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10/40 Window Sunday 2009 – Mobilizing Prayer for the Most UnReached People on the Planet

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:55 PM PDT

Contact: LaTonya Pegues, 719-522-1040; www.WIN1040.com MEDIA ADVISORY, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- 10/40 Window Sunday 2009. WHAT IS IT? An opportunity to make an eternal impact in an area of the globe where most of the people have yet to hear and respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "10/40 Window Sunday" is designated as the first Sunday of every October (4 OCT 2009) and is an opportunity for local churches around the world to receive a special missions offering that is ta Source: Window International Network


Lawsuit seeks larger Houseunder ‘one person, one vote’

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:44 PM PDT

Complaint says provision freezing sizeat 435 members violates Constitution


IAEA: All Iran Needs Now is a Nuke Delivery System

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:53 PM PDT

A "secret annex" to a report by the IAEA says Iran is currently able to build a nuclear bomb. Russia and America spar over a meeting with Iran.


Report: ‘Dutch Facebook’ rife with anti-Semitism, blood libel

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Dutch social media sites are rife with anti-Semitism linked to Israel, according to a new report compiled by Dutch and Israeli monitors who study online discussions. ...


Top IDF officer: Iran has taken over Hezbollah

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:30 PM PDT

A senior Israel Defense Forces officer said Thursday that all five incidents of rocket fire from southern Lebanon into Israel since the end of the 2006 Second Lebanon War have been carried out in absolute defiance of Hezbollah directives and that Iran had taken control over the Lebanese militia. ...


Obama Interrupted at University of Maryland by ‘Pro Life Moderate’ Yelling: ‘Liar!’

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:26 PM PDT

Contact: Joseph Landry, Operation Rescue Insurrecta Nex, 904-687-9804 COLLEGE PARK, MD, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Obama's speech was interrupted today by Andrew Beacham, 26, member of Operation Rescue Insurrecta Nex, saying, "You are a liar! Your health care kills children! Abortion is murder! And you are a murderer! Insurrecta Nex!" Andrew Beacham, of Arlington, VA, has been arrested "prophesying" to Mr. Obama at Notre Dame's commencement; to the senate judici Source: Society for Truth and Justice


Maxine Waters Under Investigation

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:22 PM PDT

A senior member of the congressional committee handling the financial crisis is being investigated for steering federal bailout funds to a questionable bank because she and her board member husband had deep financial ties to it.

Months after the media exposed the shady deal involving prominent California Democrat Maxine Waters, the House Ethics Committee is finally investigating the veteran lawmaker's controversial intervention on behalf of her husband's failing Massachusetts bank. As a result, the financial institution (OneUnited) received $12 million in federal bailout funds. 

Waters pressured Treasury officials to bail out the minority-owned bank whose executives have donated heavily to her political campaigns. At the time she and her husband, Sidney Williams, held big financial stakes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in OneUnited and her husband had just been the bank's director and still served on its board.  

The conflict was so blatant that even the scandal-plagued chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, her good buddy Barney Frank, urged Waters to "stay out of it," assuring her that he would see to it that her precious bank got bailout money. Earlier this year Judicial Watch uncovered documents that Congress, especially Frank, for years ignored corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac so it's not surprising that he took no action when Waters ignored his suggestion.  

The OneUnited case was hardly the first time that Waters, California's most influential black lawmaker, used her political clout to benefit her family financially. In 2004 Waters' hometown newspaper reported that her relatives made more than $1 million by doing business with companies, candidates and causes that the well-connected and powerful congresswoman had helped. 

Waters has also made international headlines for her frequent trips to communist Cuba to visit her convicted cop-assassin friend, Joanne Chesimard, who is also known by her Black Panther name of Assata Shakur. Chesimard was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted by a jury of the 1979 murder of a New Jersey State Trooper. With the help of fellow cult members, she escaped from jail and fled to Cuba. 

Outraged U.S. lawmakers insisted she be extradited but Waters always stood by her side, likening the cop-assassin to civil rights leader Martin Luther King. In fact, she wrote Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro a letter to ensure that she was not part of the group of U.S. legislators who voted for a resolution to extradite the cop murderer. Waters told Castro that she opposed extradition because Chesimard was "politically persecuted" in the U.S. and simply seeking political asylum in Havana, where she still lives.

