"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
Oregon's Treasurer calls for halt in state borrowing oregonlive.com 9/30/10 ["Based on the latest shrinking revenue projections, the commission also has asked the Department of Administrative Services to "reconsider the timing" of some projects that have been approved by lawmakers but for which the bonds have not yet been issued. "]
Freedom of Conscience Under Attack by EU "Equalities" Initiatives lifesitenews.com 9/30/10 ["Kuby highlighted two main initiatives, the McCafferty Report from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, (PACE) and the Equal Treatment draft Directive of the European Commission, that she said combine to create a legal situation opposed to religious freedom and freedom of conscience in Europe. "]
UT shooting comes just as Austin campus debates concealed weapons law csmonitor.com 9/30/10 ["The UT shooting comes as Texas, and UT in particular, was already at the center of a national debate over whether to allow students to carry concealed weapons to protect themselves against attack. In fact, an advocate of concealed weapons is still scheduled to address students Tuesday night. "]
Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe google.com 9/30/10 ["European unions orchestrated a crescendo of anti-austerity protests across the continent Wednesday, sending workers ranging from Greek doctors to Spanish bus drivers to Lithuanian engineers out to vent over job cuts, higher taxes, soaring unemployment and smaller pensions."]
We have let yobs rule streets: Britain's top police watchdog admits taking officers off the beat has fuelled anti-social behaviour dailymail.co.uk 9/30/10 ["Millions of acts of drunken loutishness and vandalism are going unreported as they have become 'normalised', it claims."]
Cyber bill would give U.S. emergency powers reuters.com 9/30/10 ["The draft bill, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, allows the president to declare an emergency if there is an imminent threat to the U.S. electrical grid or other critical infrastructure such as the water supply or financial network because of a cyber attack. "]
Obama Says Teachings of Jesus Christ 'Spoke to Me,' then Defends Abortion lifesitenews.com 9/30/10 ["As an Illinois and U.S. senator, Obama never once voted in favor of an abortion restriction, supporting even the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure and voting against a state law to protect infants born alive during an abortion. "]
Penny-Wise on Crime townhall.com 9/30/10 [By Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell "Another question that ought to be obvious is: Why are we counting only the cost to the government of putting a criminal behind bars, but not the cost to the public of turning him loose?"]
The Pilgrim Spirit newswithviews.com 9/29/10 [By Chuck Baldwin "...does not the Holy Scripture declare, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty"? (II Corinthians 3:17 KJV) If, then, the Spirit of the Lord lives in the heart of the true child of God, there must also reside in that same heart a love and thirst for liberty, must there not? How then could any professing Christian be content to dwell in a land of servitude?"]
School Must Allow 'Transgender' 6th Grader to Use Girls' Bathroom: Maine Human Rights Panel lifesitenews.com 9/29/10 ["The Maine Human Rights Commission (HRC) has ruled that a middle school unlawfully discriminated against a "transgender" sixth-grade boy by disallowing the child from entering a girls' bathroom and instead assigning him his own separate bathroom."]
Russian buckwheat slump sparks panic-buying in Estonia google.com 9/29/10 ["Russia's slumping buckwheat harvest has sparked panic-buying in Estonia among ethnic Russians who get their news from Moscow's television stations..."]
Four Christian missionaries acquited of inciting Dearborn Michigan Muslims examiner.com 9/29/10 ["The unusual agreement between the Thomas More Law Center and the ACLU comes from a candid consideration of facts which quickly came to light. Significantly, the missionaries made sure they only talked to people who came up to them and engaged them in conversation. That undermined the case for incitement. "]
China Will Not Stop One-Child, Forced Abortion Policy After 30th Anniversary lifenews.com 9/29/10 ["...says the nation will keep the policy for decades to come."]
America - Under the Influence Of False Religion and Bondage! lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 9/29/10 [By Samuel David Meyer "One such tax is the upcoming requirement that all Americans purchase health insurance. Although Obama originally insisted that the new health insurance requirements were not a tax, his Administration is now claiming that it actually is a tax, and because it is an exercise of the government's "power to lay and collect taxes," the requirement is legal nationwide and not subject to regulations on interstate commerce."]
'Computer virus in Iran actually targeted larger nuclear facility' haaretz.com 9/29/10 ["Experts on Iran and computer security specialists yesterday voiced a growing conviction that the worm that has infected Iranian nuclear computers was meant to sabotage the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz... programming to allow it to damage small, sensitive components like regulators, valves and pressure gauges, all of which are found in centrifuges. "]
Wiretapped phones, now Internet? startribune.com 9/29/10 ["Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is "going dark" as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone."]
Obama tells questioner he's 'Christian by choice' google.com 9/29/10 [""But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace." ...we have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and that their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own.""]
Swarm of Saudi earthquakes raises seismic concerns msnbc.msn.com 9/29/10 ["A swarm of thousands of earthquakes that struck the corner of Saudi Arabia nearest to Egypt in 2009 helped reveal that the area is unexpectedly volcanically active, scientists now report. "]
On the Secret Committee to Save the Euro, a Dangerous Divide wsj.com 9/29/10 ["A wave of government defaults on Europe's periphery could have triggered a new crisis in the international banking system, with even worse consequences for the global economy than the failure of Lehman."]
UN denies naming 'point of contact' for aliens google.com 9/29/10 ["Under a mandate defined by the UN General Assembly, UNOOSA's task is to promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space and strengthen the use of space science and technology applications."]
Recession rips at US marriages, expands income gap google.com 9/29/10 ["In America, marriages fell to a record low in 2009, with just 52 percent of adults 18 and over saying they were joined in wedlock, compared to 57 percent in 2000. The never-married included 46.3 percent of young adults 25-34... It was the first time the share of unmarried young adults exceeded those who were married."]
