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The Danger of Trees with No Fruit!
MAY 31, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we will show you how the world is looking for authentic and real fruit-bearing Christians to provide the answers and help they are longing for in a world filled with darkness. We will reveal how many are presenting a faith that looks pleasing to the eye but in reality is not providing true substance! To hear the entire message watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=Z1CWhpd1DDs
Ricky Scaparo
Published on 30 May 2017
In this segment, we will show you how the world is looking for authentic and real fruit-bearing Christians to provide the answers and help they are longing for in a world filled with darkness. We will reveal how many are presenting a faith that looks pleasing to the eye but in reality is not providing true substance! 
http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/danger-trees-no-fruit/


Iranian-backed forces amassing near U.S. base in Syria…
MAY 31, 2017
Hundreds of Iranian-backed militiamen, fighting alongside government troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, are amassing near a U.S.-training base located near the country’s border with Iraq, the Defense Department confirmed Tuesday.  Pro-Assad fighters supported by Tehran have begun conducting patrols near the southern Syrian town of At
Tanf, which is home to a U.S. training camp for moderate Syrian militias battling the Islamic State, said Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis.  American commanders and their Russian counterparts, deployed to Syria in support of the Assad regime, have designated At Tanf and the surrounding areas as a deconfliction zone, which bars any interference by any outside forces of coalition operations within the area. 
READ MORE http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/30/iranian-backed-forces-amassing-near-us-training-ba/

One death and 40 others bitten by vampire bats attacking humans in Brazil
MAY 31, 2017
A man has died and more than 40 people are being treated for possible rabies exposure in northeast Brazil – after vampire bats started to feed off humans.  Victims report waking to find their bed sheets soaked in blood – and the outbreak is the largest wave of attacks ever recorded in the region. The death is the first recorded case of human rabies,
transmitted by a bat, in Brazil since 2004. One of the victims, Matheus Andrade, who lives in the historic center of the city said: ‘I was bitten three times. ‘When I woke up in the morning, I found the bed was wet. It had been raining overnight and I thought water had dripped in. But it was my blood. It was such a shock. ‘The wound was tiny but deep, the blood was dark and thick and the area wouldn’t stop bleeding even when I tried washing it off.’ 
READ MORE http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/30/man-dies-and-40-others-are-bitten-after-vampire-bats-attack-humans-in-brazil-6673199/

Sea of Galilee’s Record-High Salinity Shows Biblical Lake in Danger of Becoming Desolate as Prophesied
MAY 31, 2017
The Regional Council of the Jordan Valley published its annual report with the disturbing finding that the salinity of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is 30 percent higher than it was just five years ago and the highest it has been in 50 years. This dire situation may be remedied by prayers and good acts, and is described in Jewish sources as an aspect of the pre-Messianic age.
The salinity of the large lake has been rising due to the inflow of saline springs located on its shore and offshore springs at the bottom of the lake. This is normally offset by precipitation, which has been seriously under-average for several years. In February of 2017, only ten percent of the average monthly norm of precipitation fell, and at the end of the winter rainy season, the level of the lake was still below the red line. This lack of rain has been especially apparent in the North of Israel, from where the rainwaters flow down into the Kinneret. 
READ MORE https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/88906/biblical-lakes-salinity-reaches-record-high-sea-galilee-need-prayer/#SxSYjigtgGggdEC2.97

iPhones could soon be fitted with artificial intelligence…
MAY 31, 2017
APPLE is reportedly planning to install an artificial intelligence chip in upcoming iPhones.  The tech giant is said to be working on a chip called the Apple Neural Engine which would be dedicated to carrying out artificial intelligence (AI) processing, news.com.au reports.   Although artificial intelligence is being used already to power digital assistants like Siri
and Google Assistant, these technologies rely on computer servers to process data sent to them rather than the processing happening on the mobile device itself.  The technology will bring new types of capabilities to mobile devices and should reduce or even eliminate the need for an internet connection.  The uses are potentially limitless and will bring about a new phase in how we rely on applications and our mobile devices in everyday life. 
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3678709/apple-iphones-could-soon-be-fitted-with-artificial-intelligence-thanks-to-new-neural-engine-chip/

School Principal and Secretary Placed on Leave After Praying for Student Inside Public School Classroom
MAY 31, 2017
An elementary school principal and a secretary were placed on paid administrative leave after reportedly praying for a student inside of a classroom last Tuesday, according to at least two local news reports.  The two school staffers at George J. Mcintosh Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, are accused of taking a first-grade (one report says kindergarten) student with apparent behavioral issues into a classroom, placing holy water on his or her forehead and then praying for the pupil, WAVY-TV reported.
Another article reported by WTKR-TV stated that it was the secretary who allegedly prayed over the student amid behavioral issues. The prayer is said to have unfolded inside the classroom after the teacher and other pupils were asked to leave.  The principal, according to that report, was in the room during the prayer, though it is unclear if the school leader participated. READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/05/30/report-school-principal-and-secretary-placed-on-leave-after-praying-for-student-inside-public-school-classroom/

‘Miracle Boy’ Survives after Nine Minutes Underwater
MAY 31, 2017
In what’s being called a “miracle,” a 4-year-old boy in England is expected to make a full recovery after falling into a swimming pool and being underwater for nine minutes.  John-Henry Birtle and his parents were on vacation when he was discovered at the bottom of a hotel pool. His mother, Roseann, jumped in and pulled him out. The Newark Advertiser reports a hotel staff member gave the boy CPR for 20 minutes before he had a pulse.
Roseann told the newspaper that her son went without oxygen for 28 minutes. “For those 28 minutes he was gone,” she said. “Doctors said he won’t have a good quality of life, he would not walk or talk or be able to recognize us, but he proved them all wrong and actually walked out of hospital five weeks later.”  
READ MORE http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2017/may/miracle-boy-survives-after-nine-minutes-underwater

Many signs are indicating another tech bubble is coming soon!
MAY 30, 2017
Stocks limped across the finish line before the Memorial Day break, with technology stocks pushing the major indexes to new highs. The S&P 500 gained just 0.03 percent on Friday but it was enough to mark the seventh consecutive rise for the leading U.S. stock market benchmark. That pretty much sums up the market dynamic of late: Small, consistent gains
driven by a mere handful of mega-cap tech stocks. You know the names: Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Google parent company Alphabet (GOOG), collectively known as the “FAANGs.” The focus has become so intense it’s sucking the oxygen out of the rest of the market, causing investors to ignore some serious macroeconomic headwinds, and bringing back echoes of the late 1990s.  
READ MORE http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-tech-stock-bubble-in-the-making-yes-facebook-apple-amazon-netflix-google-alphabet/

Researchers Test Self-Destructing Genetically Engineered Moths
MAY 30, 2017
Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce. It’s a pesticide-free attempt to control invasive diamondback moths, a voracious consumer of cabbage, broccoli and other cruciferous crops that’s notorious for its ability to shrug off every new poison in the agricultural arsenal.
“It costs $4-5 billion a year globally to manage this pest,” said Anthony Shelton, a Cornell University researcher who’s been studying the species for 40 years. “If you can manage it without using insecticides that can affect pollinators and other non-target organisms, that’s a real advantage.” Shelton is doing field tests of gene-altered moths at Cornell’s Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, 160 miles west of Albany. 
READ MORE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GENE_ALTERED_MOTHS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-05-29-09-57-09



Christians Arrested in India for Taking Kids to Bible Camp
MAY 31, 2017
Government authorities in India have arrested as many as 11 people for transporting dozens of Christian children to a Bible camp this month in the predominantly-Hindu Madhya Pradesh state, and have charged them with kidnapping and attempting to convert Hindu children.  The New Indian Express reports that chaperones associated with a Bible camp in Nagpur were arrested earlier this month while transporting at least 71 children to the camp in two separate incidents on May 21 and May 22.
On May 21, the Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police stopped the group of 60 children between the ages of 13 and 15 who were traveling with nine chaperones at a train station in Ratlam.  After the chaperones told authorities that they were taking the children to the summer camp in Nagpur, the authorities checked to make sure that there was a summer camp in Nagpur. 
READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/india-arrests-christians-taking-kids-bible-camp-185702/

Robot ‘preacher’ can beam light from its hands and give automated blessings to worshippers
MAY 30, 2017
A robot ‘preacher’ that beams lights from its hands and can give automated blessings to the faithful has been launched in the town that gave fame to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.  Five hundred years after Luther published the Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg, kicking off the Reformation, an evangelical church launched a unique automated blessing robot for the special celebrations in the historic town located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.The robot on
show in the old town of Wittenberg is called “BlessU-2” and was developed by the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. It consists of a metal box with a touch screen, two arms on the side, a head with eyes and a digital mouth at the top. After the robot wishes users a “warm welcome”, it asks them if they want to be blessed by a male or female voice. It then asks the believer “what blessing do you want”, which results in the robot making a mechanical sound as it raises its arms to the heavens and starts to smile. 
READ MORE http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/robot-priest-can-beam-light-10523678

New Antibiotic Re-Engineered to kill Resistant Bacteria
MAY 30, 2017
The frightening spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs threatens to return medicine to the pre-antibiotic era, with the return of deadly infectious diseases long thought vanquished. Each year, more than 2 million people in the United States get antibiotic-resistant infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 23,000 of them die. Unless breakthroughs are achieved, that toll will keep rising. If a new version of an antibiotic of last resort lives up to
its promise, that date with doom may be averted. A study on this bolstered form of vancomycin by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute was released Monday. Researchers led by Dale Boger, co-chair of Scripps’ Department of Chemistry, introduced three modifications to vancomycin, all lethal to bacteria and independent of each other. Superbugs need to overcome all three changes to survive, which is extremely unlikely, the study said. 
READ MORE http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2017/05/30/Antibiotic-of-last-resort-re-engineered-to-kill-resistant-bacteria/stories/201705300079

Ungodly Counsel Corrupting Churches
MAY 30, 2017
(By Bert Farias) When the widow obeyed the word of Elisha to go around and collect empty vessels from her neighbors the oil was multiplied and sold to pay off her creditors (2 Kin. 4:1-7). The key was the faith of the widow to obey the commandment of Elisha and go and gather empty vessels. This account is a story of financial provision coming from obedience, but it can also be applied spiritually as well. There will be enough oil (Holy Spirit), grain (the living word of God, fresh manna), spiritual and numerical growth/increase, provision and protection for the churches who will hear and obey the counsel of the Lord in this hour.
Fresh oil will follow the obedience to the counsel of the Lord. Water will be turned to wine when we do what Jesus says (John 2:5). The increase of the oil of the Holy Spirit revives people and causes them to become eternally minded and they become an asset to the church and the work of God. Revived workers are one of the greatest needs of the Church in this hour. 
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/the-flaming-herald/65167-ungodly-counsel-corrupting-churches

Dozen killed, Over 120 injured in Moscow as severe storm causes havoc
MAY 30, 2017
Twelve people were killed and at least 125 injured in Moscow and the Moscow Region, including 17 children, as result of Monday’s storm, according to a report by the All-Russian Center of Disaster Medicine. The storm uprooted trees and tore the roofs off buildings.  Earlier, the Moscow Health Department reported that at least 50 people had suffered injuries linked to the storm in Moscow alone. The number of those applying for medical assistance in its aftermath continues to
rise, it said.  “There are casualties as a result of the storm, more than 40 people applied for medical attention. My condolences to the relatives and loved ones of those who died,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin tweeted earlier. The mayor added that the authorities were taking the necessary measures to deal with aftermath of the disaster. Sources in the emergencies services earlier told TASS that one person had been killed by a falling tree in southwest Moscow.  
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/390071-moscow-storm-people-killed/

PROPHECY WATCH: ‘The Temple Mount Is in Our Hands!’ Hope Reborn for the Third Temple
MAY 30, 2017
The capture of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount 50 years ago sent shockwaves throughout the Jewish world. It also raised hopes for the building of the third temple. On June 7, 1967, Israeli Brigade Commander Col. Motta Gur made an announcement that Jews had waited to hear for some 2,000 years. “The Temple Mount is in our hands! The Temple Mount is in our hands!” he declared.
Retaking this ground was important for a number of reasons. For one, it’s where King Solomon built the first Jewish temple. After the Babylonians destroyed it, Zerubbabel (the head of the tribe of Judah when the Israelites returned from the Babylonian exile) laid the foundation stone for a second temple that was later expanded by King Herod. That temple fell in 70 AD at the hands of the Romans. 
FULL REPORT http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/prophecy-watch-temple-mount-hands-hope-reborn-third-temple/
Texas Takes a Step to Keep Sharia Law Out of American Courts

8 dead, more than 30,000 evacuated as severe floods and landslides hit Brazil
MAY 30, 2017
Extreme rainfall has caused severe flooding and deadly landslides in the northeastern and southern Brazil over the weekend, claiming the lives of at least 8 people and forcing more than 30 000 to evacuate.  Authorities said that swollen rivers, mudslides, and falling trees in the state of Pernambuco forced the evacuation of at least 30 000 residents and killed
four people. Four people died and another 3 000 families were evacuated in the neighboring Alagoas. Both states declared states of emergency.  In Pernambuco, more than 20 municipalities reported damage caused by heavy rain on Sunday, May 28, 2017. In several areas, meteorological stations recorded 300 mm (11.8 inches) within just 24 hours. 
READ MORE https://watchers.news/2017/05/29/brazil-flood/

MAY 30, 2017
Texas lawmakers are taking serious measures to protect Americans from sharia law.  The Texas state Senate passed HB45, the Texas Foreign Law Procedural Protection Act. It bars any foreign code of law, including sharia law, from the state’s courts, specifically in “family law cases.” It has come under fire from pro-Muslim groups.  The Center for American Islamic
Relations (CAIR) dubbed it “anit-sharia,” and encouraged citizens to protest it.  Numerous aspects of it, and many other foreign legal codes, violate constitutional rights of Americans. Under sharia law alone, whippings, other cruel methods of punishments, and even certain types of killings, are permissible in extreme cases. Children are also sometimes allowed to be married off to adults.  It provides for only American laws to be used in American courts. 
READ MORE http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/may/texas-takes-a-step-to-keep-sharia-law-out-of-american-courts

The five safest countries if World War 3 breaks out
MAY 30, 2017
World War 3 is becoming an increasingly alarming possibility as international conflict intensifies. These are the safest countries to hide out in.  Tensions are boiling over between many of the world’s most powerful nations.  North Korea has today fired a short-range ballistic missile towards Japan, according to South Korea’s military.  The launch of the Scud missile at 7.30am local time is the country’s ninth missile test this year and follows a series of test-launches in recent weeks.
It’s the latest move to stoke fears of a possible World War 3, with the United States and Russia among the nations involved.   Listpedia has rounded up the top five safest countries in the event of another world war.   The YouTube video – viewed more than 1.3 million times – weighs into the geographical and political reasons why these nations are the safe havens of the globe. 
READ MORE http://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/810649/World-War-3-safest-countries

Church of Scotland to Allow Gay Marriage?
MAY 30, 2017
A leader of the Church of Scotland, who convenes the church’s Theological Forum, told the General Assembly there is no theological reason to oppose same-sex marriages in the Church, as he presented a report that proposes the governing body approve a detailed study of how such ceremonies could be allowed.  “We see this as permissive rather than directive,” the Very Rev. Iain Torrance told the assembly, according to BBC. “We say that after reflection we can see no sufficient
theological reason for the Church now not to authorize specific ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings if doing so does not prejudice the position of those who decline to do so for reasons of conscience.”  Torrance added, “I hope, I pray, we are moving to a different stage in this long argument. We can begin perhaps by saying gently to those with whom we have disagreed, I am sorry. That notion of an apology is directly linked to taking this into a non-binary stage and trying to think these pieces differently with a different perception.” 
 FULL REPORT http://www.christianpost.com/news/church-of-scotland-to-allow-gay-marriage-185372/

200 people dead or missing after extreme rainfall hits Sri Lanka
MAY 30, 2017
Nearly 200 people are dead or missing after very heavy monsoon rains caused severe floods and mudslides in several southern and western areas of drought-stricken Sri Lanka. Some areas reportedly received 12 months worth of rain within just 24 hours on Thursday, May 25 and Friday, May 26, 2017. The government has advised people living near swollen rivers and areas prone to landslides to evacuate their homes.
The Sri Lankan Department of Meteorology reported on Friday that Kukuleganga in Sri Lanka’s southwestern Kalutara District broke rainfall records with 553 mm (21.8 inches) of rain in 24 hours. 488.2 mm (19.2 inches) of rain was recorded in Ratnapura, the capital city of Sabaragamuwa Province, May 25 into 26. Friday’s flooding was caused by rivers bursting their banks, but unusually heavy rain triggered more than a dozen landslides burying homes on mountain slopes.  
READ MOREhttps://watchers.news/2017/05/27/sri-lanka-floods-landslides/

City Refuses Atheist Group’s Request to Remove Cross From Public Park
MAY 30, 2017
Officials at a city in Missouri have decided to refuse a prominent professing atheist organization’s request to remove a cross display from a public park.  The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter earlier this month to the mayor of the city of Neosho, stating that it had been informed by a complainant that a cross figure lies on
the side of a hill in Big Spring Park. It asserted that the figure violates the U.S. Constitution because its public location sends the message that the government endorses Christiantity. “The government’s permanent display of a Latin cross on public land is unconstitutional,” the correspondence asserted. “The display of this patently religious symbol on public property confers government endorsement of Christianity, a blatant violation of the Establishment Clause.”  
READ MORE http://christiannews.net/2017/05/28/city-refuses-atheist-groups-request-to-remove-cross-from-public-park/

Strong 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia
MAY 29, 2017
The earthquake struck at around 3.35pm BST (9.35pm local time) and registered 6.6 magnitude.  It hit the Sulawesi region in the north of the country at a depth of around 9.4 kilometers – unusually shallow.  The USGS estimate up to 200,000 people could have felt “strong” to “very strong” shaking during the quake.

Indonesia is located on the infamous Ring of Fire, an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics said there was no threat of a tsunami.
 CONTINUE http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/810666/earthquake-indonesia-sulawesi-kasiguncu


Fears Grow Of Increasing ISIS Foothold In Southern Philippines
MAY 30, 2017
Inside this lakeside city dotted with hundreds of mosques, a powerful militant designated by the Islamic State group as its leader in the Philippines has managed to unify a disparate group of gunmen under a single command.  Over the past week, his fighters have shown their muscle, withstanding a sustained assault by the Philippine military and increasing fears that the Islamic State group’s violent ideology is gaining a foothold in this country’s restive southern islands, where a Muslim
separatist rebellion has raged for decades.  The army insists the drawn-out fight is not a true sign of the militants’ strength, and that the military has held back to spare civilians’ lives.  “They are weak,” Gen. Eduardo Ano, the military chief of staff, said of the gunmen, speaking at a hospital where injured soldiers were being treated. “It’s just a matter of time for us to clear them from all their hiding places.”
 READ MORE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_MUSLIM_MILITANTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-05-29-12-38-00


Nasa attempting first mission ‘to touch the sun’
MAY 30, 2017
Nasa is set to make a major announcement about its first mission “to touch the sun”.  The agency wants to send a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before, where it will face extreme temperatures and radiation levels. It will speak about Solar Probe Plus at an event on Wednesday, which will be live streamed on Nasa Television and the agency’s website
from 4pm BST.  The spacecraft, which is set to take off in the summer of 2018, will be tasked with collecting data about the mechanisms that heat the corona, the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere.  For reasons currently unknown, the corona is hundreds of times hotter than the sun’s surface, with temperatures at 500,000 degrees Celsius or higher.   It’s also behind the solar wind, a constant stream of charged particles that can impact life on Earth. 
READ MORE http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-solar-probe-plus-press-conference-first-mission-to-sun-corona-a7761971.html

Trump lashes out at leaks, considers staff upheaval
MAY 30, 2017
President Donald Trump is assailing internal leaks as he considers an overhaul of his White House staff and grapples with a burgeoning crisis involving alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign.  Frustrated with what he views as his team’s inability to push back against the drumbeat of new revelations, Trump is seeking expanded teams of lawyers and
experienced public relations hands. While he has called his first trip abroad a “home run,” it was shadowed by reports about Moscow’s interference and possible improper dealings with the Trump campaign and associates. The latest reports hit close to the Oval Office, alleging that Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner proposed secret back-channel communications with Russia during the presidential transition. 
 READ MORE http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-lashes-leaks-considers-staff-upheaval-47699854

Murdered Coptic Christians, Including Children, Were Asked to Deny Faith in Jesus but Refused


MAY 30, 2017
According to a chaplain, Friday’s massacre of 29 Coptic Christians who were on their way to a monastery in Egypt occurred after Islamic radicals marched them off the bus one by one and asked them to deny their faith in Jesus Christ. A priest identified as Father Rashed, a chaplain for one of the groups comforting the survivors of the attack, said in an article in Breitbart News on Sunday that 10 masked Islamic State militants did not simply open fire on the bus on its way to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor.

Instead, the IS radicals apparently stopped the bus, made the victims walk out, and asked each of them, including the children, whether they were Christians.  Rashed explained that the victims “were asked to renounce their Christian faith and profess belief in Islam, but all of them — even the children — refused. Each was killed in cold blood with a gunshot to the head or the throat.” READ MOREMurdered Coptic Christians, Including Children, Were Asked to Deny Faith in Jesus but Refused


MAY 30, 2017
According to a chaplain, Friday’s massacre of 29 Coptic Christians who were on their way to a monastery in Egypt occurred after Islamic radicals marched them off the bus one by one and asked them to deny their faith in Jesus Christ. A priest identified as Father Rashed, a chaplain for one of the groups comforting the survivors of the attack, said in an article in Breitbart News on Sunday that 10 masked Islamic State militants did not simply open fire on the bus on its way to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor.
Instead, the IS radicals apparently stopped the bus, made the victims walk out, and asked each of them, including the children, whether they were Christians.  Rashed explained that the victims “were asked to renounce their Christian faith and profess belief in Islam, but all of them — even the children — refused. Each was killed in cold blood with a gunshot to the head or the throat.” 
READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/29-slaughtered-coptic-christians-including-children-were-asked-by-is-to-deny-faith-in-jesus-but-refused-185499/


Robot ‘preacher’ can beam light from its hands and give automated blessings to worshippers
MAY 30, 2017
A robot ‘preacher’ that beams lights from its hands and can give automated blessings to the faithful has been launched in the town that gave fame to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.  Five hundred years after Luther published the Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg, kicking off the Reformation, an evangelical church launched a unique automated blessing robot for the special celebrations in the historic town located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.The robot on
show in the old town of Wittenberg is called “BlessU-2” and was developed by the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. It consists of a metal box with a touch screen, two arms on the side, a head with eyes and a digital mouth at the top. After the robot wishes users a “warm welcome”, it asks them if they want to be blessed by a male or female voice. It then asks the believer “what blessing do you want”, which results in the robot making a mechanical sound as it raises its arms to the heavens and starts to smile. 
READ MORE http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/robot-priest-can-beam-light-10523678

5 Highly Respected Financial Experts That Are Warning That A Market Crash Is Imminent
MAY 30, 2017
(By Michael Snyder) If everything is going to be “just fine”, why are so many big names in the financial community warning about an imminent meltdown?  I don’t think that I have seen so many simultaneous warnings about a market crash since just before the great financial crisis of 2008.  And at this point, you would have to be quite blind not to see that stocks are absurdly overvalued and that a correction is going to happen at some point.  And when stocks do start crashing, lots of fingers are going to start
pointing at President Trump, but it won’t be his fault.  The Federal Reserve and other central banks are primarily responsible for creating this bubble, and they should definitely get the blame for what is about to happen to global financial markets. My regular readers are quite familiar with my thoughts on where the market is headed, so today let me share some thoughts from five highly respected financial experts…  
READ MORE http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/5-highly-respected-financial-experts-that-are-warning-that-a-market-crash-is-imminent


FALLING AWAY: Americans Love Jesus But Struggle With The Church
MAY 30, 2017
Decline in church attendance has been the focus of dire predictions for decades now, often attributed to a rise in secularism in American culture that corresponds to a decay in the nation’s moral fabric.  A new study by Barna raises another interesting possibility, however: “Americans who love Jesus but not the Church.” Foregoing church attendance for more personal and individual expressions of faith, this group poses several interesting questions to researchers.
Is this shift a long-term trend or simply a generational change likely to revert? Does lack of attendance correlate with a lack of knowledge of or belief in the Bible? Does this indicate a fundamental shift in Christianity and what could be the cause?  The drop in church attendance is not seen uniformly across all age groups nor in all parts of the country. Barna found that the group of Christians that has “de-churched”, that is to say previously been regular church-goers who continue to profess Christian beliefs but who have not attended church in the last six months, is composed of 60% women, 80% of whom are between the ages of 33 and 70. 
READ MORE http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=1268


US lawmakers seek to reverse Trump’s $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia
MAY 30, 2017
Top Republicans and Democrats in Congress have called for the $110-billion arms deal Donald Trump signed with Saudi Arabia last week to be reversed. Their primary concern is that the kingdom may use the newest weapons in the Yemen war, they say. Washington should reconsider the delivery of precision-guided munitions (PGMs) and other sophisticated weapons to the Saudi kingdom, Congressmen Ted Lieu and Ted Yoho, representing the Democratic and Republican camps
respectively, said in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  They argued that it was crucial to understand if the Saudi Air Force, which spearheads the kingdom’s invasion of neighboring Yemen, would be able to use the cutting-edge armaments in their strikes against Shia Houthi militias.  The lawmakers said that in December, the Obama administration suspended “a planned sale of PGMs due to concerns over widespread civilian casualties in Yemen and significant deficiencies in RSAF’s [Saudi Air Force] targeting capabilities.”  
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/usa/390049-trump-saudi-arabia-arms-deal/

College Freshmen Abandon Religion at ‘Skyrocketing’ Rate
MAY 29, 2017
Analysis of religious affiliation trends among American college first-year students has found that the number of those who do not belong to a religion, or the “nones,” has skyrocketed in the past three decades.  Allen Downey, professor of Computer Science at Olin College in Needham, Massachusetts, wrote in an article for Scientific American on Thursday that he analyzed numbers from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s 2016 Freshman survey, which revealed
the dramatic rise in “nones.” The survey, based on data from 137,000 first-time students at 184 colleges and universities in the U.S., showed that college students with no religious affiliation were only at 10 percent in 1986, but have now tripled, rising up to 31 percent in 2016.  Meanwhile, students attending religious services dropped from 85 percent to 69 percent in the same time period. 
READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/college-freshmen-abandon-religion-at-skyrocketing-rate-185230/


Mystery Booms Baffle Residents Of Nottingham, Has Continued Last 48 Hours
MAY 29, 2017
A loud “booming” noise has been heard above Nottingham and people are desperate to find out what it was.  The unexplained noise has been described as a “roaring” and “rumbling” noise, which has happened every few minutes over night.  Many people have taken to Twitter to try and find out where it is coming from with one person saying: “It sounds
like the war of the worlds in Nottingham at the moment. Unknown catastrophically loud noise every two minutes.”  People have been desperate to find out where the noise is coming from with one person claiming the noises occurred every one and a half minutes. One Twitter user called James Pearce even recorded the mysterious rumbling sound which has been heard over Lenton and Wollaton. 
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Is Chaos in Syria Fulfilling Bible Prophecy?
MAY 29, 2017
The Syrian conflict — and the U.S. decision to strike a base inside the embattled country — is leading to increased concerns about the future of the nation’s civil war, the state of the humanitarian crisis and the best political path forward for diffusing the situation.  But in addition to the ongoing chatter about practical and logistical steps countries like America should take to remedy the crisis there has also been an intense theological debate brewing, with Christians
debating whether the events unfolding on the ground in Syria could have some sort of connection to the Bible. While some point to the current crisis as evidence of “prophecy” — a biblical prediction of an event that has yet to unfold — others decry this notion as irresponsible and wrong-headed. Let’s start by examining arguments made by author Joel Rosenberg, who has has pointed to Old Testament scriptures like Isaiah 17 and Jeremiah 49 to potentially assess the current events unfolding inside Syria. 
 READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/04/07/is-chaos-in-syria-fulfilling-bible-prophecy/

Rabbi Claims DNA Holds Secret to Rebuilding Temple in Jerusalem
MAY 29, 2017
An Israeli rabbi is making the case the Hebrew priesthood can be re-established through genetics, making it time to rebuild the Temple. “Genetics connects modern Judaism to the Bible, confirming 3,000 years of Jewish tradition,” explained Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman to Breaking Israel News. “This is an amazing testament to God’s covenant and the Jewish people.
Despite more than 2,000 years of exile we have maintained our religion, our customs, our Torah, and our genetic identity.”  Kleiman opened the Center for Kohanim in Jerusalem nine years ago as a practical endeavor, and has authored a book on DNA evidence of the priesthood. Kohanim, or priests, are Jewish men believed to be descendants of Aaron, the first high priest of Israel. Only kohanim are permitted to conduct Temple services, according to the Bible. 
READ MORE http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/rabbi-dna-holds-secret-to-rebuilding-temple/?cat_orig=faith

19 Year-Old Among 13 Arrested In Connection With Manchester Bombing
MAY 28, 2017
As the Manchester Arena bombing investigation unfolds, police raid houses and arrest suspects at different locations in the city. Locals say they heard an “explosion” during police raid.  A 19-year-old man was arrested during a search operation in Gorton, police tweeted.  Earlier in the day, it reported of a raid and an arrest at two other locations. “Today,
Sunday 28 May 2017, officers investigating the attack at the Manchester Arena have executed a warrant at an address in Moss Side,” police said on Sunday in a statement on Twitter. “A search is currently ongoing.” An “explosion,” believed to be performed by the police in order to blow open a door, was heard at the site of the raid, local media report, citing witnesses. Multiple police cars, officers, and dogs remain at the scene. Quantock Street is cordoned off. 
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/389990-manchester-police-raid-arrest-terrorism/

Homeland Security weighs banning laptop computers on ALL international flights…
MAY 28, 2017
US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Sunday said he was considering banning laptop computers on international flights into and out of the country amid signs of “a real threat.”  Kelly made his remarks during the Memorial Day weekend, one of the busiest travel periods in the United States, at a time when the bombing at a concert in Manchester, England has raised concerns that further attacks — possibly involving explosives packed in electronic devices — may be planned.
“There’s a real threat — numerous threats against aviation,” Kelly told the Fox News Sunday program when asked about the likelihood a wide-reaching ban on large electronics in airplane cabins could be imposed. Terrorists are “obsessed” with the idea of “knocking down an airplane in flight — particularly a US carrier, if it’s full of mostly US folks,” the homeland security chief said. 
READ MORE https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-weighs-banning-laptop-computers-international-flights-141503229.html

Big White House Shake-Up Coming?
MAY 28, 2017
President Donald Trump is actively discussing major changes in the White House, including having lawyers vet his tweets and shaking up his top staff, as he grapples with the fallout from probes into his campaign’s dealings with Russia, according to several senior administration officials and outside advisers. Other revisions on the table include adding a
roster of outside lawyers to help deal with the legal ramifications of the Russia investigation, officials and allies said. “Everything is in play,” one Trump adviser said.  Meetings devoted to White House operations are scheduled for next week, after the president returns from his overseas trip, officials said. The anticipated moves are the latest sign of how the probe into Russia’s interference in last year’s election, and the circumstances of the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, is defining the new administration. 
READ MORE http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/big-white-house-shake-coming/

Great White Sharks Surface Near Jersey Shore and Delaware Beaches…
MAY 28, 2017
Two great white sharks are hanging out at the Jersey Shore and Delaware beaches this Memorial Day weekend.  Mary Lee, a 16-foot, 3,456-pound great white shark surfaced in the water near Cape May, New Jersey and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Saturday and remained in the area Sunday, according to the non-profit shark-tracking group OCEARCH.
The mature predator was about 15 miles east-southeast of Cape May when she last pinged on OCEARCH’s radar at 7 a.m. Sunday. Two hours earlier, she pinged near the shore of Lewes and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Researchers have been monitoring the shark’s movements after tagging her off Cape Cod back on September 17, 2012. Since then she’s made several trips to New Jersey. 
READ MORE http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Great-White-Shark-Delaware-Jersey-Shore-Beaches-Memorial-Day--424860114.html

Juno Spacecraft Captures First Incredible Images of Jupiter
MAY 27, 2017
Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has captured the first close-up images of Jupiter.  The Guardian reports the $1.1 billion probe went into orbit last July on a mission to get images from Jupiter and learn about its impact on other planets in the solar system.  “We were all jumping up and down with excitement when the images came down,” said Fran Bagenal, a planetary space physicist at the University of Colorado.
Bagenal has been a part of the Juno mission for more than a decade.  “You’ve got to be patient, but the rewards are fantastic,” Bagenal added.  The spacecraft survived an almost six-year voyage across space to reach Jupiter where it went under the planet’s radiation belts and swept into an orbit that loops over the planet’s north and south poles. 
READ MORE http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2017/may/juno-spacecraft-captures-first-incredible-images-of-jupiter

Church Pastor among dead in Central African Republic
MAY 27, 2017
A church leader was among those killed in the recent outbreak of violence in the Central African Republic, it has emerged. Baptist pastor Ange-Apoléon Ngakolada, 36, leaves behind a wife and eight children.  The President of the Association of Evangelical Baptist Churches in CAR, Singa Gbadia, told World Watch Monitor that Mr. Ngakolada had been targeted
because local Muslims were unhappy about a church he’d recently had built.  Apparently, Mr. Ngakolada had told Mr. Gbadia in a letter that Muslims opposed the church construction, but that he’d received permission from the rebel leader dominating the area at the time, Ali Ndarassa.  “The Muslims used the opportunity of the unrest in Alindao to murder him in his home,” a World Watch Monitor source reported.  
READ MORE https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2017/05/church-leader-among-dead-central-african-republic/

Christianity growing In Indonesia as many are converting to Christ!
MAY 27, 2017
Christianity is growing in Indonesia, according to a Baptist pastor from Jakarta. But at the same time, the influence of radical Islam is also being felt, with some districts in the country adapting highly restrictive bylaws.  The pastor, going by the name Kongkin, told The Christian Post in a phone interview on Thursday that his ministry in Jakarta helps persecuted
Christians and makes sure their stories are heard across the country and abroad.  “When one part of the body suffers, every part suffers with it,” Kongkin said.  He told CP that he is a former Muslim, and that it was the Gospel message itself that convinced him to start following Jesus Christ.  “The call of Salvation by Christ,” he described as the main reason for his decision to convert. “The message of forgiveness, which extends to sinners. I realized I was without hope” while part of the Islamic faith, he explained. 
READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-pastor-says-many-indonesians-are-realizing-islam-is-false-finding-christ-185223/

Israeli Education Minister Warns ‘We will not divide the land with our enemies’
MAY 27, 2017
Speaking at the traditional central Jerusalem Day celebration at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) responded Wednesday night to a report that the US is demanding that Israel transfer parts of northern Samaria from Area C, under Israeli rule to Area B, part of the Palestinian Authority where Israel is only in charge of security.. According to the report by Channel 10, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also opposes the
move, which would effectively cede control over the affected areas from Israel to the PA.  Bennett said that: “the era in which we treat the Land of Israel as a mere piece of real estate – that era is over. We will not take a saw and slice off parts of our land to give to our enemies. That era is over.”  “I come now from the march of flags [to the Western Wall]. The organizers and the police said that it was the largest march [for Jerusalem Day] ever, and the most people who have been at the Western Wall since 1967. 
READ MORE http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/230151

Deadly wildfire burns down hundreds of homes in Siberia – State of emergency declared
MAY 27, 2017
Three people have been killed and hundred of homes burned down as Russia declares a state of emergency in the Krasnoyarsk region after an apocalyptical inferno engulfed Siberia on May 24, 2017.  More than 340 people are now
homeless, among others 47 children. State of emergency has been declared. 3 people died and more than 170 houses burned down as deadly dry grass fires swept across several hundreds of hectares of prairies in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia.  
READ MORE http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/wildfire-rages-through-hundreds-of-homes-in-siberia-russia-state-of-emergency-declared.html



Hallmark Offering Cards to Celebrate ‘Gender Transitions’
MAY 28, 2017
The popular greeting card company Hallmark is selling cards to affirm those who identify as “transgender” and to celebrate those who are undergoing gender “transitions,” the company has confirmed.  “Hallmark is committed to helping people share what’s in their hearts with those they love, and we strive to be inclusive and relevant with our products,” the
company said in a statement this week, as reported by Bustle. “We are committed to reflecting people’s real lives and enriching their relationships, and our mission includes all people.” While Hallmark began making its transgender line available in 2015, the offering just recently came to light. The company features a variety of cards on its website for homosexual relationships and transgender identification. 
READ MORE http://christiannews.net/2017/05/27/hallmark-offering-cards-to-celebrate-gender-transitions/

Atheists Send Trump a Major Message Via Full-Page NY Times Ad
MAY 27, 2017
Atheist activists took out a full-page ad in Thursday’s New York Times to send a pointed message to U.S. President Donald Trump: “Mr. President, we are NOT a ‘nation of believers.’”  The full-page ad from the Freedom From Religion Foundation features a cartoon-like image of Trump surrounded by the various faith leaders who stood behind him on the day he signed his now-infamous religious freedom executive order.  The text proclaims that the U.S. is “one nation under a godless constitution” and that citizens are free to either believe or disbelieve.
The atheist activist group said in a statement that the ad was partially motivated by Trump’s recent commencement speech at Liberty University during which is said that “America is a nation of true believers.”  So, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has set out to send a very different message, framing Trump’s statements about the faithful as “exclusionary remarks” that “denigrate the quarter of the U.S. population today that is nonreligious.” 
READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/05/25/atheists-send-trump-a-major-message-via-full-page-ny-times-ad/


Ben & Jerry’s Bans ‘Same-Flavor Scoops’ in Australian Same-Sex Marriage Push
MAY 27, 2017
Declaring “love comes in all flavors,” Ben & Jerry’s said Thursday it’s banning its Australian customers from buying two scoops of the same flavor of ice cream until same-sex marriage is legalized across the country.  Ben & Jerry’s, based in Vermont, is famous for its socially conscious advocacy, from combatting climate change to promoting ethical treatment of animals.
But the Australian same-sex marriage campaign is unusually serious even for Ben & Jerry’s, which asked Australians in a statement to imagine “how furious you would be if you were told you were not allowed to marry the person you love.” “So we are banning two scoops of the same flavor and encouraging our fans to contact their MPs to tell them that the time has come — make marriage equality legal!” the statement said.  
READ MORE http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/ben-jerry-s-bans-same-flavor-scoops-australian-same-sex-n764791

79-foot blue whale carcass washes up on Bolinas beach in CA
MAY 27, 2017
A 79-foot blue whale washed up on Agate Beach in Bolinas on Friday morning. The cause of death remains unknown. Scientists from the Marin Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences identified the whale as a sub-adult female. The scientists will return Saturday to perform a full necropsy, having taken preliminary skin tissue and blubber samples Friday morning.
The Marine Mammal Center first received reports of a floating whale carcass off Bolinas late Thursday evening. “We rarely have the opportunity to examine blue whales due to their endangered status,” said Barbie Halaska, research assistant at The Marine Mammal Center, in a press release. “The opportunity to perform a necropsy on a carcass in this good of condition will help contribute to our baseline data on the species.” 
 READ MORE http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/79-foot-blue-whale-carcass-washes-up-on-Bolinas-11177352.php


California Farmer Fined $2.8 Million for Plowing His Own Field
MAY 28, 2017
The California farmer who became the poster child for EPA reform under President Donald Trump is being fined $2.8 million by state and federal regulators for plowing his own field in Tehama County. According to a story in the Redding Record Searchlight:  “The case is the first time that we’re aware of that says you need to get a (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) permit to plow to grow crops,” said Anthony Francois, an attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation.  “We’re
not going to produce much food under those kinds of regulations,” he said.  However, U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller agreed with the Army Corps in a judgment issued in June 2016. A penalty trial, in which the U.S. Attorney’s Office asks for $2.8 million in civil penalties, is set for August.  It all started in 2012 when a Modesto farmer named John Duarte, owner of Duarte Nursery, bought 450 acres near Red Bluff in Tehama County. 
READ MORE http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/05/27/california-farmer-poster-child-for-trumps-epa-regulation-rollback-california-farmer-fined-2-8m-for-plowing-field/

Scientists create designer viruses that send ‘killer cells’ to fight tumor
MAY 28, 2017
A team of Swiss scientists have created artificial viruses that stimulate the immune system which in turn activates and sends a “powerful army” of so-called killer cells to fight cancerous tumors. Cancer cells are notoriously good at evading the immune system, but viral infections cause the body to act quickly, stimulating the system to use all available means to fight the unwanted invader.
This new designer therapy capitalizes on the body’s ability to quickly spot a virus, so that when the immune system “sees” it, it can hunt down cancer, hopefully killing the tumor, according to the press release published by the University of Basel. Researchers, lead by Professor Daniel Pinschewer from the University of Basel and Professor Doron Merkler from the University of Geneva, built artificial viruses based on lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), which can infect both rodents and humans. 
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/viral/389952-cancer-defense-scientists-designer/


These 8 Habits Activate Holy Spirit’s Power in Your Life
MAY 28, 2017
(By Ken Malone) Faith—Shed the victim mentality and believe God for a miracle. Speaking God’s word over you and your family will unlock the resources of heaven. Read Heb. 11:1-6 and Rom. 10:8,17. Get active in God’s Word.