Will Obama greet Muslims on Capitol Hill? – September 17

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:49 PM PDT

A political activist and former GOP presidential candidate says he wonders whether President Barack Obama — who essentially spurned Christians on the National Day of Prayer — will give a special greeting to a Muslim gathering scheduled later this month on Capitol Hill.  The event, called “Islam on Capitol Hill 2009,” will take place on Friday, [...]


‘Dr. Dino’ allowed to buy back seized property

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:41 PM PDT

Creation-science evangelist serves prison term as ministry looks to future


Obama Tries Ditching ACORN

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:25 PM PDT

Now that he's settled into the White House, Barack Obama is shamelessly attempting to distance himself from the notoriously corrupt leftwing community group that helped him get elected. 

The scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), well known for voter fraud, embezzlement and cooking the books, endorsed Obama and fought hard to get him elected. Not surprising considering the taxpayer-funded group has strong Democratic Party ties (Howard Dean and Bill Clinton praise its activism) and Obama proudly worked for it as a community organizer in Chicago. 

In 2008 Obama's presidential campaign paid ACORN more than $800,000 for services such as polling, advance work and staging major events. A Pittsburgh newspaper later reported that Obama covertly amended Federal Election Commission reports to say that the money went to so-called "get-out-the-vote" projects rather than the polling activities. The campaign responded to the article by claiming it had "mistakenly misrepresented" the services in federal reports. 

The close ties between Obama and ACORN are undeniable and well documented but lately the radical community group has become a publicity nightmare for the president and he conveniently wants the relationship to vanish, similar to the way he unsuccessfully tried to cut off his controversial, racially divisive longtime pastor and friend (Jeremiah Wright) during the presidential election.  

Recent ACORN highlights include a congressional investigation deeming it a criminal enterprise, countless voter registration fraud probes nationwide, the guilty plea of a high-ranking official for organizing a scheme that illegally paid workers (including "lazy crack heads") to register voters, housing fraud and videotapes of ACORN employees advising a prostitute and pimp on how to skirt housing and tax laws. 

The scandals led the U.S. Census Bureau to eliminate ACORN as a community partner for the 2010 count, the Democratic-led Senate to recently cut its funding and California's governor to call for an investigation of the group's widespread fraud in his state. 

No wonder Obama wants to pretend he doesn't have strong ties to ACORN. At this week's White House press briefing, Obama's trusted spokesman condemned the group's conduct as "unacceptable" and assured the "administration takes accountability extremely seriously." Oh, and he pointed out that previous administrations have given ACORN plenty of tax dollars. 

Speaking of, just a few months ago ACORN got multi billion-dollar infusion for "neighborhood stabilization activities" from Obama's economic recovery bill that was supposed to create jobs and stimulate the faltering economy. 

Disgrace in The Hague

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:15 PM PDT

There's a name on every bullet, and there's someone responsible for every crime. The Teflon cloak Israel has wrapped around itself since Operation Cast Lead has been ripped off, once and for all, and now the difficult questions must be faced. It has become superfluous to ask whether war crimes were committed in Gaza, because authoritative and clear-cut answers have already been given. So the follow-up question has to be addressed: Who's to blame? If war crimes were committed in Gaza, it follows that there are war criminals at large among us. They must be held accountable and punished. This is the harsh conclusion to be drawn from the detailed United Nations report. ...


Foreign Ministry Slams British Boycott

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:03 PM PDT

Israel's foreign ministry criticizes British union's boycott of Israel, MK Tibi approves.


Aaron Klein on Fox News Business Network

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:57 AM PDT

Show airs live at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City


UN must hold Obama to same standard as Israel

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Some two weeks ago American airplanes fired on two oil tankers in northern Afghanistan. It was a German officer who'd asked the U.S. air force to attack the tankers in the middle of the night, in a populated area. The attack was successful - the two tankers were hit, went up in flames and were destroyed. But the overwhelming American-German air attack killed some 70 people. Some of those brought to hospitals were severely injured - with mutilated faces, burned hands and charred bodies. ...


U.K. labor unions back Israel boycott in wake of Gaza war

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT

British labor unions on Thursday agreed to support a boycott of some Israeli goods in response to the offensive in Gaza last winter. ...


