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Breaking health news: Cancer on the Lido Deck: Scientology Cruise Ship Rife
2008-04-30 18:29:00 Better cancel that thetan-eradicating vacation on the S.S. Scientology. Message boards are abuzz with the news that the Freewinds, the church’s massive cruise ship and floating top secret training compound, has been sealed by Caribbean authorities. Its captain allegedly hid the presence of cancer-causing blue asbestos in the ventilation system, even as workers at a dry ... More About: News , Religion , Health , Breaking News , Cancer
CarnivUL of The fraudless: exposing the CULT
2008-04-30 04:15:00 In case you’ve been under a rock for the past three months and you’d like to catch up on the recent world wide protest of Scientology, here’s a link that summarizes its current status. Mark your calendar … get out and have some fun … the next international day of protest: May 10 More About: Cult , The Cult
Obama Calls Wright?s Remarks ?Ridiculous,? Offensive
2008-04-29 23:46:00 April 29 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced “ridiculous” statements made by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, using his strongest language to date to distance himself from his former pastor. Obama cited Wright’s contentions, repeated yesterday, that the government may have had a role in spreading AIDS in the black community, that U.S. actions overseas ... More About: Politics , Calls , Presidential Primary , Ridiculous
Does online video threaten the net?
2008-04-29 14:09:00 Some predict the flood of video traffic will overwhelm the net There is no doubt that video is big on the net. But is it getting too big? Ask AT&T and it will answer - yes. Speaking in London in late April, Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s vice president of legal affairs, said the burgeoning amount of video ... More About: Video , Online Video , Online
Outrage: DNC Ad Shows U.S. Soldiers Being Blown Up
2008-04-29 13:58:00 Newsmax.com The Democratic National Committee has sparked outrage among veterans and others across the internet by running an anti-John McCain ad that shows U.S. soldiers being blown up. After the new ad?s voice-over castigated McCain for suggesting that the United States may stay in Iraq for ?maybe 100? years, the footage becomes shocking. The DNC ad then shows ... More About: Politics , Current Events , Soldiers , Presidential Primary
Brandishing Butcher Knives, Man Killed In Court
2008-04-29 05:59:00 Authorities Say Eaton Crashed Car Into Building Last Year MERCED, Calif. - When the suspect refused to drop the weapons, three officers fired directly at him, and the man died on the courtroom floor, in front of several dozen attorneys, law enforcement officers and others doing business in the court, Merced County sheriff’s spokesman Tom MacKenzie ... More About: Current Events , Court , Killed , Knives
U.S. paper closes, moves online
2008-04-29 05:11:00 You might call it a “Business Transition” Over the past couple of years, as the U.S. newspaper industry has watched advertising rates and subscription rates dwindle, there have been a number of predictions that a “major” newspaper would eventually cease print publication and move exclusively to the Web. Depending on your definition of the term “major ... More About: Economy , Online , Paper , Moves
Shiller: Housing slump may exceed Depression
2008-04-29 04:54:00 Bailouts will be needed so millions don?t lose homes, top economist says NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An influential economist who long predicted the housing market bubble cautioned Tuesday that the slump in the U.S. housing market could cause prices to fall more than they did in the Great Depression and bailouts will be needed so millions ... More About: Economy , Housing , Slump , Shiller
Tax rebates arrive in Americans? bank accounts
2008-04-29 04:30:00 Bush administration hoping that payments will jump-start U.S. economy WASHINGTON - Tax rebates have begun dropping into bank accounts, but in this economy, gas and groceries may trump a high-end TV, a fancy dress or a new sofa ? making the checks less of an economic jump-start than the government hoped for. The first direct deposits from ... More About: Economy , Rebates , Bank , Americans
Mary Sue Hubbard: Slave lady of Scientology?
