November 10, 2012

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Election Fraud Update:

Philly Activist Group Shreds GOP Voter Registrations

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/05/philly-activist-group-shreds-gop-registrations

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“… tens of thousands of illegal aliens [may have] vot[ed] in Nevada…“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/volpe/complaint-filed-over-illegal-alien

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“Here are [a very few] examples of fraudulent voting from John Fund’s book, Stealing Elections:

Four Democratic officials and political operatives in New York State pleaded guilty [in 2011] to voter fraud-related felony charges…

A Tunica, Mississippi jury sent Mississippi NAACP official Lessadolla Sowers to prison for five years in 2011. She was convicted of voting 10 times using the names of other people, some of whom were dead.

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler (R) unveiled a study last year showing that almost 5,000 illegal aliens cast votes in the U.S. Senate election in that state in 2010.

… at least 1,099 felons voted in th[e 2008 Wisconsin national Senate seat] election, which is far larger than Franken’s final, official, post-recount margin of victory over then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R).

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a police department report found that in the 2004 election, as many as 5,300 more ballots were cast than voters who showed up at polling stations to vote.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/voter_fraud_redefined.html

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Media Bias Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Media Bias menu tree.]

Five ways the mainstream media tipped the scales in favor of Obama

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/07/five-ways-mainstream-media-tipped-scales-in-favor-obama/

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Party of the Rich Update:

Obama Wins 8 of 10 Wealthiest Counties in US [again in 2012]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-wins-8-10-wealthiest-154837437.html

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Republicans? Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Republicans? menu tree.]

THANKS!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=194098510715078&set=a.129252543866342.10443.129232723868324&type=1&theater

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“Although the Republican-dominant House of Representatives controls the federal purse strings, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that Tuesday’s election victory by President Barack Obama changed how he will approach the GOP goal of repealing the health reform law…“

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/boehner-capitulates-obamacare-law-land

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Were there any Republicans who didn’t play this game?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/squandered_trust.html

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Obamanomics Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamanomics menu tree.]

6,125 Proposed Regulations and Notifications Posted in Last 90 Days–Average 68 per Day

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/6125-proposed-regulations-and-notifications-posted-last-90-days-average-68-day

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CBO: Corporate Taxes Up 34% in FY12; Individual Taxes Up 4%;Deficit Still Tops $1T

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cbo-corporate-taxes-34-fy12-individual-taxes-4deficit-still-tops-1t

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“[Obama's] Interior Department on Friday issued a final plan to close 1.6 million acres of federal land in the West originally slated for oil shale development.“

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/267095-interior-proposes-shielding-federal-lands-in-west-from-drilling

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Boeing Announces Big Layoffs in Defense Division

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49729998/

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Companies plan massive layoffs as Obamacare becomes reality

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2012/nov/8/picket-companies-plan-massive-layoffs-obamacare-be/

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Daily Job Cuts

http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/

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Entitlements Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / Federal Spending / Entitlements menu tree.]

The Coming Entitlements Cliff

http://www.ipi.org/docLib/20121030_EntitlementsCliff.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.]

Petrol bombs thrown [in Athens] and teargas and water cannons used during protests as draconian cuts pass narrowly

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/07/greece-austerity-protests-violence

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Government Schools Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Education / Government Schools menu tree.]

“A school district in Maine… [taught] middle school students… about homosexual foreplay during what was supposed to be a ‘Diversity Day’ presentation.”

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-children-taught-about-gay-foreplay.html

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How Strong Are U.S. Teacher Unions?

A State-By-State Comparison

http://www.edexcellence.net/publications/how-strong-are-us-teacher-unions.html

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American Energy Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / American Energy menu tree.]

OIL, GAS, AND COAL CAN PRIME THE JOBS PUMP

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/ir_30.pdf

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Environmentalism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Environmentalism menu tree.]

