Advent is the time of preparing ourselves for Christmas to celebrate the coming of Christ Jesus for our salvation. It’s also a time for watchful awaiting the Second Coming. For her sermon today at the Cohocton (New York) United Methodist Church, Rev. Karin Porch’s text was Mark 13:1-37. Her focal points were, first, a...
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Health Report: A Possible Cure for Down’s Syndrome? Smoking & Cognitive Decline Calcium & Vitamin D & Breast Cancer Risk  “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Last Updated:  11/30/2008 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute...
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The lamestream media told you: Experts say our economy must be retooled. Economic leaders are meeting to discuss how to save the economy. The auto industry must be bailed out and saved so it can operate, say insiders. We need more hundreds of billions of dollars to save the planet, or the country, or...
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The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, has criticized recent anti-Israel statements by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, the current president of the United Nations General Assembly. D’Escoto had likened Israel’s actions vis-a-vis the Palestinians to “the apartheid of an earlier era” and called on the international community to consider stricter...
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Institute of Robotics in Scandinavia (iRobis) has announced commercial availability of Brainstorm®, the world’s first “complete cognitive software system for robots”. The system turns robots into self-developing, adaptive, problem-solving, “thinking” machines. The system automatically writes control programs for any robot on which it is installed, dramatically shortening development time and cost. The same technology...
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As Indian forces for a third day continued to root out terrorists responsible for a wave of deadly attacks across Mumbai, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), which maintains an office in Mumbai and is in close contact with Indian government and Jewish community officials, issued the following statement: The outlines of the terrorist attacks...
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For more than six decades, the FBI has stationed agents and other personnel overseas to help protect Americans back home by building relationships with principal law enforcement, intelligence, and services around the globe and facilitating a prompt and continuous exchange of information. Today, the FBI has Legal Attaché offices — commonly known as Legats...
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Yesterday, the National Council of La Raza, MALDEF and other organizations held yet another news conference to try to silence the immigration policy debate in this country, reports the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR claims this outrageous behavior is part of a calculated strategy initiated after the defeat of the Senate’s immigration...
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Our mainstream media has been in panic mode for a couple of months, and in its continuing consternation, has clamored for the President Elect to rush, first and foremost, into naming his economic team. “Hurry up, and you better be picking some guys who understand numbers and the economy. We want experts. The best...
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These people are, after all, the standard bearers for the Democrat Party, which for nearly a century has built its own political empire on the backs of the downtrodden. Not truly helping them, the Democrat machine has instead been diligently keeping them in just such a predicament in order to prove itself their indispensable...
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Gangs of heavily armed gunmen stormed several Indian hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India’s financial capital. The suspects killed at least 78 people and wounded another 200, according to US embassy officiala. The gunmen were specifically targeting Britons and Americans and may be...
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A physicist in Newport News, Va., has pleaded guilty today to charges that he illegally exported space launch technical data and defense services to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and offered bribes to Chinese government officials. The guilty plea was announced today by Dana Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of...
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Both our media and our politicians tell us that it is a terrible time to rear children. As parents, we are tempted to sing, “Why can’t they be like we were, perfect in every way?†We understand totally when one novelist says, “What a chance we take when we raise children. What a terrible...
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Many years ago, Didymus Mutasa said that they (Zanu PF) would be quite happy if the population fell to 6 million people who would then support the Party in its ambitions. At the time the population was probably just over 12 million and most thought these were the remarks by someone who did not...
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We read the headline on a story buried deep on a back page related to Texas indictments on Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, but we don’t bother reading further. What’s the point? Surely the story is related to Guantanamo Bay, or some other absurdity these guys were involved in....
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While the reporters and editors at CNN profess to support working men and women, it appears that behind the scenes they’ve treated their own workers poorly. The Honorable Arthur J. Amchan, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a decision detailing how the Cable News Network, or CNN America, Inc.,...
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Children often get caught in the middle of bitter arguments between separated and divorced parents during the holidays and are compelled to take sides. Holidays can intensify parental conflict and leave children feeling responsible during a time that should be filled with joy and wonderment. Parents need to learn to resolve their differences before...
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I’ve already explained the problematical economics and ethics of a federal bailout for the Big Three (see “A Bailout for Detroit“). The demise of the pillar of metro Detroit’s economy saddens meâ€â€ÂI’m from there; in fact, I was once a janitor for Chrysler. If there can be any profit from this pending tragedy, it...
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At 10:30pm on November 23, 2008, near the airport in McGregor, Texas, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) tested their new Falcon 9 rocket at full thrust for nearly 3 minutes (160 seconds). The engineers then shut down two of the nine engines  in order to limit potential damage to the launch pad â€â€Â...
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Although Israel briefly lifted its blockade of crossings in the Gaza Strip today, United Nations (UN) officials warn that a further blockade could lead to dire consequences for some 750,000 Gazans who rely on UN food aid. Israel blockaded the Gaza Strip in early November, preventing access for UN aid workers and journalists. The...
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