December 12, 2015

Thousands of Iraqis in Baghdad, Basra protest Turkish deployment in north
Thousands of Iraqis protested on Saturday against Ankara's deployment of troops to a base near the northern city of Mosul, with some burning Turkish flags and threatening violence against the soldiers for what they see as a violation of sovereignty.  

World awaits landmark climate deal
Organisers of climate talks in Paris have released details of a proposed landmark deal to curb climate change. France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the final draft of the agreement aimed to limit warming to "well below 2C".  

Mexico issues first permits to grow and smoke marijuana
Mexico yesterday granted the country’s first ever permits to grow and consume cannabis, in what advocates called a step towards legislation. Health officials authorised the permits one month after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the individuals- members of a pro-cannabis group- could legally produce marijuana for their own recreational use.  

COP21: Climate deal 'final draft' reached in Paris
Organisers of the climate talks in Paris say a final draft text has been reached after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations. An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the AFP news agency the draft would be presented to ministers at 10:30 GMT. No details of the proposed agreement have been released so far.  

Tech giants pledge $1bn for 'altruistic AI' venture, OpenAI
Prominent tech executives have pledged $1bn (£659m) for OpenAI, a non-profit venture that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity. The venture's backers include Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, Indian tech giant Infosys and Amazon Web Services. Open AI says it expects its research - free from financial obligations - to focus on a "positive human impact".  

Gambia declared Islamic republic by President Yahya Jammeh
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared his Muslim-majority country an Islamic republic, saying the move marks a break with the colonial past. Mr Jammeh told state TV the proclamation was in line with Gambia's "religious identity and values". He added that no dress code would be imposed and citizens of other faiths would be allowed to practise freely.  

Burundi crisis: At least 34 bodies found in Bujumbura
At least 34 bodies have been found in Burundi's capital after the worst night of violence in recent times. Most of the bodies found on the streets of Bujumbura appear to be young men killed by gunfire, some with their hands tied behind their backs. The bodies were found a day after attacks on military sites. Residents accuse police of taking revenge.  

Planned Parenthood sending aborted babies to landfills
Ohio’s attorney general excoriated Planned Parenthood on Friday for disposing of fetal remains in landfills.  

China just dropped a hint about the next massive change for its currency
China's Central Bank suggested in an editorial on Friday that it may be time to de-peg the yuan from the dollar, and instead peg it to a basket of currencies, The Wall Street Journal reports. The posting, published in Chinese state media outlet The People's Daily, gave no details on what that basket would include, or when these moves could be made.  

Putin Tells Defense Chiefs to Strengthen Russian Nuclear Forces
President Vladimir Putin ordered defense chiefs to strengthen Russia’s strategic nuclear forces amid rising tensions with the U.S. over the global balance of power.  

An ISIS invasion in Libya raises fears over the destruction of ancient Roman ruins
A rapid advance by Islamic State (ISIS) forces into Sabratha in Libya, just 50 miles west of the country's capital Tripoli, has raised fears over the destruction of ancient Roman ruins in the town, a Unesco heritage site.  

U.S. Intel: ISIS May Have Syrian Passport Printer
The Islamic State may have gotten a passport printer, and could be using it to send militants into the United States carrying Syrian passports that are by all appearances authentic, according to a Homeland Security intelligence report.  

Fresh-Faced Star Of France's Far Right Is Candidate Of Steel
She's the youngest French lawmaker and in an election this weekend could become the youngest president of a powerful region. Marion Marechal-Le Pen, 26, is the fresh-faced rising star of the far-right National Front, using a soft touch to deliver hard messages on migrants and Muslims that outdo her tough-talking aunt, party leader Marine Le Pen.  

QUENTIN LETTS: How I was vaporised by the BBC's Green Gestapo after daring to mock the Met Office and global warming
George Orwell devised the word ‘unperson’ to describe someone who had so offended official thought, he or she was vaporised — not just liquidated but wiped from the record for eternity.  

U.S. confidence in protection from attack lowest in over a decade
Confidence in the U.S. government to protect its citizens from militant attacks has fallen to its lowest in more than a decade after a pair of suspected militant Islamists gunned down 14 people at a holiday party in California, a poll released on Friday found.  

December 11, 2015

Confirmed Dinosaur Blood on Ancient Fossil Astonishes Evolutionists
Researchers have confirmed that biomaterial discovered on an ancient fossil is in fact preserved dinosaur blood, astonishing evolutionists who continue to believe the fossil is 80 million years old. scientists are left with two possible explanations: either the dinosaur blood somehow defied expectations and survived for 80 million years, or the dinosaur fossil is not nearly as old as most people believe.  

