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"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

   September2009 ARCHIVE

grey dot Obama Includes Homosexual Couples in "National Family Day" lifesitenews.com 9/30/9 [""Whether children are raised by two parents, a single parent, grandparents, a same-sex couple, or a guardian," said Obama in the proclamation, "families encourage us to do our best and enable us to accomplish great things." "]
grey dot McTriage: Hospitals use drive-thrus for swine flu google.com 9/30/9 ["The idea behind these efforts is to keep coughing, feverish people out of regular emergency rooms, where they can infect heart attack victims and other very sick patients. The need has soared in recent weeks as flu has spread among schoolchildren before vaccine is available."]
grey dot 14 Year Old British Girl Dies after HPV Vaccination lifesitenews.com 9/30/9 ["Natalie Morton, a 14-year-old girl who attended the Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry, died today, hours after being given Cervarix - the controversial cervical cancer vaccine manufactured for the UK market by Glaxo SmithKline."]
grey dot Appeals court upholds dismissal of vaccine suit google.com 9/30/9 ["A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a program that requires some members of the military to be vaccinated against anthrax over objections from service members who say the vaccine has not been proven to be effective."]
grey dot Canada: Province may suspend flu shots after vaccine's safety questioned vancouversun.com 9/30/9 ["B.C. might suspend the seasonal flu shots as early as today, in the wake of a Canadian study that suggests people who get the flu vaccine are twice as likely to contract the H1N1 virus."]
yellow dot U.S. To Break Up Soon? newswithviews.com 9/30/9 [By Chuck Baldwin  "My honorable historian-friend calculates America's reign using its post-Revolutionary War years. He notes that America's reign is currently at 219 years. He further notes that the average duration of every world superpower listed above is a little over 238 years."]
grey dot A $4 billion bailout for the Postal Service? politico.com 9/30/9 ["The House voted Thursday to freeze Medicare Part B premiums for most elderly next year, even as Democrats moved to exempt the Postal Service from having to make $4 billion in payments due next week to cover retirement health benefits for its employees."]
grey dot Dead Census worker: Victim of open borders? wnd.com 9/30/9 ["Now it looks more like Sparkman was yet another victim of illegal drug operations on national forest land, and possibly also a victim of our still open border with Mexico. "]

yellow dotstar Treachery - Hidden in Plain Sight! lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 9/29/9 [By Pastor David Meyer  "In 1965, Medicare and Medicaid were established, and 44 years later, those programs are broke. In 1970, The Federal program known as Freddie Mac was established, and now, 39 years later it is also broke. In 2009, TARP money and the Omnibus Appropriations Act was set into motion, and after a matter of months, it has utterly failed. In 2009, the Federal Cash for Clunkers program was established and went broke faster than any other program ever established. ...Now, coming off from a 100% failure rate, they are planning to establish a national health care system!"]
grey dot White House Threatens to Prosecute Private Medicare Companies for Warning Seniors of Cuts lifesitenews.com 9/29/9 ["The Obama administration has aroused a fierce First Amendment controversy after threatening companies selling private Medicare coverage not to tell their customers that current health care legislation would result in benefit cuts - or else face a lawsuit. "]
grey dot VeriChip shares jump after H1N1 patent license win reuters.com 9/29/9 ["The technology will combine with VeriChip's implantable radio frequency identification devices to develop virus triage detection systems."]
grey dot FDIC expected to ask banks to prepay $36B in fees google.com 9/29/9 ["The FDIC board likely will call for "prepaid" bank insurance premiums at its public meeting Tuesday to discuss the issue, three industry executives and a government official said. The banking industry prefers that option over a special emergency fee — which would be the second this year."]
grey dot Bill Clinton Attacks Pro-Life Americans, Pushes "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" lifenews.com 9/29/9 ["Former President Bill Clinton has returned to peddle the myth that pro-life Americans and others opposed to the aggressive pro-abortion agenda of a president are part of some "vast right-wing conspiracy" that supposedly lies about and unfairly attacks presidents with whom they disagree."]
grey dot Egyptian paper: Coins found bearing name of Joseph wnd.com 9/29/9 ["...researchers told the newspaper the minting dates of the coins in the cache have been matched to the period in which Joseph was recorded to be in Egypt. "]
grey dot Legislation Could Expand Assisted Suicide to New Hampshire, Surrounding States lifenews.com 9/29/9 ["New Hampshire state Representative Charles Weed is introducing a measure that would not only expand assisted suicide to New Hampshire but allow it for residents of surrounding states. The language of the Weed amendment would turn the Granite State into a suicide haven."]
grey dot Religious life won't be the same after downturn google.com 9/29/9 ["Religious leaders say the next year or so will be key in determining which organizations survive the downturn intact. Even if the recession ends soon, religious fundraisers say the angst donors feel will not lift immediately, prolonging the difficulties for congregations, schools and ministries."]
grey dot Flood-ravaged Philippine capital on disease alert google.com 9/29/9 ["Infections including swine flu, diarrhoea and the bacterial disease leptospirosis were at the top of the government's list of concerns, Doctor Melissa Guerrero, chief aide to the health secretary, told AFP. "Now that you have a breakdown in your water and sanitation facilities and evacuation sites, the transmission of diseases will be faster," Guerrero said."]

yellow dot 18 Reasons Why You Should Not Vaccinate Your Children Against The Flu newswithviews.com 9/28/9 [By Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc. "In addition to failure to produce sufficient antibodies, this swine flu vaccine is brought to you by the same people who haven’t been able to adequately produce a seasonal flu vaccine that matches the flu strain in circulation. "]
grey dot Gulf single currency should be phased: Kuwait google.com 9/28/9 ["Gulf states should implement a monetary union and single currency in phases, Kuwait's central bank governor said in comments published on Sunday, casting further doubt on a 2010 target date."]
grey dot Does Seasonal Flu Shot Double Chances Of Swine Flu? injuryboard.com 9/28/9 ["Known as “the Canadian problem” by some scientists, word of the data is spreading through Canada and worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to go through the data to see if it is correct or flawed before it deters people from getting a seasonal flu shot."]
grey dot World Bank Says Don't Take Dollar's Place for Granted abcnews.go.com 9/28/9 ["World Bank President Robert Zoellick said the United States should not take the dollar's status as the world's key reserve currency for granted because other options are emerging."]
grey dot Plans to audit Federal Reserve move forward wnd.com 9/28/9 ["The chief of the House Financial Services Committee today moved into line with hundreds of other members of Congress behind a plan by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, to audit the Federal Reserve, which oversees U.S. monetary policy. "]
grey dot Intense tracking for swine flu shot's side effects google.com 9/28/9 ["The government is starting an unprecedented system to track possible side effects as mass flu vaccinations begin next month. The idea is to detect any rare but real problems quickly, and explain the inevitable coincidences that are sure to cause some false alarms."]
grey dot New world economic order takes shape at G20 reuters.com 9/28/9 ["The Group of 20 is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries like China are much more relevant, according to a draft communique."]
grey dot EU funding 'Orwellian' artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for "abnormal behaviour" telegraph.co.uk 9/28/9 ["A five-year research programme, called Project Indect, aims to develop computer programmes which act as "agents" to monitor and process information from web sites, discussion forums, file servers, peer-to-peer networks and even individual computers."]
grey dot Dramatic increase in Americans declaring no religion onenewsnow.com 9/28/9 ["It says most of the religiously unaffiliated in the U.S. are not atheists, but "embrace philosophical and theological beliefs that reflect skepticism rather than overt antagonism toward religion.""]
grey dot Attorney: OKC bombing tapes appear edited google.com 9/28/9 ["Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday."]
grey dot US May Face 'Armageddon' If China, Japan Don't Buy Debt cnbc.com 9/28/9 ["“If the Chinese and Japanese stop buying our bonds, we could easily see [inflation] go to 15 to 20 percent,” he said. “It's not a question of the economy. It's a question of who will lend us the money if they don't. Imagine us getting ourselves in a situation where we're totally dependent on those two countries."]
grey dot Did Obama call on Israel to vacate Temple Mount? wnd.com 9/28/9 ["The term "occupation" routinely is used by the Palestinians as well as some countries hostile to the Jewish state in reference to Israel's presence in the West Bank and Jerusalem. It is unusual for U.S. presidents to use the term, although Jimmy Carter once famously called Israel's presence in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem "illegal." "]
grey dot U.S. Debt Crisis May Cause ‘Fall of Rome’ Scenario, Duncan Says bloomberg.com 9/28/9 ["The U.S. has little chance of resolving its deteriorating financial position because the manufacturing industry continues to shrink, leaving the nation with few goods to export, said Duncan, now at Singapore-based Blackhorse Asset Management. "]
grey dot Iran shifts to euro from dlr in calculating fund value reuters.com 9/28/9 ["Iran has replaced the U.S. dollar with the euro in calculating the value of its Oil Stabilisation Fund (OSF), Iranian media reported on Monday."]

