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[attorney general eric Holder]: 'Gays' protected, ministers not

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says a homosexual activist who is attacked following a Christian minister's sermon about homosexuality would be protected by a proposed new federal law, but a minister attacked by a homosexual wouldn't be.
The revelations come from Holder's recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was taking comments on the so-called "hate crimes" proposal. It also was the subject of discussion on talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh's show today.
"This is the question," Limbaugh said. "[Senator] Jeff Sessions [R-Alabama] presents a hypothetical where a minister gives a sermon, quotes the Bible about homosexuality and is thereafter attacked … by a gay activist because of what the minister said about his religious beliefs and what Scripture says about homosexuality. Is the minister protected?"
No, said Holder.
"Well, the statute would not – would not necessarily cover that. We're talking about crimes that have a historic basis. Groups who have been targeted for violence as a result of the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, that is what this statute tends – is designed to cover. We don't have the indication that the attack was motivated by a person's desire to strike at somebody who was in one of these protected groups. That would not be covered by the statute," Holder stated.
Continued Limbaugh, "In other words: ministers and whites are not covered by the hate crime statute because we're talking about crimes that have a historic basis, groups who have been targeted for violence as a result of their skin color, sexual orientation. So hate crimes are reserved exclusively for blacks and homosexuals. Everybody else can get to the back of the bus on this one." . . . .
President Obama, supported strongly during his campaign by homosexual advocates, has indicated that he would like to see the legislation become law.
"I urge members on both sides of the aisle to act on this important civil rights issue by passing this legislation to protect all of our citizens from violent acts of intolerance." [Clearly it is not the intent of this law to protect all citizens, only those deemed worthy to be placed in a privileged and protected class. -Ed.] . . . .
David Rittgers wrote on the Cato-at-Liberty website the hearing revealed "the dark underbelly of the Senate.
"The road to undermining the rule of law is being paved with the best of intentions and casual disregard (if not outright hostility) for the principles of limited government and equality under the law," he wrote. [emphasis added]

Source:     worldnetdaily.com  MORE

[Editor's comment: It seems that equality under the law is being replaced by George Orwell's ('Animal Farm') concept of some members of society being "more equal" than others.]

U.S. 'ready' for North Korean missile
Pyongyang expected to test ICBM

COLORADO SPRINGS -- U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is expected soon to launch if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S. territory, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command told The Washington Times.
"The nation has a very, very credible ballistic-missile defense capability. Our ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California, I'm very comfortable, give me a capability that if we really are threatened by a long-range ICBM that I've got high confidence that I could interdict that flight before it caused huge damage to any U.S. territory," said Air Force General Victor E. "Gene" Renuart, NORTHCOM commander.
The general said the United States won't activate its missile defenses if the North Korean missile appears it will fall safely into the water as the country's last test missile did.
Asked if North Korea is likely to conduct a July 4 Taepodong-2 test, as occurred in 2006, General Renuart said in an interview this week with The Times at Northern Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, "I think we ought to assume there might be one on the first of July and continue to be prepared and ready." . . . .
General Renuart said North Korea's leaders are unpredictable and their "decision logic does not always follow in the same vein as ours does."
The four-star commander said that in addition to long-range interceptors, U.S. missile defenses in the Asia Pacific region include U.S. ground- and sea-based defense systems.
They include ground-based Patriot anti-missile defenses deployed in South Korea, and U.S. Navy Aegis system missile-defense ships deployed to waters near Japan. Recently, the Pentagon also activated units of the Army's new Theater High-Altitude Area Defenses that were undergoing testing in Hawaii, in response to indications that North Korea is set to fire a Taepodong-2.
The regional defenses augment the long-range interceptors based at two sites, one in Alaska and one in California, General Renuart said.
The Pacific Command missile defenses provide "a pretty well-integrated ground-based theater defense capability," he said.
"I think we are certainly ready and capable of responding," General Renuart said . . . .
Asked the threshold for a U.S. military missile-defense strike on the North Korean missile, General Renuart said, "We will not intercept something that is not a threat to North America or U.S. land space in Hawaii."
If the missile falls harmlessly in the ocean, there is no reason to conduct an attempted intercept using regional or strategic interceptors, he said.
"The system is designed to tell us, A, where it's coming from, and roughly where it's going," he said. "And if that where-it's-going piece begins to threaten U.S. land mass, whether we know it's a live or training [warhead], the system will allow us to engage it."

