Wolf Protects Panther Case
By Quin Hillyer:
As Fox News has been reporting all day, tomorrow could absolutely blow the lid off the New Black Panther voter intimidation case, which I trust our readers are somewhat familiar with. Chris Coates is the former ACLU attorney and highly decorated civil rights lawyer, a career veteran at the Department of Justice, who now is putting his job on the line to testify about the Panther case despite an (illegal) order from DoJ for him not to testify. Coates is an honest man. He will be testifying under oath. This is a big deal.
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A Nation of Peasants?
Victor Davis Hanson:
The more his administration castigates insurers, businesses, and doctors; raises taxes on the upper income brackets; and imposes additional regulations, the more those who create wealth are deciding to sit out, neither hiring nor lending. The result is that traditional self-interested profit-makers are locking up trillions of dollars in unspent cash rather than using it to take risks, since they will likely either lose money due to new red tape or see much of their profit confiscated through higher taxes.
No wonder that in such a climate of fear and suspicion, unemployment remains near 10 percent. Deficits chronically exceed $1 trillion per annum. And now the poverty rate has hit a historic high. We are all getting poorer in hopes that a few won’t get richer.
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Talk About the Bill of Rights, Get 90 Days in Jail
by Bob Ewing:
In Washington, DC, talking about the Bill of Rights can land you in jail for 90 days.
Our nation’s capital has a licensing scheme in place that makes it illegal for anyone to “guide or escort” anyone else for hire without first getting the government’s permission. To get the license, which the Washington Post editorial board labeled a Tour de farce, eager entrepreneurs must first pay hundreds of dollars in fees, fill out a bunch of forms and pass an arbitrary test.
That is, they need to jump through all sorts of needless hoops before they’re allowed to speak.
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Breast cancer tied to hormone use: study
CBC News:
A Canadian study confirms international declines in new breast cancer cases among post-menopausal women when the use of hormone replacement therapy fell sharply.
Many Canadian women stopped hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, in 2002 after a large U.S. clinical trial suggested the breast cancer, heart and stroke risks of taking HRT outweighed the benefits.
In Thursday’s issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers from the Canadian Cancer Society confirmed that the number of new breast cancers in about 1,200 Canadian women aged 50 to 69 fell by almost 10 per cent between 2002 and 2004.
“During the period 2002-2004, there was a link between the declines in the use of hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer incidence among Canadian women aged 50-69 years, in the absence of any change in mammography rates,” the study’s authors concluded.
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So here’s my question: Being as HRT is a combination of estrogen and progestin or estrogen alone and birth control pills (‘the Pill’) contain a combination of estrogen and progestin or progestin alone, why is it not OBVIOUS that the Pill causes cancer too? And don’t tell me the doses are so much lower today because to my way of thinking most women take birth control for long periods of time plus women start on these poisons at younger and younger ages. Stop lying to girls and women. And to you women: GET OFF THESE HORMONES.
China threatened to kill me, B.C. reporter says
The Vancouver Sun:
RCMP have launched a “very serious” investigation into a B.C. reporter’s claims that Chinese officials are threatening to kill him for his critical coverage of the government.
Tao Wang moved to Surrey, B.C., from China in 2007 and began working as a local general assignment reporter for the Canadian branch of Falun Gong-affiliated New Tang Dynasty Television in July 2009.
Most of his assignments for the international broadcaster have been innocuous, on topics such as the Olympics and the harmonized sales tax.
Some of his reports, however, have been critical of the Chinese government and its practices.
NTDTV is one of the few networks with dissenting views that broadcasts in the Communist nation.
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The Persecution & Prayer Alert
The Persecution & Prayer Alert
The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada
http://www.persecution.net
Thursday, September 23, 2010
A weekly news and prayer digest on the Persecuted Church.
Follow The Voice of the Martyrs on Twitter at
http://www.twitter.com/vomc
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In this week’s edition: reports from Iran, Pakistan, China, Eritrea
and Indonesia.
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1. Nine believers arrested in Iran
Nine believers were recently arrested on the charge of carrying out
journalism just outside Hamedan, Iran, according to a broadcast on
Iranian State television. Two of the arrested were reportedly
supported by organizations based outside the country, in particular
the United States and Great Britain, but their nationalities are
unknown. The other seven detained were reportedly cooperating with
“Christian-Zionist organizations” — a term used in Iranian government
culture for evangelical Christians who are benefiting from having
access to a number of networks and TV satellite programs for
evangelism. It is reportedly the first time in three decades that the
State TV has broadcast news about the arrest of a group of Christians.