2008-04-29 04:14:00 L. Ron Hubbard & Mary Sue … Slave Owners? Mary Sue Hubbard was often regarded as the “first lady” of Scientology . Mary Sue and Ron were married from March 1952 to his death on January 24, 1986, and had four children. L.Ron and Mary Sue were the last couple to actually own slaves. Upon L. Ron’s ... More About: Religion , Lady
Newspaper-Circulation Drop Sharpens
2008-04-29 03:02:00 Most of the nation’s biggest newspapers saw circulation tumble at an increased rate, a sign that the migration of readers online may be picking up speed. WSJ The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported Monday that average weekday circulation at 534 daily newspapers fell 3.6% for the six months ended March 31, compared with the year-earlier period. The ... More About: Economy , The Paper , Newspaper , Drop
Threats Of Civil Disobedience Increase In NYC
2008-04-28 18:57:00 Congressman Joins Growing Group Of Public Officials Protesting Sean Bell Verdict NEW YORK (CBS) ? Shockwaves from the Sean Bell verdict which reverberated throughout New York City this weekend are now rolling across the country, and Congress has taken notice. Congressman John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, was scheduled to travel to Queens on Monday ... More About: Breaking News , Current Events , Civil Disobedience , Threats , Civil
Obama?s Pastor Jeremiah Wright Says Criticism Is Attack On Black Church
2008-04-28 18:43:00 Huffington Post WASHINGTON ? The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church. Barack Obama ’s longtime pastor says he hopes the controversy will have a positive outcome and spark an honest dialogue about race in America. Wright says black church traditions are still “invisible” to many Americans, as they ... More About: Religion , Church , Black , Criticism
Yipes ? must be ?Target a Liberal? Day!
2008-04-28 13:29:00 Placing Liberal s Under a Microscope Burt Prelutsky — Townhall.com … Barack Obama. Accused of attending a racist, anti-American church, he first claimed he never heard Rev. Wright make a single blasphemous remark from the pulpit. Then, when he was reminded that he?d been sitting there Sunday after Sunday for 20 years, soaking in the sewage, he made ... More About: Politics , Current Events , Politicians , Target
Time to Compromise on Gun Control
2008-04-28 13:23:00 Nice quote of the day … Mike Adams — Townhall.com It was then I realized that a partial gun ban is necessary. Specifically, I concluded that liberals cannot be allowed to own guns, much less carry them on our college campuses. If they cannot control their emotions enough to engage in rational debate, they cannot be expected ... More About: Time , Amendment , Gun Control , Control
Time Magazine Admits Its Climate Change Bias
2008-04-28 13:15:00 Human Events It?s wasn?t the first Time and it won?t be the last Time. Showing an utter disregard for ethical journalism, the editors at Time twisted American patriotism into an ad for the green movement to promote ?winning the war on global warming.? Green is the new red, white and blue we are told by editors who ... More About: Magazine , Climate Change , Climate , Time Magazine , Change
Leader of Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, Physically Abused Staff F
2008-04-28 13:07:00 Glosslip.com Glosslip?s interview with ex-Scientologist Marc Headley in many ways was more of a blow to the Church of Scientology , than ABC?s light coverage of CoS victims Jenna Miscavige (niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige) and actor Jason Beghe?s powerful Scientology video with Mark Bunker of Xenutv.com. Thanks to the exceedingly gracious efforts of Anonymous, we are ... More About: Staff , Abused
Church of Scientology Threatens Wikileaks Over Publication of Church ?Bible
2008-04-27 15:05:00 Citizen Media Law Project Wikileaks, which purports to provide an “uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis,” is back in the news as it faces a new legal threat from the Church of Scientology . On March 26, Wikileaks published what it describes as a full unedited version of the Church of Scientology’s Operating Thetan ... More About: Religion , Bible , Publication
Exclusive: ?Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography?
