November 5, 2016

Car bomb explodes near Somali parliament in Mogadishu
At least two soldiers were killed and five wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on Saturday near Somalia's parliament in the capital Mogadishu, according to police. The blast, which targeted an army convoy near the Sayidka junction checkpoint, was claimed by the armed group al-Shabab.  

Julian Assange: "Hillary Made The FBI Look Weak, And Now They're Out For Payback"
In an extended, 25 minute interview with Australia's John Pilger, posted now in its entirety on RT, Julian Assange said Hillary Clinton sparked an FBI backlash, which is now surfacing, when she stonewalled the Feds, who were trying to investigate her private server.  

Presidential Pollsters’ Political Contributions: Heavily For Hillary Clinton
There is no evidence that any of the polling firms concerned have juiced their surveys or numbers in any way. Most pollsters, including those listed here, make much of their money doing corporate work and surveys, not political polling. However, perhaps there is an argument to be made for transparency among polling companies as to their donations – and journalists should be equally open.  

Coups, counter-coups rage within American government
It’s a struggle taking place at the highest levels of power. Coups, counter-coups and a civil war between the elites. And at the center of it all is one of the America’s most experienced intelligence operatives. “The Clintons have been involved in co-opting our White House, our judiciary, our CIA, our Federal Bureau of Investigation, our Attorney General Loretta Lynch and our director of the FBI James Comey...  

Manhunt in Jordan for killers of 3 US servicemen
Jordanian forces, along with US special forces and helicopters, are engaged in a massive manhunt for the Islamist gunmen who murdered three US military trainers and seriously injured others Friday, Nov. 4 at the Prince Faisal Air Base near the southern Jordanian town of Al-Jafr.  

Assange: Clinton is a cog for Goldman Sachs & the Saudis
‘Clinton made FBI look weak, now there is anger’.  

FBI Director Comey - Playing Hardball with the DOJ
Comey is not afraid of a fight. When he was Acting AG, during AG John Ashcroft's hospitalization, he stood up to Bush regarding NSA domestic surveillance data collection. Comey's refusal to certify major parts of the program led to changes being made. It would appear that there is more to his sending a letter to Congress than just correcting a previous statement made to a Committee in July.  

Guam feels two earthquakes
he first earthquake occurred at 10:53 a.m. and had a recorded magnitude of 4.7, a press release stated. The epicenter was located about 100 miles southwest of Merizo, with a depth of about 21 miles. At 1:54 p.m., a second earthquake was recorded about 12 miles southeast of Rota, with a preliminary magnitude reading of 4.9 and a depth of about 52 miles​.  

Department of Homeland Security Chairman Officially Indicts Hillary Clinton of Treason
Fox News Video.  

US THAAD In South Korea: USFK Chief Says Anti-Missile System To Be Deployed To Region In 8-10 Months
Amid escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea over the latter’s nuclear capabilities, the commander of U.S. forces in neighboring South Korea said Friday that a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system battery will be deployed to the region in the next eight to ten months.  

FBI has evidence Hillary visited 'Orgy Island'
Huma Abedin said to be cooperating with investigators....the New York Police Department, Blackwater USA founder and retired Navy SEAL Erik Prince claims that among the 650,000 Huma Abedin emails on her estranged husband’s laptop is evidence Hillary Clinton, as well as former President Bill Clinton, was a visitor to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s Caribbean hideaway, known as “Orgy Island.”  

Ominous news for Aleppo as Russian frigate reaches Syrian coast
A Russian frigate armed with cruise missiles has passed through the Bosphorus on its way to the eastern Mediterranean in a potentially ominous development for the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.  

Indonesian police quell mass protest by hardline Muslims
Indonesian police quelled a mass protest by tens of thousands of hardline Muslims on Friday, firing tear gas and water cannon into crowds demanding the resignation of the Christian governor of Jakarta, who they said had insulted the Koran.  

Exclusive: Saudis could raise oil output again as sparring with Iran returns - sources
Old disputes between Saudi Arabia and rival Iran resurfaced at a meeting of OPEC experts last week, with Riyadh saying it could raise oil output steeply to bring prices down if Tehran refuses to limit its supply, OPEC sources say.  

Vatican condemns radio station over anti-gay comments on quake
The Vatican has condemned a right-wing Catholic radio station after a broadcast said the recent earthquakes in Italy were "God's punishment" for gay civil unions. The remarks, made on the station Radio Maria, were "offensive and scandalous", the Vatican said.  

Strong quake shakes Chile; no reports of damage
The U.S. Geological Survey calculated the quake’s magnitude at 6.4 and said it hit at 1:20 p.m. (1620 GMT). It was centred 119 miles (192 kilometres) south of Santiago at a depth of 54 miles (87 kilometres). Chile’s navy issued a statement saying a tsunami was unlikely to hit the country’s long coast.  

November 4, 2016

Jerusalem Residents Protest Muslim Muezzin Call to Prayer
“There is a ‘noise regulation’ law in Israel restricting the amount, duration, source and timing of noise [in the public sphere] and the muezzin calls are an infringement on that legislation,” said right-wing activist and member of the Jerusalem City Council Aryeh King,  

Trump Deepens Commitment to Israel
In the final days before election, Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has deepened his connection to Israel, personally and politically, in several significant moves.  

Siberia Is Being Clobbered With Snow Already, and That Could Mean a Harsher U.S. Winter Ahead
Snow is covering the ground across most of Russia, including all of Siberia – likely the greatest extent of snow cover since 1998. Some locations, including Sakha in east-central Russia, are seeing their snowiest winter on record, with most of the snow season yet to come.  

Will Betraying Israel be Obama’s Farewell Gesture?
Obama has insisted that he “has Israel’s back.” The reality is that Obama’s appalling foreign policy has been geared toward the creation of “daylight” between the U.S. and Israel. To this end, Obama reneged on the long-standing bipartisan policy that the U.S. would never be a party to forcing Israel into reverting to the 1949 armistice lines...one should not underestimate Obama’s determination to punish Israel before he retires.  

