"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

 Christian teens likely to become apathetic 20-somethings baptiststandard.com 9/30/6 [" Some experts question whether the disengagement is just a phase typical of that age or whether it is unique to the current generation, Research Director David Kinnaman said. Both explanations have some merit, he acknowledged, but ultimately that debate misses the point.  The point is “the current state of ministry to 20-somethings is woefully inadequate to address the spiritual needs of millions of young adults,” he said."]
 Schwarzenegger vetoes 2 bills backed by homosexual activists sbcbaptistpress.org 9/30/6 ["AB 606, which would have required the California Department of Education to adopt an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy based on "actual or perceived gender identity" and "sexual orientation"  ...AB 1056, which would have established a "tolerance education pilot program," providing 10 schools $25,000 apiece to implement a tolerance program that addressed discrimination based on "sexual orientation" as well as "actual or perceived gender.""]
 North Korea Defectors Say Forced Abortions on Female Prisoners Routine lifenews.com 9/30/6 ["In the case of women in prison, 58 percent of the defectors interviewed said they had seen women be forced to have an abortion or had heard about such abortions take place.  This is the first time the Bar Association has released a report on North Korea's human rights record since 1989 when it started monitoring the human rights record of South Korea.  ... doctor who defected form Communist-controlled North Korea told a human rights panel that few disabled people are living in the Asian nation because physicians kill any newborn babies with physical disabilities shortly after birth. "]
 Congress OKs major ports security bill news.yahoo.com 9/30/6 ["The bill approves $400 million a year over five years for risk-based grants for training and exercises at ports. It requires the nation's 22 largest ports, which handle 98 percent of all cargo entering the country, to install radiation detectors by the end of next year.  Pilot programs would be established at three foreign ports to test technology for nonintrusive cargo inspections. Currently only one foreign port, Hong Kong, scans all U.S.-bound cargo for nuclear materials."]
 Activist Claims Pro-Homosexual Chicago Is Unfairly Prosecuting Him agapepress.org 9/30/6 ["Repent America president Michael Marcavage was arrested by Chicago police as he stood on a public sidewalk, holding a sign supporting traditional marriage at the city's 2006 Gay Games. Last month, Marcavage returned to Chicago for a court hearing but learned that the complaining witness did not show up.  Instead of dropping the case, the prosecutor said the case would be pursued based on the testimony of the arresting officer. However, the Christian activist says the arresting officer who appeared at the hearing was not the one who made the arrest."]
 SoCal AIDS awareness campaign calls HIV a "gay disease" sfgate.com 9/30/6 ["The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's departure from 20 years of countering the idea of AIDS as a gay plague is designed to reach gay men who have grown complacent about the illness."]

 

 America – Land of the Willingly Ignorant! lasttrumpetministries.org 9/29/6 [by Pastor David Meyer  "That objective has been to gradually realign nations, economies, and religions through brainwashing concepts of globalism. This brainwashing is designed to produce a one-world population that is welded together by collective thought and manipulated by misdirection away from truth. It would not be enough to induce people to not think, but also to not care was the goal. The Illuminati conspirators have always known that the threat of fear and terror would bring about a spiritual and mental resignation on the part of the targeted population, and thus they could be controlled."]
 Foreign command to direct U.S. troops news.yahoo.com 9/29/6 ["A plan approved Thursday to extend NATO's military control across all of Afghanistan would put as many as 12,000 American troops under foreign battlefield command, a number that U.S. officials said could be the most since World War II.  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hailed the change as a "bold step forward.""]
 Peacekeepers 'may use force' news24.com 9/29/6 ["UN sources said on Friday the strengthened international peacekeeping force in south Lebanon has the authority to arrest gunmen or even open fire on them.  A copy of the rules of engagement, marked "restricted" but to which AFP had access, allows for "use of force beyond self-defence to ensure that UNifil's area of operations is not utilised for hostile activities of any kind". "]
 Special Report Exposes America's Forced Abortion Epidemic lifesite.net 9/29/6 ["a Medical Science Monitor study of American and Russian women that found that 64 percent of American women who had abortions reported that they felt pressured to abort by others. He also pointed to Forced Abortion in America, a special report prepared by his organization, that documented cases of violence against women who refused to abort.  ...Even if a woman isn't physically threatened, she often faces intense pressure, abandonment, lack of support, or emotional blackmail if she doesn't abort. While abortion is often described as a 'choice,' women who've been there tell a very different story."]
 Mass. judge OKs marriage for R.I. gays news.yahoo.com 9/29/6 ["because laws in their home state do not expressly prohibit same-sex marriage, a judge ruled Friday."]
 U.S.: Iraq suicide attacks rising during Ramadan cnn.com 9/29/6 ["Caldwell said murders and executions were the largest cause of civilian deaths in Baghdad and attributed them to sectarian fighting between Sunnis and Shiites.  Hours after Caldwell's comments, gunmen killed 10 worshippers and wounded another 11 as they headed to a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, police said."]
 Bush says critics swayed by terrorist propaganda news.yahoo.com 9/29/6 ["The president used a speech here Friday to shoot back at those who use the document to "make the case that by fighting the terrorists, by fighting them in Iraq, we are making our people less secure here at home."  "This argument buys into the enemy's propaganda that the terrorists attack us because we're provoking them," he charged. "You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism.""]
 PA: Altoona latest to approve illegal immigrant crackdown pennlive.com 9/29/6 ["City Council members on Tuesday night approved a measure aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants by punishing companies that hire them and landlords who rent to them."]

 

 Governor Signs Bills Relating To Women's Health cbs5.com 9/28/6 ["The bill, AB 2251, prohibits posting the home address, home telephone or images of reproductive health providers and patients with the intent to incite violence or make threats.  The bill also prohibits the sale of this information online with the intent to incite violence or make threats. ...would require the state pharmacy board to create and provide a sign telling patients about their right to timely access to prescribed drugs that a pharmacist has refused to provide based on ethical or religious grounds. The bill would require pharmacies to post such a sign in a visible place or near the entrance of the business."]
 U.S. homework outsourced as "e-tutoring" grows reuters.com 9/28/6 ["The outsourcing trend that fueled a boom in Asian call centers staffed by educated, low-paid workers manning phones around the clock for U.S. banks and other industries is moving fast into an area at the heart of U.S. culture: education.  ...China and India, meanwhile, are producing the world's largest number of science and engineering graduates -- at least five times as many as in the United States, where the number has fallen since the early 1980s.  ...Online companies, both from the United States and India, are looking to tap millions of dollars available to firms under the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act for remedial tutoring."]
 Beijing secretly fires lasers to disable US satellites telegraph.co.uk 9/28/6 ["According to senior American officials: "China not only has the capability, but has exercised it." American satellites like the giant Keyhole craft have come under attack "several times" in recent years.  Although the Chinese tests do not aim to destroy American satellites, the laser attacks could make them useless over Chinese territory."]
 More than 50 bombers involved in Russian air force exercise en.rian.ru 9/28/6 [""I cannot remember such large-scale long-range aircraft exercise in Russia's history," Vladimir Mikhailov said.  He said Tu-160 Blackjacks, Tu-95MS Bears and Tu-22M3 Backfires would fly above the Arctic and Pacific oceans and the Black and Caspian seas. "]
 Don't Suspend Habeas Corpus latimes.com 9/28/6 ["The problem with the legislation — even with the improvements forced on the White House by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — is that it would make it impossible for alleged enemy combatants to file what is known as a writ of habeas corpus, which allows them to challenge the legality of their imprisonment."]
 New WTC Animation: WTC Core infowars.com 9/28/6 ["A more realistic representation of the backbone of the WTC. The building's backbone that NIST and FEMA ignored."]
 UK: Anti-gay leaflets charge dropped news.bbc.co.uk 9/28/6 ["He was arrested when he refused to stop handing out leaflets at the entrance to Cardiff's Mardi Gras gay and lesbian festival in Bute Park earlier this month, which was attended by around 40,000 people."]
 Judge rejects Ohio law restricting use of abortion pill ohio.com 9/28/6 ["The law, which was supposed to take effect two years ago, would make it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, or RU-486, after the seventh week of pregnancy. Judge Susan Dlott ruled the law was confusing and doctors couldn't be expected to understand its requirements."]

