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The Temple Mount crisis Posted: February 19, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.comAccording to the Bible, in the last days, several events regarding Israel would occur in a particular order in a short time frame. The first, of course, would be the return of the Jews to their ancient homeland of Israel. "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land ..." (Ezekiel 37:21, New American Standard) The second,...

Human Corpse Exhibit Stirs Outrage POSTED: 3:35 PM EST February 3, 2004 UPDATED: 5:58 PM EST February 3, 2004DALIAN, China -- Hidden in a maze of factories in the heart of this northeastern Chinese port city is the house Gunther von Hagens built -- and, for many, a place where nightmares are created.Inside von Hagens' sprawling, well-guarded compound, behind a leaning metal fence pocked with holes, are more than 800 human beings - 200 of his staffers and 645 dead bodies in steel cases from almost a dozen nations. The anatomist, whose exhibits of preserved human corpses have riled religious...

Janet Apologizes, Says Super Bowl Stunt Went Too FarOne day after Janet Jackson's shocking Super Bowl halftime performance, the singer took responsibility for the breast-baring incident and said she never intended the stunt to go as far as it did. "The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final rehearsals," Jackson said in a statement released Monday (February 2). "MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended — including the audience, MTV, CBS and...

John Edwards Responds to 'Junk Science' Allegations By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer February 02, 2004(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat who's running for his party's presidential nomination, conceded that infant cerebral palsy usually is not the fault of the doctors who deliver the baby -- even though he argued otherwise in his days as a trial lawyer. Edwards was responding to allegations first reported by CNSNews.com on Jan. 20. The CNSNews.com report noted that a large part of Edwards' legal career was based on "junk science," which allowed him to win hugely lucrative legal judgments...

Robots for No Man's Land Defense Companies Developing the 'Brains' to Remake War By Yuki Noguchi Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 30, 2004; Page E01 The education of Stryker, an 18-ton military monster truck, begins in the warehouse lab of General Dynamics in Westminster, Md. There, Stryker, one of the U.S. Army's newest infantry vehicles, is fitted with a "ladar" scanner, the equivalent of a mounted pair of eyes that see by emitting 400,000 laser and radar beams and snap 120 camera images every second. Its brain -- a 40-pound computer system tucked inside its body -- processes that...

'Gay' men as the straight man's messiah? Posted: December 8, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com My radio producer volunteered me as a subject for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." I doubt I'll go through with outing myself on national television as an unprocessed hillbilly, but I am intrigued by gay men having become the straight man's "messiah." "Queer Eye" is based on the premise that heterosexual men are today's coarse savages who need their chest and back hair (wait, isn't that a rug?) waxed. Bad-mannered brutes and barbarians with apartments that look like Beirut. Unlettered in stylishness,...

XXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED NOV 26, 2003 10:49:38 ET XXXXX SOLDIERS ANGER OVER DEAN BROTHER 'MILITARY HONORS' **Exclusive** Active duty soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are upset over being forced take part in a military repatriation ceremony today for remains believed to be those of the non-military brother of presidential candidate Howard Dean, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "His brother will receive full military honors...flag over the coffin and all!" fumes one soldier, who asked not to be named. Governor Dean is set to visit to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the repatriation of his brother to...

The Feds Love Linux Erika Brown, 06.20.03, 8:20 AM ET NEW YORK - Three weeks ago, John P. Stenbit, chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Defense, issued an agencywide memo that has Linux lovers rejoicing. The brief outlined the DOD's policy on acquiring, using and developing open-source software, including the Linux operating system. By creating an official policy, the DOD is "outing" open source, a technology that was stuck in government limbo, neither condoned nor outlawed. "People used to think they'd get fired if they talked about it. It was 'Don't ask, don't tell,'" says Tony M. Stanco,...

Carhart wins temporary victory BY BUTCH MABIN / Lincoln Journal Star Citing the health risks a late-term abortion law could pose to mothers, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf on Wednesday temporarily barred the federal government from enforcing the measure against four doctors. In an order issued shortly after President Bush signed legislation that banned so-called partial-birth abortions, Kopf ruled the measure appeared to suffer the same constitutional flaw -- the absence of a health exception for the mother -- that the U.S. Supreme Court identified in a 1997 Nebraska measure. "While it is ... true that Congress found that...

US Army 'going to Linux' after OS switch for GI PDA By John Lettice Posted: 27/10/2003 at 15:44 GMT The US Army has abandoned Windows and chosen Linux for a key component of its "Land Warrior" programme, according to a report in National Defense Magazine. The move, initially covering a personal computing and communications device termed the Commander's Digital Assistant (CDA), follows the failure of the previous attempt at such a device in trials in February of this year, and is part of a move to make the device simpler and less breakable. According to program manager Lt Col Dave...

