raptureready/rapnews_db.php 14 Jan 15 Oil under pressure as World Bank cuts growth forecast Oil prices pared early losses on Wednesday but remained under pressure after the World Bank cut its economic growth forecast, doing little to end a rout that saw prices touch their lowest in nearly six years in the previous session. Cop-bashing a disturbing pastime for race baiters and progressives It took the assassination of two Brooklyn cops to make it clear that America is close to crossing the line from order to anarchy. The questions for elected officials are: Are you going to allow mob rule to override the rule of law in this nation? Are you supporting wacko leftists who talk and act like society’s main problem is the police? 22 terror camps verified inside U.S. The FBI is aware of at least 22 paramilitary Islamic communes in the U.S., operated by the shadowy Pakistan-based group Jamaat al-Fuqra and its main U.S. front group, Muslims of America Inc. SOLAR FLARE AND RADIO BLACKOUT (UPDATED Observatory (SOHO) show no significant CME emerging from the blast site. This means no there will be no Earth-CME collision, and no geomagnetic storms as a result of this event. The effects of the flare are therefore finished. We told you so - Israeli embassy in Ireland posts photo of Mona Lisa in Muslim headdress The post seems to be a common sentiment among Israelis who are angry over criticism of its response to Palestinian terrorism. Boko Haram’s Radical Islamic Jihadist Army Barbarically Murders 2,000 More Boko Haram, a radical Islamic jihadist army similar in its barbaric tactics to ISIS – the Islamic State – literally exterminated an entire city in northern Nigeria. They slaughtered an estimated 2,000 innocent human beings. In an indescribable killing spree, Boko Haram destroyed the city of Baga, burning Christian churches and murdering thousands. An Asteroid Will Be Making A Close Call Later This Month, And It Will Be Visible With Backyard Telescopes OK, so asteroids are always heading this way. But this particular asteroid, lovingly named 2004 BL86 by people who get paid to come up with such names, is remarkable for two reasons. First, it’s huge (as asteroids go); and second, it’s coming rather close (again, as asteroids go). Illegal Immigrants ‘Aggressive’ timetable for launching Obama immigration actions raising concerns “There is a state of confusion at DHS,” said the DHS source, who works in immigration enforcement, claiming that “just like ObamaCare, the administration is eager to make an announcement, but infrastructure is lacking to make it happen.” The administration wants to hire 1,000 workers to help process applications out of a new facility in Crystal City, Va., just outside Washington. Alaska shook from record number of earthquakes in 2014 The Alaska Earthquake Information Center detected 40,686 quakes in the state and bordering parts of Canada, significantly more that the previous high of nearly 32,000 in 2003, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Magnitude 5 quake hits Bicol Tuesday night An earthquake with a magnitude 5 on the Richter scale was felt by residents in Bicol on Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Iran nuclear talks: Kerry meets Zarif in Geneva US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting his Iranian counterpart in Geneva in a bid to revive stalled talks over Irans nuclear programme. Mr Kerry said he and Mohammad Javad Zarif needed to take stock ahead of a new round of negotiations on Thursday. Six world powers want Iran to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions. Scores killed as floods hit Malawi and Mozambique At least 48 people have been killed and around 23,000 forced from their homes by heavy flooding in Malawi, the countrys leader said on Tuesday. President Peter Mutharika has declared a third of the country a disaster zone and urgently appealed for foreign aid. Earthquake rate steadies in Oklahoma, experts say After increasing rapidly over the past three years, the pace of earthquakes in Oklahoma held steady in 2014 at a rate higher than California and far higher than the historic average in Oklahoma. Oklahoma experienced 567 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in 2014, Obama makes push for stronger cyber security laws US President Barack Obama has unveiled proposals to strengthen cyber security laws following a spate of attacks against high-profile US targets. Recent hacks of Sony Pictures and a Pentagon Twitter feed reflect the need for tighter legislation, the president said. The proposals are due to be sent to Congress immediately. Up to 5,000 Europeans joined jihad, Europol chief says Europe is facing the largest terrorist threat since 2001, with between 3,000 and 5,000 Europeans in jihadist ranks, the director of European police agency Europol said on Tuesday (13 January). Europol head Rob Wainwright answered questions in a committee of the British House of Commons. He told MPs that “about 3 to 5,000 EU nationals” have left Europe to fight in Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones. Nearly half of British Jews say they have no future in Europe, study finds A quarter of Jews in Britain have considered leaving the country in the last two years and well over half feel they have no long term future in Europe... Additionally, anti-Semitic beliefs are widely prevalent among the wider public with 45 percent of Britons agreeing with at least one anti-Semitic sentiment, the YouGov poll for the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) group found. Liberman calls Turkeys Erdogan an anti-Semitic, neighborhood bully Europes silence in the face of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogans vitriolic attacks against Israel is one of the reasons for the surge of anti-Semitism in Europe...Liberman said Wednesday. In some of the toughest public comments in memory against Erdogan and Turkey, Liberman told a gathering...that Europes Ignoring the hate and incitement Erdogan cultivates toward Israel has ramifications. Building snowmen is forbidden by Saudi Arabian cleric, who calls them anti-Islamic A senior Saudi cleric has issued a strict religious ruling that bans the building of snowmen because he says they are anti-Islamic. Religious scholar Mohammad Saleh Al Minjed said its not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and fun, according to reports. He announced the frosty fatwa after being asked on a religious website whether building the figures was permissable. China bans burqa in biggest Muslim city Legislators in Chinas far-western Xinjiang province have passed a law to prohibit residents from wearing burqas in public, state media reported, in a continued campaign against what authorities view as religious extremism. Japan approves record 4.98 trillion yen defence budget Japans cabinet has approved a record 4.98 trillion yen (£28bn, $42bn) budget for defence spending, amid a long-running maritime dispute with China. The new budget represents a 2.8% rise from the previous fiscal year. It marks the third year of increased spending after a decade of cuts. Irans Rouhani says countries behind oil price drop will suffer Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that countries behind the fall in global oil prices would regret their decision and warned that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait would suffer alongside Iran from the price drop. U.S. takes aim at North Koreas remaining financial links The United States aims to use new sanctions imposed on North Korea over the cyber attack on Sony Pictures to cut off the countrys remaining links to the international financial system, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. 555 Trillion Reasons Why Central Banks Wont Let Rates Normalize The Fed may raise rates a token amount this year, but the move will be largely symbolic. With over $100 trillion in bonds and over $555 TRILLION in interest rate derivatives trading based on interest rates, the Fed will not be normalizing rates at any point in the future.
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