Theft of dozens of propane tanks, purchase of 150 prepaid cell phones in Missouri puts FBI on alert
The FBI has launched an investigation after 150 prepaid mobile phones were bought from local Walmarts in Missouri. This comes after the theft of dozens of propane tanks in the area. The large number of purchases took place at six Missouri Walmarts at least, authorities say, according to KRCG13. A large portion of the phones were bought by “three men with accents” at one Walmart near the town of Lebanon, Jefferson City police said. The purchases were made very late, at 3:50am local time on Saturday, authorities said for 59 of the phones.  

Triple terror: up to 60 killed, 80 wounded, 3 car bombs explode in Syrian Christian town
Three truck bomb explosions in the town of Tell Tamer in Syria's northeastern Al Hasakah province have killed up to 60 and injured more than 80 people on Thursday, a spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish YPG said on Friday, Reuters reports.  

Catholics should not try to convert Jews, Vatican says in landmark document
Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said Thursday in a major new document that drew the Church further from the strained relations with Judaism of the past.  

Magnitude-5.3 earthquake jolts Bengkulu
The tremors of the earthquake could be felt in six districts and cities in Bengkulu, or up to hundreds of kilometers away from the epicenter. The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami.  

Scientists have found a new strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
FOR years experts have warned there would come a day when antibiotics would cease being effective. And it seems...scientists discovered a new superbug...has the ability to infect other bacteria. But instead of destroying its virulent cousins this new strain of e.coli actually strengthens them by giving them the same antibiotic shield.  

Gun sales: White House to seek expanded background checks
President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval. White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team to complete a proposal and submit it for his review "in short order." She says the recommendations will include measures to expand background checks.  

Putin vows 'extremely tough' action on Syria threats
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria. Such targets must be "immediately destroyed", he told defence officials in televised comments. Mr Putin did not elaborate on specific threats but Turkey and Russia are currently locked in a spat over the downing of a Russian jet by Ankara.  

Burundi crisis: Military bases attacked in Bujumbura
Heavily armed attackers have launched co-ordinated assaults on at least two army barracks in Burundi. Eight people, including some attackers, have reportedly been killed in Bujumbura, the capital. Witnesses described hearing gunfire and explosions for several hours, in Musaga in the south and Ngagara in the north.  

This Christian University Just Won the Right to Ban Gay Students
The LGBT movement has achieved many notable victories this year, securing marriage equality, major attacks on conversion therapy and more. But one Christian university just demonstrated why activists and allies must not become complacent: Carson-Newman University, a private Southern Baptist college in Tennessee, is now legally allowed to ban students whose "lifestyles" are interpreted as an affront to their Christian philosophy: gay students and others included.  

Arkansas Supreme Court halts birth certificates for same-sex partners
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court order that allowed same-sex parents throughout the state to be listed as parents on the birth certificates of their children.It let stand the certificates obtained by three lesbian couples who had challenged the Arkansas Health Department Vital Statistics Bureau's refusal to identify the three couples as the adoptive or biological parents of their respective children.  

Former Muslim “Christians” terrorize Catholics at Mass!
There is a disturbing report from a television station, KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada.Parishioners are terrified after protesters have disturbed Mass at several Catholic churches across the valley.The group, Koosha Las Vegas, includes members who clearly identify themselves as former Muslims turned Christians. They’ve been entering churches during services, shouting at Catholics that they need to repent now or else, and filming the acts and posting them on the internet.  

Palestine – Israel Sheds PLO As Negotiating Partner
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded that completing successful negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) on the allocation of territorial sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Gaza and East Jerusalem is a mission impossible to achieve.  

US Intel: ISIS May Have Passport Printing Machine, Blank Passports
With the U.S. and other countries on high alert for ISIS attacks, American authorities are warning the terror group’s followers may have infiltrated American borders with authentic-looking passports ISIS has printed itself with its own machines, according to an intelligence report obtained by ABC News.  

El Chapo tells ISIS his men will destroy them
The world’s most wanted drug lord has declared war on the Islamic State, promising the terror group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, that his narcotics cartel will wipe them off the planet. “My men will destroy you,”’ El Chapo huffs to the ISIS leader in an encrypted email that was leaked to a cartel-linked blogger in Mexico.  

December 10, 2015

Trump Muslim ban likely constitutional
Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, pointed out that the Supreme Court “has held consistently, for more than a century, that constitutional protections that normally benefit Americans and people on American territory do not apply when Congress decides who to admit and who to exclude as immigrants or other entrants.”  

‘Trump is right!’ Police say parts of Britain ARE no-go areas due to ISIS radicalisation
One officer in London said the firebrand presidential hopeful was “pointing out something plainly obvious” whilst another in Lancashire said the police have to ask local Muslim leaders for PERMISSION before sending patrols into their communities.  

Turkish jets strike Kurdish positions in Iraq amid rising tension between Ankara & Baghdad
Ankara carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) forces in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said on Wednesday. The action comes in the wake of rising tensions between Ankara and Baghdad over the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq.  

