The Plain Truth

What Our readers are saying.. Share your views on our DISCUSSION BOARD

Newest message board threads:

Title

Author

Date

Click Here to go to The Plain Truth Discussion Board OR click on any headline above!

or try Atomz search

Inspector general wants hearing with fair judge

By Brian Fitzpatrick
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

 

Former Inspector General Gerald Walpin

A Washington Times editorial published September 1 suggests that District Judge Richard W. Roberts has not presided over Walpin's case with professional impartiality.

The editorial details extensive personal and professional ties between Roberts and Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, the boss of the Department of Justice lawyers defending the administration against Walpin's suit.

According to the Times, Roberts and Holder have been close personal friends for decades.

Read More

'Islamization' of Paris a Warning to the West

Dale Hurd

PARIS - Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force.

This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the private security. But the police have been ordered not to intervene.

It shows that even though some in the French government want to get tough with Muslims and ban the burqa, other parts of the French government continue to give Islam a privileged status.

An ordinary French citizen who has been watching the Islamization of Paris decided that the world needed to see what was happening to his city. He used a hidden camera to start posting videos on YouTube. His life has been threatened and so he uses the alias of "Maxime Lepante. "    MORE

Labor Day Weekend Headlines Sept 3,4,5 2010

 

 

PAPER: New Oval Office rug gets history wrong!

 

Headlines from ReverseSpins.com

 

Jobless Rate Rises, Republicans Press Obama to 'Change Course'-9/3

Laid-Off Temporary Census Workers Account for 43.6 Percent of Increase in Unemployed Americans-9/3

More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich-9/3

Fears grow over global food supply-9/3

Report: Ground Zero Mosque Investor Contributed to Designated Terror Group-9/3

Which is the real threat? Terrorism or China?-9/3

Joe Arpaio: Why is Obama administration suing an outspoken Arizona sheriff?-9/3

Population Control Advocate Killed After Holding Hostages at Discovery Channel-9/2 "must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants"

Gunman's Environmental Grudges Well Known Before Discovery Channel Hostage Standoff-9/2 Was influenced by the Goracle and the book Ishmael. His inner gorilla was awakened. Editor

Left Frantically Spins Discovery Shooter's Radical Environmentalism - Will MSM Follow Suit?-9/2

Sterilize the Unfit Says British Professor-9/2

Investors Head for Bunkers, Driving Up 'Shelter Shares' and survivalist stocks-9/2

U.S. files new suit on Ariz. immigration issue-9/1

Arizona Now Has ‘Whopping 30’ National Guard Troops and 15 Billboard Signs Warning Citizens About Drug Cartels Operating on Public Lands-9/2

Obama Labor Dept Shill Praises Hugo Chavez, Tells Students ‘Republicans Hate Latinos’-9/2

US Astronaut Posts Spectacular Photo Of Hurricane Earl From Space-9/1

Top Economist Warns Congress: Passing Pair of Union-Backed Bills Would Create a ‘Ponzi Scheme as Bad as Bernie Madoff’-9/1

Problem bank list climbs to 829-9/1

Obama Administration Reverses Course, Forbids Sale of 850,000 Antique Rifles-9/2

Whole Foods' John Mackey in USA Today on Health Care, the FTC, Unions, & More-9/1

The Clean Development Mechanism delivers the greatest green scam of all-8/30 Telegraph, Even the UN and the EU are wising up to the greenhouse gas scam, "the biggest environmental scandal in history", says Christopher Booker

Water, the miraculous proof of God's existence

By Bob Barney: Do you believe in a creator God? Did the universe arise from  chaos? Are there clues that prove that a DIVINE FORCE was behind the creation of the universe and what are they? Most atheists' arguments, arises from a deep Ignorance of Natural Law! Here is a small lesson on the Divine design behind water! Most of our  planet  is  covered with water. Oceans and seas make up three fourths of the earth's surface while the land itself contains countless numbers of rivers and lakes. The snow and ice on the planet  is water in its frozen form. A substantial part of the earth's water is in the sky, just as the Bible claims in Genesis chapter 1.

