"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

 FEMA's housing plan for evacuees falters orlandosentinel.com 9/30/5 ["signed contracts for more than $2 billion in temporary housing, including more than 125,000 trailers and mobile homes."]
 Too much generosity goes to Red Cross newsday.com 9/30/5 ["giving to the Red Cross would be justified if the organization had to pay the cost of the 300,000 people it has sheltered. But FEMA and the affected states are reimbursing the Red Cross under contracts for emergency shelter and other disaster services. The existence of these contracts is no secret to anyone but the American public.  ...it does very little or nothing to rescue survivors, provide direct medical care or rebuild houses.  ...Giving so high a percentage of all donations to one agency that defines itself only as a first-responder and not a rebuilder is not the wisest choice."]
Stemming the Embryonic Tide christianitytoday.com 9/30/5 ["Actually, if there is a debate over the status (and possible scientific uses) of the human embryo, it is one that pro-lifers are having largely with themselves. Most of the rest of society has a hard time grasping the human value of this tiny life. Instead they are eager to reap the potential scientific benefits available through harvesting embryonic stem cells (ESCs), without asking too many uncomfortable questions."]
 Dutch 'marriage': 1 man, 2 women worldnetdaily.com 9/30/5 ["The Netherlands was the first country in the world to recognize same-sex partnerships... In the U.S.... have argued acceptance of same-sex marriage will create a slippery slope, leading to the sanctioning of other types of relationships, including polygamy. "]
 BP unit to stay closed for now chron.com 9/30/5 ["the third largest in the country, shut down last Wednesday in advance of Hurricane Rita.  But it's the only plant here that has not given a timetable for restarting."]
 Qatari nationals and residents to get identity cards gulf-news.com 9/30/5 ["the occupation, details of sponsor as well as permanent and present addresses of an expatriate will appear in the new identity card.  The ID cards will also mention the holder's nationality, date and place of birth and blood group."]
 FEMA: Coming to a church near you worldnetdaily.com 9/30/5 ["has agreed to transfer taxpayer money to churches and other religious organizations as reimbursement for providing shelter, food and supplies to survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  ...This represents the government's latest bid to usurp the authority and mission of the churches. It's the church's job to feed the hungry, cloth the naked and nurse the sick – not the U.S. government's. "]
 Katrina pipeline damage more than first thought news.yahoo.com 9/30/5 ["Some output finally returned on Thursday, when about 33,000 barrels a day, or 1.4 percent of normal production, came back on online.  Natural gas output is in slightly better shape, with about 80 percent, or 8 billion cubic feet a day, shut-in.  While damage by Rita to offshore drilling rigs and underwater pipelines is part of the reason for reduced oil output, problems at onshore facilities are also at fault"]
 Australian and Danish Governments Providing Prostitutes for the Disabled lifesite.net 9/30/5 ["Department of Health and Human Services in the Australian state of Tasmania"]
 Car bombs in Iraq kill more than 110 reuters.co.uk 9/30/5 ["Pentagon planners have said they hope to begin withdrawing U.S. troops once Iraqi security forces, numbering about 190,000, are strong enough to handle the insurgency by themselves. ...Just one of the 120 U.S.-trained Iraqi army and police battalions could operate independently, General George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and General John Abizaid, top commander in the Middle East, said.  ...in July the number was three."]
 

 New Russian Ballistic Missiles Are 'Unrivaled,' Putin Says cnsnews.com 9/29/5 ["The new-generation Bulava missile was launched Tuesday from a Northern Fleet strategic nuclear submarine in the White Sea  ...can carry up to ten individually guided nuclear warheads  ...Putin described the new missiles as "hypersonic and capable of changing course and height during flight." They would have "no rivals" and be "practically invulnerable," he added."]
 White House moves to prevent run on petrol supplies news.ft.com 9/29/5 ["The US petrol market lost close to 80m gallons of petrol in the evacuation of about 3m people from Houston ahead of Hurricane Rita. Although Houston was not hit, forecasters had projected that the fourth-biggest US city would be in the eye of what was then a Category 5 hurricane. That boosted regional demand 4-5 times higher than normal as residents fled, Baker Institute research shows."]
 Portugal Voters Could Decide Legalizing Abortion in November lifenews.com 9/29/5 ["Voters in Portugal could decide the fate of a referendum to legalize abortion during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy as early as November."]
  Depleted uranium tests for US troops returning from Iraq news.independent.co.uk 9/29/5 [""]
  Indonesia: Petrol price hike sparks panic theaustralian.news.com.au 9/29/5 [""]
 Minuteman Project Expands to Northern Border cnsnews.com 9/29/5 ["Minuteman volunteers will add the rest of the Mexican border and eight states along the Canadian border to their patrolling responsibilities. The group not only hopes to spot and report illegal immigrants trying to sneak into the U.S. It will ratchet up the pressure on politicians to take action against illegal immigration and picket/advertise against businesses who hire illegal immigrants."]
 

 Abortion Businesses Continue to Exploit Hurricane Katrina Victims lifenews.com 9/28/5 ["Now, that Hurricane Rita has struck, an Arkansas abortion facility says it will again perform free abortions."]
 Many Rita Victims Still Awaiting Relief news.yahoo.com 9/28/5 ["They predicted it could be a month before power is restored, and said water and sewer systems could not function until more generators arrived."]
 Rita causes record damage to oil rigs  news.ft.com 9/28/5 ["Hurricane Rita has caused more damage to oil rigs than any other storm in history and will force companies to delay drilling for oil in the US and as far away as the Middle East, initial damage assessments show."]
 Pump price to rise as refineries to shut reuters.com 9/28/5 ["because as much as 15 percent of U.S. oil refining capacity "could be out for at least another couple of weeks" due to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, the government's top energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday."]
 The $10 Bill Gets a Colorful Makeover news.yahoo.com 9/28/5 ["the government was eager to publicize the new design so that people can prepare for the changes."]
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 Study Finds Immigration in U.S. Peaked in 2000 nytimes.com 9/28/5 ["a new study, based on a year-by-year analysis of government data, shows a startlingly different pattern: Migration to the United States peaked in 2000 and has declined substantially since then."]
 Radio chips help morgue keep track of Hurricane Katrina's victims nola.com 9/28/5 ["Each VeriChip, donated by a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions Inc., emits a specific radio signal, enabling morgue workers to quickly locate and catalog the remains, speed the morgue-management process and reduce errors.  With 48 of the 133 bodies recovered in Harrison and Hancock counties still unidentified as of Sunday, Harrison County Coroner Gary T. Hargrove said the chips have been a boon to the Disaster Mortuary Operational Recovery Team  ... relatives of those who died in the wake of Katrina welcome the technology."]
 Witchcraft training gets Dutch tax break news.yahoo.com 9/28/5 [""The woman used the training in order to start ... giving workshops, so she used it to extend her professional knowledge," the tax official told Reuters."]
 

 China Begins Biggest-Ever War Games defensenews.com 9/27/5 ["with 16,000 soldiers carrying out maneuvers in the nation’s Inner Mongolian region  ...Some 40 military officers from 24 countries, including the United States, North Korea, Russia and major European and NATO nations began observing “North Sword 2005” in north China"]
 'New' Patriot Act's familiar look nj.com 9/27/5 ["Even most contentious provisions likely to be renewed with little change  ...As early as tomorrow, House and Senate negotiators will begin deliberations to renew parts of the USA Patriot Act scheduled to expire at year's end."]
 Pro-Life Group Blasts Acting FDA Chief on Abortion/Breast Cancer lifenews.com 9/27/5 ["Pro-life advocates aren't happy with the man who has been appointed as the acting commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration following the abrupt resignation of Lester Crawford. However, the appointment is temporary until President Bush finds a permanent replacement."]
 Salt Lake mayor grants benefits to domestic partners azcentral.com 9/27/5 ["has signed an executive order granting benefits to the domestic partners of city workers regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. The decision may be challenged in court or by the Legislature.  The city estimates up to 30 of the city's 2,600 employees will sign up for the option.  ...Nationwide, more than 8,000 U.S. employers offer domestic partner benefits, according to the organization, which advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights."]
 Australia to impose "draconian" anti-terror laws reuters.co.uk 9/27/5 ["Howard said the new laws, which include detaining suspects for up to 48 hours without charge and using electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on terror suspects, were needed to combat "unusual circumstances".  ...Under the planned changes, existing sedition laws are to be replaced by a new law making it a crime to incite violence against the community or against Australian soldiers serving overseas or to support Australia's enemies.  ...Police would also be given wider powers to stop and search people, and it would become a crime to leave any baggage unattended at an airport."]
 Area library celebrates banned books thedailystar.com 9/27/5 ["Libraries around the country are highlighting Banned Books Week, according to the American Library Association.  ...According to the ALA, some books challenged in 2004, for reasons other than the most common — sexual content and language — include "Fallen Angels," written by Walter Dean Myers in 1984, and "King & King" by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland, written in 2002. "Fallen Angels" was challenged for racism and violence and "King & King" for homosexuality, according to the ALA."]
 New Case Reveals Routine Abuse of Government Surveillance Powers infozine.com 9/27/5 ["Allowing the government to turn anyone's cell phone into a tracking device without probable cause will enable a surveillance society that would make Big Brother jealous."  Last month, the court denied a Justice Department request to monitor a cell phone's location. The ruling revealed that the DOJ has routinely been securing court orders for real-time cell phone tracking without probable cause and without any law authorizing the surveillance."]
 