grey dot Audit of Fed is bad policy: Fed lawyer says marketwatch.com 9/25/9 ["Federal Reserve lawyer said he is opposed to legislation moving on Capitol Hill that would allow the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, to audit how the central bank is implementing its monetary policy, including how much it has lent and will lend to specific banks as part of its ongoing bank bailout program..."]
yellow dot Spiritually Transmitted Diseases newswithviews.com 9/25/9 ["Why is it they are so willing to receive a diagnosis for a physical ailment while at the same time getting angry over the diagnosis of a spiritual one? Just as God uses men to diagnose physical ailments, he likewise uses men to diagnose spiritual ones. The Body of Christ is sick, infected by Spiritually Transmitted Diseases. The antidote is a harsh dose of Biblical Truth. "]
grey dot Seasonal flu shot may increase H1N1 risk cbc.ca 9/25/9 ["Preliminary research suggests the seasonal flu shot may put people at greater risk for getting swine flu, CBC News has learned."]
yellow dot Another Lay Case newswithviews.com 9/25/9 [By Timothy Baldwin "The crux of the "not guilty" verdict, in fact, demonstrates just how Lay lost, how America lost, how tyrannical our federal government is, and how far gone and ignorant we are. It showed just how the citizens of this country willingly LAY down when actual confrontation arises. Consider how Lay was found "not guilty" and supposedly victory was won in this case:"]
grey dot Lisa Miller Menaced with Loss of Custody if She Fails to Deliver Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner lifesitenews.com 9/25/9 ["Miller told LifeSiteNews in a recent interview that during the latest "status conference" with Cohen, her attorney was told that the judge is fed up with her repeated "disobedience" to his visitation orders. "He said that there is going to be another visitation at the end of this month, and that if I do not give that visitation" he implied that "he would be forced to transfer custody at that time," said Miller."]

grey dot US backing for world currency stuns markets telegraph.co.uk 9/24/9 ["US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shocked global markets by revealing that Washington is "quite open" to Chinese proposals for the gradual development of a global reserve currency run by the International Monetary Fund. "]
grey dot Chinese president calls for building harmonious world xinhuanet.com 9/24/9 [" During his speech at the general debate of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, Hu said the trend towards peace, development and cooperation has grown stronger than ever in the world."]
grey dot Obama urges world to stand united bbc.co.uk 9/24/9 ["But Mr Obama said "no world order which elevates one nation above others" could succeed in tackling the world's problems. "]
grey dot Holdren says Constitution backs compulsory abortion wnd.com 9/24/9 ["Obama science czar John Holdren stated in a college textbook he co-authored that in conditions of emergency, compulsory abortion would be sustainable under the U.S. Constitution, even with Supreme Court review.  ...argued involuntary birth-control measures, including forced sterilization, may be necessary and morally acceptable under extreme conditions, such as widespread famine brought about by "climate change.""]
grey dot Conditional Consciousness: Patients in Vegetative States Can Learn, Predicting Recovery scientificamerican.com 9/24/9 ["Recent research has revealed that about 40 percent of vegetative state diagnoses is incorrect. That startling statistic reinforced the need for better tools to measure that which often eludes quantification—consciousness."]
grey dot America armed, but guns not necessarily loaded google.com 9/24/9 ["The shortage for sportsmen is different than the scarcity of ammo for some police forces earlier this year, a dearth fueled by an increase in ammo use by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan."]
grey dot Grocery stores taking check use off shoppers' lists latimes.com 9/24/9 ["The heads of these chains see check processing as a time-consuming and expensive service at a time when the industry is looking to drive down business costs..."]
grey dot UK: Broadband tax 'to be made law' bbc.co.uk 9/24/9 ["The 50 pence a month tax will apply to everyone with a fixed line telephone. "]
grey dot 60,000 pray in Times Square! wnd.com 9/24/9 ["Event organizers from Time Square Church had expected some 15,000. But their expectations were far exceeded at the third event of its kind in the last three years. ...Despite the magnitude of the event, no major media covered it – even in the center of the media world on a slow news day. "]

grey dot FDIC weighs extraordinary steps to shore up fund google.com 9/23/9 ["The agency is considering borrowing billions from healthy banks. Alternatively, it may impose a special fee on the banking industry."]
yellow dot A Failing Grade newswithviews.com 9/23/9 [By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. "Which prompts one to ask, How well have officials in the General Government scored on their “preambular report card”—that is, how well is the General Government serving the purposes for which the Constitution was adopted, as set out in its Preamble? The answer is a uniform “F” across the board. Consider the Constitution’s goals, one by one..."]
grey dot "Option" mortgages to explode, officials warn reuters.com 9/23/9 ["...payment option adjustable rate mortgages that are beginning to reset.  ...Because the new monthly payments can be five or 10 times what borrowers are accustomed to paying, they "threaten a much greater hit to the consumer than the subprimes"]
grey dot U.S. House votes to extend unemployment benefits reuters.com 9/23/9 ["McDermott's bill would cover roughly 300,000 people whose benefits are projected to expire by the end of September and 1 million whose benefits would expire before the end of the year."]
grey dot Wells Fargo's Ticking Time Bomb: Credit Default Swaps On Commercial Mortgages businessinsider.com 9/23/9 ["Outside experts hired by Wells Fargo to examine its books are reportedly shocked at the bank’s exposure to derivatives trades it took on when it acquired Wachovia may trigger huge losses at the bank..."]
yellow dot How to Prepare For China's Coming Derivative Default kitco.com 9/23/9 [By Graham Summers  "In case you have not heard the news, China has announced that it will be instructing its state-owned enterprises to potentially default on their derivatives contracts. As I have written extensively in the past, the derivatives market is a massive time bomb just waiting to go off. China’s latest move may be the match that lights the fuse."]
yellow dot Despite Anti-Vitamin D Bias, CDC Stumbles on Deficiency Link to H1N1 Deaths mercola.com 9/23/9 ["According to the CDC’s statistics, the H1N1 flu has killed 36 children in U.S., and of those, almost two-thirds had either epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or some other neurodevelopmental condition like mental retardation. All of these neurological conditions are associated with childhood vitamin D deficiency, Dr. Cannell observed, which could also have made them far more susceptible to flu complications."]
grey dot Russia to modernize and train Cuban military miamiherald.com 9/23/9 [" The Stratfor report said Makarov declared on Friday that Russia ``will aid Cuba in the near future in modernizing its Soviet-era equipment and in training the country's military personnel'' Makarov also announced ``that preparations are under way for Russian warships to visit Cuba soon,'' the report added."]

