Senate Bill 1, The true story! *Must Read* Also, email/forward this article out to all your family and friends! Also, Listen to Dr. James Dobson at the bottom of this article...
Speaking UP for Speaking Out
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The U.S. Senate is about to vote on legislation aimed at curbing lobbying corruption: Senate Bill 1 aims to clean up recent lobbying scandals that have plagued the halls of our government. While most of the bill is good, it contains a provision, Section 220, that will severely limit the ability of Americans to stay abreast of the important issues facing our country.
Instead of addressing the true lobbying problems – high-paid lobbyists buying influence with members of Congress with international trips and fancy dinners – Section 220 will place the bulls-eye squarely on you.
Section 220 will require that organizations such as Focus on the Family Action that alert Americans to important legislation affecting our country be burdened by miles of new red tape. These bureaucratic restrictions are unconscionable, and failure to comply could result in $100,000 fines.
Focus on the Family Action's Dr. James Dobson is urging you to place phone calls today to your federal lawmakers urging them to prevent these travesties. Call both of your U.S. senators and urge them to oppose the unfair grassroots lobbying provisions (Sec. 220) and ensure that they are removed from S. 1. Then call your representative and ask him or her to vote against HR 3 -- because there is no need to destroy life to save life.
To reach your congressman and senators, call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.
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The U.S. Senate is about to vote on legislation aimed at curbing lobbying corruption. There is a section of the bill which unfairly targets grassroots lobbying organizations and would penalize them for alerting Americans about important issues and attempting to influence government policy. If the bill passes, organizations like Focus on the Family Action, the American Family Association, FRC Action and American Values may be severely hampered from informing you in the future about significant legislation affecting the family. Representatives from each of these ministries join Dr. Dobson to tell you what you can do to prevent this ill-advised Senate measure from passing.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
'Catastrophic': Now thousands of birds fall from sky
'Catastrophic': Now thousands of birds fall from sky
Wildlife officers baffled, autopsies shed no light on mystery
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Posted: January 9, 2007
9:07 p.m. Eastern
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Thousands of birds inexplicably dropped like rocks from the sky over Australia.
The mysterious catastrophe has taken place over a period of three weeks in Esperance, about 450 miles southeast of Perth. The area was declared a disaster zone by government officials.
So far, authorities are clueless as to the cause. Autopsies on the birds have shed no light.
The main casualties, according to Australian news sources, are wattle birds, yellow-throated miners, new holland honeyeaters and singing honeyeaters. Some dead crows, hawks and pigeons have also been found.
Some birds were seen convulsing when they died.
Wildlife officers are baffled by what they characterize as a "catastrophic" event. It does not appear to be weather-related.
District nature conservation coordinator Mike Fitzgerald said: "It's very substantial. We estimate several thousand birds are dead, although we don't have a clear number because of the large areas of bushland."
Birds Australia, the nation's main bird conservation group, said it had not heard of a similar occurrence. "Not on that scale, and all at the same time, and also the fact that it's several different species," chief executive Graeme Hamilton said. "You'd have to call that a most unusual event and one that we'd all have to be concerned about."
Just yesterday, some 60 birds fell out of the sky in Austin, Texas, without explanation.
http://biblicalnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/bird-deaths-shut-down-austin-texas.html
The incident prompted street closings for several hours.
Officials said they had tested the air for dangerous substances but found nothing, and they declared the area safe.
The dead birds – grackles, sparrows and pigeons – were being checked for avian flu, but officials said they saw no symptoms of the illness and believed it more likely they had been poisoned, possibly deliberately, or affected by near-freezing weather.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53708
Wildlife officers baffled, autopsies shed no light on mystery
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Posted: January 9, 2007
9:07 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Thousands of birds inexplicably dropped like rocks from the sky over Australia.
The mysterious catastrophe has taken place over a period of three weeks in Esperance, about 450 miles southeast of Perth. The area was declared a disaster zone by government officials.
So far, authorities are clueless as to the cause. Autopsies on the birds have shed no light.
The main casualties, according to Australian news sources, are wattle birds, yellow-throated miners, new holland honeyeaters and singing honeyeaters. Some dead crows, hawks and pigeons have also been found.
Some birds were seen convulsing when they died.
Wildlife officers are baffled by what they characterize as a "catastrophic" event. It does not appear to be weather-related.
District nature conservation coordinator Mike Fitzgerald said: "It's very substantial. We estimate several thousand birds are dead, although we don't have a clear number because of the large areas of bushland."
Birds Australia, the nation's main bird conservation group, said it had not heard of a similar occurrence. "Not on that scale, and all at the same time, and also the fact that it's several different species," chief executive Graeme Hamilton said. "You'd have to call that a most unusual event and one that we'd all have to be concerned about."
Just yesterday, some 60 birds fell out of the sky in Austin, Texas, without explanation.
http://biblicalnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/bird-deaths-shut-down-austin-texas.html
The incident prompted street closings for several hours.
Officials said they had tested the air for dangerous substances but found nothing, and they declared the area safe.
