Jun. 30, 2015
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President Obama welcomed Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the White House Monday for a delayed visit, then promptly took her out to see the sights. Obama brought Rousseff to the memorial honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., located on Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin between memorials to presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Over the past year, Obama has made trips to the monuments on the National Mall a regular part of meetings with heads of state in Washington.
The U.S. designated two Brooklyn ports as part of the America’s Marine Highway system, making them eligible for federal subsidies that have the potential to revitalize New York’s shipping industry, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a slower pace than projected in April, indicating the market was experiencing uneven gains as it entered the busier selling season.
The Obama administration plans to raise the wages of millions of Americans who work more than 40 hours a week by requiring employers to pay them overtime. Workers who earn as much as $970 a week would have to be paid overtime even if they’re classified as a manager or professional, according to a plan.
The world’s 400 richest people lost a combined $70 billion on Monday as equity markets around the globe were hammered on fears about Greece and declines in China fueled by leveraged investors exiting the market.
Chinese stocks rallied, sparking the benchmark index’s biggest intraday swing since 1992, on speculation the government will take steps to prevent bear-market losses from deepening.
Puerto Rico will seek to delay payments on the island’s $72 billion debt load for “a number of years” as part of a plan to bolster the commonwealth’s finances and revive its economy, Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla said.
A day before a self-imposed June 30 deadline for an accord to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, diplomats meeting in Vienna confirmed it’ll be all but impossible to complete an agreement by then.
A man committed suicide by self-immolation on a bullet train carrying about 800 people in Japan, in an act that left one woman dead and 26 people injured.
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An Indonesian air force transport plane carrying military personnel and their families plowed into a residential neighborhood in the country’s third-largest city of Medan shortly after takeoff on Tuesday, killing dozens.
The Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of “sorcery,” the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Russia expressed disappointment on Tuesday over new sanctions imposed by Canada over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis and warned that it would respond.
NBC said Monday that it is ending its business relationship with mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump because of comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the announcement of his campaign.
A car bomb killed Egypt’s top prosecutor on Monday, ripping through his convoy in a Cairo neighborhood, in the first assassination of a top official in the country in a quarter century, marking an apparent escalation by Islamic militants in their campaign of revenge attacks for a 2-year-old crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
The misdemeanor trial for five white Cleveland police supervisors accused of failing to control a high-speed car chase that led to two unarmed black people being killed in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire will be held in a predominantly black suburb, not in county court.
The United States and its allies staged 18 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in the latest round of daily attacks on the militant Islamic group.
Around 30 percent of China’s Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities — including stealing the bricks to build houses — erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported.
BBC
Midnight will come later tonight as for the first time in three years an extra second is added to the official time set by atomic clocks. The “leap second” means the last minute of June will have 61 seconds in it. Leap seconds – and leap years – are added as basic ways to keep the clock in sync with the Earth and its seasons. However, there are concerns the extra second could cause problems for some computer systems because it has to be added manually.
South Sudan’s army and allied militias “abducted, torched and gang-raped girls” during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says. Investigators found that at least 172 women and girls were abducted and subjected to sexual violence, it added.
A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations. That number is lower than five years ago, when 96% of Nigerians opposed relationships between same-sex couples. Gay rights activists, who commissioned the poll, said this showed attitudes towards gay people were changing, albeit slowly.
The body of a dead Liberian man has tested positive for Ebola – the country’s first reported case since it was declared free of the disease.
A senior US commander in Afghanistan has said that fighters allied with Islamic State (IS) are in contact with the militants’ Syrian headquarters.
WND
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to redefine marriage in all 50 states, the Pentagon is now being urged to “cleanse itself” of chaplains who refuse to support same-sex marriage.
The United States is now the world’s second largest Spanish-speaking country after Mexico, according to a new study.
Top News – 6/30/2015
Pentagon urged to boot chaplains who oppose ‘gay’ marriage
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to redefine marriage in all 50 states, the Pentagon is now being urged to “cleanse itself” of chaplains who refuse to support same-sex marriage.
ISIS Threatens Mass Slaughter of Christians in Israel Before End of Ramadan
Islamic militants claiming to be representatives of terror group ISIS in Jerusalem have threatened to “cleanse” Israel of all Christians and “non-believers” unless they leave the country. The extremists are accusing Christians of encouraging Muslims to abandon their religion.
Convergence of Jupiter and Venus on 6.30.15: The Return of the Bethlehem Star!
There is a rare and special celestial occurrence that will be happening just after sunset on June 30, 2015. On June 30th, 2015, the same conjunction that happened when Yeshua was born, known as the “star of Bethlehem” will happen AGAIN in the night sky. The two planets, Venus and Jupiter will spend eight evenings within 2° of each other from June 27th through July 4th. This rare conjunction/pairing of Jupiter and Venus coming this close to each other so that they appear to be on top of one another has not happened like this since the birth of Yeshua.
Terrorists Assassinate Egypt’s Attorney General
Egypt’s Attorney General Hisham Barakat, 64, was assassinated Monday in a deadly car bombing in Cairo, the most senior official to die in a terrorist attack since the election of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. No one has taken responsibility for the attack thus far.
Huckabee: Maybe We Should Ask Chinese Hackers For Lois Lerner’s Emails
Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Mike Huckabee gave an interesting response to a question about cyber security. “We’ve seen just last week what happens when supposedly the Chinese have now hacked into the personell records of upwards of 20 million government employees. The one positive out of all that is that the only hope we have of maybe recovering Lois Lerner’s emails from the IRS is to get them from the Chinese,” Huckabee joked to a laughing crowd of sheriffs.
Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria: monitor
One of the women was beheaded along with her husband in Deir al-Zor city. In al-Mayadeen city to the south east, the group beheaded another woman and her husband. All of them were accused of sorcery, the monitor said.
Scientists propose an enhanced new model of the source of a mysterious barrier to fusion known as the ‘density limit’
At issue is a problem known as the “density limit” that keeps donut-shaped fusion facilities called tokamaks from operating at peak efficiency. This limit occurs when the superhot, charged plasma gas that fuels fusion reactions reaches a certain density and spirals apart in a flash of light, shutting down the reaction. Overcoming the limit could facilitate the development of fusion as a safe, clean and abundant source of energy for generating electricity.
Hawaiian Natives and Astronomers Clash on ‘Holy Mountain’
There is trouble in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, as a culture clash pits natives defending a mountain on whose summit their ancestors believed “gods” dwelled against astronomers hoping to build the world’s best telescope. Mauna Kea stands a full 14,000 feet above the ocean and more than six miles above the sea floor, making it the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak.
EU approves Greek capital controls
the capital controls must be applied for the shortest possible period. “While the imposed restrictive measures appear necessary and proportionate at this time, the free movement of capital will, however, need to be reinstated as soon as possible in the interest of the Greek economy, the eurozone, and the European Union’s single market as a whole.”
Ramadan has become month of worldwide terror
President Reuven Rivlin together with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Tuesday condemned the spate of terror attacks against Israelis during the month of Ramadan.
2 minor earthquakes reported in Virginia in 2 days
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Two minor earthquakes have rattled parts of Virginia in the past two days.
Tuesday, Jun 30th 2015 7AM 59°F 10AM 67°F 5-Day Forecast Home Top Helium is LEAKING from massive earthquake fault in LA raising fears ‘big one&
A huge fault in the Earth’s crust near Los Angeles is leaking helium, researchers have found. They say the unexpected find sheds new light on the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone in the Los Angeles Basin. It reveals the fault is far deeper than previously thought, and a quake would be far more devastating. It follows a report from the U.S. Geological Survey has warned the risk of ‘the big one’ hitting California has increased dramatically.
Moderate intensity earthquake jolts Kashmir Valley
Srinagar: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley in the early hours of Tuesday. The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan.”
Obama signs trade bills into law, says tough battle still ahead
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation that gives him “fast-track” power to push ahead on a Pacific Rim trade deal that has been the subject of intense debate in Congress and across the nation. Flanked by some of the lawmakers who supported the bill through a six-week congressional battle, Obama acknowledged that his fight to secure the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership was far from over.
Turkey ‘planning to invade Syria’
Turkey has sent shock waves through the Middle East by preparing plans to send troops into Syria for the first time… President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has authorised a change in the rules of engagement agreed by the Turkish parliament to allow the army to strike at Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), as well as the Assad regime, according to local newspapers.
Historic meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox head ‘getting closer’
An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is “getting closer every day,” a senior Orthodox prelate said in an interview published on 28 June. The unprecedented meeting would be a significant step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, which split in the Great Schism of 1054.
US gay marriage: Texas pushes back against ruling
Texas’ top law officer has called the US Supreme Court decision legalising gay marriage in all 50 states a “lawless ruling” and vowed to support state workers who refuse to marry couples on religious grounds. The court ruled on Friday that marriage for all is a constitutional right. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said clerks could be fined if they refuse to issue marriage licences.
Data roaming charges to end in EU within two years
Data roaming charges are set to be abolished within the European Union by June 2017, it has been announced. Firms will be allowed to add surcharges to their domestic rates for a 14-month interim period from April 2016. The deal, which was reached on Tuesday, also sets out rules requiring telecom operators to treat most internet traffic equally.
Greece debt crisis: ‘Last-minute talks after new offer’
Last-minute talks are taking place in Athens over whether to accept an offer by creditors allowing Greece to repay part of its debt, Greek media say. Greece is hours away from a deadline to repay a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – one it may miss. One of Greece’s creditors made a last-minute proposal of reforms on Monday, reports say.
China ready to set out climate pledges, says Li
China is set to reveal how much it intends to cut its carbon emissions by beyond 2020, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said. Mr Li is on an official visit to France where a UN-led climate summit will be held later this year. After meeting officials in Brussels, he said the details would be announced by the end of the month, which is Tuesday.
Egypt prosecutor Hisham Barakat killed in Cairo attack
Egypt’s public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, officials say. Mr Barakat died of his wounds in hospital after the bombing in the suburb of Heliopolis, a government spokesman told the BBC. …Mr Barakat has sent thousands of Islamists for trial since the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
New Ebola case marks disease’s return to Liberia
The body of a dead Liberian man has tested positive for Ebola – the country’s first reported case since it was declared free of the disease. Deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said tests confirmed that the 17-year-old man, from a town near the main airport, had died of the disease. Officials are investigating how he contracted Ebola, Mr Nyenswah said.
Rev. Graham on White House Gay Rainbow: ‘May it Remind Us of God’s Judgment to Come’
Commenting on the White House being illuminated on Friday with gay-rainbow lights to celebrate homosexual marriage, Rev. Franklin Graham said it was “outrageous” and a “slap in the face” to millions of Americans who support real marriage, and added that because God gave the rainbow sign to Noah following the flood, it is an image forever “associated with His judgment” and a sign of “God’s judgment to come.”
