Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Rattles Lesbos Island in Greece
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the Aegean
island of Lesbos, Greece, on Monday morning according to USGS. The
temblor was reported at 5:51 a.m. The quake’s epicenter was located 70
km NE of the Island near the town of Behram on the Turkish coast.
Severe 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits 120km west of Te Anau
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake with severe intensity has hit 120km west of Te Anau in Fiordland.
This Funny Video of Trump Listening To Obama-Clinton on Immigration Is Just What the World’s Been Waiting For
While much of the nation is “shocked, shocked I tell you,” by President
Trump’s travel ban order, as well as his determination to enforce the
country’s borders, a video has come along that puts the faux hysteria
into perfect context: Trump listening to former Presidents Bill Clinton
and Barack Obama on illegal immigration.
Lab-made mini-brains are sprouting their own blood vessels
Now, the researchers have discovered something new about these
mini-brains: the neural cells are growing their own blood vessels too,
opening the door for better studies of stroke, Alzheimer’s and
concussion.
The Final Jihad
What do Islamists really want? Clarion Project delves into the deep, dark vision of radical Islamic jihadis. (video)
Trump Is Driving the Worst People Crazy
Greg Gutfeld said Saturday that President Trump’s actions during
his first few weeks in office are driving the “worst people” crazy. “No
one can handle Trump,” he said, including the “frantic media [and]
bed-wetting celebrities.”
USS Cole Deployed Off Coast of Yemen After Suicide Attack on Saudi Vessel
On Monday, a Houthi rebel boat loaded with explosives rammed into a
Saudi Al Madinah-class frigate in the Red Sea, killing two and wounding
three. Two defense officials told Fox News after the incident that the
attack was intended for an American vessel.
Planting the Seeds of the Third Temple – Literally!
The nascent Sanhedrin is setting out to reinstate the Biblical
Temple forest as part of their ongoing effort to bring the Third Temple
into existence and has already begun planting around Israel to provide
the agricultural needs of the Third Temple.
Turkey: Earthquake strikes near western coast
An earthquake of 5.2-magnitude struck near the western coast of
Turkey on Monday morning, according to media reports. The earthquake,
which occurred in the wee hours of Monday, was located 26 kilometers to
the west of the Turkish town of Ayvacık, according to the
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
Column one: The Trump way of war
The PLO is disoriented, panicked and hysterical. Speaking to
Newsweek this week, Saeb Erekat, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s chief conduit
to Israel and the Americans, complained that since President Donald
Trump was sworn into office, no administration official had spoken to
them.
Trump’s UN envoy: Israel will ‘never again’ question US support
The top US diplomat took to Twitter on Saturday to hail the “great
meeting” with Danon in New York to “discuss our strong relationship.”
U.S., Japan successfully conduct missile interception test
The U.S. Missile Defence Agency announced that the ‘USS John Paul
Jones’ detected, tracked and took out the target ballistic missile using
its onboard Aegis Missile Defense System and a Standard Missile-3 Block
IIA interceptor, reports the CNN.
Putin disagrees with Trump: Iran not a terrorist state
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman told reporters on
Monday that the Kremlin did not agree with comments by US President
Donald Trump that Iran was a terrorist state. But differences between
Russia and the United States should not stop the two countries from
building a mutually beneficial relationship, said Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s
spokesman.
IDF fires at Hamas targets in response to Gaza rocket attack on Israel
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Ashkelon Coast Regional
Council in southern Israel on Monday morning. Security forces were
sweeping the area for remnants of the projectile. There were no
immediate reports of injuries or damage in the attack. The IDF fired
tank rounds at Hamas targets in northern Gaza in response to the rocket
fire, the military said.
Iran: ‘Only seven minutes needed for the Iranian missile to hit Tel Aviv’
“Only seven minutes is needed for the Iranian missile to hit Tel Aviv,”
senior member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign
Policy Commission and former Revolutionary Guard official, Majtaba
Zonour, told semi-official Fars News Agency Saturday. His comments
follow days of heated exchanges between US and Iranian officials.