Prayer—Talk to God like you’re talking to a friend. The Lord loves to communicate with you. This creates an avenue of intimacy with the Lord. Don’t be religious—you don’t have to say everything right. Just talk to Him (Matt. 6:9-14).

Worship—When worship becomes a focus in your life, it creates an atmosphere of His presence. Open your mouth and begin to sing. Sing unto the Lord a new song (Ps. 22:3).

Intercession—Taking up the cause of Christ in the earth puts you in a position of partnering with Him. Partner with Him through intercession (1 Tim. 1:1-3).

Pray in Tongues—When you pray in tongues, you edify your spirit and build up your faith. If you don’t pray in tongues, ask Jesus to fill you with the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues (Acts 2:1-4; 1 Cor. 14:4; Jude 20). 
CONTINUE http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/65106-these-8-habits-activate-holy-spirit-s-power-in-your-life

DEVELOPING: Hackers Cripple British Airways
MAY 27, 2017
British Airways canceled all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick airports until 6pm after their computer systems were brought down across the entire world. Angry passengers on social media have said that their flights aren’t taking off, that there are huge queues at check-in, and that they can’t use the app or website.
There were reports of BA staff telling disgruntled passengers trying to get away for the Bank Holiday weekend that the company was under cyber attack but this has been denied by the airline.  Passenger Jo Josson said: “Officials are telling us there has been a cyber attack against BA’s systems. Even the tannoy is affected.”  Another, Michele Andjel, said a British Airways flight captain announced: “It appears to be a cyber attack.” 
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3663439/british-airways-aims-to-resume-flights-after-major-it-failure-saw-systems-crash-across-the-world-and-caused-travel-chaos-in-airports/

UK Home to 23,000 Jihadists
MAY 27, 2017
Intelligence officers have identified 23,000 jihadist extremists living in Britain as potential terrorist attackers, it emerged yesterday. The scale of the challenge facing the police and security services was disclosed by Whitehall sources after criticism that multiple opportunities to stop the Manchester bomber had been missed.
About 3,000 people from the total group are judged to pose a threat and are under investigation or active monitoring in 500 operations being run by police and intelligence services. The 20,000 others have featured in previous inquiries and are categorised as posing a “residual risk”. 
READ MORE  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/huge-scale-of-terror-threat-revealed-uk-home-to-23-000-jihadists-3zvn58mhq

1/3 of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Year
MAY 27, 2017
America’s beekeepers watched as a third of the country’s honeybee colonies were lost over the last year, part of a decade-long die-off experts said may threaten our food supply.  The annual survey of roughly 5,000 beekeepers showed the 33% dip from April 2016 to April 2017. The decrease is small compared to the survey’s previous 10 years, when the decrease hovered at roughly 40%. From 2012 to 2013, nearly half of the nation’s colonies died.  “I would stop short of calling this

‘good’ news,” said Dennis vanEngelsdorp, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. “Colony loss of more than 30% over the entire year is high. It’s hard to imagine any other agricultural sector being able to stay in business with such consistently high losses.”  The research, published Thursday, is the work of the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America. 
READ MORE https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/26/third-nations-honeybee-colonies-died-last-year-why-you-should-care/348418001/


Minnesota Muslim released despite possession of grenade and bomb materials found
MAY 26, 2017
The Manchester suicide bomber was reported to authorities repeatedly over a period of five years, as British citizens pointed out his radical activities. Nothing was done.  It mirrors the script of previous jihadists who struck at San Bernardino, Orlando, Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, London, Nice and many other places in the U.S. and Europe over the last three years.  “We knew of this man,” police said, but they were either unwilling or unable to monitor the suspect,
let alone arrest him.  Now there are signs that two Muslim men in Minneapolis may be up to their eyeballs in jihadist activity.  WCCO-TV in Minneapolis reported Thursday there is “growing concern” that the two brothers, 27-year-old Abdullah Alrifahe and 26-year-old Majid Alrifahe, may have been planning an attack.  When they were arrested on May 11, police found an arsenal in their car – a loaded AK-47, another rifle, a handgun, thousands of rounds of ammunition, a drone, a grenade and multiple electronic bomb-making devices. 
FULL STORY http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/minnesota-muslim-released-despite-grenade-bomb-materials-found/


Egypt strikes ‘terrorist camps’ in Libya in response to attack on Coptic Christians
MAY 26, 2017
Egyptian fighter jets have struck militant camps following the deadly attack on Egypt’s Coptic Christians, President Abdel Fattah Sisi has announced. The strikes were carried out in eastern Libya, state television said. Egypt’s president also vowed to continue striking bases used to train militants and who carry out terrorist attacks in his country, regardless of
the camps’ location.  He also reiterated that the countries financing, training and arming terrorists should not get away unpunished.  “We will not hesitate to protect our people from the evil,” he said in a televised speech on Friday. “Egypt will not hesitate in striking any camps that harbor or train terrorist elements whether inside Egypt or outside Egypt,” the al-Ahram news agency quoted Sisi as saying. 
 READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/389873-egypt-launched-strikes-on-militants-libya/

DEVELOPING: Dozens killed as masked gunmen ambush convoy of Egyptian Coptic Christians
MAY 26, 2017
Gunmen opened fire on two buses and a truck carrying Coptic Christians in Minya, Egypt on Friday, killing at least 26, including children. Some 26 people were also injured in the attack.  The group of between eight and 10 gunmen approached the convoy in three four-wheel-drive pickup trucks before opening fire, according to local media reports and the Egyptian Interior Ministry.
Security chiefs established a perimeter around the scene and launched a hunt for the attackers, setting up dozens of roadblocks in the area and sending out patrols to scour the desert road.  The Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayeb believes the attack was intended to destabilize the country. Al-Azhar is a center of Islamic learning in Egypt that dates back more than 1,000. 
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/389798-egypt-coptic-christians-killed/

 Muslim man sues Little Caesars for $100M over pork on pizza
MAY 26, 2017
A Muslim man is suing Little Caesars for $100 million in Michigan, claiming he was served pepperoni made with pork, which is a food prohibited by Islamic law.  CBS Detroit reports Mohamad Bazzi says he ordered halal pizza twice from a pizza shop in Schaefer in Dearborn. He claims the boxes were labeled “halal,” but the pizzas inside were topped with regular pepperoni.
According to the lawsuit, Bazzi ate the pepperoni without realizing it was pork. The suit includes a copy of a complaint filed with the Dearborn Police Department following the alleged incident. Halal is the Muslim equivalent of Judaism’s kosher, and requires that meat be prepared according to Islamic guidelines, such as reciting a prayer while the animal is killed. Halal pepperoni is typically made with beef. 
READ MORE http://www.cbsnews.com/news/muslim-man-sues-little-caesars-for-100m-over-pork-on-pizza/


Witchcraft Rising? The Strange Reason Witches Are Coming Out of Hiding
MAY 26, 2017
(Reported By Dan Gainor) Writers become oddly specialized in topics the more they write. Usually, that’s a mixture of your own interests and stories you have to cover. I’ve focused on energy, Israel and even lefty protests.  But witchcraft? Apparently, I have to focus on that for a spell. Three years ago, I wrote about the culture in post-Christian America. I included the truly awful and anti-Christian TV show Salem in that cultural cauldron. Witchery abounded.
Early in the presidential campaign, I criticized the media for its attacks against then-candidate Donald Trump. I called it all part of the Modern American Witch Hunt and explained, “The media and the left are going all-in attacking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who committed the sin of saying something that upset them when he was discussing illegal Mexican immigrants.”  
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/65147-witchcraft-rising-the-strange-reason-witches-are-coming-out-of-hiding

Nuclear nightmare worse than Fukushima could hit US because of ignored risks
MAY 26, 2017
The US has underestimated the risks to its nuclear safety as a single nuclear fuel fire could lead to fallout “much greater than Fukushima,” according to a new study. Researches slammed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for ignoring the potential danger.  If spent fuel at one of the dozens of US nuclear sites sets alight, it “could dwarf the horrific
consequences of the Fukushima accident [in Japan],” researchers from Princeton University and the Union of Concerned Scientists warned in their study published in the May 26 issue of Science magazine. The disaster would lead to “trillion-dollar consequences,” as the hypothetical fire would result in contamination of an area larger than New Jersey and force mass relocations.  
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/usa/389813-us-potential-nuclear-disaster/

Sleep deprivation can cause brain to start ‘eating’ itself
MAY 26, 2017
A lack of sleep can cause parts of the brain’s synapses to be ‘eaten’ by other brain cells, according to a new study by researchers at the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy.  Astrocytes are a cell in the brain that clean out worn-out cells and debris. Scientists studying the brains of mice found these cells were more active when the animals had been deprived of sleep, breaking down more of the brain’s connections.  “We show for the first time that portions of synapses are literally
eaten by astrocytes because of sleep loss,” research leader Michele Bellesi told New Scientist.  However, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as most of the synapses affected were larger and more mature: “They are like old pieces of furniture, and so probably need more attention and cleaning,” said Bellesi.  A more worrying finding was that ‘microglial’ brain cells, which seek out damaged cells and debris, were also more active in brain experiencing chronic sleep deprivation. READ MORE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/05/26/sleep-deprivation-can-cause-brain-start-eating/

Iceland slowly being torn apart by constant earthquakes…
MAY 26, 2017
In an average week Iceland’s national monitoring seismic network detects around 500 earthquakes. If one of the volcanoes is hit by an earthquake swarm this number can be even higher. The reason for this seismic activity is the location of Iceland on top the Atlantic ridge, the divergent boundary between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates: As the two plates drift in opposite directions Iceland is in effect slowly being split apart. The rate of spreading along
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge averages about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) per year, or 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) in a million years. The volcanic zones in Iceland are directly above the boundary of the tectonic plates. These extend east from Reykjanes peninsula in the S.W. where the Reykjanes ridge part of the North Atlantic ridge effectively rises above the sea level, and north-east from Mýrdalsjökull glacier in South Iceland, beneath the western part of Vatnajökull glacier, the Central Highlands, extending north into the Arctic. 
READ MORE http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/why-constant-earthquakes-iceland-slowly-being-torn-apart

Machete-Wielding Clown Terrorizes Drivers Along California Highway…
MAY 26, 2017
Just when you thought this was over, the creepy clowns are back!  A clown, dressed in a colorful blue suit, was spotted standing along Highway 101 in California on Wednesday, wielding what appeared to be a bloody machete over his head. Needless to say, his creepy outfit freaked out quite a few drivers, many of whom called 911 asking for help.
When deputies from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office arrived on the scene with guns, they handcuffed and questioned the man behind the stunt, who was later identified as 61-year-old Larry Tovey. While his tomfoolery certainly didn’t amuse motorists, the man was not charged because no one was directly threatened by him with the machete, the department explained on Facebook, before adding that the “blood” on the tool was just cotton with red dye. 
READ MORE https://heatst.com/life/machete-wielding-clown-terrorizes-drivers-along-california-highway/


DEVELOPING: Hunt for possible 2nd explosive in Manchester under way
MAY 26, 2017
Investigators have uncovered signs the suicide bomber at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester may have made a second explosive device that’s still missing, local media reported Friday.  The suspicion of a second bomb came after crews on Thursday uncovered a bomb-making workshop at Salman Abedi’s home, where they found used and unused containers of chemicals, according to local media. Abedi, 22, blew himself up at Manchester Arena as the concert was ending Monday night, killing 22 people and injuring 119 others.
Greater Manchester police continued raids and searches throughout the city on Friday, arresting another 30-year-old man in connection with the attack. In total, 10 people were arrested, but a man and a woman were later released. Eight people remain in custody.  Investigators feel they are reaching the “outer edge” of the circle of helpers, the “network,” that supported Abedi, a British law enforcement official told Fox News. 
READ MORE http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/26/manchester-attack-hunt-for-possible-2nd-bomb-under-way.html

ISIS calls for ‘All-Out War’ to Mark start of Ramadan – Targets Include Civilians
MAY 26, 2017
ISIS has issued a rallying call to its followers for an “all-out war” on the West to mark the start of Ramadan tomorrow. European security services are said to be bracing for more attacks during the Muslim holy month as ISIS’s followers are urged to attack “infidels” in the wake of Monday’s Manchester bomb attack.
The jihadist group made the call in a video message entitled Where are the lions of war? published on YouTube, reports The Telegraph. It said: “Muslim brothers in Europe who can’t reach the Islamic State lands, attack them in their homes, their markets, their roads and their forums.” Millions of Muslims worldwide are preparing for Ramadan, a holy month of fasting and religious devotion. 
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Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake shakes parts of Luzon
MAY 26, 2017
A tectonic earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck 12 kilometers northeast of San Marcelino in Zambales at 10:27 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).  The tremor, which Phivolcs recorded at a depth of 88 km. and earlier recorded as magnitude-5.5, was felt in parts of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite,
Pampanga, Bataan, and Benguet.  The quake was felt for at least 6 seconds in Makati, where the Inquirer office is located. According to Tom Simborio, Phivolcs science research assistant, who was interviewed over radio station DZMM, the quake was felt at the following intensities: 
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Security Measures On Heightened Alert For Memorial Day Weekend!
MAY 26, 2017
A legitimate Islamic State group propaganda video posted on social media last week features brief footage of the Las Vegas Strip while calling for lone-wolf terrorist attacks, and Las Vegas police are treating it as a credible threat.  The video is about 44 minutes long, which is unusual because Islamic State group propaganda videos are often much shorter, according to a representative with SITE Intelligence Group, a nongovernmental counterterrorism organization.  Similar,
shorter Islamic State group propaganda videos are posted daily, the representative said. The video featuring the Las Vegas Strip was posted last Wednesday on Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging service, the representative said. It showcases the Islamic State group’s newly developed weapons, and its final scene has a series of shots, including the Las Vegas Strip and New York’s Times Square, while a narrator calls for general lone-wolf attacks in America, Europe and Russia. 
READ MORE https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/credible-islamic-state-propaganda-video-features-short-clip-of-las-vegas-strip/


Lying in the Lap of Seduction
MAY 26, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we will show you how the life of Samson gives us a clear picture of the progression of a fall of a man or woman of God when they begin to veer off path and begin to allow the little foxes to spoil the vine! We will show you how no one just falls into adultery, or infidelity or other major falls. There is a progression that is plainly seen that we will discuss in this message. For the entire message just click on the video below:
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In this segment, we will show you how the life of Samson gives us a clear picture of the progression of a fall of a man or woman of God when they begin to veer off path and begin to allow the little foxes to spoil the vine! We will show you how no one just falls into adultery, or infidelity or other major falls. There is a progression that is plainly seen that we will discuss in this message.
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Alabama Church Reports 600 Baptisms in 6 Years!
MAY 26, 2017
When Joey Hanner began pastoring Union No. 3 Baptist Church near Gasden, Alabama, he felt something wasn’t quite right.  After attending an event on discipleship, he discovered what was missing.  “I asked them to stand if they had been discipled one-on-one before and only two people stood up,” he told Baptist Press.  That response fueled a movement toward discipleship at the church which has seen a record 900 people baptized in the past six years.
“We’re a very strong evangelistic church,” Hanner said.  He explained that about 50 people from the church go out every Sunday and Thursday to visit people in the community, followed by one-on-one discipleship.  “Since we started discipleship, our church has matured. We’ve caught the vision of what a true Acts 1:8 church should look like,” Hanner said. 
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Why the Six-Day War Was a “Prophetic Milestone”
MAY 26, 2017
The 1967 Six-Day War pitted a relatively young Israel against five established Arab armies. One of the world’s superpowers also came dangerously close to entering the war, which led to fears of a potential Armageddon.  June 5, 1967. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol sent a cable to President Lyndon Johnson informing him the war had begun. “Israel’s existence and integrity have been endangered,” he wrote, adding a request: “Prevent the Soviet Union from exploiting and
enlarging the conflict … [at Israel’s] greatest hour of danger.” “What most people don’t realize is that the actor that was perhaps the most dangerous, but operating sort of behind the scenes, was the Soviet Union,” Middle East expert Joel Rosenberg told CBN News. While Israel faced the combined might of Arab countries, it was the Soviet Union casting a giant shadow over the war. 
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Patriots to become first NFL Team to sponsor LGBT “GAY BOWL”
MAY 26, 2017
The New England Patriots will reportedly become the first NFL team to sponsor the Gay Bowl, an annual tournament to crown the country’s best LGBT flag football team.  Outsports.com’s Cyd Zeigler reported the news this week, citing the Patriots, as well as Boston’s LGBT flag football team, which announced the groundbreaking sponsorship during its spring
awards banquet Saturday.  It’s unclear how long the sponsorship was in the works, but Patriots owner Robert Kraft has supported Bostons’s FLAG flag football team at least since the end of April when he joined the team at a banquet dinner to honor an LGBT high school athlete Chris Morse. Gay Bowl chairmen Danny Tyrrell and Dave Hamilton also attended the banquet. 
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Reality Series Will Feature Plastics of Hollywood Staring 12 “Human Dolls”
MAY 26, 2017
A TV show is set to follow the most plastic people on the planet who have spent close to three million dollars on surgeries and procedures.  Plastics of Hollywood will feature 12 human dolls including Ken Dolls Rodrigo Alves and Justin Jedlica, Jessica Rabbit imitator Pixee Fox, Kim Kardashian wannabe Jennifer Pamplona and alien lookalike Vinny Ohh. Talent manager and producer, Marcela Iglesias, from Los Angeles, California said:
‘We are the world’s first agency for the most modified human beings. ‘They are incredible characters who have had plastic surgery, cosmetic procedures or just have very extreme looks. ‘From surgery and procedures, the dolls have spent over three million dollars altering how they look. 
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Archaeologists Find Evidence of Jerusalem’s Destruction 2,000 Years Ago
MAY 25, 2017
As Israelis celebrate the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem this week, archaeologists have found evidence of the battle for Jerusalem two millennia ago as they excavate the main thoroughfare leading to the Second Temple before its destruction by the Romans in 70 AD.  The road, about 20 feet below the surface, leads from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount.
Archaeologists believe it could have been built during the reign of Pontius Pilate and would likely have been the route Jesus walked on his way up to the Temple.  “This is probably where Jesus acted and marched during his time,” co-director of the excavation, Moran Hagbi, told CBN News. “Now it’s opening a new era in the research of Jerusalem.” Hagbi and Nahshon Szanton are co-directing the work. 
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Hospitals across UK told to ‘prepare for further incident’ in wake of Manchester attack
MAY 26, 2017
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has issued an urgent alert to every hospital in England, including trauma centers in 27 cities, to “prepare for a further incident” during the upcoming bank holiday, British media report. With the terror threat warning in the UK having been raised to its maximum “critical” level following the terrorist attack on the
Manchester Arena concert hall on Monday, the UK’s national clinical director for trauma, Chris Moran, has released the warning calling on staff to be ready for a possible new attack in the coming days.  Having praised the “tremendous response” provided by medics in Manchester to the victims of the recent bombing, the official said this was possible not only because of the medics’ excellent skills, but also due to the “preparation that has taken place” across Britain’s hospitals. “You will be aware that we have a bank holiday weekend approaching,” he emphasized.  
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Apocalyptical hailstorms strike Mexico and Turkey
MAY 26, 2017
A few days after the furious storms and tornado that closed down customs in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, this fierce hailstorm hit the North Territory of Baja California – again close to the border with the USA – on May 24, 2017. The sound of these
huge hailstones falling like bullets from the sky is so terrifying:  Another improbable hailstorm that occurred a few days ago in Eskihisar in Muğla Province. The video shows a weak storm at the beginning but ends in a terrifying hell apocalypse, that reminded me of that storm in Russia, with people running for their lives.  
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NOAA predicts above normal hurricane season…
MAY 26, 2017
The nation’s climate agency Thursday predicted an above-normal 2017 hurricane season with 11 to 17 named storms, five to nine of them hurricanes and two to four Category 3 or higher hurricanes.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration predicted a 45 percent chance
of the hurricane season that begins June 1 being above normal, a 35 percent chance of a normal season and a 20 percent chance of a below normal season. An average season is 12 named storms, six hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes. “The outlook reflects our expectation of a weak or non-existent El Nino, 
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Pond turns white as tens of thousands of fish die overnight in China …
MAY 25, 2017
Hengxian Tao Town, Mr. Chen and several friends contracted the four fish ponds, May 18 at 11 pm, vigil workers found one of the fish pond fish appeared abnormal phenomenon, have jumped out of the water and groups Floating, no matter how to rescue the oxygen did not have the effect, the next day, regardless of the size of the fish pond fish all over the white
belly.How is this going?  Mr. Chen’s fish pond is located in Hengxian Tao Wei town six show village old Wang Yu village, an area of about 10 acres, mainly to keep the sweet-scented osmanthus fish, online reporters at the scene smell a strong stench, fish pond floating above With a lot of dead fish. Mr. Tong said that these fish died very strange. 
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Mike Huckabee Leaving Fox News – Joining Trinity Broadcasting Network
MAY 25, 2017
For more than six years, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee hosted his weekly Huckabee program on FOX News Channel, airing typically on Saturday evenings with a rebroadcast on Sunday evenings.  His “genial” style was decidedly less inflammatory than others in the FNC lineup, which made him extremely popular with Middle America. The show also drew a wide range of political guests.  Huckabee stepped down from the show in early 2015 in order to explore his
eventual 2016 Republican presidential bid. He has since returned to FNC as a guest commentator and analyst, sparking hopes among many that he might bring Huckabee back to the cable network.  According to the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the world’s largest religious television network, Huckabee will be joining its network in the fall as a one-hour program—it doesn’t specify if it will be daily or weekly—”focusing on news, issues, entertainment and faith.” A new report by the trade publication Variety provides a little more detail: 
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Utah law could send online bullies to jail
MAY 26, 2017
Utah lawmakers hope a new, unusual law cuts down on increasingly troubling forms of cyber harassment by giving authorities the ability to send online bullies to jail for a year.  Law enforcement, school officials and support groups back the effort, but some lawyers and a libertarian-leaning group have balked at what they call vague language in the law. They believe it could be unconstitutional and lead innocent people to be charged with crimes.  The regulation won unanimous
approval in the Legislature and makes it a crime to post information online that can identify someone, including their name, photo and place of employment, to “intimidate, abuse, threaten, harass, frighten, or disrupt the electronic communications of another.” Similar laws in New York and North Carolina have been ruled unconstitutional in recent years, said UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, who called Utah’s measure a violation of the First Amendment. 
READ MORE http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/utah-law-that-could-send-online-bullies-to-jail-criticized/

Expert Warns ‘ISIS planning Month of UK terror attacks starting This weekend’
MAY 26, 2017
Jihadi extremists in Britain are plotting to “go out in a blaze of glory” with a wave of terror attacks planned to start this Bank Holiday weekend, a national security expert has warned.   Chris Phillips, the former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, urged UK citizens to keep on their guard this weekend, and for the next month.  He told the
Daily Star: “ISIS positively encourage followers to concentrate their efforts during this time.  “I would encourage everyone to be vigilant and report any suspicions to the police.”  Today marks the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, where Muslims across the globe will fast from sunrise to sunset, to celebrate the month the Koran was first presented to the Prophet Muhammed. 
READ MORE http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/809492/isis-terror-manchester-bombing-ramadan-month-attacks-chris-phillips


Alzheimer’s disease deaths spike 55% over 15 years
MAY 26, 2017
Federal researchers have found the death rate for those with Alzheimer’s disease rose significantly since 1999, especially among certain ethnicities over 85 years old or those in the south-east region of the US.  On Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that showed the number of deaths caused by Alzheimer’s rose by 54.5 percent from 1999 to 2014.
Using data from the National Vital Statistics System, the CDC reported that 93,541 people died in 2014 from Alzheimer’s disease. Adjusting for a rising population of senior citizens, the death rate in 2014 was 25.4 deaths per 100,000 people, a 54.5 percent increase compared to the death rate in 1999. Without adjusting for age and population, the rate would have increased by 83.8 percent. 
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/usa/389767-alzheimers-death-rate-increase-cdc/

Belief That God Created Humans Hits Record Low


MAY 26, 2017
A record-low percentage of U.S. adults believe that God created humans in their present form, according to a Gallup survey.  Thirty-eight percent accept the strict creationism view compared with 38 percent who believe man developed with God’s guidance and 19 percent think God had no role in man’s evolution, according to the Gallup poll.  It’s the first time since 1982 — when Gallup asked the question with the same wording — that belief in God’s direct creation of man is not the most-common response.
Overall, 76 percent of Americans believe God was involved in man’s creation — the creationist view based on the Bible — or that God guided the evolutionary process theorized by scientist Charles Darwin and others. Since 1982, the “secular” viewpoint has doubled.  “Since the Scopes Monkey Trial more than 90 years ago, the inclusion of creationism — and evolution — as part of public school curricula has been an ongoing and contentious topic,” Gallup’s Art Swift said. “This push and pull with creationism will undoubtedly continue, as this debate about where humans came from rages on.” 
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LGBT Activists Using Sparkles to Distort Pentecost
MAY 26, 2017
The “tongues of fire” Christians believe rained down on Pentecost just got a whole lot flashier with “Glitter and Fire,” a new project intended to promote the acceptance of LGBT people in the church.  Pentecost — which will be marked by most Christians on June 4—comes from the New Testament’s Book of Acts. After his death, Jesus’ disciples met to discuss how to continue his ministry. Suddenly, “they saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.”
The disciples were “filled with the Holy Spirit” and began speaking in foreign tongues. They then departed to plant churches throughout the Roman world, making Pentecost the “birthday” of the Christian church.  Fast forward to today’s Pentecost, add a specially crafted liturgy, prayers, blessings and bags of red, gold, orange and black glitter to make what Parity, a New York-based LGBT advocacy group, hopes will be a way to affirm LGBT Christians.  
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President Trump Declares a National Day of Prayer for ‘Permanent Peace’
MAY 25, 2017
Memorial Day was once meant to honor the sacrifice of those who lost their lives in the service of their country. While it remains that way for many Americans, for most in more recent times, it’s become the “unofficial start of summer,” and a day of picnics, barbecues and retail shopping sales. President Donald Trump is asking the country to take a step back and recognize the day as it was meant to be celebrated. Additionally, he’s asking the country to set aside one hour, beginning at 11 a.m.
locally, for prayer for permanent peace. The president signed his annual Memorial Day proclamation on Wednesday night. It states: Memorial Day is our nation’s solemn reminder that freedom is never free. It is a moment of collective reflection on the noble sacrifices of those who gave the last measure of devotion in service of our ideals and in the defense of our nation. On this ceremonious day, we remember the fallen, we pray for a lasting peace among nation and we honor these guardians of our inalienable rights. 
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Jared Kushner Now Targeted in Russia Probe
MAY 26, 2017
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, has come under FBI scrutiny in the Russia investigation, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News.  Investigators believe Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials said. That does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him.  The FBI’s scrutiny of Kushner places the bureau’s sprawling counterintelligence and criminal investigation not only on the doorstep of the
White House, but the Trump family circle. The Washington Post first reported last week that a senior White House official close to Trump was a “person of interest,” but did not name the person. The term “person of interest” has no legal meaning.  The officials said Kushner is in a different category from former Trump aides Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, who are formally considered subjects of the investigation. VIDEO
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UK Braces For Invasion of Billions Of Slugs
MAY 25, 2017
With fears that a plague of 500 billion slimy molluscs are munching their way through the nation’s herbaceous borders, comes welcoming news of ways to halt the devastation.  The ravenous gastropods capable of eating up to 40 times their own bodyweight of plant material in a single sitting can leave a slimy trail of destruction where plants such as hostas,

delphiniums, dahlias, sweet peas and tulips grow.  Soft, fleshy seedlings are easy targets for a greedy gastropod equipped with 27,000 teeth.  Last year slugs and snails asserted themselves as the gardener’s number one enemy after a review by the Royal Horticultural Society of the number of pleas it received for advice on tackling pests. 
READ MORE http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/809371/UK-slug-invasion-Britain-gardens-Chelsea-Flower-

Crosshairs Now on Hannity as Advertisers Begin Pulling Ads
MAY 25, 2017
A number of companies have pulled ads from Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show Hannity after he pledged to continue investigating circumstances surrounding the death of murdered DNC employee Seth Rich.  Companies including Cars.com, Peloton, and Leesa Sleep have all given in to pressure to cease advertising on the show over Hannity’s pursuit of now retracted claims made by Fox News that murdered DNC employee Seth Rich had contact with Wikileaks before his death.  On Tuesday evening, Hannity invited internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom onto his show to discuss his claim that Seth Rich had provided Wikileaks with internal Democratic party emails.  However, after Rich’s family sent a letter to Fox demanding that Hannity not host KimDotcom, the appearance was cancelled, with Hannity saying he made the decision “out of respect for the family’s wishes.” 
READ MORE http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/24/advertisers-bow-to-activist-left-begin-pulling-ads-from-hannity/


Vets Outraged After HOA Limits When American Flags Can Be Displayed
MAY 25, 2017
Residents in a Georgia neighborhood are outraged after their homeowners association said they can only display American flags outside their homes 23 days out of the year.  Tom Wilder is a U.S. Navy veteran who proudly flies a flag outside his home in the Village at Towne Lake in Cherokee County. “You don’t mess with my flag,” Wilder said.
Recently, Wilder and every other resident in the community received an email from their HOA limiting the number of days the American flag can be flown outside their homes, in order to “maintain the aesthetic and architectural theme of the community.” “They are giving us 23 days to display it,” Wilder told Fox 5. “Now we won’t be able to even put it in the ground. It has to be in a flag holder attached to our houses.” 
FULL REPORT http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/24/veterans-outraged-after-american-flag-limitations-issued-hoa


Blasphemous Comedy Will Make You Sick to Your Stomach
MAY 24, 2017
On Sunday, June 11, at 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. CT, TNT network will televise an extremely graphic and blasphemous program like none we have ever seen. The trailer appears to be a trashy show about a nail salon and how they launder drug money, but it is so much more. You can be assured: With a MA-LSV rating, it is not appropriate for television. Originally, this so-called “comedy” was to air on HBO with 30-minute episodes, but now it plans to air on TNT for one
hour on Sunday evenings when children and teens are still awake. This new program goes where no other show has gone. For starters, Claws mocks Christianity, insults Catholicism and ridicules people of faith. This dark show can make believers sick to their stomachs with the blasphemous content. (Editor’s note: The petition link includes graphic descriptions, but you can sign the petition without reading them should you so choose.) 
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6 Statistics That Show How Much America Has Changed in a Half-Century
MAY 24, 2017
(By John Miltimore) Since the political scientist Charles Murray will be speaking at Intellectual Takeout’s upcoming gala, I thought it fitting to read his best-selling 2012 book, Coming Apart.  Drawing on five decades of statistics, anecdotes, and other research, Murray sets out to make the case that America is, well, coming apart—economically, socially, and culturally.  It’s a fascinating book, largely because Murray really did his homework. Murray provides so many statistics and poignant
anecdotes that his readers quickly realize a startling fact: the America of 1963 scarcely resembles that of 2017 from a social and cultural perspective.  Readers may disagree as to whether these changes represent social progress or cultural decline, but few will quarrel with the idea that America 1) is bifurcating; 2) has experienced a fundamental cultural transformation in just a few generations.  Here are six statistics that drive home just how much things have changed in America in a little more than a half-century: 
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DISTRESS OF NATIONS: Troops deployed, ministries evacuated as violent protesters smash govt buildings in Brazil
MAY 24, 2017
Brazilian government ministries have been evacuated amid massive protests in the country’s capital, Brasilia. Demonstrators reportedly attacked and even “plundered” some ministerial buildings. Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades.  Some 35,000 people have taken to the streets of Brasilia to express their discontent with the current
Brazilian leadership and to demand early presidential elections, Globo reported.  Protesters are marching to the presidential palace to demand an end to austerity reforms, AFP reports, with chants of “Out with Temer!” filling the air. Police stopped their advance by using tear gas but the protesters retaliated by throwing stones at the officers. 
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/389622-police-use-tear-gas-brazil-evacuated-ministry/

Manchester Arena bomb maker at large and could strike again
MAY 24, 2017
The person who made the bomb that blew up Manchester Arena is still at large and could strike again at any time. Intelligence services now believe that Salman Abedi who detonated the nail bomb in the foyer of the venue was a ‘mule’ using a device made by someone else. The bomb was a major step up from the crude but lethal attacks using vehicles at Westminster this year and in atrocities in Nice and Berlin in 2016.
It was packed with nuts and bolts which would cause maximum injury in a confined space. There are fears that whoever made the Manchester Arena bomb is on the run and could carry out one last attack. A police source told the M.E.N.: “They don’t waste bomb makers. The reason we have gone to critical is because he is still out there and the fear is that he will strike again before they get caught.” 
READ MORE http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-arena-bomb-maker-search-13086027

‘The View’ Bashes Trump as Unpresidential for Calling Terrorists ‘Evil Losers’
MAY 24, 2017
Following the horrific terror attack in Manchester, England, President Trump slammed the terrorists behind the bombing, calling them “evil losers.”  On “The View” on Tuesday, some of the co-hosts took issue with Trump’s remark. Sunny Hostin said using the term “evil losers” was not presidential. “Harkening back to President Obama, who talked about the victims
VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L4xgW8nfmk
and didn’t talk about the bombers necessarily … and talked about how we as a society have to come together. I was expecting something like that,” Hostin said.  Whoopi Goldberg agreed, saying she wants the president to be “one step above.”  “I want him or her to be one step above and I don’t want them talking like I would talk,” Goldberg said. “When it comes down to it, if you’re the president of a country, you have to speak for that country.” 
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Which Boat Are You In?
MAY 24, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we will show you how two men were both in boats but one was in the will of God and the other was out of the will of God! Discover how the Lord will use extreme measures to shake up our lives to get us back on course. Also, you will discover how the enemy will take great measures to hinder your assignment from God! To view the entire message click on the video below:
VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=Ll9GOINrKw4


Why the Date of Trump’s Visit to Israel Is Significant
MAY 24, 2017
(By Steve Strang) Sundown May 23 marks the beginning of “Jerusalem Day,” celebrated all over the world by Jews—the 50th anniversary of the day Jerusalem was reunified in 1967. President Donald Trump’s first overseas trip since becoming president included a visit to Israel on this historic day.  You probably have seen part or all of the speech he gave at the Israel Museum. Both he and Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke about the deep mutual support our nations have. President Trump also spoke about laying a wreath at Yad Vashem, the museum to the Holocaust, and mentioned how moved he felt to be able to pray
at the Western Wall—the first sitting U.S. President to do so.  The Jim Bakker Show asked me to record a commentary about Trump’s visit to Israel that will air today on the show. I used that as a basis of a podcast (which you can listen to below) in which I talk about the significance of Donald Trump’s visit, the importance of America supporting Israel and my gratitude that we now have a president who is steadfast in his love for Israel. What a wonderful change of direction from our years under President Obama, who snubbed Prime Minister Netanyahu when he visited Washington, D.C., a couple of years ago. 
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Jesus Christ Excluded From Facebook Bullying ‘Protection List:’
MAY 24, 2017
While Facebook has recently been tightening its anti-bullying policies and banning users for posting offensive photos, one name that is not receiving protection from the social media giant is Jesus Christ.  “The types of groups and individuals excluded from protection include Jesus, the mass murderer Charles Manson, Osama bin Laden, rapists and domestic abusers, any political and religious leaders before 1900 and people who violate hate speech rules,” The Guardian reported
in an article about Facebook’s policies on Sunday.  Many of the recent policy changes are aimed at banning those who post images mocking people with disabilities and serious health conditions, including people with Down syndrome.  “We ask people who discuss these topics in an insensitive way to do so transparently so that others may engage with or challenge them,” Facebook explained. 
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2 explosions rock Jakarta, Indonesia, in suspected suicide bombing
MAY 24, 2017
A suspected suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Indonesia’s capital Wednesday night killed a policeman and injured four other officers, police said.  Vice National Police Chief Syafruddin, who uses one name, said an initial investigation showed that the suspected suicide bomber also died in the blast. “Tonight, to Indonesian citizens and all of us who are here at the scene, I express very deep concern. A bomb explosion has occurred and for now it is believed to have been a suicide bombing,” he said.
He said the officers had been guarding a parade by a group of local people.  The explosion occurred in a parking lot next to the bus terminal in the Kampung Melayu area of eastern Jakarta. The injury toll was unclear, with broadcaster TV One reporting that two civilians including a female student had been wounded.  A police bomb squad was investigating the explosion. 
READ MORE http://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-explosions-rock-jakarta-indonesia-in-suspected-suicide-bombing/


Sun Releases CME Towards Earth
MAY 24, 2017
An eruption near the center of Earth-facing side of the Sun produced a partial HALO CME (coronal mass ejection) during the early UTC hours of May 23, 2017. The CME is weak, but it has an Earth-directed component.  Arrival at Earth is expected around 12:00 UTC on May 26. Unsettled to active geomagnetic field conditions are expected, with a slight chance
for G1 – Minor geomagnetic storm. Solar activity was very low during the past 24 hours and is expected to remain very low, with a slight chance for C-class flares, through May 26. Region 2659 (N13W12, Cro/beta) grew in spot count and is now the only spotted region on the disk. 
READ MORE https://watchers.news/2017/05/24/cme-headed-toward-earth-impact-expected-around-12-00-utc-on-may-26/

