Islam Rising: "Don’t forget your hijab, soldier! American servicewomen encouraged to wear headscarves in Afghanistan "

In an effort to get closer to the local population, American female soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are being encouraged to wear a Muslim headscarf when interacting with civilians. But some question whether the practice constitutes cultural sensitivity or a form of appeasement that is degrading to U.S. soldiers.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/31/dont-forget-your-hijab-soldier-american-servicewomen-encouraged-to-wear-headscarves-in-afghanistan/#ixzz1IJlR4V7X

The North American Union - "Google to build high-speed network in Kansas City"

This item is related to the Trans-Texas Corridor article.  This transportation corridor which starts in Mexico, is intended to run through Texas, up through the Central US and into Canada.  There will be a major hub in Kansas City with a Mexican Customs Office there.

Interesting to read now that Google has 'chosen' KC to be the first place they are putting in their high=speed network.  Coincidence?  I don't think so.

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(Reuters) - Google Inc will build a high-speed Internet network in Kansas City, Kansas, the first site selected by the company's project to spur development of a new generation of Web applications.

The network, which is expected to go into service next year, will provide Internet access speeds that are 100 times faster than what most Americans currently have, Google said in a post on its company blog on Wednesday.http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/30/us-google-network-idUSTRE72T5DZ20110330

The North American Union - "Trans Texas Corridor: Here We Go Again"

Battle-weary Texans who spent much of the last decade working to defeat the proposed — and hugely unpopular — gigantic north-south highway through Texas up to Canada, known as the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC), are being called to take a deep breath and gather forces once again. New bills have been introduced in the biennial Texas Legislature that would revive the old conflicts for sovereignty. A June 2007 article in The New American dubbed the Corridor the modern El Camino Real, or King’s Highway, an ancient network of trails used by 17th-century Spanish explorers to transport goods and missionaries from Mexico to the new colony. Many Texans believe such an appellation doesn’t seem too far off at all.

The TTC was proclaimed dead two years ago by nearly every public official; however, Texas Governor Rick Perry declared at the time, "We'll build it, but we'll just change the name." Now the Corridor, which has always been the cynosure of Perry's transportation policy, is getting a new push.

State Representative Larry Phillips has introduced H.B. 3789, one of several related bills affecting infrastructure — a reincarnation of the old legislation that enabled the Corridor projects, but without the old name.

 

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/6905-trans-texas-corridor-here-we-go-again 

"King James Bible: How it changed the way we speak"

The impact of the King James Bible, which was published 400 years ago, is still being felt in the way we speak and write, says Stephen Tomkins.

No other book, or indeed any piece of culture, seems to have influenced the English language as much as the King James Bible. Its turns of phrase have permeated the everyday language of English speakers, whether or not they've ever opened a copy.
The Sun says Aston Villa "refused to give up the ghost". Wendy Richard calls her EastEnders character Pauline Fowler "the salt of the earth". The England cricket coach tells reporters, "You can't put words in my mouth." Daily Mirror fashion pages call Tilda Swinton "a law unto herself".

Though each of those phrases was begotten of the loins of the English Bible, it's safe to say that none of those speakers was deliberately quoting the Bible to people they expected to be familiar with its contents.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12205084

Plagues & Pestilence: "Disease clusters found in 13 states"

WASHINGTON — There are 42 so-called disease clusters in 13 U.S. states, showing incidence of numerous types of cancer, birth defects and other chronic illnesses, the Natural Resources Defense Council reported on Monday.

A study by NRDC and the National Disease Clusters Alliance, drawn from research by federal, state and local officials and peer-reviewed academic studies, urges federal coordination and support to help confirm these clusters and determine their causes.
"The faster we can identify such clusters, and the sooner we can figure out the causes, the better we can protect residents living in the affected communities," NRDC's Dr. Gina Solomon, co-author of the study, said in a statement.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42310293/ns/health-health_care/ 

Plagues & Pestilence: "Superbugs Abounding"

A once-rare superbug has sneaked through hospitals in southern California in defiance of antibiotics, and in Great Britain, 59 surgery patients are at risk of having contracted an incurable human form of Mad Cow disease. As far as medical science has come in the past century, new infectious challenges can be found around each new bend, some of which are boosted along by the very science meant to wipe them out. 

http://www.khouse.org/enews_article/2011/1758/print/ 

"God-Events": 400 yr. old King James Bible found in church

When I read of an event like this and know that this year the KJ Bible is celebrating its 400th anniversary, I can't believe this is a coincidence.