 

 Pennsylvania becomes center of gun-control debate reuters.com 9/27/6 ["The two-day meeting was attended by the mayors of New York and Trenton, New Jersey, who believe their cities' crime rates are affected by the laxer rules in Pennsylvania. The state has one of the strongest pro-gun lobbies in the country.  "What happens in Pennsylvania or any other state doesn't stay in Pennsylvania or any other state," New York's Michael Bloomberg told a news conference. "We can't fight illegal guns from behind state lines." He said 85 percent of the guns used by criminals in New York originated outside the city.  Pennsylvania, a largely rural state, has an estimated 1 million hunters and 250,000 members of the National Rifle Association, the biggest national gun advocacy group."]
 Third Night of Ramadan Rioting in Capital of Europe brusselsjournal.com 9/27/6 ["During the month of ramadan Muslims are required to fast during the day and are only allowed to eat after sunset. As Esther pointed out “What should be noticed about the riots is that they start after sunset. Besides the fact that they start after dark, it also gives the rioters enough time to break their fast and enjoy the traditional family meal. Sunset is around 7:30pm.” Tuesday’s and Monday’s riots began around 8:30pm."]
 UK: Pesticides found in a third of our food dailymail.co.uk 9/27/6 ["In 1.7% of cases the chemical residues exceeded maximum legal limits, according to the Pesticide Residue Committee's 2005 annual report.  A further 30.2% of the 3,787 items surveyed during last year had pesticide traces within those limits. In 2004 only 1.09% of samples contained pesticide traces above the statutory limits.  The increase is due to more imported exotic fruit and vegetables being tested, the Committee said. "]
 All the News That's Fit For Us to See news.yahoo.com 9/27/6 ["Now, go back to the international edition and take another look. Scroll down the page to the cover which doesn't match the others. That's the one for Newsweek's American edition."]
 House clears $70 billion mostly for Iraq war reuters.com 9/27/6 ["With this bill, Congress will have approved more than $500 billion for the wars, with the bulk of that spent in Iraq. Lawmakers called the $70 billion a "bridge fund" to last about halfway through the next fiscal year, which starts on October 1."]
 Study shows modern families grappling with technology overload news.yahoo.com 9/27/6 [""Father doesn't always know best. He may not have a clue about what MP3 player is the best value, but daughter can be the expert because she spent time comparison shopping prices and features online."  Division of expertise in houses has resulted in family decisions regarding purchases and other matters becoming more democratic, the survey indicated."]
 

 Army explores issue of living wills as more return from war in comas usatoday.com 9/25/6 ["From January 2003 through July, the Pentagon identified at least 250 troops who returned from war with head wounds that left them — at least initially — comatose or unable to care for themselves or respond to people. Brain injuries, most from roadside bombs, are the signature wound of the Iraq war."]
 Iraqis to Consider Autonomous Regions abcnews.go.com 9/25/6 ["Iraq's feuding ethnic and sectarian groups agreed Sunday to consider amending the constitution and begin debating legislation to create a federated nation, while the Shiite prime minister appealed for an end to violence during Ramadan.  ...Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders broke a two-week deadlock and agreed on a compromise that will allow parliament to take up Shiite-proposed draft legislation to permit creation of partly self-ruling regions."]
 Day Without Illegal Aliens newswithviews.com 9/25/6 [By Frosty Wooldridge  "If President George W. Bush had honored as well as fulfilled his oath of office on September 12, 2001 after several illegal aliens bombed our country into a national nightmare--he would have:"]
 US Army looks for ways to send more troops to Iraq news.yahoo.com 9/25/6 ["looking for ways to send more combat units into the
Iraq rotation pool and are considering accelerating the pace of deployments for some brigades in order to keep more than 140,000 troops in the country through at least the spring of 2007."]
 Flight 93 Lawsuit Filed newswithviews.com 9/25/6 [By: Devvy Kidd  "because I want to know if Flight 93 did or didn't land in Cleveland, I filed a FOIA on November 14, 2005 against the FAA seeking routine data which is released to the public all the time without a FOIA. I had been trying to get this documentation through a friend who has a good working relationship with a member of Congress, but this request was being stonewalled, so I had no other choice but to file a FOIA requesting:  All take off and landing logs for Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport for September 10, 11 and 12, 2001."]
 American Airlines FLight 77 911research.wtc7.net 9/25/6 [""]

 

 Egypt criticizes West on Israeli nuclear arsenal ynetnews.com 9/24/6 ["Egypt criticized Western powers on Saturday for blocking efforts to declare Israel's reputed nuclear arsenal a threat.  The United States and other Western states combined on Friday to stifle a resolution at the UN's nuclear agency, the IAEA, demanding Israel use atomic energy only for peaceful purposes and help set up a Middle East nuclear arms-free zone. "]
 War price on U.S. lives equal to 9/11 usatoday.com 9/24/6 ["U.S. military deaths from Iraq and Afghanistan now match those of the most devastating terrorist attack in America's history, the trigger for what came next. Add casualties from chasing terrorists elsewhere in the world, and the total has passed the Sept. 11 figure."  ...Among the Americans killed in the Iraq war, 34% have come from communities reporting the lowest levels of family income. Half come from middle income communities and only 17% from the highest income level.  That's a change from World War II, when all income groups were represented about equally. In Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, the poor have made up a progressively larger share of casualties, by this analysis.]
 Swiss Euthanasia Group Demands Assisted Suicide for the Depressed lifesite.net 9/24/6 ["The Swiss suicide organization that has helped to kill at least 54 British clients and uncounted others from around Europe, is in a test case in the country’s Supreme Court arguing that people suffering from depression or who are “tired of life” should be able to legally use the facility to end their lives."]
 US commanders at Guantanamo adopt get-tougher stance wistv.com 9/24/6 ["The military is hardening a new jailhouse for suspected al-Qaida and Taliban militants at Guantanamo Bay.  Officials say it's for the safety of guards. They say there's evidence that detainees have organized themselves into groups to mount uprisings."]
 Clinton initiative wins $7.3bn pledges news.yahoo.com 9/24/6 ["The pledges mostly concentrated on the four themes of the fight against global warming, disease, poverty and religious conflict."]
Russia reiterates plans to send military construction unit to Lebanon, if needed iht.com 9/24/6 ["Russia has not contributed to some 5,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping contingent in southern Lebanon and Putin said the military engineers would be sent outside the U.N. mandate."]
 U.N.-Initiated “Global Tax” Justified by Proposed Use for Third-World Anti-AIDS Drugs lifesite.net 9/24/6 ["UN leaders announced a new plan for a global tax on airline tickets on Tuesday, ostensibly to fund disease treatment in developing countries, the International Herald Tribune reported.  As part of a new UN initiative based in Geneva and known as UNITAID, or “united to aid,” tax revenues generated by the program will go toward the purchase of cheaper drugs to treat AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases plaguing the Third World.  UNITAID will also work to pressure pharmaceutical countries to lower drug costs for struggling countries. The New York Times said the initiative hopes to raise at least $300 million through the airline tax in the coming year. "]