DEVELOPING: At least three people have been stabbed in Manhattan, NY
MAY 24, 2017
At least three people were stabbed in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday afternoon, police said. The three victims were hospitalized and are likely to survive.
The suspected attacker is a teenager last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and a red baseball cap, police said. The stabbing happened near 8th Avenue and West 52nd Street. 
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Hawaii Is Preparing a New Nuclear Contingency Plan Because of North Korea
MAY 25, 2017
(Reported By Sarah Emerson) FOIA documents show the Hawaii Department of Defense is about to revamp its emergency plans for a nuclear missile attack.  Growing up in Hawaii, the only disaster I was taught to prepare for was a catastrophic tsunami. If you asked me what to do, say, during a nuclear missile attack, I’d be utterly useless. It wasn’t necessarily my fault, though. Decades had elapsed since residents worried about “the bomb.” Hawaii’s most recent community shelter plan, a set of instructions for
surviving nuclear fallout, dates to 1985, when Cold War paranoia was still palpable. But as unproven fears of a North Korean nuclear strike grow louder, so too has the need for public reassurance. For this reason, Hawaii is massively overhauling its archaic nuclear contingency plans—an effort one state official described to me as “formidable and critical to the survival of our 1.4 million residents and visitors in the unlikely event of a nuclear detonation.” 
READ MORE https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/hawaii-prepares-new-nuclear-contingency-plan-north-korea

California Scientists Warns “The Big One is Going to Happen, No Matter How Much You Want to Deny it”
MAY 25, 2017
Fear of earthquakes is part of life in California.  But people experience this anxiety in different ways. For some, the fear prompts them to take steps to protect themselves: strapping down heavy furniture, securing kitchen cabinets and retrofitting homes and apartments.  For others, the fear prompts denial — a willful ignorance of the dangers for years until the ground starts shaking.  Seismologist Lucy Jones has spent her career trying to understand public attitudes about earthquakes, with a focus on moving people past paralysis and denial.
Jones said the way experts like her used to talk about earthquakes wasn’t very effective. They tended to focus on the probability of a major earthquake striking in the next 30 years — the length of a typical home mortgage. They also took pains to say what they didn’t know, which she now believes allowed the public to tune out and hope for the best. 
READ MORE http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lucy-jones-why-earthquakes-scare-us-20170524-htmlstory.html

4 in custody, military deployed as May warns next attack could be ‘imminent’
MAY 24, 2017
Four people are in custody in connection with Monday’s deadly concert bombing, as British authorities continue to conduct “extensive” searches while investigating the “network” behind the attack.  “It is very clear that it is a network we are investigating,” Manchester police said on Wednesday.   British officials said they deployed nearly 1,000 troops at high-

profile sites in the country, some in London, instead of police. Manchester police said the increase in threat level gave the green light to deploy military support operation under the code name “Temperer.” Multiple law enforcement agencies swept through Manchester in a bid to head off a follow-up to the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 other people.
 READ MORE http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/24/manchester-police-make-3-more-arrests-as-uk-terror-level-remains-at-critical.html

Target Boycott Reaches 1.5 Million; Retailer Won’t Back Down on Bathrooms
MAY 25, 2017
Despite slumping sales, falling stock prices, and 1.5 million people signing a pledge not to shop at Target, the retail giant still has no plans to change its controversial bathroom policy, the man behind the boycott says.  Tim Wildmon of the American Family Association delivered another 500,000 signatures to Target headquarters in Minneapolis recently. That’s on top of the one million signatures he brought last spring.  The AFA launched the boycott drive after Target
announced it would allow transgender customers to use the fitting rooms and bathrooms of their choice, not the ones that correspond to their sex at birth. “American Family Association is again appreciative that Target representatives were willing to accept the signatures of another 500,000 Americans who are alarmed by this ongoing policy,” Wildmon said. 
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Is This a Harbinger of Things to Come in the Middle East?
MAY 24, 2017
Climate change will worsen food and water shortages in the Middle East and north Africa, and risk triggering more conflict and mass migration, with serious implications for the wider world, lawmakers from NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly said Monday.  “The long-term prospects for food and water security in the MENA region are dire,” said Osman
Askin Bak, a member of the Turkish Parliament who will present the draft report on Saturday at the Parliamentary Assembly – a gathering of senior parliamentarians from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 28 member states. “Climate change will worsen the region’s outlook,” he added. War, poor governance, climate change and other issues have worsened tensions over competition for scarce water and food in the Middle East and north Africa, the lawmakers said. 
READ MORE  http://www.charismanews.com/world/65090-is-this-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come-in-the-middle-east

 France to extend state of emergency, vows new security laws
MAY 24, 2017
French President Emmanuel Macron has requested that parliament extend the state of emergency until November 1. The president also called for the introduction of legislation to boost security in the face of the terrorist threat.  “The President of the Republic has decided that the [French] Parliament should extend the state of emergency until 1 November,” an Elysee statement said on Wednesday, after Macron’s meeting with the Defense and National Security Council.  Macron
also demanded that the government prepare a “legislative text” which proposes strengthening security amid “the terrorist threat outside a state of emergency,” the statement added. Speaking to French media, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the terrorist threat from Islamic state (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Al-Qaeda “remain at a very high level in Europe, especially in France and the UK.” 
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/389544-france-state-emergency-extended/

President Trump’s Speeches in Israel Ended With No Talks On a Two-State Solution
MAY 24, 2017
During his meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday and in speeches throughout the day, President Donald Trump notably omitted any mention of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Trump rebuked Palestinian leaders in a joint press conference with Abbas in Bethlehem, saying, “Peace can never take root in an environment where violence is tolerated, funded and even rewarded,” referring to stipends the PA pays to terrorists and their families.
The U.S. president also pledged his support for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. “I am truly hopeful that America can help Israel and the Palestinians forge peace, and bring new hope to the region and its people,” Trump said. “I also firmly believe that if Israel and the Palestinians can make peace, it can begin a process of peace all throughout the Middle East and that will be an amazing accomplishment.” 
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UPDATE: The Entire Country Of Philippines May Be Placed Under Martial Law
MAY 24, 2017
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he wouldn’t rule out placing the entire country under martial law if the threat of Islamic State spreads. Duterte cut short a visit to Russia and placed the southern island of Mindanao
under military rule on Tuesday, and said he would keep it that way for a year if necessary. Duterte assured the public he will not allow abuses under martial rule, even as he repeatedly said he will deal with terrorism harshly. 
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NJ accidentally activates nuclear warning alert system on TVs…Causes Mass Panic
MAY 24, 2017
A false alarm that went out to some people’s television sets Tuesday might have scared some in New Jersey.  A nuclear power plant warning issued in Cumberland and Salem counties was sent out by mistake.The message that was sent out
said “a civil authority has issued a nuclear power plant warning for the following counties/areas.”A short time later, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management Tweeted that the emergency alert was “false.” 
 VIDEO READ MORE http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/False-Emergency-Alert-Goes-Out-to-Some-in-New-Jersey-by-Mistake-424005554.html

Pope Gives Trump Book on Protecting Environment…
MAY 24, 2017
Pope Francis joined an international chorus urging Donald Trump to meet U.S. commitments on climate change in talks at the Vatican Wednesday.  Francis gave the U.S. president a copy of his 2015 encyclical calling for urgent, drastic cuts in fossil-fuel emissions after a half-hour meeting in his private study.  Francis’s choice of gift suggests he is adding his voice to those pressing Trump not to renege on the Paris accord, which is the cornerstone of global efforts to limit climate

change. The Vatican said in a statement that the talks focused on international affairs and the promotion of peace, with particular emphasis on health care, education and immigration. “Thank you, thank you,” Trump told Francis as they shook hands after the meeting. “I won’t forget what you said.” Trump has said climate change might be a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. 
READ MORE https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-24/pope-gives-trump-book-on-protecting-environment-at-vatican-talks


New Madrid Awakening? Quake Swarm Happening In Missouri Following Quake in Ohio
MAY 24, 2017
According to earlier reports, A Magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck about a mile south of McArthur in Vinton County, southeast Ohio. The epicenter was just off State Route 93. And now New reports indicate that a series of smaller quakes have been rattling Missouri along the New Madrid Seismic Zone.  6 earthquakes started rattling near Lilbourn, Missouri along the New Madrid Seismic Zone – M2.3, M0.9, M2.0, M1.6, M0.9. Ohio is on the periphery of the New
Madrid Seismic Zone, an area in Missouri and adjacent states that was the site of the largest earthquake sequence to occur in historical times in the continental United States. The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811–12 were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.5–7.9 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day. They remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the contiguous United States east of the Rocky Mountains in recorded history.
http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/earthquake-ohio-before-series-quakes-rattle-missouri-new-madrid-seismic-zone.html

Earthquake reported in southeastern Ohio
MAY 24, 2017
An earthquake has been reported in southeast Ohio.  According to the United States Geological Survey website, the quake happened about a mile south of McArthur in Vinton County. The epicenter was just off State Route 93.  The USGS says it
was a 3.4 magnitude earthquake. USGS categorized the earthquake as a “IV” which means light shaking was felt. The quake was reported just after noon Wednesday.  WSAZ has reached out to the Vinton Sheriff’s Office and McArthur Police Department who says they haven’t received any reports of damage. 
READ MORE http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Earthquake-reported-in-southeastern-Ohio-424099044.html

DEVELOPING: Mysterious Tremors Felt Across the Pacific….
MAY 24, 2017
For decades, a mysterious series of earthquakes has rocked the Pacific, although the source has remained a mystery. Now, researchers believe they may have found a new layer of tectonic plates within the Earth’s mantle that could explain the quakes.  While the results are preliminary, if they are verified, they could help scientists to reconstruct the layout of the Earth’s surface millions of years ago.
Previous studies have shown that as continents move over the surface of the planet, they tear ocean floors apart, with magma from the mantle filling the gap.  And as tectonic plates meet, the oceanic plates are driven down into the mantle, in a process known as subduction.  According to The Guardian, researchers from the University of Houston have presented early evidence of plate tectonics within the mantle. 
READ MORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4536720/Scientists-discover-EXTRA-layer-plate-tectonics.html


http://westkentuckystar.com/News/Local-Regional/Western-Kentucky/3-2-Magnitude-Quake-Hits-Near-Bardwell.aspx
Earthquake Shakes Up Residents in Bardwell, KY – 3rd Quake on New Madrid In 7 Days –
These quakes are following another series of Quakes all centered around the new Madrid fault as well.  The ground shook across portions of at least three states, back on may 17th, after a magnitude 3.2 quake struck directly underneath the Mississippi River just west of Bardwell. The USGS says the quake happened at 5:20 am, Tuesday.  Within minutes of the ground shaking, residents of western Kentucky began logging on to the USGS website and registering they felt the quake.
http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/earthquake-shakes-up-residents-in-bardwell-ky-3rd-quake-on-new-madrid-in-7-days/

This Scientist’s Doomsday Earthquake Scenarios Will Terrify You
MAY 24, 2017
It’s 102 degrees, just north of Palm Springs. White wind turbines, two stories high, dot the desert landscape all of the way to the base of snowcapped mountains in the distance. Seismologist and earthquake expert Lucy Jones is standing on a small hill looking south, towards California’s most consequential fault: the San Andreas. It runs nearly the length of the state, from the Salton Sea to near Mendocino. From where we’re standing, the only evidence of the fault are slight

indentations in the earth, snaking through the landscape. There are rocks and soil that’ve been moved by years of tectonic plates shifting below us.  Jones is surrounded by scrub brush and government officials from across Southern California. She’s brought them to bake in the desert sun to convince them that they need to do more to get ready for “the big one.” “If you are in the Coachella Valley, don’t plan on getting to L.A. anytime after the earthquake, unless you have some way of flying,” she warns. 
READ MORE https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/22/this-scientists-doomsday-earthquake-scenarios-will-terrify-you-and-thats-the-point/

Texas Democrat Crafting ‘Articles of Impeachment’ Against Trump
MAY 24, 2017
The Democrat who took to the House floor to call for President Trump’s impeachment said he is moving forward in the process.  Congressman Al Green (D-Texas) said on C-SPAN that every member of Congress has the right to draft articles of impeachment.  He said such documents must be heard during official House business within two days.  “I am currently
crafting – drafting if you will – articles of impeachment,” Green said.  Green said Trump committed obstruction of justice by firing FBI Director James Comey in the midst of the Russia investigation.  He added that Trump further incriminated himself by tweeting “intimidating language” about Comey. “This is not about Republicans, this is about the Republic,” Green said. READ MORE http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/23/donald-trump-impeachment-obstruction-justice-james-comey-russia-al-green

‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across the United States
MAY 23, 2017
Over the past nine months, the number of US cases of an emerging, multi-drug resistant fungus has ballooned from 7 to more than 122. What’s more, the fungus, Candida auris, seems to be spreading, according to a field report the Centers for Disease Control released Thursday.  So-called ‘superbugs’ usually reference bacteria that are especially hard to kill, having evolved resistance to multiple antibiotics. Superbugs have become a major problem, with some bacteria evolving

resistance to so many drugs there is no longer a readily available way to kill them. To stave off an antibiotic apocalypse, we may eventually need to discover lots of new drugs, or alternatemethods of vanquishing these tough critters. Like those bacteria, C. auris appears to have evolved resistance to multiple drugs. It causes severe illness and has a high-mortality rate, especially among high-risk, hospitalized patients. 
READ MOREhttps://gizmodo.com/a-superbug-fungus-is-spreading-across-the-us-1795377592

Pope Francis and Donald Trump Set to Meet this Wednesday
MAY 23, 2017
When President Donald Trump visits Pope Francis on Wednesday, at the halfway point of a trip the White House has cast as a pilgrimage of peace, the two leaders will have a chance to reset an acrimonious public relationship.  Yet the two men, famously divided on the pope’s signature issues of migration and climate change, could struggle to find significant areas of agreement.  As of last week, representatives of the White House and the Vatican working on the agenda for the meeting
had found few common policy priorities, according to someone familiar with the preparations. Vatican meetings between pontiffs and heads of state are more stagecraft than hard-nosed politics. Wednesday’s meeting carries extra weight given the public sparring match last year, when the pope said Mr. Trump’s opposition to migration made him “not Christian,” and Mr. Trump shot back that questioning his faith was “disgraceful.” 
READ MORE https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-donald-trump-to-seek-common-ground-at-vatican-1495531805


5,000 Troops Deployed Into Streets Of Britain
MAY 23, 2017
Troops are to be deployed onto Britain’s streets amid fears a further terror attack ‘may be imminent’.  Theresa May announced the move this evening, less than 24 hours after the bomb attack at a teen concert in Manchester, which left 22 dead and 59 injured.  The Prime Minister confirmed the identity of the Manchester suicide bomber as 22-year-old British

Libyan Salman Abedi.  But intelligence agencies fear he may not have acted alone – leaving open the possibility of an active Islamist terror cell on the loose.    Britain’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre last night raised the terror threat level to ‘critical’, its highest level.   The threat level has only been raised to ‘critical’ twice since the system was introduced in August 1, 2006.   It came after the worst UK atrocity since 2005, when a nail bomber murdered 22 concert-goers as young as eight at an Ariana Grande concert. 
READ MORE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4535388/PM-says-terror-threat-level-critical.html


UK Terror Threat Level Raised to Critical – More Attacks May Be Imminent
MAY 23, 2017
The UK terror threat level has been raised to its highest level of “critical”, meaning further attacks may be imminent, Theresa May has said.  The move came after investigators were unable to rule out whether Manchester bombing suspect Salman Abedi acted alone, the prime minister said.  Military personnel will now be deployed to protect key sites.  Twenty-
two people were killed and 59 injured when a suicide bomber attacked Manchester Arena on Monday evening. The prime minister also confirmed the government had triggered “Operation Temperer”, a long-standing emergency plan to put soldiers into key public locations to support armed police in protecting the public. 
READ MORE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40023488

5 Reasons Why Trump’s Israel Trip Has Many Christians Cheering
MAY 23, 2017
President Trump’s historic trip to the Middle East has many on social media praising his decision to visit Israel on his first foreign trip as president.  For example, #Jerusalem has been trending on Twitter, with nearly 90,000 tweets about the city.   “Wow! #MyPresident is the FIRST sitting #POTUS to visit and pray at #Jerusalem’s #WesternWall!” wrote Just A Navy Wife @justanavywife.  Mrdjspaz wrote, “#Trump is the first US Sitting President to visit the Western Wall in #Jerusalem bringing with him a message of Peace #POTUSAbroad #MAGA.”   And David Weissman tweeted, @realDonaldTrump you always supported #Israel, this American supports you. I welcome you to my home of #Jerusalem.
1- During his speech at the Israel Museum Tuesday, President Trump pledged that his administration will always stand with Israel.
2- Throughout the speech, which received multiple standing ovations, Mr. Trump shared his heart for Israel and referenced themes related to faith and Christianity. 
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Heroic Homeless Man Rushed in to Help While Others Fled After Manchester Bombing
MAY 23, 2017
Sometimes, we look at our predicaments in life and wonder how in the world God could possibly use us to be a light in the world. Chris Parker is 33 and homeless. By his own account, he begs for money to make it through the day. It seems rather unlikely he would be the source of inspiration for a nation, maybe even the world, but often God uses the most unexpected people to stir our hearts.   Parker was begging for change in the foyer of the arena when the explosion went off, and he

described the scene to the Manchester Evening News: “Everyone was piling out, all happy and everything else. As people were coming out of the glass doors I heard a bang and within a split second I saw a white flash, then smoke and then I heard screaming. “It knocked me to the floor and then I got up and instead of running away my gut instinct was to run back and try and help. There was people lying on the floor everywhere. I saw a little girl. I wrapped her in one of the merchandise T-shirts and I said ‘where is your mum and daddy?’ She said ‘my dad is at work, my mum is up there’.”
 READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/05/23/a-heroic-homeless-man-rushed-in-to-help-while-others-fled-aided-and-comforted-women-and-children-after-manchester-bombing/


One Small Drink Of Alcohol Raises Risk Of Breast Cancer In Women
MAY 23, 2017
Ladies, put down that drink and put on your gym shoes. Scientists have known for a while now that alcohol is a carcinogen.  But what’s new, is how very little alcohol raises the risk of breast cancer.  Meanwhile, exercise, especially vigorous exercise, greatly reduces that risk.  When it comes to breast cancer, new research shows drinking just a tiny
amount significantly raises the risk.  According to to a report by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund  drinking just 10 grams of alcohol a day can increase the risk of breast cancer in older women (postmenopausal) by 9% and younger women (premenopausal) by 5%.  Ten grams is .35 ounces. A standard drink has 14 grams of alcohol.  Research shows more alcohol is even more damaging. 
READ MORE http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/health/2017/may/just-one-small-drink-increases-breast-cancer-risk

The Number Of Self-Employed Americans Is Lower Than It Was In 1990
MAY 24, 2017
(Reported By Michael Snyder) After eight long, bitter years under Obama, will things go better for entrepreneurs and small businesses now that Donald Trump is in the White House?  Once upon a time, America was the best place in the world for those that wanted to work for themselves.  Our free market capitalist system created an environment in which entrepreneurs and small businesses greatly thrived, but today they are being absolutely eviscerated by the control freak bureaucrats that dominate our political system.
Year after year, leftist politicians just keep piling on more rules, more regulations, more red tape and more taxes.  As a result, the number of self-employed Americans is now lower than it was in 1990… . In April 1990, 8.7 million Americans were self-employed, but today only 8.4 million Americans are self-employed. Of course our population has grown much, much larger since that time.  In 1990, there were 249 million people living in the United States, but today there are 321 million people living in this country. 
READ MORE http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/they-are-killing-small-business-the-number-of-self-employed-americans-is-lower-than-it-was-in-1990

Why the Date of Trump’s Visit to Israel Is Significant
MAY 24, 2017
(By Steve Strang) Sundown May 23 marks the beginning of “Jerusalem Day,” celebrated all over the world by Jews—the 50th anniversary of the day Jerusalem was reunified in 1967. President Donald Trump’s first overseas trip since becoming president included a visit to Israel on this historic day.  You probably have seen part or all of the speech he gave at the Israel Museum. Both he and Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke about the deep mutual support our nations have. President Trump also spoke about laying a wreath at Yad Vashem, the museum to the Holocaust, and mentioned how moved he felt to be able to pray at the Western Wall—the first sitting U.S. President to do so.  The Jim Bakker Show asked me to record a commentary about Trump’s visit to Israel that will air today on the show. I used that as a basis of a podcast (which you can listen to below) in which I talk about the significance of Donald Trump’s visit, the importance of America supporting Israel and my gratitude that we now have a president who is steadfast in his love for Israel. What a wonderful change of direction from our years under President Obama, who snubbed Prime Minister Netanyahu when he visited Washington, D.C., a couple of years ago. 
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Countries across the world tighten security after suicide bombing in Britain
MAY 23, 2017
Countries across the world will tighten security ahead of major cultural and sports events after a suicide bombing in Britain that killed at least 22 people, but experts say reinforced measures will do little to prevent determined individuals. Given the target being a Manchester pop concert, the latest attack to hit Europe had echoes of the coordinated attacks in November 2015 by Islamist militants on the Bataclan concert hall and France’s national soccer stadium that killed 130 people.
Since those attacks, France has been in a state of emergency and seen thousands of soldiers patrolling its streets alongside police to protect tourist sites, government buildings and events. That has not stopped a raft of attacks in the country, such as the truck attack in Nice on Bastille Day last July, by “lone-wolf” assailants who did not use a network of fellow militants — all lessening the risk of alerting security agencies.  
READ MORE http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-manchester-globalven-idUSKBN18J0N5?il=0


ISIS Warns That Manchester Attack Was Just the Beginning! – Vehicle Attacks Coming!
By Ricky Scaparo on May 23, 2017 12:31 pm
MAY 23, 2017
Vehicle attacks are being plotted on British streets in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing which killed 22 and injured 59, it has been claimed.  US singer Ariana Grande’s concert, packed with 21,000 fans and their parents, was struck by a suicide bomber at 10.35pm on Monday, killing scores.  Islamic State terrorists have not officially claimed
responsibility – but it has now emerged jihadi cheerleaders were tweeting about the arena four hours before the detonation.  Police revealed a lone male attacker detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in the foyer as children and their guardians left, singing and enjoying themselves. Unconfirmed reports suggest the device was packed with nails. Police, intelligence experts and analysts have scrambled to build a picture of the attacker’s movements over the last months. 
READ MORE http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/808203/Manchester-terror-attack-ISIS-Ariana-Grande-Suicide-bomber-UK-Attack

Manchester suicide bomber named by US officials
MAY 23, 2017
British authorities have identified the suicide bomb suspect as Salman Abedi, according to reports from US authorities. The attack on Monday night at Manchester Arena, which killed 22 people, including children, was carried out by a suicide bomber who died at the scene. Some 59 people were also injured in the blast. There has been no public or official confirmation of the attacker’s identity from the British authorities themselves, however.
Prime Minister Theresa May said earlier on Tuesday that authorities believed they knew the identity of the bomber. Islamic State has claimed one of its members was responsible, but those reports have not been verified. British police asked the media to hold off on publishing the attacker’s name. Several American news organizations including CBS and NBC ignored the request, however, citing anonymous US officials who leaked the details from their conversations with British authorities. READ MORE https://www.rt.com/uk/389383-arrest-manchester-terrorism-suspect/


Witches are Back and Trying to Curse President Trump
MAY 23, 2017
The following is an excerpt from the Los Angles Times: “I cast a spell on the president. I was not alone. Thousands of witches, believers and people like me all over the world performed “A Spell to Bind Donald Trump and All Those Who Abet Him” under the waning crescent moon last month. It was not meant to physically hurt him, only to keep him from succeeding at his tasks. Now he’s complaining he’s the object of a “witch hunt.” Maybe the spell is working. I heard about the incantation from the Oracle of Los Angeles.
I’m on her email list and the subject line “Bind Trump, not your breasts” caught my eye. The binding-spell movement started with an article on Medium posted by Michael M. Hughes, a writer and magician. I don’t believe in the devil, but I do believe our country has gone to hell, and I am willing to try anything to save us. But before I lighted my candles, I researched binding spells. I didn’t want to send bad vibes into the universe. There is enough evil in Washington already: Stephen K. Bannon, Stephen Miller, Jeff Sessions. 
READ MORE http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-wagman-put-a-spell-on-donald-trump-20170523-story.html
Potentially deadly tick-borne virus spreading across country

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Doctors are raising the alarm about a new and potentially deadly tick-borne illness spreading across the country.  It’s called the Powassan virus. It’s carried by the same tick that carries Lyme disease. If you’re going to spend any time outside this summer, doctors say you need to learn what to look for. Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise across the country. It’s not just a disease of certain regions anymore like it used to be a decade ago.
In Oregon, about 40 or 50 cases of Lyme disease annually have been reported for the last six years, according to the state Public Health Division. Throughout the early 1990s, there were only a handful of cases. Most cases now are diagnosed in summer months, the highest in June. In 2015, there were 120 cases of Lyme disease in dogs, the agency reported. According to the Georgia Department of Health, no cases of the Powassan virus have been reported in this state yet, but that could change soon, Dr. Taz Bhatia said. 
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Ebola Cases Continue to Rise In Congo
MAY 23, 2017
A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo during the most recent outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. The overall number of cases is now at 37 from 29. WHO’s Congo spokesman, Eugene Kabambi, told Reuters that of the 37 cases of hemorrhagic fever discovered since early May:

 Two have been confirmed as Ebola.
Three, including the latest death, are considered probable.
Thirty-two are suspected.
The WHO confirmed the Ebola outbreak earlier this month, the first in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2014.  Health authorities are monitoring 416 people who came into contact with sufferers and have dispatched mobile laboratories to the zone to more quickly test people who display symptoms, Kabambi said. 
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Christian University to Train Students in Work of Holy Spirit
MAY 23, 2017
At a time when Christian colleges and universities are under intense pressure, students at Biola University a private Christian school in Southern California, will soon be offered courses on how the Holy Spirit works in the world today.   “I believe this center will play a critical role in strengthening Biola University in the midst of the challenges we face in a rapidly changing, secularizing context,” said Biola University President, Barry H. Corey. “We need to tap into the Spirit’s
power in our own campus and celebrate His movement in the wider world. Christian higher education demands not just intellectual development but spiritual formation, not just rational inquiry but supernatural encounter.” According to the school’s website, the soon-to-be-established, “Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today,” READ MORE http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/may/we-need-to-tap-into-the-spirits-power-christian-university-to-train-students-in-work-of-holy-spirit

This Unlikely Alliance Has Prophetic Implications
By Ricky Scaparo on May 23, 2017 07:59 am
MAY 23, 2017
(By Kelly Mcdonald Jr) The association between India and Israel has been somewhat marred over the years. Iran and India have very strong economic transactions, which has hindered Israeli-Indian ties for obvious reasons. Iran strongly supports India, but Iran wants to nuke Israel. Despite this, the Israeli-Indian connection is steadily growing stronger. This has significant prophetic implications.  At first, the close relations between the two countries may seem unlikely. They have more in
common than you might think. Both countries are intensely focused on protection against radical Islam. Israel is surrounded by countries and terrorist organizations that are hostile to their existence. India has a Muslim population of 172 million, or 14.2 percent of its total. Both countries have a need for agricultural development, including irrigation technology.  Israel is now the third-largest supplier of arms to India, selling almost $1 billion in military hardware to the Asian state every year. Israeli companies have invested an estimated $100 billion in India over the last 16 years. 
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ON EDGE: 3,500 Potential Terrorists & 400 ISIS fighters Back from Syria in UK
By Ricky Scaparo on May 23, 2017 07:54 am
MAY 23, 2017
The number of potential terrorists being watched in the UK at the time of the Manchester bombing has swelled to nearly 3,500 – but our security services are using powers to monitor them LESS than they did a year ago, Express.co.uk can reveal.  Latest figures show the 3,000 potential terrorists monitored since 2015 has grown after the return of UK-born people who left to fight with ISIS.
About 400 ISIS-trained fighters are believed to have returned from war zones in Syria and Iraq.  Despite being on red alert for more attacks on home soil like last night’s Manchester bombing, new statistics show the number of arrests, stop and searches, and examinations of suspected terrorists at ports and airports dropped in 2016 on the levels seen in 2015. 
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PROPHECY WATCH: Majority of World’s Jews Will Soon Live in Israel, Ushering in New Prophetic Reality
MAY 23, 2017
As Israel’s population increases, manifesting God’s promise to Abraham, the scales are tipping and very soon the majority of the world’s Jews will be living in Israel. Not only does this in itself fulfill prophecy, it will bring about the conditions that Jewish law states are the prophesied Third Inheritance of Israel, creating a new, end-of-days reality in the Holy Land. When Abraham made a covenant with God, he was promised him that his offspring would be numerous as the stars.
And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them’; and He said unto him: ‘So shall thy seed be.’ Genesis 15:5
Technically, God’s promise has long been fulfilled, as most estimates place the number of visible stars by the naked eye in the night sky at approximately 9,000. However, this verse notes the blossoming of Abraham’s offspring as a sign of God’s covenant, a sign clearly making itself evident in the modern State of Israel. 
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Jewish Mystics Hope Trump Visit Will Be instrumental For Building of “Third Temple”
MAY 23, 2017
Donald Trump’s transformation from real estate mogul and reality TV star to president reads like a strange American fairytale. Dogged by controversy, with no political experience, Trump is now the most powerful person in the world. To some, his triumph was so unlikely that there was only one way to explain in — God played a part. Some mystically-inclined
Jews see Trump as a sort of divine instrument. Within Israel’s controversial Temple Mount movement, which seeks to build the Third Temple in the center of Jerusalem’s Old City, Trump has found vocal advocates who see him not simply as a political ally, but as something more. “President Trump can choose to be a part of a process to bring the Messiah,” Rabbi Hillel Weiss told Breaking Israel News, a religious website in Israel. Now, with Trump’s visit to Israel Monday, members of the Temple Mount movement are hoping that Trump will endorse their project.  
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Distant Star In Space Begins Flashing Again Leaving Scientists Baffled
MAY 22, 2017
A Distant star has begun exhibiting the same strange behavior which led astronomers to suggest an “alien megastructure” is orbiting it.  Tabby’s Star first attracted the world’s attention last year when stargazers suggested the distinctive “blinking” of its light was caused by a gigantic spaceship passing in front of it.  Now the star is blinking again and
astronomers have trained their telescopes on it in the hope of finally cracking the mystery.  It’s also been suggested the behavior could be caused by comets passing in front of the star, which has the scientific name KIC 8462852 and is about 1,300 light years from Earth.  Jason Wright, the man who first suggested Tabby’s Star was home to an alien megastructure, sent out a tweet calling on fellow astronomers to point their telescopes at the star. 
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Conservative ‘Last Man Standing’ Star Tim Allen Compares Hollywood to Nazi Germany
MAY 23, 2017
Tim Allen, conservative actor and star of the recently canceled television series “Last Man Standing,” compared Hollywood to Nazi Germany due to what he says is an intolerant liberal bias.  In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel last Friday, Allen explained that “you’ve gotta be real careful” in Hollywood when espousing a conservative viewpoint. “You get beat up if you don’t believe what everybody believes. This is like ’30s Germany,” said Allen, as reported by Deadline

Hollywood.  “I don’t know what happened. If you’re not part of the group, ‘You know what we believe is right,’ I go, ‘Well, I might have a problem with that.’ I’m a comedian, I like going on both sides.”Famous for having the lead role in the 1990s series “Home Improvement,” Allen’s comments come not long after his latest television program was canceled after six seasons.  Last week, ABC announced that they canceled “Last Man Standing” though it was a steady performer in the ratings. The program was generally viewed as having a conservative message to its content.
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School Cancels 8th Grader’s Faith-Based Graduation Speech, Neighbor Offers Yard Instead
MAY 23, 2017
An Illinois school district is under fire for prohibiting an eighth grader from delivering a speech at graduation due to its religious content. Instead, Seth Clark, salutatorian at Akin Grade School in southern Illinois, made his remarks in front of several dozen classmates and supporters on a neighbor’s lawn across the street from the school. According to WSIL News 3, the controversy began earlier this month after Clark submitted his speech, which included Bible verses and a prayer, to
administrators for review and was told he could not deliver it as written. In a prepared statement, Akin superintendent and principal Kelly Clark argued that while the religious beliefs of students are respected, they cannot be part of a public school ceremony. “While students are welcome to pray or pursue their faith without disrupting school or infringing upon the rights of others, the United States Constitution prohibits the school district from incorporating such activities as part of school-sponsored events, and when the context causes a captive audience to listen or compels other students to participate,” the principal said.  
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Donald Trump warns that Iran must never be allowed nuclear weapons
MAY 23, 2017
Donald Trump began his visit to Israel today by warning of the threat posed by Iran if it acquires nuclear weapons.  The President said the risk was so great other Arab nations are finding themselves siding with the Jewish state.  Iran has spent years building a nuclear program with the goal of producing a weapon capable of reaching Israel.  President Trump stood
beside Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jersualem today as he said: “Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon.”  He said Iran must also ‘cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias’.  Following his arrival today President Trump indicated he hoped the common goal of preventing Tehran from building a nuclear capability would help unite Israel and Palestine. 
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Extremely Rare, 90-pound opah fish caught off Southern California coast
MAY 23, 2017
Shawn Steward of Oxnard had a “once in a lifetime catch” aboard the Aloha Spirit at Anacapa Island last week. While sight fishing for white sea bass, Steward caught a caught a 90-pound opah, a brightly-colored sunfish-shaped fish rare to this area.”Catching an opah anywhere is a prize but to catch one here at the Channel Islands is a once in a lifetime catch,” said Mike Thompson of Channel Islands Sportsfishing. Thompson called it an “extremely rare” and “highly desired” catch that
is “a true rarity here at the Channel Islands.” “This fish is rare anywhere and as far as we know the first one ever brought to the docks at Cisco’s,” Thompson said. “An Opah is a very unique and vibrantly colored fish usually caught far south of here. “They are an extremely good eating fish that yields several grades of meat ranging from dark red, almost tuna like coloring, to flaky white meat like you would find in a halibut. 
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Scientists able to photograph people in 3D through walls using Wi-Fi
MAY 23, 2017
Wi-Fi can pass through walls.  This fact is easy to take for granted, yet it’s the reason we can surf the web using a wireless router located in another room.  But not all of that microwave radiation makes it to (or from) our phones, tablets, and laptops. Routers scatter and bounce their signal off objects, illuminating our homes and offices like invisible light bulbs. Now, German scientists have found a way to exploit this property to take holograms, or 3D photographs, of objects inside a room — from outside it.
“It can basically scan a room with someone’s Wi-Fi transmission,” Philipp Holl, a 23-year-old undergraduate physics student at the Technical University of Munich, told Business Insider.  Holl initially built the device as part of his bachelor thesis with the help of his academic supervisor, Friedemann Reinhard. The two later submitted a study about their technique to the journal Physical Review Letters, which published their paper in early May. 
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LEAK: Trump separately asked two top intelligence officials to publicly deny collusion with Russia…
MAY 23, 2017
President Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials. Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael

S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election. Coats and Rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to two current and two former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private communications with the president. 
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Trump: ‘We love Israel, we respect Israel, we are with you’
MAY 22, 2017
Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport Monday afternoon, marking the beginning of President Donald Trump’s first state visit to Israel.  The president was greeted on the tarmac by President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Ambassadors David Friedman and Ron Dermer, and members of the Israeli cabinet.  After his arrival, President Trump addressed the gathering of Israeli officials and top IDF brass, calling Israel “one of the world’s
great civilizations” and pledging to fight terrorism in the region and across the globe.  “Thank you, and Shalom. It is wonderful to be here in Israel. President Rivlin, Mrs. Rivlin, Prime Minster Netanyahu, Mrs. Netanyahu, thank you very much. I’m deeply grateful for your invitation, and very, very honored to be with you.  “On my first trip overseas as president, I have come to this sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States and the State of Israel. READ MORE http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/229995