 Bush looks to Pentagon to take lead in disasters chron.com 9/26/5 [""Part of the reason I've come down here, and part of the reason I went to Northcom, was to better understand how the federal government can plan and surge equipment to mitigate natural disasters," Bush said.  ...eroding states' legal rights"]
 Bush: Gov't may tap petroleum reserve boston.com 9/26/5 ["tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to alleviate any new pain at the pump caused by Hurricane Rita's assault on the center of the nation's energy industry.  He also implied he will likely name a federal czar-like official to oversee the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. But he said that local officials must first produce a vision for how they want their rebuilt communities to look.  ...The storms have shown how fragile the balance is between supply and demand in America"]
 Bush administration asks Supreme Court to ban 'partial birth' abortion wistv.com 9/26/5 [" The Bush administration is asking the court to reinstate a ban on so-called "partial birth" abortions. The expected appeal is the latest effort in a two-year legal fight over the law."]
 Bill Would Permit DNA Collection From All Those Arrested washingtonpost.com 9/26/5 ["Suspects arrested or detained by federal authorities could be forced to provide samples of their DNA that would be recorded in a central database under a provision of a Senate bill to expand government collection of personal data."]
 Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana nraila.org 9/26/5 ["The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans."]
  US forced to import bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killed news.independent.co.uk 9/26/5 [""Also, commercial producers within the national technology and industrial base have not had the capacity to meet these requirements. As a result, the Department of Defense had to rely at least in part on foreign commercial producers to meet its small-calibre ammunition needs.""]
 U.S. Senate panel clears $50 billion for Iraq war alertnet.org 9/26/5 ["Stevens said he also intends to use the defense spending bill to lay the groundwork for a system to activate the National Guard for major disasters in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  He said he wanted a study on setting up "a system where specific states' National Guards are on notice they might be called into another area" to streamline the response to disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes."]
 

 Iran Rejects U.N. Resolution cbsnews.com 9/25/5 ["rejected a U.N. atomic watchdog agency resolution that would refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its disputed nuclear program as "political, illegal and illogical."  ...Iran has repeatedly said it was permitted under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to pursue such activities for peaceful purposes and won't give up its right to enrich uranium to produce nuclear fuel. "]
 100,000 in Iraq war protest rally news.scotsman.com 9/25/5 ["The protest in the capital showcased a series of demonstrations in foreign and other US cities. A crowd in London, estimated by police at 10,000, marched in support of withdrawing British troops from Iraq."]
 Winds of Katrina swept away cloak that hides American poverty centredaily.com 9/25/5 ["Even as the economy strengthened in 2004, Census Bureau figures show 37 million Americans lived under the poverty line, a jump of 1.1 million from 2003. People living in poverty have, in fact, been increasing steadily in this country since 2001.  ...It wasn't until the riots of the 1960s that the nation made it's first real attempt to eradicate the problem. A federal commission tasked with finding the source of the unrest found that "chronic poverty is a breeder of chronic chaos."  In response, President Johnson declared war on poverty."]
 Flood warning on Trinity River wfaa.com 9/25/5 [" In a development reminiscent of post-Katrina levee breaks in New Orleans, the Trinity River Authority Saturday announced an emergency release of water from the Lake Livingston Dam due to Hurricane Rita.  The result of extra water release from the dam 75 miles northeast of Houston will be flooding in the lower Trinity River valley from the dam to where it empties into Galveston Bay"]
 Earthquakes up to magnitude 4.7 strike area north of Los Angeles signonsandiego.com 9/25/5 [""]
 

 Signs Encouraging From Texas Oil Patch news.yahoo.com 9/24/5 ["pump prices for gasoline and diesel fuel still could spike higher both in the region and around the country in the short term if pipelines and oil refineries — especially those near Lake Charles, La., and Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas — are slow in resuming production.  ...The refinery closures in Texas account for 4.7 million barrels per day of capacity; the refinery capacity lost in Louisiana and Mississippi adds up to more than 800,000 barrels per day."]
 UN nuclear body passes EU resolution on Iran reuters.com 9/24/5 ["passed a resolution on Saturday requiring Iran to be reported to the Security Council at an unspecified date for failing to convince the agency its nuclear program was entirely peaceful.  The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) governing board approved the resolution despite threats by Iran to begin enriching uranium."]
 Hollywood Films Looking to Church after Passion of Christ Success christiantoday.com 9/24/5 ["...“As good business people, we’d be silly not to tap into every fan of the book and hope they will become a fan of the movie,” said Mr Rice. “We don’t believe we’re making a Christian movie. We believe we’re following the story of the book faithfully and allowing everyone to interpret it how they want depending on how they’ve connected to the book.”  Twentieth Century Fox has also recently launched a website, which includes a “church resources” link, for the purpose of marketing family-friendly or Christian videos directly to a religious audience"]
 FL: Bids submitted for state-sponsored, anti-abortion services contract palmbeachpost.com 9/24/5 [" The Florida plan awards a single contractor $2 million to set up the hot line, coordinate with local organizations to provide "information, education, counseling and support services solely to encourage and promote childbirth," and launch a statewide ad campaign publicizing the 800 number."]
 Ga. Schools to Close Two Days to Save Gas news.yahoo.com 9/24/5 ["Most of Georgia's public schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday, taking two "early snow days," in an effort to conserve fuel in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita."]
 

  Bush to see Rita preparations theaustralian.news.com.au 9/23/5 ["will also visit the US Northern Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The Northern Command, created in 2002 to head the military's land, sea and air defence of the US, is headed by Navy Admiral Timothy Keating.  Mr Bush said last week the government and the US military need broader authority to help handle major domestic crises like hurricanes."]
 Hurricanes shut over 20 pct US refining breitbart.com 9/23/5 ["including Exxon Mobil's Baytown refinery, the biggest one in the United States. Three others were at least partially shut.  Meanwhile, four refineries remained shut in Louisiana and Mississippi after last month's Hurricane Katrina."]
 Free Trade: The Myth & the Reality newswithviews.com 9/22/5 ["we need to face a more basic one: what is free trade? With a huge push for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) right around the corner, this is a multimillion-dollar question right now. To answer it is to realize that the meaning of the phrase has undergone a 180-degree switch that would have jolted even Orwell (“slavery is freedom,” “some are more equal than others,” etc.)."]
  Military teams deployed in Texas theaustralian.news.com.au 9/23/5 ["...the US 5th Army, was likely to be put in charge of the active duty US military's response to the category five storm.  ...About 3300 members of the Texas National Guard have been activated by Governor Rick Perry, and about 1700 others were on standby"]
 Terri's husband center stage at right-to-die conference worldnetdaily.com 9/23/5 ["Will pay tribute to 'very close family friend,' euthanasia proponent Cranford"]
 Defiant Iran Displays Military Might cnsnews.com 9/23/5 ["Marking the start of "Sacred Defense Week" -- a commemoration of the 1980 Iraqi invasion which triggered a costly eight-year war -- Iran displayed weaponry Thursday including six Shahab-3 ballistic missiles. Experts say the missiles are capable of reaching Israel as well as U.S. forces in the region."]
 New evolution spat in U.S. schools goes to court reuters.com 9/23/5 ["Eleven parents of students at a Pennsylvania high school are suing over the school district's decision to include "intelligent design" -- an alternative to evolution that involves a God-like creator -- in the curriculum of ninth-grade biology classes."]
 

 Rita may be 'national disaster': oil CEO reuters.com 9/22/5 [""If it hits the refineries, and we're short refining capacity, you're going to see gasoline prices well over $3.00 a gallon at the pump," Greehey said in a Tuesday night interview.  Valero became the largest U.S. refiner earlier this year when it completed the purchase of Premcor Inc. Valero operates refineries in Port Arthur, Houston, Texas City and Corpus Christi, Texas -- all potentially in the path of Hurricane Rita.  ..."You've got refineries that will start shutting down in anticipation of the hurricane, and then if any of them have permanent damage, we're going to be dependent on imports. Following Katrina, this is really serious.""]
 Houston-Area Evacuees Face Gas Shortages galvnews.com 9/22/5 ["An estimated 1.8 million residents or more in Texas and Louisiana were under orders to evacuate to avoid a deadly repeat of Katrina.  ...Texas authorities also asked the Pentagon for help in getting gasoline to drivers stuck in traffic."]
 Storm May Be the Coup de Grace for the American Economy and Many of Us As Well fromthewilderness.com 9/22/5 [" by Michael C. Ruppert  ...erhaps most importantly, almost every refinery capable of producing diesel fuel is in immediate danger. This promises (especially in the wake of Katrina) a devastating and irreplaceable shortage of the diesel fuel needed to power America’s harvest of grain and food crops this month and next. Without diesel fuel to power the harvesters and combines, crops may be left to rot in the ground presenting a double whammy: food shortages (with prices that may treble or quadruple) and export defaults negatively impacting the financial markets and trade deficit."]
 Bush wants provisional state in Gaza jnewswire.com 9/22/5 ["Bush is using US envoys in the region to pressure the Palestinian Authority into setting up a fully functional local government in Gaza and declaring statehood there."]
 Minister halts Italy's first abortion pill trial alertnet.org 9/22/5 ["Italy's health minister has halted the country's first experiment with the abortion pill RU-486, prompting accusations that the decision was politically motivated and not scientific."]
 Houston residents scrambling out of city seattlepi.nwsource.com 9/22/5 ["But interstates were at a standstill for up to 100 miles and gas shortages were already being reported."]
 Models show 'massive devastation' in Houston chron.com 9/22/5 ["would cause as much as $40 billion to $50 billion in damage.  ...Some models ended with a 30-foot wall of water in the Ship Channel near the port's turning basin, he said. "It would be huge," he said. "It could overwhelm chemical storage facilities, water treatment plants and other sensitive areas.""]
 Suit Filed to Halt New Orleans Gun Seizures newsmax.com 9/22/5 ["The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) joined with individual gun owners in Louisiana Thursday morning, filing a motion in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking a temporary restraining order to stop authorities in and around the City of New Orleans from seizing firearms from private citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Arbitrary gun seizures, without warrant or probable cause, have been reported during the past three weeks..."]
 NASA braces for hurricane hit in Houston area alertnet.org 9/22/5 ["and turn over control of the International Space Station to its Russian partners as Hurricane Rita barreled across the Gulf of Mexico with ferocious winds."]
 

