October 14, 2017

Magnitude 5.4 quake rumbles southern Mexico, no reports of damage
7360Three European powers party to a nuclear deal with Iran expressed “concern” with US President Donald Trump’s speech on the agreement on Friday, in which he threatened to “terminate” the accord unilaterally. The three US allies– Britain, France and Germany– cautioned Trump and the US Congress from walking down a dangerous path by “taking any steps that might undermine the JCPOA, such as re-imposing sanctions on Iran lifted under the agreement.”

Trump officially decertifies Iran deal
United States President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Trump said that while the US wouldn’t scrap the deal, it could “leave at any time”. Speaking at the White House, Trump said that “We cannot and will not make this certification. We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Iran’s nuclear breakout.”

US Treasury sanctions Iran’s Revolutionary GuardsThe United States Treasury announced that it will slap sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite unit considered close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in addition to sanctioning four organizations it says supports Iran’s military. The move came after Trump officially decertified Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal and vowed to implement “tough sanctions” on the Revolutionary Guard Corps. Trump vowed to end Iran’s support for terrorism around the world, calling the sanctions “long overdue”.

George Barna Explains How Christians Altered America’s Future by Supporting Trump Last November
A veteran researcher has detailed how on Nov. 8, 2016, Christian conservatives altered the course of American history by voting overwhelmingly for and delivering victory to Donald Trump to be the 45th president of the United States. And though the mainstream press derides or ignores them, he says, such Christians will retain their influence if and only if they stay alert and engaged. To the chagrin of secular progressives, particularly in the mass media, George Barna believes that spiritually active, government engaged conservatives — SAGE Cons he calls them — continue to leave an indelible mark on American political life.

Asteroid that just buzzed Earth may not miss on return visit
The most recent models of the space rock’s future path, which can be altered by Earth’s gravity each time it makes a close pass, have ruled out the possibility that it will impact Earth when it makes another close call in 2050. But the same can’t be said for its visit in 2079.

Analysis: Turkey plans move to box in Kurds in northern Syria 
The Turkish military this week scouted Syria’s Idlib province, in the northwest of the country, in preparation for a military operation in the province. The deployment of a reconnaissance team into Idlib came days after Turkish troops and armor massed on the Turkish-Syrian border, and a section of the border wall was dismantled to allow the passage of military vehicles.

Iran ‘behind cyber attack’ on British lawmakers in June
Iran carried out a cyber attack on British lawmakers earlier this year, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing an intelligence assessment of the incident. The report came the day after Britain joined other European countries in warning the United States against harming a nuclear deal with Iran. Britain’s parliament was hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber attack in June, designed to identify weak email passwords, just over a month after a ransomware worm crippled parts of the country’s health service.

Tensions flare between Kurds and Baghdad 
Tensions and fears of impending conflict have risen between Baghdad’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government’s autonomous region. On the night of October 13th there was gunfire in Tuz Khurmatu south of Kirkuk with local reports of several killed and injured. US Secretary of Defense James Mattis told reporters it was essential “we keep any potential for conflict off the table.” US advisors and special forces serve with both the Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Security Forces.

Antibiotic resistance could spell end of modern medicine, says chief medic 
England’s chief medical officer has repeated her warning of a “post-antibiotic apocalypse” as she urged world leaders to address the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. Prof Dame Sally Davies said that if antibiotics lose their effectiveness it would spell “the end of modern medicine”. Without the drugs used to fight infections, common medical interventions such as caesarean sections, cancer treatments and hip replacements would become incredibly risky and transplant medicine would be a thing of the past, she said.

Hepatitis A outbreak: State of emergency declared in California
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency over the deadly hepatitis A outbreak in California. The emergency proclamation, which was issued by Brown on Friday, allows the state to increase its supply of hepatitis A vaccines in order to control the current outbreak. Immunizations from the federal vaccine program have been distributed to at-risk populations in affected areas, but additional supplies are needed, according to a statement released by Brown’s office.

More police departments and other first-responders are using drones
IN JUNE a search-and-rescue team in Colorado used a drone to spot lost hikers in a pine forest, shaving hours off the time it would have taken to find the hikers using dogs, and thousands of dollars off the cost of doing so with a helicopter. In August police officers in Maine used a drone to snap 81 photos of the aftermath of a collision between a pickup truck and a blueberry lorry. The process took 14 minutes, instead of the hoursofficers said would usually have been required.

