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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the internet
December 12th, 2014

Tennessee attraction offers Zombie Santa and undead elves for charity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville-area haunted house is getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend, with Zombie Santa, his undead elves and one demonic reindeer going on the attack for fun and charity. "Instead of Christmas cheer, we are spreading some holiday fear," said Carroll Moore, who is turning his Halloween season "Death Yard Haunted Attraction" in Hendersonville into a Yuletide horror show this Friday and Saturday.

Palestinian shot after acid attack on Israeli family
Jerusalem - A Palestinian threw acid at a family of Israelis picking up a hitchhiker in the West Bank Friday before being shot and wounded, residents and the army said. The incident came with tensions running high in the occupied territories after months of unrest, and follows the death of a senior Palestinian official this week in a confrontation with Israeli troops.

Native Americans allowed to sell, grow marijuana, DOJ says
Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same laws laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.

Time capsule found at Massachusetts Statehouse
Crews removed a time capsule dating back to 1795 on Thursday from the granite cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse, where historians believe it was originally placed by Revolutionary War luminaries Samuel Adams and Paul Revere among others.

A Very Scary Situation
Whipping up racial resentments among blacks is causing some ugly whites reactions. what the media is missing is that as angry as the blacks are at the whites, that’s how angry many — not all — whites are at the blacks. Blacks ask for reparations for slavery and Jim Crow, as if paying today’s twenty-year-old crack addict had anything to do with his ten times removed grandfather being a slave or could make any difference at all to the soul of that slave. “What I wonder is when white people are going to start asking black people for reparations for wrecking the public schools, for destroying urban life in many cities, for the insanely disproportionate share of armed robberies, homicides, and rapes they commit?

IDF official: Israel must foster unlikely alliances with regional neighbors to combat ISIS threat
The threat of Islamic State has compelled Israel to foster unlikely alliances, or “frenemies,” IDF Planning Directorate head, Maj.-Gen. Nimrod Shefer tell Post’s Diplomatic Conference.

Congress quietly expands NSA powers for spying on Americans
By way of two pieces of legislation, Congress maintained and expanded the NSA’s surveillance powers. In a bill now headed for President Barack Obama’s desk, Congress gave the agency what civil liberties advocates argue is an unprecedented authority to collect and store data belonging to American citizens.

Commander: Iran Monitoring every move and logistical back up of the US, British and Israeli navies
n relevant remarks in November, Head of the Navy's Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Office General Ali Gholamzadeh also said that the Iranian naval forces deployed in the high seas were monitoring every move and logistical back up of the US, British and Israeli navies.

Facing "Palestine" With Truth: An Uncommon Perspective
Credo quia absurdum. "I believe because it is absurd." Almost everywhere, individual countries and amalgams of countries (European Union is the latest such amalgam) are falling over themselves to endorse "Palestine." Systematically ignoring long-term deceptions associated with demands for Palestinian sovereignty - and also relevant contradictions between recognition and statehood under international law - such endorsements will further undermine regional stability.

Oil price slump to trigger new US debt default crisis as Opec waits
Based on recent stress tests of subprime borrowers in the energy sector in the US produced by Deutsche Bank, should the price of US crude fall by a further 20pc to $60 per barrel, it could result in up to a 30pc default rate among B and CCC rated high-yield US borrowers in the industry.

The GOP: For Wall Street, Not Main Street
And ultimately we got a clear picture of where Republican leaders stand. They headed to the edge of the shutdown cliff, willing to shut down the government for a Wall Street bailout, but unwilling to do so to stop the President’s amnesty plan.

Fault zone off NW coast silent: 'It's storing energy'
EUGENE, Ore. - The fault off the Northwest coast where geologists predict a massive quake will someday shake is eerily quiet, scientists say. A University of Oregon seismic expert said that could signal problems down the road.

Peace In Ukraine By Appeasing Putin? Refuting The Ill-Informed Proposal
Two Washington policy wonks propose an appeasement policy that would doom Ukraine and give Putin a huge victory over the West, while offering no tangible benefits. Their “win-win-win” policy is based on a fundamental lack of understanding of the Kremlin.

