CultureshockTV News

- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 23:29:58
THEY DON'T KNOW ... THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES DEPRESSION EITHER!
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'How effective are antidepressants? Kirsch et al.'s thesis is that we really don't know.'

NEW STUDY FINDS LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EFFECTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND PLACEBO
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 23:20:34
- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 23:01:14
'But critics warn that students are trained to be informants working to create a pro-homosexual, anti-religious environment.'


School Civil Rights Teams Criticized as 'Thought Police'
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 22:56:40
'Authorities have said they believe the girl struggled with her killer, who was once acquitted of child molestation charges.'
Report: DNA Evidence Links Suspect to Samantha
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 09:07:43
'"This was a different panel of judges, but it was not a conservative bench. The fact that they struck down the state of Washington's policy that bars theology students from receiving state scholarships just speaks in my mind to how discriminatory and egregious this policy is," said Stuart J. Roth, a senior counsel for the ACLJ.'


Court allows aid for theology student
WASHINGTON TIMES


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 09:02:26
'The State Department yesterday said that as of today it is ending its "Visa Express" program in Saudi Arabia and will require those seeking visas to apply in person and be interviewed.'


'Visa Express' discontinued in Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON TIMES


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 08:54:39
'For Americans of my generation, love of country is almost second nature. It was instilled in us by our parents, our teachers, our civic leaders and even by Hollywood.'


The enemy within
WORLDNETDAILY


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 08:43:21
'"The civil union law itself says a civil union is not civil marriage and that civil marriage is still limited to a man and a woman."'

LAW OF THE LAND
Georgia court: Civil unions not marriage

Judges uphold ruling that invalidated lesbians' Vermont civil union
WORLDNETDAILY


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 08:25:03
AMERICA'S HORROR
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'It was Stanek who shocked a U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution by testifying that abortionists can and do deliver babies alive and leave them to die if their mother's intent is to "terminate her pregnancy."

Stanek told senators and congressmen about holding an aborted baby 45 minutes until it died in 1999.'


Live-Abortion Horrors Lead to Federal Protection of Newborns
NEWSMAX


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 22:47:37
- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 16:23:13
- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 16:17:34
- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 16:13:59
- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 16:10:39
HIT THOSE CIRCUIT BREAKERS ...
Dow Falls More Than 400 Points
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 16:07:10
HELLO NOW ...
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'The idea that childbearing is linked to breast cancer dates to 1743, when an Italian researcher called the disease an occupational hazard of nuns, attributing their relatively high rate of breast cancer to their childlessness.'

Breast-feeding, childbearing cut breast cancer risk

Major study may explain puzzling hike in cancer cases
MSNBC


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 15:59:05
SAMANTHA'S REVENGE
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'She added that her son had scratches on his legs, which he said were from a safety gate for toddlers. Police have said they believe the killer would have scratches due to evidence of a struggle.'


Man arrested in girl’s slaying
MSNBC


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 20:19:45
'Victims of clergy abuse were outraged by the news that the director of Our Lady's Hall — a residential home where priests were supposed to be receiving treatment — has been accused of being a sexual offender himself.'

Director of Rehab Center for Priests Suspended Over Sex Abuse Allegation
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:09:08
THE PICTURE OF SAMANTHA IS HAUNTING ... A POSTER CHILD OF THE EVIL DOERS AMONG US.
Cops: Killer Left His 'Calling Card,' Autopsy Shows Girl Was Assaulted, Asphyxiated
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:58:43
- cultureshock Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 01:15:57
'Mark Garagos was using expressions describing how sick this guy is. No doubt pulling for an insanity plea when they catch this depraved member of the human race. I'm getting very tired, as a matter of fact, sick and tired of the words the media use to describe this brutal crime. What it really is ... Is sin! That's right, sin.

Are we that stupid or in a fog with all this wealth and avarice? Do we turn a blind eye to the corruption in high places, our sexual appetite, drugs, the homosexual priests, the Bakkers and Swaggerts ... the loss of a child's innocence, the movies, and music, screaming head TV shows, and look at what we've done to God and trust? Fidelity, integrity, honor, virtue, the rule of law ... Look at what we have done.'

