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Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
[the following does not happen until God releases the devil completely 3.5 years into the tribulation and allows him total freedom. Just think what is going to happen then.]
"he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
 
People have to come to the conclusion that they have been deceived. That is where repentance begins. You can't repent until you realize that you have not studied the one book, the Word of God, we were commanded to study well enough to discern the truth.
The truth is: "that the devil has the power to deceive all of us. Until we read the truth, Word of God, we have no chance of overcoming the world and getting saved." [How can we agree to something we don't understand.]
 
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 
Speaking of endtimes: Luke 21:10-12 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you [Jews], and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. [This is in the making now with the Peace Agreement / Summit in November 2007 in the U.S.. They are giving away Israel and what do you think will happen to the Jews?]
 
Acts 2:19 - 21 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come [Day of the Lord is the Tribulation / Millennium]: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. [This proves that we need to know the Word of God to get saved.] (kjv)
An example of the fulfillment of these Scriptures is in the making. Nobody could believe there would be a flood in an area that had no water.
Check this Lucifer Project: Star Child Fact or Fiction?

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Luke 12:20,21 "But God said unto him, "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
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Avenue of Light exposing the Vatican http://www.xanga.com/AvenueOfLight
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MORE GREETINGS to all and the newcomers to this list. We'd like to introduce ourselves. George and Rita Williams founded this ministry. We were Mormons (Temple Mormons) for 20 years. We prayed to God in 1992 to allow us to do a ministry speaking out against Scientology. Six months later God led us to the truth: out of the cult of Mormonism. We did not know at the time we were in a cult. No-one had witnessed to us in 20 years.
The Holy Spirit brought us to information about all the cults and the present development of the New World Order. We began bringing our research to you. Because all the research was already done, we decided to build a library within Cephas Ministry. Our newsletters are not designed to provoke anger which is strictly prohibited in Scripture. It is to shed light on activities by those who would deceive those who are recorded in the Book of Life by devious methods and systematic plans.

We are Bible students and have left all worldly organizations. We attend church if the message is from the authorized KJV Bible. The focus of these newsletters is to prove why we had to leave the world system. We are called 'Watchmen on the Wall' which God always had during the Old / New Testament Times.
To understand what is happening, one has to know the Bible to compare notes.
The first section is about the church. The news about churches is unedited unless indicated by Ednotes. The church as we knew it, is undergoing disintegration. This began on a fast track in the early nineteen sixties when the Catholic Church produced liberal Vatican II to replace Vatican I.
The trend since then has been ecumenical which is truly what the word 'Catholicism' means: a universal religion all inclusive and multicultural. The Bible calls for a final church and today's church doesn't resemble what Jesus taught. The Word of God has undergone many changes to fit the progressive modes. Many new Bible tranlations have brought confusion. The Bible calls for a falling away from the truth before Jesus comes back for His Bride. The true believers are called 'Ekklesia.' Our newsletters prove this fact and prove that the Bible is true from beginning to end.
The second section is about globalism where we bring your attention to the social, political and global trend, the so called democratizing what is left of the world. This is a deception since the underlying new world global government is developed by implementing sustainable development. The Bible prophesies that there will be ten kings (ten horns), each king (horn) will receive a region of the world as a reward for work well done for the Antichrist. This is the reason for the present development of NAU (The North American Union) as well as the war in the Middle East. It again proves that we are moving to closure of the times of the Gentiles prophesied in the Bible. The end result will not be Democracy but a form of Fascist Communism (Public/Private Corporations enslaving mankind).
The third section compliments End Time teachings because Israel is the time piece of the Biblical Prophecy. 1948 was the beginning of the figtree representing Israel, coming back to life. Israel was allowed to return to its land. Israel is the rock upon which the world stumbles and crumbles. We watch and visit Israel for signs which point to the Tribulation to confirm that we are moving into that space of time.

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TODAY'S 'HOLY SCRIPTURES' STUDY: THE RAPTURE IS COMING - BELIEVE IT OR NOT
By Paul Proctor - February 8, 2006 - NewsWithViews.com
There is an enormous controversy brewing among professing Christians today as to whether or not there is going to be a Rapture of the Church. Many who criticize those who believe in the Rapture do so, not out of an understanding of scripture but rather out of a zealous resentment for lazy, complacent and irresponsible Christians shirking their duty to resist evil in the world.
I couldn't agree more that there is a systemic failure on the part of the church today to confront evil and rebuke sin. It is a theme that has become a trademark of this column. Satan has clearly made capitulating cronies out of many postmodern Christians, convincing them that "turning the other cheek" actually means looking the other way, when it comes to addressing overt transgressions against God and man, leading the Church at large into an immoral pact of sorts that says: For the sake of Results and Relationships, I won't criticize your sin if you won't criticize mine.
But friends, this is nothing short of organized crime against The Almighty for the gratification, glorification, and justification of sinful man. It encourages us to convert God's grace into spiritual spinelessness so we can have our cake and eat it too and be called a Witness for Jesus Christ without actually having to act like one or suffer any personal loss or adverse consequences for our professed faith in the only begotten Son of God.
Scripture, in fact, teaches something totally different:
"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." - 1st Timothy 5:20
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." - Ephesians 5:11
These scriptures illustrate with crystal clarity the illegitimacy of the church growth movement and its new reformation of sin-tolerant love; a seeker sensitivity that seduces Churchaterians into an effeminate faith that hides behind a positive-only, chit chat, save-my-self-esteem spirituality so as to protect and promote those sacred Results and Relationships that grow apostate fellowships into mega-mausoleums for the living dead by cordially inviting visitors and prospects to "connect" or "plug in" rather than "repent," and "take up thy cross" to follow Jesus as He commands. (Matthew 4:17 & Mark 10:21)
However, do not let those who have rightly condemned the reckless neglect of cowardly Christians convince you that there will be no Rapture of the Church. It is not a handy escape from persecution, but rather a glorious deliverance from God's Wrath. Persecution and Wrath are two entirely different things; so don't make the mistake of confusing the two even though they may seem similar. That's where much of the confusion lies. Continued:
http://www.newswithviews.com/PaulProctor/proctor87.htm


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SOME BELIEVE THE RAPTURE WILL BE IN A YEAR OF JUBILEE (50 YR CYCLE)
Sasson Devorah Yashfeh researched the 50th Year Jubilee (pdf file) when all debts are to be forgiven and believes that March of 2006 was the beginning of a Jewish Jubilee Year which ends March of 2007. She claims that there won't be a Tribulation since we are already into the Millennium. We do not agree with that since the following Scriptures proves that the Lord Jesus has not come back to be worshipped in Israel as the Bible requires. Isaiah 2:3-4 "And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
Sasson emphasized that agriculture will be the emphasis and we agree that the world will be back to agriculture. That trend is there today. The foreign report stated that they cannot keep up with the demand for organic foods. Her website: http://www.treesofolive.com/

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THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
http://www.biblesociety.ca/free_scriptures/escriptures/ecclesiastes3/ecclesiastes3.html

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HERE IS THE FINAL STORY: THE UNITED NATIONS IS A PRODUCT OF THE VATICAN
September 2, 2007 Must see to believe: Vatican - United Nations - European Union.pdf


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AN EVANGELICAL CALL ON TORTURE AND THE U.S..
New York Times, USA - July 21, 2007 - Peter Steinfels - www.nytimes.com - Four months have passed since a group of 17 prominent evangelical leaders and scholars issued “An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture: Protecting Human Rights in an Age of Terror.” Writing “as Christians and U.S. citizens,” the authors declared:
“We renounce the resort to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees, call for the extension of procedural protections and human rights to all detainees, seek clear government-wide embrace of the Geneva Conventions, including those articles banning torture and cruel treatment of prisoners, and urge the reversal of any U.S. government law, policy or practice that violates the moral standards outlined in this declaration.”
Will everyone who has read this document, or even heard of it, please raise his hand? Well, you’re forgiven. There are reasons, unfortunate perhaps but understandable, that the declaration hasn’t received the attention it deserves. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18822/usa-torture

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TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE VISIBLE IN U.S.
August 28, 2007 - AP/San Francisico Chronicle - The moon glows orange during a lunar eclipse seen next to the TransAmerican Pyramid in San Francisco. DENVER: The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday, slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red. The total lunar eclipse, the second this year, will be visible in North and South America, especially in the West. People in the Pacific islands, eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand also will be able to view it if skies are clear.
People in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, who had the best view of the last total lunar eclipse in March, will not see this one because the moon will have set when the partial eclipse begins at 4:51 a.m. EDT. The full eclipse will begin an hour later at 5:52 a.m. EDT. An eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun's light. It is rare because the moon is usually either above or below the plane of Earth's orbit. [Ednote: The Bible mentions the moon turning to blood in relation to the Tribulation.]

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A PRAYER REQUEST FOR OUR TROOPS
Email from ricardosda2004@yahoo.com
: "We have a long list of good friends whose husbands are deploying to Iraq next month. One of the wives sent me this. We feel compelled to send it on. Your prayers are deeply appreciated. These courageous men deserve our love, our hugs and most powerfully, our prayers.
Prayer Request:
I understand that life in Iraq is very difficult to bear right now. Our troops need our prayers for strength, endurance and safety.
Send this on after a short prayer; please don't break it:
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our troops around the world.
Blessings, Rita at Cephas Ministry

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REV. JAMES D. KENNEDY IS STEPPING DOWN
August 28, 2007 - The Dr. D. James Kennedy, known worldwide for his television and radio sermons, his conservative politics and evangelization efforts, is stepping down as minister of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, a church he founded in 1959 and built into a mega-church with nearly 10,000 members. Kennedy, 76, had a heart attack in late December and has been in poor health since then. His daughter, Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy, announced on Sunday in her father's church that he was stepping down. "For so many years, Jim Kennedy was always on the front line," said Penney. "But so many people misunderstood him." Better known for his large-scale efforts, Kennedy never missed an opportunity to win souls, whether it was his partner on a ski lift, his seatmate on a plane, or a waitress, said Penney. This page has been removed: It had the full story:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/08/27/0827KENNEDY.html

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KINGDOM OF THE MASONIC CULTS
Biblical Reasons Why Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, Scientology, & Freemasonry Are Not Followers Of Jesus Christ and How You Can Separate Masonic Cults From Gospel Faith by Dr. Michael Sunstar
Download FREE The King James Version Scientific Evidence Against the Book of Mormon The Truth About the god of the Mormons and Scientology.

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JOHN ANKERBERG, WALTER MARTIN AND THE FORMER WORSHIPFUL MASTER JACK HARRIS AND A MASON. [EDNOTE: WATCH THE HANDS OF THE MASON MAKING THE SIGN OF THE HORNS AS HE TRIES TO DEFEND HIMSELF]
The men re-enact the Masonic Rituals and what they mean and prove that it is a religion. There are several other videos on that page about Masonry.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-783233753719250111

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KENNEDY DIES / CAMPUS CRUSADE/ PROMISE KEEPERS TIED TO MASONS
TV Televangelist Dies - Dr. James Kennedy Dead at 76 - September 5, 2007 - Televangelist, author and pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Dr. D. James Kennedy died at this home early Thursday morning after a long battle with heart disease.
Kennedy, noted for his claims that America is and always has been a "Christian" nation founded Coral Ridge Ministries and was one of the first church pastors to have a nationally syndicated television show.
It should be noted that one of the last projects Kennedy was promoting before heart problems surface, was his push to clear Freemasonry of charges that it was an occult organization. His radio program, in April of 2005, featured Dr. Robert Morey who claimed that Freemasonry is not a Satanic organization involved in occult activities but merely a variant cult-like organization. Morey denied that there is any sort of Masonic conspiracy and instead claimed that Masonry's teachings are more like Hinduism than anything occult or Satanic.
In other words, Kennedy was aiding in an effort to keep Christians from realizing the Antichrist and Illuminist connections with Freemasonry. Kennedy's websites are down now, perhaps due to the announcement of his death, but there were links to Kennedy's radio program where you could listen to a 2 part radio show interview with Morey which soft-soaped Freemasonry as not being Satanic and occult in nature.
Kennedy was also associated with the Reverend Sung Myung Moon when he served as an executive committee members of the Coalition For Religious Freedom (CRF) which was started and funded by Moon as well as membership on the Committee for National Policy (CNP) also a Mooney organization. Kennedy also was connected with at least two other Mooney organizations. Link Link
Kennedy also promoted a "False Gospel in the Stars" - a Christianized version of Astrology. Kennedy wrote about it his book: "The Real Meaning of the Zodiac." See expose on this heresy. Link
It is interesting that Jerry Falwell preceded Kennedy in death by a mere 113 days. Falwell also had close connections to Reverend Moon including extensive financial connections including a huge $3.5 million dollar gift from a Unification Church (Moonie) organization to help bail out Falwell's Liberty University.
Here is a link to a critical expose of Kennedy's heretical tendencies from the Discernment Notebook website. Link.
Kennedy was also a huge promoter of Christian "Psycho-babble" - a.k.a. Christian "Psychology." Kennedy also liked to associate with numerous heretics, including liberals like Jesse Jackson and Word of Faith false teachers like E.V. Hill, Jan and Paul Crouch of Trinity Broadcasting Network. In fact, Kennedy formed a close association with Paul Crouch and TBN In fact, Kennedy was a quiet leader for Ecumenism and a united "church." He worked very closely with Campus Crusade for Christ (which had Masonic connections) as well as the Promise Keepers movement (also funded by Freemasons).
Dr. Kennedy seemed to believe in Christian Dominionism and did not hold to a Pre-Millenial doctrine of Prophecy.
In regards to the issue of salvation, grace and faith versus works, Kennedy seems to have espoused a mixture of legalism with salvation and the Christian Life. Source: http://www.aoreport.com/mag/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=24&Itemid=43