 

 

You see, every cloud contains millions–of tons of water in the form of vapor.  From time to time, some of this water vapor turns into drops of liquid and falls to the ground: in other words, it rains. Even the air you're breathing now contains water vapor. Life could not exist with water - everyone admits that, but are you aware that water itself has miraculous properties that without those properties, life could not exist on earth? The most comprehensive analysis of the suitability of water for life was to come from Lawrence Henderson, a professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry of Harvard University. In his book, "The Fitness of the Environment", which some were later to call "the most important scientific work of the first quarter of the 20th century", Henderson makes these observations about water:1) Except for water, every other known solids decrease in size as they grow colder. This is true of all known liquids as well: as their temperatures decrease, they lose volume. As volume decreases, density increases and thus the colder parts of the liquid become heavier.

 

This is why the solid forms of substances weigh more (by volume) than they when they are in liquid form. There is one case where this "law" is violated: water. Like other liquids, water contracts in volume as it grows colder, but it only does this down to a certain temperature (4°C) thereafter–unlike all other known liquids–it suddenly begins to expand and when it finally solidifies (freezes) it expands even more. As a result, "solid water" is lighter than "liquid water". According to the normal laws of physics, solid water, which is to say ice, ought to be heavier than liquid water and should sink to the bottom when it forms; instead, it floats. 2) When ice melts or water vaporizes, it absorbs heat from its surroundings. When these transitions are reversed (that is, when water freezes or vapor precipitates) heat is released. In physics the term "latent heat" is used to describe this.  All liquids have a latent heat of some sort or other but that of water is among the highest known. At "normal" temperatures, the only liquid whose latent heat when freezing is superior to that of water is ammonia. In terms of its latent heat properties at vaporization on the other hand, no other liquid can compare with water. 3) The "thermal capacity" of water, that is, the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of water by one degree, is higher than the great majority of other liquids. 4) The thermal conductivity of water, its ability to convey heat, is at least four times higher than any other liquid. 5) The thermal conductivity of ice and snow, on the other hand, is low. What does this mean?   Simply, the significance of each of them is enormous because life in general and our own life in particular is possible in this world just because these five properties are what they are. Let's now take a look at them one by one. Other liquids freeze from the bottom up; water freezes from the top down. This is the first unusual property of water mentioned above and it is crucial for the existence of water on the surface of the earth. Were it not for this property, that is, if ice didn't float, much of our planet's water would be locked up in ice and life would be impossible in its seas, lakes, ponds, and rivers.

 

How Cannibalism Became Communion

Cain thought he was the "Lord " since Eve exclaimed "I have gotten a man, a lord" (Gen.4:4). The name Cain came to mean "cohen" or "priest." Cain developed his own religion after being cut off from God. He thought he was the Savior. He created a priesthood. Since the name "CANNIBAL" (Cahna Baal) is a word which means "Baal Priest" and may be derived from the name "TUBAL-CAIN," some have concluded that Tubal-Cain was a descendant of this priesthood of Cain and that the religion of Cain had to do with CONSUMING of HUMAN FLESH -- mostly LITTLE CHILDREN. When Tubal-Cain's sister/wife Naamah married Noah, this Baal religion came through the flood. How else would Naamah learn about the false religion unless her brother was a priest of Cain? She came to be known as Naamah Isis, or NEMISIS, because she betrayed Noah by getting him drunk. She is the original prototype of the harlot of Revelation sitting on Babylon holding a cup of wine for the world to get drunk. She founded the Babylonian Mystery Religion with Ham's help. Their grandson was Nimrod. "Nimrod, as the representative of the devouring fire to which human victims, and especially CHILDREN, were offered in SACRIFICE, was regarded as the great CHILD-DEVOURER ... he was, of course the actual father of all the Babylonian gods; and, therefore, in that character he was afterwards universally regarded. As the father of the gods, he was called Kronos" (Lemp. Clas. Dict., Art. "Saturn") The literal meaning of BONFIRE is "BONE FIRE" [M.E. bonefyre, bone fire, later funeral pyre] because such a ritual fire came from the SACRIFICE of HUMANS. In this context, the fiery VOLCANO may also derive its name from TUBAL-CAIN.

Read More........

The United States and Britain- in prophesy!

