November 26, 2016

Liberals Want California to Secede? Godspeed, Libs...
Take Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama, for example. Are there any meaningful areas of agreement you have with them politically as conservatives? Do you agree with them on abortion, gay marriage, Obamacare, the Constitution, controlling the border, taxes, states’ rights, spending, judges, school choice, etc., etc.?  

'Don’t underestimate change' Political revolution will sweep across West, Farage vows
The interim-Ukip leader, who has hailed 2016 as the year where the underdogs took back power from the establishment, declared more political changes would sweep across the globe. Political upheaval has dominated since the UK’s historical vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump was elected President of the United States earlier in November. Praising the return of power to the people, Mr Farage has proudly proclaimed there is more to come.  

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday. He was 90.  

Egypt shifts to open support for Assad regime in Syrian civil war
"Our priority is to support national armies, for example in Libya to exert control over Libya territory and deal with extremist elements. The same with Syria and Iraq." Sisi said.  

Trump election: Request for Wisconsin vote recount sent
The election commission in Wisconsin has received a request for a recount of the votes in the state narrowly won by Donald Trump more than two weeks ago. The request was filed by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. She has also pledged to file for vote recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania.  

Tropical storm Otto kills nine in Costa Rica
At least nine people have been killed by tropical storm Otto in Costa Rica, officials say, as areas recorded over a month's worth of rain in a few hours. President Luis Guillermo Solis declared three days of mourning. Some 5,500 residents had to be evacuated. Several towns were covered by water and mud, and small bridges collapsed.  

S Korea sees largest protests against President Park Geun-hye
Hundreds of thousands have rallied in South Korea for what is thought to be the largest protests so far demanding President Park Geun-hye steps down. Ms Park is accused of allowing her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to manipulate power from behind the scenes. The president has apologised twice on national television, but has so far resisted calls to resign.  

Is the Obama administration at a boiling point with Israel?
Speculation has been rife...that President Barack Obama will use the presidential interregnum to make a legacy statement on Israel-Palestine. On the cards are a presidential speech that would lay out a suggested framework for a two-state solution, or...using the UN Security Council to push a resolution that would either condemn settlements or even lay down guidelines and a timetable for a final-status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.  

Washington Post Names Drudge, Zero Hedge, & Ron Paul As Anti-Clinton "Sophisticated Russian Propaganda Tools"
The desperate flailing of a mainstream-media struggling through the five stages of grief continues as no lesser unbiased foundation of the fourth estate than The Washington Post pushes ahead with its "fake news, blame the Russians" narrative for why their candidate failed so miserably.  

Israel arrests at least 12 on suspicion of arson in connection with massive fires
Israeli police said Friday that at least 12 people were in custody on suspicion of starting huge fires that have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and left widespread damage across the country.  

Cuban dictator Fidel Castro dies at 90
Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator who helped bring the world to the brink of nuclear war, tormented 11 American presidents and exerted almost total control over the last remaining communist government in the Western Hemisphere, has died. He was 90.  

Turkish leader threatens to open migrant floodgate to Europe
Turkey threatened Friday to open the migrant floodgates if the European Union halts its membership talks, as criticism grows of Ankara's heavy-handed response to a failed military coup.  

Iraq readies force to storm flashpoint town near Mosul
Iraq is readying a special force tasked with storming Tal Afar, a bastion of Islamic State west of Mosul, in a way that would avoid revenge killings against the town's Sunni population. Capturing or isolating Tal Afar from Mosul is a key part of the U.S-backed offensive to take back Islamic State's last major city stronghold in Iraq, by allowing the ground forces taking part in the campaign to complete Mosul's encirclement.  

Tensions rise at CNN as the network aims for Trump
CNN is taking an increasingly negative approach toward its coverage of President-elect Trump, causing at least some tension within the network, inside sources told the Washington Examiner. Trump, according to a New York Post story, told the network he wasn't happy with their coverage during an off-the-record meeting at his headquarters in Trump Tower this week. Trump critiqued the news media at large during the meeting, but CNN was one of the top targets, according to the Post's report.  

Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano spews ash miles into the air
Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano surprised observers with a startling sight Friday: a massive column of ash billowing in the air. An explosion sent steam, gas and ash 5 km (3.1 miles) above the volcano's crater, officials said. Luis Felipe Puente, Mexico's director of civil protection, shared photos and videos on social media of the plume spreading through the sky.  

November 25, 2016

Biblical Message in Recent Wave of Terrorist Arson
As fires rage across the Carmel region, the result of terrorist arson, some Israelis look to the Bible to understand a deeper lesson of what these flames mean.“Today, on this site of holy fire, our enemies are using fire against us. Is it a divine message for the nation? I’m not a prophet, I can’t rightly say,” she posted on Facebook. “But I KNOW that the duel is still on between Israel and our physical and spiritual enemies.  

Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 hits Taiwan
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The quake hit at 5:55 am (local time) and was centred 81 kilometres east of the city of Hualian at a depth of 10 kilometres, USGS said.  

Magnitude 7.0 quake shakes Central America
Tremor hits off the coast of El Salvador, and was also felt in Nicaragua, which is being lashed by a hurricane. There were no immediate reports of any damage from Thursday's quake, which occurred around 120km off the coast of El Salvador at a depth of 33km, according to the US Geological Survey.  

Six killed, dozens wounded by blasts in Afghan city
At least six people were killed and 27 wounded on Friday in a series of explosions across the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, a local government official said. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar, said the blasts took place in different parts of the city.  

Otto weakens after hurricane, quake hit Central America
Otto was downgraded to a tropical storm but not before striking Central America at hurricane force, as an offshore earthquake also shook the region. The storm, packing sustained winds of up to 170 kilometers (110 miles) per hour at the time, triggered alarm in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.  

China Struggles to Steady Yuan’s Decline
China is facing an uphill battle to maintain an orderly depreciation of the yuan as investors pile up bearish bets against the currency outside the mainland. The gap between the yuan’s value against the dollar in the domestic market and in what is known as the offshore market in Hong Kong, has been widening in recent days.  

Italy NEXT to reject establishment as protest vote set to WIN referendum, shock poll finds
ITALY is set to deal a hammer blow to its government as the latest polls revealed voters will punish Matteo Renzi's administration in the upcoming referendum. The prime minister's failure to reach out to working class suggest large regions will snub Mr Renzi's plan for constitutional reform.  

If US Can't or Won't Fight Terrorists, They Should 'Stop Getting in the Way'
The Russian Defense Ministry commented on the US State Department's calls not to help tankers shipping fuel to the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria. If Washington cannot or does not want to fight terrorists, it should not get in the way... "Such statements, unfortunately, only confirm our earlier estimates that fighting terrorism in Syria has never been on the outgoing administration's agenda," Konashenkov said.  

Israel fires: Dozen suspects arrested on suspicion of arson
Israeli police have arrested 12 people on suspicion of arson over a series of wildfires that have burned around the country for four days. Firefighters have brought a blaze under control around the northern city of Haifa, where about 80,000 people were ordered to evacuate.  

EU leaders 'not bluffing' over Brexit terms, warns Malta's PM
EU leaders are not "bluffing" when they say the UK will be left without access to the single market when it leaves the bloc if there is no free movement of people, Malta's prime minister says. Joseph Muscat, whose country assumes the EU's presidency in January, told the BBC "this is really and truly our position and I don't see it changing". Theresa May says the UK will begin the legal process to leave the EU by March.  

China confiscates passports of Xinjiang people
Chinese authorities have begun confiscating passports from people in the western region of Xinjiang, which has seen regular unrest. The move, which the government says is aimed at combating "terrorism", has been criticised by human rights groups. Many Muslims in Xinjiang say they face widespread discrimination.  

Arson blamed for Thursday's massive Haifa blaze; multiple new fires Friday
Israel continued to battle fires in different parts of the country on Friday, with outbreaks reported in Beit Meir in the Jerusalem hills, near Kiryat Gat in the South of the country, next to Harashim in the Galilee, and across the Haifa region. Egypt, Jordan and Azerbaijan have committed to sending help in combating the flames: Azerbaijan has committed a fire plane, Egypt two helicopters, and Jordan fire trucks and crews.  

Israel slams France for implementing settlement labeling regiment
Israel lashed out on Thursday night at a new French regulation mandating the labeling of products made in West Bank settlements, saying it was troubling that Pairs opted to single Israel out, and ignore 200 other territorial conflicts around the world. “The Government of Israel condemns the french government decision to implement European Commission directives regarding Israel products originating beyond the Green Line,”...  

Tokyo has November snow for first time in 54 years
Tokyo woke up Thursday to its first November snowfall in more than half a century, leaving commuters to grapple with train disruptions and slick streets. Snow began falling before dawn with the mercury approaching zero as a cold weather system moved south.  

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Not Shrunk In 100 Years
Antarctic sea ice had barely changed from where it was 100 years ago, scientists have discovered, after pouring over the logbooks of great polar explorers such as Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. Experts were concerned that ice at the South Pole had declined significantly since the 1950s, which they feared was driven by man-made climate change. But new analysis suggests that conditions are now virtually identical to when the Terra Nova and Endurance sailed to the continent in the early 1900s, indicating that declines are part of a natural cycle and not the result of global warming.  

Why are people giving Jill Stein millions of dollars for an election recount?
On Wednesday afternoon, near the start of one of the year's final news droughts, former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein announced a new campaign: to pay for recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The news went first to the journalist Greg Palast, then on Stein's Facebook page, then in an interview with the Russian propaganda channel RT.  

Limbaugh: 'True Story of Thanksgiving' Is a Rejection of Socialism
Wednesday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh continued his annual tradition of telling the “true story of Thanksgiving” that he had originally detailed in a passage of his 1992 book, “See, I Told You So.”  

Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims
A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said.  

Manhunt in France after killing at religious residence
French police searched Friday for a masked gunman suspected of stabbing an elderly woman to death in a retirement home for Catholic missionaries in southern France, authorities said. An unusually large police operation was launched to search for the suspected attacker, believed to be armed with a shotgun and a knife. The identity of the assailant and motive for the killing were unclear.  

November 24, 2016

Zionist Organization of America to Howard Dean: 'Apologize For Disgracefully Calling Steve Bannon a Nazi'
In response to Democrat Howard Dean labeling President-elect Donald J. Trump's chief strateigist, Stephen Bannon, a "Nazi" and "anti-Semitic," the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) called on Dean to retract his claim and apologize.  