SICK OR SIN
TONY DIGIROLAMO
CULTURESHOCKTV.COM


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 19:53:02
'Television news also felt the pressure of FOX News and the Internet: from 24% of the sets in use tuning in to CBS News in 1985, by 2000 that percentage had been cut almost in half. Likewise, ABC, which had 21% of the viewers in 1985, had just 16% fifteen years later, and NBC had dropped from 21% to 16%. Executives had to admit that indeed their market had been shrinking:'


Lies, Damned Lies, and Journalism
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 18:05:34
WHY THE KIDS TODAY ARE INTO REBELLION PLUS ... AND THE SCHOOLS ARE DRUGGING THEM INTO A STUPOR
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'Adding fuel to the debate over mothers who work, a new analysis of the largest government child-care study has found that mothers' early employment has negative effects on children's intellectual development.'


Study links kids' slower learning to mothers' working
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 17:45:21
- cultureshock Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 17:39:52
NO END TO THE GREED

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Grand Jury Is Investigating United Way in Washington
NEW YORK TIMES



- cultureshock Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 17:33:24
BLOODSUCKING, SCUM OF THE EARTH, MISERABLE PRODUCT OF OUR SEXUAL CULTURE


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'Samantha Runnion's nude body was found late on Tuesday dumped beside a rural road about 75 miles from her home in Stanton in Orange County.

Investigators said Samantha, who was snatched in a frightening daylight abduction outside her home on Monday, had been sexually assaulted and there was some trauma to her body.

"The way the body was found, the fact that it was not buried, not hidden, was almost like a calling card, a challenge, as if this person was saying 'I'm going to strike again'..."'


Killer of Calif. Girl May Strike Again, Police Say
REUTERS


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 17:23:09
MAKING NEWS NOW ...
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Suicide Attack in Tel Aviv Kills Seven
ASSOCIATED PRESS


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Poll Shows Bush's Ratings Weathering Business Scandals
WASHINGTON POST

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Bush Says SEC Probe Will Clear Cheney
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Grand Jury Is Investigating United Way in Washington
NEW YORK TIMES

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Corzine tied to stock scheme
WASHINGTON TIMES


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- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 21:16:15
"GREED IS GOOD" ... AND LIFE DOES FOLLOW ART AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.
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'"An infectious greed seemed to grip much of our business community," Greenspan said, warning that the economy cannot achieve its full potential if investors lose faith in the rules that govern companies and markets.'


Greenspan: Economy Wounded but Resilient
REUTERS


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 19:12:07
THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEN THEY GET AIDS ... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CARIBBEAN BLUE PICTURE ...
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'... Many of those infected had been out to the Caribbean for several weeks to visit a relative, and found themselves relatively well-off because of exchange rates. "They have a wonderful time, they mix with local people and some of them end up having unprotected sex." '


HIV rise linked to Caribbean visits
THIS IS LONDON


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 18:58:31
'In one deal, McAuliffe and the fund officials created a partnership to buy a large block of commercial real estate in Florida. McAuliffe put up $100 for the purchase, while the pension fund put up $39 million. Yet McAuliffe got a 50-percent interest in the deal; he eventually walked away with $2.45 million from his original $100 investment.


In another instance, the pension fund loaned McAuliffe more than $6 million for a real-estate development, only to find that McAuliffe was unable to make payments for nearly five years.'



McAuliffe’s Shady Business Past

Why the DNC chairman can’t preach about business accountability.NATIONAL REVIEW


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 18:35:29
- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 16:37:13
'According to congressional testimony and other records, the CIA and federal narcotics agents started giving mind-altering drugs to prison volunteers as well as unsuspecting government employees and private citizens in the early 1950s and continued to do so for at least a decade.'



Government Mind Games
A CIA Mickey

Lawsuit claims LSD was put in veteran's drink in 1957
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 15:24:26
'n a nutshell: ADHD is described as a neurological disorder that prevents children from focusing on a specific task. It is worth noting that there exists no scientific method for diagnosing this ailment. Simply, if a child isobserved to be acting bored, distracted and/or boisterous in the classroom, he is often believed to be suffering from ADHD; as opposed to suffering from, say, childhood.'


The mental health industry
ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS
TOWNHALL.COM


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 15:13:32
'Just days after public broadcasting came under Congressional scrutiny for the way National Public Radio covered an issue involving conservative Christian groups, PBS is back in the sights of Republicans.'


