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The First Amendment, as rewritten under the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except if it is funded by a corporation, unless it is a media corporation, or if the speech occurs just prior to an election, unless it is in the form of a book, which, even though the law covers books, too, the Federal Election Commission would never apply that law to books because we say so, though we said something entirely different a couple of months ago." In an apoplexy of righteous indignation over...

Alongside the internationally better known National-Democratic Party of Germany or “NPD,” the German People’s Union (DVU) is one of the two main German political parties of the so-called “extreme Right.” As discussed in my earlier PJM report here, in German usage this expression is, in effect, just a euphemism for neo-Nazi currents and organizations. Both the NPD and the DVU are officially classified as “right-wing extremist” organizations by Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the so-called Office for the Protection of the Constitution or “Verfassungsschutz.” A statement published by the DVU on Wednesday, however, makes clear just how misleading it is to...

During a visit to Ukraine, the singer said he and his partner David Furnish were keen to become parents to a 14-month-old they had met there. "David and I have always talked about adoption," he said. But as Mr Furnish held baby Lev on his knee, Sir Elton revealed he had changed his mind. "Having seen Lev today, I would love to adopt him. I don't know how we do that but he has stolen my heart. The singer said the death of his long-term keyboardist, Guy Babylon, had also helped change his mind about children. "It broke my heart...

This week in Scifi: Sun: 9/10 -- Defying Gravity -- ABC Tue: 9/8 -- Fringe -- Fox 9/8 -- Warehouse 13 -- SyFy Fri: 9/8 -- Eureka -- SyFyB Also there are variety of scifi shows on www.fancast.com

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his government is ready to hold talks with world powers on a range of issues, but not its controversial nuclear program. On Sunday, official Iranian media quoted Mr. Ahmadinejad as saying Iran is ready to talk about "international cooperation and resolving global economic and security problems." But the Iranian president again said that possessing peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's "legal and definitive right, and it will not hold discussions about its undeniable rights."

THE literary works of Katie Price, Barack Obama and Dawn French are the most readily discarded reads in UK hotel rooms in 2009 a new report reveals today. Topping this year’s Travelodge’s “books left behind index” is Jordan’s third autobiography, Pushed to the Limit, In which she reveals the tough times she has faced in the last couple of years concerning marriage, children and turning from glamour model to businesswoman. In second place is Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama’s moving account of his journey towards understanding both his father's life and his own cultural inheritance. British actress, writer, comedienne...

...Or how they were all religious nuts and acting "un-American".....A little reminder from just a few short years ago... ...just a few of the thousands.

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Suffolk County police have busted the man who left an anti-Hispanic note at the altar of a church. And the suspect is Hispanic. Christian Mungia Garcia, 25, was arrested Friday night after hurling a wooden log and a glass bottle at a congregant of the Iglesia Evangelica Refugio de Salvacion in Patchogue. Cops later accused Garcia of leaving the hate-filled note Wednesday at the church.

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - A soldier set to deploy overseas is challenging her orders, arguing President Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen. Captain Connie Rhodes' lawyer and army officials were set to face off in federal court in Columbus Friday but the proceedings stalled. U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land held an emergency hearing but the captain, a doctor for the Army, wasn't there. Her attorney says Rhodes is due at Fort Benning Saturday but was forbidden to leave Fort Riley in Kansas to attend Friday's hearing. Orly Taitz, her lawyer, says instead of providing President Obama's vital records...

This is a president who cut his teeth as a “community organizer” (code for shaking down the “system”), who gives every indication of playing by Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals (whose methods he taught at the Developing Communities Project in Chicago), who enjoyed a close relationship with Weather Underground alumnus Bill Ayers, who is far too cozy with the trade unions and apparently approves their bullying tactics at town hall meetings and elsewhere, who supports the Honduran leftist and would-be strongman Manuel Zelaya and is disturbingly chummy with leftist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, who believes in “spreading the wealth” or...

