January 14, 2017

Trump rips John Lewis: Worry about your ‘crime infested’ district
“Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!” Trump wrote in a series of tweets.  

Ex-spy ‘terrified’ over Trump dossier backlash: report
Christopher Steele, 52, fled his home in Surrey, England, Wednesday as his identity became public, The Telegraph said Thursday. An unidentified source close to Steele said the former spy was “horrified.” “[He is] terrified for his and his family’s safety,” the source said of Steele, one of two directors at a private security and investigations firm in London.  

Religious leaders celebrate abortion clinic’s ‘sacred work’
More than 20 religious leaders participated in a ceremony to “bless” a new Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C., calling the abortion facility a “sacred work.”  

Congressman demands support for abandoned Christian refugees in Middle East
New Jersey Republican Rep. Chris Smith has defended Christians and religious liberty with tenacious passion... This week, Smith, along with his Democratic cosponsor, California Rep. Anna Eshoo, reintroduced the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act, which is aimed at providing “emergency relief to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria.”  

Major ice storm bears down on central U.S.
The brunt of an ice storm was expected to roll through the Great Plains and Midwest this weekend after claiming the life of a motorist, causing scattered power outages and wreaking havoc on travel plans for airline passengers and motorists. Ice, freezing rain and winter storm warnings and advisories remained in effect for Saturday and Sunday from northern Texas, east across parts of the Midwest and into the Washington D.C. area...  

U.S. House votes to begin repealing Obamacare
U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare... The House of Representatives voted 227-198 to instruct committees to draft legislation by a target date of Jan. 27 that would repeal the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. The Senate approved the same measure early Thursday.  

UN ambassador warns of 'further anti-Israel measures'
Israel's UN ambassador on Friday raised concern over what he said were moves at the Security Council to adopt a new measure to build on the Paris Middle East conference. Sweden's Ambassador Olof Skoog, who holds this month's presidency of the Security Council, said however that there were no immediate plans for council action.  

First sign of enhanced U.S.-Russia relations under Trump: An invite to Syria talks
Russia has invited the incoming Trump administration to Syrian peace talks...with Turkey and Iran...which the Obama administration pointedly has been excluded. U.S. participation, especially if an agreement is reached, would be the first indication of the enhanced U.S.-Russia cooperation that President Vladi­mir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump have forecast under a Trump administration.  

Icy weather in Europe causes more hardship and chaos
Much of Europe continues to be hit by icy weather with strong winds and powerful storms causing traffic chaos, power cuts and travel delays. Electricity supplies to nearly 350,000 homes in France were temporarily cut, while severe flood warnings were in place on England's east coast. As Germany prepares for more heavy snow, forecasters say the worst of the weather is heading eastwards.  

Cyprus talks: Erdogan dismisses full Turkish troop withdrawal
Turkey's president says a full withdrawal of its forces from divided Cyprus is "out of the question" unless Greece also agrees to pull out troops. Hopes of reunification have been raised after talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots in Geneva this week. But a number of stumbling blocks remain, including whether any Turkish troops would stay in northern Cyprus after reunification.  

Abbas seeks Putin's help blocking US embassy move to Jerusalem
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has turned to Russian president Vladimir Putin for help preventing the proposed United States embassy move...to Jerusalem... "The letter asks President Putin to do what he can about the information we have that President-elect Donald Trump will move the embassy to Jerusalem, which for us is a red line and dangerous," he said after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.  

Abbas meets Pope, warns against US embassy move to Jerusalem
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that if US president-elect Donald Trump goes through with plans to transfer Washington's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem it will hurt the peace process. "We are waiting to see if it happens. If it does it will not help peace and we hope it does not happen," Abbas told reporters outside the Vatican gates...  

German Court Calls Synagogue Torching An Act To 'Criticize Israel'
A regional court in Germany has decided that a brutal attempt to set fire to a local synagogue in 2014 was an act meant to express criticism against Israel's conduct in its ongoing conflict with Gaza  

Greenwald: "Unelected, Very Powerful Faction" Of Intelligence Officials In "Open Warfare" With Trump
OX News: Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept says opponents have used the media in "open warfare" against the President-elect, and the CIA wanted Hillary Clinton to win the presidency. Greenwald said people are afraid to call them out because they will be called "unpatriotic."  

Northern California drenched, but state's drought far from over
Thanks to the powerful storms that have drenched Northern California, 42% of the state is no longer in a drought.  

Iran Approved To Import Additional 130 Tons Of Uranium
- Iran's English language Press TV is reporting that world powers have approved Iran importing as much as 130 tons of uranium.  

YouTube removes influential conservative website's channel
Legal Insurrection founder and publisher and Cornell University Law Professor William Jacobson voiced his anger and astonishment at the channel’s removal. “It’s very frustrating, it’s very scary, to have 8 years of content removed without a chance to defend yourself,” he told FoxNews.com.  

Chinese state media tells Donald Trump's team to 'prepare for military clash'
The US should "prepare for a military clash", a state run Chinese tabloid newspaper has warned. Less than 24 hours after US Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson appeared to call for a blockade of South China Sea islands, a strongly-worded English editorial in the Global Times accused the former ExxonMobil chief executive of "rabble-rousing".  

Cavuto to CNN: 'You're Experiencing What We've Been Living for Last 8 Years'
"How does it feel to be dismissed or worse, ignored?" Neil Cavuto took on the CNN-Donald Trump feud on "Your World," arguing that Fox News Channel has dealt with similar treatment from the Obama administration for eight years.  

Former Chicago Police Superintendent: The DOJ Investigation Was 'Political' and 'Predetermined
"I think the results were predetermined when they got here," McCarthy stated on Fox News Friday morning. A few moments later, the DOJ provided a damning report about the CPD, accusing the department of a pattern of "excessive force." McCarthy surmised that the DOJ had a "political need" that had to be fulfilled which was more important than getting it right. How else could he explain why the agency never interviewed him or other relevant people on the force?  