The dead birds – grackles, sparrows and pigeons – were being checked for avian flu, but officials said they saw no symptoms of the illness and believed it more likely they had been poisoned, possibly deliberately, or affected by near-freezing weather.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53708
News of Ethical Amniotic Stem Cells Won't Slow ESCR Push, Expert Says
News of Ethical Amniotic Stem Cells Won't Slow ESCR Push, Expert Says
By Jim Brown
January 9, 2007
(AgapePress) - A pro-life biochemist and international expert on stem-cell research and cloning is hailing a new report that says powerful and potentially medically beneficial stem cells can be found in the amniotic fluid that cushions babies in the womb. However, he doubts the finding will have much impact on proponents of embryonic stem-cell research, or ESCR.
Harvard and Wake Forest University researchers have recently reported that they were able to extract stem cells from human amniotic fluid without harm to the mother or to the unborn child; and the extracted cells were able to become several different tissue cell types, including brain, liver, and bone.
Dr. David Prentice is senior fellow for life sciences at the Family Research Council and former professor of life sciences at Indiana State University. He says the report from Harvard and Wake Forest validates what the pro-life community has been saying all along.
"You don't need to go to the unethical and unsuccessful embryonic stem-cell research that requires destroying a human life," Prentice explains. "We have cells in amniotic fluid, placenta, umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, and lots of other tissues that can actually help patients," he says.
The Family Research Council's life sciences expert says news agencies are finally starting to recognize that ethical sources of stem cells for successful stem-cell research do exist. Many are beginning to acknowledge that "there are sources of stem cells ... that don't require destruction of human life," he says, "and we're seeing this more and more."...
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By Jim Brown
January 9, 2007
(AgapePress) - A pro-life biochemist and international expert on stem-cell research and cloning is hailing a new report that says powerful and potentially medically beneficial stem cells can be found in the amniotic fluid that cushions babies in the womb. However, he doubts the finding will have much impact on proponents of embryonic stem-cell research, or ESCR.
Harvard and Wake Forest University researchers have recently reported that they were able to extract stem cells from human amniotic fluid without harm to the mother or to the unborn child; and the extracted cells were able to become several different tissue cell types, including brain, liver, and bone.
Dr. David Prentice is senior fellow for life sciences at the Family Research Council and former professor of life sciences at Indiana State University. He says the report from Harvard and Wake Forest validates what the pro-life community has been saying all along.
"You don't need to go to the unethical and unsuccessful embryonic stem-cell research that requires destroying a human life," Prentice explains. "We have cells in amniotic fluid, placenta, umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, and lots of other tissues that can actually help patients," he says.
The Family Research Council's life sciences expert says news agencies are finally starting to recognize that ethical sources of stem cells for successful stem-cell research do exist. Many are beginning to acknowledge that "there are sources of stem cells ... that don't require destruction of human life," he says, "and we're seeing this more and more."...
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Pastor's Biblical Argument Expunged from CNN Feature on Intolerance
Pastor's Biblical Argument Expunged from CNN Feature on Intolerance
By Ed Thomas
January 9, 2007
(AgapePress) - A south Florida pastor whose views on Islam were critiqued on a CNN program examining racism and intolerance in America says several crucial points were left out of the airing of interview segments with him for the program.
Worldwide Christian Center pastor Dr. O'Neal Dozier was featured on a segment of Paula Zahn's nightly show last week because of his highly publicized grassroots efforts to keep a mosque out of a Northwest Pompano Beach neighborhood. A news story about him featured his opposition to the Islamic religion as a cult, and the city's approval of a mosque in an urban neighborhood that he says city leaders originally targeted for low-income housing. Included also was the pastor's concern that the mosque would be a potential recruiting location for possible future terrorists.
But according to Dr. Dozier, there was much left out of the interview. "I thought there were more crucial things that I said in [the interview] that were not aired," he says. For example, he explains, comments that specifically outlined biblical reasons for his opposition to Islam.
"I said that Jesus Christ is the only Way," says the pastor. "I quoted the verse there [John 14:6] ... Therefore one cannot be saved outside of Jesus Christ. I said that Islam cannot get one to heaven." And inclusion of that statement, he says, would have explained another unaired statement -- that President Bush and his administration need to stop referring to the "war with terrorists" and, instead, call it what it is: a war with Islamic fascism...
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By Ed Thomas
January 9, 2007
(AgapePress) - A south Florida pastor whose views on Islam were critiqued on a CNN program examining racism and intolerance in America says several crucial points were left out of the airing of interview segments with him for the program.
Worldwide Christian Center pastor Dr. O'Neal Dozier was featured on a segment of Paula Zahn's nightly show last week because of his highly publicized grassroots efforts to keep a mosque out of a Northwest Pompano Beach neighborhood. A news story about him featured his opposition to the Islamic religion as a cult, and the city's approval of a mosque in an urban neighborhood that he says city leaders originally targeted for low-income housing. Included also was the pastor's concern that the mosque would be a potential recruiting location for possible future terrorists.