Is God putting His 'stamp of approval' on the King James Version of the Bible?
Well, I can say that, but don't you think it rather 'interesting' that this Bible would show up at this time?

I think if God is doing anything, He is showing how NEAR He is to us on earth, how He knows everything that is going on, and that He is INVOLVED in the events of our day.

Read the article and be blessed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12647043

Israel: "MOST PRO-ISRAEL GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD FALLS: Canada’s PM Harper loses no-confidence vote

Posted: March 25, 2011 by joelcrosenberg in Uncategorized

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as I’ve written before, is the most pro-Israel leader on the planet. So today’s events are troubling. “Canada’s minority Conservative government was defeated in a non-confidence vote on Friday, setting the scene for a federal election in early May,” reports Reuters. “Legislators in the House of Commons voted by 156-145 to back the motion, which was presented by the main opposition Liberal Party.” That said, it may be too early to count Harper out. The New York Times is reporting that today’s no-confidence vote may end up “triggering an election that polls show the Conservatives will win.” Harper could put together a new coalition government and reemerge as Prime Minister. Let’s be praying for our friends up north. 


http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/most-pro-israel-government-in-the-world-falls-canadas-pm-harper-loses-no-confidence-vote/

NWO: "....the Revolution No One Noticed…in North America"

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian opposition parties toppled Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in a no confidence vote Friday, triggering the country’s fourth election in seven years.

Harper, 51, is a career politician who has spent the last five years emphasizing a more conservative Canadian identity and moving Canada incrementally to the right. He has gradually lowered sales and corporate taxes, increased spending on the military and made Arctic sovereignty a priority.
He has called Canada an emerging “energy super power” in reference to Alberta’s oil sands deposits, the second largest oil reserves in the world, and has avoided enacting environmental legislation that would hurt the sector.
In foreign policy, he‘s extended Canada’s role in Afghanistan and he‘s been a staunch ally of Israel’s right wing government.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meanwhile-the-revolution-no-one-noticed-in-north-america/

Economic Upheavals: "UAW Union Protesters Shut Down Detroit Bank of America"

Last week you saw SEIU protesters take over a bank in Stroudsburg, PA when they stormed a lobby in an effort to call out a CEO. Then you learned that a former (maybe) SEIU official hatched a secret plan to target JP Morgan Chase through massive loan defaults. Now we have video of United Auto Workers (UAW) protesters staging a rally outside a Bank of America in Detroit on Thursday. The gathering was so large it shut down the branch for 30 minutes.
Chants of “Money for schools, not for banks!“ and ”That’s not right!” echoed throughout the street as UAW president Bob King accused the bank of not paying taxes.....
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/uaw-union-protesters-shut-down-detroit-bank-of-america/ 

Jewish Issues: "US gov’t to probe anti-Semitism at California university"

Did you know that the Bible speaks of a time to come when 2 out of 3 Jewish people will loose their lives....this is greater than the Holocaust....that is why we must watch for the rise of anti-Semitism, it is a key development in the world before Jesus' returns:

“It will come about in all the land,” Declares the Lord, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it. “And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ” (Zechariah 13:8-9). 

We are seeing the development of this in our own country.

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Alleged anti- Semitism to be investigated after lecturer filed complaint claiming university was failing to address hostile environment for Jewish students.

Talkbacks (6)   NEW YORK – In what experts are calling a “strong signal to American higher education,” the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into claims of anti- Semitism at the University of California Santa Cruz, examining claims of a hostile environment for Jewish students on the Santa Cruz campus.

UC-Santa Cruz lecturer Tammi Rossman-Benjamin filed a complaint in June 2009 claiming that the university was failing to address a hostile environment for Jewish students.The complaint alleges that Jewish students suffer frequent “hostile and demonizing criticism” as Jewish students.

Rossman-Benjamin, who has also published a paper entitled “Anti-Zionism and the Abuse of Academic Freedom: A Case Study at the University of California, Santa Cruz,” claims that anti-Semitic dialogues and mentalities have been present and pervasive on that school’s campus since 2001. She claims that faculty members routinely insert anti-Zionist rhetoric into departmentally-sponsored events. She also references an academic conference entitled “Alternative Histories within and beyond Zionism,” held in 2007, where multiple speakers claimed that Zionism was an illegitimate ideology, and argued in favor of eliminating Israel.