Gold tops $1,300 US an ounce cbc.ca 9/28/10 ["It was the fourth day of record gold prices this week. Bullion prices, which have risen 18 per cent this year, have recorded gains for 10 straight years..."]
Obama presses for longer school years google.com 9/28/10 ["U.S. schools through high school offer an average of 180 instruction days per year, according to the Education Commission of the States, compared to an average of 197 days for lower grades and 196 days for upper grades in countries with the best student achievement levels, including Japan, South Korea, Germany and New Zealand." Editor: Maybe it's what and how they are teaching them...]
'Governator' asks China to bail out California wnd.com 9/28/10 ["With the state of California still some $19 billion in the red, Gov. Schwarzenegger was in China pitching the idea that China could finance high-speed rail in the state. "]
Iran struggling to contain 'foreign-made' 'Stuxnet' computer virus washingtonpost.com 9/28/10 [""We had anticipated that we could root out the virus within one to two months," ..."But the virus is not stable, and since we started the cleanup process three new versions of it have been spreading," he said. "]
UFO expert: Aliens cautioning humans on nukes stripes.com 9/28/10 ["Hastings said he has talked to more than 120 former servicemembers who have seen UFOs near where nuclear weapons are stored and tested. Some of those incidents involve UFOs deactivating nuclear missiles, he said." Editor: While it may seem off the wall a bit, do not be surprised to see more mention of ufos and aliens in the news, conditioning people to accept the possibility as a future excuse for the rapture and subsequent events.]
UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors' telegraph.co.uk 9/28/10 ["Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, is set to be tasked with co-ordinating humanity's response if and when extraterrestrials make contact."]
UFO visits to nuclear facilities? Hmmmm. washingtonpost.com 9/28/10 [""]
Federal jury decides in favor of Scouts philly.com 9/27/10 ["A federal jury Wednesday decided that Philadelphia violated the Boy Scouts' First Amendment rights by using the organization's anti-gay policy as a reason to evict them from their city-owned offices near Logan Square."]
Calif atty general asks GMAC to cease foreclosures google.com 9/27/10 ["California has the nation's fourth-highest foreclosure rate, with one in every 194 households receiving a foreclosure-related warning last month, according to foreclosure listings service RealtyTrac Inc."]
Obama Tells Asean U.S. Has ‘Enormous Stake’ in Asia bloomberg.com 9/27/10 ["Today’s gathering is the first such meeting in the U.S. and reflects Asean’s importance as an economic power, he said. "]
Regulators shut 2 banks in U.S.; 127 total in 2010 reuters.com 9/27/10 ["It is now mostly smaller institutions that are collapsing as they deal with problems in the commercial real estate market. Community banks tend to have higher concentrations of these loans than larger banks."]
Russian crop misery spreads to world’s supermarkets rian.ru 9/27/10 ["Russia’s worst drought in more than a century cut the wheat harvest forecast dramatically in farms across the country. The projected grain harvest has been estimated at 60-67 million tons, down from 97.1 million tons in 2009, hitting world grain markets. ...Amid the crop damage, Osipova and many other pensioners look back with nostalgia on the Soviet Union, saying its centrally-planned economy at least guaranteed they would have bread to eat."]
Christian missionaries will stand trial in Dearborn michiganmessenger.com 9/27/10 ["The four Christian missionaries arrested for disorderly conduct for preaching to a predominately Muslim crowd at the Dearborn International Arab Festival in June will stand trial after the judge refused to grant a motion filed by defense attorneys to dismiss the case."]
Stuxnet worm hits Iranian nuclear plant news.cnet.com 9/27/10 ["Mahmoud Jafari, the project manager at the Bushehr plant, said the worm "has not caused any damage to major systems of the plant" and that a team was working to remove it from several computers, according to Iran's IRNA news agency, which was cited in a report by the Associated Press."]
Regulators Seize 3 Corporate Credit Unions, to Sell Assets abcnews.go.com 9/25/10 ["U.S. regulators seized three corporate credit unions on Friday and will repackage about $50 billion in troubled assets from these and previous seizures to sell on the open market."]
Pastors Gear Up to Challenge Tax-Exempt Regulations on Pulpit Freedom Sunday lifesitenews.com 9/25/10 ["One hundred pastors nationwide will be participating in the Alliance Defense Fund's third annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday on September 26, braving potential challenges to their tax-exempt status by educating their congregations about the candidates in this upcoming election in the light of their Christian faith."]
Education board OKs resolution against 'pro-Islamic bias' in textbooks statesman.com 9/25/10 ["The practical effect of the resolution is unclear. Social studies textbooks will probably not be adopted and bought until 2016 because of the state's budget crunch. Also, the resolution is not binding and reflects the opinions of the board members — opinions that could change with time and elections."]
China Marks 30 Years of One-Child, Forced Abortion Policy; Obama Petitioned lifenews.com 9/25/10 ["The policy is unlike any other in the world in that it requires all women to obtain a birth permit before becoming pregnant and children of unwed mothers are subjected to abortions. And it monitors the reproductive cycles of all women of childbearing age through a system of mandatory, regular, and crudely invasive physical check-ups."]
One in five US gays HIV infected: study google.com 9/25/10 ["One in five gay men living in 21 major US cities are infected with the AIDS virus and nearly half are unaware of it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a study. The CDC said that from 2005 to 2008 HIV infection among gays increased 17 percent."]
Analysis: China fans concern over supply of rare earths reuters.com 9/25/10 ["Japan is the main importer of rare earth oxides, accounting for about 17 percent of the market, while China mines and produces more than 90 percent of the world's supply, and uses 51 percent internally. Currently, only a few facilities process rare earth oxides outside China - accounting for less than 10 percent of the market."]
