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INTERVIEW 10 DECEMBER 4PM CA, 7PM VT WITH FOUNDERS OF WORLD GOVERNMENT AND WORLD CITIZESHIP 4PM CA/7PM VT

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Hi! Happy Thanksgiving, although I know that every day is a day to give thanks. My name is Mary Jane... :-)

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Thank you for stopping by the show. There is so much going on in the World today that if you don't have Christ as your guide you will get lost in the shuffle and loose hope quickly because it 'looks' like evil is going to prevail. Evil has but a short time and that is why the volume and the occurrences have increased. But praise be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Glory! Again thank you for stopping by and for the information you are providing, it allows whosoever reads it to draw their own conclusion!

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thank you Reza for your hard work and support of Jacque's Venus project. Good Luck :)

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I would like to thank Reza, Jacque and Roxanne for reminding me once again how importnant it is to be the best I can because of all of the obstacles we have to overcome to get to a better and saner world. Thank you again ;o)

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GOD BLESS, thank u so much for listening to our segment May ur listeners know we just had a segment on the 80-20% rule for christian relationships, we are here to serve the Lord and our brethren, bless your segments in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ

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THANK YOU my friend. I appreciate your point of view. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for listening again!

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Thanks for stopping by the show! Remember patience is what we need to have!

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Brother Reza! Keep up the fine work! You are doing a good job my friend. May God bless you my Brother, your friend Ian Henry, AREA 33

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Thanks for stopping by the show! Call in tomarrow night!

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One way or another, freedom will prevail!

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Hello brother.......Nice show, well done! Ian Henry

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Thanks for listening and participating in the show! It's greatly appreciated!

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Look foreward to you show!!

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    Dubai's $10B bailout by Abu Dhabi calms fears

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Oil-rich Abu Dhabi pumped $10 billion into its indebted neighbor Monday, sending stocks soaring and sparing Dubai and the rest of the Emirates federation the humiliation of an imminent default by one of the struggling Arab boomtown's star companies.

    The bailout was about more than petrodollar transfers from one United Arab Emirates sheikdom to the other. Dubai officials also seized on the news to try to repair damage done by weeks of uncertainty stemming from their unwillingness to fully stand behind Dubai World as the conglomerate looked to restructure some of its $60 billion in debts.

    Investors cheered Monday's news. Dubai's main index shot up 10.4 percent at the close and markets elsewhere rose modestly.

    Prior to the crisis, most investors had assumed the Dubai government itself would guarantee debts amassed by its chief growth engine.

    Dubai authorities are also scrambling to reshape the business hub's battered image, vowing that the city-state is committed to "transparency, good governance and market principles." Officials outlined a new legal framework that promised to increase openness and protect creditors in future dealings with the conglomerate, offering lenders succor in a country where formal bankruptcy proceedings are largely untested.

    "We are here today to reassure investors, financial and trade creditors, employees and our citizens that our government will act at all times in accordance with market principles and internationally accepted business practices," Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai supreme fiscal committee, said in a statement.

    Some $4.1 billion of the funds released Monday will go toward meeting a deadline to repay Islamic bonds issued by Dubai World's Nakheel property arm. The conglomerate, whose sprawling holdings range from the oceanliner Queen Elizabeth 2 to luxury retailer Barney's New York, will use the rest.

    The move, however, carries broader implications as UAE officials have looked to assure the market the country's economy was on solid ground. Their assurances gave voice to a silent concern that the whole country would be hit by the same investor mistrust that Dubai now faces.

    The bailout bought Dubai, itself saddled with more than $80 billion in debts including Dubai World's, time it desperately needs.

    "This is a very significant development," said Marios Maratheftis, head of regional research at Standard Chartered Bank. "It shows once again there is a one-country approach in dealing with the crisis, which is positive."

    But it was unclear if the news -- assurances and funding alike -- would prove to be more than a temporary salve.

    Standard & Poor's, which along with other credit rating agencies has aggressively cut its outlook on Dubai state-run companies, called Monday's move "a step towards rebuilding confidence." But it warned that the government's ability to bail out other firms remains uncertain.

    Fitch Ratings, another credit agency, also urged caution, saying Abu Dhabi's bailout was "tactical in nature as opposed to a reversal of recent rhetoric regarding state support."

    Abu Dhabi, which controls the UAE's presidency, has directly and indirectly provided Dubai with $25 billion over the past year, mostly by buying Dubai bonds. In all, Dubai's debts are roughly equal to its total economic output last year. The full extent of its liabilities is unknown, however, with some analysts putting the total at $100 billion or more.

