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July 29, 2010

Guess what part of the Constitution goes next!

July 24 - Democrats have found yet another way to circumvent the U.S. Constitution: Bypass the Electoral College and elect a president by popular vote without first passing an amendment to the founding document, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports. The Massachusetts Senate has joined five other states in passing a National...

Obamacare reversal? House 75% of the way there!

July 28 - One of the biggest targets should the GOP regain control of either the U.S. House or Senate in November's elections, according to many polls, will be Obamacare, the president's plan that effectively nationalized the decision-making process for health-care issues. But a little-reported move to begin demolition of the health-care...

Explosion rocks Japanese tanker in Persian Gulf

July 28 - An explosion damaged a Japanese oil tanker Wednesday as it steered through the tense waters at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, where the ship's owner said the vessel possibly came under attack. Authorities on both sides of the narrow Strait of Hormuz dismissed suggestions of a deliberate strike, however...

More than matzo balls: With locusts and deer, Jerusalem dinner shakes up the kosher kitchen

July 29 - The men behind a unique six-hour eating marathon in Jerusalem want diners to know two things about locusts: First, they taste great stir-fried, and second, they're kosher. When 240 observant Jews sat down to the 18-course dinner earlier this month, they were served a veritable zoo of animals that were...

Students Punished for Opposing Homosexuality

July 29 - Christian students at two different universities are being punished for disagreeing with their schools' policies on homosexuality. Julea Ward was expelled from the graduate program in school counseling at Eastern Michigan University. She had told her professors that her faith would keep her from affirming the...


July 24, 2010

Freedom -- Must See Powerful Compelling 5 Minute Video

July 24 - This is a powerful video about freedom. When you watch it, you will inevitably find yourself reflecting on the state of the world today. We know that the endtime is drawing near and that the return of Our Savior is going to be the only solution for true Freedom for all of God's creation.

Chicken McNuggets Contain Disturbing Additives

July 24 - In response to reports that the ingredients may pose health risks, McDonald's China claims that additives in its chicken McNuggets are "harmless". They said that the use of tertiary butylhydroquinone meets Chinese food safety standards. However, "the chemical is toxic to some extent," according to Liu Qingchun...

Drones in U.S. skies – to keep eye on us?

July 20 - In May of last year, David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus from 2006 to 2008, co-authored a strategic analysis ("Death from Above, Outrage Down Below," New York Times, May 17, 2009). He emphasized that the "public outrage" among Pakistan's civilians caused by our drone attacks "is...

Lockerbie bomber release 'in good faith'

July 21 - Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has told the House of Commons that the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from prison was made "in good faith". His comments came amid the ongoing row about the circumstances surrounding the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi last year. US senators have called for an inquiry into...

Gold Coin Sellers Angered by New Tax Law

July 21 - Amendment slipped into health care legislation would track, tax coin and bullion transactions. Those already outraged by the president's health care legislation now have a new bone of contention -- a scarcely noticed tack-on provision to the law that puts gold coin buyers and sellers under closer government scrutiny.

ACLU to school: take down prayer banner

July 21 - The Cranston School Committee met in executive session Tuesday evening to discuss whether to remove a controversial sign inside Cranston High School West. The banner has been in the auditorium at Cranston West for as long as anyone can remember. It begins with the statement "Our Heavenly Father," and ends...

Church of England Allows Women Bishops

July 16 - The Church of England's ruling body has agreed to the controversial decision to allow the ordination women bishops, after a highly-fueled debate, in which Anglo-Catholics and conservative evangelicals threatened to leave the church after claiming that current plans don't meet their demands. The ongoing row over...

Vatican Blasted for Stance on Female Priests

July 20 - New Vatican rules for how the Roman Catholic Church responds to clerical sex abuse claims generated plenty of criticism last week for not being tough enough. At the same time, the rules also put the Vatican on the defensive for grouping pedophilia allegations with the "grave crime" of attempting to ordain women...

Taxing You by the Mile Instead of the Gallon

July 21 - Imagine someone taxing you every time you drove a mile. That's exactly what the state of Oregon wants to do to its drivers. And there's a good chance a mileage tax could soon be imposed on every driver throughout the country. Those who've been driving a more fuel-efficient car may have been cheering the fact that not only...

