Scrolling around...August 2nd, 2012

Euthanasia Rate in Netherlands Has Increased 73% Since 2003
...The rate of euthanasia in the Netherlands has increased by 73% in the last 8 years (1815 reported deaths in 2003, 3136 reported deaths in 2010) and even more important, the rate of euthanasia has increased by almost 35% in the past two years (2331 reported deaths in 2008, 3136 reported deaths in 2010).
Combined with the growth in the use of terminal sedation for people who are not otherwise dying “slow euthanasia” and the slight increase in the number of unreported euthanasia deaths, one must conclude that there are abuses occurring in the Netherlands...

Abortion: Cuba's bitter harvest
Abortion is a sensitive issue in Cuba. It is a terrible problem that has impacted the island’s demographics.
In 2005, Fidel Castro called upon the Catholic Church to help stem the “plague of abortion.” This was a 180-degree turn in that Castro had wanted Cuba to be an atheistic state. Fidel made this request to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the archbishop of Genoa...

Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage
A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the President, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort...


Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Faithful Go on Meal-Buying Frenzy
...Chick-fil-A franchises from coast to coast were reported to have massive crowds during all three mealtimes as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, led by former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, appeared to be a huge success...

AWFUL!… Hateful Leftist Abuses Young Woman Working the Chick-fil-A Window (Video)

Muslims attack church in Egypt
Muslims have attacked a church and Christian homes in a village close to the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
The BBC reports that at least 16 people were wounded in the unrest in Dahshur, around 40km (25 miles) south of Cairo...

Public School Moves Free Condom Jar to Back Room – Available to Kids 13 and Up
Officials at the Teen Wellness Center inside T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., have moved a large glass jar of free condoms from their front desk to a back examination room where their distribution is restricted to kids ages 13 to 19.
The free condoms apparently had been available to “teens” as young as 12, as CNSNews.com first reported on July 13, but the director of the Alexandria Department of Health, Dr. Stephen Haering, told this news outlet that he had misspoken about the age 12 limit and that the condoms are available only to Alexandria City teens starting at age 13...

Pakistan: Muslim cleric says, "When the Jews are wiped out, then the world would be purified and the sun of peace would begin to rise on the entire world"
Imagine the outcry if a non-Muslim cleric had said such a thing about Muslims. But nop one will take any notice of this...

Missile Defense Staff Warned to Stop Surfing Porn Sites
...“Specifically, there have been instances of employees and contractors accessing websites, or transmitting messages, containing pornographic or sexually explicit images,” James wrote in the July 27 memo obtained by Bloomberg News...

Rubio bill eliminates federal tax on Olympic medals
Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill Wednesday to eliminate the federal government’s tax on Olympic medals, saying the levy amounted to yet another way the government tries to punish those who succeed...

New Mexico: Team Obama Seizing Western Water Supplies
...The lawyers told the committee the U.S. government is apparently trying to take over legal management of the state's water supply...