Tea Party Activists Worried About Economy Should Consider the Cost of Abortion lifenews.com 9/24/10 ["This study begins with the figures for the total numbers of surgical abortions carried out in the United States from 1973 to 2007. An assumption is made that one-half of these aborted children would be female and, based upon figures from the Centers for Disease Control, each female – at age 25 – would have an average of a single child. ...Accordingly, the sum of lost GDP from 1973 to 2007 due to surgical abortion is nearly $37 trillion."]
Congress approves 30-billion-dollar small business fund google.com 9/24/10 ["US lawmakers on Thursday approved a 30-billion-dollar fund intended to help small businesses get access to loans and boost job creation amid persistent high unemployment levels."]
Feds object to 'don't ask, don't tell' injunction google.com 9/24/10 ["Attorneys for the Obama administration objected Thursday to a proposed worldwide injunction being considered by a California federal judge that would halt the military's ban on openly gay troops."]
Major insurers to drop child policies ahead of coverage mandate rawstory.com 9/24/10 ["Just days away from the implementation of new rules that will prevent insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, numerous major insurers have opted to end the sale of child-only policies. "]
Food-makers ready to raise prices Kraft, Sara Lee responding to increases in commodity costs chicagotribune.com 9/24/10 [""]
Putin says Arctic must remain 'zone of peace' google.com 9/24/10 ["Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States are locked in a race over how to divide up the Arctic, after US researchers said recently that global warming might leave it ice-free by 2030."]
China increasing economic leverage by limiting 'rare earths' exports washingtonpost.com 9/24/10 ["On Thursday, some traders of "rare earths," 17 minerals that are used in small portions in almost every advanced industrial product, reported that China, which controls 97 percent of the industry, had halted the export of anything that contained traces of the minerals to Japan. The Chinese government denied the allegation. "]
European 'day of languages' celebrated in English google.com 9/24/10 ["Babel-like EU, with its 23 official languages and over 40 regional tongues, on Thursday marked an upcoming "European Day of Languages" with a speech delivered essentially in English."]
Will Liberty Continue To Have A Home In America? newswithviews.com 9/23/10 [By Chuck Baldwin "The fact that their Creator, via Natural and Revealed Law, endows them with certain "unalienable" rights and liberties never seems to dawn on them. It's as if the only god they know is the god of government. Even many pastors and Christians are carried away with this fallacy."]
NY Gov. Signs Bill Allowing “Unmarried” Partners to Adopt lifesitenews.com 9/23/10 ["New York will now allow unmarried partners – heterosexual and homosexual – to adopt a child together under new legislation signed into law on Sunday by Gov. David Paterson. The measure also allows same-sex couples with marriage licenses from other states to adopt children as well."]
Florida court strikes down gay adoption ban reuters.com 9/23/10 ["Florida was the only remaining U.S. state to expressly ban adoption by gay men and women, and state officials said after the court ruling the ban would no longer be enforced. They have 30 days to decide whether to appeal to the Florida Supreme Court."]
Stuxnet malware is 'weapon' out to destroy ... Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant? csmonitor.com 9/23/10 ["Experts say it took a massive expenditure of time, money, and software engineering talent to identify and exploit such vulnerabilities in industrial control software systems. ...It is the first malware known to target and infiltrate industrial supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software used to run chemical plants and factories as well as electric power plants and transmission systems worldwide."]
Russia Abandons Sale of Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Iran foxnews.com 9/23/10 ["Russia signed an $800 million contract in 2005 to sell at least five S-300s to Iran, but has repeatedly stalled on delivery. On Wednesday General Nikolai Makarov, chief of the Russian armed forces, said that shipment had now been canceled after the United Nations Security Council approved new sanctions in June in response to Iranian defiance over its nuclear program."]
Jobless workers dispute claim that unemployment benefits foster complacency latimes.com 9/23/10 ["...increasing unemployment insurance payments to 99 weeks — the maximum now available — had "created a bit of a problem." Giving help for extended periods, said William Beach, "changes the behavior of the people who are unemployed. They don't look for work as much as they otherwise would.""]
Microbiologist: Hundreds of Studies Confirm Abortion-Breast Cancer Link lifenews.com 9/23/10 [" A microbiologist says there are so many published studies confirming the link between induced abortion and breast cancer that he plans to publish one every day on his blog until he's mentioned them all. It will take Dr. Gerard Nadal so many weeks to cover them all, the blogging will continue until early next year."]
US Government 'hiding true amount of debt' news.com.au 9/23/10 ["The CBO estimates the debt will be at $US16.5 trillion in two years, or 100.6 per cent of GDP. But these numbers are incomplete. They do not count off-budget obligations such as required spending for Social Security and Medicare..."]
Senate Defeats Motion OKing Vote on Bill Allowing Abortions at Military Hospitals lifenews.com 9/22/10 ["The Senate has defeated a motion to stop a Republican-led filibuster against the bill that funds the Defense Department. The filibuster came in response to several issues including concerns about language that would essentially turn military base hospitals into abortion centers."]
Republicans Block Repeal of Military Gay, Abortion Bans lifesitenews.com 9/22/10 ["Republicans were successful in their efforts Tuesday to block debate on a defense authorization bill that would have repealed both the law prohibiting homosexuals from serving openly in the military and the law banning abortion on military bases."]
Fed lays groundwork for possible further US stimulus reuters.com 9/22/10 ["Gold prices, which have jumped about 17 percent this year on concerns that efforts to prop up the U.S. economy will fuel inflation, jumped to a fresh record high."]
Social media can rule your life, college finds reuters.com 9/22/10 ["Other students found themselves more likely to have face-to-face meetings with students or faculty who normally communicate exclusively by social media."]