Washington state wildfire destroys at least 23 homes
A wildfire burning unchecked in Washington state has destroyed at least 23 homes and three commercial buildings near the eastern foothills of the Cascades, state police and emergency management officials said on Monday.
Car bomb attack kills Egypt’s top public prosecutor
Egypt’s top public prosecutor was killed by a car bomb attack on his convoy on Monday, the most senior state official to die at the hands of militants since the toppling of an Islamist president two years ago.
What happens if Greece defaults on IMF?
Greece could take a risky step into the unknown Tuesday if it misses, as expected, a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) debt payment to the International Monetary Fund.
French Economy In “Dire Straits”, “Worse Than Anyone Can Imagine”, Leaked NSA Cable Reveals
Earlier today Wikileaks released a new batch of NSA intercepts among which one in particular stands out: an intercepted communication which reveals that then French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici believes the French economic situation was far worse, as of mid-2012, than perceived.
Top Headlines – 6/30/2015
World powers propose mechanism to ensure access to sensitive Iran sites
US prepares for ‘staggeringly consequential’ Iran deal
US says absurd to suggest that it will cave in Iran talks
The devil is in the details in the Iran nuclear deal
For world, limited options if Iran talks fall apart
France preparing to resume business with Iran
‘Americans never presented Israel with full security plan for West Bank withdrawal’
Members of UNHRC ‘don’t care about human rights,’ say protestors in Geneva
Expert: Hamas, Not Israel, Caused Civilian Deaths in Gaza
Terror attack in West Bank: Four Israelis wounded in shooting
UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law
Obama signs anti-BDS bill into law
New, $11m. Jewish center to be built in Paris despite record emigration
French beheading suspect denies jihad motivation
Pentagon: Islamic State seen as potent force a year after caliphate declaration
Car bomb attack kills Egypt’s top public prosecutor
A direct line from ‘Arab Spring’ to Islamic State
New Jersey man charged with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS
Report: US intel community concerned about last resort chemical attack by Syria’s Assad
Putin urges all to fight IS group, backs Syria’s Assad
Erdogan Planning Turkish Invasion of Syria?
US says no evidence Jordan, Turkey considering Syria buffer zones
Israel acknowledges it is helping Syrian rebel fighters
Syria fighting could endanger truce with Israel, UN warns
Yemeni forces launch Scud missile at Saudi Arabia, Yemen military spokesman says
Iran and Saudi Arabia edge towards cyber war, study says
Feds shut down background check database over flaw
FBI setting up command centers to monitor terrorist threats over July 4 weekend
Greece in shock as banks shut after snap referendum call
Statement by Greek leader Alexis Tsipras accuses Europe of ‘blackmail’
Greece could face social unrest soon: Wilbur Ross
Drugmakers warn Greek medicine supply “may be in jeopardy”
Gas prices fall, Greece debt woes could cut prices even more
Greek Crisis Throwing Shade on September Rate Hike
World markets plunge, bank lines grow as Greece financial crisis deepens
Dow Plunges 350 Points, Worst Drop of 2015, Amid Ongoing Greek Crisis
Bear market grips Chinese stocks as investor panic grows
French Economy In “Dire Straits”, “Worse Than Anyone Can Imagine”, Leaked NSA Cable Reveals
Economists release critical Puerto Rico report after governor says it can’t pay $72B debt
Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Delay in Debt Payments for ‘Number of Years’
White House says it won’t bail out Puerto Rico
Loads of Debt: A Global Ailment With Few Cures
Leap Second: Why Tuesday Will Be 1 Second Longer and Could Screw Up Your Computer
NASA cuts live feed as ‘UFOs spotted leaving earth’
Star of Bethlehem? Jupiter, Venus to pair up for bright celestial event
6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Ashkasham, Afghanistan
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Acari, Peru
Deep earthquakes in Bardarbunga and Tungnafellsjokull volcanoes
Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 19,000ft
Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 18,000ft
Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
Japanese Officials Raise Alert Level for Mount Hakone, Order Evacuations
Helium leakage from Earth’s mantle in Los Angeles Basin
Washington state wildfire destroys at least 23 homes
Robert Redford Urges Global Action on Climate Change
China cracks down on environmental protection, arrests thousands suspected of environmental crimes
Lamb engineered with jellyfish DNA sold as livestock in France
Feds predicted surge of illegals, see another 127,000 this year
Supreme Court denies states’ request for proof of voter citizenship
SCOTUS blocks Texas from enforcing part of abortion law
John Piper: Celebrating Homosexual Sin Isn’t New but Institutionalization of It Is
It Begins: New Calls To Strip Churches of Tax Exempt Status After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Rev. Graham on White House Gay Rainbow: ‘May it Remind Us of God’s Judgment to Come’
U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling likely to have global impact
Woman knocked unconscious by falling drone during Seattle’s Pride parade
Omaha man arrested for burning gay pride flag, resisting arrest
Will the LGBT Movement Evolve Into Transhumanism?
Supreme Court dissenters signal historic challenge to death penalty
What is the Elijah List & who is Steve Shultz?
Geronimo Aguilar, ex-megachurch pastor, found guilty of sexual assault
Do You Worship in a State-Approved Church?