    The aid package is key for Dubai, which despite its international celebrity has little of the oil wealth held by Abu Dhabi. Dubai's ruler is the UAE's vice president and prime minister.

    Dubai created Dubai World -- which has interests in seaports, real estate, tourism and retail -- to diversify its economy and boost its international clout. Much of the growth was fueled by easy credit. As the bills came due, Dubai struggled to repay as its economy was battered by the global economic downturn.

    Nakheel, a property developer and hotel operator best known for building manmade islands in the shape of palm trees and a map of the world off Dubai's coast, was among those Dubai World companies that relied heavily on that easy money.

    Plenty of questions remain, especially as Dubai works to salvage its reputation and the conglomerate tries to deal with the rest of its debts.

    Dubai World, while welcoming the financial support, said it was nonetheless pushing ahead with talks to convince lenders to agree to a "standstill" -- effectively a delay -- on repaying part of its debt.

    "This announcement constitutes a specific bailout of Nakheel, suggesting that as an entity (it) was deemed to be 'too big to fail,'" said Fahd Iqbal, a Dubai-based analyst at Middle East investment bank EFG-Hermes. "It does not, however, constitute a bailout of Dubai Inc. or Dubai World as a whole and this is important to highlight."

    Officials said the emirate plans to introduce a reorganization law that could be used in case Dubai World is "unable to achieve an acceptable restructuring of its remaining obligations."

    A person close to the Dubai government said the new law provided a legal framework for addressing corporate debt, though it did not mean a bankruptcy filing by state-owned companies was certain.

    "The current bankruptcy law is untested," the person said, insisting on anonymity as a condition for briefing reporters on a conference call. "Dubai World needed a legal process to go through. The government was very focused on creating something that would be fair and transparent to everybody."

    It was not immediately clear what, if anything, Abu Dhabi would expect in exchange for Monday's funding. Analysts had said an Abu Dhabi bailout could result in it exerting greater influence on high profile neighbor going forward.

    But the individual close to the Dubai government said the money came with no strings attached.

    "Let me be clear: Dubai has not given anything up. There have been no conditions on the funding," he said.

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    Police: Americans in Pakistan had Taliban contact

    ISLAMABAD (AP) - Five young American men under investigation in Pakistan for alleged terror links had established contact with a Taliban recruiter and have told FBI officials they were on a mission to be martyred, a Pakistani police official said.

    The five Muslim students were being questioned Saturday by local law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the eastern city of Lahore, where they were shifted in the morning, Sargodha town police chief Usman Anwar said.

    FBI agents, who have been granted access to the men, are trying to see if there is enough evidence to charge any of them with conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group, an American official and another person familiar with the case said Friday.

    They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.

    The case has fanned fears that Americans and other Westerners - especially those of Pakistani descent - are traveling to Pakistan to join up with al-Qaida and other militant groups. It comes on the heels of charges against a Chicago man of Pakistani origin who is accused of surveying targets for the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.

    The main contact of the five men in Pakistan was a Taliban recruiter who went by the name "Saifullah," Anwar said.

    He would not give any more details about the recruiter or the nature of their contacts, but said Saifullah may have planned to take the men to Mianwali, a district near Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a region where al-Qaida and the Taliban have proliferated.

    "Martyrdom was their mission. This is the same thing they told the FBI's legal assistance team," Anwar said. "They have said openly that they had come to be martyred."

    Pakistani police have said the five men wanted to join militants in Pakistan's northwest tribal areas before crossing into Afghanistan. The men are accused of using the social networking site Facebook and the Internet video site YouTube to try to connect with extremist groups in Pakistan.

    When they arrived in Pakistan, they allegedly took that effort to the street.

    They are alleged to have met representatives from the al-Qaida-linked Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group in the southeastern city of Hyderabad and from a related group, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, in Lahore, but were said to have been turned away because they were not trusted.

    Officials in Pakistan and the U.S. expect the five, who are from the Washington, D.C., area, to be deported back home. But Pakistan may hold them long enough for U.S. prosecutors to prepare charges, and there was no immediate indication how long that might take.

    While Pakistani officials have said the men admitted trying to connect with militant groups, an FBI note sent to American lawmakers Thursday evening said the bureau had "no information linking them to terrorist organizations."

    That FBI note did not address whether the students attempted to join a terrorist group. Another possible charge - and one that could be more difficult to bring - would be conspiracy to maim or kill people overseas.

    Making that case would depend greatly on what the men say to FBI agents - and whether any evidence or incriminating statements gathered by Pakistani police would meet U.S. legal standards.

    Statements made by Americans to police overseas can be used against them in a U.S. trial if they weren't coerced. Another key source of evidence could be the men's computers, on which Pakistani police say they found maps of areas where terrorists operate.

