Gardasil - The Damage is Done: From A Best Friend's View

GetLiberty.org >> ALG in the News: On Gingrich - A legacy of surrender

"As far back as his second term in Congress, in 1980, Gingrich sided with big labor interests until brought to his knees by a National Right to Work education campaign. Contrary to his image, Gingrich has demonstrated throughout his political career that he possesses no real ideological mooring.As far back as his second term in Congress, in 1980, Gingrich sided with big labor interests until brought to his knees by a National Right to Work education campaign. Contrary to his image, Gingrich has demonstrated throughout his political career that he possesses no real ideological mooring." Visit:GetLiberty.org >> ALG in the News: On Gingrich - A legacy of surrender:

Thomas Sowell: Experience trumps brilliance

"One of the ideas that has proved to be almost impervious to evidence is the idea that wise and farsighted people need to take control and plan economic and social policies so that there will be a rational and just order, rather than chaos resulting from things being allowed to take their own course. It sounds so logical and plausible that demanding hard evidence would seem almost like nitpicking." Visit:Experience trumps brilliance:

Pat Buchanan: Trusted most: Men with guns

"Public confidence in Congress has plummeted to the lowest level of any institution since Gallup began asking the question in 1973. One-half of all Americans have little or no confidence in the Congress.
Only 11 percent have a 'great deal' or 'a lot of' confidence in what is, given its place of primacy in the Constitution, the first branch of government and the branch most representative of the people." Visit:Trusted most: Men with guns:

Rachel's Vineyard Retreats in Pennsylvania - July to December 2010

Untitled Page: "Allentown, PA
Contact:Maryann Dunn M.S. 866-372-2435mdunn@allentowndiocese.org

Retreat Dates:Start Date End Date
7/30/2010 8/1/2010

Clarks Summit/Scranton, PA
Contact:Denise Rowinski Mengak 570-822-7118 x307drowinski@csswb.org

Retreat Dates:TBA

Doylestown, PA
Contact:Susan Fetta267-880-3631sefetta@comcast.net

Retreat Dates:Start Date End Date
11/19/2010 11/21/2010"

Philadelphia Area, PA
Contact: Priscilla 215-906-6337 oconnorp1@comcast.net
Contact: Geri Simboli 610-399-0890 simboli2@earthlink.net

Retreat Dates: Start Date End Date
10/8/2010 10/10/2010

Pittsburgh, PA
Contact: Toni Jester 412-621-6953 toniafj1@comcast.net
Contact: Toni 412-352-5348

Retreat Dates: Start Date End Date
9/10/2010 9/12/2010

Pittsburgh (Western PA), PA
Contact: Abigayle Koller 412-977-9521 rachelsvineyard.westernpa@yahoo.com

Note: Interdenominational Retreat
Retreat Dates: Start Date End Date
11/12/2010 11/14/2010 Interdenom

York County, PA
Contact: Joy 717-788-4959 Rvpamd@gmail.com

Retreat Dates: Start Date End Date
8/6/2010 8/8/2010 Carlisle, PA
10/20/2010 10/31/2010 Sparks, MD

Men and Abortion -Rachel's Vineyard - YouTube Video Messages

Visit:Rachel's Vineyard - YouTube Video Messages

Women Can Sue for Psychological Injuries After Abortion

"Springfield, IL (July 21, 2010) -- Despite media reports to the contrary, women are still able to file lawsuits for negligent screening and psychological injuries under a Nebraska law.

In a preliminary ruling issued July 14, Federal District Judge Laurie Smith Camp ruled that neither the effective date of the bill nor the law itself could be enjoined, clearing the way for the law to go into effect July 15." Visit:Women Can Sue for Psychological Injuries After Abortion:

Women Can Sue for Psychological Injuries After Abortion

"Springfield, IL (July 15, 2010) -- A new Nebraska law that is the first to allow women to sue for psychological injuries related to abortion went into effect today, the Stop Forced Abortions Alliance has announced." Visit:Women Can Sue for Psychological Injuries After Abortion:

Elena Kagan Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee; Lindsey Graham Votes Yes

"There's plenty of reasons for a conservative to vote no, but there's also one very good reason for a conservative to vote yes, and that's found in the Constitution," Graham said before the vote, explaining that while he disagrees with Kagan's politics, he feels the Constitution gives the president the right to choose his own nominees to the Supreme Court. "It does not give me the right to replace my judgment for his."
Visit: Elena Kagan Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee; Lindsey Graham Votes Yes

Corporations Sue Minnesota For Violating First Amendment Right To Make Contributions, Produce Political Ads-A press release from James Bopp Jr.7/8/10

PRESS RELEASE
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Contact: James Bopp, Jr.

Corporations Sue Minnesota For Violating First Amendment Right To Make Contributions, Produce Political Ads

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc., The Taxpayers League of Minnesota, and Coastal Travel Enterprises, LLC want to be able to make contributions to political parties and/or candidates, and also produce political ads supporting the candidates they like. The First Amendment says they have the right to do these things. But Minnesota law forbids it.

