Saturday, June 29, 2013

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PZ Myers is not holding up well in his fight against the two leading biblical creation organizations. He is getting weaker and weaker and weaker.[1]

Evolutionists, why not quit now and save yourselves some embarrassment? See: Creationists win the debates

The academic journal Sociology of Religion shows secularism losing momentum and beginning to decline in both Europe and America by 2050. Other academic research shows it may begin to happen much earlier.[2]

August 2012: A summer of triumph for biblical creation belief. Will August 2013 be a watershed month as well?[3]

Media-promoted Tiger Woods "shot his worst nine-hole score as a professional" but afterward his comments were again self-serving: "I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggled out there." [4] Actually, Woods' score is worse than 69 other players.

The number of adherents of liberal Christianity who will be spit out of Jesus's mouth will be many.[5]

The country with the world's biggest atheist population is very interested in information debunking Darwinism.[6]

The first review of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students is in! Rachel finds the book "very interesting". Sarah is "very interested" in reading the book.[7]

Evolutionists, learning science is exciting. The force feeding of stale, evolutionary bunkum is not.[8][9]

New Jersey voters! This Tuesday is Primary Day. Herewith a voter guide. [10]

The IRS and the White House definitely worked together. The visitor logs show how often IRS Commissioner Shulman visited – and how rarely anyone else did with whom he would have had meetings, of not with Barack Obama. [11]

A Tea Party activist withdraws his earlier call for a temporary criminal registry, in wake of the scandals surrounding the Internal Revenue Service. This is the same agency that will police Obamacare. [12]

Liberal double standard: when undefeated Michele Bachmann declined to run for reelection, there was liberal claptrap galore by the media. Then her Dem opponent pulled out of the race too, and the media are nearly speechless. [13]

Eric Holder gave a private party for his friends in the Mainstream Media, and less than half of them showed up. What does that say about those who did? [14]

After cutting Tim Tebow, the New York Jets now try to stop the building of a family amusement park. [15] Why should the increasingly anti-Christian NFL receive favoritism??

Associated Press reports that Americans may lose the health plan they like under Obamacare.[16]

Student Loan money profits are being siphoned off to pay for ObamaCare.[17]

An activist advises people to elect a sheriff who remembers his Constitutional duty to those who elect him. [18]

"Memorial Day 2013: How it was. What it will be" by Bishop Bert [19]

1960s liberalism is not only financially unsustainable, but its champions are a dying breed.[20]

Understanding gold market dynamics.[21]

Evolutionary racism directed towards an accomplished footballer puts a sour note on a football game.[22] Why are so many liberals racists?

When a republic turns into a democracy, it will surely fail. [23]

Remembering a fallen police officer in Phoenix, Arizona. [24]

Media bullying alert: the lamestream media spend all day picking on undefeated conservative Michele Bachmann, who repeatedly won in a liberal district. Rather their cheap criticism, the media should be asking why they could never defeat her.

Wikipedia continues to lose influence in the world in 2013.[25] Also, interest in Project 200 plus keeps expanding.

Undefeated five-term congressman Michele Bachmann announces that she will retire from her position, and may run for higher office. [26] The liberal machine was never able to defeat her in a Dem state.

22 - 29 young people reading the second draft of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students. Also, more creationist groups are interested in joining Project 200 plus.[27]

Professor attacked by liberals. His "crime"? Teaching students to think for themselves. [28]

Judge-Shopping, or, How Eric Holder Got Away With Spying On A Reporter's Emails: [29]

The liberal nanny mayor of New York City doesn't like street cafes now. [30]

The IRS scandal that the news is not covering, because it's tied in with Obamacare: [31]

Eric Holder now faces investigation for perjury before Congress. Is Barack Hussein Obama paying attention? [32]

France struggles to find a strategy to turn around their economy even though it is right under their nose.[33] The Bible, Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek

Many things happen in life that cannot be explained by science or philosophy. Atheists and agnostics self intellectually cripple themselves and are clueless about much of reality.[34]

Example of how modern conservatism is more conservative than Republicans from yesteryear: Bob Dole, Republican nominee in 1996, admits that "Reagan couldn't have made it. Certainly, Nixon couldn't have made it .... We might've made it, but I doubt it." [35]

A United States Senator finally says it: Barack H. Obama is throwing away his moral authority to lead. But in fact he never had legal authority to lead, either. [36]

Conservapedia pauses in prayer (not a liberal "moment of silence") in honor of Memorial Day.

RichardDawkins.net keeps getting smited! Has a plague of locusts eaten Richard Dawkins' daily website visitors?[37]

How long will you refuse to humble yourself before the Lord, Richard Dawkins?

Vox Day and a supporter of the Question evolution! campaign agree: The speed at which the secular left is collapsing is happening at an unexpectedly fast rate. [38]

6 bellwethers showing liberal know it all-ism is unravelling. This will seriously affect Darwinism.[39]

Google USA estimates 101,000,000 search results for the search "Evolution and just so stories".[40]

Question #12 of the Question evolution! campaign has a LOT of potential when it is spread widely in 2013.[41][42]

A Middle East voice calls Barack Hussein Obama one of the weakest presidents in U.S history.[43] It doesn't look like the "liberal chosen one" is going to bring peace to the Middle East during his presidency.

The website of the American Atheists has been smited.[44]

Do you see what happens when you gnaw on the trouser legs of Christianity? Like an unruly drunkard and glutton, you get tasered and laughed at. See: American Atheists and their challenges with overweight leadership personnel and Decline of atheism

"President Obama forgets to salute," but the lamestream media downplay gaffes by liberals. [45]

A Tea Party activist urges Congress to seize the moment, now that Obama's luck seems to have run out. [46]

Another study finds that obesity may decrease brain function.[47] See also: Atheism and obesity and Lesbianism and obesity

Have liberal policies destroyed Sweden? "Stockholm rioting continues for fifth night." [48]

The inventor of the concept "Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder" admitted, before he died, that he made the whole thing up. Think about that when the school district tells you to drug your kids. [49]

Dems admit they lack the votes to pass their amnesty-for-illegal-aliens bill, where 60 votes are the minimum needed in the U.S. Senate. [50]

The cold temperatures this spring have even hurt the sale of sporting goods. [51] Yet liberal denial about the cold weather persists, in order to perpetrate a fictional global warming.

World's most popular site devoted to atheism/agnosticism sees a massive loss of global market share according to Alexa. Also, new Question evolution! campaign group leader expected to be installed in June of 2013.[52]

Obama's paternalistic, sexist reference Thursday to a heckler as a "young lady" is no problem for the liberal media, [53] but an Hispanic golfer's offhand racial quip about Tiger Woods is unforgivable.

7 creationist groups have now joined Project 200 plus. Also, 7 ways the Question evolution! campaign is strengthening itself.[54]

An IRS official takes the Fifth Amendment. Or does she? Besides botching her plea, she shows hypocrisy in claiming a freedom she does not grant to others. [55]

Liberal double standard: racist remarks by Joe Biden are no problem, but the lamestream media and Tiger Woods make a big deal about an offhand joke by an Hispanic golfer. [56] Will media bullying enable Tiger Woods to end nearly 5 years without his winning a major?

The BBC News opened a story with this nonsense: “A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they became extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.”[57] Why does Darwinism spawn such lame just so stories?

Thomas Sowell recommends parents having their children read the book The New Leviathan which has a number of essays which debunk various liberal sacred cows.[58]

Barack Hussein Obama's "I am an idiot" defense about his recent scandals undermines his "cult of expertise" and statist redemption fantasies that he has been peddling.[59]

Ask yourselves right now: is this still America? Representative Mike Kelly asked that of IRS Acting Commissioner Miller. We should ask it of ourselves. [60]

Contrast the regal behavior of Barack Hussein Obama with the humble behavior of George Washington. [61]

Expert says that the discovery of a 20-year long rainfall in Ireland points to the Great Flood of the Bible being historical.[62]

Why do so many faux Christians deny the Great Flood and try to turn it into a non-Great Flood?[63] Did Jesus, Peter and Moses lie?[64]

Animals are where they are today, not because they evolved there, nor yet because of continental drift, but because they went there after the Great Flood. [65]

A description of "Common Core Education," the harm it can do, and a list of New Jersey primary candidates pledged to stop it. [66]

15 young people are volunteering to read the second draft of the Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students. Also, a Christian is going into full time creation vs. evolution ministry in June of 2013 and is interesting in volunteering for the campaign.[67]

Outspokenly Christian Kevin Durant gives $1 million to the tornado victims. Durant uaually outscores LeBron, but the liberal media do not promote outspoken Christians.

Why does Glenn Beck, who loves to chart conspiracies on his famous chalkboards, ignore a conspiracy right under his nose? [68]

28 million Americans will be caught in a "massive game of health coverage pingpong" under ObamaCare, and even the liberal media are beginning to panic about this. [69]

Classic communist tactic by the Obama Administration: it files a document in court alleging that a reporter at Fox News is a possible co-conspirator in the "crime" of informing the public. [70] In fact this goes back further – to Henry II. Are we all Thomas Becket now? [71]

Teen awarded for improved capacitor - Intel gave a $50,000 scholarship to a girl whose titanium dioxide capacitor can store almost three times as much electrical energy as previous capacitors and is intended as a battery alternative. [72]

Most mainstream media got the story wrong, claiming incorrectly that her invention can charge a cell phone battery in 30 seconds. (Charging a battery too quickly reduces its life, which is why Motorola and Samsung and the rest keep the amperage low.)