January 13, 2017

Congress Moves to Restore Gun Rights to Military Families
Launched this week by Farenthold, the bill would permit military spouses to purchase handguns in whichever state their husband or wife happens to be on duty.  

Russia deploys more fighter jets to Syria despite announcing military scale down
The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed that it has deployed new combat aircraft to Syria, despite President Vladimir Putin earlier announcing military scale down in the country.  

Globalization needs to be all or nothing
To overcome the problems of self-interest, and to give real effective globalization a chance, national governments need to cede real power and authority to global institutions. Of course international agencies mandated to govern the key tenets of globalization do exist—for example, the World Trade Organization over trade, and the International Monetary Fund with oversight of international capital flows.  

Palestinian Embassy Opening in Vatican City on Eve of Evil International Decree
“Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe unto the vile prophets that follow their own spirit and things which they have not seen!” Ezekiel 13:3 A new embassy for the Palestinian Authority will be inaugurated in Vatican City. This will be the first Palestinian embassy to be established in a European Union member nation. Pope Francis referred to Abbas as “an angel of peace‘.  

Finnair flight 666 to HEL on Friday 13
Finland's national airline is not superstitious. Finnair flight AY666 takes off from Copenhagen and flies to Helsinki on Friday the 13th. What's more, the baggage code for Helsinki airport is HEL.  

5.4-magnitude Earthquake Hits Aceh, No Tsunami Warning
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Banda Aceh on Friday early morning, January 13, 2017. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Aceh office reported that the earthquake took place at 2:19 am local time, 76 kilometers of Southwest Aceh. The quake was 89 kilometer deep. It did not have potential to cause a tsunami.  

Syria: Israel Attacked Air Base Near Damascus
The Syrian army accused Israel of helping assisting “terrorist groups” who fight the Syrian government, saying “the Syrian army command and armed forces warn the Israeli enemy of the repercussions of this blatant attack and stresses it will continue its war on terrorism.”  

(Even More Horrific) Anti-Israel UNSC Resolution Expected
Those who spend the bulk of their waking hours focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict are warning the Jewish State that the Paris Peace Summit slated to begin on Sunday will produce a document hog-tying the parties to the failed concept of the “Two State Solution.”  

Droves of Middle East Muslims are converting to Christianity
A group supporting Christian broadcasters in the Middle East says that they’re hearing reports of thousands of Muslims converting to Christianity. ...VOMC says that they are hearing from broadcasters they support in Iraq of families all over the Middle East reporting conversations from Islam. ...“There are thousands upon thousands coming to Christ.”  

Trump's Pentagon choice says U.S. needs to be ready to confront Russia
Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon put Russia at the top of a list of threats to U.S. interests on Thursday and told Congress that America must be ready to confront Moscow where necessary, even as he backed Trump's bid for better relations. The remarks by retired Marine General James Mattis were the latest by one of Trump's Cabinet picks that veered away from the president-elect's campaign rhetoric...  

N.S.A. Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications
In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections. The new rules...relax...limits on what the N.S.A. may do with the information gathered by its most powerful surveillance operations...  

U.S. troops' move to Poland unnerves Kremlin
Poland...welcomed several thousand U.S. troops along with tanks and heavy equipment under a planned NATO operation to beef up its Eastern European allies, vexing the Kremlin, which said the troops' presence is a threat to Russia. The largest U.S.military reinforcement of Europe in decades of around 2,700 troops...arrived as part of operation Atlantic Resolve, aimed at showing Moscow Washington's commitment to its allies.  

Syria accuses Israel of bombardment
Syria has accused Israel of bombarding an area west of Damascus, with reports of a military airport being hit. State television quoted the army as saying several rockets landed in the airport compound in Mezzeh, Reuters news agency reports. It remains unclear if the alleged bombardment, which caused fires, has caused any casualties.  

Icy storm lashes France and Germany causing hardship
An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services. In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris. In Dieppe, on the coast, winds reached 146km/h (90.5mph).  

South China Sea: China media warn US over 'confrontation'
Blocking China from islands it has built in contested waters would lead to "devastating confrontation", Chinese state media have warned. The angry response came after secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson said the US should deny Beijing access to new islands in the South China Sea. Two state-run papers carry editorials strongly criticising his comments.  

German court calls synagogue torching an act to 'criticize Israel'
A German regional court in the city of Wuppertal affirmed a lower court decision last Friday stating that a violent attempt to burn the city's synagogue by three men in 2014 was a justified expression of criticism of Israel’s policies. Johannes Pinnel, a spokesman for the regional court in Wuppertal, outlined the court’s decision in a statement.  

'US officials warn Israel on transferring information to Trump White House'
US intelligence officials warned their Israeli counterparts to “be careful” when transferring intelligence to the White House after Donald Trump becomes president, an Israeli newspaper reported. Top-classified information from Israel could be leaked to Russia and from there shared with Russia’s close ally Iran, the officials warned, Yediot Aharonot reported Thursday.  

Marc Faber: Trump Will Soon Be 'Begging Fed for QE4'
Marc Faber, the editor and publisher of “The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report,” warns that President-elect Donald Trump's economic and financial blueprint won't be enough to revive the sluggish economy. Faber predicts Trump will soon be turning to the Federal Reserve for help.  

The Utter Stupidity Of The New Cold War
It seems so strange, twenty-seven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, to be living through a new Cold War with (as it happens, capitalist) Russia. The Russian president is attacked by the U.S. political class and media as they never attacked Soviet leaders; he is personally vilified as a corrupt, venal dictator, who arrests or assassinates political opponents and dissident journalists, and is hell-bent on the restoration of the USSR.  

China ups pressure as Taiwan president extends its reach in the Americas
As a Chinese aircraft carrier floated ominously off her nation’s coast, Taiwan’s president short-hopped through the Americas this week, seeking to improve relations with the United States and Central America — while walking a fine line with Beijing.  

Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans who make it to US soil
President Barack Obama announced Thursday he is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident.  

