"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

Bank associated with U.S. Airways closes azcentral.com 9/30/7 ["The federal Office of Thrift Supervision shut down Alpharetta, Ga.-based NetBank, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was named receiver.  NetBank, with $2.5 billion in assets and $2.3 billion in deposits as of midyear...  NetBank depositors automatically will become customers of ING Bank, which agreed to assume $1.5 billion of NetBank's insured, non-brokered deposits."]
Simulated Emergency Test Scheduled for October eham.net 9/30/7 ["This year, Amateur Radio operators will be replicating many scenarios that have crippled normal communications in the recent past. These include flooding, wildfires, bombings, ice storms, hurricanes and earthquakes. Something new for this year are plans for responses in case of pandemic flu and the probability that large populations will need to shelter at home and not be able to go out."]
China launches US$200 billion government investment fund iht.com 9/30/7 ["Chinese companies have been uneasy about foreign acquisitions since an uproar in 2005 over state-owned oil company CNOOC Ltd.'s attempt to acquire U.S. oil and gas producer Unocal Corp. CNOOC dropped its bid after American critics said it might endanger energy security.  Some officials and economists want the new fund to finance foreign expansion by Chinese companies or buy oil and other resources needed by the country's booming economy.  The rapid growth of such sovereign wealth funds run by Asian and Middle Eastern governments has raised questions about their intentions and impact on financial markets."]
 

Check Online Yourself - HPV Vaccine Now Associated with 7 Deaths, 3000+ Adverse Reports lifesite.net 9/29/7 ["The database, placed online by the National Vaccine Information Center, also indicates 44 adverse effects associated with the vaccine's administration were considered "life threatening." In 94 cases, vaccine recipients required hospitalization."]
Dozens in Mexican city ill with suspected avian flu worldnetdaily.com 9/29/7 ["City spokesman Jose Eusebio Olague said officials have directed that barricades be set up so the sick do not spread the infections even further.  Traditional causes for fever and chills essentially have been ruled out by various tests, officials said. Sources in the air, water and other industries have been eliminated as a cause, officials said.  This type of threat was addressed at the recent Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America summit in Canada, where officials released a plan that establishes U.N. law along with regulations by the World Trade Organization and World Health Organization as supreme over U.S. law during a pandemic. It also sets the stage for militarizing the management of continental health emergencies. "]
Myanmar Breaks Up Rallies, Cuts Internet guardian.co.uk 9/29/7 ["The government suspended the services of the two Internet service providers, BaganNet and Myanmar Post and Telecom, but big companies and embassies hooked up to the Web by satellite remained online. The Internet has played a crucial role in getting news and images of the pro-democracy protests to the outside world in the past month."  Editor: If martial law were ever exercised, the Internet would be one of the first to go.]
UK: Inflation: Weekly Shopping Bill Could Rise 30 Percent By Christmas dailyreckoning.co.uk 9/29/7 ["It's already risen by 6% from this time last year."]
Historic Surge In Grain Prices Roils Markets online.wsj.com 9/29/7 ["This year the prices of Illinois corn and soybeans are up 40% and 75%, respectively, from a year ago. Kansas wheat is up 70% or more. And a growing number of economists and agribusiness executives think the run-ups could last as long as a decade, raising the cost of all kinds of food."]
Chicago Video Surveillance Gets Smarter abcnews.go.com 9/29/7 ["...the new system would let cameras analyze images in real time 24 hours a day."]
Continuous-Use Contraceptives to be Introduced in Britain Within Months lifesite.net 9/29/7 ["“Countless women will jump at the chance to take Lybrel, not for its contraceptive properties but simply as a lifestyle choice...Ultimately, women will be continuously dosing their body with artificial hormones while suppressing the body's own, without so much as the seven-day break that the body gets when taking the ordinary Pill.”"]
 

Auto workers make concessions to keep jobs in U.S. csmonitor.com 9/28/7 ["At the core of the accord between General Motors and the United Auto Workers is a simple trade-off: The union makes major concessions that will help the company bring down labor costs, and in return it wins the hope of retaining many of its remaining US jobs."]
Abu Mazen: Olmert Agreed to Make Jerusalem Arab Capital israelnationalnews.com 9/28/7 ["Abbas reportedly told Rice that Olmert had agreed to the demand in an Olmert-Abbas meeting a couple of days before. Another Olmert-Abbas meeting is planned for next week, the paper reports."]
Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill; Larry Craig Opposes huffingtonpost.com 9/28/7 ["The Senate attached hate crimes legislation to a must-pass Pentagon spending bill Thursday, but opponents predicted it ultimately would fail."]
Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities' legitgov.org 9/28/7 [""]
 

