Wednesday, November 27, 2013

* In the news, Sunday, November 24, 2013


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NOV 23     INDEX      NOV 25
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SPOKANE


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from KHQ Local News (Spokane)


Santa Express: Retail Store For Kids Shopping For Mom And Dad
A Christmas tradition for the past 22 years, The Santa Express in downtown Spokane is a place where kids ages 4 through 12 can come in and pick out the best gifts for mom and dad. Prices for gifts range from 50 cents to 8 dollars and all proceeds from sales go to help the Vanessa Behan Nursery Crisis Center. The store is open until December 23. Hours of operation are Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sunday from 11am to 6pm. Its located on 707 West Main on the corner of Wall Street in downtown Spokane.


President Obama In Seattle On Fundraising Tour
Money, star power and Hollywood are awaiting President Barack Obama on a West Coast trip. The swing will feature a bit of official business, but it's mostly fundraising for a Democratic Party eager to go on offense after a tough stretch. Obama heads out Sunday afternoon for Seattle, with later stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles.


New Research Aims To Teach Computers Common Sense
Researchers are trying to plant a digital seed for artificial intelligence by letting a massive computer system browse millions of pictures and decide for itself what they all mean.

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from KREM 2 News (Spokane)


Memorial held for fallen veterans in N. Spokane
Dozens of people showed up to pay tribute to fallen veterans from the Spokane area on Sunday. The Honor Guard traditionally gathers at the State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake to pay their respects but were a little closer to home on Sunday. The ceremony honored veterans who were never buried in an official military funeral. The memorial was held at Greenwood Memorial Terrace North Spokane. KREM 2 News’ Randy Shaw made a point to attend the funeral. Honor Guard members presented Shaw with a flag in honor of the dead because none of the veterans' family members were in attendance.


Local food bank struggling to keep up with demand
Workers at 2nd Harvest said 2013 is the fourth year in a row that the need for food in the Inland Northwest is at an unprecedented level, the non-profit says it is the highest in the group’s 42-year history.

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from KXLY 4 News (Spokane)


49 fallen veterans given proper military honors


3-decade gridlock over: Iran nuclear deal
6-month deal rolls back nuclear program, loosens sanctions


Valley Police evacuate movie theater to search for arcade robber
Movie fans at the Spokane Valley Mall were evacuated from their theaters Friday night after a man armed with a rifle or shotgun robbed a video arcade next door.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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REGION


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from Columbia Basin Herald


Soap Lake again discussing contracting fire service
Less than a year after deciding to try and rebuild the fire department, the City of Soap Lake is again exploring options to contract fire and EMS services, left with no other options.

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from KING 5 News (Seattle)

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from KOMO News (Seattle)


President Obama arrives in Seattle for two private fundraisers
President Barack Obama, visiting Seattle Sunday on the first stop of a West Coast fundraising tour for the Democratic Party, sounded a nostalgic personal note and offered a rare self-assessment while criticizing congressional Republicans as an "impediment" to governing.

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President Barack Obama will be in Seattle Sunday afternoon for a pair of fundraisers. Drivers should be prepared for delays during the motorcade.

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from The Wenatchee World

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NATION


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from ACLJ



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from Associated Press
Israel's prime minister harshly condemned the international community's nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday, calling it a "historic mistake" and saying he was not bound by the agreement. Speaking to his Cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the world had become a "more dangerous place" as a result of the deal and reiterated a long-standing threat to use military action against Iran if needed, declaring that Israel "has the right and the duty to defend itself by itself." Israel believes Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon, and in the weeks leading up to Sunday's agreement, Netanyahu had warned the emerging deal was insufficient.

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from Bloomberg


Iran to Reap $7 Billion in Sanctions Relief Under Accord
Iran will get as much as $7 billion in relief from economic sanctions over six months under the first-step agreement reached today in Geneva, the Obama administration said.


Amtrak Serving Free Wine to Steak Loses Millions on Food
Amtrak, the U.S. taxpayer-supported passenger railroad, is losing tens of millions of dollars a year on food and beverage service even after years of cost cutting, its inspector general said.