 American Schizophrenia newswithviews.com 9/22/6 [by Coach Dave Daubenmire  "“Americans are better than that,” they say. Is that true? Is America better than that? If so, why? What is it, in the eyes of the world that makes America better than an Iraq?  “If we turn to torture we are no better than them,” I heard a secular pundit recently say. Hmmm, no better than them….so you think we’re better than them…why? "]
 NBC TV to Air “Blasphemous” Madonna Mock Crucifixion Stunt lifesite.net 9/22/6 ["NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly accepted the stunt after previewing the production.  “We viewed it,” he told Access Hollywood, “and didn’t see it as being inappropriate.” "]
Pakistan: U.S. threatened to bomb us back to Stone Age cnn.com 9/22/6 ["if he did not help America's war on terror.  Musharraf says the threat was delivered by Richard Armitage, then the deputy secretary of state, to Musharraf's intelligence director"  Editor: thy say, we say... however, the accusation alone does paint another dark mark against America in the Middle East's eyes.]
 US backs HIV/AIDS screening for all patients aged 13-64 news.yahoo.com 9/22/6 ["The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its new recommendations for health-care providers were designed to make voluntary HIV screening a routine part of medical care to reach an estimated 250,000 Americans infected with HIV but unaware of their contagious condition."]
 Teens turn to TV, Internet for news usatoday.com 9/22/6 ["45% of teens say TV is the best overall source of news, 44% think it's the most accurate and 43% think it's the easiest to use. Only 28% of teachers thought TV was the best news source, a distant second to newspapers' 48%."]
 Hizbollah chief says still has 20,000 rockets reuters.com 9/22/6 ["Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday his Lebanese guerrillas still had more than 20,000 rockets after their month-long war with Israel and no army in the world could disarm them.  Speaking to a sea of followers at a "divine victory" rally in south Beirut, Nasrallah said the Shi'ite Muslim group had emerged stronger from the conflict and also called for a new government in Lebanon."]
 'Reaper' moniker given to MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle af.mil 9/22/6 ["A 900-horsepower turbo-prop engine, compared to the 119-horsepower Predator engine, powers the aircraft. It has a 64-foot wingspan and carries more than 15 times the ordnance of the Predator, flying almost three times the Predator's cruise speed.  The Air Force has seven MQ-9 Reapers in its inventory, with a full-rate production decision expected in 2009. "]
 Greenleaf, Idaho: Proposed Ordinance asks Each Household to Have a Firearm fox12news.com 9/22/6 ["The proposed ordinance is modeled after a similar plan that went into place in 1982 in Kennesaw, Ga. In that instance there was a dramatic decrease in criminal activity. Although crime isn't a huge problem for residents of Greenleaf, the growth in neighboring counties leads them to believe they too are in for some changes.  "There's not a lot of crime here, but I think it's coming, it's getting worse everyday,""]

 

 Boeing wins contract to install 'virtual fence' along stretch of Mexican border usatoday.com 9/21/6 ["The contract, which calls for cameras, sensors and even unmanned planes, is the first part of a multibillion-dollar government plan designed to reduce illegal entry along the 6,000 miles of the Canadian and Mexican borders.  The final price tag for the so-called Secure Border Initiative is unknown, but Homeland Security officials disputed published reports saying the cost could exceed $2 billion."]
 Spinach Salad Anyone? newswithviews.com 9/21/6 [By Frosty Wooldridge "How do you think this disease outbreak occurred? To bring it into sobering focus, please understand that 20 million illegal aliens crossed into America in the past 20 years without any kind of health screening. They work picking our food, washing our dishes in restaurants and, as is the norm in Third World countries, rarely if ever wash their hands after using the toilet. Additionally, most of them suffer functional illiteracy. They do not practice personal hygiene or health habits most Americans assume as a normal aspect of living.  ...Might dozens or more do their morning constitutional amongst the crops for lack of a porta-potty? Might the contamination be spread across the fields by the common practice of “flood irrigation?” Would flooding spread the contamination further?  ...When you degrade health standards, hire illegal aliens carrying multiple of diseases or disease provoking habits, you’ve got a national crisis in the making."]
 UN Chief Warns of Global War Over Religion, Says Only UN can Solve World's Problems lifesite.net 9/21/6 ["Annan said, “insensitivity towards other people’s beliefs or sacred symbols –- intentional or otherwise -- is seized upon by those who seem eager to foment a new war of religion on a global scale.”  “Moreover, this climate of fear and suspicion is constantly refuelled by the violence in the Middle East”, he said, adding: “We might like to think of the Arab-Israeli conflict as just one regional conflict amongst many. But it is not. No other conflict carries such a powerful symbolic and emotional charge among people far removed from the battlefield.”"]
 Senate likely to pass China tariff bill: senator reuters.com 9/21/6 ["The Senate is likely to pass a bill aimed at forcing China to change its currency policies by threatening a 27.5 percent tariff on its exports to the United States, a top Republican senator said on Thursday.  ...U.S. manufacturers say China's currency is undervalued by 15 percent to 40 percent against the U.S. dollar, giving Chinese competitors an unfair advantage.  The Graham-Schumer bill directs the White House to impose a 27.5 percent tariff on goods from China if Beijing does not significantly raise the value of its currency within six months. That punishment could be delayed for 12 more months if China has begun implementing a plan to revalue its currency."]
 US Treasury chief denounces trade protectionism news.yahoo.com 9/21/6 ["One of the biggest challenges is to make the case in the United States and around the world for the benefits of trade and openness, because virtually everywhere in the world, we have protectionist sentiment," he said.  Paulson noted unease among Americans about globalization and job losses as emerging countries like China take on an ever-greater share of global production."]
 Iran leader's U.N. finale reveals apocalyptic view worldnetdaily.com 9/21/6 ["The last two paragraphs of his remarks revealed his steadfast and driving conviction, as previously reported in WND ,that a messianic figure, known as the "Mahdi" to Muslims, is poised to reveal himself after an apocalyptic holocaust on Earth that leaves most of the world's population dead."]
 Many U.S. couples seek embryo screening news.yahoo.com 9/21/6 ["Almost half of U.S. fertility clinics that offer embryo screening say they allow couples to choose the sex of their child, the most extensive survey of the practice suggests.  Sex selection without any medical reason to warrant it was performed in about 9 percent of all embryo screenings last year, the survey found."]

 

