Saturday, July 5, 2014

In the news, Monday, June 16, 2014


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JUN 15      INDEX      JUN 17
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from About.com

9 Things Captain Kirk Can Teach You About Retirement Planning
Great Financial Lessons Can Be Gleaned From Captain Kirk

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

HAS THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY BECOME AMERICA’S STANDING ARMY?
It is a beast that is accelerating our nation’s transformation into a police state

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from BizPac Review

Tony Blair: Don’t blame Bush and I for bungled Iraq, Obama pulled out too soon
As Iraq teeters on the edge of collapse, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s incompetence led to the crisis, and that President Barack Obama ordered U.S. troops to leave the fledgling country too soon.

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from Breitbart

ROGERS PLEADS: 'MR PRESIDENT PLEASE COME BACK FROM THE GOLF COURSE -- WE NEED YOU'
Monday on NewsMax TV, in a discussion about the unfolding crisis of al Qaeda affiliate ISIS invading Iraq and marching towards Baghdad, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) pleaded with President Barack Obama to take the situation more seriously.

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from CBS News (& affiliates)
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from The Christian Post


Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Pro-Life Group in 'Obamacare' Abortion Funding Ads Case
In a unanimous, 9-0, decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lower court decision preventing Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life organization, from suing a Democratic congressman over a freedom of speech claim. The case, involving an SBA List advertisement claiming that the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," funds abortions, will be allowed to move forward.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Lefty ‘Parks and Rec’ Actor Schools Journos On What Bill of Rights Really Means

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from Conciliar Post

While we live here on earth we are to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and that means we are subject to the laws of the land and victim to the wages of our sin – that same sin which seems to make the brutal capitalist system the best available.  As children of God and members of the church, however, we should love and honor our neighbors as we love ourselves. Capitalism and Christianity are compatible, not because they alike, but because it is the Church that can make capitalism possible. In the name of progress and profitability, the economy will continue rolling forward without stopping to consider who is left behind, but because we know that our salvation lies elsewhere, the Church has both the freedom and the duty to care for and strengthen those whom capitalism leaves behind.

BUSINESS AS USUAL
Bb=usiness is not neutral. The mathematical formulas we draw up to reflect “good” business practice have important implications on the well-being of others. How specific monies are spent or saved whether in business, politics, families, or otherwise have distinct effects on human beings.

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from The Daily Caller

US Health-Care System Ranked Last In Survey, But Will Obamacare Help?
A new study from a pro-Obamacare nonprofit finds that before the health-care law, the U.S. health-care system ranked last among 11 developed nations, but the health-care law may not help fix the problem.

Weiner’s Still D**king Around
If you’re Huma Abedin, one of possible presidential contender Hillary Clinton‘s top political aides, you must grow tired of a husband who continues to think with his penis even after he’s caught screwing around.

from EarthSky

Scientists believe a hidden “ocean” lies deep within Earth
They believe there might be three times as much water deep underground as exists in all the world’s surface oceans.

How much of the moon can we see from Earth?
You can see only 50% of the lunar disk at any one time. Even so, lunar libration – the slight north-south rocking and east-west wobbling of the moon – enables acute observers to peek at a tiny portion of the moon’s back side. Over time, it’s possible to see as much as 59% of the lunar disk.

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from FactCheck.org

Distorting Perdue’s Position on Taxes
An outside group is claiming that Georgia Republican Senate candidate David Perdue called tax increases an “unavoidable reality,” but Perdue never made such a statement. Rather, Perdue remarked that he wants to increase revenues by growing the economy.

Joe Garcia Not Big on Communism
Rep. Joe Garcia is no advocate for communism, but a Spanish-language TV ad takes a comment from Garcia out of context to make it appear that way.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from Inlander (Spokane)


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from LiveScience

Mauna Loa Volcano May Be Rumbling Back to Life

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from Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court upholds key element in federal gun laws
The Supreme Court upheld federal gun laws that make it a crime when buying a weapon to lie about plans to give it to someone else.

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from Money Talks News

Urge to Splurge? Here’s Your Excuse
If you’ve been looking for an excuse to treat yourself, your search is over. National Splurge Day is June 18.

10,000 Suicides Linked to Recession

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from Mother Nature Network

Nature's 10 best animal dads
[from 2011]

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from NASA

NASA's Saucer-Shaped Craft Preps for Flight Test
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project, a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle, has completed final assembly at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. This experimental flight test is designed to investigate breakthrough technologies that will benefit future Mars missions, including those involving human exploration.