Assisted Suicide Nearly Law in Nation’s Capital with D.C. Council Vote
The D.C. city council voted 11-2 on Nov. 1 to pass the “Death With Dignity” bill, which would allow two doctors, who both determine that a patient will die within sixth months, to prescribe a fatal dose of medication for the patient upon request.  

Israelis Vote, Rabbis Predict Trump Victory
Israelis with American citizenship have finished voting, and local rabbis are predicting victory for Republican candidate Donald Trump in next week’s US presidential election. American citizens living in Israel, most of them holding dual Israeli citizenship, finished casting their absentee ballots this week, and an exit poll conducted by iVoteIsrael revealed most chose Trump.  

Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul (R-TX) Just Said That Hillary Clinton Had Committed TREASON!
he made the statement this investigation indicated that Clinton was not fit to be President, and he felt that an indictment was pending. If she went on to finish the Election, and she did in fact win the Presidency, she would enter the process of impeachment immediately.  

Lester Holt: Clinton’s ‘Untrustworthy’ Reputation Isn’t Going Away
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt said in an interview published Thursday that Hillary Clinton’s perception of being “untrustworthy” has been her Achilles heel throughout the presidential campaign and will not go away...  

Iraqi forces push deeper into east Mosul
Iraqi special forces recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, a military statement said, expanding the army's foothold in the Islamic State stronghold a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat.  

U.S. warns about possible al Qaeda attacks in Virginia, Texas, New York
U.S. intelligence officials have warned local authorities in New York, Texas and Virginia about possible attacks by al Qaeda on Monday, a day before the U.S. presidential election, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.  

Italy hit by another strong earthquake but no casualties reported
A strong earthquake hit the same area of central Italy on Thursday that has already been battered by a spate of recent tremors, but there were no reports of casualties or further serious damage.  

Turkey HDP: Blast after pro-Kurdish leaders Demirtas and Yuksekdag detained
The joint leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party, People's Democracy (HDP), have been arrested along with at least nine other MPs. Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag are accused of spreading propaganda for militants fighting the Turkish state. Hours after Mr Demirtas was arrested in Diyarbakir, a car bomb killed eight people and injured more than 100.  

Jakarta protest against governor 'blasphemy' draws thousands
Tens of thousands of hard-line Muslims are marching against the governor of Jakarta, demanding he is prosecuted for blasphemy. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian, is the first ethnic Chinese to hold the governor's post in the capital of majority Muslim Indonesia. Protesters earlier gathered at the Istiqlal Mosque and have now assembled outside the presidential palace.  

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes off Davao Occidental
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off Davao Occidental before midnight on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake's epicenter was located 63 kilometers southeast of Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental. The quake struck at 11:21 p.m.  

The Weather Channel video uses young kids to promote ‘global warming’ fears – ‘Dear Mom & Dad, climate change could be very catastrophic’
Weather Channel Founder John Coleman rips his old network for 'immoral' kids video: "Right or wrong, using children to promote a point of view boarders on immoral. Even knowing that climate change is not happening, it is far beneath my values to use children to promote this truth," Coleman told Climate Depot.  

2 Americans and at least 30 Afghans killed in battle
Two US soldiers and more than 30 Afghans were killed Thursday in the midst of heavy fighting around the northern provincial capital of Kunduz, officials and local residents said.  

Iraq's army making slow progress on Mosul, but quick victory unlikely
To Western eyes, the Iraqi offensive on Mosul to oust the Islamic State militants seems slow and laborious, but that’s the way Iraq’s army has historically fought.  

Brexit case 'attempt to block will of people' says Sajid Javid.
A High Court case that could delay the Brexit process is "a clear attempt to frustrate the will of the British people", says a cabinet minister. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid told BBC One's Question Time the referendum result had been "very, very clear" and politicians should "get on with that". But three judges ruled that the PM could not trigger the formal Brexit process without Parliament's backing.  

‘He’s got to get control of the ship again’: How tensions at the FBI will persist after the election
Deep divisions inside the FBI and the Justice Department over how to handle investigations dealing with Hillary Clinton will probably fester even after Tuesday’s presidential election and pose a significant test for James B. Comey’s leadership of the nation’s chief law enforcement agency.  

Marijuana ballot initiatives 2016: Five more states may make pot legal
Either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be a winner on Nov. 8, but in a number of states, pot smokers may come out ahead as well.  

Iran ex-prosecutor known as 'butcher of the press' sentenced to 135 lashes over corruption
The Iranian former prosecutor who was known by Human Rights Watch to be a “serial human rights abuser” was sentenced Wednesday to 135 lashes on charges stemming from a corruption trial, Reuters reported.  

November 3, 2016

FBI Sources: Clinton Server Hacked By 'At Least Five' Foreign Intel Agencies, Two Major Federal Probes Ongoing
FBI sources say with 99% accuracy that Hillary Clinton's server has been hacked by at least five foreign intelligence agencies, and that information had been taken from it.  

Israel Rebuffs Obama's Objection to Building in Shiloh
Shiloh was the first major holy site following Israel’s entry into the Promised Land. It was there that the Tabernacle (Tent of Meeting) and the Ark of the Covenant stood for 369 years, making Shiloh the primary destination of pilgrimage for the first four centuries of Israel’s existence as a landed nation.  

Trump Victory Prophesied by Kabbalah, Says Mystical Rabbi
A noted Kabbalist arrived at the office of the head of the Republican party in Israel this week with the express purpose of reassuring him that in heaven, the matter has already been decided: Donald Trump will be elected to serve as the next President of the United States.  