grey dot U.S. To Push For New Economic World Order At G20 nytimes.com 9/22/9 ["G7 sources told Reuters there was a renewed determination to cooperate because the crisis had driven home the interconnected nature of the global system. That said, governments would not allow themselves to be told what to do. ...But a top European Union official said that the euro zone, where 16 countries share a common currency, had to act as a collective."]
yellow dot It Is Going To Be A Rocky Road newswithviews.com 9/22/9 [By Chuck Baldwin  "America is on the verge of total financial collapse. By the end of this year, America's budget deficit will stand at around $2 trillion. The debt gap is many trillions more than that. But the nail in the coffin for America's fiscal health will be the decision by China to dump the U.S. dollar. Ladies and gentlemen, this will be the death knell for our financial stability (and a painful lesson in sowing and reaping)."]
grey dot UK: Christian couple face losing hotel after criminal charges for offending Muslim woman telegraph.co.uk 9/22/9 ["Merseyside Police confirmed that the couple have been charged with religiously a aggravated public order offence. "]
grey dot Congressman: Abortions Could Increase By One-Third Under Health Care Bills lifenews.com 9/22/9 ["Smith predicted that abortions could rise by as much as one-third because of the massive abortion subsidies and mandates found in HR 3200 and the Kennedy and Baucus bills."]
grey dot New York Health Care Workers Resist Flu Vaccine Rule nytimes.com 9/22/9 ["Across the country, federal health officials say, only about 42 percent of all health care workers get an annual flu shot. That is little better than the overall national average of 33 percent and far below the 65 to 70 percent rate for the elderly."]

yellow dotstar U.S. Gravediggers To Be Fully Employed: Surprised? newswithviews.com 9/21/9 [By Greg Evensen  "I have advised tens of thousands to have a plan and prepare. If you have done that, you are light years ahead of the ACORN crowd who are betting their miserable and corrupted lives on ACORN’S former legal representative Barack Obama. They and the computerized voting machines that handed this illegitimately elected usurper a national election are enemies of the Republic. They are the ones who need to be in the internment camps by the millions. "]
grey dot Federal judge rules police cannot detain people for openly carrying guns examiner.com 9/21/9 ["On September 8, 2009, United States District Judge Bruce D. Black of the United States District Court for New Mexico entered summary judgment in a civil case for damages against Alamogordo, NM police officers. The Judge's straight shootin' message to police: Leave open carriers alone unless you have "reason to believe that a crime [is] afoot.""]
green dot Principal cleared of criminal count over meal blessing wnd.com 9/21/9 ["A judge today cleared the principal of Pace High School in Florida of a criminal contempt charge after the American Civil Liberties Union complained that Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman violated a court order. "]
grey dot Hand-Washing Won’t Stop H1N1 newsweek.com 9/21/9 ["That's because there is virtually no evidence that people can catch the influenza virus from germs that they pick up on their hands, according to Arthur Reingold, head of epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley, and codirector of the CDC-funded California Emerging Infections Program. Instead, humans are most likely to catch influenza by breathing in microscopic particles exhaled by infected people."]
grey dot Missouri veteran injured by vaccine ineligible for benefit kansascity.com 9/21/9 ["Lopez suffered a rare reaction to the smallpox vaccine. The vaccine is not mandatory, but the military strongly encourages troops to take it."]
grey dot ACORN votes are nothing but 'cover' wnd.com 9/21/9 ["U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, is demanding a straight up-or-down vote on a bill dedicated to removing ACORN from the list of recipients of federal largesse, or says he'll force the issue. And a key conservative vote, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says unless there is such an action, it will mean the recent votes on that very issue were nothing but "cover." "]

grey dot Regulators seize 2 banks; 94 failures this year google.com 9/19/9 ["Regulators shut down two banking units of Irwin Financial Corp. Friday, marking the 93rd and 94th failures this year of federally insured banks."]
grey dot IMF to sell 403 tonnes of gold to boost lending to poor google.com 9/19/9 ["The IMF said in a statement the sales would be "in a volume strictly limited to 403.3 metric tonnes, with these sales to be conducted under modalities that safeguard against disruption of the gold market."  ...The amount of gold to be sold is one-eighth of the 3,217 tonnes of gold currently held by the Washington-based IMF, the third-largest official holder of gold after the United States and Germany."]
grey dot Operation Rescue says it's broke, may shut down google.com 9/19/9 [""You see, this summer has been brutal for Operation Rescue. Not only did George Tiller's death throw everybody in the pro-life movement for a loop (and especially us), but the economic crisis our nation is suffering has brought our financial support to nearly a halt," Newman wrote."]
grey dot Obama chief: Embryos are 'just a handful of cells' wnd.com 9/19/9 [""If scientists will be using and cloning embryos only at a very early stage when they are just a handful of cells (say, before they are four days old), there is no good reason for a ban (on cloning)," wrote Sunstein, who was confirmed by the Senate last week as administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. "]
grey dot D.C. Schools to Screen for STDs Without Parental Consent lifesitenews.com 9/19/9 ["The new initiative, which follows the completion of a pilot program in some D.C. schools, will include explicit sex education that discusses with students the contraction of STDs. City officials cite the District's high rate of HIV infections - the highest of all major U.S. cities - as an impetus for the new program."]
grey dot FDIC chief considers tapping Treasury for funds google.com 9/19/9 ["Bair's remarks go beyond what she said just three weeks ago when asked about tapping the Treasury after the fund that insures regular deposit accounts up to $250,000 hit its lowest point since 1992, at the height of the savings-and-loan crisis. "Not at this point in time," she said on Aug. 27."]
grey dot Congress expanding 'gay' protections in classrooms wnd.com 9/19/9 ["The proposal is H.R. 2262, which was introduced in May by Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., just about the time Kevin Jennings, the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network which promotes homosexuality in schools, was appointed to head the office of school safety in President Obama's administration. "]
grey dot 42 states lose jobs in August, up from 29 in July google.com 9/19/9 ["Once unemployed people stop looking for work — some, for example, may return to school — they are no longer included in the jobless rate."]
grey dot Gov't home loan agency faces money squeeze google.com 9/19/9 ["The Federal Housing Administration is tightening rules for lenders after reporting that its financial cushion will sink below mandatory levels for the first time in its 75-year history. Officials, however, insisted Friday that the agency won't need a rescue."]