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THE REV. REX HUMBARD, 88, DIES IN FLORIDA
Posted by Amanda Garrett and Associated Press September 21, 2007 - The Rev. Rex Humbard, a former itinerant preacher whose televangelism ministry in Ohio once reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program, died Friday evening at 9:24 surrounded by his family. He was 88.
Humbard had been seriously ill since late July following surgery at a South Florida hospital to fix a broken hip. "He was as a person who loved people. His whole life was devoted to helping people," Rex Humbard Jr. said. "He was the ultimate role model in showing love and caring about other people over and above himself," his grandson Rex Humbard III said.
The Rev. Rex Humbard in an undated photo
The son of evangelists, Humbard evolved his ministry from revivals across the country to a permanent home in Akron, and television. He realized the potential of the new medium in the early 1950s and became known to millions by the 1970s. But financial overreaching eventually eroded his organization. As with his contemporaries Billy Graham and Oral Roberts, Humbard's ministry began to flourish in the post-World War II era. "The vast majority of people do not go to church and the only way we can reach them is through TV," he said in his autobiographical book, "Miracles in My Life." "We must go into their homes -- into their hearts -- to bring them the gospel of Jesus Christ."
His Sunday services were televised by 1953. He began with a renovated theater and eventually built the $4 million domed, 5,000-seat nondenominational Cathedral of Tomorrow, which included velvet drapes, a hydraulic stage and a cross covered with thousands of red, white and blue light bulbs. His ministry eventually expanded to include a Mackinaw, Mich., campus used for religious education and a 23-story Akron office tower. The broadcast, also called "Cathedral of Tomorrow," developed into a mixture of preaching and music, with Humbard's wife, Maude Aimee, an accomplished gospel singer, and the Cathedral Quartet as regular performers. The Humbards' children also performed. One of Humbard's admirers was Elvis Presley, who often sang gospel music himself. Humbard spoke at his funeral in 1977.
By 1970 Humbard's syndicated program appeared on more TV stations in America than any other program and eventually reached more than 600 stations, according to the 1999 reference work "Religious Leaders of America."
By 1979, the show was broadcast in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Far East, Australia and Latin America, giving it a worldwide reach greater than any of his competitors, the reference said. In 1994, Humbard sold the Cathedral of Tomorrow to fellow televangelist the Rev. Ernest Angley. It is now called Grace Cathedral.
Humbard is survived by his wife and their four children Rex Jr., Don, Charles, and Elizabeth. Funeral services will be held in Akron where he will be buried near his parents and sister.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/09/the_rev_rex_humbard_88_dies_in.html

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TOP PENTAGON OFFICERS FACE DISCIPLINE FOR ENDORSING CHRISTIANITY
   August 27, 2007 - Seven high-ranking officers, including four generals, could face discipline for what the Pentagon considers their promotion of Christianity.
A retired Army officer who had also attended the Christian Embassy Wednesday prayer meeting believes it’s hypocritical for the Pentagon to consider disciplinary action against the officers.“There have been others in very senior positions, both in and out of uniform, who have gone to some of these Islamic centers and have bent over backwards to accommodate Islamists,” said retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis to OneNewsNow Friday.
 Maj. Gen. Jack Catton of the U.S. Air Force offers a testimonial in a promotional video for the Christian Embassy, a Washington-based Christian group.
 He pointed to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England who in early June joined the dedication of a new Islamic prayer center at the Quantico Marine Corps Base. ...
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070826/29059_Top_
Pentagon_Officers_Face_Discipline_for_Endorsing_Christianity.htm

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THIS IS THE HAND OF GOD, YET, THEY REPENTED NOT
Dear Friends - America was NOT established as a pluralistic nation of a religion of tolerance, where any god was to be given equal place and equal opportunity. America was established as a nation "For the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian religion," as stated in the Mayflower compact. America, as a Nation, has turned its back on God Almighty, who has so greatly blessed her. It is very sad to say that it is too late for national repentance. Yet, if one may find the grace of God, it is not yet too late for personal repentance. Please pray to have ears to hear this, because the More Sure word has a sure word of warning to any who might choose to be willingly ignorant of the need for personal repentance NOW. Acts 17:30 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but NOW COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERY WHERE TO REPENT:
It often seems that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn anything from history. We continue to make the same devastating religious, social, political, and economic mistakes that history has proven to be so destructive. Nazi Germany was a good picture of what is NOW happening, particularly in America, but also the whole world. We are simply moving from National Socialism to antichrist Global Socialism. Few understand how that Nazi Germany, under Hitler, was driven by Luciferian occultism. Few understand the important role that the COMPROMISED Church played in Nazi Germany. Many of these Nazi, Luciferians were brought to America after the war under the top secret Majestic 12 program, and Operation Paperclip. America thus made a pact with the devil by bringing in these Nazi demonic Luciferians into key positions in American government, intelligence, science, and military research. This will soon bring the same sort of destruction to America, as was seen in Nazi Germany. Full article: http://www.cephas-library.com/believers_this_is_the_hand_of_god.html

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WHAT DOES BLACKWATER HAVE TO DO WITH THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT?
Who owns Blackwater? A right wing "good Christian" pro-corporate family that controls over $1 billion in assets amd has been very generous to the Bush family. Blackwater is just one of their projects. Where does Blackwater get its personnel? Ex-US military, of course. They also go to places like Chile and Colombia to hire US-trained right wing gun thugs. Could Blackwater ever be used against American citizens? It already has. Armed Blackwater operatives making $900 per day were the first into New Orleans before FEMA, the Red Cross and the National Guard. Currently, Blackwater is suing the families of four of its employees who were killed in Iraq for $10 million each. Their offense? They wanted to know how their family members were killed, the company refused to tell them, so they sued for the information.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/174.html
 

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GUNS FOR HIRE: SECRECY, TORTURE, RELIGIOUS ZEAL DISTINGUISH MERCENARIES
The Charlston Gazette - August 12, 2007 by Paul J. Nyden - " ... Two new books — Jeremy Scahill’s Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army and Robert Young Pelton’s Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror — tell that story. Hundreds of companies, most formed recently, rake in billions of dollars to provide mercenaries for operations, often top-secret, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, to name a few. “Private forces are almost a necessity for a United States bent on retaining its declining empire,” Scahill writes. “Think about Rome and its increasing need for mercenaries.” Our government, Pelton believes, is creating a “freelance warrior class that operates under murky legal restraints.”
A shift of power
The use of contractors, and their secrecy, shifts more and more authority from Congress to the White House, which makes its own decisions without any public input. Secrecy hides the real costs of military operations and enables widespread legal abuses, including capturing prisoners and “rendering” them to unknown locations for questioning and torture — a policy also backed by Clinton... Whole story: http://www.wvgazette.com/section/Opinion/200708111

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WOMAN AT CENTER OF CASE AGAINST FLDS WANTS $1 MILLION FROM UEP TRUST
Deseret Morning News, USA - September 19, 2007 - Ben Winslow - deseretnews.com
The woman at the center of the criminal case against Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs has proposed a $1 million settlement with the financial arm of the church. Details of the proposed settlement with the United Effort Plan Trust were revealed in St. George’s 5th District Court, where Jeffs is on trial for rape as an accomplice. Defense attorneys have pointed out to the jury that “Jane Doe IV,” as she is known in court documents, filed a lawsuit against Jeffs before going to authorities to report the alleged rape. “She stands by it,” the woman’s attorney, Roger Hoole, told the Deseret Morning News on Tuesday. The woman, now 21, is suing Jeffs, the FLDS Church and the UEP Trust for millions over her marriage at age 14 to her 19-year-old cousin. She is the prosecution’s star witness in the case against Jeffs. In her lawsuit, the woman is known by the initials “M.J.” Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19403/flds-8

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A CHURCH'S ASSERTIVE SHIFT TOWARD TRADITION
Pope Benedict XVI consolidates sweeping changes, reasserting the spiritual supremacy of the Vatican.
By Robert Marquand - Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor - July 18, 2007 edition
Pope Benedict XVI: He held a cross during a mass at the Vatican in June. Tony Gentile/ReutersPage 1 of 4
Rome and Paris - The leader of 1.1 billion Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI, is completing a significant theological shift of the Roman Catholic church – a sweeping change that not only eclipses 40 years of a more moderate and collegial Catholicism, but seeks to reassert the spiritual supremacy of the Vatican and more openly proclaim the authority of the office of pope among all Christians. Some two years after taking the reins, say Protestant and Catholic theologians and religious experts, the Bavarian-born pope is moving swiftly to affirm orthodox doctrines and medieval church rituals that undermine the spirit of Vatican II, a period of modernization in which the church appeared to be rethinking its centuries-long insistence that it had exclusive claims to matters of grace, truth, salvation, and church structure in the Christian world.
Liberal Catholics go so far as to characterize Benedict as leading a counterreformation in the church – in which fervent backers of traditional Catholic identity and faith are favored, even at the expense of popularity. "While Vatican II said that the Holy Spirit was in operation among the people, now we are saying, no, the holy spirit is operating in the bishops. It is an enormous change." says Frank Flinn, author of the "Encyclopedia of Catholicism." The "impression [previous Pope] John Paul II gave was to emphasize teaching so that all may be one. But Benedict is turning around and saying to churches, 'you aren't all one.' It is destroying the ecumenical movement."
When the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became pope on April 8, 2005, many Catholics felt he might soften his reputation as a hard-line "enforcer of the faith." Yet his tenure has shown few signs of mellowing. In the space of three days this month, for example, he promoted the old Latin Mass, which contains references to the conversion of the Jews, then issued a blockbuster doctrinal clarification statement saying that Orthodox and Protestant churches were "lacking" and only authentic through their relationship with Rome.
"Benedict has fought for the same thing for 30 years and now he is putting it to work," says Frederic Lenoir, editor of Le Monde's religious supplement in Paris. "His main aim in being pope is to unify the true believer groups – and he will lose members or destroy religious dialogues, if that's what it takes."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0718/p01s05-lire.html

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POPE DECLINES VATICAN 'AUDIENCE REQUEST' BY CONOLEEZZA RICE
Pope Benedict XVI has refused a recent request by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to meet for a discussion on the Middle East and Iraq, Vatican sources have reported. - by Jennifer Gold
September 21, 2007 - Pope Benedict XVI has refused a recent request by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to meet for a discussion on the Middle East and Iraq, Vatican sources have reported. The Pope refused the request which asked for an audience during the August holidays.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pope.declines.vatican.audience.request.by.condoleezza.rice/13296.htm

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POPE ASKS CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS TO FIND COMMON GROUND
September 23, 2007 - Pope Benedict voiced the hope on Thursday that Christians and Muslims can avoid violence and intolerance by exploring their common religious values and respecting their differences. The leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics has sought reconciliation with Muslims since an ill-fated speech in Germany a year ago, when he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor as saying Prophet Mohammad spread faith "by the sword".
"To avoid any form of intolerance from developing and to prevent violence, we must encourage sincere dialogue based on ever truer mutual knowledge," the Pope told visiting bishops from Benin, West Africa, on Thursday.
"Such dialogue requires us to train competent people to help know and understand the religious values we have in common and to faithfully respect our differences," he said. Following the shock caused around the world by his speech a year ago, Benedict said he was sorry for the reaction but stopped short of an apology. Later in 2006 he prayed at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul during a Turkish visit. About half the population of Benin practise traditional African religions, while about 30 percent are Christian and 20 percent are Muslim. Continued: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pope.asks.christians.muslims.to.find.common.ground/13319.htm

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PRESIDENT BUSH AND HIS WIFE VISIT POPE
IS IT ANTICHRIST AGENDA? SOME BELIEVE THAT THESE PICTURES DEPICT THE COMBINATION OF THE FALSE PROPHET AND THE ANTICHRIST.
http://andrew4jc.blogspot.com/2007/06/president-bush-visits-pope-benedict-at.html

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LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - JULY 27, 2007 - Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries — particularly the United States and his native Germany — between creationism and evolution was an “absurdity,” saying that evolution can coexist with faith. The pontiff, speaking as he was concluding his holiday in northern Italy, also said that while there is much scientific proof to support evolution, the theory could not exclude a role by God. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19956961/
“They are presented as alternatives that exclude each other,” the pope said. “This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.”

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SAN FRANCISCO ARCHBISHOP RESPONDS AFTER CAUGHT ON VIDEO GIVING COMMUNION TO GAY MAN DRESSED AS NUNS.
By John-Henry Westen - SAN FRANCISCO, October 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Last Sunday, October 7, San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer said Mass at a Catholic Church in the heart of the gay Castro district. Most Holy Redeemer Parish has a lamentable reputation of having caved in to demands of homosexual activists. One group of homosexual activists which until recently operated regularly out of the parish was called "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence", men who wear makeup and dress as Catholic nuns. Archbishop Niederauer was filmed giving two members of this group Holy Communion on Sunday.
The "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence", whose motto is "go and sin some more" and describes itself as a "leading-edge order of queer nuns," planned to hold regular bingo games at Most Holy Redeemer Parish until Catholic activists reported the plans to the press. A local homosexual newspaper, the San Francisco Bay Times, reported that the events at the parish included sexually explicit activities. Prizes included porn DVDs and "sex toys" the paper said.