A staggering turn in world events is due to erupt in the next few years. It will involve violently the United States, Britain, Western Europe, the Middle East. It's already rather late for the free world to come awake to the real meaning behind current world events! Why do not the world's leaders see what is coming? Why are the world's best minds unseeing - the heads of state, scientists, educators, editors, news analysts, bankers, industrialists, leaders in business and commerce? They are totally unaware! Why?

 

Because they have been falsely educated and deceived into closing their minds to the great causes behind world events and trends. This world has been falsely educated to ignore causes and deal with effects! Yet all the world's problems and ills are simply a matter of cause and effect. There is a cause that has produced strife and war; poverty, wretchedness, inequality; crime, disease, mental ills. But the leaders do not know!

World Explosion to Erupt

The world's leaders are the educated of the world. But they were not educated in BASIC TRUTHS - the foundations of right knowledge. The most necessary knowledge is not being taught! They do not know WHAT man is - or WHY! They know nothing of the purpose or meaning of life! They were not taught to distinguish the true values from the false. They did not learn the real causes - the way to peace, to happiness, to universal abundance; nor the causes of war, unhappiness, inequality, world chaos.

They know nothing of the purpose being worked out here below. Consequently, they guide humanity on a course in conflict with that purpose, wreaking havoc upon a distressed, suffering, unhappy mankind. Lacking knowledge of the way to peace, the world does not have peace. Leaders talk of peace; they profess to work for peace; they cry out for peace - while they give approval and blind acceptance to the way that produces war!

This world has simply been going the wrong way!

This world is giving assent to, and conferring civilization's acceptance on, THE WAYS that are the CAUSES of all the world's ills.
.....click for more of The United States and Britain in Prophesy

"You need to look at the prophecies of Jesus, of Jeremiah, of Isaiah, and others describing how much more intense is to be the punishment God is going to lay on the British and American people. For MANY prophecies warn us of a CERTAINTY that it will be trouble such as NEVER happened to any nation or people!"

 

"Satan’s secret society and true Christianity"

By Wyatt Ciesielka

Secret societies such as the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderbergers, the Illuminati, the Burschenschaft, and Opus Dei, are favorite topics of talk radio, Internet sites, books and movies.  From blockbuster movies such as “Enemy of the State” and “Angels and Demons” to “Doomsday 2012: End of Days,” from talk radio hosts such as Michael Savage and Glenn Beck to Alex Jones, society is fascinated by conspiracy theories and the clandestine organizations supposedly manipulating the masses.

Is one-world government coming?  Are governments and pharmaceuticals spreading autism, AIDS and other diseases to make profits now and create a weakened and subservient population later?  Was the economic crisis engineered?  Are secret societies and conspiracy theories real?

Conspiracy theories and secret societies are nothing new.  Freemasons can be traced back to the early 1700s in England. The Knights Templar precedes the Freemasons and has existed since the Crusades, around 1118-1129. 

But thousands of years ago, around 2200 B.C. the mother of all secret societies took root.  This is the “conspiracy theory” that really matters, because this is a secret society controlled by none other than Satan, and this is the most powerful secret society on the planet! 

While conspiracy theories make for interesting talk radio and sell books and movies, let us remember that the ultimate enemy is Satan the Devil!  And while many people debate “clandestine organizations,” the biggest clandestine organization continues to thrive in plain sight with billions of unwitting accomplices!  It is the secret society of false religion with roots that go back more than 4000 years, and its real leader is the Devil. 

Satan’s secret society precedes Nimrod, but with Nimrod his system began to take the human shape that has persisted to this day.  Vestiges of this false religious system have spread to every continent and have influenced every culture.

Babylonian king Nimrod was a powerful leader.  But, he was opposed to God.  The name Nimrod comes from marad meaning “he who rebelled.”  Upon Nimrod’s death, he was deified by his widow, Semiramis, who claimed that Nimrod was reborn as her son Tammuz.  Semiramis and her priests then invented many rituals to worship her as the “mother of god,” and her son as a god.  Rituals ranging from mother-of-god worship, to sunrise services, to the winter solstice festival can be traced back to pre-Christian times and ultimately to ancient Babylon.  Even the ancient Israelites adopted some of these pagan customs.  Ezekiel 8:16 shows ancient Israel worshiping the sun in the east, and God calls this precursor to our modern “sunrise services” an abomination (v. 17).