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from National Geographic

Spider's Personalities Determine Their Job Performance
Aggressive spiders defend, hunt, and build, while docile ones take care of young.

12 Famous Firsts From The 1990s

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from National Review

ISIS in the Homeland 
Thousands of Islamist Syrian rebels can travel freely to the U.S.

EPA Head: A War on Coal Is ‘Exactly’ What We’re Doing

Scott Walker Gets Ready
The Wisconsin governor meets donors — in Chris Christie’s territory.
Scott Walker is already thinking about how to defeat Hillary Clinton.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Washington:

Contractor releases plans to fix Bertha

Report: AT&T to exclusively carry Amazon smartphone

2 killed, 2 hurt in SR 522 crash near Maltby

Gas prices in Washington, Oregon at 15-month highs

Tacoma community outraged convicted child rapist moving nearby

Accusations of cronyism against state senator

Murray: Tentative agreement reached with rideshare companies, taxis
After lengthy discussions with taxi companies and ridesharing companies, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Monday announced a tentative agreement that would lift a cap on the number of rideshare cars allowed on the road at a time.

Voters to have final say in Seattle Pre-K program

City of Spokane being sued for red light ticket payments

WA concerned about new Coast Guard rules' effect on oil spills

Effort to raise money for Oso fire chief

Idaho:

Army begins investigation into Bergdahl's disappearance

Norway presents medal to Idaho WWII veteran

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from Personal Liberty

Liberty News:

White House On Missing Lerner Emails: Haven’t You Ever Heard Of A Computer Crash?

GM Still Has Millions Of Recalled Cars To Repair, Investigators Say

IMF, Downgrading U.S. Growth Outlook, Cautions Investors About Interest Rates

Factory Production Heats Up In Sign Of 2nd-Quarter Economic Rebound

Kayaker Tells Border Patrol He Wasn’t Sneaking Into U.S.

Signature-Drive Sponsors Can Remain Anonymous, Appeals Court Says

Poll: Incumbents, Democrats Are Likely To Lose Big This Fall

FBI Agents Focus Of 9/11 Hearing In Session At Guantanamo

GM Recalls 3.4 Million Vehicles For Similar Ignition Switch Defect

Supreme Court Lets Stand A Ban On Using Churches For Graduations

Supreme Court Upholds Key Element In Federal Gun Laws

Army Names General To Investigate Bergdahl’s Disappearance

U.S. Ready To Discuss Iraq Crisis With Iran, Official Says

Obama To Sign Executive Order Protecting Gay Employees Of Federal Contractors

ISIS Takes Last Government-Controlled City In Northern Iraq

Qatari: U.S. Intervention In Iraq Would Be Seen As ‘War’ On Sunni Arabs

U.S. Healthcare Ranks Last Among 11 Developed Nations, Report Says

Straight Talk: Haven’t We Already Done Enough Damage in Iraq?

Monday Morning News Links 6-16-2014

Sunday News Show Roundup

Flawed Priorities Reflected In Updated U.S. ‘Trade Objectives’

Commerce Department Says First-Quarter GDP Shrank More Than First Reported

Scientists Say Geothermal Warming Responsible For Melting Of Antarctic Ice Sheet – No Mention Of ‘Climate Change’

Conservative Politics:

Further Proof The Establishment Still Doesn’t Get The Tea Party

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from PolitiFact

Viral meme says gun homicides are down 49 percent in past 12 years
The social media meme said that "gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years." The gun homicide rate is actually down by 49 percent over the past 17 years, but this seemingly minor mistake betrays a significant misunderstanding of how rates have fluctuated over the past two decades. During the past dozen years, gun homicide rates have been largely static; their big decline mostly came in the years before the meme even started counting. The meme is not just incorrect; it’s a distraction from what actually happened. We rate the claim False.

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from Popular Science

Bionic Pancreas Handles Ice Cream Sundaes, French Fries
The device takes over the duties of a typical pancreas in people with type 1 diabetes.

Hot Or Not... For Sunspots
The latest project from Zooniverse is called Sunspotter, and for a new dataset being released this week, it wants you to help classify sunspot images according to complexity.

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In 2007, George W. Bush predicted exactly what is happening in Iraq today if we were to completely pull out of Iraq. He cited mass killings, a safe haven for terrorists, and a far more dangerous enemy.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
from Vox
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
from The Wall Street Journal
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from The Washington Examiner (DC)

Barack Obama golfs while the Middle East burns

The bafflingly simple reason Raul Labrador had trouble campaigning for majority leader this weekend
As Rep. Raul Labrador launched his upstart bid for House Majority Leader on Friday, he ran into a big problem: He didn't have his colleagues' phone numbers.