Source:     washingtontimes.com  MORE

North Korea ups tensions with short-range missiles

SEOUL -- North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, further stoking tension in the region that was already high due to Pyongyang's nuclear test and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in response to UN sanctions. The North, which often fires short-range missiles as part of military drills and usually times the launches for periods of diplomatic friction, was hit with UN sanctions following its May 25 nuclear test.
The salvo began with two surface-to-ship missiles fired off North Korea's east coast . . . that flew about 100 kilometers and splashed into the sea, a South Korean defense official said.
A third short-range missile was fired around two hours later, the defense ministry said, and South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing officials in Seoul, later said a fourth had been fired.
North Korea last month warned shipping to keep away from a maritime zone extending 110 kilometers off its east coast between June 25 and July 10, saying it was conducting a military drill. "This activity is not unexpected," said US Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman . . . .
A South Korean daily said that the secretive North may also test fire mid-range missiles, viewed by the South, the United States and others as a more serious act, in a matter of days . . . .
Earlier the JoongAng Ilbo daily quoted an intelligence source as saying the North was likely to fire medium or short range missiles from its east coast in early July that could include Scuds with a range of about 340 kilometers.

Source:     Reuters / dailystar.com.lb  MORE

Obama pushes to delay release of CIA report
Agency's secret detention, interrogation program under scrutiny

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.
The Justice Department had originally said it intended to release the report in June as part of a lawsuit, but department officials now say they need until the end of August.
The report by the CIA's inspector general questioned the effectiveness of harsh interrogation methods employed by CIA interrogators during the Bush administration, such as water-boarding.
Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said the report contains information that overlaps with other CIA documents that they also must review and release by a court-ordered August 31 deadline.
"As we re-reviewed the CIA [Inspector General] report it was clear that we would not be able to complete it in an expedited manner as we had hoped," Schmaler said. "There are unique processing issues to this review that made it clear to us we would need all the time the court gave us to complete it."
The government published a version of the report in 2008, but its contents were almost entirely blacked out. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for release of all documents related to the interrogation program.
On June 3, a federal judge gave the administration until Aug. 31 to release 319 documents related to the program, but the Justice Department initially said it would expedite review of the inspector general report and turn it over in June. The report, more than 200 pages long, had been expected to be made public two weeks ago, but was held back over debates about how much of it should be censored.
Department attorneys said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein that they are not able to expedite the release of the report because they first need to review the other 318 documents to determine what needs to be redacted.
"Given the sensitivity of the information at issue, and the need for coordination among multiple components of the government, the review of the remanded documents is a time-consuming and labor-intensive exercise," the government attorneys wrote. [no further content]

Source:     AP / msnbc.msn.com  LINK

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Israel rejects total settlement freeze

JERUSALEM -- Israel will not impose a complete halt on settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land as demanded by the United States, a senior official said. "Israel will not freeze natural growth and will not suffocate the life of 300,000 Israelis who live in settlements in all legality," Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told public radio. The international community considers all settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem illegal, saying they violate international law under which an occupying power cannot transfer part of its population to the land it occupies . . . Israeli media has said hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was willing to consider a three-month construction freeze, but would exclude east Jerusalem from the moratorium, as well as the 2,000 to 3,200 private homes currently being built in the West Bank.  MORE

U.N. official: Settlement freeze could lead to Arab ties

Normalization with Arab countries cannot take place without a complete settlement freeze in the West Bank, the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process told Haaretz on Tuesday in an exclusive interview. Robert Serry said that in response to a complete settlement freeze important Arab countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel could be expected to allow Israel to open interest sections and let El Al aircraft use their air space.  MORE

Mubarak: Peace Within Reach
Hosni Mubarak said a historic peace settlement between Israel and the Arab world is within reach

"A historic settlement is within reach, one that would give the Palestinians their state and freedom from occupation while granting Israel recognition and security to live in peace," wrote the Egyptian president in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. "With President Obama's reassertion of U.S. leadership in the region, a rare moment of opportunity presents itself. Egypt stands ready to seize that moment, and I am confident that the Arab world will do the same." Mubarak said the Palestinian issue "requires the greatest urgency," but said that "many of the details of a final settlement are well known," while the Arab peace initiative "provides a regional framework for such a settlement." The Arab initiative offered Israel full recognition in the Arab world if it retreated to the 1948 borders and agreed to a just resolution of the Palestinian refugee issue.  MORE