“The unscholarly, political and anti-Semitic nature of the conference raises questions about whether events of this kind are a legitimate exercise of academic freedom or an abuse of it,” Rossman-Benjamin wrote in her paper.

http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?ID=212513&R=R1 

Taking A Stand: "Megachurch wants choir to sign anti-gay covenant"

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Several choir members at Orange County's Crystal Cathedral say they're upset over a document they've been asked to sign that takes a strong stand against homosexuality.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-03-16-church_gay_16_ST_N.htm 

"Sons of Issachar" Alert: "Higher prices for food are about to get worse"

1 Chron. 12:32:  "the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do."

Time to do some wise grocery shopping!
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WASHINGTON — Americans are noticing higher prices at the grocery store, and it's about to get worse. 

Food prices at the wholesale level rose last month by the most in 36 years. Cold weather accounted for most of it, forcing stores and restaurants to pay more for green peppers, lettuce and other vegetables, but meat and dairy prices surged, too.
The big questions are how long food prices will keep rising and how high they'll go.
The impact is already visible. Wendy's, paying higher prices for tomatoes, now puts them on hamburgers only by request. Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts have raised prices because they pay more for coffee beans. Supermarkets warn customers that produce may be of lower quality, or limited.

"It has thrown the whole industry into a tizzy," says Dan Bates, director of merchandising for the produce division of grocery chain Supervalu Inc.

Food prices rose 3.9 percent last month, the most since November 1974. Most of the increase was because harsh winter freezes in Florida, Texas and other Southern states, which damaged crops.

At the same time, global prices for corn, wheat, soybeans, coffee and other commodities have risen sharply in the past year. That's raised the price of animal feed, which has pushed up the cost of eggs, ground beef and milk.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42116697/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/

Middle East Peace Process: "Quartet giving up hope of renewing Israeli/Palestinian peace talks"

Daniel 9:27....though the governments of the world are laboring to bring peace in the ME, none of them will accomplish this until the anti-christ 'confirms the covenant with many', beginning the Tribulation Period.....the prophetic time clock's second hand is moving and we need to keep our eye on 'peace' developments concerning Israel.
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Quartet representatives say differences between Israel and Palestinians are far too wide to get negotiations back on track; since Itamar attack, Netanyahu refraining from speaking of need to advance peace process.  By Barak Ravid

Growing pessimism about the prospects of a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations is prompting new international calls for the unilateral establishment of a Palestinian state.
Representatives of the Middle East Quartet - the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - who attended talks held in Tel Aviv and Ramallah last week with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators emerged without much hope for the resumption of peace negotiations in the near future, according to senior Israeli officials and European diplomats. The representatives said that the differences between the two sides were far too wide to get negotiations back on track.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/quartet-giving-up-hope-of-renewing-israeli-palestinian-talks-1.349672?localLinksEnabled=false

"A CALL TO COURAGE TO SAVE AMERICA"

By Coach Dave Daubenmire
March 10, 2011
NewsWithViews.com

http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave228.htm 

Courage. What makes a King out of a slave? Courage.
What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage.
What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage.
What makes the Sphinx the 7th Wonder? Courage.
What makes the dawn come up like THUNDER?! Courage.
What makes the Hottentot so hot?
What puts the "ape" in ape-ricot?
Whatta they got that I ain't got? Courage! Listen to The Cowardly Lion

Lenin’s Lesson Plan: Wisconsin Teachers’ Union Indoctrination of Schoolchildren

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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In December 2009, though little attention was paid to it at the time, Wisconsin’s then-Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill into law that force feeds unions on schoolchildren:

Wisconsin schools will be required to teach the history of organized labor under a bill signed by Gov. Jim Doyle.
The bill Doyle signed Thursday also requires Wisconsin schools to teach the history of collective bargaining.
The proposal has been around for years but never passed. This year it cleared the Democratic controlled Legislature despite opposition from school boards and administrators who said they didn’t want the curriculum micromanaged.
Labor unions supported the bill.

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/16/lenins-lesson-plan-wisconsin-teachers-union-indoctrination-of-schoolchildren/ 

The effect of 'political correctness' and the '501c3 exemption' on America's churches

THE IMPOTENT CHURCH AND ROMANS 13

By Chuck Baldwin
March 10, 2011
NewsWithViews.com

.....while America's churches have experienced unprecedented growth in membership and wealth during the last half-century, the country as a whole has simultaneously nose-dived into corruption, deception, socialism, and even an increasing federal despotism. How can this be? Where is the influence for God, for good, and for liberty from these hundreds of thousands of churches and multiplied millions of professing Christians--not to mention billions of dollars raised and spent by these religious institutions?
 