The Top Ten Misreported and Underreported Stories of 2016
We have picked ten stories in which the media were either derelict in their duty to report the truth, or sold a false or biased narrative to the public that furthered the left’s agenda. In other cases, the media missed the story altogether or made excuses for their own biased reporting. We could easily have picked additional stories that meet those criteria, but arbitrarily chose to look at ten, in no particular order.  

Netanyahu says Paris peace meeting 'rigged' against Israel
Israel's prime minister said Thursday that an upcoming conference in Paris aimed at reviving peace talks with the Palestinians was "rigged" and that Israel was not bound by anything decided there.  

Documentary depicts ancient Göbeklitepe as idol center from Abrahamic age
A documentary prepared jointly by TRT, the Diyarbakır Governor’s Office and the Turkish Development Ministry has claimed that the ancient statues in the world’s oldest-known temple were constructed by the Prophet Abraham’s father, Terah,  

Secular Minister in Hebron: Abraham, Our Father, Bought This Place
“Let us teach to those who do not know: Abraham our father, bought this place paying full price and a written deed, maybe the first of its kind in the world, and therefore it is obvious the Jewish community has every right to be here, including the right of ownership.”  

Country continues to be hit by aftershocks
THE country continues to be hit by aftershocks since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in early December. The latest was the 6.4 magnitude earthquake which struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred around 2.27am... There were no reports of damages and no tsunami warning was issued. Yesterday afternoon a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred around...Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.  

January 12, 2017

How to Test a New Bible —Before You Buy
Does John 3:16 show that Jesus was just an “only Son” or the only “begotten” Son? (If “begotten” is not there, how was Jesus different from the “sons of God” in John 1:12?) Is Jesus in Acts 3:26 a servant instead of a Son?  

Trump Trolls ‘Fake News’ Organizations at ‘Great News Conference’ on Twitter
President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter late Wednesday night to troll news outlets — such as CNN — that he believes are “fake news.” We had a great News Conference at Trump Tower today. A couple of FAKE NEWS organizations were there but the people truly get what's going on  

Soros Lost $1 Billion After Trump Won
The Wall Street Journal reports Thursday that billionaire left-wing financier George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the November 2016 presidential election.  

Mystic Rabbi’s Visions of Trump: Obama’s Betrayal Reversed, UN Will Fall, Europe Will Burn
“Europe and all the other nations believe that if they hate Israel, all of the Muslims will become their allies and cease attacking them from within,” the rabbi explained. “They are wrong about that. Muslims will continue to fill up Europe by the millions. At this point, whether they help or hurt Israel, Europe will be ashes.  

‘I am a winner’ Juncker boasts he's made march to federal EU ‘irreversible’ despite Brexit
Juncker declared himself a “global winner” as he boasted he has deliberately used his time as EU chief to force “irreversible” federalisation on European nations.  

National Reciprocity Bill Will Apply to Non-Resident Gun Carry Permits
After Hudson introduced the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 last week, questions were raised about whether it would apply to permits issued by some states to non-residents. In an interview with the Free Beacon, Hudson confirmed that permits issued by any state to residents or non-residents would have to be recognized by all other states under his legislation.  

Thousands of US troops on Russia's doorstep in Poland deployment
Thousands of U.S. troops crept up on Russia's doorstep Thursday, rolling into Poland with a slew of unanswered questions about their future in the region.  

Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process
The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program. The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it this week. Scrapping Obamacare is a top priority for the Republican majorities in both chambers and Republican President-elect Donald Trump.  

Republicans pass sweeping bill to reform 'abusive' U.S. regulation
Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform "abusive" federal regulation of areas from the environment to the workplace.  

Republicans pass sweeping bill to reform 'abusive' U.S. regulation
Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform "abusive" federal regulation of areas from the environment to the workplace.  

Saturn’s spooky ‘Death Star’ moon captured in closest-ever NASA image
On its closest-ever flyby of Saturn’s moon Mimas, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured what may be the most detailed image to date of the celestial body. In a picture released on NASA’s website, it’s not hard to see how Mimas got its nickname – the enormous Herschel Crater dominates both its surface and the image, making the icy moon look like the Death Star,  

Netanyahu: Paris peace conference a 'fraud'
The Paris peace conference, which is expected to host officials from 72 different countries, is slated to take place on January 15. Netanyahu on Thursday described the upcoming Middle East peace conference in Paris as a "fraud," insisting that the meeting was an "anti-Israel" summit orchestrated by the Palestinians and sponsored by the French government.  

'Netanyahu should learn from Trump'
Middle East expert David Bukay impressed by President-elect's speech: 'The media abused him and he answered them in kind'. "US as well as Israeli media abused Trump and he exhibited the necessary wherewithal and I wish Netanyahu would learn how to respond to them in kind".  

40,000 Jews Have Fled France In 10 Years Amid Rising Anti-Semitism Jacob Bojesson
Around 5,000 French Jews emigrated from the country in 2016 after a series of attacks on the community. A total of 40,000 Jews have left the country since 2006, according to figures released Monday. A majority of Jews move to Israel, but at least 10 percent return to their home country at a later point.  

BuzzFeed Could Be In Legal Trouble For Publishing Trump Doc
While BuzzFeed weathers criticism for publishing a document cache containing unsubstantiated and scandalous allegations about President-elect Donald Trump and his confidantes, they also could face legal consequences.  

Moderate Quake Hits Alor Island
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit Alor Island in the eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara on Thursday morning. The epicenter of the earthquake which struck at 06:44 a.m. local time was in the sea about 405 kilometers northeast of Alor at a depth of 405 kilometers, said the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) office in Kupang.  

China launches new electronic intelligence naval ship
China's Navy has launched a new electronic reconnaissance ship...the latest addition to an expanding fleet and as Beijing's new assertiveness to territorial claims in the South China Sea fuels tensions. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) now operates six electronic reconnaissance vessels...noting that the PLA "has never made public so many details about its intelligence collection ships".  

