Saturday, February 21, 2015

In the news, Monday, February 9, 2015


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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

CHURCH ASKS FOLLOWERS TO SUBMIT TO GOVERNMENT, CALL 911 ON SUSPICIOUS NEIGHBORS
A church hosting a law enforcement appreciation sermon asked its followers to pledge their allegiance to government this weekend, arguing that all state authorities throughout history have been ordained by God. “I pledge to call 911 if I see someone suspicious in my neighborhood,” the pledge stated.

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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

White House encouraging Congressional Black Caucus to boycott Netanyahu’s speech

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from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens
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from The American Conservative

China Greenwashes Le Corbusier
Creating whole cities from scratch is neither environmentally nor socially sustainable. China's technocrats set out to build an "eco-city" from scratch, and got a greenwashed ghost town in return.

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from BBC News (UK)

HSBC bank 'helped clients dodge millions in tax'
Banking giant HSBC helped wealthy clients across the world evade hundreds of millions of pounds worth of tax, the BBC has learned.

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from Breitbart
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from Christian News Network
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from The Daily Caller

US Waits For Former Gitmo Detainee To Get Home, Drones Him
Former Guantanamo detainee, Taliban commander and recent ISIS militant Mullah Abdul Rauf has been declared dead on Monday by Afghanistan authorities. He was killed along with five others by a drone strike.

from Forbes

Incredibly, 4 More Things President Obama Wants To Tax Now
Here are four stupid tax proposals hidden in his budget that Mr. Obama should perhaps reconsider: More Taxes on Retirement Savings; Independent Contractors To Employees; More Tax Reporting; No Tax Deductions for Donations linked to Sports Tickets.

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from The Heritage Foundation

Bobby Jindal on Anti-Common Core Moms: ‘I Wouldn’t Bet Against Them’

Bakers Who Declined Service to Same-Sex Couple Found to Violate Anti-Discrimination Law
The owners of an Oregon bakery who declined to make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding celebration were found guilty last week of violating the state’s anti-discrimination law.

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Prosecutor's office states Quincy girl wasn't dragged, no charges filed
Prosecutors are not going to charge a substitute teacher accused of having a sixth-grade student dragged to the front of the class.

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from Mad World News
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Ex-Muslim Imam Pens Open Letter, Giving Obama A History Lesson About Islam

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from Money Talks News
from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from Now The End Begins
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Ex-Muslim Imam Writes Open Letter To Obama Rebuking Him On History Of Islam

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from Personal Liberty

Want to take your country back? Here’s where it starts
James Madison argued that the Senate acted as a check on the federal government and prevented tyranny. That came to an end in 1913 with the passage of the 17th Amendment.

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from Phys.org


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from The Political Insider

Obama Tries to FORCE His Agenda… But THIS Sheriff Told Barack Exactly Where He Can PUT IT!
Larimer County (Colorado) Sheriff Justin Smith reported receiving a “very interesting veiled threat” from Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security, which was also addressed “all police chiefs and sheriffs around the country.”

IT’S ON! Trey Gowdy Announced He’s Going after Hillary Clinton for THIS… with a VENGEANCE

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from RELEVANT Magazine

3 Things You Can Do to Get Unstuck
Overcoming a few obstacles that keep us from moving forward
1. Be Willing to Take a Risk. 2. Choose to Forgive Those Who Have Hurt You. 3. Take Time to Evaluate Past Experiences.

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from Religion News Service

Handwriting on the wall for gay marriage
(ANALYSIS)

Pope Francis faces a big week in his effort to reform the Vatican
Pope Francis on Monday (Feb. 9) began what could be a key week for his reformist papacy, starting with meetings with his hand-picked kitchen cabinet of nine senior cardinals, who are developing plans to overhaul the Roman Curia, the papal civil service that has been plagued with crisis and dysfunction.

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from The Right Scoop

Bibi to Dems: Boycott all you want. I’m still giving the speech on Iran

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from ScienceDaily

Nano-antioxidants prove their potential
Injectable nanoparticles that could protect an injured person from further damage due to oxidative stress have proven to be astoundingly effective in tests to study their mechanism.

Electricity from biomass with carbon capture could make western US carbon-negative
Biomass conversion to electricity combined with technologies for capturing and storing carbon, which should become viable within 35 years, could result in a carbon-negative power grid in the western US by 2050. That prediction comes from an analysis of various fuel scenarios. Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration may be a better use of plant feedstocks than making biofuels.

