Union Letter: Obamacare Will ‘Destroy The Very Health and Wellbeing’ of Workers - Corporate Intelligence - WSJ

Three Union leaders, James P. Hoffa, (Teamsters), D. Taylor, (UNITE-HERE) and Joseph Hansen of UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers), wrote a letter to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid regarding major problems they have with The Affordable Care Act.  They expressed these concerns:
"First, the law creates an incentive for employers to keep employees’ work hours below 30 hours a week. Numerous employers have begun to cut workers’ hours to avoid this obligation, and many of them are doing so openly. The impact is two-fold: fewer hours means less pay while also losing our current health benefits."

"Second, millions of Americans are covered by non-profit health insurance plans like the ones in which most of our members participate. These non-profit plans are governed jointly by unions and companies under the Taft-Hartley Act. Our health plans have been built over decades by working men and women. Under the ACA as interpreted by the Administration, our employees will treated differently and not be eligible for subsidies afforded other citizens. As such, many employees will be relegated to second-class status and shut out of the help the law offers to for-profit insurance plans".
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NY woman declared ‘brain dead’ woke up moments before organs harvested | LifeSiteNews.com

"SYRACUSE, NY, July 9, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A woman who was pronounced brain dead by doctors unexpectedly woke up just as her organs were about to be removed for transplant.

Doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center were called on the carpet by the state Health Department for not properly determining if Colleen S. Burns was actually dead before they sought permission from her family to harvest her organs and scheduled the procedure.

Burns, 41, of Syracuse, New York, was taken to hospital in October 2009 after a drug overdose.
St. Joseph's Hospital Doctors believed she had suffered irreversible brain damage and was on the point of death, but it later came to light that she was in fact in a deep drug-induced coma."  Visit:
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This case makes one wonder how many live supposedly "drain dead" individuals were killed by the doctors who harvested their organs for transplant.

Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Union Calls for Repeal of Obamacare - Roofers :: Political Action :: Hot Issues

Union President Kinsey M. Robinson in a Press Release dated April 16, 2013, calls for a repeal or complete reform of the Affordable Care Act stating

"our concerns over certain provisions in the ACA have not been addressed, or in some instances, totally ignored. In the rush to achieve its passage, many of the Act's provisions were not fully conceived, resulting in unintended consequences that are inconsistent with the promise that those who were satisfied with their employer sponsored coverage could keep it.

These provisions jeopardize our multi-employer health plans, have the potential to cause a loss of work for our members, create an unfair bidding advantage for those contractors who do not provide health coverage to their workers, and in the worst case, may cause our members and their families to lose the benefits they currently enjoy as participants in multi-employer health plans.  For the full Press Release visit:Roofers :: Political Action :: Hot Issues:

The trial we ignored - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"On July 8 I received an email originating from the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville, Va., stating: "There is a couple in another state who have contacted an adoption agency looking for a family to adopt their Down Syndrome unborn baby. If a couple has not been found by today they plan to abort the baby."

I immediately called the church and was overwhelmed with joy to hear that hundreds of people already had called to adopt this child, and the phones had not stopped ringing! " Visit:
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TEXAS ABORTION CENTER CLOSES - Press Release from David Bereit of 40 days for Life

HISTORIC ABORTION CENTER CLOSURE ANNOUNCED

Bryan/College Station, Texas -- The most significant 
abortion center closure -- in the 40 years of legalized 
abortion since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision 
-- was made public today when Planned Parenthood Gulf 
Coast, Inc. announced that it was shutting down its 
abortion facility in Bryan/College Station, Texas after 
fifteen tumultuous years in business. 

In 2003, on the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, ABC's 
Nightline spotlighted pro-life efforts in Bryan/College 
Station and said the community was "shaping the abortion 
debate" in America. Since that time, the local Planned 
Parenthood abortion facility gained worldwide notoriety as: 

 * Site of the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign in 
2004, an effort that has since grown into a worldwide 
pro-life mobilization of 575,000 volunteers in 501 
cities around the globe; saving 7,536 babies from 
abortion, closing 37 abortion centers, and helping 83 
workers to quit their jobs in the abortion industry 

 * Place where former abortion center director and 
Planned Parenthood employee of the year Abby Johnson 
experienced a conversion, quit her job, and became an 
outspoken pro-life advocate, going on to found And 
Then There Were None, a new ministry which has since 
helped 60 other workers to leave the abortion 
industry over the last year 