Record Warmth Spawns Stronger Hurricanes Across Atlantic Ocean bloomberg.com 9/22/10 ["The four major Atlantic hurricanes that spun toward the Caribbean in the past month were fueled by record warm seas and formed in an unprecedented 20 days. With 10 weeks left in the hurricane season, more may be coming. ...each packed winds of at least 131 miles (210 kilometers) an hour, stronger than Katrina’s Category 3 winds when it devastated New Orleans at the end of August in 2005. "]
U.K. Pro-Life Advocates Arrested over Graphic Abortion Photo lifesitenews.com 9/22/10 ["“It seems very arbitrary what is allowed and what is not allowed,” he added. “All we are doing is campaigning to make abortion unthinkable. Most pro-life groups are working to change the abortion laws - we’re working to change public opinion.”"]
Sarkozy says banks must help meet poverty goals google.com 9/21/10 [""Finance has globalized, so why should we not ask finance to participate in stabilizing the world by taking a tax on each financial transaction," Sarkozy said. He vowed to press for a global tax when France is head of the Group of 20 and Group of Eight countries next year."]
Senate to Vote this Week on Allowing Abortion on Military Bases lifesitenews.com 9/21/10 ["FRC president Tony Perkins noted that, because it is not an appropriations bill, the controversial authorization measure is "not necessary to fund our military," and urged efforts to block the bill."]
Wall Street’s Profit Engines Slow Down nytimes.com 9/21/10 ["The activities at the heart of what Wall Street does — selling and trading stocks and bonds, and advising on mergers — are running at levels well below where they were at this point last year, said Meredith Whitney, a bank analyst who was among the first to warn of the subprime mortgage disaster and its impact on big banks."]
UK Proposes All Paychecks Go to the State First cnbc.com 9/21/10 ["The UK's tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the appropriate tax and pay the employees by bank transfer."]
Only You Can Stop The Senate From Passing The Dream Act newswithviews.com 9/21/10 [By Frosty Wooldridge "U.S Senator Harry Reid attached the Dream Act onto a defense bill, that, if passed, will give automatic citizenship and a free ride to 2.1 million illegal aliens."]
Smart Meters May Not Be So Clever businessweek.com 9/21/10 ["Despite the roadblocks, companies continue to invest heavily in meters. On Sept. 2, Cisco announced plans to buy Arch Rock, a San Francisco company that makes wireless technology to transmit data from smart meters to utilities"]
Frost kills Canada crops, Wheat Board sees quality concerns foxbusiness.com 9/21/10 ["On average, 62 percent of Western Canada's spring wheatreaches the top two quality levels prized by millers andbakers, but this year the Wheat Board had already expected thatlevel to fall to 45 percent."]
U.S. Homes Lost to Foreclosure Up 25 Percent foxnews.com 9/20/10 ["The increase in home repossessions came even as the number of properties entering the foreclosure process slowed for the seventh month in a row, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday."]
Syria has received Russian missiles, diplomats say haaretz.com 9/20/10 ["Syria has already received shipments of advanced surface-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles from Russia, Western diplomats said yesterday. The weapons, they said, reached the Syrian Army at some point in the last few weeks despite intense Israeli pressure on Moscow to scuttle the deal. "]
Regulators close five small banks cnbc.com 9/18/10 ["Bank regulators closed three small banks in Georgia, one in Wisconsin, one in Ohio and one in New Jersey, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said on Friday."]
Gold Hits New Record On Bank, Currency Worry wsj.com 9/18/10 ["Gold has also been supported by continued talk of the U.S. government initiating another round of economy-stimulating asset purchases, referred to as quantitative easing. Some see that move weakening the dollar and potentially fostering inflation over the long term, which would boost gold as an inflation hedge."]
Obama Endorses Global Taxes On Eve of U.N. Summit newswithviews.com 9/18/10 [By Cliff Kincaid "The term “innovative financing mechanisms” is a U.N. euphemism for global taxes. But the document actually goes further, praising the “Task Force on International Financial Transactions for Development” for its work on the subject of mobilizing additional “resources” for countries to achieve the MDGs. This is a body tasked with proposing and implementing global tax schemes. "]
Russian aircraft buzzed U.S. warship, but no alert: U.S. reuters.com 9/18/10 ["Russian naval aircraft repeatedly buzzed a U.S. warship last week in a Cold War-style incident that U.S. Navy's chief of operations has raised with his Russian counterpart."]
Terri Schiavo Foundation Changes Name, Reorganizes to Better Help Disabled Patients lifenews.com 9/18/10 ["The family members of Terri Schiavo, who set out to form a foundation following her death to help disabled patients facing similar situations where their lives may be threatened, have changed the name of it to better focus on their mission. The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation has changed its name to the "Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network.""]
Christian Students Suspended for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts with Bible Verses lifesitenews.com 9/18/10 ["This school is already named in a pending lawsuit filed by Liberty Counsel on behalf of families and students who were bullied, and one suspended, for exercising their freedom of religion by distributing abstinence wristbands and plastic models of babies at 12 weeks gestation to bring attention to the life of unborn children in the womb."]
Does Jesus Respect Islam? newswithviews.com 9/17/10 [By Coach Dave Daubenmire "In Acts 19, Paul orchestrated the burning of books on witchcraft which “mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.” I guess, as followers of Jesus, the issue we are going to have to come to grips with is whether or not Jesus was who He said He was. If the Bible is true, then Islam is a lie. If the Bible is true, Darwin was a fool. If the Bible is true, there are no other “holy” books. If the Bible is true…"]
1 in 7 in U.S. lives below poverty line latimes.com 9/17/10 ["The higher poverty level — 14.3%, or an increase of nearly 4 million people last year — means higher costs for government programs such as food stamps and unemployment compensation and potentially heavier tax burdens for the country as a whole."]
Jerusalem Must Fund Homosexual Community: Israeli Supreme Court lifesitenews.com 9/17/10 ["According to YNet News, Justices Esther Hayut, Hanan Melcer, and Isaac Amit wrote in their verdict that the municipality must expand funding for community centers without discriminating against the homosexual community and other minority groups, noting that the homosexual Open House Center has been applying for funding since 2003."]