Internet Freaks Out Over Trump and King Salman Placing Hands on Glowing Orb
MAY 23, 2017
Saudi Arabia rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump on his inaugural overseas trip, but a moment involving a glowing orb had observers scratching their heads.  Trump attended the opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology on Sunday alongside his host, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, reported the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
As the lights dimmed, the three leaders officially “activated” the new center by placing their hands on an illuminated globe as a four-minute introduction video displayed on large screens behind them, according to local media. At the center of the facility, massive screens monitor and display real-time online extremist activity while over 200 data analysts work on individual desktops nearby, the Saudi Gazette reported. 
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DEVELOPING: 20+ Dead At Grande Gig Explosion in England
MAY 22, 2017
At least 20 people were killed and possibly “hundreds” of others were injured after one or more loud bangs were heard Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England, multiple law enforcement told NBC News. Law enforcement sources in both Britain and the United States told NBC News there were possibly two explosions. There
was no immediate information on what kind of explosions occurred, and the sources stressed that the information was preliminary and subject to change.  Greater Manchester Police said only that there were “a number of confirmed fatalities and injuries” as hundreds of fans fled the arena. Emergency crews rushed to the scene after the possible blasts, which were first reported about 10:40 p.m. (5:40 p.m. ET).  New York City counterterrorism police said they were monitoring developments. 
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When Revival Puts Hell Out Of Business!
MAY 22, 2017
(by Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we will show you how a true authentic revival and move of god will always shake up regions and shut down corruption and businesses that are operating under the influence of darkness and not light! For the full message click on the video below:
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Heroic Homeless Man Rushed in to Help While Others Fled After Manchester Bombing
MAY 23, 2017
Sometimes, we look at our predicaments in life and wonder how in the world God could possibly use us to be a light in the world. Chris Parker is 33 and homeless. By his own account, he begs for money to make it through the day. It seems rather unlikely he would be the source of inspiration for a nation, maybe even the world, but often God uses the most unexpected people to stir our hearts.   Parker was begging for change in the foyer of the arena when the explosion went off, and he
described the scene to the Manchester Evening News: “Everyone was piling out, all happy and everything else. As people were coming out of the glass doors I heard a bang and within a split second I saw a white flash, then smoke and then I heard screaming. “It knocked me to the floor and then I got up and instead of running away my gut instinct was to run back and try and help. There was people lying on the floor everywhere. I saw a little girl. I wrapped her in one of the merchandise T-shirts and I said ‘where is your mum and daddy?’ She said ‘my dad is at work, my mum is up there’.” 
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ISIS Warns That Manchester Attack Was Just the Beginning! – Vehicle Attacks Coming!
MAY 23, 2017
Vehicle attacks are being plotted on British streets in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing which killed 22 and injured 59, it has been claimed.  US singer Ariana Grande’s concert, packed with 21,000 fans and their parents, was struck by a suicide bomber at 10.35pm on Monday, killing scores.  Islamic State terrorists have not officially claimed
responsibility – but it has now emerged jihadi cheerleaders were tweeting about the arena four hours before the detonation.  Police revealed a lone male attacker detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in the foyer as children and their guardians left, singing and enjoying themselves. Unconfirmed reports suggest the device was packed with nails. Police, intelligence experts and analysts have scrambled to build a picture of the attacker’s movements over the last months. 
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DAYS OF LOT: Huge Surge In Demand of US “Transgender Surgeries”
MAY 22, 2017
The first ever data on gender reassignment surgeries in the United States shows demand is skyrocketing. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons found a nearly 20 percent increase in vaginoplasties, phalloplasties, top surgery and contouring operations in just the first year of reporting.  In 2016, more than 3,200 surgeries were performed to help transgender patients feel more like themselves. Surgeons in the field claim that figure is a conservative estimate – and
would likely three times higher if all hospitals had a uniform way of documenting such surgeries. And they believe celebrity transitions have been a driving force in this shift.‘It’s only in the last couple of years that we’ve seen this dramatic increase in demand for procedures, it’s certainly a subject that’s more talked about,’ Dr Loren Schechter a board-certified plastic surgeon who’s been practicing gender-reassignment surgery for two decades, told Daily Mail Online. 
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Selena Gomez Pours Out Her Heart to God
MAY 22, 2017
Pop star Selena Gomez surprised the world when she opened for Hillsong Church’s Young & Free Revival Concert in Los Angeles in February with a worship song she’d written herself.  When performing her song “Nobody,” the 23-year-old
shared with concert-goers what it meant for her to be there.  “It’s about a relationship that is greater than anything, guaranteed,” she said, according to Billboard. On Instagram, Gomez wrote of the experience that she was “grateful for His grace and understanding.” 
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US Pastor Describes Destruction of Christian City in Iraq as “Armageddon”
MAY 22, 2017
With churches destroyed and desecrated, crosses distorted, and Jesus statues beheaded by ISIS, it looks as if “Armageddon” happened in Qaraqosh, said a U.S. pastor who recently visited the formerly thriving Christian city in Iraq’s Nineveh Plain. “One would have thought Armageddon had already taken place,” Pastor William Devlin of Infinity Bible
Church in the Bronx, New York, and president of REDEEM, which provides funds to persecuted people across the world, told The Christian Post late last week. Devlin, who saw firsthand the devastation earlier this month, recounted:
“Stately stone homes, thousands of them burned by the Islamic State beginning in August 2014 and continuing through October 2016; every business gutted, its metal drop down doors, each littered with Arabic graffiti 
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Being Tempted Isn’t Sin—Surrendering to It Is
MAY 22, 2017
(By Shane Idleman) “When the devil had ended all the temptations, he departed from Him until another time” (Luke 4:13).
One simple story illustrates an example of an opportune time, “Alexander was trying to save all the pennies that he could in order to buy a baseball bat. But he had a hard struggle. One night when he was saying his prayers, his mother heard him say fervently, ‘O Lord, please help me save my money for a baseball bat. And, God, don’t let the ice cream man come down this street anymore!'” Isn’t that true of temptation? It takes from us, while at the same time, it looks so appealing.
Commentator Klyne Snodgrass states it well, “Mention of the ‘schemes’ of the devil reminds us of the trickery by which evil and temptation present themselves in our lives. Evil rarely looks evil until it accomplishes its goal; it gains entrance by appearing attractive, desirable and perfectly legitimate. It is a baited and camouflaged trap.” 
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President Trump Just Did Something No Other President Has Done Before
MAY 22, 2017
President Donald Trump made even more history during his first overseas trip by becoming the first sitting U.S. president to ever visit the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. During the visit, the met with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of
the Western Wall, as well as archeologists and historians who are working at the site. Following a brief presentation about the historical and biblical significance of the Western Wall, the president prayed at the wall and, as is tradition, placed a handwritten prayer inside the wall. 
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California to roll out earthquake early warning system…
MAY 22, 2017
California will likely roll out a limited public earthquake early warning system sometime next year, researchers building the network say.  New earthquake sensing stations are being installed in the ground, software is being improved, and operators are being hired to make sure the system is properly staffed, Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson said at a joint
meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union. The new sensor stations are particularly important for rural Northern California, where gaps in the network have put San Francisco at risk for a slower alert if an earthquake begins on the San Andreas fault near the Oregon border and barrels down to the city. Last summer, California lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown approved $10 million for the earthquake early warning system. 
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Egyptian President Says Trump ‘Capable of Doing Impossible’…
MAY 22, 2017
President Trump is continuing to defy his detractors at home by wooing more world leaders in the Middle East.  During a Sunday meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sisi told the American president that he is “capable of doing the impossible.”  “Mr. President, let me express our appreciation and respect,” Sisi said
through a translator.  “Let me say that you have a unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible.” Trump laughed and replied, “That’s very interesting…I agree.”  CNN White House reporter Jeremy Diamond characterized the meeting between the two as “a buddy comedy routine.”  Meanwhile, on Monday, Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. 
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President Trump and his wife landed in Israel and were welcomed by Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, but for a moment they forgot what they were supposed to do. 
Trump told Sarah Netanyahu, "Let's go honey" Then the prime minister told him, "They have all these protocols, we never know what it is." 
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Is the American Church Vulnerable to Fake Revival?
MAY 22, 2017
(By Eddie Hyatt) There have been great revivals without great preaching. There have been great revivals without great singing. But there has never been a great revival without great praying.  Jonathan Edwards, the pastor and theologian of the Great Awakening in New England, was not a great preacher. In fact, most people reading this essay would not cross the street to hear him preach.
The Key to the Great Awakening
Edwards would write out his sermons word for word and then stand stationary behind the pulpit and read them without moving or making any physical gestures. Being nearsighted, he held the manuscript close to his face and read in a monotone voice, never raising or lowering his voice.  When he read his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” at the Congregational Church in Enfield, Connecticut, there was no praise band, gospel choir or worship team to stir the crowd. Yet, as he began reading his sermon, the Holy Spirit was poured out in great power. Hell was made so real that Edwards’ voice was drowned out as the people cried out to God for mercy and salvation (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 82-83).
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800 Churches and Synagogues Defy Immigration Crackdown…
MAY 22, 2017
There is a peaceful rebellion growing against federal immigration law and the interpretation of that law by the Trump administration. More than 800 houses of worship across the country have volunteered to shelter illegal immigrants and their families who face deportation — daring federal agents to step through their stained-glass doors. The churches and
synagogues are joining more than 600 cities and counties that have declared themselves sanctuaries—ordering their police not to detain people if it’s only because of their immigration status. In no other venue of the law has so much of the nation stood in defiance of Washington. Philadelphia’s Arch Street Methodist Church was built by Abraham Lincoln’s favorite minister.  Rev. Robin Hynicka: We are a sanctuary church. And a 155 years later, Reverend Robin Hynicka is on the same chapter and verse.  
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‘World’s first Robocop’ hits the streets…
MAY 22, 2017
The “world’s first operational Robocop” has been unveiled in Dubai as part of the emirate’s planned robot police force. Robocop started work on Sunday and is already making a name for itself.  At 5ft 5in tall and weighing 100kg, it can speak six languages and is designed to read facial expressions.  It had an easy start to working life, being unveiled at the three-day long Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference.  But when the Expo draws to a close tomorrow, it will be

released into the wider world and tackle real life issues.  The machine has a built-in tablet so people can use it pay fines or report crimes, and can also transmit and receive messages from police headquarters. Brigadier-General Khalid Nasser Al Razzouqi, Director-General of Smart Services with the Dubai Police said: “The launch of the world’s first operational Robocop is a significant milestone for the Emirate and a step towards realizing Dubai’s vision to be a global leader in smart cities technology adoption. 
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Intercessors, Arise—The Magog Invasion May Be Closer Than You Think
MAY 23, 2017
(By Dave Williams) The award-winning singer and songwriter Stephen Marshall said something to me years ago that has stuck in my mind. He said, “A 150-watt light bulb can light a room, but a 150-watt laser can cut through 1½ inches of steel.”  That is the power of focus. Both the light bulb and the laser use the same amount of energy, but the focused laser can rip through steel strongholds. The same is true in prayer. Unfocused prayer may light you up, but focused prayer will split and help demolish spiritual strongholds and enemy bastions in our nation.
This is—right now—the most critical hour to focus on intercession for our country and the world. The stage is being set in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the world for prophetic events that may soon transpire on the earth according to biblical prophecies. The situations today in North Korea, Syria, Iran and Turkey scream out to intercessors, calling them to their duty stations. 
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Exotic Animals Could Go Extinct Within Months.
MAY 22, 2017
Some of the world’s most exotic animals could be extinct within months, conservationists have warned, with future generations growing up in a world without many of the species that are alive today.  The WWF claims that some animals, such as the vaquita porpoise, could be wiped out in the next few months, while others have only decades left at best.  Some
would now be extinct had zoos not provided a ‘Noahs Ark’ from which to reestablish populations. Habitat loss, poaching, hunting and disease are pushing many species to the brink to such an extent that the world has now entered a sixth mass extinction.  More than 23,000 species are on the IUCN Red List threatened with extinction, including 41 per cent of the world’s amphibians, 25 per cent of mammals and 13 per cent of birds.  
READ MORE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/05/20/vanishing-animals-future-generations-will-never-see/

The Tens Of Millions Of Forgotten Americans That The U.S. Economy Has Left Behind
MAY 22, 2017
(Reported By Michael Snyder) The evidence that the middle class in America is dying continues to mount.  As you will see below, nearly half the country would be unable “to cover an unexpected $400 expense”, and about two-thirds of the population lives paycheck to paycheck at least part of the time.  Of course the economy has not been doing that well overall in recent years.  Barack Obama was the only president in all of U.S. history not to have a single year when the economy grew by at least 3 percent,
and U.S. GDP growth during the first quarter of 2017 was an anemic 0.7 percent.  During the Obama era, it is true that wealthy enclaves in New York, northern California and Washington D.C. did thrive, but meanwhile most of the rest of the country has been left behind. Today, there are approximately 205 million working age Americans, and close to half of them have no financial cushion whatsoever.  
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Christian Pastor’s Home, Church Burned Down in Southern India
MAY 22, 2017
Hindu nationalists in southern India burned down a church and the home of its pastor after some high “caste” Hindus converted to Christianity and joined the church. Pastor John Muller and his pregnant wife found their church building and adjoining home in Attipattu village in Tamil Nadu state’s Cuddalore District burnt down after they came home from a
nearby store, according to Morning Star News.  “Recently, some villagers belonging to Vanniyar, a caste-based Hindu sect, came to Christ,” Pastor Muller was quoted as saying. “The same caste group opposes conversions in the village because they treat Christianity as a religion of lower castes. They don’t want anyone from Vanniyar to convert to Christianity.”
 READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-pastors-home-church-burned-down-southern-india-184382/
MAY 22, 2017
Hindu nationalists in southern India burned down a church and the home of its pastor after some high “caste” Hindus converted to Christianity and joined the church. Pastor John Muller and his pregnant wife found their church building and adjoining home in Attipattu village in Tamil Nadu state’s Cuddalore District burnt down after they came home from a
nearby store, according to Morning Star News.  “Recently, some villagers belonging to Vanniyar, a caste-based Hindu sect, came to Christ,” Pastor Muller was quoted as saying. “The same caste group opposes conversions in the village because they treat Christianity as a religion of lower castes. They don’t want anyone from Vanniyar to convert to Christianity.” 
READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-pastors-home-church-burned-down-southern-india-184382/

Scientists Report Largest Wave Ever Recorded in the Southern Ocean – Higher Waves Could Follow
MAY 21, 2017
A giant wave south of New Zealand earlier this weekend was the biggest ever recorded by a buoy in the Southern Hemisphere – and scientists expect even higher waves to follow over winter.  The 19.4-metre wave – higher than a five-storey building – was captured by a newly-deployed buoy in the Southern Ocean on Saturday morning.  Waves in the
area are among the biggest in the world, and researchers say this one “isn’t as big as it gets”.”There’s a possibility we’ll get something even bigger, and we are starting to get towards the biggest waves ever measured anywhere,” says David Johnson, the technical director of MetOcean, which partnered with the New Zealand Defence Force to deploy the buoy in February. 
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DEVELOPING: Ongoing Earthquake swarm continues shaking near Bremerton
MAY 21, 2017
Scientists say hundreds of tiny earthquakes have rumbled through the Bremerton area since the start of May— most too weak for humans to feel.  How long the shaking will continue is anyone’s guess . “Sometimes these swarms last years, sometimes they’re over in an hour,” Pacific Northwest Seismic Network Director John Vidale said Thursday.  The chances
of a significant earthquake still remain low.  “The overwhelming odds are there is nothing damaging in our near future,” Vidale said.  Though disconcerting to some residents, seismologists hope the ongoing earthquake swarm, centered between East Bremerton and Bainbridge Island, will reveal new information about the orientation of fault lines running beneath central Puget Sound.
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Twitter co-founder apologizes for helping elect Trump
MAY 21, 2017
The co-founder of Twitter apologized Saturday for the social media platform’s role in Donald Trump’s rise to the White House.  In an interview with the New York Times, Evan Williams said that he recently learned that President Trump said he believes Twitter put him in the White house.  “It’s a very bad thing, Twitter’s role in that,” he said. “If it’s true that he wouldn’t be president if it weren’t for Twitter, then yeah, I’m sorry.”
The White House did not respond to a request for a comment on Williams’ statement, the Times reported. The 45-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur criticized the internet for rewarding extremes calling it “broken.” Williams said that he was wrong for thinking that the world would be a better place if there was a platform for everyone to freely speak and exchange ideas.  READ MORE  http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/05/21/twitter-co-founder-apologizes-for-helping-elect-trump.html

HOUSE DIVIDED: New Barna Study Examines Which Christians Fight Online
MAY 21, 2017
Verbal fights on the Internet are common, be it comment sections or social media posts. Do Christians also fight online? Does one denomination argue more than the others? And why? To answer these questions, the Barna Group conducted a survey, and here’s what it discovered.  When U.S. adults were asked if they ever get in arguments on social media, 55 percent said never, 24 percent said it’s a rare occurrence, and only 21 percent said
they argue online at least sometimes, the study says. But what about Christians?  Among practicing Catholics, 16 percent admit they frequently argue on social media — the highest percentage of any faith segment, Barna says.  Practicing Protestants, on the other hand, are fairly conflict-averse, with six in 10 saying they never have this experience, compared to 41 percent of practicing Catholics, says Barna, and adds, “Evangelicals often seem to be caught in the crosshairs of internet controversy, with recent debates covering everything from the Benedict Option to the rules of the blogosphere. Still, they claim to mostly bite their tongue; seven in 10 evangelicals (70 percent) say they never argue on social media.
” READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/barna-study-christians-fight-online-184380/


Comey now believes that Trump tried to influence his judgment about the Russia probe
MAY 22, 2017
Former FBI Director James Comey now believes that President Donald Trump was trying to influence his judgment about the Russia probe, a person familiar with his thinking says, but whether that influence amounts to obstruction of justice remains an open question.  “You have to have intent in order to obstruct justice in the criminal sense,” the source said,
adding that “intent is hard to prove.”  Comey will testify publicly before the Senate intelligence committee after Memorial Day, the panel’s leaders announced Friday.  The central question at that blockbuster hearing will be whether Comey believed the President was trying to interfere with his investigation.  At a news conference Thursday, Trump angrily denied that he had asked Comey to end the investigation, which is now in the hands of new special counsel Robert Mueller. READ MORE http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/james-comey-trump-influence/index.html 

Chris Pratt Just Took a Very Public Stand for the Bible
MAY 21, 2017
A superstar on and off the big screen known for freely sharing his love for Jesus Christ, Chris Pratt took a very public stand for the Bible last Tuesday on his Instagram account following a visit to a London children’s hospital.  According to E Online, Pratt and his “Jurassic World 2” co-star Bryce Dallas Howard took a break from filming Universal Pictures’ newest
installment in the series to visit the kids at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children’s Charity. After bidding farewell to the kids, Pratt shared photos and a faith-filled message with his followers.  “Bryce and I had the tremendous pleasure of spending some time with our new buddy Elle and a few other patients at Great Ormand Street Children’s Hospital in London,” wrote Pratt, who wore a Marvel cap in the accompanying image. 
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NYT Warns Of Global Warming Floods Of “Biblical Proportions”
MAY 21, 2017
The New York Times has taken warnings about global warming to a whole new level, publishing a three-part series suggesting a “potential apocalypse” from melting ice sheets if humans keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. “If that ice sheet were to disintegrate, it could raise the level of the sea by more than 160 feet — a potential apocalypse, depending on exactly how fast it happened,” NYT reporter Justin Gillis wrote of what some scientists predict could happen to Antarctica.
Gillis points to recent research suggesting “the collapse of the ice sheet will become inevitable,” likening the projected 160-foot sea-level rise to flood stories from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Bible’s Old Testament. “In the Epic of Gilgamesh, waters so overwhelm the mortals that the gods grow frightened, too,” Gillis wrote, “In India’s version, Lord Vishnu warns a man to take refuge in a boat, carrying seeds. In the Bible, God orders Noah to carry two of every living creature on his ark.” READ MORE http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/nyt-warns-global-warming-floods-biblical-proportions/

Secular Group Forces Michigan School District to End Students’ Off Campus Bible Study
MAY 21, 2017
A school district in Michigan has canceled a Bible course offered at a church during students’ lunchtime hour, prompting outcry from local parents.  Fremont Public Schools recently put an end to the Release Time Bible Study program offered at Pathfinder Elementary School and Daisy Brook Elementary School.  Fremont Superintendent Ken Haggart provided comments to The Christian Post on Friday explaining that the class had been offered for about 10 years.
Haggart noted that the Michigan Association of Civil Rights Activists first protested the class two years ago when it was being held on school grounds. “It was being run on campus, and at that time we learned that it needed to be run off campus and transportation taken care of by parents and local churches,” said Haggart. “About a week ago, we were again contacted by MACRA and told that someone had filed a complaint about the fliers that were given to parents announcing the Release Time programming, and the distribution process used to deliver the fliers.” 
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Russia is Buying up more of America’s Debt.
MAY 21, 2017
In March, the country bought $13.5 billion of US government bonds — better known as “Treasury securities.” Russia’s total holdings of US debt have now increased to nearly $100 billion, according to recently released Treasury Department data.  It’s the third straight month of buying from Russia.  A key reason is that Russia is restocking its foreign reserves,
which declined dramatically when oil prices crashed last year to their lowers level since 2003.  Foreign reserves are the cushion a country builds up to weather a rainy day. When the price of oil started to crater in late 2014, Russia’s economy and currency went down with it. US and European economic sanctions against Russia didn’t help its economy either. 
READ MORE Russia is Buying up more of America’s Debt. MAY 21, 2017 In March, the country bought $13.5 billion of US government bonds — better known as “Treasury securities.” Russia’s total holdings of US debt have now increased to nearly $100 billion, according to recently released Treasury Department data. It’s the third straight month of buying from Russia. A key reason is that Russia is restocking its foreign reserves, which declined dramatically when oil prices crashed last year to their lowers level since 2003. Foreign reserves are the cushion a country builds up to weather a rainy day. When the price of oil started to crater in late 2014, Russia’s economy and currency went down with it. US and European economic sanctions against Russia didn’t help its economy either. READ MORE

Foreign-born workers now account for 17 percent of U.S. labor force
MAY 21, 2017
Immigrants represent a steadily growing share of the American workforce, a trend that could be interrupted by U.S. efforts to overhaul immigration policy. The number of foreign-born workers in the U.S. rose to nearly 27 million in 2016, up about 700,000 from the previous year and representing 16.9 percent of the nation’s labor force, according to an annual
report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Thursday. That’s the highest proportion in records going back to 1996, when immigrants accounted for just 10.8 percent of the workforce. The share has risen steadily over the last six years following a slight dip during the last recession when foreign-born workers suffered disproportionately as the collapse in the housing market took a toll on construction employment. 
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Doomsday Seed Vault Flooded After Permafrost Melts
MAY 20, 2017
It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world’s most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity’s food supply forever. But the Global Seed Vault, buried in a mountain deep inside the Arctic circle, has been breached after global warming produced extraordinary temperatures over the winter, sending meltwater gushing into the entrance tunnel.
The vault is on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen and contains almost a million packets of seeds, each a variety of an important food crop. When it was opened in 2008, the deep permafrost through which the vault was sunk was expected to provide “failsafe” protection against “the challenge of natural or man-made disasters”. 
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Christian Astrophysicist Discovers New Planet Size of Seven Earths Using Kepler Spacecraft Data
MAY 20, 2017
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, a Christian astrophysicist in Texas has discovered a new planet the size of seven Earths orbiting the star KPLR 7826659. Dr. Jason Lisle, the director of physical sciences at the Dallas-based Institute for Creation Research, made the announcement on May 4 after analyzing a measurable drop in the host star’s brightness

during a period in which the planet crossed in front of the celestial body. “The way it works is a planet will occasionally cross directly in front of its star as seen from Earth, and that causes a slight drop in the star’s brightness because the planet is essentially casting its shadow on the Earth,” he told Christian News Network. “Kepler can measure that drop in brightness, and that tells us the size of the planet relative to its star.” 
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Quarter Of Americans Can’t Pay Monthly Bills; 44% Have Less Than $400…
MAY 20, 2017
There was some good news and some not so good news in the Fed’s latest annual Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households.  First the good news. The report, based on the Board’s fourth annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking conducted in October 2016, presents a “picture of improving financial well-being among Americans”, at least according to the report (read on to see if this is merited). Overall, 70% of the more than 6,600 respondents said
they were either “living comfortably” or “doing okay,” up 1% from 2015 and up 8% from the first survey results in 2013.Not surprisingly, the highest percentage, or 92%, of those who responded they were “living comfortably” was among the group with more than $100,000 in family income. For Americans making less than $40,000 the breakdown was almost evenly split with 49% saying they are “just getting by.” 
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‘I Can’t Take Christ Off Like a Sweater,’ Says Christian Woman Penalized for Religious Beliefs
MAY 20, 2017
A number of American Christian business owners and professionals have spoken out about their need for religious freedom and to be protected from LGBT discrimination lawsuits, arguing that they cannot simply put away their faith at work.  “My case was not just about me. Right now there are other students in programs that are going through what I went through,” high school counselor Julea Ward said in a video posted by Alliance Defending Freedom on Thursday. “You

can’t compartmentalize your relationship with Christ. I can’t take Christ off like a sweater when I go into work, and then put Him back on when its time to leave,” she added.  Ward was expelled from Eastern Michigan University’s counseling program back in 2012 for trying to have a homosexual client reassigned to someone else because of her religious beliefs, though she later received a settlement from the college. 
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Texas Pastors Getting ‘Sermon Protection Act’
MAY 21, 2017
Three years ago, Christian pastors in Houston were in a pitched battle with their mayor, lesbian Annise Parker, who had forced her “open bathrooms” agenda through the city council. The pastors wanted the city’s residents to vote on the measure, and she was doing everything she could to prevent that.  WND broke the story when she went nuclear on the pastors, ordering the city’s legal staff to issue subpoenas for their sermons to find out what they had been telling their
congregations about homosexuality, transgenderism and the issue of men using women’s bathrooms in city facilities. The resulting nationwide public outrage, including a description of her actions by talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh as “vile,” caused her to back down almost immediately.  But that scenario won’t happen again because of the “sermon protection act,” which Texas Gov. Greg Abbot is scheduled to sign at a special event Sunday at Grace Church, in The Woodlands, Texas, north of Houston. 
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Planned Parenthood Clinics Closing Rapidly
MAY 20, 2017
Despite increases in taxpayer funding and donations from celebrities, Planned Parenthood facilities are closing rapidly throughout the country due to financial problems. Three of the six Planned Parenthood affiliates in New Mexico are slated to close by the end of September. The abortion vendor’s Casper, Wyoming, location will also close on July 21, making
Wyoming and North Dakota the first two states in the nation without Planned Parenthood clinics. Planned Parenthood’s facilities in Parker and Longmont, Colorado, are also scheduled to close, as are four more of its Iowa clinics. Planned Parenthood and its president, Cecile Richards, blame Iowa’s closures on a new state law that redirects taxpayer funding to other community healthcare centers. Since 2010, however, 16 facilities in Iowa have closed: 
READ MORE http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/19/planned-parenthood-clinics-closing-rapidly/

Trump Orders Pentagon to “Annihilate” the Islamic State
MAY 20, 2017
President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to “annihilate” the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent escaped foreign fighters from returning home, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday.  The move to encircle then kill as many jihadists in place as possible — rather than letting them exit a city and targeting them as they flee — reflects an
increased urgency to stop battle-hardened jihadists bringing their military expertise and ideology back to European capitals and other areas. The president has “directed a tactical shift from shoving ISIS out of safe locations in an attrition fight to surrounding the enemy in their strongholds so we can annihilate ISIS,” Mattis said, using an acronym for IS. “The intent is to prevent the return home of escaped foreign fighters.”
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3 Warning Signs You’re Under Fiendish Spiritual Attack
MAY 20, 2017
(By Dr. Carol Peters Tanksley) Do you ever find yourself trudging along as if in a fog? Something’s off and you can’t nail it down. You’re swimming through mud and nothing makes sense. Finally the light-bulb goes off in your mind: You’re under spiritual attack.  The cloak of darkness over your mind is a common symptom of the fog of war (aptly so named by John Eldredge). Stuff is going on in the unseen realm, and it affects us. Often our most dramatic challenges come after a spiritual high or

significant progress, and it can take you down. Understanding what it feels like when under spiritual attack is a wonderful key allowing you to get your fight back. Jesus said, “The thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). So if there’s stealing, killing, and destroying going on, you can be certain the enemy is at work. Jesus always gives life. The enemy will use any means he can to mess with us as God’s children. Here are three that, if you become alert to them, can save you a great deal of distress. 
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One Thousand in “Gay Pride” March In Romanian capital of Bucharest
MAY 21, 2017
Some 1,000 people joined a gay pride march in the Romanian capital of Bucharest Saturday, demanding greater rights amid government moves they say will curtail their rights. Some 30 ambassadors expressed support for the march and for protecting the rights of the LGBT community, and U.S. Ambassador Hans G. Klemm was among those taking part, despite
the pouring rain. The gay pride march, now in its 13th year in Romania, comes after lawmakers approved an initiative that could amend Romania’s constitution to explicitly state that marriage is a union between a man and woman. The wording now is a union between “spouses.” In a carnival atmosphere, participants carried rainbow flags and umbrellas and brought dogs and children as they walked down a tree-lined avenue. 
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Number of young girls admitted to hospital for self-harming quadruples in last five years
MAY 20, 2017
The number of girls aged 12 and below hospitalized for self-harming has increased almost fourfold in the last five years – with cases of cutting and hanging among youngsters at record levels.  Figures from NHS Digital also show almost 30,000 teenage boys and girls were hospitalized for carrying out acts of self-harm – a rise of more than 70 per cent in the last five
years.  Lucy Lyus, information manager at mental health charity Mind, said: “It is worrying that people are reaching crisis point and it indicates that many people aren’t getting the help and treatment they need earlier on.”People who self-harm need understanding, help and support, rather than being stigmatized or blamed, which only serves to worsen their mental health and increase the likelihood of self-harming again. 
READ MORE http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/807126/self-harm-young-girls-number-UK-hospital-quadruples-NHS

Barack Obama Talked Directly with Mark Zuckerberg About Facebook Concerns
MAY 20, 2017
Former president Barack Obama spoke directly with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the latter’s drafting of a 5,700-word manifesto outlining the company’s future goals. Obama was one of the instigators of the “fake news” panic that has put Facebook in the establishment’s CROSSHAIRS following the election of Donald Trump. Obama has repeatedly addressed the issue and even discussed it privately with European leaders prior to leaving office.
 According to a major New York Times Magazine feature on the future of Facebook, he is also holding private discussions with Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier that day, Zuckerberg’s staff had sent me a draft of a 5,700­ word manifesto that, I was told, he spent weeks writing. The document, “Building Global Community,” argued that until now, Facebook’s corporate goal had merely been to connect people. But that was just Step 1. According to the manifesto, Facebook’s “next focus will be developing the social infrastructure for community — for supporting us, for keeping us safe, for informing us, for civic engagement, and for inclusion of all.” If it was a nebulous crusade, it was also vast in its ambition. 
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Tornado rips through Toluca, Mexico, damaging at least 25 homes
MAY 20, 2017
A damaging tornado ripped through northern parts of the city of Toluca, Mexico during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Toluca Mayor, Fernando Zamora Morales, toured the area and reported at least 25 damaged houses. Morales added there were no injuries or casualties but there were people who had to be evacuated because of the incident. The tornadoes downed several trees and at least one power pole, knocking down power in parts of the city. 
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Actor Val Kilmer Says Faith in Love of Jesus Healed Him of Cancer
MAY 20, 2017
Devout Christian Scientist and actor Val Kilmer is attributing his recent recovery from oral cancer to his faith in the love of Jesus.  Responding to a question about what he wanted people to know about having and beating cancer in a Reddit AMA Q&A session Wednesday, the 57 year old opened up about the role of his faith as a Christian Scientist.  “I am very grateful for all the prayers and good thoughts from around the world. People that know I am a Christian Scientist make the
assumption that I have somehow endangered myself. But many, many people have been healed by prayer throughout recorded history. And many, many people have died by whatever was modern medicine,” Kilmer said.Mary Baker Eddy discovered and founded Christian Science, according to the Christian Science website. The faith appreciates God as “infinite love, and so invariably good that a clear glimpse of this through prayer has power to heal, redeem, and restore anyone.”  READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/actor-val-kilmer-says-faith-in-love-of-jesus-healed-him-of-cancer-184077/

Grove City College Students and Faculty Furious Over Pending Mike Pence Visit
MAY 20, 2017
Days after Grove City College in Pennsylvania announced that Vice President Mike Pence would deliver the keynote address at their annual commencement to the largest graduating class in the college’s 137-year history on Saturday, some members of the school community have been riled by the decision. Pence’s planned speech at the Christian college will be
the first of three commencement addresses he is expected to deliver over the next several days. He is scheduled to speak at the University of Notre Dame where a protest against him is also planned on May 21, and at the U.S. Naval Academy on May 26. “We are proud to welcome the vice president and we are thankful that our graduates will have the opportunity to bear witness to his deep and abiding faith, quiet humility, and compelling leadership in challenging times,” Grove City President Paul J. McNulty said in a statement. “This will be a lifetime memory for the class of 2017.”
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Worker’s Clothing Exposed to Radioactive Contamination at Nuclear Site…
MAY 20, 2017
A worker’s clothing was exposed to radioactive contamination at a former nuclear-weapons production site in Washington state late Thursday, in what Gov. Jay Inslee called an “alarming incident” that should prompt federal officials to expedite their cleanup of the decommissioned facility.  Earlier in the day, Mr. Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, both Democrats,
sent a letter to President Donald Trump and other White House officials asking for more funding to accelerate the cleanup of the troubled Hanford nuclear-weapons site, about 200 miles southeast of Seattle. The letter was sent after the collapse last week of an underground tunnel containing radioactive materials, prompting an emergency declaration and evacuation of some employees. 
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Instagram deemed worst social media app for young people’s mental health
MAY 20, 2017
Instagram is the most detrimental social networking app for young people’s mental health, followed closely by Snapchat, according to a new report by the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK.  Their study, #StatusofMind, surveyed almost 1,500 young people aged 14 to 24 on how certain social media platforms impact health and well-being issues such as anxiety, depression, self-identity and body image.  YouTube was found to have the most positive impact, while Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter all demonstrated negative affects overall on young people’s mental health.
Instagram — the image-saturated app with over 700 million users worldwide — topped the list in terms of negative impact, most notably among young women, stated the report, published Friday. Instagram draws young women to “compare themselves against unrealistic, largely curated, filtered and Photoshopped versions of reality,” said Matt Keracher, author of the report. 
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White House Omits Golan, Judea and Samaria From Israel Map – Later Removed with no Explanation
MAY 20, 2017
The White House on Friday released a video detailing President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to the Middle East, but which omitted the Golan Heights, Judea and Samaria from the map of Israel that appeared in the video.  The video was removed from the internet hours later without explanation, but not before several media outlets picked up on it and
reported about it.  Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish home) addressed the issue earlier on Friday, before the video was removed.  “I hope it’s ignorance rather than policy,” she said.  A week and a half ago, the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia posted online a video that edited out mention of Trump’s visit to Israel. 
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Students ‘Intimidated’ by ‘Masculine’ Wood Paneling in Academic Buildings
MAY 20, 2017
Students at the prestigious University of Michigan are claiming to be “intimidated” by the “masculine” wood paneling on the walls of academic buildings on campus. Anna Wibbelman, former president of Building a Better Michigan, stated at a student government meeting that “minority students felt marginalized by quiet, imposing masculine paneling” of several academic buildings around campus.
The primary building in question, the Michigan Union building, is a historical building on campus and serves as one of the most recognizable landmarks of the university. Although the building is set to undergo a pricey $85.2 million renovation, the wood paneling is here to stay, to the dismay of minority students who finds it presence to be “intimidating.” 
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‘Kissing bug’ Disease More Deadly Than Previously Thought
MAY 20, 2017
The nickname given to the insects that spread Chagas disease is somewhat bittersweet: kissing bugs. Their name stems from the fact that they like biting humans around their lips and faces as they sleep, after which they defecate into the wound with feces that harbor an infectious parasite, Trypanasoma cruzi.  The parasite then enters the bloodstream and causes Chagas disease, also known as trypanosomiasis.

Though the disease is generally considered to be mild or even asymptomatic among most, a new study has found that deaths fueled by the infection are much more common than we know — and are going unrecognized. In the study, published Thursday in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, infection with Chagas was found to increase risk of death by two to three times. 
READ MORE http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/health/chagas-kissing-bugs-disease-deaths-underestimated/

Out of the Tomb but still in the Grave Clothes
http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/tomb-still-grave-clothes/
MAY 20, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we will discuss how as believers we are raised from the dead by being born again through the Lord Jesus Christ but we are walking out a process of removing the “Grave Clothes” that the enemy will continue to keep us bound in. Watch the video below for the full message

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Comey agrees to testify in open hearing before Senate Intelligence Committee
MAY 19, 2017
The Senate Intelligence Committee said ousted FBI Director James Comey has agreed to testify in an open session. The committee said in a late Friday statement that it plans to schedule the hearing for after Memorial Day. The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election and any possible links between
Moscow and the Trump campaign. Sen. Richard Burr, chairman of the committee, said he hopes that Comey’s testimony “will clarify for the American people recent events that have been broadly reported in the media.” Sen. Mark Warner, vice chairman of the committee, said he expects the former FBI director to “shed light on issues critical” to the committee’s investigation. READ MORE http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/19/comey-agrees-to-testify-in-open-before-senate-intelligence-committee.html

Activists Organizing Nationwide Impeachment Marches
MAY 19, 2017
Liberal activists are ramping up the pressure on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump.  The increased pressure comes as the White House has been hit with a series of damaging leaks regarding Trump’s relationship with former FBI director James Comey, whom Trump abruptly fired last week.  Trump reportedly asked Comey to let go of his investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a memo Comey authored after meeting
with the president in the Oval Office. Part of the memo was leaked to the New York Times by one of Comey’s associates after Trump fired the unpopular FBI director.  One group of activists is organizing nationwide “Impeachment Marches” on July 2 to pressure congressional representatives to “do their job and start the process to impeach this president.”The organizers of the Impeachment March were also behind the Tax Day protests against Trump’s withholding of his tax returns. The marches are set to take place in at least 14 cities across the country.
 READ MORE http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/18/liberal-activists-organizing-nationwide-impeachment-marches/

UNRAVELING: Trump Officials Accuse President Of Looking More and More Like a Complete Moron’
MAY 19, 2017
Donald Trump and his senior staffers were headed across the Atlantic when news broke that the president had trash-talked former FBI director James Comey in a meeting with Russian government officials—a meeting in which Trump reportedly promised the Kremlin more flexibility in their relationship with “crazy” Comey out of the picture. “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump told Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador to the United
States, according to an official written account of the meeting first reported by The New York Times. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off,” Trump promised. The White House confirmed that Trump made the remarks in a Friday afternoon statement, but insisted that the president was simply attempting to elicit concessions from the Russians. The administration officials and West Wing aides who were left grounded stateside on Friday late afternoon couldn’t do much more than dodge questions and vent inflamed frustrations at their boss. 
READ MORE http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/19/trump-officials-he-looks-more-and-more-like-a-complete-moron

NYT Reports Trump Bragged to Russians about firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey
MAY 19, 2017
ATTENTION: The following report is from the New York Times and is not a personal reflection or opinion of ETH
President Donald Trump bragged to two top Russian officials last week that firing “nut job” FBI Director James Comey eased “great pressure” on him, The New York Times reported Friday.  “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump said, according to the Times. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”  Trump’s Oval
Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak came one day after Comey was fired.  White House press secretary Sean Spicer did not refute the Times story, but said that it was Comey’s “grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia’s actions” that created “unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia.”  
READ MORE http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/trump-russians-nut-job-comey/index.html

West Coast Seismic Activity Raise Concerns Of Larger Event
MAY 19, 2017
(Reported By Michael Snyder) Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Hood are all major volcanoes that lie along the infamous “Ring of Fire” that runs down the west coast of the United States, and all of the seismic activity that has been taking place in the region has many concerned about what may happen next.  Earlier this month, I wrote about how 45 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater hit Alaska in just one 24 hour period.  This week, it is volcanic activity that is raising concerns.  The earthquake swarms at Mount St. Helens are making headlines all over the globe, and on Tuesday two major volcanoes in Alaska suddenly erupted on the exact same day…

An eruption at Bogoslof volcano – one of two to erupt in the Aleutian Islands Tuesday – is its first after more than two months of inactivity, causing ash to fall in a nearby community before drifting south over the Pacific Ocean. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Tuesday night’s eruption at the volcano about 60 miles west of Unalaska, which began just after 10:30 p.m. and lasted for 73 minutes, sent a plume to an altitude of 34,000 feet. Overall, 39 volcanoes around the world are either erupting right now or have recently erupted according to Volcano Discovery. Most of those active volcanoes are along the Ring of Fire. 
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Sheriff ordered to remove “Blessed are the Peacemakers” decals
MAY 19, 2017
(Reported By Todd Starnes) The peacemakers are not allowed to be blessed in Montgomery County, Virginia. The sheriff was ordered on May 17 to remove decals bearing a portion of a well-known Bible verse from patrol cars.  The decal, which had been posted on vehicles in March, bore the words, “Blessed are the peacemakers…Matthew 5:9.” “Our intent was, and still is, to honor our
fellow brothers and sisters in law enforcement,” Sheriff C.H. Partin wrote in a statement to Fox News. The sheriff said the decals were removed at the request of the county’s board of supervisors.  “In the midst of National Police Week, we want to focus on those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their communities,” the sheriff said. “The last thing that I want is for this to become a distraction to the men and women who serve their communities selflessly every day.” READ 
MORE http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/19/sheriff-ordered-to-remove-blessed-are-peacemakers-decals.html
LIVE Prayer Session
MAY 19, 2017
In this segment, we take the time to thank many of our Ministry partners and supporters as well as Pray for many of the needs of those that join the broadcast here on YouTube or FB LIVE. Watch the video below to join us in agreement for your prayers and breakthrough!
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Ricky Scaparo
Published on 19 May 2017
In this segment, we take the time to thank many of our Ministry partners and supporters as well as Pray for many of the needs of those that join the broadcast here on YouTube or FB LIVE. 
 http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/live-prayer-session-2/

