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Lil Wayne steps on American flag [VIDEO]

Zionica — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:55:42 +0000

Lil Wayne stepped all over the American flag during the filming of his “God Bless Amerika” music video. Someone uploaded cell phone footage to YouTube Sunday of Lil Wayne rapping in front of a large American flag. In the middle of the song, the flag is lowered to the ground. It is difficult to determine…

Beware of ‘comfort care’

Zionica — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:45:12 +0000

Infanticide is the new abortion. I’m not saying infanticide will be the new abortion, but that it is. Wherever abortionists kill late-term babies—across the fruited plain—inconvenient live births occur. And inconvenient live births are taken care of. If your patient is shelling out a thousand bucks to end the life of her baby, you are…

Women to battle pornography with prayer

Zionica — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:44 +0000

HOUSTON (BP) — In nearly 20 years of being a pastor's wife, Angie Dennis said she doesn't remember a single instance of a young woman coming to her and saying, "Miss Angie, my husband is struggling with pornography." Perhaps they have been ashamed, scared, embarrassed or too paralyzed to take action. Or maybe they simply…

Want to Change the World? Sponsor a Child

Zionica — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:15:19 +0000

What can an ordinary person like me do to help the poor?" When people find out at parties and social gatherings that I am a development economist (and yes, we economists do attend such events), often they ask me this question. For a long time my response was the same: "Perhaps sponsor a child?" I…

Wounded Syrian transfered to Israel with note on his body

Zionica — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:00:07 +0000

Doctors at Ziv Hospital in the northern Israel town of Safed (Tsfat) this week received a badly wounded Syrian man and were surprised to find a hand-written note stuck to his body. Israel continues to take in Syrians wounded in their country's ongoing civil war. Currently, there are some 20 Syrians receiving treatment at Ziv…

19 Kids and a Mission to Make Christ Known

Zionica — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:00:22 +0000

Sarah Currens and her daughters waited in line for three hours to meet the Duggar family at the Billy Graham Library Saturday afternoon. The subjects of the TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting, the Duggars have become a household name in the U.S. and around the world. “We watch their show a lot, so we…

Belgium Parliament Will Vote to Allow Doctors to Euthanize Children

Zionica — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:45:10 +0000

Child euthanasia: It’s all over but the final voting in Belgium as the Parliament agrees across party lines that doctors should be able to euthanize children. From the Presseurop story: In the wake of several months of testimony from doctors and experts in medical ethics, a Belgian Senate committee will on June 12 examine the possible extension of the…

Marco Rubio: A Good Man No Longer Fit for Congress

Zionica — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:30:41 +0000

It is tempting to list Senator Marco Rubio's charismatic speeches as one of the reasons I like him, but such an attribute is of little importance, I think. What I can say is this: Senator Rubio, you seem like a nice man and a good, true Christian, but—I must censor myself—forget you. Making unpopular decisions…

America Needs Andy Griffith Running DOJ & NAS

Zionica — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:02 +0000

September 11, 2001 launched a massive push by the United States government to invade the privacy of the American citizen. Less than two months after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Congress enacted the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and President George W. Bush readily signed it. USA PATRIOT Act stands…