Saddam's nuke scientist linked to U.S. shipping terminal
It sounds like one of those crazy Internet rumors you need to double-check with the fact-checking websites, but it’s not. It’s real. One of America’s busiest cargo shipping ports has been quietly turned over to a United Arab Emirates based company whose chairman is none other than the brother of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s top nuclear scientist...the Obama administration,... turned over a Port Canaveral terminal to UAE-based Gulftainer...  

Wall-Building: Turkey to Fence Itself Off Syria in 2017
Ankara is expected to complete the construction of a 911-kilometer-long (566-mile-long) concrete wall on the Turkish-Syrian border in the first half of 2017, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said.  

France closes 4 mosques for promoting ‘radical ideology
France’s interior minister has ordered the closure of four mosques that allegedly espoused a ‘radical ideology,’ the latest such shutdowns among dozens since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks nearly a year ago.  

FBI Found No Conclusive Evidence Of Secret Trump-Russia Bank Server
Such a revelation from the FBI is unlikely to please the Clinton campaign, which has frantically been trying to find links between Trump and the Kremlin. FBI Director James Comey announced the investigation into Clinton’s emails was being reopened last Friday.  

Iraqi Church Rescued From ISIS Holds First Service In Two Years
An ancient, bombed-out Christian church just outside of Mosul, Iraq, held its first Sunday service in more than two years Monday. The Syriac Catholic church, located in the city of Qaraqosh, held the service just days after Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) retook the city last week.  

Salt Lake Water Woes
The Great Salt Lake is drying up and shrinking. In October 2016, the Great Salt Lake reached its lowest recorded level: 1277.5 meters (4,191.2 feet), averaged between the lake's north and south arms. Five years of drought in the American West have contributed to the recent drop in the water line, as have higher-than-normal temperatures.  

PLO launches campaign to force Britain to apologize for Balfour
The PLO is launching a year-long campaign to force Great Britain to apologize for the "crime" of the Balfour Declaration.  

ISIS leader: Fight the 'enemies of God'
In the recording, al-Baghdadi said he is "confident of victory" and called on the people of the Iraqi city of Mosul to fight the "enemies of God", reported ITV news. He also calls on his followers to attack Turkey, calling the country the "ally of the atheists". The recording, if authentic, would be the first one al-Baghdadi has released in almost a year.  

Barring ‘Obstruction,’ Indictment Almost Certain In FBI Investigation
Fox News anchor Bret Baier said the FBI’s renewed investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server will almost certainly end in an indictment, unless some sort of “obstruction” arises.  

3.8 magnitude earthquake hits off coast near Warrenton, rattling homes
Callers told NATU News the quake rattled their homes, shaking items hanging or on shelves and moving things around. Twitter users reported feeling the quake for a radius extending several miles. According to the USGS mapping tool, the 7:52 a.m. quake was centered near the coast about 10 miles west of Astoria at a depth of around 21 miles.  

Central Italy feels impact of another earthquake
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck central Italy on Thursday morning in the same region hit by recent strong quakes, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the temblor, which struck at 1:35 a.m. local time was very shallow, only 10 kilometres deep, and was centred 51.5 km southeast of Perugia.  

Armed migrants fight running battles in the French capital
The area around Stalingrad Metro station was turned into a refugee battleground as rival gangs of migrants set upon each other in shocking scenes of violence. Asylum seekers wearing hooded tops wielded makeshift clubs fashioned from lengths of wood which they used to bludgeon each other as horrified pedestrians looked on.  

This search engine remembers literally everything that's been on your computer
To make it easier to find things, Seattle-based Atlas Informatics launched Atlas Recall, which lets you search for anything you've ever looked at on your computer. ...Once installed on your hard drive and browser, Atlas Recall runs in the background and begins collecting your activity. The company captures all the content you've looked at and stores it on its servers.  

Syria conflict: Russia tells rebels to leave Aleppo
Russia and Syria have told rebel forces in Aleppo to leave by Friday evening. The Russian Defence Ministry said rebels would be allowed to leave unharmed and with their weapons via two special corridors on Friday, while six other routes would be opened for civilians, the sick and wounded. The rebels have rejected the offer.  

Brexit: High Court judges to give legal verdict
The High Court is to rule on whether the government can begin the formal process of leaving the European Union without consulting Parliament. Senior judges heard a challenge last month from campaigners who argue Prime Minister Theresa May does not have the power to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without MPs' approval.  

How worrying is Russia’s growing presence in the Middle East?
With tensions already high in the Middle East, Russia is upping the ante, deploying their sole aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean Sea just weeks after sending advanced anti-aircraft weaponry to Syria. The Admiral Kuznetsov was deployed...to the Syrian coast on October 15, leading a naval task force that included the Pyotr Veliky battlecruiser along with the Severomorsk and Vice-Admiral Kulakov anti-submarine warfare destroyers.  

ISIS leader in rare recording: Jews give everything to fight against jihad
Elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bkr al-Baghdadi called upon residents of Mosul on Thursday to fight what he said are the enemies of God, and called on ISIS fighters to destroy the Iraqi city's "infidels" and invade Turkey. In a 31-minute audio recording..."This is what we were promised by Allah and His messenger," two weeks after the beginning of the Iraqi military's operation to liberate Mosul...  

Nile 'Disaster': Flooding Turns River Brown, Shuts Down Water Treatment Stations
Days of heavy rain in Egypt have turned the Nile River, which almost all of the country’s 92 million residents depend on for water, into a turkey brown soup. The stormy weather and subsequent flooding swept tons of soil into the waterway, and the silt-loaded river has forced the closure of several main water treatment stations and caused the disruption of water supplies in some areas.  

