[per-mish-uhn]

per⋅mis⋅sion 
–noun
1. authorization granted to do something; formal consent:
2. the act of permitting.
 
The 2009 H1N1 virus is shown in this image from the CDC.
        
 
Headline News- FOX News 23-Oct 2009
“9 Children die from the H1N1 virus in America this week”
Florida public schools begin H1N1 vaccinations…
- Each student must have a signed consent from to [...]

‘a nation built upon sand’

 
“We will bury your grand-children without firing a shot” 
Nikita Khrushchev before U.N. Council 1963
When Nikita Khrushchev made this statement before the U.N. Council, his intentions were most assuredly on a political front. After seeing the Berlin wall crumble in 1989, it seemed that there was no chance that this would ever happen [...]

‘how much will that sin cost me?’

An indulgence, in Roman Catholic theology, is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven. The indulgence is granted by the church after the sinner has confessed and received absolution. The belief is that indulgences draw on the storehouse of merit acquired by Jesus’ sacrifice and the [...]