Russia Devouring the Eastern Mediterranean?
At this year’s G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said that the radical jihadist Islamic State (IS) was being financed by donors from at least 40 countries, including some G-20 member states — clearly pointing his finger, without naming names, at Saudi Arabia and Turkey.  

Prominent Rabbis Sternbuch, Amar Hint that the Messiah is “Just Around the Corner”
Two prominent rabbis in Israel – Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch and Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar – have hinted in public that the Messiah is “just around the corner” based upon certain world events taking place today. 
Two dead, thousands without power after U.S. Pacific Northwest storms
Drenching storms triggered mudslides and flooding in the Pacific northwest on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands of people and leaving two women dead in Oregon, authorities and local media reported. Portland has endured more than 5 inches of rain in three days, nearly as much as all of December in a typical year, and Seattle exceeded its normal December rainfall tally in just 8 days, the National Weather Service said.  

Iran sends defiant signal to the West with missile test
Iran has broken a United Nations resolution and delivered a pointed signal of defiance to the West by testing a new ballistic missile with a range of at least 1,000 miles. The Ghadr-110, which could be adapted to carry a nuclear warhead, is believed to have been launched on November 21, according to Western officials.  

COP21: US joins 'high ambition coalition' for climate deal
The United States has joined with the EU and a range of other countries at COP21 in an effort to secure a final agreement. The so called "high ambition coalition" now comprises well over 100 countries from the rich and developing world. As well as the US, Norway, Mexico and Colombia have offered their support to the alliance.  

North Korean leader claims country developed hydrogen bomb
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared on Thursday to claim the country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but outside experts were skeptical. Kim made the comments as he toured the Phyongchon Revolutionary Site, which marks the feats of his father who died in 2011 and his grandfather, state founder and eternal president, Kim Il Sung, the official KCNA news agency said.  

Catholics should not try to convert Jews, Vatican says in landmark document
Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a major new document that drew the Church further away from the strained relations of the past. Christianity and Judaism are intertwined and God never annulled his covenant with the Jewish people, said the document from the Vatican's Commission for Religious Relations with Jews.  

Trump’s Proposal Strategically Brilliant
Trump is a political genius! His Monday evening declaration – that we ban Muslims entering the country - “until our representatives can figure out what’s going on,” - is strategically magnificent! And the post-concussion polls tell us this.  

HUD Will Choose Your Neighbors through a Massive Social Engineering Rule
HUD will socially reengineer where we live, Forcing people to live in neighborhoods of the government’s choosing has been tried under communism with disastrous results.  

The Global Economic Reset Has Begun
The schematic for the new world order, according to the admissions of the internationalists, cannot possibly include the continued existence of U.S. geopolitical and economic dominance. The plan, in fact, requires the destabilization and reformation of America into a shell of its former glory. The most important element of this plan demands the removal of the U.S. dollar as the de facto world reserve currency, a change that would devastate our current financial structure.  

Planned Parenthood suspect: 'I am a warrior for the babies'
The man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic stunned a courtroom Wednesday when he declared himself a "warrior for the babies" and said he was guilty and won't go to trial.  

Google’s new quantum computer is '100 million times faster than your PC'
Google and Nasa announced they were collaborating on the D-Wave X2 quantum computer, which they say is 100 million times faster than a conventional computer chip, in 2013. It can answer certain algorithms in seconds rather than years. Google director of engineering, Hartmut Neven, said: “For a specific, carefully crafted proof-of-concept problem we achieve a 100-million-fold speed-up.”  

Ultra Liberal: Colbert Slips to 4th Place in Late-Night Race, Beaten By Seth Meyers Who Airs One-Hour Later
Late Night, the former Comedy Central star has somehow fallen into 4th place where it matters most. In the all-important demo, he’s now being doubled up (and then some) by NBC’s Jimmy Fallon (outscored by 137 percent) and hasn’t beaten ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel in over a month.  

Angela Merkel named Time's Person of the Year
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time's Person of the Year, praised Wednesday by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis.  

December 9, 2015

Exposing the Final Kingdom of Human Government
"It is the blueprint, it is the action plan, to inventory and control all land, all water, all plants, all minerals, all construction, all animals, all means of production, all energy, all information and all the human beings in the world. It is a completely comprehensive plan, it's global and it's implemented locally... It is in every single town all across the United States and across the world. It is run by the United Nations...  

Bill to tighten visa restrictions passes in US House of Representatives
The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to tighten restrictions on travel to the United States by citizens of the 38 nations who are allowed to enter the country without obtaining a visa.  

Syrian opposition talks open in Saudi Arabia
Rebel groups meet in Riyadh to find common ground ahead of possible talks to remove Assad regime from power.  