 Consider Storing Food Now newswithviews.com 9/20/6 [By Dr. James Howenstine, MD.  "The United States has become a net importer of food for the first time in it’s history. Remember also that the major foods grown and exported by the U.S. are GMO wheat, corn and soy which are very deleterious to human health.  ...North American soil is now the most depleted of all the continents on the globe. This ill advised, but probably carefully planned, introduction of poor fertilizer has been associated with failure to provide trace minerals to the soil probably for financial reasons. Since human enzymes only work when the body contains adequate amounts of trace minerals the disappearance of zinc, magnesium, selenium, iodine, manganese etc. has led to more disease.  ...Farmers report that deer, raccoons, and rabbits will walk through a field of GMO corn to reach a field of conventional corn, which they continue to eat."]
 Clinton kicks off appeal to fight global problems reuters.com 9/20/6 ["in hopes of coming up with more than $2.5 billion and ideas on how to stop conflict, health woes, poverty and climate change.  Among 1,000 people attending the second annual Clinton Global Initiative, or CGI -- many paying $15,000 each -- were billionaire businessmen Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Richard Branson, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and 50 current and former heads of state."]
 Liberty Dollars Not Legal Tender, United States Mint Warns Consumers usmint.gov 9/20/6 ["NORFED’s "Liberty Dollar" medallions are specifically marketed to be used as current money in order to limit reliance on, and to compete with the circulating coinage of the United States. Consequently, prosecutors with the United States Department of Justice have concluded that the use of NORFED’s "Liberty Dollar" medallions violates 18 U.S.C. § 486, and is a crime."  Editor: Somebody is feeling a little threatened by real money...]
 Bill changed to allow warrantless wiretapping on Americans when attack 'imminent' usatoday.com 9/20/6 ["Rep. Heather Wilson's bill initially would have given legal status to Bush's domestic surveillance program only after an attack. Instead, her bill now would grant the administration's plea to allow wiretapping against Americans without warrants when it is believed a terrorist attack is "imminent."  But that concession carried a price for the president, according to a draft.  Under the measure, the administration would be required to share more details of the nature of the threat with the House and Senate leaders and the chairmen of both intelligence committees, who then would decide without administration input which lawmakers would receive the classified information."  Editor: Cry 'wolf']
 Final Israeli pullout from Lebanon is set iht.com 9/20/6 ["by sundown Friday, which marks the beginning of the Jewish new year"]
 New Website Details Thousands of Violent Crimes by Abortion Supporters lifesite.net 9/20/6 ["“This website exposes the pro-choice movement as the most violent political movement in United States history. In fact, we have documented over 7,000 acts of violence and illegal activities by those who support or practice abortion,” stated Brian Clowes, Ph. D., senior analyst for HLI. “We have launched this site to expose this troubling truth and to draw attention to the fact that this violence is escalating at a very disturbing rate. Since 2000, there have been an astonishing 269 homicides and other killings committed by the pro-abortion movement.”"]
 How dangerous Iraq has become gulfnews.com 9/20/6 ["More than 10,000 people lost their lives in the first 6 months of this year. And many more thousands will be killed in the months to come unless drastic measures are taken to restore security and stability."]
 Gonzales wants ISPs to save user data news.yahoo.com 9/20/6 ["asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.  ..."We respect civil liberties, but we have to harmonize this so we can get more information," he said."]
 Hong-Kong Court Rejects Appeal for Homosexual Age-of-Consent Restriction lifesite.net 9/20/6 ["Current laws forbidding homosexual activity for boys and young men between the ages of 16 and 21 have been rejected by Hong Kong’s High Court, after the government appealed an August ruling that struck down the age restriction."]

 

 Annan pleads for Middle East peace in farewell speech to General Assembly news.yahoo.com 9/19/6 ["No other conflict carries such a powerful symbolic and emotional charge among people far removed from the battlefield"]
 Number of gay-friendly companies growing: study reuters.com 9/19/6 ["An unprecedented 138 major U.S. companies scored 100 percent in a Corporate Equality Index compiled by the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based gay rights advocacy group.  That number was up from 101 companies last year and was 10 times higher than the 13 companies with that score in 2002, said the campaign, which conducts research and education programs and lobbies Congress.  Top companies offer such benefits as medical coverage and family leave to same-sex partners, prohibit discrimination against transgender workers or advertise in ways that respect gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, it said."]
 Gen. Says U.S. May Boost Troops in Iraq abc2news.com9/19/6 ["possibly even increase the current force levels of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring  ...There are currently 147,000 U.S. forces in Iraq - up more than 20,000 from the troop levels in late June. "]
 In a replay of Iraq, a battle is brewing over intelligence on Iran seattletimes.nwsource.com 9/19/6 ["U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials say Bush political appointees and hard-liners on Capitol Hill have tried recently to portray Iran's nuclear program as more advanced than it is and to exaggerate Tehran's role in Hezbollah's attack on Israel in mid-July.  The struggle's outcome could have profound implications for U.S. policy.  President Bush, who addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, has said he prefers diplomacy to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but he hasn't ruled out using military force."]
 Canadian police errors led to man's torture -probe alertnet.org 9/19/6 ["Canadian police wrongly identified an Ottawa software engineer as an Islamic extremist, prompting U.S. agents to deport him to Syria, where he was tortured, an official inquiry concluded on Monday.  ...The unit probing possible terror networks was poorly supervised and was comprised largely of financial fraud experts, who had little experience of national security cases."]

 Uruguay Leftists to Pass Homosexual Civil Partnership Law lifesite.net 9/17/6 ["The ruling leftist party of Uruguay has passed legislation that will allow homosexual partnerings to be recognized as the legal equivalent of natural marriage.  Under the new law, couples who have lived together for at least five years, can have their relationship recognized as a civil partnership with the equivalent legal protections of marriage. The new law will affect inheritance, taxation and child custody."]
 House Sets New Vote on Border Fence abcnews.go.com 9/17/6 ["The bill calls for building more than 700 miles of double-layered fencing along the nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico. The House approved the same amount of fencing when it passed its enforcement-focused immigration bill last December.  ...The border now has 75 miles of fencing along it."]
 Senators compromising on FEMA expansion news.yahoo.com 9/17/6 ["FEMA would become a "distinct entity" at Homeland Security, protecting it from future reorganizations, and gain a national operations center and expanded regional offices to deal with some of the shortcomings exposed by the agency's failings in response to Hurricane Katrina.  The director would still serve under the homeland security secretary, a pecking order created when FEMA became part of that department in 2003."]
 Baghdad death toll estimated at 180 boston.com 9/17/6 ["since Monday to at least 180 people. Most of those people were shot execution-style."]

 Bush rules out meeting with Ahmadinejad ynetnews.com 9/16/6 ["Bush said the two would not meet. ‘I have made it clear that we will sit down with the Iranians once they verifiably suspend their enrichment program. I meant what I said,' Bush states"]
 Muslim leaders demand apology for Pope's 'medieval' remarks guardian.co.uk 9/16/6 ["He quoted from a little-known medieval text recording debates between a Byzantine emperor and an educated Persian. The Pope recalled that the emperor had told his adversary: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.""]
 Chile Court Suspends Gov’t Plan to Distribute Free Morning-After Pill lifesite.net 9/16/6 ["The federal government order to provide the ‘morning after pill’ to young girls, on demand and without the knowledge or consent of their parents, was scheduled to be implemented this month. Several mayors refused to participate in the policy, demanding that parents must be notified before emergency contraception could be distributed to minors."]
 US urges G7 action to revive world trade round news.yahoo.com 9/16/6 ["With the World Trade Organisation's Doha round of negotiations gasping on life support, the Treasury chief warned said that "global protectionist pressures remain a serious threat".  ...An array of bills in the US Congress would punish China for allegedly distorting its exchange rate to boost its exports at the expense of American jobs.  Paulson, who has rejected the pressure from US lawmakers as "demagoguery", said the United States was committed to "vigorously doing its part" to redress the global imbalances by cutting its fiscal deficit, for example."]
 India's anti-gay law faces challenge iht.com 9/16/6 ["a campaign to force the government to decriminalize homosexuality is rapidly gaining momentum.  About 150 of India's most influential figures - from the novelist Vikram Seth to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen - have joined their voices in a protest letter demanding the repeal of "cruel and discriminatory" legislation banning gay sex."]
 War porn – U.S. military in Iraq facing growing problem of porn addiction catholic.org 9/16/6 ["Today, pornography is sold at most base exchanges (BXs) in the United States. It’s part of a $57-billion-a-year worldwide industry. Porn revenue is larger than the combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises, according to the Internet Filter Review. In the United States, revenue from pornography ($12 billion a year) far exceeds the combined revenues of the three major television networks – ABC, CBS and NBC ($6.2 billion)."]
 Beware of 'Christian' Bookstores! newswithviews.com 9/16/6 [By Paul Proctor "Type the names of known heretics and false teachers into the site's search engine; names of authors from the church growth movement, emerging church movement, Word Faith movement and even the New Age and see what pops up on the screen for sale. Brace yourself though, because you're probably going to be surprised. Believe it or not, some Christian bookstores are even selling the published works of homosexuals, pagans and occultists!"]
 Dr.: Va. teen cancer patient improving news.yahoo.com 9/16/6 ["A Virginia teenage cancer patient appears to be improving less than a month after he won a court fight to forgo chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments, his doctor said Friday."]
 WHO calls for more DDT use vs. malaria news.yahoo.com 9/16/6 ["The difference: DDT, longed banned in the United States because of environmental damage, is no longer sprayed outdoors. Instead it's used to coat the inside walls of mud huts or other dwellings and kill mosquitoes waiting to bite families as they sleep."]