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from The Weekly Standard

EPA Chief: Yes, We're Fighting a 'War on Coal'

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In the news, Sunday, June 15, 2014


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from Clarion Project - Addressing Islamic Extremism

3 Israeli Teenagers, One of them American, Kidnapped by Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Hamas is responsible.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Ridiculous: WashPost Feminist Film Critic Claims Abortion Comedy May Be 'The Most Pro-Life Movie of the Year'

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from Conservative Tribune

Senator Mike Lee: Secure The Border… Period

BREAKING: Arizona to Sue Obama to Defend the Border

BOMBSHELL: Benghazi Pilot Says They Could Have “Easily” Rescued Victims

Judge Jeanine: Obama Released the “Next Bin Laden” Terrorizing Iraq

Mitt Romney Predicted EVERYTHING in Iraq… It’s Almost Scary

Viral Video Shows Just How Much Marines Respect Bush vs. Obama

Love Him or Hate Him, Bush Was Right About Not Leaving Iraq Too Soon

Mother of Fallen SEAL: Obama’s Failed Leadership on Iraq is “Disgusting”

South Carolina Requires Teaching the Constitution in Schools… Liberals Go Crazy

M*A*S*H Star: “Obama Ought to Be Impeached!”
Wayne Rogers is famous for his iconic role as “Trapper John” on the TV show M*A*S*H. Now, the star has turned against Obama, going onto Fox and demanding for the impeachment of Barack Obama.

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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
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from The Heritage Foundation

Florida Supreme Court Rules Against Red-Light Cameras

This Proposed Amendment Would Violate Your Right to Free Speech (But Not the Media’s)
Sen. Tom Udall, New Mexico Democrat, has introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to limit fundraising and spending on election campaigns. Bans on money are bans on speech, and every American’s right to speak freely should be given the fullest protection possible under the Constitution. Limit campaign spending, and we’ll all pay the price.

Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong. Big Government Programs Will Just Increase College Costs.

California Can’t Convince Drivers to Trade in Clunkers for Cash

Mississippi Named Most Corrupt State in the Nation

The Lousy Weather Isn’t the Reason for Our Disappointing Economy

Why Has There Been a Surge in the Number of Stay-at-Home Dads?

What’s Great About Dads, in Your Words and Photos

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from Huffington Post

Losing Streak Lengthens For Foes Of Gay Marriage
On Election Day in 2012, they went 0-for-4 on state ballot measures. A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government must recognize same-sex marriages. And over the past seven months, more than a dozen federal and state judges have struck down part or all of state-level bans on gay marriage, with no rulings going the other way.

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Two men injured when car crashed near Coulee City Sunday morning
Juan M. Ceja, a 19-year-old Grandview resident, and his passenger, Francisco J. Cacares Quetzeca, a 25-year-old Sunnyside resident, were injured and taken to Coulee Medical Center.

Grant County Sheriff's Office prepares for return of Paradiso music festival
The sheriff’s office plans to add an additional three to four deputies per shift during the electronic dance music festival on June 27-28. In addition, the sheriff’s office plans to increase the amount of undercover officers looking for illegal drugs at the venue. The move follows last year’s concert that brought roughly 20,000 people to the venue, along with 23 people arrested and roughly 87 incidents reported. Roughly 72 people were treated at Quincy Valley Medical Center.

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from Independent Journal Review

In 2007, Romney Predicted Current Events In Iraq So Accurately He Must Have Had A Time Machine

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Egypt’s New Government Calls for anti-Christian Movement?
With the new Egyptian government attempting to maintain stability and extend rights to religious minorities, several bumps have emerged. As el-Sisi takes control of the government, many are looking to how he will incorporate more rights to Christians. This lack of trust in the Egyptian government resurfaced however, when his predecessor made comments regarding the Pact of Omar which established conditions for the Christian church to exist in Egypt. This comment disturbed local Christians as the conditions don’t really increase their right of religion.

Christians Suffering Across the Islamic World, From Sudan to Iran to Pakistan
ICC Note: The case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a 27-year-old mother of two and wife to an American citizen, is only the "tip of the iceberg" with regard to persecution of Christians under radical Islam. Whether subjected to the mandates of Sharia law, physically armed by armed Islamists, or barred from spreading the gospel under "anti-forced conversion" and "blasphemy" laws, Christians throughout the Islamic world are repressed, oppressed and persecuted for their faith.