(Source: Farsi Christian News Network)
Pray for the release of these believers. Pray that God will equip them
to share the truth for which they suffer, even in prison. Pray that
increased persecution in Iran will result in increased boldness among
Christians (Acts 4:29-31).
For more on the suffering of Iranian Christians, visit
http://www.persecution.net/iran.htm
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2. Church attacked by militant Muslims in Pakistan
On September 18, the Nasri Pentecostal Church in Shah Latif Town,
Karachi, Pakistan was attacked and vandalized by militants angered
over a threat to burn Qur’ans in the United States earlier this month.
“The church gates were open and the locks broken. The attackers broke
open a cupboard and vandalized religious items at around midnight,”
said Pastor Peter Shahzad. Nine copies of the Bible, three hymn books
and three wooden crosses were found burned, and a drum was damaged. It
was the second church attack within a week as countrywide protests
continue against American Pastor Terry Jones, who withdrew his threat
to burn copies of the Islamic holy book on the anniversary of the 9/11
attacks (see http://www.persecution.net/dove.htm
for more information). (Source: Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pray that members of this church will act in a Christ-like manner
towards the perpetrators of this attack, committing them to the Lord
in prayer. Pray that their hearts and minds will be governed by a
spirit of trust in the Lord, not fear. Pray for God’s peace in
Pakistan, where many Christians continue to live amid daily threat of
attacks by those opposed to their faith in Jesus.
For more on the persecution of Pakistani Christians, go to
http://www.persecution.net/pakistan.htm
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3. Pastor detained at trial for Chinese house church leaders
The court proceedings for the trial of Liu Yunhua and Gao Jianli, two
Chinese Christians imprisoned in Xuchang, Henan province, began on
September 20. The outcome of the proceedings is not yet known. It was
reported, however, that several believers who had come to witness the
event were detained, including the previously imprisoned Pastor “Bike”
Zhang Mingxuan and his wife (for more about the trials Pastor “Bike”
has faced from authorities see
http://www.persecution.net/cn-2009-10-14.htm
). Pastor Zhang and his wife were released a few hours later. Other
local Christians, including the son of the defendant Liu Yunhua, were
detained by authorities on their way home from the trial. These
believers remained detained at last report. (Source: ChinaAid)
Pray for the release of the detained believers. Pray for patience of
heart and strength of faith for Liu and Gao as they face opposition.
Ask God to continue to equip and embolden Pastor Zhang in his
ministry.
For more information on the opposition facing Christians in China,
visit http://www.persecution.net/china.htm
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4. Update: Eritrean pastor released
A prominent Eritrean pastor, whose name is being withheld for security
reasons, has been released from prison after over five years in
captivity. The pastor has reportedly been safely relocated to another
country and was in hospital at last report. Said one Eritrean
Christian on the news, “We thank God for the release of pastor
from prison, and pray that he will now get the proper medical
attention in Kenya. We also pray for the release of other Christians
imprisoned for their faith in Christ.”
Praise the Lord for the release of this faithful brother! Please
continue to keep him and his family in your prayers. You can post a
prayer for him and his family on our Persecuted Church Prayer Wall at
http://www.persecution.net/prayerwall.htm
.
For information on the treatment of Christians in Eritrea, go to
http://www.persecution.net/eritrea.htm
. For video reports on the challenges Eritrean Christians are facing,
please visit http://www.tinyurl.com/26v9ko2
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5. Update: Decree prohibiting church’s activities revoked in Bekasi,
Indonesia
After months of conflict and legal battles, the State Administrative
Court in Bandung, Indonesia has revoked the December 31, 2009 decree
prohibiting the Christian activities of Batak Christian Protestant
Filadelfia Church in Jejalan village, Bekasi. The ruling decreed that
the regent of Bekasi should issue a permit for the church to establish
a place of worship. The church has faced severe opposition in recent
months, including recent violence in which two members were injured
(see http://www.persecution.net/id-2010-09-16.htm
for more information).