Al-Shabaab Jihadists Vow to Attack ‘Non-Believers’…Give Christians ‘True Taste of Jihad’
Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Force Voters to Prove Citizenship
NEWSMAX — With the national legalizing of same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court has swapped the law for politics, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy tells Newsmax TV. “The Supreme Court’s now a political institution. It’s not a legal one anymore,” McCarthy said Friday on “The Steve Malzberg Show,” following the high court’s 5-4 ruling that all 50 states must allow marriage rights for same-sex couples…. (more)
WASHINGTON TIMES — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee suggested Saturday that conservatives treat the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision like Abraham Lincoln treated the high court’s pro-slavery ruling in Dred Scott: Ignore it…. (more)
CHELSEA SCHILLING — Declaring that America’s Founding Fathers “did not anticipate judicial tyranny on this scale,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he is proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would subject the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices to judicial retention elections every eight years…. (more)
WASHINGTON TIMES — By a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court Friday struck down four state marriage laws, paving the way for gay marriage to be legal in all 50 states. The ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges said the 14th Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between people of same-sex, and also recognize same-sex marriages from out of state…. (more)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Eight months after Congress requested emails from embattled IRS official Lois Lerner, tax agency employees “magnetically erased” hundreds of backup tapes…. (more)
The Briefing
1) Oklahoma execution method upheld by Supreme Court, despite severe questioning of death penalty
Supreme Court upholds use of controversial execution drug, Oklahoman Daily (AP)
2) Supreme Court stay against Texas abortion restrictions mean more infants will die
Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Texas anti-abortion law, USA Today (Richard Wolf)
3) Christians cannot shirk responsibility to speak biblicly about gay marriage
How gay marriage ruling affects local churches, Louisville Courier-Journal (Andrew Wolfson)
With Same-Sex Decision, Evangelical Churches Address New Reality, New York Times (Michael Paulson)
Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Creates a New Reality, Wall Street Journal (Zusha Elinson)
4) Individualized use of religion in weddings effort to escape morality-binding authority
Couples Personalizing Role of Religion in Wedding Ceremonies, New York Times (Samuel Freedman)
5) Celebration of chimps as relatives key test of worldview division of America
Belated Protection for Some Close Relatives, New York Times (Editorial Board)
In other news…
Paxton: County clerks may refuse — on religious grounds — to issue same-sex marriage licenses, Dallas Morning News (Robert T. Garrett)
Here’s How Many Americans Sleep With Their Smartphones, TIME Magazine (Claire Groden)
Why the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage represents a new era for evangelicals, Washington Post (Collin Hansen)
The McAvany Intel Memo
“Common Core is a direct result from UN Agenda 21, which is evidenced in Chapter 36, which deals with ‘Education, Public Awareness, and Training.’ It is one part of the comprehensive plan of action adopted and signed on to by more than 168 Governments. George H. W. Bush represented the United States in its signing, while Bill Clinton later embraced Agenda 21 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 3-5, 1992. The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up. Education is indispensable for the UN to get its globalist agenda established.”
As soon as the US joined the United Nations in 1945, the government and the media began a concerted effort to denounce our school system as inferior and tell us how it had to be improved. Of course, the answer was growing involvement from the federal government. The first step was to destroy American history, as it was too geared toward freedom. Instead of history, geography, and civics, the federal government pushed for “social studies” as an umbrella class for these subjects. The socialist leaning here is impossible to miss, just from the name of the umbrella course.
(Excerpt from McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, March 2015
In this article, I am going to share with you some statistics that prove that most Americans are completely and totally unprepared for a Greek-style economic crisis. According to one recent survey, an all-time high 72 percent of all Americans are concerned about an economic downturn, and yet the amount of actual preparation that is taking place for the next economic downturn is very low. As 2008 has faded into our memories, most Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security. Most people seem to be far more concerned about the latest exploits and scandals of their favorite celebrities than they are about the very real problems that this nation is steamrolling toward. Hopefully what is going on in Greece right now will serve as a wake up call, because the truth is that similar things could happen in the United States much sooner than most of us would dare to imagine. (Read More…)
As we enter the second half of 2015, financial panic has gripped most of the globe. Stock prices are crashing in China, in Europe and in the United States. Greece is on the verge of a historic default, and now Puerto Rico and Ukraine are both threatening to default on their debts if they do not receive concessions from their creditors. Not since the financial crisis of 2008 has so much financial chaos been unleashed all at once. Could it be possible that the great financial crisis of 2015 has begun? The following are 16 facts about the tremendous financial devastation that is happening all over the world right now… (Read More….)
Prediction: U.S. will force Israel to act – Jan Markell
“I guarantee you America won’t be by her side under this current administration,” Markell predicts of Israel. “And she may want to wait until 2016 to see if a Republican will get in to then be her ally.”
Seven Well-Known Pastors Who Are Speaking Out Against Gay Marriage Legalization: ‘Culture Will Get Increasingly Darker’
A flurry of conservative pastors and faith leaders have responded to Friday’s same-sex marriage Supreme Court ruling, with many showing their disappointment over the decision to legalize gay unions across America, while voicing their concerns about religious liberty.
Below, see just seven reactions from prominent Christian leaders who take issue with same-sex nuptials:
They Went To Their Pulpits With a Mission
I expected that most evangelical pastors across America today would ignore Friday’s ruling on marriage. I’m delighted to say I appear to be wrong. Based on a ton of feedback from across the nation and conversations with a lot of evangelical leaders, it appears pastors went to their pulpits with a mission last Sunday.
The formal end to Judeo-Christian America – Dennis Prager
Beginning with the Supreme Court’s ban on nondenominational school prayer in 1962, the same-sex marriage decision has essentially completed the state’s secularization of American society. This is one thing about which both right and left, religious and secular, can agree. One side may rejoice over the fact, and the other may weep, but it is a fact.