 Rita a substantial threat to Gulf oil-EIA reuters.com 9/21/5 ["a situation that the nation's already tight gasoline market cannot afford, the head of the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.  ...Four large refineries in the Gulf Coast region, which together account for about 5 percent of U.S. capacity, remain out of service from Hurricane Katrina last month.  ...Rita could threaten up to 18 Texas oil refineries that have a combined capacity of 4 million barrels per day, or nearly one-fourth of the nation's total refining capacity."]
 Conservatives ready with cuts for Katrina iht.com 9/21/5 ["The list also proposed eliminating the Moon-Mars initiative that NASA announced Monday, for $44 billion in savings; ending support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $4 billion; cutting taxpayer payments for the national political conventions and the presidential election campaign fund, $600 million; and charging federal employees for parking, $1.54 billion."]
 UK: Mental Health Bill 'to cause thousands to be detained' news.scotsman.com 9/21/5 ["NINE times as many people as first thought will be forced to undergo compulsory mental health treatment under planned reforms in England and Wales, a new study claims."]
 New Orleans evacuating again dallasnews.com 9/21/5 [" "We're all adults," he said in a news conference. "We really don't want to take them out by gunpoint. We hope they'll recognize the threat.""]
 EU moves to log Internet, phone communication abc.net.au 9/21/5 ["The European Commission has adopted proposals to log details of all telephone, Internet, and e-mail traffic, to combat terrorism and serious crime.  ...The Commission's proposal will need to be agreed by member states and the European Parliament, while a rival plan will need unanimous agreement among the 25 EU governments."]
 Hate-crime add-on to child-safety bill irks House GOP washingtontimes.com 9/21/5 ["would federalize local crimes if the suspected motive is animosity toward homosexuals or "transgender" persons."]
 Mexican officials bulldoze homes in border village azcentral.com 9/21/5 ["have bulldozed 31 abandoned buildings in Las Chepas, a border hamlet that officials in neighboring New Mexico say is used as a staging ground for crossings by undocumented migrants.   ...But many houses were left standing in the farm community, which has 50 full-time residents and supports three grocery stores whose main business apparently involves selling supplies to border crossers."]
 Storm cycle not done yet, expert says chron.com 9/21/5 ["Under questioning by members of the Senate Commerce subcommittee on disaster prevention and prediction, he rejected the notion that global warming played a role, saying instead it was a natural cycle in the Atlantic Ocean that fluctuates every 25 to 40 years."]
 

 More US companies tolerant of gays, says group alertnet.org 9/20/5 ["The foundation released its fourth-annual Corporate Equality Index, grading 402 U.S. companies with at least 500 employees on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers.  ...This year 101 companies got a perfect score, close to doubling last year's group of 56 companies that received 100 percent."]
 Disaster relief? Call in the Marines. csmonitor.com 9/20/5 ["As Washington picks through the lessons learned from hurricane Katrina, there is a growing conviction that the only organization with the skills, expertise, and resources needed to respond quickly to a catastrophe of such magnitude is the American military.  ...This framework rests on Posse Comitatus as well as the Insurrection Act, which together bar active-duty troops from engaging in domestic law-enforcement activities, unless there is essentially an open rebellion.  ...Posse Comitatus goes even further, giving only National Guard units the authority to act as law enforcement, because they are under the control of governors. "]
 Advocate: Abortion does involve morality pantagraph.com 9/20/5 ["Sanger spoke with The Pantagraph from New York City before his planned visit Wednesday to Bloomington-Normal. He said the battle for reproductive freedom won't be won until Americans are convinced that abortion is moral."]
 FEMA's City of Anxiety in Florida washingtonpost.com 9/20/5 ["FEMA City, a dusty, baking, treeless collection of almost 500 trailers that was set up by the federal emergency agency last fall to house more than 1,500 people made homeless by Hurricane Charley, one of the most destructive storms in recent Florida history."]
 Peacekeeper Nuclear Missile Deactivated washingtonpost.com 9/20/5 ["The United States began removing the Peacekeeper from its intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal in 2002 after it determined the weapons were no longer needed with the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union."]
 

 RFID tags used to track Hurricane Katrina dead networks.silicon.com 9/19/5 ["The US Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team and health officials in Mississippi's Harrison County are implanting human cadavers with RFID chips from VeriChip in an effort to speed up the process of identifying victims and providing information to families, VeriChip said on Friday."]
 Christians Subject to Pornography's Lure agapepress.org 9/19/5 ["pornographic websites account for 12 percent of all websites and function as links to 372 million pages of porn and service some 68 million daily search engine requests for such images."]
Avian Flu: Is the Government Ready for an Epidemic? abcnews.go.com 9/19/5 [Editor: interesting mainstream piece about possible reaction scenarios.]
 Organ “Harvesting” Policy in Canada to Allow Terminal Patients to be Killed for Parts? lifesite.net 9/19/5 ["Now Canada, always keeping in the forefront of such “developments” in post-modern medical ethics, is considering changing the rules for organ donation to allow organs to be removed after cardiac arrest after life support has been withdrawn."]
 Hungary Pro-Life Advocates Protest Introduction of RU 486 Abortion Drug lifenews.com 9/19/5 ["Hundreds of pro-life advocates in Hungary are protesting the introduction of the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug there. They say the drug presents significant health concerns for women in addition to destroying unborn children.  ...Hungary and many eastern European nations face concerning underpopulation rates with not enough babies born to replace older citizens who are dying."]
 

Number of monster hurricanes doubled in past 34 years sfgate.com 9/18/5 ["...worldwide, "the total number of hurricanes and their longevity has decreased during the last decade, when sea surface temperatures have risen the most," Webster said in a statement issued by NCAR.  The spectacular exception to that trend is the North Atlantic, which has seen a regional increase in the number and durations of hurricanes during that decade.  ...These storms also tend to last longer. "]
Appreciate the Constitution of our great country southernillinoisan.com 9/18/5 ["Yesterday, Sept. 17, was Constitution Day, for it was on that date in 1787 that delegates signed the original Constitution in Philadelphia. That was 218 years ago.  ...Congress now requires that any educational institution receiving federal funds must present a program on the Constitution each year at the anniversary date of the original signing."]
New Orleans flood barrier could cost $2.5 bln-plus reuters.com 9/18/5 ["New levees or other high-tech flood protection for New Orleans could cost at least $2.5 billion and take years to build, the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Thursday.  But Lt. Gen. Carl Strock stressed that the devastation from Hurricane Katrina and decision to rebuild the flooded Louisiana tourist mecca has sparked urgency for federal and state officials to consider upgrading the city's failed dike system.  ...And then it may be a more costly activity than that"]
Israeli Supreme Court turns down call to remove barrier news.scotsman.com 9/18/5 ["THE Israeli Supreme Court has rejected an opinion by the International Court of Justice calling for the removal of Israel's West Bank barrier.  ...but instructed the government to reroute a section to avoid encircling Palestinian villages."]
Businesses prepare for bird flu disruptions abcnews.go.com 9/18/5 ["Global corporations are crafting emergency plans for remote work sites and stockpiles of masks and antiviral medicines in case dire predictions of a worldwide bird flu pandemic come true.  ... Roche AG's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Relenza are prescription antiviral drugs that may be able to prevent infection or relieve symptoms. Governments around the globe are stockpiling antivirals while researchers try to develop a bird flu vaccine, and companies will have to compete for limited supplies of the drugs."]
Doctors brace for 'second disaster' after Katrina reuters.com 9/18/5 [""The second wave of disaster is when you welcome the people back and the infrastructure of the city is not in place,"  ..."We will see the chainsaw people -- lacerations of the left thigh, lacerations of the left forearm," Deblieux said in an interview. "There will be people falling off the scaffolding."  Public health experts concur. After Hurricane Charley hit Florida in 2004, 77 percent of the deaths blamed on the hurricane were classified as unintentional injury,"]
Palestinian Forces Seal Off Gaza Border guardian.co.uk 9/18/5 ["Throughout the day, crowds pelted Palestinian and Egyptian troops and managed to force their way across the border. But in contrast to previous days, the forces appeared determined to carry out Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' promise to have the border under control within the next few days."]
 