 * Home of the Coalition for Life, the grassroots 
organization which Planned Parenthood credited for 
making the community "the most anti-choice place in 
the nation" in which Planned Parenthood experienced 
its "most consistent and active" opposition in the 
nation

David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life,
said: "This is epic news fifteen years in the making!
Thousands of dedicated community members have faithfully 
prayed and held peaceful vigils outside this abortion 
center, offered hope and alternatives to turn away 
prospective Planned Parenthood customers, and educated 
the community about the harm of Planned Parenthood.
These efforts, combined with the decisive action of 
the Texas legislature, have finally brought about this 
closure that is an answer to prayer."

Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life campaign director, said:
"As the birthplace of 40 Days for Life and the place 
where Abby Johnson resigned after eight years working 
for America's largest abortion chain, this is a huge 
victory for the entire pro life movement! Peaceful and 
prayerful local opposition to abortion is ending 
abortion from the grassroots up." 

     Abby Johnson, former Bryan/College Station Planned 
Parenthood abortion center director and founder of And 
Then There Were None, said: "This is what grace truly 
looks like. Knowing that the former abortion clinic I 
once ran is now closing is the biggest personal victory 
of my life. From running that facility, to then advocating 
for its closure, and now celebrating that dream ... it 
shows that my life has indeed come full circle. I am 
honored to have worked with so many who helped with my 
conversion and the closure of this facility. We will 
continue to fight until every abortion clinic in this 
country has shut its doors."  ### 

David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life

Courage from the mouths of babes: Raped 11-year-old wants life for her unborn child

 "Pro-lifers around the world are applauding an 11-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather and subsequently vocalized her love for her unborn child despite the tragic circumstances. According to LifeSiteNews, the girl, who is being called “Belén” to protect her privacy, said:

…I am going to love her a lot, no matter what – even if she is from that man who hurt me."

Courage from the mouths of babes: Raped 11-year-old wants life for her unborn child: 

AG Won't Defend: We Deserve Better

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Attorney General Won't Defend Marriage: We, the people Deserve Better  (From the Pennsylvania Family Institute)

Harrisburg, PA) - The Pennsylvania Family Institute today expressed disappointment that Attorney General Kathleen Kane will not defend the Commonwealth’s marriage law against a lawsuit filed this week by the ACLU.

Pennsylvania’s Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage in Pennsylvania is the union of one man and one woman, passed by overwhelming numbers in the General Assembly, and was signed into law by Gov. Tom Ridge in 1996.  The ACLU is asking a Federal Judge to overturn that law, and redefine marriage in Pennsylvania.

“This is simply dereliction of duty by the Attorney General,” said Michael Geer, the Family Institute President.  “The statute that governs the role of Attorney General in Pennsylvania is crystal clear:  defend duly-enacted state laws*.  Apparently General Kane believes she can ignore laws she disagrees with.   This is damaging to the rule of law and the people’s trust in government,” added Geer.

Attorney General Kane was not elected judge – to pass judgment on the wisdom of laws duly passed by the General Assembly.  It’s her job to defend them.

Every year, laws are passed that people oppose.  We are not given freedom to ignore or disobey them, and neither is Attorney General Kane.  The people of Pennsylvania deserve better from their Attorney General.

We anticipate that other parties named in the lawsuit, including Gov. Tom Corbett, will rightfully take up the responsibility to defend marriage in Pennsylvania.


* From the Commonwealth Attorneys Act of 1980:

Ch 2, Section 204 (3) It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to uphold and defend the constitutionality of all statutes so as to prevent their suspension or abrogation in the absence of a controlling decision by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Saudi princess arrested in California human trafficking probe | Fox News

Saudi princess arrested in California human trafficking probe | Fox News: "Saudi princess arrested in California human trafficking probe"  A Saudi princess was charged Wednesday with human trafficking for allegedly holding a domestic worker against her will and forcing her to work at an Orange County condominium, prosecutors said.

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas identified 42-year-old Meshael Alayban as a Saudi princess who was charged with one count of human trafficking. If convicted, she faces up to 12 years in prison.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/11/saudi-princess-arrested-in-california-human-trafficking-investigation/#ixzz2YmLsdNZP
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Brazil demands explanation from US over NSA spying | World news | guardian.co.uk

Brazil demands explanation from US over NSA spying | World news | guardian.co.uk:
"Brazil has called on Washington to explain why US intelligence agencies have been monitoring millions of emails and phone calls from its citizens, as the international fallout from the US whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations spread to Latin America.

The foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, expressed "deep concern" about a report that appeared in O Globo newspaper at the weekend, which detailed how the US National Security Agency (NSA) had conducted extensive spying activities in Brazil."

BBC News - Vatican confirms Catholic priest was killed in Syria

""Islamists attacked the monastery, ransacking it and destroying everything," it said. "When Father Francois tried to resist, defending the nuns, rebels shot him.""  BBC News - Vatican confirms Catholic priest was killed in Syria:

State's Funds Offer 'Real Alternatives' to Abortion

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NRLC 2013 - Senator Ted Cruz - YouTube

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NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily | World news | The Guardian

"The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April."

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries.

The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk – regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing.  Visit:

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily | World news | The Guardian

Father Pavone's Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi

"Dear Mrs. Pelosi,

Last Thursday, June 13, you were asked a question in a press briefing that you declined to answer. The question was, "What is the moral difference between what Dr. Gosnell did to a baby born alive at 23 weeks and aborting her moments before birth?"

Given the fact that the Gosnell case has been national news for months now, and that Congress, where you serve as House Democratic Leader, was about to have a vote on banning abortion after 20 weeks fetal age, this was a legitimate question.

Instead of even attempting to answer the question, you resorted to judgmental ad hominem attacks on the reporter who asked it, saying, "You obviously have an agenda. You're not interested in having an answer."

Mrs. Pelosi, the problem is that you're not interested in giving an answer."

Father Pavone's letter continues and he asks fellow Catholics to send a message to Rep. Pelosi via Priests for Life.org -http://www.priestsforlife.org/pelosi/ " Your refusal to answer this question is consistent with your failure to provide an answer to a similar question from me and the members of my Priests for Life staff. Several years ago, we visited your office with the diagrams of dismemberment abortion at 23 weeks, and asked the simple question, "When you say the word 'abortion,' is this what you mean?" In response, nothing but silence has emanated from your office. In what way is this refusal to address an issue of such national importance consistent with the leadership role you are supposed to be exercising? Public servants are supposed to be able to tell the difference between serving the public and killing the public. Apparently, you can't. Otherwise, you would have been able to explain the difference between a legal medical procedure that kills a baby inside the womb and an act of murder -- for which Dr. Gosnell is now serving life sentences -- for killing the same baby outside the womb. Moreover, you stated at the press briefing on June 13, "As a practicing and respectful Catholic, this is sacred ground to me when we talk about this. I don't think it should have anything to do with politics." With this statement, you make a mockery of the Catholic faith and of the tens of millions of Americans who consider themselves "practicing and respectful Catholics" and who find the killing of children -- whether inside or outside the womb -- reprehensible. You speak here of Catholic faith as if it is supposed to hide us from reality instead of lead us to face reality, as if it is supposed to confuse basic moral truths instead of clarify them, and as if it is supposed to help us escape the hard moral questions of life rather than help us confront them. Whatever Catholic faith you claim to respect and practice, it is not the faith that the Catholic Church teaches. And I speak for countless Catholics when I say that it's time for you to stop speaking as if it were. Abortion is not sacred ground; it is sacrilegious ground. To imagine God giving the slightest approval to an act that dismembers a child he created is offensive to both faith and reason. And to say that a question about the difference between a legal medical procedure and murder should not "have anything to do with politics" reveals a profound failure to understand your own political responsibilities, which start with the duty to secure the God-given right to life of every citizen. Mrs. Pelosi, for decades you have gotten away with betraying and misrepresenting the Catholic faith as well as the responsibilities of public office. We have had enough of it. Either exercise your duties as a public servant and a Catholic, or have the honesty to formally renounce them." Sincerely, Fr. Frank Pavone National Director, Priests for Life

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Pelosi: Late-term abortions 'sacred' - YouTube

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Pro-Life Leaders to Demand Emergency Closure of Karpen Abortion Clinics At Press Conference Thursday

Pro-Life Leaders to Demand Emergency Closure of Karpen Abortion Clinics At Press Conference Thursday: "Houston, TX – Pro-Life leaders from a number of national groups are holding a press conference to demand that the State take action to immediately close Douglas Karpen’s two Houston abortion clinics amid allegations that he intentionally kills late-term babies that are born alive during abortions."