Massive sandstorm shuts down airport and streets in Eilat, Israel
MAY 19, 2017
A huge and unexpected sandstorm engulfed Eilat, shutting down the airport on May 18, 2017.  The main roads leading into Red Sea resort also closed due to thick cloud of orange sand.  Poor visibility caused by a massive and unexpected
sandstorm on May 18, 2017 prompted authorities in Eilat to close both the airport and two main highways in and out of the southern city on the Red Sea. Route 90, which connects Eilat to the rest of the country was shut in both directions from the Arava junction. Route 12, to the west, was also closed. 
READ MORE http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/biblical-sandstorm-eilat-israel-shuts-down-airport-streets-video-picture.html


5-year-old Walks Two Blocks in Dark to Save Parents Lives After Overdose
MAY 19, 2017
Ohio police are crediting a five-year-old boy with saving his parent’s lives after they overdosed on heroin. On Thursday, the brave child walked about two blocks in the dark to a relative’s house, after finding his parents unresponsive and fearing them dead.  The Associated Press reports that first responders were able to use a drug-overdose antidote to revive
the unresponsive pair, who were passed out on the floor of their Middletown home, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati. A three-month-old infant was also found unharmed in the house, and the parents are now facing child-endangerment charges.  This latest incident comes in the midst of a devastating heroin and opioid epidemic in the Buckeye State. In March, the Washington Post reported the surge in drug-related deaths was forcing local police stations to request cold-storage trailers from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency to act as overflow morgues. 
READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/05/19/brave-5-year-old-walks-two-blocks-in-dark-to-save-parents-lives-after-overdose/

Robots could wipe out another 6 million retail jobs
MAY 19, 2017
Robots have already cost millions of factory jobs across the nation. Next up could be jobs at your local stores. Between 6 million to 7.5 million existing jobs are at risk of being replaced over the course of the next 10 years by some form of automation, according to a new study this week from by financial services firm Cornerstone Capital Group.  That

represents at least 38% of the current retail work force, which consists of 16 million workers. Retail could actually lose a greater proportion of jobs to automation than manufacturing has, according to the study. That doesn’t mean that robots will be roving the aisles of your local department store chatting with customers. Instead, expect to see more automated checkout lines instead of cashiers. This shift alone will likely eliminate millions of jobs. 
READ MORE http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/robots-wipe-another-6-million-retail-jobs/

Alaskan Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Criminalize Abortion as Murder
MAY 19, 2017
An Alaskan lawmaker has proposed a bill that would abolish abortion in the state and criminalize the act as murder.  Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, recently introduced H.B. 250, which “brings state law into conformity with the Constitution of the State of Alaska, which provides that ‘all persons have a natural right to life,’ ‘all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights’ and ‘all persons are entitled to equal … protection under the law.’”
The bill, also known as the Life At Conception Act, classifies the intentional killing of an unborn child as murder, including the transport of the child across state lines for the purposes of ending his or her life. “A person commits the crime of murder of a preborn child if the person with intent to cause the death of a preborn child or of another person, causes the death of a preborn child,” it reads in part. 
FULL REPORT http://christiannews.net/2017/05/19/alaskan-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-criminalize-abortion-as-murder/

New Orleans To Remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Friday
MAY 19, 2017
The city of New Orleans is set to remove its fourth and final Confederate-era monument. Unlike the first three statues, the monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee is coming down during the day. Streets near the city’s Lee Circle — where the monument stands — were blocked off by early Friday in preparation for the dismantling that’s scheduled to begin after 9 a.m. CT.  The
city started removing the landmarks in late April after the New Orleans City Council voted in 2015 to remove the four Confederate markers. Recent court rulings cleared the way for the monuments to be removed and relocated following heated public debate and legal fights. The effort to remove New Orleans’ monuments is part of a nationwide debate over Confederate symbols, which some argue represent slavery and injustice and others say represent history and heritage. 
READ MORE https://www.yahoo.com/news/city-orleans-down-statue-confederate-gen-robert-e-022551369.html


Alarming Number of Churches Could Face Extinction Under ‘Mafia State’
MAY 19, 2017
The influential South African Council of Churches has warned corruption is turning South Africa into a “mafia state” under a government that intimidates whistleblowers, local media reported on Friday.  In unusually frank comments from the council (SACC), its secretary general Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana was cited as saying President Jacob Zuma’s
government had “lost the moral radar.”  The criticism puts more pressure on Zuma, who in past weeks has faced calls to resign from within his own ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and the opposition amid a slew of scandals that prompted street protests and credit-rating downgrades.  “We have come to recognize that South Africa may just be a few inches from the throes of a mafia state from which there may be no return, a recipe for a failed state,” Mpumlwana was quoted as saying. 
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/world/65011-alarming-number-of-churches-could-face-extinction-under-mafia-state

US prepares for drills with TWO giant aircraft carriers on Kim Jong-un’s doorstep
MAY 19, 2017
US forces have deployed another massive aircraft carrier to the Korean peninsula to front up against tyrant Kim Jong-un. USS Ronald Reagan, which holds 4,500 crew and dozens of planes, will join up with USS Carl Vinson to carry out war drills in the hugely tense region. Today’s announcement by the US Pacific Fleet comes after unhinged Kim told his enslaved people to prepare themselves for cruise missile strikes from “imperialist” America.
The aircraft carriers are riddled with deadly jets capable of carrying out precise but catastrophic strikes. It is not routine for two aircraft carriers to be deployed to a specific theatre — a sign of the unprecedented tensions. “USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan are in the Western Pacific, but they are not in close proximity to each other,” a US Navy spokesman said. After sailing from its home port in Japan, the Reagan is expected to reach the area by the end of this month. 
FULL REPORT https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3601057/us-aircraft-carriers-uss-carl-vinson-ronald-reagan-north-korea/


Christian Station “Pure Flix” Makes Offer for “Last Man Standing”
MAY 19, 2017
There’s a petition going around to ‘save’ Tim Allen’s ‘Last Man Standing’ program on ABC.  So far, there are a whopping 355,000 names on the list of people trying to get the show reinstated. But why go back to a network that obviously doesn’t value or appreciate the show’s message and success? It would stand to reason that there would be several other channels or platforms that would be willing to take a proven,
successful program and add it to their lineup. Yesterday, one such network appeared to throw their hat into the ring. Pure Flix entertainment, a Christian streaming service in the same vein as Netflix, took to Facebook and asked their audience what they thought about adding Last Man Standing to their lineup. The response was overwhelmingly positive. “Do YOU think Tim Allen and his producers should take a look at #PureFlix as a new home for #LastManStanding?” they asked, before cc’ing ABC television. 
READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/05/19/could-tim-allens-last-man-standing-have-a-new-home-soon-one-network-just-made-a-big-play/

These 12 Teachings Are Poison to the Body of Christ
MAY 19, 2017
(By Joseph Mattera) I have heard it said “balance is the key to life.” I agree with that statement, as I have found that any truth taken to the extreme (that ignores other aspects related to its subject) is unbalanced and can be harmful. This is also why Paul the apostle said that he teaches “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27), which involves a full presentation of truth. The following are some of the hyper-teachings that have been harmful to the body of Christ, in my opinion:
1. Hyper-Grace
Grace is typically defined as unmerited favor given to humans by God. This is a satisfactory definition albeit not comprehensive. Since Scripture teaches us that we are saved by grace and not by works (Eph. 2:8-9), those in the hyper-grace camp believe and teach that once a person is saved, they can live any way they want and still achieve the benefits of salvation. They need a full dose of the book of James to counter-balance their hyper-grace!
2. Hyper-Holiness
Those in this camp put an overemphasis on outward holiness to the point that they believe a person has to dress a certain way in order to have right standing with God. (For example, women should not cut their hair or wear pants, makeup or jewelry.) Their emphasis on outward conformity to strict standards makes them more like Pharisees than Christians. They need to meditate on Matthew 23 to understand God’s view that inward holiness is a greater priority than outward holiness. 
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DECLINE OF AMERICA: Number of Atheists in US Rising at Alarming Rate
MAY 19, 2017
After signing an executive order earlier this month that seeks to relax restrictions on the political activities of tax-exempt churches, President Trump said the order was an important affirmation of the American identity. “We’re a nation of believers,” he said. Trump is right in one sense — 69 percent of Americans say a belief in God is an important part of being American — but he’s wrong demographically: Atheists constitute a culturally significant part of American society. We’re

not sure how significant, though. The number of atheists in the U.S. is still a matter of considerable debate. Recent surveys have found that only about one in 10 Americans report that they do not believe in God, and only about 3 percent identify as atheist. But a new study suggests that the true number of atheists could be much larger, perhaps even 10 times larger than previously estimated. The authors of the study, published earlier this year, adopted a novel way to measure atheist identity.  READ MORE https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/way-more-americans-may-be-atheists-than-we-thought/


CANCER FREE! Christian Musician and Actor Carman Gets a Good Report
MAY 19, 2017
Carman Licciardello’s prayers, and those of his fans, have been answered!  The famed Christian musician’s biopsy for a recently developed tumor was benign. “Yes it was scary. Coming to the end of my estimated remission time, getting a tumor, needing surgery, the delays on the surgery day, waiting for the results,” Carman posted to Facebook. “Lord, I think I got grey hair on my knuckles. But the results came back CANCER FREE!”
Carman requested “ninja prayer warriors” earlier this week after surgery. The contemporary Christian music star was diagnosed with myeloma in February 2013. Myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells, is deadly. Doctors gave him three to four years to live. But Carman, who has recorded 15 gold and platinum albums and videos and has sold more than 10 million records, refused to go down without an all-out war. Doctors pronounced him free of cancer in 2016. 
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/us/65001-ninja-prayer-warriors-request-answered-carman-s-tumor-benign

Did We Just Witness Dwayne Johnson’s ( The Rock) 2020 Presidential Campaign Launched On Tonight Show?
MAY 19, 2017
Sure, Dwayne Johnson was on The Tonight Show last night to promote the upcoming and deeply necessary Baywatch movie, but everyone in attendance knew why he’d really come to hang out with giggle-buddy Jimmy Fallon. For his recent GQ profile, writer Katie Wheeler, perhaps offhandedly, asked the former The Rock if he’d ever be interested in running for president. The ever-diplomatic (see?) Johnson issued what Washington insiders call a non-denial denial, sparking a
grassroots groundswell of support for his hypothetical candidacy that saw the master of the People’s Elbow easily outpolling Donald Trump in an equally hypothetical Trump-Johnson 2020 showdown. And not just internet polls, but, as Johnson reported smilingly, those “on real news channels.” Crazy? Perhaps. But let’s look at the tale of the tape. As Fallon pointed out, Johnson’s latest movie, Fate Of The Furious, has grossed over a billion dollars worldwide, while rumors continue to swirl that supposed billionaire Trump is worth a lot less than he claims. (It might be all the bankruptcies. 
READ MORE http://www.avclub.com/article/dwayne-johnsons-2020-presidential-campaign-may-hav-255624

School Suddenly Finds Itself Covered In Dead Fish In Middle Of The Day – And No One Knows Why
MAY 19, 2017
Something fishy happened this week at Stanford Avenue Elementary School in Oroville.  A typical Tuesday took a turn for the weird just before noon when the campus was suddenly covered in dead fish. They were everywhere, all over the playground, in drinking fountains – and as one custodian discovered, even on the roof.
School officials aren’t sure if it was some kind of prank or if it really rained fish. “My first concern was who was on the campus that we don’t know about,” said Principal Shannon Capshew. “But the campus supes didn’t see any adult, we were covering the whole time.” The California Department of Fish and Wildlife believes the fish is a kind of carp and is not found in the nearby Feather River. 
READ MORE http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/05/19/oroville-school-covered-in-dead-fish/

Twitter Freaks Out Over Marco Rubio Posting Bible Quotes
MAY 18, 2017
Former Republican presidential hopeful and current U.S. Senator Marco Rubio garnered many hostile reactions on Twitter for writing two posts in which he quoted the Bible. On early Monday morning, Senator Rubio tweeted out John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”
A few minutes later, Rubio cited Proverbs 16:3-4, tweeting “Commit to the Lord whatever you do & your plans will succeed. The Lord works out everything for his own ends.” As a notable public figure, Rubio often gets a wide range of comments for his posts. However, the two Bible tweets got a higher than average response from users of the social media site. Political blogger Charles P. Pierce called Rubio’s Bible tweets “oddly terrifying,” with his comment getting over 1,800 likes and more than 690 retweets. 
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WHITE HOUSE MELTDOWN! Republicans Now Talking Impeachment for Trump
MAY 17, 2017
Republicans are beginning to talk of the possibility that President Trump could face impeachment after reports that he pressed ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. While Republicans are choosing their words carefully, the fact that impeachment is even being mentioned is notable in Washington’s polarized political environment. Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Wednesday said if the reports about
Trump’s pressure on Comey are true, it would merit impeachment.Amash spoke a day after The New York Times on Tuesday reported that Trump tried to pressure Comey to stop investigating Flynn. According to a memo written by Comey after the February meeting, the president told Comey “I hope you can let this go.” Asked by The Hill if the details in the memo would merit impeachment if they’re true, Amash replied: “Yes.” “But everybody gets a fair trial in this country,” Amash added as he left a House GOP conference meeting. 
READ MORE http://thehill.com/homenews/house/333803-first-republicans-talk-impeachment-for-trump


Impeachment of Trump would Crush Stock Market!
MAY 17, 2017
Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric who has President Donald Trump‘s ear, told CNBC on Wednesday that an impeachment would crush the stock market. “An impeachment proceeding would blow the market away,” Welch said on “Squawk Box.” Welch also said Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI director was a “rookie mistake.” He added, “You
don’t make any friends doing it the way [Trump] did it.” “I think without question we have a guy that’s on the right agenda with crappy management practices,” Welch said, giving the president a “D minus” on his management skills. Trump needs to unite all the different factions in the White House, get to the bottom of the media leaks, and get back to his message of “Make America Great Again,” he added. 
FULL REPORT http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/17/jack-welch-impeachment-of-trump-would-blow-the-market-away.html


DEVELOPING: Second Global Cyber Attack Underway – Could Dwarf Recent Attack in Impact
MAY 17, 2017
Another large-scale, stealthy cyberattack is underway on a scale that could dwarf last week’s assault on computers worldwide, a cyber security firm has claimed. The new attack is called Adylkuzz and targets the same “vulnerabilities” in computer systems as the WannaCry ransomware worm. But rather than lock files, it takes controls of computers and puts them to work “mining” a virtual currency which criminals can then exchange for real cash.
Researchers at the tech firm Proofpoint said the new virus was linked to WannaCry and may have infected hundreds of thousands of computers. Nicolas Godier, a researcher at the computer security firm, told AFP: “It uses the hacking tools recently disclosed by the NSA and which have since been fixed by Microsoft in a more stealthy manner and for a different purpose.” 
FULL REPORT https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3585670/second-major-cyber-attack-is-already-underway-and-it-could-dwarf-last-weeks-hacks-experts-claim/

Trump to visit Western Wall without Netanyahu
MAY 17, 2017
US President Donald Trump will visit the Western Wall during his visit to Israel next week, National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster confirmed during a briefing to reporters Tuesday. Gen. McMaster shared President Trump’s schedule at the briefing. “The President will continue on to Jerusalem, where he will lay a wreath at Yad Vashem, (Israel’s Holocaust
museum). The President will then deliver remarks at the Israel museum and celebrate the unique history of Israel and of the Jewish people while reaffirming our unshakable bond with our closest ally in the Middle East,” Gen. McMaster said. “He will visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and say a prayer at the Western Wall,” he added. 
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Deadly Tornadoes Strike Elk City, OK and Chetek, Wisconsin
MAY 17, 2017
At least two people were killed in the central United States on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, as powerful thunderstorms rolled through the region. SPC’s preliminary reports mention at least 27 tornado reports and 150 hail/large hail reports from Texas to Wisconsin by 10:35 UTC (05:35 CDT) on May 17. A severe weather scenario similar to that of Tuesday is expected again on Thursday, May 18, NWS warns.
The storms leveled the Prairie Lake Estate Mobile Park near Chetek, Wisconsin, about 177 km (110 miles) northeast of Minneapolis late Tuesday afternoon. When first responders arrived at the scene, they could hear the people crying for help in the rubble, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said. 
READ MORE https://watchers.news/2017/05/17/elk-city-oklahoma-chetek-wisconsin-tornado-damage/


New Orleans Continues Purge Of Historical Monuments Deemed Racially Offensive
MAY 17, 2017
New Orleans removed a statue honoring Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard early Wednesday morning, marking the third of four historical monuments the city slated for removal because they were deemed racially offensive. Crews laboring under the glare of floodlights began the work of detaching the bottom of the 14-foot-tall statue – a bronze likeness of
Beauregard on horseback – from its pedestal on Tuesday night while some 200 bystanders looked on near the entrance of City Park. Shortly after 3 a.m. CDT (0800 GMT) on Wednesday, a crane lifted the statue from its base after workers had cleared the area. A stone slab with Beauregard’s name on it also was removed, but the statue’s empty base was left at the site. 
READ MORE https://www.yahoo.com/news/orleans-crews-begin-removing-statue-confederate-general-042319722.html


Dangerous parasite showing up in sushi and raw fish
MAY 17, 2017
A dangerous parasite that can be consumed with raw fish and sushi, leading to sickness in humans, is now showing up in the United States.  It’s called Anisakiasis, described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a parasitic disease caused by worms that attach to the wall of the esophagus, stomach, or intestine. The best ways prevent it is to avoid eating raw or undercooked fish or squid.

Anisakiasis is normally found in Japan and other countries where raw fish is consumed. But more cases are appearing in Western countries.  According to a report in BMJ Case Reports, a previously healthy 32-year-old man was recently admitted to the hospital with severe upper abdominal pain, vomiting, and low-grade fever. After an exam and interview, it was discovered he recently ate sushi. Further exams showed a parasite attached to his intestine with the end of it extending into the man’s stomach. 
READ MORE http://www.king5.com/news/health/dangerous-paraside-showing-up-sushi-raw-fish/440096007

Earthquake Shakes Up Residents in Bardwell, KY – 3rd Quake on New Madrid In 7 Days
MAY 17, 2017
The ground shook across portions of at least three states, after a magnitude 3.2 quake struck directly underneath the Mississippi River just west of Bardwell. The USGS says the quake happened at 5:20 am, Tuesday.  Within minutes of the ground shaking, residents of western Kentucky began logging on to the USGS website and registering they felt the quake.
This is the third quake along the New Madrid over the past week.  A magnitude 2.9 struck near Lilbourn, Missouri on Sunday, and a 1.9 last week near Tiptonville, Tennessee. No damage has been reported with any of the tremors. 
FULL REPORT http://westkentuckystar.com/News/Local-Regional/Western-Kentucky/3-2-Magnitude-Quake-Hits-Near-Bardwell.aspx



Ambassador Nikki Haley Says U.S. Embassy Should Be Moved to Jerusalem
MAY 17, 2017
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley says it’s her belief that the United States Embassy should be moved to Jerusalem. “Obviously I believe that the capital should be Jerusalem and the embassy should be moved to Jerusalem because if you look at all their government is in Jerusalem. So much of what goes on is in
Jerusalem and I think we have to see that for what it is.” President Trump hasn’t decided whether he’s going to move the embassy to Jerusalem. He will be in Israel next week. The Brody File will be traveling with President Trump on his overseas trip starting this Friday. It’s his, “World Religion Tour.” How could we not? Ambassador Haley sat down with me in New York Tuesday afternoon. We had a wide-ranging discussion about Israel, North Korea, Russia, Christian Persecution and much more.
 FULL STORY http://www1.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2017/05/16/brody-file-exclusive-ambassador-nikki-haley-says-u-s-embassy-should-be-moved-to-jerusalem


Dow loses 370 points; wipes out monthly gains on Trump fears
MAY 18, 2017
U.S. equities closed sharply lower on Wednesday as investors fretted over the latest news coming out of Washington. “This is clearly Washington-driven,” said Michael Shaoul, chairman and CEO of Marketfield Asset Management. “It’s a lot like 1998-99, when the market had to deal with the [Monica] Lewinsky scandal.” The Dow Jones industrial average ended
about 370 points lower, with Goldman Sachs contributing the most losses. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8 percent, with financials tumbling 3.1 percent to lead decliners. Financials posted their worst day since June 24 were pulled down by banks, with the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) falling 3.9 percent. The Nasdaq composite lagged, shedding 2.6 percent, and posted its worst session since June 24. The major indexes also gave up their gains for the month. The Dow and S&P also recorded their worst day since September of last year. 
READ MORE http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/17/us-markets.html

Dow loses 370 points; wipes out monthly gains on Trump fears
MAY 18, 2017
U.S. equities closed sharply lower on Wednesday as investors fretted over the latest news coming out of Washington. “This is clearly Washington-driven,” said Michael Shaoul, chairman and CEO of Marketfield Asset Management. “It’s a lot like 1998-99, when the market had to deal with the [Monica] Lewinsky scandal.” The Dow Jones industrial average ended
about 370 points lower, with Goldman Sachs contributing the most losses. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8 percent, with financials tumbling 3.1 percent to lead decliners. Financials posted their worst day since June 24 were pulled down by banks, with the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) falling 3.9 percent. The Nasdaq composite lagged, shedding 2.6 percent, and posted its worst session since June 24. The major indexes also gave up their gains for the month. The Dow and S&P also recorded their worst day since September of last year. 
READ MORE http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/17/us-markets.html


Google training computers to predict when you might get sick…
MAY 18, 2017
Google is building tools to predict when you’ll get sick. The company is applying its machine learning expertise, which it originally developed for consumer products like Translate and Image Search, to health care. To get there, it worked with hospitals, including Stanford Medicine, UC San Francisco and The University of Chicago Medicine, which stripped
millions of patient medical records of personally identifying data and shared them with Google’s research team, Google Brain.  “We can improve predictions for medical events that might happen to you,” said Katherine Chou, the head of product at Google Brain, in an interview with CNBC. “We have validated the data and seen promising results.” Those results will not be released until a formal review process. 
READ MORE http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/17/google-brain-medical-records-prediction-illness.html

Trump Considering Joe Lieberman for FBI Director
MAY 18, 2017
President Donald Trump is considering former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman to lead the FBI, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Wednesday. Trump will meet Wednesday with Lieberman and other candidates, including acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, and former top FBI official Richard McFeely, Spicer added.
During a briefing on Air Force One en route to Washington, D.C. from New London, Connecticut, where Trump delivered a commencement address to Coast Guard cadets, Spicer said “the president will continue to meet with candidates for FBI director.” But a senior administration official tells NBC News that this is the first day that the president will meet with candidates to replace James Comey.
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Comey kept memos from his phone conversations with Trump
MAY 18, 2017
Ahead of discussions with President Donald Trump, Former FBI Director James Comey prepped with his team on ways to respond to anticipated questions so that he would not come across as confrontational during the ongoing Russia probe, according to an official close to Comey. “He wanted to make sure he could maintain independence and maintain ethical boundaries,” the official said. Comey also kept memos from his phone conversations with Trump on at least two separate
occasions, according to a source. The source says Comey wanted to keep the memos in a safe place in case they came in handy down the road: “They’re preserved because he presumes someone will want to see them.” It is not typical for FBI directors to meet alone with the President. Justice leadership takes the lead generally on talking to administrations. When President Barack Obama met with Comey to discuss appointing him as FBI Director, the President made clear the two would not meet one-on-one after that, according to a separate person with knowledge of the matter. “This was (Obama’s) policy with the FBI director and with judicial appointees. 
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Former FBI Chief to oversee Russia election investigation as special counsel
MAY 18, 2017
The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into the probe of alleged Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election. The appointment came amid a growing Democratic outcry for someone outside the Justice Department to handle the politically charged investigation.
“In my capacity as acting Attorney General, I determined that it is in the public interest for me to exercise my authority and appoint a Special Counsel to assume responsibility for this matter,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a statement. “My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted.” READ MORE http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/former-fbi-chief-oversee-russia-election-investigation-special-counsel/


Trump Requested Reporters Who Published Classified Information to Be Arrested
MAY 17, 2017
Journalists are accustomed to President Trump’s contempt for the press by this point, but his apparent desire to jail reporters who publish classified information still sent shockwaves through the profession. The New York Times published a story with details from a memo written by former FBI Director James Comey about a meeting he had with Trump in February. Although the memo has mostly generated controversy for Trump’s reported attempt to squelch an investigation of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, the
president also reportedly asked Comey to bring charges against journalists who publish classified  information: Yahoo News reached out to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent nonprofit dedicated to defending the rights of journalists around the world, for reaction to Trump’s reported desire to jail journalists. Joel Simon, who has been the executive director of the CPJ since 2006, has led the organization’s efforts to protect press freedom in the digital space. He helped establish the CPJ’s Global Campaign Against Impunity and Journalist Assistance program. 
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100K Sign Petition to ABC to Save Conservative Values Sitcom ‘Last Man Standing’
MAY 17, 2017
A fan’s petition to ABC Television to revive the now-canceled blue-collar sitcom Last Man Standing has received more than 100,000 signatures in less than a week. The Change.org petition titled “Save Tim Allen’s Show ‘Last Man Standing’” launched by a fan calling himself “Deputy Matt” last week — had received 109,186 signatures as of late Tuesday morning “Last Man Standing stands out in the sea of network television sitcoms. It is a show that appeals to a broad swath of
Americans who find very few shows that extol the virtues with which they can identify; namely conservative values,” the petition creator wrote. “Last Man Standing is one of the only shows on broadcast television, and the only sitcom, that is not constantly shoving liberal ideals down the throats of the viewers,” the petition adds. “And sadly, that is likely the real reason the show has been cancelled.” 
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Murdered DNC Staffer ‘Had Contact’ With Wikileaks
MAY 16, 2017
It has been almost a year since Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was murdered in the nation’s capital. There have been no solid answers about why he was killed until now. Rich was shot and killed last July in Northwest D.C and police have suggested the killing in the District’s Bloomingdale neighborhood was a botched robbery. However, online conspiracy theories have tied the murder to Rich’s work at the DNC. Just two months shy of the one-year anniversary of
Rich’s death, FOX 5 has learned there is new information that could prove these theorists right. Rod Wheeler, a private investigator hired by the Rich family, suggests there is tangible evidence on Rich’s laptop that confirms he was communicating with WikiLeaks prior to his death. Now, questions have been raised on why D.C. police, the lead agency on this murder investigation for the past ten months, have insisted this was a robbery gone bad when there appears to be no evidence to suggest that. 
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‘I Have the Absolute Right to Do It’: Trump Defends Sharing ‘Terrorism Facts’ with Russia
MAY 16, 2017
After a major news report by the Washington Post that President Donald Trump shared secret information with the Russian officials last week, the president took to social media to defend his actions. In a pair of tweets, the president argued that it was his “right” as commander in chief to share information regarding terrorism with Moscow. “As president
I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety,” Trump wrote. He explained that he did it for humanitarian reasons and that he wants Russia to step up in their fight against ISIS and terrorism. The president’s tweets came after denials about the story from top White House officials. “I was in the room. It didn’t happen,” said National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster about the Washington Post story. 
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Frustration Building in Trump White House
MAY 16, 2017
Trump World has a blunt message for the president: empower your staff or hire a new one. Former aides, GOP strategists and sources close to the White House tell The Hill they’re concerned about how Trump’s handling of James Comey’s firing as FBI director has undermined the people who work for him. Changes seemed imminent late last week as the president seethed with anger over the rollout of Comey’s firing.
But with Trump set to begin his first foreign trip as president on Friday, many think the threat of staff changes has lifted, at least for now. Still, many view a reshuffling as all but guaranteed at some point this year, casting a pall over a White House staff that always appears one wrong move away from unemployment. The repeated rumors of a shakeup have damaged morale, with aides acknowledging that the tempest surrounding Comey’s firing is the worst to hit the White House yet. READ MORE http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333529-frustration-abounds-in-trump-white-house


UPDATE: European Super Volcano Advances to ‘CRITICAL STAGE’ 360,000 lives in Danger
MAY 16, 2017
Super Volcano Campi Flegrei is at a critical stage and scientists have warned that European authorities need to be ready – as experts fear the lives of more than 360,000 people across Europe could be at risk. Campi Flegrei, located around 11 miles (18 kilometres) southwest of Naples, Italy, has not erupted since 1538, but volcano experts believe it could be building up to another devastating eruption. Scientists from the University College London (UCL) and the Vesuvius
Observatory in Naples have been studying the patterns of unrest since Campi Flegrei’s last eruption more than 500 years ago. They concluded that the volcano may be “closer to an eruption than previously thought” and was instead “approaching a critical stage”. Dr Christopher Kilburn, director of the UCL Hazard Centre, said: “By studying how the ground is cracking and moving at Campi Flegrei, we think it may be approaching a critical stage where further unrest will increase the possibility of an eruption, and it’s imperative that the authorities are prepared for this. 
READ MORE http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/805011/volcano-eruption-Italy-Campi-Flegrei-Naples-Vesuvius-Europe-thousands-lives-threatened-UCL



MASS DECEPTION? Giant ‘Alien Megastructures’ Could Be Orbiting Dozens of Nearby Stars
MAY 17, 2017
The world was electrified last year when it was suggested that scientists had spotted an “alien megastructure” orbiting a distant star. Now a space boffin has suggested huge extraterrestrial constructions could be relatively easy to spot, so long as we look in the right place using the correct tools. In 2016, one expert suggested the unexplained “winking” behaviour of a far-off sun called Tabby’s Star may have been caused by the rotation of a gigantic craft called a Dyson’s Sphere.  These
theoretical “megastructures” were dreamed up in the 1960s, when Freeman Dyson and Nikolai Kardashev suggested an advanced civilization would inevitably seek to build a huge structure around a star to harvest its massive power. Now an astronomer called Zaza Osmanov from the Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia, has suggested these gigantic solar power plants might be relatively easy to spot using current technology. 
FULL REPORT http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/05/16/gigantic-alien-megastructures-built-by-advanced-civilisation-could-be-orbiting-dozens-nearby-stars-boffin-says.html  

Facial recognition installed in female university dormitory in China
MAY 17, 2017
One of China’s top universities has installed facial recognition in a female dormitory to ensure the building is off limits to non-residents. The scanners were introduced by Beijing Normal University last month over security concerns, and will be rolled out to another nine female dormitory buildings if they prove successful. Facial recognition is becoming increasingly common in China, where it has been installed in ATM machines, KFC restaurants and even public toilets, as a means of clamping down on loo-roll theft.
The scanning technology was even used by organisers of a marathon in Beijing to snare cheats, and by a college lecturer to allow him to spot if students were getting bored. Female students at the Beijing Normal University had their pictures taken last month before the machines were installed.  When they enter the building they are required to say their names, swipe an identity card and have their faces scanned. 
READ MORE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/16/facial-recognition-installed-female-university-dormitory-china/

LEAKS TURN TO FLOOD: Ousted FBI chief James Comey Throws Trump Under the Bus
MAY 17, 2017
Former FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump of asking him to close a federal investigation into disgraced general Mike Flynn during a February 14 meeting in the Oval Office. ‘I hope you can let this go,’ Trump told Comey, according to a copy of a memo read to a New York Times reporter. Comey reportedly wrote the memo immediately after he met with Trump, as part of an effort to document situations in which the president sought to
interfere in the FBI’s operations. The White House quickly fired back, claiming in a statement that ‘the President has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn.’ ‘The President has the utmost respect for our law enforcement agencies, and all investigations. This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the President and Mr. Comey,’ the White House said. 
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Istanbul ‘Overdue’ For Mega-Quake – Magnitude 7 or Greater Expected in Next Few Years
MAY 16, 2017
A Major earthquake will strike Istanbul with just a few seconds notice, scientists have warned. They believe a quake with a “magnitude of 7 or greater” is long overdue. The latest devastating European earthquake reached 6.2 on the Richter scale when it struck in December last year, killing 159. But now a team led by Marco Bohnhoff from the GFZ German Research
Centre for Geoscience has found that a larger earthquake will hit Istanbul’s eastern Marmara Sea. This would place the epicenter at the gates of the city, giving people little time to find protection. Bohnhoff said: “This is both good news and bad news for the city with over 15 million inhabitants. “The rupture propagation will then run eastwards (away from the city).” That means the quake would trigger less powerful ground movements than initially predicted. 
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3575888/turkish-tourist-hotspot-is-overdue-for-a-gigantic-earthquake-which-could-hit-with-just-a-few-seconds-warning/  

DEVELOPING: Instagram Down: Facebook-owned app suffers worldwide outages
MAY 16, 2017
Facebook-owned Instagram has been hit with worldwide outages, with social media users reporting that they’re unable to access the photo-sharing app. Users from across the globe,
including many parts of Europe and the US, have reported outages on Downdetector.com, which provides a real-time overview of outages online. The site reports that Instagram has been having issues since 1.09pm 
EDT. FULL REPORT https://www.rt.com/viral/388606-instagram-down-outages-worldwide/

Israel Named as Source of Secret Intelligence Trump Gave to Russians
MAY 16, 2017
ATTENTION: The following report is from the New York Times and does not reflect the opinions of End Time Headlines
The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel, according to a current and a former American official familiar with how the United States obtained the information. The revelation adds a potential diplomatic complication to the episode. Israel is one of the United States’ most important allies and a major intelligence collector in the Middle East. The revelation that Mr. Trump boasted about
some of Israel’s most sensitive information to the Russians could damage the relationship between the two countries. It also raises the possibility that the information could be passed to Iran, Russia’s close ally and Israel’s main threat in the Middle East. Israeli officials would not confirm that they were the source of the information that Mr. Trump shared. In a statement emailed to The New York Times, Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, reaffirmed that the two countries would maintain a close counterterrorism relationship. 
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 Top Private School Brings in Skirts for Boys Amidst ‘Surge’ in ‘Trans Children’
MAY 16, 2017
One of Britain’s top private schools is bringing in ‘gender-neutral’ uniforms that would allow boys to wear skirts, as teachers report growing numbers of children ‘questioning their gender identity’. The move by Highgate School in north London comes as activist pupils at schools across the country are demanding ‘gender-neutral’ bathroom facilities, a ban
on terms they deem ‘sexist’, and for teachers to use gender-neutral pronouns such as “they”. “This generation is really questioning being binary in the way we look at things,” headteacher Adam Pettitt told The Sunday Times. Separate uniforms for boys and girls will be scrapped under the plans, and pupils at the £6,790 per term secondary school are being consulted on a mix-and-match dress code. 
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Students Sue Professor for Rubbing Out Pro-Life Chalk Messages
MAY 16, 2017
Students at the University of California, Fresno sued a professor Thursday for wiping away pro-life chalk messages that were approved by the university. The Students for Life group at Fresno and the group Alliance Defending Freedom are suing Dr. Gregory Thatcher, who teaches public health at the university, for scrubbing out pro-life messages
the group had chalked on a walkway earlier in May, according to a press release obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. “We have a teacher [who’s] telling us to get rid of it,” an unnamed student confronted by Students for Life for wiping out the chalk said in the video. The female student then directed the camerawoman to Thatcher. “You had permission to put it down,” said Thatcher while scrubbing out a message. “I have permission to get rid of it. This is our part of free speech.
FULL STORY http://www.charismanews.com/us/64920-students-sue-professor-for-rubbing-out-pro-life-chalk-messages

Rich Retirees Hoarding Cash Out of Fear…
MAY 16, 2017
There’s a time in everyone’s life to save. There’s also a time when you’re supposed to spend. That time is commonly known as retirement. Millions of Americans aren’t doing that, however, which has put the U.S. in a perverse situation. Younger generations aren’t saving enough as their income slips further behind previous generations. Older Americans meanwhile sit atop unprecedented piles of assets built through stock market and real estate booms.
Yet these retirees, or at least the affluent ones, aren’t spending it. It turns out they’re afraid of the unknown. A new study finds many U.S. retirees keep saving even after they’ve retired. The average American over the age of 60 cuts spending 2.5 percent per year, or about 20 percent over a 10-year period, according to an analysis of University of Michigan survey data by financial planning software company United Income. 
FULL REPORT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-16/rich-retirees-are-hoarding-cash-out-of-fear

Video of Mysterious Aircraft Making Bizarre Formation Over UK Emerges
MAY 16, 2017
Bizarre video footage of three strange aircraft appearing to make a changing triangle formation in the skies above Exmouth is being examined by specialist UFO investigators. A bus driver has reported watching and videotaping the three lights forming a triangle pattern slowly crossing the sky. The video, said to have been recorded at 9.41pm on April 17, has
been sent to experts at the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) which investigates and logs such incidents across the globe. In a witness report to MUFON, the unnamed man said: “I saw the three lights in a triangle pattern rotating on its axis and wobbling slightly.” The witness instantly felt that the object was not normal. He added: “I have been interested in the subject of UFOs since I was about 10. “I told my mate I’d ring him back and started filming the lights with my phone 
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Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official’s Western Wall comment…
MAY 16, 2017
Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem said Judaism’s Holy Western Wall in its Old City is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said on Monday. Israel considers all of Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, a claim that is not recognised internationally, and the Western
Wall – the holiest prayer site for Jews – is part of territory it captured in the 1967 Middle East war. Israel’s Channel 2 reported that during a planning meeting between U.S. and Israeli officials, the Israelis were told that Trump’s visit to the Western Wall was private, Israel did not have jurisdiction in the area and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not welcome to accompany Trump there. 
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Red Meat Increases Risk of Dying From 9 Diseases
MAY 16, 2017
The more red meat you eat, the greater your risk of dying from one of nine diseases, according to a new report. Researchers studied more than 536,000 men and women ages 50 to 71, tracking their diet and health for an average of 16 years. They recorded intake of total meat, processed and unprocessed red meat (beef, lamb and pork), and white meat (poultry and fish).