World Leaders OK Document at U.N. Summit abcnews.go.com 9/17/5 ["History's largest gathering of world leaders fell far short Friday of completing the major changes U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought to fight poverty, terrorism and human rights abuses but the leaders took a first step.  ...President Bush, who two years ago questioned whether the United Nations was relevant, surprised many by giving the world body his strong backing. He also won praise for declaring that poverty breeds terrorism and despair and challenging world leaders to abolish all trade tariffs and subsidies to promote prosperity and opportunity in struggling nations.  ...Annan, speaking in an interview with the BBC aired Friday, rejected suggestions that the U.N. was trying to act as a world government.  "I hope the U.N. will not be seen as a world government. If I give the impression we are a world government, we'll get even more critics and our critics will be emboldened," he said. "]
Speakers Discuss Poverty, Religion At Clinton Global Initiative wnbc.com 9/17/5 ["Organizers of the Clinton Global Initiative said they expect financial commitments from participants to surpass $500 million, money that would go toward more than 100 wide-ranging initiatives that tackle key global problems."]
Bush's Katrina pledge rattles right theage.com.au 9/17/5 ["The promise of possibly the biggest federal project since Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal elicited criticism from fiscal and "small-government" conservatives.  ...Broad and deep tax cuts in the Bush Administration's first term, coupled with the occupation of Iraq, took the federal budget from surplus to a $US412 billion deficit in 2004. Higher tax revenues had the White House predicting the deficit would drop to $US333 billion this year, but those hopes have now been dashed."]
It is national sovereignty that has given China and India their edge guardian.co.uk 9/17/5 [" the decline of the nation-state and its transformation into a market society. Many have pointed to the effects of globalisation in undermining the nation-state. Europeans have lamented the decline of their own states and constructed the European Union in part response.   ...The body of arguments used to justify the occupation of Iraq is a classic case in point.  As far as the majority of the world is concerned, two points stand out. First, freedom from colonial rule transformed their potential. Without it, their interests would still be subordinated to those of their colonial rulers."]
Betrayal at the UN jnewswire.com 9/17/5 ["Despite the enduring reality of these historical and biblical truths, however, Sharon said he was motivated and guided by “the right path for the future of Israel” when he chose to “relinquish…part of our forefathers’ legacy” and accept that the Palestinian Arabs were “also entitled to freedom and to a national sovereign existence in a state of their own” on Israel’s ancient land."]
Gaza-Egypt Border Wide Open Despite Egyptian Promises israelnationalnews.com 9/17/5 ["As of Wednesday at noon, PA Arabs and Egyptians were still crossing the border freely, carrying large packages, goods and unknown quantities of weapons and ammunition that until Monday had been smuggled through underground tunnels."]
China Abortion Cited in U.N. Funds Denial guardian.co.uk 9/17/5 ["For the fourth consecutive year, the Bush administration has decided to withhold funding from the U.N. Population Fund, saying the agency contributes to China's ``coercive abortion'' program.  ...Congress had appropriated $34 million for the program, but gave President Bush the authority to decline to spend the money."]
Orders for Military Aid Delayed military.com 9/17/5 [""If the 1st Cav and 82nd Airborne had gotten there on time, I think we would have saved some lives," said Gen. Julius Becton Jr., who was the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Reagan from 1985 to 1989. "We recognized we had to get people out, and they had helicopters to do that.""]
Chavez: U.S. Plans to Invade Venezuela news.yahoo.com 9/17/5 ["Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country.  Chavez, interviewed on ABC's "Nightline," said the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers and planes. "]
NASA to Unveil Plans to Send 4 Astronauts to Moon in 2018  space.com 9/17/5 ["NASA briefed senior White House officials Wednesday on its plan to spend $100 billion and the next 12 years building the spacecraft and rockets it needs to put humans back on the Moon by 2018."]
 

Chavez Says U.N. to Move to Jerusalem guardian.co.uk 9/16/5 ["denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Thursday and told world leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States because of it.  The leftist leader said the fact that the war was fought without U.N. authorization showed that Washington has no respect for the world body. ...Chavez said U.N. headquarters should be moved from New York to international city ``outside the sovereignty of any state,'' and noted that some have suggested Jerusalem."]
Bush: Gaza handover a "good chance to start" on roadmap to peace israelinsider.com 9/16/5 ["President George W. Bush says the Palestinians should follow through on Israel's withdrawal from Gaza by establishing a peaceful government in the area as a starting point toward coexistence with the Jewish state. "]
Hero's welcome for Sharon jnewswire.com 9/16/5 ["including those from Israel's self-proclaimed Muslim enemies, lined up to shake Sharon's hand and hold both scheduled and “chance” encounters with the man responsible for the first Jewish surrender of the Land of Israel in history.  Sharon was the “star” of the event, one aide told the Israeli press."]
Clinton One-World Government Conference to Address “Threat” of Religion lifesite.net 9/16/5 ["Clinton Global Initiative, (CGI), has attracted 1000 of the world’s most prominent internationalist movers and shakers this week. The three-day conference, which kicked off last night in New York, includes representatives of many of the world’s heads of state, is touted as a means “to forge a new level of global cooperation.” The stated goals of the meeting include finding solutions to “global poverty, religious conflict, government corruption and global warming.”  CGI’s goal is an “integrated global community of shared benefits, responsibilities, and values.”  ...religion, particularly “traditional” Christianity and Judaism represent not a unifying and stabilizing force for good, but a major obstacle to their goals of a universal secular state. Religion, says CGI, represents “a chief engine of deadly conflict.”"]
Bush Sends Base-Closing Plan to Congress abcnews.go.com 9/16/5 ["resident Bush has endorsed and sent to Congress a plan to close 22 major military bases and reconfigure 33 others the first consolidation of the Pentagon's far-flung network of bases since 1995."]
Bush says he may need more power in disasters thestate.com 9/16/5 ["...Order mandatory civilian evacuations  ...Dispatch U.S.-based armed forces for emergency search-and-rescue operations  ...Grant wider leeway for active-duty U.S. military personnel to carry out law enforcement operations."]
  Laboratory did not reveal absence of ricin in plot cited by Blair news.independent.co.uk 9/16/5 [" Vital evidence in a terror case that was used by Tony Blair to justify the war with Iraq was withheld by Britain's top chemical weapons laboratory.  Tests demonstrating that no ricin was found at a flat linked to a gang suspected of planning a poison attack on the London Underground in January 2003 were not disclosed to police and ministers by officials at Porton Down."]
9-11 Four Years Later newswithviews.com 9/16/5 ["Despite tens of millions of dollars spent hunting down terrorists, not one single individual has been prosecuted for 9/11.  Despite over $400 billion dollars and at a cost of one billion dollars per day unconstitutionally spent in Iraq, not one terrorist has been brought to trial. "]
Bush Pledges Historic Effort To Help Gulf Coast Recover washingtonpost.com 9/16/5 ["Although Bush cited no price tag, he committed the nation to a plan that officials and lawmakers believe could top $200 billion, roughly the cost of the Iraq war and reconstruction, and which promises to reorient government for the balance of the Bush presidency. It will create much larger deficits in the short term, siphon off money that would have been spent on other programs and dramatically shift the focus of the White House, Congress and many state governments for the indefinite future.  ...calling in particular for "a broader role for the armed forces" in future domestic crises."]
Gold stays close to 17-year high news.ft.com 9/16/5 ["The rise is largely the result of a decline in the dollar.  ...Gold on Thursday moved to within striking distance of its highest level in more than 17 years as speculators continued to buy the precious metal as a hedge against further falls in the dollar due to the high US trade and budget deficits."]
 

Bush Urges End of Trade Tariffs, Subsidies sfgate.com 9/15/5 ["Saying poverty breeds terrorism and despair, President Bush challenged world leaders on Wednesday to abolish all trade tariffs and subsidies — worth hundreds of billions of dollars — to promote prosperity and opportunity in struggling nations."]
Gay Issue Divides American Baptist Leaders latimes.com 9/15/5 ["American Baptist leaders of 300 local churches in Southern California and other Western states said today they intend to break with their national denomination because of its failure to declare that homosexual practice is incompatible with Christian Scripture.  A resolution to withdraw from the 1.5-million member American Baptist Churches USA was made by the Pacific Southwest region's board of directors at its Covina headquarters."]
Tenn. may shut down ‘ex-gay’ facility southernvoice.com 9/15/5 ["Exodus International’s flagship ‘ex-gay’ residential treatment facility, Love in Action, is facing possible closure by the state of Tennessee for unlawfully treating mentally ill gay men."]
Bush to Offer Hurricane Aid Package guardian.co.uk 9/15/5 ["President Bush is using an address to the nation to offer a package of new federal aid to help uprooted hurricane victims rebuild their lives."]
Hate crimes expansion added to bill seattlepi.nwsource.com 9/15/5 ["Supporters of expanding hate crime law to include acts of violence against gays and lesbians scored a surprise win in the House, boosting their hopes on an issue repeatedly blocked in Congress.   ...would add sexual orientation, gender and disability to protections covered by federal hate crime law.   ...It requires felony offenders to register for life and authorizes the death penalty for sex crimes resulting in the killing of a child."]
Michigan's Partial-Birth Ban Ruled Unconstitutional foxnews.com 9/15/5 ["Hood also said the law is confusing and vague, and its exceptions for the health or life of the mother are meaningless and unconstitutional."]
Colombia Urgently Needs Prayers to Stave Off Pro-Abortion Assault lifesite.net 9/15/5 ["Dan Zeidler is Representative in the USA for the Venezuela-based Latin American Alliance for the Family (ALAFA). He is very worried at the moment that Columbians may be about to lose the battle to protect their legislatively protected right to life for the unborn."]
Bush Administration to Fortify Westernmost Stretch of U.S.-Mexico Border ap.tbo.com 9/15/5 ["Earlier this year, Congress gave Chertoff the power to sign a broad environmental waiver to finish the job, citing fears that terrorists could slip through an unsecured border."]
Chipping away at our freedom jsonline.com 9/15/5 ["Has anybody else been wondering what former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has been up to since he left his position as U.S. secretary of health and human services earlier this year? It turns out he assumed a position as a director of VeriChip Corp., a division of Florida-based Applied Digital and a leading developer of human implanted microchip technology, also known as radio-frequency identification."]
Giant Solar Flare Hits U.S., Canada dsc.discovery.com 9/15/5 ["A massive initial X-ray flare on Sept. 7 was immediately followed by an eruption of solar material that broke free from the sun at a speed of 5.8 million miles per hour, the speediest seen in 20 years of CME observations by the National Center for Atmospheric Research's High Altitude Observatory in Hawaii."]
 