The War on Christians
Pew has determined that between 2006 and 2012 there have been 151 countries labeled for harassment on Christians. While a few famous cases have gotten widespread media coverage, so many others are never even talked about. What’s worse is, for the few cases that do receive spotlight, the momentum quickly fades and loses important focus. We have entered into a time period of war on Christians.

Fasting For 15 More Churches Facing Cross Demolition In China
ICC received a list of 15 Christian churches in Pingyang County, Wenzhou City in China, that have received the notice from the local government to demolish the church crosses by the end of June. Among the 15 churches, 14 are Protestant churches and one is Catholic church. The anti-church/cross campaign have been spreading in different counties of Wenzhou City, known as the 'Jerusalem of the East'.

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from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)

#BringBackOurBoys
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blamed Hamas for abducting three teenagers who went missing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Why Humanity Must 'Rewild' To Extricate Ourselves From Our Ecocidal Ways
Most people find it difficult to live a rich and meaningful life that involves being out in nature -- and appreciating the magnificence of our one and only planet -- because they are constantly in the process of being "unwilded." People are pulled away from nature and other animals because they are simply too busy trying to survive, or too busy trying to make ends meet. And unwilding begins early in life -- too many youngsters aren't allowed to "go out and get dirty" or just have fun doing nothing but enjoying themselves outside.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)

The Hillary Tapes
Clinton tells of defense of child rapist in newly unearthed recordings

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from Yahoo News

US aircraft carrier welcomes PLA aboard, seeks return invite

Iran warns against military intervention in Iraq

Japanese fans clean up their section after World Cup match against Ivory Coast
As the stadium emptied, some Blue Samurai supporters walked up and down the aisles filling trash bags. Though this is a customary practice at Japanese sporting events that has been carried over to previous World Cups, it's still something most fans from other parts of the world wouldn't even consider doing.

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from 100 Percent FED Up

MUST READ: Father's Day Tribute To A Hero And The Most Unlikely Father In America
Brian Kolfage is celebrating his first Father's Day with his beautiful wife and his adorable nine month old daughter, who seems to have a permanent smile on her face. His daughter has every reason to smile. The odds that she would ever enter into this world were heavily stacked against her.

MAJOR NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT UNCOVERED: Chinese Are Practicing Shutting Down US Electric Utilities And Blowing Up A Major Gas Pipeline

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In the news, Saturday, June 14, 2014


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from About.com

10 Things You Should Never Tell HR
What HR Really Doesn't Want to Know

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from The Blaze
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from Breitbart
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Chelsea Clinton's $600,000-Per-Year Salary at NBC For a Story a Month? An Obvious Political Favor

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from The Daily Beast

ISIS Leader: ‘See You in New York’
When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi walked away from a U.S. detention camp in 2009, the future leader of ISIS issued some chilling final words to reservists from Long Island.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)

'Devotedly, Dad': Special letters from my father, President George H.W. Bush
By Dorothy "Doro" Bush Koch

Israeli prime minister says 3 missing teens kidnapped by terror group

USS Constellation headed for Texas scrapyard
A third U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is headed to Brownsville, Texas for dismantling. The ship, nicknamed “Connie” by its crew, is part of the Navy’s five-year scrapping plan that also sent the USS Forrestal and the USS Saratoga to Brownsville for dismantling.

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from The Heritage Foundation
from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Christian Lawmaker in Pakistan Shot and Killed
ICC Note: A Christian lawmaker in Pakistan Balochistan province was shot and killed by his own bodyguard today. According to local authorities, the bodyguard had a dispute with the lawmakers nephew and killed the lawmaker when he intervened in an attack on his nephew. Pray for peace in Pakistan.

ICC Protests #ForMeriam Mid-morning, Secretary Kerry Responds Mid-afternoon
ICC Note: The very day International Christian Concern (ICC) protested the wrongful imprisonment, conviction and sentencing of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim (Ishag), Secretary of State John Kerry made remarks condemning Sudan's actions and calling for it to respect human rights and religious freedom. Meriam suffered 115 days and birthed a United States(U.S.) citizen in a Sudanese prison before the United States' Secretary of State was willing to speak out. And even still, the President continues to fail to do so. Sudan is waiting on the U.S. to see if they care enough to mention her by name. Secretary Kerry has, will President Obama?

Prisoner of Conscience, Behnam Irani, Transferred to Unknown Location
Iran - Recently, a pastor detained for his religious beliefs, was moved to an undisclosed location to serve his sentence out. An inside report says that Pastor Behnam Irani was arrested in 2011 and has since suffered brutal beatings and terrible living arrangements. What was supposed to be a one year sentence has turned into six.