Franklin Graham, one of America's most prominent evangelical Christians, says the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service included two of his ministries.[73]

Are many evangelical Christian churches primarily growing in America due to birth rates or due to evangelism?[74]

"Quiverfull" evangelical Christianity, which does not believe in contraception, is now spreading in the UK.[75] In the past 30 years, the number of Anabaptists in North America, including the Amish, has grown significantly, from 313,000 baptized members in 1978 to more than 535,000 in 2010. [76]

Unfortunately for militant atheists, secularist philosophy breeds sub-replacement levels of fertility. See: Decline of atheism

Obama says black men cannot use racism to explain away their failures. [77]

CDC says the number of children being diagnosed with mental disorders has been steadily growing. [78]

Reuters reports: "Europe is in the midst of its longest recession since it began keeping records in 1995 — even surpassing the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis of 2008-2009."[79]

Biblical creationism is growing in Europe and its growth rate will accelerate amidst Europe's economic woes.[80]

The UK has experienced one lost economic decade, and it's about to enter a second. [81] When is the UK going to remove Charles Darwin off its currency?[82]

Turkey, a world leader in anti-evolutionism, had its Moody’s credit rating upgraded to investment-grade quality. [83][84]

Imagine how it would be doing if it adopted Christian creationism over Islamic creationism.[85] See: Protestant work ethic

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More Question evolution! campaign news from Canada. The stomachs of Darwinists are going to be tied into knots in 2013. [86]

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Question evolution! campaign book draft is off to California student readers tonight. Also, new proof and evidence that 2013 is a better year for creationism.[87]

In addition, an atheist wiki still appeals to atheist nerds.

What is the real IRS scandal? It's the tax code itself. [88]

Government-promoted "powerball" gambling exploits and takes millions from the poor, but does not fool conservatives.

A video was recently produced on the topic "Why Christianity and the Bible are true." [89]

Abortion: an indispensable right or violence against women?[90]

A New Jersey activist promotes the primarying of a RINO State Senator. See his side-by-side of a typical RINO and his challenger. [91]

The first rule of grassroots anti-evolution social movements: What's behind us in inane evolutionist commentary is NOT important![92]

Is the Question evolution! campaign entering a new phase? If so, what new tactics are being employed by a Question evolution campaign group?

Bradlee Dean has this scathing commentary on Minnesota's gay "marriage" law. [93]

The Great Flood gained an astronomical fix today. A veteran creation scientist teams up with a veteran CP administrator to use comets to vindicate the Bible – and settle the Biblical chronology dispute. [94]

One reason why Darwinism loving liberal Christianity and the agnosticism/atheism population are headed towards a collapse of their own doing.[95]

The Obama IRS problem just keeps getting bigger.

The director of the tax-exempt determinations office is an Obama donor: [96] IRS agents did what the bosses ordered: [97] IRS denied tax-exempt status of pro-life group on behalf of Planned Parenthood: [98] IRS refused tax-exempt status for pro-Israel and Christian groups; approved it for Muslim organizations: [99] IRS agents illegally seized 60 million medical records: [100] Did the IRS give Mitt Romney's tax returns to Harry Reid? [101]

New amber fossil finds further debunk evolution.[102] "They’re dead ringers for (modern) gall mites" — researcher David Grimaldi

Overrated Sports Star David Beckham was not even good enough to play on Britain's pathetic Olympic soccer team, yet he insists that he is "playing at the highest level" as he announces his retirement. [103] Now he can devote full time to being promoted by the lamestream media.

News update from a Question evolution! campaign blog: "May 15, 2013 was a very BAD day for Darwinism!"[104]

Also, as of today, a Question evolution! blog received 427,864 page views.

A major supply line to Darwinism just suffered a major reversal - college bubble is finally bursting. The infrastructure of Darwinism, atheism, agnosticism and liberalism is crumbling.[105]

Like many second term presidents, Barack Hussein Obama is having scandals arise and he is losing control of events.[106]

A new theory of why secularization occurs.[107]

Liberal politics = massive financial disaster for many California cities, with more bankruptcies expected. [108]

When you have RINOs in the way of real reform, primary them! [109]

The IRS scandal now includes nine Senators, and a liberal outfit that got sensitive information from the IRS on 31 conservative groups. Time for a serious look at tax reform: why do we even need an IRS? [110]

Al Gore still hypes his liberal alarmism: "Our very way of life" is at stake, he insists, "now more than ever before." [111] So why did he sell his TV station for big profits to Big Oil??

The "creationist blogspot squint" repeatedly defeats a timid agnostic and evolutionist who is afraid of debating the creationist biology student VivaYehshua. [112]

An evolutionist has been wildly swinging his rhetorical punches into the air, but he has been hitting thin air. Why is he so afraid of debating VivaYehshua?

Obama, Tyranny, and the Tax Man [113]

Drunken atheist Trekkie makes a bigger fool of himself. Yes, there is something lamer than an atheist who threatens a Bible believer with hellfire.[114]

5 things that will give atheists ulcers.[115]

What "Dr." Kermit Gosnell did in his house-of-horrors clinic is not an anomaly in the abortion industry; it is practice. [116]

A Tea Party activist writes an open letter to State legislators who vote away Second Amendment rights. [117]

PZ Myers, how will we know when atheism has a full-blown nerd crisis? [118]

Myers recently said that atheism is on the "cusp of crisis." Is there a full-blown atheist nerd crisis?

Atheist wiki continues to lose global market share. Also, many of their atheist nerd editors still lose ladies to creationist men![119]

The media already in bed with Obama simply cannot ignore this new scandal: The Obama Administration secretly seized phone records from the Associated Press just prior to the 2012 election. [120][121]

The chilly spring continues to prove the hoax of global warming: "Protect those plants, widespread chance of frost and freeze in N.J. tonight." [122]

Kermit Gosnell stands convicted. But how many others share his guilt? Mainstream Media, maybe? [123]

The scandal at the IRS gets wider every time. This could be the biggest scandal of all. [124]

"Orde Wingate and the Night Raiders: Bring 'em He...Heaven" by Bishop Bert [125]

Another amazing breakthrough for Adult stem cells: Growing Teeth. [126] Still no breakthroughs for immoral Embryonic stem cells.

The IRS is now caught red-handed, in targeting conservative, Tea Party, and pro-Israel groups – and lying about it. But did the Obama administration throw out this chum to distract people from the Benghazi affair? [127]

The homosexual agenda is being pushed into the immigration bill, and it is likely that Dems will cave to the gay demands. [128]

"Sergio Garcia rips Tiger Woods," observing that "he's not the nicest guy on tour." Yet the liberal media continue to cover for Woods, and even lash into Garcia for criticizing him. [129]

Talking animals in the Old Testament. Also, does Leviticus mention dinosaurs?[130]

5 truths that cause evolutionists and atheists to fly into uncontrollable bursts of rage. [131]

Is their anything more lame than an atheist threatening a Bible believer with hellfire?

5 reasons why Christian evangelism is more thoughtful and effective than Darwinist and atheist evangelism efforts. [132]

7 reasons why the growth prospects of the egotistical, socially challenged, atheist nerd population is bleak.[133]

We knew it all along, and now the Internal Revenue Service admits: the IRS plays favorites among applicants for tax exemptions. And a few "un-favorites" besides. [134]

A Tea Party activist asks: did Barack Obama and his administration commit manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the Benghazi affair? [135]

Sociologists say that the American Christian Right are the potters and American atheists are the clay. Also, get three coffins ready. [136]

The families of several Navy SEALs killed in action reveal some stunning – and criminal – acts by the Obama administration. [137]

The Benghazi affair blows up in the Obama administration's collective face. ABC News admits: the State Department sanitized what the CIA told them about it. The White House squirms. [138]

Andrew Schlafly speaks out against ObamaCare.[139]

Is the unborn child a person? What do the obstetricians think?[140]

Atheist wiki hit the socially challenged, atheist nerd ceiling! Their global market share has fallen in 2013.[141]

Christian winners vs. atheist losers. Who is going to win? [142]

The latest in ultrasound technology will benefit the Pro-life cause: 3-D holograms of children in the womb. [143]

A two front war on atheism? [144]

Are biblical creationists picking up the pace of their evangelism?[145]

Is a pack of ravenous biblical creation dire wolves on the prowl ripping big chunks of meat out of their Darwinist bunkum prey?

CBS News doesn't like one of its own making a thorough investigation into the Benghazi affair: [146]

Let's see how liberal pro-choicers spin this absolute insanity: [147]

Cal Thomas writes about the taxation of internet sales and the Marketplace Fairness Act bill being proposed. [148]

Violent video games, which liberal websites defend and promote despite the games' obvious connection with the Newtown massacre, continue to rack up billion-dollar profits. [149]

Ruth Bell Graham once said that if God does not judge America, He must apologize to Sodom. Apart from whether a man (or woman) can judge God, Mrs. Graham had a point. [150]

3 humorous creation vs. evolution events. [151]

Liberal "psychic" Sylvia Browne, the perennial guest of the Montel Williams Show, predicted in 2004 that Amanda Berry was dead. Yet she clams up after Amanda is rescued from a house of horror a couple days ago. [152]

Uh oh, liberal claptrap at HuffPost is not so great after all for AOL: "AOL Inc. (AOL), the digital publisher that owns the Huffington Post and TechCrunch, fell the most in five months after reporting first-quarter profit that missed estimates." [153]

The biblical creation attack dog is metamorphosizing into a fierce and tenacious dire wolf predator. Darwinism will be ripped to shreds. [154]

WHat does "honoring the office" of President of the United States mean, when the current officeholder behaves dishonorably? Theodore Roosevelt had an answer. [155]

Does Barack Obama love being a "divider-in-chief"? Or has he laid a deeper plan? A Tea Party activist examines all the actions of this de facto President and sees an ominous parallel. [156]

Will the Benghazi attack hearings change the game for Barack Obama? Or for Hillary Clinton? [157]

Liberal double standard, as they held Mitt Romney to a different standard than Al Gore, despite how the global warming alarmist Gore is now richer than Romney.[158]

Thomas Paine once made a ringing call to leadership. Where are the conservative leaders of today? [159]

"The 'House of David': Don't be quick to fault the Bible!" by Bishop Bert [160]

Tamerlan Tsarnaev died from "blunt trauma to his head and torso," presumably by being driven over by his own fleeing brother. [161] Yet still no word about drugs that were likely found in pot-smoker Dzhokhar's system.