Wikileaks Exposes Collusion Between Clinton Campaign, State Department, And New York Times
And the hits just keep on coming. At the same time as the latest Wikileaks email dump revealed an email sent from the gmail account of DOJ assistant attorney general, Peter Kadzik, to the gmail account of John Podesta, warning him of a FOIA case that would make it "a while before the State Department posts the [Hillary] emails", an off-the-record communication which the DOJ apparently had no complaints about, we learned of another coordinated, collusive event, this time involving not the Department of Justice, but the Secretary of State, the New York Times, and the Clinton campaign.  

Military Leader: Iran Sending Elite Fighters Into U.S., Europe
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, the country’s elite military force, is sending assets to infiltrate the United States and Europe at the direction of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to recent Farsi-language comments from an Iranian military leader.  

Iraqi forces consolidate their gains in eastern Mosul
Iraqi special forces mopping up in territory seized in eastern Mosul killed eight Islamic State militants Wednesday as residents fled to safety from nearby areas and men shaved the beards they were forced to grow while the extremists were in control.  

Hacked emails show Clinton campaign communicated with State
A State Department official appeared to coordinate with Hillary Clinton's nascent presidential campaign hours before the former secretary of state's exclusive use of private emails was first detailed in a news account last year, newly released hacked emails show.  

Video: Why Are Russia and China Buying Up All of America’s Food?
The Port of New Orleans is quickly running out of food. The Russians and the Chinese are buying up a good portion of America’s grain and food. Inside sources are saying that China is preparing to buy up all beef. What is behind these actions. Could it have anything to do with an impending War between China and Russia and the United States.  

November 2, 2016

Iraqi forces advance into E. Mosul, ISIS moves west
Iraqi forces Tuesday made significant advances into Mosul from the east Tuesday on the 16th day of the coalition offensive to drive ISIS from Iraq’s second city. Iraqi forces are reported by official sources to be in control of the Gogjali neighborhood and the Mosul state TV building....  

GERMANY AT BOILING POINT: Furious mob takes to streets hunting and attacking migrants
The incident has highlighted once again the seething resentment that the far-right has for refugees who are spread out in accommodation centres across the country.  

WAR ON THE STREETS OF PARIS: Armed migrants fight running battles in the French capital
A MIGRANT turf war erupted into violence on the streets of one of Paris' trendiest neighbourhoods early this morning as asylum seekers beat each other to a pulp with wooden clubs.  

'We're being invaded right now'
The question is, why are liberals so quick to embrace this invasion, and why are traditionalists and conservatives like myself so resistant to erasing the borders, language and culture of this great nation?” More than 3 million foreigners came to the United States in 2014 and 2015 according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies. The foreign-born population in the United States, now standing at 43.3 million people, is at an all-time high.  

Clinton, Trump Prepare for Possibility of Election Overtime
Clinton is assembling a voter protection program that has drawn thousands of lawyers agreeing to lend their time and expertise in battleground states, though the campaign isn’t saying exactly how many or where. It is readying election observers in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada and Arizona to assess any concerns -- including the potential for voter intimidation -- and to verify normal procedures.  

Hackers may abuse open data for ‘ultimate’ attack and chaos, says ‘father’ of World Wide Web
“If you disrupted traffic data for example, to tell everybody that all the roads south of the river are closed, so everybody would go north of the river, that would gridlock you [and] disable the city,” he told the outlet.  

Netanyahu to Abbas: If settlements didn’t exist, would you recognize a Jewish state?
“I [have] turned not only to Hamas, but to President Abbas, and I said, 'Would you recognize a Jewish state, assuming we solve the settlement problem?'” Netanyahu said. “And they won't, because the real settlement issues are the settlements of Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, Akko,” Netanyahu said.  

Volcano on Rome’s doorstep is slowly reawakening
A dormant volcano just outside Rome could be slowly reawakening, scientists have said, raising fears of a Pompeii-style ash-and-rock cloud sweeping across the Italian capital...an international team of researchers reported that the ground in the region is rising by 2-3mm per year and underground chambers located several kilometres below the towns of Ariccia, Castel Gandolfo and Albano are filling up with magma...  

Another Earthquake Hits Oklahoma Area Shook by Major Temblor
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has shaken north-central Oklahoma, hitting the same area where a record-setting 5.8 magnitude quake struck two months ago. The earthquake occurred at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the epicenter was near Pawnee, about 70 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.

Islamic State-Linked Magazine Urges ‘Lone-Wolf’ Attacks in West to Avenge Mosul
In the second issue of the magazine, titled Nashir – Now Fight Has Come, the writers remind Muslims...of the “privilege” they have residing “among our enemies who live peacefully in their countries,”... “...You should stop its bleeding by carrying out exhaustion operations of the Enemy’s power and blood … cut their heads by your knives, let us hear your guns blasting their heads,” it also states, according to FD.  

Number of home-schooled students has doubled since 1999, new data shows
Approximately 1.8 million U.S. children were home-schooled in 2012, more than double the number that were home-schooled in 1999, when the federal government began gathering data on national home-schooling trends, according to estimates released Tuesday. The estimated number of home-schooled children represents 3.4 percent of the U.S. student population between the ages of 5 and 17.  

Society Commentary DC City Council Votes to Allow Physician-Assisted Suicide. That’ll Change Us All, for the Worse.
Earlier today, the D.C. City Council voted to allow physician-assisted suicide. But the debate isn’t over. The Washington Post reports that “the council must still hold a final vote on the bill, possibly as early as Nov. 15,” and that the mayor, Muriel Bowser, must decide if she’ll sign or veto the bill.  

Mosul battle: Iraqi troops secure foothold in eastern outskirts
Iraqi forces are securing their foothold in the city of Mosul, moving from house to house to clear areas of Islamic State (IS) militants. Soldiers and special forces paused their advance on Wednesday, a day after pushing into the eastern outskirts. A BBC journalist says they are moving with caution, amid fears of ambushes, secret tunnels and booby traps.  