Israel plans to follow US in exiting UNESCO
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday night Israel plans to pull out of the United Nations’ cultural agency following the “brave and moral” decision by the United States to withdraw from UNESCO. Netanyahu said UNESCO has become a “theater of the absurd because instead of preserving history, it distorts it.” He has ordered Israeli diplomats to prepare Israel’s withdrawal from the organization in concert with the Americans.

Turkey orders detention of 100 former police officers in post-coup probe: Anadolu
Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Saturday for 100 former police officers and have so far detained 63 of them, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, as part of a widening crackdown since last year’s failed coup attempt. The suspects were believed to be users of ByLock, an encrypted messaging app which the government says was used by the network of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of orchestrating last July’s abortive putsch.

IRS puts Equifax contract on hold during security review
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has temporarily suspended a contract worth more than $7 million…awarded to Equifax Inc following a security issue with the beleaguered credit reporting agency’s website… Equifax, which disclosed last month that cyber criminals breached its systems between mid-May and late July and made off with sensitive data on 145.5 million people, said on Thursday it shut down one of its website pages after discovering that a third-party vendor was running malicious code on the page.

Trump refuses to recertify Obama’s Iran deal
President Trump refused Friday to certify that Iran is complying with Barack Obama’s expensive Iran nuclear deal, which cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, telling members of Congress there are “many serious flaws” that need to be addressed. The decision not to recertify doesn’t mean the deal collapses immediately. Under a 2015 law, the president must inform Congress every 90 days if Iran is complying.

October 13, 2017

Trump administration: ‘Life begins at conception’
The Department of Health and Human Services has published a draft of a new strategic plan that states in its introduction that life begins at conception. The personhood of the unborn child is central to the abortion debate — as even the justice who wrote the landmark Roe v. Wade opinion has acknowledged — because, if established in law, it would nullify a “right” to abortion. The largely overlooked HHS strategic plan for 2018-22 states the agency “accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception.”

US pulls out of UNESCO, citing ‘anti-Israel’ bias
The United States said Thursday that it was pulling out of the UN’s culture and education body, accusing it of “anti-Israel bias” in a move that underlines Washington’s drift away from international institutions. Following years of tension at UNESCO, which is in the process of electing a new director-general, US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert announced that Washington planned to withdraw.

Jordan: Jews on Temple Mount are a ‘provocation’ to Muslims
Jordanian minister claims Jews visiting Temple Mount ‘harm’ Al-Aqsa mosque, ‘provoke’ Muslims around the world.

Germany to work to maintain global unity if US de-certifies Iran deal 
The German government on Friday vowed to work for continued global unity if US President Donald Trump announces that he will not certify Iran’s compliance with a 2015 nuclear accord negotiated by world powers, as expected. “We have a great interest in the continuation of this international unity. If … an important country like the United States comes to a different conclusion as appears to be the case, we will work even harder with other partners to maintain this cohesion,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters.

Hillary Clinton vows to give Harvey Weinstein money to charity – but suffers huge backlash
HILLARY Clinton has given campaign donations from disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to charity – but all may not be as it appears…questions were raised over whether she should contribute the money on top of her usual 10 per cent. If not, the cash would appear to be replacing dollars she was already handing over. It is also not known if the money will end up going to her own charity, the Clinton Foundation. The lack of clarity sparked a furious online backlash against Mrs Clinton.

La Palma volcano ‘seismic swarm MAPPED: Video captures La Palma volcano’s flurry of quakesLA PALMA volcano’s “seismic swarm” has been mapped in a video which reveals when the Canary Islands was rocked by 50 earthquakes in just three days.

Hurricane Ophelia to Brush the Azores This Weekend; May Affect Ireland Next Week as a Powerful Post-Tropical Storm
Hurricane Ophelia remains a Category 2 hurricane and remains no threat to the United States, but could potentially brush parts of the Azores this weekend. Ophelia will likely bring a blast of strong winds early next week to Ireland and perhaps the United Kingdom as a powerful post-tropical low-pressure system.