This Babylonish system is the ultimate secret society of which Satan is the head.  It is the “mother of harlots” that has influenced all nations and all world religion (Revelation 17:5), which we are warned to “come out of” (Revelation 18:4).

A true Christian should keep conspiracy theories in their proper context.  Speaking of ancient Israel’s Assyrian captivity, but also prophesying of God removing His protection from modern Jacob and our coming national affliction, Isaiah 8:6-14 warns that people will “Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing” (v. 10), and that the people should not say “a conspiracy” is overtaking them.  Instead, God Himself will become “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel” (v. 14). 

Not all conspiracies are real.  But Satan is real.  He continues to use human instruments and organizations, including false religion,  to mislead the nations, to cause confusion and suffering, and to bring the world closer to confrontation with the returning King of kings (Revelation 19:19).  Instead of focusing on conspiracy theories, we need to turn to true, original Christianity! 

Please read Satan’s Counterfeit Christianity and watch our recent telecast, Overcoming Satan,  to learn more about Satan’s false religious system and how you can fully come out of that “secret society.”

• If you appreciate these insights – click here to receive them by email.

Left-Wing Protester Asks Black Conservative ‘What Happened to Your African Religion? You’re Supposed to be Muslim’

30 Statistics That Prove The Elite Are Getting Richer, The Poor Are Getting Poorer And The Middle Class Is Being Destroyed

By Michael Snyder - BLN Contributing Writer

Not everyone has been doing badly during the economic turmoil of the last few years.  In fact, there are some Americans that are doing really, really well.  While the vast majority of us struggle, there is one small segment of society that is seemingly doing better than ever.  This was reflected in a recent article on CNBC in which it was noted that companies that cater to average Americans are doing rather poorly right now while companies that market luxury goods and services are generally performing exceptionally well.  So why aren’t all American consumers jumping on the spending bandwagon?  Well, it seems that there are a large number of Americans who either can’t spend a lot of money right now or who are very hesitant to.  A stunningly high number of Americans are still unemployed, and for many other Americans, there is a very real fear that hard economic times will return soon.  On the other hand, there is a significant percentage of Americans who are blowing money on luxury goods and services as if the economy has fully turned around and it is time to let the good times roll.  So exactly what in the world is going on here?

Construction Spending in U.S. Fell Twice as Much as Forecast

Construction spending in July fell twice as much as forecast, led by a slump in homebuilding that will depress U.S. economic growth.

The 1 percent drop brought spending to $805.2 billion, the lowest level in a decade, after a revised 0.8 percent drop in June that wiped out a previously estimated gain, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. Spending on federal government projects fell by the most in a year.

Builders are facing a slump in demand following the end of a homebuyer tax credit, even with mortgage rates at a record low, while mounting foreclosures will add to the inventory and further restrain prices. Government construction spending is also likely to stay weak as stimulus-linked outlays wane and state budgets shrink.

“Housing is fairly weak and construction related to the stimulus is fading,” Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit, said before the report. “Some commercial projects may have been delayed as businesses are uncertain about the outlook.”

Construction spending was down 11 percent in the year ended in July.

Residential Slump

Private construction spending decreased 0.8 percent as homebuilding outlays dropped 2.6 percent. Private non-residential projects increased 0.8 percent, led by power and communications facilities.

Read Full Article Here...

 

So what is the truth about Mormonism? Are they "Christian" or something else?

Editor's Note: This is an article we first published in December of 2007

By Bob Barney

 The Plain Truth wants people to be informed and educated. Don't just listen to the news, or read a paper or watch a few TV news shows. The Bible calls Satan the "prince of the air" and this can surely be seen with today's news being sent through "the air" to your TV sets and radios. Most of what you hear and see is biased. There is not just a Liberal left, but there is also a Biased Right! Truth of lies somewhere else, and since there is no truth in the Devil, according to Jesus, we should try to research everything as much as possible. The Plain Truth can be found, but it is not often easy.

