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"The nation’s Social Security and Medicare programs are sliding closer to insolvency<\/a>, the federal government warned Monday in a new report underscoring the fiscal challenges facing the two mammoth retirement programs as baby boomers begin to retire." (And some think that making Medicare required for everyone is the solution. Only in Washington is failing on an even larger scale considered success.)<\/p>\n

FALSANI:
What is sin?
OBAMA:
Being out of alignment with my values.
FALSANI:
What happens if you have sin in your life?
OBAMA:
I think it\u2019s the same thing as the question about heaven. In the same way that if I\u2019m true to myself and my faith that that is its own reward, when I\u2019m not true to it, it\u2019s its own punishment.
(What brand of Christianity does this represent?  Honestly, I have no idea. Read the whole interview.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cNice work, occupiers,\u201d tweeted Jeremy Tooker, owner of the popular Four Barrel Coffee. \u201cYou made me leave my sick kid at home to go clean paint bombs off my windows. That\u2019ll show Wall Street, fellas.\u201d (More May Day Occupy Wall Street madness at Yourish.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

"For activists and Christians opposed to the so-called Israeli occupation, two key votes by the United Methodists will certainly serve as a discouragement. On Wed., May 2, the denomination twice voted to reject resolutions that called for a divestment from companies accused of assisting Israel<\/a> in the ongoing dispute over Middle Eastern lands." (The UMC cares for both<\/em> the Jews and the Palestinians, and won’t blame one side for violence from both. Good for them.) (Oh, and on May 1st, "A Qassam rocket<\/a> was fired from the Gaza Strip and exploded in an open area in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.")<\/p>\n

And finally, Economics 101, from Chuck Asay. (Click for a larger version.)<\/p>\n

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