Is a ‘Moroccan spring’ coming?
Angry demonstrations in Morocco have raised the question of how stable the kingdom, which survived the Arab spring intact, actually is today. The trigger for the protests, which have been peaceful thus far, bears similarities to that which set off unrest in Tunisia nearly six years ago and spread into the convulsions that swept up Egypt, Libya and Syria.  

Hurrah to American Express for Dumping Roger Waters for Anti-Israel Bias
Major companies pride themselves on being good corporate citizens. It is not always true, but when a positive example is set, it merits praise. I would like to single out American Express for its integrity after withdrawing its sponsorship for a tour by former Pink Floyd front man, Roger Waters. According to the New York Post, “The credit giant took off the table a $4 million sponsorship of Waters’ 2017 tour in North America following his partisan and anti-Israel rhetoric this month at a festival that American Express sponsored.”  

Russian Armada Enters Mediterranean En Route to Syria
A Russian naval contingency led by the missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky has arrived in the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, Russia’s Defense Minister General Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to a TASS report.  

Venezuela's Currency Disintegrates: Bolivar Plummets 20% In One Week
When we reported last week that Venezuela's government has finally thrown in the towel on the hyperinflation plaguing the bankrupt nation...  

3,210 Syrian Refugees So Far in 2016; Up 675% from 2015; 99.1% Are Muslims
The Obama administration has resettled 13,210 Syrian refugees into the United States since the beginning of 2016 – an increase of 675 percent over the same 10-month period in 2015.  

The U.S. Stock Market Isn’t Going Clinton’s Way
Few institutions have a better track record calling presidential races than the U.S. stock market. At the moment, it’s sending information that counts against Democrat Hillary Clinton.  

China proudly debuts its new stealth jet it built 'by hacking into US computers and stealing plans'
China's controversial stealth jet has China's controversial stealth jet has made its first flyby, giving the public and media a glimpse of the aircraft believed to be a copy of America's F-22 and built using hacked US military blueprints. Taking to the skies at the airshow in the southern city of Zhuhai, in Guangdong province, the J-20 stealth fighter passed by onlookers in a thunderous demonstration.  

November 1, 2016

2016’s closest supermoon is November 14
The full moon of November 14, 2016 is not only the biggest, closest and brightest supermoon of the year. It’s the closest supermoon since January 26, 1948. Moreover, the moon won’t come this close to Earth again until November 25, 2034. Should you watch for this full moon on the night of November 14? Sure, but for us in the Americas, the moon is closer to full on the night of November 13.  

Pope: Ban on Female Priests Is Forever
Pope Francis said on Tuesday he believes the Roman Catholic Church's ban on women becoming priests is forever and will never be changed, in some of his most definitive remarks on the issue.  

Feds plan to force vaccinations
A public-interest legal team has filed comments with the federal government objecting to a planned Centers for Disease Control rule-change that would allow the government to impose forced vaccinations on Americans under certain circumstances. The grant of permission for forcibly vaccinating individuals comes in its definitions, the GLJC said. It forbids an individual from objecting to forced medical treatments and vaccinations for any reason...  

Adelson Gives $25 Million to Attack Hillary
Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson has committed $25 million to an anti-Hillary Clinton super PAC that expects to finance ads in the final week of the campaign hitting the Democratic nominee for alleged corruption..the cash blast is expected to help GOP down-ballot races, but is also a sign high-rolling donors who doubted Donald Trump could beat Clinton are now betting her WikiLeaks and email scandal are making her vulnerable.
Trump surges past Clinton week before election
In the latest survey, the ABC/Washington Post tracking poll, Trump now leads his opponent by one point – 46% to 45%. This represents a massive shift since October 23rd, when the same poll gave Clinton a stunning 12-point advantage over Trump. The poll was touted at the time by Democrats, who jumped on it as proof that Clinton’s election was a shoo-in.  

Bible Codes Predict Trump Win [WATCH]
In two separate sets of Bible Codes, published three months apart, international Bible Codes expert Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson found evidence that Donald J. Trump will win the upcoming US presidential election. What’s more, Trump’s predicted win appears to be connected to his support for Israel.  

'Clinton's black son' to make 'bombshell announcement'
Danney Williams, the man from Little Rock, Arkansas, who has claimed since the 1990s to be the black illegitimate son of former President Bill Clinton, will hold a press conference Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to make an announcement his supporters characterize as a “bombshell that will rock Hillary’s campaign.”  

Israel to build new settler homes in Shiloh, despite US objections
Israel intends to move ahead with plans to construct 98 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Shiloh, despite harsh United States objections to the plan. On Monday the state informed the High Court of Justice it awaited final bureaucratic approval to develop the site within six months as a relocation option for the 40 families from the Amona outpost.  

What is Obama planning for Israel in his final months?
Report suggests White House preparing possible last-ditch attempt at achieving two-state solution before Obama's term ends next January.  

Still Think Hillary Clinton Is a Role Model for Your Daughter?
Good and decent men and women who are Democrats ought to stop thinking this way -- for America's sake and for their daughters' sake.  

Is the 'big one' about to hit Rome? String of tremors and volcano's reawakening prompt fears of major quake
Whilst scientists say there is no risk that Rome will be hit by a "big one", something different may be threatening the Eternal City: a dormant volcano. Situated on Rome's doorstep, the volcano is showing signs of activity which, combined with the seismic history of the area, would indicate it is slowly reactivating, an international team of scientist said.  

Around 35 Small Earthquakes Rattle Salton Sea Area
About 35 small earthquakes rattled the Salton Sea area Monday morning. The quakes, which began at 2:43 a.m., were relatively mild. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude-3.1 earthquake struck around 2:43 a.m., located 5 miles southwest of Niland. Within the hour, a magnitude-3.0 and magnitude-3.3 earthquakes rattled the same area. Around 3:41 a.m., a magnitude-3.6 quake rattled 6 miles north of Ocotillo Wells.  