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Abortion & Breast Cancer Link brochure

The following is a sample of information contained in the pamphlet "The Pill Kills"  You can read the entire pamphlet on the website of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. (See link below)

"The 1st Way the Pill Kills

The Pill makes your blood clot

Blood clots can form in the heart, the brain, or travel to the lungs from the legs.
   
Blood clots in a heart artery cause a heart attack (MI)
   
Blood clots in a brain artery cause a stroke (CVA)
   
Blood clots in your leg veins cause  a deep venous thrombosis (DVT). These blood clots can break off from the legs and go to the lungs causing a fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) and are known as venous thromboembolisms (VTE).
 
 Women with heredity conditions that cause clotting (example: deficiencies in protein C & S, antithrombin III, or Factor V Leiden) cause even higher rates of clotting.
Abortion & Breast Cancer Link brochure:

New York State Right to Life - Albany, NY - Community & Government | Facebook

New York State Right to Life - Albany, NY - Community & Government | Facebook: "Over 600 pro-lifers are at the Capitol opposing the Governor's abortion expansion bill right now! Gov. Cuomo, New Yorkers know that more abortion is the last thing our state needs.
Some 600 pro-life New Yorkers listen to our Kathy Gallagher as they prepare to rally against the Abortion Expansion Act at the Capitol in Albany.
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Catholic Bishops Pledge to Defeat Cuomo's Abortion on Demand Bill | LifeNews.com

 "“The Governor’s newly released abortion agenda involves enshrining a barbaric federal law from the last century,” she continued. “Under Roe v. Wade, abortionists like Kermit Gosnell can kill babies with a heartbeat, babies capable of feeling pain, babies who are full term and waiting to be born. Instead of protecting these children, the governor is dragging New York in the wrong direction. Current law states that only a duly licensed physician may perform an abortion. This bill repeals that section and allows anyone to perform an abortion.”"

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Mom gave birth to baby in toilet, threw her into dumpster: police | LifeSiteNews.com

Mom gave birth to baby in toilet, threw her into dumpster: police | LifeSiteNews.com: "June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 27-year-old Virginia woman is facing felony charges after police say she gave birth to a baby in a toilet, then put the newborn in a trash bag and threw her in a dumpster.
The baby girl died of asphyxiation last Tuesday. Shavaughn Robinson was working as a masseuse in the Lee Medical Building in Richmond when she went into labor."

Liberals Pressure Obama Admin to Muzzle Wisconsin Talk Radio | RedState

In case you still believe liberals support free speech; 
"A liberal activist and her group are continuing their efforts to silence talk radio in Wisconsin. Upset that the state’s two largest AM stations, WTMJ and WISN in Milwaukee, have show hosts with right-of-center political leanings, the group Media Action Center filed complaints last year asking the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the stations and force them to give more air time to Democrats and liberals. If they didn’t, the group asked the Obama Administration’s FCC to deny at least one station – WTMJ – its license to broadcast."Liberals Pressure Obama Admin to Muzzle Wisconsin Talk Radio | RedState:

Philadelphia DA calls abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell a 'monster' after he's sentenced to life in prison without parole | Fox News

Philadelphia DA calls abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell a 'monster' after he's sentenced to life in prison without parole | Fox News: "–  A Philadelphia abortion doctor was sentenced Wednesday May 15th to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus.""

Kermit Gosnell's Verdict Is Not Justice - Bloomberg

Kermit Gosnell's Verdict Is Not Justice - Bloomberg: "Kermit Gosnell's Verdict Is Not Justice
By Ramesh Ponnuru May 13, 2013 6:03 PM ET"

And Now It Begins: Catholic Groups Rise Up to Replace the Boy Scouts

And Now It Begins: Catholic Groups Rise Up to Replace the Boy Scouts: "Within twenty-four hours of the Boy Scouts’ big announcement that they will open the membership to openly gay Scouts, fathers and concerned citizens are stepping up with plans to organize new ways to gather young males around the campfire for marshmallows and song.  I thought it would happen—but I’m amazed, frankly, that it’s happening so soon."

Four Documents To Understand The Kermit Gosnell Trial

Four Documents To Understand The Kermit Gosnell Trial: "Four Documents To Understand The Kermit Gosnell Trial  The trial of the “House of Horrors” abortion clinic doctor is receiving national attention."