Tuesday, April 5, 2011

TODAY in the news

It's now 295 days that Belgium has been without a government. (See post)
Former Planned Parenthood director quit in disgust over their emphasis on abortion as industrial production. She writes today in The Hill:
Planned Parenthood’s bottom line is numbers. And, with abortion as its primary money-maker, that means implementing a quota. I know this is true because I worked at one of their Texas clinics for 8 years, two as the clinic director.
"Planned Parenthood gets one-third of its entire budget from taxpayer funding and performed more than 650,000 abortions between 2008 and 2009."
Read the whole thing.
Obama drops sanctions against the Lockerbie mastermind. Daily Mail(UK) article (March 5)
"The Obama administration has been accused of ‘rewarding terrorism’ after dropping financial sanctions against the former Libyan foreign minister who defected to Britain."
Libyan rebels exporting $130 million in oil to buy weapons. To England, France, Italy and Qatar. Story at Daily Mail (UK) (March 5)
New York reportedly has tens of thousands of dead voters on the rols, including the long-dead Walter Conkite, Lena Horne, Natasha Richardson, Frank McCourt, among others. The Board of Elections likes it that way.
And all those dead voters add up. To run for public office, one must first collect signatures from 5 percent of the district's registered voters. That thousands of dead voters are still included in the count makes that much more difficult, especially for newcomers challenging incumbents.
New York Post article (April 3)
Female teacher gets up to 30 years for sex with student. The Salt Lake Tribune (April 4) Valynne Bowers, 41, pleaded guilty to sex with 14-year-old student. She is one of two teachers convicted of having sex with the same student.
Whining Rebels in Libya slam NATO over Misrata's plight. AFP (April 5)
It's Sarah Palin's fault. Again. Tiny Fey blames Anger Over Sarah Palin Impressions for Low Ratings of '30 Rock' Yahoo Contributor Network (April 5)

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