There's a lot of discussion about what Mormons (and Mitt Romney) believe lately. So, in order to make this easy, I will list out what Mormonism actually teaches quickly and easily. These are not sensationalized, and inaccurate statements. I am using the information below (in blue) as direct quotes from: http://www.carm.org/lds/mormon_beliefs.htm. MY COMMENTS are in RED

Following documentation from Mormon authors.  Finally, please understand that the Mormon Church uses Christian terms but has radically changed the meanings of those terms.  So, when it says that Mormons belief in the father the son and the Holy Spirit, they really saying they believe in a God from another planet, with a goddess wife, who literally as the father of Jesus, and that there is a spirit being, of the Holy Ghost, and is another God.
These are Mormon beliefs

 

10 Facts About China You Won't Believe (But You Should)

China has been the topic of much conversation lately. Some Americans fear the great dragon of the Orient, while some are optimistic about a strengthening relationship with the U.S. Either way, there's no ignoring this global powerhouse.

Here are 10 interesting facts about China, its economy and its people.

CLICK HERE FOR LIST

Natural health movement achieving key victories over HFCS, MSG, GMOs and more

Mike Adams 
Natural News 

It's hard to see it sometimes, but the natural health community has achieved many important victories over the last few years in exposing the truth about dangerous chemicals and food ingredients. Here are some of the major victories we've collectively achieved:

High-Fructose Corn Syrup exposed 
We've been victorious in spreading the word about the dangers of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which I call "liquid sugar crack." The public has learned so much about the dangers of this refined ingredient that food manufacturers are now switching away from HFCS and using more natural refined ingredients (such as evaporated cane juice, which is far better for you than HFCS).

You can even buy Hunt's Ketchup now, which declares right on the front label, "NO High Fructose Corn Syrup!"

Not surprisingly, the Corn Refiners Association has spent millions of dollars trying to obfuscate this issue by claiming HFCS is perfectly good for you. They've attacked virtually every news organization that writes about HFCS, and they run television ads that try to spin the issue in their direction, but they've failed! The public still knows that HFCS is linked to diabetes and obesity, and they don't want any more of this refined liquid sugar in their diets.

Read more »

Is a 'Mega-Drought' on the Way?

American Dust Bowl

Robert Morley
The Trumpet

Seven years without rain. Three and a half years without rain. Have you ever read biblical accounts of drought and wondered if it could happen here? Could America survive seven years without rain? Studies indicate that the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the worst drought America has survived to date, was small compared to what North America commonly experienced before European colonization. Could it happen again?

This is an important question because more than ever the world is depending on America to feed it.

On August 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin banned all Russian wheat exports to conserve food. Drought and raging wildfires had decimated the world’s third-largest wheat exporter beyond expectations.

According to the Daily Mail, panic buying from Middle Eastern and African importers rocketed wheat prices up 70 percent and even risked sparking food wars.

Russia confirmed the fears of many: The world’s food supply is unnervingly precarious.

Ukraine is in drought, Australia is in drought. Canada was under water last spring. Pakistan is under water now. And the world’s population continues to soar.

Read Full Article

Sen. Murkowski's defeat marks major tea party win

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Backed by the Tea Party Express and Sarah Palin, a little-known conservative lawyer from Alaska became the latest newcomer to the national political stage to take down an incumbent in 2010.

In arguably the biggest political upset of the year, Joe Miller claimed the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate when incumbent GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded Tuesday evening. Murkowski gave up after failing to gain much ground in an count of outstanding absentee ballots.

Miller will be the favorite in November in strongly Republican Alaska against Democrat Scott McAdams, the mayor of Sitka.

Gold Rallying to $1,500 as Soros's Bubble Inflates

Investors are accumulating enough bullion to fill Switzerland’s vaults twice over as gold’s most- accurate forecasters say the longest rally in at least nine decades has further to go no matter what the economy holds.

Analysts raised their 2011 forecasts more than for any other precious metal the past two months, predicting a 10th annual advance, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The most widely held option on gold futures traded in New York is for $1,500 an ounce by December, or 18 percent more than the record $1,266.50 reached June 21. Holdings through bullion-backed exchange-traded products are already at more than 2,075 metric tons, within 0.1 percent of the all-time high.

“Either a swift economic recovery or further dismal economic performance should bring new buyers into the market,” said Eugen Weinberg, an analyst at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt who was the most accurate forecaster in the first quarter and expects the metal to rise as high as $1,400 next year. “A stronger economy would create more jewelry demand. If the economy stays weak or gets worse, then investors will be looking for a safe haven.”

