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Free Florida's 'food terrorists' | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

GOOD GRIEF!!! They are arresting people in Orlando (the city where a mouse is King!) for distributing food to homeless people. REALLY! I'm not making this up. Click on the link below to read the article. Free Florida's 'food terrorists' | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Graphic: Who gives? Canadians’ charitable donations | Posted | National Post

Note that it is the younger generation that seems to be the most generous donors to charity. That seem to fly in the face of those of us who have despaired the values of the younger generation. This is a wonderful Christmas gift - to know that the generation that follows us is generous in heart and spirit in meeting the needs of others. Graphic: Who gives? Canadians’ charitable donations | Posted | National Post

A refreshing voice in these turbulent times

NOTE: The statement “10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia” has no basis in fact! In his original speech Mr. Miller cites a July/August 2002 Sojourners article by Rose Marie Berger in which she misinterprets statements from Penn. State Prof. Philip Jenkins regarding sexual abuse by Protestant ministers. In the original article Berger writes… “Philip Jenkins concludes in his book “Pedophiles and Priests” that while 1.7 percent of Catholic clergy have been found guilty of pedophilia (specifically of boys), 10 percent of Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia.” (This quote is used in Miller’s speech) To which Philip Jenkins responds (Sept/Oct 2002)… “I regret to say that the statement is baloney. I never said it, and it’s not true!… Every time this ten percent statement appears attributed to me, I try to debunk it, but these things have a life of their own. I have no idea what the actual proportion of pedophile pro...