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Child rape charge rocks TSA

A Transportation Security Agency worker who pats down members of the flying public was charged with multiple child sex crimes targeting an underage girl yesterday. The bust outraged privacy and passenger advocates who say it justifies their fears about Logan International Airport’s full-body scanner.

“It’s a huge, huge issue,” said Kate Hinni of FlyersrRights.org. “The TSA needs a complete overhaul . . . If you have a pedophile looking at those naked pictures, they’ve got all your information, it’s a gross violation of their authority. . . . They should make sure none of them is corrupted in any deviant sexual manner.”   read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Vatican Sees Campaign Against the Pope

ROME — As new details emerged on allegations of child sexual abuse by a priest in the Munich archdiocese then led by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican spoke out on Saturday against what it called an aggressive campaign against the pope in his native Germany. At the same time, a high-ranking Vatican official overseeing internal investigations on Saturday acknowledged that 3,000 cases of suspected abuse of minors had come to its attention in the past decade, of which 20 percent had been brought to trial in Vatican courts.

In a note read on Vatican Radio on Saturday, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said it was “evident that in recent days there are those who have tried, with a certain aggressive tenacity, in Regensburg and in Munich, to find elements to involve the Holy Father personally in issues of abuse.” He added, “It is clear that those efforts have failed.”

China to bid on US high-speed rail projects

China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is stepping up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official said Saturday.

China has built 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) of high-speed rail for its own train system and President Barack Obama issued a pledge in November with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, to cooperate in developing the technology.

"We are organizing relevant companies to participate in bidding for U.S. high-speed railways," Wang Zhiguo, a deputy railways minister, told a news conference.    more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest

  Josh Gerstein over at Politico sent Threat Level his piece underscoring once again President Barack Obama is not the civil-liberties knight in shining armor many were expecting.

Gerstein posts a televised interview of Obama and John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted. The nation’s chief executive extols the virtues of mandatory DNA testing of Americans upon arrest, even absent charges or a conviction. Obama said, “It’s the right thing to do” to “tighten the grip around folks” who commit crime.

When it comes to civil liberties, the Obama administration has come under fire for often mirroring his predecessor’s practices surrounding state secrets, the Patriot Act and domestic spying. There’s also Gitmo, Jay Bybee and John Yoo.

Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings by State

The latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Colorado, Florida,, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington state.

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Obama administration monitors Jews on Temple Mount

Event organizers grilled by U.S. government over connection to holy site

Posted: March 14, 2010
8:47 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Temple Mount

JERUSALEM – A member of the U.S. government met with organizers of Tuesday's "International Temple Mount Awareness Day" to pepper the activists about their intentions regarding Jewish ascent to the holy site.

"It was obvious," one of the planners told WND, "the individual who met with us from the Obama government was concerned about the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and what is being done to deepen it."

The organizer talked on condition of anonymity and also on condition that WND kept confidential the name of the U.S. official who met with the Temple event planners.

The International Temple Mount Awareness Day is being planned by a coalition of Jewish groups, including The Temple Institute, the Organization for the Renewal of the Temple (ORT), Women in Green, the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation and Israel National Radio.

"We call on Jews and Gentiles around the world to mark March 16th as a day of solidarity with the Temple Mount and the prophetic vision of 'a house of prayer for all nations,'" reads a statement from the organizers of the event.

IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents

It was every businessperson's nightmare.Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.

The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents.

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Anti-tea movement kicks off with miniscule crowds

National Coffee Party Day flops

Leading up to today's "National Coffee Party Day" – the countrywide launch of a leftwing movement meant as an answer to the tea parties – a CNN article asked, "Will the Coffee Party rise to the scale of the Tea Party movement? Saturday is the first big test."

If "scale" is indeed the measure by which the Coffee Party will be graded, however, today's cup-o'-Joe kickoff has earned a resounding "F."