Since 2008, the church members have sought permission for a place of
worship from Bekasi Regent H. Sa’duddin. According to church leaders,
Sa’duddin declined their request following pressure from a small group
of Islamists called the Forum Islamic Ummah Jejalen Raya Bekasi. The
church was temporarily closed for worship shortly afterwards on
January 12, 2010. As a result, the church had been holding services on
a strip of roadside land in front of the temporary site, using
umbrellas to protect them from the intense heat of the sun and from
sudden rainstorms. Reverend Palti Panjaitan has shared that he is
happy that the church has found at last fair authorities who base
their decisions on the rule of law. (Source: Compass Direct)
Thank the Lord that officials acted fairly in this situation. Pray
that other such justice will reign in instances of harassment and
opposition against Indonesian Christians. Pray that Christ will equip
Indonesian believers to follow His example of faithfulness amid
persecution (2 Corinthians 1:8-9)
For more on the persecuted Church in Indonesia, go to
http://www.persecution.net/indonesia.htm
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The Persecution & Prayer Alert is a ministry of The Voice of the
Martyrs, Canada. (Mailing address: P.O. Box 608, Streetsville,
Ontario, L5M 2C1)
Tel. (905) 670.9721. Website: http://www.persecution.net
For the truth on the Gaza flotilla, don’t look to the UN Human Rights Council
Jonathan Kay:
“A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year.” With these words did a Toronto-area newspaper lead off its report on the international community’s latest ritual excoriation of Israel. Only later in the article does one learn that these “experts” has been commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council, a discredited sham that is dominated by brutal rogue dictatorships.
In fact, recent days have brought to light some interesting new information about the flotilla raid. But it doesn’t come to us from the UN. Rather, it comes from an independent Turkish book author who’s confirmed that the flotilla leaders all along planned to instigate violence against the Israelis. Whatever the conclusions of the UN’s kangaroo inquiry, it is these anti-Israeli ringleaders who ultimately bear responsibility for the deaths that took place that day.
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Defending the oil sands
National Post:
For more than two years, Canada’s oil sands have been attacked by environmentalists and left-leaning think-tanks. In particular, these critics accuse the project of producing more carbon emissions than any other energy-extraction effort on the face of the Earth, and of “ravaging” the northern Alberta landscape. In Copenhagen last December, at the largest climate change conference ever convened by the United Nations, Canada was branded as a “climate criminal.” In 2009, no less revered a journalistic outlet than National Geographic magazine published an attack on the oil sands.
The lesson from all this is that Alberta politicians and oil sands officials must do a better job defending the project — its worth to the national economy, its fine record of land reclamation and the manner by which it makes Canada self-sufficient.
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Defeating the Obama Machine
Lauri Regan:
PoliticalFables has an excellent video out entitled “Defeating the Obama Machine.” It includes various quotes from our favorite politicians and political players including George Soros, Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Andy Stern, and of course, Barack Obama. Many of the more well-known quotes including Rahm Emmanuel’s famous comment regarding never letting a crisis go to waste and Pelosi’s infamous line that ObamaCare had to be passed first before American’s could learn what was in the bill are incorporated into the animated political fable.
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» This Story:Read +|Watch +| Comments Abortion does not further children’s health
By Chris Smith:
An army of health activists and world leaders will gather at the United Nations this week to review the eight Millennium Development Goals agreed to at the start of the century and to recalibrate and recommit to more effectively achieve them by 2015. The overarching and noble goal is reducing global poverty. But the most compelling and achievable objectives — huge reductions in maternal and child mortality worldwide — will be severely undermined if the Obama administration either directly or covertly integrates abortion into the final outcome document.
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h/t: Linda at The Great Pumpkin
The Capitalist Parable
JAMES V. SCHALL, S.J.:
The capitalist parable, as I call it, when spelled out, deals with God’s ways with us.
In Matthew 20, we find parables on the Kingdom of Heaven. The first parable concerns a man who is a grape grower. The harvest is here. The grapes need picking. Evidently, a hiring hall is available. Workers congregate for daily jobs. The owner is early. He hires several workers for a set daily wage. The workers agree to this wage. They hasten off to the vineyard. No problem here. The employer owns the property. He needs workers. Workers are available. The going wages are agreed upon. No one complains.
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H/T: Linda at The Great Pumpkin
Gay population much lower than believed, first official figures show
Telegraph [UK]:
Just one and a half per cent of the UK population is gay or bisexual, far lower than previous estimates suggested, the first official survey on sexual identity has revealed.
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