But according to Dr. Dozier, there was much left out of the interview. "I thought there were more crucial things that I said in [the interview] that were not aired," he says. For example, he explains, comments that specifically outlined biblical reasons for his opposition to Islam.
"I said that Jesus Christ is the only Way," says the pastor. "I quoted the verse there [John 14:6] ... Therefore one cannot be saved outside of Jesus Christ. I said that Islam cannot get one to heaven." And inclusion of that statement, he says, would have explained another unaired statement -- that President Bush and his administration need to stop referring to the "war with terrorists" and, instead, call it what it is: a war with Islamic fascism...
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Indiana House Opened 2007 Session With a Carefully Crafted Prayer:
Commentary & News Briefs
January 9, 2007
Compiled by Jody Brown
...The Indiana House has opened its 2007 session with an official prayer that was carefully crafted so as not to violate a federal judge's ban on sectarian invocations. The brief prayer by new House Speaker Patrick Bauer was directed to "almighty God" but contained no specific references to Christianity. Judge David Hamilton ruled in November 2005 that official House prayers that mentioned Jesus Christ or used terms such as "Savior" amounted to state endorsement of a religion. That case is now on appeal before the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. State Representative Brian Bosma, who was speaker at the time of the ruling, has argued that Hamilton's ruling is unconstitutional because it blocks the free exercise of religion. [AP]
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/92007h.asp
January 9, 2007
Compiled by Jody Brown
...The Indiana House has opened its 2007 session with an official prayer that was carefully crafted so as not to violate a federal judge's ban on sectarian invocations. The brief prayer by new House Speaker Patrick Bauer was directed to "almighty God" but contained no specific references to Christianity. Judge David Hamilton ruled in November 2005 that official House prayers that mentioned Jesus Christ or used terms such as "Savior" amounted to state endorsement of a religion. That case is now on appeal before the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. State Representative Brian Bosma, who was speaker at the time of the ruling, has argued that Hamilton's ruling is unconstitutional because it blocks the free exercise of religion. [AP]
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/92007h.asp
CHRISTIAN WORLD NEWS: Religion Roundup
Religion Roundup:
Christians Hail Report of New Stem Cell Source...
Indiana House Opens with Carefully Crafted Prayer...
New Church Conducting Bible-Reading Marathon...
Rev. Mohler Released from Intensive Care...
Church Members Send Bad Habits Up in Smoke...
City to Celebrate Religious Freedom Anniversary...
Pope Reviews World Trouble Spots...
Another Polish Cleric Resigns over Communist Police Links...
Hindu Holy Men Protest Pollution in River...
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Christians Hail Report of New Stem Cell Source...
Indiana House Opens with Carefully Crafted Prayer...
New Church Conducting Bible-Reading Marathon...
Rev. Mohler Released from Intensive Care...
Church Members Send Bad Habits Up in Smoke...
City to Celebrate Religious Freedom Anniversary...
Pope Reviews World Trouble Spots...
Another Polish Cleric Resigns over Communist Police Links...
Hindu Holy Men Protest Pollution in River...
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50 Militants Said Killed in Iraq Battle
Jan 9, 9:13 AM (ET)
By LAUREN FRAYER
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday in central Baghdad, and 50 militant fighters were killed, the Defense Ministry said.
Elsewhere, a cargo plane carrying Turkish construction workers crashed during landing at an airport near Baghdad, killing 30 people and injuring two, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. Initial reports indicated the plane crashed due to bad weather and heavy fog, a Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not yet been authorized.
U.S. helicopters circled above the Haifa Street area where the battle took place, and witnesses said they had seen the aircraft firing into the combat zone. Explosions rang out across the area, just north of the heavily fortified Green Zone.
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Shaker, a ministry spokesman, said 21 militants were captured, including seven foreign Arabs - including three Syrians - and one Sudanese.
Police said the clashes began when gunmen attacked Iraqi army checkpoints, and that Iraqi soldiers called for U.S. military help.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Iraqi forces had decided to wipe out "terrorist hide-outs" in the area once and for all. "God willing, Haifa Street will never threaten the Iraqi people again," he said.
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By LAUREN FRAYER
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday in central Baghdad, and 50 militant fighters were killed, the Defense Ministry said.
Elsewhere, a cargo plane carrying Turkish construction workers crashed during landing at an airport near Baghdad, killing 30 people and injuring two, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. Initial reports indicated the plane crashed due to bad weather and heavy fog, a Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not yet been authorized.
U.S. helicopters circled above the Haifa Street area where the battle took place, and witnesses said they had seen the aircraft firing into the combat zone. Explosions rang out across the area, just north of the heavily fortified Green Zone.
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Shaker, a ministry spokesman, said 21 militants were captured, including seven foreign Arabs - including three Syrians - and one Sudanese.
Police said the clashes began when gunmen attacked Iraqi army checkpoints, and that Iraqi soldiers called for U.S. military help.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Iraqi forces had decided to wipe out "terrorist hide-outs" in the area once and for all. "God willing, Haifa Street will never threaten the Iraqi people again," he said.