Despite a news media buildup over the past few weeks from CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, National Public Radio, Washington Post, Seattle Times and dozens of other outlets, the estimated 350 coffee houses hosting events around the country today welcomed mostly miniscule crowds.

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Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe

It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons.

Ireland was the first in Europe to confront the church's worldwide custom of shielding pedophile priests from the law and public scandal. Now that legacy of suppressed childhood horror is being confronted in other parts of the Continent — nowhere more poignantly than in Germany, the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI.  more>>>>>>>>

Obama Justice Department shut down ACORN probe

FBI documents 'reflect systematic voter registration fraud'

Posted: March 12, 2010
12:45 am Eastern

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

A nonpartisan, political watchdog group announced today that it has obtained documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation detailing federal investigations into the alleged corrupt activities of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.

Judicial Watch revealed that the documents it acquired reference serious allegations of corruption and voter registration fraud by ACORN and the Obama administration's decision to shut down the criminal investigation without filing criminal charges.

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This Wekkend's headlines for March 12-14, 2010

Toyota to upgrade car's crash recorders

Al-Qaeda suspect worked at SIX nuclear plants...

TEXAS SHOWDOWN: Board votes for new school history standards...  and also......  Curriculum Revised by Conservatives...

FCC's National Broadband Plan: What's in It?

Obama Prepares Overhaul of No Child Left Behind-3/13 The new program will be called "Let Every Child Know About Che and Mao." Editor-Reversespins.com

States may hold onto tax refunds for months-3/13

Hundreds rounded up in Tibet crackdown-3/11

6.9, 6.7, 6.0, numerous aftershocks-- Chile-3/11

Canadian dollar likely to trump US greenback: experts-3/11

U.S. Sales Tax Rates Hit Record High-3/10

Greece rocked by riots as up to 60,000 people take to streets to protest against government-3/11

Expert: Reagan Gets the Shaft in Textbooks-3/11

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican-3/11

CAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING SEN REID'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER...

BRAVE NEW WORLD: Brain scan 'can read people's thoughts'...

Monthly Federal Budget Deficit Balloons to Record; Up 14% from 2009...

Canadian dollar likely to trump US ...

Unemployment tops 20% in eight California counties...

Mass school closures approved in Kansas City...

The UNSelfish God

By Babu G. Ranganathan

Why does the God of the Christian Scriptures want worship, praise, love, devotion, and service from us? Does God have an ego problem? No. God isn't in competition with anyone. He created us and everything ultimately from nothing. Praise from us can never inflate His ego.

The truth is God delights in Himself, not from any egotistical pride, but because of Who He is. God delights in the fact that He is holy, just, true, loyal, loving, merciful, compassionate. God worships Himself, not out of ego or pride, but because He values Who He is and because the truth demands such worship since He is the Source of all things. We who are mere mortals and creatures certainly should worship Him. Righteousness and truth require of us as creatures to worship and live for our Creator. God is all together worthy of worship! When God is at the rightful center there is rightful joy. Our worship of God benefits us and that is another reason why God seeks worship from us.

There is a proper self-love for the creature and a proper Self-love for the Creator. We who are created in God's image are commanded by God to love ourselves, to value ourselves, and to want what is truly good for ourselves. This is not selfishness. This is what I call "selfness". When you eat to keep alive are you selfish. Of course not! When you desire to eat food that you enjoy are you being selfish. Of course not! It is only when you put yourself and these things above God and His will for you that these things become selfish. Selfishness involves ego, pride, and abuse of others. Wanting what's genuinely good for yourself is not selfish. It is proper selfness. Just because something has to do with "self" doesn't mean it is selfish or sinful!

It would be wrong for us to worship ourselves because that would contradict truth that we are creatures. This was the great sin of Adam and Eve. They wished to worship themselves instead of God Who created them. Read the Genesis account in the Bible. The Devil, in the form of a serpent, told Eve that God didn't want her and Adam to be like Him, knowing all things including good and evil, and that's why the Devil said to Eve God had forbid her to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam was standing right next to Eve and didn't object. Both bought into the Devil's lie hook, line, and sinker. All God wished to do is test their love for Him by seeing if they would obey His commandment.