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PROTEST FOR RIGHT TO PREACH ON BIBLICAL SIN
WASHINGTON – JUL 13, 2007 - Christian pro-family groups from across the nation rallied at the Capitol Wednesday to protest against the hate crimes bill currently being reviewed by the Senate [AND SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED], which opponents argue will endanger the rights of Christians to preach about the sin of homosexuality. “This hate crime legislation is hatred and intolerance aimed at ministers and good Christian folks who dare to call sin ‘sin,’” said Dr. Johnny M. Hunter, national director of LEARN (Life Education and Resource Network). “Pastors not only have a right, but they have an obligation to state emphatically, that according to Scripture, a man or a woman should not perform a sex act with a person of the same sex,” he said, as a long yellow banner facing the Capitol read “Homosexuality is a Sin” flapped in the wind beside him. ...
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070712/28416_Hate_Crimes_Bill_Opponents_Protest_for_Right_to_Preach_
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HIGH COURT BANS PURITY RINGS
TELEGRAPH U.K. July 18, 2007 - A school that banned a teenage girl from wearing a "purity" ring to symbolise her opposition to sex before marriage did not discriminate against her religious beliefs, the High Court ruled today.
Lydia Playfoot, 16, claimed that the ban imposed by the Millais School in Horsham, West Sussex, constituted "unlawful interference" with her fundamental rights to express her Christian faith. But in a ruling she described as "very disappointing", Michael Supperstone, a deputy High Court judge, said that the school had not breached the Human Rights Act. ...
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/16/nring116.xml

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HEAD OF ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH STEPS DOWN AFTER 14 YEARS
Grand Rapids Press - July 14, 2007 SPRINGFIELD MO. The head of the Assemblies of God church will step down two years early, ending 14 years at the helm of one of the nation's largest Pentecostal groups. Thomas Trask,71, plans to leave office in October. Nominations for a new leader will be made at the church's annual
meeting August 8-11, 2007 in Indianapolis. The church has 2.8 million members. Press wire services. (Email)

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IAN PAISLEY: NORTHERN IRELAND LEADER PAISLEY TO STEP DOWN FROM THE HELM OF HIS PROTESTANT CHURCH AFTER 56 YEARS
AP, via the International Herald Tribune, USA - September 8, 2007 - www.iht.com - DUBLIN, Ireland: The Rev. Ian Paisley, who has angered many of his Protestant faithful by forming a Northern Ireland government with a former IRA commander, is stepping down as leader of the hard-line church he founded 56 years ago. The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster said Paisley would step down rather than face possible ouster following the church’s annual meeting, which ended early Saturday. Paisley, 81, for decades has been re-elected unopposed to the post of Free Presbyterian moderator but was expected to face a challenger when his current term expires in January. The church elders said he would serve his current term, but the office would become vacant that month.
In a brief statement, Paisley’s office said he took the decision without outside pressure and was “very happy” to step down. But the meeting demonstrated strong opposition to his continuing as moderator. A majority of Free Presbyterian elders called for separation of church and state — a barbed reference to Paisley’s leadership of Northern Ireland’s fledgling Catholic-Protestant government..
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THE GLOBAL ONENESS COMMITMENT
Co-creating a happy world - The Global Oneness Commitment is an eight-year project with the goal of uniting people around the globe to mutual actions in order to not only save what we have, but to transform the planet thru an increase in spiritual awareness ? a new consciousness creating a joyful home for all its inhabitants and sincere respect for all forms of life. The project is synchronised with the twin Venus Transits of 2004 and 2012. It starts with the first Venus transit of June 8th 2004 and ends with the second Transit June 6th 2012. The eight-year project is initiated by the Global Oneness Foundation based in Stockholm, Sweden, in association with the Times Foundation based in Delhi, India. The world is not in need of a new religion or a new philosophy but in need of spiritual rejuvenation. All knowledge and wisdom needed to bring the world into a new era of inner and outer prosperity is already here and have been since ancient times. Lets face the fact that we are all dependent on each other and that we all has an individual responsibility for the well being of all life on the planet. We are all one and if one part of humanity is suffering ? the whole humanity will be reached by its consequences. This is not anything new. It has been known in ancient spiritual traditions all over our planet. By entering this well of wisdom we will see that we have always had much more uniting us than dividing us. The main objectives are to: Co-create a vision of oneness, encouraging individuals, networks and organizations in their work for a happy world. Support the preservation and restoration of ancient spiritual wisdoms and sciences residing in all cultures around the world.Support all sorts of initiatives that unite people in mutual actions and projects aiming at creating global oneness. Global Oneness Commitment, Global Oneness Community, Global Oneness Celebration, Global Oneness Festival, Global Oneness University, Global Oneness Award, Buddhist Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Spiritual Quotes, BUddhist Sayings, Life Quotes, , Buddhist Wisdom, Buddhism Wisdoms, Buddha, Buddhism Wisdom, Buddhism Quotes, Buddhist Inspirations, Buddhism Inspirations, Spiritual Inspiration, Spiritual Sayings, Spiritual Saying, Buddhist Saying, Buddhism Sayings, Buddhist Sayings, Buddhism Saying Penecostalism is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
http://www.experiencefestival.com/ http://www.experiencefestival.com/oneness_commitment

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ABORTION ON DEMAND IN PORTUGAL
Abortion on Demand Law Goes into Effect in Portugal - Estimated that up to 80% of doctors in some hospitals may refuse to participate - By Elizabeth O'Brien - LISBON, Portugal, July 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Sunday July 15 a law came into effect in predominantly Catholic Portugal allowing abortion up to the tenth week of pregnancy. After a mandatory three-day "cooling" period, abortion is available on demand in hospitals.
The law maintains a few minor restrictions, including the three-day waiting period. Before procuring an abortion, the International Herald-Tribune reports, the expectant mother must first talk to a doctor who will explain the health risks of abortion. According to the new law, she must then wait an additional three days before having the operation. After an abortion, women are required to attend a government session on contraception education. Doctors are allowed to refrain from performing an abortion on the grounds of conscience. According to the Herald-Tribune, it is estimated that up to 80% of doctors in some hospitals may refuse. Continued: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07071601.html

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60 YEARS AFTER ROSWELL: WE DO NEED A PARADIGM SHIFT IN OUR THINKING
By Stephen Yulish PhD - July 12, 2007 - "I just finished reading Richard Boylan PhD's article in the July 9,2007 issue of UFO Digest entitled "Earth's First Step in Joining the Cosmic Family: Have Some of the Cosmic family Join Us" as well as Michael E. Salla PhD's article in the same issue entitled "The Physics of Extraterrestrials: Develop a Typology of Extraterrestrial Activities and Motivation" and finally, I read Alfred Lambremont's article in the July 4 edition of UFO Digest entitled "Exopolitics: A new Way to Understand Extraterrestrials". As the 60th anniversary of the Roswell Incident has come and past on July 8, I began to reflect on what these articles were trying to tell me...."
"The Exopolitics Institute is also very found of the work of Ohio Congressman and 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dennis Kucinich, was is a little left of Fidel Castro. Kucinich introduced legislation to ban weapons in space as a "sacred mission to reclaim heaven" for the "Great Architect". As I said earlier, there is a political agenda at work here to have these aliens come and help us solve our problems of world peace, green technology, global warming and fossil fuels. The aliens are viewed in almost messianic terms. They will come and save us from ourselves. They will bring world peace, save the Earth, and bring a one world religion based on tolerance and equality for all. There will be little room at the table for born again Christians or for Jews or for Israel either for that matter. We will all sit around with the likes of Dennis Kucinich, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and the 'aliens" and wear flowers in our hair and sing "The Age of Aquarius" or maybe "Cumbaya" as everything goes to hell. Whole article:
http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0707/paradigm.html

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PRINCESS CLAIMS CLAIRVOYANT POWERS, AIMS TO SHARE THEM
Aftenposten, Norway - July 24, 2007 - Nina Berglund - www.aftenposten.no - Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise, daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja, has emerged as a clairvoyant, and is launching an alternative school aimed at training students to contact angels. Officials at the Royal Palace won’t comment on the princess’ latest business venture. The princess’ business partner has publicly confirmed the training program, which is billed as a means of “getting in touch with your own truths” through “readings, healing, crystals and hands-on treatment.”
The princess, who still officially represents the Royal Family at various events, has named her new venture after “one of the oldest goddesses in the Middle East,” Astarte, and its website is registered at her home address in Lommedalen, just west of Oslo. The telephone number listed is that for the Royal Palace in Oslo.
Even though use of the palace’s phone number implies the business is indirectly supported by the Royal Palace, palace officials won’t comment on it. “The palace never expresses itself on the princess’ private business ventures,” said a tight-lipped Sven Gjeruldsen, information adviser on the palace staff. He referred further questions to the contact information on Astarte’s web site. The princess wrote on her school’s new website, Astarte Education, that she’s “always been interested in alternative treatment programs,” suggesting she’s had psychic abilities since she was a little girl. “I especially remember one time I met a woman when I was small,” Princess Märtha Louise wrote. “I went up to her and said she didn’t need to be sad about her husband, that things would go well between them.”
The woman was astonished, according to the princess, and “wondered who had told me this. There was a big commotion, and many fearful adults, because none of them wanted her to think one of them had gossiped,” Märtha Louise wrote. Communicating with animals - The 35-year-old princess was educated as a physiotherapist, trained as a Rosen therapist and also has studied at an academy for holistic medicine “where I learned to systematize sensual impressions to read others, and through horses I learned to communicate with animals on a deeper level" More http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18825/princess-norway

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BEWARE OF THIS BOOK 'CONVERSATION WITH GOD'
Truth \"AGAINST\" Tradition" - July 25, 2007 - "... Schools are distributing this book to children through the Scholastic Book Club. The name of the book is Conversations with God.. James Dobson talked about this book twice this week. It is devastating. Parents, churches and Christian schools need to be aware of it. Please pass this information on to church/e-mail addressees, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, friends. Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV, in movie theaters, on the internet, and the music they listen to, but also be alert regarding the books they read. two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. They sound harmless enough by their titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover or title." The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the "voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God.
For instance (and I paraphrase), when a girl asks the question "Why am I a lesbian?" His answer is that she was 'born that way' because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to go out and "celebrate" her differences. Another girls poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?" His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong."
Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged." Not only are these books the false doctrine of the devil, but in some instances quote (in error) the Word of God. And the list goes on. These books (and others like it) are being sold to schoolchildren through (The Scholastic Book Club), and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children. Our children are under attack. So I pray that you be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the Devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8).

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SAVIOR EMERGES FOR ATTRACTION SIMULATING JERUSALEM IN ORLANDO
AP, via Daytona Beach News-Journal, USA - July 28, 2007 - Travis Reed - www.news-journalonline.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jesus Christ is crucified and resurrected here six days a week. Snarling Roman soldiers whip and drag him, and somber audience members watch. Some quietly weep at a pageant bloody and cruel. It is the grand finale at the Holy Land Experience, and not the attraction most tourists envision in an Orlando vacation. Just miles from Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld in this city’s overstimulated tourist corridor, Holy Land has in its six years of operation aimed to recreate Jerusalem of Biblical times. It is often referred to as a “Christian theme park,” but the park offers lectures, not rides, making it feel more like a trip to church. Its officers prefer to call it a “living Biblical museum” and until last month, the nonprofit operation was troubled. Management changed hands, its founder left and attendance was flat. But suddenly, a savior appeared.
Trinity Broadcasting Network, a California-based Christian empire with 12,500 worldwide TV and cable affiliates, took over Holy Land and its estimated $8 million mortgage. Both are nonprofit organizations, so Trinity describes the deal as a “marriage” rather than a purchase, saying little money changed hands. Continued:
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CONFERENCE AIMS TO COUNTER ATTACKS ON LDS DOCTRINE, HISTORY
The Salt Lake Tribune, USA - July 27, 2007 - Jessica Ravitz - www.sltrib.com - Each year the intention is the same: to arm Mormons with information so they can answer criticisms of their faith, doctrine and practices. But the ninth annual conference of The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), which begins Thursday in Sandy, is especially needed given recent high-profile anti-Mormon developments, the nonprofit organization’s president, Scott Gordon, said. Gordon, reached by phone in Redding, Calif., pointed to offensive comments swirling around Mitt Romney’s campaign and to the distribution in March of some 350,000 DVDs that likened The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to a cult. He also mentioned concerns about the soon-to-be released film, “September Dawn,” which uses the highly controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre as a backdrop and explores various conspiracy theories that put the church in a bad light. “We are not afraid to take on the tough issues,” he said. “We pick controversial topics and talk about them from a believer’s perspective.” Given Mitt Romney’s run for president and comments such as this one by the Rev. Bill Keller, “If you vote for Mitt Romney you are voting for Satan,” Gordon said FAIR conference organizers debated long and hard as to whether they should have a session specifically about Romney’s candidacy. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18869/mormon-apologetics

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.LDS CHURCH REVISES PAMPHLET ON GAYS (GETTING READY FOR THE HATE CRIME BILL?)
The Salt Lake Tribune, USA - July 28, 2007 - Peggy Fletcher Stack - www.sltrib.com - The LDS Church’s new pamphlet on homosexuality posted this week on the church’s Web site is an improvement on the last three, but doesn’t go far enough in embracing those with same-sex attractions, a longtime advocate for gay Mormons said Friday. The piece, titled “God Loveth His Children,” reiterates the church’s long-held distinction between same-sex attractions and actions, suggesting that only the latter are immoral. According to LDS doctrine, sexuality is only appropriate within heterosexual marriage. Everyone else is expected to be chaste. It suggests that the church doesn’t know what causes homosexual feelings, but it’s not abuse or sexual experimentation. The pamphlet acknowledges that not all gays can change their orientation. Some singles, whether homosexual or heterosexual, may never marry in this life, it says, but “will be perfected in the next life so that every one of God’s children may find joy in a family consisting of a husband, a wife and children.” These are positive developments, said Gary Watts, who recently stepped down as co-chairman with his wife, Millie Watts, of Family Fellowship, a support group for gay Mormons.
The LDS Church’s first such pamphlet was published in 1974 and suggested that homosexuality was “evil” and “blamed parents for their children’s homosexuality,” said Watts, a Mormon father who has a gay son and lesbian daughter among his six children. The 1983 revision de-emphasized the “psycho-social causes” of homosexuality, he said, and the 1992 version eliminated parental blame altogether, pointing to the possibility of biological factors. By not speculating on causes, the new pamphlet shows “incremental progress,” he said.
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JUDGE TO MEDIATE $45M SEX-ABUSE SUIT AGAINST LDS CHURCH
AP, via The Salt Lake Tribune, USA - July 27, 2007 - www.sltrib.com - PORTLAND, Ore. - A $45 million sex abuse lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be mediated by a judge in an effort to reach a settlement instead of going to trial. Kelly Clark, a Portland lawyer whose client is suing the Mormon church, says the mediation is set for Aug. 9 and 10. The dates were confirmed by Stephen English, a Portland attorney representing the church. If the case is not settled, a trial date has been scheduled for Oct. 18, Clark said.
The lawsuit claims that a home teacher, Kenneth I. Johnson Jr., sexually abused a Beaverton boy as much as twice a week from 1987 to 1989.
The church is responsible because Johnson was authorized to act on its behalf, giving him access to the boy, according to the complaint. The lawsuit claimed the duties authorized by the church included “educational and tutorial services, counseling, spiritual and moral guidance, religious instruction, and other duties” that would put Johnson “in a position of trust and confidence with LDS members and their children.”
Johnson has denied the allegations in court documents. English has said Johnson was acting as a family friend, not a church official. As part of the mediation agreement, the alleged victim - identified only by the initials “D.I.” - has asked the church for reforms, Clark said Thursday. “My client is absolutely committed to achieving some changes in the child abuse policies of the church,” Clark said. Clark recently won an Oregon Supreme Court ruling in a pretrial motion asking the church to disclose detailed financial information for the first time since 1959.
The ruling could set the course for a larger legal battle over the rights of the church if a settlement is not reached, attorneys said.“We have a motion in which we’re challenging the constitutionality of access to our confidential records,” English said. Clark sought the ruling to determine if $45 million in punitive damages was a reasonable request. http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18854/lds-church