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U.S. Launches New Attacks in Somalia
Jan 9, 10:03 AM (ET)
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - U.S. helicopter gunships launched new attacks Tuesday against suspected al-Qaida members, a Somali official said, a day after forces launched airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 U.S. troops were killed there in 1993.
Monday's attack was the first overt military action by the U.S. in Somalia since it led a U.N. force in the 1990s that intervened in Somalia in an effort to fight famine. The mission led to clashes between U.N. forces and Somali warlords, including the "Black Hawk Down" battle that left 18 U.S. servicemen dead.
Helicopter gunships launched new attacks Tuesday near the scene of a U.S. airstrike in the village of Hayi, although it was not clear if they were American or Ethiopian aircraft, and it was not known if there were any casualties.
Two helicopters "fired several rockets toward the road that leads to the Kenyan border," said Ali Seed Yusuf, a resident of the town of Afmadow in southern Somalia.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived off Somalia's coast and launched intelligence-gathering missions over Somalia, the military said. Three other U.S. warships are conducting anti-terror operations off the Somali coast.
U.S. warships have been seeking to capture al-Qaida members thought to be fleeing Somalia after Ethiopia invaded Dec. 24 in support of the government and drove the Islamic militia out of the capital and toward the Kenyan border.
The White House would not confirm the attack, nor would the Pentagon.
But a U.S. government official said at least one AC-130 gunship was used. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the operation's sensitivity.
AC-130 gunships have elaborate sensors that can go after targets day or night. They are operated by the Special Operations Command and have been used heavily against the Taliban in Afghanistan...
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By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - U.S. helicopter gunships launched new attacks Tuesday against suspected al-Qaida members, a Somali official said, a day after forces launched airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 U.S. troops were killed there in 1993.
Monday's attack was the first overt military action by the U.S. in Somalia since it led a U.N. force in the 1990s that intervened in Somalia in an effort to fight famine. The mission led to clashes between U.N. forces and Somali warlords, including the "Black Hawk Down" battle that left 18 U.S. servicemen dead.
Helicopter gunships launched new attacks Tuesday near the scene of a U.S. airstrike in the village of Hayi, although it was not clear if they were American or Ethiopian aircraft, and it was not known if there were any casualties.
Two helicopters "fired several rockets toward the road that leads to the Kenyan border," said Ali Seed Yusuf, a resident of the town of Afmadow in southern Somalia.
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived off Somalia's coast and launched intelligence-gathering missions over Somalia, the military said. Three other U.S. warships are conducting anti-terror operations off the Somali coast.
U.S. warships have been seeking to capture al-Qaida members thought to be fleeing Somalia after Ethiopia invaded Dec. 24 in support of the government and drove the Islamic militia out of the capital and toward the Kenyan border.
The White House would not confirm the attack, nor would the Pentagon.
But a U.S. government official said at least one AC-130 gunship was used. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the operation's sensitivity.
AC-130 gunships have elaborate sensors that can go after targets day or night. They are operated by the Special Operations Command and have been used heavily against the Taliban in Afghanistan...
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Another North Korea nuclear test likely: U.S. general
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is likely to test another nuclear device, the commander of U.S. military in South Korea said on Tuesday, but he declined to comment on reports that an explosion was imminent.
South Korean officials have said activity had been spotted near a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea but there was no evidence to suggest Pyongyang was about to test again. The North conducted its first test in October.
"There is no reason to believe that at some time in the future, when it serves their purposes, that they won't test another one," General B.B. Bell told a news conference.
"So I suspect some day they will," Bell said.
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South Korean officials have said activity had been spotted near a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea but there was no evidence to suggest Pyongyang was about to test again. The North conducted its first test in October.
"There is no reason to believe that at some time in the future, when it serves their purposes, that they won't test another one," General B.B. Bell told a news conference.
"So I suspect some day they will," Bell said.
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U.S. nuclear sub collides with ship
U.S. nuclear sub collides with ship
American vessel reportedly strikes Japanese commercial fishing craft
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USS Newport News (file photo)
A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese commercial fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea, according to reports.
Tokyo's Foreign Ministry received the report from U.S. officials, and the Pentagon has confirmed the incident.
The fast-attack USS Newport News was surfacing in the Arabian Sea south of the Straits of Hormuz when it hit the Japanese ship, a Navy official told CNN...
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American vessel reportedly strikes Japanese commercial fishing craft
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USS Newport News (file photo)
A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese commercial fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea, according to reports.
Tokyo's Foreign Ministry received the report from U.S. officials, and the Pentagon has confirmed the incident.
The fast-attack USS Newport News was surfacing in the Arabian Sea south of the Straits of Hormuz when it hit the Japanese ship, a Navy official told CNN...
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Hamas: We'll obtain U.S. money transfer
Hamas: We'll obtain U.S. money transfer
Washington providing $86.4 million to bolster Abbas security forces
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By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A portion of $86.4 million in aid the United States pledged last week to bolster security forces affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party will fall into the hands of the Hamas terror group, Hamas officials told WND.