Is school choice impossible in some States? Only if the voters let it stay that way. [162]

If you are not a biblical creationist, you are behaving illogically.[163]

"Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such an hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic". - Evolutionist Dr. Scott Todd [164]

Naturalistic/atheistic thinkers, no matter how much they would like to think that it has lasted forever, inevitably come up against the fact that the very laws of the universe point to a supernatural beginning.[165]

Notice that the arguments for evolution amount to logical fallacy—and censorship, not true science. [166]

RINO Backer "Paul Ryan flip-flops, now supports gay adoption." [167] The Republican House leadership moves closer to quietly accepting same-sex marriage.

A Tea Party activist does some sober stock-taking on the battle for American liberty. [168]

Liberals will continue making billions by invading people's privacy, and block a California bill that would have protected the public: "Silicon Valley uses growing clout to kill a digital privacy bill." [169]

Traitors among us, in the United States Senate, who voted for the UN Arms Trade Treaty (which failed – so far). [170]

Overrated Sports Star "Kobe Bryant in court battle with mother over memorabilia." [171] His mother has been paying $1,500/mth to store it, but now the liberal-promoted player tries to stop his own mom from cashing in!

Record-setting May snowstorm blankets several states, further disproving the liberal hoax that there is a crisis of global warming. [172]

Free speech for Christianity wins, and Mikey Weinstein loses. The Pentagon announced today that service members will not be punished for sharing their religious faith. "Members of our military should not be denied the very freedoms they fight to defend. Freedom of religion and speech are paramount among those freedoms," said ADF Legal Counsel Joseph La Rue. [173]

"How to Not stone a Rebellious Son: Reforming according to the Word of God" by Bishop Bert [174]

After Barack Hussein Obama invoked God at a Planned Parenthood event, an activist sharply reminds him: had Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, had her way, he would not exist. [175]

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The Ides of May 2013 is definitely going to be nightmare for evolutionists.[176]

British Darwinists, brace yourselves for the grand announcement of May 15, 2013 to be given at 5:00pm Greenwich Mean Time. You will not want to miss it!

A hate-filled atheist wants Christians stopped from sharing the Gospel in the military, under penalty of court-martial for "sedition and treason". [177] Could this be what Obama wants done? [178]

Theistic evolutionists are sleeping with the enemy and getting "fleas of doubt".[179] Leading theistic evolutionist says: "My belief in God is tinged with doubts...".

The New York Times says that the pro-evolution website Wikipedia has a sexism problem. Is there a nerd crisis at Wikipedia?[180]

Compare Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama side by side. Who is the elitist? [181]

Return of the Twinkies - No, they're not the flying monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz." The Hostess company is going back in business, after union demands forced them into bankruptcy last year. (WashTimes)

Which country was among those which tied for last place as being among the most corrupt countries in the world? An atheism and evolution loving country of course - North Korea.[182]

Give it up, liberals: "Arizona lawmakers pass bill making silver, gold legal tender." [183]

Young people love anti-evolution and pro-creation tracts, magazines and books. Darwinism indoctrination is stale and boring. [184]

The NFL has become just another politically correct, liberal organization, as it ostracizes the outspokenly Christian Tim Tebow. Why should the public approve paying for NFL stadiums, as in the upcoming vote in Miami?

Is the soul of America in jeopardy? Why is the military cleaning itself of Judeo-Christian influence? [185]

Obama administration threatening Benghazi whistleblowers (Washington Times, April 30, 2013)

Three of the Doolittle Raiders hold their last reunion on the base where they trained. [186]

Olé! Olé! Olé! Hispanic American creationism is winning mucho battles over Hispanic American Darwinism.[187]

Evolutionists, you will have a lot of splainin' to do on why you can't answer the 15 questions for evolutionists satisfactorily.

Time magazine reports that theological liberalism gained ground during sexual revolution, but conservative Christians are winning now through higher procreation and re-evangelization of West.[188]

Victory! Liberals are now openly admitting defeat! And they have no plan to turn things around!

China's atheist leaders are still panicking and trying to use heavy-handed measures to stop the explosive growth of Chinese Christianity.[189]

A fascinating look at an area in China with 70,000 hills from a global flood perspective.[190]

Liberal global warming scam is proven false, again: "more than 1,100 snowfall records and 3,400 cold records have been set across the nation so far in April." [191] That's not the global warming crisis that Al Gore and other liberals claimed.

Why won't the Republican Party of New Jersey even adopt the national Republican platform? A Tea Party activists sounds a RINO alert. [192]

Volunteers spent thousands of dollars on a successful Question evolution! campaign event and pro-biblical creation outreach. [193]

Kermit Gosnell's trial may go to the jury this week. But does he really do anything that abortion advocates would not want to see done? [194]

"Man stabs 4 choir members during Sunday mass at Albuquerque Catholic church." [195] It's unfortunate that parishioners did not have loaded guns to stop the stranger.

More bad news for liberals, pro-aborts and Darwinists - religioustolerance.org has lost a LOT of web traffic![196]

Why do people still believe what Barack Obama says? [197]

The ricin letters case has taken a strange new twist. Previous suspect (a Democrat) cleared; current suspect (a Republican) charged. Is there a personal feud between the two? [198]

Give it up, liberals: Kansas has the most conservative legislature in its history, and it's not going back to its "moderate", less successful past. [199]

A call back to God for Christians of every stripe, after the Boston Marathon Bombings. [200]

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Secular Belgium is crumbling. A golden age of Belgium creationism is dawning.[201]

Also, North American creationism will continue to expand. Will the Harvard University evolutionary biology department, which was disgraced in 2011, be able to stop this?

Conservative trouncing of the liberal incumbents in Iceland in early election returns, pointing to a landslide repudiation of the ruling party and an end to plans to join the EU. [202]

An apologetic for Genesis 1-11, based on the best scientific models available. [203]

God's intelligent design is on display in the sky this weekend: "Saturn at its biggest and brightest Saturday." Many people cannot believe it when they see Saturn's rings for the first time through a telescope. [204]

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky showed how abysmally stupid politicians often are. Here's the latest evidence on Barack Hussein Obama's true identity, the significance of which McConnell totally missed. [205]

Why is there only one God? [206]

"Comprehensive immigration reform" is a tool of fundamental change of America – a thing Barack Obama wants. [207]

Earth's core is proven to be as hot as the Sun, contradicting atheistic theories. [208] Biblical scientific foreknowledge predicted this, as Earth and heat were created prior to the Sun.

A new Black Robed Regiment forms in New Jersey, as pastors re-create a previously un-sung influence in the American Revolution. [209]

Lamestream media proven wrong again: "Economic growth, at 2.5%, falls below expectations." [210]

One more chapter to go before the newly revised Question evolution! campaign book for middle school students is sent to a second group of student reviewers. [211]

"In Turkey, a Muslim Lady fights for the Rights of Israel" (the Scientific Creationist Pro-Jewish movement and Al Qaeda in Collision) by Bishop Bert: [212]

Quickly, the Obama Administration and the liberal media try to change the subject from the Boston Marathon bombing to what Syria is allegedly doing halfway around the world. [213] Isn't Boston more important to America than Damascus??

"Yeah, I wanted to kill the people in the building and then smear a Chicken-fil-A sandwich on their face." It's the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center that's been credited by a liberal terrorist for providing the information for his attack on the Family Research Council. [214]

Education reform: a do-it-yourself guide. [215]

Liberals gotta love this one: Tamerlan Tsarnaev had trained himself to be an American-killing terrorist while getting welfare benefits at the same time. [216]

A Tea Party activist lays it on the line: Executive Orders are unconstitutional. [217]

Dem #6 announces his retirement from the U.S. Senate, rather than face reelection. [218] If liberal ideology is so great, then why are so many like Max Baucus quitting its political efforts?

A home schooling family from Germany will defend their rights to home school — in a United States court. The case of Romeike v. Holder comes before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today. [219]

The sometimes conservative Koch Brothers cause angst on the Left by considering buying liberal newspaper failures like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. [220]

The Boston Marathon bombers were firm believers in liberalism ... meaning that the gun laws so championed by the left wing don't apply to them. [221]

Does that Saudi national know more about the Boston Marathon Bombing than he's telling? Why is the government spiriting him out of this country like a carrier of typhoid fever? Congress wants answers. Glenn Beck threatens to drop a bombshell today or tomorrow. [222] UPDATE: Glenn Beck drops the bombshell, and he's not the only one. Details: [223]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev drove over his brother Tamerlan, which was possibly the real cause of his death. [224] Was Dzhokhar on drugs?

Evil does exist: alleged Young Mass Murderer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tweeted after the bombing, "Ain't no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people." [225]

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Pro-evolution UK government is producing many second-rate secondary school graduates. [226]

Also, a 2012 study found that more and more U.S. liberal arts colleges are reforming themselves or are closing. See: Worst college majors

"The Binding of Isaac, the 'Akedah', and Jesus Christ" by Bishop Bert [227]

Two geneticists admit: life could never have become as complex as it is today, even in a long age of the earth. So they say life began before the earth! Why don't they just accept creation? [228]

College enrollment shows signs of slowing which means less post high school evolutionary indoctrination. Also, the ever shrinking role of tenured evolutionist professors and evolutionary biologists.[229] See also: Professor values

Secular humanist Paul Kurtz vs. the Christian Francis Schaeffer - Schaeffer wins hands down in the legacy department.[230]

Atheist Paul Kurtz's book The Turbulent Universe - a zero Amazon rating. The book Atheism for Dummies has a 4.5 Amazon star rating.[231] Are atheists smarter?