Compared with the one-fifth of people who ate the least red meat, the one-fifth who ate the most had a 26 percent increased risk of death from various causes. High red meat consumption increased the rate of dying from cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, infections, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease and liver disease. 
FULL REPORT https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/well/eat/red-meat-increases-risk-of-dying-from-9-diseases.html?_r=0

New Research Reveals What May Be Responsible for Next Magnetic Field Flip of Earth
MAY 16, 2017
If you could travel back in time 41,000 years to the last ice age, your compass would point south instead of north.  That’s because, for a period of a few hundred years, the Earth’s magnetic field was reversed.  These reversals have happened repeatedly over the planet’s history, sometimes lasting hundreds of thousands of years. We know this from the way it
affects the formation of magnetic minerals, that we can now study on the Earth’s surface. Several ideas exist to explain why magnetic field reversals happen.  One of these just became more plausible.  My colleagues and I discovered that regions on top of the Earth’s core could behave like giant lava lamps, with blobs of rock periodically rising and falling deep inside our planet. 
FULL REPORThttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4508350/Giant-lava-lamp-inside-Earth-flip-magnetic-field.html

Young Lesbian May Be New Voice of German Far Right…
MAY 16, 2017
The far right’s drubbing in the French election exposed the biggest challenge for European nationalists: convincing voters that they are no longer a bunch of intolerant haters. To argue that point, welcome to the political stage Alice Weidel, the improbable new voice of Germany’s far right. In person, the cardigan-wearing former investment banker eschews fiery rhetoric in favor of almost academic answers.
But there’s something else that distinguishes her from the populist pack. After days spent campaigning for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the 38-year-old lesbian goes home to her partner and two sons. “My election and my high acceptance within the party show that, contrary to public perception, my party is tolerant,” said Weidel, one of two politicians elected last month to lead the AfD into Germany’s national elections in September. 
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Ford Aims to Cut Global Workforce by Roughly 10%
MAY 16, 2017
Ford Motor Co. F 0.18% is planning substantial cuts to its global workforce amid Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields drive to boost profits and address the auto maker’s sliding stock price, according to people briefed on the plan. The move comes as Ford targets $3 billion in cost cuts for 2017, a plan aimed at improving profitability in 2018 even as U.S. auto sales
plateau. Ford’s share price has suffered during Mr. Fields’s three-year tenure, and the company’s market value has slipped far behindTesla Inc. TSLA -2.75% and General Motors Co. The job cuts, expected to be outlined as early as this week, largely target salaried employees and aim to reduce the global head count by an equivalent of about 10%, these people said. It is unclear if the plan includes cuts to the hourly workforce at Ford’s U.S. factories and plants that are abroad. 
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Wolves return to Denmark for first time in 200 years
MAY 16, 2017
t least five wolves, including one female, have returned to Denmark for the first time in two centuries, a zoologist who has obtained DNA evidence said on Thursday. The predators came from Germany to settle in western Denmark’s agricultural region, the least densely populated in the Scandinavian country. Peter Sunde, scientist at the University of Aarhus, told AFP the wolves must have walked more than 500 kilometres (310 miles).”We think these are young wolves rejected by

their families who are looking for new hunting grounds,” the researcher added. Scientists have established a genetic profile from the faeces of five wolves – four males and one female – but there could be more. Sunde said researchers had suspected since 2012 that wolves had entered Denmark. “Now we have evidence (including) that there’s one female,” signalling the possibility of giving birth this spring, he said.
 READ MORE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/wolves-return-denmark-first-time-200-years/

Deep State Leaks Highly Classified Info to Washington Post to Smear President Trump
MAY 16, 2017
Current and former U.S. officials, supposedly concerned that President Trump had shared some “highly classified information” with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S. last week, leaked that information to the Washington Post in an article published Monday. However, the report admits that it is “unlikely” Trump broke any laws. “As president,
Trump has broad authority to declassify government secrets, making it unlikely that his disclosures broke the law,” the report said. In addition, his national security adviser, who was at the meeting, told the Post nothing was shared that was not already publicly known. “At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly,” said Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.
 FULL REPORThttp://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/15/deep-state-leaks-highly-classified-info-to-washington-post-to-smear-president-trump/

White House Denies Report Trump Revealed Classified info about ISIS to Russians
MAY 15, 2017
White House officials Monday denounced a Washington Post report that President Trump revealed classified information about ISIS to Russia’s foreign minister and Moscow’s ambassador to the United States during a White House meeting last week.  In a brief statement in front of the White House, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster described the Post’s story as “false.”
The newspaper cited current and former U.S. officials who said Trump jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on ISIS in his conversations with the Russian officials, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. “The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation,” McMaster said. “At no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known.”
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P.A. Envoy: ‘I Promise There Will Be a Palestinian State’
MAY 15, 2017
The Palestinian Liberation Organization’s (PLO) new ambassador to the United States, Dr. Husam Zomlot, says he wants peace in the Middle East and believes a two-state solution is the only way to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. U.N. ambassadors, world leaders, diplomats and even U.S. presidents have all touted a two-state solution as the way to bring lasting peace to the Middle East. Zomlot told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Monday that “we must be vigilant not repeating the same mistakes.”
Monday marks the Palestinian Authority’s national holiday called the “nakba” (catastrophe), referring to the establishment of Israel. An estimated 585,000 Palestinian Arabs left their homes, at the behest of Arab leaders, who told them they could return to their homes as soon as they eliminated nascent Jewish state. “Nakba is the call of Palestine (sic) and Palestinians. It all starts there. It all ends there. Without acknowledging what has taken place in 1947, 1948 we will not move ahead in the path we all desire to move ahead with,” said Zomlot. 
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Netanyahu Says US Embassy Move to Jerusalem Would Help “Trump’s Peace Push”
MAY 15, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would benefit President Donald Trump’s peace push. “Israel’s position has been stated many times to the U.S. government and to the world,” Netanyahu said. “Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem will not only not harm the peace process, it will advance it by correcting a historical wrong and by shattering the Palestinian fantasy that Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel.”
The prime minister’s comments followed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s remark Sunday, in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” that Trump “is being very careful to understand how such a decision [to move the embassy] would impact the peace process.” The secretary of state also asserted any potential move would be based on feedback from all sides, including “whether Israel views it as helpful to a peace initiative or perhaps a distraction.”
 FULL REPORT http://www.charismanews.com/politics/issues/64903-benjamin-netanyahu-this-is-why-the-u-s-embassy-should-be-moved-to-jerusalem

Hackers Steal Upcoming Disney Movie but Disney Refuses to Pay Ransom
MAY 15, 2017
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed Monday that hackers claiming to have access to a Disney movie threatened to release it unless the studio paid a ransom. Iger didn’t disclose the name of the film, but said Disney is refusing to pay. The studio is working with federal investigators. Iger’s comments came during a town hall meeting with ABC employees in New York City, according to multiple sources.
Disney’s upcoming theatrical release slate include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which opens this Friday, and Cars 3 (June 16). Rumors circulated online last week that a work print of Star Wars: The Last Jedi had been pirated and was being held for ransom, but days later online chatter tipped that rumor as a hoax. The studio had no comment. 
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Tensions Rise Between Trump and Netanyahu Days Before Visit to Israel
MAY 15, 2017
A dramatic rift was created between Washington and Jerusalem as US President Donald Trump’s team as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s team both issued harsh statements on Monday evening less than a week prior to the president’s much-expected visit to Israel.  The drama unfolded when a senior White House official said that the Western
Wall was part of the West Bank and not part of Israel’s territory, as Channel 2 reported on Monday.”The Western Wall is not in your territory,” the official reportedly said.  It seems that the official was prompted to make the statement after members of Netanyahu’s team asked if Netanyahu could join Trump on the visit to the Western Wall and whether Israeli photographers could document the event, to which the Americans replied that the Western Wall was a “disputed territory.” 
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Sanhedrin Calls For Trump to Fulfill King Solomon’s Mandate by Praying on Temple Mount
MAY 15, 2017
The nascent Sanhedrin sent a letter on Monday to US President Donald Trump, calling on him to ascend to the Temple Mount and pray for world peace when he arrives in Jerusalem next week for his first state visit. If Trump chooses to answer the call, he will not only be making a powerful political statement but enacting precisely what King Solomon described when he first dedicated the Temple 3,000 years ago.
Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman of the Sanhedrin, emphasized the timeliness of this call to prayer at this specific point in history. “Trump is standing at a historic cusp, when the world can fall into an abyss of conflict,” Rabbi Weiss told Breaking Israel News. “Whether it begins in North Korea or Syria or Europe, the seeds of war are already sown.” The prospect of war is truly chilling, but the rabbi explained that the possibility for great global good is equally as strong.
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Tornado Strikes Baton Rouge, Huge Hail Pelts Oklahoma and Arkansas
MAY 15, 2017
The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down near Baton Rouge, Louisiana early Friday morning, May 12, 2017. The tornado ripped through Sherwood Forest area around 09:00 CDT, causing significant damage. The twister tossed a vehicle located at the Racetrac gas station on Old Hammond Highway, knocked out power
and brought down trees, prompting authorities to reroute traffic while the damage was cleared.According to EMS, around the time the tornado hit, one person was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The tornado’s wind speed was around 90 mph (145 km/h) and the path length was about a half mile long (800 m), NWS said. 
FULL REPORT https://watchers.news/2017/05/12/baton-rouge-tornado-louisiana/

3 killed, Hundreds Injured as Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Iran
MAY 15, 2017
At least three people were killed and 225 injured in a 5.7-magnitude earthquake that hit northeast Iran on May 13, 2017 night. With a depth of 11 km, the earthquake the strong earthquake struck in North Khorasan Province at 22:30 local time
(1800 GMT) on Saturday. Medical services along with disaster relief forces have been dispatched to the affected area.According to the latest reports, up to 40 percent of power, communication, gas and water services in the devastated areas have been disrupted. 
FULL REPORT http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/earthquake-iran-video-dead-hundreds-injured-pictures.html

Discovery Of ‘Sleeping Dragon’ Fossil Best Preserved Armored Dinosaur Ever Found
MAY 13, 2017
A newly unveiled 110 million-year-old fossil, described as “the best preserved armored dinosaur ever found,” is providing researchers with invaluable information about the recently discovered species. The ancient fossil was accidentally discovered by machine operator Shawn Funk at a mine near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, in 2011. Further
the investigation revealed that the extraordinary fossil was a newfound species of plant-eating ‘nodosaur.’ The beast was so remarkably well preserved because its remains ended up in a river, possibly swept up by a flood, shortly after it died.Its carcass was then carried out to sea where it sank to the ocean floor, becoming enveloped in mud which both preserved and petrified the nodosaur’s remains, giving the fossil the appearance of a sleeping dragon. 
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Trump: ‘In America we don’t worship government, we worship God’
MAY 14, 2017
Speaking to a friendly crowd at the country’s largest Christian university on Saturday, President Trump told the graduating class that “in America, we don’t worship government, we worship God.” “America has always been the land of dreams because America is a nation of true believers,” Trump told those gathered at Liberty University.
“When the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, they prayed. When the founders wrote the Declaration of Independence, they invoked our creator four times. Because in America, we don’t worship government, we worship God.” “It is why our currency proudly declares, ‘In God We Trust,'” Trump continued. “And it is why we proudly proclaim that we are one nation, under God, every time we say the Pledge of Allegiance.” 
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Another Day, Another FAILED Prophecy! WW3 Date Setter Missed it!
MAY 14, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) A while back we reported a story regarding an alleged “clairvoyant” who claimed to have predicted the electoral victory of U.S. President Donald Trump last year and came out and made another prediction: the day an apocalyptic World War 3 would begin. Horacio Villegas, who proclaims himself as a “supernatural being,” told the Daily Star Online that Trump would become the “Illuminati king” who will “bring the world into WW3.” Villegas, who lives in Texas, said he had predicted that Trump would attack Syria following the latter’s attack using chemical weapons—two events that actually
happened. He then later predicted that the conflict would also suck in Russia, North Korea, and China. People are actually proclaiming this man to be a “Prophet of God”. However, recently, he said he had a “dream” in which he saw “balls of fire falling from the sky and hitting the Earth.” “People everywhere were running around trying to hide from this destruction,” he said. “I believe these were symbolic of the nuclear missiles that will fall on cities and people throughout the world.” Villegas then made his grimmest forecast: World War 3 will erupt on May 13, 2017. Well, today is May 14th and NOTHING remotely close to World War 3 ever occurred! The first red flag should have been the fact that he calls himself a “Supernatural Being”. Jesus warned that False Prophets would arise and deceive many.
http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/another-day-another-failed-prophecy-ww3-date-setter-missed/

Retail Apocalypse Spells Doomsday For Shopping Malls
MAY 14, 2017
American retail culture may well have reached a tipping point. Major department stores are floundering about like fish in a rapidly draining pond after reporting dreadful earnings last week. The time-honored multigenerational giants like Macy’s, Sears and JCPenney are all looking at a dramatically different future. Macy’s stock collapsed 17 percent after Thursday’s first-quarter report. And high-end retail behemoths
like Nordstrom are getting clobbered, too. Shares of that politically petulant retailer fell 11 percent Thursday on news of its first-quarter results. Better take a good look, because this may be last call for the mall. The rise of online retailing and the disenchantment of shoppers with the department store is rapidly leading to the demise of American shopping meccas. For decades, malls have been anchored by super-sized department stores occupying tens of thousands of square feet.
 READ MORE https://nypost.com/2017/05/14/the-fall-of-retailers-means-doomsday-for-malls/


Learning Program Pushes LGBT Agenda on Homeschooled Children
MAY 14, 2017
Khan Academy, a learning program aimed at homeschooled students, has begun pushing an LGBT agenda, according to LifeSite News. On one of Kahn’s English quizzes, students are given the following question. “Brittany and Sofia went to lunch with their _____ every Saturday.” Students are then forced to choose between two answers: “wives,” and “wifes.”In
an interview with LifeSite News, Arthur Schaper, a writer and a member of California’s Mass Resistance, said “The LGBTQ agenda is forcing recognition of same-sex marriage and transgenderism in core courses of our public education system.”Khan Academy began when founder, Salman Khan, started tutoring his cousin; initially, through phone calls, and later, videos. 
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 3000 Earthquakes Have Shaken Alaska in last 13 Days, Mega-Quake on Horizon?
MAY 13, 2017
A series of significant May earthquakes and their aftershocks are being examined by seismologists, who say Alaska is markedly above its usual rate of earthquakes for the month. Alaska Earthquake Center seismologist Natalia Ruppert said Alaska typically experiences a “background level” of 35,000 earthquakes each year, plus any significant earthquakes and their aftershocks.
The center typically sees about 3,000 quakes statewide in a month — but May has been well ahead of that pace, Ruppert said. “Right now, with the aftershocks, we recorded close to the monthly average in just the first 10 days,” Ruppert said. The catalog of May temblors as of Wednesday included at least three larger than a 6, seven larger than a 5 and 50 larger than a 4 on the Richter scale, according to an overview compiled by the earthquake center’s Ian Dickson. 
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VP Pence Says Trump Prays for Persecuted Christians, Says ISIS Will Be Destroyed
MAY 13, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence reiterated the support of President Donald Trump for persecuted Christians around the world, noting that both he and the president pray for them and that the Islamic State terror group will be destroyed “at its source.” Before 600 victims of persecution and advocates for the persecuted church at the Mayflower Hotel for the first ever World Summit In Defense Persecuted Christians sponsored by evangelist Franklin Graham, Pence, who is a devout
Christian, called President Trump a “champion” of religious freedom. Pence’s presence at the summit, he said, signifies the president’s “tangible commitment to reaffirm America’s role as a beacon of hope and light and liberty, to inspire the world.” America was, is, and will always be a shining city on a hill, he continued, where people throughout our history have been able to practice their faith openly and freely, he said.  Pence made a point to laud those in attendance who have themselves endured persecution.
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Whoopi Goldberg Says Trump Firing Comey: ‘Feels Like a Coup’
MAY 14, 2017
On “The View” on Thursday, co-host Whoopi Goldberg said President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey “feels like a coup.” “Does this feel like a coup to anybody? It feels like a coup,” Goldberg said. “First, the whole Justice Department got, everybody got gutted, all the things got gutted. It just feels — and he got all the generals — it feels kind of coup-y.”
Joy Behar agreed and said she was also infuriated by Trump meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and ambassador on Wednesday, with only Russian state media present. “Guess who’s missing from that room? The American press,” Behar said to cheers from the audience. “This is treason to me. This is un-American, unpatriotic. Americans should be furious.” Goldberg said Americans should be less focused on who’s being fired and who’s being hired, who’s staying and who’s leaving. 
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‘Mega Swarm’ of Thousands of Giant Jellyfish Invade UK Coastline
MAY 13, 2017
A swarm of giant jellyfish has washed ashore on beaches stopping visitors and locals alike in their tracks. The swarm of barrel jellyfish washed in at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire on Friday afternoon. Other sightings have taken place in Tenby, Saundersfoot, Ceredigion and Newport. Thousands of jellyfish have washed up in what a conservationist has described as a “mega swarm”. More than 300 barrel jellyfish washed up in New Quay, Ceredigion. Sarah Perry fro
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre said: “This is definitely a mega swarm. I have never seen them this big before.” She said the creatures do wash up each year but added that this was “unusual because of the number on our shores and the size of them”. Ms Perry said she believed the recent warm weather had sparked the boom in jellyfish, which can grow up to 35in in diameter. Numbers have grown in recent years because of mild winters allowing plankton, their main food source, to thrive. 
READ MORE http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mega-swarm-thousands-giant-jellyfish-10414777
False Prophet Claims Planet X Coming and Will Destroy Earth!
MAY 14, 2017
False Prophets are at it again with the “Doomsday” predictions! This latest one comes, as predictions are being made that an alleged Solar system on a collision course with Earth is going to destroy much of our planet by causing massive earthquakes and tsunamis in August of this year.  This comes from bizarre claims. Claims such as this are nothing new and Conspiracy theorists have long thought that “Planet X” and its accompanying cluster of stars will wreak death and devastation on Earth. According to these “Conspiracy Theorists”
It is feared that extreme weather whipped up by Planet X’s gravitational pull will cause deadly earthquakes and 740 mph tsunamis. One of these guys, David Meades who is a researcher believes that only 50% of the world’s population will be left after the disaster. And then here is the nail in the coffin for this guy’s reputation! The conspiracy theorist, who wrote the book “Planet X – the 2017 Arrival”, has also identified the exact month he believes it is going to happen. He told the Daily Star: “We are in imminent danger! So once again another date setter is claiming the “End of the World” and when the dust settles will be yet another laughing stock to the World. 
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3560486/mysterious-planet-x-hurtling-towards-earth-could-trigger-deadly-tsunamis-and-superquakes-in-early-august-according-to-bizarre-conspiracy-theory/

Pastor attempting to walk on water like Jesus is eaten by crocodiles
MAY 15, 2017
Jonathan Mthethwa was killed by three crocodiles as he carried out a religious demonstration in Zimbabwe.  Shocked witnesses said the clergyman had “prayed the whole week” before the stunt went tragically wrong.  He had also fasted in the lead-up to the attempted miracle, which was inspired by a Biblical tale of Jesus walking on water during a storm. He had waded around 30 metres into what was known locally as ‘Crocodile River’.
At this point he had promised his congregation he would rise up above the water. Instead he was attacked by a group of crocodiles who had been hidden in the deep water.  Deacon Nkosi said: “The pastor taught us about faith on Sunday last week. “He promised he would demonstrate his faith to us today, but he, unfortunately, ended up drowning and getting eaten by crocodiles.  
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UPDATE: Hacking Attack Has Security Experts Scrambling to Contain Fallout
MAY 14, 2017
Governments, companies and security experts from China to Britain raced on Saturday to contain the fallout from an audacious global cyberattack amid fears that if they did not succeed, companies would lose their data unless they met ransom demands. The global efforts came less than a day after malicious software, transmitted via email and stolen from the National Security Agency,
targeted vulnerabilities in computer systems in almost 100 countries in one of the largest “ransomware” attacks on record. The cyberattackers took over the computers, encrypted the information on them and then demanded payment of $300 or more from users to unlock the devices. Some of the world’s largest institutions and government agencies were affected, including the Russian Interior Ministry, FedEx in the United States and Britain’s National Health Service.
 READ MORE https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/world/asia/cyberattacks-online-security-.html


False Prophet Claims Planet X Coming and Will Destroy Earth!
MAY 14, 2017
False Prophets are at it again with the “Doomsday” predictions! This latest one comes, as predictions are being made that an alleged Solar system on a collision course with Earth is going to destroy much of our planet by causing massive earthquakes and tsunamis in August of this year.  This comes from bizarre claims. Claims such as this are nothing new and Conspiracy theorists have long thought that “Planet X” and its accompanying cluster of stars will wreak death and devastation on Earth. According to these “Conspiracy Theorists”
It is feared that extreme weather whipped up by Planet X’s gravitational pull will cause deadly earthquakes and 740 mph tsunamis. One of these guys, David Meades who is a researcher believes that only 50% of the world’s population will be left after the disaster. And then here is the nail in the coffin for this guy’s reputation! The conspiracy theorist, who wrote the book “Planet X – the 2017 Arrival”, has also identified the exact month he believes it is going to happen. He told the Daily Star: “We are in imminent danger! So once again another date setter is claiming the “End of the World” and when the dust settles will be yet another laughing stock to the World. 
READ MORE http://endtimeheadlines.org/2017/05/false-prophet-claims-planet-x-coming-and-will-destroy-earth/


DEVELOPING: Trump Reportedly Considering Huge White House Shake-Up
MAY 14, 2017
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a massive White House shake-up that could end with the president firing many of his top advisers, including Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. In an article published Sunday morning for Axios, Andrew Harnik wrote that he’s been told by “White House sources” Trump’s frustration with his staff is ready to boil over and that a “huge reboot” could occur soon. “He’s frustrated, and angry at everyone,”
said one of the unnamed sources to Harnik. The genesis of the potential “reboot” is said to come from some of Trump’s trusted friends and advisers outside the White House. “The advice he’s getting is to go big—that he has nothing to lose,” a source told Harnik. “The question now is how big and how bold. I’m not sure he knows the answer to that yet.” According to Harnik, it’s unlikely Trump would consider replacing any of his Cabinet members, 
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SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: The Great American Solar Eclipse is 100 Days Away
MAY 13, 2017
This summer, darkness will fall across the face of America. Birds will stop singing. Temperatures will drop. Stars will become visible in the daytime sky. In about 100 days, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental United States for the first time since 1918. Astronomers are calling it the Great American Eclipse.

For the amateur sky-watcher, a total eclipse presents a rare opportunity to witness a cosmic hiccup in our day-night cycle. For solar astronomers, however, the eclipse offers something else: three minutes (give or take) to collect as much data as possible about the sun’s usually hidden outer atmosphere. Researchers have been anticipating the event for years. 
FULL REPORT http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-eclipse-science-20170512-htmlstory.html

Researchers Develop Way To Print “Bionic Skin”
MAY 11, 2017
Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they’ve developed a way to make “bionic skin,” technology that could allow robots to feel their environments and humans to wear sensory-enhancing devices directly on their fingertips. The university announced the discovery Wednesday, adding that the research, led by mechanical engineering professor Michael McAlpine, will be published in the next issue of Advanced Materials.
According to the U of M, McAlpine and his fellow researchers developed a way to 3D-print “stretchable electronic fabric” on human skin. While they haven’t printed the technology on real human fingers just yet, they were able to successfully print the sensory material on the curved surface of model human hands. The researchers say the technology could have several applications, from medicine to warfare. They added that the technology could be available in the very near future, as the 3D printing manufacturig techniques are part of the team’s discovery.  
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PROPHECY WATCH: Would You Let Your Company Chip You?
MAY 11, 2017
Remember scenes from movies like Mission Impossible or Minority Report where people are subjected to microchip implants?  Well, it’s not just in the movies anymore–it’s real. Ask the employees of the Swedish company Epicenter, based in Stockholm, where it’s routine to have your hand implanted as part of your new employee on-boarding process.  The company gives its workers the choice of an implant that will operate printers and open doors–you can even buy items from the vending machine with it. Apparently,
it is an extremely popular undertaking that so far, about 150 of the 2,000 employees have opted for.  Epicenter CEO and co-founder Patrick Mesterton says, “The biggest benefit I think is convenience,” as he waves his own hand to unlock a door. “It basically replaces a lot of things you have, other communication devices, whether it be credit cards or keys.”Mesterton was one of the first to get chipped and lead by example, but even he initially had doubts and struggled with the decision. “Of course, putting things into your body is quite a big step to do and it was even for me at first,” he said. 
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Church Bans ‘Non-Christian’ Yoga for Focus on Oneself Instead of God
MAY 11, 2017
An Anglican church in Wales might face boycott from some in the community after it banned “non-Christian” yoga from the premises. St. David’s Church in Ceredigion decided not to allow yoga as part of its community center offerings, concerned that the practice that originated in India “might be seen to be in conflict with Christian values and belief,” according to The Telegraph. Some have apparently warned that yoga philosophy “teaches participants to focus on oneself, instead of on the one true God.”

A Church in Wales spokesman clarified some of the church’s rules: “There is no problem to have alcohol in the building, but alcohol is not to be sold. Pilates is allowed, but not yoga. Also no activity of non-Christian activity.” Some locals have said that they will protest the Parochial Church Council over the decision, however, with one resident writing, “I and no doubt some Blaenporth residents are not at all happy with the view the church has on community activities like yoga, tai chi, taekwondo, cash prize bingo and the like. 
FULL REPORT http://www.christianpost.com/news/church-bans-non-christian-yoga-for-focus-on-oneself-instead-of-god-some-threaten-boycott-183279/


As Doomsday Clock Edges to Armageddon, Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Has 100 Years
MAY 11, 2017
The dreaded Doomsday Clock now stands at a perilous two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, and world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking has cut mankind’s lead time to disaster down to a single century. Incredibly, he has a solution which may reflect exactly what the Jewish end-of-days has in store. The Doomsday Clock was set up in 1947 by the The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‘ Science and Security Board to represent the likelihood of a human-caused global catastrophe. The clock was set at seven minutes to midnight at its inception and has been readjusted 22 times. In January, the clock was pushed a half a minute closer to midnight and now stands at 11:57:30 PM.
In a new BBC documentary called Expedition New Earth, Dr. Hawking listed a myriad of dangers that cut his thousand-year estimate down to a mere 100 years, including climate change, asteroid strikes, epidemics and overpopulation as the greatest dangers facing the world today. With multi-national militaries in Syria and off the coast of North Korea, many would add global war with nuclear overtones to the list. Dr. Hawking has suggested two solutions to the impending doom. While one of his proposals defies mankind’s Biblical mandate on earth, the other actually comes surprisingly close to tallying with Jewish end-of-days scenarios – albeit not perfectly. 
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Aetna to Completely Pull Out of ObamaCare Exchanges by 2018
MAY 11, 2017
Health insurance company Aetna (AET) announced Wednesday it will completely withdraw from the ObamaCare marketplace in 2018, a decision Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price perceived as a sign of continued instability in the health care sector under the Affordable Care Act. “Aetna’s decision to completely withdraw from the
ObamaCare exchanges adds to the mountain of evidence that ObamaCare has failed the American people. Repealing and replacing it with patient-centered solutions that stabilize the marketplace to bring down costs and increase choices is the only solution,” Price said late Wednesday. The company will not offer insurance plans in Delaware or Nebraska, the remaining two states where it was slated to provide coverage under the Affordable Care Act next year. 
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5-year-old brings loaded gun to North Carolina elementary school
MAY 11, 2017
A handgun found in a restroom at an elementary school in the Lake Wylie area of Mecklenburg County was brought in by a 5-year-old, officials said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells FOX 46 Charlotte that the weapon was found in a hallway restroom  at Palisades Park Elementary School by a group of children during morning arrival on Tuesday. They said the children saw the gun on the floor and ran to tell a staff member.
The gun had rounds in the magazine, not in the chamber and was brought to school by a 5-year-old boy, CMS Police tells FOX 46 Charlotte. “Safety protocols were immediately implemented and CMS law enforcement was notified,” CMS said in a statement to parents. The boy told police that someone put the gun in his book bag. Authorities said they do not believe he intended to use the gun at school. 
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Kirk Cameron Says Bible Is ‘More Powerful Than Any Book on Harry Potter’s Shelf’
MAY 11, 2017
Actor and producer Kirk Cameron is delighted by the success of National Bible Bee which premiered on Apr. 4 on Facebook Live. The game show on Bible knowledge broke new ground by being the first television series to be broadcast on the social media platform which generated over a million viewers. Cameron said he was thrilled to host the show to
bring more attention to young contestants who have devoted a significant amount of time to memorize and proclaim the scriptures. “More powerful than any book on Harry Potter’s shelf, the Holy Bible has transformed people and nations for thousands of years,” the “Growing Pains” star said. More than 40,000 contestants from seven to 18 years old have participated on National Bible Bee since it began in 2009. The last season was shown on three networks, and it reached 80 million homes. This season, 30 one-hour episodes are being broadcast on Christian Cinema Facebook Live. 
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 Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Fight Is About to Plunge Into the Unknown
MAY 11, 2017
Dealing with Puerto Rico’s crushing debt has started to resemble a circular firing squad. Simply put, the bankrupt island can’t pay everything it owes, so creditors are taking aim at each other as they squabble over who will get what’s left. But the debt’s size and the tangled process invented to rescue Puerto Rico mean there’s no established rule book to shape what comes next. Holders of general-obligation debt have declared their right to be paid first,
owners of sales-tax bonds are squabbling with one another over who deserves priority, and they’re all up against the commonwealth’s leaders, who want the cash for essential services. Amid this melee, Puerto Rico’s federal overseers will have to choose between paying U.S. hedge funds everything they’re owed or keeping schools, water and electricity running.  READ MORE https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-11/puerto-rico-debt-donnybrook-kicks-off-with-squabble-over-default

Christians Leaving the Girl Scouts Over Its Connection to Planned Parenthood
MAY 11, 2017
More families and churches are breaking ties with the Girl Scouts because of its connection to the abortion chain Planned Parenthood. This month, the Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas was the latest to announce plans to stop hosting Girl Scout troops in its parishes. The parishes are being encouraged instead to charter American Heritage Girls troops, which teach Christian values and virtues.
The Girl Scouts’ ties to the Planned Parenthood abortion chain and other abortion advocates have led to an exodus of many Christian families and churches. A 2015 report in the Dallas News indicated that the Girl Scouts’ numbers and funding have been shrinking during the past decade. The report states: According to figures provided to The Associated Press, youth membership for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 [2015] was 1.88 million, down nearly 6.2 percent from 2014, and adult membership was 784,120, down 3.1 percent. 
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What Feel-Good Preachers Get Wrong on Sundays
MAY 11, 2017
(By Shane Idleman) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
Whether it’s on the radio, television, internet or at church, we often hear that God has a wonderful plan for our life. But as Ray Comfort rightly notes, “The preacher promises a bed of roses for those who come to Christ, but those who are in Christ are evidently sitting on a painful bed of thorns.” This may explain why a very high percent of those raised in Christian homes leave the faith, and why many others show no evidence of faith.
There are a large number of false conversions because many base their decision to follow Christ on having a wonderful life. We have turned salvation into an easy path rather than a narrow road. We’ve made Jesus a butler rather than a King. We want the cross light, the road easy and the burdens lifted. 
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/64806-what-feel-good-preachers-get-wrong-on-sundays

Comey Sought to expand Trump-Russia probe of former campaign officials
MAY 11, 2017
The FBI-led probe into whether Russian influence operations helped put Donald Trump in the White House is on a knife’s edge and could easily veer into either of two distinct directions. One possibility is that investigators will feel galvanized by President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI director James Comey and burrow ever deeper into a probe in which they
see the reputation of the bureau at stake. Or, with the FBI temporarily rudderless, Trump loyalists in the Justice Department could put the brakes on the investigation in multiple ways. “They could just say, ‘We’ve got 60 days to tie this up. I’m not spending more person power inside the bureau. . . . Let’s just say wrap it up unless we’ve got a smoking gun,’ ” said Christopher H. Schroeder, a former assistant attorney general who headed the Office of Legal Policy. 
READ MORE http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article149836319.html

5.5 Earthquake kills 8 in China, Following 6.5 Earthquake In South Sandwich Islands
MAY 11, 2017
according to reports, A?t least eight people were killed and dozens injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 11, 2017. Hours before a Magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. 8 people were killed and 23 injured in the magnitude 5.5
earthquake that occurred on Thursday at 05:58 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Numerous strong aftershocks – 82 as of 10:00 – were felt after the earthquake. The earthquake affected more than 12,000 local residents. 9,200 people were evacuated to safe places. 
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Philippines moves troops, supplies to disputed S. China Sea island claimed by Beijing
MAY 11, 2017
The Philippines has begun moving troops and equipment to a disputed island in the South China Sea which is claimed by both Manila and Beijing, a Philippines general said. It comes ahead of construction, including lengthening an airstrip on the island. The troops and initial supplies arrived at Pag-asa Island last week, Lt. Gen. Raul del Rosario, head of the

Philippine military’s Western Command, said as quoted by AP. Some 1.6 billion pesos (US$32 million) has been set aside for construction on the island, which will include reinforcing and lengthening and airstrip and building dock, according to the official. Solar power, a desalination plant and refurbishment of military housing, as well as sites for marine research and tourists, are set to be built on the island.
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/news/387973-philippines-troops-disputed-island/

25 great white sharks spotted off Southern California coast
MAY 11, 2017
“You are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,” is not something you want to hear when you’re enjoying a day at the beach. But that’s exactly what beachgoers in California heard broadcast from a helicopter loudspeaker as they paddle boarded in the waters off Capistrano Beach in Orange County on Wednesday. Lifeguards “are advising that you exit the water in a calm manner.
The sharks are as close as the surfline,” Orange County Sheriff Deputy Brian Stockbridge is heard saying on a video shot from a helicopter overlooking the beach.The school of sharks was spotted by Orange County Sheriff’s Duke 1 helicopter around 1:30 p.m. Jason Young, Orange County’s lifeguards chief, said they received two reports of shark sightings in the Capistrano Beach area, the OC Register reported.
READ MORE http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/11/us/25-great-white-sharks-off-california-coast/index.html

Confederate Monument Removed in New Orleans after 106 years
MAY 11, 2017
A large police presence, as well as large cranes and heavy equipment, were all part of the removal of the monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis early Thursday, May 11. Workers who showed up to work on the removal were again shrouded with masks and dark clothing as the city has said there have been threats made against those participating in the removal.
The monument to Jefferson Davis was erected in 1911 and had stood in its location at the corner of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Canal Street for 106 years. Crews showed up shortly after 3 a.m. and the actual removal of the statue was done shortly after 5 a.m. as a sling and bubble wrap were put around the statue before it was hoisted in the air and laid down on the bed of a truck.
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Matt Drudge Warns Trump insiders ‘Deliberately Sabotaging Presidency’
MAY 11, 2017
Perhaps “draining the swamp” needs to begin with certain personnel at the White House. Internet news powerhouse Matt Drudge is now claiming advisers to President Donald Trump who are leaking information to news media are “deliberately sabotaging” his presidency. In a couple of rare tweets on Wednesday, the online newsman indicated: “Trump advisers leaking to media are now deliberately sabotaging presidency. Major house cleaning needed for survival.” Minutes earlier,

he sent another tweet stating: “We never got 1 damaging leak out of Obama White House staff in 8 yrs. Under Trump, they appear hourly. BIG DANGER: Small leaks sink ships!!” Drudge linked to a report by Axios that included behind-the-scenes comments at the White House concerning the internal mayhem over Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. One anonymous White House official quoted in that report stated, “It’s insane. The whole thing is just insane.” FULL REPORT http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/matt-drudge-trump-advisers-deliberately-sabotaging-presidency/

OOPS! Military Code-Breaking Computer Project Accidentally Shown To Entire Internet
MAY 11, 2017
In early December 2016, Adam was doing what he’s always doing, somewhere between hobby and profession: looking for things that are on the internet that shouldn’t be. That week, he came across a server inside New York University’s famed Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing, headed by the brilliant Chudnovsky brothers, David and Gregory. The server appeared to be an internet-connected backup drive. But instead of being filled with family photos and spreadsheets, this drive held confidential information on an advanced code-breaking machine that had never before been described in public.
Dozens of documents spanning hundreds of pages detailed the project, a joint supercomputing initiative administered by NYU, the Department of Defense, and IBM. And they were available for the entire world to download. The supercomputer described in the trove, “WindsorGreen,” was a system designed to excel at the sort of complex mathematics that underlies encryption, the technology that keeps data private, and almost certainly intended for use by the Defense Department’s signals intelligence wing, the National Security Agency.
FULL REPORT https://theintercept.com/2017/05/11/nyu-accidentally-exposed-military-code-breaking-computer-project-to-entire-internet/


Researchers Develop Way To Print “Bionic Skin”
MAY 11, 2017
Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they’ve developed a way to make “bionic skin,” technology that could allow robots to feel their environments and humans to wear sensory-enhancing devices directly on their fingertips. The university announced the discovery Wednesday, adding that the research, led by mechanical engineering professor Michael McAlpine, will be published in the next issue of Advanced Materials.
According to the U of M, McAlpine and his fellow researchers developed a way to 3D-print “stretchable electronic fabric” on human skin. While they haven’t printed the technology on real human fingers just yet, they were able to successfully print the sensory material on the curved surface of model human hands. The researchers say the technology could have several applications, from medicine to warfare. They added that the technology could be available in the very near future, as the 3D printing manufacturig techniques are part of the team’s discovery.
READ MORE http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/05/11/3d-print-bionic-skin/


BREAKING NEWS: Abbas Agrees To Sign “Peace Deal” with Israel!
MAY 12, 2017
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has crossed the Rubicon and voiced “unprecedented” readiness to reach a peace deal with Israel, sources close to the efforts to renew talks between Israel and the Palestinians have told The Jerusalem Post. Abbas, according to the sources, made this clear to President Donald Trump during their meeting at the

White House last week. The president plans to use his trip to Israel later this month to receive assurances from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he, too, is committed to a peace agreement.Since his meeting with Trump last week, Abbas has changed his rhetoric, issuing a number of statements meant to reflect flexibility on previous demands. He has, for example, said that he would renew the talks under Trump’s auspices without preconditions. In the past, he had said he would not negotiate with Netanyahu without a freeze to settlement construction.
FULL REPORT http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-has-decided-to-sign-peace-deal-with-Israel-490530

Jerusalem Post Arab-Israeli Conflict
‘ABBAS HAS DECIDED TO SIGN PEACE DEAL WITH ISRAEL’
BYYAAKOV KATZ MAY 12, 2017 00:00
Trump planning to launch new round of talks during his upcoming visit.
Trump Abbas
Donald Trump welcomes Mahmoud Abbas to White House in Washington , May 3, 2017. (photo credit:REUTERS)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has crossed the Rubicon and voiced “unprecedented” readiness to reach a peace deal with Israel, sources close to the efforts to renew talks between Israel and the Palestinians have told The Jerusalem Post.
Abbas, according to the sources, made this clear to President Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House last week. The president plans to use his trip to Israel later this month to receive assurances from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he, too, is committed to a peace agreement.
Netanyahu angry Lauder advised Abbas
Since his meeting with Trump last week, Abbas has changed his rhetoric, issuing a number of statements meant to reflect flexibility on previous demands. He has, for example, said that he would renew the talks under Trump’s auspices without preconditions. In the past, he had said he would not negotiate with Netanyahu without a freeze to settlement construction.

He has also sent his advisers to the press to declare that the Palestinians are prepared to negotiate land swaps with Israel, a recognition that some West Bank settlements will remain part of Israel in the framework of a future deal.

Netanyahu, on the other hand, has largely remained quiet. The strategy within the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem seems to be to wait and hope not to be blamed for preventing the success of the peace talks Trump is planning to restart following his visit on May 22.

As reported earlier this week in Maariv and the Post, the person responsible for this change in Abbas is Ronald Lauder, the American billionaire and head of the World Jewish Congress, who is one of the closest people to Trump. Lauder has publicly said that he has known Trump for over 50 years and that he is a “great and true friend” of Israel.

Before Abbas met with Trump last week, he stopped by Lauder’s house for dinner and got briefed on ways to win over the president. To some, it seems that Lauder has bypassed Sheldon Adelson as the most influential Jew in Trump’s circle.

Lauder has been pushing for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal for years and was in Cairo two months ago for a meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of the Egyptian leader’s visit to the White House. Lauder, sources say, seems to have been tapped by the president as something of a semi-official envoy to the region with an emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Politicians who spoke to Lauder at Sunday’s Jerusalem Post Conference in New York later told the Post that he told them about his meeting with Abbas. At the same time, Netanyahu told confidants that he was furious over the American Jewish leader’s involvement.