The Cultural Backlash Explanation for the Election
Well, there’s a strong argument to be made that Trump’s election was a cultural statement... how could it not be when poor working whites have to hear Harvard academics lecture them about their “privilege? How could it not be when the left has spent the last two years telling us that police officers are racist murderers?.. this was also a cultural backlash against a movement to teach our children that they can – and should – choose their own gender identity.  

Trump makes announcements only on social networks, bypassing media
US President-elect Donald Trump has learned the lessons from the manner in which the American media covered him for the last 18 months, and decided after two recent meetings with the press not to avail himself of their services and to communicate directly with the American people via social networks.  

Israel Thrilled by Trump's Appointment of Nikki Haley
Israel was among the first, and was certainly the most exuberant of UN member states to welcome US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to the world body. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was selected for the position on Wednesday, and Israel Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon immediately hailed the decision.  

LOST CITY FOUND: 7,000-year-old lost civilisation discovered on the Nile in Egypt
The Antiquities Ministry said its discovery could give new insights into Abydos, which is one of the oldest cities in ancient Egypt.  

Busted! Politicians, Police Caught in Huge Norwegian Pedophile Ring
A total of 150 terabytes of data, including photos, videos and chat transcripts was seized in an operation codenamed "Dark Room," which was the largest operation of its kind carried out in Norway. The seized data shows, among other things, toddlers being penetrated, children being tied up,.......  

Putin Positions Russia To Hit NATO Capitals In Mere Minutes
Russia’s “aggressive military posturing” will do nothing to “lower tensions or restore predictability to our relations,” NATO officials elaborated in the statement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to the accusation, telling reporters “Russia is doing everything necessary to ensure its security in the face of expansion by Nato towards its borders.  

3.3 magnitude earthquake rattles Caruthersville, MO
The USGS is reporting a 3.3 magnitude rattled parts of Caruthersville, Missouri on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The quake happened Wednesday just about six miles outside of Caruthersville. The quake had a depth of 8.9 km.a distance of 4.4 km.  

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reveals al Qaeda’s plan to destroy U.S. through immigration
In an explosive new book, CIA contractor James Mitchell talks of his time as an interrogator of al Qaeda leaders and alleges that their plan was not to destroy the U.S. militarily but to use lax immigration laws, weak politicians and procreation to take the nation down from the inside. ...[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed] said the terror attacks were good, but the “practical” way to defeat America was through immigration and by outbreeding non-Muslims.  

Breitbart news site blocked by ad exchange
A leading ad exchange has blacklisted Breitbart News, which until recently was run by one of US President-elect Donald Trump's closest advisers. AppNexus said it would no longer allow Breitbart to sell ad space via its platform, after determining that the site had broken its code on hate speech and incitement to violence. Breitbart responded saying it "has always and continues to condemn racism and bigotry in any form".  

Mosul battle: Iraq militias 'cut off IS access to city'
An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic State. The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared it had taken control of the road between Tal Afar and Sinjar after linking up with Kurdish forces. IS militants still control the section of the road between Tal Afar and Mosul.  

Syria conflict: 'Government air strike' kills Turkish troops
Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 10 others wounded in northern Syria in a Syrian government air strike, the Turkish military says. The attack occurred at about 03:30 (00:30 GMT) on Thursday, during an operation by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels against Islamic State militants. It would be the first time Turkish soldiers have been killed by Syrian government forces in the offensive.  

Tokyo sees first November snow in 54 years
Residents of the Japanese capital were taken by surprise, as the temperatures around this time of the year usually range from 10C to 17C. The snow, caused by an unusual cold front over the city, caused slight delays on public transport. The first snowfall - which is called "hatsuyuki" - arrived 40 days earlier than average, Japan's Kyodo news agency reports.  

Analysis: Unwittingly pushing anti-settlement moves at UN
Education Minister Naftali Bennett...at The Jerusalem Post’s annual diplomatic conference...talked about the historic opportunity Israel now has to turn the conversation away from a two-state solution... But paradoxically, Bennett may be fueling efforts to get an anti-settlement resolution through the UN Security Council in US President Barack Obama’s waning days in office.  

Israel in flames: University of Haifa evacuated as fires blaze across country
The fires that have burned across Israel since Tuesday raged on Thursday with new areas threatened by flames... Fifty percent of these fires were caused by repeated arson... Also on Army Radio, Shimon Ben Ner, a senior Haifa firefighter, said "I know for a fact that they tried to set fire to the department's station in Haifa deliberately to cause the Haifa fire department to be paralyzed."  

Mexican Cement Company Offers To Help Trump Build His "Big, Beautiful, Powerful" Border Wall
As Trump gears up to take the oval office, vendors are already lining up to get a piece of his massive infrastructure projects, including his "Big, Beautiful, Powerful Border Wall." Ironically, one of the first vendors to publicly announce their interest in bidding on the border wall is none other than Mexican cement producer, Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua. While Trump's border wall has been fiercely protested by numerous senior elected officials in Mexico, including former President Vicente Fox, Grupo Cementos' CEO admits "we can't be choosy."  

Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth's core
JULES VERNE’s idea of an ocean deep below the surface in Journey to the Centre of the Earth may not have been too far off. Earth’s mantle may contain many oceans’ worth of water – with the deepest 1000 kilometres down. “If it wasn’t down there, we would all be submerged,” says Steve Jacobsen at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, whose team made the discovery. “This implies a bigger reservoir of water on the planet than previously thought.”  