California wildfires: Death toll climbs to 29
The number of people confirmed dead in wildfires sweeping northern California has climbed to 29, as officials warned that conditions would worsen. Hundreds of people remain missing as at least 22 fires rampaged across the state’s famous wine country.

Multiple People Shot After Gunman Opens Fire In Central Trelleborg, Sweden
Local media reported that at least four people had been taken to hospital. Some reports suggested that up to seven people might have been seriously injured.

Obama AG Loretta Lynch faces a Capitol Hill date to discuss Russia vote meddling
President Obama’s Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been called to testify before congressional Russian election meddling probes next week.

Baltimore Surpasses New York, Chicago as Murder Capital With 278 Homicides
The Baltimore Police Department has announced the deaths of three men shot in two separate incidents, pushing the city’s homicide count to 278 so far this year ‒ ahead of New York in terms of total murders, and Chicago in murders per capita.

REPORT: Trump SLASHES Ties With Anti-Israel U.N. … Conservatives Are Cheering!
President Trump has officially declared that the United States is withdrawing from UNESCO — the Education, Scientific, and Cultural branch of the United Nations, in response to its continued anti-America, anti-Israel behavior, reports WND.

Trump administration: ‘Life begins at conception’
Bold new strategic plan declares personhood of unborn.

THANK G-D: Trump administration reverses Obama policy – ‘gender identity’ notIn a reversal of federal policy that pleased marriage advocates and angered LGBTQI groups, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo interpreting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as not intended to apply to transgenders.

ALERT: D.C. Strikes Vengeance, Issues Unbelievable Gun Law… Patriots Will Not Have ItThe Washington Times reports that officials in Washington, D.C., are seeking major expansions to the district’s draconian gun laws. Ever since the federal appeals court struckdown their attempts to constrain the issuing of concealed-carry permits, the Democrats have been thirsting for revenge.

Pelosi Uses Facebook Failure to Push Plan to Spend $40 Billion of Taxpayer MoneyWith Facebook users incapacitated and seeking answers, Pelosi quickly took to Twitter to promote Democrats’ plan to spend at least $40 billion of taxpayer money to provide access to affordable, high-speed internet to every home in America via their “A Better Deal on Universal High-Speed Internet” initiative:

Mozilla gave $100,000 to secure email platform harnessed by Antifa groups Firefox creators proud to aid international terrorists.

October 12, 2017

End of Days may be closer than you think if volcano in Spain erupts, potentially causing a mega-tsunami that may obliterate the Emerald Island 
Ireland may soon be at the center of a doomsday scenario, as a possible volcanic eruption in Spain may trigger a mega-tsunami which could obliterate us. The Spanish island of La Palma has been rocked by up to 40 seismic tremors in recent days, and residents now fear that the Cumbre Vieja volcano may be about to blow. Theories exist that an eruption at Cumbre Vieja may destabilize La Palma’s entire western seaboard, plunging it into the Atlantic Ocean. If the terrain fails and sinks into the water, it could trigger a super-tsumami up to 900mts high.

At least 23 dead, hundreds missing as California wildfires blaze
SONOMA, Calif. – Firefighters facing a resurgence of high winds on Wednesday struggled to halt wildfires that have killed at least 23 people, destroyed 3,500 structures and left hundreds missing in chaotic evacuations across northern California’s wine country.

Hamas and Fatah delegations sign reconciliation agreement in Cairo
Hamas and Fatah delegations signed the reconciliation agreement between the warring Palestinian factions in Cairo. Fatah’s representative was senior member and holder of reconciliation portfolio Azzam al-Ahmad and Hamas was represented by its leader Saleh al-Arouri.

Trump threatens ‘fake news’ networks with licence removal over ‘made-up’ NBC report on nuclear armsPresident Donald Trump has tweeted that all network news stations should have their licenses challenged, and possibly revoked, due to “fake” and “partisan” coverage. Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!

North Korea threatens U.S. with ‘hail of fire
North Korea’s Foreign Minister on Wednesday threatened the United States with “a hail of fire” and said U.S. President Donald Trump has “lit the wick of war” with his country

Erdogan says U.S. sacrificing ties with Turkey, blames envoy
“Let me be very clear, the person who caused this is the ambassador here. It is unacceptable for the United States to sacrifice a strategic partner to an ambassador who doesn’t know his place,” Erdogan told provincial governors in Ankara.

