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I have information that supports my hypothesis that many of our human illnesses may have their origins in space. Case in point is the meteor and crater discovered in Peru. Many of the local people came down with a mysterious illness following exposure to the space debris and or crater. The W.H.O. investigated the incident after learning of a strange illness (w/out ANY protection LOL) . It is possible they have not identified the nature of the illness nor has there been any mention of it in medical journals but I suspect that if it is H1N1 they are keeping...

After being stung by several hidden camera videos president Obama's favorite community organizing group ACORN is now threatening to sue Fox News after the network aired the vdeio footage. From the Politico Facing intensifying scrutiny after the release of several disturbing hidden camera videos, the community organizing group, ACORN, is threatening to sue Fox News, the website Breitbart.com and the two conservative activists who produced the exposes.

Rep. Joe Wilson said Wednesday that former President Jimmy Carter's accusations of racism are a distraction from the issues. At a town hall at his presidential center in Atlanta on Tuesday, Mr. Carter said Mr. Wilson's outburst during President Obama's speech last week was rooted in racism. "I think it's based on racism," he said. "There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president." The former president and Democratic members of Congress are playing politics, Mr. Wilson told The Washington Times' America's Morning News radio show. He was formally reprimanded by the...

The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent. A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new taxes would be between $100 billion to $200 billion a year. At the upper end of the administration's estimate, the cost per American household would be an extra $1,761 a year.

A new USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that President Obama's speech last week to Congress on health care reform did little to allay the public's fears about his plan

Goldstone has condemned Israel of being guilty of war crimes and perhaps even crimes against humanity. Melanie Phillips argues that the Commission Members are tainted and the Mandate self-serving. I demonstrate that the usual safe guards were not in place to ferret out the truth and that Goldstone's interpretation of the law is really a misinterpretation.

Through emotional outbursts in virtually every corner of our culture, from the halls of government to popular music to professional sports, famous folks recently have offered up a veritable smorgasbord of bad taste on which to comment. Summing up: People are rude. The flurry of incivility that lately has found its way to Youtube’s “most viewed” list, ought to make us worry about the messages our children are getting, given that Youtube is the most popular web site for kids ages 8 to 18. It’s time to turn our kitchen tables into learning labs and take advantage of this week’s...

With Obamacare or its repackaged equivalent still looming ominously on the American sociopolitical horizon, there are few voices, at this late stage in the game, that haven't yet been raised. The Left, as always, has its handy megaphone (the mainstream media) blaring forth its tedious and untenable talking points 24/7, while the right wing marched in force on Washington, D. C., last weekend, making its presence known even within the "see-no-conservatism, hear-no-conservatism, speak-no-conservatism" confines of the Beltway itself. Still, there remains one major bloc constantly invoked in this debate which also needs to be heard from. I am talking, of...

ROME, SEPT. 15, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Religion has a central and unique role in society and its development, according to the former prime minister of England. Tony Blair, a convert to Catholicism, spoke with L'Osservatore Romano about his faith in an interview published in today's Italian edition. "My spiritual journey began when I started to go to Mass with my wife," Blair said. "Then we decided to baptize our children in the Catholic faith. It was a journey that lasted 25 years, or perhaps more. In time, emotionally, intellectually and rationally it seemed to me that the Catholic home was the...

Jimmy Carter ought to be ashamed of himself. Millions of Americans are legitimately concerned over an attempt by a political party to fundamentally change the country through government without regard to the limits imposed by the Constitution. These are legitimate concerns being expressed in legitimate ways. The left, so bereft of humility, cannot recognize genuine political and philosophical disagreement but see only racism. The former President has been cozying up to authoritarian Marxists for so long and is now so convinced in the rightness of their leftness that the noise of the democratic process is no longer required or even...

The media's gushing praise of Obama during his first 100 days in office shifted to a more negative tone in his second 100 days.