White House Wary of Embracing Mousavi's New Rhetoric on Iran Election

WHITE HOUSE (CNS News) -- The Obama administration again passed on characterizing the Iranian elections as illegitimate, on the same day that Iranian opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called for continued protests in the country and for the government to release political prisoners. Mousavi said "blood was spilled and the youth were beaten" by government security forces after protests erupted in the Iranian streets by reformers who questioned the landslide victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – an election that was also questioned by much of the international community. "A majority of the people - including me - do not accept its political legitimacy," Mousavi said, adding, "There's a danger ahead. A ruling system which relied on people's trust for 30 years cannot replace this trust with security forces overnight."  MORE

Georgia and Russia at odds after Caucasus talks

GENEVA (Reuters) -- Georgian and Russian officials clashed publicly on Wednesday after one-day talks aimed at avoiding further conflict in the volatile Caucasus region. Grigory Karasin, Russian deputy foreign minister, declared that Georgia's territorial integrity was "only virtual in nature" following their five-day war last August. His Georgian counterpart Giorgi Bokeria described Russia's ongoing military exercises in the region as a "potential threat" and called for international police to be deployed. Still, international mediators put a brave face on the sixth negotiating session held in Geneva since last October, saying the closed-door discussions had been strained but constructive.  MORE

Zardari warns militants to lay down arms (Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD (PTI) -- Militants and extremists will be exterminated if they do not lay down their arms and accept writ of the Pakistan government, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday. "Either the militants have to lay down arms, give up militancy and accept the state's authority or they have to be exterminated," he said during a meeting with parliamentarians of ruling Pakistan People's Party in the presidency tonight. "Let there be no doubt or mistake about it," he said, adding that there was no turning back from the ongoing drive against militants and extremists till the complete elimination of the rebels.  MORE

Is Tougher Airport Screening Going Too Far?

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has moved beyond just checking for weapons and explosives. It’s now training airport screeners to spot anything suspicious, and then honoring them when searches lead to arrests for crimes like drug possession and credit-card fraud. But two court cases in the past month question whether TSA searches - which the agency says have broadened to allow screeners to use more judgment - have been going too far. A federal judge in June threw out seizure of three fake passports from a traveler, saying that TSA screeners violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure. Congress authorizes TSA to search travelers for weapons and explosives; beyond that, the agency is overstepping its bounds, U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley said . . . "Whether as a matter of formal policy or widespread practice, TSA now operates on the belief that airport security screening provides a convenient opportunity to fish for evidence of criminal conduct far removed from the agency's mandate of ensuring flight safety," the ACLU said in its suit [in a second case].  MORE

Payrolls Fall More Than Forecast, Unemployment Rises

(Bloomberg) -- Employers in the U.S. cut 467,000 jobs in June, the unemployment rate rose and hourly earnings stagnated, offering little evidence the Obama administration's stimulus package is shoring up the labor market. The payroll decline was more than forecast and followed a 322,000 drop in May, according to Labor Department figures released today in Washington. The jobless rate jumped to 9.5 percent, the highest since August 1983, from 9.4 percent. Unemployment is projected to keep rising for the rest of the year just as the income boost from the stimulus package fades, undermining prospects for a sustained rebound in household purchases, analysts said. As companies from General Motors Corp. to Kimberly-Clark Corp. cut costs, the lack of jobs will restrain growth. "This will be another jobless recovery," said John Silvia, chief economist at Wachovia Corp. in Charlotte, North Carolina. "We may get positive economic growth driven largely by federal spending, but people on the street will say, 'Where are the jobs?' " . . . The world's largest economy has lost about 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. That's the biggest drop in any post-World War II economic slump.  MORE

Note: see also As Economy Drops Jobs, Paychecks Drop Some Weight - The falling wages come from furloughs, pay freezes and pay cuts imposed by employers across the country ... Many also have cut hours: The average work week in June fell to 33 hours, the lowest on records dating to 1964  LINK

Followup story
Last-Minute Amendment to Cap-and-Trade Bill Includes Indecipherable Provisions for 'Central Procurement States'