(This is an update of a study I first posted in Nov. 2003) Those who labor to understand the nuances of the battle described in Ezekiel 38-39 quickly identify two major puzzles. One is the timing of the battle and the other is the identity of Gog, from Magog. Suffice it to say here that almost no scholar, certainly none I’m aware of, believes the battle of Ezekiel 38-39 has already taken place. Some believe it will occur just before the beginning of Daniel’s 70th Week, while others believe Ezekiel is actually describing the Battle of Armageddon, which would put...

912: AMERICA AWAKES IN 2009 On September 12, 2009 American conservative of all persuasions showed that they had awaken . Millions of Americans all over the country protested the out of control spending, economic-ruining, socialistic and unconstitutional tendancies of the current politicians in Washington DC, and particularly the Obama administration. Estimates ranged from 2 million by the Daily Mail in the UK, to near one million by Homeland Security, to several hundred thousand by NBC. Watching it on TV, I believe there were a million or more in Washington DC. See the pictures below and decide for yourself: And...

An army of seething protesters took to the streets of Washington, DC, yesterday, slamming the president's health-care plan and ranting against runaway government spending in the largest demonstration since Obama took office. The roiling crowd of tens of thousands, waving posters of Obama with Hitler's mustache or with makeup depicting the president as the villain The Joker from "Batman," began their protest near the White House on the National Mall on the cold, windy afternoon. UPI DC DISSENTERS: Tens of thousands of protesters in front of the Capitol slam President Obama's health-care reform plan yesterday. Brandishing signs that said, "ObamaCare...

Reenactment of the Battle of Lowicz, 1939 (pictures, video) Battle of Lowicz was fought between 11 and 14 September, 1939 - being a part of the Battle of the Bzura – the largest battle of 1939 campaign in Poland. Actually – the battle of the Bzura was also the largest counter attack land operation against German forces until 1941. Town of Lowicz was heavily destroyed by the German forces. The first building bombed by the Luftwaffe was the hospital – with its roof marked with huge red cross. Many wounded and ill people got burnt alive there. During the battle...

* * Fix this sick system About the writer Salena Zito covers politics for the Trib. She can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7879. Sign up now! Home Delivery Subscribe to our publications Politicians will tell you they'd rather have you hate them than distrust them because hate is an emotion that can be tweaked, while trust is an investment in character -- a bond that, once broken, can never be repaired fully. The problem for President Barack Obama and Democrats is that, in poll after poll, Main Street does not trust them. Republicans are not exempt, either; while...

An Elmira man wanted on burglary and other charges was apprehended Saturday after a standoff at a residence in the village of Watkins Glen. Karseen J. Atkinson, 30, was arrested on a parole warrant for absconding, and also charged with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree intimidating a witness, according to Horseheads state police. Atkinson is also facing a prior second-degree burglary charge filed by the Elmira Police Department. All four charges are felonies.

ISLAM & PROSTITUTION = IN CHRISTIAN VALUES = OUT thelastcrusade.org In our vibrant American Democracy every citizen has the right to his personal beliefs. Americans, private citizens, and political figures alike, are free to choose their friends and enemies according to their world-view or personal agenda. These rights have served the nation well since the founding of the Republic and must be respected. However, it is critical that the beliefs and personal/political agendas of our elected officials be clearly defined and made known to those who have placed them in positions of power. It is unreasonable to allow our lawmakers...

Clarice Feldman The federal government should review all tax returns prepared by ACORN tax preparers (and all loan applications prepared by ACORN -- but that is a separate review process). That the IRS knows who these people are is suggested by this article, which I suppose was repeated throughout the country: ... ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Tax and Benefits Centers in Hartford and Bridgeport are ready to assist CT Taxpayers. ACORN has partnered with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) program to provide free tax preparation for low and moderate income taxpayers who cannot afford...

Sunday’s Washington Post reports that “J.P. Morgan Chase for the first time convened its board in Washington this summer, calling the directors to a meeting at the downtown Hay-Adams hotel, then dispatching them to Capitol Hill for meet-and-greets,” highlighting the bed-sharing between State and economy in an article titled, “In Shift, Wall Street Goes to Washington: District Rises as New Financial Center”.“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” –Benito MussoliniDavid Cho, Steven Mufson and Tomoeh Murakami Tse report:As financial firms navigate a life more closely connected to government aid and...