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EU bids to end constitutional stalemate in 2007 (A Revived Roman Empire?)
European Union nations agreed Sunday to give themselves another year to either end a stalemate over the ratification of their constitution or find some other way to enshrine their goals of expanding and exerting greater world influence.

U.S. heading for online data retention law?
Gonzales meets with AOL, Google, Microsoft and others…

Clone to take on natural rivals (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)
The world’s first equine clone will challenge naturally bred runners next month in Nevada.

Idaho Gem is a mule created three years ago by cloning DNA taken from a foetus produced by the parents of a champion racer.

It will race against another mule clone and a full field of non-clones.

The Antichrist - By A.W. Pink
He wrote two books on premillenialism, namely, “The Antichrist”, and “The Redeemer’s Return” (also online). It must be noted that A.W.

US fumes as Iraq backs Israel boycott (Israel - God’s Timepiece)
Sources: ‘Iran believes Israel to strike within year’

Iran estimates Israel will strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities within a year, and has been planning retaliatory attacks against Israeli, American and British interests, according to senior Lebanese political sources.

The sources, speaking to WorldNetDaily on condition of anonymity, said Iran believes Israel has been practicing raids in Iraq. They said Tehran has held a series of meetings with leaders of the Hezbollah terror group – based along Lebanon’s border with Israel – about attacking the Jewish state in the event of any Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear sites.

This nonsense of not talking to Hamas - Ha’aretz

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all workers (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)
Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg thrust himself into the national immigration debate this week, advocating a plan that would establish a DNA or fingerprint database to track and verify all legal U.S. workers.

Bloomberg compared his proposed federal identification database to the Social Security card, insisting that such a system would not violate citizens’ privacy and was not a civil liberties issue.

For those responsible for driver licensing, Real ID continues to be real frustrating
Act is broad enough that states aren’t really sure what will be required of them to make their driver licenses and ID cards Real ID Act-compliant

Decline in Americans who believe the Bible to be literally true (Apostate Christianity)
Although some recent surveys found that Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has altered some people’s views of Christianity, a new Gallup poll reveals a long-standing decline in Americans who believe the Bible to be literally true.

According to the survey, about 3 out of 10 Americans continue to profess belief in a literal Bible today, which accounts a 10 percent drop over the past three decades. More than 1,000 adults were asked to describe their view about the Bible with 28 percent responding that the Bible is the “actual Word of God and is to be taken literally.”

Liberal Clergy’s Opposition to Marriage Amendment No Surprise, Say Conservatives (Apostate Christianity)
Clergy opposed to a constitutional ban on same-sex “marriage” say religious conservatives who support the proposed federal marriage amendment are bigots. But those conservatives don’t appear to be overly concerned about the left-leaning clergy’s lobbying efforts to derail the proposed constitutional amendment.