Sunday, June 07, 2009

News Updates, 6/7-8

Tough issues for new bishop
Robert Carlson dealt with family and professional issues

Gender test spurs abortion fears
A new test to reveal the gender of a fetus in early pregnancy has sparked a row over whether it will lead to sex-selection abortions.

2 Nuns Hit Outside Church; 1 killed
Sister Elaine Lamm, a longtime Cardinals fan, was returning from the game Friday night when she was struck by a car and killed in O'Fallon, Mo

Socioeconomic encyclical due out later this month
'Caritas in Veritate' to address market collapse

Pope meets with Irish bishops after abuse report
Benedict expressed his solidarity with the victims

Vatican bans Australian rebel priest
Cleric says Church is corrupt, irrelevant, ruthless

Report: Spain plans ban on religious symbols
...in military barracks, hospitals, jails, public schools

Vatican paper steps back on praise for Obama
Denies a conflict with US bishops over coverage

L'Osservatore Obama?
At the very least you'd think the Vatican's unofficial newspaper (but whose views are taken as gospel about the Pope's) would not fall for the same-old, same-old stuff that MSM's are in the United States-and be fawningly infatuated with Barack Obama. Especially since about 80 U.S. bishops found the guts to stand up to him on abortion...

Miami nun arrested in police confrontation
Missionaries of Charity sister intervened for homeless man

Brooklyn bishop opposes statute of limitations bill
Warns that his diocese and others will go bankrupt

'Frankenfood' receives the Vatican's blessing
Genetically modified crops heartily endorsed at conference

Eight habits of highly effective bishops
Foster vocations, strengthen Catholic family...

"Tail-between-the-legs cowering”
Catholic Answers sues IRS over alleged attempts to silence churches, non-profits on moral issues

“Not an illegal word”
UCLA won’t let student use name of Jesus in graduation speech

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Other Issues
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Ginsburg temporarily blocks Chrysler deal
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put a temporary hold Monday on the deal to sell Chrysler to save it from collapse. Her order, however, simply gives her or the full Court more time to ponder whether to postpone the sale further, or allow it to go forward...

Obama lawyer: Chrysler-Fiat must be allowed
U.S. solicitor general asks Supreme Court to ignore appeal of Chrysler bankruptcy made by Indiana pension fund...[U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan] said the losses to the Indiana funds "cannot outweigh" the potential broader problems a collapse of Chrysler would present.
[Doublespeak meaning: 'It's time to dispense with the "Rule of Law"']

Chairman MaObama Claims TARP Issue Is Out Of Supreme Court's Authority
The Obama Administration argued Monday that no court, including the Supreme Court, has the authority to hear a challenge by Indiana benefit plans to the role the U.S. Treasury played in the Chrysler rescue, including the use of “bailout” (TARP) funds. The Indiana debt holders, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan wrote, simply have no right to raise that issue, thus putting it out of the reach of the courts...

North Korea sentences 2 US journalists to 12 years jail

American Legion Critical of Obama for Apologizing to Muslim World for U.S. Actions in Aftermath of 9/11
The nation’s largest veterans’ organization, the American Legion, criticized President Obama for apologizing for to the Muslim world for U.S. behavior in the in aftermath of the 9/11 attacks during his address from Cairo last week.

First Quarter Credit Card Delinquency Rate Jumps 11 percent
Rate of missed payments for bank-issued credit cards up 11 percent in 1st qtr, TransUnion says

Democrats Weigh Health Mandate as Obama Urges Taxing Wealthy
Chairman MaObama wants Congress to consider taxing the wealthy instead of workers to pay for a health-care overhaul, as House Democrats discuss a plan to require health insurance for most Americans...

The Economy Is Still at the Brink
The storm is not over, not by a long shot. Huge structural flaws remain in the architecture of our financial system, and many of the fixes that the [Obongo] administration has proposed will do little to address them and may make them worse...

Chairman MaObama promises more than 600,000 stimulus jobs
Cabinet questions spending and job creation

Obama's fiery former pastor visits S.F. church
Obama's former pastor gave the sermon at one of San Francisco's oldest Baptist churches Sunday and gave local parishioners a taste of the controversial oratory style that created such a stir during the presidential campaign - ultimately prompting Obama to resign his membership at the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's Chicago church

Asheville man charged in alleged Liberty Dollar fraud scheme
Federal authorities arrested an Asheville man in what they said was a scheme to undermine the U.S. currency system and defraud consumers with so-called Liberty Dollars....
[Bogus charge by the bogus Feds...The thieves at the Treasury don't like "competition" for worthless fiat money. Then one must question why "Gift Certificates/Cards," etc are not illegal? At least the Liberty Dollar is silver...What a country!]

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US Justice Foundation Petition to Demand PROOF of Obama Citizenship
...Now is the time to petition Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to DEMAND -- from the floor of the Senate and the House -- that Barack Obama be removed from office unless he releases his original birth certificate, proving once and for all whether he is a natural born citizen -- and constitutionally eligible to be President -- or a foreign-born usurper.

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