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United Kingdom National Health Service Raises a ‘Red Flag’ about ObamaCare

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:46 AM PDT


Contact: Liberty Counsel Public Relations Department, 800-671-1776 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- To understand what ObamaCare would mean to Americans, all we have to do is look to the United Kingdom's National Health Service, which provides universal healthcare. The news headlines in the past two years reveal long waits, rationed care, bureaucracy, and even deaths caused by the failed system. Member of Parliament Daniel Hannan recently said, "If you want to see what a Source: Liberty Counsel


UN official: Evidence that Israel abused rights in Gaza

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:38 AM PDT


There is significant evidence that Israeli forces violated international law and human rights in their invasion of Gaza between late December and mid-January, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday. ...


Massachusetts health authorities deputizing dentists, paramedics, and pharmacists to help administer vaccines – Boston.com

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:21 AM PDT

US Builds Crime Cases on Clients of UBS – NY Times

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:21 AM PDT

U.S. tests technology to break foreign Web censorship – Reuters

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:21 AM PDT

All Children Are Above Average

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:08 AM PDT


A long-running radio variety program is about a town called Lake Wobegon where "all children are above average." That is statistically impossible, of course, but the Lake Wobegon effect seems to have been adopted by schools and colleges through what i...


UN rights chief: Evidence that Israel abused rights in Gaza

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 08:03 AM PDT


There is significant evidence that Israeli forces violated international law and human rights in their invasion of Gaza between late December and mid-January, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday. ...


66% Oppose Mexican Trucks On U.S. Highways

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:51 AM PDT

Athiest Bus Ads Create Free Speech Debate in Iowa

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:12 AM PDT


A dispute about bus advertisements seeking to publicize atheist views has touched off a free speech debate after the signs were torn down - then posted again - on the sides of Des Moines city buses.


Travel: Mount Gilboa-Once Cursed, Now Blooming

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:08 AM PDT


The Bible jumps out of the stones and earth wherever you look from this historic mountain in northern Israel.


Assad to visit Iran to congratulate Ahmadinejad

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:06 AM PDT


Syrian President Bashar Assad was scheduled to embark on an official visit to Tehran next week, during which he was expected to congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his recent election victory. This visit marks Assad's fourth such trip since Ahmadinejad first rose to power in 2005. ...


Manson Follower ‘Squeaky’ Fromme Out of Prison

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:42 AM PDT


The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars, a prison official said.


Palestinian PM to Haaretz: It’s not our business whether Israel is Jewish

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:38 AM PDT


Israel's character is it's own business. It is not up to the Palestinians to define it, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Thursday, when asked about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. ...


Possible release of Lockerbie bomber revives debate

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:00 AM PDT


Families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing stood sharply divided on Thursday over reports that the former Libyan agent jailed for life for the attack is to be freed on compassionate grounds. ...


Hezbollah to mark 3 years since its ‘victory over Israel’

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:00 AM PDT


Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was scheduled to give an address Friday evening in Beirut to mark three years since the Lebanese militia's "victory over Israel" in the 2006 Second Lebanon War. ...


Russia: Mystery Deepens Over Missing Cargo Ship – Moscow times

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Medvedev, Merkel to focus on energy, investment at Sochi talks – Novosti

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

North Korea Willing to Hold Talks With U.S. – Fox

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Fires force 2,400 from homes in Calif. – USA Today

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Taliban chiefs agree ceasefire deals for Afghan presidential election – Guardian

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Clinton’s Africa trip highlights importance US attaches to the continent – Deutsche Welle

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Taiwan president: Typhoon killed about 500 – Thousands still homeless – MSNBC

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

The 14 Lies Blocking Peace in the Middle East – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:34 AM PDT


(Note: After opening, adjust font in upper right.) Israel’s enemies around the world have poisoned the debate with their smoke and mirrors. If a Martian were suddenly to land on earth and start listening to and reading the mainstream media, he would form the impression that the entire Middle East conflict were due to Israel building some [...]


A Reading From Ezekiel Emanuel – American Spectator – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:26 AM PDT


The writings of Obama health advisor Ezekiel Emanuel provide some insight into how our current crop of central planners might well be intending to accomplish these seemingly conflicting goals. Last year in Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, Emanuel wrote that “Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing [...]


Obama’s America is not delivering the goods

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:25 AM PDT


With great sorrow and deep consternation, we hereby declare the death of the latest hope. Perhaps rumors of its death are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase the famous quote by Mark Twain, but the fears are being validated day after day. Barack Obama's America is not delivering the goods. Sharing a glass of beer with a racist cop and a pat on the back of Hugo Chavez are not what we hoped for; wholesale negotiations on freezing settlement construction are also not what we expected. Just over six months after the most promising president of all began his term, perhaps hope has a last breath left, but it is on its deathbed. ...


Obamacare’s backroom deal – Washington Times – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:19 AM PDT


So much for transparency in government health care President Obama promised that all health care negotiations would be public. Over the course of a year, at campaign appearances, on national TV shows and to newspaper editorial boards, he said that he wanted to “shame” politicians and lobbyists who might otherwise give good deals to drug or [...]


