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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

July 14, 2015

The Future of the LGBT Movement May Involve Transhumanism
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that the LGBT movement and transhumanism have a lot in common. Nearly all transhumanists support the LGBT cause. After all, a desire to be free to alter, express, and control one's sexual preference and identity sounds like a transhumanist concept.  
Sun Tzu would be proud how Iran's strategic skills just bested Obama & friends
Historians will look back on the Iranian campaign against the United States and conclude that there have been few examples of a weaker power so decisively outmaneuvering, bluffing, deceiving and weakening its vastly more powerful opponent.  
‘Peace for Our Time’ – Iran Nuclear Deal Announced on ‘Black Tuesday’
Iran and the P5+1 powers announced a final agreement shortly after noon (Israeli time) on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. It will take a year to understand if the deal actually stops helps Iran get its hands on a nuclear weapon.  
Lavrov: Russia expects US to abandon Europe AMD plans after Iran deal
Moscow hopes the US will fulfill its promise not to develop a system of missile defense in Europe after a deal with Iran has been reached, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Vienna on Tuesday.  
The Epidemic of Bible Illiteracy in Our Churches
Christians claim to believe the Bible is God's Word. We claim it's God's divinely inspired, inerrant message to us. Yet despite this, we aren't reading it. A recent LifeWay Research study found only 45 percent of those who regularly attend church read the Bible more than once a week.  
An Urgent Warning to US President Obama, the EU, and the UN
For years the President of the US, the EU, and the UN have not ceased putting pressure on Israel to accept this false, evil, and ungodly plan. Now this immoral and ungodly pressure comes to its climax. For their own economic and political interests, they are prepared to sell-out Israel and to forsake the children of Israel, the people of G‑d. They warn the leaders of Israel to give-in to this evil plan or else "... Israel will be isolated among the nations of the world...  
Wisconsin's Scott Walker enters Republican race, vowing to fight for America
Scott Walker...launched his 2016 Republican presidential campaign on Monday, vowing to fight with the same conservative conviction he used to battle unions as Wisconsin governor. ...His resume electrifies conservatives and is a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats unhappy with his anti-union, anti-government views. The president of the AFL-CIO union alliance, Richard Trumka, on Monday called Walker a "national disgrace."  
Large Hadron Collider discovers new pentaquark particle
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark. It was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but, much like the Higgs boson particle before it, the pentaquark eluded science for decades until its detection at the LHC. The discovery, which amounts to a new form of matter, was made by the Hadron Collider's LHCb experiment.  
US warns citizens ahead of President Obama's Kenya visit
The US has issued a travel warning for Kenya ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, who is due to address a summit on global entrepreneurship. The summit, to be held in the capital, Nairobi, from 26-28 July, could provide "a target for terrorists", the US State Department said in a statement.  
Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal 'a bad mistake of historic proportions'
The Iran nuclear accord hammered out in Vienna between the world powers and Tehran is a “historic mistake” for the world, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. ...Netanyahu, who said that he would relate to the details of the accord a a latter time, said that it is the result of wanting to reach an agreement “at any price.”  
Historic Iran nuclear deal reached
World powers have reached a final, comprehensive agreement with Iran that will govern its nuclear program for over a decade, diplomats said on Tuesday morning. The deal culminates a two-year diplomatic effort in which the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, led by the United States, have sought to end a twelve-year crisis over Iran's suspicious nuclear work.  
Greece Just Lost Control Of Its Banks, And Why Deposit Haircuts Are Imminent
One of the preconditions imposed on Greece for a deal is that it signs into law European rules that would put euro zone authorities at the ECB and in Brussels, rather than Athens, in charge of identifying and closing or breaking up sick banks.  
IS audio tape raises doubt whether Af leader dead
Islamic State on Monday released an audio tape it said was of the movement's leader for Afghanistan, raising doubts over whether he was killed in a US drone strike on Friday.  
kraine’s Poroshenko says ‘illegal groups’ must disarm after standoff
President Petro Poroshenko ordered Ukraine’s security services and police on Monday to disarm “illegal groups”, saying they threatened to further destabilise a country fighting separatists in its east. Poroshenko said a weekend standoff between members of a far-right group and police in the western town of Mukacheve, close to the border with Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, was simply a turf war over smuggling routes.  
DEA warned Mexico of plots to free drug lord 'El Chapo' in March 2014, documents show
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) first warned Mexican authorities 16 months ago that plots to break drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman out of prison were afoot, documents revealed Monday.  
Greece misses new payment to IMF despite bailout deal
Greece missed the second debt payment to the International Monetary Fund in two weeks, despite having reached agreement with official creditors on a new bailout program earlier in the day.  
Iraq launches offensive to drive Islamic State from biggest province
Iraqi troops and Shi'ite Muslim militia forces attacked Islamic State fighters on several fronts on Monday in Anbar, the country's largest province, at the start of what is likely to be a long and fiercely contested offensive.  
Oil prices fall as Iran nuclear deal seems imminent
Oil prices dipped early on Tuesday as the market awaited an announcement on a nuclear deal between Iran and six global powers that could see an easing of sanctions against Tehran and a gradual increase of its oil exports.