Attorney: Jeb Bush letter only a 'good first step' Florida judge dumps governor's plea for brain-disabled woman in file Posted: August 28, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern By Sarah Foster © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A letter sent by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to a probate court judge asking him to delay the removal of a feeding tube from a brain-disabled woman is "a good first step," but the governor will need to do more if he wishes to halt the pending starvation death of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, says noted anti-euthanasia author and attorney Wesley Smith. "The letter is nice, but it's not sufficient...

Attorney: Jeb Bush letter only a 'good first step' Florida judge dumps governor's plea for brain-disabled woman in filePosted: August 28, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern By Sarah Foster © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A letter sent by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to a probate court judge asking him to delay the removal of a feeding tube from a brain-disabled woman is "a good first step," but the governor will need to do more if he wishes to halt the pending starvation death of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, says noted anti-euthanasia author and attorney Wesley Smith. "The letter is nice, but it's not sufficient for...

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Jeb Bush intervenes for Schindler-Schiavo Asks for delay to investigate case of brain-disabled Florida woman Posted: August 26, 2003 1:37 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Flooded with 27,000 e-mails urging him to intervene, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has asked a judge to delay setting a date for removal of a feeding tube sustaining the life of a brain-disabled woman, Terri Schindler-Schiavo. Gov. Jeb Bush In a letter, Bush asked Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George W. Greer yesterday to keep her alive until a court-appointed guardian can "independently investigate the circumstances of this case and provide the...

© 2003 Laurence A. Elder If the California gubernatorial-recall election smacks of craziness, take a look at Denver. In November, Denver voters take to the polls to consider a "peaceful initiative," requiring the city to institute policies to reduce stress. Jeff Peckman, an unemployed worker (stressed perhaps?), gathered sufficient signatures to force the city council to place the initiative on the ballot. The initiative reads: "Shall the voters for the city and county of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the city to help ensure public safety by increasing peacefulness ? that is, by defusing political, religious and ethnic...

"When I Woke Up..." by Rus Cooper-Dowda In February of 1985, I woke up in a hospital bed in Boston, MA. I couldn't see very well and I couldn't move much -- but boy could I ever hear! I heard a terrifying discussion then that I will never, ever forget. Around the end of my bed were a "school" of doctors in their white coats, planning when to disconnect my ventilator and feeding tube. I immediately started screaming, "I'm here!!" No one but me heard me. They did notice my sudden agitation. They heavily sedated me. For a time, every...

Parasoft CEO Blames SoBig On Arrogant Software Industry Leadership August 22, 2003 (3:29 p.m. EST) By Keith Ferrell , TechWeb News Sharply criticizing complacency, arrogance and immaturity in software industry leadership, and blaming those qualities for the SoBig virus's successful march through the world's computers, Parasoft CEO Adam Kolawa delivered a rant Friday that included an offer to show the industry how to cure its errors. The head of the privately held software development solutions company said that the industry's policy of tackling program bugs at the latter stages of development cycles is self-defeating. By that point in the development...

LAW OF THE LANDJews sued for 'stealing' gold in Exodus Egyptians to seek compensation for 'tons' allegedly taken Posted: August 22, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com As attorneys and politicians grapple over the validity of slave reparations, a group of Egyptians have trumped the debate with a claim against Jews that dates back thousands of years. Dr. Nabil Hilmi, a dean at the University of Al-Zaqaziq, said Egyptian expatriates in Switzerland are mounting a massive lawsuit against "all Jews around the world" that seeks compensation for "tons" of gold they claim was stolen during the Jews' exodus out...

Christian Churches Should Stop Using the Cross, Group Says By Jeff Johnson August 22, 2003 Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - An interfaith group founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon is spearheading an effort to have Christian ministers remove crosses from their churches, calling them a symbol of oppression and perceived superiority. Mainstream Christian leaders call the request "outrageously bigoted." The American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC), an organization that began as a project of Moon's Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), believes the key to "true and lasting peace in the Middle East" is reconciliation between members of...

Sterling Ball, a jovial, plain-talking businessman, is CEO of Ernie Ball, the world's leading maker of premium guitar strings endorsed by generations of artists ranging from the likes of Eric Clapton to the dudes from Metallica. But since jettisoning all of Microsoft products three years ago, Ernie Ball has also gained notoriety as a company that dumped most of its proprietary software--and still lived to tell the tale. In 2000, the Business Software Alliance conducted a raid and subsequent audit at the San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based company that turned up a few dozen unlicensed copies of programs. Ball settled for...

DEHUMANIZING THE DISABLED Editorial - Bob Schindler Did you know in our country, the law can be manipulated to allow a husband or a wife to legally murder their spouse? It can easily be accomplished --IF- their spouse is disabled and --If- they are recognized by the court as the spouse's legal guardian. It's not that difficult. Oversimplified, (using the husband as an example) sometime during the day he can go to court, get the court's stamp of approval, then go home, have dinner with his girlfriend and plan how to use the money he will inherit when his wife...