Republicans pass sweeping bill to reform 'abusive' U.S. regulation
Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform "abusive" federal regulation of areas from the environment to the workplace. In a 238-183 vote, the House passed the "Regulatory Accountability Act," which combined eight bills aimed at changing how the vast government bureaucracy runs.  

Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process
The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program. The vote was 51-48. The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it this week.  

US tanks and troops to begin arriving in Poland
US tanks and armoured vehicles along with more than 3,000 US soldiers start arriving in Poland on Thursday. They are part of President Barack Obama's response to reassure Nato allies concerned about a more aggressive Russia. Their arrival comes just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump who has signalled he wants to improve relations with Moscow.  

Israeli soldiers 'caught in Hamas online honey trap'
Israel's military says it has uncovered a scam by Hamas militants to spy on its soldiers by hacking their mobile phones after posing as women on social media. Members of the Palestinian group found the soldiers online, then tried to strike up a friendship using the fake identities, an officer told reporters. Dozens of soldiers were persuaded to install an application that controlled their phone cameras and microphones.  

Turkey PM boosts Cyprus peace deal hopes in Geneva
Turkey's prime minister is to join international diplomats at Cyprus peace talks in Geneva, amid signs of progress towards reuniting the divided island. UN sources said they had not expected Binali Yildirim to come, and it showed how importantly these talks were being viewed, the BBC's James Landale says. The Geneva talks also involve UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Greek and Turkish counterparts.  

Netanyahu: Paris peace conference a 'fraud'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described the upcoming Paris peace conference as a "fraud," insisting that the meeting was an "anti-Israel" summit orchestrated by the Palestinians and sponsored by the French government. "This is a conference which is fraud, a fraud presented by the Palestinians and sponsored by the French, which will further lead to the adoption of anti-Israel positions," Netanyahu said..  

CUFI Storms Washington to Push Pro-Israel Legislation and Strengthen Trump Ties
Pro-Israel Evangelical group Christians United for Israel (CUFI) is sending hundreds of members to Washington, DC this week in order to influence Israel policies being debated on Capitol Hill. Coming from 49 states, 260 CUFI members are flying into the capital Wednesday with the goal of pushing two congressional measures which slam the UN’s recent anti-settlement resolution and slash security budgets for America’s embassies worldwide until the US Embassy in Israel is moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, an act President-elect Donald Trump has said is a top priority for his administration.  

Europe in deep freeze, over 60 dead as new Arctic blast arrives
More than 60 people have died in Europe since the beginning of the month when cold Arctic airmass started descending south, toward the Mediterranean. The most vulnerable, and many of the victims, are homeless and migrants. There are fears thousands of people could die before the winter ends.  

Chicago Homicides Even Higher Than Reported
The record-setting violence in Chicago is even worse than announced as new evidence shows the city suffered 50 more homicides last year than the numbers publicly reported in the past week. The city posted a decades-high homicide count of 812 in 2016, per the Cook County Medical Examiner  

Thousands of Muslims reportedly turning to Christ in Middle East
Thousands of Muslims are turning to Jesus Christ and what they view as the "religion of freedom" amid ongoing bloodshed in the Middle East, reports indicate. Some churches hope that millions of people will accept Christ amid a "spiritual hunger" that is forming in the wake of persecution.  

Five United Arab Emirates diplomats killed in Afghan bombing
The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said five of its diplomats were killed in a deadly attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.  

Chicago Mayor Pushes Moody’s to Rescind City’s Junk-Bond Rating
Chicago is stepping up its battle with Moody’s Investors Service ahead of a $1.2 billion bond sale next week. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat who pushed through a record tax increase to shore up the city’s finances, asked the company to pull its junk rating on Chicago’s debt, saying it’s exaggerating the risks to bondholders and failing to recognize steps he’s taken. Chicago has already stopped hiring Moody’s to rate new bond deals, relying instead on rivals S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings that continue to consider its debt investment grade.

January 11, 2017

Trump to CNN: 'You Are Fake News'
During a press conference on Wednesday, President-Elect Donald Trump refused to take a question from CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta and told him “You are fake news.”  

No damage reported after 3 earthquakes hit north Oklahoma
The U.S. Geological Survey says back-to-back earthquakes hit Monday morning near Pawnee, about 75 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The USGS says the quakes had magnitudes of 3.2 and 3.3 and there are no reports of injuries or damage. A third earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7, hit the same area Monday afternoon.  

John Kerry Literally Won't Say the Western Wall Is Part of Israel
I cannot think of something more anti-Semitic than saying that the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Jewish Temple, isn't part of the Jewish State. But that's exactly what John Kerry, our none-too-soon outgoing secretary of State, said in this CNN interview. I guess Kerry figured he'd add insult to injury on top of the Obama administration's abstention at the UN. I'm not a fan of everything Donald Trump has said, but the silver lining is that he cannot be worse for Israel or more anti-Semitic than the Obama gang has been.  

4Chan Users Claim to be Source of Trump 'Golden Shower in Moscow' Hoax
News outlets took the decision to run the story in spite of clues that the document was a fake, including factual errors and the use of the heading "Confidential/Sensitive Source" which is used by neither UK nor US intelligence agencies.  

Lawsuit claims Twitter directly connected to terror
"this is the first lawsuit which demonstrates and documents how Twitter took a leading role in turning ISIS into the most fearsome terror organization in the world today and how ISIS specifically used Twitter in connection with two of the horrendous terror attacks which occurred recently in Europe. "As opposed to other social media sites, Twitter has adamantly refused to cut off its services for terrorists...  

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA
"A spray can be used immediately without having to go through the years involved in development of a GM or conventionally bred crop,” says David Baulcombe at the University of Cambridge, who studies gene silencing in plants. One spray can also be used on many different varieties, he points out. Companies like Monsanto are already developing gene-silencing sprays that get inside bugs and kill them by disabling vital genes.  