2008-04-27 14:52:00 Did you miss this revealing excerpt from Morton’s book? MSNBC … (link to the rest of excerpt at bottom of this post) As anxious as a teenager on his first date, David Miscavige, the young leader of Scientology, impatiently paced around the immaculately arranged cabana as he waited for his guest on a Saturday night in the ... More About: Tom Cruise , Religion , Exclusive , Biography , Cruise
Surgeons remove 125-pound belly from Russian woman
2008-04-27 14:36:00 If you think I’m going to show the image on this post, you’re crazy! When Natalya M. was rushed to a hospital in Voronezh, Russia, the doctors didn?t believe their eyes ? the woman had a gigantic skin-fat growth on her belly that didn?t let her walk normally. It was 36 inches long and weighed 125 ... More About: Russian , Woman , Belly , Pound , Surgeons
Pitfalls in paradise: why Palm Jumeirah is struggling to live up to the hyp
2008-04-27 04:36:00 What’s that old saying about “having more money than sense?” Dubai’s sheikhs have claimed it is “the eighth wonder of the world”, and seen from space the tree-shaped sand and rock formation of the Palm Jumeirah looks exactly that. But after the hype about David Beckham buying a mansion here and the novelty of living four miles ... More About: Current Events , Paradise , Live
The Sad End of Jimmy Carter
2008-04-27 04:19:00 WSJ The problem is not that he is, or is not, talking to the Syrians ? everyone does it to some degree. It isn’t that he went to Damascus to meet with the exiled head of Hamas ? everyone, including the Israelis, will one day have to do that too, in accordance with that old rule which ... More About: Politics , War On Terror , Politicians , Jimmy , Jimmy Carter
Consumer Confidence Hits 26-Year Low
2008-04-27 04:07:00 U.S. Economy : Sentiment Weakens More Than Anticipated (Bloomberg) — U.S. consumer confidence fell more than forecast in April to a 26-year low as record fuel prices and rising unemployment threatened to reduce spending. The Reuters/University of Michigan sentiment index decreased to 62.6, from 69.5 the previous month. The measure was down from a preliminary estimate of 63.2 ... More About: Consumer , Confidence , Hits , Year
Umm? Those Lines Weren?t Cherry-Picked - Wright?s Whole Sermon Was Hateful
2008-04-27 04:03:00 Gateway Pundit Moyers was able to accidentally do us all a favor and settle the “Wright’s hateful words were cherry-picked” argument. They weren’t. (pictured is damage inflicted on Obama campaign) Moyers aired the whole America-hating sermon of Wright G-damning America. The whole rant was hateful, bitter, looney, and raging. If you’re not ready for some of the most insidious ... More About: Politics , Religion , Politicians , Sermon , Cherry
Narconon at the Georgia state capitol
2008-04-26 14:44:00 Narconon is a substance abuse treatment program associated with the Church of Scientology. According to the 1993 Closing State ment on tax exemption in the United States for the Church of Scientology International and its subordinate bodies, a document agreed between the Church and the Internal Revenue Service, Narconon is a “Scientology-related entity”. Documentary evidence demonstrates ... More About: Georgia , Capitol
Ex-Scientology Kids Share Their Stories
2008-04-25 13:14:00 Former Scientologists, Including Church Leader’s Niece, Share Stories With ‘Nightline’ ABC News He’s one of the biggest box-office draws in history, but in recent years Tom Cruise has become more than just the face of his films. He has also become the face of his religion — Scientology . A recent video of Cruise — made for a ... More About: Religion , Kids
U.S. Says New Find Shows Iran Still Sends Arms to Iraq
2008-04-25 13:00:00 WSJ WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says it has found caches of newly made Iran ian weapons in Iraq , leading senior officials to conclude Tehran is continuing to funnel armaments into Iraq despite its pledges to the contrary. Officials in Washington and Baghdad said the purported Iranian mortars, rockets and explosives had date stamps indicating they were manufactured ... More About: War On Terror , Find , War in Iraq
Attack Wing: Glider Makes Waves With Stealth and Speed
2008-04-24 23:47:00 James Bond inspires military weaponry Fox News (click image to enlarge) It weighs only 30 pounds and can be fully weaponized for assault and rescue. It has a 6-foot jet-wing that is steered with handheld rotary controls connected to its rudder. And it can hide more than 100 pounds of combat gear in a built-in compartment. The Gryphon ... More About: Speed , Wing , Stealth , Waves , Attack
Biblical Scholars Challenge Pelosi?s ?Scripture? Quote
2008-04-24 03:43:00 Pelosi gets some quick help before the Earth Day declaration Pete Winn - CNSNews.com (click image to enlarge) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is fond of quoting a particular passage of Scripture . The quote, however, does not appear in the Bible and is “fictional,” according to biblical scholars. In her April 22 Earth Day news release, Pelosi said, ... More About: Politics , Religion , Challenge , Pelosi
Former Scientologist Tory Christman talks about leaving the cult
More articles from this author:2008-04-23 13:10:00 “You are failures because you keep doing nasty things.” Clearly, this nice lady doesn’t like the cult … check her out, you’ll like her! (she’s got a few explitives placed here and there, so caution to those with sensitive ears). Tory was in Scientology for 30 years and “woke up” to its abuses and crimes. ... More About: Religion , Cult , The Cult , Leaving 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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