PBS Under Scrutiny Again
BROADCASTING AND CABLE


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 14:05:42
JERRY FALWELL SAID "THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS A MYTH." TO SEPARATE GOD FROM STATE IS "MYTHING" THE POINT, IF YOU WILL.
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'Corporate greed, deception and lies shake financial markets. Multitudes have lost millions. The world economic system quakes at American corporate corruption.

However, is this a recent phenomena or is this the fruit of a society divested of moral absolutes?'

Corp. Scandals and Church/State Separation
TONY NASSIF
CULTURESHOCKTV.COM


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 12:36:37
YOU CAN CALL ME AL ...

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'Our wasteful lifestyles and those of citizens of the world's other rich nations have destroyed more than a third of the natural world over the past three decades.

Our consumption has doubled over the last 30 years and is projected to continue to accelerate by an additional 1.5 percent per year.

What this means for us, in the years to come, is that we can look forward to oceans emptied of fish, a shortage of
breathable air as the world's remaining forests are destroyed and polluted drinking water.

And it is not just humans who are at risk.'

FUTURE LIVING
DENIS DONOVAN
MUSINGS OF A RECOVERING LIBERAL


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 09:15:29
MAKING NEWS NOW ...

NBA's Iverson Turns Himself In
ASSOCIATED PRESS

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'"Regarding the defence of the dignity and the interests of the nation, there is no flexibility. We will cut off the head of whomever lays their hands on the borders of Iraq," Sabri said.'

Iraqis told to prepare for war
AFP

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Bush Is to Propose Broad New Powers in Domestic Security
NEW YORK TIMES

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- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 16:44:52
'What most of the media failed to notice is that Daschle was throwing the stones from a big glass house – within which his own wife serves as a lobbyist for major government contractors.'

Daschle throwing stones from glass house?

Senator slams SEC chair for industry ties while wife continues lobbying
WORLDNETDAILY


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 16:39:55
'BANNING: Well I'm speaking out because my daughter is being raised in a Christian home. We are not atheists, and I need to communicate to the American people that my daughter's not being harmed by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.'

'Pledge' Mom: My Daughter Is No Atheist
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 16:24:10
- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 13:12:17
'"I provided my services as a soldier to the Taliban last year from about August to November. During the course of doing so I carried a rifle and two grenades," he said. '

Taliban John Pleads Guilty to Two Charges
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:26:51
'MSNBC has been third in the ratings behind Fox News and CNN; tonight's new offerings are part of an effort begun in May to turn the network into "America's News Channel," complete with star-spangled trimmings. Analysis and commentary are part of the skeletal structure here.'

     
MSNBC brings back Phil Donahue

WASHINGTON TIMES


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:11:11
- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:05:59
- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:03:34
- cultureshock Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 09:00:59
- cultureshock Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 18:02:59
THEY CALL THIS GOOD NEWS ... MAKING THE DRUGS GO DOWN EASIER
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'Right now, most children take a dose of Ritalin before school. Then at midday, they go to a school nurse for their second dose.

For kids who can't take tablets, here's more good news: The capsule can be opened and the "beads" sprinkled on applesauce, she adds.'


Once-Daily Ritalin Approved
Capsule 'Beads' Can Be Sprinkled on Applesauce
WEBMD


- cultureshock Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 16:06:10
YOU'RE NO DUMMY ... RIGHT?
'"
"The notion that depression is caused by a biochemical imbalance that is easily treated with drugs has taken hold in recent years because it provides this easy solution," he tells WebMD. "Biochemical imbalance is a handy catch phrase, but there is not a lot of evidence that there is such a thing."
People may be better off exploring other treatment options such as psychotherapy or exercise, which has been shown to reduce depression. And the side effect of physical exercise is better health. That is much better than the loss of sexual function, tremors, agitation, diarrhea, and nausea that are side effects of SSRIs." '


Are Antidepressants Effective?
They're Just Slightly More Effective Than Dummy Pills, Research Shows
WEBMD


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 22:40:44
'"AIDS is everywhere in India," Vella said. "It will be a catastrophe. The numbers of people are immense."'

AIDS epidemic exceeding estimates
UPI


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 18:51:01
CULTURE SHOCK ALERT ...


"Let's see ... Oh, that's 43.02 million spent on antidepressants which have been found to work about as good as placebo. What a racket, huh?"