Students Told to Stop Praying Outside Supreme Court

July 20 - Students from a Christian school in Arizona say police stopped them from praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court building. The Allliance Defense Fund said in a statement that on May 5, the small group of students from Wickenburg Christian Academy bowed their heads and began praying for the justices when court...

Palin, Bloomberg Spar over NYC Mosque Plans

July 21 - Plans to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City is stirring a heated back and forth between two prominent political figures. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is speaking out against the project as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is defending the plans against her comments.

Lesbian receives $35,000 payout over cancelled prom

July 20 - A lesbian student in the US who was banned from bringing her girlfriend to her high school prom is to receive a $35,000 (£23,000) payout to settle a discrimination lawsuit. The school district in rural Mississippi cancelled the prom rather than let the lesbian couple attend. The student, Constance McMillen...


July 15, 2010

Homes Lost to Foreclosure On Track for 1M in 2010

July 15 - More than 1 million American households are likely to lose their homes to foreclosure this year, as lenders work their way through a huge backlog of borrowers who have fallen behind on their loans. Nearly 528,000 homes were taken over by lenders in the first six months of the year, a rate that is on track to eclipse the...

Argentine Senate Legalizes Gay Marriage

July 15 - In an historic vote, Argentina's Senate voted on Thursday to legalize gay marriage. In addition to marriage, the measure also grants adoption rights to same-sex couples. If signed into law, Argentina would become the first nation in Latin America to extend to gays and lesbians all the rights, responsibilities and protections...

Prof. in Hot Water over Homosexuality Remarks

July 14 - The University of Illinois is reviewing its decision to remove an adjunct professor for telling students he agrees with the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality. Dr. Kenneth Howell, an adjunct professor who taught classes on Catholicism, was notified that he would no longer be able to teach courses in university's...

Nine States Support Arizona's Immigration Law

July 15 - Nine states have officially backed Arizona's new immigration law. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said the Wolverine State is the lead state backing the law, and has filed a supporting brief in federal court on behalf of Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas...

Judge Blocks Neb. Abortion Screening Law

July 15 - A federal judge has granted Planned Parenthood's request to temporarily block a Nebraska abortion law. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp granted the abortion provider's petition for a preliminary injunction against the law. The order prevents the state from enforcing the measure while the case is...

Think Tank Says Israel would Strike Iranian Universities

July 15 - A British think tank, the Oxford Research Group (ORG), has issued a report that says Israel is poised to strike Iran's nuclear facilities and warns against doing so. The group is partially funded by the Ford Foundation and its analysts have, in the past, advocated negotiating with Iran and written articles that portrayed Hamas...

Israeli Firm Develops 'Stealth Paint' for Aircraft

July 15 - Shades of Star Trek's Romulan cloaking device: The Israel Air Force may soon be flying under the radar – even when it isn't – thanks to a new “stealth paint” developed with nanotechnology. The science of the material is, in fact, not so far a stretch from the famed classic American sci-fi television series, in which the cloaking...

Netanyahu has Outmaneuvered Obama, TIME Hints

July 15 - In his first 18 months in office, U.S. President Barack Obama has succeeded in humiliating Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on occasion and forcing a temporary freeze of construction for Jews in Judea and Samaria – but can he exert any more leverage on Israel now that the November...


July 8, 2010

U.S. marks 3rd-largest, single-day debt increase

July 7 - The nation's debt leapt $166 billion in a single day last week, the third-largest increase in U.S. history, and it comes at a time when Congress is balking over higher spending and debt has become a key policy battleground. The one-day increase for June 30 totaled $165,931,038,264.30 - bigger than the entire annual deficit for...

EU-US agree to share citizens bank data

July 8 - US President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a deal between the United States and the European Union to share banking data as a key tool in the fight against terror. "The threat of terrorism faced by the United States and the European Union continues and, with this agreement, all of our citizens will be safer," Obama said...