There was nothing evil about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God created it. The Bible says that everything God created in its original state was good. God had told Adam and Eve that they were free to enjoy everything in His creation but that one fruit. He did this to test them and they failed miserably. And we fail miserably every day too.

God, in His infinite mercy, sent Jesus Christ to be our sin-bearer. Just as a co-signer to a loan takes the legal and moral responsibility of another person's debt (that of the borrower) should the borrower default on the loan because inability to pay, Jesus Christ became our Co-Signer. Before God the Father, Christ took the spiritual and moral responsibility for our sins even before creation. Christ paid that debt fully with His suffering, shed blood, and death on the Cross. And His bodily resurrection (the event we celebrate in Easter) confirmed that He fully paid what we owe God.

Now, through genuine repentance and faith in Christ we have God's promise of forgiveness of sins and eternal life and His Holy Spirit in us to cause us to want to live for Him out of love for Him and what He desires.

The Bible says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son (Jesus Christ), that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16, KJV).

The author, Babu G. Ranganathan, has his bachelor's degree with concentrations in theology and biology and has been recognized for his writings on religion and science in the 24th edition of Marquis "Who's Who In The East". His website may be accessed at www.religionscience.com.

This WEEKEND'S Video News for March 12-14, 2010

Maher on Mormons: Romney’s Faith Has Racist History

"A curse was placed upon him..."

Patrick Kennedy Rails: Media Doing ‘Despicable’ Job Covering Afghanistan

"You want to know why the American public is fit? They're fit because they're not seeing their Congress do the work that they're sent to do. It's because the press, the press of the United States is not covering the most significant issue of national importance and that's the laying of lives down in the nation for the service of our country. It's despicable, the national press corps right now."

Krauthammer: Stupak Will Accept a Deal to Avoid the ObamaCare ‘Mark of Cain’

“I predict Stupak will accept a compromise because I think he does not want to carry the mark of Cain all his life as the man who sank historic health care reform.”

NEWSBUSTED for March 12

Tea partiers to 'surge' Capitol Hill

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

In less than one week, more than 100,000 Americans have signed their names to a petition demanding that lawmakers resist using "reconciliation" to ram a government

Court says 'under God' constitutional

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs.

Strong Earthquake Hits Chile as New President Sworn In

SANTIAGO, Chile —  The strongest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.

The 6.9-magnitude aftershock was stronger than the quake that destroyed the Haitian capital on Jan. 12. Aftershocks with preliminary magnitudes of 5.1, 7.2, 6.9 and 6.0, respectively, rocked Chile throughout the inauguration. Chile's new president urged coastal residents to move to higher ground as congress was evacuated from the capital.

There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries but the temblor — and at least three other aftershocks — strongly swayed buildings — shook windows and provoked nervous smiles among the dignitaries attending Pinera's inauguration at the congressional building in coastal Valparaiso.

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Americans' Global Warming Concerns Continue to Drop

PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's annual update on Americans' attitudes toward the environment shows a public that over the last two years has become less worried about the threat of global warming, less convinced that its effects are already happening, and more likely to believe that scientists themselves are uncertain about its occurrence. In response to one key question, 48% of Americans now believe that the seriousness of global warming is generally exaggerated, up from 41% in 2009 and 31% in 1997, when Gallup first asked the question.

These results are based on the annual Gallup Social Series Environment poll, conducted March 4-7 of this year. The survey results show that the reversal in Americans' concerns about global warming that began last year has continued in 2010 -- in some cases reverting to the levels recorded when Gallup began tracking global warming measures more than a decade ago.