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BOOK ALERT: POPULAR CONTEMPLATIVE BOOK IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES
"Soul Feast" by Marjorie Thompson is a book that promotes mantra meditation and New Age mystics. It stands among many other contemplative prayer books that do the same. But what is so alarming is that it also stands within the ranks of many Christian ministries, organizations, churches, and colleges. And even though Thompson does not hide her mystical affinities, many in Christian circles see her as a trustworthy source for spiritual nourishment.
The book was first released in 1995. Henri Nouwen was still alive, and he wrote the foreword, saying that Soul Feast is "the fruit of Marjorie's personal practice, her solid studies, and long experience in spiritual formation. It brings together in a clear, concise way the essence of her ministry." Nouwen would agree that if someone wanted to know what Thompson really believed, this book would provide the "essence" of those beliefs. In the book, Thompson gets right to the point of the book when she makes the following statements in the prologue: Some Christians find that 'mindfulness meditation," a traditional Buddhist practice, helps them live their Christian discipleship more faithfully.
The practice of contemplative prayer might give a Christian ground for constructive dialogue with a meditating Buddhist. Spiritual practice is the heart of this book. Thompson, an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church USA, 1 is a director for The Pathways Center (part of the Upper Room Ministries).2 Upper Room is an organization that promotes mantra based meditation and is the creator of the popular, meditation tool Walk to Emmaus.
In Soul Feast, Thompson's "Annotated Bibliography" (of books she favors) is a who's who of pantheistic contemplatives including: Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Anthony de Mello, Richard Foster, Tilden Edwards, Edward Hays, Morton Kelsey, and Parker Palmer. Jesuit priest De Mello, author of Sadhana: A Way To God, says this of meditation: A Jesuit friend once told me that he approached a Hindu guru for initiation in the art of prayer. The guru said to him, "Concentrate on your breathing." My friend proceeded to do just that for about five
minutes. Then the guru said, "The air you breathe is God. You are breathing God in and out. Become aware of that, and stay with that awareness." (FMSCN, p. 119) Continued: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/newsletter072307.htm

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HINDU MAN CHOPS OFF HIS HAND TO OFFER TO GODDESS
The Times, UK - July 31, 2007 - Joanna Sugden - www.timesonline.co.uk - Rajesh Taipuriya, 23, severed his hand using a kukhuri, a curved Nepalese knife, after a service in Nepal where devotions were offered to the popular deity Kali. Mr Taipuriya asked the priest to bring him the knife, traditionally used in animal sacrifice, and in one swift motion the stony faced devotee cut off his hand then offered it at the altar of the multi-armed goddess.
A crowd gathered to see the unusual offering lying on the Kali temple floor in Bardesha, while its owner left in a taxi. He survived the amputation and is receiving treatment in a hospital 250 kilometres from the capital Kathmandu.
It was unclear why the young man made the gesture to the goddess who is linked with destruction and is consort to the Hindu deity Shiva. Continued. http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18897/hinduism-4

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RELIGIOUS RIGHT GOT IT TERRIBLY WRONG IN RECOMMENDING BUSH SAYS SON OF PASTOR
The Tennessean, USA - Aug. 3, 2007 Opinion - Victor Buhler - www.tennessean.com - In the half century of my lifetime and in my study of history, I have never seen a time in the United States when things are as they are now.
As the son of a Southern Baptist preacher who pastored churches for more than a half century, I find it so ironic that we have more freedom of worship in this country today than anyone in history has ever had because of separation of church and state. Yet, the Christians in this country, for the most part, believe they are losing their freedom.
Since 1976, Christians now commonly known as the Religious Right have had an unprecedented and organized participation in politics.
The Christian leaders have sought to dominate the political arena by endorsing candidates and telling their people how to vote. During Bill Clinton’s time, some preachers in this country were prophesying that a “great man of God” would be elected in 2000. As the new century arrived, we had Christians saying: “If you do not vote for Bush, you are not a Christian.” In 1900, William Jennings Bryan ran twice for president, claiming that is was God’s will for him to win. One of his big issues, along with the gold standard, was evolution. But he lost to William McKinley. It must not have been God’s will because we eventually got Teddy Roosevelt as president, one of the greatest in history. Ironically, T.R. a Republican, did everything exactly the opposite of Bush and was also one of the most popular presidents ever. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18922/evil-george-bush

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NEW "LAST SUPPER" THEORY CRASHES WEB SITES
MILAN, Italy - JULY 28, 2007 - new theory that Leonardo’s “Last Supper” might hide within it a depiction of Christ blessing the bread and wine has triggered so much interest that Web sites connected to the picture have crashed. The famous fresco is already the focus of mythical speculation after author Dan Brown based his “The Da Vinci Code” book around the painting, arguing in the novel that Jesus married his follower, Mary Magdelene, and fathered a child. Now Slavisa Pesci, an information technologist and amateur scholar, says superimposing the “Last Supper” with its mirror-image throws up another picture containing a figure who looks like a Templar knight and another holding a small baby. ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19997794/

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A NEW BOOK: DAYS OF ELIJAH
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OWE NO MAN ANYTHING
Setting the captives free.. We could do a lot by helping others out of "debtors prison." Need a mortgage schedule to save a lot of interest have Larry would send you one. Here is what he wrote: "If you know of anyone that needs a mortgage schedule to open their eyes, let me know and I'll do it "on the house" Larry <larry@oelsales.com>"

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TV STATION PULLS PLUG ON KELLER
The televangelist says complaints from local Muslims are to blame. By SHERRI DAY, Times Staff Writer - Published August 24, 2007 - Bill Keller converses with a caller during the live broadcast of his late-night television show "Live Prayer with Bill Keller." Keller, known for his vitriolic criticism of religious, political and pop culture figures, said his program was yanked in response to pressure from local Muslims.
ST. PETERSBURG - For the first time in nearly five years, controversial Christian televangelist Bill Keller is going off the air. Keller - known for his vitriolic criticism of religious, political and pop culture figures - said Thursday his program was yanked in response to pressure from local Muslims.
Earlier this month, officials from the Council on American Islamic Relations wrote to executives at CBS asking them to investigate Live Prayer with Bill Keller, an hourlong nightly program.
In a May 2 broadcast, the televangelist said Islam was a "1,400-year-old lie from the pits of hell" and called the Prophet Mohammed a "murdering pedophile." He also called the Koran a "book of fables and a book of lies."
CAIR officials asked for equal air time for Florida Muslims to counter Keller's assertions. The show, which aired nightly from 1to 2 a.m., is broadcast on WTOG-TV CH. 44, a CBS-owned station that airs the CW network locally.
"I'm saying nothing now that I haven't been saying for five years," said Keller, who plans to hold his last broadcast on Aug. 31. "Ultimately, it was pressure by CAIR that intimidated these people into taking me off the air. It was not mutually agreeable. They told me they were taking me off the air, period."
But WTOG station manager Laura Caruso said the decision to end Keller's contract was a programming one, made by station executives and the televangelist. "It really doesn't have anything to do with any special interest groups or anybody in the community," Caruso said. "I think he has a good program, and I wish him all the success in the world."
CAIR claims credit
After speaking with CBS executives, CAIR claims credit for Keller's demise on WTOG. His contract, set to end in December, will terminate on Sept. 11. "They really based their decision upon our letter," said Ramzy Kilic, CAIR's civil rights coordinator. "They really did not know that Bill Keller was involved with this kind of anti-Muslim rhetoric."
Acting on complaints from bay area Muslims, CAIR officials began monitoring Keller's programs in May.
History of controversy This is not the first time Keller, 49, has upset religious groups. Since he began his Live Prayer Internet ministry in 1999, he has skewered Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientologists, calling them false religions and cults. He also speaks against abortion, calls Oprah a "new age witch" for embracing diverse religions and says megachurch pastor Joel Osteen is a "gutless wonder."
In May, Keller raised the ire of Americans United for Separation of Church and State when he wrote devotionals on Liveprayer.com saying that a vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney equals a vote for Satan. The group asked the IRS to investigate Keller for a possible violation of tax laws, which prohibit tax-exempt nonprofit groups from engaging in partisan politics. Keller, took the debate to a national audience on The O'Reilly Factor, where he sparred with host Bill O'Reilly, who called Keller's words "irresponsible, un-Christian, uncharitable and flat-out wrong."
In his nearly eight years with the Live Prayer ministry, Keller estimates he and his volunteer staff have answered more than 60-million e-mail prayer requests and helped introduce 190,000 people to Christ. Last year, he took the show to a national audience by buying a late-night time slot on the i Network. His national platform lasted only a few months because of lack of financing.
New program in works
Keller remains undaunted. He is a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show and also plans to start a new morning program, Live Prayer AM on WTTA-Ch. 38 in the bay area. Keller says the one-hour live program will feature his trademark sermonettes but also will include lifestyle issues and local secular guests. It is scheduled to air at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 3. "I'm going to keep doing what I do," Keller said. "I'm going to bring a biblical message. It is what it is."
Sherri Day can be reached at (813) 226-3405 or sday@sptimes.com
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/24/Southpinellas/TV_station_pulls_plug.shtml

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BISHOP URGES CHRISTIANS TO CALL GOD "ALLAH"
The Netherlands - from WorldNetDailyCatholic churches in the Netherlands should use the name Allah for God to ease tensions between Muslims and Christians, says a Dutch bishop. Tiny Muskens, the bishop of Breda, told the Dutch TV program "Network" Monday night he believes God doesn't mind what he is called, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported.
The Almighty is above such "discussion and bickering," he insisted.
Muskens points to Indonesia, where he served 30 years ago, as an example for Dutch churches. Christians in the Middle East also use the term Allah for God.
"Someone like me has prayed to Allah yang maha kuasa (Almighty God) for eight years in Indonesia and other priests for 20 or 30 years," Muskens said. "In the heart of the Eucharist, God is called Allah over there, so why can't we start doing that together?" Click here to read more.
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CHRISTIANS CRUCIFIED BY TERRORISTS IN IRAQ
WND.COM - July 18, 2007 - Christians in Iraq, including converts from Islam and people involved in mixed-faith marriages, are being crucified by Muslim terrorists, according to a Dutch member of Parliament studying the war-torn country. Several Iraqi Christians "are nailed to a cross and their arms are tied up with ropes. The ropes are put on fire," Joel Voordewind told BosNewsLife, an online news agency focusing on Christians and Jews in difficult circumstances. According to the site, Voordewind described how a person, who "survived" a crucifixion, "even showed holes in his hands," apparently from nails. ... http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56726

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BOY'S BOOK BANNED IN THE BIBLE BELT
[Ednote:Amazon doesn't carry this important book It is a classic. Mohammed didn't read or write. He dictated messages possibly during epileptic episodes. The author quotes from the official Koran. The present trend is Christians and Muslims together for the sake of peace. Both Robert Schuller and Bill Hybels have a Muslim cleric on their staff. ]
"Are we living in Saudi Arabia where the Mecca "Free Press" never publishes anything negative about Mohammed or the Koran? Note that the Chattanooga Times Free Press serves a city of 500,000 that ran a headline on Easter Sunday morning: He is risen! It has been a great paper but I'm afraid the Powers-that-Be are now worshipping at the Shrine of Political Correctness.
Buckle of the Bible Belt Bans Boys Book! By Dr. Don Boys
© 2003 Freedom Publications Available here: http://www.cstnews.com/Code/CSTResources.html
Well, maybe "ban" is not precise enough but you decide. "Ban" means to "prohibit or forbid," and in that sense, my book has been banned by a Chattanooga newspaper and a television station. Chattanooga is a great place to live. It has many Christian colleges, seminaries, and many main offices of parachurch organizations in the area. And Chattanooga is the buckle of the Bible belt, but alas, the buckle has been tarnished by political correctness or maybe personal cowardice.
My new book, ISLAM: America's Trojan Horse! was published in March and review copies were sent to various editors. The book review editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press asked for a copy and my conversation with her was very positive and she agreed to do a review that would be published just before my April 4 book signing at Barnes & Noble. It is always news when a local author publishes a book, especially one as timely, informative, and controversial as mine, but the book review was not published. The book signing went on as scheduled after I appeared on many local radio and television shows. (So, I have not been totally banned.)
I called the book review editor and she said that she had been in Italy and would get it done. Weeks passed without it seeing the light of day, so I called her and told her that my credibility was at stake since I had told various bookstore managers and others that the review would appear. She would get back to me but never did, so I called again and was told that no firm commitment had been given that a review would be published!
She was wrong. Every editor who asked for a book got this message: I will send my book with the understanding that a review will appear within 30 days and tear sheets will be sent to me. The message was clear: I would only send books with the understanding that they would do a review with no guarantee that it would be positive. There is no way an author can afford to send his books to numerous editors without an assurance that a review will be done although big publishers often do that. I also told them that I would call them for an explanation if reviews were not published. Then the Times Free Press published a letter to the editor by Khalid A. Hashmi who accused Cal Thomas of bigotry. I wrote the following in Cal's defense; however, they refused to print it: Full article:
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS NOW CORRUPT AND SHOULD BE REJECTED!
"The NAE condemned anti-Islamic statements by Franklin Graham, Jerry Vines, etc., as being "dangerous" and "unhelpful." Not one person asked, "But were their statements truthful?"
http://www.cstnews.com/Code/NAE.html

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HOW WILL YOU REACT TO THE COMING TERRORISM?
"Human reactions in the past have wrought havoc upon commerce, cultures, churches, etc., and if the next terrorist attack is biological or chemical, we could face the same experiences of people in the past when the pestilence was natural, not man-made." http://www.cstnews.com/Code/HowWillYouReact.html