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from Breitbart


WEST REACHES DEAL WITH IRAN TO LOOSEN SANCTIONS
In a negotiated deal that apparently allows Iran off the hook with regard to nuclear development and goes soft on verification protocols with regard to nuclear disarmament, the United States, along with France, Germany, China, Russia, Great Britain, and the European Union, has now endorsed an easing of sanctions on the Shiite theocracy.


DEEP DISCOUNTS ON TICKETS FOR OBAMA FUNDRAISER IN SF

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from examiner.com


On Friday, the Obama administration issued another amnesty for still, another group of illegal aliens, this time doing so under the guise of relieving "stress and anxiety" of our troops.

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from Fox News


Conservatives who backed Wisconsin Gov. Walker appear target of secret probe
Dozens of conservative groups that support Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker reportedly have been subpoenaed by a special prosecutor demanding donor lists and other documents pertaining to their backing of Walker's union overhaul and recall fight. The so-called "John Doe" investigation bars those subpoenaed from talking publicly.

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from The Heritage Foundation


Does Scripture teach faithful Christians to support amnesty for illegal immigrants?
Evangelicals Examine Amnesty for “Strangers."

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from NPR
The Scotch whisky is the ninth best-selling brand of distilled spirit in the world. Journalist Afshin Molavi says it has grown globally by appealing to the expanding middle classes in places like Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and India.

Pope Francis held bone fragments the church believes belonged to St. Peter, the first pope.
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from Patriot Survival Plan


China Announces That It Is Going To Stop Stockpiling U.S. Dollars
The central bank of China has decided that it is “no longer in China’s favor to accumulate foreign-exchange reserves”.  During the third quarter of 2013, China’s foreign-exchange reserves were valued at approximately $3.66 trillion.  And of course the biggest chunk of that was made up of U.S. dollars.

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from US News


White House Pic of the Day of Media Enrages Media
Friday’s White House “Photo of the Day” seems fairly innocuous at first glance. President Obama, in the Oval Office, is surrounded by eight photojournalists as he signs a bill into law. But that particular photo comes courtesy of the White House just one day after 38 news organizations and journalistic institutions, en masse, penned a letter of protest to Press Secretary Jay Carney, asking that the Obama administration stop simply sending out their own photos and allow more access to photographers and videographers. Some journalists interpreted Friday’s photo as the White House attempting to sweep the issue under the rug, while others figured it a subliminal “screw you.”

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from The Washington Post


Israel’s Netanyahu calls Iran deal ‘historic mistake’
Israeli leaders denounced the interim Iranian nuclear pact signed by the United States and five world powers as a “historic mistake” that does little to reverse Iran’s nuclear ambitions and instead makes the world a more dangerous place.


Iran, world powers reach historic nuclear deal
Iran and six major powers agreed early Sunday on a historic deal that freezes key parts of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for temporary relief on some economic sanctions. The agreement, sealed at a 3 a.m. signing ceremony in Geneva’s Palace of Nations, requires Iran to halt or scale back parts of its nuclear infrastructure, the first such pause in more than a decade.

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from Weasel Zippers (100 Percent FED Up)


Charlie Rangel Wants Obama To Act More Like A Dictator And Rule By Decree “For Everything”

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from The Weekly Standard


Abject Surrender by the United States
Negotiations for an “interim” arrangement over Iran’s nuclear weapons program finally succeeded this past weekend, as Security Council foreign ministers (plus Germany) flew to Geneva to meet their Iranian counterpart.  After raising expectations of a deal by first convening on November 8-10, it would have been beyond humiliating to gather again without result.  So agreement was struck despite solemn incantations earlier that “no deal is better than a bad deal.”


75 Years Ago
In light of the Geneva Agreement, I went back to read Winston Churchill's October 5, 1938, speech in the House of Commons on the Munich Agreement.


Obamacare Delenda Est!
Scott Johnson calls attention to a column in the Roanoke Times by Sharon Ingerson, a registered nurse in Salem, Virginia.