Immigration Officer: Border Deluge of Illegal Aliens ‘Is The Worst We’ve Ever Seen’
The flood of illegal aliens pouring across the southern border has become a “crisis situation” and is even worse than the record 2014 border surge, says an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer from El Paso, Texas... The ICE agency has no room to house the arriving surge, so many illegals are being released into American communities where they disappear “into the wind never to be seen by us again,” the agent said.  

Obama’s Israel Surprise?
The Middle East...bright spots...is the budding rapprochement between Israel and its Sunni Arab neighbors, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, thanks to...threats from Iran and Islamic State. Now the Obama Administration may...wreck even that. Israeli diplomats gird for the possibility that President Obama may try to force a diplomatic resolution for Israel and the Palestinians at the United Nations.  

Russian submarines spotted off BRITISH COAST in latest Putin offensive
A RUSSIAN nuclear submarine operating covertly in waters off the coast of Britain is being tracked by the Royal Navy. The sub is believed to be one of three fearsomely armed subs heading for Mediterranean – easy striking distance of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.  

ROBOT WARS Vladimir Putin’s Russia is preparing an army of robots and drones to take on its enemies
Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to modernise and create “intelligent weapons”, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister has warned. The announcement comes just weeks after the country's rustbucket aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was mocked as it belched out acrid smoke while steaming through the English Channel towards Syria.  

UK forms global infection response team
The UK has created a specialist team of health experts who can be deployed anywhere around the world within 48 hours if a disease outbreak strikes. The aim is to stamp out infections like Ebola before they spread far and wide. The scientists, academics and clinicians will be funded by £20m from the government over five years.  

Lebanon: Michel Aoun elected president, ending two-year stalemate
Lebanon's parliament has elected Michel Aoun as president, ending a political stand-off that has left the post empty for more than two years. The newly-appointed president, a Maronite Christian, vowed to protect Lebanon from "regional fires" - a reference to the conflict in Syria. Mr Aoun was backed by the powerful Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah.  

Italy quake: At least 15,000 in temporary shelters
Italy's most powerful earthquake since 1980 has left more than 15,000 people homeless, according to the country's civil protection agency. No-one was killed in Sunday's quake but 20 people were injured and there is extensive damage in and around Norcia. The 6.6-magnitude quake struck near the central region where nearly 300 people were killed by a quake in August.  

China J-20 fighter jet in public debut
China has showcased its long-awaited J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time. Two of the radar-evading jets did a 60-second flypast at the Zhuhai air show in Guangdong province - the country's biggest meeting of plane makers and buyers. Previously the jets had only been seen by bloggers.  

Israel to build new settler homes in Shiloh, despite US objections
Israel intends to move ahead with plans to construct 98 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Shiloh, despite harsh United States objections to the plan. On Monday the state informed the High Court of Justice it awaited final bureaucratic approval to develop the site within six months as a relocation option for the 40 families from the Amona outpost.  

Mosul battle: Iraqi PM Abadi urges IS to surrender
The prime minister of Iraq has urged the Islamic State group to surrender as government troops close in on its last urban stronghold in the country, Mosul.  

City releases audio of Pulse nightclub gunman
Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren't sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings released Monday after a judge ruled they should be made public.  

Death is near in Mosul, says IS survivor
Since the Iraqi and Kurdish armies began an operation to re-capture Mosul, some 17,000 people living in the outskirts of the city have been freed from so-called Islamic State (IS) rule  

China debuts J-20 stealth jet in show of strength at country's biggest air expo
China showed its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time on Tuesday, opening the country's biggest meeting of aircraft makers and buyers with a show of its military clout.  

Erdogan rides patriotic wave with crackdown at home, combative policy abroad
In the three and half months since a failed military coup, Turkey has sacked or suspended more than 110,000 people, launched a military incursion into Syria, and repeatedly threatened to do the same in Iraq.  

CNN Decries "Fake News" Websites (Then Stealth Edits Its Own Article)
There is a plague of "fake news" apparently, and CNN is here to help you 'dear voter' see through the deception to the Clinton-campaign-confirmed narrative you should be paying attention. While it not enough that we have pointed out CNN's numerous questionable actions (here, here, and here), along with today's news of Donna Brazile's resignation, but just this weekend CNN was caught 'stealth editing' false claims made against Trump. Fake news indeed...  

Brazile out at CNN after WikiLeaks reveals she gave debate questions to Clinton camp
Democratic party chair Donna Brazile is no longer at CNN, as WikiLeaks revealed that she sent debate questions to Hillary Clinton’s campaign at least twice. Confirming Brazile’s dismissal, CNN said it was “completely uncomfortable” with her conduct.  

Vaccinating against dengue may increase Zika outbreaks
Vaccinating against dengue fever could increase outbreaks of Zika, suggests new research. The study identifies a potentially serious public health concern. More than a third of the world's population lives in areas where dengue is endemic and cases of co-infection with Zika have already been reported.  

WAR READY: US upgrades deadly rocket system to hit LAND TARGETS amid global conflict fears
THE US has upgraded its long range missile system to strike both land and sea targets as Washington responds to Russia's deadly war preparations.  

CNN quietly edits incorrect Trump story, only adds editor's note after media report
CNN on Sunday incorrectly reported that Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to vote multiple times, then quietly amended its online story when it became apparent the claim was not true.  

'We are losing control of the streets' Merkel's Germany descends into lawlessness
During the first six months of 2016, migrants committed 142,500 crimes, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office. And the country has been hit by a spate of horrendous violent crime including rapes, sexual and physical assaults, stabbings, home invasions, robberies, burglaries and drug trafficking.  