United Nations Considers International Tax to Support MDG’s lifesitenews.com 9/17/10 ["Sixty nations will present a declaration to implement an international currency transaction tax during the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) summit that begins next week at United Nations headquarters in New York. As members of the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development, these nations will propose a tax they contend is necessary to bridge alleged funding gaps for the MDGs. Estimates judge the gap in development financing to fall between $324-336 billion a year from 2012 to 2017."]
Who's a family? New study tracks shifting US views google.com 9/16/10 ["Between 2003 and 2010, three surveys conducted by Powell's team showed a significant shift toward counting same-sex couples with children as family — from 54 percent of respondents in 2003 to 68 percent in 2010."]
After a Year of Setbacks, U.N. Looks to Take Charge of World's Agenda foxnews.com 9/16/10 ["As one underlying theme of the sessions, the top U.N. bosses seemed to be grappling often with how to cope with the pesky issue of national sovereignty, which — according to the position papers, anyway — continued to thwart many of their most ambitious schemes, especially when it comes to many different kinds of “global governance.”"]
Canada: Six in 10 live pay to pay theglobeandmail.com 9/16/10 ["Fifty-nine per cent of Canadian workers say they would be in financial trouble if their paycheque was delayed by just a week – the same proportion as last year when the economy was still mired in a downturn, according to a poll of 2,766 people by the Canadian Payroll Association. "]
States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees google.com 9/16/10 ["Several states have told current workers that their deals won't be as good as originally promised, and others are looking into it."]
Why We Are Moving To Montana newswithviews.com 9/15/10 [By Chuck Baldwin "Furthermore, it is our studied opinion that America is headed for an almost certain cataclysm. As Christians, we suspect that this cataclysm could include the judgment of God. As students of history, we believe that this cataclysm will most certainly include a fight between Big-Government globalists and freedom-loving, independent-minded patriots. I would even argue that this fight has already started."]
Bill Would Repeal Military Gay Law wsj.com 9/15/10 ["Language that would begin the process of repealing the law—known as "don't ask, don't tell," because it allows gays and lesbians to serve as long as they don't disclose their sexual orientation—is included in the $726 billion defense authorization bill that has been approved House but not by the Senate. "]
District Judge Refuses to Toss States' Suit against ObamaCare lifesitenews.com 9/15/10 ["U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida declined to dismiss the lawsuit after a Tuesday hearing at the federal courthouse in Pensacola. However, he said he expected to dismiss some unspecified aspects of the states’ suit, which would be made clear in a ruling set for October 14. "]
Gold Prices Surge to Record Highs thestreet.com 9/15/10 ["Gold for December delivery settled $24.60 higher at $1,271.70 an ounce..."]
France: Senate Passes Bill on Facial Veils nytimes.com 9/15/10 ["If the law is approved by France’s constitutional council, it will go into effect next spring and set a range of fines for women, including tourists, who wear the full veil. It also provides criminal penalties for those who force women to wear it."]
Enough's enough: Obama has conceded ineligibility wnd.com 9/15/10 [""I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead," Obama told Williams in an interview on NBC's Nightly News. With this kind of arrogance after the patience the American people have demonstrated over this matter, I'd say it's time to conclude that he is ineligible for office. He's had plenty of time to provide the evidence to clear himself of this charge..."]
Trade group asks for sweetener name change ft.com 9/15/10 ["A national trade association has petitioned the US Food & Drug Administration for permission to jettison the official name of a widely used food sweetener – high fructose corn syrup – in favour of a new name, corn sugar."]
Senator pushes bill legalizing stem cell research google.com 9/14/10 ["Sen. Arlen Specter on Monday initiated a drive to legalize federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, superseding conflicting court decisions that he said are slowing critical work to find cures for crippling diseases."]
Atheist billboard provokes Oklahoman Christians google.com 9/14/10 ["" Editor: I am reminded of James 2:19 - "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." and Psalm 14:1 - "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."]
CBO Predicts U.S. Debt Crisis If Deficits Are Not Controlled cnsnews.com 9/14/10 ["A debt crisis would then make a recession worse, since the already high levels of debt would make stimulus spending nearly impossible, since the borrowing required to provide the stimulus would be too expensive."]
Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care nytimes.com 9/14/10 ["The plan would also shrink the bureaucratic apparatus, in keeping with the government’s goal to effect $30 billion in “efficiency savings” in the health budget by 2014 and to reduce administrative costs by 45 percent. Tens of thousands of jobs would be lost because layers of bureaucracy would be abolished. "]
IMF fears 'social explosion' from world jobs crisis telegraph.co.uk 9/14/10 ["said a double-dip recession remains unlikely but stressed that the world has not yet escaped a deeper social crisis. He called it a grave error to think the West was safe again after teetering so close to the abyss last year."]
Cuba to cut 500,000 gov't workers, reform salaries google.com 9/14/10 ["The layoffs will start immediately and continue through April 2011..."]
Measles vaccination plan fails to win over Chinese public guardian.co.uk 9/14/10 ["Public distrust over government plans to vaccinate 100 million children against measles has led to conspiracy theories spread by text messaging and internet bulletin boards full of worried messages."]
New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states google.com 9/14/10 ["The U.S. cases and two others in Canada all involve people who had recently received medical care in India, where the problem is widespread."]
Controversial Program Tracks Preschoolers with Electronic Tags technewsdaily.com 9/14/10 ["Officials in Contra Costa County, California are using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to track some 240 preschoolers as part of a new Head Start program to keep the children safe and to make better use of its teachers... The county received a $115,000 stimulus grant for the system under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009..."]
Haiti prepares mass evacuations as Hurricane Igor advances calgaryherald.com 9/14/10 ["The government of Haiti on Monday made plans to relocate thousands of homeless Haitians still living in displaced persons camps, as Hurricane Igor made its way toward their earthquake-ravaged country."]
