Tuesday, December 16, 2014

NEWS BRIEFS: DECEMBER 16, 2014


Current Events And Commentaries
“And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come,
he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.”
~ Jesus
Luke 12:39

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Death Penalty For Smuggling Bibles?
Report says new law on the books in Saudi Arabia

By Leo Hohmann — Unconfirmed reports of a new decree imposing the death penalty on anyone caught smuggling Bibles into Saudi Arabia has many Christian ministries and support groups on edge.

Practicing any religion other than Islam has long been illegal in the desert kingdom, and that includes rules against foreigners bringing in any type of religious material that does not conform to the royal family’s strict Wahhabi brand of Sunni Islam. Foreign nationals living in Saudi Arabia are often detained for purely religious reasons, sometimes resulting in deportation.

But applying capital punishment, which in Saudi Arabia often means death by beheading, to Bible smugglers would signal a new level of persecution even for the Saudis.

Several Christian missionaries said they were seeking to confirm a recent report by the Virginia-based Heart Cry Missionary Society that a new death penalty law has been adopted citing an “official statement” in Arabic on a Coptic Christian website called CoptsToday.

The law reportedly extends to the importing of all illegal drugs and “all publications that have a prejudice to any other religious beliefs other than Islam.”

No Response From Saudi Embassy

WND made three requests via phone and email to Saudi Arabia’s U.S. Embassy press officer in Washington asking for confirmation or denial of the report. A woman at the Saudi Embassy who identified herself only by her first name, Cecelia, said she made sure all three emails were received by press officer Nail al-Jubeir. He has not responded.

“Sometimes they don’t want to say anything (to the media),” Cecelia told WND.

Saudi sources at the United Nations also refused to confirm or deny the report....

Rick Perry’s Statement On Australian Hostage Situation

By Yehuda Remer, Ben Shapiro’s Truth Revolt — With the Australian hostage situation now over and the terrorist dead, at least one prominent American politician has issued a statement on the situation.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has issued a statement sending support and warning ISIS.

"The people of Texas, and Americans around the world, are praying for the victims of the hostage crisis in Australia and their loved ones. Americans know the steady resolve of our friends in Australia because our armed forces have served side by side in conflicts against the world's evils for nearly 100 years, and closely in the fight against terrorism. Today is a reminder of why evil must be confronted and why the U.S. and its allies must focus on how to destroy evil militarily, politically and ideologically around the world. As a nation, we must be prepared to terminate ISIS with superior military power. We must work with our allies to build a grand coalition of civilized nations who will stand united against this evil and care for refugees of the conflict. We must be committed to the principles of freedom against evil ideologies around the world. By focusing on those three components, ISIS will one day be left on ‘the ash heap of history.'”...

BREAKING: Taliban Terrorists Storm School Killing 120+ Teachers And Students

By Jennifer Burke, TPNN — Back in 2012, Barack Obama is quoted as saying “the Taliban are not our enemies and we don’t want to fight them.” Two years later, he would release five of the most notorious Taliban leaders, despite being warned of the dangers by his advisers, in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is believed to have renounced his American citizenship, deserted his troop in search of the Taliban. Questions still remain whether Bergdahl was a prisoner of war or whether he was friendly with the Taliban. This morning, the world has come to know once again just how brutally dangerous the Taliban terrorists truly are. Early in the morning, hours after Barack Obama spoke about the end of U.S. missions in Afghanistan, Taliban terrorists launched a terror attack at a military school in the city of Peshawar in neighboring Pakistan. ...

5 Reasons To Question The Official Story Of The ‘Sydney Siege’

By Brandon Turbeville, Activist Post — In the aftermath of yet another highly publicized terror attack (or at least the potential for a high profile attack) in Australia by foreign-born jihadists, the Western public is once again experiencing a variety of emotional reactions that they have carefully been trained to experience whenever such events take place at home or abroad.

