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Veteran U.S. civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, walks past an anti-U.S. banner placed among the rubble of a building that was destroyed following Israeli bombardment during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israel war, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006. Jackson, who said Tuesday that an Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants and two others held captive by Hezbollah are alive, also said Syria, a main backer of both Hamas and Hezbollah, wanted to be involved in a prisoner swap that included the three Israelis and Syrian nationals detained by Israel in the Golan Heights....

A self-styled mystic who claimed that he could resurrect children killed in the Beslan hostage crisis if their mothers paid him enough money has been arrested by police on suspicion of fraud. Grigory Grabovoi, who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, had been in hiding for months but was captured by police at a séance he was conducting in Moscow on Wednesday night. Grabovoi earned notoriety by claiming that he could cure Aids, prevent plane crashes and raise the dead. He has announced he will run for the Russian presidency in 2008 and has pledged to abolish death...

He says dead people talk to him and tens of thousands of people, without a doubt, believe him. John Edward became widely known through his TV show, "Crossing Over," where he connected audience members with their loved ones on the other side. He's still doing that in front of crowds, large and small, around the world. But long before he became a star, Edward said his mother would come back from sessions with psychics with messages for him."She says, 'Every time I go for a reading, they keep telling me you're going to be well known.' And I'm like, 'Would...

French Woman to Ordain Herself a Catholic Priest, Facing Automatic Excommunication The Associated Press LYON, France Jul 2, 2005 — A French woman defied a threat of excommunication by the Roman Catholic Church and held a ceremony proclaiming herself a priest on Saturday. In a small ceremony on a boat, Genevieve Beney was joined by other women from around the world who have taken similar dramatic action to draw attention to the church's policy against women priests. "This is not a rupture with the Roman Catholic Church," Beney said in a statement read aloud before she boarded the boat.. The...

In late April, scores of giant billboards and thousands of wall posters all over Lagos proclaimed the first of three days of divine miracles and healing for at least six million Nigerians - but at the end of the third day, there was more bickering over money than praise to God for mercy received. The vehicle of the expected wonders of the Holy Spirit was American evangelist Benny Hinn, who flew into Nigeria in a Gulfstream private jet with a large retinue that included his bodyguards. He was received at Lagos airport in a motorcade of Hummer jeeps and other...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who resurfaced on the national stage in Terri Schiavo's dying days, said Thursday he will decide in three weeks whether to launch a Republican primary challenge to former state Senate President Jim King. Terry, 46, with about 25 supporters standing behind him, said at a news conference that he planned to challenge King, whom he claimed had strayed away from conservative values, if he can find "momentum, manpower and money." Terry said he has a goal of raising $15,000 within the next three weeks, although he concedes it may take more than $500,000...

... OK, stop grumbling, I'll give you a hint: My research for my new book, "Megashift," has found 52 countries where God has brought people back from the dead, mostly in the last 20 years. And these are not near-death experiences, where someone on an operating-room table passes out and sees himself going down a long tunnel. These are stone-dead corpses. ...

...Venezuelans would prefer at this time if the Carter Center stayed away from our country. The role the Center played in the recall referendum, before and after it, left a very bitter taste in all of those like me, who are certain that the outcome was fraudulent. ... Carter ... did not demand that the CNE do the “hot audits” on August 16th. ... There are lies in the reports from the Carter Center, such as that the boxes containing the ballots never left their sight. Thus, Venezuelans in the opposition think the Carter Center failed them completely by being...

Bwahahahah!!! Gasp! Bwahahahahahahah! (tears of laughter, blogger convulsing on the floor subject to one of the biggest laugh attacks recorded in blogdom). (Breathe, breathe deeply, garner composure, start writing again) Today we learn that Jennifer Mc Coy of the Carter Center will brave Venezuela to offer help in consolidating peace and democracy! The nerve! What is in store for us? Are they going to approve the new judicial system whose near uniform composition will ensure "peace" through a "uniform justice" (pun intended)? Will they offer to monitor the 2006 elections to validate yet another "fair" Chavez victory? ... I have...

AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT GRAND GOVERNING COUNCILMINISTRY FOR INFORMATION P.O. Box 13521 Minneapolis MN 55414 612/ 721-3914 . fax 612/ 721-7826 Email: aimggc@worldnet.att.net Web Address: www.aimovement.org    Ward Churchill was scheduled to speak at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York on February 3, 2005. His appearance was canceled by the college after he caused a public furor over his loathsome remarks about the 9-11 tragedy in New York. AIM's Grand Governing Council has been dealing with Churchill's hateful attitude and rip-off of Indian people for years.     The American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council representing the National and International...