UN sees danger in Israeli settlements, Palestinian split
A UN envoy warned Wednesday that the situation in the Middle East was changing "dangerously" as Israel builds new Jewish settlements and Palestinians remain divided. Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that Israel's planned new settlements in east Jerusalem were part of "increasingly worrying" developments and urged Israel to halt the construction.  

A mega-quake stretching from L.A. to San Francisco would devastate California, with $289 billion in losses, study finds
A sobering new report on California’s seismic vulnerabilities said that up to 3.5 million homes could be damaged if an 8.0 earthquake ruptured on the San Andreas fault.  

GOP Lawmaker: Congress Has ‘Obligation’ To Continue Investigating Hillary
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan says that Congress has “an obligation” to continue investigating Hillary Clinton, despite Donald Trump’s recent comments suggesting that he will go easy on the former secretary of state. “Congress has an obligation to do oversight,” Jordan’s pledge comes a day after Trump appeared to reverse course on a campaign promise to prosecute Clinton for exchanging classified information on a private email server.  

Trump's Decision to Give Hillary Clinton a Pass Isn't Going Over Well
Yesterday President-elect Donald Trump officially confirmed he will not move forward with his campaign promise to call for a special prosecutor to investigate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Trump says Hillary Clinton has "been through a lot" and that the Clintons are "good people" who he doesn't want to "hurt." On the campaign trail, he argued the opposite.  

Japan's east coast hit by massive 6.1-magnitude earthquake - just days after a tremor hit the same area
The quake occurred about 6.30am (local time) on Thursday 37km south of Namie, according to the, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Four smaller earthquakes measuring between 4.6 and 3.8 magnitudes followed in quick succession within half an hour with the last striking just before 7am.  

November 23, 2016

Study Finds Churches with Conservative Theology Still Growing
But, comparing the religious beliefs and practices of both the declining and growing churches, Haskell said more clergy and congregants of the growing churches held firmly to “traditional” Christian beliefs and were more diligent in practices such as prayer and Bible reading. That includes a more literal interpretation of the Bible and greater openness to the idea that God intervenes in the world, he said.  

Merkel on a COLLISION course with Trump: Angela is 'NOT HAPPY' over TPP trade deal
ANGELA MERKEL stepped up her transatlantic tirade against Donald Trump today as she laid into the new US President over his stance on global free trade which has seen him pledge to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.  

Trump's First 100 Days: 'He is Going to Move Pretty Fast and Pretty Fearlessly'
"What we've seen so far is that he is going to move pretty fast and he is going to move pretty fearlessly. He seems to have support of the nation to do that. I wouldn't be surprised if that support increases and he is able to get much of his agenda accomplished." In a video published on Monday Trump mentioned the controversial TPP, one of President Barack Obama's signature trade initiatives, energy restrictions, regulations, national security, immigration and lobbying bans.  

MK Glick to Petition High Court Against Netanyahu Temple Mount Obstruction
On Wednesday, MK Yehuda Glick announced his plan to petition the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the latter’s barring of Knesset members and cabinet ministers from ascending too the Temple Mount, Srugim reported. The prohibition has taken effect close to the start of the current wave of terror, dubbed “the Al Aqsa intifada” by the Arabs, who claim to have started the violence in response to a Jewish conspiracy to destroy the Temple Mount mosque.  

Trump taps Nikki Haley for UN Ambassador
Haley, 44, served three terms in the House of Representatives before her successful run for the State House in South Carolina in 2010. She was reelected by a double-digit margin in 2014. Born to Sikh immigrants from Punjab, India, Haley converted to Methodism after marrying her husband, Michael Haley.  

5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes near Ogasawara Islands, Japan
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday near Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, 1,000km south of the capital Tokyo, RIA Novosti reports. The depth of the quake was 510km, meteorologists say. No damage was reported.  

ENTERING THE SOLAR WIND STREAM
As predicted, Earth is entering a high-speed stream of solar wind on Nov. 23rd. Flowing from a large hole in the sun's atmosphere, the stream is broad and may take several days to cross. Arctic auroras are possible from now until Nov. 25th.  

Evacuations ordered as tropical storm Otto becomes hurricane
Solís at a press conference on Tuesday morning issued a Red —Emergency— Alert prompted by the high possibilities that Otto hits mainland Costa Rica between Wednesday and Thursday. The president asked residents of the Caribbean communities of Boca Pacuare, Parismina, Tortuguero, Puerto Lindo, Delta Costa Rica, Isla Calero and Las Barras to immediately leave their homes.  

Fireball over Florida
The AMS has received over 150 reports so far about of a fireball event over seen over Florida on November 21st, 2016 around 11:15pm EST (Nov. 22nd ~ 04:15 UT). The fireball was seen primarily from Florida but witnesses from Georgia and Alabama also reported the event.  

Meteor filmed burning in the sky over Japan as earthquakes and tsunami struck
Apocalyptic scenes unfolded in Japan yesterday – as a blazing ‘meteor’ was filmed burning its way across the sky, just after a huge earthquake and tsunami struck. The footage captured the moment a flaming object blazed above Japan – just hours after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake sent tsunamis inland. The video – taken by a 16-year-old described as Asuka – was posted online with the caption, ‘A movie I took while preparing to die.’  

Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million U.S. workers
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million salaried workers from taking effect... U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant, in Sherman, Texas, agreed with 21 states and a coalition of business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, that the rule is unlawful and granted their motion for a nationwide injunction.  

Germany's Merkel says supports efforts against hate speech
German Chancellor Angela Merkel...threw her support behind efforts to fight the use of hate speech posted on social media platforms... Under a program that runs until March, German authorities are monitoring how many racist posts reported by users of social media sites are deleted within 24 hours. Justice Minister Heiko Maas has pledged to take legislative measures if the results are still unsatisfactory by then.  

South Korea, Japan agree intelligence-sharing on North Korea threat
South Korea and Japan signed a military intelligence pact on Wednesday to share sensitive information on the threat posed by North Korea's missile and nuclear activities... The South Korean government went ahead with the deal despite opposition from some political parties and a large section of the public, who remain bitter over Japan's actions during its colonial rule of Korea from 1910 until the end of World War Two.  

New U.N. chief says politicians are failing 'losers of globalization'
The incoming head of the United Nations warned on Tuesday that "losers of globalization" in rich countries have felt ignored by establishment politicians, prompting them to turn to nationalist agendas... Antonio Guterres, elected in October to take over as U.N. secretary general next year, told a conference in his native Lisbon that this trend had undermined the willingness to receive refugees in Europe this year.  

Facebook 'made China censorship tool'
Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times. The social network refused to confirm or deny the software's existence, but said in a statement it was "spending time understanding and learning more" about China. No decisions about the company's approach in the country had yet been made, a spokeswoman said.  

Hurricane Otto threatens Costa Rica and Nicaragua
A storm in the Caribbean has been upgraded to a hurricane and is threatening Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua, forecasters say. They warned that Hurricane Otto may have winds of 90 mph (145km/h) when it makes landfall early on Thursday. At least four people have already died in Panama in severe weather caused by the approach of the storm.  

Colombian government and Farc to sign new peace deal
Colombia's government says it will sign a new peace accord with Farc rebels on Thursday, after a previous deal was rejected in a referendum last month. The new revised agreement will be submitted to Congress for approval, rather than put to a popular vote. But opposition groups say it still does not go far enough in punishing rebels for human rights abuses.  

Iran warns of retaliation if US 'breaches' nuclear deal with sanctions
Extending US sanctions on Iran for 10 years would breach the Iranian nuclear agreement, Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Wednesday, warning that Tehran would retaliate if the sanctions are approved. The US House of Representatives re-authorized last week the Iran Sanctions Act, or ISA, for 10 years. The law was first adopted in 1996 to punish investments in Iran's energy industry and deter Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.  

A Third of Germans Report Feeling ‘Like A Stranger In My Own Country’
A new study reveals some shocking statistics about German attitudes towards Muslim migration to the country. Around 34 percent of Germans reportedly “completely or slightly agree” with the statement “because of the many Muslims, I sometimes feel like a stranger in my own country.”  

Other Countries Muffle Mosques, But Israel Cannot?
Quite the controversy is raging over Israel’s proposed legislation aimed at muffling the five daily Muslim calls to prayer from local mosques. In recent decades, the call of the muezzin has been amplified by multiple loudspeakers, resulting in tremendous noise pollution starting at 4:30 AM every morning.  

Israeli ambassador: Iran is smuggling weapons to Hezbollah on commercial flights
Iran is smuggling weapons and ammunition to Hezbollah through commercial flights from the Islamic Republic to Lebanon, according to intelligence information revealed by Israel's UN ambassador to the Security Council, which was cleared for publication on Tuesday.  

‘Otto’ could be first hurricane to make landfall in Costa Rica since at least 1851
Otto gained strength in the Caribbean on Tuesday to become the seventh hurricane of the season so far and the latest hurricane on record in the Caribbean Sea. An “average” Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30.  

On the ground in Mosul: why the worst-case scenarios are coming true
The rip of machine gun fire disturbed the quiet on the second floor of a mosque in Mosul’s Zahra district. Lying on their bellies across the room, three Iraqi soldiers peered over the guns they’d pointed through smashed windows, anxiously scanning for ISIS fighters. A few feet away, their commander, Major Ziad al-Gubere, paced up and down, radio in hand, talking to other Iraqi Army units in the area.  

India's Currency Debacle: "Consider It A Warning"
Last week Jayant Bhandari related the story of the overnight ban of certain banknotes in India under cover of “stamping out corruption” (see Gold Price Skyrockets In India after Currency Ban Part 1 and Part 2 for the details).  

Liberals are doubling down on ‘comedy news’
There’s been a lot of discussion in the media whether the president-elect of the United States should be “normalized.” I’d say that point became moot when Donald Trump reached 270 electoral votes around 2 a.m. on Nov. 9. Here’s a more relevant question: When will the media stop normalizing the political musings of Jon Stewart, Larry Wilmore, Trevor Noah and all the other late-night comics?  

November 22, 2016

Proof Of George Soros Nazi Past Finally Comes To Light With Discovery Of Forgotten Interview
When Hitler’s henchman Adolf Eichmann arrived in Hungary, to oversee the murder of that country’s Jews, George Soros ended up with a man whose job was confiscating property from the Jewish population. Soros went with him on his rounds. George Soros has repeatedly called 1944 “The Best Year of his Life.”  