Also, a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, a terror group allied with Hamas, told WND his organization is planning attacks against Israel using weapons recently transferred to Fatah by the U.S. and Egypt.
The Popular Resistance Committees leader said attacks using the foreign weapons are meant "to prove the Zionist-American conspiracy to bolster forces against us won't work."
"We will obtain the U.S. weapons," the Committees leader said.
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Washington providing $86.4 million to bolster Abbas security forces
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By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A portion of $86.4 million in aid the United States pledged last week to bolster security forces affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party will fall into the hands of the Hamas terror group, Hamas officials told WND.
Also, a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, a terror group allied with Hamas, told WND his organization is planning attacks against Israel using weapons recently transferred to Fatah by the U.S. and Egypt.
The Popular Resistance Committees leader said attacks using the foreign weapons are meant "to prove the Zionist-American conspiracy to bolster forces against us won't work."
"We will obtain the U.S. weapons," the Committees leader said.
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Muslim seminar pushes for Islamic state
Local push for Islamic state
Barney Zwartz
January 9, 2007
AN ULTRA-radical Muslim group banned in many countries will promote support for an Islamic superstate in a seminar in Australia this month.
Christian critics claim that the seminar, to be conducted by the group Hizb ut-Tahrir, will be a recruiting ground for extremists.
Hizb ut-Tahrir believes that the caliphate — a part of the world under Muslim rule that, at its peak, ran from Spain to Iran and beyond — is about to be re-established.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia and most Muslim countries in the Middle East because of alleged links to terrorism, including the bombers behind the 2005 London attacks.
It is not banned in Australia but is controversial because it opposes democracy and Muslim integration, has tried to recruit young Muslims and ran a lecture last year titled "Israel is an illegal state that Muslims will never accept"...
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Barney Zwartz
January 9, 2007
AN ULTRA-radical Muslim group banned in many countries will promote support for an Islamic superstate in a seminar in Australia this month.
Christian critics claim that the seminar, to be conducted by the group Hizb ut-Tahrir, will be a recruiting ground for extremists.
Hizb ut-Tahrir believes that the caliphate — a part of the world under Muslim rule that, at its peak, ran from Spain to Iran and beyond — is about to be re-established.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia and most Muslim countries in the Middle East because of alleged links to terrorism, including the bombers behind the 2005 London attacks.
It is not banned in Australia but is controversial because it opposes democracy and Muslim integration, has tried to recruit young Muslims and ran a lecture last year titled "Israel is an illegal state that Muslims will never accept"...
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Monday, January 8, 2007
Koran Replaces Bible at Ellisons's Swearing In: Without media mention of what the Koran says...
KORAN REPLACES BIBLE AT ELLISON’S SWEARING IN 01/06/2007
by Moody Adams
For the first time in U.S. history, Keith Ellison was sworn into Congress with his hand on the Koran instead of the Bible. Supporters shouted the words of the 9/11 suicide bomber, "Allahu Akbar," the same phrase allegedly used by the 9/11 suicide pilots.
The pro-Muslim media made much of the fact that the Koran came from Jefferson’s library, making the bitter pill go down easier (I have a Satanic Bible in my library to better know my enemy). Jefferson was in a battle with Muslims over their slave trading.
With all the media praise for this act of tolerance, there was no mention of the gastly facts about the Koran. It teaches:
Muslims must fight until there is no worship but that of Allah, 2:193: Fight therefore against them until . . . the only worship be that of Allah.
Cutting off the heads of infidels assures you of Paradise, 47:4-6: When ye encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter among them, . . . And whoso fight for the cause of God, their works he will not suffer to miscarry; He will vouchsafe them guidance, and dispose their hearts aright; And he will bring them into the Paradise, of which he hath told them. (also 9:85).
Slaves are a gift Allah has given to Muslims, 33:50: O Prophet! we allow thee thy wives whom thou hast dowered, and the slaves whom thy right hand possesseth out of the booty which God hath granted thee,
Allah made men superior to women, 4:34: Men are superior to women on account of the qualities with which God hath gifted the one above the other.
Lying is not evil when it is an advantage to Islam, 24:11 Of a truth, they who advanced that lie were a large number of you; but regard it not as an evil to you. No, it is an advantage to you.
Those Christians who say Jesus is the Messiah are infidels, 5:17: Infidels now are they who say, “Verily God is the Messiah Ibn Maryam (son of Mary)!
Jews were turned into apes, 2:65: Ye know too those of you who transgressed on the Sabbath, and to whom we said, “Be changed into scouted apes: And we made them a warning to those of their day, and to those who came after them, and a caution to the God-fearing:
Muslims must make war on all nations that do not enforce the laws of the Koran, 9:29: Make war upon such of those … who forbid not that which God and His Apostle have forbidden.
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by Moody Adams
For the first time in U.S. history, Keith Ellison was sworn into Congress with his hand on the Koran instead of the Bible. Supporters shouted the words of the 9/11 suicide bomber, "Allahu Akbar," the same phrase allegedly used by the 9/11 suicide pilots.