ICC Joins 39 Other Organizations at the White House to Protest #ForMeriam
ICC Note: On June 12, ICC joined 39 other human rights and faith-based organizations in protesting President and Secretary Kerry's failure, at that point in time, to mention Meriam by name. Later that same day, Secretary Kerry issued remarks condemning Sudan's actions, calling for Meriam's release and stressing the importance of the respect of human rights and religious freedom.

Obama’s Spiritual Advisor Speaks with Iranian Officials and Calls for Pastor Saeed Abedini’s Release
President Obama’s spiritual advisor, Joel Hunter, has recently returned from a visit to Iran. While there, he called for the release of Pastor Abedini. As the United States attempts to establish a diplomatic relationship with Iran, Joel Hunter reached out to the Iranian government to petition for more religious freedom in the region.

Tighter Border Controls, Less Income For North Korean Officers
Officers Unhappy at Lack of Opportunity
ICC Note: In order to counter the flow of defectors and prevent information leaks, North Korean regime has tightened border controls for a number of months. The regime even sent out security personnel to China near the border to arrest North Korean defectors or those who contact Christian missionaries. Daily NK reported that the prolonged attempts to strengthen border controls frustrates some security service personnel because they had grown accustomed to receiving bribes from people seeking protection in the act of defection, smuggling, or facilitating remittances from abroad.

Oxford Student Calls on Millennial Generation to “Wake Up” to Reality of Persecution
ICC Note: In a theses of the 21st century, an Oxford student drafted and distributed a charged call to action demanding his peers recognize the reality of religious persecution. Speaking to Meriam Ibrahim's case, the student marveled at the taboo nature that has grown around speaking out on the behalf of Christians suffering for their faith. A moving "wake-up call," the below hopes to serve not as an international, but a local motivator. A challenge to strike-up conversation over coffee, write a letter-to-the-editor of your local newspaper, speak to your church, or rally student outrage on your college campus. All of us can take to heart this students cry for global outrage over the plight of Christians persecuted the world over for their faith.

In Their Shoes: Boko Haram, the Sambisa Forest, and the Search for 240 Schoolgirls
ICC Note: The following is a work of fiction based on real life events. On the night of 14 April, Boko Haram militants abducted more than 240 schoolgirls from their secondary school in Chibok, a predominantly Christian village in Borno state. The girls, some of whom have been forcibly converted, married to Islamist militants as child brides and sold into sexual and domestic servitude, are 90% Christian. Immediately after their abduction, the girls were driven deep into the Sambisa forest, a forest known to the villagers as an ominous place of dark magic not to be disturbed. This forest assumes the setting for the below.

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from LiveScience

5 Ways Fatherhood Changes a Man's Brain

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from Mother Nature Network

2014 Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen produce lists
EWG recently released updated information about the cleanest produce — and on the reverse — the produce most heavily sprayed with pesticides.

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from Natural Society
from New York Times

Notes From the Plasticene Epoch
From Ocean to Beach, Tons of Plastic Pollution

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from POLITICO
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from PolitiFact

Fox's Pirro: Obama set ISIS leader free in 2009
The U.S.-Iraq agreement drove the release of thousands of detainees in 2009, but Obama had nothing to do with that. We rate the claim False.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from The Washington Times (DC)

Border agent laments gang members entering U.S.: ‘Why are we letting him in here?’
Border Patrol officials are swamped by the number of minors crossing illegally into the United States and frustrated that they can’t turn away known Mexican gang members.

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from The Weekly Standard

Hillary: ‘I Am Totally Done With Being Really Careful About What To Say’
'It feels a little bit liberating to me.'

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from Yahoo News

Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Gulf to add Iraq military option

Manning says US public lied to about Iraq from the start
The detained US soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents to WikiLeaks made a rare foray into public life Saturday to warn Americans they were being lied to about Iraq once more.