The xenophobic pro-war right is predictably using the attack as an example of how all Muslims are terrorists and how their total annihilation and implementation of police state tactics are the only solution. The pathetic left-wing is attempting to portray the gunman as a “lone nut” with no political motives as a justification for more “anti-terror” laws. The vast majority in the middle, however, believe the official mainstream version of events, quake in their boots, and move on to the next form of entertainment provided to them by the culture creators without a second thought.

Yet, as is almost always the case, there is much more to the story than is being reported by mainstream outlets. There exists a number of unanswered questions and unexplained inconsistencies with the story of “Man Haron Monis” and his hostage taking escapade in Sydney....

Zo: Let’s Leave the Christ in Christmas!

PJTV: ZoNation
Atheists hate the idea that Christmas features Christ...and they think they can convince Christians they’re wrong because Jesus wasn’t born on Dec 25...

A Jewish Christian Exposes The Hebrew Roots Movement Cult
Are you in the Hebrew Roots Cult?
Come out from there and experience freedom in Christ!

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” ~ Galatians 3:28-29

By NTEB Feature Story Contributor Geri Ungurean — Most people who know me know I am a Jewish Christian. When I think of myself, I am Christian. I am a follower of Christ. The fact that I was born a Jew remains until my final breath; I did not cross over some line to become a Christian while leaving my Jewishness behind. It’s quite impossible to do that. I am a Christian who also happens to be an ethnic Jew.

I met another Christian Jewish woman years ago. She attended a Messianic congregation and was shocked and appalled that I did not. I told her that I’ve never felt the Lord urging me to do that. I find it clannish. I don’t want to only worship with other Messianic Jews. I want to worship with the Body of Christ. This woman was not happy with my reasoning, but I felt a conviction about my decision. I did not feel the need to hold onto Jewish customs. I felt free. Free to worship my Savior!...

At Its 27th Birthday Parade, Hamas Vows To Destroy Israel

By AUTHOR, RT — Hamas paraded 2,000 of its armed fighters and truck-mounted rockets through Gaza on Sunday, vowing to destroy Israel. It comes as a sluggish rebuilding program of the coastal strip threatens the August ceasefire that ended the 50-day war with Israel. In the parade, trucks carrying three long-range rockets and other vehicles with multiple rocket launchers drove by, while a drone with Hamas markings sat on a flatbed truck. Another Hamas drone and an Israeli aircraft flew simultaneously overhead. One of Hamas’ founding leaders, Khalil al-Hayya, reaffirmed the Islamist movement’s founding charter, which is the destruction of Israel. ...

The U.S. Government Is Practically Begging For Global War

By Joshua Krause, The Daily Sheeple — More than two decades after the Berlin Wall fell, it appears that the US and Russia are engaging in the same sort of proxy wars that were so common during the Cold War. Everywhere that Western and Russian spheres of influence meet there is the potential for conflict, and the two aging superpowers have shown their willingness fight through their neighbors. However, this game of chess has taken on a whole new dimension that is radically different than what we saw during the Cold War....

So Where Is Sergeant Bowie Bergdahl?

Gabor (Gabe) Zolna
Last June, the Military was to have held a hearing to determine Sergeant Bowie Bergdahl's fate, based on the allegation against him of deserting his post,and joining and collaborating with the Taliban. To date,no one that i am aware of has heard anything about the hearing, and for that matter about Bergdahl's whereabouts.

DHS: 100 Million Americans Could Lose Power In Major Sun Storm
Document says FEMA unsure of damage to grid from magnetic storm

By Bill Gertz, The Washington Beacon — Millions of Americans face catastrophic loss of electrical power during a future magnetic space storm that will disrupt the electric grid and cause cascading infrastructure failures, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document. DHS’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated in an internal 2012 fact sheet outlining its response plan for severe “space weather” that the actual impact and damage from a future solar storm is not known....