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WORLD


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from BBC News


Iran agrees to curb nuclear activity at Geneva talks
Iran has agreed to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for about $7bn (£4.3bn) in sanctions relief, after days of intense talks in Geneva.

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)


Shot in the Head by Islamists for Refusing to Deny Christ
This brave brother in Christ survived certain death to share his story of persecution and faith in Jesus. Pray for him and all those suffering the evil of Boko Haram in Nigeria.


Despite the recent rise of Hindu nationalism in India, thousands of youths are turning to Christ and are marching to express their faith. According to recent reports, Christianity is growing swiftly among the youths of high caste Hindus. Christianity in India has grown from 24 million to 71 million in just the past ten years making it the 8th largest Christian nation in the world. Please pray for the continued growth of Christianity in India.

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from The Jerusalem Post





Analysis: Iran deal is riskier than meets the eye
Nuclear accord struck in Geneva takes high, unnecessary risks; rests on shaky foundations that could possibly lead to collapse of sanctions regime; Iran can be expected to spend next 6 month trying to divide int'l powers.


Iran deal: Same world, opposite risk assessments
There is deep concern that the Geneva agreement will bolster Iran in the region; suddenly let off the ropes, Iran will once again be free to do what it can to torpedo any possible Israeli-Palestinian accommodation.


‘Nigerian Islamists force Christian women to convert’
Al-Qaida-linked Islamic group Boko Haram unleashed a new tactic in its war to obliterate Christianity in northern Nigeria: convert or die.


Secret direct US-Iran talks preceded deal in Geneva
US official says private meetings in Oman were "limited," most talks were "quite public" and Israeli officials were briefed on substantive conversations; former Iranian official: Khamenei warily approved meetings.


US hails accord with Iran as 'good deal'
Kerry says deal will make Israel safer because it establishes a mechanism to monitor Tehran's nuclear activity; Senate Foreign Relations Committee head says new sanctions legislation in Congress would respect 6-month freeze.



Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal is 'historic mistake'
Israeli official: Jerusalem will continue efforts to ensure that Tehran does not produce nuclear weapons.


Yadlin: Geneva agreement isn't final, Iran is being tested
INSS chief speaks in favor of interim deal, credits Netanyahu with improvements on previous proposal draft and calls on gov't to talk to US administration through closed-door channels, not media headlines.


Iran planning to build 2 new nuclear power plants, official says
Fars news agency quotes Tehran's deputy nuclear chief as saying two nuclear reactors being planned in addition to Bushehr core.

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Thousands of demonstrators protesting US drone strikes in Pakistan blocked a main road Saturday in the Peshawar province used to transport NATO supplies to and from Afghanistan.

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from The Times of India
Deaths of rhinos by poaching are fast approaching a tipping point, with the number of endangered creatures killed annually nearly outnumbering births for the first time, international experts warned Friday.

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from The Times of Israel


Iran talks at ‘final moment,’ says China
Foreign ministers gather in Geneva in bid for deal on Iran’s nuclear program; if agreement signed, Kerry set to travel on to brief Netanyahu

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FEATURES


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from Choice and Truth


Improved Non-GMO Corn Performing Better Than GMO Crops
[naturalblaze.com] Despite genetically modified corn comprising up to 90% of corn crops in the United States, non GMO hybrid corn (often called conventional) has managed to hang on. There appears to be a steady rising market for non-GMO corn.


The Dying Dollar: The Federal Reserve and Wall Street "Assassinate the US Dollar"
[global research] Since 2006, the US dollar has experienced a one-quarter to one-third drop in value to the Chinese yuan, depending on the choice of base. Now China is going to let the dollar decline further in value.

Manipulation of Economic Figures: Lies used to Justify Detroit Bankruptcy
[global research] A report issued Wednesday by the New York City-based liberal think tank Demos is a devastating refutation of the arguments used by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr to throw the city of Detroit into bankruptcy.


UK Government Set to Support Monsanto in EU Court
[global research] The UK Government has confirmed that it will support Monsanto in a European court case brought by European civil society groups. In a written Parliamentary Answer today, Earl Howe stated that the Government will intervene in the European Court of Justice to support the biotechnology giant, which wishes to import a GMO soy variety called Intacta into the EU for food and feed uses.