UK:  Publicity push on 'gay weddings' news.bbc.co.uk 9/14/5 ["A publicity campaign has been launched to highlight details of a new law allowing the first UK "gay marriages"."]
Pledge of Allegiance in Public Schools Ruled Unconstitutional latimes.com 9/14/5 ["U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge's reference to one nation "under God" violates school children's right to be "free from a coercive requirement to affirm God.""]
Deficit? What Deficit? forbes.com 9/14/5 ["Between supplemental spending for Katrina and Iraq, he predicts, the U.S. budget deficit for fiscal year 2006 (beginning Oct 1.) will easily top $500 billion. "The deficit," he concludes "is now even less of an issue in Washington than it was before Katrina.""]
Iraq Blasts Kill at Least 160, Wound 570 guardian.co.uk 9/14/5 ["in more than a dozen highly coordinated bombings  ...The carnage was believed to have produced the second-worst one-day death toll since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. "]
Mass. Lawmakers Reject Gay Marriage Ban guardian.co.uk 9/14/5 ["The Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to ban gay marriage but legalize civil unions, a year after the state performed the nation's first government-sanctioned same-sex weddings."]
County in Shandong forcibly sterilizes at least 7,000 people taipeitimes.com 9/14/5 ["in eastern China were forcibly sterilized earlier this year by officials under pressure to limit the growth of the country's massive population"]
Iraqi Constitution to Be Sent to U.N. Printers ap.tbo.com 9/14/5 ["Under an agreement with the government, the world body is supposed to print and oversee the distribution of the document ahead of an Oct. 15 referendum on the charter."]
Delta, Northwest Airlines File for Bankruptcy latimes.com 9/14/5 ["in the face of massive losses, meaning that four of the seven largest U.S. carriers are now flying in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.   ...The price of fuel — an airline's second-biggest expense after labor — surged above $2.30 a gallon after Hurricane Katrina disrupted the Gulf Coast's refining operations, and it helped push Delta and Northwest into bankruptcy. Before the storm, fuel cost less than $1.90 a gallon."]
 

Bush Takes Responsibility for Blunders news.yahoo.com 9/13/5 ["Louisiana's Democratic governor, Kathleen Blanco, accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of moving too slowly in recovering the bodies. The dead "deserve more respect than they have received," she said at state police headquarters in Baton Rouge.  Meanwhile, R. David Paulison, in his first full day on the job as acting FEMA director, told reporters in Washington the government would step up its efforts to find more permanent housing for the tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors now in shelters."]
Mexico, Holland send troops to Biloxi duluthsuperior.com 9/13/5 ["For the first time since the 19th Century, Mexican troops landed Friday on U.S. soil"]
'Palestinians' burn Gaza synagogues jnewswire.com 9/13/5 ["Proclaiming their god Allah greater than the God of Israel, “Palestinian” Muslims set upon four abandoned synagogues in the Gaza Strip Monday, setting them ablaze and raising the flags of the PLO and Hamas."]
Bush defensive over government aid to hurricane victims news.scotsman.com 9/13/5 ["Mr Bush also said it was "preposterous" to claim that the Iraq war had drained military resources, leaving too few troops to help out with the hurricane. "We've got plenty of troops to do both," Mr Bush said during a tour of the areas of the city ravaged by the hurricane."]
California's $3 Billion Stem Cell Agency Awards First Grants technologyreview.com 9/13/5 ["The recipients of the first 16 grants, totaling $39.7 million over three years, included multimillion dollar awards to Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California and eight campuses of the University of California.   ...A $5 million charitable donation from sound pioneer Ray Dolby and a $3 million loan from the state have kept the agency afloat and enabled it to hire staff and open a permanent headquarters in San Francisco."]
General Assembly OKs Compromise Document news.yahoo.com 9/13/5 ["The compromise 35-page document is supposed to launch a major reform of the United Nations itself and galvanize efforts to ease global poverty. But to reach a consensus, most of the text's details were gutted in favor of abstract language."]
 

Why We Fight house.gov 9/12/5 [Ron Paul: "Many reasons have been given for why we fight and our youth must die in Iraq. The reasons now given for why we must continue this war bear no resemblance to the reasons given to gain the support of the American people and the United States Congress prior to our invasion in March of 2003. Before the war, we were told we faced an imminent threat to our national security from Saddam Hussein. This rationale, now proven grossly mistaken, has been changed."]
U.S. praises Israel for troop pullout from Gaza alertnet.org 9/12/5 ["U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's courage and said the decision to withdraw from Gaza would both enhance Israel's security and allow the Palestinians to make progress in building the necessary institutions for a future state."]
State of emergency declared as blackout hits Los Angeles abc.net.au 9/12/5 ["Mr Maiberger describes a tactical alert as "what happens when the city goes into a state of emergency".  "Police officers will only be responding to calls where there is a threat to life," he said.  Mr Maiberger says there are no evacuations planned and no reports of injuries."]
Gay marriage ban expected to fail boston.com 9/12/5 ["State Senator James E. Timilty, a Walpole Democrat who campaigned last year in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment, said the meetings were crucial to altering his position because they converted abstract moral arguments into tangible reality."]
Lee ascends to the heights in Venice guardian.co.uk 9/12/5 ["Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, a tale of gay cowboys in the harsh, high grasslands of Wyoming, won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival"  Editor: going mainstream now with top awards and with popular directors...  Luke 17:26-30]
Money runs out on U.S. projects in Iraq seattletimes.nwsource.com 9/12/5 ["Security costs have cut into the funds available to complete some major infrastructure projects that were started under the $18.4 billion U.S. plan to rebuild Iraq. As a result, the United States has had to pare back some projects to only those deemed essential by the Iraqi government."]
U.S. Senator sees third hurricane aid request soon alertnet.org 9/12/5 ["The U.S. Congress is likely to receive a request within a month from the Bush administration for an additional $50 billion in emergency hurricane aid, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg said on Monday."]
Sun's String of Fury Continues as 7th Major Flare Erupts space.com 9/12/5 ["There have been seven major flares in recent days, including a tremendous X-17 eruption Wednesday. An event Friday evening was an X-6. On Saturday, an X-1 and an X-2 erupted. Even an X-1 can cause severe disruptions."]
U's Barroso challenges US, others to match EU commitments on development aid forbes.com 9/12/5 ["fulfil the Millennium Development Goals on poverty and hunger alleviation.  The European Commission and the EU's member states are together the world's biggest aid donor, responsible for 55 pct of all development aid, he said on the eve of the UN World Summit. "]
 

Katrina May Lead to Miss. Casino Debate news.yahoo.com 9/11/5 ["Whether to allow casinos on land rather than over water, where the threat of monster storms is a constant gamble.   ...The storm ripped jagged holes in some casinos and beached others, crippling the area's thriving tourist trade and erasing half a million dollars a day in tax revenue.   ..."This might be a good time to revisit the entire subject of legalized gambling in Mississippi," said William Perkins, spokesman for the Mississippi Baptist Convention"]
Big toll seen for budget from Katrina reuters.com 9/11/5 ["An estimated $150 billion price tag for Hurricane Katrina recovery will keep the U.S. budget deficit in record territory for at least a few years, budget watchers say, and there may be more red ink as lawmakers seek to tie other initiatives to the relief package.  ... The 2005 deficit should be within the range of the $333 billion forecast in July by the White House"]
Rehnquist court left much unsettled boston.com 9/11/5 ["The divided court was unable or unwilling to say what kind of hearings prisoners should have; whether they are entitled to a lawyer; whether prisoner-of-war treaties should apply; or what kinds of evidence must be shown.  ...A review of recent Supreme Court decisions reveals that the court has had unusual difficulty reaching consensus on major issues and instead has resolved cases one by one, applying complicated balancing tests that give lower-court judges room to fill in the gaps with their own interpretations.  As a result, the same issues -- abortion, affirmative action, and separation of church and state -- are constantly churning through the federal system..."]
Mexico's Fox Says U.S. to Give Disaster Aid to Illegal Migrants bloomberg.com 9/11/5 [" The U.S. has also said it won't sanction companies that hire workers displaced by Hurricane Katrina who cannot present appropriate documents.  Mexicans living in the U.S. sent home $16.6 billion in 2004, second in foreign currency earnings behind oil exports, according to the central bank. ...number of Mexican migrants in the U.S. have grown 15-fold to more than 11 million in 2004 from 760,000 in 1970, an average annual growth rate of 8 percent, according to a study by the Washington- based Pew Hispanic Center. "]
Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan washingtonpost.com 9/11/5 ["The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions commanders requesting presidential approval to use them to preempt an attack by a nation or a terrorist group using weapons of mass destruction. The draft also includes the option of using nuclear arms to destroy known enemy stockpiles of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons."]
Summit challenge for world leaders peopleandplanet.net 9/11/5 ["In a meeting that is billed as the largest gathering of world leaders in history, more than 170 Heads of State and Government will gather at United Nations headquarters in New York next week for the 2005 World Summit a special gathering of the UN General Assembly to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.   ...More recently, the Secretary-General has called on governments to conclude a comprehensive convention on terrorism that would unambiguously denounce all attempts to kill or maim civilians and non-combatants for political ends."]
SRI International sri.com 9/11/5 ["Gakona, Alaska Deployment - With the addition of eight panels purchased by HAARP, 16 panels will soon be operational. Initial experiments will look for PMSEs."]
SRI-Designed Radar System Signals New Age in Atmospheric Research; Prototypes in Peru and Alaska Help Scientists Understand Complex and Changing Upper Atmosphere businesswire.com 9/11/5 ["Chief among those milestones was the testing of the AMISR prototype systems at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory (JRO) in Peru and at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) Observatory in Alaska."]
 