Rush Limbaugh: Here’s what’s next for marriages
‘There’s no legal basis to stop it now’
Get ready: Polygamy is the new “gay” movement – and talk-radio giant Rush Limbaugh warns the June 26 legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court makes spouse collecting in America “inevitable.”
“Look, folks, you can think all you want, but there’s no legal basis to stop it now,” Limbaugh told his listeners on Monday’s show. “There is no intellectually honest way to distinguish the reasoning on gay marriage from applying the same reasoning to supporting polygamy.”
The Mainstreaming of Falsehoods
Well, Michael Oren certainly knows how to pick up a slow news day. The June 23 release of his book, Ally (a look at his up-close observations of the Obama White House and its nasty attitude toward Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu), has created that proverbial firestorm of backlash.
Mostly from the Obama White House, of course.
Which Republican Candidates Jump Ship of Marriage?
A survey of public statements shows only three of 15 Republican presidential prospects are on record supporting a constitutional amendment either defining marriage as between a man and a woman, or one that would let states decide the legality of same-sex marriages.
A fourth is leaning that way.
Those supporting such an amendment are:
AFTERMATH: Time Op-Ed Calls For Churches To Lose Tax Exempt Status
Says it’s time to stop subsidizing churches and religious non-profits
“Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions,” screams the headline on the piece posted at Time.com. The sub-headline goes so far as to claim the government is subsidizing churches by not taxing them.
“The Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage makes it clearer than ever that the government shouldn’t be subsidizing religion and non-profits,” reads the sub-head.
Daily Digest
June 30, 2015
THE FOUNDATION
“Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs.” —Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 34, 1788
TOP RIGHT HOOKS
Some Liberties Are More Equal Than Others
One day before the Supreme Court ruled on same-sex marriage, ACLU deputy legal director Louise Melling wrote of the organization’s newly announced hostility to Christians and religious liberty, specifically regarding its withdrawal of support for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. “The ACLU supported the RFRA’s passage at the time because it didn’t believe the Constitution, as newly interpreted by the Supreme Court, would protect people … whose religious expression does not harm anyone else. But we can no longer support the law in its current form. For more than 15 years, we have been concerned about how the RFRA could be used to discriminate against others. As the events of the past couple of years amply illustrate, our fears were well-founded. While the RFRA may serve as a shield to protect [some], it is now often used as a sword to discriminate against women, gay and transgender people and others. … Yes, religious freedom needs protection. But religious liberty doesn’t mean the right to discriminate or to impose one’s views on others.” It’s not exactly surprising that the ACLU would find a way to oppose such laws once Christians found refuge in them. But this is an organization that has gone to bat for the KKK and the American Nazi Party. And the irony is too much: Melling decries the imposition of views while having no problem with homosexuals forcing bakers, photographers and florists to provide their services against their consciences. Now that the Supreme Court has found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, more imposition and discrimination will occur. And the ACLU will be leading the charge. Because “love wins,” right?
Puerto Rico Wants a Pass on $72 Billion Debt
“Death spiral” — that’s how Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García Padilla describes the commonwealth’s debt. Over the last few years, the island racked up a debt of $72 billion, or 3.5 times the amount that bankrupted Detroit. Padilla, who once vowed to repay the loans accrued by his and past administrations, now says it’s impossible and creditors should “share the sacrifices.” Problem is, Puerto Rico has been a popular place for retirees to invest because the commonwealth’s bonds are tax-free. The problem becomes stickier, as Puerto Rico cannot file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The island used to be an economic powerhouse, filled with manufacturing and a vibrant port. But Deepak Lamba-Nieves, research director for the think tank Center for a New Economy, said in 2013, “You cannot pay daily expenses with your credit card, and that’s what Puerto Rico has been doing for years. We borrowed just to keep the lights on.” Padilla doesn’t appear ready to make the difficult cuts, firing government workers, tightening its belt and getting serious about the debt. Like Detroit, Puerto Rico was destroyed by liberal politicians and their failed economic theories. Now, some will say the only way to save the commonwealth is with a bailout. Barack Obama says he won’t do so, but don’t be surprised if he proposes to “fix” the problem by floating Puerto Rico statehood again — in order to firm up some Latino support. While the offer is hollow, a narcissist like Obama would certainly be pleased with a legacy of altering the American flag.
Brady Center’s Frivolous Suit Against Ammo Company Backfires
After the massacre at the Aurora movie theater, The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence went after the company from which the murderer bought his ammunition. The center filed suit against Lucky Gunner because it sold its ammunition online, arguing that’s “unreasonably dangerous and create[s] a public nuisance.” But not only did the judge disagree, he reprimanded the Brady Center because he said it was filing suit simply to make a high-profile political point. Judge Richard Matsch wrote in his ruling, “It is apparent that this case was filed to pursue the political purposes of the Brady Center and, given the failure to present any cognizable legal claim, bringing these defendants into the Colorado court where the prosecution of James Holmes was proceeding appears to be more of an opportunity to propagandize the public and stigmatize the defendants than to obtain a court order.” Furthermore, Matsch said the Brady Center had to pay Lucky Gunner’s legal fees. Lucky Gunner said those funds would be donated to pro-Second Amendment groups. For groups with deep pockets and a bitterness toward Liberty, an effective strategy is to silence the lovers of Liberty through suits, frivolous or no. Judge Matsch put a damper on that strategy.
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All Isn’t Lost, as SCOTUS Rebukes EPA
By Lewis Morris
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| EPA chief Gina McCarthy isn’t pleased |
The Supreme Court proved it still has a little bit of respect left for Rule of Law in its decision yesterday in Michigan v. EPA. In a 5-4 ruling that predictably followed partisan lines with Justice Anthony Kennedy swinging to the right, the High Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency did not properly consider the high costs of regulation of emissions from coal-fired power plants.