Aurora Abortion Center May Have Failed to Get Special Use Permit lifenews.com 9/27/7 ["As a result, notification of the new abortion business should have been sent to all business owners within 250 feet of the new center, a public hearing should have been held and the city council should have signed off on the special use document."]
Euro hits all-time high euobserver.com 9/27/7 ["Nevertheless, the dollar is still above the all-time low against the German mark in 1995, equivalent to nearly $1.46 for one euro."]
European Court Upholds Decision to Penalize Poland for Pro-Life Law lifesite.net 9/27/7 ["According to the Irish Times, the court yesterday rejected Poland's appeal and confirmed the previous ruling essentially granting a higher acknowledgement to European Union (EU) standards over the sovereignty of individual nations and their laws."]
U.S. judge knocks down part of Patriot Act uk.reuters.com 9/27/7 ["The judge said the amendments made by the Patriot Act to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the government to conduct searches and monitor American citizens without probable cause, which is typically required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."]
Dumped by Reagan, Sea Treaty Now Up for Passage cnsnews.com 9/27/7 ["The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was designed to establish rules governing military and commercial use of the world's oceans. The rights and responsibilities of each nation are outlined in the treaty text. To date, over 150 countries have signed on to the Law of the Sea.   ...Reagan's objections extended beyond the mining provision and concerned important questions of national sovereignty..."]
New TV show urges you: 'Be One of Satan's Tools' worldnetdaily.com 9/27/7 [""You're going to work for me here," says Satan, played by Ray Wise. "You're just going to bring escaped souls back to hell. You know, like a bounty hunter. That's cool!""]
Study Fails to Link Chemical, Brain Woes ap.google.com 9/27/7 ["They found no clear link between early exposure to the preservative thimerosal and problems with brain function and behavior in children age 7 to 10. The results are in line with past research that found no connection between vaccines and neurological problems or autism."]
Currency Trades Soar to $3.2 Trillion a Day, BIS Says bloomberg.com 9/27/7 ["As financial globalization occurs, markets should become more and more democratic.'"]
Former Soviet spy: Small nuclear devices planted in U.S. cnn.com 9/27/7 ["Some people of the media have indicated that we might be trying to create paranoia and a new Cold War and all that sort of thing -- that couldn't be further from the truth..."]
 

Miller Brewery Funds Gay Sadomasochistic Orgy on San Francisco Streets lifesite.net 9/26/7 ["The Folsom Street Fair, a gay parade which has for years included full nudity and sex acts on public streets is set to take place again this year on September 30 with city approval, partial public funding and sponsorship by Miller Brewing Company. This year several Christian and pro-family groups have called for public scrutiny into the event as the ad for the event is a mockery of Christ's Last Supper."]
Billboard, highlighting campaign to ‘exterminate’ black babies, stolen catholicnewsagency.com 9/26/7 ["Below the tagline “Planned Parenthood Kills Babies!” was a photo of a black baby and Margaret Sanger’s quote, which read: "We don't want the word to get out that we want to exterminate the negro population.""]
Financial institutions nationwide are undergoing a 3-week test of a fake flu pandemic cantonrep.com 9/26/7 ["Hundreds of banks and other financial institutions are participating in the largest test of its kind ever conducted to ensure the nation’s financial system can keep functioning in case of an outbreak of pandemic flu. "]
 

Israel to Syria: Use chem weapons & we'll wipe you off map nydailynews.com 9/25/7 ["Israeli officials vowed to wipe Syria off the map if it is attacked with chemical weapons like one that reportedly exploded in July at a secret Syrian base staffed with Iranian engineers."]
Transgender community works to gain protections in South Florida sun-sentinel.com 9/25/7 ["Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Tequesta and Oakland Park have approved nondiscrimination clauses this year either covering city employees or all residents. Oakland Park was the latest last week and Wilton Manors may consider adding transgender as well.  County ordinances would go further by outlawing discrimination in the workplace and housing in all cities and unincorporated areas. Thirteen states and more than 90 cities and counties already have such laws, with the first passed more than 30 years ago."]
Biography Reveals Hillary Clinton Séance, Religious Devotion to Abortion lifesite.net 9/25/7 ["The woman who arranged the séance-type sessions atop the White House, Jean Houston, became very close to the Senator. Houston who was known for delving into altered consciousness, the spirit world, and psychic experiences..."]
Dollar hits new low against euro afp.google.com 9/25/7 ["The dollar fell to a fresh record low against the euro Monday in a dearth of US economic data and as the market banked on a further US Federal Reserve interest rate cut."]
Gold near 28-year peak, targets new highs reuters.com 9/25/7 ["Spot gold rose as high as $735.90 an ounce and was at $733.35/734.05 by 0953 GMT, against $731.60/732.40 in New York late on Friday, when it hit an intraday high of $739 -- the highest since January 1980."]
 

Bible schooling signonsandiego.com 9/24/7 ["The documentary comes down squarely on the side of not taking the Bible literally, but rather rethinking religious teachings within the context of the culture, language and history.  ...“For the Bible Tells Me So” is told as a journey, paved with interviews from theologians and clergy, while following the responses of five families who learn their child is gay.  ...Among the scenes in the film are ones showing protesters carrying signs that say God hates gays. “I would hope what the film will do is to make people outraged that there are Christians out there who believe there is a hating God,” says Ellis."]
Veterans Disarmament Act To Bar Vets From Owning Guns newswithviews.com 9/24/7 [ By Larry Pratt  "The Veterans Disarmament Act -- which has already passed the House -- would place any veteran who has ever been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on the federal gun ban list.  This is exactly what President Bill Clinton did over seven years ago when his administration illegitimately added some 83,000 veterans into the National Criminal Information System (NICS system) -- prohibiting them from purchasing firearms, simply because of afflictions like PTSD. "]
  U.S. military says it nabbed Iranian commando in Iraq cnn.com 9/24/7 ["Coalition forces on Thursday arrested a suspected member of an elite Iranian unit that has been accused of training and equipping insurgents in Iraq, the U.S. military said."  Editor:  Hmm... interesting timing...]
Drivers test paying by mile instead of gas tax usatoday.com 9/24/7 ["Beginning early next year, drivers in six states will begin testing a new way to pay for roads and transit: Commuters will be charged for the miles they drive rather than paying taxes on gasoline purchased.  Researchers from the University of Iowa Public Policy Center will install computers and satellite equipment in the vehicles of 2,700 volunteers — 450 each from Austin, Baltimore, Boise, San Diego, eastern Iowa and the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. "]
Gay Soccer Teams Flock to Buenos Aires for World Cup, Tolerance bloomberg.com 9/24/7 ["Buenos Aires is the only major city in South America to allow same-sex civil unions. Its reputation for tolerance -- and an exchange rate that benefits visitors from Europe, the U.S. and Brazil -- is fueling the gay travel industry."]
 

Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright telegraph.co.uk 9/23/7 ["Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signalling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dollar currency peg in a move that risks setting off a stampede out of the dollar across the Middle East."]
Got Bling? newswithviews.com 9/23/7 [By Devvy Kidd  "Many are worried about a run on the banks as we saw with just one bank in Britain last week - the first such run in over a century. Central banks are shuddering over this banking crisis that is going to spread. "Global interdependence" - warned about, written about and now rearing its ugly head. I don't believe we're going to see that any time soon, but the situation is going to get very dicey, make no mistake about that."]
New blow to dollar amid U.S. growth fears iht.com 9/23/7 ["The world dumped the dollar on Thursday, pushing the greenback to an all-time low of $1.40 against the euro and to parity with the Canadian dollar for the first time in three decades as currency traders around the world digested the full implications of the U.S. Federal Reserve's new course for interest rates."]
Iraq war budget jumps for 2008 latimes.com 9/23/7 ["President Bush plans to ask lawmakers next week to approve another massive spending measure -- totaling nearly $200 billion -- to fund the war through next year, Pentagon officials said.  If Bush's spending request is approved, 2008 will be the most expensive year of the Iraq war."]
N.Y. Drops Citizenship Proof For Driver's Licenses wcbstv.com 9/23/7 [""We're changing our policy with respect to getting more people out of shadows and into the system so people don't hide they're here," Spitzer said.  He said the current restrictions on non-citizens have filled the roads with unlicensed drivers five times more likely to get into accidents."]
Ex-FEMA Leader Says Feds May Overreact newsday.com 9/23/7 ["Michael Brown, who lost his job directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Katrina, predicted Thursday that if another large-scale disaster occurs, federal responders would try to show they learned lessons by pushing aside the efforts of their local and state counterparts."]
Planned Parenthood Loses Court Case to Open Aurora "Abortion Fortress" lifesite.net 9/23/7 ["A federal judge yesterday struck down a motion by Planned Parenthood to force the opening of their newly-built abortion clinic in Aurora, Illinois against the will of city officials.  ...The prayers of the faithful people who have been in front of this clinic night and day and the thousands who have been praying around the country, have been answered. We know this battle in Aurora is not over and we will continue to protest Planned Parenthood's deceptions. This delay will save the lives of innocent children."]
Aurora Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Will File Amended Complaint lifenews.com 9/23/7 ["Norgle said Planned Parenthood failed to demonstrate how other medical centers encountered the same problems, but he said he will allow Planned Parenthood to return with more information to support its complaint."]
The A.D.H.D. Alarm newswithviews.com 9/23/7 [By  Shane Ellison M. Sc.  "By over stimulating the central nervous system, ADHD meds put the cardiovascular system into overdrive. The hearts of our developing children simply cannot keep up. Death results – far more than Big Pharma, or anyone for that matter, wants to admit. But don’t take my word for it."]
Highway checkpoint asks drivers for saliva, blood cw2.trb.com 9/23/7 ["Thursday, Gilpin County Sheriff Bruce Hartman publicly apologized to drivers for allowing his deputies to participate, even if most of the complaints were leveled at the surveyors who work for a private research firm."]
Bush wants permanent warrantless wiretap law csmonitor.com 9/23/7 ["The temporary act was rushed into law last month and allows US intelligence agencies to monitor phone conversations between US citizens calling suspected terrorists overseas."]
 

Russia warns West over use of force, unilateral sanctions against Iran jpost.com 9/19/7 [""We are seriously concerned about increasingly frequent reports that military action against Iran is being seriously considered," Lavrov added."]
China says it opposes threatening Iran with war reuters.com 9/19/7 ["China is one of five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council."]
Merkel revives emissions proposal to unite world alertnet.org 9/19/7 ["German Chancellor Angela Merkel won support on Friday for backing a climate change proposal that would eventually allot equal emissions rights to individuals, wherever they lived in the world."]
Russia Says U.S. Attack on Iran Would Be Catastrophic bloomberg.com 9/19/7 ["Russian President Vladimir Putin is due in Tehran on Oct. 16 for a meeting of leaders of the countries bordering the Caspian Sea...  A U.S. attack on Iran would destabilize the Middle East and lead to ``an extremely negative reaction'' in the Islamic world, Losyukov said, adding that ``use of force would be a serious diplomatic and political mistake.''"]
Bank of England doubles emergency loans available to British banks iht.com 9/19/7 ["The Bank of England on Tuesday doubled the amount of emergency loans made available to British banks caught short in the global credit squeeze - curbing a surge in overnight borrowing costs but fueling criticism that the bank governor was reversing his own policy against bailouts."]
New York oil price soars to record high after Fed rate cut afp.google.com 9/19/7 ["Prices already have found strong support as supplies remain tight and global demand strong as the northern hemisphere heads into winter."]
 