Earth's surprise inside: Geologists unlock mysteries of the planet's inner core
Seismic waves are helping scientists to plumb the world's deepest mystery: the planet's inner core. Thanks to a novel application of earthquake-reading technology, researchers have found that the Earth's inner core has an inner core of its own, which has surprising properties that could reveal information about our planet.

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from Sky News

Kremlin: Don't Issue Ultimatums To Putin
Vladimir Putin will not be spoken to in the language of ultimatums, a Russian radio station has quoted the Kremlin as saying. The words come as the EU suspends new sanctions - including visa bans and asset freezes - to give peace efforts a chance.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Neil Armstrong's Purse: 1st Moonwalker Had Hidden Apollo 11 Artifacts

SpaceX Launch of DSCOVR Satellite, Rocket Landing Try Delayed to Tuesday

Curiosity Rover Drills Into Mars Mountain, Tastes Acidic Rock

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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)

Interview with Egyptian President Sisi: 'Extremists Offend the Image of God'
In a SPIEGEL interview, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discusses his country's struggles, the forceful overthrow of his predecessor Mohammed Morsi and the threat against Egypt posed by Islamic State and the Muslim Brotherhood.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Councilman Fagan spreads vaccine conspiracy; blames illegal immigrants
Three days after the Spokane Regional Health District asked every adult and child in the region to get vaccinated against measles, health board member and Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan questioned the use of vaccines and said recent outbreaks of contagious disease are linked to illegal immigration.

Home robbery suspect accused of attacking 93-year-old man
Police arrested Todd D. Simms, 46, Friday in connection with a Jan. 25 robbery. The victim, 93-year-old Walter Carmack, told police he was at home at his apartment in Browne’s Addition when Simms knocked on the door and forced his way inside.

Suspect in SWAT standoff found with open gas tanks
The Spokane Valley man arrested Sunday after a four-hour standoff with a Spokane County SWAT team barricaded himself in a shop with open acetylene tanks, court documents said today. Christopher L. Ferrell, 35, is accused of domestic violence assault and malicious mischief for allegedly putting his wife in a chokehold and slashing his sister-in-law’s tires after an argument in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Man dressed as ‘ninja’ suspected in restaurant assault
A man witnesses said wore a “ninja mask” is accused of assaulting the owner of a Spokane Italian restaurant with a baseball bat. Police arrested Justin E. Rodney, 25, on suspicion of assaulting the owner of Mama Mia’s on West Francis Avenue late Saturday night.

Woman killed in weekend fire identified
The woman who died Saturday as a result of a house fire on Fourth Avenue was Stacy Hains, 38, the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office said today.

Avista asking for higher rates for Washington customers
Avista Utilities is asking Washington regulators for permission to increase electric and natural gas rates by next January. The utility’s request, if approved, would increase annual electric revenues by 6.7 percent or $33.2 million, and annual natural gas revenues by 6.9 percent or $12 million.

Greyhound Park says it’ll close if it can’t keep ‘instant racing’ machines
The manager of the Greyhound Park Event Center in Post Falls told Idaho lawmakers Monday that the park will shut down if they repeal the law that allowed slot machine-like “instant racing” terminals to be installed there last spring.

Coeur d’Alene River overflows, causes minor flooding

The Coeur d’Alene River in North Idaho has spilled over its banks this morning, causing minor flooding as a rush of rainwater and snow melt move out of the mountains.

Spokane airport offering customers courtesy car wash

Nordic skiers flock to Washington trails
Lack of snow in other states leads to regional boon

Four nations plan talks on peace in Ukraine
As Russian-backed separatists gain ground in eastern Ukraine, efforts to broker peace appeared to gain momentum Sunday, with leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine announcing plans for four-way talks this week.

Activist calls for adding two seats to county commission

Northeast braces for more snow
Winter-weary New England braced Sunday for another round of snow that threatened to bear down on the region into the workweek and pile up to 2 feet in some areas.

In brief: Alabama chief justice resists gay marriage ruling
Alabama is set today to become the 37th state where gays can legally wed, prompting one couple to pitch a tent outside a courthouse to wait even as the state’s chief justice was making an 11th-hour attempt late Sunday to keep the weddings on hold.
SpaceX launch halted late in countdown
SpaceX may try again tonight to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space-weather satellite after a launch was scrubbed just before its scheduled blastoff Sunday night. The flight was postponed with 2 minutes, 26 seconds remaining in the countdown because the Air Force reported problems with the radar systems needed to track the rocket’s ascent.
California wildfire evacuees await all clear
Fire crews increased containment of the wind-driven wildfire that ravaged communities along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, but they said Sunday they still didn’t know when the roughly 250 residents evacuated from Swall Meadows and nearby Paradise would be able to return home.
Cell use may be checked in Jenner crash
Investigators likely will seek Bruce Jenner’s cellphone records to determine if the Olympic gold medalist was texting when he was behind the wheel of an SUV involved in a chain-reaction crash in Malibu that killed a woman, authorities said Sunday. The agency likely will collect phone records for all drivers in Saturday’s multi-vehicle accident, so investigators can check call and text data.