79 percent of evangelicals believe ‘violence across the Middle East is a sign that the end times are nearer’
According to a survey conducted by the Brookings Institute’s Center for Middle East Policy entitled “American Attitudes Toward The Middle East And Israel“, 79 percent of all evangelical Christians in America believe that “the unfolding violence across the Middle East is a sign that the end times are nearer”. In addition, the survey also discovered that evangelical Christians are also far more likely to be pro-Israel than the population as a whole, and most of them believe that Israel will control more territory than it currently possesses before Jesus comes back.  

Microsoft banishes God from Christmas song
Microsoft decided to leave God on the cutting-room floor for a commercial featuring “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” Producers for the computer giant’s latest television commercial reshuffled lyrics to the popular song to avoid airing, “With God as our Father, brothers all are we. Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony.”  

Earthquake Of 7.1 Magnitude Off Indonesia's Ambon Island: US Geological Survey
Geoscience Australia duty seismologist Eddie Leask said the quake was "very shallow at about 20km deep or so". There was a chance of some minor tsunami activity closer to the epicentre, and it was possible there was some damage to villages in Seram, he said.  

Su-24 downing gave grounds for war, but Russia decided against symmetrical response – Medvedev
Medvedev said Ankara had “violated the norms of the international law,” giving Russia what’s called in international judicial language ‘a casus belli’, or a reason to start a war.  

‘Hopefully, no nukes will be needed’ against ISIS – Putin
Vladimir Putin has praised the Russian cruise missiles fired against terrorists in Syria from the sea. He expressed hope that these weapons would not have to be armed with nuclear warheads.  

US government approves transgenic chicken
The eggs of the genetically engineered animal contain an enzyme that can treat a rare disease. The drug, Kanuma (sebelipase alfa), is a recombinant human enzyme marketed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals. It replaces a faulty enzyme in people with a rare, inherited condition that prevents the body from breaking down fatty molecules in cells. A form of the disease that strikes infants is quickly fatal.  

Obama is fueling global jihad
Not surprising, at the UN climate summit in Paris, a baffled Barack Obama said that the San Bernardino massacre motive is a mystery - then uses the tragedy to push for gun control and declare "climate change is a threat to national security on par with terrorism."  

New Clinton Email Shows Pentagon Had Forces Ready To Respond To Benghazi Attack Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/08/new-clinton-email-shows-
American military forces were available for a rescue operation not long after the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack by terrorists Sept. 11, 2012, according to an email to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s closest aides.  

Egyptian Muslim scholar: No connection between Temple Mt., Islam
Arab world outraged at latest research of renowned scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies Youssef Ziedan. Renowned Egyptian scholar Youssef Ziedan, a specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies, has given a series of interviews to Egyptian television stations of late, the purpose of which appears to be to anger his Muslim colleagues. His main point has been to say that there is actually no connection between Jerusalem and ancient Islam.  

Number of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria 'has doubled in past year'
The number of foreign fighters who have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join militant groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has more than doubled and could stand at 31,000, according to a new study. The figures show the extent to which a jihadist movement that grew out of Iraq’s insurgency and Syria’s civil war has become a hub for international terror.  

Russia ratchets up pressure with Syria submarine strikes ahead of talks
Russia...launched strikes in Syria for the first time from a submarine stationed in the Mediterranean, ratcheting up its bombing campaign in the war-torn country. The strikes came with Syria's splintered opposition due to begin Saudi-organised talks in Riyadh on Wednesday for difficult discussions on forming a united front in potential talks with President Bashar al-Assad to end the country's four-year conflict.  

Canada leads way in legalizing marijuana
Justin Trudeau raised eyebrows when he admitted to having dabbled in marijuana while a member of parliament, but his pledge as prime minister to legalize pot has been broadly cheered. He said in a policy speech on Friday that his Liberal government would introduce legislation as early as 2016 to legalize marijuana, making Canada the first in the G7 bloc of industrialized nations to do so, although precise details remain sketchy.  

Someone Will Eventually Use CRISPR to Try to Make a Dragon or Unicorn
The world's top geneticists decided to spend the vast majority of last week discussing how to keep new genetic editing tools from ultimately destroying the human race... A future where the gene editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 is used by... biologists...(to)...create fanciful organisms straight out of sci-fi is not just possible—it's likely, argue two of the country's top bioethicists.  

Tiny chip that powers itself from radio waves
Dutch scientists have developed a tiny sensor powered by the radio waves it uses to communicate information. Such sensors could help advance the nascent Internet of Things industry, researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology said. Increasingly tiny chips that measure temperature, light, and air pollution are being deployed around cities and in smart homes and offices.  