MORE

Today's Headlines for SEPT 1 2010

MAJOR STORM THREATENS EAST COAT

HURRICANE EARL EYES OUTER BANKS...

 WIRE..    COULD PROMPT EVACUATIONS...

CONE...            TRACK...           COMPUTER MODELS...

 

Murkowski Concedes AK Primary Race to Tea Party Candidate...

Corruption in DC: Kerry tops wealthiest lawmakers at $188.6 million...

AMERICA RUST:

India's economy races 8.8%...

Russian economy grows 4.0%...

German unemployment rate 7.6%...

Ex-USSR awash in radioactive 'dirty bomb' substances

 

THE BECK RALLY

Fringe Group? National Mall Jammed For Beck Rally; Estimates From 300-500 Thousand

Photos from 8/28 Restoring Honor

The Morning After Beck

Seventy percent of Americans know they've been conned

 

Bauer: Mosque money needs to stop

Gary Bauer says it's an absolute outrage that U.S. taxpayers will soon be footing the bill for rebuilding Islamic mosques in foreign countries.

 

God, the gospel, and Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck, the new leader of America's Christian conservative movement? Thousands of gullible Christian conservatives may have no problem with that -- but I do.

 

 

Washington Whispers: Ted Kennedy an Innocent Chappaquiddick Victim

This story reminds me of the humorous but fake Headline in the Dublin News Times which read:

GOD SAVES TED KENNEDY - AS GIRL DROWNS

This is one story that U.S. News & World Report's Washington Whispers might want to keep to a low whisper or risk even more ridicule than what they are already receiving. Paul Bedard, writing in Washington Whispers, quotes Kennedy's biographer and former girlfriend who claim that Ted was really an innocent victim of the Chappaquiddick accident. Here is Kennedy biographer Burton Hersh making the case for Kennedy as merely a lousy driver:

Now, a year after Kennedy died, his lifelong biographer Burton Hersh, armed with fresh interviews with Kennedy's mistress at the time, tells Whispers that the whole July 1969 episode  should have been handled as a simple crash, leaving the senator's legacy untainted. "It was a car accident," he says. "Ted was a terrible driver. He never paid much attention to where he was going."

"He took a tremendous blow on the head," says Hersh. In interviews following the crash, Kennedy displayed confusion and amnesia, he says.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2010/08/30/washington-whispers-ted-kennedy-innocent-chappaquiddick-victim#ixzz0yDH8SNmj

The Death Of Cash?

All Over The World Governments Are Banning Large Cash Transactions

Are we witnessing the slow but certain death of cash in this generation?  Is a truly cashless society on the horizon?  Legislation currently pending in the Mexican legislature would ban a vast array of large cash transactions, but the truth is that Mexico is far from alone in trying to restrict cash. All over the world, governments are either placing stringent reporting requirements on large cash transactions or they are banning them altogether. We are being told that such measures are needed to battle illegal drug traffic, to catch tax evaders and to fight the war on terror. But are we rapidly getting to the point where we will have no financial privacy left whatsoever? Should we just accept that we have entered a time when the government will watch, track and trace all financial transactions? Is it inevitable that at some point in the near future ALL transactions will go through the banking system in one form or another (check, credit card, debit card, etc.)?

The truth is that we now live at a time when people who use large amounts of cash are looked upon with suspicion. In fact, authorities in many countries are taught that anyone involved in a large expenditure of cash is trying to hide something and is probably a criminal.  Read More

Brutal Rape Caught on Security Camera

“500%” of US Black Farmers Sign Up For Obama’s USDA Reparations (Video)

More than 92,000 blacks have signed up for reparations from the Obama USDA after the Pigford case was extended this past year. That’s five times the number of blacks who were actually farming during the time period in question and would possibly qualify for the reparations.

Today's Video News for August 31 2010

 

Howard Dean: Beck is ‘Racist Hate-Monger’; Followers are ‘Lost Souls’

 

In a truly "Pot vs. Kettle" moment, former Gov. Howard Dean said he thought Glenn Beck isn't "right in the head". Too bad he didn't weigh in on the birth certificate!

