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“Let the Headlines Speak”
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July 2nd, 2014

Gallup Poll: Confidence in Government, President at New Low
America's trust for its government has reached new lows. A Gallup poll released Monday found that confidence in all three government branches had fallen significantly, with just 7 percent of Americans saying they felt good about Congress, a historic dip, Politico reported.

Quinnipiac: Obama Worst President Since World War II, Reagan the Best
President Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, and the United States would have been better off if his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, had won the election in 2012, a new Quinnipiac University national poll released today reveals.

10 Facts About The SWATification Of America That Everyone Should Know
Thanks to relentless illegal immigration, drug cartels are thriving and there are now at least 1.4 million gang members living in the United States. But there are many that believe that the militarization of our police forces has gone way too far. Almost weekly, SWAT team brutality somewhere in America makes national headlines. You are about to read about a couple of horrific examples of this...

Apostasy Rising: 4 Denominations In Less Than a Week Defy God's Word
The UCC, which considers itself a mainline Protestant denomination—claiming over 1 million members and about 5,200 congregations in the U.S.—proudly announced it will serve as a major sponsor of the Gay Games. The UCC will now go down in Christian history as the first major denomination to sponsor the homosexual Olympics when the games roll into Cleveland, Ohio, in August.

Protesters Turn Back DHS Buses Carrying Illegal Immigrants
The standoff in Murrieta came after Mayor Alan Long urged residents to complain to elected officials about the plan to transfer the Central American illegal immigrants to California to ease overcrowding of facilities along the Texas-Mexico border. The government is also planning to fly migrants to Texas cities and another site in California, and has already taken some migrants to Arizona.

Tropical Storm Arthur threatens July 4th plans along East Coast
A hurricane watch was issued for part of North Carolina's coast early Wednesday, covering an area from Bogue Inlet to Oregon Inlet, including Pamlico Sound. A tropical storm watch was in effect for parts of Florida and South Carolina. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Wednesday were near 60 mph (95 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Arthur was expected to strengthen and become a hurricane by Thursday.

What Does an "Islamic Caliphate" in Iraq Mean?
On the first day of the month of Ramadan (29 June 2014), the day on which World Pride Day was celebrated as a marker of social and cultural progress, the reestablishment of the Islamic caliphate (state) was declared in Iraq and a caliph was appointed to lead it. The declaration of the establishment of the caliphate was transmitted via audiotape by Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, spokesman of ISIS – the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria) – which changed its name to “the Islamic State.”

John Boehner vs. Obama 101: Could plan to sue president work?
House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio plans to introduce legislation in July that would authorize the US House to sue President Obama. In a memo to members on Wednesday, the speaker said the suit would compel the president to “faithfully execute the laws of our country.”

Bio-printing transplantable tissues, organs: Another step closer
Researchers have made a giant leap towards the goal of 'bio-printing' transplantable tissues and organs for people affected by major diseases and trauma injuries, a new study reports.

2 earthquakes recorded Tuesday
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.3 magnitude quake at 3:20 a.m. was centered 16 miles southwest of Medford and 16 miles north/northwest of Enid. It was 2.5 miles deep. A 3.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 9:22 a.m. 11 miles north/northeast of Enid.

That ISIS "Caliphate Map" Is Bogus, So Stop Freaking Out
Judging from the comments on Twitter, a lot of people are panicking over the map that's appeared on ABC News, purporting to show ISIS' "five-year expansion plan" for conquering vast territory. Let's stop this meme right now, shall we? ISIS didn't even make the map—and a neofascist group is circulating it.

Hamas: Not interested in confrontation with Israel, but ready
Hamas is not interested in any confrontation with Israel, but if a confrontation is imposed, the movement is ready, says a spokesman of the Islamist movement.

Study: Big Earthquakes Doubled This Year
There’s been a whole lot of shakin’ going on: 2014 is shaping up to be a big year for big earthquakes. Geologists say there were more than twice as many big quakes, those larger than magnitude 7, in the first quarter of the year than the average for all the quarters since 1979, reports Live Science.

Obama vows to act alone, taunts Republicans
President Barack Obama defiantly dared congressional Republicans on Tuesday to try to block his efforts to act on his own and bypass a divided Congress that has thwarted his policy initiatives. "So sue me," he taunted on a sweltering day, as he pushed lawmakers to pay for road and bridge repairs. "I'm not going to apologize for trying to do something."

Exclusive: Controversial US scientist creates deadly new flu strain for pandemic research
A controversial scientist...has completed his most dangerous experiment to date by deliberately creating a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system. ...“He took the 2009 pandemic flu virus and selected out strains that were not neutralised by human antibodies. He repeated this several times until he got a real humdinger of a virus,” said one scientist who was present at Professor Kawaoka’s talk.

Palestinian teenager's body found in Jerusalem
Israeli police have found the body of a Palestinian teenager who was kidnapped overnight in East Jerusalem. Mohammed Abu Khdair, 17, was seen being forced into a car early on Wednesday. Within hours, his partly-burned corpse was discovered in a forest. Israeli police were unable to confirm the motive, but Palestinian sources said it appeared to be a revenge attack for the murder of three Israeli teens.

Ebola: WHO calls emergency talks on outbreak
Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, in an attempt to "get a grip" on the deadly and worsening Ebola outbreak. So far, 763 people have been infected with the virus - and 468 of these have died. Most of the cases have been in Guinea where the outbreak started.

Sharp rise of chikungunya virus cases in the Caribbean
The number of suspected and confirmed cases of chikungunya virus in Caribbean countries has risen sharply over past weeks, health officials say. Tens of thousands of new cases have been reported in the Dominican Republic and its neighbour, Haiti. There is currently no vaccine or treatment for the mosquito-born virus which resembles dengue fever and can cause fever, skin rash and joint pain.

The Fed Has Failed… And Wasted Trillions of Dollars
The Fed has long believed that money printing or credit creation equals growth. In an effort to prove this (and to prop up the insolvent big banks), the Fed has embarked on QE 1, QE 2, QE 3, QE 4, Operation Twist 1 and 2, and kept interest rates at zero for over five years. All told, the Fed has spent nearly $4 trillion. To put this number into perspective, it comes down to a little over $12,000 for every man woman and child in the US.

Iraqi Council of Representatives fails to elect speaker
Iraq's new parliament has ended its first session in disarray, with MPs failing to make any progress in choosing the country's new leadership. The Council of Representatives was due to elect a speaker, but Kurdish and Sunni Arab MPs did not return after a break, depriving it of a quorum.

Hungary says will not suspend South Stream pipeline
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday his country would not give up on Russia's controversial South Stream gas pipeline project as it was key to securing the country's energy supplies.

Syria-Iraq 'caliph' incites Muslims to holy war
The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot now calling itself the Islamic State has called on Muslims worldwide to take up arms and flock to the "caliphate" it has declared on captured Syrian and Iraqi soil.

How Israeli teen murders are portrayed in Arabic and Hebrew media
Not surprisingly, Hebrew and Arabic news outlets differ sharply in their reporting on the three-week kidnapping and Israel’s response. The differences reflect the distrust that exists – and highlight the distance needed before sustained peaceful coexistence can be reached.

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