“You don’t understand how much influence he has over Trump,” the prime minister told a confidant in a private conversation this week.

Scientists Left Baffled From Cosmic Radio Signal From Outer Space
MAY 12, 2017
Scientists have been left mystified by a radio signal sent from outer Space. The “fast radio burst” came from outside our own galaxy – but experts have no idea what caused it. Radio burst FRB 150215 was received on February 15, 2015 by the Parkes Telescope in Australia. It is the 22nd cosmic signal of its kind. But after two years, the experts are no closer to
finding out exactly what it was – or where it came from. Harvard researchers have suggested that these fast radio bursts (FRB) are caused by alien space travel or advanced alien technology. But according to a study recent study published by Cornell University, scientists are no closer to settling the debate. “The burst was followed-up with 11 telescopes to search for radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray and neutrino emission.
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3533937/scientists-receive-cosmic-radio-signal-from-outer-space-but-have-no-idea-what-it-means/

United Methodist Minister Facing Possible Discipline for Officiating Same-Sex Ceremony
MAY 12, 2017
A campus minister at the University of Iowa is facing possible censure from United Methodist leadership for officiating a same-sex ceremony for another female clergy member. Anna Blaedel, the executive director of the university’s Wesley Student Center, presided over the ceremony in Oklahoma on April 4, despite knowledge that doing so is forbidden by the United Methodist Book of Discipline. “I knew that officiating at this wedding could cost me my credentials, could cost me
my job, could cost me my health insurance and could cost me my income,” she told the Press-Citizen. “But I also knew that saying ‘no’ to one of my best friends would cost me my integrity and my soul.” The Appointive Cabinet of the Iowa Conference consequently filed a unanimous complaint against Blaedel last month for engaging in a practice that is “incompatible with Christian teaching.”
READ MORE http://christiannews.net/2017/05/11/united-methodist-minister-facing-possible-discipline-for-officiating-same-sex-ceremony/

Hepatitis C nearly triples in US in 5 years…
MAY 12, 2017
The number of hepatitis C infections have nearly tripled in the United States in the last five years, particularly among people in their 20s, researchers said Thursday. The bloodborne virus is transmitted by injection drug use, dirty needles, blood transfusions and sex. Chronic infection can lead to cirrhosis or cancer of the liver. Hepatitis C is the top infectious disease killer in the nation, taking nearly 20,000 lives in 2015, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Experts say the rise of the opioid epidemic, with increasing numbers of people sharing needles to inject heroin and prescription painkillers, is driving the increase in cases. “New hepatitis C virus infections are increasing most rapidly among young people, with the highest overall number of new infections among 20- to 29-year-olds,” said a statement from the CDC. READ MORE https://www.yahoo.com/news/hepatitis-c-nearly-triples-us-5-years-013039176.html



Ebola Returns! World Health Organization Warns of New Epidemic – 3 Dead
MAY 12, 2017
A new Ebola epidemic has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the deaths of three people thought to be linked to the virus. The country’s health ministry confirmed one person has tested positive for the virus. The World Health Organisation confirmed that the DR Congo had informed them of a lab-confirmed case of the disease.
The case was confirmed from tests on nine people who came down with a hemorrhagic fever in Bas-Uele province in the northeast of the country on or after April 22, the statement said. Spokesman Eric Kabambi said: ‘The case is in a very remote zone, very forested, so we are a little lucky. We always take this very seriously’
FULL STORY https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ebola-three-people-killed-dr-congo-epidemic-declared-133141507.html

New “Faith-Based” Film Filled With F-Bombs
MAY 11, 2017
‘Generational Sins’ features expletives and references to child abuse and alcoholism: “We live in an R-rated world, and covering up the darkness won’t bring it into the light,” says executive producer Thurman Mason. An upcoming faith-based film is attempting to go where no previous movie from the genre has ever gone. Generational Sins — directed by Spencer T. Folmar and written by Folmar, Dax Spanogle, Jason Spanogle, Casey Salviano and Fernando Salviano — is overflowing
with profanity, including multiple uses of “f—,” “sh**,” “bi***,” “di**” and “a**.” It’s a huge departure compared to recent faith-based successes like God’s Not Dead, which took in $60 million in 2014 and contained just one objectionable word: “crap.” Generational Sins is about child abuse, alcoholism and, ultimately, redemption through Jesus Christ, and it could be in the unusual position of being offensive to both Christians and the LGBTQ community, since it also contains the term “faggot.” (GLAAD declined comment for this story.)
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PROPHESY
Abass Russia must be part of peace process
MAY 12, 2017
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Sochi resort in Western Russia on Thursday, and said that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be “impossible” without the participation of Moscow in the peace process.“It is impossible to solve the Palestinian issue without Russia’s meaningful participation in the peace process.
That is what we have been emphasizing at all international meetings,” Abbas said in his meeting with Putin, according to the official Russian State news agency Tass. Putin said Russia “will continue to give its full support to the resumption of direct dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis.” “The peaceful coexistence of the two states — Palestine and Israel — is an indispensable condition to ensure genuine security and stability in this region,” Putin said. READ MORE
READ MORE http://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-in-meeting-with-putin-says-moscow-must-be-part-of-peace-process/

DEVELOPING: Earthquake Swarm Rattling Residents in Seattle
MAY 11, 2017
After two earthquakes early Thursday, part of a swarm of minor quakes that have struck the Kitsap Peninsula, another earthquake was detected at 10:56 a.m. off Whidbey Island. The first quake hit at 12:34 a.m. Thursday, with a magnitude of 3.6 and an epicenter 3.4 miles from Bremerton, according to the University of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN). More than 700 people reported to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that they felt some intensity of shaking in places from Vashon Island to Bellevue to Lynnwood.

The second, smaller temblor came at 2:36 a.m., with a magnitude of 2.6 and an epicenter 2.1 miles from Bremerton. The earthquakes were the latest in a series of 13 that have occurred around the Kitsap Peninsula since May 3. None had a magnitude greater than 3.6. Earthquakes registering between 2.0 and 3.9 on the Richter scale are considered minor. The earthquakes struck near the Seattle fault, a zone of thrust faults that run through Seattle and across the Puget Sound.
FULL REPORT http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/did-you-feel-that-swarm-of-small-quakes-near-bremerton-felt-in-seattle-bellevue/

Facebook Blocks Video Of Thailand King At Government’s Request
MAY 11, 2017
Facebook is banning people from seeing a video of Thailand’s King wearing a crop top. The controversial video shows the newly-crowned monarch walking in a shopping mall wearing a bright yellow crop top that shows the ornate tattoos on his arms, according to activists who are sharing it online. But it’s not possible to share it on Facebook within Thailand, after the social network banned it. King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Bodindradebayavarangkun is shown walking alongside a woman, and is accompanied by men who appear to be a bodyguard. Pictures of the King in such attire have circulated on the internet before. But this is thought to be the first video showing him before he became King, and changed his dress to be considerably more conservative. The 64-year-old King took the throne after his father Bhumibol Adulyadej died earlier this year. The video was taken last June, according to reports, just months before.
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Christian Bakers Fined for Refusing to Make ‘Support Gay Marriage’ Cake Get BIG Surprise
MAY 11, 2017
Something quite surprising has happened to Christian bakers in Northern Ireland who were found guilty of discrimination for declining to make a cake that included the message “support gay marriage” on it: The bakery’s profits have increased.According to the Belfast Telegraph, Ashers Bakery posted profits of £1.5 million in 2016 compared to £1.3 million in 2015, equivalent to a rise from to $1.41 million to $1.63 million. This means that the controversy over the cake refusal —
one that was told by media outlets across the globe — didn’t have much of an impact on the bakery’s bottom line. As Faithwire previously reported, the McArthur family, who own the company, landed in the crosshairs after declining to make the cake in 2014 for an LGBTQ activist named Gareth Lee. In addition to including the “support gay marriage” message, Lee reportedly also wanted the cake to have a logo for his organization QueerSpace and an image of Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie hugging.
FULL REPORT http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2017/may/christian-bakers-fined-for-refusing-to-make-lsquo-support-gay-marriage-rsquo-cake-get-big-surprise

White House Says Trump will ‘Fully Eliminate’ Global Threats to U.S. and Allies
MAY 11, 2017
Poised to decide whether to surge U.S. troops into Afghanistan, President Trump aims to “fully eliminate” threats to U.S. and allied interests around the world, the White House said Tuesday. “We need to fully eliminate any threat around the globe, frankly, not just in Afghanistan, that poses a threat to our people and our allies,” press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at his daily briefing. The review of America’s
Afghanistan strategy is done, and the president will be briefed “soon,” a top aide told Yahoo News. This sets the stage for Trump to decide whether or not to hurl more troops into America’s longest war. The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson Jr., warned the Senate Armed Services Committee in early February that the war in Afghanistan was in a “stalemate” and that “we have a shortfall of a few thousand” troops.
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PROPHECY WATCH: Would You Let Your Company Chip You?
MAY 11, 2017
Remember scenes from movies like Mission Impossible or Minority Report where people are subjected to microchip implants? Well, it’s not just in the movies anymore–it’s real. Ask the employees of the Swedish company Epicenter, based in Stockholm, where it’s routine to have your hand implanted as part of your new employee on-boarding process. The company gives its workers the choice of an implant that will operate printers and open doors–you can even buy items from the vending machine with it. Apparently,
it is an extremely popular undertaking that so far, about 150 of the 2,000 employees have opted for. Epicenter CEO and co-founder Patrick Mesterton says, “The biggest benefit I think is convenience,” as he waves his own hand to unlock a door. “It basically replaces a lot of things you have, other communication devices, whether it be credit cards or keys.”Mesterton was one of the first to get chipped and lead by example, but even he initially had doubts and struggled with the decision. “Of course, putting things into your body is quite a big step to do and it was even for me at first,” he said.
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Hospital computers across England shut down by cyberattack, Hackers demand ransom
https://www.rt.com/uk/388115-nhs-hospitals-cyber-attack/
MAY 12, 2017
Hospitals across England have reportedly been hit by a large-scale cyberattack. Some are having to divert emergency patients, with doctors reporting messages demanding money. The Guardian says National Health Service (NHS) hospitals across the country appear to have been simultaneously hit by a bug in their IT systems. Doctors have been posting on Twitter about what has been happening. A screengrab of an instant message conversation circulated by one doctor says:
“So our hospital is down … We got a message saying your computers are now under their control and pay a certain amount of money. And now everything is gone.” A second doctor tweeted: “Massive NHS hack cyber attack today. Hospital in shut down. Thanks for delaying emergency patient care & endangering lives. Assholes.” East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, one of those affected, said in a statement: “Today, the trust has experienced a major IT problem, believed to be caused by a cyber attack.
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/uk/388115-nhs-hospitals-cyber-attack/

New Israeli Research Reveals that Men are Men and Women are Women
MAY 12, 2017
A new study by Israeli researchers found that a man cannot become a woman by simply “identifying” as one and vice versa. Geneticists from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science discovered certain genes that are only expressed in women, while others are only expressed in men. Professor Shmuel Pietrokovski and Dr. Moran Gershoni studied 20,000 genes, sorting them by sex, and searching for differences in expression in each tissue.
They eventually found around “6,500 genes with activity that was biased toward one sex or the other in at least one tissue, adding to the already major biological differences between men and women.” Some of the biggest differences were in genes responsible for body hair, fat storage, muscle building, and milk production for breastfeeding. The researchers also found that biological sex also plays a role in preventing specific illnesses.
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BREAKING NEWS: Ransomware Cyber Attack Reported Worldwide
MAY 12, 2017
A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organizations around the world. Screenshots of a well-known program that locks computers and demands $300 (£230) in Bitcoin have been shared online by parties claiming to be affected. There have been reports of infections in the UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy, Vietnam, Taiwan and others. Security researchers are linking the incidents together. One cyber-security researcher tweeted that he had
detected many thousands of cases of the ransomware, known as WannaCry and variants of that name. “This is huge,” said Jakub Kroustek at Avast. Another, at cyber-security firm Kaspersky, said that the ransomware had been spotted cropping up in 74 countries and that the number was still growing. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was also hit by a ransomware outbreak on the same day and screenshots of the WannaCry program were shared by NHS staff.
FULL REPORT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382

Church Bans ‘Non-Christian’ Yoga for Focus on Oneself Instead of God
MAY 11, 2017
An Anglican church in Wales might face boycott from some in the community after it banned “non-Christian” yoga from the premises. St. David’s Church in Ceredigion decided not to allow yoga as part of its community center offerings, concerned that the practice that originated in India “might be seen to be in conflict with Christian values and belief,” according to The Telegraph. Some have apparently warned that yoga philosophy “teaches participants to focus on oneself, instead of on the one true God.”

A Church in Wales spokesman clarified some of the church’s rules: “There is no problem to have alcohol in the building, but alcohol is not to be sold. Pilates is allowed, but not yoga. Also no activity of non-Christian activity.” Some locals have said that they will protest the Parochial Church Council over the decision, however, with one resident writing, “I and no doubt some Blaenporth residents are not at all happy with the view the church has on community activities like yoga, tai chi, taekwondo, cash prize bingo and the like.
FULL REPORT http://www.christianpost.com/news/church-bans-non-christian-yoga-for-focus-on-oneself-instead-of-god-some-threaten-boycott-183279/


As Doomsday Clock Edges to Armageddon, Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Has 100 Years
MAY 11, 2017
The dreaded Doomsday Clock now stands at a perilous two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, and world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking has cut mankind’s lead time to disaster down to a single century. Incredibly, he has a solution which may reflect exactly what the Jewish end-of-days has in store. The Doomsday Clock was set up in 1947 by the The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‘ Science and Security Board to represent the likelihood of a human-caused global catastrophe. The clock was set at seven minutes to midnight at its inception and has been readjusted 22 times. In January, the clock was pushed a half a minute closer to midnight and now stands at 11:57:30 PM.
In a new BBC documentary called Expedition New Earth, Dr. Hawking listed a myriad of dangers that cut his thousand-year estimate down to a mere 100 years, including climate change, asteroid strikes, epidemics and overpopulation as the greatest dangers facing the world today. With multi-national militaries in Syria and off the coast of North Korea, many would add global war with nuclear overtones to the list. Dr. Hawking has suggested two solutions to the impending doom. While one of his proposals defies mankind’s Biblical mandate on earth, the other actually comes surprisingly close to tallying with Jewish end-of-days scenarios – albeit not perfectly.
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Aetna to Completely Pull Out of ObamaCare Exchanges by 2018
MAY 11, 2017
Health insurance company Aetna (AET) announced Wednesday it will completely withdraw from the ObamaCare marketplace in 2018, a decision Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price perceived as a sign of continued instability in the health care sector under the Affordable Care Act. “Aetna’s decision to completely withdraw from the
ObamaCare exchanges adds to the mountain of evidence that ObamaCare has failed the American people. Repealing and replacing it with patient-centered solutions that stabilize the marketplace to bring down costs and increase choices is the only solution,” Price said late Wednesday. The company will not offer insurance plans in Delaware or Nebraska, the remaining two states where it was slated to provide coverage under the Affordable Care Act next year.
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5-year-old brings loaded gun to North Carolina elementary school
MAY 11, 2017
A handgun found in a restroom at an elementary school in the Lake Wylie area of Mecklenburg County was brought in by a 5-year-old, officials said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells FOX 46 Charlotte that the weapon was found in a hallway restroom at Palisades Park Elementary School by a group of children during morning arrival on Tuesday. They said the children saw the gun on the floor and ran to tell a staff member.
The gun had rounds in the magazine, not in the chamber and was brought to school by a 5-year-old boy, CMS Police tells FOX 46 Charlotte. “Safety protocols were immediately implemented and CMS law enforcement was notified,” CMS said in a statement to parents. The boy told police that someone put the gun in his book bag. Authorities said they do not believe he intended to use the gun at school.
READ MORE http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/10/5-year-old-brings-loaded-gun-to-north-carolina-elementary-school-police-say.html

Kirk Cameron Says Bible Is ‘More Powerful Than Any Book on Harry Potter’s Shelf’
MAY 11, 2017
Actor and producer Kirk Cameron is delighted by the success of National Bible Bee which premiered on Apr. 4 on Facebook Live. The game show on Bible knowledge broke new ground by being the first television series to be broadcast on the social media platform which generated over a million viewers. Cameron said he was thrilled to host the show to
bring more attention to young contestants who have devoted a significant amount of time to memorize and proclaim the scriptures. “More powerful than any book on Harry Potter’s shelf, the Holy Bible has transformed people and nations for thousands of years,” the “Growing Pains” star said. More than 40,000 contestants from seven to 18 years old have participated on National Bible Bee since it began in 2009. The last season was shown on three networks, and it reached 80 million homes. This season, 30 one-hour episodes are being broadcast on Christian Cinema Facebook Live.
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Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Fight Is About to Plunge Into the Unknown
MAY 11, 2017
Dealing with Puerto Rico’s crushing debt has started to resemble a circular firing squad. Simply put, the bankrupt island can’t pay everything it owes, so creditors are taking aim at each other as they squabble over who will get what’s left. But the debt’s size and the tangled process invented to rescue Puerto Rico mean there’s no established rule book to shape what comes next. Holders of general-obligation debt have declared their right to be paid first,
owners of sales-tax bonds are squabbling with one another over who deserves priority, and they’re all up against the commonwealth’s leaders, who want the cash for essential services. Amid this melee, Puerto Rico’s federal overseers will have to choose between paying U.S. hedge funds everything they’re owed or keeping schools, water and electricity running. READ MORE https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-11/puerto-rico-debt-donnybrook-kicks-off-with-squabble-over-default

Christians Leaving the Girl Scouts Over Its Connection to Planned Parenthood
MAY 11, 2017
More families and churches are breaking ties with the Girl Scouts because of its connection to the abortion chain Planned Parenthood. This month, the Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas was the latest to announce plans to stop hosting Girl Scout troops in its parishes. The parishes are being encouraged instead to charter American Heritage Girls troops, which teach Christian values and virtues.
The Girl Scouts’ ties to the Planned Parenthood abortion chain and other abortion advocates have led to an exodus of many Christian families and churches. A 2015 report in the Dallas News indicated that the Girl Scouts’ numbers and funding have been shrinking during the past decade. The report states: According to figures provided to The Associated Press, youth membership for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 [2015] was 1.88 million, down nearly 6.2 percent from 2014, and adult membership was 784,120, down 3.1 percent.
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What Feel-Good Preachers Get Wrong on Sundays
MAY 11, 2017
(By Shane Idleman) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
Whether it’s on the radio, television, internet or at church, we often hear that God has a wonderful plan for our life. But as Ray Comfort rightly notes, “The preacher promises a bed of roses for those who come to Christ, but those who are in Christ are evidently sitting on a painful bed of thorns.” This may explain why a very high percent of those raised in Christian homes leave the faith, and why many others show no evidence of faith.
There are a large number of false conversions because many base their decision to follow Christ on having a wonderful life. We have turned salvation into an easy path rather than a narrow road. We’ve made Jesus a butler rather than a King. We want the cross light, the road easy and the burdens lifted.
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Comey Sought to expand Trump-Russia probe of former campaign officials
MAY 11, 2017
The FBI-led probe into whether Russian influence operations helped put Donald Trump in the White House is on a knife’s edge and could easily veer into either of two distinct directions. One possibility is that investigators will feel galvanized by President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI director James Comey and burrow ever deeper into a probe in which they
see the reputation of the bureau at stake. Or, with the FBI temporarily rudderless, Trump loyalists in the Justice Department could put the brakes on the investigation in multiple ways. “They could just say, ‘We’ve got 60 days to tie this up. I’m not spending more person power inside the bureau. . . . Let’s just say wrap it up unless we’ve got a smoking gun,’ ” said Christopher H. Schroeder, a former assistant attorney general who headed the Office of Legal Policy.
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5.5 Earthquake kills 8 in China, Following 6.5 Earthquake In South Sandwich Islands
MAY 11, 2017
according to reports, A‍t least eight people were killed and dozens injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 11, 2017. Hours before a Magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. 8 people were killed and 23 injured in the magnitude 5.5
earthquake that occurred on Thursday at 05:58 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Numerous strong aftershocks – 82 as of 10:00 – were felt after the earthquake. The earthquake affected more than 12,000 local residents. 9,200 people were evacuated to safe places.
MORE http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/earthquake-kills-8-china-earthquake-south-sandwich-islands-video-pictures.html

As Doomsday Clock Edges to Armageddon, Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Has 100 Years
MAY 11, 2017
The dreaded Doomsday Clock now stands at a perilous two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, and world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking has cut mankind’s lead time to disaster down to a single century. Incredibly, he has a solution which may reflect exactly what the Jewish end-of-days has in store. The Doomsday Clock was set up in 1947 by the The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‘ Science and Security Board to represent the likelihood of a human-caused global catastrophe. The clock was set at seven minutes to midnight at its inception and has been readjusted 22 times. In January, the clock was pushed a half a minute closer to midnight and now stands at 11:57:30 PM.

In a new BBC documentary called Expedition New Earth, Dr. Hawking listed a myriad of dangers that cut his thousand-year estimate down to a mere 100 years, including climate change, asteroid strikes, epidemics and overpopulation as the greatest dangers facing the world today. With multi-national militaries in Syria and off the coast of North Korea, many would add global war with nuclear overtones to the list. Dr. Hawking has suggested two solutions to the impending doom. While one of his proposals defies mankind’s Biblical mandate on earth, the other actually comes surprisingly close to tallying with Jewish end-of-days scenarios – albeit not perfectly.
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White House Says Trump will ‘Fully Eliminate’ Global Threats to U.S. and Allies
MAY 11, 2017
Poised to decide whether to surge U.S. troops into Afghanistan, President Trump aims to “fully eliminate” threats to U.S. and allied interests around the world, the White House said Tuesday. “We need to fully eliminate any threat around the globe, frankly, not just in Afghanistan, that poses a threat to our people and our allies,” press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at his daily briefing. The review of America’s
Afghanistan strategy is done, and the president will be briefed “soon,” a top aide told Yahoo News. This sets the stage for Trump to decide whether or not to hurl more troops into America’s longest war. The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson Jr., warned the Senate Armed Services Committee in early February that the war in Afghanistan was in a “stalemate” and that “we have a shortfall of a few thousand” troops.
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YOU’RE FIRED! President Trump Cans FBI Director Comey!
MAY 9, 2017
President Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, according to the White House. “Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement. He also said the president acted “on the clear recommendations” of both

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “The FBI is one of our Nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” Trump said. A search for a new permanent FBI director will begin immediately.
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US Approves Heavier Weapons for Syrian Kurds to Defeat ISIS
MAY 9, 2017
The Trump administration will provide heavier weapons to Syria’s Kurds as they and their allies move closer to an attack on the key Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The decision is meant to accelerate the Raqqa operation, but it clashes with the Turkish government’s view that the Syrian Kurdish group known as the YPG is an extension of Kurdish terrorist organization that operates in Turkey.
The U.S. sees the Kurds as its most effective battlefield partner against IS in northern and eastern Syria. After lengthy deliberations, the administration approved plans to provide additional weaponry to the Kurds. A full list wasn’t immediately available, but officials had indicated in recent days that 120mm mortars, machines guns, ammunition and light armored vehicles were possibilities. They said the U.S. would not provide artillery or surface-to-air missiles.
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DAYS OF LOT: Josh McDowell Warns Of Children Facing Porn’s Dangers by Age 5
MAY 9, 2017
An esteemed Christian apologist is using his platform and influence to combat the pornography scourge and is warning parents to prepare their kids to face its dangers by the time they are five years old. Gathered before a crowd of 30 pastors and ministry leaders at the office of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Wednesday, best-selling author Josh McDowell exhorted everyone to tackle this issue head-on. McDowell, 77, who is himself a sexual abuse survivor, recounted
that about eight or nine years ago he felt as though there was a mysterious destructive phenomenon going on in culture that was fundamentally altering the belief systems of young people. He could not quite put his finger on what it was but it was affecting their relationships with their parents, the church, and with God. The phenomenon, he would determine, is “pervasive Internet pornography” and as an apologist for the Christian faith, he felt compelled to speak to this. “Very seldom am I surprised by the research,” McDowell said.
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Have We Just Witnessed The End of a Christian Europe?
MAY 9, 2017
(Reported By Bob Eschliman) In 732 a relatively small army of French Christians led by Charles Martel defeated an invading Muslim army in the Battle of Tours, near Poitier, France. Abd-ar-Rahman, the Muslim governor of Cordoba, Spain was killed in the fighting, and the Moors retreated from what is now France, never to establish themselves north of the Pyrenees. Yesterday, the French had a similar opportunity to repulse the Muslim invasion that is destroying the 2000-year old Gaulish Christian culture that
arose from the ashes of the Roman Empire, but no Frankish army showed up at the French polling stations to repulse the invasion. Instead, Emmanuel Macron, a “Useful Infidel,” was swept into power as President of France. Unlike in the United States, Hungary and Poland, and to a lesser extent in Great Britain, where the ascendant political leaders of those countries at least recognize the threat of Islam to their cultures, Macron is a globalist and an “open promoter of multiculturalism.” READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/politics/opinion/64776-is-this-the-end-of-a-christian-europe


Hank Hanegraaff Reveals He Has Rare Form of Cancer
MAY 9, 2017
“Bible Answer Man” Hank Hanegraaff has told his supporters that doctors have discovered he has a rare form of cancer. Hanegraaff explained that he’s hoping for a miraculous healing, but at the same time said his prayer is not for his will to be done, but for God’s, and that he will be looking to use his situation to help and encourage others.
The president and chairman of the board of the North Carolina–based Christian Research Institute said in a video blog on May 2 that he has been diagnosed with anemia and is awaiting the results from a bone marrow biopsy, and late last week shared an update in another Facebook video. “What was discovered is a rare form of cancer that is called mantle cell lymphoma. This is a treatable cancer, but it is going to require aggressive chemo therapy,” he revealed, adding that he’s also scheduled to undergo a CT scan.
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120-year-old Illinois church ditches ‘Baptist’ name over ‘negative stereotypes’
MAY 9, 2017
After more than a century of being identified as “Baptist,” one Illinois church is ditching its denominational designation. The First Baptist Church of Geneva in Kane County will now be known as Chapelstreet Church. With the new name, the congregation is hoping to brush aside the “negative stereotypes” associated with the “Baptist” title.
“ ‘First’ is a historic reference to the first white church established in a city. ‘Baptist’ is a misunderstood term that in our culture brings with it negative stereotypes,” the church explained on its website. The leadership said the church’s name “should reflect who they are, align with their vision, and should not present any unnecessary barriers to people hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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Turkish President Working to End ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem
MAY 9, 2017
Hours after launching a scathing attack on Israel, calling on Muslims to flood the Temple Mount in protest at the “occupation” of Jerusalem, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways to halt the so-called “judaization” of Jerusalem with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Meeting with Hamdallah in Istanbul Monday night, Erdogan “confirmed the necessity of unifying efforts to protect Jerusalem against attempts of judaization,” according to an official statement carried by the Palestinian Ma’an news agency.
On Monday evening, Erdogan drew swift Israeli rebuke for a speech in which he called Israel “racist and discriminatory,” and said Muslims should visit Jerusalem’s flashpoint Temple Mount more often to support Palestinians. “Each day that Jerusalem is under occupation is an insult to us,” he said, at the opening ceremony of the International Forum on al-Quds Waqf in Istanbul, Turkey’s Hurriyet news reported.
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Catholic Schools Accused of ‘Transphobia’ for Canceling Play About Boy Who Dresses as a Girl
MAY 9, 2017
A Catholic school board is being criticized and accused of “transphobia” after it canceled an LGBT-themed play that was slated to be performed in five of its elementary schools. Last week, the Niagara Catholic District School Board cancelled the play “Boys, Girls, and Other Mythological Creatures,” which focuses on an 8-year-old boy who suffers from gender dysphoria and dresses like a girl.
The Globe and Mail reports that John Crocco, the director of education at the NCDSB, announced that the five elementary schools cancelled their planned performances of the play, which was aimed at students ages 5 to 10. According to the news outlet, the play was cancelled after a school board official voiced concerns to the five school principals that the play is “not age-appropriate for a predominantly primary audience.” Crocco also said that the play was not clearly advertised to the school board as being about gender identity.
FULL REPORT http://www.christianpost.com/news/catholic-schools-accused-transphobia-canceling-play-boy-dresses-as-girl-182940/


Deadly Hailstorm Strikes Colorado, Leaving Widespread Damage
MAY 9, 2017
A severe thunderstorm hit Colorado on Monday, May 8, 2017, dumping hail as large as tennis balls. The storm blanketed the state in a thick layer of ice, leaving widespread damage and traffic delays. Hundreds if not thousands of vehicles and buildings were damaged. Although most of the hailstones did not exceed the size of golfballs some of them were as big as tennis balls and there are even reports of hail larger than a pool ball.
A severe thunderstorm moved over Denver shortly after 15:00 MDT and was very slow-moving, AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Edwards said. “Since the storm was barely moving, hail piled up several inches, causing widespread travel problems in the metro area.” Air traffic was also impacted as more than 150 flights at Denver international Airport had to be delayed. FULL REPORT https://watchers.news/2017/05/09/denver-colorado-hailstorm/

Deep 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes cyclone-affected Vanuatu
MAY 11, 2017
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded at a depth of 175km and was located about 115km north of Vanuatu’s Santo
island, the USGS said. There was no immediate tsunami warning or any reports of damage or casualties. Vanuatu had been impacted in recent days by hurricane-force winds and heavy rain from Cyclone Donna, which reached Category 5 and was the strongest cyclone ever to form in the South Pacific in the month of May.
FULL REPORT http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/92406035/deep-68-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-cycloneaffected-vanuatu

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Strong Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Hirara, Japan
MAY 9, 2017
A strong M6.0 earthquake hit the Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 01:54 UTC on May 9, 2017. The epicenter of the shallow earthquake was situated at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). Slight sea-level changes have been registered in coastal regions. No reports of a tsunami. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake measured 6.4 in magnitude on
the Richter’s scale. It is reporting the same depth as USGS – 10 km (6.2 miles). Although there may be slight sea-level changes in coastal regions, this earthquake has caused no damage to Japan. There is currently a swarm of earthquakes along the Aleutian Islands… Large seismic unrest in the northern part of the Ring of Fire.
MORE http://strangesounds.org/2017/05/strong-m6-0-earthquake-japan-map.html

Ex-Obama Official on ISIS Killing Christians: ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’
MAY 9, 2017
Days after ISIS warned Muslims in Egypt to “stay away from Christian gatherings,” the terror group has shot dead a Christian man inside a barber shop. 50-year-old Nabil Saber Ayoub was killed Saturday evening in the coastal city of el-Arish. He is at least the seventh Christian murdered in the region following a wave of attacks in recent months across the
country. The most devastating attack happened on Palm Sunday when suicide bombers targeted two churches, leaving 27 dead and scores wounded. Now, a former Obama official says Ayoub and other Egyptian Christians deserve the persecution they are suffering from ISIS. Mohamed Elibiary was a former Homeland Security Advisory Council member under the Obama administration.
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VP Pence Joining Franklin Graham to Stand for Persecuted Christians
MAY 9, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence will address hundreds of persecuted Christians from around the globe at a Washington, D.C., summit hosted by evangelist Franklin Graham this week. Pence, an evangelical Christian who has made religious freedom a priority, is scheduled to address the gathering Thursday morning. Franklin Graham recently discussed the upcoming World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians on the “Washington Watch” radio program with host Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
Graham and Perkins talked about worldwide persecution and the violence committed against Christians and other religious minorities around the world. “I want our politicians to see what is happening and I want the voices of these people who have been persecuted, I want their voices to be heard. I want to give them a stage for them to be able to tell their stories and do it right there in Washington, where hopefully, we can see some policy changes,” Graham said of the summit.
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Chicago Police Issue Bulletin On Gangs and High-Powered Weapons
MAY 9, 2017
Chicago police issued a bulletin Monday warning its officers about gangs armed with high-powered weapons, after three people were shot to death over the weekend – including two attending a memorial for the earlier victim. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the three people who were killed in the shootings Sunday were all members of the same street gang.
A shooting early in the day left one man dead, and the two others were killed and eight people were injured in a spray of more than two dozen shots from two guns while attending a makeshift memorial for him. Police suspect they were all shot by members of a rival street gang in the same neighborhood on Chicago’s southwest side.
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HOUSE DIVIDED: Momentum Gaining Among Democrats For Trump Impeachment
MAY 11, 2017
Democratic leaders aren’t calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. But they’re getting closer. To one Democratic congressman, the president’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey reminded him of the “doomsday clock,” a symbol that warns about the likelihood of nuclear war. “We should maybe have an impeachment clock,” Rep.
Mark Pocan, D-Wis., said on Wednesday. “And if we did, I think yesterday moved us about an hour closer to having that need.” Pocan said he had thought Democrats in the House of Representatives needed to use the threat of impeachment as a “tool” to make the administration follow the law. “I would argue this has got to still be on the table as an option, especially if, indeed, there was obstruction of justice by the firing of the FBI director,” said Pocan, first vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Momentum Gaining Among Democrats For Trump Impeachment
MAY 11, 2017
Democratic leaders aren’t calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. But they’re getting closer. To one Democratic congressman, the president’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey reminded him of the “doomsday clock,” a symbol that warns about the likelihood of nuclear war. “We should maybe have an impeachment clock,” Rep.
Mark Pocan, D-Wis., said on Wednesday. “And if we did, I think yesterday moved us about an hour closer to having that need.” Pocan said he had thought Democrats in the House of Representatives needed to use the threat of impeachment as a “tool” to make the administration follow the law. “I would argue this has got to still be on the table as an option, especially if, indeed, there was obstruction of justice by the firing of the FBI director,” said Pocan, first vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Only 37 Percent Of Evangelical Christians Believe That Going To A Strip Club Without Your Spouse Is Cheating
MAY 10, 2017
(Reported By Michael Snyder) If a husband goes to a strip club without his wife and spends hours watching other women dance around naked, would that be considered cheating? Of course the answer is yes, but I was astounded when I came across a recent survey that found that only 37 percent of evangelical Christians agree with me. Perhaps even more shocking is the fact that the same survey found that only 31 percent of evangelical Christians believe that “watching pornography without your partner” is cheating.
Numbers like these make me wonder exactly what is being taught in our churches these days.vIn America today, most ministers are extremely hesitant to preach hard messages about “right” and “wrong” because there is fear that some people might get offended. But when morality is not taught, all sorts of crazy things start happening. For example, there is a “devout Christian couple” down in Florida that claims that they are “spreading the gospel” by having sex with other couples. Dean and Christy Parave are convinced that their unusual “lifestyle” enables them to share Christ with those that “might otherwise never hear about Jesus”.
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Mark Zuckerberg, The Rock, Katy Perry And Oprah Winfrey Are All Thinking Of Running For President
MAY 10, 2017
(Reported By Michael Snyder) Donald Trump has proven that you don’t have to be a career politician to successfully run for president, and so now a number of top celebrities are actually seriously thinking about running against him in 2020. Unless Hillary Clinton runs again, the Democrats really don’t have an obvious choice, and so this next election cycle presents a unique opportunity for outsider candidates that may want to test the political waters. In politics, timing is everything, and for celebrities at the
peak of their popularity the 2020 election may be their best and only shot at the highest office in the land. One name that keeps coming up over and over again is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. As Salon has detailed, he is already behaving very much like a presidential candidate… Zuckerberg recently started his “personal challenge for 2017,” which is focused on meeting individuals in every state. Just last week Zuckerberg visited a Ford factory in Michigan and made an unexpected visit to Ohio where he was hosted by a family of Democrats that voted for Donald Trump, according to the Guardian.
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A Broken Heart Attracts the Presence of God!
MAY 10, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we discuss how the Lord is attracted to a broken heart and a contrite Spirit. We will show you how people in the Bible caught the attention of God when they poured out their hearts before him. Discover why we need Churches today that allow an atmosphere to allow our hearts to be broken before him. For the entire message watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woX6hhveqqQ


10 Sad Reasons Many Christians Don’t Gather for Prayer
MAY 10, 2017
(By Kevin Senapatiratne) Most pastors tell me the most important meeting of the church is the prayer meeting. They also tell me it is the least-attended meeting in their church. I am told that people will come easy to a potluck but not to a prayer meeting. But the power of a well-attended prayer meeting is vital to a church. I have been amazed at the connection between the size of the Sunday morning service and the size of the prayer meeting. It is consistently 10 percent of the Sunday morning attendance that attends the prayer meeting.
An increase in attendance at the prayer meeting seems to increase attend on Sunday morning to get it back to that 10 percent. But people don’t seem to like to come to prayer meetings. Now, I understand that part of that has to do with spiritual warfare. The enemy would love nothing better than to have people not come to the prayer meeting. That, however, is only part of the story. There are things as leaders that you can do to help the meeting be better attended. Here are 10 ideas why people don’t come to get you started.
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Elderly couple married for 62 years die together while holding hands
MAY 10, 2017
An elderly couple married for more than 60 years died within two hours of each other, while holding hands. Delma and Tom Ledbetter, from Lake Jackson, Texas, both fell ill in April. The couple’s family sent Mr Ledbetter to the same nursing home as his wife, where the pair held hands until they passed away together on 21 April. Mr Ledbetter died first, and within an hour and a half, his wife followed.

