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By Above Top Secret

There’s a pretty starling thing in the bill that 95% of Americans won’t like.

The Obama Health care bill under Class II (Paragraph 1, Section B) specifically includes ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable.” Then on page 1004 it describes what the term “data” means in paragraph 1, section B:

14 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘data’ refers to in15
formation respecting a device described in paragraph (1),
16 including claims data, patient survey data, standardized
17 analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of
18 data from disparate data environments, electronic health
19 records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the
20 Secretary”

What exactly is a class II device that is implantable? Lets see…

Approved by the FDA, a class II implantable device is a “implantable radiofrequency
transponder system for patient identification and health information.” The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in medical patients such as “claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary.”

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By Kurt Nimmo

Believe it or not, the Department of Education is in the market for Remington shotguns. In the post below from FedBizzOps website, the government agency that came up with the idea of No Child Left Behind and is responsible for enforcing federal education laws announces it is in the market for twenty-seven Remington 870 Police shotguns.

The Remington 870 comes in several flavors, including a police “entry gun” with a 14 inch barrel (illegal for commoners) and a modular combat version. Remington also manufactures the 870MCS, described as a “breeching weapon” with a 10 inch barrel.

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https://www.fbo.gov/index?&s=opportunity&mode=form&id=cb68cf9f3fa2fe18a83d1c3dee0039b2&tab=core&tabmode=list

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By Christian Today

The former Bishop of Rochester, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is to host a series of General Election Hustings across England to help local Christians question candidates for Westminster seats.

The bishop, who has been outspoken about what he describes as the “marginalisation of Christianity in the public place” over many years, has accepted an invitation by the ‘Christians and Candidates 2010’ initiative to figure-head a series of hustings in local constituencies.

Bishop Nazir-ali will act as chairman of debates at which candidates can make their views known to local Christians, and local Christians can put forward issues of concern to their prospective MP.

He has launched a video on YouTube to explain why all Christians in the UK should take an active interest in the General Election, which must take place by June 3.

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http://www.christiantoday.com/article/nazirali.encourages.christians.to.get.involved.in.elections/25472.htm

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Editor’s Note: Unless otherwise stated, when CentrePoint publishes a story by ABC News, we’re referring to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. From our surveys, Australia’s ABC has a sound record of accuracy.

By ABC News

Twin suicide attacks have targeted the Pakistani military, killing 45 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country’s cultural capital Lahore this week.

Police said the bombers walked up to Pakistani army vehicles in the densely populated R A Bazaar area, blowing themselves up as people sat down to eat before the main Muslim weekly prayers were to begin.

The army cordoned off the tree-lined street where there were shops and a mosque, preventing access to journalists as ambulances raced through the city of 8 million to ferry the dead and wounded to hospitals.

The blasts underscored rising volatility in Lahore, where security forces have been a common target in attacks blamed on Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants opposed to Pakistan’s alliance with the United States.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/12/2844698.htm?section=world

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By Jenna Lyle

The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland has welcomed Tuesday’s historic vote to devolve police and justice powers to Northern Ireland.

Unionists and nationalists in the Northern Ireland Assembly voted 88 to 17 in favour of the agreement, the culmination of a 15-year process to end decades of division in Northern Ireland.

Dr Alan Harper said the vote had demonstrated the “importance and legitimacy of principled opposition” and the ability of “robust institutions to express difference whilst at the same time being committed to the acceptance of democratically endorsed decisions”.

“The people of Northern Ireland have shown a settled will to build a peaceful and inclusive future. The Churches have also consistently expressed their own commitment to peace and the delivery of a shared future,” he said.

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http://www.christiantoday.com/article/archbishop.welcomes.n.irelands.historic.devolution.vote/25478.htm

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By Reuters

“The (southern) government has failed,” said Akol speaking in a local Arabic dialect in the south’s capital Juba.

“Corruption has defeated people in the government. That is why it needs new people,” he told a small crowd.

April’s presidential and legislative elections, Sudan’s first multi-party polls in 24 years, will be scrutinized especially in the south because many analysts believe the south will become Africa’s newest nation state in 2011.

