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Tuesday, July 7, 2009 No crowds for Michael Jackson in Phila. Inquirer staff writer Liz Wagner reports: The memorial service for Michael Jackson is being broadcast on the Jumbotron at the Piazza at Schmidts, but few have gathered to watch it. Evan Osenfeldt, 27, of Northern Liberties, stopped while walking his dog. He described himself as a fan. “Who wasn’t? Osenfeldt said, recalling how he used to dancer around in a beaded jacket and silver glove when he was a child. At the nearby Darling’s Diner, hostess Bethany Willis watched the broadcast on two of the restaurant’s three televisions. “It’s...

...Obama on Tuesday strongly denied that the United States had given Israel an approval to strike Iran's nuclear facilities. Asked by CNN whether Washington had given Israel a green light for such an attack, Obama answered: "Absolutely not." ... ...Joe Biden was asked on ABC's 'This Week' whether the US would stand in the way militarily if the Israelis decided they needed to take out Iran's nuclear program.The US "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do," he said.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization has decided to hold in the West Bank city of Bethlehem its first congress in 20 years. Well-known terrorists and anti-Israel extremists are slated to descend upon the important Christian city, where, among other things, the Fatah party is set to vote on a clause that would affirm "resistance" against Israel, WND has learned. The event will mark Fatah's sixth General Congress. At the meeting, hundreds of voting Fatah members will discuss the future of their party and pass official resolutions outlining Fatah's major objectives.

WASHINGTON - Representative Patrick Kennedy said he’s “feeling healthy and strong’’ and plans to return to Congress today after receiving treatment at a Maryland addiction treatment center. Discuss COMMENTS (18) The Rhode Island Democrat said yesterday he was looking forward to returning full time to his congressional duties. “The support and words of encouragement I have received over the past few weeks certainly help to support my efforts in recovery, which I take seriously every day,’’ Kennedy said in a statement. The congressman, who has struggled with depression, alcoholism, and addiction for much of his life, checked into the Father...

Much has been said about Maureen “I wanted to weave the idea into my column” Dowd’s latest take-down of Sarah Palin (“Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy.”) Her hit-piece is a self-parody. Instead, of seriously critiquing the wisdom or folly of Palin’s controversial decision to step down from the governorship, we get child-like sentences on spec like this: "On the shore of Lake Lucille, with wild fowl honking and the First Dude smiling, with Piper in the foreground and their Piper Cub in the background, the woman who took the Republican Party by storm only 10 months ago gave an...

While out saying goodbye in the pouring rain and lightning to friends in my driveway, I noticed that traffic in the nearby road was backed up.This is very unusual, as busy as the road is for Southern New Hampshire. There was a very pretty female dog limping up the street,fortunately a very nice lady in a yellow SUV stopped and grabbed her by the collar.Thank God the animal had ID tags from the town (Secretely I was hoping I may have to keep her).The Animal control officer came right away and assured us that they can find her home from...

Lance Armstrong moved level with Fabian Cancellara at the head of the overall standings after helping Astana to a team time-trial success on stage four of the Tour de France. Cancellara, of Saxo Bank, retains the yellow jersey going into tomorrow's fifth stage but Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour, was able to wipe out a 40-second deficit on the roads of Montpellier. Astana posted a time of 46 minutes and 29 seconds to win the 39km stage, with Garmin-Slipstream finishing second 18 seconds back and Saxo Bank third, a further 22 seconds behind. Alberto Contador, Armstrong's team-mate, moves...

Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Shake the cobwebs out of your brain...We are another day closer to the REVOLUTION! All comrades, infidels, sick twisted freaks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread!

The Republican candidate for governor of Virginia indicated that he remains open to having Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, campaign for him -- but said no plans for such an event are in the works. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., said on ABCNews.com's "Top Line" today that he doesn't know yet whether Palin will campaign on his behalf in Virginia -- reiterating his official campaign stance. "I don't know how this recent announcement -- which I still don't fully understand, I only know what I've read in the media -- how that fully plays out, and whether she's going to just prefer a...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a meeting with several members of the Catholic media Thursday, President Obama insisted that pro-life Catholics' fears over the new administration's abortion agenda was "not based on anything I've said or done." The president also said he embraces the so-called "seamless garment" moral theory of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, which he said he feels has been "buried under the abortion debate" in recent decades.The president called for the brief round-table meeting with Catholic media to discuss his upcoming meeting with Pope Benedict XVI July 10, but addressed the rift between...

Here is complete video, all 177 minutes of it, of the funeral service held today, July 7, 2009, for Pop Legend Michael Jackson. The service was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Jackson was found dead at his rented home on June 25, 2009. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Even from Russia the President of the United States leads the world on to the wrong side of the Honduras Issue: “America supports now the restoration of the democratically-elected President of Honduras, even though he has strongly opposed American policies,” the president told graduate students at the commencement ceremony of Moscow’s New Economic School. “We do so not because we agree with him. We do so because we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not. “ President Obama's rationale is naive at best. Deposed Honduras President Manuel...

New York Rep.Jose Serrano propses bill that would repel the 22nd Amendment of The Constitution.It would thereby remove the limitations of a presidents terms. Check URL.

Speaking in Oxford at the Smith School World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment , sponsored by The Times, Mr Gore said: “Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War II.” He added: “We have everything we need except political will but political will is a renewable resource.” Gore admitted that it was difficult to persuade the public that the threat from climate change was as urgent as the threat from Nazi Germany.

July 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Increased rates of regressive autism in children in the US and UK can be historically associated with the switch by pharmaceutical companies from the use of animal cells to produce vaccines to the use of aborted human fetal cells, a campaign group is claiming. "Now when we vaccinate our children, some vaccines also deliver contaminating aborted human fetal DNA. The safety of this has never been tested," says Dr. Theresa Deisher, President of the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI). SCPI, a group that educates the public on the use of aborted human fetal material for...

If you want to see the logical disconnect of unions and their lap dog lawmakers where it concerns costs to government, one need look no further than the over indulgent healthcare plan that New Hampshire's state workers have been lavished with. On July 4, the Boston Globe published a story that details the incredibly rich healthcare plan that state workers have succeeded in getting due to union negotiations with pliant Democrat lawmakers. It seems that they get just about any kind of care they want and all for "free." It's called a "Cadillac" healthcare plan and it is amazing for...

(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said President Barack Obama supports existing federal laws that prevent federally funded health care providers from forcing doctors and pharmacists who morally oppose abortion from either performing the procedure or providing abortion-inducing medication. But Obama opposes a regulation put into place by the Bush administration that would require those federally funded providers to certify compliance with the law, Sebelius said.

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683 Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation Tuesday, July 07, 2009 Fairfax, Va. – Two-thirds of the nation’s attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general, along with the Attorney General of California in a separate filing, agrees with the NRA’s position that the Second...

Just after midnight and just after noon on July, 8th, it will be.... 12:34:56 7/8/9 Finally something on FR that really is SERIES!

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