 

 Fury over Pope's remarks raises concerns news.yahoo.com 9/15/6 ["Across the Islamic world Friday, Benedict's remarks on Islam and jihad in a speech in Germany unleashed a torrent of rage that many fear could burst into violent protests like those that followed publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.  ...Some experts said the perceived provocation by the spiritual leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics could leave even deeper scars.  "The declarations from the pope are more dangerous than the cartoons, because they come from the most important Christian authority in the world — the cartoons just came from an artist,""]
 Drought punishes crops in South usatoday.com 9/15/6 [""I think (the drought of) 1980 might have been a little worse," Randall McMichen says.  "That's kind of the benchmark for comparing droughts," his son adds.  ...Ranchers in parts of western Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and central and southern Texas also are still experiencing drought conditions, Fuchs says.  It was one of the worst years in decades for wheat farmers in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.  In August, corn farmers in Iowa, Nebraska and western Missouri were bedeviled by rain shortages and temperatures topping 100 degrees. "]
 What's Really Propping Up The Economy businessweek.com 9/15/6 ["Without it the nation's labor market would be in a deep coma. Since 2001, 1.7 million new jobs have been added in the health-care sector, which includes related industries such as pharmaceuticals and health insurance. Meanwhile, the number of private-sector jobs outside of health care is no higher than it was five years ago."]
 Immigration raid cripples Ga. town news.yahoo.com 9/15/6 [Editor: emotional propoganda]
 New EU map makes Kent part of same 'nation' as France telegraph.co.uk 9/15/6 ["The Conservative Party fears that the directive, currently passing through the European Parliament, could be the first step of a Berlin-inspired masterplan to create a United States of Europe divided, not into nation states, but instead a series of "trans-national" regions, the templates for which have already been drawn up.  ...Draft outlines of these regions have already been drawn up as part of a long-running EU project called Interreg, which has created the areas to foster cross-border- co-operation on issues such as tourism, trade, health and the environment.  The EU says that the directive on "spatial information", which requires all member states to bring their maps and data into line with the European Commission's specifications, is to help to harmonise data across Europe and allow the smoother implementation of social, environmental and transport policies."]
 Ford to cut one-third of work force reuters.com 9/15/6 ["Ford Motor Co. said on Friday it will slash $5 billion in costs and one-third of its work force as it warned its auto business would not make a profit in North America for another three years."]
 Europe Forsakes Christianity for Islam? cbn.com 9/15/6 ["In France, as in much of Europe, only five percent go to church on a weekly basis, and most of them are the elderly. Only 10 percent think religion is "very important." For all Europeans, that figure is only 21 percent.   ...“In the United States, people would more quickly turn toward at least Christ in general and Christianity, because it's still somewhat part of the culture in general. Here in Europe we have gone beyond that point, and we do not expect anything from religion apart from some very abstract hope that there is something after this life,” Devos said.  Among the clergy in the state churches, unbelief is extraordinarily high. "]
 Blog of man reported to be gunman paints dark portrait theglobeandmail.com 9/15/6 ["...holding up a black semi-automatic weapon with one hand and making the sign of the devil with another.  ...seems to harbour particular disdain for authority, including police, "all the government on Earth," "bible-thumping know-it-alls" and God."]

 

 Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening' washingtonpost.com 9/14/6 ["Bush told a group of conservative journalists that he notices more open expressions of faith among people he meets during his travels, and he suggested that might signal a broader revival similar to other religious movements in history. Bush noted that some of Abraham Lincoln's strongest supporters were religious people "who saw life in terms of good and evil" and who believed that slavery was evil. Many of his own supporters, he said, see the current conflict in similar terms."]
 Public Schools & Tell-A-Vision newswithviews.com 9/14/6 [By Nancy Levant  "How, exactly, does one remove the physical boundary lines of the nation, Constitutional freedom, and the Americana consciousness from we the people? The answer is profoundly simple! Stick a remote control in one hand and global curricula in the other – and voila! A global “citizen” emerges – dumber than a box of rocks and controllable as an electronic blank slate with an on/off switch.  ...Federal Reserve have bankrupted the sovereignty, potential, and people of the United States of America – and all the while the people just sit – flat broke and watching tell-a-vision shows purposefully created for addicted and brainless idiots - while not one in 100,000 American people have bothered to read the U.N. document called Agenda 21, which mandates that NO ONE CAN OWN ANY private property. "]
 IAEA protests "erroneous" U.S. report on Iran reuters.com 9/14/6 ["The letter recalled clashes between the IAEA and the Bush administration before the 2003 Iraq war over findings cited by Washington about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that proved false, and underlined continued tensions over Iran's dossier.   ....The letter said the errors suggested Iran's nuclear fuel program was much more advanced than a series of IAEA reports and Washington's own intelligence assessments have determined.  It said the report falsely described Iran to have enriched uranium at its pilot centrifuge plant to weapons-grade level in April, whereas IAEA inspectors had made clear Iran had enriched only to a low level usable for nuclear power reactor fuel."]
 BC Parents Will Have to Lie to Keep Kids out of Gay Advocacy Curriculum lifesite.net 9/14/6 ["BC’s Province newspaper, reports that parents in BC may not be allowed to opt their children out of school programmes promoting the homosexual lifestyle under the rubric of “respecting diversity”.  Surrey School Board Trustee, Heather Stillwell, predicted that the result of the legislation, denounced as coercive by activists, will be parents coming up with creative ways to keep their children out of the classes. "]
 NSA Bill Performs a Patriot Act wired.com 9/14/6 ["A bill radically redefining and expanding the government's ability to eavesdrop and search the houses of U.S. citizens without court approval passed a key Senate committee Wednesday, and may be voted on by the full Senate as early as next week.  ...The committee also passed two other surveillance measures   ...Specter's bill concedes the government's right to wiretap Americans without warrants, and allows the U.S. Attorney General to authorize, on his own, dragnet surveillance of Americans so long as the stated purpose of the surveillance is to monitor suspected terrorists or spies.  ...Redefines surveillance so that only programs that catch the substance of a communication need oversight. Any government surveillance that captures, analyzes and stores patterns of communications such as phone records, or e-mail and website addresses, is no longer considered surveillance."]
 Bush Administration Continues Funding Arab States chuckbaldwinlive.com 9/14/6 [by Chuck Baldwin  "Just recently, the Bush administration announced plans to sell $4.6 billion worth of arms to several Arab states including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Military equipment listed for transfer to the Muslim states include UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter gunships, AH-64 Apache helicopters, M113A1 armored personnel carriers, Javelin anti-tank missiles, and modernized MA1 Abrams tanks outfitted with such things as air-conditioning and infrared sights for commanders and gunners.  ...So, the next time you hear President Bush talk about the Twin Towers, national security, and the war on terrorism, remember those billion-dollar sales to Arab states in the Middle East and keep telling yourself it all makes sense."]
 Palast Charged with Journalism in the First Degree gregpalast.com 9/14/6 ["To give a sense of the full flavor and smell of the place, we wanted to show that this human parking lot, with kids and elderly, is nearly adjacent to the Exxon Oil refinery, the nation’s second largest, a chemical-belching behemoth.  ...of Homeland Security told us, “This is a ‘Critical Infrastructure’… and they get nervous about unauthorized filming of their property.”"]
 Biotech Firms Want Govt $ for Dubious Embryonic Stem Cell Research Method lifenews.com 9/14/6 ["Two leading biotech firms want the federal government to pay to distribute embryonic stem cells obtained through a dubious new method they claim does not destroy human life. The method was proven false in previous weeks after a media explosion claimed it solved ethics problems."]
 Who's Your Daddy? newswithviews.com 9/14/6 [by Coach Dave Daubenmire  "Thus the correct question is not "What rights does the Constitution give to the American people?" but rather "What powers does the Constitution grant to the government?"  ...Our rights are God-given rights. They are not “Constitutional” rights.  Take some time and read the U.S. Constitution. You will see that it does not grant any rights to anyone.  ...Isn’t it ironic, that today, merely 230 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, we once again think our right to express our faith comes from the king?  ...But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. --John 19:15"]
 Why The Mayor Of Hazelton, PA. Is Right newswithviews.com 9/14/6 ["Get to your city council meetings headed up by your mayor and demand they stand up like Mayor Barletta against this invasion. If they resist or blow you off, let them know you will work very hard to see them thrown out of office or recalled. If enough of America's mayors take this stand, the state legislatures will have to step up to the plate because they will have dozens of mayors in their state finally doing what must be done. "]