CNN anchor: Jews carried out terror attacks, should they be barred from entering US?
In reported cases of Jewish terror attacks, should all Jews be barred from obtaining visas in order to enter the United States? This was a question posed by CNN's Ashleigh Banfield Tuesday morning during an interview with...Jeffrey Lord, when asked if his preferred presidential candidate was not applying a double standard to Muslims.  

French authorities identify third attacker from Paris concert hall
World French authorities identify third attacker from Paris concert hall Resize Text Print Article Comments 9 Members of the band Eagles of Death Metal, Jesse Hughes, right, and Julian Dorio, kneeling, pay their respects to the victims who died in the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. The band was in concert there at the time of the attacks. (Jacques Brinon/AP) By Daniela Deane December 9 at 5:00 AM LONDON — French authorities have identified the third attacker who blew himself up at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris last month in the deadliest attacks on French soil since World War II, French media reported Wednesday.  

Ex-wife warns not to 'glorify' dead rocker Weiland
The ex-wife of grunge rocker Scott Weiland, who died after years of addiction, has urged fans not to glamorize the singer but instead learn from his mistakes.  

Russia gave warning of Syria cruise missile strikes, US says
Russia warned in advance that its military would launch strikes Tuesday on Syria for the first time from a submarine stationed in the Mediterranean, the United States said.  

Smartphones to die out 'within five years', says new study
According to a new study of 100,000 consumers, mobile technology is expected to be replaced by artificial intelligence. Many consumers believe smartphones will cease to exist within five years, according to new research carried out by researchers on behalf of Ericsson. The company's ConsumerLab questioned more than 100,000 customers in its native Sweden and 39 other countries, seeking their views on their technological desires for the future.  

Is Our Stoner President Mentally Impaired?
Members of Congress concerned about America’s survival have shied away from impeaching President Obama on national security grounds. They either think impeachment would take too long or that the political process of impeaching the first black Democratic President would be too polarizing. There is an alternative: removing Obama from office because of cognitive impairment.  

Massive Worldwide Support for Sharia Law Among Global Muslim Community
In the aftermath of the uproar caused by Donald Trump’s press release “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” the Pew Research Center released some truly astonishing polling data on the support among Muslims worldwide for Sharia law.  

Barry and Bergoglio opening the door on Marxism today
The very first thing Barack Obama did on his first full day at the White House was to jack up the heat Out on the campaign trail, he had advised the plebes of the world to keep their thermostats—- to “72 degrees at all times”—no matter how frigid the winter and had lectured plain folk to pump air into their tires for the sake of the environment. It was said that the new administration made it warm enough in the White House to grow orchids.“Love the smell of orchids heavy with the scent of eco-hypocrisy…:” blogged savvy Michelle Malkin.  

Israel sentences female Palestinian lawmaker to 15 months
JERUSALEM — An Israeli military court has sentenced a female Palestinian lawmaker to 15 months in prison after convicting her of belonging to an illegal organization and incitement, the army announced Tuesday, drawing angry denunciations from Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.  

December 8, 2015

Turkish PM says wants to visit Baghdad amid row over troops
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday he wanted to visit Baghdad as soon as possible to try to calm a row over Turkish troops deployed to train their Iraqi counterparts in the fight against Islamic State.  

Obama, Clinton meet for secret lunch as they pursue tech industry over encryption, terror threats
Before their secret White House lunch on Monday,....Obama and Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton made remarks on national security and implied their support for bypassing encryption technology to stop terrorists.  

Outbreak of flesh-eating skin disease grips ISIS-controlled areas in Syria
The collapse of the medical services in the terrorist-controlled territory of war-torn Syria is responsible for the spread of a flesh-eating virus, known as Leishmaniasis, transmitted through parasites which abundantly munch on corpses dumped in the streets.  

POLAR GEOMAGNETIC STORMS
Earth is moving through a broad stream of solar wind flowing from a coronal hole on the sun. As a result, auroras are dancing around the Arctic Circle.  

A far-right, pro-Israel France? Expert says this is where all of Europe is heading
France went to the polls on Sunday in regional elections and the far-right National Front party, formerly known for its anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant stances but now known for its support of Israel and opposition to radical Islam, came out as a winner across the country.  

Groundbreaking Petition Signed by Leading Rabbis Calls for Increased Partnership Between Jews and Christians
While not the first initiative of its kind, the petition is proving historic. “The real importance of this Orthodox statement is that it calls for fraternal partnership between Jewish and Christian religious leaders, while also acknowledging the positive theological status of the Christian faith. Jews and Christians must be in the forefront of teaching basic moral values to the world,” said Riskin in a statement released by the CJCUC.  

Largest destroyer ever built for US Navy heads to Atlantic for testing
The largest destroyer ever built for the US Navy cut an imposing figure as it drifted down the Kennebec River in Maine and toward the open ocean on Monday. The USS Zumwalt, a 610-foot, 15,000-ton behemoth, will undergo sea trials before joining the US fleet some time next year.  

