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Sunday, September 20, 2015

September 20, 2015

Virgo Black Holes On Collision Course, Closer Than Ever
According to CNET, the two black holes in Virgo constellation are said to be closer than one-light week away. The closest galactic-pair observed until now have been 20 light years apart. Scientists predict that the energy released during the merger of galaxies will rattle the fabric of space and time, producing gravitational waves not unlike what Big Bang is said to have produced.  
The 'Worst' Megaquake Is Set To Hit American Cities And Pacific Northwest, Study
"It's a positive message for us. If the Chileans can evacuate a million people in 15 or 20 minutes, we should be able to do it as well," . The cities on the West Coast are vulnerable and exposed to risk, if the Cascadia fault line gets stoked by the earthquake, leading to the worst disaster. "Our operating assumption is that everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast.  
Chilean quake Leaves Millions in Chaos 0
The powerful quake, which was followed by a series of aftershocks that reached up to 7 on the Richter scale, was felt throughout the nation as well as in Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. “We went into a panic and the floor kept moving”. That quake released so much energy, it actually it shortened the Earth’s day by a fraction of a second by changing the planet’s rotation. Coquimbo Mayor Cristian Galleguillos told CNN Chile the city was starting to see flooding and 95 percent of the city had lost electrical power. 
Is Europe Losing Control Over Its Destiny?
“We are not facing a refugee crisis, we are facing a migration crisis… Let us not forget that those arriving have been raised in another religion, and represent a radically different culture. Most of them are not Christians, but Muslims. This is an important question, because Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.  
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO OPEN LETTER FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND, RESPOND TO BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE OF MAN & BEAST
if any one age really attains, by eugenics and scientific education, the power to make its descendants what it pleases [transhuman/posthuman], all men who live after it are the patients of that power. They are weaker, not stronger: for though we may have put wonderful machines in their hands we have pre-ordained how they are to use them.  
Gaza's Hamas rulers call for end to Egyptian border project after smuggling tunnel is flooded
Gaza's Hamas rulers are calling on Egypt to halt a project aimed at destroying the last remaining smuggling tunnels along the border. The project is being billed as an Egyptian military-operated fish farm that would effectively fill the border area with water. Egyptian military officials have said the fish farm is designed to shut down tunnels used to bring in militants and weapons.  
Climate change could cause second Holocaust, says Yale historian
Yale University history professor Timothy Snyder argues that climate change could lead to a resurgence of Hilter-esque geopolitical thinking. “The Holocaust may seem a distant horror whose lessons have already been learned,” he writes. “But sadly, the anxieties of our own era could once again give rise to scapegoats and imagined enemies, while contemporary environmental stresses could encourage new variations on Hitler’s ideas...  
Why Western Nations Should Only Accept Christian Refugees
While more “progressive” voices cry “racism,” the fact remains: there are several objective reasons why the West should give priority, if not exclusivity, to Christian refugees—and some of these are actually to the benefit of European host nations. Consider: Christians are true victims of persecution.  
Netanyahu: Bringing explosive material into al-Aksa mosque is a change to the status quo
Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said that he was "obligated to preserve the status quo at the Temple Mount," in response to charges from the Palestinians and Arab states that Israel was escalating tensions at the holy site.  
Jordan’s King tells visiting Joint List Arab MKs: al-Aksa only open for Muslim prayer
A delegation of five Joint List MKs headed to Jordan on Sunday morning and met with Jordan King Abdullah regarding tensions over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and planned to travel on to Turkey to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday. ...According to the visiting MKs, the Jordan king bluntly told them: al-Aksa Mosque is a place for Muslim prayer with no division nor partnership.  
'The devil made me do it': Obama's foreign policy just reached a new low
The Obama administration's policy toward Syria and its more than four-year civil war is rapidly becoming a black mark on the president's legacy. And a scathing new report by Peter Baker of The New York Times details the mind-boggling decision by the White House to refuse to accept any responsibility.  
Saudi Arabia says 100,000 troops to secure this year's hajj
Saudi Arabia has deployed 100,000 security personnel to oversee the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage that begins on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry spokesman said, underscoring both the massive arrangements needed to secure one of the largest pilgrimages in the world and the multitude of threats the hajj faces.  
Truckers warn of cost of new European border checks
Truckers are warning of the threat of significant costs to the road haulage industry as European nations reimpose long-abandoned border controls to check the greatest migratory flow across the continent since World War II.  
Kerry: Russian fighter jets in Syria raise serious questions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that Russia's movement of tactical aircraft and surface-to-air missiles to Syria could pose a threat to American and allied forces, and made clear that the U.S. could accept a resolution to the civil war that allows President Bashar Assad to remain in power for an unspecified time.  
Drought exposes cracks in Australia's acclaimed water market
A pioneering Australian scheme to improve the management of water in the world's driest inhabited continent is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops and builds tensions between farmers and environmentalists.  
Obama a Muslim 'problem'? Trump says: 'I'm not morally obligated to defend the president'
Donald Trump expressed no regret Saturday over refraining from correcting the man who falsely called President Obama a Muslim earlier this week.  
Holy See flag to be raised outside UN headquarters for Pope Francis' arrival Sept. 25
A United Nations official confirms that the flag of the Holy See will be raised for the first time outside U.N headquarters the morning of Pope Francis' first visit. It is a turnaround for the Vatican, whose U.N. ambassador has said it had "no intention" of raising the flag before the pope arrives Sept. 25.  
Free speech petitioners told they'll be 'locked up' at DuPage
Several students at the College of DuPage were told to cease or be "locked up" Friday as they attempted to collect signatures for a petition urging the school to improve its free speech policies. The two students, along with an advisor from Turning Point USA who was helping them organize a chapter at DuPage, were on campus inviting passersby to sign up for the club and/or sign the petition—and were also distributing pocket Constitutions and non-partisan flyers stating the “America is a free speech zone”—when they were approached by campus police.