It’s Official: Sky Will Be Sprayed in Geoengineering “Experiment,” Blocking Sun for Climate Change
According to MIT’s Technology Review: “A pair of Harvard climate scientists are preparing small-scale atmospheric experiments that could offer insights into the feasibility and risks of deliberately altering the climate to ease global warming. US scientists are set to send aerosol injections 20km up into the earth’s stratosphere in the world’s biggest solar geoengineering programme to date, to study the potential of a future tech-fix for “global warming”.

Protesting anti-Israel bias, US plans withdrawal from UNESCO 
The United States plans to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN’s cultural and educational agency, diplomats said on Thursday, dealing a further blow to an organization hobbled by regional rivalries and a lack of funds. Paris-based UNESCO, which began work in 1946, is known for designating World Heritage sites such as the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria and the Grand Canyon National Park. It will pick a new chief this week to try to revive its fortunes.

Hamas announces reconciliation deal with Palestinian rival Fatah 
Palestinian rival factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over political reconciliation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Thursday without providing further details. A Hamas official told Reuters that details are expected to be released at a noon news conference in Cairo, where unity talks between the rival factions began on Tuesday.

Trump will ‘decertify’ Iran deal, White House tells Republican leaders 
A senior White House official briefed Republican leadership on Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s decision not to “certify” Iran’s compliance to an international nuclear deal – a move that will keep the US within the agreement itself, but will begin a debate on Capitol Hill over whether to withdraw. Members of Congress were briefed by National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, who confirmed Trump’s decision and promised the president would lay out a comprehensive strategy on Iran in a speech later this week.

Deadly ‘supercell’ storm scatters ships in South Africa
Moored ships were blown away as a “supercell thunderstorm” swept through South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region, killing at least 11 people. The dead include a child swept away by rising waters and two patients killed when a wall collapsed at the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, near Durban, the region’s main city. KwaZulu-Natal and other parts of the country were hit by a “supercell thunderstorm”, the South African Weather Service said.

Australia jet and navy data stolen in ‘extensive’ hack
Sensitive information about Australia’s defence programmes has been stolen in an “extensive” cyber hack. About 30GB of data was compromised in the hack on a government contractor, including details about new fighter planes and navy vessels. The data was commercially sensitive but not classified, the government said. It did not know if a state was involved.

Mexico warns US about ending Nafta trade deal
Ending the North American Trade Agreement (Nafta) would break relations between Mexico and the US, the Mexican foreign minister has warned. Luis Videgaray was speaking ahead of a new round of trade talks this week between the US, Mexico and Canada. The talks to update the 1994 deal have become increasingly acrimonious, with Mexico and American business groups saying US proposals would hurt trade.

California wildfires: Winds fan ‘catastrophic’ blazes
Renewed high winds are fanning “catastrophic” wildfires that have killed at least 23 people in northern California, the state fire chief says. Thousands of people have been left homeless by the 22 huge blazes, which are spreading fast and unpredictably. Nearly 300 people are missing, but police say that may be due to the chaotic nature of evacuations.

US sends SECOND nuclear warship and 7,500 marines within strike range of North Korea 
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is en route to the western Pacific after leaving San Diego port last week. The Roosevelt will focus on maritime security operations in the Pacific and Middle East, the US military announced. But the £3.4billion ($4.5billion) warship, known as “the Big Stick”, has been sent to boost US defence on the Korean peninsula, according to South Korean media.

Smart Devices Are Snitching On Owners And Rewriting The Criminal Justice System 
A new type of court case is slowly but steadily emerging within the American legal system: alleged crimes being detected from data supplied by smart devices.

Hundreds Missing amid California Fires; Loved Ones Go Online
…As of Wednesday, 22 wildfires were burning in Northern California, up from 17 the day before. The blazes killed at least 21 people and destroyed an estimated 3,500 homes and businesses, many of them in California wine country.

Boy Scouts Will Allow Girls to Join
The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that it will welcome girls into their program and “enable them to advance and earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout.”

