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- Lady Gaga Will Perform on Stage Decorated with Human Corpses [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/9e6997d300af58a3
- Bill Gates now pushing genetically modified seeds in Africa [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/67e0459ce89d7903
- Third US carrier, 4,000 Marines augment US armada opposite Iran [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/90b7cf2b7c6d2ad9
- FACT FREE SCIENCE [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/bd9a8a42ecefebf4
- SCHOOLS LEAVE CHRISTIANITY IN THE WILDERNESS [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/1bc9060eec1f2e3b
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Topic: Lady Gaga Will Perform on Stage Decorated with Human Corpses
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/9e6997d300af58a3
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From: Heaven soon <heavensoon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 28 05:49PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/b431da25a32524e0
Lady Gaga Will Perform on Stage Decorated with Human Corpses
June 27th, 2010
Vigilant Citizen has done several reports on Illuminati symbolism and Lady
Gaga.
Also, don't miss their Sinister Sites series.
Via: MTV:
Will Lady Gaga be working with the dead on the upcoming leg of her Monster
Ball Tour?
In a story published Wednesday (June 23) in British tabloid The Sun,, the
newspaper reported that Gaga has reached out to Gunther von Hagens, a
controversial anatomist who invented a technique for preserving cadavers
called plastination and is responsible for the popular traveling exhibition
"Body Worlds."
The Sun quoted "a friend" of Gaga as saying "she is fascinated by Gunther's
work and life … [Gaga] sees a kindred spirit and is hoping to meet him in
New York. They have spoken over e-mail and it's gone well. She is keen to
have some Body Worlds element in one of her shows."
The source went on to say that Gaga is aiming to incorporate von Hagens'
work into her tour by the time it gets to Las Vegas, which doesn't happen
until March of 2011.
"It would be good to top this tour — which is already out-there — with
something nobody has done before, using dead bodies as part of a gig," the
source said.
http://cryptogon.com/?p=16185
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Topic: Bill Gates now pushing genetically modified seeds in Africa
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/67e0459ce89d7903
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From: Heaven soon <heavensoon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 28 05:47PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/32e7134a524793f9
Bill Gates now pushing genetically modified seeds in Africa
Published on 06-28-2010
Source: NaturalNews
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation continues to throw its support behind
risky genetically modified (GM) seeds as a means for feeding hungry
Africans, ignoring safer and more reliable technologies that already exist.
Not long after publicly blaming GM critics for prolonging hunger in Africa,
Gates announced that his foundation is partnering with DuPont subsidiary
Pioneer Hi-Bred to develop higher yield GM strains of corn. Two years ago,
the Gates Foundation also partnered with Monsanto to develop
drought-tolerant GM corn.
The companies claim that these GM seeds will be delivered to small farmers
free of charge. Yet Monsanto says its drought-tolerant corn will not be
ready until 2012, at which point it will be introduced into the commercial
market. It will not be made available to poor African farmers until 2016.
Pioneer is using conventional (non-GM) breeding techniques to produce higher
yielding corn by 2014. There is no projected date for when a GM version of
this new strain will be developed.
"It's hard not to think that Monsanto, Dupont and their ilk are turning into
the Bernie Madoff of agriculture," writes "Grist" blogger Tom Laskawy.
"Convince gullible foundations along with the federal government to send
billions in research dollars their way based on a promise of magically
awesome results. Sometime down the road, of course."
As Laskawy notes, the Nigeria National Variety Release Committee has already
developed -- without the use of biotechnology -- various new corn strains
that are resistant to drought, pests, disease, and poor soil fertility.
These conventionally bred seeds do not pose any of the well-documented risks
of GM crops, such as toxic health and environmental effects; the production
of "super-weeds" and contamination of organic crops through
cross-pollination; increased pesticide use; or encouraging monocultures and
a loss of seed diversity.
"If only Bill Gates, not to mention USDA Chief Tom Vilsack or Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, would spend some of their money getting those
Nigerian seeds into farmers' hands today," Laskawy writes. "Instead, they'd
prefer to funnel billions of dollars to biotech giants because, well, 2016
isn't really so long to wait."
Sources for this story include: www.grist.org/article/gates-foundat....
