June 8, 2012

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From the “Cure is worse than the disease” files…

Massachusetts Man Catches Fire After Applying Sunscreen

http://gma.yahoo.com/massachusetts-man-catches-fire-applying-sunscreen-045433703–abc-news-topstories.html?cmp=emc-wabc-Eyewitness_News_Early_Morning_Update-060612-U.S._&_World_News1-7091254

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“Two people died in Tinsukia district after witch doctors used razor blades to drain the wounds.  It’s not known if the victims died from spider poison or from the attempted treatment.“

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/05/giant-hairy-spiders-spark-panic-in-northeast-india/?intcmp=related

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“… diners tend to keep a good grip on the cutlery.“

http://news.yahoo.com/flying-table-lifts-gourmet-dining-heights-173254380–sector.html

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“...he never studied martial arts, but did watch a lot of Bruce Lee movies growing up.“

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/07/7-eleven-customer-swift-kicks-knife-from-robber-police-say/?test=latestnews

[Now he plays Bruce Lee on the Internet.]

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Zombie Bullets In High Demand Following Flesh-Eating Attacks

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/06/07/zombie-bullets-in-high-demand-following-flesh-eating-attacks/

Speaking of flesh-eating attacks…

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Fish are friends, not Updates.

Demonic Possession? Update:

“… she… bit the store owner’s bicep, taking a chunk of flesh from his arm and then spit it in his face…“

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Wig-Theft-Suspect-Bit-Store-Owner-Cops-Police-157512815.html

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“De Leon would repeatedly bang his head against the Plexiglas in the police car, yelling, ‘I’m going to eat you,’“

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/06/06/cannibal-copycat-police-say-man-high-on-bath-salts-threatened-to-eat-officer/

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Obamappointees Update:

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Obama & National Security Update:

“John Brennan is the man under whom President Obama has consolidated the unprecedented power of assassination.  He directly controls and oversees all aspects of the program that had been previously divided between the Pentagon, the CIA, and other officials.“

http://pjmedia.com/blog/meet-john-brennan-obamas-assassination-czar/?print=1

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Senate Democrats blast national security leak about cyberattack against Iran

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/230985-senate-dems-blast-leaks-about-iranian-cyberattacks

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Holder Claims Emails Using Words ‘Fast and Furious’ Don’t Refer to Operation Fast and Furious

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/holder-claims-emails-using-words-fast-and-furious-don-t-refer-operation-fast-and

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Government Employment Update:

“… the general public [in San Diego & San Jose, CA] has fully absorbed the lesson that government jobs are wildly overpaid, and that it is necessary to choose between using money to serve the taxpayers, or using it to benefit the bureaucrats.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/big_labors_other_disaster_california.html

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Liberalism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamacabinet menu tree.]

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Eugenics: the skeleton that rattles loudest in the left’s closet

Socialism’s one-time interest in eugenics is dismissed [by liberals] as an accident of history.  But the truth is far more unpalatable

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/17/eugenics-skeleton-rattles-loudest-closet-left

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Liberalism & Christianity Update:

“The Bible never once specifically forbids abortions; it’s actually quite the contrary! Not only were methods of abortion well-known at the time, there’s times when the Bible states God commands that [an abortion] take place.“

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/06/03/biblical-abortion-christians-view-1

[ Never  even  once ?   Wow.  Nobody Important definitely learned something there.]

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Liberal Fascism? Update:

“Being opposed to gay marriage is ‘not acceptable’, says the [U.K.] Government minister in charge of policing and criminal justice.“

http://www.christian.org.uk/news/police-minister-opposing-gay-marriage-unacceptable/

[ASND reminds readers that this "minister" is proclaiming belief in something can be criminal activity (what George Orwell called "thoughtcrime").]

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Angry libs flood Twitter with death threats after Wisconsin recall defeat

http://twitchy.com/2012/06/06/kill-scott-walker-angry-libs-flood-twitter-with-death-threats-after-wisconsin-recall-defeat/

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“This is an increasing tactic on the left, as well as by Muslims.  They don’t seem to have any attachment to the principle of freedom of speech.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/u-s-author-threatened-with-decapitation/print/

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“The undeniable premise of the left is that voters are easily fooled by political ads, or if they agreed with Walker, their votes didn’t deserve to count.  This aligns well with such policies as ‘The Fairness Doctrine’ which is about suppressing conservative voices.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/a_glimpse_into_the_liberal_mind.html

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Conservatism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Conservatism menu tree.]