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UK: MUSLIM-ONLY JAIL COULD BE BUILT TO PROTECT THE TERRORESTS
The Daily Mail, UK - July 27, 2007 - Matthew Hickley - www.dailymail.co.uk - Ministers are secretly considering plans for an all-Muslim prison after a series of attacks on jailed Islamic terrorists, it is claimed. The prison could house the growing number of Muslim extremist inmates, it is said, after increasing signs of tension at the jails in which they are housed. But critics said terrorists must not given the appearance of special status within the justice system.
On Sunday, a fire was started in the cell housing Hussein Osman, in Frankland high security prison in County Durham. Osman was jailed this year for his role in the July 21 bomb plot. He tried to repeat the July 7 carnage by attempting to blow up a train at Shepherd’s Bush, West London, in 2005.
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IN EUROPE, SKYLINES REFLECT THE RISE OF ISLAM
Christian Science Monitor, via Yahoo! News, USA - July 26, 2007 - Isabelle de Pommereau - news.yahoo.com
Wiesbaden, Germany - In the Rhine Valley city of Mannheim, the glittering minaret of Germany’s biggest mosque overshadows what was once the region’s most vibrant church, testifying to Muslims‘ new confidence as Christian churches are closing down. Years ago, 180 sisters of the Catholic order of the Sisters of the Divine Savior were the pulse of the city. Today, eight remain. Every weekend, roughly 150 Roman Catholics attend mass at the Liebfrauen Church, while up to 3,000 Muslims throng the Yavuz-Sultan-Selim mosque. Since the mosque was opened in 1995, Muslim shops and youth centers have become a magnet for the Muslim community. Mannheim is not unique. Across Europe, the Continent’s fastest-growing religion is establishing its public presence after decades in basements and courtyards, changing not only the architectural look of cities, but also their social fabrics. Hailed by many as a sign of Muslim integration, the phenomenon is also feared as evidence of a parallel Islamic world threatening Europe’s Christian culture. Continued: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18839/islam-europe

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MORE HATE CRIME LAWS ARE COMING
"...there are millions of us who will not accept “hate” crime legislation (nor accept their definition of hate) but they will get our children and grandchildren! They are working on it today!
http://www.cstnews.com/Code/HateCrimesLaws.html

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RETHINK CONFERENCE CRYSTAL GROVE COULD HAVE MAJOR EFFECTS ON THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH
This is for people who want a real influence over the world. - RETHINK will give you a new awareness of the way the culture is moving and will equip you to rethink and reframe the way you lead to really make a difference in today’s culture. It has never been done before -- a gathering of key leaders in today’s culture and the church to take a hard look at what is happening in our world and to reframe the way we lead. This pivotal event will take you outside the mold and give you a fresh perspective on how to make an impact in your sphere of influence. The RETHINK website is under construction; this page is a temporary information site. Here are the speakers, topics, and schedule.
http://www.rethinkconference.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=11

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BENNY HINN'S MINISTRY CAUGHT SCREENING HEALING CANDIDATES
Church News Notes, August 24, 2007 - In an expose of Benny Hinn's lavish lifestyle and deceptive healing practices, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Fifth Estate documented with hidden cameras how that his staff screens audience members who come forward for healing ("Evangelist Hinn Lands under a Cloud," The Star, Toronto, August 17, 2007). Those with obvious physical ailments are not allowed to get near Hinn. Justin Peters, a Baptist pastor in Mississippi who has studied Hinn, was quoted as saying, "It's always somebody that has some kind of illness that can't be readily seen" that makes it to the stage. CBC tracked down some of the people who claimed healings, only to find that "they were either still sick, never had the condition they were supposedly cured of, or had died." The report also documented Hinn's lavish lifestyle, his fancy cars, 7,000-square-foot ocean-side mansion, private jet, etc. In 2003 the Dateline program on NBC asked Hinn's ministry to provide confirmation of the 56 cases of healing that were claimed at one of his crusades. Hinn's people came up with only five cases of what they called "irrefutable and medically proven miracles." When Dateline researched these five cases, it found that only one of the people involved could provide medical records, and her doctor suspected that the woman never had the Lou Gehrig's disease she claimed to have been healed of (Charisma Online, Feb. 20, 2003). In January 2005 a 52-year-old man died of an apparent heart attack while attending Hinn's "healing" crusade in Bangalore, India ("When the miracle failed to save a life," Deccan Herald, Jan. 23). At a Hinn crusade in Fiji in January 2006 a "crippled man" on crutches who was "healed in his legs" had been photographed earlier by missionary friend Ryan Gray walking into the stadium without needing the assistance of the crutches he was carrying. Bogus "faith healers" like Hinn bring reproach to the cause of Christ. No one ever died when they were seeking healing from Christ, and He healed everyone that came to Him! God often heals today in answer to prayer, and we thank the Lord for it, but there are no apostolic gifts of healing operative today. http://www.wayoflife.org

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PASTOR KICKED OUT OF ISRAEL
Church News Notes, August 24, 2007 - An American pastor and his wife have been ordered to leave Israel because they are suspected of being involved in missionary work ("Evangelical Pastor Told to Leave Israel," Jerusalem Post, Aug. 16, 2007). Ron and Carol Cantrell have lived in Israel for 19 years and two of their children are married to Israelis. The Jerusalem Post said that Cantrell, who has a ministry called Shalom Shalom Jerusalem, "categorically denied the allegations." We have no idea why an "evangelical pastor" would live in Israel without being involved in missionary work, but apparently he is involved in something other than evangelism in spite of the Bible's commands (i.e., Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Philippians 2:15-16). This story reminds me that Israel, though back in her land, is still spiritually blind and stubborn. She continues to reject her Messiah and to hound Christian evangelists as she did 2,000 years ago when Paul was preaching the gospel. When a friend tried to witness to a Jewish man in New York City a couple of years ago, the Jew stuck his fingers in his ears and ran down the street shouting, "No, no, no." Thankfully, it will not always be this way. "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob" (Romans 11:25-26). http://www.wayoflife.org

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EVANGELICALS AND SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN DIALOGUE
Church News Notes, August 24, 2007 - Representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) recently conducted the second round of discussions that began in 2006. The objective of the dialogue is to determine whether the SDA will become a member of the WEA. After the latest discussion August 5-10 in Berrien Springs, Michigan, David Parker, executive director of the WEA Theological Commission, said though there are differences "that does not mean there cannot be cooperation and fellowship." The Adventists have been on a campaign for several years to enter the mainstream of evangelicalism. They have participated in Billy Graham crusades and ecumenical Bible translation projects. In the process they have tried to gloss over some of their more controversial doctrines. We have documented their heresies in the book "Avoiding the Snare of Seventh-day Adventism." In the early 1990s the Adventist periodical Ministry reviewed my book and claimed that by using some older Adventist books I was misrepresenting their doctrine. I replied to the editor that many of the quotations in my book are taken directly from Ellen White's writings, and when the Seventh-day Adventists renounce her prophecies and writings, then, and only then, will I modify my book. I explained further that the publications in question that I quote in my book are still in print by Adventist presses and distributed by Adventist bookstores and that if the Adventists do not want people to judge them by these older books, they should stop printing them and renounce them in no uncertain terms, and when they do I will modify my book! Friends, beware of the heresies and deceptions of Seventh-day Adventism. (They are also deceptive when they claim that they teach that salvation is by grace alone without works. See my book for irrefutable evidence from their own published books and official correspondence courses.) http://www.wayoflife.org

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SOUTHERN BAPTIST KIDS BOWING TO YOGA
By Bud Press - Christian Research Service - Across the Western world, professing Christians are participating in New Age practices such as contemplative spirituality, labyrinth, and Yoga--all of which is preparing the way for something darker and more sinister. And history is riddled with professing Christians who, for whatever reason, turned their backs on Jesus Christ, became apostates, and worked overtime to destroy Christianity.
Concerned, loving parents go to great extremes to protect their children from alcohol and drugs. They teach their children at an early age to Look both ways before crossing the street and Don't talk to strangers! However, in many cases, these same parents fail to monitor their children before and during church-related activities (such as Vacation Bible School, out-of-town retreats, and church recreational programs). And, because the activity is tagged as a "Christian" function and is sponsored by their church, they assume everything is on the up-and-up.
While wholesome church-related activities and programs for children do exist, forces of darkness are working overtime to deceive and victimize their kids, turning them away from the true and living God at an early age. After all, is there a better way to preserve the future of paganism than to indoctrinate children?
Fact: Children who are introduced to so-called "Christian Yoga" stand the chance of further involvement (future guru). A worst-case scenario is total rejection of the One who loves them the most--Jesus Christ.
While this is not an exhaustive work, this article examines certain aspects of Hinduism and Yoga that many Christians are not aware of. It was written specifically for professing Christian parents whose children are practicing Yoga. Click here to read this entire special report. http://www.christianresearchservice.com/SBCYoga.htm

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MOVIE ALERT: THE [GLOBAL] SHIFT MOVIE - PEACE WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST
A film called The Shift Movie is in the making and features some of today's top New Age/New Thought leaders. A trailer of the film shows Deepak Chopra, Al Gore, Desmond Tutu, Marianne Williamson, Jimmy Carter and other New Age proponents - the message: "We are in the middle of the biggest social transformation in human history, The SHIFT." New Age leaders teach that once a critical mass of the population comes together, realizing their own divinity (through meditation), then the earth can be healed of its woes - disease, poverty, and war. However, this plan excludes Jesus Christ as the ONLY way of salvation and spiritual healing for the human soul. It is a plan that exalts man and puts him in the place of God.
In the film trailer, Senator Dennis Kucinich (OH) talks about his efforts to bring about a US Department of Peace. Walter Cronkite has worked with Kucinich and Marianne Williamson in these efforts. Such a department would legalize and define the New Age role in the government of the United States. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (II Timothy 3:1-5)
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. (I Timothy 4:1) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (I Thessalonians 5:3) http://www.lighthousetrails.com/

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KNIGHTS OF MALTA RECEPTION IN NEW YORK - AT "GATHERING THE NATIONS"
[EDNOTE: NOTICE THE CREST ON THIS PAGE]
Imperato Worldwide Association to hold Reception Tuesday Sep. 25 at the Waldorf Astoria for UN.
The Imperato Worldwide Association will be hosting a cocktail party on September 25, 2007 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City during the United Nations General Assembly from 6-8 pm. The event will be held in The Conrad Salon (Business Attire). (PRLog.Org) – Sep 21, 2007 – The Association has corresponded with Presidents and Prime Ministers of the countries of which we have interest, along with the UN Ambassadors to all Foreign Ministries.
The event is being sponsored by Imperiali Organization LLC and other select companies in conjunction with our guests of Honor which make up a diversified group of organizations that include the Orden Bonaria, Knights of Malta, The Holy See, African Center Foundation, the Imperato Foundation, and the Latin/African American Chaplain's Association. During the event, Imperato Worldwide Association, corporate sponsors, and guest speakers from each organization will introduce themselves.
Daniel Imperato, the founder of Imperato Worldwide Association and representative of these various organizations will establish a foundation to collaborate with humanitarian organizations, governments and their officials, and financers to collectively work together to project manage, implement and develop approximately $70 billion in identified projects in 40 countries around the world. For More information on the event please contact the Imperato Worldwide Association at 561-515-6048 or info@imperatofoundation.org. - http://www.i1connect.com
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2008 US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THE LODGE AND PAPAL KNIGHT DANIEL IMPERATO GRAND PRIOR OF KNIGHTS IN U.S., CANADA AND GREAT BRITAIN
2008 US Presidential Candidate and Papal Knight Daniel Imperato Named as Grand Prior of Orden Bonaria for the United States and Canada, and Wife Jan Deborah Imperato Named as Lady of Zenobia.
London – (i1connect News) - Today it was announced that Daniel Imperato, a Knight of the Orden Bonaria, has been named as the Grand Prior of Orden Bonaria for the United States and Canada, his wife, Jan Deborah Imperato, was named Lady of Zenobia by the Orden Bonaria, Royal and Imperial House of Tadmur. (I-Newswire) - - -
Prince de Septimio-Bathzabbay of the House of Tadmur recently received the Imperato 's and bestowed on them these great honors.
As Grand Prior, Daniel Imperato will be responsible for overseeing the Knights within the region as well as promoting good relations between United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Prior to becoming the Grand Prior of the Orden Bonaria for the United States and Canada, Daniel Imperato was knighted as a member of the organization back in February of this year. During his time with the organization, Imperato has knighted His Excellency Ali Nasser Mohammed, former President of South Yemen, Raul Garron, Chairman of the Bolivian Central Bank, Nasser Al-Maisari, Middle Eastern Businessman, Beryl Wolk, Business Guru, Julio Herzer, Hollywood Producer, and Actino Quintero, Media Publisher, Daniel Imperato is currently a candidate for the office of the Presidency in the United States. Based upon i1connect's research, this would be the first time that someone of a noble appointment such as Grand Prior, is running for President in the United States.
Mrs. Imperato also received her noble appointment as the Lady of Zenobia. Zenobia was a Queen of the Palmyrene Empire and eventually the ruler of the empire. In 269, she conquered Egypt expelling the Roman prefect of Egypt, Tenagino Probus, and then proclaimed herself Queen of Egypt also. She finished her life as a prominent Roman philosopher, socialite, and matron. Continued: http://www.i-newswire.com/pr121354.html
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BIG MAC (R) BEATS THE BIBLE FOR MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
Ten Commandments Not Set in Stone - By Lesley Burbridge - 2007-10-02 -- USA Religious News
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- How many of the Ten Commandments can you name? That was the question posed in a recent survey of 1,000 Americans, which revealed that respondents were more familiar with the ingredients of a McDonald's(R) hamburger than they were with the historical basis for our nation's legal and moral code.
Done in conjunction with the upcoming nation wide theatrical release from Promenade Pictures of the animated feature film The Ten Commandments on Oct. 19, the study was commissioned by the Ten Commandments Commission and conducted by Kelton Research.
"Knowing and living the Ten Commandments empowers people and feeds their souls, while knowing the contents of a famous hamburger, atmost, only feeds the stomach," said Dr. Ron Wexler,president of the Ten Commandments Commission. "How empowered we would be as individuals and as a culture if we knew and lived by, the very foundation of our moral and ethical codes." http://www.usareligiousnews.com/get-article.php?ID=3547

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SENATE OK'S HOMOSEXUALS IN HATE CRIME BILL
Posted on Sep 27, 2007 by Tom Strode - WASHINGTON (BP)--The Senate voted Sept. 27 to add homosexuals and transgendered individuals to the classes protected under hate crimes laws. Supporters of the controversial measure gained its passage as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill, purportedly to make it difficult for President Bush to veto. The White House, however, has promised a veto by the president, even if it is part of the Defense bill. "I hope and pray that if this bill makes its way to the president's desk that he will fulfill his promise to veto it," said Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Continued: http://www.baptistpress.com/BPnews.asp?ID=26508