(CNS News) -- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California) inserted a last-minute 310-page amendment into the cap-and-trade climate change bill just hours before the bill reached a House vote last Friday evening, and the amendments included indecipherable provisions for something called a "central procurement state." Lawmakers, who eventually passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 on a 219-212 vote, had little time to review the lengthy amendment, which was posted at 3:09 a.m. Friday, less than 15 hours before the 5:30 p.m. vote . . . The definition of a "central procurement State," as stated in the first of Waxman's amendments, is: "a State that, as of January 1, 2009, had adopted and implemented a legally enforceable mandate that, in lieu of requiring utilities to submit credits or certificates issued based on generation of electricity from (or to purchase or generate electricity from) resources defined by the State as renewable, requires retail electric suppliers to collect payments from electricity ratepayers within the State that are used for central procurement, by a State agency or a public benefit corporation established pursuant to State law, of credits or certificates issued based on generation of electricity from resources defined by the State as renewable."  MORE

NEA to consider full support of homosexual 'marriage'

The co-founder of the National Education Association (NEA) Conservative Educators Caucus says the NEA will consider adoption of a resolution supporting homosexual "marriage." The NEA is currently holding its annual convention in San Diego, California. Educator and conservative activist Jeralee Smith called OneNewsNow from the convention to report that the executive council has approved language that will throw the full support of the NEA behind same-gender marriage, homosexual adoption, and other issues surrounding the homosexual agenda. "They will help to overturn legislation that is discriminatory against same-sex couples," she notes. "And then there is one little bullet about [how] they will recognize that marriage has a religious connotation and it's not compatible with beliefs and values - because of that they recognize that certain churches should not be forced to conduct same-sex marriage." Smith says the resolution could be voted on as early as midday Friday or as late as Tuesday of next week. She points out this is not the first political issue the NEA has undertaken. The NEA gave $50 million to help elect President Obama in 2008. [no further content]  LINK

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[scientists]: Crops face toxic time-bomb in warmer world

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought, Australian scientists say.
The findings, presented on Monday at a conference in Glasgow, Scotland, underscored the need to develop climate-change-resistant cultivars to feed rapidly growing human populations, said Ros Gleadow of the Monash University in Melbourne.
Gleadow's team tested cassava and sorghum under a series of climate change scenarios, with particular focus on different CO2 levels, to study the effect on plant nutritional quality and yield.
Both species belong to a group of plants that produce chemicals called cyanogenic glycosides, which break down to release poisonous cyanide gas if the leaves are crushed or chewed . . . .
"What we found was the amount of cyanide relative to the amount of protein increases," Gleadow told Reuters from Glasgow, referring to cassava.
At double current CO2 levels, the level of toxin was much higher while protein levels fell.
The ability of people and herbivores, such as cattle, to break down the cyanide depends largely on eating sufficient protein.
Anyone largely reliant on cassava for food, particularly during drought, would be especially at risk of cyanide poisoning . . . .
While it was possible to use processing techniques to reduce the level of toxin in the cassava leaves, it was the 50 percent or greater drop in the number of tubers that caused most concern, Gleadow said.
About 750 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America rely on cassava as a staple. The starchy tubers are used to make flour and the plant is ideal in dry regions because of its hardy nature.
The good news was that the levels of toxin in the tuber didn't increase with CO2, unlike the edible leaves.
"The downside of that is that we found the plant didn't grow nearly as well," she said.
"There's been this common assumption that plants will always grow better in a high CO2 world. And we've now found that these plants grew much worse and had smaller tubers." . . . .
She said her team was looking at creating mutations to get rid of the toxin response to drought.
"If we're going to adapt in the future to a world with twice today's CO2 we need to understand how plants are working, how they are responding and what cultivars we need to develop."
Her team plans to carry out additional research in Mozambique and study other tropical crops such as taro.