Also, another reason the so-called expansion of atheism is merely bluster and a mirage. See: Global atheism

More and more American public officials want creationism and/or anti-evolution material in schools. 7 reasons why 2014 will see an increase in anti-evolution legislation.[232]

Attended class and partied on Wednesday: the 19-year-old Boston bombing suspect fit right in on the atheistic, public college campus. [233]

The Obama Administration was informed at least two years ago about the danger posed by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the leader of the Boston Marathon bombing, and supposedly had him under surveillance. "They knew what my son was doing," says his mother. [234]

Ancient astronomers kept a 360 day calendar for thousands of years. Why? Could it be because the earth did have a 360 day year once? Find out how. [235]

The atheist and evolutionist PZ Myers throws out Darwin. [236]

The intelligentsia know that an atheist wiki is vastly inferior to Creation.com.[237]

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United Kingdom's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) to 'AA+' from 'AAA'.[238] How long will the British keep Charles Darwin on their currency?

Heavy metal conservative Bradlee Dean warns: governments often use terrorism to their own advantage. [239]

Violent video games likely played a key role in the development of the Boston Young Mass Murderers, but liberal censorship is working overtime to avoid mentioning it.
Meanwhile, video game companies announce profit increases. [240]

Boston Marathon Bombing: 1 suspect dead, another on the run, and yet another casualty. And the Obama administration has some explaining to do. [241]

The sister of the two young Boston bombing suspects stated that she has "no idea what's gotten into them." [242] Perhaps it was submersion into violent video games by the young men?

Leading website analyzer thinks atheist wiki editors produce low quality work.[243] It's time to renew your library cards atheists!

How many Americans are shot and killed each year by government agents?

The same 1994 law that temporarily banned the sale of assault weapons also required the federal government to compile data on police shootings nationwide. However, neither the Justice Department nor most local police departments have bothered to tally such occurrences. Jim Bovard, Washington Times

RINOs rule in New Jersey, and now the Tea Party will make New Jersey their test case. [244]

Impressive animated Christian children's tracts. Are animated dinosaur biblical creation tracts next?[245]

More shocking, unusual violence in Boston: an MIT campus police officer "was shot multiple times" and killed, and the murderer escaped. [246] We pray for the victim.
Yet Massachusetts has strict gun control and very harsh penalties for violations.
UPDATE: The two suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings did that deed. One is dead; the other is still at large.

The agenda is more important to liberals than saving lives. It's why a monster named Gosnell was allowed to operate an abortion factory where born babies were murdered, and why the media chose to ignore it. [247]

How to reform education in this country: think outside the box. Meaning: don't let the government box you in to their schools. [248]

"US Senate Rejects Expanding Gun Background Checks." Defeated, sore loser Obama responds with liberal style by calling his opponents liars. [249] Hint: he is the liar, not they. [250]

Liberal media headline: "Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American" [251] If the bomber turns out to be part of some international terrorist conspiracy, then the USA might respond appropriately, and the article would rather blame white Americans. Separately: are they going to arrest someone or aren't they? [252]

America, will you follow the Nazi route? Remembering Martin Niemöller, John Adams, and Noah Webster as the attack on American values continues. [253]

British socialism drops to a new low: "Protesters along the funeral route turned their backs on Baroness Thatcher's coffin as it passed on its way to St Paul's Cathedral." [254]

LIBERAL DENIAL: an eyewitness reportedly tackled the suspect and turned him over to the police, but officials and the media now pretend they have no idea who committed the heinous crime at the Boston Marathon. [255] The public may never be told the truth, and certainly not soon, in order to avoid political embarrassment.

Was God's finished creation perfect? What did Augustine say about man's ability not to sin before the fall of man?[256]

Barack Obama's plan to destroy America was hatched at Columbia University. [257]

Evil is real, and tragic: 3 were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and more than 130 hurt, many severely, in the Boston Marathon bombing. [258] Investigators are searching for a foreign-accented suspect seen in the vicinity of the crime.

May God help the victims. [259]

Once again, the leftists infesting the liberal media couldn't wait for the victims to be taken to hospitals before they blame the Boston bombing on the "right wing." [260][261]

Gold bubble bursts - After rising exponentially for a dozen years from $200 to nearly $1,800, the price for a troy ounce of gold dropped to $1,400 this month. [262] [263] [264]

The discovery of fossilized cells in north-west Scotland has forced a dramatic rewrite of the supposed evolutionary history of life on Earth.[265]

All those evolutionists who claimed to know how old life is on earth, must now admit they were very wrong. There are at least 101 reasons why the earth is young.[266]

The third Noah's Ark replica is being built by Hispanics near Miami, who hope the Pope will attend the inauguration. [267] Evidently the falsehoods of atheism continue to be rejected by many.

The National Secular Society says that aggressive French religious lobbies are in a sustained attack on French secularism.[268]

Message to the captain of the SS Secularism: Your ship is taking on more and more water and the waves are going to be bigger and more frequent.[269]

Are liberals going to go after marijuana smoke with the same gusto they have with tobacco smoke? [270]

Liberal teacher in a public school tells fourth-graders to give up Constitutional rights. [271]

Who wants Sheriff Joe dead? [272]

Statutory rape: the missing legal problem in abortion that now has the attention of a bunch of lawyers. [273]

"A Turkish delight: they think so in Israel too!" by Bishop Bert [274]

Russia calls American politicians "Russophobic", in apparent mockery of how liberals push their homosexual agenda on "homophobic" Russia. [275] Try "Biblophobic", a Best New Conservative Word.

Nanny State update: a busybody calls 911 to report a jogger who was running backwards, and the cops in Democrat Miami give him a ticket ... even though he's jogged backwards safely for six years. [276]

Congressman Chris Smith on liberal censorship: "Why the censorship" of the Philadelphia abortionist's "Jeffrey Dahmer-like murder trial?" [277]

Looking for things to see and do? See a beautiful landscape which Questions Evolution! Also, public library science books with Question evolution! campaign tracts placed inside them.[278]

A Tea Party activist sends an open letter to Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania: Your bill looks good, but could be better. He suggests seven specific "fixes." [279]

The liberal media continue their attempt to drive conservative athlete Tim Tebow out of New York City, even for a voluntary off-season practice. "Get rid of Tim Tebow," shouts the headline. [280] Many liberals would rather lose than win with a conservative leader.

Message to PZ Myers and friends: Re-positioning the decades long "atheist nerd brand" is going to be close to impossible. Also, "golden age of internet atheism" is coming to an end. [281]

Without Darwin, some of the atrocities connected with evolution might not have been. But people of faith might have grown complacent, too. [282]

Liberal double standard: when Republicans tape-record Democrats (e.g., Watergate), there is media outrage, but not when Democrats tape-record Republicans, despite a Dem statement that a liberal group probably taped a GOP meeting. [283]

News from the land of atheism: "Margaret Thatcher death celebrations" sweep the faithless Great Britain. [284]

An article on the possible relationship between school shootings and violent video games was censored by the Huffington Post. [285]

The most famous "heavy metal conservative activist" warns: the Homosexual Agenda is real, and is destructive. He offers some explicit examples. [286]

Liberal logic: Hugo Chavez's successor promises, if elected, to hold a special investigation into whether Chavez was "inoculated with cancer cells," and hints that he suspects the "American Empire" was responsible. [287] The liberal media played into this accusation by promoting the fake claims and photo of Chavez's purported good health.

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Vive la French Creationnisme! Long live French creationism! French creationists are coming aboard the Question Evolution! Campaign.[288]

"Texas student stabs at least 14 at Lone Star College." [289] Because of gun control, students were unarmed and unable to stop the attack sooner.

A Question evolution! campaign blog is rapidly approaching 400,000 page views. Christian blogosphere will soon be turbocharged via blog marketing expertise.[290]

Biola University posts the Christian apologist William Lane Craig vs. atheist philosopher Alex Rosenburg debate. [291]

Why did the atheist Alex Rosenburg appear to drink so much water in the debate relative to Dr. Craig? Dry mouth nervousness?

Margaret Thatcher, RIP. [292]

Dr. William Lane Craig beats the atheist philosopher Alex Rosenburg in a landslide debate victory.[293]

Why does Duke University still employ this atheist, nutjob professor? See: Professor values

An analysis of Walt Brown’s Flood model (hydroplate model of Noah's Flood). [294]

States are moving in very different directions politically on abortion and other fundamental issues. [295] But people are migrating to the conservative states and away from the liberal ones.

How the hockey stick crumbled. Like it or not, liberals, global warming is a proven farce: [296]

More bad news for liberal public schools: "Virtual learning bills gain momentum in Florida Legislature." [297]

Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore rejects liberal advice for women not to raise their own children: "Unfortunately, I was raised in this, like, generation of, like, 'Women can have it all,' and I don't think you can. I think some things fall off the table, the good news is, what does stay on the table becomes much more important" [raising children]. [298] Will Drew become a homeschooler?

Barack Hussein Obama tosses some pork to Florida with plans to capture an asteroid and bring it to orbit around the Moon. If the de facto President wants to worry about a big natural disaster, let him look closer to home. Details: [299]

"Le flop!" Overrated Sports Star David Beckham is "given 3/10 rating" by a candid French press, observing that the Brit "left fellow holding midfielder ... 'to fight for both of them.'" [300]

Massive cable ratings for "The Bible" miniseries on the History channel - much higher than CNN and the Fox News Channel. [301] So why does the lamestream media ignore the Good Book so much?

Can liberty win under seemingly long odds? It did before. A modern activists asks Americans to remember their history, and compare their strength now to their strength during the American Revolution. [302]

A Tea Party activist asks: are politicians really as stupid as they seem concerning the Second Amendment? Or do they have an agenda to deprive us of our rights under it? [303]

Jobs report is below expectations by more than 100,000, and "the participation rate in the workforce is the lowest since May 1979." [304] This is what the liberals told us would be an economic recovery???