That this Court — the one content to rewrite ObamaCare in order to save it, twice — found the EPA went too far in rewriting the law is saying something.
The EPA, which has been pursuing the ecofascist dream of completely wiping the coal industry off the face of the earth, released a series of regulations in 2012 that would force energy producers to comply with limits on mercury and air toxins released in coal energy production. The National Federation of Independent Business said the regulations, known as Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), are among the costliest ever issued.
The EPA estimated the new rules would cost close to $10 billion annually, while bringing direct annual benefits of no more than $6 million. Bureaucrats also made the un-provable assertion that the rules would prevent up to 11,000 premature deaths and 130,000 asthma cases each year. In developing its regulations, the EPA was expected to adhere to the Clean Air Act’s “appropriate and necessary” standard. But the agency arbitrarily determined that cost had no bearing in the development of the regulations, essentially flouting the decades-old law and choosing to make up its own rules. The EPA determined that its work protecting the environment justified whatever actions it saw fit.
Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority opinion stated, “EPA strayed well beyond the bounds of reasonable interpretation in concluding that cost is not a factor relevant to the appropriateness of regulating power plants.” Scalia also noted, “The costs to power plants were … between 1,600 and 2,400 times as great as the quantifiable benefits from reduced emissions of hazardous air pollutants.” He added, “No regulation is ‘appropriate’ if it does significantly more harm than good.”
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California weighed in on the decision in a statement, saying, “The Supreme Court’s decision today vindicates the House’s legislative actions to rein in bureaucratic overreach and institute some common sense in rule making.” That said, Congress has more work to do to rein in an out-of-control EPA, especially given that the Court left open a substantial loophole of sorts: Regulations are fine as long as the EPA “counts the cost.”
Indeed, the EPA seemed nonplussed by the decision, with spokeswoman Melissa Harrison saying, “EPA is disappointed … but this rule was issued more than three years ago … and most plants are already well on their way to compliance.” In other words, she gloated that the damage was already done and blew a raspberry at opponents.
The EPA and the White House will certainly try to play down this loss, but the Court’s decision lays groundwork for a number of other cases in which multiple states are seeking to challenge the imperial overreach of the EPA. As noted by National Mining Association President Hal Quinn, “The decision effectively puts EPA on notice: reckless rulemaking that ignores the cost to consumers is unreasonable and won’t be tolerated.”
But Justice Clarence Thomas warned in his concurring majority opinion, “[W]e seem to be straying further and further from the Constitution without so much as pausing to ask why. We should stop to consider that document before blithely giving the force of law to any other agency ‘interpretations’ of federal statutes.” We can think of a few other cases in which that logic applies, and we hope this victory isn’t merely symbolic.
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Dennis Prager: “Beginning with the Supreme Court’s ban on nondenominational school prayer in 1962, the same-sex marriage decision has essentially completed the state’s secularization of American society. This is one thing about which both right and left, religious and secular, can agree. One side may rejoice over the fact, and the other may weep, but it is a fact. And what has replaced Judaism, Christianity, Judeo-Christian values and the Bible? The answer is: feelings. More and more Americans rely on feelings to make moral decisions. The heart has taken the place of the Bible. … Same-sex marriage is, above all else, the statement that male and female mean nothing, are completely interchangeable, and, yes, don’t even objectively exist, because you are only the gender you feel you are. That explains the ‘T’ in ‘LGBT.’ The case for same-sex marriage is dependent on the denial of sexual differences. It is the heart, not the mind, that has concluded that all a child needs is love, not a father and mother. And therein lies one of the reasons that the notion of obedience to religion is so loathed by the cultural left. Biblical Judaism and Christianity repeatedly dismiss the heart as a moral guide.”
SHORT CUTS
Insight: “Love your country, but never trust its government.” —American writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
Upright: “When any branch of government can exercise powers not authorized by either statutes or the Constitution, ‘we the people’ are no longer free citizens but subjects, and our ‘public servants’ are really our public masters. And America is no longer America. The freedom for which whole generations of Americans have fought and died is gradually but increasingly being taken away from us with smooth and slippery words. This decision makes next year’s choice of the next President of the United States more crucial than ever, because with that office goes the power to nominate justices of the Supreme Court.” —Thomas Sowell
Braying Jenny: “[O]ne thing you also said was that you would support a Texas state clerk who refused to issue a license to a gay couple on religious grounds. Let me ask you this: If a state clerk refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple, would you agree with that, too?” —NBC’s Savannah Guthrie to Ted Cruz
Dezinformatsia: “Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions” —Time magazine
Eco-alarmism: “This December, the world must unite behind a common goal. Because look, this is it. This is our only planet, our only life source. This may be our last chance.” —Robert Redford
Demo-gogues: “We need to join the rest of the industrialized world. We are the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care to all people as a right, and yet we end up spending much more than they do. So I do believe that we have to move toward a Medicare for all, single-payer system.” —Vermont Sen. and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (Because it worked so well in Vermont?)
