Jerry E. Smith was born on April 8, 1950 in Pomona, California, and died at 3:00 am on the morning of Monday, March 8, 2010, of pancreatic carcinoma (pancreatic cancer), I was informed by Kenn Thomas, editor of Steamshovel Press, moments ago. Smith was an author, lecturer and editor on... »

(NEWSMAX) — /SNIP/ Rubber-gloved workers pulled ever-smaller bodies from the dump truck and tossed them into the mass grave. A crowd began singing a hymn with the refrain, “Jesus said I am the way to heaven.” As the grave filled, the grieving crowd sang: “Jesus, show me the way.” At least 200 people, most of... »

(ONE NEWS NOW) — /SNIP/ All of these over-educated folks gave powerful testimony of how the dolphin brain was very large and advanced. Lori Marino of Emory University pointed out that beyond just size, the dolphin brain is incredibly developed and, “stack(s) up quite well to human brains.” But it was Thomas White of... »

(Physorg.com) – For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts – acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation – spread just as easily as bad. And it takes only a handful of individuals to really make a difference. via Physorg.com »

OKCULAR, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people. The damage appeared worst in the Kurdish village of Okcular, which was almost razed.... »

(The Economist) – Killed, aborted or neglected, at least 100m girls have disappeared—and the number is rising. via The Economist. »

(CHRISTIAN POST) — Episcopal clergy in Washington, D.C. have been given the green light to preside at same-sex marriages. Bishop John Bryson Chane of the Diocese of Washington made the announcement Thursday, a day after gay and lesbian couples began applying for marriage licenses. PID comment: This isn’t surprising.  Bishop Chane preached a Christmas sermon in... »

(AUGUST REVIEW) — Technocracy must be seen for what it is: An attempt to impose a totalitarian, scientific dictatorship. In 1933, it called for the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as dictator in order to “pave the way for economic revolution.” Fortunately at the time, they failed in their attempted coup. Implementing 1930’s-style Technocracy requires... »

(VOX POPOLI) — Commercial bank loans continue to collapse amidst signs that the banks are about to undergo a crisis of confidence and a large wave of FDIC seizures. Total loans and leases at U.S. banks have already contracted more in the first seven weeks of 2010 than they have over the course of... »

(DIGITS BLOG) — The Obama administration lifted the veil Tuesday on a highly-secretive set of policies to defend the U.S. from cyber attacks. It was an open secret that the National Security Agency was bolstering a Homeland Security program to detect and respond to cyber attacks on government systems, but a summary of that program... »

(Fourwinds10) The Canadian government is on the verge of approving the introduction of extremely bizarre genetically modified pigs into the Canadian food supply.  These new mouse/pig hybrids have been dubbed “enviropigs” and are being touted as being much better for the environment.  This new “breed” of Yorkshire pigs was created by scientists in Ontario at the University of Guelph, who spliced in genes... »

(DEBKAfile) — Syria has defied Israel’s caution that handing over new strategic weapons to the Lebanese Hizballah would compel Israel to strike targets inside Syria. Military sources disclose that Damascus has just smuggled across the border a number of Russian-made IGLA-S surface-to-air missiles capable of intercepting low-flying F-16 warplanes, drones, helicopters, cruise missiles, transports and... »