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POPS"Thou Shalt Shoplift" Says Priest "If one has exhausted every legal opportunity to get money and you're still in a desperate situation it is a better moral thing to do to take absolutely no more than you need for no longer than you need," he said. However the Archdeacon of York, the Venerable Richard Seed, said: "Father Tim Jones is raising important issues about the difficulties people face when benefits are not forthcoming, but shoplifting is not the way to overcome these difficulties."
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POPSHappy Birfday, Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol" more: Interestingly, there is no mention of the following in Dickens' A Christmas Carol: -Christmas tree -wrapped gifts -Anything related to The Nativity (wise men, baby Jesus), although there are plenty of homeless parents all through Dickens' works. While such values as charity, family, and universal goodwill certainly fall well within the Christian tradition, the book is not explicitly Christian much beyond the wish that "God bless us, everyone." Actually, that feels quite Anglican. ;-) There is no mention of Santa Claus per se, but the Ghost of Christmas Present is a big Oðin-like viking spirit, in a green fur-trimmed robe, bare chested and hearty. You know GoCP is going to the holiday swingers party once he drops off Scrooge.[/quote[
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POPSI Can Find A More Worthy Charity "But think about those numbers, think about the power of the Salvation Army. It is a massive Christian evangelical organization — with a quasi-military structure and raising $2 billion a year — and it promotes discrimination against gays and lesbians in its employment policy; at local levels of government, going so far as to threaten to close soup kitchens in New York if the city enacted domestic partnership legislation; and at the national level of government, including negotiating with the Bush administration to guarantee that faith-based groups could discriminate against gays and keep their federal funding. We can find charities more deserving of our dollars and our volunteer time."
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POPSSuspended over long hair?! Shocking that there are still schools in this country that will do this to a 4 year old! Especially when the boy has valid and GOOD reasons for it.
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POPSWhat is White House Covering Up in “GateCrashers” Scandal? - 
"While their current whereabouts are not confirmed, what is known about the Salahis is that their past includes a bankrupt winery; a long string of civil suits, some of which involve Loudoun businesses; cars and at least one boat repossessed; a residence in foreclosure; and his elderly parents evicted from their home." In addition, according to the article, Charles Muldoon says he was asked by Tareq Salahi to help him organize the inaugural America's Cup polo match help raise money for lymphoma cancer research through Journey for the Cure, Salahi's "personal charity." The Foreign Connection But other than Joseph Farah's work at WorldNetDaily, (http://bit.ly/8hMmnq) there has been virtually no attention paid to Tareq Salahi's links to Rashid Khalidi. According to the Internet publication, "Tareq Salahi served on the board of the American Task Force for Palestine, where Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi served as vice president...
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POPSBingo doesn’t rhythm with crazy does it? I was surfing the internet in search of some crazy bingo news to report you and look what I found. I was almost sure that bingo players were capable of everything to raise money for charity but after reading this story I have no doubt.
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POPSMother of teenager who killed herself over body image pleads She also criticised supermodel Kate Moss, who last month caused uproar by proclaiming "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" - a mantra often used by people with eating disorders. 'That is definitely not going to help young people who are struggling to cope. They need proper guidance,' she said. In a heart-rending plea to other parents, she added: 'Cherish your children because you never know what they're going to do. 'Just be there for them, listen to them, and don't shrug them off when they really need to talk to you.'
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POPSInteresting shift in teen & tween attitudes & beliefs More: The survey also probed changing attitudes about drugs, sex, drinking, abortion and willingness to fight in a war - you can see all of the findings in the link above. For those of us who are working with kids, whether in our careers, volunteer work or as parents, the other thing that comes through the study is that teens want to do the right thing, but, they still struggle with knowing what that is, or how to make it happen. The study emphasizes the important role that parents, friends and an extended constellation of adults play in helping teens discover and act on their values.
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POPSWill ACORN Lose Its Tax Exempt Status?
As we have noted several times before, most recently back on February 23, 2009, as a 501c3 “charity” ACORN is prohibited by the IRS from breaking the law – or even encouraging others to break the law: J. ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ILLEGAL OR CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY (1) Substantiality Test Violation of constitutionally valid laws is inconsistent with exemption under IRC 501(c)(3). As a matter of trust law, one of the main sources of the general law of charity, planned activities that violate laws are not in furtherance of a charitable purpose. "A trust cannot be created for a purpose which is illegal. The purpose is illegal … if the trust tends to induce the commission of crime or if the accomplishment of the purpose is otherwise against public policy…. Where a policy is articulated in a statute making certain conduct a criminal offense, then …, a trust is illegal if its performance involves such criminal conduct, or if it tends to encourage such conduct." IV Scott on Trusts Section
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POPS Barbie in a Burkha 'I know Barbie was something seen as bad before as an image for girls, but in actual fact the message with Barbie for women is you can be whatever you want to be. 'I have a Barbie in a wheelchair that was only out for six weeks.' The mum-of-two's own Barbie collection is set to be displayed at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2012. Barbie was first launched in March 1959 by American businesswoman Ruth Handler. The doll was joined by her long-term boyfriend Ken in 1961. Rosie Shannon, from Save the Children, said all the proceeds from the auction will go to the charity. She said: 'We are delighted Sotheby's and the designer chose to auction the burka Barbie dolls for our charity.' The money will go towards the Rewrite the Future campaign which helps millions of children around the world effected by conflict. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229760/Its-Barbie-burka-World-famous-doll-gets-makeover-hammer-50th-anniversary.html#ixzz0XadGrNNT
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