Avenging Angel



Study: Antidepressant barely better than placebo
USA TODAY


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 18:38:52
'As expected, both the California appeals court and the federal appeals court have ruled that libraries cannot use computer filters to prevent children from viewing Internet pornography. As expected, editorials in the liberal San Jose Mercury News and other liberal newspapers invoked the First Amendment 'right' to view porn in public libraries.
'

Conservative Defends Liberal Porn Laws
Fred Martinez
NEWSMAX


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 15:32:21
'Congress should not wait for the Supreme Court to reverse the Pledge decision. Congress should immediately use its Article III constitutional power to withdraw jurisdiction from the federal courts by passing a law that reads: "Judicial power may not interfere with the peaceful invocation of God."'
Important Court Decisions On Schools
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
EAGLE FORUM


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 15:20:41
'THESE GUYS ARE WRONG ... THEY ARE ROLE MODELS ... FOR EVIL!UNBELIEVABLE ... AND HE'LL PROBABLY PLAY NEXT SEASON TOO.

Iverson is accused of barging into the home of his cousin the night of July 3 as he searched for his wife, Tawanna. Iverson allegedly threw her out of their mansion naked during a dispute, according to tapes of a 911 call obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer'


Iverson to Surrender Tuesday
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 15:10:04
'"It will have, in a childlike manner, open discussions about sexuality, HIV and AIDS, and death and dying," said Yvonne Kgame of the South African Broadcasting Corp.

"The reality is that children as young as they are affected very closely by HIV/AIDS. They experience death and dying of people very close to them."'

AIDS Comes to Sesame Street
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 15:04:08
'Members of a pair of now-defunct mosques in Seattle are being investigated as having possible ties to the international Al Qaeda terrorist network.'

U.S. Inquiry Said to Focus on Two Seattle Mosques
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 14:58:02
- cultureshock Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 09:16:58
CULTURE SHOCK ALERT ...
"Let's see ... Oh, that's 43.02 million spent on antidepressants which have been found to work about as good as placebo. What a racket, huh?"
Avenging Angel
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Study: Antidepressant barely better than placebo
USA TODAY

Antidepressants work only slightly better than dummy pills, and the Food and Drug Administration has not informed physicians of how little benefit most of these drugs offer, suggests a study to be released next week.


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 21:10:19
'Restoring civic education—from the daily practice of its rituals to real mastery of the elements of Americanism—will not be easy, but such a shared sense of values is critical in such a vast nation that is otherwise not defined by a shared religion, common race, or dominant ethnic affiliation. After September 11, most Americans, in their slogans, flags, and posters, yearned for greater accord: “United We Stand” and “One from Many,” read some of the ad hoc banners. We are coming to realize that we cannot survive as a nation under today’s pernicious conventional wisdom of division and separatist cultural protocols—ideas based on misconceptions and outright untruths about the American past.'

The Civic Education
America Needs
CITY JOURNAL


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 18:15:24
- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 18:04:25
'As the economy claws its way back to health, it will be the behavior of consumers and businesses who will ultimately shape the recovery.'

Retail Sales Up Surprising 1.1 Percent
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 18:00:01
'"I think it’s a whitewash. I think it’s a cover-up. And I think it’s a complete charade," said Trulock, whose exposé of the China scandal made him a prime target of the Clinton spin/smear machine and resulted in an FBI raid on his home without a warrant.'

Trulock Sees Cover-up of Intelligence Failures
NEWSMAX


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 09:45:23
HOW ABOUT RESISTING AN OFFICER ... NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW 
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'"We will put that videotape into context. ... You cannot see what the subject is doing with his hands just prior to being hit in the face," John Barnett said Thursday.'

Calif. Police Officer's Lawyer Says Client Was 'Restrained' in Use of Force
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 09:35:39
'"This is the first evidence that we've seen that the muddy little footprints may lead back to Bernie Ebbers' doorstep," Johnson said. "Clearly there's evidence that some people at WorldCom knew someone was cooking the books."'

Attorneys: Former WorldCom CEO Knew Some Money Was Shifted
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 09:29:46
PUBLIC BROADCASTING ... PROFILING?
TVC "FIT THE PROFILE"
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'The NPR story suggested that TVC “fit the profile” of groups that might have been responsible for those types of letters. Such letters were ultimately linked to the deaths of five Americans.'

NPR: Sorry About the Story Linking Christian Group to Anthrax
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 09:15:29
HELLO ... CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?!

