Translate

Sunday, January 10, 2016

January 10, 2016

Obama’s Constitutional Overreach… and Israel
Netanyahu isn’t the only one the administration sneers at It sneers at the American public and at members of Congress as well. And in so doing, it sneers at and deliberately breaks US law and tramples the US Constitution.  
China Goes Full Keynesian-tard: Demolishes Never-Used Just-Built Skyscraper
"Growth" meet "mal-investment boom-bust" In a perfect example of the smoke-and-mirror-ness of China's credit-fueled expansion, a 27-storey high-rise building which was completed on November 15th 2015 was just demolished, "having been left unused for too long."  
Lawmakers to Obama: ‘Stop importing the threat’
Now that two ISIS operatives who entered the U.S. as Iraqi refugees have been arrested on terror-related charges, the heat is sure to get turned up in the debate over the “vetting” of Muslim refugees and whether it is even possible to screen them for terrorist ties.  
Producer of New A&E Show on Antichrist: 'People Feel Like These are the End Times'
When asked by the Hollywood Reporter why there is renewed interest in the Antichrist, Glen Mazzara, the showrunner of “Damien,” said he thought it was because there is increased anticipation that we may be living in the end times...  
Gas prices could drop toward $1 a gallon
In some gas stations around the country, the price of a gallon of regular has dropped below $1.42. AAA and GasBuddy, two organizations that follow gasoline prices, say that gasoline prices below $2 will not be unusual in most of the United States  
Kuwaiti Media: Obama to Seek UN Secretary Generalship
Al –Jarida, an Arabic language Kuwaiti magazine, published an article on Friday claiming that US President Barack Obama has set his sights on becoming the next Secretary General of the United Nations when he leaves the Oval Office in one year. The article also claimed that upon hearing of President Obama’s plans, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu “vowed to counter his campaign.” They quoted Netanyahu as saying, “Eight years of Obama’s judgments and marginalizing Israel was not enough? Now he wants to be in a position to cause us trouble in the international forum?”  
U.S. Supreme Court set to hear challenge to public sector unions
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Monday a conservative legal challenge targeting public sector unions...brought by non-union teachers in California who object to being compelled to pay for collective bargaining. The dispute pits 10 public school teachers and the Christian Educators Association International against the California Teachers Association...a history of backing liberal political causes.  
US flies B-52 bomber over South Korea amid North tensions
The US has flown a B-52 bomber over South Korea in a show of force after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The B-52 swooped over an air base close to the North-South border. Pyongyang said it detonated an underground device earlier this week to widespread condemnation, but experts remain sceptical about the claim.  
Israel's first stealth fighter jet enters advanced production stage
The first Lockheed Martin F-35 [dubbed Adir in the IAF] stealth fighter jet, due to be delivered to Israel later this year, had entered an advanced production stage. To mark the event, the head of the Defense Ministry's delegation to the US, Aharon Marmaroush, visited Lockheed Martin's production plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and inscribed a message on the frame of the future IAF jet.  
Jordan to form judicial committee to 'inspect Israel's violations' at Temple Mount
Jordan has been appointed to form an international judicial committee to inspect Israel's "violations" on the Temple Mount, Jordanian daily Al-Rai reported on Sunday. This role was assigned to Jordan, which is internationally recognized as the preserver of the holy places in Jerusalem, during a conference that took place recently in Egypt, assembling Arab judicial experts.  
Airstrikes in Syria Kill Dozens in Rebel-held Town
Monitors said airstrikes on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria killed dozens of people Saturday, including civilians, fighters and prisoners. But the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not say whether the strikes in Idlib province were carried out by Syrian or allied Russian warplanes, which have both bombed the area in recent weeks.  
Egypt upholds prison sentence for former autocrat Mubarak
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld a three-year prison sentence for graft that was already served by former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, who are out of prison and will not have to serve additional time.  
N. Korea's Kim Calls Nuclear Test a 'Self-Defensive Step'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday as "a self-defensive step for reliably defending" the Korean Peninsula from the danger of nuclear war caused by "U.S.-led imperialists."  
Mexican drug lord’s dreams of biopic aided in his capture
In the rain and darkness Friday morning, Mexican marines crept up in trucks with their lights out and jumped between rooftops on Boulevard Jiquilpan, surrounding a little white house in this coastal city where their country’s most-wanted fugitive, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, was hiding.  
Will Iran and Saudi Arabia Go into War?
First, it was the Egyptian embassy, second the American embassy, later Denmark, then the British embassy was ransacked by mostly Basijis, and now, it is the turn of Saudi Arabia's embassy to be attacked by crowds of Iranians. What kind of diplomacy is Rowhani's government referring to?  
Cairo, Red Sea attacks deal new blows to Egypt
Armed men shot dead a police officer and a soldier in their car on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday, Egypt's state news agency said, a day after suspected militants armed with knives wounded three European tourists in a Red Sea resort.
Texas armed standoff ends after 15 yearsAfter almost 15 years, what is believed to be the longest armed standoff in American history quietly came to a peaceful close earlier this week.