in New York. “What do they know that investors don’t?”  ...The banks behind the scheme – Citi, JPMorgan and Bank of America – said they were still debating how the new fund would buy assets and at what price. They expect to bring in other banks to help provide the estimated $75bn-$100bn of back-up liquidity lines that would be needed."]
NIST Admits Total Collapse Of Twin Towers Unexplainable prisonplanet.com 10/18/7 ["A 10,000 page scientific study only offers theories as to how the "collapse initiation" proceeded and fails to address how it was possible for part of a WTC structure to fall through the path of most resistance at freefall speed, completely violating the accepted laws of physics."]
Armed standoff along U.S. border dailybulletin.com 10/18/7 ["Mexican military Humvees were towing what appeared to be thousands of pounds of marijuana across the border into the United States, said Chief Deputy Mike Doyal, of the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department."]
Lifers as teenagers, now seeking second chance iht.com 10/18/7 ["In December, the United Nations took up a resolution calling for the abolition of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for children and young teenagers. The vote was 185 to 1, with the United States the lone dissenter.  ...In its sentencing of juveniles, as in many other areas, the legal system in the United States goes it alone. American law is, by international standards, a series of innovations and exceptions. From the central role played by juries in civil cases to the election of judges to punitive damages to the disproportionate number of people in prison, the United States is an island in the sea of international law."]
 

Putin tells U.S. not to strike Iran uk.reuters.com 10/17/7 ["President Vladimir Putin made clear to Washington on Tuesday that Russia would not accept military action against Iran and he invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Moscow for talks."]
Caspian states won't let soil be used for any attack ca.today.reuters.com 10/17/7 [" Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan said "under no circumstances will they allow (the use of their) territories by third countries to launch aggression or other military action against any of the member states."  Also in the final declaration, they acknowledged the rights of all signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- which includes Iran -- to develop peaceful nuclear energy."]
Rice: Russia's Military Moves 'a Problem' abcnews.go.com 10/17/7 ["U.S. intelligence estimates that Russia now spends as much on its military as China, which has also raised alarms with its build-up.  "Russia is once again indisputably the number two military power in the world, second only to the United States," a senior U.S. official said. "]
Panel Rejects Detention Center for Illegal Immigrants nytimes.com 10/17/7 ["A Virginia state panel on Tuesday rejected a controversial proposal to create the country’s first state-run facility where illegal immigrants arrested for certain crimes could be held until federal officials deport them or while awaiting trial.  Instead, the panel recommended..."]
 

A Person Could Develop Occult nytimes.com 10/16/7 ["Trends, like zombies, tend to rise again, and certain periods have been marked by an increased fascination with the occult. It’s possible that now, when the world seems besieged by perils of our own creation, from global warming to weapons of mass destruction, people seek a higher scapegoat: supernatural forces that are beyond our ken and not our fault."]
Gossip more powerful than truth, researchers say uk.reuters.com 10/16/7 ["In these cases, the students based their decisions to award money on the gossip, rather than the hard evidence, showing such information is a powerful tool..."  Editor:  News and Media is a form of gossip, too.  Caution and discernment must be exercised at all times.]
Gore gets a cold shoulder smh.com.au 10/16/7 ["ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous" and the product of "people who don't understand how the atmosphere works".  Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, told a packed lecture hall at the University of North Carolina that humans were not responsible for the warming of the earth."]
Drought Tightens Its Grip on Southeast ap.google.com 10/16/7 ["...once-mighty Lake Lanier, the Atlanta water source that's now a relative puddle surrounded by acres of dusty red clay.  ...But little rain is in the forecast, and without it climatologists say the water source for more than 3 million people could run dry in just 90 days."]
First Boomer Applies for Social Security ap.google.com 10/16/7 ["An estimated 10,000 people a day will become eligible for Social Security benefits over the next two decades, Astrue said. The Social Security trust fund, if left alone, is projected to go broke in 2041."]
Phone carriers quiet on U.S. surveillance program reuters.com 10/16/7 ["The phone companies said it would be illegal for them to discuss the kind of program lawmakers were asking about without permission from the Bush administration.  AT&T "essentially finds itself caught in the middle of an oversight dispute between the Congress and the executive relating to government surveillance activities," AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts said in a letter to the committee."]
 