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Thoughts for August 2014


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  1.  "Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest." ~ Ralph W. Sockman

  2.  "A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." ~ Milton Friedman

  3.  "Fundamental differences in basic values can seldom if ever be resolved at the ballot box; ultimately they can only be decided, though not resolved, by conflict. The religious and civil wars of history are a bloody testament to this judgment." ~ Milton Friedman

  4.  "Any fool can carry on, but only the wise man knows how to shorten sail." ~ Joseph Conrad

  5.  "Many of them [the Western liberals] have betrayed us liberals in the Middle East and other Muslim countries, and sided with the Islamists against us." ~ Faisal Al Mutar, Writer, activist

  6.  "A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty." ~ James Madison

  7.  "Everything that is possible to be believed is an image of the truth." ~ William Blake

  8.  "The power to tax is the power to destroy." ~ John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland

  9.  "Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts…" ~ C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

10.  "It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing—and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that." ~ Mark Twain

11.  "Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so." ~ Michael Ramsey, 100th Archbishop of Canterbury

12.  "You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

13.  "An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a vision. This is what has led us to dare and achieve. For us, values count." ~ Ronald Reagan, 12 Dec 1983

14.  "Our society was built on embracing the rights of everyone to be free. It is incongruous with our values to blindly coddle a medieval mindset that relegates women to second class citizens and believes that a man or a family’s honor is more valuable than the life of a daughter or wife." ~ Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

15.  "The generic difference between a devout Muslim and an Islamist is the simple fact that a devout Muslim would abstain from alcohol and pork, whereas an Islamist would force others to abstain from alcohol and pork." ~ Burak Bekdil, Veteran Turkish columnist writing currently for the daily Hürriyet

16.  "Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that something turns up suggesting that the story might not be quite true, or not quite so bad as it was made out. Is one’s first feeling, `Thank God, even they aren’t quite so bad as that,’ or is it a feeling of disappointment, and even a determination to cling to the first story for the sheer pleasure of thinking your enemies as bad as possible? If it is the second then it is, I am afraid, the first step in a process which, if followed to the end, will make us into devils. You see, one is beginning to wish that black was a little blacker. If we give that wish its head, later on we shall wish to see grey as black, and then to see white itself as black. Finally, we shall insist on seeing everything - God and our friends and ourselves included - as bad, and not be able to stop doing it: we shall be fixed for ever in a universe of pure hatred." - C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

17.  "There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible." ~ Tony Robbins

18.  "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice." - William Shakespeare

19.  "A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops." ~ Henry Adams

20.  "Deliberation is the function of many; action is the function of one." - Charles de Gaulle

21.  "I’d rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me." ~ Gen. George Patton

22.  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." ~ Robert J. Hanlon

23.  "Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence." ~ Robert Heinlein

24.  "The real difference between men is energy. A strong will, a settled purpose, an invincible determination, can accomplish almost anything; and in this lies the distinction between great men and little men." ~ Thomas Fuller

25.  "It [government] provides for their security, foresees and supplies their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, makes rules for their testaments, and divides their inheritances. Why should it not entirely relieve them from the trouble of thinking and all the cares of living? Thus it daily makes the exercise of free choice less useful and rarer, restricts the activity of free will within a narrower compass, and little by little robs each citizen of the proper use of his own faculties." - Alexis de Tocqueville

26.  "Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all." - Winston Churchill

27.  "If you have never been to the moon, you can’t issue policy about the moon." ~ Gene Simmons

28.  "Under every stone lurks a politician." ~ Aristophanes

29.  "A friend is, as it were, a second self." ~ Cicero

30.  "What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week?" ~ C. S. Lewis

31.  "It [government] covers the whole of social life with a network of petty, complicated rules that are both minute and uniform, through which even men of the greatest originality and the most vigorous temperament cannot force their heads above the crowd. It does not break men’s wills, but softens, bends, and guides it; it seldom enjoins, but often inhibits action; it does not destroy anything, but prevents much being born; it is not at all tyrannical, but it hinders, restrains, enervates, stifles, and stultifies so much that in the end each nation is no more than a flock of timid and hardworking animals with the government as its shepherd." - Alexis de Tocqueville


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In the news, Wednesday, January 18, 2012



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from Space.com

Iconic Eagle Nebula Soars in Eye-Popping New Images








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*from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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from ThatsNonsense.com

Will Facebook/Hospitals Donate Money for Sharing a Photo?
Facebook hoaxes involving photos of children and fake promises of donations actually represent a serious problem on social media.

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In the news, Tuesday, February 8, 2011


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unfinished

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from Facecrooks

*from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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Friday, July 4, 2014

In the news, Monday, February 14, 2011


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from Space.com

Photos: The Rings and Moons of Saturn in Pictures


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*from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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In the news, Saturday, July 16, 2011


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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)

[Phishing Alert] Fake Message from Facebook Security Stating You Violated a Policy  This phishing scam never really goes away. Always be suspicious of any emails claiming you violated a Facebook policy.

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*from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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