By Thomas E. Brewton The liberal media denounce Pope Benedict’s adherence to Biblical and historical truth as rigidity. They want pragmatism and flexibility, which amounts to moral relativism. Pope Benedict and Christianity stand accused of “divisiveness.” Liberals, along with Muslims, denounced the Pope last September when he spoke at the University of Regensburg. The...
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“Corporations that once boasted about their Republican ties are busily hiring Democratic lobbyists. And industries worried about reprisals from the new Democrats-in-charge, especially the pharmaceutical industry, are sending out woe-is-me memos and hoping their GOP connections will protect them in the crunch.”
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I just read this Associated Press story on the Michael Richards fiasco. This thing is getting better by the minute. Let me comment on this story as written…. The title is “Men Seek Apology From Ex-’Seinfeld’ Star.†This really means Christmas is coming and they want money for some 42†plasma televisions and High-Def...
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Shi’ite militiamen yesterday doused six Sunni Arabs with kerosene and burned them alive as Iraqi soldiers stood by, amid attacks on mosques that left 19 other Sunnis dead.
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Hamas’ leader said Saturday his group was willing to give peace negotiations with Israel six months to reach an agreement for a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank, but threatened a new uprising if the talks fail.
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The largest extinction in Earth’s history not only wiped out 95 percent of sea creatures and 70 percent of land animals, it also gave the oceans a fundamental “face lift,” according to a new study.
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As the deadliest poison known to man was revealed to have killed Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko, the question last night was: How many more lives could it claim?
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by Jim Kouri, CPP A grand jury indicted Noshir Gowadia, a Northrop Grumman engineer, for allegedly selling military secrets to China, Israel, Germany, and Switzerland. Gowadia, an Indian-born engineer who worked for 18 years at Northrop Grumman is possibly facing the death penalty if convicted. The federal grand jury handed down the 18-count federal...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Terrorist groups need significant amounts of money to organize, recruit, train, and equip adherents and recruits. The disruption of terrorist financing by the United States can raise the costs and risks and impede their success. US efforts to combat terrorist financing abroad include a number of interdependent activities–terrorist designations, intelligence...
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The NHL and the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed off on allowing movie producers to use the league and team logos in a film about a gay ex-hockey player. From the Toronto Star: Actor Tom Cavanaugh plays a gay ex-Leaf in a comedy film Breakfast With Scot currently being shot in the GTA and...
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Shelly Barreras says sometimes you have to do whatever it takes, in a peaceful way, to get results, especially when you’re dealing with government. New Mexico Governor Richardson has apparently reneged on a promise to help the Barreras family recover $15,000 collected by the state as child support from Steve Barreras, for a child...
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 Dental amalgam safe  Most of us have our share of metal in our mouths. “I’ve got a lot of fillings. I have fillings that have been removed and replaced twice,” Susan Stillman says. But are they safe? She doesn’t think they’re a problem. Dentists have been using silver fillings for more than...
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 ATTEMPT TO CRIMINALIZE SUSPICION OF MUSLIMS Kudos to US Airways. Risking fines and a boycott, it did the right thing this week by removing a group of Muslim men from a flight to protect its crew and passengers. By most accounts, the six bearded men were behaving suspiciously at a time when airports...
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 PA: Robber shot and killed by victim: “A 19-year-old Philadelphia man was shot and killed after he tried to rob another man early yesterday in the 1600 block of West Susquehanna Street, police said. The robber approached from behind as the man left a bar near 15th Street, police said. The robber stuck...
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