ISIS is Islam, says archbishop of Canterbury
“At last, someone who is willing to approach the truth. This shouldn’t even be controversial: nothing is more obvious than the fact that ISIS has everything to do with Islam.”  

Judge urges new citizens to leave US if they can't accept Trump
"I can assure you that whether you voted for him or you did not vote for him," the television report quoted him as saying of the president-elect, "if you are a citizen of the United States, he is your president. He will be your president, and if you do not like that, you need to go to another country."  

Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear
Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial intelligence and brain scanning technology. Their technique could lead to a new way of treating patients with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias.  

RETURN OF THE BIG CORONAL HOLE
At the end of October, a hole in the sun's atmosphere lashed Earth's magnetic field with solar wind, sparking moderately-strong geomagnetic storms and almost a full week of Arctic auroras. News flash: It's back. The same "coronal hole" is turning toward Earth again.  

Ancient Secret of Daniel’s 70 Weeks Predicts End of Days Will Come This Year
An obscure 300-year old interpretation of the Book of Daniel presents a precise calculation which indicates the prophet spoke of this year as bringing the end of days. One rabbi agrees, believing that Daniel’s ancient, hidden secrets are being revealed now as never before.  

New Zealand's North Island hit by 5.6 magnitude earthquake - less than a week after powerful tremor killed two people
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 has struck central New Zealand, little more than a week after a powerful tremor killed two people. The quake hit Hawke's Bay on Tuesday at 1.19pm, off the coast of the North Island and 138 km from Palmerston North, at a depth of 37 km and residents said they had been feeling tremors all morning.  

Why did the Russian Prime Minister just visit Jerusalem and Jericho? Moscow is moving aggressively to fill the vacuum Obama created in the Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev are moving aggressively to meet with Middle Eastern leaders, court them, woo them, sell them weapons, sell them nuclear technology, and whisper in their ears that Moscow — not Washington — is the friend and ally they can trust over the long haul.  

High Court considers home demolition for Jewish extremists
The High Court of Justice held discussions on Monday on whether the policy of home demolition should be extend to Jewish murders of Arabs. The talks took place on the heels of a petition submitted by the family of Mohammed Abu Khdeir ,16—who was kidnapped and brutally murdered by Jewish terrorists in July 2014—calling for the homes of the culprits to be destroyed.  

Teenager films 'meteorite' burning across sky following Japanese earthquake
A teenager has filmed a ' meteorite ' burning across the sky shortly after the Japanese earthquake struck. The teen, known as Asuka, 16, from Japan, filmed the extraordinary sight trailing across the evening sky this evening. A rough translation of her Tweet accompanying the video says: "A movie I took while preparing to die.  

Putin moves his missiles in new threat to Europe
Russia is deploying short-range ballistic missiles to its western European enclave, it emerged yesterday as President Putin threatened “counter-measures” against Nato expansion. A senior Russian MP said that Moscow would permanently station the nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad, a region between the Nato states of Poland and Lithuania, in retaliation for a military build-up by the alliance in eastern Europe.  

Fukushima: Japan lifts tsunami alert after 7.4 quake
Japan has lifted the tsunami advisories issued after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit its eastern coast. The quake struck near Fukushima at about 06:00 local time (21:00 GMT Monday), triggering initial warnings of 3m (9.8ft) high waves. The waves which eventually hit the coast were much smaller. Thousands were asked to evacuate the area and minor injuries were reported.  

Donald Trump: US to quit TPP on first day in office
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video message outlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by 12 countries which together cover 40% of the world's economy.  

'Erdogan hasn't changed, he's still hostile to Israel and supports Hamas'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not decreased his hostility to Israel and continues to serve as a patron to Hamas and other terrorist groups... Sa'ar's comments...came a week after Israel and Turkey essentially resumed full diplomatic ties...and a day after Erdogan gave an interview...in which he refused to back down from comparisons of Israel's actions...to those of the Nazis.

'Erdogan hasn't changed, he's still hostile to Israel and supports Hamas'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not decreased his hostility to Israel and continues to serve as a patron to Hamas and other terrorist groups... Sa'ar's comments...came a week after Israel and Turkey essentially resumed full diplomatic ties...and a day after Erdogan gave an interview...in which he refused to back down from comparisons of Israel's actions...to those of the Nazis.  

Feds seek help spying on ‘news articles, blog posts’
The U.S. government has released newly developed software to researchers to enable them to spy on “news articles, blog posts” and the like, according to a new report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.  

(Video) India Panics As Gold Price Shyrockets After Currency Ban
Pastor Dowell talks about the currency panic in India.  

Politics Election is over but the Clinton emails keep coming
You thought just because Hillary Clinton lost that the email releases would stop? Wrong. Judicial Watch recently received 508 pages of documents, including emails, that the conservative group says shows possible conflicts of interest between Hillary Clinton’s State Department and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.  

Powerful Earthquake Strikes Japan Off Fukushima, Tsunami Warning Issued - Live Feed
A powerful earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of M7.3 on the Richter scale, since reduced to M6.9 by the USGS, struck Japan 156 miles northeast of Tokyo at 5:59am local time.  