Hungary Declares George Soros An Agent Of Satan (video)
The Hungarian government has established itself as a steadfast opponent of George Soros and the globalist agenda at the political and social levels, but now they have made the battle spiritual.

New Regulations Maintain Obama’s Abortion-Inducing Drug Mandate
Question: Do the new conscience-protection regulations the administration released last week maintain or rescind President Barack Obama’s regulatory mandate that health insurance plans provide co-pay-free coverage for sterilizations and all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives — which include abortion-inducing drugs and devices? Answer: They maintain it.

Sears Canada Liquidates: 12,000 Canadians To Lose Their Jobs
Sears Canada announced plans to liquidate its remaining 150 stores instead of restructuring, the latest admission of brick and mortar defeat in the war with Amazon, with the result some 12,000 job losses in the coming weeks.

Threat Of Devastating ‘Supervolcano’ Eruption At Yellowstone Is Greater Than Previously Thought
“It’s one thing to think about this slow gradual buildup – it’s another thing to think about how you mobile 1000 cubic kilometers of magma in a decade…”

October 11, 2017

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Tonga
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was shallow, striking 154 kilometres (95 miles) northwest of the village of Pangai, the administrative capital of the Ha’apai group of islands in central Tonga.

Deadly Madagascar Plague Outbreak Could Also Happen in the U.S., Infectious Disease Expert Warns
Plague outbreaks in Madagascar are largely caused by the pneumonic form of the disease. Unlike bubonic plague, which is spread through flea bites, pneumonic plague, an airborne illness, is spread through coughing. For that reason, it is one of the most contagious and most deadly strains. “We have plague cases every year out west,” says Small. “The only reason we have cases and not epidemics is because we invest in a public health system. However, if we continue to underinvest in public health, those cases could become epidemics here in the U.S.”

Tropical Storm Ophelia to Become Record-Tying 10th Straight Atlantic Hurricane Soon, Then an Intense Post-Tropical Storm off Ireland Next Week
Ophelia is likely to be the 10th straight Atlantic named storm to become a hurricane. This would tie the record for the most consecutive Atlantic named storms to reach hurricane strength.

‘Summoning the Demon,’ ‘Tower of Babel’: Debate Over AI God Heating Up
While some Silicon Valley technologists and maverick Christians embrace former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski’s idea to create a god based on artificial intelligence to make human society better, many scientific experts and politicians are scared by the prospect of worshiping a “god bot.”

Analysis: Fighters in inter-Arab ‘cold war’ dig in for the long haul 
Four months after first flaring up, the crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates shows no signs of abating. Indeed, new issues of contention keep opening up in this cold war that started when the four allies imposed a trade and diplomatic embargo on Qatar, accusing it of destabilizing the region and supporting terrorism, including through incitement by its Al Jazeera satellite station.

Russia: ISIS operates near US base in Syria unhindered 
Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of allowing Islamic State to operate “under its nose” in Syria, saying Washington was letting the militant group move about freely in an area abutting a US military base. The allegations, made by Russia’s Defense Ministry, center on a US military base at Tanf, a strategic Syrian highway border crossing with Iraq in the south of the country.

North Korea crisis: US bombers conduct military drills
The US has conducted a joint military exercise with South Korea, flying two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula. The B-1B combat bombers were joined by two South Korean F-15K fighter jets, and carried out air-to-ground missile drills off South Korean waters. It comes amid heightened tensions with North Korea over its nuclear programme.

Catalonia: Spain takes step towards direct rule
Spain’s prime minister has put Catalonia on notice that it could impose direct rule on the region. Mariano Rajoy said he had asked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to confirm whether or not he has declared independence. The move is a first step towards activating Article 155 to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy.

Greek parliament approves law allowing legal gender change
Greece’s parliament has approved a new law that will make it easier for people to change their legal gender. Citizens over the age of 15 will now be able to change their gender with a court ruling and without requiring a medical operation. LGBT activists said the new law was an improvement, but criticised it for not doing enough to establish “full self-determination” for transgender people.

Mexico warns US about ending Nafta trade deal
Ending the North American Trade Agreement (Nafta) would break relations between Mexico and the US, the Mexican foreign minister has warned. Luis Videgaray was speaking ahead of a new round of trade talks this week between the US, Mexico and Canada. The talks to update the 1994 deal have become increasingly acrimonious, with Mexico and American business groups saying US proposals would hurt trade.