Radical Environmentalists Ignore Genocide, Push “Ecocide”

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/09/radical-environmentalists-ignore-genocide-push-ecocide/

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The Paradox of Energy Efficiency

“Most of the gains in fuel efficiency have gone into compensating for the extra size and thrust… [and] has been an increase in demand for energy used for lighting that nearly exactly offsets the efficiency gains.“

http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/31/the-paradox-of-energy-efficiency/print

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“[Obama's] ethanol mandate continues to do more harm than good — inflicting environmental damage, raising food prices, and distorting energy markets.“

http://american.com/archive/2012/october/is-it-time-to-stop-putting-food-in-our-cars/article_print

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Global Warming Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Science / Global Warming menu tree.]

“… recent global warming is not statistically significantly related to anthropogenic forcing.“

http://www.earth-syst-dynam-discuss.net/3/561/2012/esdd-3-561-2012.pdf

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Winter Hits Early On Three Continents… Cold, Snow And Blizzard Conditions Hit China, New York And The UK

http://notrickszone.com/2012/11/08/winter-hits-early-on-three-continents-cold-snow-and-blizzard-conditions-hit-china-new-york-and-the-uk/

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Carbon Dioxide: Our Salvation from a Future Ice Age?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108073805.htm

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Climate alarmists confounded again: New paper finds no effect of global warming on El Ninos

http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2012/11/climate-alarmists-confounded-again-new.html

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“The manufactured consensus of the IPCC has had the unintended consequences of distorting the science…“

http://judithcurry.com/2012/10/28/climate-change-no-consensus-on-consensus/

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Scientific Fraud Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Science / Scientific Fraud menu tree.]

Leading psychiatrists question psychiatry’s diagnostic manual

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/11/05/leading-psychiatrists-question-psychiatry-diagnostic-manual/?test=latestnews

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Higher Education Update:

“… a Florida A&M University professor… compares Jesus with Obama and says God told her in a dream to write it.“

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/11936

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Liberalism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Liberalism menu tree.]

Senate Dems Hold Up Human Rights Legislation

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/faith-j-h-mcdonnell/senate-dems-hold-up-human-rights-legislation/print/

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Millions of lonely people: The tragic legacy of the Left’s war on families

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2227930/Millions-lonely-people-The-tragic-legacy-Lefts-war-families.html?printingPage=true

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“A government agency that oversees charities in the United Kingdom has decided that a local Christian congregation cannot be registered because it does not open its communion services to just any outsider.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/government-regulates-church-communion/print/

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French Government to Cover Cost of All Abortions After Proposal Passes

http://www.christianpost.com/news/french-government-to-cover-cost-of-all-abortions-after-proposal-passes-84707/

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Liberal Fascism? Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Liberalism / Liberal Fascism menu tree.]

“Books which portray ‘traditional’ images of mothers caring for their children or fathers going out to work could be barred from [EU] schools under proposals from Brussels.“

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229022/Now-Brussels-takes-aim-Famous-Five-Books-portraying-traditional-families-barred.html

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Relativism Update:

Philosophical Problems With Moral Relativism

http://www.equip.org/articles/philosophical-problems-with-moral-relativism/

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The Trap of Dogmatic Relativism

http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/relativ.htm

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Feminism Update:

Sex-trafficking on campus: the logical outworking of feminist rhetoric

http://winteryknight.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/sex-trafficking-on-campus-the-logical-outworking-of-feminist-rhetoric/

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Conservatism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Conservatism menu tree.]

“If one group of people prefers government control and management of people’s lives and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences, or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?”

http://www.wnd.com/2010/04/137209/print/

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Black Culture Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Culture / Black Culture menu tree.]

Black Woman [On] Abortion: “No Ugly Ass Nappy Headed Kids”

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/07/black-woman-supports-abortion-no-ugly-ass-nappy-headed-kids/

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“… there were at least eight attackers, all young [black] men… The [white victim] was already knocked unconscious and the guy sat there and held his feet while his homeboy just started stomping on his head.”

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/11/06/witness-to-brutal-attack-speaks-with-wjz/

[No, the CBS news station did not bother to mention any of the racial facts of the incident.]

[Hmm...]

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Obamacare Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamacare menu tree.]