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“Suppose I saw an elderly woman painfully huddled on a heating grate in the dead of winter.  She’s hungry and in need of shelter and medical attention.  To help the woman, I walk up to you using intimidation and threats and demand that you give me $200.  Having taken your money, I then purchase food, shelter and medical assistance for the woman.  Would I be guilty of a crime?“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/06/immoral-beyond-redemption/print/

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“Estonia is the only euro-zone country with a budget surplus.  National debt is just 6 percent of GDP, compared to 81 percent in virtuous Germany, or 165 percent in Greece.“

http://www.cnbc.com/id/47691090

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Regulation Update:

“While recent regulatory expansions may have been motivated by perceived market imperfections, some regulations are of doubtful social value, and some seem to have caused serious harm.  At the same time, much of the air transportation infrastructure, including airports and the navigation system, remain largely government owned, despite mounting evidence from other countries that there are more efficient options.“

http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/Ongoing-Government-Failures-In-Air-Transportation.pdf

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Euro-Economic Crystal Ball Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / Euro-Economic Crystal Ball menu tree.]

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Greece Warns of Going Broke as Tax Proceeds Dry Up

http://www.cnbc.com/id/47700847

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Unemployment in Greece spirals to 21.9 percent in March as austerity takes its toll

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/greek-unemployment-hits-21-9-093038028.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CTQjtBPNScAxjvQtDMD

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[Spain] calls for Europe-wide plan but resists ‘humiliation’ of national bailout

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/06/spain-euro-finished-fiscal-union

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U.S. Worried About Europe Banks

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-06/finnish-leader-says-u-s-worried-about-europe-banks.html

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Federal Spending Update:

Senate spent at least $381k since 2011 printing feel-good declarations

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/06/senate-spent-at-least-381k-since-2011-printing-feel-good-declarations/

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Federal Debt Update:

“Since President Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, the Federal Reserve’s holdings of U.S. government debt have quintupled, according to the Fed’s official monthly balance sheet.”

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/top-customer-under-obama-fed-s-holdings-us-debt-have-jumped-452

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Obamanomics Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamanomics menu tree.]

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CBO: Federal debt to double in 15 years

Fiscal challenges worst since WWII

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/5/cbo-federal-debt-double-15-years/

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Obama will not extend tax cuts, W.H. says

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/06/obama-will-not-extend-tax-cuts-wh-says-125441.html

[No matter what  Bill Clinton says .]

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Major science funding takes hit under Obama

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/07/nasa-kills-x-ray-telescope-blames-project-cost/

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“Green” Economies Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / “Green” Economies menu tree.]

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Japan to renege on [Kyoto] carbon emissions cuts

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21889-japan-to-renege-on-carbon-emissions-cuts.html

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Global Warming Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Science / Global Warming menu tree.]

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No Need to Panic About Global Warming

There’s no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to ‘decarbonize’ the world’s economy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html

[ASND suggests readers (who actually read that article) also watch the embedded video and read the entire list of co-authors.]

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Scientific Fraud Update:

Union of Concerned Scientists Cooks the Books, Media Swallow It

http://reason.com/archives/2012/06/05/follow-the-pennies

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NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center caught cooling the past – modern processed records don’t match paper records

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/06/06/noaas-national-climatic-data-center-caught-cooling-the-past-modern-processed-records-dont-match-paper-records/

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Pacific Institute reinstates Peter Gleick – but won’t provide confirmation of the “independent investigation”

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/06/06/pacific-institute-reinstates-peter-gleick/

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“Whereas The Heartland Institute has been open and honest with the public and the press, sharing emails and the results of its own internal investigations, the Pacific Institute has refused to identify who conducted its investigation, to release its report, or even to respond to our inquiries about what questions were asked of Gleick.  As near as we can tell, this was not an investigation. It was a whitewash.“

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/06/07/heartland-institute-responds-to-pacific-institutes-reinstatement-of-gleick-cites-federal-criminal-prosecution/

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Electric Cars Update:

“Since 2009, the Obama administration has awarded more than $1 billion to American companies to make advanced batteries for electric vehicles.  Halfway to a six-year goal of producing one million electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, auto makers are barely at 50,000 cars.  The money funded nine battery plants — scattered across the U.S. from Michigan to Pennsylvania and Florida — that have few customers, operate well below capacity and, so far, have created less than a third of the jobs promised by 2015.“

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304791704577420350163856824.html

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“The luxury carmaker Fisker Automotive continues to signal it could ditch plans to build its next generation hybrid electric vehicle in the United States, despite the nearly $200 million in Obama administration loan money it has already received.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/fisker-build-electric-cars-us/story?id=16458585#.T89RfsWlGNF

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Obamacare Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamacare menu tree.]