'Mom' and 'Dad' banished by California worldnetdaily.com 10/15/7 [""Mom and Dad" as well as "husband and wife" have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who with his signature also ordered public schools to allow boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose.  ...Analysts have warned that schools across the nation will be impacted by the decision, since textbook publishers must cater to their largest purchaser, which often is California, and they will be unlikely to go to the expense of having a separate edition for other states."]
'Black Monday' haunts traders as 20 year anniversary looms afp.google.com 10/15/7 ["Around 60 percent of Americans owned shares in 2005, according to the Securities Industry Association, compared with around 20 percent around 25 years ago.  In a bid to protect Wall Street from fresh shocks, the New York Stock Exchange introduced new measures after 1987 designed to buffer a market panic. One such measure halts trading temporarily if the stock market falls too abruptly."]
Gold price rockets to 27-year high, platinum nears record breitbart.com 10/15/7 [" Gold tends to rise when the US unit weakens because it makes commodities that are priced in dollars cheaper for buyers using stronger currencies, analysts say."]
Food set to become the next big global news story winnipegfreepress.com 10/15/7 ["As the world went into the Northern Hemisphere's summer, total grain supplies were the lowest in the 47 periods for which data exists and were quite possibly at their lowest levels in a century. This crop season would mark the seventh year out of the past eight in which global grain production fell short of demand.  "The world is consistently failing to produce as much grain as it uses," Qualman said."]
Nobel committee expands definition of 'peace' iht.com 10/15/7 ["That prize was "our way of signaling a new criterion had been introduced," he said. "It is about how we live together, share resources," he added, "preserving the Earth.""]
 

Bush urges passage of Latin American trade pacts marketwatch.com 10/14/7 [" "I know many Americans feel uneasy about new competition and worry that trade will cost jobs," Bush said in his weekly radio address.  He said the federal government is providing substantial funding for trade adjustment assistance that aids displaced workers, while also trying to improve federal job-training programs and provide "strong support" for community colleges. "]
Banks to set up $80 bln fund to limit credit crunch reuters.com 10/14/7 ["Representatives from the U.S. Treasury have organized conversations among top global banks, sources said, as financial institutions grow increasingly concerned that a certain type of investment fund linked to banks may have to dump billions of dollars of repackaged loans onto financial markets."]
US tries to halt Turkey attack guardian.co.uk 10/14/7 ["Senior US officials were engaged last night in last-ditch efforts to persuade Turkey not to launch a major military incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan to target armed separatists."]
Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria newsvote.bbc.co.uk 10/14/7 [" Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a vaccine-derived form of polio, says the UN's World Health Organization.  It says 69 children in the north have caught the paralysing disease from others who had already been immunised. "]
 

Nobel 'Peace' Prize Awarded to De-Population, Abortion Advocate Al Gore lifesite.net 10/13/7 ["It is difficult for many observers to comprehend how Al Gore's promotion of his extreme alarmist, widely disputed climate change scenario and his notorious support for abortion "rights" and international family planning policies fit Alfred Nobel's stated purpose for the peace prize."]
Wal-Mart Eyes $287 Million Benefit From RFID pcworld.com 10/13/7 ["Wal-Mart started working with RFID in 2003, and expects the first major roll-out of the technology, the RFID tags and forklifts at U.S. and Canadian retail stores, to solve inventory problems.  ...So far, 600 of its top suppliers have started using RFID tags at their own expense, in order to comply with Wal-Mart's initiative. Some of these suppliers have found their own inventory cost savings, but others haven't."]
UNICEF Participates in Conference With 35 Sessions Promoting Abortion lifesite.net 10/13/7 ["A two-and-a-half day UN-sponsored conference scheduled for next week is billed as addressing maternal and child health but focuses primarily on promoting abortion. The conference schedule shows that out of 98 sessions some 35 of them focus on abortion while only two address newborn health."]
Texan mayors threaten court to stop border fence reuters.com 10/13/7 ["Six mayors fear the planned fence, part of Washington's crackdown on illegal immigration, will hurt trade, split closely knit Mexican-Texan communities on both sides of the border and endanger wildlife.  Part of a federal plan to build 700 miles (1,120 km) of barrier along the entire border, the fence will also cut off Texan ranchers' access to the Rio Grande, the main source of fresh water in the region, the mayors say."]
FEMA Shifts, Draws Own Disaster Plans newsday.com 10/13/7 [""We're going to move in early, we're not going to wait for the state to ask for things before we start moving them, we're going to anticipate what the needs are, and then when they ask for them, we're going to be there," he said. "The worst that can happen is they don't need them.""]
Ex-Mexican prez: 'Amero' on the way worldnetdaily.com 10/13/7 [""Long term, very long term," he said. "What we proposed together, President Bush and myself, it's ALCA, which is a trade union for all the Americas.""]
 

Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church nytimes.com 10/12/7 ["Far from being defensive, church leaders who support Halo — despite its “thou shalt kill” credo — celebrate it as a modern and sometimes singularly effective tool. It is crucial, they say, to reach the elusive audience of boys and young men."]
Is A New Church Emerging From The Pulpits Of Compromise? newswithviews.com 10/12/7 [By Paul Proctor  "And what do you suppose it means when our current compassionate conservative born again evangelical president says in an interview, "…I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God" when Jesus Himself said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me"? (John 14:6)"]
400,000 people, and no media? afa.net 10/12/7 [By Kelly Boggs  "If the truth of what took place in the streets of San Francisco on Sept. 30 were broadcast from sea to shining sea, the "homosexual rights" movement would suffer a significant setback. If grassroots Americans saw homosexuals blatantly flaunting their sexuality in public, they would be appalled.  Make no mistake about it: America's major news organizations are complicit in promoting homosexuality. Hence, they chose to act as if the Folsom Street Fair did not even happen. "]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood sets up Islamic clerical power jpost.com 10/12/7 ["...Egypt's powerful opposition movement, has laid down its first detailed political platform, which would bar women and Christians from becoming president and establish a board of Muslim clerics to oversee the government, reminiscent of Iran's Islamic state.  The platform has dismayed secular reform activists who have cautiously hoped the Brotherhood was becoming more moderate and who supported the movement in the face of a tough government crackdown against it. "]
 

UK: Seven years jail for gay hate preachers telegraph.co.uk 10/11/7 ["Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, told MPs that existing prohibitions against race and religious incitement would be extended to cover ''homo-phobic" behaviour.  His statement prompted fears among Christian organisations that they could be prosecuted for preaching that homosexuality was wrong."]
Federal judge puts brakes on illegal immigration crackdown mercurynews.com 10/11/7 [" Dealing a major blow to the Bush administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge Wednesday put on hold new rules that would require businesses to fire employees whose names don't match their Social Security numbers.  ...warning that the push could hurt businesses and documented workers, issued a preliminary injunction to stop any penalties until he can hand down a final ruling on whether they are legal, likely in several months."]
Car Insurers' Devices Track Teen Drivers ap.google.com 10/11/7 ["Several U.S. auto insurers have begun offering in-car cameras or global positioning equipment to help parents monitor their teenagers' driving behavior, hoping to reduce the alarming number of crashes involving young new motorists."]
Golden Compass Reveals a World Where There is No God citizenlink.org 10/11/7 [""The problem is that kids may see the film and ask their parents for the books," said Kiera McCaffrey, director of communications for the Catholic League. "The trilogy of books, especially the third volume, promotes atheism and denigrates Christianity. This is central to the plot."]
Al Gore tipped to win Nobel timesonline.co.uk 10/11/7 ["being tipped as a favourite to win the Nobel peace prize in Oslo this Friday in a controversial move that could place saving the planet above saving people from war and conflict."]
 