Israelis in India warned of possible Al-Qaida attack – Jerusalem Post

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Israel: Iran’s Nuclear Program a Threat to World Peace – Fox

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Suicide bombers use U.N. disguise in Somali attack – CNN

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Gold Rises to Record Settlement Price on Inflation Concern – Bloomberg

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

U.S. housing starts, permits touch 9 month high – Reuters

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

US says forces to employ Israeli ‘Arrow’ in missile system – Ynet

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Top IDF officer: Iran has taken over Hezbollah – Haaretz

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:19 AM PDT

GMC Renews ‘Four: Southern Gospel’s Best’ Series

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:15 AM PDT

Season Two Production Begins This Week @ NQC '09 in Louisville Contact: Jim Weiss, Gospel Music Channel, 770-692-4579 ATLANTA, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The heavenly harmonies of quartets will continue to be a part of the Gospel Music Channel (www.gospelmusicchannel.com) television network's programming schedule as GMC has renewed Four: Southern Gospel's Best for a second season, it was announced today. The series features performances by the top names and future stars of Southe Source: GMC


Family Films are Killing R-rated Movies

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Contact: T. Scott, OregonFaithReport, 503-644-1300 OREGON, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The summer blockbusters are over and the box office results are in -- family friendly films are killing R-rated movies in the pocketbook as reported by OregonFaithReport. Only one Rated-R film, The Hangover, made the top 10 box office list. The next highest grossing Rated-R film, The Watchmen, came in at a distant #18 on the list. The money gap comes at a time when Hollywood is undergoing historic Source: Oregon Faith Report


Samaria Town Gets a Synagogue after 18 Years

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:59 AM PDT

The Samaria town of Revava has completed its synagogue after 18 years.


On Eve of Values Voters Summit, Rasmussen Poll Shows Widespread Opposition to Government Funding of Abortion in Health Care Reform

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:53 AM PDT

National Poll Released Today Echoes Recent Public Opinion Strategies Poll Commissioned by the Susan B. Anthony List Contact: Joy Yearout, Susan B. Anthony List, 703-380-6674, jyearout@sba-list.org WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today the Susan B. Anthony List commented on the results of a nationwide poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports on government funding for abortion in health care reform.    "Today's Rasmussen poll should remind lawmakers that incl Source: Susan B. Anthony List


Goldstone: Commanders who broke laws in Gaza must stand trial

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:37 AM PDT

The head of a United Nations commission that charged Israel with committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip during its offensive there earlier last winter wrote Thursday that soldiers and commanders must be held accountable for serious violations during the fighting. ...


Former Minister Arens on Saying No to Obama

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:28 AM PDT

Former minister Moshe Arens talks about the UN's latest criticism of Israel, and discusses the need to say "no" to Obama.


Some Injustices of the Child-Support System

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Did you know that alleged "child support" has nothing to do with supporting a child because the mother has no obligation to spend even one dollar of it on a child, and in many cases none of the "support" money ever gets to a child because it goes to fa...


Hamas-Shalit Present Swap Delayed

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:36 AM PDT

Shalit activists hoped to exchange a present for the kidnapped soldier with gifts for Hamas prisoners, but the swap was postponed.


British Unions Call to Boycott Jewish Goods from Judea/Samaria

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:22 AM PDT

The British Trades Union has issued a call for a boycott of goods made by Israel in Judea and Samaria.


Will Dialogue Promoter Notre Dame Jail Pro-Lifers? ‘Drop Charges’ Petition Launched by Catholic Student Group

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:00 AM PDT

Contact: John Ritchie, Tradition Family Property Student Action, 717-495-5427 HANOVER, Penn., Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Tradition Family Property Student Action launched an online petition yesterday urging Fr. John I. Jenkins, president of Notre Dame, to drop trespassing charges levied against eighty-eight pro-life advocates who entered university property during the 2009 commencement address of President Obama. Among those arrested are Ambassador Alan Keyes, Fr. Norman Weslin, an Source: TFP Student Action


Wake-Up Calls to Pakistani Government Go Unheeded with Deadly Results

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:51 AM PDT

Advocates International and Jubilee Campaign Plead with Pakistan to End the Unlawful Impunity, Police Brutality and Religious Persecution Caused by its Blasphemy Laws Contact: Samuel B. Casey, Advocates International, 703-624-4092, sbcasey@advocatesinternational.org WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- In the shocking light of the horrific police torture and falsely alleged "suicide" in police custody of a falsely accused Pakistani Christian, Fanish Robert, this past week in t Source: Advocates International


Goldstone rejects cries of bias in Gaza war probe

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:34 AM PDT

The head of a United Nations commission that charged Israel with committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip during its offensive there earlier this year denied on Thursday that his investigative team had set out on a biased mission. ...