 

 US treasury chief urges China to assume leadership role news.yahoo.com 9/13/6 ["Paulson noted a growing trend of China-bashing in Washington but insisted: "We will not heed the siren songs of protectionism and isolationism.""]
 IMF: risk of global crash is increasing news.independent.co.uk 9/13/6 [" Financial markets have failed to price in the risk that any one of a host of threats to economic stability could materialise and deliver a massive shock to the world economy, the International Monetary Fund warned yesterday.   ...when it comes to worrying about a crash in the financial markets that could deliver a body blow to the world economy, it seems that all roads lead to the US.  The IMF highlighted five major risks, all but one of which can be attributed to a greater or lesser extent to the economy and foreign policies of the US administration. "]
 Terri Schiavo and the "Unconscious" Interactive Patient lifenews.com 9/13/6 ["she could have had a PET scan, which uses radiation to measure function. This was the test the Schindlers requested. Which raises the question of whether a PET scan could have provided the same kind of details about Terri that were revealed about the British patient from the MRI.  So, I have been asking doctors I know to find out.
One doctor, a neurologist, told me the PET would indeed have been able to measure the extent of Terri's brain function. "]
 US military death count for Baghdad excluded bombs, mortar and rocket attacks iht.com 9/13/6 ["when it reported a dramatic drop in the number of murders around Baghdad last month, the U.S. command said Monday.  The decision to include only victims of drive-by shootings and those killed by torture and execution, usually at the hands of death squads, allowed U.S. officials to argue that a security crackdown that began in the capital on Aug. 7 had more than halved the city's murder rate."]
 Gay Pride Weekend to Become Month-Long Celebration abclocal.go.com 9/13/6 ["West Hollywood City Council has concluded that the annual weekend of celebration centered on the gay pride parade should be expanded into a month-long series of activities.  ...The gay pride parade draws about 300,000 people a year and is one of two big annual gay-themed events in West Hollywood. The other is the Halloween carnival.  ...The task force suggests that if West Hollywood is to maintain its reputation as Southern California's most vibrant gay enclave, it needs to liven up and expand the gay pride celebration.  Instead of a weekend event, there should be a month-long series of arts, film, cultural and social activities "]
 Gunman wounds 20 at Montreal college seattlepi.nwsource.com 9/13/6 ["Canada's worst mass shooting also happened in Montreal.  ...Dec. 6, 1989  ...That shooting spurred efforts for tighter gun laws and greater awareness of societal violence - particularly domestic abuse. Canada's tighter gun law was achieved mainly as the results of efforts by survivors and relatives of the victims."]
 Panel finds there is no single "Gulf War syndrome" seattletimes.nwsource.com 9/13/6 ["An expert panel reviewing hundreds of studies has concluded there is no single "Gulf War syndrome" afflicting thousands of veterans of the first war in Iraq, although they have suffered vague symptoms at a much higher rate than other veterans."]
 Murphy And The Sixteenth Amendment newswithviews.com 9/13/6 ["On August 22, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided the appeal of Ms. Marrita Murphy in her case against the IRS. For the first time in a long time the court took a serious look at the definition of the word “income” as it is used in the Sixteenth Amendment. "]
 Chavez says U.S. may have orchestrated 9/11 msnbc.msn.com 9/13/6 ["The hypothesis is not absurd ... that those towers could have been dynamited,” Chavez said in a speech to supporters. “A building never collapses like that, unless it’s with an implosion.”  “The hypothesis that is gaining strength ... is that it was the same U.S. imperial power that planned and carried out this terrible terrorist attack or act against its own people and against citizens of all over the world,” Chavez said. “Why? To justify the aggressions that immediately were unleashed on Afghanistan, on Iraq."]

 Bush: Saddam was not responsible for 9/11 guardian.co.uk 9/12/6 ["George Bush last night admitted that Saddam Hussein had no hand in the 9/11 terror attacks, but he asked Americans to support a war in Iraq that he said was the defining struggle of our age.'"]
 Gunmen killed in US embassy attack news.com.au 9/12/6 ["'FOUR gunmen shouting religious slogans attacked the US embassy in Damascus today, but failed to harm any American diplomats before all four were killed, a Syrian official said."]
 In Chile, free morning-after pills to teens csmonitor.com 9/12/6 ["distributing free morning-after pills to girls as young as 14 years old.  Government support of emergency contraception is not unusual in Latin America or in Europe. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of morning-after pills (known as Plan B), for women over 18. Girls age 17 and under must have a doctor's note. '"]
 Abortion Center in Ohio Forced to Close After Numerous Health Violations lifenews.com 9/12/6 ["'The state also said the abortion business failed to meet basic standards for medical care.  Roy Croy, a state health department official who works to oversee ambulatory and surgical care facilities told the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, "[There were] six to seven patients where there was no record that their temperature or blood pressure had been taken before the [abortion].""]
 Trade deficit hits $68B record in July news.yahoo.com 9/12/6 ["'the deficit is running at an annual rate of $776 billion, putting the country on course to rack up a record annual deficit for the fifth straight year.  ...For July, U.S. exports, after setting a string of records, edged down 1.1 percent to $120 billion — still the second highest level in history. Sales of American jetliners, computers and food products all slipped.  Imports rose to a record high of $188 billion, an increase of 1 percent from the June level. America's foreign oil bill climbed 4.8 percent to an all-time high of $28.5 billion, reflecting record oil prices in July."]
 Euthanasia Advocate Develops Homemade Suicide Pill to Kill Patients lifenews.com 9/12/6 ["'An Australian euthanasia advocate has developed a suicide pill -- a homemade concoction that someone can make at home to use to kill himself. This isn't the first time euthanasia advocates have come up with home remedies they've touted to disabled and incurably ill patients, but this may be the first suicide pill.  Philip Nitschke of Exit International promoted the new pill at a euthanasia conference in Toronto on Saturday."]
 Judge Won't Block Ariz. Voter ID Law ap.org 9/12/6 ["A federal judge on Monday refused to block a law that requires Arizona voters to present identification before casting a ballot.  ...The 2004 law requires that voters at polling places produce government-issued picture ID or two pieces of other non-photo identification specified by the law. It also requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote.  Parts of the law were aimed chiefly at illegal immigrants.'"]
 9-11 - The New White-Wash & Buckets Of Money newswithviews.com 9/12/6 [By: Devvy Kidd  "I believe, a difficult conclusion: rogue elements within our government knew and/or were participants. My columns contain what I feel are credible, well researched sites on this issue after spending hundreds of hours reading through them.  ...The admissions by Bush that he is no longer interested in Bin Laden and that Iraq had zip to do with 9/11, hasn't set well with tens of millions of Americans who feel they have been lied to - and they have. This is especially true for military families and active duty soldiers. There is no exit strategy for the unconstitutional invasion of Iraq because Bush's military is busy building some 12 permanent bases in Iraq, expanding the Empire. Heap on top of that, the issue of DU (depleted uranium) being used over in Afghanistan and Iraq, which we know has exposed tens of thousands of our own to the deadly affects of DU'"]