yellow dot Line Of Succession If Obama/Soetoro Removed From Office newswithviews.com 9/18/9 [By Devvy Kidd  "It is an appropriate day to look at the consequences of the constitutional crisis we face with the removal of an usurper from office. In this case, an individual who has no legal right to serve as president of our republic. It must be done."]
grey dot 45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul ibdeditorials.com 9/18/9 ["Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found."]
brown Pelosi likens healthcare protests to anti-gay rhetoric latimes.com 9/18/9 ["Washington - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Thursday that she worries that the protests over President Obama's healthcare legislation may resemble the anti-gay rhetoric of the late 1970s in San Francisco, which culminated in the assassination of two of her hometown's political leaders."]
grey dot European Parliament Raps Lithuania for Curbing Homosexual Advocacy lifesitenews.com 9/18/9 ["The European Parliament voted 349 to 218 today to condemn Lithuania for its "law on the protection of minors" which prohibits promotion of "homosexual, bisexual or polygamous relations" among children under 18 in the Baltic nation. Conservative critics contend that the measure, crafted in reaction to the domestic legislation of a sovereign member state pertaining to the family, oversteps the Parliament's authority."]
grey dot Study: 8 million Americans consider suicide google.com 9/18/9 ["Among people with a substance abuse disorder, 11 percent had considered suicide, compared to 3 percent for people without such disorders."]

yellow dot The Fruits Of Apostasy newswithviews.com 9/17/9 [By Sheriff Jim R. Schwiesow, Ret.  "I am often asked why I do not provide secular solutions to the precarious state of this nation and get on with a movement to throw the bums out. I emphatically re-state what I have written so many times in the past, “There are no secular solutions for a spiritual disease.”"]
grey dot U.N. calls for replacement of U.S. dollar wnd.com 9/17/9 ["A United Nations report recommended that a new one-world currency should be created to replace the dollar as the standard for foreign-exchange holdings in international trade. ...The report, released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD, endorsed a proposal that Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, issued by the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, "could be used to settle international payments." "]
grey dot Rep. Blackburn wants Obama to define job descriptions for 'czars' commercialappeal.com 9/17/9 ["Blackburn introduced a "sense of the Congress" resolution today that quickly picked up 93 co-sponsors. Today's resolution follows her July sponsorship of a bill requiring future presidential candidates to show their birth certificates to establish they meet Constitutional requirements."]
grey dot Mainstream Media Hugely Underreports Washington 9/12 Health Care, Spending Protest Numbers lifesitenews.com 9/17/9 ["FreedomWorks, one of the sponsors and coordinators of the event had expected between 20,000-30,000 registrants to show for the rallies, and had only obtained a permit for 100,000 people. Due to the massive overflow, D.C. Park Police requested that the March begin at 11:30 AM, or an hour and a half earlier than scheduled."]

grey dot FDA Approves H1N1 Flu Vaccines wsj.com 9/16/9 ["the agency approved vaccines made by a unit of Sanofi-Aventis SA, Novartis AG, CSL Ltd. and AstraZeneca PLC's MedImmune unit. ...including GlaxoSmithKline PLC."]
grey dot UK: GPs will be handed a £4,000 bonus for swine flu jabs dailymail.co.uk 9/16/9 ["Health Secretary Andy Burnham revealed GPs will receive a £5.25 bonus for each jab they give to patients who have been designated a priority for the vaccine."]
grey dot UK: Two thousand schoolgirls suffer suspected ill-effects from cervical cancer vaccine telegraph.co.uk 9/16/9 ["Campaigners and families said the new figures showed the vaccination should not have been introduced via a mass programme. "]
grey dot U.S. Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 for Sixth Straight Month bloomberg.com 9/16/9 ["...up 18 percent from a year earlier, and down 0.5 percent from July, the Irvine, California-based company said in a statement. One in 357 households received a filing. "]
yellow dot Patriots: Time For Major Push On Usurper's Citizenship Issue newswithviews.com 9/16/9 ["Judge Carter has set October 5, 2009, as the next hearing to consider the motion by the Defendants; they want this to go away. A trial date, should this matter move forward, is set for January. Too far away because everyday the usurper remains office, the more complicated this constitutional crisis gets because of bills Obama/Soetoro is signing into law. Not to mention deploying soldiers as Commander-in-Chief."]
grey dot Universal's Harry Potter park to include Hogwarts reuters.com 9/16/9 ["The 20-acre "park within a park" is due to open next spring."]
grey dot Anniversary of Creation Heralds Countdown to New Year israelnationalnews.com 9/16/9 ["Jews gathered at the Western Wall in the wee hours of Monday morning, and more flocked to the mystical Galilee village of Meron later in the day, to pray for peace and to mark the anniversary of the first day of the Creation 3,761 years before the common era (BCE) -- heralding the countdown to the Jewish New Year."]
grey dot Obama supports extending Patriot Act provisions google.com 9/16/9 ["The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, the Justice Department told Congress in a letter made public Tuesday."]
yellow dot How To Legally Avoid Unwanted Immunizations Of All Kinds mercola.com 9/16/9 ["All compulsory laws concerning vaccination (including the military) contain exceptions and waivers. It is these protections placed in the laws that you may legally use to exclude yourself and your children. Surprisingly, these exceptions were placed there, not for your sake (although you may take advantage of them), but for the protection of the establishment. "]
grey dot Universal reveals details of new Harry Potter park 9/16/9 ["It sounds like a new book in the Harry Potter series, but "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" will be a high-tech ride and the marquee attraction at the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter," a new theme park area opening in spring 2010 at Universal Orlando Resort."]

red A million or more rock Washington wnd.com 9/15/9 ["The capital was rocked today by a taxpayer march and rally that could be the biggest protest ever – potentially dwarfing the Million Man March and the Promise Keepers Rally. "]
grey dot A million march to US Capitol to protest against 'Obama the socialist' dailymail.co.uk 9/15/9 ["As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism. "]
grey dot Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops google.com 9/15/9 ["The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been telling people to stay home from work and school and avoid contact with others until a day after their fever breaks. The new research suggests they may need to be careful for longer — especially at home where the risk of spreading the germ is highest."]
grey dot Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN google.com 9/15/9 ["The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases."]
grey dot Obama 'clones' Bush in killing sovereignty wnd.com 9/15/9 ["The Obama administration has "rebranded" and "refocused" the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, to advance the Bush administration's agenda of North American integration under the rubric of the "North American Leaders Summit," a less controversial banner..."]