Strong earthquake strikes near Escuintla in Guatemala, southwest of capital city
A strongly felt earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck near the city of Escuintla in south central Guatemala, not far from the capital, seismologists say. (  

Bacteria containing mcr-1 gene resistant to all known antibiotics found in Denmark
JUST weeks after the discovery in China of bacteria resistant to all known forms of treatment, the same strain has been found in Denmark. Worse: It’s been there since 2012. Late last week researchers at the Technical University of Denmark announced they had found the feared ‘invulnerability’ gene among E. coli bacteria samples taken from humans and food.  

'Spell-check for hate' needed, says Google's Schmidt
Technology companies should work on tools to disrupt terrorism - such as creating a hate speech "spell-checker" - Google's chairman Eric Schmidt has said. Writing in the New York Times, Mr Schmidt said using technology to automatically filter-out extremist material would "de-escalate tensions on social media" and "remove videos before they spread".  

ISIS Manifesto Lays Out Frightening Preparations for European Dominance
According to the manifesto, refugees arriving from Syria to places like Italy had ties to ISIS and other Islamic extremist groups. “No doubt, some of these refugees were undercover fighters of Al Qa’idah and the Islamic State.” The manifesto also explains that these sleeper agents are highly trained in combat techniques and encouraged to build ties with other cells as well as local communities.  

Pope Francis opens St Peter's Holy Door to launch jubilee
Pope Francis pushed opened the huge bronze Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in Rome to launch the Catholic Church's "Year of Mercy." ...Under the year's theme of mercy, the Pope has said priests can absolve women who have had abortions. During the jubilee celebrations, one of the most important events in the Roman Catholic Church, pilgrims travel to Rome and religious sites around the world.  

Chennai begins floods clean-up
A major clean-up operation is under way in the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras) after a week of devastating floods. Water levels are receding from most parts of Tamil Nadu state, where at least 280 people are now known to have died in floods since last month. Garbage and sludge have collected on the streets and sewage has entered homes, damaging properties.  

China pollution: First ever red alert in effect in Beijing
Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert" came into effect. The alert, the highest possible warning level, was issued late Monday and will last until midday on Thursday. Limits have been placed on car use and some factories have been ordered to stop operations.  

An Unlikely Damascus Road
A few days before the 74th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks, I was introduced to a little book which revealed to me one of the most amazing stories of Christian conversion I had ever heard or read. The book—FROM PEARL HARBOR TO CALVARY (originally published in 1959 as From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha)—tells the story of Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, a pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy, who commanded the entire first wave of the attacks on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.  

As threat of Islamic Terrorism expands Obama admin remains stuck on radicalization
The photo of Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook going through customs at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, unearthed by ABC and riding the Internet today, says it all. It tells us the critical information about who they were, which is far more important than in which country they may have been radicalized. Photographed at O’Hare, Malik and Farook were terrorists on their way back into the United States to commit unspeakable evil. The camera doesn’t lie. The coming mission of Malik and Farook was written on their faces even back in 2014.  

Thanks Obama: Smith & Wesson And Sturm, Ruger Are Soaring
Following President Obama's speech last night, Smith & Wesson is up 7.75% today (its best day in 4 months) and Sturm Ruger is up 8.25% today (most in 8 months)...  

Russia appears to have 'gone ballistic' in Syria — and it may be helping ISIS
Russia is showing no signs that it intends to forgive and forget Turkey’s decision to down a Russian warplane two weeks ago. Moscow has chosen to retaliate for the incident asymmetrically, hitting Turkish economic and military interests instead of engaging in a direct conflict with Ankara that might lead to a military confrontation with NATO.  

‘Mother Earth’: UN Draft Global Warming Treaty Promotes Gaia Worship
Environmentalists and scientists have increasingly turned to religion to gain support for regulations aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions. Activists hope support for a treaty from prominent religious figures, like Pope Francis, will add moral weight to their call to fight global warming. But would Pope Francis support protecting “Mother Earth”? — a phrase explicitly referring to Greek pagan mythology....  

Trump Calls For Moratorium On Muslims Entering United States
Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population.  

Rick Santorum Lashes Out At Bill Clinton: ‘What Kind Of Darkness Do You Have In You?
“To take that moment and put it in a context of some sort of twisted political game, that’s just really disturbing. And I felt like that that maybe provided some insight as to that world in which Bill and Hillary Clinton live.”  

December 7, 2015

Netanyahu Source: ‘Kerry Is Replaced Soon, Let him Say What He Wants’
“Kerry’s scathing speech did not shock the Israeli government because everyone knows that he will be replaced soon. Everyone is busy with a countdown to the election of a different US president, and until then Kerry can say whatever he wants.”  