The pro-Muslim media made much of the fact that the Koran came from Jefferson’s library, making the bitter pill go down easier (I have a Satanic Bible in my library to better know my enemy). Jefferson was in a battle with Muslims over their slave trading.
With all the media praise for this act of tolerance, there was no mention of the gastly facts about the Koran. It teaches:
Muslims must fight until there is no worship but that of Allah, 2:193: Fight therefore against them until . . . the only worship be that of Allah.
Cutting off the heads of infidels assures you of Paradise, 47:4-6: When ye encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter among them, . . . And whoso fight for the cause of God, their works he will not suffer to miscarry; He will vouchsafe them guidance, and dispose their hearts aright; And he will bring them into the Paradise, of which he hath told them. (also 9:85).
Slaves are a gift Allah has given to Muslims, 33:50: O Prophet! we allow thee thy wives whom thou hast dowered, and the slaves whom thy right hand possesseth out of the booty which God hath granted thee,
Allah made men superior to women, 4:34: Men are superior to women on account of the qualities with which God hath gifted the one above the other.
Lying is not evil when it is an advantage to Islam, 24:11 Of a truth, they who advanced that lie were a large number of you; but regard it not as an evil to you. No, it is an advantage to you.
Those Christians who say Jesus is the Messiah are infidels, 5:17: Infidels now are they who say, “Verily God is the Messiah Ibn Maryam (son of Mary)!
Jews were turned into apes, 2:65: Ye know too those of you who transgressed on the Sabbath, and to whom we said, “Be changed into scouted apes: And we made them a warning to those of their day, and to those who came after them, and a caution to the God-fearing:
Muslims must make war on all nations that do not enforce the laws of the Koran, 9:29: Make war upon such of those … who forbid not that which God and His Apostle have forbidden.
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Make Way for the Mega-Mosque
Make Way for the Mega-Mosque
By Dale Hurd
CBN News
January 9, 2007
CBNNews.com - LONDON - Some now call London the "Muslim capital of Europe."
No Western city has more mosques.
And now London could be home to the largest Mosque outside of the Middle East.
Today, a neglected piece of real estate on London's east end sees little more than commuter trains rumbling past it. But it's the future location of what some say will be the biggest Islamic in-road into Christendom in 400 years: a gigantic mosque complex, the likes of which the West has never seen.
The land for the proposed mega-mosque now only hosts a small building -- a make-shift mosque. But imagine a huge modern Islamic complex right in London; in effect, an Islamic village for worshippers.
A video from the Web site of the mosque architect Ali Mangera shows what will be called the London Markaz, a 17-acre Islamic worship center for as many as 70,000 Muslims. Planned to be the hub of an Islamic quarter for the 2012 London Olympics, it will dwarf many of Britain's Christian cathedrals.
Alan Craig of Christian Peoples Alliance said, "It's going to be very large. It's going to be a mosque, it's going to be an Islamic garden, there's going to be a library, there's going to be residential accommodation...
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By Dale Hurd
CBN News
January 9, 2007
CBNNews.com - LONDON - Some now call London the "Muslim capital of Europe."
No Western city has more mosques.
And now London could be home to the largest Mosque outside of the Middle East.
Today, a neglected piece of real estate on London's east end sees little more than commuter trains rumbling past it. But it's the future location of what some say will be the biggest Islamic in-road into Christendom in 400 years: a gigantic mosque complex, the likes of which the West has never seen.
The land for the proposed mega-mosque now only hosts a small building -- a make-shift mosque. But imagine a huge modern Islamic complex right in London; in effect, an Islamic village for worshippers.
A video from the Web site of the mosque architect Ali Mangera shows what will be called the London Markaz, a 17-acre Islamic worship center for as many as 70,000 Muslims. Planned to be the hub of an Islamic quarter for the 2012 London Olympics, it will dwarf many of Britain's Christian cathedrals.
Alan Craig of Christian Peoples Alliance said, "It's going to be very large. It's going to be a mosque, it's going to be an Islamic garden, there's going to be a library, there's going to be residential accommodation...
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Bird Deaths Shut Down Austin, Texas
Bird Deaths Shut Down Austin, Texas
Associated Press
January 8. 2007
CBNNews.com -- AUSTIN, Texas - Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Monday morning after dozens of birds were found dead in the streets, but officials said preliminary tests showed no air quality problems and the area reopened around 1 p.m.
As many as 60 dead pigeons, sparrows and grackles were found overnight along Congress Avenue, a main route through downtown. No human injuries or illnesses were reported.
"We do not feel there is a threat to the public health," said Adolfo Valadez, the medical director for Austin and Travis County Health and Human Services.
He said preliminary air-quality tests showed no dangerous chemicals, though the dead birds would be sent for further testing to rule out viruses or poison.
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Associated Press
January 8. 2007
CBNNews.com -- AUSTIN, Texas - Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Monday morning after dozens of birds were found dead in the streets, but officials said preliminary tests showed no air quality problems and the area reopened around 1 p.m.