“Their love was a testimony to many, and was surely a match made in Heaven. Although the family is filled with sadness, they are left with many loving memories until the time comes that they are all together again,” an obituary for the couple reads. One of the couple’s daughters, Donetta Nichols, said they died exactly how they would have wanted. “It was exactly how they wanted to go. It couldn’t have been any better,” she told local TV station KPRC 2.
READ MORE http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elderly-couple-die-holding-hands-62-years-marriage-delma-tom-ledbetter-lake-jackson-restwood-a7725876.html

Ibuprofen taken for ONE DAY increases your risk of heart attack by Half
MAY 10, 2017
Taking common painkillers can raise heart attack risk by half after just one day, a major study warns. Experts looked at nearly 450,000 adults given non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). They include popular over-the-counter pills such as ibuprofen, and prescription-only drugs such as diclofenac. Both are taken by millions for conditions such as headaches, back pain and arthritis.
The study, published in The BMJ, said their effect on heart attack risk was almost immediate. But it was not long-lasting and wore off over time. Past studies have found the common painkillers increase risk of cardiac arrest by up to a third. Scientists fear the drugs may cause blood vessels to narrow, increase fluid retention and alter blood pressure. Canadian experts found taking any regular dose of ibuprofen for between one to seven days raised chances by 48 per cent.
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3520232/taking-ibuprofen-to-treat-pain-increases-your-risk-of-heart-attack-after-just-one-week/

Chicago inmates can now order pizza directly to their cells
MAY 10, 2017
Inmates in the Cook County Jail can now order pizza delivered directly to their cells. The medium-security prison has allowed pre-trial detainees to use their commissary to purchase pizza cooked on the premise. The “Recipe for Change” program run by local restaurant owner, Chef Bruno Abate, looks to teach inmates skills that they can use when they are released, reports the Chicago Tribune.The pizzas cost between $5 and $7 and the selection of six pies includes classics like plain margherita and sausage. “This isn’t coddling the detainees,” says sheriff spokeswoman Cara Smith who added that the sales will go towards funding the program itself. The program has been in place since April 20 and as of Monday, 208 pies have been sold.
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Satanic Message, Upside Down Crosses Found at Spanish Church
MAY 10, 2017
Spanish police are reportedly investigating a case of satanic vandalism after a priest found the number 666 and upside down crosses at a Spanish church containing the Veil of Veronica, a relic believed to have touched the face of Jesus Christ. Catholic News Agency reported on Monday that a priest at the Monastery of the Holy Face in Alicante discovered the satanic 666 number on the shatter-proof glass containing the Roman Catholic relic, while several upside down crosses
were found at the Stations of the Cross, which mark Jesus’ journey toward His crucifixion. Security cameras showed that the perpetrator was a young woman who hid herself inside the church on Saturday night. Although her name has not been released, authorities have reportedly identified her, and she is due to be arrested. In addition to the satanic messages, the woman apparently stole a liturgical prayer book and another one where the liturgical acts of the monastery are recorded. READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/satanic-message-upside-down-crosses-found-at-spanish-church-containing-veil-of-face-of-christ-183144/


Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) Making Serious Consideration To Run for President!
MAY 10, 2017
No one gets up earlier than Dwayne Johnson. Or goes to bed later. Or is more awake during the hours in between. No one in Hollywood is more buff, more driven, or gets paid better. The man has so much charisma and ambition he can do anything. Comedy, action, pretty little cartoon voices. Some people even say he could be president. GQ’s Caity Weaver spent a few days with the ex-wrestler, pumping iron and pounding water (gotta stay hydrated!) and figuring out if The Rock is meant for higher office.
When Dwayne Johnson meets you (and I can assure you, he would love to), the first thing he will do is ask you six thousand questions about yourself, and remember the answers forever. If you are a child, good luck getting past Dwayne Johnson without a high five or some simulated roughhousing; if you’re in a wheelchair, prepare for a Beowulf-style epic poem about your deeds and bravery, composed extemporaneously, delivered to Johnson’s Instagram audience of 85 million people; if you’re dead, having shuffled off your mortal coil before you even got the chance to meet Dwayne Johnson,
READ MORE http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover


Comey sought more resources for Russia probe days before being fired
MAY 10, 2017
Last week, then-FBI Director James B. Comey requested more resources from the Justice Department for his bureau’s investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussion. Comey, who was fired by President Trump on Tuesday, made the request in a meeting last week with Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, and Senate Intelligence Committee members were briefed on the request Monday, the officials said.
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said reports that Comey had requested more funding for the Russia investigation are “totally false.” Such a request, she said, “did not happen.” Rosenstein wrote the memo that was used to justify Trump’s swift and unexpected firing of Comey on Tuesday evening.Asked by reporters Wednesday whether she was briefed by Comey on requests for additional funding for the investigation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said: “I was not.
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Top Vatican Astronomer Challenges Stephen Hawking’s Atheistic Beliefs
MAY 10, 2017
Brother Guy Consolmagno, a Jesuit priest and director of the Vatican Observatory, has challenged physicist Stephen Hawking’s atheistic beliefs, and argued that while God’s workings can in part be explained by science, God remains supernatural. Consolmagno, an astronomer who’s hosting a three-day conference on May 9–12 at the papal summer residence in Castelgandolfo, Italy, about the relationship between science and the Divine, argued that God is not simply the cause of the Big Bang.
“If you look at God as merely the thing that started the Big Bang, then you get a nature god, like Jupiter throwing around lightning bolts,” Consolmagno said, according to a Crux article on Monday. “That’s not a god I want to believe in,” he said. “There are many ideas of god, which means there are many gods I don’t believe in. “We must believe in a God who is supernatural,” he continued. “We recognize God as the one who is responsible for existence, and our science tells us how he did it.”
READ MORE http://www.christianpost.com/news/vatican-astronomer-challenges-stephen-hawkings-atheistic-beliefs-says-god-is-supernatural-183036/


Franklin Graham Warns Of “Islamic Domination”
MAY 10, 2017
The world’s most populous Islamic country took another lurch backwards Tuesday when a court sentenced the capital city’s first Christian governor in half a century to two years’ imprisonment for “blasphemy.” The sentence handed down by the North Jakarta District Court was even stiffer than the one requested by Indonesian state prosecutors, who asked for a suspended sentence for outgoing Jakarta Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. “Jakarta,
Indonesia, had a rare and beautiful thing in their country – a Christian governor,” evangelical preacher Franklin Graham said in response to the trial. The governor, he commented, “was known for his honest and capable governance, but Islam wants domination, and they wanted him politically out of the picture.” Sentencing came four days after radical Islamists marched to the Supreme Court to demand a heavy sentence for Purnama.
READ MORE http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/islam-wants-domination-says-franklin-graham-jakartas-christian

A Troubling Trend Among Pentecostal Pastors
MAY 10, 2017
(By Shane Idleman) A few years back, I listened in astonishment as some prominent “Christian” leaders talked about replacing “preaching” with “having a conversation.” At first, I thought that they might be confusing individual conversations with how we should speak to the masses, but I was wrong. They felt that we should stop “preaching” from the pulpit and start being more passive and less confrontational. Never mind the fact that Jesus said, “I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also, for this is why I was sent” (Luke 4:43). But according to many, it’s time to replace the pulpit with a couch and preaching with conversing.
It’s not my practice to name names or reference churches, but when they depart from truth, they open themselves up for exposure. Sadly, many churches carry their books, promote their material and seek to model their church after them. There is a very troubling trend in the evangelical church as a whole. We are in desperate need of genuine leadership—broken, humble people who are not afraid to admit that they need God; men who are more worried about prayer than about status and recognition; men who petition God rather than position themselves. Many men want the recognition, but not the brokenness; the honor, but not the humility.
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/64798-a-troubling-trend-among-pentecostal-pastors

Colorado Christians Repent for Being First State to Embrace Abortion
MAY 10, 2017
Fifty years ago, Colorado became the first state to legalize abortion, six years before Roe v. Wade made it legal nationwide. Like most states at the time, Colorado mandated that abortion was only allowed in cases of rape, incest, or when the mother’s life was at risk. But now, Colorado allows abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
As 50 years of legal abortion in their state was marked, on May 4, the National Day of Prayer, a group of Christians gathered with solemn prayer that the practice will soon come to an end. “It’s significant because 50 years ago, Denver, Colorado legalized abortion and we want to see God overturn abortion and we want to be the first state to overturn it and ban it” said Rex Tonkins, Colorado coordinator for the National Day of Prayer.
READ MORE https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/may/colorado-christians-repent-for-being-first-state-to-embrace-abortion

US Embassy will stay in Tel Aviv and Not Be Moved To Jerusalem
MAY 10, 2017
Senior US sources said US President Donald Trump has already decided to extend the order which prevents the US Embassy in Israel from being transferred from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, 360 reporter Ariel Kahana said. A US source said Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has already been informed of Trump’s decision. Recently, both governments agreed that this would not be the best time to move the Embassy, and US officials said Israel did not want to deal with the matter at present and had requested Trump delay the move.
The Israeli government is not surprised by Trump’s decision, but they are still very disappointed. The expectation was that Trump would make an announcement regarding Jerusalem during his upcoming May 22 visit to Israel. However, the expectation currently is that Trump will push Israel to renew negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, who will be the main focus of Trump’s visit. The next US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, apparently received the news before it was told to Israel.
READ MORE http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/229412

New ‘Gray Death’ Drug Can kill With a Single Dose
MAY 10, 2017
A lethal new drug dubbed “gray death” by authorities that is dangerous to even touch with gloves is being eyed in overdose cases across Georgia, Alabama and Ohio. Investigators said the high-potency cocktail — which is comprised of heroin, fentanyl, the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil, and a synthetic opioid called U-47700 — can kill users with a single dose.
“Gray death is one of the scariest combinations that I have ever seen in nearly 20 years of forensic chemistry drug analysis,” Deneen Kilcrease, manager of the chemistry section at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told The Associated Press.A spokeswoman for the agency told the Associated Press that they’ve seen 50 overdoses cases involving gray death over the past three months. Users can inject, swallow, smoke or snort the drug, which varies in consistency and looks like a concrete mixture.
READ MORE http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/05/08/authorities-warn-on-dangerous-new-gray-death-drug-that-can-kill-with-single-dose.html


15 dead after intense thunderstorms hit Bihar, India
MAY 10, 2017
At least 15 people have been killed, including 7 due to lightning, after intense thunderstorms accompanied by heavy pre-monsoon rains hit the Indian state of Bihar on May 9, 2017. The storm hit Bihar, dropping temperatures, while the rest of the country still endures a sizzling heat. It destroyed standing crops, damaged houses and uprooted trees in at least 11 of 30 affected districts (out of 38 total).
“Though we are still getting reports about the damage and casualty figures from far interiors, but as of now we have reports of 15 persons killed due to nature’s fury,” said an official of the Disaster Management Department. Of the casualty figures due to lightning, two persons died in Begusarai, while one person each was killed in Kaimur, Maner, Darbhanga, Samastipur and Madhubani. Reports from far-flung areas said that trees were uprooted following thunderstorm thereby affecting power supply.
READ MORE https://watchers.news/2017/05/09/15-dead-after-intense-thunderstorms-hit-bihar-india/



81 Percent Of Americans Are ‘Concerned About Declining Moral Behavior In Our Nation’
MAY 10, 2017
(By Michael Snyder) Could it be possible that Americans are more concerned about declining standards of morality than most of us initially thought? A very surprising new survey conducted by LifeWay Research has discovered that a whopping 81 percent of Americans agree with this statement: “I am concerned about declining moral behavior in our nation.” If you follow my work on a regular basis, you already know that moral decay is a theme that I keep coming back to time after time. To me it
is quite obvious that moral behavior is deteriorating all around us, but I had no idea that so many other Americans were deeply concerned about the exact same thing. Since so many people agree that we are facing a moral crisis, the solution should be very simple right? Unfortunately it is more complicated than that, because there is very little agreement about what our moral values should actually be. Once upon a time the Bible formed the basis for morality in American society, but today things are entirely different.
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Celebrities Melt Down Over Comey Firing: ‘Full Blown Constitutional Crisis’
MAY 10, 2017
Hollywood celebrities reacted with shock and anger Tuesday following the White House’s announcement that President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Comey, who was appointed director of the agency by former president Obama in 2013, was fired after an evaluation conducted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Borenstein. In his letter to Trump, Sessions wrote that “a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the FBI.”
“It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission,” Trump himself wrote in a letter to Comey released Tuesday. But leftist celebrities — including longtime Trump critics Rosie O’Donnell, Michael Moore, Chelsea Handler and Joss Whedon — were up in arms over Tuesday’s announcement.
READ MORE http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/09/celebrities-melt-down-over-comey-firing-full-blown-constitutional-crisis

YOU’RE FIRED! President Trump Cans FBI Director Comey!
MAY 9, 2017
President Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, according to the White House. “Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.  He also said the president acted “on the clear recommendations” of both

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “The FBI is one of our Nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” Trump said. A search for a new permanent FBI director will begin immediately. 
READ MORE http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/09/trump-fires-fbi-director-comey.html

1,500-Year-Old Torah Discovered—Proves Matthew 5:18
MAY 8, 2017
In addition to the Torah, many other historical artifacts belonging to the Hellenistic and Seljuq periods, including statues, stone rubbings, jewelry, and coins were recovered. An ancient Torah estimated to be 1,500-years-old was seized from smugglers in Ayvalik, a western resort town in Turkey, the Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday.
In addition to the Torah, many other historical artifacts belonging to the Hellenistic and Seljuq dynasty periods, including statues, stone rubbings, jewelry, and 200 ancient bronze and silver coins were recovered. Turkish law enforcement detained two suspects and later released them on probation, and believe the smugglers brought the artifacts from Istanbul and Bingol, an eastern Turkish province.
FULL REPORT http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/standing-with-israel/64742-1-500-year-old-torah-discovered-mdash-proves-matthew-5-18

How False Prophets Deceive the Masses
MAY 8, 2017
(By Michael Youssef) There is an underhanded way to sell products called the bait-and-switch method. Here is how it works: A retailer entices a person to purchase an item. Yet, when the consumer gets ready to buy the product, he is told that there are no more in inventory. Immediately, the deceptive retailer tries to sell the consumer another product that is inferior to the one first offered. If the consumer buys it, the retailer makes a handsome profit, while the customer is swindled.

In the same way, false teachers use biblical words to capture attention and gain the trust of someone seeking the life of Jesus Christ. They use trusted terms to lure people away from the salvation message of the life of Jesus Christ. Essentially, they are the masters of the bait-and-switch method. Deception is a principal tool used by the enemy. Names such as devil and Satan are significant words because they mean “deceiver” and “slanderer.”
READ MORE http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/64732-how-false-prophets-deceive-the-masses


Mandatory Evacuations Grow in Florida and Georgia From Raging Wildfire
MAY 9, 2017
A mandatory evacuation has broadened as a wildfire near the Georgia-Florida line threatens small communities on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge supervisory ranger Susan Heisey said Monday that Moniac and Canaday Loop are ordered to evacuate. She says the fire has crossed state Highway 94 south of the refuge. She doesn’t know how many have evacuated the area.
The unincorporated community of St. George already was under a mandatory evacuation order and Charlton County schools closed Monday. The fire was started by a lightning strike April 6 and has burned 129,856 acres (52,550 hectares). Wind gusts and dry conditions are raising the risk of it spreading. Television stations in northeast Florida report smoke can be seen across Nassau, Clay and Duval counties. Officials urge residents to stay indoors.
READ MORE https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2017-05-08/evacuations-broaden-as-wildfires-threaten-small-communities

VP Pence Joining Franklin Graham to Stand for Persecuted Christians
MAY 9, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence will address hundreds of persecuted Christians from around the globe at a Washington, D.C., summit hosted by evangelist Franklin Graham this week. Pence, an evangelical Christian who has made religious freedom a priority, is scheduled to address the gathering Thursday morning. Franklin Graham recently discussed the upcoming World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians on the “Washington Watch” radio program with host Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
Graham and Perkins talked about worldwide persecution and the violence committed against Christians and other religious minorities around the world. “I want our politicians to see what is happening and I want the voices of these people who have been persecuted, I want their voices to be heard. I want to give them a stage for them to be able to tell their stories and do it right there in Washington, where hopefully, we can see some policy changes,” Graham said of the summit.
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DEVELOPING: Heavily-Armed Cops Storm Paris train station in hunt for ‘Three Dangerous Men’
MAY 9, 2017
One of the busiest train stations in Europe was placed on lockdown as heavily armed cops reportedly hunted for ‘three dangerous men’. French authorities confirmed a police operation was underway at Gare du Nord – the station at which Eurostar trains arrive in Paris from London. The Paris police headquarters said the operation was to “dispel any doubt” about a threat, but would not give more details. However reports in Le Parisien claimed cops were hunting for “three
dangerous men”. Officers are said to have emptied a train of more than 200 people that was arriving from the northern town of Valenciennes as they searched for the trio, whose profiles were apparently flagged to French security chiefs by a “partner country” on Friday. Since then, there have been three reported sightings in Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux. The latest sighting was made by a conductor and a ticket vendor, the paper claimed, and sparked the huge police presence.
READ MORE https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3513903/gare-du-nord-evacuated-paris-train-station/


Husband Reunited With Family After ISIS Held His Wife, 2 Small Children Captive for 3 YearsE
MAY 9, 2017
Stuck in the middle of the ongoing fight between ISIS and the national Iraqi military, the Iraqi civilian population knows the emotional and physical trauma of war first-hand. On a daily basis, global news media, missionaries, friends and families have expressed their concerns for ISIS captives in Northern Iraq. One Iraqi citizen, Nezar, whose last name is being withheld for security reasons, has joined many in their cries for help.
Nezar, a Yazidi Christian, is a father and husband who lives in a village outside of Sinjar City, about a two-hour car ride from Mosul. Several months ago, he met Christian missionary and Free Burma Rangers (FBR) founder, David Eubank. Eubank is an American who has been working with the Iraqi military to fight ISIS and support civilians by supplying them with food, medical aid and pastoral care.
READ MORE http://www.faithwire.com/2017/05/08/husband-reunited-with-family-after-isis-held-his-wife-2-small-children-captive-for-3-years/

CDC Warns of Tick-Related Virus That Kills 10%, Permanently Disables 50%
MAY 8, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control is warning of the emergence of a far deadlier tick-related virus than Lyme Disease – one that kills 10 percent of those infected and permanently disables the other 50 percent. It’s called POW for short, or Powassan, and it, like Lyme, is carried by deer. Recent cases have been noted in the Northeast U.S. and the Great Lakes states. The virus can cause inflammation of the brain, leading to death in 10 percent of cases and permanent disability in 50 percent of cases.
Signs and symptoms of infection can include fever, headache, vomiting, weakness, confusion, seizures, and memory loss, according to the CDC. Long-term neurological problems may occur. There is no specific treatment, but people with severe POW virus illnesses often need to be hospitalized to receive respiratory support, intravenous fluids, or medications to reduce swelling in the brain. “About 15% of patients who are infected and have symptoms are not going survive,”
READ MORE http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/pow-the-tick-virus-far-deadlier-than-lyme/


Shark attacks on the rise along the California coast
MAY 8, 2017
Shark attacks are on the rise along the California coast. “Beach access to the water is closed today because we had a girl get bit by a shark,” said one park official. Beachgoers were greeted by scary warning after 35-year-old Leeanne Ericson was attacked in knee-deep water north of San Diego last week. “It was a large wound,” said her surgeon, Dr. Gail Tominaga. Tominaga said Ericson likely survived because of quick action on the beach.
“That was crucial because they were able to put a big dressing on and a partial tourniquet on to help the bleeding, you know, decrease the bleeding,” Tominaga said. Marine biologist Dave Bader of the Aquarium of the Pacific said that in his experience, a shark is never intentionally going after a person. “We know what great white sharks like to eat and especially as juveniles, we know they like to eat small fish,” Bader says. “Nothing on you looks like a small fish.”
FULL REPORT http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shark-attacks-are-on-the-rise-along-the-calif-coast/


A Father To The Fatherless
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MAY 9, 2017
(By Ricky Scaparo) In this segment, we discuss how many people have been raised in broken homes and raised without a father. Discover how the Lord desires and longs to be our Heavenly Father and how he is raising up the broken and lonely in this hour to bring them into a place of embrace and sonship in the Kingdom of God! For the entire message watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=kHBeHiLjnbQ



For the First Time, Russia Ranked Among Worst Violators of Religious Freedom
MAY 8, 2017
Russia’s ongoing crackdown on religious minorities, foreign missionaries, and evangelists has earned it a spot among the worst countries in the world for religious freedom. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which flags religious freedom violators for the State Department, listed the former Soviet state among six new Tier 1 “countries of particular concern” (CPC) in its latest annual report, released Wednesday.
It is the first time in the commission’s almost 20-year history that Russia has made the list. A total of 16 countries currently hold the CPC designation, and another dozen are being reviewed as Tier 2. Russia is the only country whose repression of religious freedom has intensified and expanded since USCIRF began monitoring it, officials said. The report dedicated seven pages to its problematic policies, from the “persecution of religious minorities in the occupied areas of Crimea and Donbas” to recent moves against non-Orthodox Christians in its heartland.
READ MORE http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2017/april/uscirf-ranks-russia-worst-violators-religious-freedom-cpc.html

Colorado teacher placed on leave for Trump piñata
MAY 8, 2017
A Weld County high school teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave after photos of a controversial Cinco de Mayo incident of students smashing a pinata with President Donald Trump’s picture on it circulated online. The name of the teacher at Roosevelt High School has not been released, but Weld County School District RE-5J Johnstown-Milliken
said an investigation will begin Monday. “This was an incredibly disrespectful act that does not reflect the values of Roosevelt High School or the school district,” Superintendent Martin Foster said.Facebook photos showed the pinata on a tree with a bat in the hand of a Spanish class student from Roosevelt High School in Johnstown.
VIDEO READ MORE http://kdvr.com/2017/05/06/weld-county-teacher-accused-of-letting-students-smash-pinata-with-trumps-picture/

Monsanto accused of hiring army of trolls to silence online dissent
MAY 8, 2017
Biotech giant Monsanto is being accused of hiring, through third parties, an army of Internet trolls to counter negative comments, while citing positive “ghost-written” pseudo-scientific reports which downplay the potential risks of their products. The documents emerged during pre-trials on 50 lawsuits against Monsanto which were pending in the US District Court in San Francisco. The plaintiffs allege that exposure to the biotech giant’s flagship product, the herbicide
Roundup, caused them or their relatives to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, while Monsanto concealed the potential risks. In March, a judge ruled, despite Monsanto’s objections, that the documents obtained by the plaintiffs could be released. The court papers are being gathered at the website of food-safety whistleblower organization US Right to Know.The plaintiffs alleged that Monsanto targeted all online materials and even social media comments that indicate potential dangers of its products, according to one document released late in April.
READ MORE https://www.rt.com/usa/386858-monsanto-hired-trolls-court/


Norway’s Progress Party Calls For Ban On Circumcision Of Boys
MAY 8, 2017
The Progress Party in Norway voted on Saturday in favor of a law banning ritual circumcision of children under the age of 16, a day after the environment committee of Belgium’s Parliament of Wallonia voted in favor of banning ritual slaughter, posing a threat to both shechita (kosher slaughter) and brit mila (circumcision) in Europe. Proponents of the Norwegian bill, which was discussed during the party’s national gathering over the weekend, claim that circumcision constitutes

mental and physical harm to children and constitutes a serious violation of children’s rights. The Progress Party is the third-largest party – with 29 of 169 seats in parliament it serves as the junior partner in Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s cabinet. Reacting to the news, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, general director of the European Jewish Association, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett calling on them to urgently establish a joint working team for both government offices and Jewish organizations in Europe, in order to prevent the spread of anti-Jewish legislation.
READ MORE http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Norways-Progress-Party-calls-for-ban-on-circumcision-of-boys-489982

Middle school student suspended for ‘liking’ photo of gun on Instagram
MAY 8, 2017
An Edgewood Middle School student was handed a 10-day suspension for “liking” a picture of a gun on Instagram with the caption “ready.” The parents of Zachary Bowlin posted a picture of the intended suspension notice which read, “The reason for the intended suspension is as follows: Liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence.” “I
was livid, I mean, I’m sitting here thinking ‘you just suspended him for ten days for liking a picture of a gun on a social media site,” father Marty Bowlin said. “He never shared, he never commented, he never made a threatening post… anything on the site, just liked it.” The picture in question is of an airsoft gun, and according to the students’ parents, their child didn’t comment on the post but simply liked the picture.
READ MORE http://www.fox19.com/story/35355907/middle-school-student-suspended-for-liking-photo-of-gun-on-instagram

DEVELOPING: Emergency declared at Hanford nuclear waste site after tunnel collapse
MAY 9, 2017
The US Department of Energy has declared an emergency at the Hanford, Washington nuclear waste storage site, after a tunnel used to store contaminated materials caved in.
Personnel at the nearby facility have been evacuated, and workers elsewhere in the complex have been ordered to stay indoors and refrain from eating and drinking, according to text alerts seen by local media.
FULL REPORT https://www.rt.com/usa/387760-hanford-tunnel-collapse-nuclear/

Canadian Forces dispatch 400 troops to help with Quebec floods
MAY 8, 2017
More than 400 soldiers headed to various regions of Quebec on Saturday to help cope with the heavy flooding caused by unrelenting rain in Central and Eastern Canada in recent days. The Canadian Forces personnel were deployed to western and central Quebec and in and around the Montreal area as water levels continued to threaten hundreds of
residences.“People are tired psychologically and municipal authorities are running on empty in terms of resources,” said Eric Houde, director general of Quebec’s civil security services.More than 130 communities in the province have been hit by the flooding, with an estimated 1,500 homes affected and 850 people forced to evacuate.
READ MORE http://globalnews.ca/news/3431852/400-canadian-army-soldiers-dispatched-to-help-with-quebec-floods/



BREAKING NEWS: 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Off Of Alaska Following Series of Smaller Quakes
MAY 8, 2017
A large earthquake struck off Alaska on Monday morning, but it was not strong enough to generate a tsunami threat for Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. The quake, which measured at an initial magnitude of 6.6, was located
near the Adak, in the Aleutian Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was downgraded to a magnitude of 6.4. The quake struck around 7 a.m. Hawaii time. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. READ MORE
4 earthquakes hit Alaska in less than 48 hours –
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit the central part of the state on Sunday — the fourth to hit Alaska over the weekend. The center says the earthquake had an epicenter 27 miles north of Pleasant Valley, a town of about 700 residents at 9:09 p.m. local time.
The earthquake had a depth of 6.8 miles.There were no reports of injuries or damage. Earlier Sunday, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake hit the Cook Inlet region at 11:58 a.m. near Tyonek, a town of about 200 residents. The earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles. READ MORE http://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquakes-alaska-4-in-48-hours-weekend/


Facebook Removes Tens of Thousands Of Accounts In “Fake News” Purge
MAY 8, 2017
Facebook says it has deleted tens of thousands of accounts in Britain ahead of the June 8 general election in a drive to battle fake news. The tech giant also took out newspaper advertisements in Britain’s media offering advice on how to spot such stories. The ads suggest that readers should be “skeptical of headlines,” and to “look closely at the URL.” The
company says it has made improvements to help them detect fake news accounts more effectively. Simon Milner, the tech firm’s U.K. director of policy, says the platform wants to get to the “root of the problem” and is working with outside organizations to fact check and analyze content around the election.
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Emma Watson Wins MTV’s First-Ever Genderless Award
MAY 8, 2017
Actress Emma Watson won on Sunday night the first-ever gender-neutral MTV TV & Movie acting award for her performance in “Beauty and the Beast,” hailing the recognition as a way to show that empathy has “no limits.” “The first acting award … that doesn’t separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience,” Watson said at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles, BBC Newsbeat reported.
“MTV’s move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone,” she continued. “But to me it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and that doesn’t need to be separated into two different categories. “Empathy and the ability to use your imagination should have no limits. This is very meaningful to me.”
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50 Lawmakers Push for ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ Birthplace Designation on US Passports
MAY 8, 2017
Dozens of members of Congress signed a letter urging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to reverse the longstanding U.S. policy of not allowing Americans to list Jerusalem as part of Israel on the birthplace section in passports. “We write to urge you to revise the State Department’s policy regarding the birthplace designation on passports and consular reports of
birth abroad for American citizens born in Jerusalem,” 52 lawmakers, led by Rep. Ron DeSantis (R.-Fla.), wrote to Tillerson this week, the Washington Free Beacon reported. “Under the current policy, Americans born in Jerusalem have no country of birth listed on these documents; they are identified only as having been born in Jerusalem,” the lawmakers wrote. “We ask that you change the policy to permit Jerusalem-born Americans to have ‘Israel’ listed as their birthplace.”
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ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed as 50 US special forces and 40 Afghan commandos storm compound
MAY 8, 2017
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan has been killed – according to an Afghan government statement. Abdul Hasib was killed in a raid in the early hours of last Thursday in Nangarhar province, in which 50 U.S special forces and 40 Afghan commandos raided his compound. Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan confirmed Hasib’s death in a statement following speculation the ISIS boss had been taken out in the operation. Hasib was appointed last year following the death of his predecessor Hafiz Saeed in a U.S drone strike.
He is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including one in March on the main military hospital in Kabul by a group of militants disguised as doctors. A joint US-Afghan army statement released after the operation said troops had been involved in an ‘intense’ three-hour firefight. The statement said: “Within a few minutes of landing, our combined force came under intense fire from multiple directions and well-prepared fighting positions.
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HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ Explores the Fallout of a “Godless Rapture”
MAY 8, 2017
A few years ago, a close friend of mine—a youth minister on his way home from a mission trip—died in a tragic car accident. His wasn’t a martyr’s death, nor a long-fought battle against illness. It was swift. The call to pray for him came at 11 that night, and a couple of hours later came news of his passing. My prayers (or lack thereof) felt meaningless, his death purposeless. My friend was gone, and I’d been left behind.

For the Christian, death is never final. Paul himself euphemizes the death of saints as “falling asleep,” and death is filled with purpose as those in Christ await resurrection on the Last Day. Such hope and truth, however, may be difficult to believe for the friends and family left in the wake of death’s throes. It is the tension of the now and not yet, of knowing spiritual truth but wrestling to believe it—a whisper of doubt that asks, “What if there is no purpose in loss?”
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Many Leading Scientists Now Warning Of Coming Apocalypse
MAY 8, 2017
While apocalyptic beliefs about the end of the world have, historically, been the subject of religious speculation, they are increasingly common among some of the leading scientists today. This is a worrisome fact, given that science is based not on faith and private revelation, but on observation and empirical evidence. Perhaps the most prominent figure with an anxious outlook on humanity’s future is Stephen Hawking. Last year, he wrote the following in a Guardian article: Now,
more than at any time in our history, our species needs to work together. We face awesome environmental challenges: climate change, food production, overpopulation, the decimation of other species, epidemic disease, acidification of the oceans. Together, they are a reminder that we are at the most dangerous moment in the development of humanity. We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, but have not yet developed the ability to escape it. There is not a single point here that is inaccurate or hyperbolic. For example, consider that the hottest 17 years on record have all occurred since 2000, with a single exception (namely, 1998), and with 2016 being the hottest ever.
READ MORE https://www.salon.com/2017/04/30/its-the-end-of-the-world-and-we-know-it-scientists-in-many-disciplines-see-apocalypse-soon/


Former Reagan Administration Official Is Warning Of A Financial Collapse Some Time ‘Between August And November’
MAY 8, 2017
ATTENTION: The following report does not reflect the views or opinions of End Time Headlines
(Reported By Michael Snyder) If a former Reagan administration official is correct, we are likely to see the next major financial collapse by the end of 2017. According to Wikipedia, David Stockman “is an author, former businessman and U.S. politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985) under President Ronald Reagan.” He has been frequently interviewed by mainstream news outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg and PBS, and he is a highly respected voice in the financial community. Like other analysts, Stockman believes that the U.S. economy is in dire shape,
and he told Greg Hunter during a recent interview that he is convinced that the S&P 500 could soon crash “by 40% or even more”… The market is pricing itself for perfection for all of eternity. This is crazy. . . . I think the market could easily drop to 1,600 or 1,300. It could drop by 40% or even more once the fantasy ends. When the government shows its true colors, that it’s headed for a fiscal blood bath when this crazy notion that there is going to be some Trump fiscal stimulus is put to rest once and for all. I mean it’s not going to happen. They can’t pass a tax cut that big without a budget resolution that incorporated $10 trillion or $15 trillion in debt over the next decade. It’s just not going to pass Congress. . . . I think this is the greatest sucker’s rally we have ever seen.”
FULL REPORT http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/former-reagan-administration-official-is-warning-of-a-financial-collapse-some-time-between-august-and-november


Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities
MAY 8, 2017
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Sunday prohibiting the state’s cities and counties from enacting so-called “sanctuary” laws that prevent local law enforcement officers from inquiring about the immigration status of anyone they detain. Abbott took the unusual step of signing the bill on Facebook with no advanced public notice. He said Texas residents
expect lawmakers to “keep us safe” and said similar laws have already been tested in federal court, where opponents have already been hinting the bill will be immediately challenged.”Let’s face it, the reason why so many people come to America is because we are a nation of laws and Texas is doing its part to keep it that way,” Abbott said. His spokesman, John Wittman, later said they chose to sign the bill on a Facebook livestream because that’s “where most people are getting their news nowadays.”
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ABC, CBS, NBC join CNN in censoring Trump Ad
MAY 7, 2017
The Donald Trump campaign Friday announced that ABC, CBS and NBC has joined CNN in a campaign to censor its 100-day ad, “setting a chilling precedent against free speech rights.” Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump and daughter-in-law of President Trump, a consultant for the campaign Donald J. Trump for President Inc., said: “Apparently, the mainstream media are champions of the First Amendment only when it serves their own political views. Faced with an ad that doesn’t fit their biased narrative,
CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC have now all chosen to block our ad. This is an unprecedented act of censorship in America that should concern every freedom-loving citizen.” WND reported earlier this month when CNN launched the censor-Trump effort. At that time, campaign Executive Director Michael Glassner said in a statement the action by CNN “is censorship pure and simple.” “By rejecting our ad, CNN has proven that it supports censorship, is biased and fears an opposing point of view,” he charged.
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Emmanuel Macron, 39, Becomes France’s Youngest President Ever Elected
MAY 7, 2017
The pro-EU politician Emmanuel Macron was tonight elected as France’s youngest ever president with a projected landslide of 65.5 per cent. Macron, 39, beat far-right National Front (FN) candidate Marine Le Pen, 48, in an election that will have widespread repercussions for the future of Europe. An official preliminary result released at 8pm local time showed Macron received 65.5 per cent of the vote and had earned a clear 31-point victory over Le Pen. Just 15 minutes

after the exit polls were announced, Le Pen conceded and revealed she phoned Macron to ‘congratulate’ him on his election victory. And at 11pm local time, Macron addressed thousands of his adoring supporters who had gathered at his election victory rally outside the Louvre in central Paris. He walked across the sprawling historic courtyard to the music of Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’, the European Union anthem, and said: ‘Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of the enlightenment everywhere.’
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LGBT Canadians are Furious After Catholic School Cancels LGBT Play for 5-Year-Olds
MAY 7, 2017
(Reported By Todd Starnes) LGBT Canadians are furious after a Catholic school district canceled performances of a play about gender identity – meant for children as young as 5 years old. “I fear these cancellations may be based on misinformation, grown out of fear, intolerance, transphobia, homophobia and misogyny,” wrote Jessica Carmichael, the artistic director of the Carousel Playhouse.
The playhouse had been scheduled to perform a play called, “Boys, Girls and Other Mythological Creatures.” The show had already been booked in five elementary schools in the Niagara Catholic School District. The play features an 8-year-oid boy who dresses as a girl and questions his gender, The Globe and Mail reports.
FULL REPORT http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/07/catholic-school-hit-for-canceling-lgbt-play-for-5-year-olds.html

Actor Who Played Jesus in ‘Passion of the Christ’ Reveals He Was ‘Struck By Lightning’ During Sermon on the Mount Filming
MAY 7, 2017
Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” has revealed that he was struck by lightning while filming the epic movie. The actor said they were filming the scene of the Sermon on the Mount in Rome when the bizarre event happened, the Catholic News Agency reported “I climbed the mountain, clouds had formed, and
five seconds before the stroke I had felt what was going to happen,” he recalled in an interview with Polish journalist and film critic Lukasz Adamski. “Suddenly, I was struck by the lightning.” Caviezel said he was struck just as Gibson shouted “action.” He did not say how he managed to survive the incident, which he admitted “terrified” him. At the same time though, he said he “felt peace on the inside.”
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Ellen DeGeneres Says Trump “Not Welcome On My Show”
MAY 7, 2017
Daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres says President Donald Trump is not welcome on her show. In an interview with Today host Matt Lauer Thursday, DeGeneres was asked if she would ever invite the president on her show for an interview, as she did with former president Barack Obama and former 2016 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. “Um,
no,” she said. “Because I’m not going to change his mind.” “He’s against everything that I stand for,” the Ellen host further explained. “We need to look at someone else who looks different than us and believes in something that we don’t believe in and still accept them, and still let them have their rights.” Obama twice guested on DeGeneres’ highly-rated show; once in 2011 and again last February.
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Smithsonian Channel Spotlights Stone Tablet Believed to Confirm Biblical Tower of Babel
MAY 7, 2017
The first episode of the new season of the Smithsonian Channel’s “Secrets” series spotlights a stone tablet discovered in Babylon more than 100 years ago that is believed to confirm the existence of the biblical Tower of Babel as outlined in the Book of Genesis. “Ancient texts have allowed experts to imagine what the building might have looked like,” a promotional video for the episode outlines, pointing to the Scriptures.
“But now, astounding new evidence has emerged. Inscribed on the surface of a privately owned tablet, is an image that sensationally reveals what the Tower of Babel looked like.” Although the tablet, which dates to approximately 600 B.C., was unearthed a century ago, it was just recently that the piece was brought to ancient text expert Dr. Andrew George of the University of London, who noted that the stone bears an image seemingly depicting the biblical tower.
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ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Scientists Now Claiming “Religious Beliefs” Linked to Traumatic Brain Injuries
MAY 7, 2017
A traumatic brain injury could end up making people more extreme in their religious beliefs, according to new research. Scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois claim they have discovered a connection between head trauma and a person’s unwillingness to accept new ideas – a link, researchers say, makes some people more zealous about their faith. Writing in the journal ‘Neuropsychologia’, the study’s lead neurologist, Jordan Grafman, says that religious “flexibility” is dependent on the health of the area of the brain governing “openness.”
After consulting a registry of around 2,000 US soldiers who had suffered head trauma during the Vietnam War, Grafman conducted tests – including a ‘religious fundamentalism scale’ – on 119 veterans who had experienced penetrating brain injuries. Grafman’s team then used CT scans to identify lesions on the area of participants’ brains known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. This area is thought to play a cognitive role in critical thinking, problem-solving, planning, and spiritual experiences.
FULL REPORT https://www.rt.com/viral/387380-religion-fundamentalism-trauma-brain-injury/



Texas students may be required to pass citizenship test to graduate
mAY 7, 2017
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require high school students to pass a civics test in order to graduate. House Bill 1776 would replace a U.S. history course that students take at the end of a semester with a test that immigrants take to get their U.S. citizenship. But, unlike the real civics test, the test for students would be multiple choice. On Wednesday, the

Texas House tentatively approved the bill. Supporters say that the bill’s goal is to ensure that students are proficient in U.S. history. KENS 5 quizzed a handful of adults to see how they fared. We pulled 10 questions from a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services practice exam. Among the questions: Who would serve as president if the current president and vice president could longer serve?
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Smithsonian Channel Spotlights Stone Tablet Believed to Confirm Biblical Tower of Babel
MAY 7, 2017
The first episode of the new season of the Smithsonian Channel’s “Secrets” series spotlights a stone tablet discovered in Babylon more than 100 years ago that is believed to confirm the existence of the biblical Tower of Babel as outlined in the Book of Genesis. “Ancient texts have allowed experts to imagine what the building might have looked like,” a promotional video for the episode outlines, pointing to the Scriptures.
“But now, astounding new evidence has emerged. Inscribed on the surface of a privately owned tablet, is an image that sensationally reveals what the Tower of Babel looked like.” Although the tablet, which dates to approximately 600 B.C., was unearthed a century ago, it was just recently that the piece was brought to ancient text expert Dr. Andrew George of the University of London, who noted that the stone bears an image seemingly depicting the biblical tower.
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Sonic boom rocks Florida as secret Air Force X-37B spaceship lands after 2-year mission…
MAY 7, 2017
The landing of an unmanned military space plane at Kennedy Space Center Sunday morning concluded an almost two-year mission in orbit, according to the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force tweeted shortly after 8 a.m. that the reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle had landed safely, completing its fourth classified mission. OTV-4 launched from Cape Canaveral on a
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015. Air Force officials have called the X-37B program, which is managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, “the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft.” The Air Force’s two mini-shuttles have completed two missions each since the first launch from the Cape in 2010. Three prior X-37B landings occurred at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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