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Christian Law Group: ObamaCare Is Worse Than You Think

http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-law-group-obamacare-is-worse-than-you-think-76135/print.html

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Socialized Medicine Update:

Medicare And Medicaid Fraud Is Costing Taxpayers Billions

http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2012/05/31/medicare-and-medicaid-fraud-is-costing-taxpayers-billions/print/

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Obama’s Past Update:

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Obama’s “Truth” Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obama's Past menu tree.]

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“In late October 2008, when I wrote here at National Review Online that Obama had been a member of the [overtly and self-professed socialist] New Party, his campaign sharply denied it, calling my claim a ‘crackpot smear.’ Recently obtained evidence from the updated records of Illinois ACORN at the Wisconsin Historical Society now definitively establishes that Obama was a member of the New Party.  He also signed a ‘contract’ promising to publicly support and associate himself with the New Party while in office.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/302031

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Syrian Civil War Update:

“This is Part I of a two-part examination of Syria’s chemical and biological weapons — how Syria built them [&] configure[d] them…“

http://www.meforum.org/493/guile-gas-and-germs-syrias-ultimate-weapons

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“U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said United Nations observers were shot at while trying to reach the site of a new mass killing where the opposition claims regime forces slaughtered at least 78 people including women and children.“

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57448722/u.n.-syria-troops-blocking-monitors-from-alleged-massacre-site-in-hama/

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Islam in Europe Update:

France Once Again a Hell for Jews

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/06/france-once-again-a-hell-for-jews/print/

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“… these really look like the last days of Europe.“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/06/europe%E2%80%99s-witch-hunt/print/

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Christian Persecution Update:

Muslims Slaughter Convert to Christianity in Tunisia

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/06/muslims-slaughter-convert-to-christianity-in-tunisia/print/

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http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/07/more-on-the-slaughtered-convert-to-christianity/print/

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Uptick in Church Closures, Attacks in Indonesia

http://www.christianpost.com/news/uptick-in-church-closures-attacks-in-indonesia-76144/print.html

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Israel vs. Iran & Obama? Update:

“… for President Obama “talking” with the Iranians is a way of avoiding action. And if President Jimmy Carter “lost” pro-Western Iran to the staunchly anti-American Ayatollahs, President Obama’s legacy is to be the president who enabled Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb…“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/06/time-running-out-on-iran/print/

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Labor Unions Update:

Big Labor: Credit Card Profiteers

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/big_labor_credit_card_profiteers.html

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38% of Voters from Union Households Voted for Walker

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/38-voters-union-households-voted-walker

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Big Labor’s Other Disaster: California

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/big_labors_other_disaster_california.html

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“The regional authority overseeing the $6 billion Dulles rail project dealt a blow to union labor on Wednesday — a day after voters in Wisconsin and California did much the same.“

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/6/mwaa-board-votes-drop-labor-language-phase-2-dulle/

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Obama the Man! Update:

“Instead of scheduling a brief event to mark the 68th anniversary of America’s brutal landing on the shores of Normandy, Obama is already on his way to San Francisco, where he will hold two fundraisers before moving on to Beverly Hills to stage two more.“

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/06/06/obama-scheduled-commemorate-dday/

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“Here’s what Obama said at a [homosexual special rights agenda] fundraiser in Los Angeles.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/did_obama_tell_a_dirty_joke_at_gay_fundraiser.html

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Media Bias Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Media Bias menu tree.]

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CBS Chief Moonves Attends Obama Fundraiser, Outs Journalism as ‘Partisan’

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/06/07/Moonves-Outs-Journalism-at-Obama-event

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Can Left-Wing Journalists Really Be Fair?

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/06/is-it-nonsense-to-talk-about-a-leftist-media-bias/print/

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Networks Still Silent on Planned Parenthood Sex-Selection Expose’

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/05/networks-still-silent-on-planned-parenthood-sex-selection-expose/

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“I rebutted [the Obama campaign's denials], but the debate was never taken up by the mainstream press.“

http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/302031

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Government Schools Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Education / Government Schools menu tree.]