As many as 60 dead pigeons, sparrows and grackles were found overnight along Congress Avenue, a main route through downtown. No human injuries or illnesses were reported.
"We do not feel there is a threat to the public health," said Adolfo Valadez, the medical director for Austin and Travis County Health and Human Services.
He said preliminary air-quality tests showed no dangerous chemicals, though the dead birds would be sent for further testing to rule out viruses or poison.
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Gas-Like Odor Worries Workers Across NYC
Gas-Like Odor Worries Workers Across NYC
By Karen Matthews
Associated Press Writer
January 8, 2007
CBNNews.com -- NEW YORK -- They bombarded 911 with calls, crowded the sidewalks in front of evacuated buildings and tuned to the news for word of what was happening. The question on the minds of many New Yorkers on Monday morning was: "What's that smell?"
A natural gas-like odor hung over much of Manhattan and parts of New Jersey, confounding authorities. The smell seemed to be gone by early afternoon.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said there was no indication the air was unsafe. "It may just be an unpleasant smell," he said. He said sensors did not show an unusually high concentration of natural gas, and Con Edison reported it found no gas leaks.
The mayor said the smell may have been caused by a leak of a substance called mercaptan that is added to natural gas for safety reasons to give it a recognizable odor. By itself, natural gas is odorless.
Some commuter trains running between New Jersey and Manhattan were suspended for about an hour as a precaution. A few city schools were briefly evacuated. Some apartment dwellers were advised to close their windows.
Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said there was nothing to suggest terrorism.
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By Karen Matthews
Associated Press Writer
January 8, 2007
CBNNews.com -- NEW YORK -- They bombarded 911 with calls, crowded the sidewalks in front of evacuated buildings and tuned to the news for word of what was happening. The question on the minds of many New Yorkers on Monday morning was: "What's that smell?"
A natural gas-like odor hung over much of Manhattan and parts of New Jersey, confounding authorities. The smell seemed to be gone by early afternoon.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said there was no indication the air was unsafe. "It may just be an unpleasant smell," he said. He said sensors did not show an unusually high concentration of natural gas, and Con Edison reported it found no gas leaks.
The mayor said the smell may have been caused by a leak of a substance called mercaptan that is added to natural gas for safety reasons to give it a recognizable odor. By itself, natural gas is odorless.
Some commuter trains running between New Jersey and Manhattan were suspended for about an hour as a precaution. A few city schools were briefly evacuated. Some apartment dwellers were advised to close their windows.
Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said there was nothing to suggest terrorism.
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Stem cells from amniotic fluid may help avoid ethical dilemma
LIFE DIGEST: Stem cells from amniotic fluid may help avoid ethical dilemma
Jan 8, 2007
By Tom Strode
Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP)--Scientists have announced the discovery of cells that have much the same potential as embryonic stem cells but without their ethical drawback, even as the House of Representatives prepares to vote again to fund experiments that destroy human embryos.
A team of researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital in Boston found the stem cells in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women, according to The Washington Post. Unlike embryonic stem cell research, the extraction of the cells from the fluid that surrounds an unborn child does not require the destruction of a tiny human being. These cells have the ability to develop into a variety of tissues, a trait of embryonic stem cells, but do not have the tendency to form tumors, a propensity that has plagued research on cells from embryos.
The promising research, reported Jan. 7 in the online version of the journal Nature Biotechnology, was announced only days before the House is set to vote on a bill identical to one President Bush vetoed last year. The vote on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H.R. 3, is expected to take place by Jan. 11. The measure would provide federal funds for research using stem cells extracted from embryos stored at in vitro fertilization clinics.
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Jan 8, 2007
By Tom Strode
Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP)--Scientists have announced the discovery of cells that have much the same potential as embryonic stem cells but without their ethical drawback, even as the House of Representatives prepares to vote again to fund experiments that destroy human embryos.
A team of researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital in Boston found the stem cells in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women, according to The Washington Post. Unlike embryonic stem cell research, the extraction of the cells from the fluid that surrounds an unborn child does not require the destruction of a tiny human being. These cells have the ability to develop into a variety of tissues, a trait of embryonic stem cells, but do not have the tendency to form tumors, a propensity that has plagued research on cells from embryos.
The promising research, reported Jan. 7 in the online version of the journal Nature Biotechnology, was announced only days before the House is set to vote on a bill identical to one President Bush vetoed last year. The vote on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, H.R. 3, is expected to take place by Jan. 11. The measure would provide federal funds for research using stem cells extracted from embryos stored at in vitro fertilization clinics.
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Suspicious Package Destroyed at U.S. Port
Suspicious Package Destroyed at U.S. Port
By Kelli Kennedy
January 8, 2007
Associated Press
CBNNews.com -- MIAMI - The Port of Miami was hit by its second terrorism scare in two days Monday when a package that was to be loaded onto a cruise ship tested positive for plastic explosives. Authorities later determined it was harmless...