For example, the percentage of Americans who now say reports of global warming are generally exaggerated is by a significant margin the highest such reading in the 13-year history of asking the question. In 1997, 31% said global warming's effects had been exaggerated; last year, 41% said the same, and this year the number is 48%.   more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Poor George Soros Wants To Destroy European Currency Again

George Soros, a billionaire and philanthropist, was accused of masterminding the financial plot, the goal of which is to send the European currency, the euro, down.

Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd'

  Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

"No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129 , states in part.

The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz , D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation.  more>>>>>>>>>>

CBS poll: Obama flunks 1st year

Posted: March 09, 2010
9:21 pm Eastern

© 2010 WorldNetDaily

An unscientific CBS News poll evaluating President Obama's first year in office gives him – by an overwhelming margin – a failing grade.

In the poll, which has been online for several weeks and has attracted thousands of comments, not even 3 percent of the respondents grade Obama with an "A," barely another 3 percent give him a "B" and about 4 percent give him a "C."

Almost 26 percent give him a "D" and more than 63 percent him an "F."

Said one person on the poll's comments section: "Obama may be a Harvard Law School graduate, but when it comes to common sense, he must of skipped that class, or failed it miserably.

"His problem is that because he doesn't really have any lead[er]ship ability or experiance (sic), he leaves it up to others to make the decisions. Why do you think this whole Health Care Bill is in such trouble, he left it to a bunch of First Class Idiots to compose, and it is so bad they had to buy votes to get it passed in both the House & Senate."

The poll explains CBS is "giving you the chance to weigh in on how you think he has done on the job." Readers are asked to choose a grade from an "A" to "F' scale. The 10 categories are economy, foreign policy, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq, threat of terror, energy and environment, social issues, bipartisanship and overall.

The results showed Americans believe Obama is moving the nation in the wrong direction on every count.

Fewer than 6 percent gave him an "A" or a "B" on the economy. Seventy percent gave him an "F" and another 18 percent a "D." On foreign policy, more than 84 percent gave him a "D" or "F" and only 3.9 percent gave him an "A."

On Obama's proclaimed No. 1 priority, health care, nearly 82 percent graded him with an "F" and nearly another 10 percent handed out a "D." Only 2.6 percent gave him an "A."

On Afghanistan, where Obama has maintained many of George W. Bush's policies – to the point of dispatching more troops to Afghanistan – his grades of "D" or "F" made up about 55 percent of the respondents' total. Under 30 percent granted him a "C

What Is Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein?

Forward: As a a kid, my father was the foreman of the Nestle plant in New Milford Ct. and I am very familiar with HPP  Hydrolyzed Plant Protein; a product that Nestle's had a monopoly on for years. Basically every single "processed" food you ever bought had this in it. It was a poison! If a raccoon got some of it in the dumpster, it wouldn't make it 10 feet before it would drop dead and die! The MSDS sheet on this product is much worse than any paint that I make, and I don't sell our paint as a food additive!  Nestle's secretly sold this part of their business out several years ago because they probably knew what was coming. They sold out their employees as well! What's new.  Now take some time and read about the horrors of this food additive that is in everything you consume!

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NASCAR an Unlikely Accomplice to Edwards' Crime

Carl Edwards rammed his car into another vehicle Sunday. In the real world, that's called road rage.

In the NASCAR world, that's called "a good time."

That's why it would be an injustice if Edwards (left) is sent to the pits for the next race. He should be sent to jail for what he did to Brad Keselowski. And NASCAR should be charged with aiding and abetting.

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Ominous Signs for the Plain Truth about the mess we are in

By Robert Singer

The year is 2010 and to anyone not in denial, the industrialized nations have entered the greatest calamity the world has ever known:

35 Million Americans on Food Stamps: 12 Percent of U.S. Population on Food Stamps Highest Since Records Kept in 1969, and that’s before the Obama administration announced a planned three-year budget freeze on government discretionary spending. (My Budget 360)

18 Million empty houses in the United States and 39 million Americans who are no longer working or looking for work, and that’s before Federal Reserve finishes rewriting the rules of American “capitalism” as US Housing, the Automobile Industry and the American Dream are dismantled. (The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M., David E. Sanger)

Meet McCain 'birthers': ABC, CBS, NBC, FactCheck, N.Y. Times, more

  By Jerome R. Corsi

© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

Many of the same news organizations and research groups today dismissing concerns about Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility were far more eager to cover the issue when Republican presidential candidate John McCain was the subject.