Minnesota says that corporations may only make political ads if they pay for them from what the State calls a “political fund.” These political funds have lots of burdensome registration, record-keeping, and reporting requirements. But the Supreme Court recently ruled in a case called Citizens United that corporations have a First Amendment right to make political ads from their own money, without having to submit to burdensome registration, record-keeping, and reporting requirements. So Minnesota requires the very thing the Supreme Court said is unconstitutional.

Minnesota also bans political contributions from corporations, unless they are made through a “conduit fund” that has these same type of burdensome requirements. Even then, corporations do not get to decide which candidate the money in their conduit fund should be contributed to. Instead, whoever donates to the fund gets to decide. But every other type of association— including unincorporated labor unions—get to decide which candidates the money in their funds should be contributed to. This treats corporations differently than everybody else, and prevents them from making contributions they want to make.

As a result, MCCL, Taxpayers League and Coastal Travel filed suit in federal court yesterday, asking the Judge to strike these unconstitutional laws.

James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel for the Corporations, stated, “The Supreme Court was clear when it said in Citizens United that corporations have free-speech rights. Minnesota’s attempt to subvert the Supreme Court is blatantly unconstitutional. And, the reasoning of Citizens means that corporations should also be able to make their own contributions, without having to use a special “fund.” Regardless, the Constitution forbids government treating similar groups differently, as Minnesota does to corporations and every other type of association.”

The case is before the Honorable Donovan Frank, District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. The case number is 10-CV-2938 DWF/JSM, and is known as MCCL v. Swanson. The complaint may be viewed at www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/.

James Bopp, Jr. has a national federal and state election law practice. He is General Counsel for the James Madison Center for Free Speech, former Co-Chairman of the Election Law Subcommittee of the Federalist Society, and was recently recognized as the Republican Lawyer of the Year by the National Republican Lawyers Association.

Video: Yoest testimony at Kagan hearings | Americans United for Life | AUL.org

Video: Yoest testimony at Kagan hearings | Americans United for Life | AUL.org

Massachusetts Insurers Post Big Losses - Business - The Atlantic

"When MassCare passed, it was supposed to lower the average cost of health care by getting relatively cheap young people into the system, and ending the inefficiencies of caring for the uninsured. Unfortunately, it hasn't quite worked out that way. The bill for the uninsured only dropped by about 40%; the young, cheap people turned out to almost all need subsidies, and worse, some of them figured out how to game the system by buying insurance, getting a bunch of expensive procedures, and then dropping the insurance again" Visit:Massachusetts Insurers Post Big Losses - Business - The Atlantic:

Hundreds of elderly patients malnourished in Scottish hospitals Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog

"One of the country’s leading health campaigners has urged the Scottish Government to urgently tackle the problem of malnutrition of the elderly and vulnerable in the nation’s hospitals, likening the problem to a form of “euthanasia”. Dr Jean Turner – executive director of Scotland Patients Association (SPA), a GP and former independent MSP – warned that hundreds of patients, particularly the elderly, are languishing in hospital beds undernourished because they are not given help with feeding." Visit: Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog:

ACLJ : ACLJ Wins 9th Circuit Appeal in Massive Fraud Case Against Planned Parenthood Affiliates in California

Washington, DC) – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of the American Center for Law and Justice’s (ACLJ) client in a multi-million dollar fraud case against Planned Parenthood (PP) affiliates in California. ACLJ attorneys are representing a former employee of the PP affiliate in Los Angeles, who is now a federal whistleblower. A federal district court in California had dismissed the case, but the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, dated yesterday,(7/1/10) reinstates the lawsuit. Visit: ACLJ : ACLJ Wins 9th Circuit Appeal in Massive Fraud Case Against Planned Parenthood Affiliates in California

ACLJ : CNSNews.com - Nearly 70 Members of Congress Go to Court to Defend The National Day of Prayer

Only sixty-three members of the House of Representatives and four Senators go to court to defend the National Day of Prayer. Visit: ACLJ : CNSNews.com - Nearly 70 Members of Congress Go to Court to Defend The National Day of Prayer

St. Ann's Novena on CTV

St. Ann Novena airtimes on CTV
CTV will broadcast The ANNUAL SOLEMN NOVENA to ST. ANN From St. Ann’s Basilica in Scranton, PA July 17 to 27, 2010

Sat/Sun, July 17/18 7:00 p.m.

Mon–Fri, July 19–23 3:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Sat/Sun, July 24/25 7:00 p.m.