Burglars Said to Have Picked Houses Based on Facebook Updates nytimes.com 9/14/10 ["...simply by checking status updates on Facebook and then pillaging the houses of victims who announced on the social network that they were not home."]
Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas washingtonpost.com 9/13/10 ["...as the lighting industry shows, even when the government pushes companies toward environmental innovations and Americans come up with them, the manufacture of the next generation technology can still end up overseas."]
US judge: 'Don't ask, don't tell' unconstitutional google.com 9/11/10 ["U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ruled Thursday that the prohibition on openly gay service members was unconstitutional because it violates the First and Fifth Amendment rights of gays and lesbians. ...The Log Cabin Republicans sued the federal government in 2004 to stop the policy. Phillips will draft the injunction with input from the group within a week..."]
Regulators close small Florida bank google.com 9/11/10 ["With 119 closures nationwide so far this year, the pace of bank failures exceeds that of 2009, which was already a brisk year for shutdowns. By this time last year, regulators had closed 92 banks. ...The growing bank failures have sapped billions of dollars out of the deposit insurance fund. It fell into the red last year, and its deficit stood at $20.7 billion as of June 30."]
Reward Increased to $25,000 for Abortion Crime Information lifesitenews.com 9/11/10 ["Operation Rescue has announced that it is raising the reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of abortionists who are breaking the law from $10,000 to $25,000 effective immediately. "]
Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders ajc.com 9/10/10 ["An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal."]
Appeals court allows stem cell funding for now usatoday.com 9/10/10 ["A federal appeals court on Thursday permitted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to proceed for now, while it considers a judge's ruling that had temporarily shut off the funds."]
Wheat prices push food costs to 13-month high telegraph.co.uk 9/10/10 ["Food inflation rose to the highest level in more than a year in August as the effects of sharp price rises in some global commodities including wheat and sugar filtered through."]
Court voids Hazleton, Pa., law targeting illegal immigrants usatoday.com 9/10/10 ["The law, passed in 2006 but held up by lawsuits, would have allowed the city to revoke the licenses of businesses that employed illegal immigrants and fine landlords who rented to them. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the law infringed on the federal government's exclusive power to regulate immigration."]
Rosh HaShanah: Sound of the Shofar Heralds Month of Holidays israelnationalnews.com 9/9/10 ["...the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening, and nearly a month of holidays in the Hebrew month of Tishrei."]
Israel worried by Jones proposal for int’l force in W. Bank jpost.com 9/9/10 ["Israel is concerned about an American proposal to establish a multi-national force in the West Bank as one of the ways to expedite an Israeli withdrawal following any peace deal with the Palestinian Authority."]
Federal Judge Denies Obama Embryo Research Appeal lifesitenews.com 9/9/10 ["“Defendants are incorrect about much of their ‘parade of horribles’ that will supposedly result from this Court’s preliminary injunction,” stated Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a three-page order."]
CIA rendition: US court throws out torture case, citing state secrets csmonitor.com 9/9/10 ["The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals voted 6 to 5 to dismiss the lawsuit filed on behalf of five individuals who charged they were seized and imprisoned without legal process, and tortured at the behest of the Central Intelligence Agency."]
The Importance of History newswithviews.com 9/9/10 [By Pastor Roger Anghis "Today we don’t hear much about the role of pastors and Christians in the founding of our civil government yet John Adams stated that “Pastors in particular and Christians in general were so influential in our move for independence.”"]
We Hit A Nerve newswithviews.com 9/8/10 [By Chuck Baldwin "... I am convinced that this same God and those same principles are just as revolutionary--just as powerful--today as they were then. Therefore, the principalities and powers that be are scared silly that others will be inspired to do as we are doing."]
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene google.com 9/8/10 ["Researchers say the gene — which appears to be circulating widely in India — alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics."]
General: Obama records 'critical' to 'our republic' wnd.com 9/8/10 ["The general, who retired in 1994 after serving as vice commander in chief of USAF forces in Europe, commander of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing and assistant vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, among other positions, said the chain of command issue is critical, since officers are obligated both to follow orders and to disobey illegal orders. "]
French strike over plan to raise retirement age latimes.com 9/8/10 ["More than 1 million people went on strike and into the streets of France on Tuesday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to raise the legal retirement age."]
Bank on this: 1 in 10 on FDIC 'problem list' wnd.com 9/7/10 ["At the same time, the Mortgage Bankers Association has reported that one in 10 American households with a mortgage face foreclosure this summer as Obama administration mortgage-modification programs have failed. "]
Abortion Practitioners Storing Dead Babies in Jars Shows Fascination With Death lifenews.com 9/7/10 ["Abortion practitioners who have recently come under fire from state health departments for violating health and safety codes have an odd similarity. They both were found, after investigations of their abortion centers, to have kept the bodies of dead babies from abortions stored in jars."]
Beck Wants to Lead, But Will Evangelicals Follow? crosswalk.com 9/7/10 [By Adelle M. Banks "At the rally, Beck paced before the Lincoln Memorial as he described the "240 men and women," from a range of faiths who had joined his regiment."]
Venezuela introduces Cuba-like food card miamiherald.com 9/7/10 ["...the ``Good Life Card'' is making various segments of the population wary because they see it as a furtive attempt to introduce a rationing card similar to the one in Cuba. The measure could easily become a mechanism to control the population, according to civil society groups."]
Sarkozy to press ahead with controversial immigration law guardian.co.uk 9/7/10 ["...has pledged to press ahead with legislation to strip immigrants who attack police of their French nationality. The French president rowed back, however, from imposing a similar punishment on those who practise polygamy or female genital mutilation."]
Dagong sounds the gong on U.S. debt washingtontimes.com 9/6/10 ["Beijing-headquartered Dagong, the dominant credit agency in China... While Americans still tend to regard U.S. Treasuries as the "safest investment in the world," Dagong gave our debt a mere AA - lower than that of 11 other countries (including China, which it awarded an AA+)."]