Doc, what’s up with snooping? bostonherald.com 10/10/7 ["Thanks to guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported by the commonwealth, doctors across Massachusetts are interrogating our kids about mom and dad’s “bad” behavior.  We used to be proud parents. Now, thanks to the AAP, we’re “persons of interest.”  The paranoia over parents is so strong that the AAP encourages doctors to ignore “legal barriers and deference to parental involvement” and shake the children down for all the inside information they can get."  Editor: Matthew 10:20-22; Mark 13:11-13]
Taiwan pulls controversial missile from parade: source reuters.com 10/10/7 ["This year's national day celebrations in Taipei will be the first in 16 years to feature a parade of military hardware and troops, reminiscent of Soviet-style displays during the Cold War."]
Social Security hits first wave of boomers usatoday.com 10/10/7 ["The first wave of 3.2 million baby boomers turns 62 next year — 365 an hour. About 49% of the men and 53% of the women are projected to choose early retirement and begin drawing monthly Social Security checks representing 75% of the benefit they'd be entitled to receive if they waited four more years to retire."]
Heating Costs Seen Jumping This Winter ap.google.com 10/10/7 ["...Energy Department report Tuesday that estimates heating oil costs are likely to jump 22 percent and natural gas bills, on average, will rise 10 percent between October and March."]
Science Web Site Misleads Women Saying Abortion-Breast CanCer Link a Myth lifenews.com 10/10/7 ["However, Dr. Joel Brind, a professor at Baruch College in New York, says there is 50 years of research showing a link between abortion and breast cancer.  Brind pointed out that breast cancer cases have risen 40 percent since abortion was made virtually unlimited in the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade."]
Ford Motor announces major expansion in Asia iht.com 10/10/7 ["As it proceeds with plans to slash jobs and shutter factories in North America, Ford Motor is expanding aggressively in Asia, announcing Tuesday a $500 million investment to build a car plant in Thailand just two weeks after opening a $510 million manufacturing center in Nanjing, China.  Both investments were made with Mazda, the profitable Japanese company that Ford controls through a 33.4 percent stake..."]
 

Bush: All religions pray to 'same God' wnd.com 10/9/7 [""Well, first of all, I believe in an Almighty God, and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That's what I believe. I believe that Islam is a great religion that preaches peace..."]
Bush claims faith in Interfaith Deity crossroad.to 10/9/7 [By Berit Kjos  "Does our president really believe what he says -- or is he just trying to please his audience at the moment? That question was raised in our earlier article "Trading Truth for Solidarity. There we gave some examples of the universalist views expressed by President Bush and other trusted leaders."]
Danger Lurking In Flu Shots! newswithviews.com 10/9/7 [By Greg Ciola  "Did you know that the flu shot could contain anything from aluminum, formaldehyde, dangerous microorganisms, thimerosal (mercury), ethylene glycol, and other toxic adjuvants? In addition to these substances, the flu vaccine is prepared from the fluids of chicken embryos...  The evidence suggests that those that receive the flu shot could be contagious for weeks and spread germs to the general public."]
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Three Embryonic Stem Cell Researchers lifenews.com 10/9/7 ["The Nobel prize committed mentioned embryonic stem cell research in their citation to the scientists and said, they had discovered "principles for introducing specific gene modification in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells."  However, the science behind treating humans with embryonic stem cells and the work the scientists did is very different..."]
Mexican Gov't. Reveals Plans For Trans North American Corridor newswithviews.com 10/9/7 ["Meanwhile, the Mexican government has revealed to its own citizens that Mexico has entered extensive discussions with government officials in Texas and top representatives from the Bush administration to extend what it called the Trans-Texas Corridor into Mexico..."]
PMO: Jordan won't control Temple Mt. jpost.com 10/9/7 ["Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office on Monday morning denied the report in Al-Quds al-Arabi that he and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had agreed to transfer the Temple Mount's holy sites to Jordanian custody."]
New referendum calls over EU treaty breitbart.com 10/9/7 [" There have been renewed calls for a referendum on the proposed European Union Reform Treaty, after a committee of MPs found it was "substantially equivalent" to the Constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters."]
 