DRAMA: Trump reportedly explodes at media bigwigs in off-record meeting
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday reportedly lashed out at several top media executives and their outlets in a high-profile meeting, according to The New York Post.  

Foes pile on Ellison in DNC chair fight
Keith Ellison, an early favorite to become the next Democratic National Committee chairman, has hit his first roadblock. The Minnesota congressman and Bernie Sanders ally is facing growing resistance to the idea of electing another party chairman who is a sitting member of Congress.  

Californians might vote in 2018 on taking steps toward secession in a 'Calexit'
In 2018, the issue of whether California should secede from the union could come to a head.  

November 21, 2016

Pope extends power to forgive abortion to all Roman Catholic priests
Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors in most parts of the world. Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving Roman Catholic Church a characteristic of his papacy, made the announcement in a document known as an "apostolic letter"...  

Ancient Secret of Daniel’s 70 Weeks Predicts End of Days Will Come This Year
An obscure 300-year old interpretation of the Book of Daniel presents a precise calculation which indicates the prophet spoke of this year as bringing the end of days. One rabbi agrees, believing that Daniel’s ancient, hidden secrets are being revealed now as never before.  

Trump Win to Spur Massive Building Wave in Jerusalem
The election of Donald Trump has led to the fast-tracking of plans to build 1,400 new homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo as Israel anticipates an end to the “de facto” building freeze in place during the Obama administration.  

Magnitude 4 earthquake shakes Kaohsiung
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake jolted southern Taiwan at 2:38 p.m. Monday and was felt at an intensity of 3 in Taoyuan District of Kaohsiung and 2 in Dapu Township in Chiayi County, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). There were no reports of damage or injuries.  

The GOP All Star Team
Trump holds meetings with top Republicans while building next administration. Trump has been in near wall-to-wall meetings with leading Republicans as he looks to fill vacant slots for some of the most high profile cabinet positions, including secretary of state and secretary of defense.  

North Texas land owners fight back against federal land seizure
Rob Henneke...describe the legal battle he is waging on behalf of property owners in North Texas whose land is being seized by the Bureau of Land Management... Jacki summarizes the absurd situation neatly: “Overnight, the Feds just show up one day and say, ‘So you thought this was your home, you’ve been paying taxes on it, but really it’s on federal land.  

Obama says he may comment as citizen on Trump's presidency
US President Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors. Mr Obama said he would give Mr Trump time to outline his vision but added that, as a private citizen, he might speak out on certain issues.  

Asia leaders defend trade deals despite Trump stance
Asia-Pacific leaders have said they will pursue free trade deals despite Donald Trump's US election victory. During the campaign, Mr Trump called for greater protection for US jobs and said he would tear up the Trans-Pacific Partnership - the biggest multinational trade deal in years. But after a two-day summit in Peru, leaders defended the benefits of open markets.  

'Hitler Youth' trend reportedly rising in Great Britain
A growing number of children across the United Kingdom are being radicalized by far right-wing or neo-Nazi ideology, stoking fears that a new "Hitler Youth" is on the rise, The Daily Mirror reported Monday. Recently released figures by the UK government's anti-radicalization task-force, "Prevent," notes that nearly 300 children across Britain have been referred to the agency over the last year.  

St. Louis cop ambushed, shot in face twice by wanted man fearing he would be recognized
A wanted man shot a 46-year-old St. Louis cop in the face — twice — fearing he would be recognized while driving alongside the officer on Sunday, authorities said. The on-duty sergeant with St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was waiting for traffic to move near Hampton and Pernod Aves. around 7:30 p.m. when his assailant drove up to the marked SUV and opened fire, blasting out his window.  

ISIS increase use of suicide car bombs in bitter Mosul battle
Battle hardened ISIS fighters are hanging tough inside the city of Mosul as they desperately cling on to their last remaining stronghold in Iraq. Iraqi troops called on heavy coalition air strikes over the weekend to try and aid their push inside the strategic city that has been held by the extremists since 2014.  

My people believe U.S. was behind coup attempt
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted on Sunday that "his people" believe the U.S. to be behind the failed military coup that took place in Turkey this past summer.  

Nearly 300 detained in Egypt over Sissi assassination plot, Sinai attacks
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt will try 292 jihadist suspects linked to the Islamic State over plots to assassinate President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and the Saudi crown prince and attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, a prosecution official said Sunday.  

Nearly 300 detained in Egypt over Sissi assassination plot, Sinai attacks
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt will try 292 jihadist suspects linked to the Islamic State over plots to assassinate President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and the Saudi crown prince and attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, a prosecution official said Sunday.  

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Argentina
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled western Argentina shortly before 5 p.m. local time on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Shaking was felt in areas as far away as Santiago, the capital of Chile, according to Reuters.  

German Evangelicals Renounce Centuries-Old Mission to Convert Jews
The central decision-making body for Germany’s main Protestant church, encompassing 23 million members, passed the resolution declaring that Christians “are not called to show Israel the path to God and his salvation” on November 9 in Magdeburg, Religion News reported. It explained that since God never renounced His covenant with Israel, Jews do not need to embrace the Christian covenant to be saved.  

November 20, 2016

Marine Le Pen Takes "Huge Lead" In French Presidential Election Poll Just Days After Being Written Off
The pollsters have done it again. Just four days after the Independent reported that pollsters said Marine Le Pen has "next to no chance" of winning the French presidency...  