And last… “Obama hailed the Supreme Court decision … to uphold federal subsidies in the Affordable Care Act. He cited anecdotal evidence to claim the program is working. In a recent survey, seventy-two percent of doctors say they think Obamacare is terrific as long as you don’t get sick.” —Argus Hamilton
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Puerto Rico governor calls for bankruptcy; adviser says island ‘insolvent’ Posted: 30 Jun 2015 06:51 AM PDT Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday called for the commonwealth to be allowed to restructure its debts under U.S. bankruptcy code, while a newly appointed adviser to the U.S. territory said it is “insolvent” and will soon run out of cash. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, in a televised address, said sacrifice must be shared by bondholders, as he called for Washington to allow a bankruptcy debt restructuring. The Caribbean island is struggling to relieve a $73 billion debt burden. It came to a crunch point on Monday – ironically at the same time as did debt-laden Greece – after a dire report on its stability by former International Monetary Fund economists was released ahead of key deadlines on Wednesday to repay debt. Steven Rhodes, the retired U.S. bankruptcy judge who oversaw Detroit’s historic bankruptcy and has now been retained by Puerto Rico to help solve its problems, gave a blunt assessment on Monday. FULL REPORT The post Puerto Rico governor calls for bankruptcy; adviser says island ‘insolvent’ appeared first on . |
| Asteroid tsunami could kill thousands in Britain, warn scientists
Posted: 30 Jun 2015 06:36 AM PDT Britain is at risk from an asteroid tsunami which could kill hundreds of thousands of people living in coastal regions, scientists have warned. Experts at the University of Southampton have developed software which predicts the impact ‘corridors’ of known asteroids and calculates the risk to communities if they struck. Although the UK is not directly under an asteroid path, it is at risk from impacts in the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea which could trigger devastating tsunamis. For example there is a one in 10,000 chance that a space rock could hit just off the coast of Norfolk within the next 85 years. PhD student Clemens Rumpf who developed the software – called Armor – is hoping it will help organisations like the United Nations decide whether to evacuate communities or send spacecraft to intercept deadly objects.“We have discovered around 13,000 asteroids and around 500 of them have a chance of hitting Earth,” he said. “We can now calculate where they could impact and the damage that would be caused so that we could get evacuation plans in order.” “When an asteroid strikes one of the biggest problems is a tsunami. Britain is an island with lots of coastline, and lots of people living there so it is a risk.” FULL REPORT The post Asteroid tsunami could kill thousands in Britain, warn scientists appeared first on . |
| Explosive helium is leaking from massive earthquake fault under Los Angeles
Posted: 30 Jun 2015 06:18 AM PDT A huge fault in the Earth’s crust near Los Angeles is leaking helium, researchers have found. They say the unexpected find sheds new light on the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone in the Los Angeles Basin. It reveals the fault is far deeper than previously thought, and a quake would be far more devastating. He claims the results show that the Newport-Inglewood fault is deeper than scientists previously thought. The post Explosive helium is leaking from massive earthquake fault under Los Angeles appeared first on . |
| Fires are spreading like crazy in Alaska and scientists are concerned
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 06:37 PM PDT So far in June, Alaska has seen 391 wildfires, with 152 of these starting up on the weekend of June 21-22, totaling more than 1.1 million acres of scorched earth, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry (DOF). Alaska is no stranger to wildfires. The Alaska Division of Air Quality reports that in 2004, the state saw 701 fires which consumed more than 6.5 million acres of land, but they are on track to break that record before long. Alaska DOF official, Tim Mowry, told NBC News that the fires were caused by a relatively dry spring which left plains vulnerable to ignition via lightning, but what was unusual was the volume and variety of the fires. “We have almost 300 fires going right now,” said Mowry.Fires actually serve a purpose in nature, as the charred vegetation returns minerals to soil, and makes way for young shoots to surface and provide food for animals like moose, but these fires are above and beyond the course of nature. The concentration and location of the fires make them a particular threat to people and structures. FULL REPORT The post Fires are spreading like crazy in Alaska and scientists are concerned appeared first on . |
| Mystery Object Lights Up the Sky Over Parts of Georgia
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 06:21 PM PDT A slow-moving mystery object lit up parts of the Georgia sky early this morning. NASA has five meteor cameras in the southeast part of the U.S. that picked up video of the object that was moving at approximately 14,500 mph at 1:30 a.m. ET. William Cooke, lead for NASA Meteoroid Environment Office, told ABC News today that “14,500 miles per hour is pretty fast, but it’s too slow to be a meteor. It was possibly reentry of space junk.” Cooke added that objects will typically have to be moving at 20,000 miles per hour or faster to be classified as a meteor. Stacey Alexander, 39, saw the bright light move across the night sky for about a minute outside her work building in Rome, Georgia. “I honestly thought it was a plane that had caught on fire and was about to crash,” she told ABC News today. FULL REPORT The post Mystery Object Lights Up the Sky Over Parts of Georgia appeared first on . |
| Is Facebook Using Their Celebrate Pride Tool To Identify Anti-LGBT Users For Persecution?