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“The draft standards integrate global warming and other overplayed worries about human impacts on the planet, starting in kindergarten.“

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/5/teaching-global-warming-in-kindergarten/

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Planned Parenthood Sets Up Shop At Roosevelt High [Los Angeles]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/06/05/planned-parenthood-sets-up-shop-at-roosevelt-high-to-reduce-teen-pregnancies/

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Abortion Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Culture / Abortion menu tree.]

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“A third video in a series devoted to exposing how the abortion industry is willing to arrange sex-selection abortions for women who seek them shows two National Abortion Federation-affiliated clinics in Arizona agreeing to break state law and perform an illegal sex-selective abortion.“

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/06/abortion-clinics-arrange-illegal-sex-selection-abortions/

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Report: RU 486 Kills 1.2M Children, Injures Thousands of Women

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/05/report-ru-486-kills-1-2m-children-injures-thousands-of-women/

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Doctor Told Me Four Times to Abort One of My Triplets

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/05/doctor-told-me-four-times-to-abort-one-of-my-triplets/

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Woman Rushed to Hospital in Massachusetts After Botched Abortion

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/07/woman-rushed-to-hospital-in-massachusetts-after-botched-abortion/

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Hypocrisy Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Hypocrisy menu tree.]

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“… neither Mrs. Obama nor Mayor Bloomberg has any qualms about taking a firm ‘moral’ stand on the issue of nutrition.  Ironically however, both Bloomberg and the First Lady are fervent advocates of a woman’s ‘right to choose’ [to murder her own children in utero], and view any efforts by government to restrict such choice as inappropriate and overly intrusive.“

http://www.christianpost.com/news/americas-moral-schizophrenia-76076/print.html

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Obamcrites? Update:

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Obamabortion Update:

Obama’s Gendercide Hypocrisy: His Real War on Women

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/05/obamas-gendercide-hypocrisy-his-real-war-on-women/

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Evolutionism Update:

How to Make Darwinism Impregnable

http://crev.info/2012/06/how-to-make-darwinism-impregnable/

[ASND  thought   Darwinism   was   already   impregnable .]

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Homosexual Marriage Update:

“It has sometimes been suggested that the conjugal understanding of marriage is based only on religious beliefs.  This is false.  Although the world’s major religious traditions have historically understood marriage as a union of man and woman that is by nature apt for procreation and childrearing, this suggests merely that no one religion invented marriage.  Instead, the demands of our common human nature have shaped (however imperfectly) all of our religious traditions to recognize this natural institution.  As such, marriage is the type of social practice whose basic contours can be discerned by our common human reason, whatever our religious background.  We argue in this Article for legally enshrining the conjugal view of marriage, using arguments that require no appeal to religious authority.“

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1722155_code1540388.pdf?abstractid=1722155&mirid=1

– Sherif Girgis, Robert George & Ryan T. Anderson (2010), Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 245-287,

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An Army chaplain has performed the first same-sex nuptial ceremony on a military base–one involving two lesbian soldiers.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/army-chaplain-performs-first-ever-military-same-sex-nuptial-ceremony-chapel-fort-polk

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“A coalition of groups seeking to overturn Washington State’s same-sex marriage law received twice as many signatures as would be needed to have a referendum for November.“

http://www.christianpost.com/news/gay-marriage-blocked-in-washington-state-petition-gets-over-240000-signatures-76267/print.html

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Obama’s ‘Evolution’ on Homosexual ‘Marriage’

http://americansfortruth.com/2012/06/06/michelle-malkin-eviscerates-obamas-evolution-on-homosexual-marriage/

[Nobody Important used to think Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly were the most prolific (and therefore rude) interrupters on Fox News, but I think Michelle Malkin may be even worse.]

[ASND reminds readers, though, that while bad manners (interrupting) reflect bad (or at least hypocritical) morality, those bad manners do not affect the validity of arguments made for and against homosexual marriage.]

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Trayvon Martin Update:

What the [Mainstream] Media Choose Not to Know about Trayvon

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/06/what_the_media_choose_not_to_know_about_trayvon.html

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Roman Catholicism Update:

“… the group that has experienced the greatest net loss by far is the Catholic Church.“

http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-chapter-2.pdf

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Atheism Update:

“... the biggest source of evil is of course religion.“

http://www.christianpost.com/news/ridley-scott-talks-plan-for-moses-film-calls-religion-source-of-evil-76176/

[ASND simply says, “Of course.”]

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