Cleveland diocese officials failed to return repeated calls seeking clarification of the local policies.


Diocese 'reaching out' to homosexuals

Cleveland parish seeks to be 'community of care' among 'gays'


- cultureshock Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 09:02:49
HOMOSEXUALS VIEW CHRISTIANITY AS A HINDRANCE TO THEIR AGENDA. THEY AND THEIR SUPPORTERS HAVE AN INTOLERANT NAZI-LIKE BEHAVIOR

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'During the weeklong event, Muise continued, "certain school officials also jointly agreed to prevent Betsy from expressing her Roman Catholic view on homosexuality at the 'Homosexuality and Religion' panel."'


Catholic student sues
school district

Says officials violated rights by muzzling criticism of homosexuality
WORLDNETDAILY


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 22:20:39
'Some legal experts said the mother's revelation that the girl herself willingly recites the pledge in class could cast doubts on the legitimacy of the case, giving the court grounds to dismiss it or send it to a lower court to weigh the allegations.'


Mom: Daughter in Pledge Case Worships God
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 22:02:26
- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 21:56:38
ISN'T SESAME STREET FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS ... LIKE THE KIDS WILL UNDERSTAND THIS ... HELLO !!! THE KIDS WHICH WERE SESAME STREET BABIES WERE SURPOSED TO BE READING BY FIRST GRADE. THAT WAS BEFORE THE DRUG ED,THE SEX ED, THE DEATH ED ... WHICH HAS LED TO NO ED!
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'"This character will be fully a part of the community," Schneider said. "She will have high self-esteem. Women are often stigmatised about HIV and we are providing a good role model as to how to deal with one's situation and how to interact with the community."'


Sesame Street to introduce HIV-positive Muppet
REUTERS


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 14:02:44
'Rock and Roll has a terrible reputation for mistreating performers. Artists names were frequently owned by their record labels, which sold the names to the highest bidders. As a result, when you see The Shangrilas (Remember, Walking in the Sand) and The Buckinghams (Kind of Drag), you are seeing a bunch of kids perform who were not even alive when the hits were made.'



GOOD VIBRATIONS

HANK A. HONIG




- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:05:39
YET ONE MORE DISEASE BEING DISCOVERED FOR THE THE PSYCHIATRIC INDUSTRY ... DISSENT DISORDER SYNDROME. SOME "LEADERS" IN AMERICA ARE WALKING AROUND WITH IT AND DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IT ... SENATORS PAT LEAHY, DASCHLE "DR. NO", JESSE JACKSON, AND AL SHARPTON, SO ON AND SO ON

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'At times, the Pentagon’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, JNLWD, team's report veers very close to defining dissent as a psychological disorder. '

Pentagon Program Promotes Psychopharmacological Warfare

The Sunshine Project


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 09:10:17
'A man possibly connected to the Sept. 11 attacks who has been accused of buying a fake U.S. visa at the American Embassy in Qatar will be released from federal custody and monitored electronically, a federal judge said Wednesday.'

Suspect in Fake Visa Scam Could Be Released
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 09:04:20
'"This market has completely broken the spirit of investors," said Al Mirman, strategist at V Finance in Sarasota, Fla. "It is going to take a good year for investors' confidence to be reinstated."
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Battered Dow Closes Under 9,000
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:59:02
'"One [intelligence] estimate is that there are up to 5,000 people in the United States connected to al Qaeda," one U.S. intelligence official said.
The 5,000 figure was reported in classified intelligence reports sent to government policy-makers within the past month and is an increase from earlier estimates.'

5,000 in U.S. suspected of ties to al Qaeda
WASHINGTON TIMES


- cultureshock Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:56:09
'It smells of hypocrisy because Daschle is pretty cozy with big business himself, since it's a major source of his family income. His wife, Linda, is one of Washington's premier lobbyists ... Unlike lots of senators - not to mention presidents like Bush - Daschle refuses to release his own tax returns, which would "just let everybody see" what his wife makes as a big-business lobbyist. '

DASCHLE SHOULD MIND HIS OWN BIG BIZ
NEW YORK POST


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 21:41:48
'Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, who lived here quite comfortably, is at the interface of the war at home. On July 4, politicians moved like lightning to depict Hadayet as a perpetrator of a random attack. The fact that Hadayet was a semiautomatic, sword-wielding Islamist, whose family departed mysteriously for Egypt a week prior to the Los Angeles International Airport attack, was a sheer coincidence. Or so claimed Ari Fleischer, the FBI, state politicians and almost all the pointy-heads on TV. '