October 31, 2016

Turkey fires another 10,000 civil servants in post-coup purge
Turkish authorities have fired over 10,000 more civil servants, as the government presses a crackdown over the failed July coup, the official gazette said. A total of 10,131 government employees have been removed, mainly from the education, justice and health ministries, according to announcements published late Saturday.

White House: Obama Doesn't Believe FBI Director Trying to Influence Election
Obama believes FBI Director James Comey is a man of integrity and is not trying to influence the U.S. presidential election by announcing scrutiny of additional emails linked to Democrat Hillary Clinton's private server, the White House said on Monday. 

 Clinton’s national campaign chairman. Morocco’s state-owned phosphate company, OCP, would ostensibly have benefited from Jackson’s move to shut down Mosaic. Mohammed donated up to $15 million to the Clinton Foundation through OCP. 

Central Colombia Hit by 5.4-Magnitude Earthquake
The earthquake occurred at 00:20 GMT on Monday at a depth of 44 kilometers (about 27 miles) with the epicenter located in 25 miles of the small town of Colombia. The largest urban center relatively close to the earthquake at approximately 67 miles was Neiva with the population of 352,855.  

Assange: Next WikiLeaks batch will lead to Hillary Clinton’s arrest
Julian Assange said Sunday that the next batch of hacked emails he plans to release will lead to the arrest of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Two days ago, the FBI reopened the investigation into her private server as Secretary of State, knocking her campaign sideways. After releasing 21 emails batches this month, Assange has more than 50,000 to go “ with enough evidence to see Hillary Clinton arrested.”  

Congress: Attorney General Lynch ‘Pleads Fifth’ on Secret Iran ‘Ransom’ Payments
Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with an investigation by leading members of Congress about the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year, prompting accusations that Lynch has “pleaded the Fifth” Amendment to avoid incriminating herself over these payments, according to lawmakers and communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) initially presented Lynch in October with a series of questions about how the cash payment to Iran was approved and delivered.  

Last Stronghold of ISIS Caliphate Set to Topple in Battle for Mosul
US-backed Iraqi ground troops, following on the heels of the army’s counter-terrorism unit, launched what it expects to be the final assault on the city of Mosul, the last major stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq, on Monday.  

Report: DOJ Tried Repeatedly To Kill FBI’s Clinton Foundation Investigation
Senior-level Justice Department officials pushed back heavily on an ongoing FBI investigation of the Clinton Foundation, according to a bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper laid out numerous examples, based on law enforcement sources, of senior DOJ officials intervening to quash the probe.  

Comey Has Clinton Dead to Rights
Comey would not be doing this if he did not have the goods on Clinton and most likely Huma Abedin as well. It has now caught Clinton and Abedin in a web of deceit. In searching the devices that Abedin shared with Weiner, the FBI must have discovered emails that were clearly classified. They were sent by Clinton and they were on Abedin’s home device that Weiner had access to in a file next to his pedophilia. The agents worked this up the chain, Comey realized he had no choice but to let the American people know.  

Federal Outlaws Brutally Attack Bundy Defense Attorney Marcus Mumford
Defense Attorney Marcus Mumford was viciously attacked by federal marshals as he attempted to make his arguments to the Court. According to eyewitness, Jeff Banta, another of the acquitted defendants, Mumford put his arms out to block federal marshals from taking Ammon while saying, “What are you doing…what are you doing? At which point a mob of federal marshals – six men and 3 women attacked Defense Attorney Marcus  

Hillary’s Two Official Favors To Morocco Resulted In $28 Million For Clinton Foundation
Jackson’s close ties and loyalty to the Clintons were revealed when she joined the Clinton Foundation’s board of directors in 2013, just months after she left the EPA. Jackson is also close to John Podesta, Clinton’s national campaign chairman. Morocco’s state-owned phosphate company, OCP, would ostensibly have benefited from Jackson’s move to shut down Mosaic. Mohammed donated up to $15 million to the Clinton Foundation through OCP.  

Italy trembles: Over 200 aftershocks follow devastating earthquake
The danger of a major new jolt remains in Italy, as over 200 aftershocks were registered following a devastating 6.6 magnitude earthquake in central regions of the country. Sunday’s earthquake in central Italy was followed by numerous aftershocks, 15 of which had a magnitude ranging from 4.0 to 4.6, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).  

Russian PM to discuss Israel-PA peace
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) on November 9 with the aim of advancing the peace negotiations between the sides, i24news reported Sunday, citing a report on the PA’s official television station. “a number of bilateral intergovernmental and interagency agreements and documents are due to be signed after the talks.”  

Political victory for Hezbollah expected in Lebanon election
Lebanon is poised to elect a strong Hezbollah ally as the country’s president Monday, in a boost for the pro-Iranian axis in the region. If there is no last-minute surprise, 81-year-old former general Michel Aoun, a Maronite Christian, will easily be elected by parliament to the top office. The pro-Hezbollah Beirut daily As-Safir reported yesterday that he is on track to win in the first round and enjoys the backing of 94 of the 127 MPs.  

UNHRC official: ‘Israel’s status at UN depends on ending the occupation’
Israel’s status at the United Nations depends on it’s ending the "occupation" and on the ability of Palestine to act as a state, warned special investigator and Canadian legal expert Michael Lynk during an official briefing to that body. ...In his 26-page report and in his comments to the Third Committee he said that Israel must immediately end "the occupation."  

Brazil shifts right, evangelical elected Rio mayor
An evangelical mega-church bishop who once branded Catholics demons was elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro, in nationwide municipal elections confirming Brazil's shift to the right.  

Police Officer Dies of Complications From Shooting After He Predicted He Would Be Shot
An Alaska police officer who reportedly predicted that he would be shot has died from surgery complications two weeks later. Sgt. Allen Brandt was shot on patrol after responding to reports of gunfire in Fairbanks earlier this month. Earlier that same night he told his wife and children he would be shot, according to reports.  