grey dot New Jersey mosque organizes national prayer gathering northjersey.com 9/14/9 ["A mosque in Elizabeth, Dar-ul-Islam, is spearheading a national prayer gathering in Washington that organizers are billing as the first event of its kind — organized prayer for tens of thousands of Muslims outside the U.S. Capitol."]
yellow dot Fifty questions on 9/11 atimes.com 9/14/9 [By Pepe Escobar   "None of these questions has been convincingly answered - according to the official narrative. It's up to US civil society to keep up the pressure. Eight years after the fact, one fundamental conclusion is imperative. The official narrative edifice of 9/11 is simply not acceptable. "]
grey dot Eye-popper: Is Nancy Pelosi in on eligibility cover-up? wnd.com 9/14/9 [""The DNC drafted, signed and notarized TWO slightly different versions of their Official Certification of Nomination documents, not one," he wrote. "One of those documents had complete legal language, and one of them was missing the text concerning the constitutional eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama. "]
grey dot Credit crunch signals end of The World for Dubai’s multi-billion dollar property deal timesonline.co.uk 9/14/9 ["They were designed to make Dubai the envy of the world: a series of paradise islands inhabited by celebrities and the super-rich reclaimed from the azure waters of the Arabian Gulf and shaped like a map of the Earth. It was called The World."]
grey dot No Gardasil vaccine? No citizenship, says U.S. wnd.com 9/14/9 ["The drug was added to the list of vaccinations required for female immigrants in 2008, but the teen has declined it. For one thing, it's purpose is to protect against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus only. Simone has taken a virginity pledge and doesn't see she why she should be forced to take it. "]

grey dot Well-Known Local Pro-Life Activist Gunned Down in Michigan lifesitenews.com 9/12/9 ["An elderly pro-life activist was shot multiple times and killed this morning in front of Owosso High School in Michigan while he was peacefully protesting abortion with a sign depicting a baby and the word "Life," according to local police cited in the Flint Journal newspaper. "]
grey dot Obama Administration Issues No Response to Slaying of Pro-Life Advocate lifenews.com 9/12/9 ["The administration of President Barack Obama was quick to respond to the shooting death of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. But, when it comes to the murder of a pro-life advocate urging students at a Michigan high school, the Obama administration hasn't said a word."]
grey dot NARAL Finally Condemns Shooting of Pro-Lifer, Ignores Pro-Abortion Motivation lifenews.com 9/12/9 ["However, the statement denies confirmation by local officials that the shooting was motivated by Pouillon's pro-life stance and abortion protests."]
yellow dot Is Christianity All About Relationships? newswithviews.com 9/12/9 [By Paul Proctor  "Simply put, it turns people into church worshippers who revere, embrace and obey the consensus of a congregation with a contrived unity rather than God worshippers who put His Word and Authority far and above the fellowship, opinions, theories, life experiences and personal tastes of well meaning Christians and clergy."]
grey dot Corus Bank Is the Latest to Be Seized by Regulators wsj.com 9/12/9 ["...marking one of the first banks to be undone by deteriorating construction and commercial real-estate loans during the downturn.  ...More than half of the bank's $3.9 billion in condo-construction loans were in nonaccrual or foreclosure in April."]
grey dot Harvard study: Businesses not ready for H1N1 flu google.com 9/12/9 ["The survey found that two-thirds of the more than 1,000 businesses questioned nationwide said they could not maintain normal operations if half their workers were out for two weeks. Four out of every five businesses expect severe problems if half their workers are out for a month."]
grey dot Treasury sees millions more foreclosures reuters.com 9/12/9 ["Only 12 percent of U.S. homeowners eligible for loan modifications under the Obama administration's housing rescue plan have had their mortgages reworked, and millions more foreclosures are coming, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday."]
grey dot Census Bureau Cuts Its Ties With Acorn wsj.com 9/12/9 ["The U.S. Census Bureau on Friday dropped Acorn as a partner for the 2010 Census after two separate hidden-camera videos captured four employees of the community organization giving tax advice on running a brothel to a man posing as an aspiring politician and a woman posing as his girlfriend and a prostitute."]

grey dot New York to pay 9/11 tribute at vacant Ground Zero google.com 9/11/9 ["New York will lead tributes Friday to victims of the 9/11 attacks in a ceremony at Ground Zero where work on replacements for the World Trade Center, and even a memorial, remains mostly stalled."]
yellow dotstar The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost newswithviews.com 9/11/9 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire "Fifty million aborted babies could be coming to the rescue of Grandpa today if he had done his duty. Social security would be solvent today if grandfathers had defended the lives of yesterday’s unborn children. America is out of money because we have killed our children who were the goose that laid the golden egg."]
grey dot China Moves to Internationalize Currency voanews.com 9/11/9 ["Starting September 28, investors in Hong Kong will be able to buy bonds issued by the Chinese government. It marks the first time that the Chinese government is borrowing money offshore and paying it back in its own currency."]
grey dot Banks Face Loss of Debt Guarantee wsj.com 9/11/9 ["The FDIC's program, which guaranteed debt issued by banks, is credited with helping to stabilize the financial system during last year's turmoil. The agency said it was considering either letting the debt-guarantee program expire on Oct. 31, or continuing it for another six months for "emergency" purposes."]
grey dot Video: Sebelius: Obama will ensure security for those with health care necn.com 9/11/9 [Editor: notice she is wearing her phoenix pin again.]
grey dot Swine flu infects cells deep in lungs: study google.com 9/11/9 ["The paper provides the first laboratory corroboration of reports from front-line doctors that some patients with A(H1N1) virus suffer worse symptoms compared to those with run-of-the-mill seasonal flu. Influenza viruses penetrate cells by attaching themselves to molecules called receptors, located on the outside of the cell wall."]
grey dot Studies: One dose of swine flu vaccine works google.com 9/11/9 ["A separate report in Thursday's New England Journal suggested European manufacturers might get away with an even smaller dose. Novartis Vaccines added what's called an adjuvant, or immune-boosting chemical, to its version of the swine flu shot and found a 7.5-microgram dose was effective. It did, however, spark more of those reactions like injection-site pain. Numerous countries allow flu vaccines with adjuvants to sell every year, but the U.S. has never approved an adjuvant-containing flu shot."]
grey dot France to use swine flu to gut laws: report breitbart.com 9/11/9 [" According to documents provided to the daily by a judges' union, the plan would extend the period police can keep a suspect in detention without charge or a hearing before a judge to up to six months. "]
grey dot CDC Says Most Won't Need Drugs for Flu washingtonpost.com 9/11/9 ["With pandemic influenza cases on the rise across the country, federal public health authorities on Tuesday urged physicians to prescribe antiviral medicines to high-risk patients promptly but reminded the public that most people won't need, and shouldn't expect to get, the drugs if they come down with the flu. "]