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 06:11 PM PDT CRITICS WARN CELEBRATE PRIDE TOOL MAY BE ANOTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST BY FACEBOOK EDITOR’S NOTE: A Facebook spokesperson didn’t deny that the social network was tracking which users support gay marriage and adding that to the database of personal information the company has on its billion-plus users. It is the opinion of NTEB that this information will be shared with various government agencies to enable the targeting and persecution of all those who oppose the LGBT Mafia’s agenda. For a website that started because some drunk college geeks wanted to creep on their female classmates, Facebook has evolved into an ultra-slick, end times tool of the government. To me, their various social and psychological “experiments” evoke images of Joseph Mengele and disgusting petrie dish of human tampering that was Auschwitz. But I think it’s more than just cataloging stats and user preferences to sell to their advertisers. I think Facebook is a major end times player, and the information they are collecting will be used against Christians from the deepest levels of DARPA and other black ops groups. You should be more afraid of the rainbow flag of the LGBT than you should be of ISIS, but they both end the same way.FULL REPORT The post Is Facebook Using Their Celebrate Pride Tool To Identify Anti-LGBT Users For Persecution? appeared first on . |
| Why We’re Headed Towards a ‘Cashless Society’
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 12:30 PM PDT The Dow is back under 18,000 points after yesterday’s 178-point — or 1% — drop. Gold continues to wander around, apparently lost. More on that below… Our long-term stock market indicator, developed for us by our chief researcher and former ValueLine stock market analyst Stephen Jones, is flashing a warning. As we explained in the May 7 issue of Diary, it looks at the price of stocks relative to the economy that supports them. And right now, it tells us to expect an average annual loss of 9.6%, after you account for inflation, over the next 10 years. Will this indicator be proven correct? We will wait to find out… Yesterday, came a report that the prime minister of Poland, Ewa Kopacz, has urged Poles traveling to Greece to take ‘a larger amount of cash’ with them. FULL REPORT The post Why We’re Headed Towards a ‘Cashless Society’ appeared first on . |
| Pay with a flick of the wrist with new bPay wristband, key fob and sticker
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 12:24 PM PDT If you’re sick of fumbling for change or punching in a PIN, then you probably love mobile payment. As services like Apple Pay shine a spotlight on the idea of paying for stuff without pulling out your wallet, UK credit card Barclaycard is introducing a new bPay-branded wristband, key fob and sticker that enable British shoppers to make contactless payments with a simple tap. Contactless payment is widely supported in the UK and is becoming a common sight in other countries, including the US. Contactless credit and debit cards are now joined by phones that can pay for stuff, including the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S6, as tech companies try to elbow their way into the retail and financial sectors. By offering its own contactless devices, Barclaycard wants to keep the transaction fees from your purchases rather than seeing it taken by Apple or someone else, and by offering a range of devices Barclaycard is offering you more choice about how you pay for stuff in this new mobile payment age. FULL REPORT
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| U.S. cities host historic pride parades after Supreme Court ruling
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 12:18 PM PDT Rainbows and good cheer will be out in force in the United States as hundreds of thousands of people pack gay pride events from New York City to Seattle, San Francisco to Chicago to celebrate a Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. Organizers of San Francisco’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade, just called “Pride,” expect about 1 million revelers. It will have 240 groups marching in a parade Sunday and more than 30 floats, its largest in 45 years. “I just think it’s going to be magical this year,” said Gary Virginia, board president of San Francisco Pride. That’s because the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling Friday giving same-sex couples the right to marry in all 50 states. Virginia’s comments were echoed by leaders of Pride celebrations in other cities. “It’s going to be an epic weekend,” said David Studinski, march director for New York City Pride. “I actually just wrote on Twitter that this is the most historic Pride march since the first.” New York City expects 22,000 people marching in a 2-mile route and more than 2 million people to visit. The event is considered a march, Studinski said, because the movement still has much to accomplish. FULL REPORT The post U.S. cities host historic pride parades after Supreme Court ruling appeared first on . |
| China could use neutron bomb in event of US invasion
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 12:13 PM PDT Unconfirmed reports on various websites in China claim the People’s Liberation Army possesses a neutron bomb and would use it as a last resort against a potential US invasion, Duowei News, a news outlet run by overseas Chinese reported on June 26. One online article said a neutron bomb could take out a US convoy of M1A2 Abrams main battle tank and M2A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, killing all military personnel without doing significant damage to the vehicles themselves. A neutron bomb sends a massive wave of neutron and gamma radiation that can penetrate armor or several feet of earth and is extremely destructive to living tissue. The bomb was developed to counter a potential Soviet invasion of Western Europe during the Cold War. FULL REPORT The post China could use neutron bomb in event of US invasion appeared first on . |
Is Facebook Using Their Celebrate Pride Tool To Identify Anti-LGBT Users For Persecution?
Critics warn Celebrate Pride tool may be another psychological test by Facebook
EDITOR’S NOTE: A Facebook spokesperson didn’t deny that the social network was tracking which users support gay marriage and adding that to the database of personal information the company has on its billion-plus users. It is the opinion of NTEB that this information will be shared with various government agencies to enable the targeting and persecution of all those who oppose the LGBT Mafia’s agenda.
‘This is probably a Facebook experiment!’ warned the MIT network scientist Cesar Hidalgo on Facebook yesterday. ‘The question is, how long will it take for people to change their profile pictures back to normal.’
In celebration of the Supreme Court’s approval of same-sex marriage, the site is offering users a tool to overlay their profile photos with a rainbow filter. But some people, such as MIT network scientist Cesar Hidalg, say the social network is carrying out another psychological test on its users
By setting up its own tool to let people filter their profile picture with the Celebrate Pride tool, the concern is that Facebook is able to get an unprecedented insight into how to influence people. Facebook did not respond immediately for comment, but, as a report in the Atlantic points out, the site has long been involved in research to better see how information spreads in a social network.
For instance, in March 2013, the company published a study that looked at the factors that predicted support for marriage equality on Facebook. The research looked at what might influence a user changing their or her profile photo to the red equals sign. They found that, people with more friends changing their profile photo to a red equals sign were more likely to go through with the change to their profile picture.
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What the Supreme Court of the United States did last week was simply play catch-up with the many other countries that were ahead of it in the headlong pursuit of institutionalized ungodliness. South Africa’s constitution, for one sad example, protects not only same-sex marriage but also polygamy and late-term abortion.
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