Is This Why Comey Broke: A Stack Of Resignation Letters From Furious FBI Agents Tyler Durden's picture by Tyler Durden
According to the Daily Mail, and a source close to James Comey, the decision, at least in part, came after he "could no longer resist mounting pressure by mutinous agents in the FBI" who "felt that he betrayed them and brought disgrace on the bureau by letting Hillary off with a slap on the wrist."  

FBI Director James Comey Begins Briefing Congressional Leaders on Clinton Email Review
"For the young people here who didn't live in the '90s ... this is what life is like with the Clintons," Ryan said. "It's scandal after scandal after scandal."  

Egypt bans TV interview with corruption critic
A rare TV interview with Egypt's former chief auditor - who went on trial for spreading false news after publicly alleging massive government corruption - has been banned, the former official said.  

  

October 30, 2015

Clinton Campaign Rocked by New FBI Email Probe
“It is unthinkable that the Director of the FBI would take this action lightly, that he would put this letter forth to the Congress of the United States saying there is more information out there about classified e-mails and call it to the attention of congress unless it was something requiring serious investigation,”  

6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Flattens Much Of Historic Basilica In Central Italy
A strong earthquake in Italy's Umbria region destroyed a centuries-old basilica that was built at the birthplace of Saint Benedict and his twin sister Saint Scholastica early Sunday. No deaths were reported from the quake, which followed a series of smaller temblors.  

Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, shuts more media in post-coup crackdown
Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected links with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating the failed coup in July. Thousands of academics, teachers and health workers were among those removed through a new emergency rule decree...late on Saturday while 15 media outlets, almost all of which reported from the largely Kurdish southeast, were shut down.  

US orders families of consulate workers in Istanbul to leave
The State Department is ordering family members of employees posted to the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul to leave because of security concerns. In a statement issued Saturday, the State Department says the decision is based on security information indicating extremist groups are continuing aggressive efforts to attack U.S. citizens in areas of Istanbul where they reside or frequent.  

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack outside U.S. embassy in Nairobi
A follower of Islamic State was responsible for an attack last week on a Kenyan police officer outside a U.S. embassy in Nairobi, the group's Amaq news agency said on Saturday. A knife-wielding man whom police described as a criminal was shot dead outside the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi last Thursday after he attacked and injured a Kenyan police officer.  

ABC/Wapo Effectively Admit To Poll Tampering
Just yesterday we wrote about the very curious ABC / Wapo poll which seemed to show Hillary's blow-out 12-point lead from last Sunday get cut in half in a matter of just two days...Ironically, these new results do not reflect the latest FBI bombshell as polling was concluded on October 27th and it still includes an 8-point sampling advantage for democrats.  

Yemen conflict: Dozens killed as air strikes hit prison in Hudaydah
Dozens of people have been killed at a Yemeni prison complex in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, reports say. Strikes hit a building used as a prison in the al-Zaydiya security headquarters in the western port of Hudaydah, security and medical officials say. The city is under the control of Houthi rebels, who have been battling the government since 2014.  

Italy quake: Powerful tremor near Norcia destroys buildings
A strong earthquake has struck near Norcia in central Italy, destroying numerous buildings. It comes nearly two months after a major earthquake killed almost 300 people and destroyed several towns. The quake early on Sunday measured 6.6, larger than August's quake and aftershocks last week. It is thought to be Italy's most violent in decades.  

Australia asylum: Arrivals by boat face lifetime visa ban
Australia has unveiled tough new plans to bar any asylum seekers who try to reach the country by boat from ever being able to enter. The lifetime ban on visas would apply even to those travelling as tourists, for business, or who married an Australian. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the move would send "the strongest possible signal" to people-smugglers.  

Netanyahu to visit 3 states never-before visited by sitting Israeli PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced at Sunday's cabinet meeting that within the next three months he will travel to four countries, including three where no sitting Israeli prime minister has ever visited: Australia, Singapore and Kazakhstan. The fourth country is Azerbaijan, a strategic country on Iran's border. Like Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan is a majority Muslim country.  

Video: D'Souza Has A Word For Christians Not Voting This November
Here's D'Souza's message for Christians planning to not vote this November. If not now, when? If not us, who?  

What Evangelicals Can Do to Bring Change to the Supreme Court
A new poll from LifeWay Research shows that few Americans with evangelical beliefs consider Supreme Court nominees, religious freedom or abortion as issues of top importance when it comes to voting for the next president.  

After the Bundy acquittal, some surprising lessons of the Malheur occupation
Ammon Bundy spent 10 hours over three days explaining to an Oregon jury how and why he, his brother Ryan, and a band of Western compatriots bore arms to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for over a month last winter.  

Turkey's Erdogan says Ankara aims to reinforce troops on Iraq border
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was aiming to reinforce its troops deployments in its Iraqi border town of Silopi and that it would have a "different response" for Shi'ite militia groups if they cause terror in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar.  

Iceland's Pirates see softer than expected support in early poll results
Support for Iceland's Pirates in parliamentary elections has turned out lower than anticipated, making it less likely that the anti-establishment party will be part of a new government, early election results showed on Sunday.  

Poll Shows Voters Agree With Trump That ‘This Changes Everything’
A new poll shows the America people are responding to days of WikiLeaks revelations depicting the seamy side of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign operation....Donald Trump leads Clinton by 2.4 points in the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times “Daybreak” tracking poll, 46.2 percent to 43.8 percent. The poll, which is updated daily....  

Obama’s Iranian Lies
Obama opposed naming Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror group even while it was closely involved in organizing attacks against American soldiers in Iraq. Bank Sepah is an IRGC bank. The IRGC, despite Obama’s denials, is an Islamic terror group with American blood on its hands. John Kerry admitted that the IRGC have been “labeled as terrorists” when discussing how the Shiite terror organization will benefit from Obama’s sanctions relief.