How creation was reborn: the three lines of counterattack. [305]

When the American Civil Liberties Union says a new law by a Democrat threatens privacy, the Democrats know they have problems. The ACLU raises strong concerns about the latest gun control law in the Senate. [306]

Overrated Sports Star -- and longtime favorite of the liberal media -- Lance Armstrong is forced out of a swimming meet because of his past conduct. [307]

Self-centered liberals cannot let go of what they think is power: "Obama presses donors to help return Pelosi to speakership." [308]

How the long age view of the age of the earth gained credence. Offers clues to how to reverse that misconception. [309]

Liberal double standard: "Conservatives Shouldn't Own Newspapers?" [310]

The Department of Defense victimizes our fallen heroes, in the name of political correctness. [311]

Oh dear, it appears about 5-7% of American evolutionists believe that "shape-shifting alien reptilian people control our world by taking on human form".[312]

A 15 year-old girl leaves an anti-gun legislature speechless: [313]

"Guns are not the problem; people are." Gun control will not remove guns from society but rather make it harder for people to protect their lives.

What we get as as teachers when liberals control the education: A Weather Underground radical who once served two decades for an armed robbery that killed two cops and a guard is now a professor at Columbia University. [314]

The global warming hoax continued. In fact, it's entirely groundless: [315]

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White House Announces Special Guest, Costume Characters at Easter Egg Roll with Daily Talent Updates to Follow

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Office of Media Affairs

Beginning today and continuing throughout the week, the White House will be announcing this year’s Easter Egg Roll talent.  Each day this week, look for new talent updates on the Let's Move! twitter account, @LetsMove, and on the Let's Move! Facebook page: www.facebook.com/letsmove.  In case you missed it: here’s a video of someone special on an Easter Egg hunt!

The Easter Egg Roll takes place Monday, April 1st, on the South Lawn of the White House, and is focused on promoting health and wellness with the theme, “Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You!”  The event will feature live music, sports courts, cooking stations, storytelling and, of course, Easter egg rolling.

This year’s special guest is Robby Novak, better known as “Kid President.”  Watch Kid President announce the Easter Egg Roll ticket lottery.

The ostume characters from children’s shows and movies that will take part in the Easter Egg Roll include:

AbraKidabra -- Bugs Bunny -- Daffy Duck -- Finn from Adventure Time -- Jake from Adventure Time -- Abby Cadabby -– Scooby Doo -- Arthur -- Buddy from Dinosaur Train -- Cat in the Hat -- Clifford the Big Red Dog -- Curious George -- Daniel Tiger -- Martha from Martha Speaks – Maya – Miguel -- Princess Presto –- Sid the Science Kid -- Super WHY!  -- WordGirl -- Smurf – Smurffette -- Papa Smurf -- Vexy from "The Naughties" Smurfs 2 movie -- Hackus  from "The Naughties" Smurfs 2 movie --

Charlie Brown -- Snoopy  -- The Racing Presidents–George -- The Racing Presidents-Tom -- The Racing Presidents-Abe -- The Racing Presidents-Teddy—The Racing Presidents-Taft -- Smokey Bear -- Woodsy Owl  -- Sponge Bob -- Dora the Explorer -- Geo from Team Umi Zoomi --

Milli from Team UmiZoomi -- Jake from Jake and the Never Land Pirates -- Sofia The First -- Domino the Great -- Captain Barnacles Bear from The Octonauts -- Lt. Kwazii Kitten from The Octonauts -- Papa Bunny -- Mama Bunny -- Junior Bunny --

Babar -- Badou -- Witzy the Duck -- Twig from the Wompkees -- Olive The Osterich --  Miffy the Bunny -- Power Panther -- Mr. Potato Head -- Mrs. Potato Head -- Wow Wow Wubzy -- Captain Planet -- Mike the Knight -- Barney -- Talking Tom -- Talking Ben -- Pac-Man -- Little Olivia -- Clicky  -- Maisy -- Nutbrown Hare -- Fairy Twinkletoes -- Minion Tim from Despicable Me 2 -- Minion Jerry from Despicable Me 2 -- Belt from The Croods -- Doki the Dog –- Washington Kastles -– Power Rangers

This will be the 135th annual White House Easter Egg Roll with more than 30,000 people visiting the South Lawn for games, stories, and, of course, the traditional egg roll.

Souvenir White House Easter eggs first became an annual keepsake in 1981, when President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan hosted a hunt for wooden eggs that bore the signatures of famous people.  The tradition continues this year with four colorful eggs and the official First Dog “Bo” egg.  These collector’s eggs are available to view or purchase at http://easter.nationalparks.org/.

To learn more about the Easter Egg Roll visit www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll. Tune in for live streams from the South Lawn all day on April 1st, 2013 on http://www.whitehouse.gov/live. You can also join the conversation online using the hashtag #EasterEggRoll and get the latest updates by visiting Let’s Move! on Twitter and Facebook.

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President Obama Establishes Five New National Monuments

President Obama signs proclamations establishing five new national monuments that celebrate our nation’s rich history and natural heritage.

Yesterday, President Obama celebrated Passover and touched upon the powerful symbols that it represents, and the inspiration it provides to him and to all people seeking a more just and peaceful future.

President Obama welcome 28 new American citizens to our nation of immigrants and called for reforms to our immigration system that will help harness the talent and ingenuity of all those like them who want to work hard and find a place here in America.

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U.S. justices signal uncertainty on drug settlements

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled uncertainty over how they would rule on whether brand-name drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off the market.

Eight justices, lacking the recused Justice Samuel Alito, asked questions that indicated concerns about such deals, but several seemed unsure how courts should approach the matter.

In the deals in question, brand name manufacturers settle litigation by paying generic manufacturers to stay out of the market for a specified period.

U.S. and state regulators say the practice costs consumers, insurers and government billions of dollars annually.

The Federal Trade Commission, which has called the deals "pay for delay," has fought them in court for more than a decade.

A number of justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's argument that the deals should be viewed as presumptively unlawful.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she had "difficulty understanding" Justice Department lawyer Malcolm Stewart's argument that "the mere existence" of a payment should change the way courts view a settlement.

But several justices asked questions raising concerns that the deals could be anticompetitive.

Justice Elena Kagan said that in some cases, companies could share monopoly profits "to the detriment of consumers."

The problem the court appears to face is how to tell lower courts to determine which agreements were lawful and which were not.

Justice Stephen Breyer suggested that the justices should simply tell lower court judges to "keep in mind" that the deals could be anticompetitive.

"In other words, it's up to the district court," he said.

It is unclear how many of the justices would support that approach. Justice Antonin Scalia was openly critical, saying it would not tackle "the elephant in the room," which is the relative strength of the patent being challenged in the case. Justice Anthony Kennedy voiced similar sentiments.

In the case before the court, Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc, which is now owned by AbbVie , sued generic drugmakers in 2003 to stop cheaper versions of AndroGel, a gel used to treat men with low testosterone.

Solvay paid as much as $30 million annually to Actavis Inc

predecessor Watson Pharmaceuticals, Paddock Laboratories Inc and Par Pharmaceutical Cos to help preserve annual profits estimated at $125 million from AndroGel.

Under the deal, the three would stay off the market until 2015. The patent expires in 2020.

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision by the end of June.

The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc et al, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-416.

(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Additional reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Howard Goller and Lisa Von Ahn)

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Sectors to Avoid

 Highlight transcript below to create clipTranscript:  Print  |  Email Go  Click text to jump within videoMon 25 Mar 13 | 04:22 PM ET Which sectors are leading the rally, and which should you avoid? With Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets, and Ryan Lewenza, TD U.S. equities strategist.

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The bridge is yours.

-The person who stole a Breaking Bad script from Bryan Cranston’s car really does not care about spoilers.

-The wigs of Phil Spector, as portrayed by Al Pacino.

-Upworthy is a year old today!

-Beyonce is a queen even when she’s animated.

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Hi Cons, I know that you don't really read talk pages any more (Or at least in theory), but I still want to list my requests in a forum for you.

Primarily, please unlock your talk page, or your "mail" page. Making /message* pages is kind of silly.

Secondarily, if you aren't going to read a user's comments on a talk page, then it might be best to simply avoid blocking them for 90/10, especially since by not reading the comment, you have no clue on the merit of the comment made.

Thanks for reading this, if you ever do,

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BRIEF-Acceleron gets FDA orphan designations for blood disorder drug

March 26 (Reuters) - Celgene Corp :

* Acceleron receives two FDA orphan designations for ace-536

* Acceleron pharma-ace-536 granted rare disease designation for treatment of

beta-thalassemia, for treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes

* Acceleron-ace-536 is investigational protein therapeutic,being developed by

acceleron as part of global collaboration with Celgene

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Pfizer's rheumatoid arthritis drug OK'd in Japan

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its new rheumatoid arthritis drug, Xeljanz, has been approved for use in Japan.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved the twice-a-day pill for use in patients whose symptoms have not improved after using at least one other disease-modifying drug. Those drugs are meant to slow worsening of the disabling autoimmune disorder, rather than just relieve joint pain and inflammation.

In rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system mistakenly attacks tissue in the body, primarily the joints, limiting mobility and sometimes leaving fingers bent at uncomfortable angles. It can also attack the lungs, heart, eyes, skin, blood and nerves. It's a chronic disease that generally worsens over time, but that progression can be slowed down by early, aggressive treatment.

Xeljanz, known chemically as tofacitinib, is the first approved pill in a new class of medicines called Janus kinase inhibitors, or JAK inhibitors for short.

The drug from New York-based Pfizer works inside cells, inhibiting the Janus kinase enzyme's signaling pathways. Those pathways are involved in the inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis.

Injectable biologic drugs such as Enbrel and Remicade, grown in living cells from genetically engineered proteins, work outside the body's cells to slow progression of the disorder by broadly suppressing the immune system. They are expensive, must be injected or infused, and can cause significant side effects. Those range from persistent fevers and flu-like illness to susceptibility to infections and flare-ups of dormant diseases such as tuberculosis.

Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker by revenue, said that initially, Xeljanz will be made available in Japan to medical institutions participating in a program monitoring the progress of all patients.

Xeljanz, which was approved in the U.S. in November, is viewed as a potential big seller for Pfizer.

"RA is a serious and disabling disease and there is a need for new treatment options, as a significant number of patients do not adequately respond to current therapies," Mark Swindell, head of Pfizer's specialty care business in Japan, said in a statement.

Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 750,000 people in Japan and 23.7 million people worldwide. Up to one-third of patients don't respond adequately to current therapies, and about half stop using a particular disease-modifying treatment within five years, according to Pfizer.

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UPDATE 2-FDA rejects United Therapeutics' oral hypertension drug again

* Rejects resubmission filed in February

* Co likely to conduct fresh late-stage trial - analyst

* Shares down 2 pct

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By Vrinda Manocha

March 25 (Reuters) - Biotechnology company United Therapeutics Corp said the oral version of its drug to treat hypertension was rejected for the second time by U.S. health regulators, sending its shares down as much as 7 percent in morning trade on the Nasdaq.

The drugmaker had resubmitted its marketing approval application last month, and an analyst said the fresh rejection was likely to necessitate new trials and a delay of about four years before the company tried again.

The drug, treprostinil diolamine, was first rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October after it had failed to show statistically significant results in patients taking a six-minute walk test during clinical studies.

The company would now probably conduct another late-stage trial for the drug as it had originally planned, Wedbush analyst Liana Moussatos told Reuters. After the first rejection, the company had said that it could take four years to conduct a new trial and make a new application, she said.

However, "they did some additional analysis and brought in some historical data and thought they would give it another shot," she added.

United Therapeutics already has a treprostinil injection named Remodulin and an orally inhaled version Tyvaso on the market to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease characterized by abnormally high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs.

The FDA's latest rejection letter did not contain any new issues, the company's vice president for business development, Martin Auster, told Reuters.

"Our infused and inhaled versions have only penetrated a fraction of the market," Auster said. "We believe an orally delivered offering would be preferred by patients and physicians."

Wedbush's Moussatos said United Therapeutics did not need oral treprostinil to maintain its growth. She had earlier projected $399 million in peak annual sales for the drug, but had not included the oral variant in her model.

Remodulin, the company's lead product, accounted for $458 million in revenue last year, about half of United Therapeutics's net revenue. The company also sells Adcirca, an oral tablet to treat PAH.

United Therapeutics' PAH drugs compete with Gilead Sciences Inc's Letairis, Pfizer's Revatio and Swiss biotechnology company Actelion Ltd's Tracleer and Veletri.

United Therapeutics shares, which have risen about 14 percent since the drug was first rejected last year, were down about 2 percent at $59.73 on the Nasdaq.

(Reporting By Vrinda Manocha in Bangalore; Editing by Sreejiraj Eluvangal)

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Talk:Essay: 10 reasons why American atheism will see a significant decline

(Difference between revisions)The newly updated 2012 "Status of Global Mission" report states that atheism is now losing 800 adherents per day rather than the 300 reported in the 2011 IBMR. Also, agnosticism is losing 1,100 adherents per day (I know the article is about atheism, but the agnostic statistic shows decline in secularism as well, good statistic for other articles.)  Here's the link http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/CSGC-Resources.cfm -Clint::Clint, I do believe there are a number of factors that will cause [[global atheism]] to lose adherents at an accelerating rate. For example, creation evangelism is likely to increase.[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/evoolutionists-will-soon-by-behind-8.html]  However, could you give me the precise link rather than the general link to the various resources as far as the statistics you gave?  This link is a more general link: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/CSGC-Resources.cfm A more precise URL would be appreciated and I will update content at Conservapedia if it is warranted. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:16, 15 May 2012 (EDT)::::Here is a more precise link http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf. Also notice that the number of Christians increases 83,000 per day, a 3,000 per day increase since the last "Status of Global Mission" report. -Clint:::Clint, that is very good news. I think it can be doubled to 1,600 less atheist a day though greater evangelism in Asia, increased [[internet evangelism]], greater creation evangelism, Christian apologetics having a more prominent profile on the internet and Western Christians doing more evangelism in their communities. I think Western Christianity has been too passive when it comes to evangelism in the West and in confronting atheism. Atheism is one of the easiest worldviews to dispel and that is why prominent atheists and evolutionists are chicken to debate. See: [[Atheism and cowardice]]. Global atheism is extremely vulnerable right now and its vulnerability will likely increase with time. Have you seen the Eric Kaufmann material I posted yet? See: [[Decline of atheism]]? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:54, 15 May 2012 (EDT)::::I actually own the book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? It was very interesting to see the different birthrates of atheist parents vs. Christian parents. -Clint:::Clint, who produced this document as it gives no authors or organizational name: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:18, 15 May 2012 (EDT)Clint, forget my last request. The rate at which global atheism is declining is increasing rapidly according to respected seminary Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) which publishes these statistics in January of every calendar year.The International Bulletin of Missionary Research (IBMR) obtains their data from GCTS reports.In February of 2011, the American Spectator reported that according to IBMR every day there were 300 less atheists a day as can be seen here: http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/28/thriving-christianity  I discovered that this came from the GCTS January 2011 report.In 2012, you showed me that a report from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary showed that each day there are 800 less atheists a day as can be seen here: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 16:51, 15 May 2012 (EDT)::::Ok, no problem. I'm just trying to get the good word out about the Good News! -ClintClint, I added your material to relevant Conservapedia articles. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 21:24, 19 May 2012 (EDT)== One thing you need to clarify ==You keep referring to the "leadership" of the atheist movement. What you haven't clarified is how many atheists consider themselves a part of this movement, and are followers of men like Dawkins and Myers, and how many atheists are ''not'' involved with any organized group, and are unaffected by anything it does. I have a feeling there are many more who fall outside of any organization, and who don't give much thought to God or religion or even their own lack of belief, or outright disbelief. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:14, 28 October 2011 (EDT):::I have never claimed the atheist movement has strong leadership.  In fact, it could be argued that I have argued the opposite (for example, [[Atheism and cowardice]]). Plus, I wrote this article: [[Atheist factions]]. Nevertheless, your "herding cats" comment is a valid point. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 10:43, 28 October 2011 (EDT)::::::SharonW, thanks. I added this sentence: "In addition, there is a lot of disharmony in the atheist movement (see: [[Atheist factions]] and [[Essay: Atheism: A house divided and in global decline|Atheism: A house divided and in global decline]])". [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 10:47, 28 October 2011 (EDT)::::My point was actually not that there was disharmony, but that many people are apolitical, and don't pay attention to anything outside of their own lives. They're just not involved with any movements, or organizations, and many people who might consider themselves agnostic or atheist aren't even aware of these so-called leaders or organizations for atheists. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 14:30, 28 October 2011 (EDT):::::Wired magazine made the observation that atheists [[Atheism and women|tend to be quarrelsome, socially challenged males]] which would lend some support to what you have to say - as in "herding cats". [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:18, 28 October 2011 (EDT):::::::Thanks Sharon, I added this material: "[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] magazine made the observation that atheists tend to be [[Atheism and women|quarrelsome, socially challenged men.]] " [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:26, 28 October 2011 (EDT)::::::::Talk about completely missing the point. What she was saying is that most atheists aren't part of any "atheist movement." They just don't believe in gods.--[[User:RayFlagherty|RayFlagherty]] 08:16, 23 February 2012 (EST)I don't think the atheists are ready for battle; it's like they got their middle ages armor on while they do an uphill climb on a grease-covered mountain as they read the wrong manuals on how to fight!  [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 01:26, 7 November 2011 (EST):::Yes, the allies of atheism/evolutionism are getting weaker (liberal press, etc.) plus the atheists/evolutionists are totally unprepared for the onslaught of a grassroots campaign like the [[Question evolution! campaign]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:44, 7 November 2011 (EST)Atheists seem intent that there is no God- all while believing that we come from pond slime. They claim that God is some fairy tale that people made up while believing something easily as seemingly impossible. They should really actually listen to and debate creationists, instead of laughing them off as crazy lunatics.--[[User:JamesWilson|James Wilson]] 16:16, 12 November 2011 (EST)User:Conservative, could you please clean up the references? They look really messy! [[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 08:04, 23 February 2012 (EST)::AugustO, thanks. Footnote #5 looked "messy" plus I got rid of two bare links as footnotes. Other than that I think the footnotes are fine in terms of formatting and I will keep them the same. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:45, 26 February 2012 (EST):Just the references? If you ask me the whole article's a mess. --[[User:RayFlagherty|RayFlagherty]] 08:13, 23 February 2012 (EST):::Ray, can you offer us better demographic analysis than Eric Kaufmann on the expected "great shrinking" of [[global atheism]] and how he expects it will affect Western atheism? Does Eric Kaufmann say that atheism will shrink at an increasing rate in the future? Is global atheism shrinking now? Is the [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] esteemed by the American public now? What did Sam Harris say how the American public views atheists? Among various worldviews did a reputable survey say that atheists were the least trusted group in America?  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:35, 26 February 2012 (EST)@User:Conservative: '' Other than that I think the footnotes are fine in terms of formatting and I will keep them the same. '' They aren't and you shouldn't:*Footnotes 3 & 4 are identical*Footnotes 5 & 10 are identical*Footnotes 11 & 12 are identicalIf don't know how to handle multiple occurrences of a single source, I'm happy to give a link to a basic tutorial. [[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 01:47, 28 February 2012 (EST):::I am really not into using the wiki footnoting format where one footnote is used for multiple citations. It makes it hard for future editing sometimes. Ibid makes sense for footnotes in offline papers though. Sorry, just a preference of mine. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 03:02, 28 April 2012 (EDT)== Gallup survey shows American atheism is on the rise! ==This [http://www.wingia.com/web/files/richeditor/filemanager/Global_INDEX_of_Religiosity_and_Atheism_PR__6.pdf Win/Gallup International Association survey] (not Gallup Inc. based in the United States. In fact, Gallup Inc. and Gallup International Association are involved in a legal dispute over the use of the Gallup name) invalidates all 10 reasons, because it shows that American atheism is on the rise. [[User:Richman|Richman]] 18:27, 22 September 2012 (EDT)::Let me know when you are ready to cite survey data from competent researchers: [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/08/another-major-flaw-found-in-survey.html Another major flaw found in a survey which claimed global atheism is rising] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:46, 22 September 2012 (EDT):::Conservative, would you be so kind as to clarify what error your source is indicating? Maybe I'm just not reading it right, but the problem with the survey that your link seems to indicate is not really phrased in a way that makes sense to me. I don't want to make a judgment here without fully understanding the criticism, so I'm just hoping to get some clarification! Thanks.--[[User:DTSavage|DTSavage]] 19:19, 22 September 2012 (EDT)My guess is that you did not read all three articles via that web resource. It will become apparent how shoddy various claims of theirs are based on the data they gathered. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:54, 22 September 2012 (EDT)::::So if I'm reading the articles correctly, the main criticism is that of a small sample size used for extrapolation, both in number of persons and number of countries surveyed. Is that correct?--[[User:DTSavage|DTSavage]] 23:09, 22 September 2012 (EDT)::::Addendum: In looking through the history of this talk page in attempting to determine what your five consecutive edits were, I note that you have edited the comment of another user, namely [[User:Richman|Richman]]. Without any other understanding of the reasoning before this behavior, I would like to note that I find this morally questionable behavior, at the very least.--[[User:DTSavage|DTSavage]] 23:20, 22 September 2012 (EDT):::::Please write an abstract for each of the three articles. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 00:20, 23 September 2012 (EDT)if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); }

