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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
August 30th, 2013

The west is playing in to Moscow’s hands on Syria
It is, of course, very easy to picture the US as a global bully ever bent on inventing pretexts for aggression. Iran will be jubilant. Many people in Syria will be inclined to resist a new imperialist crusade. Upping the ante is advantageous for Moscow. The more the western powers are involved in the conflict, the more deeply they are immersed, the more opportunities emerge for Russia to back the Assad regime as a “legitimate authority under attack”.

MAJOR FIREBALL EVENT, UPGRADED
NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office has upgraded its estimates of a major fireball that exploded over the southeastern USA on August 28th. Lead researcher Bill Cooke says " the fireball reached a peak magnitude of -13, brighter than a Full Moon, and cast shadows on the ground.

Gay Spouses in All States Now Married Under U.S. Tax Law
Gay spouses in all U.S. states will be treated as married under federal tax law even if local authorities don’t recognize their marriages... The decision by the Treasury Department today implements the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which had forbidden the Internal Revenue Service from letting married homosexual couples file joint tax returns.

CME WILL NOT HIT EARTH, STORMS POSSIBLE ANYWAY
A coronal mass ejection (CME) propelled into space yesterday by an erupting solar filament will not hit Earth. However, a solar wind stream will. The stream, which is flowing from a coronal hole in the sun's northern hemisphere, is expected to arrive on August 30-31, possibly sparking polar geomagnetic storms.

Immigration Reform 2013: House Gang Preps Comprehensive Bill For October Push
Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez has said earlier this week, while speaking in Republican territory in Virginia, that he’s already signed off on the measure and eager to introduce it. Now we know that all the Democrats within the bipartisan gang remain unified on the agreement and are waiting on their Republican counterparts to sign off on it. When the Republicans give the go signal, the group will wait for what it believes is the “right bipartisan moment” to introduce the bill, which members believe is in October. By that time they hope Congress will be over the budget fight, with an appropriations bill passed to avert the threat of a government shutdown.

France's Hollande backs US on Syria action
The French president has said a vote by UK MPs against involvement in military strikes on Syria has not changed France's resolve to take firm action. Francois Hollande said all options were being considered, and that a strike within days was not ruled out. His comments came after US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said Washington would continue to seek a coalition for possible military action.

King Abdullah of Jordan has audience with Pope Francis
Pope Francis met Thursday with King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan in an audience at the Vatican. Abdullah also held a discussion with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, and Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, secretary of state for international relations, Vatican Radio reported. Francis thanked the king for arranging a conference, to be held in Amman in September, on the role of Christians in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East.

Fifth American destroyer heads to Mediterranean in build-up of possible Syria strike
A few hours after reports surfaced that Russia sent two missile ships into the Mediterranean Sea due to the Syria crisis, the US sent another destroyer, their fifth so far, towards the center of the build-up and probably increases the possibility of an attack on Syria. According to an American security source quoted in the Daily Star, "the US is expected to make the 'Stout' destroyer available for an imminent attack against Syria."

MIT professor: global warming is a ‘religion’
...there has been no rise in global temperatures for the past 15 years.

Mystery grows: Journalist died prepping Obama exposé
Major probe tied to agent suspected of sanitizing president's passport records Before his death in a fiery car crash, Michael Hastings was preparing to publish a major investigative piece tied to the undercover agent who is suspected of sanitizing President Obama’s passport records prior to the 2008 presidential election. The mystery has only deepened since the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office ruled that drugs in his system at the time of the June 18 crash, including amphetamines and marijuana, likely did not contribute to the crash.

New Snowden Leak Reports ‘Groundbreaking’ NSA Crypto-Cracking
“Also,” Clapper writes in a line marked “top secret,” “we are investing in groundbreaking cryptanalytic capabilities to defeat adversarial cryptography and exploit internet traffic.”

United Launch Alliance Rocket Puts US Spy Satellite Into Orbit
A top secret payload was launched from a Delta IV Heavy rocket on Wednesday morning. The rocket lifted off at 11:03 am PDT from the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California, carrying a US spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Officials at United Launch Alliance said the rocket launch was successful, despite a ten minute delay due to minor issues.

Massive Canyon Discovered Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
One of the largest canyons in the world has been discovered beneath the Greenland ice sheet, according to new research appearing in the latest edition of the journal Science. Lead author Jonathan Bamber, a professor at the University of Bristol’s School of Geographical Sciences, and colleagues report that the canyon is at least 460 miles (750km) long, up to 2,600 feet (800m) deep in places.

Colcord, Oklahoma, residents told to watch out for blood worms in water supply
There are no known health effects from the worms, which range from about a quarter to a half inch in length. But local officials aren't taking any chances, hand-delivering letters to residents warning them to stick to bottled water for the time being.

British MPs reject military intervention in Syria
Any possibility of British involvement in a military campaign in Syria has been effectively ruled out after British lawmakers voted down the prospect in parliament, costing the US the nation’s closest ally in a potential strike.

Obama Weighs Solo Action on Syria
Obama finds himself on the verge of pursuing the very kind of go-it-alone approach in Syria that he accused his predecessor of using in Iraq after British lawmakers reject measure to give preliminary approval to military action.

Obama Uses Executive Actions to Bypass Congress on Gun Control Again
On August 29, Vice President Joe Biden announced two new gun control measures implemented by President Obama via executive actions. Fox News reports the measures target military surplus weapons and the method in which certain guns are registered in the United States.

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13