The Independent Payment Advisory Board

“… its mission… is too narrow…, [it] is effectively unaccountable… [and its] time horizon is too short.“

http://americanactionforum.org/sites/default/files/IPAB.pdf

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Abortion Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Culture / Abortion menu tree.]

Pregnant woman, 32, charged with manslaughter after unborn baby dies in DUI crash

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2229100/Harmony-Stair-Pregnant-mother-driving-drunk-crash-killed-unborn-son.html

[Just so we all understand what happened here, ASND reminds readers that if Ms. Stair had intentionally killed her child in utero, she would not, and could not, be charged with any crime – least of all murder (which, in case we've forgotten, is the intentional killing of an innocent human being).]

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Abortion Counters: Real-Time, U.S. (since 1970) and World-Wide (since 1980)

http://www.numberofabortions.com/

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Obamacabinet Update:

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Barack Obama / Obamappointees / Obamacabinet menu tree.]

Eric Holder Failed to Disclose Wife’s Abortion Clinic

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/09/eric-holder-failed-to-disclose-wifes-abortion-clinic/

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Homosexual Marriage Update:

[Homosexual] Marriage Gets First Ballot Wins

Changing Perspectives on Gay Marriage

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204755404578102953841743658.html?mod=WSJEurope_hpp_LEFTTopStories#project%3DGAYWED_HIGHER%26articleTabs%3Dinteractive

[ASND recommends readers click through the various subgroup graphs using the arrow icon on the right side of the page.]

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San Francisco Update:

Gender spenders: San Francisco to foot bill for sex changes

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/09/gender-bender-spenders-san-francisco-to-foot-bill-for-sex-changes/

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U.N. Update:

Sudan Elected to Influential U.N. Body, Gets More Votes Than U.S.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/sudan-elected-influential-un-body-gets-more-votes-us

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Islam Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Religion / Islam menu tree.]

7-Year-Old Murdered for Not Learning the Koran

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-tapson/7-year-old-murdered-for-not-learning-the-koran/print/

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Christian Persecution Update:

IRAN: Christians Face Court Hearings and More Arrests

www.be-a-voice.net/prayerbulletinpdfs/6912/269_MoreArrestsinIran_11x85_p.pdf

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VOM-USA Prayer Update:

https://www.vomgroups.com/qry/forum/td_index.taf?_function=topic&tdttopc_uid1=101

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Creationism Update:

The Texas Dinosaur/”Man Track” Controversy

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/paluxy.html

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Atheism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Religion / Christianity / The Bible menu tree.]

“Churchgoing youth are 70 percent more likely to enroll in college than unaffiliated peers, research finds.“

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2012/11/jssr-study-connects-college-attendance-to-churchgoing.html

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The Failure of [Secular] Moral Systems: Pragmatism & Utilitarianism

http://thelordgodexists.com/2012/11/christianity-provides-moral-absolutes-the-failure-of-non-christian-moral-systems/

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Can Moral Objectivism [Exist] Without God?

http://www.bethinking.org/right–wrong/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god.htm

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Judaism Update:

Penal Substitutionary Atonement: The Work of Meshiach Yeshua

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Challies_VisualTheology/The_Atonement.jpg

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The Message of the Tabernacle: Jesus Christ is YaHWeH

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Challies_VisualTheology/Tabernacle_Infographic.jpg

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Is Belief in the Incarnation Idolatry?

http://chab123.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/responding-to-jews-for-judaism-is-the-incarnation-totally-un-jewish/

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Roman Catholicism Update:

“Despite a presidency that was based on attacks on Catholics, with aggressive promotion of abortion and attacks on religious liberty via the HHS mandate, President Barack Obama received the majority of Catholic votes on Tuesday.“

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/07/despite-attacks-on-catholics-they-vote-to-re-elect-obama/

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Biden’s Bishop Silent on Pro-Abortion Biden Receiving Holy Communion

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/biden-s-bishop-silent-pro-abortion-biden-receiving-holy-communion

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The Bible Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Religion / Christianity / The Bible menu tree.]

How the Bible Came Together

http://www.christianity.com/print/11676918/

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The Books of the Bible