 Nation marks 9/11 fifth anniversary with somber reflection chron.com 9/11/6 ["On Sunday, Bush marked the eve of the anniversary with somber gestures and few words: He and his wife, Laura, set wreaths in small, square reflecting pools in the pit of the trade center site, one each for where the north and south towers stood."]
 Flashback: The Most Dangerous End-Time Lie! lasttrumpetministries.org 9/11/6 [By Pastor David Meyer "Reflecting pools originated with witchcraft and the occult and are believed to reflect the image of the soul, which is seen as a reverse image. Witches believe that if reflecting pools and mirrors are used in rituals, images other than your own will also appear."]
 Terri Schiavo's Father Reacts to Woman in Vegetative State Responding lifenews.com 9/11/6 [""We are seeing a growing amount of evidence indicating that the diagnosis of ‘Persistent Vegetative State’ (PVS) is often misdiagnosed, resulting in dangerous and potentially fatal consequences for people with brain injuries, as documented in this new account of a brain injured woman," he explained.  "The danger of this diagnosis is that it is being used as a reason to kill innocent people with disabilities, like Terri," her father added. "We believe that this PVS diagnosis is inhumane and it should be abolished.”"]
 Was 9/11 an inside job? mg.co.za 9/11/6 ["Many fear infringements on their civil liberties now that the National Security Agency has gained access to phone billing records from telecommunications companies, the Bush administration has engaged in wiretapping without court warrants and there are thousands of cases of indefinite detentions of American and foreign citizens without trial. Those who criticise the Bush administration’s war on terror are accused of being unpatriotic."]
 Sunnis enraged as Iraq prepares to divide itself into regions telegraph.co.uk 9/11/6 ["The future of Iraq as a sovereign nation was thrown into jeopardy yesterday after a new law was introduced to parliament that would enable the break up of the country into semi-autonomous regions.  ...Iraq's Sunni community, which is bitterly opposed to the prospect, has warned it will mark the first step in the break up of the country and could lead to the south of Iraq becoming a satellite of Iran."]
 Conservative Jewish leaders moving to end ban on gay rabbis ynetnews.com 9/11/6 ["Committee of Jewish scholars likely to roll back ban on ordaining gay rabbis. 'It is simply not natural to demand that they remain celibate,' one rabbi says, adding that movement has to 'interpret God's will'"]

 

Foreign minister says Fidel Castro's dinner for Nonaligned members unconfirmed iht.com 9/10/6 ["Dozens of heads of state and government are expected for the summit starting Monday in Havana, during which Malaysia will turn over the chairmanship of the movement to Cuba for the next three years.  ...U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan also is scheduled to attend.  Representatives are coming from most of the 116 nonaligned nations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America."]
Does God want you to be rich? cnn.com 9/10/6 ["Known (or vilified) under a variety of names -- Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It and Claim It, Prosperity Theology -- its emphasis is on God's promised generosity in this life. In a nutshell, it suggests that a God who loves you does not want you to be broke.  Its signature verse could be John 10:10: "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." In a Time poll, 17 percent of Christians surveyed said they considered themselves part of such a movement, while a full 61 percent believed that God wants people to be prosperous."]
Gulf of Mexico Quake Felt in Fla., La. forbes.com 9/10/6 ["A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico sent shock waves through an area from Louisiana to southwest Florida on Sunday, but no damage was reported, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  The earthquake, centered about 260 miles southwest of Tampa, was too small to trigger a tsunami or dangerous waves, the agency said.  ...The epicenter is an unusual location for earthquake activity, but scientists recorded a magnitude 5.2 temblor in the same location on Feb. 10.  "This kind of occurrence is unusual in that spot, especially for an earthquake of this size," Blakeman said of Sunday's quake. "]
9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Gather in N.Y. latimes.com 9/10/6 ["The theories — especially the notion that the towers fell in a controlled demolition — have become widespread enough to prompt official responses."]
UN Official Says United Nations Pressures Nations to Back Abortion lifenews.com 9/10/6 ["A leading United Nations official criticized the international body last week at a meeting saying that it deviates too often from the text of treaties and resolutions to pressure pro-life nations to legalize abortion.  ...Konrad Szymanski, a Polish Member of the European Parliament, said the UN went so far as to support a measure in the Polish parliament to make abortion legal. According to the Friday Fax, he said UN committees had backed abortion on 56 occasions in regard to 44 different nations."]
China intensifies media control theaustralian.news.com.au 9/10/6 ["CHINA has announced tough new rules on the domestic distribution of news content by international media organisations, increasing its control of the press.  The rules mandate that the state-run Xinhua news agency will have the sole right to distribute and release foreign news content in China.  The regulations go into effect immediately and cover text, photographs, graphics and what the Government says are other forms of news."]
 

Town strengthens illegal immigration law reuters.com 9/9/6 ["Hazleton City Council passed a new version of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, an ordinance first passed in July that was already one of the toughest anti-illegal immigrant laws in the country.   ...The new law, approved by a vote of 4-1, increases pressure on local employers to avoid hiring illegal immigrants and raises fines for landlords who rent rooms to them.  Legal employees can now sue their employers for any work lost as a result of a business license being revoked because a company was found to have hired illegal immigrants."]
Iraq war justifications laid bare news.bbc.co.uk 9/9/6 ["The Senate Intelligence Committee has found no evidence of links between the regime of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.  ...it also found that was little or no evidence to support a raft of claims made by the US intelligence community concerning Iraq's weapons of mass destruction."]
Editorial Flash Cartoon: America Remembers... What We Are Supposed To Forget markfiore.com 9/9/6 [""]
Why The 9/11 Conspiracies Won't Go Away time.com 9/9/6 ["Turns out, we need grand theories to make sense of grand events, or the world just seems too random"]
US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks reuters.myway.com 9/9/6 ["The U.S. government will take prints of all 10 fingers of foreigners entering the United States and compare them with those found at sites with ties to terrorists, the country's security chief said on Friday.  The United States now collects the prints of only the two index fingers of foreign visitors. But it will gather prints of all their fingers and thumbs by the end of 2008, Michael Chertoff, the secretary of Homeland Security, said."]
Real Consipiracies - Past And Present newswithviews.com 9/9/6 ["President Woodrow Wilson: "Some of the biggest men in the U. S., in the field of commerce and manufacturing, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.""]
Watch out India! China wants to be outsourcing powerhouse too news.yahoo.com 9/9/6 ["Outsourcing will become a new area of foreign investment for the country and China will encourage multinationals to outsource from here, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Vice Premier Wu Yi saying at a forum in the southeastern city of Xiamen.  ...With four million graduates entering the workforce every year China offers a huge pool of talent for high-end industry outsourcing"]
Court hinders FCC's plans for profanity fines usatoday.com 9/9/6 ["The court "has recognized the serious First Amendment issues that are raised in this appeal and the chilling effect of the FCC's indecency enforcement scheme," said Andrew Butcher, a spokesman for News Corp. and the Fox Network.  The appeals court also noted that the FCC had agreed to a stay for 60 days, although FCC lawyers had indicated they believed it meant only that the rulings on the four programs could not be used to apply penalties to the same offenders after future violations."]
Guard your Game Boys kids, here comes Grandma! news.yahoo.com 9/9/6 ["According to the Entertainment Software Association, 25 percent of U.S. gamers are 50 and older -- the same group that is eligible to join the American Association of Retired Persons, whose own Web site (www.aarp.org) offers video games and articles about the benefits derived from playing them."]
Red Cross fined $4.2 mln over blood safety reuters.com 9/9/6 ["for failing to ask blood donors proper screening questions and skipping other steps meant to keep the blood supply safe, officials said on Friday.  ...The agency said it had no evidence that any blood collected by the Red Cross harmed people who got transfusions.  But FDA officials said the failure to follow multiple safeguards increased the risk that patients could receive blood tainted by an infectious disease."]
 

