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Adam Weinstein, of the Gawker, has added his voice to the growing list of greens, who demand a brutal authoritarian response to the vexing problem of people who have a different opinion. According to Weinstein; Man-made climate change happens. Man-made climate change kills a lot of people. It’s going to kill a lot more. We have laws on the books to punish anyone whose lies contribute to people’s deaths. It’s time to punish the climate-change liars. This is an argument that’s just being discussed seriously in some circles. It was laid out earlier this month, with all the appropriate caveats,...

Both candidates for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat agree that Capitol Hill is dominated by partisan gridlock – but they differ on if and how Congress can solve the problem, even as they compete for the same undecided voters. U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, has preached a message of centrism and bipartisanship while relentlessly painting Republican state Treasurer Richard Mourdock as an extreme, right-wing ideologue.

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Herman Cain and Michele Bachman appear to be the big winners following the decisions by Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump to not enter the presidential race, according to a new poll of Iowa conservatives. Meanwhile, last week’s presidential announcements by Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich did not resonate with Iowa conservatives.

"Governor Daniels showed us he was a man of his word and has stood by the commitments he made during the 2004 pre-election Iftar," stated Alia Shah, Executive Director of MAI. Local Muslims say such political connections are important if their concerns are to be heard in government. But faith, rather than politics, was the key topic Monday night -- the first iftar held at an Indiana governor's home. Several Muslim leaders called it historic. "To be blessed to make prayer at the governor's residence is significant," said Michael Saahir, an imam from the Nur-Allah Islamic Center on the Northside....

Is Health Care Bill a Victory for America? President Obama called the House passage of a health care reform bill a "victory for the American people." Do you agree?

The Indianapolis Tea Party plans a rally on the south steps of the Statehouse Monday in opposition to the health care reform passed by the Senate.

GLENN: Van Jones was given an award from the NAACP and in it, in their acceptance speech at the very end he gave a shout out to me.

One of four men arrested on Tuesday for attempting to interfere with the telephones at the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu previously worked for a U.S. intelligence-funded program to train would-be American spies, Declassified has learned.

Bloomington - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made a visit to Indiana Saturday night. While Emanuel was in town to attend fundraisers for Congressman Baron Hill, others were there to have their say. ...

Here is a really cool pledge flag I made. For a bigger high resolution download here: big flag pic

Here is a really cool pledge flag I made. For a bigger high resolution download here: big flag pic

  The great flood of Johnstown, Pa. Extra, extra. All across Pittsburgh, newsboys hawked their papers, spreading word of the catastrophic event that had taken place on May 31, 1889, less than 80 miles to the east. "Johnstown wiped out...Thousands of men, women, and children killed...” The horrifying news accounts on the Saturday after the great Johnstown flood were riddled with inaccuracies, but the overwhelming truth remained: the South Fork dam had broken, flooding the valley with an avalanche of water that destroyed the city of Johnstown, claimed more than 2,000 lives, and injured thousands of others. The South Fork ...

Dam Failure Inundation The Problem Dam failures can result in the worst flood events. A dam failure is usually the result of neglect, poor design, or structural damage caused by a major event such as an earthquake. When a dam fails, a gigantic quantity of water is suddenly let loose downstream, destroying anything in its path. For example, in 1889, more than 2,200 lives were lost as a result of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood caused by an upstream dam failure. Billions of dollars of property damage can also occur as a result of a dam failure. More recently, in ...

Do You Really Want to Hear What God Is Saying? by David Wilkerson September 7, 1992 Do You Really Want to Hear What God Is Saying? Plain Text File + Related Bible Study + Home Page + Subscribe + Copyright By David Wilkerson September 7, 1992 __________ A few weeks ago I asked those on our mailing list to write to us and tell us about their church. In other words, if yours is a good church, tell us about it - or, if your church is in a difficult time, tell us why. I requested that no one ...