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_Obama Commits Treason By Arming Egypt’s Anti-American Dictatorship_ The Last Resistance [www.lastresistance.com] * Why would a US president continue to push to give billions of dollars in aid and to supply arms to a nation whose regime has declared that America and its ally Israel are mortal enemies that should be destroyed? And why would that same president who wants to arm our enemies want to disarm American citizens? Obama helped the Muslim Brotherhood, a known militant and radical Islamic group, to overthrow the government of Egypt. He supported the election of Morsi as Egypt’s new president, even when...

From page 6 of "Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics" (booklet) Intrinsically evil actions are those that fundamentally conflict with the moral law and can never be performedunder any circumstances.It is a serious sin to deliberately endorse or promote any of these actions, and no candidate who really wants to advance the common good will support any actioncontrary to the non-negotiable principles involved in these issues. 1. Abortion The Church teaches that, regarding the law permitting abortions, it is "never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or to vote...

WASHINGTON, OCT25 (UPI)-The Obama Administration is mulling whether an anthrax vaccine meant to protect against bioterrorism attack should be tested on U.S. children, officials say...

"...Washington, Oct.25 (UPI)- The Obama administration is mulling whether an anthrax vaccine meant to protect against bioterrorism attack should be tested on U.S. children, officials say..."

US SAYS NO ISSUES WITH NEW OIL PIPELINE 20 Apr 2011-US say no isues with new oil pipeline proposed $7 billion 1900 mile pipieline would carry oil from Canada to Texas...

12:36 PM-CDT-April 22, 2010 Kansas City, Missouri "The EPA told the school mercury, even the size of a pencil lead, could render half of..."

*[EXCERPTED]* "...The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act allows the FDA to...control an industry ... Opponents from...N. Carolina argued that the FDA had proved through a series of food safety failures that it was not up to the job of regulation..."

Associated Press-June 12, 2009 "Today Congress sent legislation to the Whte House which woul give the Federal Government vast new powers to regulate and restrict cigarettes..."

Obama Signs SCHIP Law with Major Tobacco Tax Increase February 5, 2009 News Summary (excerpt:) Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Barack Obama signed the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill into law this week; the measure will expand healthcare coverage for children using funds from a 62-cent-per-pack increase in the federal cigarette tax. The Detroit Free Press reported Feb. 4 that Obama approved the $74-billion SCHIP reauthorization legislation passed by the House of Representatives earlier in the day on a 290-135 vote. The Senate had previously approved the measure, which was vetoed twice last year by then-President George Bush. The measure...

_House Passes Senate SCHIP Bill;President Signs Bill_ On Wednesday, Feb. 4, the U.S. House passed by a margin of 290 to 135 the U.S. Senate version of the bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, (S.C.H.I.P.)... President has signed the legislation into law. Below are the final tax rates on cigarettes and tobacco products that will go into effect on April 1, 2009 :SCHIP Cigarette and Tobacco Tax RatesProduct Current Rates Through March 31, 2009 and Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Rate April, 1 2009 * Pack Cigarettes:39¢ per pack$1.0066 per pack * Large Cigars:20.719% of manufacturer's price;...

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Military_Antrax.html Thursday, December 1, 2005 · Last updated 10:01 a.m. PT _Anthrax shots may be required in military_ By PETE YOST ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER * WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration asked a federal appeals court Thursday to reinstate mandatory anthrax inoculations for many military personnel, while a lawyer for soldiers who refused the shots said anti-anthrax vaccine was never intended for the purpose the Pentagon is using it. * The government is appealing a decision by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who suspended anthrax vaccinations after he found fault in the Food and Drug Administration's process for...

WASHINGTON- The government's effort to develop a new vaccine against anthrax has raised red flags among critics over plans to eventually test an experimental version on children.Robert Bock, a spokesman for the Nat'l. Inst. of Child Health and Human Development, said the new anthrax vaccine would not be tested on 100 first-and-second-graders until it is first tested safely on adults. That is under way now, he said."If that study is successful, there will probably be a protocol to test the anthrax vaccine in children," Bock said.While federal rules govern how children can be used in medical research, Barbara Loe...

American regulators knew five years ago that cotamination at the now infamous vaccine plant i Liverpool, England, was both pervasive and persistent, documents show. In fact, evidence was so overwhelming that regulators should have shut down the plant or sought alternative flu vccine sources long ago,say some vaccine experts and pharmac. experts who have reviewed the documents. * continued at kcstar.com

note: Complete issues of "In These Times" are available from Bell and Howell, Ann Arbor, MI; ISC at info@bigtoppubs.com, (415) 643-0161 The following is a small excerpt of a much larger article: * Before 1980, autism was diagnosed in 1 in 10,000 children; in 2002, the Nat'l. Insts. of Health raised that figure to 1 in 250 children. The Autism Society of America now estimates that autism disorders are growing by 10 percent or more annually. In a sad twist, scientists increasingly believe that mercury-laced vaccines meant to protect children from illnesses are at the root of this spike....

Lawmakers want information on use of nerve gas in '60s * By David Goldstein, The Kansas City Star * WASHINGTON - Two members of Congress intend to call for an investigation into the secret testing of nerve gas and chemical and biological agents on U.S. servicemen in the 1960s. *  Rep. Mike Thompson of California and Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, both Democrats, plan to introduce legislation in their respective chambers next week, urging that the Pentagon reveal more information about the tests, known as Project SHAD. *   "If it's classified, we can deal with classified material," said Nelson,...

Vaccine Refusal May Cause NY to Take Children Today, 77 middle-schoolers will be yanked from home and taken into custody by New York state unless their parents agree to vaccinate them for a disease usually caught by drug abusers or the sexually promiscuous. On October 10, students in Utica were sent home for failing to get hepatitis B vaccines by the state deadline. Parents were warned the children would be turned over to Child Protective Services for neglect if they were still without vaccination in 2 weeks. "This is Hillary-Care coming home to roost in NY," said Jane M. Orient, ...

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact person: Joyce Riley vonKleist, RN,BSN American Gulf War Veterans Association 573-378-8933 (cellular) 573-378-6049 Kevin's cell: 612-845-2084 (1:30-3:00pm cst) NAVY VET TO RIDE WHEELCHAIR FOR GULF WAR ILLNESS Kevin Shores, a Navy vet and Native American is on a wheelchair ride across Minnesota to draw attention to the severity and significance of the Gulf War Illness. Though he served aboard the USS Fox CG-33 which was the first ship sent to the Gulf after the USS Stark took a missile hit, Kevin is today considered to have many of the same problems that Gulf War vets experience. ...

At odds over anthrax: Some say no to vaccine MILITARY: Aaron Roblero of Lake Forest is among hundreds of servicemen and women punished for rejecting what they believe is a harmful and untested drug. May 14, 2000 ByELIZABETH AGUILERA The Orange County Register Aaron Roblero spent 60 days below deck in a hold just above the USS Constellation's engines. It was hot and stuffy. Hard to breathe. He could have nothing but a Bible. No radio. No textbooks. No jazz CDs. He left the compartment, where beds are stacked three high, only to eat and work 16-hour days. He ...