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FREEDOM OF RELIGION FOR EVERY SOUTH AFRICAN CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN ERADICATED
Religious Freedom No Longer - Exists in South Africa! - A List of the Laws Which Make True Christianity Illegal; as well as Statements by Prominent Leaders, etc., Showing the Attitude of SA’s Marxist Government Towards Biblical Christianity (2004) by Shaun Willcock - The world is blissfully unaware that in 1994, a Communist government was installed in South Africa. This country is not a free republic or democracy. The Marxists who came to power in that year pulled off a massive publicity stunt (as Marxists have been doing all over the world since the lie of the supposed “death of Communism” in the late 1980s and early 1990s), convincing the vast majority everywhere that they were not Communists, but “democrats” in favour of “human rights” and “freedom”, and that “democracy” came to South Africa with the victory of Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) in 1994. And now, ten years after the ANC/Communist Party victory, the evidence is staring the world in the face – but most are too blind to see it. Communism means State control over every aspect of life – including State control over religion! And the fact is that Christians are now forbidden by law to preach all the counsel of God, or to practice certain aspects of their faith, as the Lord commands them to do! Today, instead of burning people at the stake as in past centuries, those in high places are implementing cleverly worded legislation, and using this legislation to persecute Christians. Laws are being passed to try to stamp out biblical Christianity – and yet couched in such politically-correct, nice-sounding phrases as “democracy”, “equal rights”, “equality”, “non-discrimination” and “tolerance”. Continued: http://www.cephas-library.com/freedom_of_religion_eradicated_africa.html

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GLOBAL / LOCAL POLITICS



WHO DECIDES MY LIFE? AMERICA'S CHOICE: LIBERTY OR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - THIS RELATES TO THE NEW ORLEANS ISSUE. GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO BUY OUT THE WRECKED HOMES AND MAKING WETLANDS OUT OF THE LAND. SEE ARTICLE IN THESE LAST THREE NEWSLETTERS. THIS CONCEPT WAS PROMOTED BY PRINCE CHARLES YEARS AGO..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8137185398743302029 (EXCELLENT REPORT, A MUST 4 ALL)

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AUGUST REVIEW.COM: CURRENT NWO RELATED EVENTS ON VIDEO
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NEWS LINKING CHALLENGED IN COURT
The Associated Press is suing news-aggregation site Moreover and its parent company VeriSign for copyright infringement for snippeting and linking to its news. This harkens back to the early days of the Internet when news aggregators were routinely legally hassled for linking. http://www.webpronews.com/

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COMMITTEE WANTS TO DUMP 'PHANTOM INCOME' TAX FOR REAL ESTATE [FORECLOSURES]By San Francisco Chronicle - Kenneth Harney - October 7, 2007 - Washington -- In a tax-Peter-to-pay-Paul move, the House voted last week to permanently remove what is called the "phantom income" tax penalty that haunts financially distressed homeowners whose debt is partially forgiven by a lender after a foreclosure or a "short sale" to avoid foreclosure. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., also would extend the deductibility of mortgage insurance premiums through 2014 - an important benefit for many borrowers who pay either private mortgage insurance or Federal Housing Administration premiums on their loans. But to make up the lost tax revenue for these two consumer-friendly changes, the legislation imposes new restrictions on capital gains tax benefits available to people who buy a second home and later convert it to their principal residence. Under current rules, homeowners can exclude up to $500,000 (married joint filers) or $250,000 (single filers) on a property used as a principal residence for two out of five years.
If a house purchased as a weekend retreat or vacation getaway is turned into a principal residence, the house qualifies for the full exclusion on gains once the owners have lived in it for two years. The bill would reduce that for future second-home purchasers. For properties that are acquired and used as second homes after Jan. 1, and later converted to principal residences for a time and sold, only the period when the property was actually used as a principal residence will count toward the capital gains exclusion computation. In effect, the change would prevent future second-home buyers from reaching back and receiving favorable capital gains treatment for periods of time when the property was not a principal residence, but a vacation property. Continued:
http://www.cephas-library.com/committee_wants_to_dump_phantom_income_tax_for_re.html

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HATING TO READ NOT AN EXCUSE ANYMORE
http://www.outlawjournalism.com/newsarchives/videolinks.htm

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PRINCE CHARLES BECOMES A STEP-GRANDFATHER
10 Oct 2007 - Prince Charles with his wife Camilla (AFP Photo)
LONDON: Prince Charles, the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and the heir to the British throne, has become a grandfather after the wife of his step-son Parker Bowles gave birth to a girl on Tuesday. Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, mother of Parker Bowles, became a grandmother, the palace announced. The Duchess of Cornwall's son Tom Parker Bowles and his wife Sara Buys have named their daughter Lola. "The Duchess is absolutely thrilled," a spokeswoman for the prince's Clarence House office said on condition of anonymity in line with palace policy. Parker Bowles, a food writer, and Buys, a fashion columnist, married in 2005. Prince Charles is Parker Bowles' godfather as well as his step-father.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Prince_Charles_becomes_a_step-grandfather/articleshow/2444531.cms

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THE ABOLITION OF BRITAIN?
By The Reform Treaty in 2008 - The sixth and final treaty has now been named: its is the Reform Treaty, due to be signed by the Queen in the Summer of 2008. This is a year before the deadline set by the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. Merkel and former French President Giscard d’Estaing are among many European ministers who have confirmed the Treaty is the EU Constitution, almost unchanged. If they are right, it will abolish the British Constitution, and therefore the nations of Britain and England, sweeping away our Westminster Parliament, and giving the EU dictatorship the power to close it. This sixth treaty is the fastest moving and most secret the EU has drafted; opposition to and recognition of the EU as a police state is growing, and they know speed is vital. The Countdown to abolition Tony Blair agreed to it on 23rd June 2007 as his final stab in Britain’s back. On the 23rd July there was an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), when we should have seen a first draft of the Treaty.
Foreign ministers will agree its terms on 7-8th September at the resort of Viana de Castelo, Portugal. There will be a summit in Lisbon on the 18th and 19th October, where they hope to sign the Treaty, but definitely before December 2007. This should be Gordon Brown’s signature.
The Queen and Parliament to abolish Britain summer 2008
They plan to ratify the Reform Treaty in the Summer of 2008. This means Westminster will pass the treaty, and the Queen will sign it behind our backs, as she has the other five treaties. No referendum - The EU has chosen this sixth Treaty instead of pushing through it’s constitution to avoid referendums in its member nations. Whereas the 465 page EU Constitution would have abolished the five treaties and replaced them with a single document with absolute power, the Reform Treaty adds to the existing five treaties, bringing them up to the powers of the EU Constitution. All six treaties with appendices will add up to something like 100,000 complex and unreadable pages.
The EU remains illegal - Each of these six treaties are completely illegal under the British Constitution, our 1689 Bill of Rights, our treason laws, and under our common law. It is unforgivable that the Queen, her Ministers and our Parliament have committed the criminal act of treason by signing these treaties, and broken our laws to abolish our nation. The EU will always be illegal in Britain; but once the EU has complete power and control here, we can no more get rid of it than we could Germany, had their planned illegal occupation of Britain in 1940 been successful.
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[EDNOTE: The following is what we expected. It proves that these hurricanes need to be researched. The U.N. map shows areas to be converted to wetlands to include much of Florida etc. Hurricane Charlie made an unexpected 90 DEGREE TURN INTO A DESIGNATED AREA at Port Charlotte, Florida. Per Wikipedia: On August 13, Charley unexpectedly underwent rapid strengthening, jumping from a Category 2 to a powerful Category 4 storm in a few hours, while at the same time taking a sharp turn to the northeast. Charley made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Port Charlotte, Florida. Although the storm caused serious damage, much of this was limited to a narrow swath associated with the hurricane's eye wall. Charley was a very fast-moving, compact storm, and so much of its damage was attributed to high winds rather than heavy rain, as is the case in most hurricanes. Charley remained a hurricane across the entire Florida peninsula [very unusual] and passed near Orlando and Daytona Beach. It later made a second landfall near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 14. Charley dissipated near Cape Cod, Massachusetts on August 15. Charley caused approximately $14 billion in damage to the United States, making it the fourth costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Fifteen deaths were directly attributed to Charley; four in Jamaica, one in Cuba, and ten in Florida. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Charley ENDOFNOTE]

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GOVERNMENT MAY BUY THOUSANDS OF MISSISSIPPI HOMES
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (Associated Press Writer) - From Associated Press - October 10, 2007 EDT
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties that it could destroy the waterfront lives many residents are struggling to rebuild after Katrina. The Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program could cost $40 billion, including buying the homes, building levees and restoring barrier islands. The land could be converted into wetlands or other public uses, such as golf courses or bike trails, but could not be sold for private development. For Finley Williford, a 42-year-old boat captain, a buyout offer would have been tempting if it had come shortly after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his Bay St. Louis home on Aug. 29, 2005. But instead of leaving, he invested countless hours of labor and more than $400,000 in two new houses for his family and his father.
"If they had showed up a day after the storm, I probably would have taken the money. It's kind of after-the-fact now," Williford said. Continued: http://enews.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20071010/470c4e40_3ca6_1552620071010637016226

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COURT RULES AGAINST HOMEOWNERS IN KARINA CASE
Insurance policies did not cover flood damage, federal appeals court says - MSNBC - August 2, 2007 - NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina victims whose homes and businesses were destroyed when floodwaters breached levees in the 2005 storm cannot recover money from their insurance companies for the damages, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The case could affect thousands of rebuilding residents and business owners in Louisiana. Robert Hartwig, chief economist at the industry-funded Insurance Information Institute in New York, said in June that a ruling against the industry could have cost insurers $1 billion.
“This event was excluded from coverage under the plaintiffs’ insurance policies, and under Louisiana law, we are bound to enforce the unambiguous terms of their insurance contracts as written,” Judge Carolyn King wrote for a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. As a result, the panel found those who filed the suit “are not entitled to recover under their policies,” she said. More than a dozen insurance companies, including Allstate and Travelers, were defendants. The decision overturns a ruling by U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr., who in November sided with policyholders arguing that language excluding water damage from some of their insurance policies was ambiguous. Duval said the policies did not distinguish between floods caused by an act of God — such as excessive rainfall — and floods caused by an act of man, which would include the levee breaches following Katrina’s landfall. But the appeals panel concluded that “even if the plaintiffs can prove that the levees were negligently designed, constructed, or maintained and that the breaches were due to this negligence, the flood exclusions in the plaintiffs’ policies unambiguously preclude their recovery.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20093139/

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EDNOTE: 5% of the population own 95% of the wealth of the world. Source: http://www.filmbaby.com/
EDNOTE: Mrs. Clinton said that she would enforce public schools instead of homeschooling in one of her appearances.

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THE LATE GREAT U.S.A - THE COMING MERGER WITH CANADA AND MEXICO
(Hardcover) by Jerome R., Ph.D. Corsi (Author)
In The Late Great USA, Corsi proves that the benignly-named "Security and Prosperity Partnership," created at a meeting between George W. Bush, Stephen Harper and Vincente Fox, is in fact the same kind of regional integration plan that led Europe to form the EU. According to Corsi, the elites in Europe who wanted to create a European nation knew that "it would be necessary to conceal from the peoples of Europe just what was being done in their name until the process was so far advanced that it had become irreversible." Could the same thing be happening here? Is American sovereignty doomed?
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0979045142/ichthusfasttrack
http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com/

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THE AMERO - NORTH AMERICAN CURRENCY
Watch video - 2 min 15 sec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiPrsc9g98
Lou Dobbs: North American Union Orwellian Brave New World 03 ... YouTube - The AMERO (NAU currency) THIS ONE BELOW IS ALREADY REMOVED The AMERO (NAU currency) ... Add Video to QuickList. Lou Dobbs ... Watch video - 11 sec - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI7SVqbabxI

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EURO COULD REPLACE U.S. DOLLAR AS FAVORED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE CURRENCY
http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=
FB007D8N&GroupID=AA006SGW&label=&paging=all
THE MILITARIZATION OF U.S POLICE
What do local police departments need tanks, bazookas, and machine guns for? We may find out the hard way some
day: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/163.html

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[EDNOTE: GREENSPAN SUGGESTED A FEW DAYS AGO THAT WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE EU CURRENCY.ENDNOTE]
LARRY KING REVEALED "PREMEDITATED MERGER"
Ex-Mexican prez: says 'Amero' on the way. Vicente Fox confirms long-term deal worked out with President Bush - Posted: October 9, 2007 - By Jerome R. Corsi - WorldNetDaily.com
Ex-Mexican President Vicente Fox last night on CNN confirmed
the existence of a plan conceived with President Bush to create a new regional currency in the Americas, in an interview last night on CNN's "Larry King Live." It possibly was the first time a leader of Mexico, Canada or the U.S. openly confirmed a plan for a regional currency. Fox explained the current regional trade agreement that encompasses the Western Hemisphere is intended to evolve into other previously hidden aspects of integration.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58052

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NO "CONSPIRACY THEORY":
OKC Mayor Signed North American Union Document Mayor Mick Cornett endorsed "The Declaration of North American Integration" Paul Joseph Watson - Prison Planet - July 25, 2007
Ridiculing claims by the establishment media that the North American Union plan is a "conspiracy theory," an activist has brought to light a document signed by the Mayor of Oklahoma City, which was also approved by 90 other officials, that endorses an economic and political integration of the U.S. with Canada and Mexico.
Jerome Corsi has the goods, The endorsement by a major city mayor of a document described as "The Declaration of North American Integration" represents a long-term effort by local governments to bypass state and federal governments and work directly with Mexico and Canada to create agreements that integrate the continent below the radar screen, charges an activist. Adam Rott, founder of watchdog blog Oklahoma Corridor Watch, brought to light the document signed by Mayor Mick Cornett. The document was presented at the May 2004 summit meeting of the North American International Trade Corridor Partnership, or NAITCP. According to an Internet-archived summary report of the meeting, held in Kansas City, Mo., the document was signed by 90 people. Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Randy Brogdon warned that Cornett's endorsement of the plan represents a coordinated effort to "Destroy U.S. national sovereignty and to grab property like we have never seen before
Continued: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2007/250707mayorsigned.htm

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TWO PEAS IN A POD
http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/TwoPeas.html