The newly updated 2012 "Status of Global Mission" report states that atheism is now losing 800 adherents per day rather than the 300 reported in the 2011 IBMR. Also, agnosticism is losing 1,100 adherents per day (I know the article is about atheism, but the agnostic statistic shows decline in secularism as well, good statistic for other articles.) Here's the link http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/CSGC-Resources.cfm -Clint

Clint, I do believe there are a number of factors that will cause global atheism to lose adherents at an accelerating rate. For example, creation evangelism is likely to increase.[1] However, could you give me the precise link rather than the general link to the various resources as far as the statistics you gave? This link is a more general link: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/CSGC-Resources.cfm A more precise URL would be appreciated and I will update content at Conservapedia if it is warranted. Conservative 15:16, 15 May 2012 (EDT) Here is a more precise link http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf. Also notice that the number of Christians increases 83,000 per day, a 3,000 per day increase since the last "Status of Global Mission" report. -Clint Clint, that is very good news. I think it can be doubled to 1,600 less atheist a day though greater evangelism in Asia, increased internet evangelism, greater creation evangelism, Christian apologetics having a more prominent profile on the internet and Western Christians doing more evangelism in their communities. I think Western Christianity has been too passive when it comes to evangelism in the West and in confronting atheism. Atheism is one of the easiest worldviews to dispel and that is why prominent atheists and evolutionists are chicken to debate. See: Atheism and cowardice. Global atheism is extremely vulnerable right now and its vulnerability will likely increase with time. Have you seen the Eric Kaufmann material I posted yet? See: Decline of atheism? Conservative 15:54, 15 May 2012 (EDT) I actually own the book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? It was very interesting to see the different birthrates of atheist parents vs. Christian parents. -Clint Clint, who produced this document as it gives no authors or organizational name: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf Conservative 16:18, 15 May 2012 (EDT)

Clint, forget my last request.

Here is why:

The rate at which global atheism is declining is increasing rapidly according to respected seminary Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) which publishes these statistics in January of every calendar year.

The International Bulletin of Missionary Research (IBMR) obtains their data from GCTS reports.

In February of 2011, the American Spectator reported that according to IBMR every day there were 300 less atheists a day as can be seen here: http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/28/thriving-christianity I discovered that this came from the GCTS January 2011 report.

In 2012, you showed me that a report from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary showed that each day there are 800 less atheists a day as can be seen here: http://www.gordonconwell.edu/resources/documents/StatusOfGlobalMission.pdf Conservative 16:51, 15 May 2012 (EDT)

Ok, no problem. I'm just trying to get the good word out about the Good News! -Clint

Clint, I added your material to relevant Conservapedia articles. Conservative 21:24, 19 May 2012 (EDT)

You keep referring to the "leadership" of the atheist movement. What you haven't clarified is how many atheists consider themselves a part of this movement, and are followers of men like Dawkins and Myers, and how many atheists are not involved with any organized group, and are unaffected by anything it does. I have a feeling there are many more who fall outside of any organization, and who don't give much thought to God or religion or even their own lack of belief, or outright disbelief. --SharonW 10:14, 28 October 2011 (EDT)

I have never claimed the atheist movement has strong leadership. In fact, it could be argued that I have argued the opposite (for example, Atheism and cowardice). Plus, I wrote this article: Atheist factions. Nevertheless, your "herding cats" comment is a valid point. Conservative 10:43, 28 October 2011 (EDT) SharonW, thanks. I added this sentence: "In addition, there is a lot of disharmony in the atheist movement (see: Atheist factions and Atheism: A house divided and in global decline)". Conservative 10:47, 28 October 2011 (EDT) My point was actually not that there was disharmony, but that many people are apolitical, and don't pay attention to anything outside of their own lives. They're just not involved with any movements, or organizations, and many people who might consider themselves agnostic or atheist aren't even aware of these so-called leaders or organizations for atheists. --SharonW 14:30, 28 October 2011 (EDT) Wired magazine made the observation that atheists tend to be quarrelsome, socially challenged males which would lend some support to what you have to say - as in "herding cats". Conservative 15:18, 28 October 2011 (EDT) Thanks Sharon, I added this material: "Wired magazine made the observation that atheists tend to be quarrelsome, socially challenged men. " Conservative 15:26, 28 October 2011 (EDT) Talk about completely missing the point. What she was saying is that most atheists aren't part of any "atheist movement." They just don't believe in gods.--RayFlagherty 08:16, 23 February 2012 (EST)

I don't think the atheists are ready for battle; it's like they got their middle ages armor on while they do an uphill climb on a grease-covered mountain as they read the wrong manuals on how to fight! Karajou 01:26, 7 November 2011 (EST)

Yes, the allies of atheism/evolutionism are getting weaker (liberal press, etc.) plus the atheists/evolutionists are totally unprepared for the onslaught of a grassroots campaign like the Question evolution! campaign. Conservative 02:44, 7 November 2011 (EST)

Atheists seem intent that there is no God- all while believing that we come from pond slime. They claim that God is some fairy tale that people made up while believing something easily as seemingly impossible. They should really actually listen to and debate creationists, instead of laughing them off as crazy lunatics.--James Wilson 16:16, 12 November 2011 (EST)

User:Conservative, could you please clean up the references? They look really messy! AugustO 08:04, 23 February 2012 (EST)

AugustO, thanks. Footnote #5 looked "messy" plus I got rid of two bare links as footnotes. Other than that I think the footnotes are fine in terms of formatting and I will keep them the same. Conservative 18:45, 26 February 2012 (EST) Just the references? If you ask me the whole article's a mess. --RayFlagherty 08:13, 23 February 2012 (EST) Ray, can you offer us better demographic analysis than Eric Kaufmann on the expected "great shrinking" of global atheism and how he expects it will affect Western atheism? Does Eric Kaufmann say that atheism will shrink at an increasing rate in the future? Is global atheism shrinking now? Is the atheist population esteemed by the American public now? What did Sam Harris say how the American public views atheists? Among various worldviews did a reputable survey say that atheists were the least trusted group in America? Conservative 18:35, 26 February 2012 (EST)

@User:Conservative: Other than that I think the footnotes are fine in terms of formatting and I will keep them the same. They aren't and you shouldn't:

Footnotes 3 & 4 are identical Footnotes 5 & 10 are identical Footnotes 11 & 12 are identical ditto footnotes 23 & 24

If don't know how to handle multiple occurrences of a single source, I'm happy to give a link to a basic tutorial. AugustO 01:47, 28 February 2012 (EST)

I am really not into using the wiki footnoting format where one footnote is used for multiple citations. It makes it hard for future editing sometimes. Ibid makes sense for footnotes in offline papers though. Sorry, just a preference of mine. Conservative 03:02, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

This Win/Gallup International Association survey (not Gallup Inc. based in the United States. In fact, Gallup Inc. and Gallup International Association are involved in a legal dispute over the use of the Gallup name) invalidates all 10 reasons, because it shows that American atheism is on the rise. Richman 18:27, 22 September 2012 (EDT)

Let me know when you are ready to cite survey data from competent researchers: Another major flaw found in a survey which claimed global atheism is rising Conservative 18:46, 22 September 2012 (EDT) Conservative, would you be so kind as to clarify what error your source is indicating? Maybe I'm just not reading it right, but the problem with the survey that your link seems to indicate is not really phrased in a way that makes sense to me. I don't want to make a judgment here without fully understanding the criticism, so I'm just hoping to get some clarification! Thanks.--DTSavage 19:19, 22 September 2012 (EDT)

My guess is that you did not read all three articles via that web resource. It will become apparent how shoddy various claims of theirs are based on the data they gathered. Conservative 22:54, 22 September 2012 (EDT)

So if I'm reading the articles correctly, the main criticism is that of a small sample size used for extrapolation, both in number of persons and number of countries surveyed. Is that correct?--DTSavage 23:09, 22 September 2012 (EDT) Addendum: In looking through the history of this talk page in attempting to determine what your five consecutive edits were, I note that you have edited the comment of another user, namely Richman. Without any other understanding of the reasoning before this behavior, I would like to note that I find this morally questionable behavior, at the very least.--DTSavage 23:20, 22 September 2012 (EDT) Please write an abstract for each of the three articles. Conservative 00:20, 23 September 2012 (EDT)

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Presidential Proclamation -- Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
CHARLES YOUNG BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MONUMENT
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Colonel Charles Young was the highest ranking African-American commanding officer in the United States Army from 1894 until his death in 1922. He also served as the first African-American superintendent of a national park, overseeing Sequoia and General Grant (now Kings Canyon) National Parks while commanding a troop of Buffalo Soldiers in the years before the creation of the National Park Service.