The real war is at home
ILAYNA MERCER
WORLDNETDAILY


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 21:28:33
'On the media side of the ropeline, some reporters who cover Washington and the White House say they would welcome a new scandal involving the Clintons because “the Bush family is just too damn'

Splitsville for Bill and Hillary?
CAPITOL HILL BLUE



- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 21:12:21
JUDICIAL WATCH GOT NO INK FOR HEADLINES WHEN THEY WERE AFTER THE CLINTONS ... THEY ARE JUST PROUD AS A PEACOCK AND SO MUCH ATTENTION NOW ... DAHHH

Cheney accused of corporate fraud
BBC


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 18:26:22
NOT JUST TISSUE ... THANK YOU!
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'What is clear is that developmental biologists will no longer dismiss early mammalian embryos as featureless bundles of cells'

STUDY SHOWS PLAN FOR HUMAN BODY IS LAID OUT MOMENTS AFTER CONCEPTION
LIFESITE


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 18:15:43
USAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD BUSH CRUSHED THE LEADER OF TERRORISM ... TERRORISTS NEW IT HATED THE IDEA OF CELEBRATION BY THE WEST SCENARIO

Remember you first read it here: Osama Bin Laden is dead.
ARAB NEWS


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 17:56:57
- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 16:29:02

"I think people like to be martyrs. They will go to heaven," the girl answered. "What could be better than going to paradise? "

Palestinian Media Glorify Homicide Bombers to Children
FOX NEWS


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 16:14:59
RENOSPEAK

'"If you can be a perfectly wonderful parent, and take an unadoptable child and make them adoptable, you should be able to do that ..."'

Let gays, lesbians adopt, Reno says
MIAMI HERALD


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:43:30
STOP THE SHOUTING ... END THE LIFESTYLE ... END THE CRISIS
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Thompson Shouted Down at Conference
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:32:59
'"While public schools prohibit Christian students from reading the Bible, praying, displaying the Ten Commandments and even mentioning the word
'God,' students in California are being indoctrinated into the religion of Islam."'



California school sued over Islamic drills
WASHINGTON TIMES


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:27:38
- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:19:43
ELVIS IS "SELLING RECORDS IN HEAVEN" ... JACKO NEEDS TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR ... HELLO

JACKO: I'M HATED BECAUSE I OUTSOLD ELVIS
NEW YORK POST


- cultureshock Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 00:58:05
BADDA BING ... BADDA BLAST ...
When Tony Soprano walks into a New Jersey pizzeria to get a slice, you can almost smell the garlic. The place is
authentic ...

Imagine for a minute shooting that scene in Los Angeles, pretending to be New Jersey.

BADA BING…….BADA BANG……BADA BOOM
DENIS DONOVAN
MUSINGS OF A RECOVERING LIBERAL
CULTURE SHOCK


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 9, 2002 at 18:47:33
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- cultureshock Tue, Jul 9, 2002 at 18:43:42
- cultureshock Tue, Jul 9, 2002 at 18:39:58
Spying on Americans, toppling adversary regimes, even eliminating certain foreign leaders -- all actions long regarded as forbidden for the CIA and other agencies -- are back as policy options in the wake of Sept. 11. The shift has taken place with little public debate or formal government action.'

Shackles loosened on U.S. intelligence Limits on agencies, imposed following the post-Watergate discovery of abuses, have been relaxed in the war on terror
USA TODAY


- cultureshock Tue, Jul 9, 2002 at 18:35:33
- cultureshock Tue, Jul 9, 2002 at 18:32:37
- cultureshock Tue, Jul 9, 2002 at 18:26:26
 'The agency quoted the black Muslim leader as saying "the Muslim American people are praying to the almighty God to grant victory to Iraq."'