grey dot Shocker! Judge orders trial on eligibility issue wnd.com 9/10/9 ["A California judge today tentatively scheduled a trial for Jan. 26, 2010, for a case that challenges Barack Obama's eligibility to be president based on questions over his qualifications under the requirements of the U.S. Constitution. ...The judge did comment that if there are legitimate constitutional questions regarding Obama's eligibility, they need to be addressed and resolved. "]
yellow dotstar The Narrow Scope of Flue Vaccine Usefulness newswithviews.com 9/10/9 [By Byron J. Richards, CCN  "A vaccine is essentially a tool for improved recognition of a specific virus. ...My point is rather simple, just because your immune system happens to see something is no guarantee that it has the ability to do something about the problem."]
grey dot Small doctor practices worry about flu impact reuters.com 9/10/9 ["Doctors asked the government on Wednesday to pay them more for giving vaccines and prescribing drugs on the telephone as the flu pandemic hits their communities. ...small bankers said they should get relief from some regulatory requirements during the worst of the pandemic, as they may not have staff to fill out forms and mail out statements."]
grey dot China alarmed by US money printing telegraph.co.uk 9/10/9 [""If they keep printing money to buy bonds it will lead to inflation, and after a year or two the dollar will fall hard. Most of our foreign reserves are in US bonds and this is very difficult to change, so we will diversify incremental reserves into euros, yen, and other currencies," he said. "]
grey dot U.S. needs own supply of medical isotopes-experts reuters.com 9/10/9 ["A global shortage of medical isotopes used in scores of medical imaging tests has forced some doctors to delay patient care or shift to more costly medical tests, experts told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday."]
grey dot British Doctors Left Premie to Die: at 21 Weeks 5 Days, Baby Boy "Just a Fetus" lifesitenews.com 9/10/9 ["23 year-old Sarah Capewell told media that her son Jayden, born at 21 weeks and five days gestation, was refused intensive care because he was two days under the limit set by the British government's National Health Service (NHS) rationing guidelines."]
grey dot Senate May Narrow Proposed Regulatory Role for Fed washingtonpost.com 9/10/9 ["A bill taking shape in the Senate Banking Committee could give the Federal Reserve far less authority than the administration sought in the reform proposal it unveiled in June. Senators on both sides of the aisle have expressed a lack of confidence in the Fed in the wake of the financial crisis, challenging everything from the central bank's transparency to its ability to protect consumers. "]
grey dot White House Debunks Reports It Will Fly China's Flag on South Lawn foxnews.com 9/10/9 ["The White House on Friday dismissed as inaccurate reports from China that the administration will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic by flying the Chinese flag on the South Lawn.  ...A ceremony, indeed, will take place. But it won't happen on the White House grounds -- rather, on the Ellipse, on the other side of E Street from the presidential residence."]
grey dot Uruguay allows gay adoption, in a first for Latin America miamiherald.com 9/10/9 ["Uruguay, long-regarded as one of the most progressive countries in Latin America, set a standard for the region by allowing same-sex couples to adopt children with a bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday."]
grey dot Post office closures threat adds to property market woe ft.com 9/10/9 ["The US postal service has said it is placing 413 of its 37,000 retail locations under review for "consolidation" as it faces a record loss of $6bn (£3.7bn) this year. The mail carrier has seen a dramatic drop in package volume owing to cost-conscious Americans cutting back in favour of cheap alternatives such as e-mail."]

grey dot A year after financial crisis, a new world order emerges miamiherald.com 9/9/9 ["One year after the near collapse of the global financial system, this much is clear: The financial world as we knew it is over, and something new is rising from its ashes. Historians will look at September 2008 as a watershed for the U.S. economy."]
grey dot US says Tamiflu for the sick, not a preventive google.com 9/9/9 ["The drugs Tamiflu and Relenza should only be used to treat people who are sick and at high risk for complications, federal health officials said."]
grey dot Thousands gather in Brighton for tea party protest on government spending detnews.com 9/9/9 ["The Tea Party Express, a conservative national movement to oppose higher taxes, began in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 28 and will finish with the "Taxpayer March on D.C." on Saturday. So far the bus has rolled into 34 states, organizers said."]
grey dot Health workers under pressure to get flu shots google.com 9/9/9 ["Both the seasonal flu vaccine (available this month) and swine flu vaccine (expected in October) are required for workers in hospitals, treatment centers and in home care. That may mean three separate shots, if the swine flu vaccine requires two doses to be effective. Testing in the U.S. is still under way to determine the dose."]
grey dot Panic in D.C.? Justice urges birth suit tossed wnd.com 9/9/9 ["The highly anticipated hearing tomorrow morning before Judge David Carter features attorney Orly Taitz and numerous plaintiffs, as well as a document that one person has sworn is the original birth certificate of Obama from Kenya – not Hawaii, where the administration maintains Obama was born."]
grey dot US Girl Scouts prepare for war, pestilence google.com 9/9/9 ["The unveiling of the patch marks a partnership between the scouts and Citizen Corps, a community-based initiative under the DHS's Federal Emergency Management Agency, which coordinates national response to disasters."]
grey dot Surgeon Says Abortion Ups Breast Cancer Risk, Full-Term Pregnancy Helps Lower It lifenews.com 9/9/9 ["A prominent breast cancer surgeon and professor has written a new article for a medical publication saying that abortion increases a woman's risk of contracting breast cancer. On the other hand, miscarriage has no effect while a full-term pregnancy lowers the breast cancer risk."]
grey dot Why 09/09/09 Is So Special livescience.com 9/9/9 ["Modern numerologists — who operate outside the realm of real science — believe that mystical significance or vibrations can be assigned to each numeral one through nine, and different combinations of the digits produce tangible results in life depending on their application. "]

grey dot UN wants new global currency to replace dollar telegraph.co.uk 9/8/9 ["In a radical report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said the system of currencies and capital rules which binds the world economy is not working properly, and was largely responsible for the financial and economic crises. ...the first time a major multinational institution has posited such a suggestion. "]
grey dot Gold Futures Hit $1, 000 nytimes.com 9/8/9 [""Futures were always going to lead the way above $1,000, so spot can't be far behind. Gold's rising price is due to uncertainty all the way from personal investors right through to institutions," said Sandra Close, analyst for gold research group Surbiton Associates."]
grey dot New Frugality Is the New Normal, by Necessity abcnews.go.com 9/8/9 ["In an economy driven by consumption, the implications are far-reaching if that forecast proves correct  ...Frugality may be good for family budgets, but it's bad for the national economy."]
grey dot Risks of the Swine Flu Vaccine thenewamerican.com 9/8/9 ["But according to countless medical professionals and experts, using it in immunizations is a bad idea. It is also going to be somewhat experimental. There isn’t a single vaccine containing squalene that is approved for use in America, according to Meryl Nass, M.D., who notes that Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline will make use of it as a “novel feature of the H1N1 vaccines.” "]
grey dot Leader of United Nations Population Fund Calls for Global Abortion Funding lifesitenews.com 9/8/9 ["The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently gave a speech at an international conference calling for a $23 billion dollar budget to fund abortions worldwide."]
green dot Indiana Planned Parenthood Closes Five Centers After Hiding Abortion-Sex Abuse lifenews.com 9/8/9 ["Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will close five of its 34 centers across the state due to changes in the way the federal government allocates family planning funds. The decision to close the centers comes after an expose' found two of them hiding instances of possible statutory rape."]
grey dot China alarmed by US money printing telegraph.co.uk 9/8/9 [""If they keep printing money to buy bonds it will lead to inflation, and after a year or two the dollar will fall hard. Most of our foreign reserves are in US bonds and this is very difficult to change, so we will diversify incremental reserves into euros, yen, and other currencies," he said. "]
grey dot G20 rules spark fears of more bank bail-outs telegraph.co.uk 9/8/9 ["the G20 has insisted that banks will in the future have to raise more capital to shore up their balance sheets, and that only the highest quality of capital - such as shareholder equity - will be counted. According to G20 insiders, the move is a particular blow to some of the leading European banks, which are likely as to have to raise more capital, implying further taxpayer bail-outs. "]