Kaikoura earthquake: More than 4000 tremors in seven days
More than 4000 tremors have rocked central New Zealand since last week's destructive 7.8 Kaikoura quake. In the past seven days 4060 aftershocks have been recorded across the eastern tip of the South Island and Wellington region.  

Blue Collar Election Shocks Liberal Media
Before Election Day, the liberal media were speculating about the demise of the Republican Party. However, the media misjudged the electorate before November 8 and they are misjudging it again. It’s the Democratic Party that faces an uncertain future. His solution is to elect a radical Muslim... as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.The embrace of Ellison could be interpreted as a death wish by the Democratic Party.  

Trump’s Pro-Israel/Anti-Islam Security Picks
President...Donald Trump’s picks for key security positions are making Israel happy, indicating that the Iran deal will have little support in the White House.  

‘Break the Cross!’ Muhammad Commands It
“Under no circumstances is a human permitted to wear the cross” nor “is anyone permitted to pray to the cross.” The reason? “Because the prophet...commanded the breaking of it [the cross].”  

China pledges further opening as leaders scramble for free trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to open the economy further on Saturday as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sought new free-trade options following Donald Trump's election... All eyes were on China at this year's APEC summit in Lima, Peru just over a week after Trump's surprise victory in the United States dashed hopes of the largest-ever U.S.-proposed trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), coming to fruition.  

France reportedly backing out of Mideast peace summit following Trump's election
France has reportedly decided to back out of a planned international Israeli-Palestinian peace summit in light of the election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States, western diplomatic sources told Arab media. A western official told Ynet that French President Francois Hollande has said in different forums last week that Paris would have a hard time convening the summit in light of the administration change in the US. 

FBI Warns Of Thanksgiving Terror Potential
...Sources tell CBS News the FBI is alerting police across the country about a potential terrorist attack around Thanksgiving. It specifically warns of homegrown terrorists. Potential targets? Shopping malls, special events, crowded venues–locations in Washington, D.C. and Virginia described as target-rich zones.  

Obama Races to Regulate Before Trump Takes Reins
At federal agencies across Washington, regulators are rushing to finalize rules before President Barack Obama leaves the White House. Where the administration has issued an average of 2.2 rules per day this year, 10 were pushed out the door on Tuesday and Wednesday... "We’re running -- not walking -- through the finish line of President Obama’s presidency,"...  

Mystery sphere spotted zooming past sun by NASA satellites - sparking conspiracy theories over UFOs
UFO hunters perked up when NASA satellites appeared to capture a huge unidentified object during its mission to observe the Sun. The UFOMania channel posted this video made from images taken by NASA's STEREO satellites that show a large sphere passing ahead. Other frames in the series do not feature the Sun-like sphere, nor does any image from October's captures from the mission.  

Facebook fake news: Zuckerberg details plans to combat problem
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined plans for how he hopes to combat fake news on the site. Facebook became mired in controversy after some users complained fake news changed the outcome of the US election. Mr Zuckerberg posted details of several projects to "take misinformation seriously", including methods for stronger detection and verification.  

Angela Merkel to stand for fourth term
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will run for a fourth term in office, sources in her conservative party have said. Mrs Merkel, 62, is expected to formally announce her intention later on Sunday at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). General elections are expected in Germany in autumn next year.  

Abbas advisor to 'Post': Fatah will activate mass popular resistance
Fatah plans to adopt a strategy to strengthen popular resistance against Israel’s military rule at an upcoming leadership meeting, Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Authority President Abbas’s adviser for strategic affairs, told The Jerusalem Post. “We plan to activate fully popular resistance at the Fatah Congress,” Zomlot said in a meeting at the Grand Park Hotel on Wednesday.  

Trump's CIA pick tweets plan to "roll back" Iran nuke deal
President-elect Trump's pick to head the CIA, Rep. Mike Pompeo, tweeted his intention to 'roll back' the US nuclear deal with Iran, while also referring to the Islamic Republic as 'the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism.' Reuters  

DOOMSDAY PLANE launched in event of nuclear strike spotted in US skies
The aircraft – usually launched at the outbreak of a nuclear attack - was spotted circling by thousands of US citizens on the ground. The unbranded plane travelled across several states and changed directions numerous times, prompting a Twitter frenzy of conspiracy theories.  

Jerusalem chief rabbi calls LGBT community 'cult of abomination'
Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar spoke out harshly against Reform Jews and the LGBT community in an interview with Israel Hayom's weekend supplement this week. He went as far as to call Reform Jews "evil" and homosexuals "a cult of abomination," prompting LGBT community leaders to launch complaints with the police for incitement.  

Israeli Arabs march against bill to muffle call to prayer
Israel’s Arab community held protests across the country on Friday, to protest a bill that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers to call Muslims to prayer in the early morning hours.  

Oklahoma town sues energy companies over earthquakes
Following a record-strength earthquake in September, residents of Pawnee, Okla., hope legal action will compensate them for injuries and property damage.  

For Syria rebels, Trump win adds to uncertain fate
On the eve of Donald Trump's election victory, members of a Western-backed Syrian rebel group met U.S. officials to ask about the outlook for arms shipments they have received to fight President Bashar al-Assad.