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Sunday, February 21, 2016

February 21, 2016

Unholy row over church's play which portrays Jesus as a transgender woman who refers to God as 'Mum'
A play that portrays Jesus as a transgender woman who refers to God as 'Mum' is to be performed in a Church of England church today. To the fury of critics who say the play is deeply offensive, the Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, will not block the staging of The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen Of Heaven.
CUFI, Christian TV Launch Israel News Show "The Watchman"
Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which calls itself the largest American pro-Israel organization with 2.7 million members, is teaming up with the Christian satellite network Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) to launch a weekly news show highlighting the rising threats facing Israel and the United States.  
Pope Backs Down After Attempting to Shame Trump Over Immigration Views
The Vatican responded defensively to the media circus sparked by the feud, attempting to clarify Pope Francis’s remarks as general rather than specific to Trump.  
Speaking Tour Is A Degree Worth Having Debt? Is Twitter Silencing Conservatives?
Twitter, an invaluable news aggregator when properly run and used, has seemingly taken aim at conservatives and those advocating conservative causes. ...Rumours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech. His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher.  
Syria conflict: Homs car bombings kill 46, says monitor
At least 46 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group has said. Most of the dead appear to be civilians, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It is not yet clear who was behind the bombing but the so-called Islamic State (IS) has targeted the area in the past.  
Europe migrant crisis: Razor wire fence failing in Hungary
Police in Hungary say increasing numbers of migrants are breaching a razor wire fence built to stop them crossing the border from Serbia. In January, 550 people were caught getting through - up from 270 in December. More than 1,200 were caught in the first 20 days of February. Hungary caused controversy with the 4m (13ft) barrier, completed in September.  
‘Hezbollah has become a small faction serving the Russian bear,’ group’s founder says
Hezbollah's first secretary general, Subhi al-Tufayli, has vehemently attacked the Lebanese terror organization for its participation in the Syrian civil war, claiming that the organization is serving the interests of the Russian conqueror and that its fighting in Syria endangers Shi’ites in Lebanon.  
6 Dead, 3 Hurt in Apparently Random Shootings in Michigan
Six people were killed and three others were wounded in a series of apparently random shootings in Michigan Saturday, Kalamazoo County sheriff's official said. "We seem to be dealing with a worst case scenario, someone driving around shooting," Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told NBC News. Matyas said there are three shooting scenes. None of the victims at the three scenes appear connected, he said.  
Fiji cyclone leaves trail of destruction, five dead
Fiji was assessing the damage on Sunday after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, flattening remote villages and killing at least five people.  
This Is What Happens To Gold When Citizens Lose Faith In Fiat Currency
It appears, first slowly and now quickly, the world is realizing that Alan Greenspan was right after all: "Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency. No fiat currency, including the dollar, can match it."  
Jeb Bush drops out of the Republican race for president
Jeb Bush withdrew from the Republican presidential race after his loss in South Carolina, abandoning a campaign that struggled frequently in the glare of anti-establishment politics.  
Walesa Legend Now a Spy Story as Polish History Is Rewritten
In the new Poland, yesterday’s heroes are being turned into today’s villains. It means that Lech Walesa, the country’s most famous politician and freedom fighter, is a traitor and the 1989 uprising that ushered in democracy and a market economy was little more than a conspiracy. At least, that’s the new Polish government’s narrative after documents were released this week that purport to show the former Solidarity leader was a paid agent working for the communist authorities.  
Attempt to place Review-Journal obituary for Hillary Clinton prompts report to Secret Service
The Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday reported a possible threat related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after a man tried to place an obituary notice for the former secretary of state. The man, who identified himself as Don Schubert, was asked to leave the newspaper building's lobby after he filled out a standard obituary form identifying the deceased as Hillary Rodham Clinton, and listing her date of death as Feb. 20, 2016, the date of Saturday's Democratic Party presidential caucuses. Previously he had called the newsroom to complain about the coin flips that determined the outcome of some Iowa caucuses last month.