grey dot Obama and DOE Violate Federal Law Enlisting Kids in Schools to Push Agenda lc.org 9/7/9 ["Federal law expressly forbids the Secretary of Education or any officer from exercising "any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system." 20 U.S.C. § 3403. The President must cease this illegal activity."]
grey dot Angry Parents Suing California Schools Over Mandatory Gay-Friendly Classes foxnews.com 9/7/9 ["Parents in the Alameda Unified School District were refused the right to excuse their kids from classes that would teach all kids in the district's elementary schools about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender alternative families."]
grey dot Mass Vaccination Hubs Are Part of D.C. Swine Flu Plan washingtonpost.com 9/7/9 ["District officials said Friday that they are working to set up mass vaccination centers, potentially at city recreation centers, as part of a broad push to minimize the number of people sickened by swine flu this fall and beyond. "]
grey dot Our loss, your problem economist.com 9/7/9 ["Given its vast reserves and seemingly healthy economy, a default by China’s government or one of its tentacles should be one of the lesser concerns for international markets. This perception was jolted on August 28th by reports that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) might endorse a move by large state-controlled enterprises under its umbrella to break derivatives contracts that were purchased last year from international banks to protect them from rising commodity prices."]
grey dot 2,000 sick with swine flu at Washington State University — home game with Stanford still on mercurynews.com 9/7/9 ["Dr. Dennis Garcia says most students suffer three to five days of discomfort. The school is handing out free flu kits including a thermometer, painkillers, throat lozenges, sport drinks, hand sanitizer and tissues. "]
grey dot Colleges brace for swine flu assault boston.com 9/7/9 ["At Boston University, five dozen dorm rooms have been reserved for coughing, aching, shivering students beset by the flu - and if things get really bad, a barracks-style infirmary will arise on a stretch of gymnasium floor."]

yellow dot Flu Vaccines And The Risk Of Cancer newswithviews.com 9/5/9 [Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO  "...the problems with flu shots go beyond current concerns. The new manufacturing process for flu shots, called cell-line technologies, are little understood and have the potential for serious, long term consequences. "]
grey dot Lungs of fatal swine flu patients badly damaged ctv.ca 9/5/9 ["The lungs of people who have died from swine flu look more like those of the victims of H5N1 avian influenza than those of people who succumb to regular flu, the chief of infectious diseases pathology at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says. Study of about 70 fatal H1N1 cases so far also reveals there may be more incidences of co-infections with bacteria than was earlier thought..."]
grey dot WHO Admits to Releasing Pandemic Virus into Population via 'Mock-Up' Vaccines mercola.com 9/5/9 ["In Europe, some manufacturers have conducted advance studies using a so-called "mock-up" vaccine. Mock-up vaccines contain an active ingredient for an influenza virus that has not circulated recently in human populations and thus mimics the novelty of a pandemic virus."]
grey dot Five banks closed by U.S. regulators reuters.com 9/5/9 ["Bank regulators closed four Midwestern banks and one in Arizona on Friday, bringing to 89 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as deteriorating loans continue to take their toll on financial institutions."]
grey dot H1N1 Virus Has Biological Advantage Over Seasonal Influenza Viruses emaxhealth.com 9/5/9 ["Tests in animals showed that levels of the 2009 H1N1 virus rose more quickly than levels of the seasonal virus strains, and the new virus caused more severe disease. In line with previous findings by other research groups, the University of Maryland researchers also observed that the novel H1N1 virus was transmitted more easily from infected to uninfected ferrets than either of the two seasonal influenza viruses."]
grey dot Healthy Kids Can Die from Swine Flu medpagetoday.com 9/5/9 ["Of 36 confirmed deaths in patients younger than 18, eight were in children who were 5 or older and had no chronic medical conditions, according to an article in the Sept. 4 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."]
grey dot Unions Must Stop Supporting Legislation That Kills Jobs foxnews.com 9/5/9 ["Employers cut 216,000 jobs in August. The Employee Free Choice Act will cause another 600,000 jobs to be lost in the first year of passage, which will drive unemployment numbers even higher-- In this economy, we need more job opportunities, not fewer."]
yellow dot The Coming Reset in State Government wsj.com 9/5/9 [By Mitch Daniels "Most governors I've talked to are so busy bailing that they haven't checked the long-range forecast. What the radar tells me is that we ain't seen nothin' yet. What we are being hit by isn't a tropical storm that will come and go, with sunshine soon to follow. It's much more likely that we're facing a near permanent reduction in state tax revenues that will require us to reduce the size and scope of our state governments. And the time to prepare for this new reality is already at hand."]
grey dot Public Outcry Erupts Over "Illegal" Obama TV Address to Nation's Students lifesitenews.com 9/5/9 ["...Obama's decision to address the children of the nation's public schools - and some Catholic schools and teachers reportedly are taking part as well - has rankled many parents and conservatives especially over the education materials prepared by the Department of Education designed to guide public school teachers on how to promote classroom discussion around the speech."]
grey dot Parents dub Sept. 8 'Keep Your Kids at Home Day' wnd.com 9/5/9 ["They are encouraged to take notes while Obama speaks about personal responsibility, goals or persistence. As part of a "guided discussion," they may talk about what Obama has inspired or challenged them to do. Fox News reported that the White House is now "rethinking" its course recommendations for students and rewriting its suggestions for student assignments on how to "help the president." "]
grey dot UNFPA Pulls Name From Graphic Sex Ed While Training Activists to Agitate for It lifesitenews.com 9/5/9 ["The same week that UNFPA pulled its name from a graphic sex ed guide that came under criticism, the organization is holding a conference in Berlin to train 400 activists to demand countries fund and provide similar sex ed programs and abortions."]
grey dot Federally Funded Group Advises Teens on How to Decide if They Are Gay cnsnews.com 9/5/9 ["Advocates for Youth is a non-profit group that describes itself as an “organization dedicated to creating programs that help young people ages 13 to 24 years old to make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.”"]