Bush seeks NAFTA expansion to Peru worldnetdaily.com 10/7/7 ["The Bush administration plan is to get the trade agreement with Peru through Congress first, followed by trade agreements the administration already has negotiated with Panama, Columbia and South Korea.  Of the four agreements, the Bush administration believes that the deal with Peru will raise the least opposition, paving the way for the other, more controversial, deals, officials said. "]
Ahmadinejad says Iran won't negotiate over its "nuclear rights" iht.com 10/7/7 [""The Iranian nation favors talks but it won't negotiate over its definite and legal nuclear rights. They (world powers) have to know this," Ahmadinejad said in comments before Friday prayers in Tehran.  He added he believed the nuclear issue was over and Iran will ignore attempts by the United States and its European allies to further politicize the issue."]
Texas Set to Open New Canyon to Public ap.google.com 10/7/7 ["...when 70,000-cubic feet of water flowed through the 1,000-foot gap for three days. It gushed downhill toward the Guadalupe River and scraped the vegetation and topsoil off, leaving only limestone walls.  ...Neither compares to the most famous of canyons, the Grand Canyon. It took water around 5 million to 6 million years to carve the crevasse that plunges 6,000 feet at its deepest point and stretches 15 miles at its widest."  Editor: I find it funny that in this same article that shows the power and force of water to erode vast amount in a quick timeframe still thinks that the Grand Canyon took millions of years to form.  The Grand Canyon probably formed in a matter of days as post-Flood waters that had built up behind the Kaibab Plateau eroded through in a manner similar to a dam burst.]

Bush Speech Praises Islam at Iftaar Dinner cbn.com 10/6/7 ["After concluding his praise of Islam as a religion that brings the world hope and comfort, the president introduced a Muslim Imam to say a "blessing.""]
US Death Toll Associated with HPV Vaccine Jumps to 11 with 3779 Adverse Reactions Reported lifesite.net 10/6/7 ["Those deaths resulted between June 8, 2006 - when the vaccine received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - and August 2007 when the latest data was available."]
'Amero coming within decade' worldnetdaily.com 10/6/7 [""At present, with the Canadian dollar approaching par, more talk for an amero currency unit will become popular in Canada."  The company says that with the successful implementation of NAFTA, "the one dragging component for the amero will be Mexico, but in time this will change."  "Implementation of the amero currency may actually give Mexico an economic boost, thus helping to alleviate Mexican immigration pressures into the United States for those Mexicans seeking financial gain,""]
Airlines could see more green by abandoning cash uk.reuters.com 10/6/7 ["The airline has extended a test of using only credit and debit cards for on-board payments through October and soon will decide whether to make all its flights cashless."]
County clerks rebel over driver's licenses for illegal immigrants buffalonews.com 10/6/7 ["County clerks across New York State revolted Thursday against Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer’s new policy that will let illegal immigrants obtain driver’s licenses, with at least a dozen counties saying they would refuse to implement the controversial program.  Setting up a major legal confrontation, the clerks from 13 counties — including Genesee, Allegany and Monroe — called Spitzer’s policy a threat to the state’s security that was rushed into without the input from legislators, law enforcement and those on the front lines who issue the licenses. "]
 

Burma 'orders Christians to be wiped out' telegraph.co.uk 10/5/7 ["The text, which opens with the line "There shall be no home where the Christian religion is practised", calls for anyone caught evangelising to be imprisoned. It advises: "The Christian religion is very gentle – identify and utilise its weakness.""]
Individual buyers scoop up Calif. stem-cell bonds reuters.com 10/5/7 ["California may sell a total of $3 billion of the debt over a decade to fund the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which makes grants to stem-cell researchers."]
We're Losing The Faith Of Our Fathers newswithviews.com 10/5/7 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "When was the last time your church sang some of the old hymns? So much of what qualifies as “praise and worship” music is nothing more than Christian bubble-gum music."]
CBS Portrays Abstinence Club Teens Murdering to Keep Secret their Sexual Acitivy lifesite.net 10/5/7 ["In a ham-handed attempt to influence this fall's Congressional debate on abstinence education programs, the show also depicts abstinence-only education as useless, if not actively harmful."]
Researcher defends assisted suicide study on 'vulnerable groups' canadianpress.google.com 10/5/7 ["Critics quickly dismisssed the study, to be published in the October issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics, saying its leader failed to disclose she is a member of the advisory board of the Death With Dignity National Center, a nonprofit that defends the Oregon assisted suicide law and coordinates support for legalizing assisted suicide in other states."]
The radiation poisoning of America proliberty.com 10/5/7 ["The city of San Francisco, with an area of only seven square miles, has over 2,500 licensed cell phone antennas positioned at 530 locations throughout the city. In practical terms, this city, like thousands of others, is being wave-nuked 24 hours a day."]
 