US Departments of Labor and Treasury Schedule Hearing on Confiscation of Private Retirement Accounts coinupdate.com 9/6/10 ["The US government plan is to eventually take ownership of all assets in IRAs and 401K accounts and replace them with US government “Treasury Retirement Bonds.” In the October 2008 hearings, it was proposed that these bonds pay a 3% interest rate. "]
U.N. legalizes child porn, prostitution wnd.com 9/6/10 ["Although the 2010 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child language avoids the incendiary language of past years, the same child sex sale apparatus applies. "]
UN calls meeting on food price concerns bbc.co.uk 9/6/10 [""The purpose of holding the meeting is for exporting and importing countries to engage in constructive discussions on appropriate reactions to the current market situation.""]
Battle-scarred judge says Lakin decision ignores Constitution wnd.com 9/6/10 ["The military judge who curiously noted without explanation that uncovering evidence about President Obama's birth records could prove "embarrassing" and denied an officer the right to obtain potentially exculpatory evidence in a court-martial simply has forgotten the Constitution, the supreme rule of the United States. "]
Arab states pressing for IAEA controls over Israel nuclear program latimes.com 9/4/10 ["Israel does not confirm or deny that it has a nuclear weapons program. Like Pakistan and India, Israel is not a signatory to the NPT and is not legally bound to submit to intrusive inspections."]
Obama promises more stimulus as unemployment edges up google.com 9/4/10 ["In a bid to make good on that promise Obama pressed Republican foes to stop blocking tax cuts for small businesses and hinted at a new package of measures, which are rumored to include a payroll tax holiday and a permanent extension of the research and development tax credit."]
Powerful quake hits New Zealand latimes.com 9/4/10 ["A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but no deaths and only two serious injuries were reported. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said."]
Congress to Vote on Pro-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Later This Month lifenews.com 9/4/10 ["are expected to vote later this month on legislation that would force taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research."]
A Niche of the Unreal in a World of Credulity nytimes.com 9/4/10 ["...something like what The Onion would be if the writers cared mainly about God ...Their target, they say, is not Christians but those who do not question what they hear on the news. “There’s just rampant idiocy in the media sometimes,” Mr. Watson said. “People watch their favorite news channels, don’t question it and will regurgitate it the next day at the office. That is no good at all.” "]
More Banks in Trouble, but Profits Are Rising nytimes.com 9/4/10 ["With so many banks failing, the agency’s deposit insurance fund has been severely depleted. At the end of June, it carried a negative balance of $15.2 billion."]
Why 100,000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate csmonitor.com 9/4/10 ["it doesn't begin to fill America's jobs hole. In fact, unemployment could actually rise more. On Friday, the Labor Department said the jobless rate edged up to 9.6 percent in August, from 9.5 percent in July. The disappearance of Census jobs outweighed a gain of 67,000 new jobs in the private sector."]
It’s Impossible to “Get By” In the US zerohedge.com 9/4/10 [by Tyler Durden "Given the significance of this, I thought today we’d spend some time delving into numbers for the “median” American’s experience in the US today."]
A beep, a flash and one less worry for parents chicagotribune.com 9/4/10 ["The southwest suburban district rolled out the new system this week, becoming the second school district in the state to use technology not only to track school buses, but also the students who ride them, officials said."]
City Council members propose $25 fee for garage sales in Dallas dallasnews.com 9/4/10 ["City managers have floated the idea of charging $5, as a way to help balance next year's tough budget."]
Russian Panic Buying Fuels Food Price Speculation bloomberg.com 9/3/10 ["Russians have “traditionally” responded to bad harvest news by buying enough food to last for months, Skrynnik said at a government meeting in Saratov today. “This leads to a sharp rise in demand for foodstuffs and as a result creates the conditions for artificial, speculative price increases.” "]
Wheat Advances as Russia Extends Export Ban, FAO Calls Emergency Meeting bloomberg.com 9/3/10 ["Russia’s longer ban may contribute to higher global prices, raising concern there may be a rerun of the 2008 food crisis, when grains reached records and riots broke out in poorer states. ...Russia will extend the ban on grain and flour exports at least until next year’s crop is harvested, Prime Minister Putin said yesterday."]
Wandering Sheep newswithviews.com 9/3/10 ["Pastors don’t want to lead the sheep, and they aren’t interested in following them. It seems to me that they only want to tame them. I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, pastor, but the sheep are out of the pen. You have not done your job. Glenn Beck is rounding them up for you."]
Israel concedes Jerusalem before negotiations even begin wnd.com 9/3/10 ["Key land in Qalandiya and Kfar Akeb is owned by the Jewish National Fund, which over the years has allowed tens of thousands of Arabs to illegally squat on its land, resulting in the current Arab majority. "]
U.S. government sues Ariz. sheriff in civil rights probe usatoday.com 9/3/10 ["Arpaio restated his confidence that Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies do not target Hispanic citizens because of their race, and said if the Justice Department had any evidence of racial profiling, they wouldn't be suing him to get records to prove that deputies profile."]
HHS Secretary Sebelius: Time for "Re-Education" Effort on Pro-Abortion Health Care lifenews.com 9/3/10 ["Sebelius blamed “misinformation given on a 24/7 basis” by Republicans and conservative and pro-life groups opposed to the pro-abortion health care measure is making it so Americans are opposed to it. She said seniors -- concerned about the rationing in the bill -- “have been a target of a lot of the misinformation.""]
Harrisburg, Pa., defaulting on its bonds cnn.com 9/3/10 ["On Sept. 15, Harrisburg, Pa., was scheduled to make a $3.29 million payment on the bonds it issued to build a trash plant. But, the cash-strapped city doesn't have the dough. ...many on city council have been floating the idea of bankruptcy. "]
God did not create the universe, says Hawking reuters.com 9/3/10 [""Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking writes."]