An archive search shows the question of McCain's birth certificate and his eligibility to be president was actively pursued by Democratic Party activists and the mainstream media in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, despite the ridicule now heaped upon those questioning Obama's qualifications under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.

In an article published Feb. 28, 2008, months before McCain was nominated for president by the Republican Party, FactCheck.org, at the very center of Obama's defense against eligibility questions, was itself raising them about McCain.

In a piece that led off with the question, "How can Panamanian-born McCain be elected president?" FactCheck.org conceded McCain did meet the natural-born citizen requirements. But the website qualified its answer, stating that if McCain did win the presidency, the issue could be challenged in court.

Cyberwar declared as China hunts for the West’s intelligence secrets

Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout Nato and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks originating in China. The attacks have also hit government and military institutions in the United States, where analysts said that the West had no effective response and that EU systems were especially vulnerable because most cyber security efforts were left to member states.

Nato diplomatic sources told The Times: “Everyone has been made aware that the Chinese have become very active with cyber-attacks and we’re now getting regular warnings from the office for internal security.” The sources said that the number of attacks had increased significantly over the past 12 months, with China among the most active players.

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Dan Rather: 'Articulate' Obama Couldn't Even 'Sell Watermelons'

HDNet's Dan Rather stepped on one mine after another in the racial minefield that exists when talking about the nation's first black President as the former CBS anchor, on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show over the weekend, uttered the following take on the President's ability to get health care passed and how the GOP and independents would view it. [audio available here]

DAN RATHER: Part of the undertow in the coming election is going to be President Obama's leadership. And the Republicans will make a case and a lot of independents will buy this argument. "Listen he just hasn't been, look at the health care bill. It was his number one priority. It took him forever to get it through and he had to compromise it to death." And a version of, "Listen he's a nice person, he's very articulate" this is what's been used against him, "but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic."

While Rather may not have been being intentionally racist one has to wonder what the reaction would be if a conservative had used similiar language on the show. Earlier Rather called the current legislation a "Republican health care bill" as seen in the following exchange as it was aired on the March 8 Chris Matthews Show:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Will health care, the health care bill of Barack Obama, the one he roughly is for now, coming out of the Senate and coming out of the House. Will it become law? Will he win?
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DAN RATHER: Yes because what we have now is basically a Republican health care bill, if it gets through. It's, it's got a lot...but I think the President finally putting his whole sack in on it, yes he wins but it's not a certain thing.

MATTHEWS: Andrea?

ANDREA MITCHELL: I think close call it has to win or else this presidency is in serious...

MATTHEWS: So in other words they'll make it happen.

MITCHELL: They've got to make it happen.

RATHER: When you talk about a triumph though. One, part of the undertow in the coming election is going to be President Obama's leadership. And the Republicans will make a case and a lot of independents will buy this argument. "Listen he just hasn't been, look at the health care bill. It was his number one priority. It took him forever to get it through and he had to compromise it to death." And a version of, "Listen he's a nice person, he's very articulate" this is what's been used against him, "but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic."

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The end of the road for Barack Obama?

  It is a universal political truth that administrations do not begin to fragment when things are going well: it only happens when they go badly, and those who think they know better begin to attack those who manifestly do not. The descent of Barack Obama's regime, characterized now by factionalism in the Democratic Party and talk of his being set to emulate Jimmy Carter as a one-term president, has been swift and precipitate. It was just 16 months ago that weeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in the American presidential election. If they weep now, a year and six weeks into his rule, it is for different reasons.   more>>>>>>>>>