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The most important news for Thursday, March 25th, 2010....

According to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, 55% of Americans want the health care bill repealed.

A CBS News poll released on Wednesday revealed that 62 percent of Americans want Republicans in Congress to continue to challenge parts of the health care reform bill.

Senate Republicans have found two violations of congressional rules in a proposed package of changes to the new health care law, forcing the package back to the House of Representatives for another vote.

The FBI is investigating acts of vandalism aimed at Democrats who voted for the health care legislation.

One of the new health care benefits that kicks in right away is that kids will be able to stay on their parents' health insurance until the age of 26.  Good luck on getting those adults children out of your house now.

Will the new health care bill actually impose a new tax on tampons?

Is the health care bill all about gaining control over the lives of ordinary Americans?

It is being reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Washington visit this week has failed to resolve his differences with the Obama Administration over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that Syria is committed to seeking peace with Israel but has no faith in the present Israeli government.

American and Russian officials have reached a deal to dramatically slash their nuclear arsenals.  According to the agreement, both sides will reduce the number of long-range nuclear warheads deployed to between 1,500 and 1,675.

One new poll have found that 73 percent of Russians believe the United States is an "aggressor" nation hell-bent on world domination.

Two Russian bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, were recently caught flying over British airspace for four hours.

This year, the Social Security system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016.

The euro slumped to a ten month low against the dollar yesterday after Portugal’s credit rating was cut by one of the big ratings agencies.

Two homeowners in the Philadelphia area recently took their own lives before sheriff's deputies arrived to tell them that they were being evicted.

Is the city of Detroit in the process of dying?

Is the possibility of an EMP attack one of the biggest threats that America is currently facing?

It turns out that many dogs are developing cancer after being implanted with an identification microchip.

Have both the U.S. and NATO actually been supporting the Afghan drug industry?

According to a New York Times investigation, the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies have fielded covert mercenary networks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq whose mission is to murder tribal militants and nationalists opposing Western occupation.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is now saying that the adoption of the Euro "screwed everyone".

It is being projected that China, India, Brazil and South Africa will require nearly half of all the water supplies in the world for homes, industry and agriculture by the year 2030.

Falling icicles and ice blocks have killed five people and injured at least 147 others in St. Petersburg following Russia's coldest winter in 30 years.

This is what filmmaker James Cameron recently had to say about those who are skeptical about global warming: "I want to call those deniers out into the street at high noon and shoot it out with those boneheads."

According to British conservationist Jane Goodall, humans should have fewer babies to help the global battle against climate change.

Recent discoveries are drawing a lot of new attention to the Shroud of Turin.

A new study shows that millions of people have been contaminated with potentially dangerous gender-bending chemicals from food packaging, drinks cans and baby bottles.

The most important news for Wednesday, March 24th, 2010....

Is the health care reform bill going to be a total nightmare for American taxpayers?

It turns out that three airports in the district of Democrat Bart Stupak were awarded $726,409 in grants by the Obama Administration just two days before a vote on Obama and Pelosi’s government takeover of healthcare.

How are some uninformed Americans responding to the passage of the health care reform bill?: "It's just going to be like Christmas!"

Will the health care reform bill push several U.S. states into financial ruin?

Ron Paul says that national bankruptcy will lead to the repeal of Obamacare.

Now that they have won on health care, Obama and his allies on Congress are focusing on ramming climate change legislation down the throats of the American people.

The Democrats must be really scared about the next elections - now they are trying to pass a law that would enable felons to vote.

According to reports, a draft resolution is circulating among members of the House of Representatives that endorses an Israeli military attack on Iran "if no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time".

According to a report by a respected Washington think tank, ballistic missiles could be Israel's weapon of choice against Iranian nuclear facilities if it decides on a pre-emptive attack and deems air strikes too risky.

Undeterred by turbulence in its ties with the United States and the U.K., Israel on Wednesday confirmed plans to expand the Jewish presence in occupied East Jerusalem, with more building freshly approved.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat recently told an audience that Jerusalem should return to the role that it has played throughout history, when it was the center of the world and a major destination for tourists and pilgrims from all religions.

Are Russia and China seeking to forge stronger ties in order to counterbalance U.S. dominance?

It is being reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has chronic kidney failure.

According to a government report released on Wednesday, sales of new homes fell to a record low in February.

A vice president for one of the nation's biggest banks claims that customers looking for help in lowering their mortgage payments are often told to call an 800 number where he says representatives then give homeowners the runaround.