Largest Abortion Center in the U.S. Refused Permission to Open - Court Rejects Suit lifesite.net 9/18/7 ["We trust that the judge will allow Aurora to fully investigate how Planned Parenthood tried to come into town without disclosing who they were and their plans to perform abortions. Planned Parenthood had 13 appointments scheduled for Tuesday's opening. If God's answer spared 13 innocent lives, then we give the Lord the praise for the delay and the ultimate permanent closing of this abortion mill."]
Greenspan: Euro Gains As Reserve Choice chron.com 9/18/7 ["Greenspan said that at the end of 2006, some 25 percent of all currency reserves held by central banks were held in euros, compared to 66 percent for the U.S. dollar.  In terms of being used as a payment for cross-border transactions, the euro is trailing the dollar only slightly with 39 percent to 43 percent."]
Survey puts deaths at 1m-plus nzherald.co.nz 9/18/7 ["A startling new household survey of Iraqis claims as many as 1.2 million people may have died because of the conflict in Iraq, apparently lending weight to a 2006 survey in the Lancet that reported similarly high levels.  More than one million deaths were already being suggested by anti-war campaigners, but such high counts have consistently been rejected by United States and British officials."]
Nebraska State Senator Sues God ap.google.com 9/18/7 ["The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused "fearsome floods ... horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes.""]
Wall St slips after run on British bank in.reuters.com 9/18/7 ["U.S. stocks dropped on Monday, led by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled concerns that turmoil in the credit markets would spread.  Lines of angry customers outside branches of Britain's Northern Rock stirred fears that a crisis of confidence could befall other major banks around the world."]
Five Tools to Develop Spiritual Maturity - Saddleback Style peculiarpilgrim.wordpress.com 9/18/7 ["Notice anything odd about the above list? I immediately noted two things.  1. Not one of Warren’s five tools of spiritual growth are prescribed in the bible! Look it up for yourself, your search will be in vain.  2. The omission of God. All the tools center on man and what he can do."]
Landmark study: Change for homosexuals is possible bpnews.net 9/18/7 [""These findings contradict directly the commonly expressed views of the mental health establishment that change in sexual orientation is impossible, and that if you attempt to change it's highly likely to produce harm for those who make such an attempt," Jones, professor of psychology at Wheaton College in Illinois, said at the news conference.  Although the study simply affirms biblical truth, it nonetheless could have a significant impact in the professional realm, where such research carries much weight."]
U.S. Sovereignty Threatened by U.N. Treaty, Critics Charge newsmax.com 9/18/7 ["Approval of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a 25-year-old international treaty regulating use of the world’s oceans, is steaming full speed ahead in the Senate, where committee hearings are set to begin Sept. 27.  The full Senate is likely to ratify the treaty -- which would link U.S. naval actions to those of 155 other member nations -- by year's end. "]
 

Hundreds join protest at Planned Parenthood dailyherald.com 9/17/7 ["Organizers had hoped for at least 700 participants forming seven battalions, but the crowd swelled to at least 800, with more trickling in, by the time the march began.  For about an hour the protesters marched in a wide circle around the residential and commercial block that hosts the Planned Parenthood facility."]
Scientists set for major disease conference in Chicago google.com 9/17/7 ["For the first time at the annual event, "the keynote session is going to be on climate change and the impact on human disease," Jim Sliwa, spokesman for the American Society for Microbiology which is organizing the event..."]
Future of British mortgage lender in question after run on deposits iht.com 9/17/7 ["account-holders had withdrawn about £1 billion, or more than $2 billion, after Northern Rock turned to the Bank of England for an emergency credit line. This person declined to confirm reports that another £500 million was pulled out Saturday.  If so, Northern Rock has lost about 6 percent of its deposit base since the bank, unable to finance its operations in the capital markets because of a global tightening of credit conditions, announced the bailout last week."]
France says must prepare for possible war with Iran reuters.com 9/17/7 ["French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday his country must prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear programme, but he did not believe any such action was imminent."]
 

U.K. bank customers scramble to withdraw savings cbc.ca 9/16/7 ["Worried customers first formed queues outside Northern Rock, the country's fifth largest mortgage lender, on Friday after word spread that the Bank of England had provided the company with an emergency loan."]
EU ministers agree to crisis management blueprint reuters.co.uk 9/16/7 ["...the growing number of institutions operating across borders also face us with new financial stability challenges," said Teixeira dos Santos, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency."]
2007 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated One Ounce Coin usmint.gov 9/16/7 ["Due to the increasing market value of gold, the American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coins are temporarily unavailable while pricing for this option can be adjusted; therefore, no orders can be taken at this time."]
McDonalds Starts RFID Ordering Trial in Korea eweek.com 9/16/7 ["The McDonalds trial is interesting, if for no other reason than it is demonstrating yet another way to deploy mobile commerce. "]
Christians Are Mixed Up - In Mysticism newswithviews.com/ 9/16/7 [By Marsha West  "Reading God's Word to know Him and His ways just doesn't cut it for some so-called Christians, which is why a number of them are venturing into the astral plane hoping to connect with God on a "deeper level beyond your thinking." Even though Scripture is opposed to any form of mysticism (2 Chronicles 33:6), many Christians are joining "Christian yoga" classes and praising the health benefits -- even getting their kids involved. "]
Revealing photos are becoming passe in America in.reuters.com 9/16/7 [""The line is being blurred. The distinction between what's proper and what's not is constantly changing," he said."]
Microchipping of Alzheimer's patients begins in Florida newstarget.com 9/16/7 ["VeriChip Corp. has announced plans to implant 200 Alzheimer's patients in Palm Beach County with radio-frequency identification chips as part of a pilot study to test the new technology."]
 

Safety "myths" said to block Mexico trucks from U.S. reuters.com 9/15/7 ["A U.S. Senate decision to block funding for a test program to let Mexico's long-haul trucks operate in the United States uses outdated safety fears to mask protectionism, Mexican truckers and the U.S. government say."]
Gentag to Commercialize Super RFID Technology rfidjournal.com 9/15/7 ["Gentag's RR tags can be read from a distance of up to 12 miles, using highly sensitive interrogators.  ...Because of the long read range, Peeters notes, only a few fixed-position RR interrogators (also known as base stations) would need to be deployed. At a hospital, for instance, only three fixed readers would typically be needed, he says—one on the roof, and two in the parking area or on the campus perimeter. "Therefore, the triangulation can be created and people can know exactly where doctors are [and] who is going out of the hospital when they are not supposed to.""]
Humberto claims 1 in East Texas chron.com 9/15/7 [""To put this development in perspective, no tropical cyclone in the historical record has ever reached this intensity at a faster rate near landfall. It would be nice to know, someday, why this happened,'' Franklin said."]
 

