April 24, 2009

he Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) revealed today that a speaker for an event next week at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C., will also take part in an upcoming "Eurofacist" conference in Europe. Robert Spencer, publisher of the anti-Islam Internet hate site "Jihad Watch," is scheduled to speak at AU on April 27 about "The Threat of Militant Islam." The event is sponsored by a student group called Youth for Western Civilization (YWC), which describes itself as the "West's right wing youth movement." YWC's mission statement says: "This movement is focused on the support of Western history, identity, high culture, and pride and opposition to radical multiculturalism, political correctness, racial preferences, mass immigration, and socialism." Full release.

Cardinal Rigali, chair of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), wrote to all U.S. Representatives urging them to co-sponsor the Pregnant Women Support Act (PWSA, H.R. 2035) re-introduced in the House by Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN) on April 22. The PWSA provides resources and support for pregnant and parenting women and their families. Full release.

Background: The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision this week to make its airplane bird-strike data public in the wake of the US Air Flight 1549 near-disaster gives the public and researchers access to the government's records of where and when airplanes have struck birds over the last 19 years. The FAA has been collecting data provided voluntarily by airports, commercial and private pilots, the military, and others since 1990. Embry-Riddle has played an instrumental role in helping the industry and the FAA collect this data and manage the Wildlife Mitigation Web site since October 1999. This FAA-contracted Web tool allows airport personnel around the country to file online reports of wildlife strikes that occur at their facilities. It is managed by the university's Prescott, Ariz., wildlife mitigation experts and principal investigator, Archie Dickey. Full release.

RICARDO TOLLIVER, 33, formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio was sentenced in federal court in Detroit to 32 years in prison after having admitted to being the leader of a network which acquired, obliterated, and smuggled firearms from the United States into Canada in exchange for Canadian drugs, announced United States Attorney Terrence Berg. Full release.

First Student school bus drivers and monitors in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, have voted overwhelmingly, 102-33, in favor of representation by the Teamsters Union, seeking fair pay, affordable health insurance, respect and a voice in their workplace. The 167 workers are now members of Teamsters Local 638 in Minneapolis, and the first of more than 2,000 First Student workers who have the potential to become Teamsters in Minnesota. Full release.

The following is a statement from U.S. Malaria Coordinator, Admiral Tim Ziemer on World Malaria Day: Across Africa, young boys and girls wake up each morning just like children here in the Washington D.C. area. The children are no different; they do chores, eat, play sports, and go to school. That is, if they can survive the mosquito bites that transmit the deadly malaria parasites. Those parasites kill an estimated 3,000 children each day in Africa. Full release.

By 2015, governments at all levels will need to more than double their spending on highways and bridges to keep up with increased traffic, freight congestion, the demands of aging highways and bridges, and the growth of the nation's population. Transit spending would need to triple to serve increased ridership. Full release.

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