Questions Raised Over Terror Exercise guardian.co.uk 10/4/7 ["The nation is preparing for its biggest terrorism exercise ever next week when three fictional ``dirty bombs'' go off and cripple transportation arteries in two major U.S. cities and Guam...  Yet even as this drill begins, details from the previous national exercise held in 2005 have yet to be publicly released - information that's supposed to help officials prepare for the next real attack. "]
Weak dollar prompts record foreign buyouts of U.S. companies iht.com 10/4/7 ["The buyouts are sparking anxiety in the United States, though their impact is complex. Foreign owners typically use acquisitions as an entry into the U.S. market and thus may be more willing than American buyers to invest in their new holdings, some economists say. But the risk is that they might also be quicker to cut back or consolidate U.S. operations when times get tough."]
Merger opens U.S. defense to China washingtontimes.com 10/4/7 ["Huawei Technologies will merge with the Massachusetts-based 3Com network-equipment manufacturer in a deal announced last week. Huawei has been linked to the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, which involved millions of dollars in payoffs to Saddam's regime during a time of U.N. sanctions."]
Taiwan likely to unveil missile that can hit China washingtonpost.com 10/4/7 ["In recent years Taiwan media have carried reports of test-firings of the missile, which is believed to have a range of 1,000 km (625 miles), putting Shanghai well within range.  But the Hsiung Feng ("Brave Wind") IIE has never been publicly displayed and has yet to be deployed."]
VOM Calls for Prayer for Christians in Myanmar persecution.com 10/4/7 ["VOM contacts report, “Churches cannot meet. We are quietly meeting in small groups of no more than five to pray for our country."]
US trumps states over siting power lines csmonitor.com 10/4/7 ["The corridors are designed to make it easier for utilities to get approval for power lines in areas where the electric grid is congested. They allow the US Energy Department – not states – to be the final arbiter of where the lines are built."]
 