Source:     reuters.com  MORE

Commentary: Chamber of Commerce Launches $100 Million Campaign to Protect Wall Street's Power at Our Expense (Zach Carter)

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It's the world's most powerful lobbying machine and it's working to make sure our money gets funneled to corporate execs
Perhaps the greatest public deception surrounding today's financial meltdown is the notion that it is unique - a once-in-a-lifetime crisis that reflects bad luck rather than any fundamental problem with the U.S. banking system's sway in global politics.
The truth is that throughout the 1980s, the major money center banks were in much the same situation they find themselves in today.
But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to spend $100 million on a lobbying push to tell you the otherwise. It's a very careful strategy designed to ensure that Wall Street maintains the power to hijack the economy and demand epic bailouts from ordinary citizens as a reward for its own greed.
The name may sound like a coalition of your friendly neighborhood small-business proprietors, but in truth, the CoC is the world's most powerful lobbying machine for the corporate executive class.
Between 1998 and 2009, the CoC's campaign contributions dwarfed those of every other interest group in the United States - over $447 million, more than double the next closest political influence peddler, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you add up the total contributions of Exxon Mobil, tobacco giant Altria (formerly known as Philip Morris) and GE, you won't even get close to what the CoC spends on congressional favors ...

Source:     alternet.org  MORE

Commentary: No friend of freedom - Part 1 (Peter Heck)

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 233rd year of independence, we are forced to take note of this dismaying reality: our new president is no friend of freedom . . . Allow me to explain.
American greatness was achieved through the unrelenting power of a free people pursuing their dreams. Whether it was Pilgrims in a hostile new world, teachers and farmers armed with muskets, pioneers facing a treacherous wilderness, inventors enduring setbacks, volunteers storming beaches, or citizens rushing into smoldering towers to save their fellow countrymen, the glory of America has never been defined by its government, but rather its people.

The American people have cured diseases, constructed skyscrapers, explored the ocean depths, and walked on the moon. And we did these things because we were free – free to create, free to innovate, and free to pursue goals once thought unimaginable by man. That is what has set this civilization apart.
Ours is a history marked by individualism, responsibility, and self-reliance ... not government-reliance. Yet, all that seems lost on our 44th president who startlingly declared in his inaugural address, "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works – whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified."

To any fair-minded observers, those words should have resounded through the halls of our consciences and awakened us from the media-induced trance of Obama-obsession we might have been suffering. For these are not the words of individualism and self-reliance. They are the siren song of government dependence that both belittles and underestimates the ingenuity and creativity of the American people in a way that would have appalled the Founding Fathers . . . .

For when we accept the increased role of government that Obama proposes – one intended to prevent our failure – we necessarily grant it the power to prevent our success and prosperity. How?
In order to prevent the failure of its people, the American government must begin making decisions for them. They must begin controlling them. Give people freedom and they might screw up, invest poorly, or purchase the wrong product. So the government makes the decisions – they choose your healthcare plan, they choose your retirement investments, and they set your salary and wages . . . .

The Founding Fathers, the very architects of our great success, would have rejected Obama's fundamental disregard for the power of liberty. How do I know? Compare their words. While the 44th president says that the question of the size of the government is not the important question, the fourth president and Father of the Constitution, James Madison, saw it differently. He wrote in the Federalist Papers, "Is the power of the government greater than ought to have been vested in it? This is the first question."

And why was it the first question? Because Madison and his fellow patriots understood that increasing the size of government meant decreasing the freedom of the people. Barack Obama is no friend of freedom.

Source:     onenewsnow.com  MORE

Note: see also Independence Now And Forever - When the day comes that I am required to submit to any form of global authority, I will be an outlaw ...  There is no freedom without independence, and there is no independence without eternal vigilance - Pastor Chuck Baldwin  LINK

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WHO: 77,201 people infected, 322 deaths, in 115 countries (as of Wednesday)  LINK
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Obama's First Major Military Operation Under Way in Afghanistan  LINK

First U.S. soldier captured in Eastern Afghanistan as U.S. Marines launch big anti-Taliban in the south  LINK

[analysis]: Time for an Israeli Strike?  LINK
John Bolton: Obama administration sources have opined (anonymously) that Iran will be more eager to negotiate than it was before its election in order to find "acceptance" by the "international community" ...These gauzy scenarios assume that the Tehran regime cares about "acceptance" or is somehow embarrassed by eliminating its enemies ... Both propositions are dubious

Vice President Biden pays visit to Baghdad  LINK

[Israeli] Housing Minister: Spread of Arab population must be stopped  LINK

Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama  LINK

[analysis]: Obama's One-World, America-Last Government  LINK

[analysis]: hr 675 ... building obama's civilian national security force (6-23-09)  LINK

Federal agents hunt for guns, one house at a time (Houston)  LINK

[analysis]: Time for a tea party  LINK
A drive to restore fiscal sanity and true division of powers