California fires: Scores missing as death toll rises to 17
More than 150 people are missing in wildfires that have ravaged northern California’s wine region, police say. At least 17 people are now confirmed dead and more than 2,000 buildings have been destroyed by the fires which broke out on Sunday. Eleven of the deaths have been in Sonoma County.

U.S. warship sails near islands Beijing claims in South China Sea – U.S. officials
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three U.S. officials told Reuters, prompting anger in Beijing, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation in reining in North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters.

Russian authorities agree to regulate crypto-currency market
Russian authorities have agreed to regulate the crypto-currency market, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday, cited by TASS news agency. The minister’s comment comes the day after President Vladimir Putin discussed the issue with Siluanov, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, presidential economic aide Andrey Belousov, and Sergei Solonin, the head of online payment company Qiwi.

Trump names Eric Hargan as acting Health Secretary
President Donald Trump has appointed Eric Hargan as acting Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House said on Tuesday. Hargan, the deputy secretary of HHS, formerly served on Trump’s transition team for HHS. The appointment follows Tom Price’s resignation as HHS Secretary late in September over his use of costly private charter planes for government business.

MONSTER WAVE: Tsunami fears in Spain as HUGE active volcano experiences 40 quakes in 48 hours
RESIDENTS on the Canary islands are fearing a volcanic eruption after the Spanish archipelago was hit by more than 40 earthquake tremors in just 48 hours. Scientists have warned if the huge volcano erupts, it will likely collapse into the sea – sparking a mile-high tidal wave that would engulf Spain, Britain and the east coast of the US.

Tropical Storm Ophelia forms in the Atlantic; 15th named storm of 2017 hurricane season
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says that a depression in open Atlantic has strengthened to a tropical storm.

Alert raised: Japan’s Shinmoe volcano erupts for first time in six years
The eruption occurred at around 5:34am, with the plume rising about 300 metres above the crater. A small amount of ash fell in the town of Takaharu in Miyazaki but no injuries or damage have been reported so far, according to local police.

Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped off the NSA about what it found: the US agency’s cyber toolkit
Israelis spies had found the hacking material on the network of Kaspersky Lab, the global antivirus firm, now under a spotlight in the United States because of suspicions its products facilitate Russian espionage…the Department of Homeland Security instructed federal civilian agencies to identify Kaspersky Lab software on their networks and remove it…

Possible Next Head of UNESCO Has Nasty Anti-Semitic Ties: ADL
former Qatari Culture Minister Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, a leading candidate to become the next director-general of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO, has “overseen or endorsed projects that propagate base anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.”

Plague outbreak in Madagascar spikes to almost 400 cases
Over the past 5 days, 230 new suspected plague cases were reported in Madagascar, with the disease spreading to seven more of the country’s districts, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in an update.

Anti-Trump Sen. Corker Resigns Amid Criminal Probe
Lost in the coverage of the announcement by Senator Bob Corker that he would not run is the fact the senator has been under FBI investigation for corruption because of a series of business enterprises where it appears he used his public position for his personal gain.

Google pushing hard for national law to criminalize Christian beliefs and federalize “transgender rights” 
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is pushing new legislation that would amend the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include “sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation.”

4 Ships Banned from All Ports for Violating NKorea Sanctions The U.N. Security Council has banned all nations from allowing four ships that transported prohibited goods to and from North Korea to enter any port in their country…He identified the four cargo ships as the Petrel 8, Hao Fan 6, Tong San 2 and Jie Shun.

Obama ‘mocked Britain in secret, thought special relationship was a joke
Former US President Barack Obama thought his country’s “special relationship” with Britain was a joke and would slip Falklands references into press conferences to mock the UK, one of his ex-aides Jeremy Shapiro has claimed.

New FBI Crime Stats Show ‘White Privilege’ Might Not Be America’s Biggest Problem
…Newly released figures covering 2016 that break down arrests in terms of race illustrate how black people are still vastly over represented in virtually every crime category. Despite making up just 13% of the population, total arrests of black people reached 2,263,112 in 2016 compared to 5,858,330 arrests of white people, who make up around 73% of the population.