Iran slashes oil transactions in dollars afp.google.com 10/3/7 [""Iran is selling about 85 percent of its oil in the non-dollar currencies," Khatibi was quoted as saying by state television.  "Currently, about 65 percent of the oil sale income is in euros and 20 percent in yen,"   ...said that the remaining sums being paid in dollars, about 15 percent, are going to shift to "other creditworthy currencies"."]
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Church-State Cases nysun.com 10/3/7 ["One of the cases, heard last year by New York's highest state court, would have tested whether the First Amendment prohibited a New York law requiring employers that offer prescription drug coverage to cover birth control pills.  ...decision not to hear the appeal means that the decision last year by New York's Court of Appeals to uphold the Women's Health and Wellness Act will stand."]
NTT DoCoMo aims to make phone swiping obsolete uk.reuters.com 10/3/7 ["Japan's largest mobile phone operator, hopes to one day sell a handset that lets you make electronic payments while it stays in your pocket.  ...The phone, which uses a sensor made by start-up Kaiser Technology Co., sends electric signals through the human body to transmit data, enabling electronic payments or data transfer at the touch of a finger."]
Bloomberg defends city surveillance camera plan abcnews.go.com 10/3/7 ["Plans to use surveillance cameras in New York City would erode residents' privacy but boost their security, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday.  "We just have to do something here to make the city safer. Sadly, it is a little bit of an infringement on your rights," Bloomberg told a news conference."]
Terror database gets plenty of hits washingtontimes.com 10/3/7 ["The Terrorist Screening Center has detected more than 40,000 people trying to gain entry into the U.S. who either associated with terrorist groups or were known terrorists themselves, and the database is only going to get better, says the agency's chief."]
Senate approves $150B in war funding star-telegram.com 10/3/7 ["While the Senate policy bill authorizes the money to be spent, it does not guarantee it; Bush will have to wait until Congress passes a separate appropriations bill before war funds are transferred to military coffers."]
Report: Russia sent technicians to Syria jpost.com 10/3/7 ["The British newspaper said that Moscow sent the team after Israel managed to foil Syria's air defenses using stealth technology, allowing Israeli jets to remain invisible during an IAF strike on September 6."]
Emergency Appeal Filed as Aurora Mayor Permits Largest Abortion Facility in U.S. to Open lifesite.net 10/3/7 ["the Barsanti statement left entirely unanswered the questions of deception and civil fraud that were originally raised by concerned citizens of Aurora, and the question of what the City of Aurora can and cannot do in response to any deception by Gemini/Planned Parenthood.  Also unanswered is the question raised by citizens last week as to whether the Planned Parenthood building at 3051 E. New York Street can be used for a not-for-profit medical facility without a special use permit. The City has as yet offered no legal reasoning in defense of such a use."]
Kansas Judge Rules Grand Jury Investigation of Abortion Practitioner Okay lifenews.com 10/3/7 ["A Kansas judge has ruled that a petition effort to get a grand jury to investigate late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller of Wichita can move ahead. District Judge Paul Buchanan turned back an effort by Tiller's attorneys on Monday to dismiss the petition and said the grand jury would be summoned eventually."]
Michigan Planned Parenthood Closes Centers After 700K Funding Cut lifenews.com 10/3/7 ["Planned Parenthood says it will close centers in Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Mount Pleasant by the end of the year.  Facilities in White Cloud and Hart closed on Monday in what officials at the abortion business said would be a "devastating effect" on women.  ...state and federal taxpayer funding constitutes 40 percent of its budget."]
Patriarch Alexy of Russia assails gays in speech at Council of Europe iht.com 10/3/7 ["...head of the Russian Orthodox Church, made few concessions to West European sensibilities as he called for a return to Christian values.  ..."We can see it in a new generation of rights that contradict morality, and in how human rights are used to justify immoral behavior," Alexy said. He has called for an alliance with the Roman Catholic Church on moral issues.  ...Homosexuality is, he continued "an illness" and a "distortion of the human personality like kleptomania." The patriarch portrayed the gay rights parade in Moscow as advertising for immoral behavior and asked: "Why don't we have advertising for kleptomania?""]
 

Aurora issues occupancy permit for Planned Parenthood clinic suntimes.com 10/2/7 ["The City of Aurora says a controversial Planned Parenthood clinic can open its doors -- immediately."]
Dark Mysteries of Earth's Last Days! lasttrumpetministries.org 10/2/7 [By Pastor David Meyer]
Inconvenient Youths wsj.com 10/2/7 ["In households across the country, kids are going after their parents for environmental offenses, from using plastic cups to serving non-grass-fed beef at the dinner table. Many of these kids are getting more explicit messages about becoming eco-warriors at school and from popular books and movies."]
Court Orders a New Delay on Illegal Worker Rules nytimes.com 10/2/7 ["A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday extended for 10 days a temporary ban on a central measure in the Bush administration’s campaign to crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants."]
Taiwan's ruling party passes sovereignty resolution afp.google.com 10/2/7 ["The resolution was the more moderate of two versions put to a congress of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).  It urged the party to "take active steps such as rectifying the country's name, the enactment of a new constitution as soon as possible and joining the United Nations... in order to turn Taiwan into a 'normal country'.""]
Religious groups must offer employees birth control: US Court breitbart.com 10/2/7 ["The US Supreme Court rejected Monday a bid by Roman Catholic and Baptist groups to stop offering their employees birth-control benefits as part of their health insurance."]