Akol made waves when he split from the south’s ex-rebel and dominant Sudan People’s Liberation Movement last year. Akol, who was the SPLM foreign minister, said he formed his own party because of mismanagement in the SPLM-dominated government created after a 2005 north-south peace deal.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62C1R020100313

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By Evan Kohlmann

Perhaps the most ironic aspect of all the media attention in the latest criminal allegations against “Jihad Jane” is that Colleen LaRose of Pennsylvania is only the latest example of this odd emerging trend in homegrown terrorism. Indeed, LaRose is hardly alone in this category, whether we speak of London resident Samina Malik, an active user on jihadi social networking forums who busied herself with transcribing Al-Qaida training manuals into English during spare time at her job working in secure areas of Heathrow Airport–or Canadian citizen Beverly Giesbrecht (a.k.a. Khadija Abdul Qahhar), who was taken hostage by the Taliban during rather suspicious travels through North Waziristan. Both men and women who were once written off as hapless wannabes and mere “jihobbyists” are unexpectedly rising to the occasion, in often quite desperate bids to prove their total commitment to the cause.

These individuals are, more frequently than not, English-speaking with only a cursory knowledge of Arabic or the Middle East. Their pedigree is less than elite, and they lack the traditional connections back to Al-Qaida’s central leadership. Yet, even Al-Qaida’s senior echelon now openly recognizes the critical value of these potential “lone wolf” operatives.

In several prominent publications–including both the latest video from American Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn and the most recent official magazine from Al-Qaida in Yemen–the terror group has openly broadcast its pleasure and interest in the actions of such independent actors as Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan and Jordanian webmaster and CIA bomber Humam al-Balawi (a.k.a. Abu Dujanah al-Khorasani).

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/

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By CDN

ISTANBUL, March 12 (CDN) — Moroccan authorities deported more than 40 foreign Christian aid workers this week in an ongoing, nationwide crackdown that included the expulsion of foster parents caring for 33 Moroccan orphans.

Deportations of foreign Christians continued at press time, with Moroccan authorities expressing their intention to deport specifically U.S. nationals. Sources in Morocco told Compass that the government gave the U.S. Embassy in Rabat a list of 40 citizens to be deported.

The U.S. Embassy in Rabat could not comment on the existence of such a list, but spokesperson David Ranz confirmed that the Moroccan government plans to deport more U.S. citizens for alleged “proselytizing.”

“We have been informed by the Moroccan government that it does intend to expel more American citizens,” said embassy spokesperson David Ranz.

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http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/morocco/16115/

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By Michael Carl

Famed PLO terrorist-turned-Christian Walid Shoebat is warning that the United States needs to be watching not Iran, Syria or even Hamas and Hezbollah as closely as it needs to follow the actions of the Islamic leaders of Turkey.

It was just a few months ago when Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin reported Turkey appeared to be seeking the restoration of the old Ottoman Empire.

The report said Turkey’s increasing disinterest in the European Union combined with its efforts to re-establish its influence in Turkic countries of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and its outreaches to Russian, Syria and Iran are cause for concern.

At the time, the shift by Tayyip Recep Erdogan, Turkey’s leader, from West to East was obvious, because Turkey announced it was cutting Israel out of annual military exercises involving NATO forces while it sought out military exercises with Syria.

Now Shoebat, the grandson of the Muslim Mukhtar of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler, is worried about what Turkey is saying and doing.

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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127521

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By CRC

March 9, 2010—Nomadic herdsmen from the Fulani tribe reportedly attacked several villages in the area around Jos, Nigeria, last weekend, killing several hundred members of a local Christian tribe, Christian Reformed World Missions staff says.

News reports suggested that the attackers were avenging the deaths of Muslims killed by Christians during fighting in January.

CRWM missionaries in Nigeria reported that on Sunday morning Jos was quiet. People gathered for church services and people were urged to be cautious and to remain alert. By mid-day, reports of the killings overnight began to emerge.

“On Monday, tensions ran high in Jos and its surrounding areas,” CRWM reported. “Rumors and rumblings of violence swirled about leading many to close their shops and return home.” But the day turned out to be quiet, with an “uneasy calm” in the city and surrounding areas.

“We ask that you continue to pray that peace might settle on this area,” says Ron Geerlings, CRWM’s director of missions work in West Africa.

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http://www.crcna.org/news.cfm?newsid=1842&section=1

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