‘Time of looking away over’: Germany warns Saudi Arabia to stop funding radical Islamists
Germany has publicly warned Saudi Arabia against further financing religious radicals globally. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s demand to cut money flowing to the Wahhabis comes as some lawmakers are growing weary of Saudi-funded radical mosques. Gabriel stressed that the Saudi regime has been funding mosques known for radicalizing the Muslim population, including in various communities in Europe.  

Syria slams US-led coalition deadly strike against troops as 'act of aggression'
Damascus has labelled as an “act of aggression” the US-led coalition’s missile strike which killed three Syrian soldiers at an army base in the Deir ez Zor province.  

U.S. attorney general to make Chicago law enforcement announcement
A person familiar with the matter confirmed to Reuters on Sunday that there were would be a "patterns and practices" investigation but would not elaborate. Such investigations determine whether the department systematically violates constitutional rights.  

Op-Ed: Post San Bernardino -- How stupid are we supposed to be?
So they lived the American dream, did they? And the president is keeping us safe, is he? So what if, as rumor has it, he hated Jews and maybe Christians. Doesn’t everybody? A regular Joe, Syed.   
Britain joins Syria airstrikes, Islamic State loses ground
Government forces in Syria and Iraq, backed by Russian and U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, continued offensive operations against insurgents in various locations across both countries throughout last week.  

7.2-magnitude earthquake, aftershocks jolt Tajikistan
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Tajikistan on Monday afternoon, shaking buildings hundreds of miles away in Islamabad and New Delhi. The quake struck at 12:50 p.m. local time, with a 4.8-magnitude aftershock about 25 minutes later. Two others occurred within an hour. A separate, 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit neighboring Kyrgyzstan.  

Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 51 km SSW of Karakul, Tajikistan
A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Karakul in Tajikistan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 73.2491° East, 38.609° North, depth 23.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.7 km (15 miles).  

ISIS attack in Israel is just a matter of time
Israel will become the target of an ISIS attack, it is just a matter of time, senior security officials said on Monday. An IDF's General Staff drill was carried out last week, which drilled a scenario in which ISIS carried out a big attack in southern Israel, leading to the deployment of a battalion of paratroopers.  

Venezuela election: Maduro's Socialists trounced
The opposition in Venezuela has won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, overturning nearly two decades of dominance by the Socialists of President Nicolas Maduro. Five hours after polling ended, the National Electoral Council announced the opposition had won 99 seats. President Maduro has admitted defeat, recognising "these adverse results".  

Iraq threatens Turkey with UN action over troop deployment
Iraq has threatened to go to the UN if Turkey does not withdraw soldiers it sent to areas near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul within 48 hours. Baghdad said the deployment was done without consultation and was a violation of national sovereignty. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu defended the move as routine troop rotation at a pre-established camp.  

High-level India-Pakistan talks held in Bangkok
Sunday's meeting in the Thai capital, Bangkok, was described as "candid, cordial and constructive". Although Indian PM Narendra Modi invited his Pakistani counterpart to his inauguration last year, relations have deteriorated since then. Cross-border firing along the disputed region of Kashmir has killed dozens of people from both sides.  

Report: NATO says won't send ground troops to fight IS
NATO has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a Swiss newspaper, stressing the need to bolster local forces in the conflict. "That is not on the agenda of the coalition and the NATO allies," he told the Tages-Anzeiger paper when asked about dispatching ground forces to accompany air strikes.  

Kerry's 'one state' comments cause consternation in Israel
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set off an uproar in Israel on Sunday after warning that the country, through its continued West Bank occupation, will become a "binational state."  

Russia Advises Citizens Not to Travel Over New Year's
The head of Russia's consumer protection agency is advising Russians not to travel out of the country over the 10-day New Year's holiday because of an array of health risks. Security risks already have been cited as reasons not to travel to some of Russians' favorite vacation spots: Egypt, Turkey and Thailand.  

Turkey angered by rocket-brandishing on Russian naval ship passing Istanbul
Turkey accused Russia of a "provocation" on Sunday after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly held a rocket launcher on his shoulder while the vessel passed through Istanbul.  

Scientists Enlist The Big Gun To Get Climate Action: Faith
The cold hard numbers of science haven't spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So as climate negotiators struggle in Paris, some scientists who appealed to the rational brain are enlisting what many would consider a higher power: the majesty of faith.  

Obama: Terror threat against US has entered 'new phase'
In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night the United States would overcome a new terror threat that seeks to "poison the minds" of people here and around the world, as he sought to reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California.  

Shooter’s Mother Active In US Branch Of Pro-Caliphate Islamic Group
Rafia Farook, the mother of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, is an active member of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a Muslim organization that promotes the establishment of a caliphate and has ties to a radical Pakistani political group called Jamaat-e-Islami.  