    The men were reported missing by their families more than a week ago after one of them left behind a farewell video showing scenes of war and casualties and saying Muslims must be defended.

    Pakistani police detained them this week - along with one of their fathers - in Sargodha, a town in the eastern province of Punjab.

    One of the men being held is identified as an Egyptian American named Ramy Zamzam, a dental student at Howard University in Washington. The others were identified as Waqar Hussain, Aman Yemer, Ahmad Minni, Umar Farooq and his father, Khalid Farooq. Investigators are still trying to establish what role - if any - the father played in the men's alleged activities, officials said.

    Pakistani officials have given various spellings of their names. The FBI note said two of the young men are of Ethiopian descent, and two are of Pakistani descent. The note was provided by a congressional official on condition of anonymity because it was not public.

    Pakistan has many militant groups based on its territory, and the U.S. has been pressing the government to crack down on extremism. Al-Qaida and Taliban militants are believed to be hiding in the lawless tribal belt near the Afghan border.

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    Associated Press writers Pamela Hess in Washington and Matt Barakat in Alexandria, Virginia, contributed to this report.

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    Fluorosis, bane of Nayagarh villages in INDIA?

    NAYAGARH: Fluorosis has virtually crippled life in several villages in Nayagarh district. Fluoride in drinking water is above the permissible limit of one part per million (ppm) in at least 190 villages of the district.

    Nayagarh block has 53 villages where water is contaminated with fluoride followed by 52 in Nuagaon block, 25 in Daspalla block, 22 in Odagaon block, 19 in Gania block, 11 in Bhapur block and seven villages in Khandapara block. Ranpur block has only one such village.

    Fluoride content in drinking water is at a dangerous level of 9 ppm in Jautukapatana - Harijan Sahi, six ppm each in Jautukapatna and Kodiekahania - all in Nayagarh block. Nachhipur in Daspalla block, Kadua in Gania block and Haripur village and Kridaspur in Nayagarh block have three to four ppm of fluoride in drinking water sources.

    Most of the people in rural areas depend on tube wells, the water of which is either contaminated with fluoride or iron, calcium and arsenic making them vulnerable to diseases. The number of revenue villages in the district is 1,707.

    Fluorosis does not kill but makes the victim invalid. Dental fluorosis makes white teeth chalky with yellow brown bands. The symptoms of skeletal fluorosis are severe pain and stiffness in neck, backbone and joints and ugly gait and posture. Besides, the disease creates gastro-intestinal problems with abdominal pain. It also leads to neurological disorders like nervousness and depression.

    A national programme for prevention and control of fluorosis was implemented in the district in August this year and three investigators are conducting a door-to-door survey in the villages. A doctor, appointed on contractual basis, who is to train and guide them and hold meetings is absent most of the time. A medical staffer on condition of anonymity said the doctor comes here once or twice a month. At a recent workshop on ‘water and sanitation’, organised by Maitree Yuva Sansad, a local NGO with support from Fresh Water Action Network South Asia (FANSA), expressed concern over increasing fluoride problem in the district.

    The workshop was attended by BB Panda, retired Chief Engineer (RWSS), and PC Mishra, State convener of FANSA. Steps are being taken for alternative sources of drinking water, sources said. As many as 40 tube wells have been sealed, the SDO said.

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    Can A Muslim Be A Real American?they are followers of wrong Mohammed

    I sent this question to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. The following is his reply:
     
     
    Theologically? No, because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon god of Arabia.
     
    Religiously? No, because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam.
     
    Scripturally? No, because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).
     
    Geographically? No, because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
     
    Socially? No, because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
     
    Politically? No, because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction of America, the great Satan.
     
    Domestically? No, because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him.
     
    Intellectually? No, because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
     
    Philosophically? No, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
     
    Spiritually? No, because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names.
     
    Therefore after much study and deliberation...perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both "good" Muslims and good Americans.
     
    Call it what you wish....it's still the truth.
     
     
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    "Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon God of Arabia."
     
    The moon God? Allah is a monotheistic God.
     
    "Religiously - no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)"
     
    The last time I looked, the US wasn't a theocracy. Therefore, it doesn't matter what religion is accepted by Allah, because Americans can be any (or none) religion they want.
     
    "Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran)."
     
    The Five Pillars of Islam are:
    * Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad
    * Saying daily prayers
    * Concern for and almsgiving to the needy
    * Self-purification through fasting
    * The pilgrimage to Mecca for those who are able
     
    I fail to see how the Five Pillars prevent one from being an American.
     
    "Geographically - no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day."
     
    Does this also mean that Jews can't be real Americans? Because the Passover Seder ends with "Next year in Jerusalem."
     