Mon/Tue, July 26, 27 3:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(1 hour each)

CNSNews.com - Obama Administration Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insurance Pools

HHS gives Pennsylvania $160 million for high risk insurance pool that includes abortion:
"(CNSNews.com) - If you want proof that President Obama's Executive Order on taxpayer-funded abortion was a sham, look no further than Pennsylvania, says House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio)." Visit: CNSNews.com - Obama Administration Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insurance Pools:

Pro-abortion organizations get tax dollars from the federal government. How much? See Life Issues Institute - A Billion Reasons

Want to know how much Planned Parenthood, Guttmacher Institute and Population Control groups get of US tax dollars? Visit:Life Issues Institute - Breaking News: A Billion Reasons

Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Church of England rejects compromise on women bishops; 70 clerics meet with Catholic bishop

"Seventy Anglican clergy met with Catholic Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham on July 10 to discuss the possibility of converting to Catholicism under the provisions of Pope Benedict’s 2009 apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. One Anglican cleric estimated that 200Anglican clergy are considering conversion." Visit:
Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Church of England rejects compromise on women bishops; 70 clerics meet with Catholic bishop

Archbishop Carlson: We honor marriage, family as foundation for society | Archdiocese of St. Louis

"A 'family' is not whatever anyone says it is. The family is the original cell of social life. It is the natural society in which husband and wife are called to give themselves to one another in love and to be open to the gift of life. Authority, stability and a life of relationships within the family constitute the foundations for freedom, security and fraternity within society. God chose to raise up marriage as a vocation in the Church. For us, marriage is a sacrament, not simply a social contract; and the family is much more than simply a social arrangement. It is a domestic Church, the most fundamental and important community that human beings belong to." Visit:Archbishop Carlson: We honor marriage, family as foundation for society | Archdiocese of St. Louis:

Sharon Angle - Column by George Will

"Sometimes provocative people become that way because they were provoked. Sharron Angle, 60, could be enjoying the 10 grandchildren she loves even more than her .44 magnum. Instead, she is the Republican nominee against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's quest for a fifth term as senator. Her campaign began, in a sense, three decades ago, when a judge annoyed her." Visit:

George Will

ZENIT - Haiti 6 Months Post-Quake: Progress, Pending Work

"“We are grateful for the generous outpouring of aid to Haiti in the first phase of operations,' the 47-year-old bishop said. 'On July 12, 2010, we remember those who rushed to the spot like heroes to save lives, relieve pain, give food and drink, welcome, house and express their solidarity.'" Bishop Dumas Visit:ZENIT - Haiti 6 Months Post-Quake: Progress, Pending Work:

ZENIT - Venezuelan Cardinal Denounces Marxist Socialism

"ROME, JULY 9, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, is denouncing the government's attempts to install a Marxist Socialist regime through 'unconstitutional' and 'illegal' methods violating the rights and will of the people." Visit:ZENIT - Venezuelan Cardinal Denounces Marxist Socialism:

SHOCK UNCOVERED: Obama IN HIS OWN WORDS saying His Health Care Plan will...

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Hot Air » Kanjorski: No town halls because I don’t want to talk to “nuts”

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D) has long been scheduling telephone town halls, the kind where he can cut constituents off when they ask tough questions. Now we know why. In a WILK radio interview Kanjorski referred to his constituents as "nuts". From HOT AIR:
"The last we heard from Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), he gave a soliloquy on how “minorities” and “defectives” didn’t qualify as “average, good Americans.” Apparently, neither do Kanjorski’s constituents. Challenged by a local radio show to schedule town-hall meetings, Kanjorski told them he didn’t feel like talking with “nuts”: Visit: (This is really good.) Hot Air » Kanjorski: No town halls because I don’t want to talk to “nuts”:

Specter Unhappy With Kagan's Answers - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times

Senator Arlen specter, "cut short a line of questioning to nominee Elena Kagan today after he said she was not giving him substantive answers. Specter warned that he was struggling to find a reason not to vote against her." Visit:
Specter Unhappy With Kagan's Answers - The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times

VA hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV - CNN.com

"John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has recently mailed letters to 1,812 veterans telling them they could contract hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after visiting the medical center for dental work, said Rep. Russ Carnahan." Visit:VA hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV - CNN.com

Joni's surgery successful (OneNewsNow.com)

"AGOURA HILLS, CA - Christian author and disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada is recovering after undergoing surgery for breast cancer." Visit: Joni's surgery successful (OneNewsNow.com):

Condom policy still inappropriate, says CWA's Nance (OneNewsNow.com)

"Superintendent Beth Singer has issued an apology to parents over what she terms a 'misunderstanding.' She assures the policy will be reworded to clarify any confusion over the age. Nevertheless, the existing policy will still be employed, allowing children in the fifth-grade and up to request a condom. That will include a demonstration from a school nurse or counselor, who will show how and when to use them."Condom policy still inappropriate, says CWA's Nance (OneNewsNow.com):

Repeal Health Care Law - Rasmussen Reports™

"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of voters favor repeal of the health care bill, while 40% are opposed."Health Care Law - Rasmussen Reports™: