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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 20th, 2012

Blood moon eclipses: 2nd Coming in 2015?
A minister who promotes the Old Testament roots of Christianity suggests a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said to fall on God’s annual holy days seven years from now could herald what’s come to be known as the “Second Coming” of Jesus. “God wants us to look at the biblical calendar,” says Mark Biltz, pastor of El Shaddai Ministries in Bonney Lake, Wash. “The reason we need to be watching is [because] He will signal His appearance. But we have to know what to be watching as well. So we need to be watching the biblical holidays.” “There are no more of these for the rest of the century.”

Jerusalem Official Complains of Temple Mount Discrimination
Jerusalem city council member Yair Gabai told Arutz Sheva of his first-hand humiliation and of discrimination against Jews, especially those who are religious, trying to visit the Temple Mount.“The only group of people prohibited from the Temple Mount are Jews, even though it is our holiest place and holier to us than to any other people,” he said. “-Police were particularly aggressive in their attitude..they remove anyone who even appears to be praying from the Temple Mount.

Gallup: More Americans Favor School Officials Having Guns Than Weapon Ban
Americans are most likely to say that an increased police presence at schools, increased government spending on mental health screening and treatment, and decreased depiction of gun violence in entertainment venues would be effective in preventing mass shootings at schools.

What's up in space MAGNETIC FROTH:
None of the spots on the Earthside of the sun is actively flaring. Instead, they are frothing. Sergio Castillo captured the phenomenon on Dec. 19th when he photographed the sun from Inglewood,California:

Operation Fast and Furious gun found after drug cartel shootout
Two of the weapons found after a drug cartel gunfight last month in Sinaloa, Mexico, that killed five people have been traced back to the U.S. — one lost during the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious, the other originally purchased by a supervisory ATF agent who helped oversee the botched gun-tracking operation.

Arab video shows slain U.S. ambassador in morgue
The video comes in the wake of a report by an independent review panel that concluded systematic management and leadership failures at the State Department led to “grossly” inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi.

Quartet's Blair weighs in on Israeli building plans
Quartet Rep. Tony Blair on Thursday affirmed his support for recent US and EU criticism of Israeli construction plans. “The problem is not only the building of such settlements itself but also that this is a moment when it is vital to re-start a proper negotiation and all such announcements do is to put new obstacles in the way of progress and undermine the prospects for a negotiated peace leading to a viable Palestinian state living side by side with a safe and secure Israel," Blair said in a statement.

Forget Dec. 21, watch out for 1/11, 2/11, 3/11
Al-Qaida is teaming up with Iran to stage massive terror attacks on French and German targets in the next three months, according to an inside source. Those targets include French Socialist Party headquarters, commerce centers and the Paris Metro rapid transit system.

Image Of Traveling Star’s Bow Shock Captured By Spitzer Telescope
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured an infrared image of the glowing waves given off by a giant star that was sent hurtling through space after its companion star exploded. Zeta Ophiuchi, the star which is currently speeding through the universe and leaving what is known as a bow shock in its wake, is 20 times more massive and 80,000 times brighter than our sun, according to the US space agency.

Putin: Russia more worried by Syria's fate than Assad's
Russia's main concern in Syria is the fate of the country and not that of President Bashar Assad, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Ecuador volcano blasts more hot rock from crater
The country's Geophysical Institute says incandescent rock shot from the crater of the 16,479-foot (5,023-meter) high mountain fell about half a mile (a kilometer) down its flanks. Explosions early Wednesday rattled windows 9 miles (14 kilometers) away, while rain-borne ash has been falling to the southwest of the crater.

Snow, wind, freezing temps could usher in winter season
AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Walker said Wednesday that a winter storm will be moving into the area Thursday afternoon. “The storm will be starting off with warmer temperatures and rain and then change into snow showers Thursday night and into Friday. There will be a few inches of snow and windy with some pretty cold air moving in,” said Walker, who has been a professional weather forecaster for 35 years.

State Department security chief resigns
Three State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, where militants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans on Sept. 11.

Guatemala’s Pacaya Volcano spits ash, gases
Pacaya Volcano, located 47 kilometers south of the capital, has had increased activity in recent days with ash and gas being released into the air, said the Institute of Volcanology

Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits
Russia is enduring its harshest winter in over 70 years, with temperatures plunging as low as -50 degrees Celsius. Dozens of people have already died, and almost 150 have been hospitalized. The country has not witnessed such a long cold spell since 1938, meteorologists said, with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees lower than the seasonal norm all over Russia.

Treasury announces GM exit strategy; automaker buying 200 million shares from U.S.
The Obama administration said Wednesday it will sell 200 million shares — or 40 percent of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. — back to the automaker and announced plans to completely exit the Detroit automaker by March 2014. Still, taxpayers will almost certainly lose billions of dollars in the $49.5 billion GM bailout - and the government would need to sell its remaining shares for about $70 each to break even.

South Korea's Park stresses 'grave' North Korea challenge
South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-hye spoke of a "grave" security challenge from North Korea but called for "trust-based dialogue". Ms Park, the ruling Saenuri Party candidate, defeated her liberal rival Moon Jae-in in Wednesday's election. Speaking after a visit to honour late leaders, she pledged again to "open a new era" on the Korean Peninsula.

Torrential rain leaves south-west England flooded
Several people have been rescued from their vehicles and trains have been cancelled after torrential rain. Trains between Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall and between Bournemouth and Brockenhurst in Hampshire are affected. The Cornish villages of Polbathic, Altarnun, St Keverne, Gunwalloe, Gorran Haven and Mevagissey are also flooded.

Benghazi attack: US security chief Eric Boswell quits
A senior US security official has quit and three others are suspended after a damning report into a deadly attack on a US mission in Benghazi. The state department said diplomatic security chief Eric Boswell resigned and three other unnamed officials had been put on administrative leave. US envoy to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other officials were killed in the attack on 11 September.

UN confirms Hezbollah fighting for Assad in Syria
The Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah has confirmed that its members are in Syria fighting on behalf of the government, United Nations human rights investigators said on Thursday. There are also reports that Iraqi Shias are coming to fight in Syria, and Iran confirmed in September that its Revolutionary Guards are in Syria providing assistance...

Israel approves settlement plans despite EU condemnation
Israel has approved plans for the construction of 523 homes in the southern West Bank in the first step towards creating a new settlement city, the local settler council said on Thursday.

Guns Out of Stock at Wal-Mart as Magazine Prices Surge on
With President Barack Obama endorsing sweeping gun restrictions in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, prices for handgun magazines are surging on EBay (EBAY) and semi-automatic rifles are sold out at many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) locations

Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears
Having seen its star wane in Iraq, al Qaeda has staged a comeback in neighbouring Syria, posing a dilemma for the opposition fighting to remove President Bashar al-Assad and making the West balk at military backing for the revolt.

Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns
In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don't give much thought to safety at the community's lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons.

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13