The Obama administration has for the first time set out its views on the controversial USA Patriot Act, telling lawmakers this week that legal approval of government surveillance methods scheduled to expire in December should be renewed, but leaving room to tweak the law to protect Americans' privacy. In a letter from Justice Department officials to key members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the administration recommended that Congress move swiftly with legislation that would protect the government's ability to collect a variety of business and credit card records and to monitor terrorism suspects with roving wiretaps. But Assistant Attorney General...

President Obama told the nation last Wednesday night: Some of people's concerns have grown out of bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost. The best example is the claim made not just by radio and cable talk show hosts, but by prominent politicians, that we plan to set up panels of bureaucrats with the power to kill off senior citizens. Now such a charge would be laughable if it weren't so cynical and irresponsible. It's a lie, plain and simple. The prominent politician who first complained about the death panels in the...

One week after President Obama’s speech to Congress, opposition to his health care reform plan has reached a new high of 55%. The latest Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll shows that just 42% now support the plan, matching the low first reached in August.

CNN has gone self service with its CNN Wire web site. From Fishbowl DC CNN launched a self-service, e-commerce site for its wire stories today. The new storefront makes it simple to license single CNN stories online. For $199 per story for a single use, visitors can pay with a credit card and download content immediately. Earlier this year, CNN expanded the offerings of its existing wire service by making it available for subscription. Now via the online store, CNN offer a la carte, single use content on demand. Interesting content distribution pay model. Check it out for yourself at...

While guest hosting The View last week, the subject of Tyra Banks appearing on her show without a weave or a wig came up during the Hot Topics segment. I have long been a huge Tyra fan and consider her an inspiration to young women, including me. The idea of her being seen without fake hair was another awesome moment of Tyra bridging the gap between reality and television. The conversation soon turned to our own hair—real and otherwise. Sherri Shepherd admitted that when she was little she wanted “Marcia Brady hair” like I had. For that matter, I said,...

WASHINGTON -- There is a segment of society for whom traditional family values are increasingly irrelevant, and for whom spring-break sexual liberationism is increasingly costly: men and women in their 20s. This is the period of life in which society's most important social commitments take shape -- commitments that produce stability, happiness and children. But the facts of life for twentysomethings are challenging. Puberty -- mainly because of improved health -- comes steadily sooner. Sexual activity kicks off earlier. But the average age at which people marry has grown later; it is now about 26 for females, 28 for males....

Facing a near-daily barrage of attacks from conservative opponents, White House officials are engaged in an internal debate over how hard to hit back, even as they have grown increasingly aggressive in countering allegations they deem to be absurd. (snip) But at a tactical level, administration officials are taking seriously the potential for damage and are attempting to respond forcefully. In early August, officials stepped up their efforts to link the "birther" movement -- with its contention that Obama was not born in the United States and is thus not a legitimate president -- to Republican leaders. Later in the...

Here is video of 14 year-old conservative prodigy Jonathan Krohn debating Health Care with Columbia University professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. The two appeared on Fox News.com's "Morning Click," which appears to be a web-only program (not positive about that). Krohn said one policeman estimated the 9/12 March on Washington crowd at 1.5 million people. Marc Lamont Hill said the movement is "real," and said Obama did not acknowledge it because he does not want to impede momentum on his Health Care drive. Harris Faulkner is the Fox host. Krohn even suggested to Hill that they do a "Hannity and...

A US worker came within seconds of destroying Lincoln's copy of the Magna Carta after nearly spraying it with a chemical cleaner. The 800-year-old document is currently on display in New York, but almost met a sticky end thanks to an overzealous cleaner. Lincoln Cathedral's archive conservation consultant Chris Woods accompanied the document, spending hours making sure the inked sheepskin which contains the charter of freedom, was placed correctly into a £42,000 vacuum-sealed display case to keep it safe from the elements. And it was, until a lock briefly malfunctioned just as a workman tried to give it a last...