Young served nearly his entire military career with the all-black 9th and 10th Calvary regiments, often called "Buffalo Soldiers." Commissioned in 1889 as a second lieutenant, Young attained the rank of colonel in 1917. During his career he served on the western frontier, saw combat in the Philippines, and rode with General John "Black Jack" Pershing in Mexico in 1916. He was the first African American to serve as a United States military attaché, first to Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and later to Liberia. Young's diverse military career included a posting to Wilberforce University to serve as a professor of tactics and military science.

Born to enslaved parents in Kentucky in 1864, Young's parents, Gabriel and Arminta Young, moved to Ripley, Ohio, in 1866 with their two-year-old son Charles to improve their prospects after the Civil War. This Ohio River town was a center of abolitionism renowned as a welcoming place on the Underground Railroad during the antebellum years. Young thrived there and, in 1881 at age 17, he graduated with academic honors as a member of his integrated high school class. His mother encouraged his life-long intellectual and musical pursuits. Young grew up proud of his father's military service as a Union soldier during the Civil War, and he heeded his father's advice by entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1889, Young was the third African American to graduate from West Point and the last African American to complete West Point until 1936.

Young established his career between 1889 and 1907, serving in the 9th Cavalry at western posts as a second lieutenant in Nebraska and Utah before accepting the military posting at Wilberforce University, where he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. During the Spanish-American War he was commissioned in the volunteers as a major, and accepted command of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Battalion. Although the unit did not deploy or see action, it gained a reputation for
discipline and efficiency. Following the war, he returned to his regiment, and was promoted to captain in 1901. He saw combat with the regiment in the Philippine Islands and returned with the 9th Cavalry to California, where his troop was selected as honor guard for the visiting President Theodore Roosevelt -- the first time African-American soldiers had served in that capacity. While assigned to the Presidio, Young and his regiment of Buffalo Soldiers were dispatched to Sequoia and General Grant National Parks where Young served as the acting superintendent, and earned the respect of not only the African-American troops he commanded, but also of the white construction crews he directed. His achievements drew the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. Captain Young was appointed military attaché to Hispaniola in 1904 -- the first such appointment for an African American -- before rejoining the 9th Cavalry in the Philippines, Wyoming, and Texas from 1908 to 1911.

In 1894, when Young accepted a posting at Wilberforce University, he returned to Ohio and with his widowed mother purchased a large house and adjoining farmland, which he named "Youngsholm." While a professor at Wilberforce University, Young established life-long friendships with poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and philosopher W.E.B. Dubois. Youngsholm served as a gathering place for elite African-American thinkers, performers, and leaders. Young opened his doors to aspiring young people, and welcomed a revolving extended family there even during his many military postings. Although Young's career took him to far-flung places, it was Wilberforce, Ohio -- where he established his home, raised a family, mentored a successive generation of leaders, and found intellectual refuge -- that remained his base of operation.

From 1912 to 1916, Young served as the military attaché to Liberia, helping to train the Liberian Frontier Force, and then served as a squadron commander during the Punitive Expedition in Mexico against Pancho Villa. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Agua Caliente, leading his men to the aid of a cavalry unit that had been ambushed. During the same period, Young won additional promotions, to major in 1912, and lieutenant colonel in 1916. The 1916 examination board for his promotion to lieutenant colonel acknowledged Young's prior illness (malaria contracted while in Liberia), but concluded he was fit for duty.

On the eve of World War I, Young was the highest ranking African-American officer in the U.S. Army. As the United States readied its forces for Europe, Young and his supporters expected that he would continue to rise in rank and contribute to the wartime effort. Subsequent examination boards recommended Young for a promotion, but also noted medical concerns about his fitness to serve. In June 1917, Young was selected for promotion to the rank of colonel; however, his physical exam revealed he suffered from nephritis (a condition first diagnosed in 1901), high blood pressure, and an enlarged heart. Around the same time, several Southern Senators were pressuring President Woodrow Wilson and his Secretary of War to take steps to reassign or otherwise prevent white officers from serving under Young's command. Indeed, as the United States entered World War I, the War Department generally kept African Americans from assuming leadership of African-American regiments being sent to France and largely restricted African-American troops to non-combat roles.

In July 1917, Young was medically retired as a result of his illnesses, and promoted to Colonel in recognition of his distinguished Army service. Young was disappointed, and he and his supporters asked for reconsideration. To demonstrate his fitness to serve, Young -- who was then 54 -- made an historic 500-mile horseback ride from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. Afterwards, the Secretary of War gave Young an informal hearing, but did not reverse the decision. The War Department's action in this matter was controversial, especially within the African-American community, during this time of significant racial tension. Young continued to protest his retirement and work for the civil rights of all African-American soldiers.

Yet, Young's career was not over. Though medically retired, he was retained on a list of active duty officers. During World War I, the War Department sent him back to Ohio to help muster and train African-American troops being recruited for the war. Days before the November 1918 armistice, Young was assigned for a few months to Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois, to train African-American servicemen for non-combat duties. Shortly thereafter, at the request of the State Department, Colonel Young was sent once more to serve again as military attaché to Liberia, arriving in Monrovia in February 1920. While in neighboring Nigeria, he passed away at the British hospital in Lagos on January 8, 1922. In 1923, Colonel Charles Young became only the fourth soldier to be honored with a funeral service at the Arlington Amphitheatre before burial in Arlington Cemetery.

Colonel Charles Young's story and leadership are also emblematic of the experience of the Buffalo Soldiers during difficult and racially tense times. The story of the Buffalo Soldiers' bravery and service is not fully told at any existing national park sites. In 1866, the Congress established six all-black regiments, later consolidated to four, to help rebuild the country after the Civil War and to patrol the remote western frontier during the "Indian Wars." Although the pay was low for the time -- only $13 a month -- many African Americans enlisted because they could earn more and be treated with more dignity than they typically could in civilian life. According to legend, American Indians called the black cavalry troops "buffalo soldiers" because of their dark, curly hair, which resembled a buffalo's coat. Aware of the buffalo's fierce bravery and fighting spirit, the African-American troops accepted the name with pride and honor.

The Buffalo Soldiers fought alongside white regiments in many conflicts and were instrumental in the exploration and settlement of western lands. They were also an important part of the early history of America's national parks. Before the Congress created the National Park Service in 1916, the U.S. Army played a critical role in administering several parks. The Army sent the Buffalo Soldiers stationed at the Presidio to manage Yosemite, General Grant, and Sequoia National Parks in California. The Buffalo Soldiers blazed early park trails, built roads, produced maps, drove out trespassing livestock, extinguished fires, monitored tourists, and kept poachers and loggers at bay.

WHEREAS section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431) (the "Antiquities Act"), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected;

WHEREAS the National Park Foundation and the Trust for Public Lands, with the assistance and cooperation of the Friendship Foundation, Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and Central State University, have relinquished the existing remainder of the Youngsholm property, consisting of Colonel Young's home and surrounding farmland, to the United States for the purpose of establishing this monument;

WHEREAS it is in the public interest to preserve and protect the objects of historic and scientific interest associated with Charles Young and the Buffalo Soldiers at Youngsholm in Wilberforce, Ohio;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Antiquities Act, hereby proclaim, set apart, and reserve as the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument (monument) the objects identified above and all lands and interests in lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States within the boundaries described on the accompanying map, which is attached to and forms a part of this proclamation, for the purpose of protecting those objects. These reserved Federal lands and interests in lands encompass 59.65 acres, which is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

All Federal lands and interests in lands within the boundaries of the monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all forms of entry, location, selection, sale, leasing, or other disposition under the public land laws, including withdrawal from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.

The establishment of the monument is subject to valid existing rights. Lands and interests in lands within the monument boundaries not owned or controlled by the United States shall be reserved as part of the monument upon acquisition of ownership or control by the United States.

The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) shall manage the monument through the National Park Service, pursuant to applicable legal authorities, consistent with the purposes of this proclamation.

The Secretary shall prepare a management plan for the monument, with full public involvement, within 3 years of the date of this proclamation. The management plan shall ensure that the monument fulfills the following purposes for the benefit of present and future generations: (1) to preserve and protect the objects of historic and scientific interest identified above, (2) to commemorate the life and accomplishments of Colonel Charles Young, and (3) to interpret the struggles and achievements of the Buffalo Soldiers in their service to the United States. The management plan shall identify steps to be taken to provide interpretive opportunities concerning Colonel Young and the Buffalo Soldiers both at the monument and at other sites where appropriate. The management plan shall also set forth the desired relationship of the monument to other related resources, programs, and organizations associated with the life of Colonel Charles Young, such as the U.S. Army, the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and Wilberforce University, as well as to other sites significant to the Buffalo Soldiers.

The National Park Service shall use existing authorities as appropriate to enter into agreements with Central State University, Wilberforce University, Omega Psi Phi, the Ohio Historical Society, and other organizations and individuals to provide further opportunities for interpretation and education consistent with monument purposes. The National Park Service shall coordinate with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which manages the Presidio in San Francisco, and Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks to commemorate the historical ties between Colonel Charles Young and his military assignments at those sites, and the role of the Buffalo Soldiers as pioneering stewards of our national parks. The National Park Service shall use available authorities, as appropriate, to enter into agreements with other organizations to provide for interpretation and education at additional sites with an historic association or affiliation with the Buffalo Soldiers.

Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation; however, the monument shall be the dominant reservation.

Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of the monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA

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