Hamas-Ruled Gaza Prepares For Next War Against Israel

By Aviel Schneider, Israel Today — In Gaza, there is no serious reconstruction and certainly no disarmament. Instead, the Hamas-ruled enclave is gearing up for its next war against Israel. Three months after Operation Protective Edge, nothing has changed in Gaza. The Palestinian media has been full of reports about how the people in Gaza continue to suffer and how Hamas does nothing to help, preferring instead to invest its time and money in new rockets and terror tunnels....

ObamaCare Shuttering Hospitals And Free Clinics

By Michael Tennant, The New American — Across the nation, ObamaCare is causing hospitals to close or to downsize, free clinics to shut down, and healthcare — when it can be obtained at all — to be delivered slowly or even rationed. These were all predictable results of making government the dominant provider of health insurance, which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) does by subsidizing private insurance and vastly expanding Medicaid eligibility.


Linkster’s Thought: If Death Panels Don’t Get Them First
Senior Citizens Will Be Culled From The Herd One Way Or Other


The expansion of Medicaid — the primary means of widening coverage under the ACA — is the main cause of these woes. The federal government simply doesn’t reimburse providers enough to make treating Medicaid patients worthwhile. Medicare, too, underpays providers, and its rolls are growing by the day as the Baby Boomers reach age 65....

NewsBusted: December 16, 2014
The Green Light For Conservative Laughter!

Topics for this Edition of NewsBusted
House Speaker John Boehner
Jonathan Gruber
Al Sharpton
Prince William
Senior al-Qaeda Killed
Hillary Clinton
President Obama's Export Council
Gitmo Prisoners Tortured?

The Constitution Is In Tatters
The Mark Levin Show
Monday, December 15, 2014

Broadcast Synopsis — On Monday’s Mark Levin Show, The Republicans had an opportunity Saturday night to stand up and vote against this Cromnibus bill, which funds Obamacare, amnesty and President Obama’s radical agenda, and they didn’t. Mark says he is one inch away from leaving the Republican Party if this keeps up and there are thousands of people who feel the same. The Constitution is in tatters and the Republican Party doesn’t even realize they’ve ceded their power to Obama. Congress goes on about an imperial president yet do nothing about it. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell should resign but their egos won’t let them. Instead, they're cutting deals with the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid behind closed doors, pushing their agenda to the Republican establishment in Congress, and anyone that speaks out against it like Mike Lee and Ted Cruz are attacked for not going along with the party. We are sick of voting for corrupt crony Republicans who won’t do what we voted for and continue to violate their oath of office and trample the constitution. Senators Mark Lee and Ted Cruz call in and speak with Mark to talk about the gridlock in Washington. They have to fight tooth and nail to vote on anything, while bills are negotiated behind closed doors rather than on the Senate floor.

America Gone Crazy: College President Forced To Apologize For Saying “All Lives Matter”

By J. D. Heyes, Natural News — n the aftermath of grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of black suspects in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City recently, a number of Americans have protested what they view as inherent -- and often racial -- injustice in the justice system. Many protestors have adopted a slogan, "Black lives matter," in recent days, again to shine a light on the fact that the deceased suspects in both of these cases were African American. Kathleen McCartney, president of the very prestigious Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, not only agreed with these protestors, but she went on to point out what should be inherently obvious to most -- people of all races matter....

Supreme Court Lets Planned Parenthood Risk Women’s Lives With Dangerous Abortion Pill

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com — The RU 486 abortion pill has been responsible for killing dozens of people — including women in the United States — and injuring thousands more. But the Supreme Court refused to take a case today to protect women from it. Contrary to Food and Drug Administration protocols, Planned Parenthood distributes abortion-inducing drugs to women, oftentimes without requiring an in-person visit, up until two weeks beyond the prescribed 49 days from their last menstrual cycle. Furthermore, the organization sends women home to complete the chemical abortion themselves without a physician present....

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Jesus Privately Briefing His Inner Circle of Disciples
Regarding The Last Days
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. ~ Matthew 24:3-14