    "Socially - no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews."
     
    Actually it doesn't, but what are mere facts when you're in full anti-Muslim rant?
     
    "Politically - no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction of America, the great Satan."
     
    Mullahs are only found in the Shiite branch of Islam. The Sunnis have Imams, the Sufis have Shaykhs (sheikhs, which means "leaders") and the Druse have al-Ajawid, a term that means "The Good Ones." Not all mullahs teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America.
     
    "Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34)."
     
    A Muslim is allowed to have up to four wives, there is no requirement to have all four.
     
    "You will be eager for your husband and he will rule over you" -Genesis 3:16
     
    "Wives be subservient to your husbands" -Ephesians 5:22
     
    "Intellectually - no. Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt."
     
    Since the Constitution is not based on Biblical principles, this non sequitur is meaningless.
     
    "Philosophically - no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic."
     
    I can think of several Muslim governments which are at least pro forma democracies. I can think of a whole lot of non-Muslim governments which are dictatorial or autocratic or both.
     
    "Spiritually - no. Because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names."
     
    Are we talking about the same Christian God (a) who is not officially part of the American political system and (b) in whose name numerous religious wars were fought? That Christian God?
     
    "Therefore after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both "good" Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish....it's still the truth."
     
    And while you're at it, watch out for the bogeyman, because he isn't a good American either.
     
     
     
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    Iranian men dress as women in support of detained student activist

    Iranian opposition supporters have launched an online campaign to free a student activist accused of dressing as a woman to try to avoid arrest. Hundreds of men have posted photos of themselves wearing Islamic headscarves as part of the "Be a man" campaign to show solidarity with Majid Tavakoli. He was arrested during protests in Tehran on Monday and state media showed images of him in headscarf and robes. The opposition say the pictures were staged in a bid to discredit him. They say he was not wearing the headscarf and robes when he was arrested. Iranian state media say Mr Tavakoli was arrested as he sought to leave Tehran's Amir Kabir university "disguised as a woman" after Student Day protests.

    He is a leading activist who spent 15 months in jail along with two fellow students after being arrested in 2006 on charges of insulting religion and the country's leadership in student publications, AFP news agency reports.

    One US-based website for Iranian expatriates, iranian.com, has posted scores of photos submitted by readers.

    "Iranian men are showing their solidarity with Tavakoli by wearing a hijab and posting their photo on the web," reads its appeal to send in photos.

    Some of the website's readers argue that the campaign is also a gesture of solidarity with Iranian women, who are obliged by the authorities to wear the hijab in public.

    Many of the contributors openly show their faces, in headscarves, while some have all but their eyes covered.

    "Life is so short and so many fine, fine men around," one woman reader quipped.

    "It is getting harder to be a girl these days."

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    Food Safety Experts Say They Won't Eat These 7 Foods

    Want to know the foods that the “food safety experts” won’t eat? Prevention Magazine decided to ask. They posed the question, “What foods do you avoid?” to the people whose work is to uncover what's safe to eat – or not. Here's what they said:

    1. Canned Tomatoes
    Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, who studies bisphenol-A (BPA), says the linings of tin cans contain BPA, a synthetic estrogen linked to reproductive problems, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into food.

    2. Corn-Fed Beef
    Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farms says cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. Farmers today feed cows corn and soybeans to fatten them faster. A USDA study found that grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, calcium, magnesium and potassium; lower in inflammatory omega-6s; and lower in saturated fats.

    3. Microwave Popcorn
    Olga Naidenko, PhD, with the Environmental Working Group says chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid, in the lining of the bag, are part of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer.

    4. Non-organic Potatoes
    Jeffrey Moyer, chair of the National Organic Standards Board says potatoes are treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides. Then potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting.

    5. Farmed Salmon
    David Carpenter, MD, wrote a study in the journal Science on contaminated fish. He says fish shouldn’t be jammed into pens and fed soy, poultry litter, and hydrolyzed chicken feathers. As a result, farmed salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT.

    6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones
    Rick North, from the Campaign for Safe Food, says milk producers treat dairy cattle with recombinant bovine growth hormone(rBGH). And rBGH increases udder infections and even pus in the milk. It leads to higher levels of the hormone insulin-like growth factor(IGF-1). In people, high levels of IGF-1 may contribute to breast, prostate, and colon cancers.

    7. Non-organic Apples
    Mark Kastel, from the Cornucopia Institute, says apples are sprayed very frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not dangerous. But Kastel counters that it's common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most sprayed produce, like apples.

     For a list of the top 12 most pesticide contaminated foods, click here for the "Dirty Dozen."

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