 

 

 

Media Matters Honcho Points Out Lack of Racism at Beck Rally; Attacks Tea Party as Racist Anyway

 

ERIC BURNS, MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: "I think the rally on TV that we saw this Saturday may have been the only instance where there wasn’t something racist going on with the Tea Party and Glenn Beck at least from what I’ve seen. You know obviously we’ve seen there was the last year and a half rallies with you know with really horrific racist hate filled violent inducing signs.

 

 

 

CNN Host Calls Obama ‘Cotton-Picking President’

August 30, 2010 at 1:29 pm - CNN (via Mediaite)
Dateline: Atlanta

Something tells us that if Sean Hannity made this innocent slip it would have far-reaching implications about the "disturbing racial rhetoric" from the right. In this case, Rick Sanchez will get the appropriate pass.

 

 

 

 

 

Doctors Remove Woman’s 56 Pound Tumor

August 27, 2010 at 10:43 am - AP
Dateline: Argentina

A team of surgeons in Argentina have removed a 56-pound tumor from a woman's uterus. (Graphic)

 

 

 

 

Heroic Teen Who Rescued Someone From a Lake Now Drowning in Medical Bills

 

During the rescue, Hall swallowed some water and paramedics insisted he go to the hospital as a precaution. The hospital performed several tests including blood work and chest X-rays. The next day the hospital issued a bill for $1,219 for the tests and close to $700 for the ambulance ride.

 

 

 

 

 

Volcano Erupts on Sumatra

 

 

 

 

Dennis Miller Skewers James Cameron for Backing Out of Global Warming Debate

 

 

 

National Mall Left Spotless After Beck Rally

 

 

 

 

Quite Possibly the Worst Football Play of All Time

August 30, 2010 at 11:41 am - Home Video
Dateline:

Just how the coach drew it up.

 



Electricity Could Be Pulled from Air, Research Claims

Dr. Francesco Galembeck of Brazil's University of Campinas presented new research at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society that, he claims, could lead to a new method of collecting renewable energy. According to his experiments, it is possible to generate an electrical charge by passing water vapor, potentially in the form of humid air, over metal particles. Theoretically, this means that with the right materials, it should be possible to literally pull electricity from the air, collecting it like an electric sponge. However, the charge collected in the experiments was exceedingly small -- not nearly enough to power much of anything.  MORE

'I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead'

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Obama's new tax on...Rainwater!?

Would President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency really force Americans to pay a tax on "rainwater runoff" from homes and small businesses?

You bet they would.  In fact, the EPA, under radical environmentalist Lisa Jackson, is proposing regulations to do just that.

Take a look at the EPA's own Federal Register filing, where the EPA generally describes the initiative it's proposing:

...requirements, including design or performance standards, for stormwater discharges from, at minimum, newly developed and redeveloped sites. EPA intends to propose regulatory options that would revise the NPDES regulations and establish a comprehensive program to address stormwater discharges from newly developed and redeveloped sites and to take final action no later than November 2012. (Source)

This is bureaucratic-speak for having the EPA force cities and counties to limit stormwater runoff to levels the EPA deems acceptable.  Limiting "rainwater runoff" will mean forcing homeowners and businesses to pay new taxes in order to rein in rainwater, and that's no pun intended.

Think about just how big-government this is.  A Washington, D.C. bureaucracy plans on forcing your local county or city to slap new taxes on you and me because this big-government bureaucracy wants to micro-manage rainwater across the entire country.  Already, several counties and cities across the United States are moving to pass new taxes and fees in anticipation of the new EPA rules, including cities in states as disparate as Florida, Ohio and Kansas.  For more details CLICK HERE

But really, this new EPA outrage is part of the pattern of the Obama Administration.  Cap-and-trade is bogged down for now in the Senate (though they'll try to bring it back this year), so the liberals try to use an un-elected bureaucracy to pass their radical agenda.  First, they declared that greenhouse gases are a "threat" to the environment and to health, so they're pushing new regulations that will in effect pass cap-and-trade without Congress having to act.  Now, they're pushing this new "rainwater runoff" tax.

