News Updates, 5/20

Weakland: I didn't know priests' abuse was crime
He didn't understand that raping boys was against law?
[What a lying fraud - Why has this pervert not been laicized? Wallowing in homosexual sinfulness has left this man a very sick reprobate - he needs prayers for his conversion and we should pray for reparations for the devastation he has caused by his misdeeds!]

Priest abuse victim upset with Weakland memoir
Says Milwaukee diocese continues to hide worst cases

Catholic governor endorses homosexual rights
Signed bill granting domestic partners spousal claims

Transgender boy barred from Catholic school
Parents Of 8-year-old allow him to live as 'her'
[These parents appear to be completely irresponsible and this child needs to be in protective care...]

Up to 500 Dublin priests implicated in abuse
Long-awaited report to be released later this week

Franciscan U honors Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
Presents honorary degree to Archbishop of Westminster

Chaput comments on Obama at Notre Dame
Says Jenkin's introductory remarks were 'embarrassing'

Vatican newspaper praises and criticizes Obama
Article approvingly covers president's ND speech
[No one with any rational sense of right and wrong could possibly believe this lying thug posing as president...Pathetic! How does one find "common ground" with the slaughter of innocent babies? Someone needs to wake up and smell the coffee! Obama is pure evil! He is a son of Satan!]

Vigil allows Notre Dame grads voice concern
Some opted to bypass graduation ceremony

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Deficit surges at agency that insures pensions
In an ominous setback, the government agency that insures the pensions of 44 million Americans has amassed a record $33.5 billion deficit _ triple what it was just six months ago. The bleak financial snapshot, in a report obtained by The Associated Press, raises new fears that a federal bailout eventually will be needed for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. The beleaguered agency is being saddled with the underfunded pension plans of companies going bankrupt in the worst economic slump since the Great Depression...

Letter from a Dodge dealer
My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business....On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them...This is beyond imagination! My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN....
[Wealth redistribution, courtesy of Chairman Maobama, Domestic Enemy #1]

Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution
Scientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilised skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution...This 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' is described as the "eighth wonder of the world"...The discovery of the 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' - dubbed Ida - is described by experts as the "eighth wonder of the world".
[Recovery can now begin!!!]

Obama's Plastic Plan: Penalize People Who Pay Their Bills on Time?!
Credit cards have long been a very good deal for people who pay their bills on time and in full. Even as card companies imposed punitive fees and penalties on those late with their payments, the best customers racked up cash-back rewards, frequent-flier miles and other perks in recent years. Now Congress is moving to limit the penalties on riskier borrowers, who have become a prime source of billions of dollars in fee revenue for the industry. And to make up for lost income, the card companies are going after those people with sterling credit.
[Those who are responsible are to pay the price for those who are not - The Obama way! Criminals are so stupid.]

St. Louis County Man With Swine Flu Dies
A 44-year-old St. Louis County man who was diagnosed with the swine flu has died. St. Louis County Health Director Dr. Delores Gunn will conduct a news conference at 11:30 a.m. at 111 South Meramec in Clayton at her office to discuss the death...

Japan closes 2,000 schools as swine flu spreads
KOBE, Japan (AFP) – Japan has confirmed 129 swine flu cases and shuttered more than 2,000 schools and kindergartens in a bid to slow the spread of the virus that may already have infected hundreds...
[Last count, 4400 schools closed in Japan]

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