The Real Reason the Afghan War Turned 16 and is Still Going Strong (Video)
Over 31,000 civilian deaths have been documented in Afghanistan following the U.S. invasion. It should be noted that over the last few years, civilian deaths have substantially increased—which serves as a reminder that the situation is only getting worse.

October 10, 2017

Israel’s Defense Minister: Lebanon’s army ‘an integral part’ of Hezbollah 
Lebanon’s army has become an integral part of Hezbollah’s network, Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman stated on Tuesday, warning that the next war on Israel’s northern border will not be confined to one front but will see conflict with both Syria and Lebanon. Addressing IDF soldiers during…the festival of Sukkot at his sukka in the military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Liberman warned that preparation for the next war was of great importance, as it will likely include the Lebanese military along with Hezbollah.

Hamas and Fatah to take part in reconciliation talks in Cairo today 
High-level Hamas and Fatah delegations are scheduled to participate in reconciliation talks in Cairo on Tuesday in a bid to start work on ending the decade-long territorial division between the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The talks…are set to take place several weeks after Hamas agreed to dissolve its governing body in Gaza and invite the Palestinian Authority to take its place. Hamas has controlled Gaza since it ousted the PA in 2007 from the territory.

Russia: US is pretending to fight Islamic State 
Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its air strikes in Iraq to allow the group’s militants to stream into Syria to slow the Russian-backed advance of the Syrian army…Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement that the US-led coalition had sharply reduced its air strikes in Iraq in September when Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, had started to retake Deir al-Zor Province.

Namibia: More than 100 hippos die in suspected anthrax outbreak
More than 100 hippos have been found dead in a Namibian national park, with authorities suspecting anthrax could be to blame. The animals are believed to have all died in the last week in the remote Bwabwata National Park, in the country’s north-east. One ministry official said Namibia had never seen anything like this before.

North Korea ‘hackers steal US-South Korea war plans’
Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Rhee Cheol-hee, a South Korean lawmaker, said the information was from his country’s defence ministry. The compromised documents include wartime contingency plans drawn up by the US and South Korea…The hack took place in September last year.

Spain Catalan crisis: Puigdemont under pressure before speech
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is facing growing pressure to drop plans to break from Spain ahead of a key address to the regional parliament. There is speculation he may announce a unilateral declaration of independence following a disputed referendum. Catalan police have been posted outside parliament in Barcelona, sealing off the grounds to the public.

Macron’s public sector reforms spark nationwide strikes
Millions of public sector workers in France are taking part in a nationwide one-day strike in protest at President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reforms. The action has closed schools and disrupted train services and about a third of flights have been cancelled. The French government plans to cut 120,000 public sector jobs in France over the next five years.

UK ‘firmly committed’ to upholding Iran nuclear deal
Theresa May has reaffirmed the UK’s strong commitment to the deal with Iran designed reduce its nuclear programme. During a phone call with her Israeli counterpart, the prime minister said the deal “neutralised the possibility of the Iranians acquiring nuclear weapons for more than a decade”. However, the UK’s stance could leave it at odds with the United States.

New California law allows jail time for using wrong gender pronoun, sponsor denies that would happen
California health care workers who “willfully and repeatedly” decline to use a senior transgender patient’s “preferred name or pronouns” could face punishments ranging from a fine to jail time under a newly signed law. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the legislation last week. The sponsor, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, has argued adamantly that nobody is going to be criminally prosecuted for using the wrong pronoun.

Bloomberg: “Putin Is the New Master of the Middle East” 
As Bloomberg writes today, “the Israelis and Turks, the Egyptians and Jordanians – they’re all beating a path to the Kremlin in the hope that Vladimir Putin, the new master of the Middle East, can secure their interests and fix their problems.” And now, none other than Saudi Arabia is the latest to make friendly overtures toward the Kremlin, when Saudi King Salman visits Moscow on Wednesday, the first monarch of the oil-rich kingdom to do so. At the top of his agenda will be reining in Iran, a close Russian ally seen as a deadly foe by most Gulf Arab states.

Iran tried to acquire nuke, missile technology 32 times
The Iranian regime made dozens of attempts to acquire technology critical for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, Fox News reported Monday night, a possible violation of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. Fox News cited three German intelligence reports which indicated that agents working on behalf of Tehran made “32 procurement attempts… that definitely or with high likelihood were undertaken for the benefit of proliferation programs.”