Court Vacates an FBI Gag Order washingtonpost.com 9/10/5 ["For the second time since the USA Patriot Act broadened the FBI's power to demand private records in secret, a federal judge ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional for the government to impose an automatic and permanent ban on public disclosure of any case in which it uses that power."]
UK:  Stars join Cardiff gay Mardi Gras news.bbc.co.uk 9/10/5 ["More than 40,000 people are expected to attend Cardiff's annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras on Saturday.  ...The party is all about celebrating diversity but it is also a vital part of the bigger picture to combat homophobic hate crime and make the city a safe place for everyone.""]
MI5 head warns of liberties trade-off to fight terror guardian.co.uk 9/10/5 ["has publicly warned that civil liberties may have to be eroded to prevent future terrorist attacks in Britain.  ...Dame Eliza described what she calls a "central dilemma - how to protect our citizens within the rule of law when intelligence does not amount to clear-cut evidence and when it is fragile". It is in this context that she warned of the potential erosion of civil liberties."]
Gonzales seems to have Bush ear boston.com 9/10/5 ["The prospect of a lifetime appointment to the high court has renewed concerns among both liberals and conservatives. Conservatives may have been far more pointed, questioning Gonzales's views on abortion and affirmative action."]
Canada: Pastor faces hearing over 'anti-gay' letter worldnetdaily.com 9/10/5 ["because of a letter to the editor he wrote calling homosexuality immoral and dangerous."]
Britain Launches $4 Billion Immunization Program for Poor Countries ap.tbo.com 9/10/5 ["Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Sweden were among the countries backing the program, which aims to save the lives of 5 million children and as many adults in later life.  ...accinations against killer diseases such as hepatitis B, measles, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, yellow fever and Hib (haemophilus influenza type B)."]
Guard Stretched Between Katrina, Wars guardian.co.uk 9/10/5 ["About 41,000 Guard members are scattered across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, along with 17,000 active-duty troops. About 30,000 Guard members are serving in Iraq, with smaller numbers in Afghanistan, Kosovo and elsewhere overseas.  ..The head of the National Guard Bureau said Friday the assignment of thousands of Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana to Iraq delayed those states' initial hurricane response by about a day."]
Time favors gay-marriage proponents sfgate.com 9/10/5 ["The right wing is missing a powerful, building undercurrent. Simply put, at this point, much of the younger generation has probably gone to school with openly gay peers. They also see them in the workplace and even in their neighborhoods. And they don't seem that scary.  ..."Those over 65 oppose same-sex marriage,'' Leno says. "But those under 35 support it -- and more strongly than those over 65 oppose it.''"]
FEMA to Halt Debit Cards, Use Bank Deposit breitbart.com 9/10/5 [" Around Houston, poor people who heard that the government was giving out money tried to get into the Astrodome complex for cards, prompting officials to lock the gates. By Thursday evening, electronic freeway signs in Houston were flashing, "There are no debit cards at the Astrodome.""]
 

Lafayette Official Warns “Southern Decadence” Celebrators From New Orleans Will be Arrested lifesite.net 9/9/5 ["they did not have a permit and one would not be issued even if they ask.  ...Durel was asked about removing permit restriction so that a sense of normalcy could be restored, to which he replied: “I don’t consider anything that’s got the word decadence in it to be normalcy.”'"]
Total Gun Confiscation of Law Abiding Citizens Begins infowars.com 9/9/5 ["This is a precedent setting case for national gun confiscation. This is a clear declaration of war by the Federal Government against the American people. This is exactly how Lexington and Concord started the Revolutionary War in 1775.'"]
Armed Mexican Troops Invade US infowars.com 9/9/5 ["Under cover of aid, combat ready soldiers roll into Texas  ...This is absolutely a conditioning exercise to get the American people to accept the presence of foreign troops on American soil.'"]
Some Urge Greater Use of Troops in Major Disasters washingtonpost.com 9/9/5 ["'The breakdown of local and state agencies that tried to respond to Hurricane Katrina has spurred fresh debate about whether disasters of such magnitude ought to be turned over to the U.S. military and other federal authorities to manage at the outset."]
'Dirty bomb' detention is upheld news.bbc.co.uk 9/9/5 ["'The US government has the power to detain a man being held as an enemy combatant without charges, a federal appeals court has ruled."]
Mayo Clinic Under Fire for Playing Down Abortion-Infertility Link lifenews.com 9/9/5 [" for telling patients that abortion does not cause infertility due to endometriosis, despite research showing the contrary.'"]
Another homosexual parade after hurricane devastation worldnetdaily.com 9/9/5 [""Every gay home in town is filled to the rafters with friends and relatives from New Orleans,"  ...the 33-year tradition'"]
 

Let the Voters Decide, Governor Schwarzenegger Says cnsnews.com 9/8/5 ["Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed what supporters call a "gay rights" bill on Tuesday night. The legislation was intended to discourage political candidates from using "anti-gay rhetoric" in their campaigns. "]
Truckers strike imminent? worldnetdaily.com 9/8/5 ["Mention of a possible strike began even before Katrina damaged some oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and forced some refineries and pipelines to temporally shut down."]
'Jerusalem is Israel's capital forever' jnewswire.com 9/8/5 ["Prime Minister Ariel Sharon"]
Man who Fought Forced Abortion Law Arrested in China lifesite.net 9/8/5 ["The policy requires that parents with two children be sterilized, and that women pregnant with a third be forcibly aborted. Family members of pregnant women who hid from authorities were arrested and tortured to persuade the women to turn themselves in to so-called family-planning authorities for the abortions.  Chen has been collecting and recording stories all summer, in order to present his case to sympathetic senior-level family planning authorities in Beijing."]
US Has Accepted One Billion Dollars In International Aid: Official terradaily.com 9/8/5 ["The United States has accepted one billion dollars in cash and material goods from 45 countries and is weighing other offers of aid for Hurricane Katrina victims, a State Department official said Wednesday."]
Mexico donates aid in show of friendship seattletimes.nwsource.com 9/8/5 ["The 40-vehicle convoy, loaded with mobile kitchens, water-treatment facilities and 195 engineers, doctors and other army personnel, would be the first Mexican army unit to set foot on soil that is now the United States since at least 1846."]
EU must accept some erosion of civil rights-Britain alertnet.org 9/8/5 ["if their citizens are to be protected from organised crime and terrorism, EU president Britain told the European Parliament on Wednesday.  Interior Minister Charles Clarke told EU lawmakers the right to life outweighed concerns over invasion of privacy and warned judges in European courts that if they failed to recognise this, the European Convention of Human Rights may need to be changed."]
FEMA accused of censorship reuters.myway.com 9/8/5 [""The notion that, when there's very little information from FEMA, that they would even spend the time to be concerned about whether the reporting effort is up to its standards of taste is simply mind-boggling," Daugherty said. "You cannot report on the disaster and give the public a realistic idea of how horrible it is if you don't see that there are bodies as well."  ...Let's not make a common decency issue into a censorship issue"]
New Orleans floodwaters riskier than feared post-gazette.com 9/8/5 ["Floodwaters in New Orleans contain levels of sewage-related bacteria that are at least 10 times higher than acceptable safety limits, endangering rescue workers and remaining residents who even walk in it, federal officials said yesterday."]
Gas retailers squeezed by high prices, too boston.com 9/8/5 ["'They don't want to continue raising prices for their customers, or they don't have the cash to purchase fuel, because it's upwards of $3.50 per gallon for them to buy and then resell,""]
 

Katrina Victims to Get $2K Debit Cards news.yahoo.com 9/7/5 ["The available money — $13 billion in all — will be distributed from the federal Disaster Relief Fund, said FEMA spokeswoman Natalie Rule. She said FEMA was setting up registration centers in shelters in Houston and Dallas where evacuees could obtain the cards."]
Calif. Assembly passes bill to allow gay marriage reuters.com 9/7/5 ["A bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry won final passage on Tuesday in the California Assembly, marking the first time a state legislature in the United States has endorsed gay marriage."]
Noisy abortion foes prompt buffer zone sun-sentinel.com 9/7/5 ["City commissioners heard lengthy testimony on Tuesday about anti-abortion demonstrators who routinely videotape patients and use megaphones so loud that doctors and patients can hear them inside the clinic where abortions are performed."]
Bush Seeks $51.8B In Katrina Aid cbsnews.com 9/7/5 ["U.S. Marines in New Orleans say they will not forcibly evacuate anyone; they are not law enforcement, reports CBS News correspondent Cami McCormick.  That's correct, says CBSNews.com legal analyst Andrew Cohen: Marines and other military personnel cannot engage in law enforcement activities unless Congress specifically repeals the Posse Comitatus Act. "  Editor: hmmm....]
Belgian euthanasia cases 'exceed official reports' expatica.com 9/7/5 [""If we compare our situation with the situation in the Netherlands, we can assume that the actual number of people undergoing euthanasia is five times as high or about 150," Distelmans said."]
Fornication main cause of abortion news-leader.com 9/7/5 ["With 80 percent of abortions coming from unwed mothers it should be clear to most that fornication is the primary cause of abortions and not economics."]
Mayor orders everyone out of poisoned city smh.com.au 9/7/5 ["Those who have refused to leave have been warned that they will no longer receive water or food from emergency personnel. The US military estimates that, based on an aerial surveillance, there could be 10,000 people still in the city, and many of those cannot be persuaded to go.  ... the water flowing back into the lake is so contaminated that even casual contact is hazardous and safe drinking water may not be available for years, Louisiana officials said."]
 