Pew: Obama's true legacy is divided nation, bad race relations
Barack Obama leaves the presidency with the nation more divided than at any time in decades, race relations at a new low and a surge in atheism, according to a new survey by Pew Research.  

Trump: Are we living in Nazi Germany?
The report, allegedly made by a British ex-intel agent, was given to US officials, CNN reported on Tuesday. A document purporting to be the report was subsequently leaked to Buzzfeed and publicized. Trump blasted the report on Tuesday, calling allegations Russia was holding potentially compromising secrets “fake news”. On Wednesday the Russian government also rejected the claim, saying it had no such material on the American President-elect.  

UK weather: Lorry overturns and homes left without power as gale-force winds and 90mph gusts bring travel chaos to parts of the country
Gale-force winds and blizzard-like conditions have brought travel chaos to parts of the country today. Motorists have been warned of difficult driving conditions as gusts of up to 75mph and the chance of 'thundersnow' across northern areas.  

Democratic Senator Touts Debunked WaPo Power Grid Story In DHS Confirmation Hearing
New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan appeared to be unaware during a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday that a Washington Post story about Russian hacking into the Vermont power grid has been completely debunked and retracted.  

Solomons continues to be hit by aftershocks
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Solomon Islands early this morning, in an area plagued by tremors since early December. The US Geological Survey reports the quake struck around 2:27am local time about 108 kilometres west-northwest from Kirakira, the capital of Makira, at a depth of 46 kilometres.  

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake rattles Central New Zealand again - See more at: http://www.skymetweather.com/content/global-news/a-5-1-magnitude-earthquak
The year 2017 has not been lucky enough for Central New Zealand as the country has been hammered by two earthquakes within a week and today as well, another quake shivered Central New Zealand.  

Taiwan scrambles jets, navy as China aircraft carrier enters Taiwan Strait
Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships on Wednesday as a group of Chinese warships...sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the latest sign of heightened tension between Beijing and the self-ruled island. China's Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier, returning from exercises in the South China Sea, was not encroaching in Taiwan's territorial waters but entered its air defense identification zone in the southwest...  

Trump to Republicans: Act swiftly to replace Obamacare
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday pressured fellow Republicans working to repeal Obamacare in Congress to pass a replacement for the healthcare law at the same time or soon after they vote to dismantle it. Trump told the New York Times he wanted a substitute for President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare law done "very quickly or simultaneously" to the vote to get rid of it  

UAE confirms five officials killed in Afghan attack
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed that five of its officials were killed in a bomb attack in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. They died in blasts at the governor of Kandahar's guesthouse on Tuesday, where at least six others were killed including the deputy governor, two senior Afghan officials and two MPs. The governor and the UAE ambassador were among at least 18 wounded.  

IDF reveals increase of violent incidents across West Bank
Figures by the IDF show a significant increase in the number of violent incidents in the West Bank in the past few months, indicating Israel may be in the midst of a worrisome trend. At a briefing held at the IDF’s Judea and Samaria headquarters in Beit El on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that Israel is on the cusp of witnessing serious regional developments.  

Kerry to attend Paris summit on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Paris for an international conference on Middle East peace organized by the French government, his staff announced on Tuesday. In his final trip as secretary, Kerry will begin with a visit to Vietnam. He will then travel to Paris on the day of the summit, January 15, followed by trips to London and Davos, Switzerland.  

China's aircraft carrier enters Taiwan Strait: defence ministry
China's only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait, the island's defence ministry said Wednesday, seen as a show of strength by Beijing as tensions rise between the two sides.  

Islamic State fights losing battle in eastern Mosul
The leaflet dropped from the skies over Mosul urged Islamic State militants to give themselves up. "Who will look after your families if you are killed?" read the message, found on the ground in an apartment complex on the city's northern edge. Sent by the Iraqi government, it appears to have been ignored.  

Dozens killed in Kabul suicide bombings, Kandahar blast
Deadly attacks ripped across Afghanistan on Tuesday, with two suicide bombings near the Afghan Parliament in Kabul, an explosion at a Kandahar province government compound and a suicide bombing in Helmand province -- strikes leaving dozens of people dead and wounded, US and Afghan officials said.  

Hungary Plans to Crackdown on All Soros-Funded NGOs
Hungary plans to crack down on non-governmental organizations linked to billionaire George Soros now that Donald Trump will occupy the White House, according to the deputy head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party.  

California storms add 350 billion gallons to parched reservoirs
The powerful storms that soaked Northern California over the past week did more than trigger power outages, mudslides and flash floods. They sent roughly 350 billion gallons of water pouring into California’s biggest reservoirs.  

January 10, 2017

Netanyahu to AIPAC Leaders: We Have Solid Evidence Obama Orchestrated UNSC Resolution
Netanyahu on Tuesday afternoon met with a delegation of AIPAC leaders from across the US in Jerusalem and reiterated that Israel possesses “solid evidence” that the Obama Administration had collaborated in the framing of the UN Security Council anti-Israel resolution 2334 condemning the Jewish settlements enterprise and pressured UNSC members to vote in favor. The PM repeated his charge that the president’s decision, taken in his last month in office, constitutes a breach with a long term tradition of administrations from both major parties.  

Ten Failed State Department Plans for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
“As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.” Proverbs 26:11 A former State Department official’s new plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is the latest in a long series of Foggy Bottom proposals for a Mideast solution that went nowhere.  

Violent Collision of Suns in 2022 Could Herald Fulfillment of Balaam’s Messiah Prediction
Five years from now, the light from the ancient collision of two stars will reveal a brand-new star in the night sky According to Jewish esoteric sources, this is precisely the celestial phenomenon which will accompany the arrival of the Messiah.Though the nova will appear in a few years, the actual event took place 1,800 years ago. It has taken nearly two millennia for the light from the collision to reach earth.  

Trump Swearing-In to Be Blessed by Prominent Rabbi Read
Rabbi Marvin Hier, a prominent California rabbi and founder of the influential Simon Wiesenthal Center, will bless Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony with a Jewish prayer on January 20. Rabbi Hier will join five other faith leaders for the ceremony. He plans to give a reading, recite an original prayer, and bless both Trump and future Vice President Mike Pence with individual benedictions.  