[analysis]: July 4 tea parties  LINK
Protesting big government on Independence Day

[analysis]: Why I'm having tea in Boiling Springs  LINK
Alan Keyes: Because organizers in Boiling Springs, South Carolina, did not shy try to discourage me from presenting what I believe to be the true and essential message about the crisis the United States now faces

June Unemployment Rate Reaches 26-Year High  LINK

6.5 million jobs lost in U.S. since recession began in December 2007  LINK

U.S. Home Prices Seen Falling 40% Overall  LINK

Mortgage Applications Collapse as Refinancing Market Dries Up  LINK
U.S. mortgage applications plunged to a seven-month low last week as demand for home refinancing loans tumbled 30 percent

Factory Orders Rise More Than Expected in May  LINK

[Financial analyst] Rosenberg: Up to Decade of Deflation Ahead  LINK

GM Bailout Could Be Cut Off In Days  LINK

7 more banks fail  LINK
Bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 52

Hope for California budget deal as IOUs planned  LINK
Under the plan to issue IOUs in lieu of paying some bills immediately, finance officials in Sacramento approved paying interest on the IOUs at a rate of 3.75 percent ... The state agreed to redeem the IOUs, technically registered warrants, beginning on October 2

Pigs at the Trough Alert: Congress' Travel Tab Swells  LINK
Spending on taxpayer-funded trips rises tenfold ... From Italy to the Galápagos

Bank Fees Rise as Lenders Try to Offset Losses  LINK
Even now, after all those bailouts, banks never seem to tire of dipping a little deeper into your wallet

China Seeks 'Stable' Dollar, Monetary Diversification  LINK

Report: After China, Brazil Eyes Non-Dollar Trade With India  LINK
Although the dollar is considered the benchmark currency for trade and commodities pricing, many Brazilian companies have lost hundreds of millions over the last two years due to dollar weakness

[analysis]: I Saw 'Food Inc.' ... Now What?  LINK
Here's how to transition off of a corn-based diet, lessen your carb(on) footprint, support local farmers and humanely raised meats

[analysis]: Slow Down ... How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick  LINK
Living under unnatural time pressures causes a myriad of psychological, social and physical ailments

Feds could seize California parks if closed by budget  LINK
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed closing 220 state parks ... But the National Park Service warned in a letter to Schwarzenegger that six of those parks are on former federal land that could revert to the U.S. government if they are not kept open as parks

[scientists]: Ant mega-colony takes over world  LINK

Japanese scientists to breed 'super tuna'  LINK
Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans

1,500-Year-Old Hidden Record Of Christ's Words  LINK
Sotheby's hopes the ancient biblical manuscript [known as the Codex Climaci Rescriptus] will fetch $1 million

Ethiopian church speaks out on Ark of the Covenant (Followup)  LINK
Statement says Ten Commandments box won't be displayed

Mennonites in Ohio Protest Exclusion of Homosexuals  LINK

Homosexual 'weddings' should be celebrated in church, says [government minister] (UK)  LINK

U.S. reports percentage of Americans with private health insurance at its lowest mark in 50 years  LINK

Arizona Moves to Oppose Obama's Expected Health Care Mandates  LINK
At least five other states – Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and Wyoming – have considered proposals to take pre-emptive action against the pending federal mandates

Understanding the H3N8 canine flu  LINK

Simplicity drop-side cribs recalled for the third time in two years  LINK
Recalled for posing an entrapment or suffocation hazard for small children

Many More Kids Vaccinated For Hepatitis A  LINK
One-dose hepatitis A vaccination coverage among U.S. infants ages 24 months to 35 months increased from 26.3 percent in 2006 to 47.4 percent in 2007

TB Vaccine May Be Fatal for Infants With HIV  LINK [scroll down]
The World Health Organization said a three-year study conducted in South Africa found that babies born with HIV were more likely to contract a deadly form of TB if they were given the BCG (bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine

HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 2, 2009  LINK

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"Is the power of the government greater than ought to have been vested in it? This is the first question."
James Madison, fourth president (from Federalist Papers)
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The Triuniverse The incredible new book from James Lloyd that starts with the doctrine of the Trinity, and moves into the triads of Spiritual identities seen in prophecy. James shows us the triune nature of all creation and how prophecy must follow the Spiritual Scripts found in the Holy Bible. This work goes well beyond the doctrine of the trinity and addresses the broader subject of the three-fold nature found in all creation. Details Here! Angels In Orbit The Planets in Prophecy James Lloyd has produced the definitive video on the ancient catastrophic orbits of the planets that are linked to Old Testament destructions. These are described in epic accounts, such as the great flood of Noah, the Pass-over-Exodus story, and Joshua's longest day. Building on the work of Immanuel Velikovsky, Donald Patton, and David Talbot, James conclusively demonstrates the history of Biblical Catastrophism, and shows how these conditions are prophesied to return. Planetary Prophecy at its best. Details Here! The King James Controversy Which Bible Is The Word Of God? The ancient controversy over the validity of the Holy Scriptures is unveiled in this intriguing book, as James Lloyd examines Gail Riplinger and her critics. He exposes how the anti-KJV forces have now characterized anyone who trusts the venerable King James version of the bible as a cultist! Also included is information on manuscripts and a side-by-side comparison. As it was written rather than an adulterated version, written to uplhold false doctrine. Details Here! QUEST For The Lost Tribes A fascinating video from Emmy-winning filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici. While many claim to have an understanding of the "lost tribes" as the Caucasion races that supposedly went to England via Ireland in the British-Israelite perspective, this video sharply cantradicts that view. Jacobovici traces portions of the 10 Northern tribes via trans-Caucasia through the Khyber pass into what is now Afghanistan, the very nation America is presently at war with! Details Here! Flee To The Mountains The 2nd volume in the Richard Rives' fascinating video series documenting the incursion of sun god worship into ancient Judaism and Christianity. Rives shows how the ancient worship of the sun god resulted in the persecution of the ancients who insisted on fidelity to YHWH, as documented in the Old Testament. Details Here! How Governments Disarm Citizens When Laws Replace Rights Doug Hudson spent 3 years tracking the historic disarming of populations. In this well documented work, he shows the history of gun control and documents how every nation that has ever controlled the weaponry of the average citizen has been transitioned into a dictatorship. Doug shows how Americans are guaranteed the right to bear arms -- as the founders of our nation knew it was the last line of defense against tyrannical leadership posing as democratically elected public servants. The political parallels between the British grab for the colonist's guns and the modern gun control movement is chilling. Details Here! Crash Course In 21st Century Survival Hosted by Susan Lenox, with her co-host James Lloyd, the 4-part Crash Course addresses Internal Cleansing, the Nutrition Crisis, Symptom Relief, and escalating Evironmental issues. A no-holds barred, street savvy presentation providing an uncomfortable truth concerning the times in which we live. Details Here! The 144,000 and The Multitude Radio host Sue Patterson methodically studies virtually every aspect of the special body of believers found in Revelation 7. This work dovetails with the prophetic perspective put forth by James Lloyd showing that the opening of the Sixth Seal has occured, and the sealing of the remnant is now underway. After showing who the 144,000 really are, Sue turns to the second group of believers seen in the same chapter - "a great multitude". An absolutely incredible prophetic perspective, only available directly from Christian Media. Details Here! Shortwave Wars II The Republic in Peril Featuring Francis Steffan of The American Voice and Doug Hudson of the Founding Fathers broadcast, The Republic In Peril diagnoses the tyranny that has consumed America. Experts in Patriot law, Doug and Francis explain just where we are, what we can do, and where we go from here. Explosive! Details Here! BEYOND BABYLON The Last Week of the World The scriptures indicate that prophetic vision will increase as The Day of the Lord approaches (Dan 12:9). We believe God has revealed significant new understanding to James Lloyd, author of Beyond Babylon - "if any man have an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches." Jesus said He has chosen the foolish to confound the wise. When Christ was here the first time, the scholars had substituted the traditions of men for the plain teaching of the Scriptures. Things are exactly the same way today. American seminaries and Bible colleges have developed into complex, politically oriented institutions that are not listening to the warnings that God is giving. America is about to be judged. Details Here!

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THE BLAST?

The Reckoning

His Reward Is With Him

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April 2006 Update!

AOL Caught Again blocking Net Addresses Of Opponents - Are You Still With Antichrist On Line?

Real Life Tragedy:

Puppies Killed As AOL Blocks Rescue

Corporate Power Run Amok:

- The Menace Of AOL's Monopolistic Practices

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