Party Is Over for Now, but Don't Count Mardi Gras Out in New Orleans ap.tbo.com 9/6/5 ["In 2001, more than 1,000 floats, 500 marching bands and 135,000 people paraded through the streets. One university study estimates the celebration brings in $1 billion a year to New Orleans.  Hardy, who has been publishing his guide for 30 years and is one of the foremost experts on Mardi Gras, said next year's celebration is also important because it's the 150th anniversary of the first formal parades in the city. "]
Kids May Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking news.yahoo.com 9/6/5 ["The study included 120 children, ages 2 to 6. An adult researcher led a standardized play activity in which each child, acting as a Barbie or Ken doll, shopped for a visiting friend. A store stocked with 133 miniature items gave the children choices — including meat, fruit, vegetables, snacks, nonalcoholic drinks, cigarettes, beer and wine.  ...Twenty-eight percent of the children bought cigarettes, and 61 percent bought alcohol."  Editor:  Surprise, surprise, I could have told them that.]
Half of Refineries Knocked Out by Katrina Are Close to Restarting ap.tbo.com 9/6/5 ["Almost 70 percent of normal oil production and half of the natural gas output remains shut down"]
Bush to Seek $40B for Next Katrina Phase news.yahoo.com 9/6/5 ["...flood that left an unknown number of people dead, uncounted thousands of homes and businesses damaged or destroyed and drove hundreds of thousands of Americans from their homes. Many are poor and normally receive welfare."]
Putin rejects third Kremlin term news.bbc.co.uk 9/6/5 ["Vladimir Putin, has denied planning to change the constitution to stay in office for a third term.  ..Vladimir Putin, has denied planning to change the constitution to stay in office for a third term."]
Irish abortion laws challenged in European court euronews.net 9/6/5 ["...European Court of Human Rights. Three Irish women have brought the case, arguing that Ireland's laws are against the Convention of Human Rights and jeopardised their health and well being."]
Russia to send humanitarian aid to U.S. Tuesday rian.ru 9/6/5 ["plane would deliver 17 metric tons of humanitarian cargo, including individual food rations and blankets. The second plane, carrying cargo weighing more than 27 tons, will deliver 121 tents that can accommodate 20-30 people each. In all, the Il-76s will be loaded with 18 different types of cargo."]
With Modern Life Swept Away, New Orleans Residents Survive With Stone Age Skills ap.tbo.com 9/6/5 ["They're all getting a lesson in how to live without."]
Evacuees Strain States' Social Programs news.yahoo.com 9/6/5 ["And states are counting on significant help from the federal government, which approved a $10.5 billion down payment for hurricane relief last week. Congress is likely to approve far more in the days ahead, including assistance targeted for housing, health care, education and other needs."]
 

Katrina doesn't cancel Southern Decadence parade mysanantonio.com 9/5/5 ["On at least one balcony, birthday suits were the uniform of the day.   ...There's no talk of canceling Mardi Gras."]
Survivors on parade to spread joy amid carnage capeargus.co.za 9/5/5 [""We're having a decadence parade," said the 21-year-old student, referring to the annual gay pride march, usually a massive and raucous affair that rivals the city's famed Mardi Gras."]
Pro-Life Groups Laud Supreme Court Chief William Rehnquist on Abortion lifenews.com 9/5/5 ["He consistently voted to allow elected lawmakers to decide when and how to protect unborn human life, most recently as one of four dissenting justices who said that states should be allowed to ban partial-birth abortion"]
Bush, Clinton Announce Hurricane Fund sfgate.com 9/5/5 ["Among the various corporations and other organizations that have so far pledged donations to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund are Wal-Mart and the Walton Family Foundation, which has given $23 million. Other major sponsors include Microsoft, Dillard's Inc., Nike and the Trump Group."]
Scotland:  Anger at church's adoption stance news.bbc.co.uk 9/5/5 ["Cardinal Keith O'Brien said youngsters would be guinea pigs in a "distorted social experiment".  He said studies had suggested that drug use, homosexuality, stress and mental illness were more common among those raised by same-sex couples. "]
Dollar Falls in Asian Trading as Hopes Fade for Higher U.S. Interest Rates ap.tbo.com 9/5/5 ["amid fading expectations for further U.S. interest rate hikes in the near future with damage from Hurricane Katrina clouding the nation's economic prospects."]
Halliburton hired for storm cleanup infowars.com 9/5/5 ["no-bid contracts"]
UAE will decide on conversion of forex reserves into euros gulf-news.com 9/5/5 ["The UAE Central Bank will decide this month whether it should convert some of its foreign exchange reserves into euros from dollars, Sultan Bin Nasser Al Suwaidi, governor, said yesterday.  ...The euro gained nearly 60 per cent against the dollar in the three years to 2004."]
Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans armytimes.com 9/5/5 [""]
An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State tiadaily.com 9/5/5 ["What Hurricane Katrina exposed was the psychological consequences of the welfare state. What we consider "normal" behavior in an emergency is behavior that is normal for people who have values and take the responsibility to pursue and protect them. People with values respond to a disaster by fighting against it and doing whatever it takes to overcome the difficulties they face. They don't sit around and complain that the government hasn't taken care of them. And they don't use the chaos of a disaster as an opportunity to prey on their fellow men.  But what about criminals and welfare parasites? Do they worry about saving their houses and property? They don't, because they don't own anything."]
 

The sign of the Cross worldnetdaily.com 9/4/5 ["So now, after six weeks of controversy, the Red Cross will distribute all $543 million dollars generous Americans gave it for "The Liberty Fund" to the 9-11 families. Previously, the Red Cross was only going to give approximately 25 percent of the donations to the families … keeping the rest for general Red Cross programs."]
Tumult in Gulf Region but Little Early Effect Across the Nation nytimes.com 9/4/5 ["The flooding has displaced about one million workers in the Gulf Coast region, many of whom will not be able to resume their jobs anytime soon. While some employees of large companies are still receiving paychecks, Wal-Mart stopped paying workers in the area four days after shutting its stores, and McDonald's and UPS have not paid regular wages to idled employees since the storm hit.  The hurricane has also bottled up grain shipments on the Mississippi River, hurting farmers and grain exporters, and saddled households with even higher energy costs."]
Agency takes in millions in morning-after pill sales boston.com 9/4/5 ["none of the public announcements mentioned that the national not-for-profit organization reaps millions of dollars in revenue by dispensing Plan B, the morning-after pill that has embroiled the FDA in controversy.   ...The price per kit Planned Parenthood pays is 25 cents lower than the discount rate its maker, Barr Laboratories, offered public agencies."]
12 lessons that S.C. can learn from Katrina thestate.com 9/4/5 ["In 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked the most likely and deadly disasters that could befall the United States. The top three were a terrorist attack on New York, an earthquake in San Francisco and a hurricane in New Orleans.  The list was announced at a conference on Sept. 10. The next day was 9/11."]
Quake swarm rattles experts thedesertsun.com 9/4/5 ["One of California's most active seismic zones of the 1970s is rumbling again, causing concern among scientists who study and residents who live in the fault-strewn desert region."]
Storm's Formation, Path Went Against Convention news.tbo.com 9/4/5 ["Katrina was a jack-in-the- box, popping up east of the Bahamas, growing from tropical depression to hurricane and hitting Florida in two days, then pounding Louisiana and Mississippi four days later."]
Organizers Say Tampa Gay Days A Tougher Sell tampatrib.com 9/4/5 ["Last year, two hurricanes threatened to derail Gay Days Tampa Bay. This year, it was a different kind of storm - the controversy surrounding the Hillsborough County Commission's decision not to recognize gay pride events.  It's becoming tougher each year to find mainstream business sponsors for the event"]
Chinese activist warns of nuclear war washingtontimes.com 9/4/5 ["Wei Jingsheng, a leading international advocate for political reform in China, said in an interview with The Washington Times that President Bush and other U.S. leaders do not fully understand the chance of a conflict breaking out and must do more to avert it.   ...Mr. Hu favors a conflict as a way to consolidate power over the military. Growing nationalist sentiment in China also has led to public calls for war over Taiwan. "]
 