Just last month, Americans for Prosperity launched a national effort to stop this big government over-reach by the EPA.  We're calling it the Regulation Reality Tour™, and we launched it in Arkansas with events across the state.  Click HERE for photos. On April 19 we will begin the second leg of our tour in Colorado, with a third leg launching in Indiana and Ohio in early May.  I hope to see you on the road as we take on Obama's EPA!

Read more: http://www.americansforprosperity.org/040610-obamas-new-tax-onrainwater#ixzz0y6g6G2cU

10 Great Places to Motor Into a Truck Stop

If your road-trip refueling stops are limited to a bathroom break and a cup of murky coffee, you're not stopping at the right place. Head to a truck stop and you'll be amazed. Today's biggest stops have food courts, doctors' offices and movie theaters. "They're cities unto themselves," says Robert de Vos, publisher and editor of The Trucker's Friend National Truck Stop Directory (TR Publications, $14.95). He shares with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY some of his favorite places to fill up.

SEE THE STOPS CLICK HERE

VIDEO: Go underwater aboard Titanic

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Government wants your 401(k)

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

 

The Obama administration appears to be proceeding with a novel way of financing trillion-dollar budget deficits by forcing IRA and 401(k) holders to buy Treasury bonds by mandating the placement of government-structured annuities in their investment accounts.

The requirement to invest private retirement assets has been cleverly buried within plans to create "automatic IRAs" that would mandate employer groups enroll all employees in 401(k) or IRA plans.

The U.S. Department of Labor released yesterday an agenda for an upcoming joint hearing with the Department of the Treasury scheduled for Sept. 14 and 15 on whether government life-time annuity options funded by U.S. Treasury debt should be required for private retirement accounts, including IRAs and 401(k) plans.

WND reported in January that Assistant Labor Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi and Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Mark Iwry are planning to stage a public comment period before implementing regulations that would require private investors to structure IRA and 401(k) accounts into what could amount to a U.S. Treasury debt-backed government annuity.

In a 2010 budget blueprint unveiled Feb. 26, President Obama proposed that employers sponsoring 401(k) plans or other defined contribution plans should be required to offer automatic enrollment in these plans, or in direct-deposit IRAs, as steps that would change the nation's voluntary retirement plan into a government-mandated nationalized program.

With the Treasury needing to sell another $1.4 to $1.5 trillion in government debt to finance the anticipated fiscal year 2010 federal budget deficit, the Obama administration is obviously scrambling to find ways to sell government debt without having to raise interest rates.   MORE

Don't agree with Obama? Get ready for IRS probe

Private group told review under way since work may 'contradict' president

---

Posted: August 29, 2010
7:22 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

 

The Internal Revenue Service has delayed approval of tax-exempt status for a private organization and is reviewing its educational work, telling a lawyer for the foundation that it must be examined by Washington because its activities may "contradict the administration's public policies."

The allegation is contained in a federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by Z STREET, a Merion Station, Pa., group that educates on the statehood and status of Israel.

"Not only is it patently un-American but it is also a clear violation of the First Amendment for a government agency to penalize an organization because of its political position on Israel or anything else," said Z STREET president Lori Lowenthal Marcus, a former First Amendment lawyer.

"This situation is the same as if the government denied a driver's license to people because they were Republicans or Democrats. It goes against everything for which our country stands."

Contacted by WND, IRS officials declined to comment on the publicly filed lawsuit or even say whether they would respond.   MORE

Peter Lenz, 13-Year-Old Rider, Killed at Indianapolis MotoGP

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Peter Lenz, a 13-year-old rider at the MotoGP event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, was killed Sunday when he fell on the course during a warmup lap for the 250 cc support race and was hit by another rider.

Lenz's father reported his son's death on his Facebook page as the AP reported that the county coroner had confirmed the fatality.

"He passed doing what he loved and had his go-fast face on as he pulled onto the track," Lenz's father wrote on his son's Facebook page. "The world lost one of its brightest lights today. God Bless Peter and the other rider involved. #45 is on another road we can only hope to reach. Miss you kiddo."

After falling, the young Vancouver, Wash., rider appeared to be run over by Xavier Zayat of Flushing, N.Y.

Medical workers placed Lenz in a neck brace, put him on a stretcher and appeared to be doing chest compressions. Series officials said Lenz had been transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and that there would be updates on his condition later Sunday.   MORE