Trump calls for tax law changes for NFL over protests: Twitter post
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for changes to U.S. tax law affecting the National Football League, fueling a feud with the league and its players over protests that he says disrespect the nation. “Why is the NFL getting massive tax breaks while at the same time disrespecting our Anthem, Flag and Country? Change tax law!” Trump wrote in a post on Twitter.

FBI cites black extremists as new domestic terrorist threat
The 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., has spawned a violent domestic threat from “black identity extremists” who have stepped up attacks on police, according to an explosive new report by the FBI’s counterterrorism division.

Rush Limbaugh: NFL leftists act like ‘stuck pigs’ when faced with protests
Wealthy and privileged NFL players – they earn nearly $2 million a year on average – have been “protesting” social conditions in the United States, where they suggest minorities allegedly face more or less constant discrimination, with various stunts this year. It’s a move that, among other things, likely has played a role in the sudden plunge in fan interest in the league, with audiences down significantly from just one year ago. But these left-leaning activists surely don’t like it when someone else protests their protests.

In First Rain of Season, Thousands Visit President’s Sukkah
According to the sages, on Sukkot, God judges the people and determines how much rain will fall in the coming year. The mishna in Rosh Ha-Shana (1:2) establishes: “At four seasons [Divine] judgment is passed on the world… And on the festival [of Sukkot] judgment is passed in respect of rain.” Consequently, the mood in the president’s sukkah was joyous, even with the downpour, as some guests commented on God answering prayers of the people of Israel.

Bannon on 2018: ‘Nobody’s Safe — We Are Coming After All of Them and We Are Going to Win’
Bannon explained to host Sean Hannity he was “declaring war” on the Republican establishment and said that no incumbent was safe, adding that “just voting” was not good enough and a sense of urgency was required.

16 U.S. States Come Together To Ban Shariah Law
Any time a state wants to ban Shariah law, Muslim groups — often led by the Council on American-Islamic Relations — cry Islamophobia…These states decided to introduce legislations to ban any kind of Islamic Law:

Israeli Researchers Use Gold Particles to Heal Heart Tissue Following Heart Attack 
Last time, NoCamels reported on a breakthrough method to aid the heart heal itself following a heart attack, using gold nanoparticles. Now, following further testing and developments, the Tel Aviv University research team has discovered a way to heal the heart using tissue taken from patients’ own bodies, together with energy-conducting gold particles.

Roman Catholic Dioceses Nationwide Being ‘Consecrated’ to ‘Immaculate Heart of Mary’ A number of Roman Catholic dioceses nationwide—and also globally—have been consecrating themselves to the “immaculate heart of Mary” throughout 2017, a practice that evangelicals say is unbiblical and gives to the earthly mother of Jesus the devotion that should be bestowed to Christ alone.

10 Dead, 1000s Displaced After Wildfires Engulf Napa, Sonoma And 6 Other California Counties 
California state fire authorities are reporting that 10 people have been confirmed dead because of the wildfires that are raging in eight Northern California counties. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office reported seven fire-related deaths late Monday. In addition, two died because of the Atlas fire in Napa County and one in Mendocino County, according to a CalFire spokesperson. The fires, which were enabled by dry conditions and a powerful, dry wind blowing west from the desert, spread quickly and reportedly left many area residents scrambling to flee their path.

Trump to Expedite the Death of Obamacare; Healthcare Stocks Clown-Punch Lower
Over the weekend it was announced that President Trump was going to ditch restrictions that banned people from buying health instance across state lines. For the love of God, he’s going to allow competition and not force you to buy from your state monopoly. While this might sound wonderful, it will expedite the death of Obamacare — which is probably the gameplay here. Trump can’t get his way, so he’s gonna burrrrn the whole kit and caboodle down.

Google Sponsors Event Honoring President of Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider
Internet giant Google is sponsoring an event honoring Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood – the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Soiled ISIS Fighters Surrendering EnMasse
Nearly a thousand Islamic State fighters have surrendered to Kurdish forces after the terror group lost its last major city in Iraq, The New York Times reports.