Soccer fan riot claims 25 in Egypt
Egypt’s hard-core soccer fans, known as Ultras, frequently clash with police inside and outside stadiums. They are deeply politicized and many participated in the country’s 2011 uprising that forced out President Hosni Mubarak. Many consider the Ultras one of the most organized movements in Egypt after the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which the government later outlawed as a terrorist organization following the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

In brief: China’s president formally visiting U.S.
A top Chinese diplomat has said President Xi Jinping plans to make his first state visit to the U.S. later this year, Chinese state media reported today.
Jordan increases attacks on IS sites
Jordanian fighter planes have destroyed dozens of targets in a stepped-up bombardment against Islamic State positions in response to the killing of a captive Jordanian pilot, the nation’s air force commander said Sunday.
Greek premier says austerity has ended
ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set his leftist government on a collision course with Greece’s creditors Sunday, proclaiming an end to the era of austerity and “five years of bailout barbarity.”
U.S. arms shipment arrives in Lebanon
The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon said Sunday that $25 million worth of weapons and ammunition have arrived in Beirut, the latest American assistance to Lebanon’s army as it fights Islamic extremists along the border with Syria.
Egypt sets date for journalists’ retrial
Egypt will hold a retrial for two Al-Jazeera English journalists still imprisoned there beginning Thursday, court officials said Sunday, throwing into question one of their fates after authorities deported their Australian colleague.

Iran’s leader indicates support for nuclear deal
 Iran’s supreme leader offered a new signal of support Sunday for a deal to scale back his country’s controversial nuclear program as negotiators race to meet an upcoming deadline.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Insane to reject mental illness

Then and Now: Henry Blakely’s dry goods store
An ambitious businessman named Henry Blakely opened Blakely Dry Goods in Spokane in 1903. It was just one year after James Cash Penney opened his first store in Wyoming. Banner Bank now occupies the northwest corner of Post and Riverside. During the first half of the 1900s, the spot was anchored by Blakely Dry Goods and then J.C. Penney.

Sam Smith wins 4 Grammys; Beck honored for top album
Sam Smith’s soulful sound and heartbreaking songs resonated with fans – and his breakthrough was solidified when he took home three of the top four Grammy Awards on Sunday, though Beck earned a surprise win for album of the year.

Grammy Awards

‘Boyhood,’ ‘Budapest’ take top British honors
Slow-cooked coming-of-age tale “Boyhood” took the best film and director trophies at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, while Wes Anderson’s candy-colored comedy “The Grand Budapest Hotel” won the biggest haul of prizes, with five.

Longtime director of regional aging agency brings career values into his own retirement

Dogs make sense for boomers
If your nest is empty – by circumstance or by choice– think about getting a dog. Known for their devotion and happy dances, dogs can take a big bite out of isolation. Just hanging out with a furry friend, studies show, has a revitalizing effect.

Chairman of Buck Knives dies in North Idaho at age 78
Chuck Buck, the chairman of Buck Knives Inc., has died. His son, CJ Buck, tells the Coeur d’Alene Press that his father died Friday of congestive heart failure while surrounded by family.

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from Tea Party

The first Republican elected sheriff in Eddy County, New Mexico, became the first sheriff in 25 years to stand up to the IRS.

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Weekly Standard

Huckabee Hawks 'Natural' Diabetes Remedies
At the beginning of his governorship, Huckabee had weighed in at nearly 300 pounds, was diagnosed with diabetes, and told he had just a few years left if he didn't get healthier. After a change in his diet and more exercise, the Republican governor lost a whopping 110 pounds.

Released From Gitmo To Fight – And Die – Another Day

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Huckabee: Muslims Can Count On Obama’s Unfailing Support
Former Arkansas governor says Christians and Jews cannot count on the president’s support.

Watch How Judge Jeanine Just Revealed The Moment She Understood Obama’s Dark Secret
The fiery commentator declared that she now realizes Barack Obama is “comfortable with extremism.”

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from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Ben Carson fires back after called a 'hater'

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