State of Wyoming adopts 'cowboy' code of behavior (with video)

Western ethics picked as standard for life   Wyoming has become the first state with its own official code of behavior – a set of guidelines adopted from Jim Owen's "Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street can Learn from the Code of the West." The guidelines are: Live each day with courage. Take pride in your work. Always finish what you start. Do what has to be done.. » read more

Child Rape in Afghanistan?

The stated goal of the US-led war in Afghanistan, according to the Obama administration, is to defeat the Taliban and establish a stable democratic government over the entire country. Critical to that goal is establishing a professional Afghan Army and police force that is not corrupt and that has the respect of the Afghan people. But reports out of Canada suggest that, far from creating such a military and police force, the so-called International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) is turning a blind eye to the thuggish criminality of those organizations, both to avoid growing opposition in ISAF member countries and to avoid offending those organizations in Afghanistan. The issue in question is routine rape of children by Afghan soldiers and police operating on Canadian-run bases in the Kandahar region. As reported last fall in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Canadian military chaplains and some soldiers have been complaining as far back as 2006 that Afghan security forces have been sexually assaulting young boys on their base.. » read more

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican's chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as "cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon". He added: "When one speaks of 'the smoke of Satan' [a phrase coined by Pope Paul VI in 1972] in the holy rooms, it is all true – including these latest stories of violence and paedophilia." He claimed that another example of satanic behaviour was the Vatican "cover-up" over the deaths in 1998 of Alois Estermann, the then commander of the Swiss Guard, his wife and Corporal Cedric Tornay, a Swiss Guard, who were all found shot dead. "They covered up everything immediately," he said.. » read more

The Morality of Paper Money

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Vatican hit by gay sex scandal

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Vote for marriage? You're on a hit list

Battle looms in Supreme Court over 'gay' activist harassment A battle is set to begin in the U.S. Supreme Court, as backers of traditional marriage hope to fend off a law that would make their names and addresses public and, therefore, make them prime targets for homosexual activists intent on bullying them into silence. The case calls into question whether voters have protected free speech and anonymity rights in signing petitions and ballot initiatives or whether states must release signatories'names and addresses as a matter of public record. With reported cases of bullying, organized boycotts and threats of violence against the signers of traditional marriage initiatives in several states already – and homosexual activists pledging to make lists of signatories public and searchable online – lawyers at the American Center for Law and Justice are concerned that voters may grow fearful of reprisal should they sign a petition seeking to restrict marriage to one man and one woman.. » read more

Clergy could face the law over same-sex ceremonies

Warning comes after amendment to allow churches to hold events   British lawmakers have tentatively approved a bill to allow churches to host same-sex marriages, prompting warnings that the measure would be one step from forcing clergy to perform the homosexual ceremonies. Even the head of the nation's top homosexual activist group, Ben Summeriskill of Stonewell, is concerned about the implications for churches, according to the Christian Institute. "Right now, faiths shouldn't be forced to hold civil partnerships, although in 10 or 20 years, that may change," he said. The Christian Institute, a nondenominational Christian charity committed to upholding the truths of the Bible, reported protests already have erupted from Michael Scott-Joynt, the bishop of Winchester. "I believe that it will open, not the Church of England, but individual clergy, to charges of discrimination if they solemnize marriages as they all do, but refuse to host civil partnership signings in their churches," he said.. » read more

4 reasons we get ripped off (with video)

For starters, we're not always smart or careful consumers. But let's not take all the blame. Sometimes, the odds really are stacked against us. [Related content: savings, consumer guide, fraud, complaints, Liz Pulliam Weston] By Liz Pulliam Weston MSN Money A law office is advertising its mortgage modification service on a local radio station. If its lawyers aren't successful with a single phone call made while you wait, the ad proclaims, you don't have to pay the office's $995 fee.. » read more

On the road to a poisoned nirvana

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Survey asks students when they lost virginity

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