Copyright © 2006-2010 BlackListedNews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-9466-0-6-6--.html
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Topic: Third US carrier, 4,000 Marines augment US armada opposite Iran
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/90b7cf2b7c6d2ad9
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From: Heaven soon <heavensoon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 28 05:44PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/ca8c14230d0dbf02
Third US carrier, 4,000 Marines augment US armada opposite Iran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 28, 2010, 10:45 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tags: Iran <http://www.debka.com/search/tag/Iran/> Persian
Gulf<http://www.debka.com/search/tag/Persian%20Gulf/>
USS Nassau <http://www.debka.com/search/tag/USS%20Nassau/>
USS Nassau: More US naval-air-marine muscle off Iran
debkafile's military sources report that Washington has posted a third
carrier opposite Iran's shores. It is supported by amphibious assault ships
and up to 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US
strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel.
The *USS Nassau *(LHA-4) Amphibious Ready Group 24th Marine Expeditionary
Unit, tasked with supporting the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet area of operations,
is cruising around the Bab al-Mandeb Straits where the Gulf of Aden flows
into the Red Sea. Its presence there accounts for Tehran announcing Sunday,
June 27 that its "aid ship for Gaza" had been called off, for fear an
American military boarding party would intercept the vessel and search it.
This would be permissible under the latest UN sanctions punishing the
Islamic Republic for its nuclear program.
The third US carrier group to reach waters around Iran consists of three
vessels:
1. The *USS Nassau *Amphibious Assault ship is not just an enormous landing
craft for the 3,000 Marines aboard; its decks carry 6 vertical take-off *AV-HB
Harrier *attack plans; four *AH-1W Super Cobra*, twelve *CH-46 Sea Knight *and
*CH-53 Sea Stallion *helicopters, as well choppers convertible to fast *V-22
Osprey *airplanes capable of landing in any conditions.
This vast warship has 1,400 cabinets for sleeping the entire Marine-24th
Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard.
2. The amphibious transport dock ship *USS Mesa Verde *which carries 800
Marines equipped for instantaneous landing.
3. The amphibious dock landing ship *USS Ashland *which carries 400 Marines
and 102 commandos trained for special operations behind enemy lines.
debkafile adds: The *USS Ashland *was the target of an al Qaeda Katyusha
rocket attack in 2005 when it was docked in Jordan's Aqaba port next door to
the Israeli port of Eilat. One of the rockets exploded in Eilat airport. The
ship exited harbor in time to escape harm.
These new arrivals are a massive injection of naval, air and marine muscle
to the strength Washington has deployed in the Persian Gulf-Red Sea-Indian
Ocean arena in recent months. The *USS Harry S. Truman *Carrier Strike Group
consisting of twelve warships is cruising in the Arabian Sea opposite Chah
Bahar, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards biggest naval base not far from the
Iranian-Pakistan border. It is there that most of Iran's special commando
units are housed.
Also posted in the Arabian Sea, further to the west, is the *USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower *Strike Group.
<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.debka.com/article/8879/>
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Topic: FACT FREE SCIENCE
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/bd9a8a42ecefebf4
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From: Heaven soon <heavensoon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 28 05:41PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/aee7326298b2adac
FACT FREE SCIENCE
The Fact-Free "Science" of Matheson, Hunt and Moran: Ridicule Instead of
Reason, Authority Instead of Evidence [Excerpts]
I was not in Los Angeles on May 14, when Stephen Meyer debated Stephen
Matheson and Arthur Hunt at Biola University. But I have followed some of
the blog war that preceded and followed the debate--a blog war that now
includes Richard Sternberg and Laurence Moran.
Since Matheson, Hunt and Moran are all tenured professors at institutions of
higher learning, one might have expected a discussion based on reason and
conducted in a collegial spirit. And since the discussion is about science,
one might have expected lots of references to evidence published in the
scientific literature. But Matheson, Hunt and Moran have abandoned reason
and resorted to ridicule; and instead of citing evidence they expect us to
bow to their authority.
Round One: Before the debate, in a February 14 blog post, Matheson accused
Meyer of "some combination of ignorance, sloth, and duplicity" for stating
that introns, though once thought to be "junk," are "now known to play many
important functional roles in the cell." (Introns are non-protein-coding
segments of DNA that interrupt the protein-coding parts of our genes.)
According to Matheson, Meyer's statement was "ludicrous" because biologists
have identified functions for only a "handful" of the 190,000 or so introns
in the human genome. "How many? Oh, probably a dozen," wrote Matheson, "but
let's be really generous. Let's say that a hundred introns in the human
genome are known to have 'important functional roles.' Oh fine, let's make
it a thousand."