New Jersey Supreme Court: Doctors Not Required to say Abortion Kills a Child lifesite.net 9/14/7 ["The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that there is "no common law duty requiring a physician to inform a pregnant patient that an embryo is an existing, living human being and that an abortion results in the killing of a family member"."]
They're Lying To Us newswithviews.com 9/14/7 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "Don’t ever forget that telling white lies eventually lead to color-blindness."]
Report: Syria, N. Korea building nuclear site together ynetnews.com 9/14/7 ["The report said the evidence for the claim came primarily from Israel, including satellite images that led US officials to believe the facility could be used to produce material for nuclear weapons.  The new information, in particular images received by the US over the past month, has only been shared with a few senior officials"]
Nicaragua Overwhelmingly Renews Total Abortion Ban in 66-3 Vote lifesite.net 9/14/7 ["...striking down an amendment that would have created an exemption for "therapeutic abortion.""]
 

US confirms Israeli air strike on Syria telegraph.co.uk 9/13/7 ["The target of the strike last Thursday remained unclear but Israeli media reported that a shipment of Iranian arms crossing Syria for use by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon was attacked."]
HIV resurges among young gay men in New York azcentral.com 9/13/7 ["...with new cases increasing by a third in those younger than 30 and doubling among teens in the past six years, health officials said Tuesday."]
Report: Israel spots nuclear installations in Syria ynetnews.com 9/13/7 ["The official added that recent Israeli reconnaissance flights over Syria revealed possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials estimate might have been supplied with material from North Korea."]
US corn farmers hit with fuel shortages, high costs uk.reuters.com 9/13/7 [" Farmers planted the largest corn crop since 1944 last spring after prices hit a 10-year high of $4.37 a bushel in early 2007. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated a record crop of more than 13 billion bushels.  But farmers said supplies of the ultra low sulfur diesel needed for harvesting equipment are running low, particularly in the corn-growing regions of Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa."]
Bush administration allocates $66M to 'NAFTA highways' bizjournals.com 9/13/7 ["Supporters say improving such routes will enhance North American trade and commerce. Critics worry that such border-to-border corridors will make it easier for foreign goods to get into the U.S. unchecked and that increased truck traffic will damage animal habitats and air quality."]
Senate Votes to Ban Mexican Trucks washingtonpost.com 9/13/7 ["By a 74-24 vote, the Senate approved a proposal by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., prohibiting the Transportation Department from spending money on a North American Free Trade Agreement pilot program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S. highways."]
Dollar plumbs new lows against euro iht.com 9/13/7 ["The currency of the 13-nation euro zone rose to $1.3905 in 4 p.m. New York trading from 1.3835 late Tuesday. Earlier, the euro hit a record $1.3914, topping its previous record of $1.3852, reached July 24. The dollar also continued a prolonged fall against the pound and the yen."]
Putin shuffles government, posing mystery iht.com 9/13/7 ["Kremlin watchers and diplomats said they were perplexed by what Putin's pick meant for the pressing question of who might succeed him if he steps down next spring at the end of his second term, as he has said repeatedly that he will, and as is required under Russia's Constitution."]
Muslim world celebrates start of Ramadan afp.google.com 9/13/7 ["The start of Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Muslim calendar, is traditionally determined by the sighting of a new crescent moon..."]
Oil price hits record of more than $80 a barrel as US stocks fall guardian.co.uk 9/13/7 ["Analysts said the 500,000 barrels per day increase in quotas from November announced by Opec this week had not been enough to outweigh concerns that a fresh wave of hurricanes could hit American oil installations.  Crude oil stockpiles in the United States fell 7.1 million barrels last week to their lowest in eight months, according to the Energy Information Administration. Analysts had expected a fall of 2.4 million barrels."]
 

Fidel Castro says U.S. fooled world over 9/11 reuters.com 9/12/7 [" "Studying the impact of planes, similar to those that hit the Twin Towers, that had accidentally fallen on densely populated cities, one concludes that it was not a plane that crashed into the Pentagon," Castro said.  "Only a projectile could have caused the geometrically round hole that allegedly was made by the plane," he said."]
Russia tests superstrength bomb: military reuters.com 9/12/7 [""Test results of the new airborne weapon have shown that its efficiency and power is commensurate with a nuclear weapon," Alexander Rukshin, Russian deputy armed forces chief of staff, told Russia's state ORT First Channel television. The same report was later shown on the state-sponsored Vesti channel.  ...Showing the orange-painted U.S. prototype, the report said the Russian bomb was four times more powerful -- 44 metric tons of TNT equivalent -- and the temperature at the epicenter of its blast was two times higher."]
Canada preparing ports for NAFTA Superhighway worldnetdaily.com 9/12/7 ["In October 2006, the Canadian minority government under the direction of Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper launched the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, or APGCI, as a key component of Canada's national transportation policy.  The idea is to prepare deep-water Pacific Ocean ports on Canada's West Coast to facilitate the import of millions of multi-modal containers from China as a "free trade gateway" between Asia and North America. "]
CDC reports biggest jump in teen suicides in 15 years michigandaily.com 9/12/7 ["...suicides among females ages 10 to 14 increased by almost 76 percent, suicide rates among females 15 to 19 increased by about 32 percent and suicides among males in that category increased by 9 percent."]
Industry-funded study calls aspartame safe reuters.com 9/12/7 ["The panel's work was funded by Japanese food and seasonings giant Ajinomoto Co, a maker of aspartame. Magnuson said the company had no control over who was on the panel or how their work was done, and panel members did not know who was funding the work until it was done."]
 