Eighth North Texas earthquake in less than a month
he Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced its eighth earthquake in less than a month Thursday evening

Is Obama secretly working to replace Netanyahu?
Nurtured in the Saul Alinsky-style, ACORN-esque tactics of organizing revolution ...Barack Obama...understood early on the importance of a crisis and how to ride the waves of an emergency to effect the fundamental transformation of society. ...The White House has singled out Netanyahu as standing in the way of Obama's utopian vision for a new Middle East and Persian Gulf.

Congress Passes Bill Which Grants “Unlimited Access to Communications of Every American”
According to Congressman Justin Amash, Congress just passed a bill which grants the government and law enforcement “unlimited access to the communications of every American”. ...Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2015 had been amended with a provision that authorizes “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination” of all communications data from U.S. citizens...

Kenyan MPs pass Security Law after heated debate
The Kenyan parliament has passed a controversial bill aimed at "enhancing the authorities' capacity" to deal with terrorism and security issues. Members of parliament engaged in heated debate on Thursday before the bill was passed, with the opposition saying the law would infringe basic human rights. They and human rights groups have said they will stage protests if the bill is not amended to be less draconian.

US House passes $1.1tn budget bill to avert shutdown
The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1tn budget, hours before government was due to shut down at midnight on Thursday. The Republican measure was passed by 219 votes to 206 after President Barack Obama had urged Democrats to support the budget. It will fund most of the government until September 2015, but some areas will only receive short-term funding.

Iran says nuclear talks to resume in Geneva Wednesday
Tehran - Iran will resume negotiations with world powers in Geneva next week aimed at reaching a deal over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, its deputy foreign minister said Thursday.

Obama Justice Department Was Involved In IRS Targeting, Lerner Emails Reveal
The documents prove that Lois Lerner met with DOJ’s Election Crimes Division a month before the 2010 elections. Ms. Lerner was talking to DOJ officials about prosecuting tax-exempt entities (yes, criminally!) two years before the IRS conceded there was inappropriate targeting.

Storm Fueled By 'Pineapple Express' Brings Hurricane-Force Winds to California, Oregon, Washington; Flood Threat Continues
A powerful storm fueled by a stream of tropical moisture called the "Pineapple Express" is battering not only drought-stricken California but the entire West Coast with damaging winds and enough rain to cause flooding and landslides. On top of that, the Sierra Nevada is in line for a bona fide blizzard likely to make travel there all but impossible.The National Weather Service in Monterey, California, said Monday that this storm is "expected to be one of the strongest storms in terms of wind and rain intensity" since storms in October 2009 and January 2008.On Thursday afternoon in Oregon, the Portland International Airport recorded a 62-mph wind gust, its highest wind gust in nearly 19 years.

Black Pro-Lifers: If “Black Lives Matter,” Why Don’t They Protest Abortion?
Each and every life matters – but, as the media cry “black lives matter,” they conveniently forget the millions of black babies destroyed in abortion. The phrase “Black Lives Matter” surfaced in the news and on social media after a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown last month. The mantra continued after a viral video showed Eric Garner’s death after a confrontation with New York police. From the beginning, the media pushed the phrase – while, at the same time, ignored a Nov. 27 CDC report revealing 78 percent of the babies aborted in New York City in 2011 were black and Hispanic.

The Gaza Strip: What Can Israel Do to Postpone – or Even Prevent – the Next Round of Vio
This article examines three options for Israel regarding the reconstruction of Gaza. None of these options are optimal for Israel, as they do not guarantee a long term lull in hostilities – although two have the advantage of including a political initiative, which could extricate Israel from its international isolation and facilitate a breakthrough in the political deadlock.

How current events might play into America's shift in favor of gun rights
For the first time, a Pew survey found more support for gun ownership than gun control among Americans. Current events like the Michael Brown case may be accelerating the trend, a gun control advocate says.

U.S. 'troubled' that Crimean leader in India with Putin
NEW DELHI - The leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, visited India on Thursday as a member of President Vladimir Putin's annual summit delegation, and the United States said it found the reports troubling.

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