In his June 3 blog post, Sternberg cited a 2010 Nature article that begins,
"Transcripts from approximately 95% of multi-exon human genes are spliced in
more than one way." (Exons are the protein-coding parts of genes.) Sternberg
calculated that a reasonable estimate for the number of human introns that
undergo alternative splicing was thus 0.9 x 190,000 = 171,000. The same
Nature article reports that "in most cases the resulting transcripts are
variably expressed between different cell and tissue types," suggesting that
many alternatively spliced introns serve important biological functions.
Sternberg concluded that even if his estimate were off by a factor of two,
the number of functional introns would still be far greater than Matheson's
1,000.
Round Two: Insults and Ridicule
In a June 3 blog post, Moran ridiculed Sternberg's estimate that 171,000
introns are involved in alternative splicing: "It's up to you, dear readers,
to figure out all the things wrong with this explanation. You can start with
the math. Arithmetic isn't one of their [i.e., Meyer's and Sternberg's]
strong points. Or maybe it's an understanding of biology that's the real
weak point?"
Of course, there was nothing wrong with Sternberg's arithmetic, and the next
day he repeated his calculation in more detail. Moran responded by calling
him an "idiot."
Round Three: In his June 4 blog post calling Sternberg an idiot, Moran
wrote: "I'm using arithmetic that's based on an understanding of basic
molecular biology and the scientific literature. We could quibble about the
number of introns--I think it's closer to 150,000. We could quibble about
the number of protein encoding genes--the most accurate number is 20,500. We
could quibble about how many genes exhibit alternative splicing--I think
it's about 5%, not 95%. You can't be expected to know the facts and the
controversies since this is way outside your area of expertise."
Moran claimed that he was basing his remarks "on an understanding of basic
molecular biology and the scientific literature," but he didn't cite any
scientific literature. He simply declared that the number of human introns
is closer to 150,000-even though the scientific literature supports
Matheson's figure of 190,000.
And Moran's guess that only about 5% of human genes undergo alternative
splicing is flatly contradicted by 2008 articles in Nature and Nature
Genetics, as well as the 2010 Nature article cited by Sternberg.
Yet Moran provided no justification for his ex cathedra pronouncement that
the 95% figure has been discredited. He simply brushed aside the 2008 and
2010 articles in Nature and Nature Genetics and their eighteen
co-authors--nine of whom listed their affiliation as Moran's own
institution, the University of Toronto.
Apparently, Moran expects us to ignore the published scientific evidence and
bow to his authority alone. As Chico Marx said in the 1933 movie Duck Soup:
"Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/06/the_factfree_science_of_mathes035521.html
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Topic: SCHOOLS LEAVE CHRISTIANITY IN THE WILDERNESS
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/t/1bc9060eec1f2e3b
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From: Heaven soon <heavensoon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 28 05:40PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/b00920555f042b70
SCHOOLS LEAVE CHRISTIANITY IN THE WILDERNESS [Excerpts]
Jack Grimston
Schools have been accused of ignoring the views of their Christian pupils
while paying careful attention to children of other faiths.
According to Ofsted, the school's inspectorate, teachers are failing to
educate children in the core beliefs of Christianity, ignoring their legal
obligation to do so.
An Ofsted report released today says stories from the Bible are often used
simply to teach children about their feelings or about how to empathise with
the sick, but their religious significance is neglected.
Critics argue that too many teachers are both ignorant and embarrassed about
Christianity and are frightened of causing tension in multi-faith schools.
However, supporters of the approach identified by Ofsted argue that teachers
are simply reflecting the secular views prevalent in society.
Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said: "There is generally
in the culture a kind of embarrassment about talking openly about
Christianity that doesn't apply to other faiths."
The teaching of religion has become increasingly fraught. Last year, a
primary school teacher from Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed he had been
forced out of his job because he had complained to his headmistress about an
anti-Christian bias among pupils.
Some had allegedly praised the September 11 hijackers, while one boy had
said he was glad about the death of a lawyer who had been stabbed "because
he's a Christian".
Schools are obliged to teach religion, although it is not part of the
national curriculum. Lessons are also supposed to reflect the fact that
Christianity is the main religion in Britain, while taking account of the
other leading faiths.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7144802.ece
(Grimston, "Schools leave Christianity in the wilderness," Sunday Times
Online, June 6, 2010).
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