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Forget Mary Jo Kopechne byPaul L. Williams, Ph.D.thelastcrusade.org Senator Ted Kennedy was a wretched Roman Catholic who served to undermine the cardinal tenets of Christianity. He earned a 100% NARAL Pro Choice rating for supporting every pro abortion issue that rose from the floor of the Senate, including the legalization of late-term abortions and the right of minors to cross state lines for abortions without parental permission. He was a supporter of gay rights and same sex marriage. He opposed public prayer, even silent prayer, and abstinence education. And he strove to his dying day to sever the American...

The late Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) had requested that he be buried at sea. While such requests normally are honored, this one was vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The key sticking point was the Senators request that his “coffin” be a “1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88.” Those familiar with the Chappaquiddick incident may recognize this as the car that the Senator drove off a bridge in 1969 on the way to an extramarital tryst with a young campaign volunteer named Mary Jo Kopechne in the car with him. Ms. Kopechne was trapped in the submerged car for several hours...

In 2005 and 2006, the bearded, pudgy man who calls himself the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks discussed a wide variety of subjects, including Greek philosophy and al-Qaeda dogma. In one instance, he scolded a listener for poor note-taking and his inability to recall details of an earlier lecture. Speaking in English, Mohammed "seemed to relish the opportunity, sometimes for hours on end, to discuss the inner workings of al-Qaeda and the group's plans, ideology and operatives," said one of two sources who described the sessions, speaking on the condition of anonymity because much information about detainee confinement...

For the past few months I have been encouraging readers to do their own research on the U.S. economy rather than rely on the rosy picture being painted for us by the Obama administration and the talking heads on TV news. Obama and his minions would love for us to believe that 'recovery is just around the corner,' and 'we are on the brink of a rebound,' and other such nonsense. Indeed, the stock market seems to back them up. However, the stock market was up significantly in the months leading up to the big crash of 1929. This is...

Last Saturday, Max, a terrier-cross from Louisiana, celebrated his 26th birthday with a special party hosted by his owner, Janelle Derouen. Max, who is 182 in canine years, is believed to be the oldest dog in the world (pending confirmation by Guinness World Records, currently verifying his veterinary birth certificate).

See Part I Beck to the Future: Glen Beck Exposes Dangerous Link Between Nazi Eugenics and ObamaCare Reform Experts By Peter J. SmithWASHINGTON, D.C., August 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Germany's experience with National Socialism is one of the darker moments of human history. FOX News host Glenn Beck has taken on the challenge of applying the lessons of Nazi Germany (government-controlled health care, combined with the principle of valuing human beings based on "quality of life" and a severe economic crisis) to "question with boldness" the direction American health-care is heading under President Barack Obama and his policy advisors.Beck hosts...

Issued by The National Weather Service Duluth, MN 11:16 am CDT, Sat., Aug. 29, 2009 ... FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 32 TO 37 ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. AT THESE TEMPERATURES... TEMPERATURES AT GROUND LEVEL CAN EASILY REACH BELOW THE FREEZING LEVEL. THE MOST WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO...

Edward Kennedy Funeral Mass - Prayers Of The Faithful (YouTube)

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "Question with boldness." That is the motto of radio host and FOX News television host Glenn Beck, who says he asks questions no different than ordinary Americans - he just has an army of researchers to help him explore these questions. But what the question explores is the disturbing relationship between eugenics, Nazism, and the imposition of Obama's health care plan upon the United States.Like the old adage "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it," Beck has looked back to the past to get a glimpse of the future....

This week, we received some terrible news. The six-year old grandson of a dear friend died suddenly. The little one had an underlying health issue, apparently caught a bug, and had to be hospitalized. With medical care, he got better, and everyone thought that he was past the worst of it when he collapsed and died without warning.Please, pray for this beautiful family. In addition to the little boy, they have two daughters. I can't imagine what the parents are going through. His grandmother, my friend, is stricken. I have never in my life seen anyone so utterly consumed with...

AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY We stand at a pivotal crossroads in our nation's history. It is a crossroads that we as a people have been a long time coming to, with the pivotal events occurring mostly in the last hundred years, and now escalating much more rapidly in the last few months. So-called progressives, socialists, marxists, and those seeking to ignore or discard fundamental republican and moral principle have pushed and pushed, have cajoled and cajoled, and have subverted our nation to this very point, calling the truth a lie as they have gone along. Many have...

Here is video of CNBC's Larry Kudlow and a panel discussing the ethics problems of Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel in failing to disclose a number of accounts and financial matters, including a $500,000 checking account. Larry Kudlow said he does not see how Rangel can retain his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee. But Julian Epstein defended Rangel as an "honest guy" who was just "sloppy" in his reporting of assets. . . . . (Watch Video)

“God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets all of us in battle, shall not blind me to my duty to my own manhood, to the glory of my calling, and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers. Grant to our armed forces that disciplined valor and mutual confidence which insures success in war. Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me...

As flu season approaches, West Virginia's largest hospital has given its employees a choice: Get a flu shot, or get another job . . . A mandatory flu shot policy like CAMC's is rare for U.S. hospitals, but it may soon become more common. A New York State law that takes effect this month requires hospitals to provide records showing all their workers have seasonal flu vaccinations or face fines, and

I was listening to NPR today (I know, I know), and someone was interviewing Spike Lee, who, for some reason, is throwing a birthday celebration for Michael Jackson. Lee said he was "devestated" by Jackson's death and that he loved him. While musing on the fact that Spike is a militiant loudmouth and the irony of his celebrating a self-hating black man who literally bleached his skin (so it is claimed) and what an asshat Lee is, I also realized I admire some of his work. So, I began to think of other celebs and artists whose work I admire...

Tired of life with her cabinet-maker boyfriend of three years, Sibia Martinez wanted him gone. She was even willing to pay for it -- $200. Nearly six months after 29-year-old Jose Manuel Matute-Hernandez was found dead in his Davie apartment with two bullets in his brain, investigators arrested Martinez, saying the 21-year-old had her boyfriend killed by a bargain-rate hitman. Police also on Thursday arrested Cesar Banegas, 24, and accused him of brokering the hit with his roommate, 22-year-old Jose Suarez, who police say shot Matute-Hernandez dead while he sat on his living room couch. According to the trio's arrest...

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CBS " 60 MINUTES" documentary on the swine flu epidemics of 1976 in the U.S. It went on air only once and was never shown again.

European scientists have developed a method to detect potential biological warfare agents in food. "A possible scenario for a bioterrorism attack could involve food contamination with protein toxins"A possible scenario for a bioterrorism attack could involve food contamination with protein toxins, such as ricin and botulinum neurotoxins, says Brigitte Dorner, researcher into microbial toxins, of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin. However, until now detecting toxins in such complex samples has been difficult. Dorner and colleagues in Germany and Switzerland have devised a highly sensitive system that can detect trace amounts of the toxins in foods such as milk, baby food...

The Drug Enforcement Administration Friday announced that it found 14,500 marijuana plants growing in a Colorado national park, authorities say are linked to Mexican drug cartels...... they have seen an increase in outdoor marijuana operations run by Mexican drug cartels. In the most recent Colorado case, the marijuana was found in "the remote, rugged terrain" of Pike National Forest, which is about 60 miles southwest of Denver. "The persons who were involved in this criminal activity had no regard for the damage caused to the forest and environment by the waste they left behind," said Jeffrey D. Sweetin, special agent...