December 6, 2015

ISIS amassing an army on Europe's border?
There is an increasing risk of Libya becoming a haven for combatants from Islamic State (ISIS), even as western nations target the extremist jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the French defense minister warned in comments published Sunday. "We see foreign jihadists arriving in the region of Syrte (northern Libya) who, if our operations in Syria and Iraq succeed in reducing the territorial reach of Daesh (Islamic State or ISIS) could tomorrow be more numerous,"  

Kerry Furious at Abbas and Netanyahu for Denying Him Peace Process Prize
Obama and Kerry have said numerous times that they only would suggest conditions for two states but that it was up to the Palestinian Authority and Israel to want them. Now that both sides don’t want them, Kerry cannot forgive them.  

The Democratic Party Is A Death Cult
I am so sick of these progressive Democrats waiting to pounce on death and exploit it to their advantage. It takes a special kind of person to do it, to see something awful unfolding on television and think, “How can I use this to my advantage?” That’s the modern American left, and it has to be destroyed.  

The Outrage Over Shooting a Newspaper
All I did was put seven bullet holes in a New York Times editorial from top to bottom. I guess I should again point out that I wasn’t going for a grouping, but top to bottom coverage. In any event, the left seems more outraged by me putting bullet holes in a newspaper than they are terrorists shooting up a place in California.  

Chinese Mother Testifies About 13 Million Forced Abortions a Year – It Amounts to ‘Torture’
At a hearing of the Congressional Executive Commission on China on Thursday, a Chinese woman who is pregnant with her second child -- and who fled to the United States with her husband and son -- said the official government policy change from one-child to two will not stop forced abortions that number at least 13 million a year and amount to the “torture” of Chinese women.  

Netanyahu: Israel Will Not Be 'Binational State' Print Comment Share:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's warning that a collapse of the Palestinian Authority could have consequences for the security of Israel.  

Gun Sales Spike Across the U.S.
Some stores haven't seen a spike like this since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting Gun sales have been spiking in the United States for weeks, especially following the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. Wednesday that left 14 people dead.  

Liberty University president encourages students to carry guns on campus
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. urged students Friday to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack, saying that “we could end those Muslims before they walk in.” “Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here,” Falwell told students at the Christian school.  

Removing Assad 'not necessary' before political transition in Syria – French FM
France has changed its hardline stance on the government in Damascus, with Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius saying he no longer believes that Syrian President Bashar Assad necessarily has to step down before a political transition takes place in the war-torn country.  

Assad says British bombing in Syria will fail, mocks UK's Cameron
British air strikes on Islamic State will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, mocking Prime Minister David Cameron's strategy in the region.  

In Washington, Ya’alon warns: Iranian arms industry will mass-produce weapons for terrorists
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has issued a stark warning about a post-nuclear deal regional reality in which Iran’s weapons industry will receive a significant cash boost from sanctions relief to mass produce advanced arms for Iranian proxies, chief among them Hezbollah.  

France votes in first election since Paris attacks
France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections, the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people. The elections are viewed as a test of public support for the government's response to the attacks on 13 November.  

4 Reasons Why Falling Oil Prices Are Worse Than You Think
Falling oil prices have a sweeping impact on the domestic economy, for both better and worse. No one is going to complain about paying less for gasoline at the pump and some businesses love the lower cost of oil. But the fall of oil isn't good for everyone.  

Machete 'Syria revenge' stabbing in London now treated as TERROR attack
A man was stabbed in the ticket hall at Leytonstone station this evening by another man who witnesses say shouted "This is for Syria" as he slashed his throat. Another three are thought to have been injured. The Met Police said its counter-terrorism command unit is now investigating the incident.  

JPMorgan Warns Of "Eye-Catching" 76% Probability Of Recession
Just days ago Citi pronounced, much to the chagrin of the status-quo-hugging Fed faithful, that given the turn in corporate profits (and concerns over margin sustainability) that the chance of a recession in the US had risen to 65% (and on that basis had a bearish outlook for US equities). Now, as other major sell-side shops jump on the equity un-bullish narrative, JPMorgan's Michael Feroli warns that in the past, a low unemployment rate, rising compensation, falling margins, and elevated durables investment have historically signaled an elevated risk that an expansion is nearing its end... and puts the probability of a US recession within 3 years at 76%.  

Chad says suicide blasts kill at least 15 in Lake Chad
Four female suicide bombers attacked the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 130 in an attack blamed by security sources on militant Islamist group Boko Haram.  

Iraq summons Turkey's ambassador over troop deployment near Mosul
Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador on Saturday to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed in recent days to northern Iraq, near the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul.  

Kerry warns Israel about collapse of Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State John Kerry warned Israel on Saturday about the dangers of the possible collapse of the Palestinian Authority, saying it would lead to a situation that would threaten the security of Israel and the Palestinian people.