Fall armyworm ‘threatens African farmers’ livelihoods’
Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest
that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa. The
fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security and agricultural
trade, warns the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
(Cabi). It says farmers’ livelihoods are at risk as the non-native
larvae threatens to reach Asia and the Mediterranean.
7% of Australian Catholic priests allegedly abused children, inquiry told
An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7%
of the nation’s Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950
and 2010. In one order, more than 40% of church figures were accused of
abuse. Almost 4,500 people claim to have been victims between 1980 and
2015, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex
Abuse was told.
Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data
The Mail on Sunday today reveals astonishing evidence that…the world’s
leading source of climate data rushed to publish a landmark paper that
exaggerated global warming and was timed to influence the historic Paris
Agreement on climate change…(NOAA) breached its own rules on scientific
integrity when it published the sensational but flawed report, aimed at
making the maximum possible impact on world leaders…at the UN climate
conference in Paris in 2015.
China protests U.S. sanction list on Iran that hits Chinese firms
China on Monday said it had “lodged representations” with the United
States over Washington’s new sanctions list targeting Iran, which
includes Chinese companies and individuals. The sanctions on 25 people
and entities imposed on Friday by President Donald Trump’s
administration, and came two days it had put Iran ‘on notice’ following a
ballistic missile test.
Pentagon failed to disclose up to thousands of air strikes: report
The Pentagon has failed to disclose up to thousands of air strikes the
U.S. military carried out over several years in Iraq, Syria, and
Afghanistan against militants in those countries, the Military Times
reported on Sunday. Last year, the United States carried out at least
456 air strikes in Afghanistan that were not documented in a U.S. Air
Force database, the website reported.
Japan’s Mr Yen says dollar could fall below 100 yen by end-2017
Japan’s former currency czar Eisuke Sakakibara said the dollar could
fall below 100 yen by year-end on U.S. President Donald Trump’s
perceived support for a weak dollar, but cautioned that any yen-selling
intervention by Tokyo might be counterproductive. Sakakibara, who was
known as “Mr Yen” in the 1990s when he actively led currency
intervention to stem a strong yen…
It’s Time To Start Worrying About China Again
The central bank on Friday increased the interest rates on reverse repo
by 10bp – the last time the PBOC raised OMO rates was more than two
years ago in 2014. The PBOC also increased SLF rates, in what some have
dubbed “the Most Important Unnoticed Global Event.”
France’s Le Pen launches election bid with vow to fight globalization
France’s far-right party leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday told thousands
of flag-waving supporters chanting “This is our country!” that she alone
could protect them against Islamic fundamentalism and globalization if
elected president in May.
The U.S. military’s stats on deadly airstrikes are wrong. Thousands have gone unreported
The American military has failed to publicly disclose potentially
thousands of lethal airstrikes conducted over several years in Iraq,
Syria and Afghanistan, a Military Times investigation has revealed. The
enormous data gap raises serious doubts about transparency in reported
progress against the Islamic State, al-Qaida and the Taliban, and calls
into question the accuracy of other Defense Department disclosures
documenting everything from costs to casualty counts.
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs
Since Hillary Clinton’s presidential election loss, rumors have
circulated that speculate about what she will do next. In trying to
predict Clinton’s future—from running for mayor of New York City to
hosting her own TV show—the idea has also been advanced that her
daughter, Chelsea Clinton, may enter politics herself. Though being the
progeny of the widely-disliked Bill and Hillary should disqualify
Chelsea, the Democratic Party’s cultist obsession with her family’s
access to a vast network of wealthy donors leaves any congressional race
of her choosing open to Chelsea if she wants to run.
TRUMP: ‘If something happens,’ blame the judge who blocked my immigration order
President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested the blame for future
terrorist attacks would lie at the feet of a judge who blocked his
executive order temporarily barring immigrants from seven
majority-Muslim countries from entering the US.
Bay Area Conservatives Keep Meetups Secret Fearing For Their Safety
Some East Bay conservatives say they live a secret life. They can never
tell anyone what they really feel like in fear of their safety. Robert
Ward is coming out conservative, but in a place he says is risky for
those who share his beliefs.