Calif. Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill washingtonpost.com 9/3/5 ["The California Senate voted Thursday to allow gay couples to wed, becoming the first legislative body in the nation to approve same-sex marriage without a court order.  ...Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has given mixed or ambiguous responses on whether he would support or veto such a bill.  Still, its passage, on a vote of 21 to 15, was hailed by advocates as a breakthrough for gay rights.  "It will totally take away the argument that it is just 'activist judges' who are finding for marriage nondiscrimination," said Geoff Kors, the head of Equality California. "It's the people's representatives in the largest state in the nation doing this.""]
Commission suggests EU loyalty oath for immigrants euobserver.com 9/3/5 ["In order to bring 'asylum shopping' and illegal immigration to an end, the commission called upon member states to adopt stricter common rules governing the return of illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers to their home countries."]
Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill Available Over the Counter in India lifesite.net 9/3/5 ["Although no official announcement was made to the public, manufacturers were contacted by the office of the Drugs Controller of India about the change"]
Israel, Egypt sign Philadelphi route agreement in Cairo haaretz.com 9/3/5 [""]
EU officials at odds over oil aid to U.S. alertnet.org 9/3/5 ["Straw, who was chairing the meeting since Britain holds the EU's rotating presidency, told reporters that the 25-nation bloc was considering disaster relief and humanitarian aid rather than providing gasoline.  ... The U.S. government holds huge volumes of crude for emergencies but has no gasoline in state reserves."]
Carnival Sending Three Ships for Refugees news.yahoo.com 9/3/5 ["The Ecstasy, the Sensation and the Holiday will be pulled from regular use starting Monday at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The cost of the charters was not disclosed."]
The National Guard Belongs in New Orleans and Biloxi, Not Baghdad palestinechronicle.com 9/3/5 [Arab point of view]
Gulf Coast Jobless Rate Could Be 25 Pct. news.yahoo.com 9/3/5 ["28 percent of the local population in the New Orleans area living below the poverty line  ...The situation probably will propel area unemployment rates into double digits in coming months, even when accounting for employment gains from rebuilding efforts  ...To help ease the economic pain, the
Department of Labor announced Friday that it is providing an emergency grant of up to $50 million to create 10,000 temporary cleanup and recovery jobs for displaced workers in Mississippi."]
State kids being 'left behind' More schools slip by federal standards sfgate.com 9/3/5 ["The results from the federal No Child Left Behind program show that 44 percent of California schools are failing to reach achievement goals, compared with 34 percent last year."]
Bush Sends More Than 7,000 Troops to Gulf news.yahoo.com 9/3/5 ["In addition to the active duty forces, 10,000 additional National Guard troops were being sent to the Gulf Coast. That raises the number of Guard personnel in the stricken states to about 40,000.  ...Bush immediately signed a $10.5 billion disaster aid package passed by Congress — an amount he repeatedly called "just the beginning" of federal expenditures for storm relief. He issued a memorandum saying Hurricane Katrina had created a "severe energy supply interruption" that could damage the national economy, and he formally authorized the release of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve."]
Katrina Deployments Add to Military Strain news.yahoo.com 9/3/5 ["Lt. Gen. Joseph Inge, deputy commander of Northern Command, told reporters at the Pentagon on Saturday that the Katrina mission would have no negative effect on executing the missions in Iraq or Afghanistan."]
 

World stunned as US struggles with Katrina breitbart.com 9/2/5 ["the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American society.  ... "I am absolutely disgusted. After the tsunami our people, even the ones who lost everything, wanted to help the others who were suffering," said Sajeewa Chinthaka, 36, as he watched a cricket match in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  "Not a single tourist caught in the tsunami was mugged. Now with all this happening in the U.S. we can easily see where the civilized part of the world's population is." "]
Iraq-tested soldiers in New Orleans with shoot to kill orders spacewar.com 9/2/5 [""Three hundred of the Arkansas National Guard have landed in the city of New Orleans," said Blanco.  "These troops are fresh back from Iraq, well trained, experienced, battle tested and under my orders to restore order in the streets," Blanco said.  "They have M-16s and they are locked and loaded.  "These troops know how to shoot and kill and they are more than willing to do so if necessary and I expect they will," said Blanco."]
Craig Roberts: Something is NOT right! infowars.com 9/2/5 ["New Orleans just showed us the following [even though the FEMA director has said that New Orleans was their number catastrophic planning scenario over the last several years...]   ...I do not understand why the Corps of Engineers is now trying to determine how to plug a breached levy in New Orleans under duress when "New Orleans was the number 1 catastrophe for FEMA planning"? That would have to have been an 'exercise' scenario"]
US needs world's help, Annan says abc.net.au 9/2/5 [""The American people who have always been the most generous in responding to disasters in other parts of the world have now themselves suffered a grievous blow.  ....the sheer size of this emergency makes it possible that we can supplement the American response with supplies from other countries, or with experience we have gained in other relief operations."  Editor:  For the next disaster, will he add the phrase, "and supplement them with armed troops"?]
Vatican Warns Countries About Pro-Abortion "Catholic" UN Campaign lifenews.com 9/2/5 ["run by a pro-abortion "Catholic" group masquerading as an effort to support women's health."]
U.S. Border Patrol Moved to Katrina Area, Border Vulnerable newsmax.com 9/2/5 ["U.S. Border Patrol officers are being shifted away from their posts guarding the U.S.-Mexico border to aid in the Katrina Hurricane disaster, leaving the country vulnerable to illegals and terrorists attempting to enter the U.S., NewsMax has learned."]
Planned Parenthood "Helps" Hurricane Katrina Victims With Free Morning After Pills lifenews.com 9/2/5 ["offer one free month of birth control or one free emergency contraception kit"]
Radio host: No doubt 'End Times' here worldnetdaily.com 9/2/5 ["Katrina's storm surge and flooding have some recollecting the post-Christmas tsunami which killed 200,000 people and left up to 5 million in need of basic services in a dozen Indian Ocean nations.  At that time, some people reflected on the End-time warning from the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus stated: "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring ... ." (Luke 21:25) "]
Planned Parenthood Solicits Funds to Offer Chemical abortion for Hurricane Victims lifesite.net 9/2/5 ["Planned Parenthood is the recipient of funds from the nearly bottomless pockets of organizations interested in eugenics and population control such as the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations and makes huge annual profits from its hundreds of abortion mills across the US. It also receives upwards of US $100 million a year from Title X program and from Medicaid. In 2002, Planned Parenthood reported total income of $766.6 million, of which $288.2 million was from “Clinic Operation”.   ...If Planned Parenthood really wants to help, it should donate a portion of the millions of dollars in profits it makes every year to aid in the victims' plights"]
Oil price drops as Europe promises US oil aid reuters.co.uk 9/2/5 ["it will be more than three weeks before the oil from Europe reaches U.S. shores."  Europe has already booked up to 30 cargoes of gasoline to ship to the United States, leading brokers to warn of an impending vessel shortage."]
 

Mardi Gras minus the inhibitions worldnetdaily.com 9/1/5 ["Do you think New Orleans would be better off right now if its public school system had taught all students the Ten Commandments as part of their secular education? Or would such forthright exposure to religious indoctrination have so traumatized the little darlings that they might – oh, say – loot the city at the very first opportunity?  ...there is a real-life price to be paid for America's failure to teach the rules of the social contract. Unfortunately, the bill often comes due at the most inconvenient time. And it's not always payable in money alone."]
Superdome evacuation suspended because of fires and gunshots signonsandiego.com 9/1/5 ["The mayor said that it will be two or three months before the city is functioning again and that people would not be allowed back into their homes for at least a month or two.  With New Orleans sinking deeper into desperation, Nagin also ordered virtually the entire police force to abandon search-and-rescue efforts Wednesday and stop the increasingly brazen thieves. "]
Gasoline Reserves Near Record Low smartmoney.com 9/1/5 [" Last week, commercial stocks of gasoline slid nearer to the record low of 185.6 million of August 1997, falling 500,000 barrels to 194.4 million barrels, according to the federal Energy Information Administration."]
Don't Give your Hurricane Katrina Relief Donations to the Red Cross infowars.com 9/1/5 ["Red Cross Pocketed Half Of 9/11 Donations"]
Airlines Cancel More Flights, Prepare for Possible Fuel Shortages ap.tbo.com 9/1/5 ["Daily jet fuel production nationwide has been cut 13 percent because of damage from the hurricane to Gulf Coast refineries, according to Jack Evans of the Air Transport Association."]
Teachers urge Pennsylvania governor to challenge 'No Child' law newsday.com 9/1/5 ["This state should have the authority to assess its own educational process and progress, and create its own system of measurement for success"]
'Martial law' in Big Easy? wnd.com 9/1/5 ["When martial law is in effect, military officials take over the administration of justice in times of emergency when traditional law enforcement are in capable of meeting demands.  Totalitarian governments often impose martial law, sometimes permanently, imposing military tribunals in place of courts. "]
US remodels Guantanamo hearings news.bbc.co.uk 9/1/5 ["The structure of the trials will now be similar to a traditional US court room, with a presiding officer effectively acting as a judge.  ...detainees still would not know all the evidence being used against them and had no right of appeal. "]
NASA Funds Sci-Fi Technology wired.com 9/1/5 ["Ross Hoffman has had a vision: to use tiny changes in the environment to alter the paths of hurricanes, slow down snow storms and turn dark days bright.  ...Hoffman tweaked a weather-prediction program to show that moving a hurricane was possible -- at least in theory. Here's how: You need a ring of satellites in orbit, channeling the sun's energy, stretching around the Earth. The machines would beam power to the planet, using microwaves. But, tuned to 183 GHz, they could also heat up small regions of the atmosphere by a degree or two. Those small changes could have enormous impact, Hoffman's simulation showed."  Editor:  Or, existing HAARP technology could do the same thing.]