Is the Chinese real estate market the next one that is going to stumble?

According to a new poll, 72% of Democrats, 84% of Republicans and 80% of Independents think that the U.S. economy could collapse. 

The Obama administration's Pay Czar cut cash compensation for the top 25 executives at five firms, including four Michigan-based auto industry companies, by one-third for 2010.

About 10 days after 120 million census questionnaires were mailed to every address in the United States, approximately 16% have been returned.

Will all Americans soon be forced to carry a national ID card?

It is becoming quite clear that airport security workers are very much enjoying looking at the exposed forms of women as they pass through the new full-body security scanners at airports.

A new Harris poll reveals what Republicans really think about Obama - two-thirds think he's a socialist, and 57 percent believe that he is a Muslim.

Is "peak phosphorous" going to be an even worse crisis than peak oil?

The mother of a high school student in the state of Washington is fuming after the health center on campus helped facilitate her daughter's abortion during school hours.

Planned Parenthood's profits are soaring and one of the big reasons is the abortion pill RU-486.

According to a study conducted by researchers at Washington State University, a combination of toxic chemicals and deadly pathogens are probably to blame for colony collapse disorder in honeybees.

It is being reported that the Human Genome Project may now open the door to the development and use of genetic weapons targeted at specific ethnic groups.

Is the city of Beijing, China experiencing an environmental meltdown?

Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah, a collection of ancient Jewish writings stored in an Egyptian synagogue, which were recently examined reportedly contain new segments of the Talmud, Mishnah and other rabbinic literature.

Many churches across the United States are being hit incredibly hard by the recent economic downturn.

Are the open doors in Russia closing?  Armed Russian police with dogs recently invaded an Evangelical Lutheran service and shut it down.

Mexican authorities have turned to bizarre rituals including voodoo as they attempt to win the violent war against the country’s ruthless drug gangs that have been ravaging that nation.

A belching of ash to the altitude of seven kilometers above sea level has been registered over the crater of the Shiveluch, Kamchatka’s northernmost active volcano.

Did a UFO recently buzz the city of Sydney, Australia?

A 6 year old boy in China claims to be the new world record holder because he was born with a total of 31 fingers and toes.

Check this out: 15 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind.

Lastly, in the U.K., a five year old boy was recently left stranded in a tree at school because of a bizarre health and safety policy which banned teachers from helping him down.

The most important news for Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010....

Florida's attorney general announced on Monday that ten states plan to file a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health care reform bill.

According to one analysis, a middle class family of four making $66,370 will be forced to pay $5,243 per year for health insurance under the new system.

However, according to the Congressional Budget Office, by 2016, the average family health care plan will cost $15,200.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is defending his decision to portray House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surrounded by flames on his organization's website alongside the phrase: "Fire Pelosi".

In a new CBS News poll, Nancy Pelosi has a "favorable" rating of 11 percent.

Thanks to the health care bill, starting in 2018 family insurance plans valued at more than $27,500 will pay a 40% tax above that level.

In fact, one analyst has discovered 15 new taxes that are contained in the health care reform bill.

Under the new health care regime, the Internal Revenue Service will function as the government’s chief enforcer for health care reform.

From September 10th, 2008 to March 10th of this year, Ben Bernanke has increased the monetary base of the United States from $850 billion to $2.1 trillion — an increase of 2.5 times in just 18 months.

U.S. government debt is rapidly replacing business loans on the books of U.S. commercial banks.

Gerald Celente is predicting that the "crash of 2010" is coming whether we like it or not.

What in the world?  It looks like China is actually going to run a trade deficit for the month of March.

The International Monetary Fund is warning that advanced economies such as the U.K. and U.S. are facing an "acute" challenge in reducing debt loads following the financial crisis which could in turn hamper economic growth.

A U.S. law forcing foreign financial firms to reveal details of American clients could force banks to stop trading across the Atlantic.

In a speech to AIPAC Monday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Israeli claims to Jerusalem and rejected assertions that Israel was not fully committed to peace.

According to a new poll, a lopsided plurality of 42 percent of Israelis view U.S. President Barack Obama as pro-Arab, and only seven percent see him as pro-Israel.

Juarez, Mexico (which is just across the U.S. border) has become the murder capital of the western hemisphere.

Time Magazine is asking this question: "The Coming China-India Conflict: Is War Inevitable?"

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals that the Transportation Security Administration plans to install more than double the number of full-body scanners at U.S. airports than was originally planned.