With Obama’s Approval, Russia Selling 130 Tons of Uranium to Iran
The Obama administration and the rest of the signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have approved a shipment of 130 tons of natural uranium from Russia to Iran, rewarding the Islamic Republic for shipping 44 tons of heavy water it sent to Russia after exceeding the limit it could legally produce under the deal. Experts have told US media outlets the amount of uranium to be shipped is enough to produce 10 nuclear bombs.  

Assange blasts 'embarrassing' US intel report, insists Russia not his source
Assange, speaking during an audio-only Periscope Q&A session, said the source of his information was not a member “of any government” or “state parties” and did not “come from the Russian government.” The WikiLeaks editor-in-chief blasted Friday’s declassified intelligence report on “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections” as being inadequate and misleading.  

Jewish centers report bomb threats in several US states
Jewish community centers in several US states were evacuated on Monday after they reported receiving bomb threats, according to the organizations' social media accounts and local media reports. No attacks or injuries were immediately reported.  

Powerful storms head for U.S. West after thousands flee floods
Powerful storms packing heavy rain and snow will lash the U.S. West on Tuesday, a day after thousands of people fled their homes to escape floods, forecasters said. A band of heavy downpours will drench northern California and heavy snow will fall in the Sierra Nevada mountains into Wednesday, exacerbating the threat of flooding, the National Weather Service said.  

‘Insider leaks, not Russian hacking’: CIA & MI5 veterans discuss ODNI report on RT
“The fact that WikiLeaks puts out emails, I think there is a plausible case to be made that they were in fact leaked to WikiLeaks,” Johnson pointed out, adding that “what we found out was not disinformation but actual truthful information.”  

'Very quickly, very nearby': Jumbo asteroid has close shave with Earth
An asteroid between 11 to 34 meters across (36 to 111ft), roughly the size of 10 jumbo African elephants, made a remarkably close approach to Earth on Monday morning, passing by at a distance only half that of the Moon. According to the Slooh Observatory, the space rock, dubbed 2017 AG13, was moving at about 10 miles per second, making it hard to spot with a telescope.  

Huge 7.3 earthquake strikes the Philippines
A major undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck southeast of the Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was measured at a depth of 617 km (380 miles), the USGS said.  

18 Years Of Energy Data Manipulation ‘Entirely Unacceptable,’ No Proof Doctoring Has Ended
Officials with the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have yet to tell Congress they’ve punished a pair of scientists behind nearly two decades of data manipulation at a federal lab or what’s been done to prevent more of it, according to a key congressman investigating the scandal.  

Over 98% of mass shootings occurred on gun-free zones, research shows
On the heels of the shooting in Fort Lauderdale that took the lives of five people, a new report has surfaced with some breathtaking statistics about where mass shootings take place. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, from the 1950’s through July 10th of 2016, 98.4 percent of mass shootings have occurred on gun-free zones, with just 1.6 percent occurring where citizens are allowed to have firearms with them.  

Powerful storms head for U.S. West after thousands flee floods
Powerful storms packing heavy rain and snow will lash the U.S. West on Tuesday, a day after thousands of people fled their homes to escape floods, forecasters said. A band of heavy downpours will drench northern California and heavy snow will fall in the Sierra Nevada mountains into Wednesday, exacerbating the threat of flooding, the National Weather Service said.  

Another 5,000 Jews quit France for Israel: agency
Another 5,000 French Jews emigrated to Israel last year, figures showed Monday, continuing a trend that has seen tens of thousands quit the country after a series of attacks targeting the community. The Jewish Agency of Israel issued the update as France marked two years since attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices and on a Jewish supermarket in Paris, where four shoppers were shot dead.  

US move to secure election systems meets criticism
A last-minute decision by the Obama administration to designate election systems as critical infrastructure drew intense criticism from state and federal elections organizations on Monday. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the move Friday with 30 minutes' notice to the National Association of Secretaries of State and U.S. Election Assistance Commission...  

Chicago, New York in Worst Financial Shape Among Large US Cities
Chicago and New York rank at the bottom of a new analysis of fiscal strength based primarily on data from 2015 financial reports issued by the cities themselves. The analysis includes 116 U.S. cities with populations greater than 200,000. Chicago’s position at the bottom of the ranking is no surprise to anyone who follows municipal finance.  

Trump advisers to begin tax talks with Speaker Ryan
One of the biggest Republican projects of the year — tax reform — will begin Monday evening at the Capitol, with several top advisers to President-elect Donald Trump scheduled to hold a lengthy meeting with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and his team... The private discussions will convene in Ryan’s office suite shortly after 7 p.m. and will include a number of incoming White House officials...  

US military tests swarm of mini-drones launched from jets
The US military has launched 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet during a test in California. Three F/A-18 Super Hornets were used to release the Perdix drones last October. The drones, which have a wingspan of 12in (30cm), operate autonomously and share a distributed brain.  

Jewish centers report bomb threats in several US states
Jewish community centers in several US states were evacuated on Monday after they reported receiving bomb threats, according to the organizations' social media accounts and local media reports. No attacks or injuries were immediately reported. Kaplen JCC in the New York City suburb of Tenafly, New Jersey, said on its Facebook page that it received a bomb threat in the afternoon and had reopened as of 2:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).  

As Venezuelans Go Hungry, The Military Is Trafficking In Food
In Venezuela, food has become so scarce it's now being sold on the black market. One person tells the Associated Press, "it's a better business than drugs." And the food traffickers are the very people sworn to protect Venezuela: the nation's military.  

Georgetown Professor Calls For Whites To Have An I.R.A. – "Individual Reparations Account"
Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson is proposing the idea that white people should have an ‘Individual Reparations Account’ to make donations to black institutions and individuals.  

Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian attacker in West Bank: army
Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank shot dead a Palestinian who attacked them with a knife overnight during an operation to arrest suspected militants, the army said on Tuesday morning.  

Thugs armed with marbles wreak havoc in NYC
Vandals loaded with a bizarre form of ammunition — marbles — drove around The Bronx on Sunday night shooting it through storefront windows, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to at least 26 businesses, authorities said.  

Attack on Egypt police post in Sinai kills 8
An assault involving a car bomb against an Egyptian security checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed seven policeman and a civilian on Monday, the interior ministry said.  

Has Judicial Watch Uncovered Yet Another Obama Admin Email Scandal?
Many officials in the Obama administration, and not just Hillary Clinton, improperly used personal email accounts to conduct official business. And we are concerned that they will destroy these emails when they leave office this month.  

Good News, America! Nobody Cares What Celebrities Think
Madonna, Beyonce, Jay Z, Sigourney Weaver, Katy Perry, Meryl Streep and Lady Gaga — among many others — all threw their support behind Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Those endorsements were supposed to rally their millions of fans to get to the voting booth and elect the first female president of the United States. Instead, Clinton lost states that went red for the first time in decades.  

Breakin’ China: Cruz Meets With Taiwan’s President
Over the weekend in Houston, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz met with Taiwan’s president. He made it clear that U.S. officials would continue to have a relationship with Taiwan’s leaders, regardless of China’s opposition.  

January 9, 2017

U.S. Navy destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian vessels: U.S. officials
A U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots towards four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels on Sunday after they closed in at a high rate of speed in the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Monday.  

COLD FUSION: Wendelstein 7X star-machine PROVES the dream of limitless FREE energy
A COLD fusion machine aimed at creating limitless supplies of energy from a few litres of seawater has been fired-up and is working exactly as the designers hoped.  

Has America lost its soul?
Under the Obama years domestic crime may not be better or worse than times before, but the atmosphere he created is poisonous. Hatred is in the air – thanks to him and his race baiting and his cop-hating and his white trashing. I have never seen it this bad. The picture…this picture of a white disabled youth being brutalized and tortured by four African American teenagers has outraged the nation, but it symbolizes Obama’s entire wrathful presidency.  

Clinton won't run for NYC mayor
Recent reports claimed former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton may run for New York City mayor. However, former Clinton aide and Center for American Progress had Neera Tanden said, "I don’t expect her to run for this... I don't expect her to ever run for any elected office again."  

'This isn't about occupation - it's a clash of civilizations'
Likud MK Amir Ohana says free world must set aside differences, form united front in 'clash of civilizations' against radical Islam.  

Navy, Trump planning biggest fleet expansion to deter Russian, Chinese threats
With President-elect Donald Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet threats from a resurgent Russia and saber-rattling China.  

God’s Favor: 2017 & Beyond
(Evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham hinted at this in a Facebook post: “In watching the news after the election, the secular media kept asking ‘How did this happen?’ ‘What went wrong?’ ‘How did we miss this?’ Some are in shock. Political pundits are stunned. Many thought the Trump/Pence ticket didn’t have a chance. None of them understand the God-factor.”)  

Mike Huckabee: Israel Will Not Give Up Land, No Two-State Solution
An outspoken pro-Israel Christian politician, Mike Huckabee is ‘incredibly optimistic’ about Israel under the Trump Administration, vowing that the two-state solution is at an end and Israel will become stronger than ever.  

Rare Magnitude 5.8 quake rattles Canada's far north
A Magnitude 5.8 earthquake was detected Sunday night in Canada's far north. The tremor struck at a relatively shallow depth of about 19 km, in the Barrow Strait between Somerset Island, Devon Island and Cornwallis Island.  

North Korea says can test-launch ICBM at any time: official news agency
North Korea declared on Sunday it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying a hostile U.S. policy was to blame for its arms development. Kim said on Jan. 1 that his nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an ICBM.  

Navy, Trump planning biggest fleet expansion since Cold War
With President-elect Donald Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War... The Navy's 355-ship proposal released last month is even larger than what the Republican Trump had promoted... providing a potential boost to shipyards that have struggled because budget caps that have limited money funding for ships.  

Venezuela minimum wage to rise by 50% 'to combat inflation'
Venezuela's government has announced a 50% increase in the minimum wage and pensions amid runaway inflation. President Nicolas Maduro says the move will protect jobs and incomes. Critics say it may worsen the crisis. The opposition accuses Mr Maduro of mismanaging oil-rich Venezuela's crumbling economy. But he says he faces an economic war by political foes and hostile businessmen.  

East Timor axes Australia border treaty over oil reserves
East Timor says it wants to tear up a controversial 2006 maritime border treaty with Australia which has soured relations between the two countries. The treaty dealt with how oil and gas beneath the Timor Sea should be shared, but has been disputed ever since. East Timor, one of Asia's poorest nations, argues the way territory has been divided was not fair.  

Black Nazarene procession draws 1.5 million to Manila
Around 1.5 million devotees have turned out for a huge annual Roman Catholic procession which is taking place in Manila. Each year, a centuries-old wooden statue of Jesus Christ, called The Black Nazarene, is paraded through the Philippine capital. This year, police and foreign embassies have advised attendees to be on alert for possible terror attacks.  

Iran to expand military spending, develop missiles
Iranian lawmakers approved plans on Monday to expand military spending to five percent of the budget, including developing the country's long-range missile program which US President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to halt. The vote is a boost to Iran's military establishment - the regular army, the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and defense ministry - which was allocated almost 2 percent of the 2015-16 budget.  

ISIS Shows Preschooler Killing Victim Tied to Carnival Ball Pit
After an end-of-the-year video showing pre-teens hunt down and kill bound prisoners in an abandoned building, the Islamic State today released an even more gory follow-up with children as young as preschool age murdering prisoners tied to broken carnival rides.  

Someone is trying to take down the Drudge Report — and it's a mystery who's behind it
The Drudge Report, the highly trafficked conservative news website, has been knocked offline for extended periods of time over the course of the last two weeks, succumbing to large distributed denial of service attacks, according to its founder, Matt Drudge.  