Is China quietly dumping US Treasuries? telegraph.co.uk 9/11/7 ["A sharp drop in foreign holdings of US Treasury bonds over the last five weeks has raised concerns that China is quietly withdrawing its funds from the United States, leaving the dollar increasingly vulnerable.  Data released by the New York Federal Reserve shows that foreign central banks have cut their stash of US Treasuries by $48bn since late July, with falls of $32bn in the last two weeks alone."]
NORTHCOM Plans 5 Day Martial Law Exercise infowars.com 9/11/7 ["Although the description of the exercise is disturbing, USNORTHCOM also announced that they are more prepared for a natural disaster and a terrorist attack after they used their response to Hurricane Katrina as a test laboratory."]
Why was a nuclear-armed bomber allowed to fly over the US? globalresearch.ca 9/11/7 [By Bill Van Auken  "...possibility—that the flight was authorized at a higher level—poses an even more immediate threat.  B-52s from Barksdale have been used repeatedly to strike targets in Iraq, firing cruise missiles at Iraqi targets in 1996 and 1998, and in the “shock and awe” campaign that preceded the 2003 invasion  ...Moreover, the weapon that was fixed to the wings of the B-52 flying from Minot air base was designed for use against hardened targets, such as underground bunkers.  Given the ratcheting up of the threats against Iran and the previous reports of plans for the use of “tactical” nuclear weapons against Iranian nuclear installations, there is a very real possibility that the flight to Barksdale was part of covert preparations for a nuclear strike against Iran."]
Worst crisis for 20 years, say banks timesonline.co.uk 9/11/7 ["...will come to a head this week when $113 billion (£57 billion) of commercial paper – market IOUs – comes up for refinancing.  ...Now, even if they succeed in rolling over some of this paper this week, they will eventually be forced to take some of it – much of which is of questionable value – onto their balance sheets. To meet this potential liability, banks are hoarding cash and have stopped lending to each other. This has created a liquidity freeze."]
VeriMed System for Patient Identification Selected by 640 Hospitals verimedinfo.com 9/11/7 ["VeriMed is the first and only FDA-approved patient identification system that uses an implantable microchip. While that may sound like science fiction, it's really down-to-earth, common sense when it comes to your life. About the size of a grain of rice and inserted just under your skin, each VeriMed microchip contains a unique identification number that emergency personnel may scan to immediately identify you and access your personal health information - facilitating appropriate treatment with less delay. VeriMed is there when you need it."]
North American Union driver's license created wnd.com 9/11/7 [""The hologram looks exactly [like] the map of North America that is used as the background for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America logo on the SPP website," Gheen told WND. "I object to the loss of sovereignty that is proceeding under the agreements being made by these unelected government bureaucrats who think we should be North American instead of the United States of America.  ..."When we called the North Carolina DMV, they hedged at first," Guest said, "but finally they admitted that, yes, there was a North American continent hologram on the back of the license."]
 

Mercy Follows Judgment newswithviews.com 9/10/7 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "“Hate the sin, love the sinner, Coach.” Oh, I do. But should I love the sinner MORE than I hate the sin? Did God love sin? He sent His Son to destroy it. Did God hate sin more than He loved His Son?"]
Judge rules parts of USA Patriot Act anti-terror law unconstitutional iht.com 9/10/7 ["...saying courts must be allowed to supervise cases where the government orders Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.  U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the government orders must be subject to meaningful judicial review and that the recently rewritten USA Patriot Act "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers.""]
U.S. Truckers Jobs On Chopping Blocks newswithviews.com 9/10/7 [By Frosty Wooldridge  "As Mexican drivers spread across the USA, they will grab loads from independent truckers by charging less per mile. They’ll undercut our drivers, thus slamming them into unemployment lines. Companies will make more money for their executives, while we’ll pay unemployment checks for our out-of-work truckers."]
Dollar Falls to 15-Year Low foxnews.com 9/10/7 ["...against major currencies on Friday as data showed U.S. payrolls fell last month for the first time in four years, raising recession fears and pressure for an interest-rate cut."]
China readies for cyber assault on US theaustralian.news.com.au 9/10/7 [" The plan to cripple the US aircraft carrier battle groups was authored by two PLA air force officials, Sun Yiming and Yang Liping.   ...Sami Saydjari, who has been working on cyber defence systems for the Pentagon since the 1980s, told Congress in testimony on April 25 that a mass cyber attack could leave 70 per cent of the US without electrical power for six months."]
Iran: Israel will be responsible for escalation in region  ynetnews.com 9/10/7 ["Tehran's ambassador to Damascus says violation of Syrian airspace by Israeli aircraft is 'intolerable attempt to create tension in the region'. He adds that 'Israel must act reasonably and not cause another war'. Syrian vice president: Israel proves it does not want peace"]
Chip Implants Linked to Animal Tumors ap.google.com 9/10/7 ["...making no mention of the findings on animal tumors was a June report by the ethics committee of the American Medical Association, which touted the benefits of implantable RFID devices."]
 