A former drug smuggler named Hank Asher has created a massive data mining operation so vast that it can easily locate and provide a dizzying amount of information about almost anyone in the United States.

The liberal community organizing group ACORN announced on Monday that it is closing its operations amid falling revenues.

Google is defying China’s censorship rules by redirecting mainland Chinese users to an unfiltered Hong Kong Web site.

The day before the health care reform bill was passed, the FDA announced that one of the most popular statin drugs sold in America causes so much kidney damage that it might kill you. 

U.S. health authorities recommended on Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying that the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.

A team of scientists has demonstrated that rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gain significantly more weight than those with access to water sweetened with table sugar, even when they consume the same number of calories.

A Christian man in Pakistan's Punjab province is fighting for his life after radical Muslim leaders, backed by police, burned him alive for refusing to convert to Islam while his wife was raped by police officers.

A Bangladeshi man was beheaded by workers who burnt his head in a kiln in the belief this would redden their bricks after a fortune teller suggested that the brick-field needed a human sacrifice.

Did a cellphone recently capture evidence of a supernatural creature?

Tiger Woods is promising to wear his Buddhist bracelet for the rest of his life.

Police in the U.K. are investigating what they are calling a ''homophobic incident'' after a gay couple claimed they were turned away from a bed & breakfast.

The U.S. Geological Survey recently recorded three earthquakes in central Oklahoma in a span of less than seven hours.

On a different note, what one Canadian man can do with kites is absolutely amazing.

Lastly, a public school in the state of Washington has banned the performance of an instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at its high-school graduation simply because the superintendent fears "it might sound religious" – and the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the ban to stand by refusing to hear the case.

The most important news for Monday, March 22nd, 2010....

The health care reform bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives late Sunday night in a very narrow vote and Barack Obama will sign the bill into law at the White House on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. John Boehner made an impassioned plea on the floor of the House in an effort to sway votes, but it was not enough. 

The new taxes in the health care reform bill are going to help Barack Obama "spread the wealth around".

Someone shouted "baby killer" as Rep. Bart Stupak was speaking on the House floor shortly after the chamber passed the health care reform bill.

A pro-life women's group is stripping Rep. Bart Stupak of an award that it planned to give him later this week.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is warning that last night’s passage of the health care reform bill will prompt the U.S. government to hire thousands of new IRS agents who will be used to take even more money from taxpaying Americans to fund the new program.

Jim Cramer of CNBC is saying that because of the passage of this health care bill the chance that this will be a "double-dip" recession has increased dramatically.

Already, there are dozens of U.S. states that are absolute financial disaster areas.

Nearly 200 metropolitan areas in the United States reported jobless rates of at least 10 percent in January.

Is California rapidly becoming the equivalent of a third world nation?

The IMF has warned that developed countries with big budget deficits must start now to prepare public opinion for the belt-tightening that will be needed starting next year.

The U.S. House of Representatives has also passed a government takeover of the student loan industry.

China's commerce minister is warning the United States that if it launches a trade war against China by levying punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, the United States will suffer the most.

According to a new survey, U.S. companies feel increasingly unwelcome in China because of what they see as discrimination and inconsistent legal treatment.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Reserve must disclose documents identifying financial firms that received money during the bailouts.

It is being reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to ask the U.S. to supply Israel with sophisticated bunker-buster bombs needed to break through to Iran's nuclear enrichment sites.

Even more information is coming out about the bunker-buster bombs that Obama caused not to be delivered to Israel recently.

Has there been a shift in U.S. military thinking towards the Middle East?

Is Netanyahu caving in to U.S. demands regarding negotiations with the Palestinians?

There are reports that Taliban commanders have confessed that hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Drug cartels are killing thousands of people in the area surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border and nobody seems to be doing much to stop it.

A Russian company is expected to bid on a contract to build a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker.

Guatemala is seeking to strengthen their ties with Russia.

It looks like ACORN may be on the verge of bankruptcy.

Researchers are saying that new research in mice suggests that the bird flu virus and the ordinary seasonal flu virus could combine to create a new deadly kind of flu.

Heavy rains are absolutely swamping the camps that are holding Haiti's homeless.

Is the "ring of fire" heating up?  Seventeen out of the eighteen volcanoes in Indonesia are on alert status and are emitting toxic gas. 

The battle over school prayer is heating up in the Florida legislature.

Lastly, at public school bake sales in New York, homemade goods have been banned in part because they do not list nutritional content.