Bangalore, Jan. 24 -- A three-day faith show here by American evangelist Benny Hinn may have concluded without any major trouble, but it has left behind a trail of controversies. With the Karnataka government going all out to provide the logistics support for the Festival of Blessings that concluded here Sunday night, the high-tech show attracted nearly a million people from all over India and some from abroad. Though massive protests, a 12-hour shutdown and stray incidents of violence in the city overshadowed the inaugural day, the congregation passed off peacefully during the weekend much to the relief of the...

[India News]: Bangalore, Jan 21 : American evangelist Benny Hinn Friday evening began his much-awaited "Festival of Blessings" prayer meeting here, which saw a shutdown call and incidents of stone throwing by protesting Hindu activists earlier in the day. About 8,000-10,000 policemen have been deployed in and around the sprawling venue to regulate crowds. Organisers of the show, being held at the Jakkur airstrip on the outskirts of the city, said earlier that about 400,000 people had already gathered for the event from all parts of the country, especially south India. A few hundred also came from abroad. Speaking to...

The full 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals (composed of 28 judgeships) recently upheld the wildly unpopular 2-1 ruling of its smaller three judge panel, agreeing with Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that it was unconstitutional for students to recite the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Judge Stephen Reinhardt, concurring in the full 9th Circuit order, explained: We may not – we must not – allow public sentiment or outcry to guide our decisions. . . . Any suggestion, whenever or wherever made, that federal judges should be encouraged by the approval of the majority or deterred by...

It is an old column but here is what a black Reverend has to say about another black "reverend" and his causes. He hits the nail square on the head. I'm sure JJ would call hims an "Uncle Tom". Reparations and Jesse Jackson's 'illegitimate children' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: April 5, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Rev. Peterson "And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country." —President John F. Kennedy Reparations for slavery, another illegitimate offspring of has-been civil rights...

IF BEING A NATIONAL LAUGHINGSTOCK cannot derail a career as a university scholar, what can? The City University of New York graduate school just promoted Stanley Aronowitz from plain old professor to distinguished professor of sociology. Aronowitz’s fifteen minutes of fame came three years ago when his left-wing journal, Social Text, fell prey to “Sokal’s Hoax.” Six ST editors read and accepted physicist Alan Sokal’s “Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity”—without realizing it was a parody of academic double-talk. With mock seriousness, Sokal claimed to show how “the space-time manifold ceases to exist as an objective...

Moscow's medical workers discovered a magnificent gift of a sixteen-year-old girl Natalya Demkina from Saransk. The girl possesses "dual vision". She is capable of discerning a person's internal organs without using X-ray or ultrasound. Natasha has already disproved several medical diagnoses and has not made any mistakes. A series of medical experiments conducted in one of the clinics provide substantial and undeniable proofs of the girls' unique abilities. "Growing up, my daughter was just an ordinary child," states Natasha's mother Tatyana Vladimirovna. "Perhaps, she just a bit more mature than other kids her age. Natasha started to talk when she...

From the NYTimes article "Clark Comes Aboard Kerry Campaign" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg: Earlier in the day, Mr. Kerry proclaimed himself a "fighter" in an interview with Don Imus, the radio talk show host. Asked why Mr. Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam era as well as the senator's own history as a decorated Vietnam veteran who became a war protester were an issue, Mr. Kerry said, "It seems to be the war that won't ever go away," and called it "the pivotal event of our generation." He said of his decision to oppose the Vietnam War, "Look, I...

<p>Early Friday morning, radio personality Don Imus went public with the question that newsrooms across the country were wrestling with.</p> <p>As an Internet-fueled rumor about John Kerry gained steam, Imus wondered aloud: "Do you think I should ask him?"</p> <p>"We've chosen not to report it," CNN's Lou Dobbs told the New York radio host on the air. "I'm not interested in the story."</p>

"This is more excitement than we're ever used to having," she said. Calabrese was scanning the crowd of 20 or so media members that had gathered on Madeline Drive outside the home of her neighbors. Local print and television media, a CNN camera crew, an NBC crew, a New York Times reporter and two reporters that are employed by an agency that works for The (London) Sun had staked out the house. Calabrese seemed more fascinated with the media attention than with the possibility that the family's daughter reportedly had a relationship with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. "The story...

Top Republican and Democrat strategists are curious about Sen. John Kerry's choice of words to radio mega-host Don Imus concerning rumors burning up the Internet and newsrooms about a possible extramarital affair with a young woman. Painfully similar to former President Bill Clinton's careful parsing of words, Kerry told Imus in a morning interview yesterday the following when asked about an item first revealed in print by Internet guru Matt Drudge: "Well, there is nothing to report," Kerry told Imus. "So there is nothing to talk about. I'm not worried about it. No." The failure to issue a flat-out denial...