Iraq says Farrakhan tells of U.S. Muslims' support
United Press International


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 8, 2002 at 23:24:48

WAIT TILL JULIE BOND AT THE NAACP CONVENTION HEARS THIS ... WAIT THERE'S A BLACK COP THERE IN THE VIDEO.
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'Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Richard Myers said the teenage passenger became "combative" and was subdued with force and taken into custody. Jackson was booked for assault on a police officer.'
California Policeman Videotaped Assaulting Handcuffed Teen
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 8, 2002 at 23:09:51
THIS IS A FORM OF SAFE SEX EDUCATION? ... THIS WILL END THE AIDS EPIDEMIC?! COME ON!
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'The report shows that 50% of first-time users visited the safe sex information section of the site, staying for about 3 minutes on average ... "The game is far more successful than our wildest hopes," he added. "These results clearly show that the right medium can really help get safe sex messages to young people."'


Online Safe Sex Game Attracts 125,000
REUTERS


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 8, 2002 at 22:58:09
'The SEC took no action against Bush in that inquiry. An agency summary on the matter states that "it would be difficult to establish that, even assuming Bush possessed material nonpublic information, he acted with ... intent to defraud."'

Bush Defends His Texas Oil Dealings
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 8, 2002 at 10:39:39
LET'S BOND ... "CAN'T WE ALL GET TOGETHER". BOND LOOKS TO GET THE POOR ENRAGED AT THE RICH ... IT SEEMS TO WORK THIS NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING. SOMEBODY TELL JULIE THAT THEY FOUND NO FRAUD IN FLORIDA ... AND COUNTED COUNTLESS TIMES AND STILL THE BUSH "DIE-NASTY" PREVAILED ... GORE LOST EVEN IN TENNESSEE HIS HOME STATE! ELEVEN ELECTORAL VOTES! THAT WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR CANDIDATE JULIE, PRESIDENT TODAY. MANY SHUTTER TO THINK OF WHERE WE WOULD BE AFTER 9-11. JUST IMAGINE A DOJ IN THE HANDS OF PC LEADERSHIP AGAIN. DIVINE PROVIDENCE SPARED US THE EXTREME DANGER OF TERROR ON OUR SOIL ... NO NEW ATTACKS, MANY IN JAIL, MANY JULIE, WERE PROFILED. AND JULIE ... YOUR RHETORIC KEEPS HATE ALIVE!
TONY DIGIROLAMO
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Bond opens NAACP conference with swipe at Bush 'dynasty'
HOUSTON CHRONICLE


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 8, 2002 at 10:01:16
NEW YORK CITY SUN ALL DAY ECLIPSED BY DENSE HAZE FROM SMOKE.
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'Firefighters battled dozens of raging forest fires in Quebec as smoke and haze from the blazes blanketed the northeastern United States and stretched as far south as Washington, D.C.'


Quebec forest fires blanket eastern United States with smoke
ASSOCIATED PRESS


- cultureshock Mon, Jul 8, 2002 at 09:55:03

'Most of these infected men perceived themselves to be at low risk of being infected, despite having engaged in frequent high-risk sex like unprotected anal intercourse'
LIKE ... DAHHHH!!!

Many Gay Men in U.S. Unaware They Have H.I.V., Study Finds
NEW YORK TIMES


- cultureshock Sun, Jul 7, 2002 at 22:14:07
'The council (Vatican II) inspired the American Church to teach to its seminarians the latest ideas in modern psychology, but to their later regret, Coulson and Rogers found their legacy as humanistic psychologists to be the dismantling of many convents and seminaries throughout California and elsewhere. By the mid-70s, both Rogers and Coulson had retracted their beliefs. But Coulson still believes that their ideas, and the ideas of Abraham Maslow, in particular, sowed the seeds for the moral crisis in religious life that is clearly evident today.



Isn't that news ... Isn't that big news?!!! I SAY, ISN'T THAT BIG NEWS?!!!
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I SAY, ISN'T THAT BIG NEWS?!
TONY DIGIROLAMO


- cultureshock Sun, Jul 7, 2002 at 18:24:01

'Several other priests were suspended following sexual misconduct allegations during Ziemann's tenure and the church paid the first of what became $7.4 million in legal settlements, which, coupled with free spending on ministry programs, left the diocese some $16 million in debt when he resigned.'


Former SR Bishop Ziemann accused of abusing altar boy
PRESS DEMOCRAT


- cultureshock Sun, Jul 7, 2002 at 17:28:26
'Ziemann was named bishop of Santa Rosa in 1992. The lawsuit claims the archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Francisco recommended he be appointed bishop "in part as a reward for his agreement to engage with them in a conspiracy to conceal sexual abuse" within the church.
Ziemann stepped down as bishop in 1999 after a priest