Is this why Bloomberg champions mosque? wnd.com 9/3/10 ["Max Linnington, Bloomberg regional head of Middle East and South Asia, told The National newspaper that the company developed an "Islamic finance portal," which would be helped by having more people on the ground building relationships. "]
July unemployment up in about half of US cities google.com 9/3/10 ["Despite the weak showing, that's an improvement from June, when the jobless rate rose in about three-quarters of the metro areas. But it's worse than this spring, when rates declined in more than 230 areas for three straight months."]
Minnesota: After parents protest diversity class, district moves to restrict their access mfc.org 9/3/10 ["Parents in the District have spoken out against the Diversity Perspectives class textbook that promotes what one parent described as “an extremely liberal agenda.”And, parents state, the text includes concepts promoting socialism and homosexuality. "]
Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation reuters.com 9/3/10 [""Once a reserve currency's value becomes unstable, there will be quite large depreciation risks for assets," she wrote in an article that appeared in the latest issue of China Finance, a Chinese-language magazine published under the central bank."]
Chuck Baldwin: The Hardest Decision Of My Life newswithviews.com 9/2/10 ["Last Sunday, I retired as the pastor of the church that my wife and I founded 35 years ago... We are convinced that the only way freedom has a chance to survive in these States united is to recapture the spirit of liberty--one State at a time. (To continue to focus on Washington, D.C., is a waste of time and energy!) And God has led us to the conclusion that Montana (and nearby states) is the place where freedom-minded patriots have a fighting chance to prevail. Instead of telling you what to do, my family and I are showing you what we believe we should do."]
60 states to lobby U.N. for currency transaction tax reuters.com 9/2/10 ["...on international currency transactions to raise funds for development aid"]
Barak: Israel ready to cede parts of Jerusalem in peace deal haaretz.com 9/2/10 ["Barak's vision of two cities and a special regime in the so-called "holy basin" recalls a plan discussed by the previous Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, during peace talks with Abbas that fell apart almost two years ago. "]
10 Leading Retailers Close Stores; Exodus of Small Retailers Amidst Signs of "Free Rent"; 700,000 Drop Cable TV Subscriptions globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 9/2/10 ["Please keep those store closings in mind when retail sales numbers are reported. The numbers are typically reported as percentage increases and decreases of "same store sales". If retailers all close weak stores, reported "same store sales" go up. However, total aggregate sales don't."]
JP Morgan: Food Prices Are Actually Rising, It's Just That Retailers Haven't Passed It On... businessinsider.com 9/2/10 ["So far competition has prevented food retailers from passing on their rising input costs, but when might this end? At some stage, they have to pass it on, if input prices continue to rise."]
NIH Tells Some Embryonic Stem Cell Researchers to Ignore Judge's Ruling lifenews.com 9/2/10 ["According to the new NIH guidelines, grants that were funded prior to the August 23 decision and temporarily injunction are "not affected" and "award recipients may continue to expend the funds awarded to them prior to the date of the injunction.""]
Record number in government anti-poverty programs usatoday.com 9/2/10 ["More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007."]
Christian faith plus Chinese productivity bbc.co.uk 9/2/10 ["...the city was visited by substantial numbers of Western Christian missionaries during the 19th Century and thus has - by Chinese standards - a long history of Christian faith. Today it has an unusually high number of Christians for a Chinese city - with some estimates suggesting Christians now make up 20% of the population. "]
Struggling Cities Shut Firehouses in Budget Crisis nytimes.com 9/2/10 ["Philadelphia began rolling brownouts this month, joining cities from Baltimore to Sacramento that now shut some units every day."]
Obama’s Department of Justice Puts Out Master Patriot Hit-list infowars.com 9/2/10 ["The DOJ glossary arrives after the appearance of the Department of Homeland Security’s report on “right-wing extermism” and a similar report produced by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC)..."]
Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker myway.com 9/1/10 ["Many temporary factors that boosted the economy earlier this year are fading. Companies built up their inventories after cutting them sharply in the recession to match slower sales. The increase provided a boost to manufacturers, but now many companies' stockpiles are in line with sales and don't need to grow as much."]
Fed officials discussed further stimulus steps google.com 9/1/10 ["For most of this year the central bank had discussed exiting the program. But at the August Fed meeting, the central bank said it would use the proceeds from the mortgage program to purchase Treasury bonds. The goal would be to keep its total holdings of securities at around $2.05 trillion."]
America - A Nation Oppressed And Controlled! lasttrumpetnewsletter.org 9/1/10 [By Samuel David Meyer "The United States would need to add 200,000 jobs per month to make any significant gains. And even at that pace, it would still take years to regain all the jobs that were lost since the recession began. The same report indicates that 14.6 million Americans want jobs but are unable to find work."]
Florida voters can’t strip down Obama health-care bill, judge rules csmonitor.com 9/1/10 ["Florida was one of four states – along with Arizona, Oklahoma, and Colorado – with a ballot initiative this November to potentially override the health-care bill mandate that all Americans must have health insurance. But a Florida court said the ballot language was 'misleading.’ "]
Court says gay couples can't divorce in Texas google.com 9/1/10 [""A person does not and cannot seek a divorce without simultaneously asserting the existence and validity of a lawful marriage," Justice Kerry P. Fitzgerald wrote on behalf of three Republican appeals court justices. "Texas law, as embodied in our constitution and statutes, requires that a valid marriage must be a union of one man and one woman, and only when a union comprises one man and one woman can there be a divorce under Texas law.""]
Don't Say We Didn't Warn You: RFID-embedded Bins in Cleveland thenewamerican.com 9/1/10 ["The recycling carts will contain a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that will send a signal to the city’s waste management department every time the recycling cart is rolled to the curb. If too much time passes without a signal being received, the city will send out a “trash supervisor” to rifle through the trash in search of recyclable items."]