Santelli 'Meets The Press': "You Picked Sides... On Election Night, I've Never Seen You So Unhappy"
"What's going on here is really so politically driven... where was all this uproar in June when the DNC emails were hacked...this wasn't made an issue because it would have put the emails in Hillary's server right in the thick of it... that's why this went under the radar - this is all tied together" The shocked looks on the faces on Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and David Brooks was only bettered by their repeated efforts to refocus the narrative on Putin "as the devil and journalist-murderer" and Trump "as a puppet" but Santelli was not done with them...  

Christian Clergy Welcomes Islam in Church, Then Bows to It
The Pope embraced religious relativism when it comes with Islam. Church of England Bishop Harries suggested that Prince Charles's coronation service should be opened with a Koran reading. In the US, more than 50 churches, including the Washington National Cathedral, hold Koran readings. Is there any reading of the Christian liturgy in mosques?  

Teh birth of half-human, half animal chimeras
"These things become more interesting, scientifically and medically, the more human they are," says Newman. "So you might say now that 'I would never make something mostly human', but there is an impulse to do it... There's a kind of momentum to the whole enterprise that makes you want to go further and further."  

Is civilisation heading for a COLLAPSE? Mathematical historian predicts political turmoil will peak in the 2020s
Professor Peter Turchin uses mathematical models to predict political events He says his models predicted a rise of political turmoil starting three years ago This is expected to reach a peak some time in the 2020s, according to his theory This includes decline of living standards and declining health of the state  

Donald Trump Asking Congress to Fund the Wall
As for Republicans, they may be willing to at least make an attempt. Rep. Steve Scalise said Thursday that his party was committed to helping President Trump build the wall. “We’re in talks with him on the details of it as they’re still putting together their team,” Scalise said. “We still got a few months before there’s another funding bill that’s going to move. We’re going to work with him to make sure we can get it done.  

January 8, 2017

'We will work with Trump at UN'
Deputy Israeli FM Tzipi Hotovely said that the Israeli government is willing to work with the incoming Trump administration regarding ways to repeal the recent anti-Israel UN Security Council resolution which declared all Jewish presence over the 1949 armistice lines to be illegal.“recognize Israel’s right to build in the Judea and Samaria regions as long as there is no peace deal” with the Palestinian Arabs.  

Deadly icy spell grips much of Europe, including Greek islands
Icy temperatures across Europe have left more than 20 people dead and blanketed even the Greek islands and southern Italy in snow. Italy saw ferries and flights cancelled and schools in the south are expected to close on Monday. Turkey has also been badly affected. The Bosphorus was closed to shipping as a heavy snowstorm hit Istanbul.  

France thwarts 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets
France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said such attacks were doubling every year and this year's presidential elections could be targeted. He said it would "naive" to think that France was immune to the type of cyber-campaign that targeted the US election, which has been blamed on Russia.  

Thailand floods: 12 dead as record rainfall persists
At least 12 people have died and many villages been submerged after heavy rains caused severe flooding in southern Thailand. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected with water levels reaching "roof-high" in some areas, Thailand's interior ministry said. Transport services, including flights, have been disrupted and rescue efforts are under way to reach those stranded.  

ISIS calls on recruits to copy arson terror method used in Israel
Islamic State called upon its supporters and recruits to set fires as a form of terrorism in the January 6 issue of its monthly print publication, Rumiyah. In the article, entitled "Just Terror Tactics," ISIS cited the most recent wave of fires that spread across Israel in November 2016 as an example of an effective use of fire as a terror method. Through arson, operatives can "impose terror on an entire country," the terror organization stressed.  

As Paris peace summit nears, Israel makes 'big efforts' to prevent another UN resolution
Israel is making “very big efforts” to prevent another anti-Israel resolution at the UN Security Council, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu's comments came at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, in which he pointed out that the French-led Mideast summit in Paris is just a few days away. 

Jerusalem ramming attack: Four killed as truck slams into crowd
Four people were killed and several others wounded after a truck rammed into several pedestrians adjacent to the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday, according to Magen David Adom. Among the fatalities were three women and one man in their 20s. MDA reported that it was treating 13 additional wounded people, of them, three in serious condition, one in moderate-to-serious condition and 9 in light condition.  

Planned Parenthood CEO Won’t Agree That Planned Parenthood is ‘Core to Abortion in America’
Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards would not directly agree with the idea that Planned Parenthood’s operations are at the “core to abortion in America.”  

Venezuela's new $5 billion bond deal involves Citgo, Russia, and is raising eyebrows
For crisis-hit Venezuela, the new year appears to look a lot like the old, with civil strife, food and medicine shortages, and a brutal recession battering the oil-rich economy. However, there's one development that adds a new wrinkle to Venezuela's rapidly deteriorating situation. In a surprise move this week, the cash-strapped country issued sovereign bonds for the first time in five years, to the tune of $5 billion.  

Obama set for pardon frenzy as he leaves office
A Rastafarian prophet, a former Taliban captive and thousands of minor drug traffickers have one thing in common: Their names have been submitted to President Barack Obama for clemency before he leaves office in two weeks.  

Blast in Syrian town on Turkish border kills nearly 50
A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial district in a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border Saturday, killing nearly 50 in a huge explosion that damaged buildings and left rescuers scrambling to find survivors amid the wreckage, opposition activists said.  

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Who Endorsed Obama Now Says President is ‘Ridiculous’ & ‘Dead Wrong’ on ‘Global Warming’
Dr. Ivar Giaever, a Nobel Prize-Winner for physics in 1973, declared his dissent on man-made global warming claims at a Nobel forum on July 1, 2015.  

Fake News: CBS Radio Report Implies Chicago Torturers Were White, Victim Was Black
A CBS Radio News report on the horrific black-on-white torture case in Chicago falsely implied that the victim was black and his attackers were white, Mediaite reported.