U.K. OKs Contentious Stem Cell Research ap.google.com 9/6/7 ["The research has raised objections from right-to-life advocates, who fear it could ultimately lead to genetically modified babies, even though the research under consideration will allow the eggs to develop for no more than two weeks."]
D.C. Case Could Shape Gun Laws washingtonpost.com 9/6/7 ["If the court agrees to take the case, as most legal experts believe is likely, it could lead to a historic decision sometime next year on whether the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects an individual's right to own a gun or simply imparts a collective, civic right related to maintaining state militias."]
Building projects fill gap in economy usatoday.com 9/6/7 ["The construction of sewer plants, schools, ball fields and other government facilities soared 11.1% in the first four months of the year to a record annual rate of $257 billion, according to a USA TODAY analysis of the most recent Census data.  The fuel for the building spree is the same as it was for the residential housing boom: borrowed money."]
Russian Court Upholds Moscow Ban on Gay Pride Parade lifesite.net 9/6/7 ["This is the second consecutive year in which Mayor Luzhkov has stood up against homosexual activists and their international backers demanding Moscow permit gay pride parades."]
 

Money at your fingertips as digital payments hit German stores afp.google.com 9/5/7 [""Almost a quarter of our customers pay with their fingers," staff at the headquarters of the Edeka supermaket chain, which became the first retail business in Germany to use the new system, told AFP.  Edeka has installed the fingerprint payment system at 70 of its outlets and say some 200 others will soon follow because it has proven a hit with clients.  ...IT Werke plans to keep refining the retail use of the system.  It wants to introduce fingerprint payment in school canteens..."]
Micro-Managing The Common Man newswithviews.com 9/5/7 [By Nancy Levant  "Dynasties are no joke, people. In all of human history, they have lived and served to protect themselves and to remain the world’s power brokers, and the waging of on-going wars have always been their means to civilian management and wealth. As such, my broken record repeats: we can never allow elites to rule over the masses. History will repeatedly tell you that widespread violence and genocide will result from such leadership..."]
Great global shift to service jobs csmonitor.com 9/5/7 ["For the first time in human history, more people are laboring in service trades than in food production, according to data gathered by the International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency affiliated with the United Nations.  As recently as 1996, agriculture accounted for 42 percent of world employment, with another 21 percent of workers in goods-producing industries and 37 percent in services. By last year, the ILO says in a report released over the weekend, 42 percent were in services, 37 percent in agriculture, and 22 percent in industry. "]
Planned Parenthood Wants European Union to Legalize Abortion lifenews.com 9/5/7 [""It should be noted that most countries of the European Union have more limitations on abortion than the United States where there is abortion on demand," Golubiewski explains. "Most European countries have fairly conservative gestational limits on abortion, and some EU countries ban abortion outright.""]
Major London Abortion Conference to Promote Even More Abortion Internationally lifesite.net 9/5/7 ["to promote abortion internationally. One of the aims of the Global Conference on Safe Abortion is to teach abortion advocates how to remove the last legal barriers to unrestricted abortion on demand in Britain."]
Childhood TV viewing can cause teenage problems reuters.com 9/5/7 ["The roughly 40 percent increase in attention problems among heavy TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls, and was independent of whether a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was made prior to adolescence."]
9% of U.S. Kids Have ADHD washingtonpost.com 9/5/7 ["ADHD is a condition that becomes apparent in some children in the preschool and early school years and is characterized by hyperactivity, inattention and impulsivity, according to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health."  Editor: It should be defined as A Discipline and Heeding Deficiency.]
ADHD kids do better on drugs news.com.au 9/5/7 ["But the research by Canadian Professor Rosemary Tannock has caused outrage among parents and child psychologists who believe the drugs have the opposite effect.  ...Belrose mother Leanne Komaromi took her son Dominic off Ritalin after four months.  "It made him a completely different person - it shut him down. After he stopped taking it, teachers were saying how much he had improved and was participating more in group activities," she said."]
Russian bombers to fire missiles over Arctic telegraph.co.uk 9/5/7 ["The giant Tupolev 95 aircraft were due to take off from five air bases, including one near the Bering Straits, separating Russia from Alaska.  Mr Putin has made great efforts to extend Russian influence over the Arctic, which may have untapped mineral wealth. Russia has dispatched a scientific expedition to the polar ice-cap and last month a submarine dropped the national flag on the seabed beneath the North Pole.  Yesterday's launch of a "tactical exercise" by the Russian air force, which is due to last for 48 hours, was the Kremlin's latest attempt to send a message of national resurgence."]
More than 50 world leaders to attend UN climate change meet afp.google.com 9/5/7 [""]
Chemicals, Photosynthesis & Solar Power Connection newswithviews.com 9/5/7 [By Rosalind Peterson  "Global dimming and the persistent jet contrails (first noticed in the late 1980s), that produce man-made clouds, may have serious impacts on crop production."]
 

Name changed to hide 'Superhighway'? worldnetdaily.com 9/4/7 ["Interestingly, combining "SuperCorridor" into one word allowed preserving the correspondence required to continue using "NASCO" as the acronym for the newly renamed organization.  A close reading of NASCO's website shows NASCO does not deny that a NAFTA Superhighway exists.  NASCO insists on identifying the NAFTA Superhighway with the existing I-35, denying only that plans exist to build a new NAFTA Superhighway. "]
Britain pulls out from downtown Basra base jpost.com 9/4/7 ["The departure of most of the remaining 500-member British force from the palace will leave the nation's second largest city without any multinational presence for the first time since the US-led invasion of 2003."]
China hacked in Pentagon computers - report news.com.au 9/4/7 [""But US officials said the penetration in June raised concerns to a new level because of fears that China had shown it could disrupt systems at critical times," the Financial Times reported."]
 