For all intents and purposes, the modern American Church is pathetically impotent! Not only has the American Church failed to influence the nation to any significant degree, it has proven itself to be ineffective in influencing its own membership!

Professing Christians today can be some of the most hateful, spiteful, mean-spirited, slanderous, and vindictive people on the planet. And I could give personal testimony as to just how treacherous, disloyal, and cowardly these people can be. I can truly understand why so many unsaved people never darken the door of a church. After all I have seen and experienced inside the Church, I don't blame them.

How did this happen? It wasn't always like this. In Colonial America, churches were, without a doubt, the most influential, powerful institution in the country. The Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th centuries were certainly among the most significant events in early American history--literally changing the course of the nation for decades. But not only has there been no "awakening" in the 20th (and now 21st) century, the Church seems to be totally ineffectual--and content to be so.

Think of the power and influence of the prophets of old. Shoot! I can even remember hearing powerful hell-fire-damnation preaching when I was a youngster. I'm old enough to remember the brush arbor meetings, the citywide revival crusades (when real revival broke out), and the "saw dust trails." Yes, I even remember attending revival meetings in the very last Billy Sunday Tabernacle in Winona Lake, Indiana.

Those days are gone!

Today's churches are much about political correctness, preachers stroking their congregations with sugar and honey, building financial empires, prosperity theology, entertainment, social networking, and fun and recreation. Some of the best politicians that money can buy are not in State capitols; they are in church pulpits!

Again, how did this happen? Quickly, I believe there are two main culprits: 1) the 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt corporation status taken by most churches, and 2) the erroneous Obey-The-Government-No-Matter-What interpretation of Romans chapter 13. These two monsters have all but destroyed real Holy Spirit-controlled, fearless, history-changing revolution-Christianity and turned it into this milquetoast religion we see today.

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin640.htm 

Morning Bell: Obama Dithers While American Credibility Burns

President Barack Obama invited ESPN into the White House yesterday so that The Worldwide Leader In Sports could tape his picks for the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament. The President picked all frontrunners. Good for him. Meanwhile, 5,000 miles away, a Libyan rebel defending the town of Ajdabiya from Muammar Qadhafi loyalists told The Washington Post: “These politicians are liars. They just talk and talk, but they do nothing.” One hundred miles north, in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, rebel spokeswoman Iman Bugaighis told The New York Times that Western nations had “lost any credibility.”
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/03/16/morning-bell-obama-dithers-while-american-credibility-burns/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell 

EU: Will America learn from Europe’s mistakes?

Or, will America continue to be enamored with the European Union, despite its failed policies and unsound philosophical grounding?

Practical problems of governance abound in the EU. Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France all agree: multiculturalism has failed completely. 

Look no further than Greece for proof that the cradle-to-grave welfare state is financially unsustainable.

the European Union’s philosophical grounding is diametrically opposed to America’s principles. The EU model assumes the perfectibility of mankind....

To embrace the European Union’s premises about human nature, the purpose of government, and the status of rights, America must shed its own.

America’s way of life is premised on a permanent human nature—not one progressing towards perfection. It is a mix of base and lofty.

With the aid of institutional arrangements, a vigilant and manly spirit, and virtue, men are capable of self-government. The purpose of government is not to create “rights” to various welfare programs:  limited government is necessary to secure natural rights. A self-governing people rejects administrative elites’ advances on their liberty. Its citizens refuse to become “a herd of timid and industrious animals of which the government is the shepherd.”

It is time to abandon our delusions about the European model. 
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/03/16/american-delusionalism/

Islam Rising: Dhimmitude: What Is It?

Dhimmitude: the Islamic system of governing populations conquered by jihad wars, encompassing all of the demographic, ethnic, and religious aspects of the political system. The word "dhimmitude" as a historical concept, was coined by Bat Ye'or in 1983 to describe the legal and social conditions of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule. The word "dhimmitude" comes from dhimmi, an Arabic word meaning "protected". Dhimmi was the name applied by the Arab-Muslim conquerors to indigenous non-Muslim populations who surrendered by a treaty (dhimma) to Muslim domination. Islamic conquests expanded over vast territories in Africa, Europe and Asia, for over a millennium (638-1683). The Muslim empire incorporated numerous varied peoples which had their own religion, culture, language and civilization. For centuries, these indigenous, pre-Islamic peoples constituted the great majority of the population of the Islamic lands. Although these populations differed, they were ruled by the same type of laws, based on the shari'a.

For rest of article:
http://www.dhimmitude.org/