Wider Panama Canal Would Aid Chinese humanevents.com 9/8/6 ["Panama is planning to build a deeper, wider Panama Canal to allow Communist Chinese super-containerships carrying cheap 21st century slave-labor under-market goods to have direct access to the Gulf of Mexico and key NAFTA/CAFTA ports such as Miami."]
House Republicans reject illegal-aliens amnesty bill washingtontimes.com 9/8/6 ["Mr. Hastert met yesterday with other House leaders and the chairman of several committees to discuss how to proceed with the stalled immigration legislation and emerged saying new border security proposals will be offered next week.  The new initiatives will include more border patrol agents, new fencing and surveillance and stricter enforcement of current laws, which they hope will pass both the House and the Senate before November's elections. "]
FOX News Channel Caught Donating $10,000 to Gay Journalist Organization lifesite.net 9/8/6 ["Americans for Truth (AFT) is asking Fox News Channel to be "fair and balanced" by giving $10,000 to a conservative group to match its donation to NLGJA. In a letter sent today to Fox News Channel President Roger Ailes, AFT President Peter LaBarbera wrote: "FOX News cannot claim to be 'fair and balanced' in its coverage of homosexuality while providing large grants to a special interest group like the [NLGJA] that demonizes religious conservatives and, worse, seeks to influence the media nationwide to exclude conservative critics of the homosexual political/cultural agenda from gay-related stories.""]
W.S.J. Chronicles The Unreported Plight Of Purpose Driven Refugees newswithviews.com 9/8/6 [""]
A Popular Strategy For Church Growth Splits Congregants wsj.com 9/8/6 ["Some evangelicals, like the Iuka castoffs, say it's inappropriate for churches to use growth tactics akin to modern management tools, including concepts such as researching the church "market" and writing mission statements. Others say it encourages simplistic Bible teaching. Anger over the adoption of Mr. Warren's methods has driven off older Christians from their longtime churches. Congregations nationwide have split or expelled members who fought the changes, roiling working-class Baptist congregations and affluent nondenominational churches."]
Woman in So-Called Vegetative State Responds to Commands, Stuns Docs lifenews.com 9/8/6 ["A 23 year-old British woman is supposedly in a so-called "vegetative state" after she was hurt in an automobile accident a yea ago. However, she has stunned doctors by responding to certain commands asked of her and the results have been displayed in brain imaging showing more is going on in her head than meets the eye."]
Bin Laden Tape Betrays 'Phony Hijacker' Contradiction infowars.com 9/8/6 ["A new tape showing Osama Bin Laden meeting with September 11 hijackers days before the attack has served to boost the Bush administration's war on terror agenda as the fifth anniversary of 9/11 nears, yet one of the hijackers who appears in the tape is reported elsewhere as still alive and completely unconnected to the terror plot."]
Single eurozone voice on international stage gains currency news.yahoo.com 9/8/6 ["Although the idea has been around for years, the 12 countries sharing the euro have long resisted giving up their individual seats at international institutions and meetings for joint representation.  However, a recently announced reform to give more say to emerging economic powers at the IMF has re-ignited debate about pooling the say of the eurozone on the international stage."]
Senate: No prewar Saddam-al-Qaida ties news.yahoo.com 9/8/6 ["Bush administration officials have insisted on a link between the Iraqi regime and terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Intelligence agencies, however, concluded there was none."]
 

Plan B Manufacturer Admits Morning After Pill Can Cause Death of an Embryo lifesite.net 9/7/6 ["In light of the manufacturer's own admission, its other statements above may at first seem to be flat-out lies. But careful analysis reveals them to be deeply misleading rather than flatly false. Although many people (e.g. the legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin) use the word "fetus" to refer to an unborn child at any stage of development, in medicine a developing human life is usually called an "embryo" rather than a "fetus" prior to implantation in the mother's womb. The statement that Plan B does not "harm an unborn fetus" is true if we use this technical medical definition of "fetus," even though it may be misleading for those of us who don't distinguish fetuses from embryos."]
Furious evolution debate hits famed Kenyan museum metimes.com 9/7/6 ["The global debate between scientists and conservative Christians over evolution has hit Kenya, where an exhibit of one of the world's finest collections of early hominid fossils is under threat.  As the famed National Museum of Kenya (NMK) prepares to re-open next year after massive EU-funded renovations, evangelicals are demanding that the display be removed or at least shunted to a less prominent location.  The "Origins of Man" exhibit, comprised of prehistoric finds from around Africa's Great Rift Valley considered by many to be the cradle of humanity, is offensive as it promotes Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, they say. "]
Creation Science Evangelism drdino.com 9/7/6 [""]
Senators ask disaster aid for farms news.yahoo.com 9/7/6 ["Twelve senators from U.S. farm and ranch states filed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would provide billions of dollars in disaster aid to farmers and ranchers hurt by bad weather in 2005 and this year."]
Iran test-fires 2,000-pound guided bomb ynetnews.com 9/7/6 ["After decades of relying on foreign weapons purchases, Iran now says it is increasingly self-sufficient in its military equipment claiming it annually exports more than USD 100 million worth of military equipment to more than 50 countries.  Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers and missiles, the government said."]
Iraq deaths multiply in new August count thestate.com 9/7/6 ["Baghdad recorded more than 1,500 violent deaths in August, according to final figures released by the Health Ministry this week - nearly three times the preliminary figure the same ministry had released last week. The figure is a sharp contradiction of U.S. and Iraqi claims that a security crackdown led to a steep drop in deaths in the capital."]
EU lawmakers demand to know location of CIA jails news.yahoo.com 9/7/6 [""Our work has helped to flush out the dirty nature of this secret war, which -- we learn at last -- has been carried out completely beyond any legal framework," said Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly president Rene van der Linden.  A Washington Post report last year that the CIA had run secret prisons in Europe and flown suspects to states where they could be tortured unleashed a spate of probes -- including one by the European Parliament -- prompting uncomfortable denials by European governments and evasions from Washington."]
Rape and Incest Victims Don't Want Abortion, Say It Doesn't Help Women lifesite.net 9/7/6 ["n many cases, we felt pressured to abort by family members, social workers, and doctors who insisted that abortion was the 'best' solution," they wrote. "For many the abortion caused physical and emotional trauma equal to or exceeding the trauma of the sexual assault that our abortions were supposed to 'cure.'"]
 

UK: Christian faces court over 'offensive' gay festival leaflets dailymail.co.uk 9/6/6 ["South Wales police admitted evangelical Christian Stephen Green was then charged purely because his pamphlets contained anti-gay quotations from the Bible. ...A spokesman for the police said the campaigner had not behaved in a violent or aggressive manner, but that officers arrested him because 'the leaflet contained Biblical quotes about homosexuality'. "]
Schwarzenegger vetoes bill on gay protections in textbooks mercurynews.com 9/6/6 ["that would have barred textbooks from using language that would be discriminatory to gays, saying the state's education laws already prevent discrimination."]
Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons theglobeandmail.com 9/6/