A Time To Serve time.com 9/3/7 ["When Americans look around right now, they see a public-school system with 38% of fourth graders unable to read at a basic level; they see the cost of health insurance escalating as 47 million people go uninsured; they see a government that responded ineptly to a hurricane in New Orleans; and they see a war whose ends they do not completely value or understand.  ...The reason private volunteerism is so high is precisely that confidence in our public institutions is so low. People see volunteering not as a form of public service but as an antidote for it.  That is not a recipe for keeping a republic.  ...It is the simple but compelling idea that devoting a year or more to national service, whether military or civilian, should become a countrywide rite of passage, the common expectation and widespread experience of virtually every young American.
Judge Orders a Web Site Selling Tax-Evasion Advice to Close nytimes.com 9/3/7 ["Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, a senior judge in the Northern District of New York who issued the order on Aug. 9, wrote that the First Amendment did not protect the two organizations that operate the Web site, or their founder, because the site incited criminal conduct. Judge McAvoy ruled that some people who went to the Web site stopped paying taxes, causing the government harm."]
Same-sex video is pulled in Evesham philly.com 9/3/7 ["The school board acted after parents complained about "That's a Family.""]
Chinese Government Launched Nationwide Campaign against Uncontrolled Religious Activities chinaaid.org 9/3/7 ["Reports indicated massive arrests have occurred in at least 8 provinces including Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Anhui. Some are still being detained for receiving bibles while some were persecuted with their water and electricity cut off by the government because of hosting Sunday schools at home."]
 

Shaping The Global 'Christian' Youth newswithviews.com 9/2/7 [By Berit Kjos  "Like our secular guides, today's postmodern, purpose-driven church guides keep sounding the call for continual change. And their restless audience -- dulled by decades of "progressive education" and corrupt entertainment -- are fast falling in line behind the most popular pied pipers.  ...Contrary to Biblical guidelines, the church and the world now share a common goal: to train today's youth to lead tomorrow's pluralistic world."]
Religion Today washingtonpost.com 9/2/7 [""I'm really dismayed that 50 years later, this is still a bit of an issue," Schempp, an atheist, said in a recent interview at his home in Medford, just outside Boston. "There's enough problems in the world. Does anyone seriously think that more prayer and more Bible reading is the answer to global problems, to political problems, to wars in Iraq?""]
Feds to restrict volunteers at disasters news.yahoo.com 9/2/7 ["The Federal Emergency Management Agency came up with the idea after the World Trade Center attack and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when countless Americans rushed to help — unasked, undirected, and sometimes unwanted.  ...Similar frustrations arose after Katrina, when people were shocked that the government struggled to take basic supplies such as water to the worst areas."]
Immigrant Crackdown Halted washingtonpost.com 9/2/7 ["A federal judge yesterday barred the Bush administration from launching a crackdown Tuesday on U.S. employers who hire illegal immigrants while she considers a lawsuit by the AFL-CIO that charges that the plan will harm citizens and other legal workers."]
Schwarzenegger pushes universal health care for California afp.google.com 9/2/7 ["said that it was "inexcusable and ... embarrassing" that nearly a sixth of all residents in California, the wealthiest and most populous US state, lack health care.  ...Schwarzenegger is proposing a system that would be financed by employers, hospitals and the government.  Every business with more than 10 employees will be ordered to provide health care for their workers, or pay into the state health care system. "]
 

Sarkozy sees French way to globalize: Collectively iht.com 9/1/7 ["Calling the free market an illusion, Sarkozy said France should not be shy about having the government defend French companies and interests from foreign marauders. But he also signaled that he was not the French "dirigiste" of the past."]
Feds Outline Plans to Help Borrowers forbes.com 9/1/7 ["One of the key elements of Bush's plan would allow homeowners with a good credit history, but who cannot afford their mortgage payments, to refinance into mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration to keep from defaulting.  Earlier this month, Bush predicted that the ongoing decline in the housing market wouldn't become precipitous, but would result in a "soft landing."  He rejected any direct government aid to homeowners losing their houses to foreclosures, saying he only supported federal government help that would encourage refinancing and educate prospective home buyers about risky mortgage terms"]
Court: Mexican Trucks Program to Proceed guardian.co.uk 9/1/7 ["The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made by the Teamsters union, the Sierra Club and the nonprofit Public Citizen to halt the program.  The appeals court ruled the groups have not satisfied the legal requirements to immediately stop what the government is calling a ``demonstration project,'' but can continue to argue their case."]
Bush hit over jobs for illegal workers washingtontimes.com 9/1/7 ["A 2006 audit showed federal, state and local governments are among the biggest employers of the half-million persons in the U.S. illegally using "non-work" Social Security numbers — numbers issued legally, but with specific instructions that the holders are not authorized to work in the U.S."]
U.S. cites 'secrets' privilege as it tries to stop suit on banking records iht.com 9/1/7 ["The Bush administration is signaling that it plans to turn again to a legal tool, the "state secrets" privilege, to try to stop a suit against a Belgian banking cooperative that secretly supplied millions of private financial records to the United States government, court documents show."]
Department of Defense awards $1.6 million for implantable biochip research clemson.edu 9/1/7 ["...for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if a soldier is wounded in battle or a civilian is hurt in an accident."]
UK: BBC Schedules Week of Pro-Gay Programs to Commemorate 1957 Sodomy Legalization lifesite.net 9/1/7 ["The week long extravaganza of gay-themed TV has been officially named the 'Hidden Lives Series'. The programming will range from movies with homosexual themes, to historical documentaries and the personal stories of homosexuals."]
Oregon Will Get New Planned Parenthood Center, Abortions Coming Soon lifenews.com 9/1/7 ["The abortion business is preparing a new center in Oregon that is already drawing significant opposition because it will target college students."]