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By Kelli Kennedy
January 8, 2007
Associated Press
CBNNews.com -- MIAMI - The Port of Miami was hit by its second terrorism scare in two days Monday when a package that was to be loaded onto a cruise ship tested positive for plastic explosives. Authorities later determined it was harmless...
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Sex-Crazed Cheerleaders Terrorize Dallas School
SEX-CRAZED CHEERLEADERS TERRORIZE DALLAS SCHOOL 01/08/2007
“Even after they turned up intoxicated at a school dance and posed for bawdy photographs in a condom shop wearing their cheerleader uniforms, disciplinary action was still a long way off,” The London Telegraph reported.
"These girls were given power that any teenager would have completely abused. They were untouchable; they were invincible. The rules did not apply to them," said their former coach, Michaela Ward, 26, who quit in disgust and touched off a $40,000 investigation.
A “Newsweek” article revealed the Fab Five at Dallas’ McKinney North High School:
Posted a MySpace.com photo of a bikini-clad teen sharing a bottle of alcohol with a friend.
Another photo showed five smiling cheerleaders in a Condoms to Go store, posing with large candles shaped like penises; at least one of them appears to be simulating fellatio.
Told teachers to shut up, when corrected about using a cell phone in class. Cheated on tests and skipped school."
Got hold of a teacher’s mobile telephone and sent racy text messages to her husband and another coach.
Harry Jones, an attorney who interviewed 75 people and issued a 70 page report on their conduct, said, "I talked to a real good-looking football coach and he was obviously scared of them. He had taught inner-city school kids in San Francisco and he said gang members were nothing compared with these girls."
The principal has been dismissed with a $75,000 bonus and the girls have been kicked off the cheerleading squad, but not before their lives were tarnished and twisted.
This is a jarring view of parents who are creating a generation of undisciplined, spoiled, self-centered, mean, little rebels.
The prophet Isaiah’s words are appropriate for our generation: “I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient” (Isaiah 3:4).
The parents of these children get to keep their children, though they engaged in the very worst form of child abuse. They failed to teach children to respect and obey authority. The Bible says, “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord,” (Colossians 3:20).
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“Even after they turned up intoxicated at a school dance and posed for bawdy photographs in a condom shop wearing their cheerleader uniforms, disciplinary action was still a long way off,” The London Telegraph reported.
"These girls were given power that any teenager would have completely abused. They were untouchable; they were invincible. The rules did not apply to them," said their former coach, Michaela Ward, 26, who quit in disgust and touched off a $40,000 investigation.
A “Newsweek” article revealed the Fab Five at Dallas’ McKinney North High School:
Posted a MySpace.com photo of a bikini-clad teen sharing a bottle of alcohol with a friend.
Another photo showed five smiling cheerleaders in a Condoms to Go store, posing with large candles shaped like penises; at least one of them appears to be simulating fellatio.
Told teachers to shut up, when corrected about using a cell phone in class. Cheated on tests and skipped school."
Got hold of a teacher’s mobile telephone and sent racy text messages to her husband and another coach.
Harry Jones, an attorney who interviewed 75 people and issued a 70 page report on their conduct, said, "I talked to a real good-looking football coach and he was obviously scared of them. He had taught inner-city school kids in San Francisco and he said gang members were nothing compared with these girls."
The principal has been dismissed with a $75,000 bonus and the girls have been kicked off the cheerleading squad, but not before their lives were tarnished and twisted.
This is a jarring view of parents who are creating a generation of undisciplined, spoiled, self-centered, mean, little rebels.
The prophet Isaiah’s words are appropriate for our generation: “I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient” (Isaiah 3:4).
The parents of these children get to keep their children, though they engaged in the very worst form of child abuse. They failed to teach children to respect and obey authority. The Bible says, “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord,” (Colossians 3:20).
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Church Fire Set While Choir is Practicing
Church Fire Set While Choir is Practicing
Associated Press
January 8, 2007
CBNNews.com -- RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- A man walked into a church, doused a nativity scene with a flammable liquid and set it ablaze in front of a practicing choir, police said.
Robert Mills, 40, of San Pablo, was arrested Friday night while hiding in a park minutes after police said he walked into St. Cornelius Parish and announced he was going to set the church on fire.
Mills told everyone to leave but blocked the doorway until he began showering the sanctuary with the liquid, giving choir members a chance to escape, said Richmond Police Lt. Enos Johnson.
The fire destroyed the nativity scene, a lectern and carpeting, and caused extensive smoke damage. No one was injured.
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Associated Press
January 8, 2007
CBNNews.com -- RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- A man walked into a church, doused a nativity scene with a flammable liquid and set it ablaze in front of a practicing choir, police said.
Robert Mills, 40, of San Pablo, was arrested Friday night while hiding in a park minutes after police said he walked into St. Cornelius Parish and announced he was going to set the church on fire.
Mills told everyone to leave but blocked the doorway until he began showering the sanctuary with the liquid, giving choir members a chance to escape, said Richmond Police Lt. Enos Johnson.
The fire destroyed the nativity scene, a lectern and carpeting, and caused extensive smoke damage. No one was injured.
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