School prayer charges stir protests – Washington Times – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:16 AM PDT


Educators face jail in Florida Students, teachers and local pastors are protesting over a court case involving a northern Florida school principal and an athletic director who are facing criminal charges and up to six months in jail over their offer of a mealtime prayer. There have been yard signs, T-shirts and a mass student protest during [...]


J Street’s Moslem, Arab Donors are Revealed

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:15 AM PDT


J Street political action committee, billing itself as pro-Israel and pro-peace, received tens of thousands of dollars in Arab & Muslim donations.


Pace of stimulus spending plummets – Washington Times – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:12 AM PDT


Stimulus bill spending has slowed to a trickle, despite President Obama’s June order to his Cabinet to speed it up. The average stimulus spending per week has dropped severely, to just $4.2 billion over the past month from $9.7 billion during the prior four months. The government spent $2.9 billion in the week ending Aug. 7. Taxpayer [...]


How ethics disappear – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:09 AM PDT


Gosh, what a surprise: A committee of their fellow senators has decided that Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad did nothing unethical when they took out loans from Countrywide Financial on the kind of favorable terms not available to us mere mortals without their financial or political standing — or a personal connection to the head [...]


Gazan and West Bank ‘leaders’ come clean, but Obama is still playing deaf – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:07 AM PDT


A central pillar of the Obama administration’s Middle East policy paradigm was shattered at the Fatah conference in Bethlehem — but don’t expect the White House to notice. At the conference, Fatah’s supposedly feuding old guard and young guard were united in their refusal to reach an accommodation with Israel. Both old and young endorsed [...]


A Message to President Obama: Peace in the Middle-East Inseparably Linked to Peace for the Coptic Christians of Egypt

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:05 AM PDT


Contact: Magdi Khalil, 202-725-3091; Mounir Bishay, 310-641-3387 MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is an open letter to the President from a Coalition of Coptic Organizations: Dear President Obama, Your speech to the Islamic World from Cairo on June 4, 2009 was historic. You were the first American President to identify and to address the plight of Egypt's Coptic Christians by name. Now you have the chance to translate your words into actions. On August Source: Christian Copts of California


‘Hate crimes’ brings pro-’gay’ cash to your town – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:11 AM PDT


The probable new “hate crimes” law may lead to prosecution of pastors, Christian leaders and even “Joe-Christian-on-the-street” for having the wrong opinion about homosexuality or cross-dressing. A lesser-discussed evil twin product of this legislation, however, is federally financed youth and police indoctrination programs. The House and Senate versions of the bills (H.R. 1913 and S. 909) [...]


Arab states seek int’l inspection of Israel’s nuclear program

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:08 AM PDT


Arab states are lobbying the European Union for support in their ...


Forty College Students Converge in Nation’s Capital this Saturday as They Finish Summer Long Walk from California to Washington, DC to Testify to America’s Pro-Life Beliefs

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 04:00 AM PDT


Outpouring from Thousands Proves Administration is Out of Touch with Mainstream American Values; Federal Employee Harasses Walkers Contact: Dave Bathon, Crossroads, 574-261-2398, dave@crossroadswalk.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- This Saturday, August 15, 40 young people from colleges around the country will converge as their 3 simultaneous cross-country walks across America conclude in Washington, D.C. With a group called Crossroads, they experienced firsthand the reali Source: Crossroads Pro-Life


The “Preventive Care” Myth – Charles Krauthammer – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:59 AM PDT


In the 48 hours of June 15-16, President Obama lost the health care debate. First, a letter from the Congressional Budget Office to Sen. Edward Kennedy reported that his health committee’s reform bill would add $1 trillion in debt over the next decade. Then the CBO reported that the other Senate bill, being written by [...]


The Etiquette Czar’s Rules for Patriotic Protest – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:55 AM PDT


The White House press office is now Miss Manners’ office. President Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, took to the television airwaves this week to criticize congressional town hall protesters for “yelling.” Gibbs’ underling, Bill Burton, chastised voters not to “disrupt” and “scream.” Instead, he advised America to engage in a “spirited debate about health care, [...]


Secular Group Decries ‘Hareidi Kotel Takeover’

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:53 AM PDT


'Jerusalemites' group complains that the women's prayer area was reduced in size, men and women are separated in the external courtyard.


National Union: Katz vs. Netanyahu, Ben-Ari vs. Ministers

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:53 AM PDT


MK Katz writes to Prime Minister, decrying his persecution of Judea/Samaria Jews; MK Ben-Ari castigates ministers for going along with the PM.


More Obama PR will not a successful Mideast policy make – August 14

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:36 AM PDT


After running into a dead end in its efforts to jump-start Middle East peace talks, the Obama administration has signaled that it has evaluated the situation and understands that not all is well. But instead of a course correction, senior administration officials have decided that what they need to do is to deploy their most [...]


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