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from EarthSky


Water of an ancient sea identified under Chesapeake Bay
USGS scientists have determined that high-salinity groundwater found more than 1,000 meters (0.6 mi.) deep under Chesapeake Bay is actually remnant water from the Early Cretaceous North Atlantic Sea and is probably 100-145 million years old. This is the oldest sizable body of seawater to be identified worldwide.

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from Facecrooks


Fake Facebook Profiles and Pages – the Tools of Scammers, Bullies and Thieves
[ALERT] FACEBOOK LOTTERY SCAMS - Scammers often clone Facebook accounts to mine for data and take advantage of unsuspecting users. A current scam like this is promoting a FACEBOOK LOTTERY. Never accept a duplicate request from a Facebook friend unless you confirm its legitimacy first. Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, but that is hardly the case on Facebook. We receive countless reports from people and page administrators that have had their profiles or pages copied by scammers or bullies. The most common scenario is someone copies the name, profile picture and other available photos of their intended victim.

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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)


Before His Death, Father of ADHD Admitted it was a Fictitious Disease
If you or someone you know has a child that has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chances are the child is actually just fine. At least this is what the “father” of ADHD, Leon Eisenberg, would presumably say if he were still alive. On his death bed, this psychiatrist and autism pioneer admitted that ADHD is essentially a “fictitious disease,” which means that millions of young children today are being needlessly prescribed severe mind-altering drugs that will set them up for a life of drug addiction and failure.

Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets People Make on Their Deathbed
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.


Black Rice: The New Cancer-Fighting Super Food
A study presented at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Council confirmed that one spoonful of black rice bran—equivalent to 10 spoonfuls of cooked black rice—contains the same amount of antioxidants as a spoonful of fresh blueberries.

Another young creative mind working towards bettering our world. 19-year-old Boyan Slat has revealed his plans to the world regarding his Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans.

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from Mother Nature Network


The benefits of buying local
The benefits of supporting local businesses run deeper than merely putting money back into the local economy.


5 cranberry dishes for the holidays
Cranberries are also a staple for most Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Click through our slideshow of five cranberry dishes that will spice up your holiday feasts.


How to stop a cold before it starts
Natural preventatives and some common sense will keep you from getting sick — or staying that way for long.

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from Natural Society


A Vaccine for Stress? Vaccine Madness is RampantWhat inspires a mainstream medical researcher or MD to develop a vaccine? Saving mankind from disease? Probably not – but maybe for some. I’s more likely the inspiration comes from a steady stream of royalty money and no liability for vaccine damages.


The Hidden Dangers of Root Canals You Don’t Know About
Updated 11/23/2013 at 4:04 pm


Study Finds Spirulina to Boost Academic Performance, Brain Power
Spirulina is an incredible deep sea superfood offering many benefits. A recent study even found spirulina to increase academic performance and brain power.

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from PreventDisease.com


Using Quantum Physics To Return To Our Original Blueprint
Quantum K offers a free healing experience to take a step forward on your personal healing journey, whether it be physical, mental or energetic. This unique experience is based on the combination of sound, colour, fractal geometry, harmonics and symbols.


Findings Show Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizers Leach From Soil to Groundwater Much Faster Than Previously Thought
While nitrate is a common nitrogenous compound due to natural processes of the nitrogen cycle, anthropogenic sources have greatly increased the nitrate concentration, particularly in groundwater. Scientists in France and at the University of Calgary say that nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops lingers in the soil and for decades leaches toward groundwater -much longer than previously thought.


More Children are Getting Shot; Are You Ready to Talk About the Real Root Cause Now?
Nothing happens in a bubble and there is a reason that children are killing children. There are reasons why we suddenly have a generation of sick kids dependent on psychotropic, mood elevating, behavior modifying, mind controlling drugs.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpacc)


International Space Station: 15 Facts for 15 Years in Orbit
The first piece of the International Space Station launched 15 years. To mark the outpost's 15 years in orbit here is a countdown of facts about the huge science lab in the sky.

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