Archive for June, 2007
Posted in June 29th, 2007
WorldNetDaily
The military has launched an investigation into the discovery of a liquid metal that appeared to be mercury in a package of ground beef sold to a former Green Beret by a base store at Homestead Air Force Reserve Base in Florida.
“What troops consume is very important,” Judd Anstey, a spokesman [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Dailymail-UK
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic – so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
His scientists claim an underwater ridge near the North Pole is really part of Russia’s continental shelf.
One newspaper printed a map of the “new [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the firing of U.S. attorneys.
His decision was denounced as “Nixonian stonewalling” by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Bush rejected subpoenas for documents from former presidential counsel Harriet Miers and [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Associated Press
The drought that has plagued Australia for seven years appears to be slowly breaking, all major international models show.
A report from the Bureau of Meteorology, released on Wednesday, shows renewed signs of a La Nina being declared in the coming months.
Southern Australia has suffered under an El Nino drought for [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
The Hill
The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using taxpayer dollars to impose the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters who feature conservative radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
By a vote of 309-115, lawmakers amended the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s immigration plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the Senate on Thursday, crushing both parties’ hopes of addressing the volatile issue before the 2008 elections. The Senate vote to drive a stake through the delicate compromise was a stinging setback [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) – Farmed seafood has now joined tires, toothpaste and toy trains on the list of tainted and defective products from China that could be hazardous to a person’s health.
Federal health officials said Thursday they were detaining three types of Chinese fish – catfish, basa and dace – as well [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
By T.M. Moore
C. S. Lewis once wrote, “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” That was undoubtedly a most apt metaphor in those rebuilding years following the Second World War; however, the notion of irrigating deserts doesn’t quite capture the nature of [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Christian Newswire
WICHITA, Kansas, June 28 /Christian Newswire/ — Attorney General Paul Morrison has announced that he is filing 19 misdemeanor charges against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller because he used a second physician that was not financially or legally unassociated with him, as required by law.
Operation Rescue has been reporting since [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
Fidelis
Tuesday’s appearance of Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will not convince conservative Christian voters to jettison their pro-life convictions.
Fidelis America PAC spokesman Brian Burch stated: “This is the second appearance of Rudy Giuliani at a Christian university in as many months, [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
The Barna Group
Ventura, CA) – When someone calls himself a Christian, what does he really mean? What does someone imply when they adopt the label “born again Christian?” A new national survey released by The Barna Group indicates that the terminology used by followers of Jesus Christ reflects a breadth of [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
By Rev. Robert Lynn
Before you read this article, I’d like you to do something. Take a few moments to think of three or four memorable meals you’ve enjoyed . . . welcome back. What came to mind? Perhaps an anniversary dinner at an elegant four-star restaurant that was a culinary triumph. Maybe a Thanksgiving feast [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
LifeSiteNews
CHANDLER, Arizona, June 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Written off by doctors as a hopeless “vegetable”, an Arizona man would not now be on his way to recovery from an accident caused by a marital quarrel if not for his family’s unrelenting struggle for his life.
The Arizona Republic reports that on Wednesday, [...]
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Posted in June 29th, 2007
King James Version
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
New International Version
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, [...]
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Posted in June 28th, 2007
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s office Wednesday, demanding documents and elevating the confrontation with President Bush over the administration’s warrant-free eavesdropping on Americans.
Separately, the Senate Judiciary Committee also is summoning Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to discuss the program and an array [...]
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