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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
December 8th, 2014

Pope Francis Addresses Gay Marriage: Church Should Support Families With LGBT Children
The Catholic Church must help parents stand by their gay children, said Pope Francis in a new interview about his papal ministry. The pontiff’s comments come a day after Francis urged top church officials to pay attention to the “signs of the times”...

Holuhraun Biggest Lava Flow in Centuries
If the Holuhraun volcanic eruption continues as it has done, then both the sinking of Bárðarbunga and the eruption itself can be expected to continue for at least several more months.

The pope’s door is always open to ISIS. Why America’s should be, too.
Many questioned whether the Pope had taken leave of his senses.

US advises security review at overseas posts ahead of CIA report's release
The message directs all overseas posts, including those used by CIA personnel, to "review their security posture" for a "range of reactions that might occur." A similar statement is being sent to military combatant commands to assess their readiness.

Leftists using Ferguson to wage race war?
The recent murder of immigrant Zemir Begic in a brutal hammer attack shocked the Bosnian community in south St. Louis and people across the nation. St. Louis City Police Chief Samuel Dotson and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay rushed to deny race had anything to do with it, calling it merely a carjacking. Ferguson Mayor James Knowles say there is something far more insidious going on in St. Louis and that the people of St. Louis are being used for a much more sinister aim.

War Clouds
The world is changing and becoming even more dangerous -- in a way we've seen before. In the decade before World War I, the near-hundred-year European peace that had followed the fall of Napoleon was taken for granted. Yet it abruptly imploded in 1914. Prior little wars in the Balkans had seemed to predict a much larger one on the horizon -- and were ignored. A large war is looming, one that will be far more costly than the preventative vigilance that might have stopped it.

Rising dollar major threat to global economy - study
The durability of the dollar isn’t a given, and pressure in the $12.3 trillion US Treasury market is causing alarm. A study by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) suggests dollar dominance could spell disaster for emerging markets.

Eric Garner protests turn violent in California
a march in California turned violent when a splinter group smashed windows and threw objects at police. A Berkeley police officer received hospital treatment for a dislocated shoulder after being hit with a sandbag, while another sustained minor injuries, police spokeswoman Jenn Coats said.

Russia wants Israeli explanation for 'aggressive actions' in Syria
The Kremlin is seeking clarifications from Israel regarding the air strikes that hit Syria on Sunday reportedly destroying Russian-made arms bound for Hezbollah, the DPA news agency is reporting on Monday.

Poll Calls to Replace PM Netanyahu in Coming Elections
A poll conducted by Channel 2 News by Prof. Mina Tzemach and Mano Geva released over the weekend shows that 65% of Israeli voters want to see Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu replaced as prime minister. 30% want to see him continue as the nation’s leader.

Putin’s New Deal Spells End to 15 Years of Wage Gains
Instead of the rising living standards he’s delivered the past 15 years in exchange for the public’s acquiescence, the Russian president now holds out declining wages and more austere lifestyles as the price of swollen national pride.

GEOMAGNETIC UNREST
A stream of fast-moving solar wind is buffeting Earth's magnetic field, and this is causing G1-class geomagnetic storms around the poles.

California’s ‘Hot Drought’ Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years
Record rains fell in California this week. They’re not enough to change the course of what scientists are now calling the region’s worst drought in at least 1,200 years. Just how bad has California’s drought been? Modern measurements already showed it’s been drier than the 1930s dustbowl, worse than the historic droughts of the 1970s and 1980s. That's not all.

Suspected Israeli war jets strike near Damascus airport
Suspected Israeli aircraft bombed a military complex on the outskirts of Damascus’ international airport Sunday in what Syrian state television said was an attack on warehouses housing an advance Russian-made anti-aircraft system. The attack would be consistent with repeated Israeli pledges that it would not allow Syria to deploy the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system...

Syrian Jewish bibles at core of ownership dispute
Two decades after Israeli spies helped whisk ancient Hebrew bibles from Damascus to Jerusalem, Israel's national library has asked an Israeli court to grant it official custodianship over the manuscripts. The move could spark a bitter ownership battle over some of the Syrian Jewish community's most important treasures.

China develops new rocket for manned moon mission
China is developing a huge rocket that will be used for its first manned mission to the moon, state media said Monday, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme. The first launch of the Long March-9 will take place around 2028, said the China Daily, which also cited experts saying the rocket's development is at the research stage.

EU's Mogherini to press Turkey over IS militants
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is in Turkey to urge it to participate fully in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria. Ms Mogherini and other top EU officials will urge Turkey to stop the flow of foreign fighters across its borders. In a tweet from the capital Ankara, she said her agenda also included Turkey's EU accession bid.

Australian banks need more capital to avert crises, Murray report says
Australian banks need to hold more capital to be able to survive future financial crises, says a new report. There should also be minimum education standards for financial advisers, it said. The report, released on Sunday, also recommended superannuation (pension fund) fees be reduced.

EU earns 'fail' grade over bank capital regime
New EU laws do not meet new global standards and would not be enough to ensure that the bloc's banks could survive a future financial crisis, according to a new report by the leading global bank regulator. The rebuke is contained in a report published on Friday (5 December) by the Basel committee at the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, the body tasked with formulating the rules that govern the world's lenders.

Top Putin aide: Mossad training ISIS terrorists in Iraq, Syria
A top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Israel and the United States of training the Islamic State in order to undermine Moscow’s interests in the Middle East. In an interview with Iranian state television, Alexander Prokhanov said that Mossad agents were training ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq.

Hezbollah drones, anti-aircraft missiles destroyed in alleged IAF attack, says Syrian opposition
Syrian opposition sources told Arab media on Monday that the airstrikes near Damascus that were alleged to have been carried out by Israeli warplanes destroyed a storage facility housing anti-aircraft missiles as well as drones belonging to Hezbollah.

An Iran-Russia axis
What do two nations with a history of over 200 years of enmity and war do when they seek a change of discourse? Find a common enemy — real or imagined. For Russia and Iran, traditional foes since the 18th century, that common enemy is the United States, according to political circles in Moscow and Tehran.

Watchdogs brace for surprises in massive $1.014T spending bill
Outside groups are bracing for surprises in the massive government-funding bill the Congress is expected to consider next week. The $1.014 trillion bill funding most of the government through September 2015 is one of the last trains out of the station, as the 113th Congress is set to close shop on Friday.

Kerry: Israeli-Palestinian peace is not a pipe dream
The two-state solution is the only path to peace, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday in Washington, less than 24 hours after Economy Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed that as unrealistic.

China Announces Record Trade Surplus, Helped by Weak Oil Price
China’s trade surplus soared in November to hit a record, as the steeply falling price of oil, iron ore and other commodities reduced the cost of imports even as China’s exports continued to capture a growing share of world markets.

Jews rally in Paris suburb to protest rise in anti-Semitism
Jews rally in Paris suburb to protest rise in anti-Semitism • By JOSEPH STRICH and Reuters Hundreds of Jews gathered Sunday in Creteil, to protest a violent racially motivated attack last week in the Paris suburb, after the interior minister admitted that anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France.

Leave Or Let Live? Arabs Move In To Jewish Settlements
JERUSALEM - Little noticed amid the furor over one of Israel's most contentious policies, a small but growing number of Arabs are moving into Jewish settlements on occupied land in East Jerusalem, drawn by cheaper rent and better services.

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13