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MILITARY TO CRACKDOWN ON NORHT AMERICAN UNION PROTESTERS
RCMP, U.S. Army block public forum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership - The Council of Canadians - Thursday, July 12, 2007
Secretive SPP confab to be protected by 25km military cordon, forums blocked - Infowars.net | July 25, 2007 - Steve Watson
The US army is to enforce a huge security perimeter around the upcoming North American Union meeting in Canada this August as well as cracking down on expected protests, having already shut down a public forum due to take place close to the event.
The Security and Prosperity Partnership meeting in Montebello, Quebec on August 20 and 21 is to be policed by American forces, who along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) have already refused to allow the Municipality of Papineauville, which is about six kilometres from Montebello, to rent a community centre to the Council of Canadians action group who were planning to hold a public forum the night before the confab to express their concerns about the meeting and the issues being discussed. http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2007/120707_a_spp.htm
http://www.infowars.net/index.html

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NAU - THE NEW WORLD ORDER PROMOTED ON C-SPAN
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America - C-SPAN - 08/15/2007 Hudson Institute Conference on Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America . The U.S., Canada and Mexico will meet in Montebello, Quebec, for a summit on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. CSpan video: http://unity2008.org/Launch.html

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DANGER LURKING IN FLU SHOTS
News with Views - by Greg Ciola - Did you know that the flu shot could contain anything from aluminum, formaldehyde, dangerous microorganisms, thimerosal (mercury), ethylene glycol, and other toxic adjuvants? In addition to these substances, the flu vaccine is prepared from the fluids of chicken embryos inoculated with the specific type (s) of influenza virus that supposedly protects against the strains federal health officials believe are most likely to be prevalent during the flu season........ http://www.newswithviews.com/Ciola/greg7.htm

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RIGGED USA ELECTIONS EXPOSED BEFORE COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS
Google has orders to remove YouTubes that relate to the Religious Right, who knows this YouTube may
fall into the same category and be gone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzY2tnwExs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebrasschecktv
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IS JAVIER SOLANA GOING TO SPEAK FOR EU AT U.N.?
By: Attorney Constance Cumbey - July 21, 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Cumbey/constance8.htm

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THE ROCKEFELLER FILE
Published 1976 by Gary Allen
http://educate-yourself.org/ga/RFcontents.shtml

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MORE RESEARCH ON 9/11 (the red dots and youtube are new)
index_terror_in_the_land_of_the_living.html#anchor101

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AMERICAN AIRLINES?? "9/11 DIDN'T HAPPEN"
August 26, 2007 ? WikiScanner discovered that American Airlines changed their Wikipedia entry to state that Flights 11 and 77 never flew on 9/11. Original entry was:
Two American Airlines aircraft were hijacked and crashed during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack: American Airlines Flight 77 (a Boeing 757) and American Airlines Flight 11 (a Boeing 767).
New entry is:
Two American Airlines aircraft were hijacked and crashed during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack: Flight 77 (a Boeing 757) and Flight 11 (a Boeing 767). Although these flights were daily departures before and a month after September 11, 2001. Neither flight 11 nor 77 were scheduled on September 11, 2001. The records kept by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (www.bts.gov/gis/) do not list either flight that day.
A Google search of the IP address that made the change ? 144.9.8.21 ? is located at American Airlines.
Why the change American airlines? Did the flights actually operate or did we just imagine all of that?
Full story: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/25/92620/6237
Related information http://www.teamwarfare.com/forums/showthread.asp?forumid=9&perpage=20&threadid=378791&page=4

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BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
Best evidence of 9/11 complicity. A short guide to some of the best evidence.
  • The archeology of 9/11 evidence
  • Best explanation of why it was allowed (and assisted) - to provide pretext for grabbing the Middle East oil fields as we reach Peak Oil, and to enable a global surveillance society
  • Best documented evidence - suppressed warnings (from FBI investigation of flight schools and from US allies warning 9/11 was imminent), failure to follow standard operating procedure during the attacks, Air Force and intelligence wargames on 9/11
  • Continued: http://www.oilempire.us/best-evidence.html

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NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE
Plane-into-building exercise during 9/11 - related pages: - 9/11 wargames - NORAD's wargames
9/11 parable: a wargame analogy http://www.oilempire.us/nro.html

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MICHAEL MOORE BREAKS HIS SILENCE ABOUT 9/11
An obvious, common sense question that no one will answer: Michael Moore, the maker of "Sicko" and "Fahrenheit 911," has been widely criticized for his apparent lack of interest in examining the details of the 9/11 cover story.
This may have been the case in the past, but things have clearly changed. In this short video, Moore asks an obvious common sense question that no one seems to be able to answer: "Why can't we see the Pentagon videos from 9/11?"
The Pentagon is surrounded by dozens of video security cameras and yet except for one useless clip, none of this footage has ever been released. Why not? What struck the Pentagon on 9/11? Whatever it was it failed to leave the wreckage of an airliner. http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/123.html

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GORBACHEV SAYS U.S. IS SOWING WORLD 'DISORDER'
MSNBC - July 27, 2007 - MOSCOW - Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev criticized the United States, and President Bush in particular, on Friday for sowing disorder across the world by seeking to build an empire.
Gorbachev, who presided over the break-up of the Soviet Union, said Washington had sought to build an empire after the Cold War ended but had failed to understand the changing world. “The Americans then gave birth to the idea of a new empire, world leadership by a single power, and what followed?” Gorbachev asked reporters at a news conference in Moscow. “What has followed are unilateral actions, what has followed are wars, what has followed is ignoring the U.N. Security Council, ignoring international law and ignoring the will of the people, even the American people,” he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bush say they are friends but ties have been strained by U.S. plans for a missile defense shield in Europe, disagreements over Kosovo and the war in Iraq, and competition for allies in the former Soviet Union.
Rival and enemy?
Many Russians view the United States as a rival and enemy. Gorbachev, 76, who left politics after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, is deeply unpopular in Russia. Though feted abroad, he is blamed in Russia for sinking the Soviet empire and plunging millions into poverty. “When I look at today’s world I have a worrying feeling about the growth of world disorder,” he said. “I don’t think the current president of the United States and his administration will be able to change the situation as it is developing now — it is very dangerous,” he said.
‘Massive strategic mistake’ Gorbachev said Russia’s hopes of building stronger ties with Washington had waned in the face of a series of U.S. administrations interested in building an empire. “It is a massive strategic mistake: no single center can command the entire world, no one,” he said. “Current America has made so many mistakes.”
He said the U.S. administration was apparently unable to adapt to a swiftly changing world and had ignored — or was unable to see — the rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China as economic heavyweights. Treaties limiting the number of nuclear weapons should be observed, he said, adding that officials in Washington should be wary of sparking a new arms race. Gorbachev, who became Soviet leader in 1985, battled against the conservative wing of the Communist Party to push through reforms that dismantled the one-party system, freed the press and ended restrictions on religion. The father of “glasnost” (openness) said he supported Putin’s policies but that the pro-Kremlin United Russia party had eroded democratic rights. He said Putin’s “seriousness” as a leader would be assured if he left office according to the constitution. Putin says he will leave office in 2008 after two terms in office.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19994563/

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SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST RON PAUL GOES INTO OVERDRIVE
The smear campaign against Presidential candidate Ron Paul has hit an all time high with the corporate media today ludicrously declaring that the Congressman's immense worldwide popularity is all a huge con emanating from Dr Paul's own office. Continued: http://www.infowars.net/articles/october2007/121007Smear.htm

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 YOU THINK YOU GOT PROBLEMS? Working on Internet like I do, calling for help like I have to, wondering who I'm talking to when I finally reach somebody and they are hard to understand, you see what I'm up against, if I reach INDIA? NO WONDER ??!!! Is this what globalism is about?

 

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DEAD FARMERS GET $1.1 BILLION FROM USDA
According to GAO report, department routinely failed to conduct reviews - The Washington Post - Deceased Farmers Got USDA Payments - MSNBC.com by Sarah Cohen - July 23, 2007 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report. In a selection of 181 cases from 1999 to 2005, the Government Accountability Office found that officials approved payments without any review 40 percent of the time. The report cited a 1,900-acre soybean and corn farm in Illinois that collected $400,000 on behalf of an owner who lived in Florida before his death in 1995. The company did not notify the government of the death but certified each year that the dead shareholder, who owned 40 percent of the company, was "actively engaged" in managing the farm. Source page has been removed. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19912382/

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GOVERNMENT MUST INSTITUTE TWO-CHILD POLICY SAYS LEADING UK POPULATION CONTROL GROUP
UK Government said to be "working overtime to promote the population control agenda" By Hilary White
LONDON, July 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - One of the UK's leading population control lobbyists, the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), has issued a warning of environmental disaster if British couples do not restrict themselves to a two-child maximum. A report issued by OPT titled, "Youthquake," calls on the British government to institute a public campaign to convince couples to "stop at two children" or "have one child less." It says, "Each new UK birth, through the inevitable resource consumption and pollution that UK affluence generates, is responsible for about 160 times as much climate-related environmental damage as a new birth in Ethiopia, or 35 times as much as a new birth in Bangladesh." The OPT is particularly alarmed that the world's population is growing younger and blames the NHS for closing "family planning clinics", citing Britain's high levels of teenage pregnancy. "Youthquake" flies in the face of most other studies, however, that show nearly all European countries, including Britain, are facing a massive demographic collapse and disastrously aging populations.
The Guardian quotes John Guillebaud, head of OPT and professor of family planning and reproductive health at University College, who wrote, "UK population has grown by 20 per cent since 1950 - in less than a lifetime. There are more than 60 million people now living in the UK, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and our numbers are rising faster than ever before. UK population is growing by the equivalent of a city larger than Cardiff every year." The population of Britain, however, has largely increased not due to increased fertility, but immigration. While the fertility rate, at 1.66 children born per woman, is well below replacement level, immigrants have flooded the country from all over the world. In 2005, net immigration into Britain was 185,000 which, on a population of 60 million, is 0.31 per cent. Between 1995 and 2004 there was a net inflow of 880,000 international immigrants to London alone. Continued: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07071201.html

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WAL-MART MILK.... A MUST READ
Mitzi Lyons and her husband Kyle live in Gainesville, TX . Their daugther, Marissa, has been experiencing menstrual problems (bleeding every day) for three years and within the last year she started producing milk (lactating). They have performed every test, every surgery, put her on birth control and in January was scheduled to undergo a hysterectomy. BUT, Mitzi's dad started researching his granddaughter's condition on the internet found out about RBST in milk. RBST is a hormone injected into cows to produce more milk. Wal-Mart Great Value milk contains RBST and is the brand that the Lyons family has used for years. Three months ago, they pulled Marissa off of Great Value Milk and she quit bleeding and lactating. Her doctors in Houston are going to write a medical journal discovery about her case, because the FDA says that RBST is safe. Mitzi asked me to please share this with everyone I could think of to hopefully save someone the pain and suffering that Marissa has endured. I have pulled my family from Wal-Mart Great Value milk and bought Borden instead. Borden has a label on their milk that states that RBST is not used on their cows. (Email)

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BUSH'S MARTIAL LAW PLAN IS SO SHOCKING, EVEN CONGRESS DOESN'T GET IT
Executive über alles (over everything) as member of Homeland Security Committee barred from viewing post-terror attack provisions - By Paul Joseph Watson - Prison Planet - July 23, 2007 - President Bush's post-terror attack martial law plan is so shocking that even sitting members of Congress and Homeland Security officials are barred from viewing it, another example of executive über alles and a chilling portent of what is to come as constant reminders of the inevitability of terror attacks reverberate. Congressman Peter DeFazio (D - OR) was asked by his constituents to see what was contained within the classified portion of the White House's plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. Since DeFazio also sits on the Homeland Security Committee and has clearance to view classified material, the request would have appeared to be routine, but the Congressman was unceremoniously denied all access to view the documents, and the White House wouldn't even give an excuse as to why he was barred. http://www.prisonplanet.com/index.html

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PREPARTION FOR MARTIAL LAW
Katrina was a trial run. Bush given dictatorial power
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/164.html
 

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ELITE AGENDA FOR TOTAL ENSLAVEMENT. . . well worth the time to watch. THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dHHmpUndfE

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KARL ROVE RESIGNED
Karl Rove's suddenly resigning gave him the opportunity to start raising money and preparing for his legal defense. Defense against organizing an election by violating fair election laws. News readers in Europe and Asia know all about it. It's headline news there. In the U.S., it's a censored story.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/162.html
 

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BANKS OF AMERICA - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK KILLING AMERICA PT 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_vLTSWpQcY&mode=related&search=

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 CHIPPING AWAY AT FREEDOM?
Americans outraged after company microchips workers - July 26, 2007 - IN the 1990 sci-fi thriller Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character rips a tracking device from his nose to throw off his pursuers. Today, the idea of embedding chips in humans no longer belongs in the realm of science fiction - and its uses have become much more mundane. Surveillance company CityWatcher.com has placed glass-encapsulated microchips in the forearms of two employees. The 'chipping' of the workers with RFIDs - radio frequency identification tags - was a way of restricting access to vaults that held sensitive data for police departments, the company said. 'To protect high-end secure data, you use more sophisticated techniques,' said company CEO Sean Darks, who compared chip implants to fingerprinting or retina scans. 'There's a reader outside the door, you walk up to the reader, put your arm under it, and it opens the door.' Sounds harmless.
A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice. -- Pictures: AP  
 But the news that Americans had, for the first time, been chipped to perform their jobs has fired up a heated debate in the country. RFID, they warned, would soon enable the government to 'frisk' people electronically - an invisible, undetectable search performed by readers posted at 'hotspots' along roadsides and in pedestrian areas.  Below: Protesters marching against chip implants planned for Alzheimer's patients in Florida. -- Pictures: AP

 It might even be used to squeal on employees while they worked. Critics pointed out that chipping may start with small, specific groups of people but would eventually be suggested for convicts, then parolees, then sex offenders - until one day, a majority of Americans, would find themselves electronically tagged. Said privacy advocate Katherine Albrech: 'Ultimately, the fear is that the government or your employer might someday say, 'Take a chip or starve'.' - AP.