Sukkot to Save Judea and Samaria from Building Freeze

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:29 AM PDT

Residents of Judea and Samaria are encouraged to build the traditional Sukkot booths – and to leave them up after the holiday ends.


JW Uncovers Documents from Treasury Related to Government-Brokered Acquisition of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:25 AM PDT

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered documents from the Treasury Department related to the March 2008 government-brokered acquisition of Wall Street firm Bear Stearns by JP Morgan Chase and Co. The documents include "confidential" term sheets describing the deal, released to the public for the first time, along with behind-the-scenes email correspondence between Treasury officials indicating that JP Morgan officials believed Bear Stearns to be "nearly worthless" just hours before the acquisition deal was announced. The documents were obtained by Judicial Watch in response to a December 8, 2008, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

On Sunday, March 16, 2008, JP Morgan announced that it had acquired troubled Wall Street firm Bear Stearns for a price of $2 per share, a fraction of the firm's $30 market price on Friday, March 14. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NY FRB) supported the deal with $30 billion in funding at the direction of then-Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson.

In addition to the "confidential" term sheets uncovered by Judicial Watch, the documents also include email correspondence indicating that the acquisition of Bear Stearns was very much in doubt just hours before the deal was announced to the press on Sunday night, March 16. According to an email sent Sunday morning by NY FRB official Michael Holscher to then-head of the NY FRB and current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, entitled "JPM Findings":

JPM [JP Morgan] has discovered a large (50bn) structured mortgage position funded by BSC [Bear Stearns Capital], as well as other risk positions that are making them balk on the deal. I have asked for a report on their findings to assess the exposures. They also indicated that BSC's risk positions are exactly what JPM has avoided in recent years. They estimate the book value of the firm to be nearly worthless...and that risks on other unknowns are to the downside. They inquired about options that the federal government may have to bail out/purchase BSC, we indicated that options are extremely limited.

Ultimately JP Morgan received the guarantees it needed from the Treasury Department to consummate the deal to obtain the "worthless" Bear Stearns later that evening. These FOIA documents were initially withheld from Judicial Watch in March and were only released after an administrative appeal to the Treasury Department. Nonetheless, Treasury has redacted information from many of these new documents and withheld many documents in their entirety. Separately, Judicial Watch is pursuing a FOIA lawsuit for Vern McKinley, who is seeking documents on the government's contention that a Bear Sterns' collapse would have caused a "contagion" in the financial system. This lawsuit was highlighted in a September 13 editorial in The Wall Street Journal.

"The public has a right to know the full truth about the federal government's unprecedented intervention into the financial markets, and that is what we are delivering through our open records requests. These Treasury documents, despite the improper redactions, provide a fascinating backdrop to the Bear Stearns deal, and what a scam it was. The federal government's $30 billion Bear Stearns bailout was designed to help stave off chaos in the financial markets. And this bailout did nothing to stave off the economic crisis. Since Bear Stearns, the federal government has committed trillions of taxpayer dollars to prop up other 'worthless' financial institutions with no end in sight," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Documents Uncovered

South Korea to buy Israeli radar system – Jerusalem Post

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Obama Delays Afghanistan Troop Decision as Criticism Deepens – Bloomberg

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Will security concerns darken Google’s government cloud? – Computer World

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Discover How You Can Take Back America in St. Louis Next Week

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 07:18 AM PDT

Contact: Jannique Stewart, 954-817-1196; www.HowToTakeBackAmerica.org ST. LOUIS, Sept. 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The "How to Take Back America" conference is taking place in St. Louis on Friday, September 25 & Saturday, September 26 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. "Town Halls and Tea Parties are only the beginning--now it's time for training," said Janet (Folger) Porter, President of Faith2Action, who is co-chairman of the How to Take Back America Conference with Phyllis Schlafly Source: Faith2Action


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