Viagra-popping seniors lead the pack for STDs

July 6 - Even if you're past your prime and have a hard time getting an erection, you might still need to worry about unprotected sex, according to U.S. doctors. In fact, they report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in older men taking erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra is twice...

Court OKs Woman's Plan To Trample Flag

July 8 - The Kansas family known for protesting at the funerals for fallen American soldiers has won a legal victory in Nebraska. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kopf gave Megan Phelps-Roper permission to desecrate the American flag and warned that she was not to be arrested. Phelps-Roper walked on the flag in Lincoln...

A Gay Bishop for the Church of England?

July 7 - The Church of England is reportedly considering ordaining a gay priest as bishop. In a significant turnaround, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is set to back the elevation of Rev. Jeffrey John as a bishop. John is a homosexual. The 57-year-old priest withdrew his appointment to bishop seven years ago...

Gay asylum seekers from Iran and Cameroon win appeal

July 7 - Two gay men who said they faced persecution in their home countries have the right to asylum in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled. The panel of judges said it had agreed "unanimously" to allow the appeals from the men, from Cameroon and Iran. They had earlier been refused asylum on the grounds they could hide their...

Abbas to Arabs: We'd Support a War Against Israel

July 8 - Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told Arab leaders that the PA is ready to wage war on Israel if the rest of the Arab world does, according to the PA daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida as translated by Palestinian Media Watch. “If you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will...

Israel Says Hezbollah Moves Missiles Near Border

July 8 - In an unusual move, the Israeli military has released detailed intelligence material on Hezbollah's military build up in South Lebanon to the media. As the 4th anniversary of the "Second Lebanon War" approaches on July 12, Wednesday's release of the information seemed designed to prepare international opinion for...


July 1, 2010

EU accused of meddling in Israeli democracy

June 30 - An archly conservative group with strong links to the Israeli government has attacked the human rights community in the Jewish state, saying that it is being bankrolled by the EU in a secretive attempt to undermine democracy. Israeli diplomats are touting in Brussels the "investigative" work of NGO Monitor, a body which...

Google to Pay Tax for Gay Employee Benefits

July 1 - A Silicon Valley company famous, in part, for offering outrageously good benefits is straightening out a disparity among their employees. Starting Thursday, Google will adjust paychecks for its gay and lesbian employees who opt for domestic partner benefits to cover for a tax those employees have to pay, the New York...

Gay soldiers subpoena Obama

June 30 - The gay soldiers arrested outside the White House protesting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will annouce today that they're demanding that President Obama testify in their trial on minor civil disobedience charges. Their novel argument: Obama himself called on gay rights advocates to pressure him, so they were just...

Minn. Gay Pride Fest Seeks to Block Evangelists

June 29 - Organizers of Minneapolis' Twin Cities Gay Pride Festival have announced they will continue their fight to bar Christian evangelists from the annual event. Planners said they might opt to hold future festivals at a private venue instead. The news comes after a federal court ruled that Brian Johnson, a Christian from Hayward...

Wisconsin Upholds Ban on Gay Marriage

June 30 - In a unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is standing behind voters and upholding the state's ban on same-sex marriage. In a 7-0 ruling, Wednesday, the court upheld a 2006 voter referendum preventing gay marriage and civil unions. The court said the ban on gay marriage was properly put to a vote.

Australia's New PM Admits Being an Atheist

July 1 - Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she does not believe in God. Although raised as a Baptist, she said she now considers herself an atheist. Gillard said she will not go through "religious rituals" for the sake of appearances. "'I am, of course, a great respecter of religious beliefs, but they are not my beliefs...

Atheist Group Encourages Non-Believers to Unite

July 1 - In Texas, a new billboard has popped up along a major interstate that encourages people who don't believe in God to band together. Just outside of Austin, drivers along Interstate 35 are getting an eyeful. A billboard posted there reads, "Don't believe in God? Join the Club." The sign was placed there by an atheist...

World stock markets down on growth doubts

July 1 - Global stock markets fell Thursday after weak manufacturing surveys provided new evidence that the recovery is slowing in the world's biggest economies, from the U.S. to China and Europe. The euro, however, gained ground against the dollar — trading 1.59 percent higher at $1.2427 — on signs that European banks are...