CHIPPING AROUND THE WORLD
In 2004, chips were planted on the clothes of kindergarteners in Osaka to stop them from going astray. Indonesia's Papua is currently considering chipping HIV carriers in a bid to keep them from infecting others. In the U.S., some have chosen to be chipped to give doctors access to medical information in emergencies. Story not available:
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,136907,00.html

 


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MICROCHIP, RABIES CLINIC PLANNED
Monterey Herald - SALINAS - July 21, 2007 - Microchip, rabies clinic planned - Monterey County Animal Services will hold an actual - cost rabies vaccination and microchip identification implant clinic 3 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 22 at its facility at 160 Hitchcock Road, Salinas. Rabies vaccinations are $6, chip implants are $16 and the chip ID registration fee is $10. Pet licenses will be available for residents of unincorporated areas or the cities of Carmel and Greenfield. State law requires all cats and dogs over 4 months old to be vaccinated against rabies. Dogs are required to be licensed in the county or city where they live. Not available source: http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_6431004

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PENTAGON STUDIES HUMAN MICROCHIP IMPLANTS
WIRED, By Sharon Weinberger August 01, 2007
The Defense Department's plans to study implanting microchips in soldiers is already sparking concerns about privacy issues (and is likely to send the stock price of tinfoil to new highs).
"People are going to say, 'What about my personal rights?' ... Even though you shelve some of your rights as a citizen (in the military), you don't shelve them all," said Joe Davis, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The chip would relay vital statistics about the patient such as lactate, glucose and oxygen levels in the blood. Researchers believe the technology would also be useful in other government programs such as measuring astronaut data, as well as civilian first-responder uses, according to a news release from Clemson University.
Clemson researchers believe the program is five years away from human testing. The program will include testing on a new gel developed by Clemson scientists that aids in preventing the chip from being rejected by the human body.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/08/washington-a-ne.html MORE ABOUT CHIPS:
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=6860847&nav=8H3x

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U.S. MILITARY MAY IMPLANT CHIPS IN TROOP'S BRAINS
(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY - Imagine a day when the U.S. government implants microchips inside the brains of U.S. soldiers. Well you don’t have to think too far into the future. The defense department is studying the idea now.
So, what’s the reason behind all of this? This is how big the chip would be, the size of a grain of rice. Here’s the situation: a soldier wounded on the battlefield. A medic approaches him or her and implants a biochip that instantly recalls vital information; allergies, family history, oxygen levels in the blood.
But how far is too far when it comes to privacy? The department of defense recently awarded $1.6 million to Clemson University to develop an implantable biochip. It would go into the brain using a new gel that prevents the human body from rejecting it. The overall idea is to improve the quality and speed of care for fallen soldiers.
Researchers also think the chip could also be used to measure astronaut’s vital signs. “It’s just crazy. To me, it’s like a bad sci-fi movie,” says Yelena Slattery. I spoke with Yelena Slattery on the phone Thursday. She’s with the website www.wethepeoplewillnotbechipped.com. She sees red flags surrounding this idea. Slattery says, “Soldiers can’t choose not to get certain things done because they become government property once they sign up. When does it end? When does it become an infringement on a person’s privacy?” Once the chip is in, she says, could those soldiers be put on surveillance, even when they’re off-duty? A spokesman for veterans of foreign wars also urged caution. Joe Davis said, “If you have a chip that’s holding a gigabyte, or 10 gigs, like an iPod, what kind of information is going to be on there? How could this be used against you if you were taken captive?”
Slattery says there’s still a lot to learn and understand before this should even be considered. “People are just grasping at this technology as something that is somehow going to keep them alive and safer,” says Slattery.
There are some people who wouldn’t mind getting implanted. Maybe a diabetes patient who wants someone to know where they are at, in case he or she passes out. This technology is still about 5 years away from human testing.
Four Points Media Group, LLC. Not available source: http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_215001119.html

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CALIFORNIA PASSES BILL TO BAN FORCED RFTD TAGGING
State Sen. Simitian calls forced "tagging" of humans with RFID chips the ultimate invasion of privacy.
By K.C. Jones - InformationWeek - September 4, 2007 - California legislators want to prohibit people from forcing others to receive tracking implants. Sen. Joe Simitian, a Palo Alto Democrat, announced that his Senate Bill 362, which would ban the practice, passed by a 28-9 vote last week. "RFID technology is not in and of itself the issue. RFID is a minor miracle, with all sorts of good uses," Simitian said in a statement. "But we shouldn't condone forced 'tagging' of humans. It's the ultimate invasion of privacy."
The bill is headed for the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for approval. If Schwarzenegger signs SB 362, California will join Wisconsin and North Dakota to ban forced RFID implantation. "Passage of SB 362 ensures that no Californian is compelled to have electronic identifiers of any type embedded in their body," Jennifer King, research specialist at the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at U.C. Berkeley School of Law, said in a statement. "This provides Californians with the personal agency to make such decisions should they have a reason to, as well as another means of protecting their personal information. Once again, California leads the nation in recognizing potential threats to individual privacy and self-determination posed by new technologies."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a VeriChip RFID tag for human implantation in 2004. The chip allows medical staff to access people's health history even if the person can't communicate. Some hospitals already have used the chips with volunteers and the military is considering their use. VeriChip also has clients that want to use human implantation for identity verification. The attorney general of Mexico and 18 of his staff members were implanted with chips to allow them to get into high-security areas. VeriChip reports that 2,000 people have had RFID chips implanted.
RFID manufacturers and solution providers have withheld support for the bill. "I understand why we're having a robust debate about the privacy concerns related to RFID, but at the very least, we should be able to agree that the forced implanting of under-the-skin technology into human beings is just plain wrong," said Simitian, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Privacy. "I'm deeply concerned that this isn't a given for the industry." The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, which develops policies for the American Medical Association, recently issued a report saying that RFID devices may compromise people's privacy and security because it isn't yet clear if the information in the tags can be properly protected. Further, CEJA finds that RFID tagging may present physical risks because the tags could migrate under the skin, making them difficult to remove. Full story:
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803861

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BORDER AGENT SAYS CHINA ORDERED HIS PROSECUTION
Now seeks $25 million from government after acquittal on excessive force charge - July 27, 2007 - By Jerome R. Corsi - WorldNetDaily.com - A Customs and Border Protection agent who was acquitted of a charge of using excessive force during a 2004 arrest of a Chinese national on suspicion of drug smuggling is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for $25 million. And in a companion lawsuit, Robert Rhodes is seeking another $25 million from three Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with the Office of Professional Responsibility.
He says the agents disregarded their oaths by pursuing a politically motivated prosecution against him to appease their superiors, who allegedly were seeking to do what Communist China wanted. "I was involved in a political prosecution that our government began at the demand of the government of Communist China," Rhodes told WND. "The prosecution was promised to China by then- Secretary of State Colin Powell and then - Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge." Continued: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56874

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A CASE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE POLICE STATE, USA
In Colorado a highway checkpoint asked drivers for blood and saliva - Travelers outraged by private research group's request. Posted: September 20, 2007 - WorldNetDaily.com - Motorists in Colorado are expressing outrage over a weekend stunt in Gilpin County, about an hour's drive west of Denver, where highway checkpoints were set up so a private organization could ask for samples of blood and saliva. "I don't think they're authorized to do what they're doing, and I view it as a gross violation of law-enforcement protocol," Roberto Sequeira, 51, told reporters for the Denver Post. He said he and his wife were "detained" for about 15 minutes even after they protested they wanted to get home because of a sleepy child in their car. Sheriff's officials were apologizing after they helped set up and run five separate checkpoints over the weekend. They said workers for the Institute for Research and Evaluation were overly persistent in their demands of innocent travelers. Continued: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57733

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INTERESTING VIEW ON FANATICS
Marvin Mann <mmann@sheriff.martin.fl.us> Email Forward: "A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. "Very few people were true Nazis "he said," but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories."
We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.
It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, and promote the killing of innocent people. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque and preach their hatred. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. The hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority" the "silent majority" is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia comprised Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people. The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet. And, who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awake one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.
Lastly, at the risk of offending anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on can contribute to the passiveness that allows these problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on!! Let us hope that thousands, worldwide, read this, think about it and send it on. -- Source: email.

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HOW THE FEDERAL RESERVE RULES US
Who rules America? Who sets financial policy? Who inflates credit bubbles sending the prices of homes and other necessities spiraling ever higher? These questions are easily answered when you know a few facts.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/140.html

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U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES RESIGNS
By MATT APUZZO (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press - August 27, 2007 - WASHINGTON - Alberto Gonzales, the nation's first Hispanic attorney general, announced his resignation Monday, driven from office after a wrenching standoff with congressional critics over his honesty and competence.
Republicans and Democrats alike had demanded his departure over the botched handling of FBI terror investigations and the firings of U.S. attorneys, but President Bush had defiantly stood by his Texas friend for months until accepting his resignation last Friday.
"After months of unfair treatment that has created a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales decided to resign his position and I accept his decision," Bush said from Texas, where he is vacationing.... Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff was among those mentioned as possible successors, though a senior administration official said the matter had not been raised with Chertoff. Bush leaves Washington next Monday for Australia, and Gonzales' replacement might not be named by then, the official said.
"It has been one of my greatest privileges to lead the Department of Justice," Gonzales said, announcing his resignation effective Sept. 17 in a terse statement. He took no questions and gave no reason for stepping down. Full story: Source unavailable: http://enews.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20070827/46d24c40_3ca6_1552620070827-2096540432

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GLOBAL WARMING OR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE?
By Dr. Michael S. Coffman Ph. D. - August 15, 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
The cover of the August 13, 2007 issue of Newsweek sports a picture of a very active sun with a title “Global Warming is a Hoax.” But the cover story isn’t about how the man-caused global warming hysteria is a hoax. Oh, no, it is just the opposite. It is a diatribe about how those who are skeptical about man’s influence on climate are denying the truth and are undermining the true science. Science that allegedly shows without a doubt that man is causing global warming. The article’s title, “The Truth About Denial,” provides the lead-in for the accusation that the skeptics are receiving millions of dollars (primarily from big oil, of course) to provide research disproving man-caused global warming. The author, Sharon Begley, accused Exxon alone of giving $19 million to such efforts.
Nineteen million dollars since 1990 is a lot of money – until it is compared to the whooping $50 billion that has fed the man-caused global warming hysteria. You read it correctly, that is $50 billion. Of course, Newsweek conveniently left that bit of information out of its article. The conventional wisdom that man is responsible for the cataclysmic warming over the past 100 years was bought and paid for with your tax dollars and huge foundation grants. Although $50 billion has bought big headlines and doomsday rhetoric, the actual research has shown almost no connection between earth’s CO2 and its temperature. Paleoclimate scientist Bob Carter, who has testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, explains how much money has been spent researching and promoting climate fears. “In one of the more expensive ironies of history, the expenditure of more than $US50 billion on research into global warming since 1990 has failed to demonstrate any human-caused climate trend, let alone a dangerous one.” Whole story: http://www.newswithviews.com/Coffman/mike10.htm

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WHO'S EDITING WIKIPEDIA - DIEBOLD, THE CIA, A CAMPAIGN
By John Borland 08.14.07 - CalTech graduate student Virgil Griffith built a search tool that traces IP addresses of those who make Wikipedia changes. Photo: Jake Appelbaum On November 17th, 2005, an anonymous Wikipedia user deleted 15 paragraphs from an article on e-voting machine-vendor Diebold, excising an entire section critical of the company's machines. While anonymous, such changes typically leave behind digital fingerprints offering hints about the contributor, such as the location of the computer used to make the edits. In this case, the changes came from an IP address reserved for the corporate offices of Diebold itself. And it is far from an isolated case. A new data-mining service launched Monday traces millions of Wikipedia entries to their corporate sources, and for the first time puts comprehensive data behind longstanding suspicions of manipulation, which until now have surfaced only piecemeal in investigations of specific allegations.
Wikipedia Scanner -- the brainchild of Cal Tech computation and neural-systems graduate student Virgil Griffith -- offers users a searchable database that ties millions of anonymous Wikipedia edits to organizations where those edits apparently originated, by cross-referencing the edits with data on who owns the associated block of internet IP addresses. Inspired by news last year that Congress members' offices had been editing their own entries, Griffith says he got curious, and wanted to know whether big companies and other organizations were doing things in a similarly self-interested vein. "Everything's better if you do it on a huge scale, and automate it," he says with a grin.
This database is possible thanks to a combination of Wikipedia policies and (mostly) publicly available information.
The online encyclopedia allows anyone to make edits, but keeps detailed logs of all these changes. Users who are logged in are tracked only by their user name, but anonymous changes leave a public record of their IP address. Full story: http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/08/wiki_tracker

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U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEING "GUARDED" BY ISRAEL
1) Israel "in charge of security" for nuclear power and weapons in the US
2) Meanwhile, Boeing has enlisted the aid of Elbit Systems, Israel's major defense contractor, to construct high-tech surveillance along the border of the U.S. and Mexico. See http://www.counterpunch.org/norrell07182007.html
Also http://ww4report.com/node/2743
Israeli firms are probably involved in the RFID chips that will soon be installed in all driver’s licenses. And when we are all forced to take microchip implants (which I regard as inevitable) Israeli firms will be involved in that too.
And it's all done with money from U.S. taxpayers. Things have gotten so bad that I wonder if the USA is worth saving.
3) Israeli security let 911 happen I read in one of the article on 'Whatreallyhappened' that all the planes hijacked on 911 had taken off from airports with Isreali companies in charge of security. After this collosal screw up in national security shouldn't the authorities concerned with the USA's security have caught them and tried them-in other countries if the govt hadn't done that they would surely have been stormed or stoned by ordinary citizens instead they are rewarded with more contracts! In the that article I read that the same company was involved in security for London's subways and at Madrid and other sites. If Americans intend to take their country into their own hands they better do it before the Israelis take over their nuclear facilities or worse their drinking water.
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/3761

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"GUARDED" BY ISRAEL
26 September 2007 - American supporters of Israel were delighted to learn that an Israeli company, Magal Security Systems-owned in part by the government of Israel - is in charge of security for the most sensitive nuclear power and weapons storage facilities in the United States.
The largest perimeter security company in the world, Magal started out as a division of Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI)-which was owned in part by the government of Israel. In recent years, however, Magal evolved into a publicly - traded company, although IAI (and thus the government of Israel) still holds a substantial share in the highly successful firm. What all of this means is that the government of Israel will actually have control over the security of America's nuclear weapons. http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2007/09/26/8910.shtml

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ISRAEL

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