grey dot Retail sales fall in August, but drops are easing google.com 9/4/9 ["Shoppers limited their back-to-school purchases and stayed focused on necessities in August, resulting in the 12th straight month of declining sales for retailers."]
grey dot Food stamp list soars past 35 million: USDA reuters.com 9/4/9 ["June was the seventh straight month in which food stamp rolls set a record."]
grey dot 1.3 million to lose jobless benefits by year's end google.com 9/4/9 ["These are the most unfortunate of America's 14.5 million jobless: the ones whose benefits are drying up — in some cases after a record 18 months of government support."]
grey dot RI governor: State to lay off 1,000 workers google.com 9/4/9 ["Gov. Don Carcieri warned Thursday he will lay off 1,000 state workers after a judge blocked him from shutting down government to save money, but he signaled a willingness to cut a deal with state employee unions that could save jobs."]
grey dot Banks borrow more from emergency Fed loan program google.com 9/4/9 ["Banks boosted borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility over the past week, but cut back on other programs intended to ease the financial crisis. The results offered a mixed picture of credit conditions."]
grey dot Hong Kong recalls gold reserves, touts high-security vault marketwatch.com 9/4/9 ["Hong Kong is pulling all its physical gold holdings from depositories in London, transferring them to a high-security depository newly built at the city's airport, in a move that won praise from local traders Thursday. The facility, industry professionals said, would support Hong Kong's emergence as a Swiss-style trading hub for bullion and would lessen London's status as a key settlement-and-storage center. "]
grey dot Obama speech to students draws conservative ire google.com 9/4/9 ["Obama plans to speak directly to students Tuesday about the need to work hard and stay in school. ...Schools don't have to show it. But districts across the country have been inundated with phone calls from parents and are struggling to address the controversy that broke out after Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a letter to principals urging schools to watch."]
grey dot It Is Our Duty newswithviews.com 9/4/9 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire  "The most common thing that is repeated to me is “Oh Coach, you are so brave. We need men like you.” After hearing that for about the twentieth time it finally hit me. The problem in America today is that we have reached the point where duty looks like bravery. Since when did doing one’s duty become brave?"]
grey dot Military to receive mandatory swine flu vaccines wnd.com 9/4/9 ["The H1N1 vaccinations are expected to begin in October – unless officials determine decide it should include an adjuvant – an additive used to increase immune response. In such case, H1N1 vaccines may not be available until November or December. "]
grey dot Why Won't Healthcare Workers Take The Swine Flu Vaccine? medicalnewstoday.com 9/4/9 [""The truth is that vaccines aren't effective, generally carry dangerous side effects, and in many cases actually fuel the spread of pandemics," said Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a Harvard University trained medical researcher who also holds a Master's Degree in Public Health. "The fact is that most healthcare workers know this, and they don't trust that any swine flu vaccine will do anything but cause more problems and potential harm to the patients they care for." "  Editor: Thanks for the link, Tina!]

grey dot Ben & Jerry's Renames Ice Cream to Support Homosexual "Marriage" in Vermont lifesitenews.com 9/3/9 ["Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has temporarily renamed their popular "Chubby Hubby" ice cream to "Hubby Hubby" to show the company's support for the legalization of same-sex "marriage" in the state."]
grey dot Cops jump on swine-flu power: Shots heard 'round the world wnd.com 9/3/9 [""Pandemic Response Bill" 2028 was passed by the Massachusetts state Senate on April 28 and is now awaiting approval in the House. "]
grey dot China to buy first IMF bonds for 50 billion dollars google.com 9/3/9 ["An SDR is an interest-bearing IMF asset based on a basket of international currencies -- the dollar, yen, euro and pound -- that is calculated daily and which members can convert into other currencies."]
yellow dot Un-American and Unlawful White House Projects townhall.com 9/3/9 ["So far, Obama has appointed 34 czars. Just listing them is enough to scare anyone who believes in constitutional and representative government..."]

grey dot Beijing's derivative default stance rattles market reuters.com 9/2/9 ["A weekend report that Chinese state-owned companies will be allowed to default on commodity derivative contracts provoked anger and dismay among investment banks on Monday as they feared a damaging precedent."]
grey dot Obama hosts dinner for Islamic holy month google.com 9/2/9 ["Obama also released a video message to Muslims before the start to Ramadan. In the video, he said Ramadan's rituals are a reminder of the principles Muslims and Christians have in common, including advancing justice, progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."]
grey dot H1N1 unlikely to mutate into 'superbug': U.S. study reuters.com 9/2/9 ["The researchers also found that the pandemic virus established infections deeper in the ferrets' respiratory system, including the lungs, while the seasonal flu strains remained in the nasal passages. That confirmed observations in people."]
grey dot Same-Sex 'Marriages' Begin Today in Vermont lifesitenews.com 9/2/9 ["Vermont became the fourth state to legally redefine 'marriage' on April 7th, and the first state to do so through legislation rather than through the courts. The new law gives full marriage rights to same-sex couples who choose to 'marry.'"]
grey dot Montana Supreme Court Will Take Up Case Wednesday to Allow Assisted Suicide lifenews.com 9/2/9 ["The Montana Supreme Court will take up a case on Wednesday that could make the state the third to allow assisted suicide. The case is a concern for pro-life advocates because a decision in favor of assisted suicide could also open up the grisly practice without any limits other states have."]
grey dot UN warns over swine flu in birds news.bbc.co.uk 9/2/9 ["Scientists are worried that the virus could theoretically mix with more dangerous strains. It has previously spread from humans to pigs. However, swine flu remains no more severe than seasonal flu. "]
grey dot State preps to relocate quarantined H1N1 victims wnd.com 9/2/9 ["A blank document from the Iowa Department of Public Health has been discovered online, designed to be filled in with the name of an H1N1 virus victim who is required to relocate from his or her home to a quarantine facility. ...The Iowa document, which WND confirmed with state officials is authentic..."]
grey dot 'Preppers' get ready for the worst wnd.com 9/2/9 ["These "preppers" (as they are called) are regular folks that saw what happened on 9/11, experienced their 401(k)s falling apart as the economy soured, witnessed the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and decided to take the future into their own hands. "]

grey dot WHO warns of severe form of swine flu reuters.com 9/1/9 ["Some countries are reporting that as many as 15 percent of patients hospitalized with the new H1N1 pandemic virus need intensive care, further straining already overburdened healthcare systems, WHO said in an update on the pandemic. "During the winter season in the southern hemisphere, several countries have viewed the need for intensive care as the greatest burden on health services," it said."]
grey dot Judge Says Pro-Life Groups Lack Standing to Challenge Selling Plan B to Girls lifenews.com 9/1/9 ["A federal judge has issued a ruling saying a collection of pro-life groups don't have standing to file a lawsuit against the FDA over its decision allowing the sales of the morning after pill to minors. The groups wanted to reverse the Food and Drug Administration ruling opening the morning after pill to 17-year-olds."]
yellow dot Dirty secret No. 4 in Obamacare wnd.com 9/1/9 [By Chuck Norris "But there are at least two ginormous expenses that are excluded in these projections. First, both projections from the White House and CBO incorporate their belief that the deficit will decline quickly over the next three years, as they assume less bailouts are needed and the economy rapidly grows."]
grey dot Small retailers feel sharper pinch msnbc.msn.com 9/1/9 ["With Americans cutting back drastically on their spending, some stores have lost business as shoppers have turned to cheaper discount chains, while others have found that their customers have simply gone without the kind of discretionary items some small retailers sell."]
grey dot "Zombie suppliers" haunt manufacturing sector reuters.com 9/1/9 ["Call them zombie suppliers. Analysts say the speed with which major manufacturers cut output in this recession put unprecedented strain on thousands of small manufacturers that supply the industry with critical parts. That has left the supply chain with an unknown number of suppliers who are dead but do not know it -- companies so undercapitalized and overleveraged they will never raise the money they need to get their idle plants running again.