Monday, June 08, 2009

News Updates, 6/9

Pope 'very distressed' by Irish abuse report
Pope Benedict concerned over institutionalization of problem

Stacked deck?
Will San Francisco archdiocese get fair hearing on appeal of huge tax bill over internal property transfers?

Archbishop seeks basilica status for Little Italy's St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
The city's new archbishop gave the city's oldest Catholic cathedral a surprise gift for its 200th birthday. Archbishop Timothy Dolan will ask the Pope to bestow the title of basilica on Little Italy's St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, which began its bicentennial celebration on Sunday.

New Orleans Catholics keep vigil at closed parishes
Five months after some of them were forcibly evicted

Israel rescinds order to freeze Church funds
Taxman planned to use Holy Land money for alleged taxes

NYC abortuaries can now press harassment charges
Pro-life activists fear being target of clinic workers

Vatican paper highlights agreement with U.S. bishops on life issues
The Vatican newspaper has again emphasized that when it comes to the Obama administration and pro-life issues, the Vatican and the U.S. bishops are in full agreement and that no compromise is possible on the right to life...

Catholic mother upset over foster care placement
Ten-year old son placed in home with homosexual men

SSPX priests face excommunication in Germany
Trads plan to ordain without permission from Vatican

Fellay received in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith last Friday
The Spanish religious website ReligiĆ³n en Libertad reports: 'Bishop Bernard Fellay received on Friday at [Congregation for the] Doctrine of the Faith...'

Naked vandal trashes Seattle church
Man high on PCP spattered HIV-positive blood inside

Woman killed in exorcism 'acted like lion'
New Zealander was speaking in 'puzzles'

Virgin Mary statue damaged by vandals
'666' was written across the statue's forehead

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Other Issues
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High court won't block Chrysler sale
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Chrysler's sale to Fiat, turning down a last-ditch bid by opponents of the deal
[CONFIRMED-Amerika is now a country ruled by a thieving, corrupt, federal oligarchy...the rule of law is out, Chairman MaObama is dictator.]

Machine Tool Orders Down 70% YTD
"This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was down 41.5% from March and down 77.7% from the total of $435.34 million reported for April 2008. With a year-to-date total of $497.40 million, 2009 is down 70.7% compared with 2008."

WHO chief: flu pandemic appears to be happening
The head of the World Health Organization says the swine flu outbreak appears to have reached pandemic proportions. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan says "on the surface of it" she believes a pandemic has been reached...
[Got yout Tamiflu or Relenza yet???]

Wall Street Journal calls job numbers phoney
"Now, something's wrong when the president invokes a formula that makes it impossible for him to be wrong and it goes largely unchallenged. It's true that almost any government spending will create some jobs and save others. But as Milton Friedman once pointed out, that doesn't tell you much: The government, after all, can create jobs by hiring people to dig holes and fill them in."

Obama's Stubborn Cover up Leads to Civil Rights Violations (Alan Keyes)
The tragic irony intensifies. Barack Obama's election supposedly represented an historic breakthrough in the struggle for justice and human rights in America. The success of that struggle depended on respect for the principles of the American Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional sovereignty of the American people, and Constitutionally secured civil rights of all individuals in the United States. Yet every day brings reports of some new travesty signaling hostility to those principles, the abandonment of the Constitution, and the end of respect for those rights...

Kneecapping FedEx - Democrats carry freight for Teamsters and UPS
FedEx Express is learning what could be the Democrats' economic motto -- "Never Let Success Go Unpunished."

Obama Tells American Businesses to Drop Dead
I’ve finally figured out the Obama economic strategy. President Barack Obama and his team have been having so much fun wielding dictatorial power while rescuing “failed” firms, that they have developed a scheme to gain the same power over every business. The plan is to enact policies that are so anticompetitive that every firm needs a bailout.

The Obama Numbers Are Pure Fiction
The Media Fall for Phony 'Jobs' Claims

China airs fears on US debt, dollar
Senior Chinese leaders have privately voiced fear over the soaring US budget deficit and are increasingly looking to diversify from the dollar, a Republican congressman said.

Will OIA help out feds in the event of a pandemic?
Even as the swine-flu scare fades, Orlando International Airport and the rest of America's major airports are bracing for a potential disaster: a pandemic that requires them to quarantine international flights....

Ten Things You Must Do
...This is one of those times, and it compels me to publish a list of "10 things you must do now" - that is, if you have your eye on the ball. The last week's wild gyrations in the bond market have made clear that Bernanke and his "pals" are quickly losing control of the bond curve....

Asian Stocks Fall on Valuation Concerns
Most Asian stocks fell as concern a three-month rally had overvalued earnings prospects overshadowed comments from Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman that the U.S. recession may end this year.

2nd major billboard provider rejects eligibility campaign
Lamar Outdoor, one of the largest providers of billboard space in America, has become the second major company to reject an advertising campaign raising questions about Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for office.


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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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