Friday

THE DAILY WAR!
 
Non-pagan/papal date: 10-26
 
THE HOLY ROMAN
 
Some had expected a treatise on the dangers of moral relativism. Others thought the new pontiff's first encyclical would focus on the pitfalls of the modern world. But love?
 
The conviction that "God is love" makes possible the hope that one day Christians will surmount their divisions, B16 said when closing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
 
Here is a translation of B16's address at the Wednesday general audience, which he dedicated to comment on Psalm 143(4):9-15
 
The "new evangelization" of Europe requires that the followers of Jesus overcome their divisions. "In a Europe on the way to political union, can we admit that it is precisely the Church of Christ that is a factor of disunion and discord? Is this not one of the greatest scandals of our time?"
 
EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
 
A former defence minister has provoked outrage and broken a major taboo by suggesting that Germany should have its own nuclear arsenal.
 
Once the strongest of backers of the EU, Germans have apparently come to fear what the 25-member bloc represents. Many see EU enlargement as a particular threat to their beloved social welfare system.
 
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
 
The preliminary results of Wednesday's polls were likened by Palestinians to an earthquake or a tsunami - bringing to a screeching halt efforts to restart peace talks.
 
Were Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Iran would respond so strongly that it would put the Jewish state into "an eternal coma" like Ariel Sharon's, the Iranian defense minister said.  
 
Russia's offer to enrich uranium on Iran's behalf is "not sufficient" to resolve the stand-off over Tehran's nuclear programme, Iran says.
 
The contradictions in Western official and unofficial discourse about Iran and its nuclear ambitions are so blatant that one might suspect disinformation.
 
Last night on the "Gunny Bob Show," MND columnist "Gunny Bob" Newman revealed the terrorist government of Iran's top secret war plan, should push come to shove with the US, certain European countries and Israel.
 
Attacking Iran would probably be an Economic Doomsday Scenario. No reasonable person would do it. The Bush administration may push onward to the Economic Doomsday hoping it will trigger that Armageddon and Second Coming Bush seems so anxious to see during his 3 remaining years in absolute power.
 
ECONOMY
 
The dollar took a sharp fall several days ago. The currency actually traveled back in time sinking to a low early summer last year. In the meantime, the euro was heading up.
 
MISC
 
Kofi Annan denounced those who deny the Holocaust, as the world body marked the 61st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
 
Irresponsible use of food crops as a source of fuel will result in some people dying of hunger, so that others can live in comfort.
 
Northeastern University and University of California scientists say they might soon have evidence of extra dimensions and other exotic predictions.
 
 
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