Rather interesting news... could this be the start of something colorful?...
Four U.S. journalists detained in Bahrain: journalists group
DUBAI/WASHINGTON
A U.S. journalist and three members of her camera crew were detained in Bahrain on Sunday, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday, urging Bahrain to release the four American citizens "rapidly and without harm."
In a statement, the group described Anna Day and her three colleagues as experienced journalists, who had most recently worked on virtual reality documentaries in Egypt and Gaza.
Earlier, Bahraini police said they had detained four foreign nationals on Sunday. Bahrain's interior ministry said in a statement the four were "suspected of offences including entering Bahrain illegally having submitted false information to border staff, and participating in an unlawful gathering."
The U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports that U.S. citizens had been arrested but declined further comment, citing privacy considerations.
A spokesperson for Day's family rejected any suggestion that the four were involved in any illegal behavior or non-journalistic activities.
The Arabic-language Mira'at al-Bahrain (Bahrain Mirror) said the four were detained in Sitra, a Shi'ite village east of Manama, on Sunday while covering clashes between local demonstrators and security forces.
The demonstration was meant to mark the fifth anniversary of widespread Arab Spring protests in 2011 mainly by Shi'ite Muslims demanding reforms and bigger share in government.
Those protests were put down violently by Bahrain security units with help from security forces from Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia. But the kingdom, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, continues to see bouts of unrest, especially in villages where Shi'ites are a majority.
Day has reported in the Middle East, northern Africa, India, Brazil and Mexico and her work has been published in the New York Times, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Huffington Post, CBS, Daily Beast and other media.
(Reporting by Sami Aboudi in Dubai and Andrea Shalal in Washington; Editing by Ruth Pitchford and Frances Kerry)
There are many of you who do not know that it doesn't matter if you are Republican or Democrat, and depending on your State's rules, you can vote in the primaries and especially in the general elect for either party candidate...
Here is something for you to consider when it comes time for your vote in the primiaries, check with your States' policy on voting if you are a Democrat and wish to vote as a Republican, and vice versa if you are a Republican and wish to vote a Democrat President.
Moreover, if you vote in the general election come November your Presidential choice, YOU have the right and freedom as an American registered voting citizen to vote either party check this out...If you are a Democrat you can vote for a Republican... if you are a Republican you can vote for a Democrat. Therefore, if you're in South Carolina and you're a Democrat and would like to vote for a Republican in the primary, check with your State's rules and then go to the polls and vote your choice... same if you are a Republican and would like to vote for a Democrat... and you can do the same in November... vote as you please for the person you would like to be President of our great country!
You don't have to settle for Trump, Rubio, Cruz, Bush, or any of the candidate if you are a Republican if you wish to vote Democrat... neither do you have to settle for Hilary or Bernie just because you are a Democrat and wish to vote for a Republican... just is called YOUR RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF CHOICE...
Questioned Asked by a viewer: i voted in the democratic primary, can i vote republican in the presidential election?
FYI.. Answer:
Answer from MrItty: Absolutely! Your party affiliation only matters for the primary elections (and even then, not in every state). Once the general election gets here, every citizen can (and, IMO, should) vote for the person they best feel should be the President. Your party affiliation, your previous votes in primaries, your previous votes in previous general elections - they're all irrelevant.
It's important to understand that unlike some other nations, in the United States' general elections, you are not "voting Republican" or "voting Democrat". You are voting for a specific person. The party does not win the election, the person does. For one, there is no button that says "vote Republican" that would cast your vote for every Republican candidate for every office. If you want to vote for every Republican, you have to specifically vote for each Republican. For another, in a hypothetical situation, if the Republican nominee who was on the ballot was for some reason unable to fulfill the role of the office he/she wins, the Republicans cannot simply choose another Republican as a replacement - the party did not win, the now-ineligable person won, and so the people have to choose a replacement (either via direct election, or via their representatives in local/state/federal government, depending on the office we're talking about).
So yes, regardless of how you voted in the Primary or Caucus (or even IF you voted), you are free to vote for absolutely anyone you choose in the general election in November.
Source: MrItty
DES MOINES, Iowa U.S. Senator Ted Cruz soundly defeated billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa's Republican nominating contest on Monday, upending the party's presidential race and creating a three-way competition with establishment candidate Senator Marco Rubio.
Breaking News Source:
All you Trump hopefuls, wake up! Mainstream America
IS NOT IMPRESSED WITH DONALD TRUMP, NOR WILL WE VOTE FOR THE DONALD AS PRESIDENT OF OUR NATION!The only people who would like to see Donald Trump as President, and who vote for him are the men who would like to
BE LIKE DONALD... and the women who
WISH THEY HAD DONALD AS THEIR HUSBANDS OR BOYFRIEND! These are they, who believe everything in the media without questions; these are they, who believe the media polls that are taken
ONLY by people who have computers, between 1,200 to 2,500 media pollsters who take these polls, that the media uses to make their judgments calls; these are they, who wish Donald was their father, and deeply wish their own fathers were like Trump; and these are they, who are overly impressed with Trump's big mouth speaking over the top derogatory insulting statements about everybody, except himself.
Let's face the truth of this matter people,
even GOD ISN'T IMPRESSED WITH DONALD TRUMP! And it is
GOD who has the final word in all things, whether you believe in
GOD or not... if you don't believe in
GOD, then believe me, and take my word ....
SORRY, BUT DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES! GOD FORBID!peace out...peace
I find some very important questions that must be answered regarding ISIS and their purpose, goals, and motives... (1) What is it that ISIS is really seeking? (2) Are not their goals rather unrealistic? (3) What makes their tactics any different than Hitler and the Nazis in Europe back in the day?
ISIS attack the people of their own Muslims religious faith, as well as non-Muslims, Christians and Jews... yet their same Muslim people still face hunger, all kinds of sicknesses and diseases, and inhumane treatments of violence and death in their countries; and inhumane treatments of violence and death from the hands of ISIS, so there is no change for the good of the people or for ISIS. Therefore, how is it that ISIS can even began to imagine overtaking the world with their rhetoric and propaganda, and remotely think that they will be welled received as world conquers over the people of the world without a fight and resistance.
Where do they get their Medieval thinking from, and from whence do they gather such teachings, that what they are doing is right and pleasing to a righteous God? Surely, they have been deceived and lied to by someone who is sitting back and not joining the fight, but are sending them to kill and to be killed with a false hope that a righteous God is welled pleased. Of course, I know their god is not the God of the Bible, therefore, their god is a liar along with whoever they listen to, and who has deceived them is also a big liar....destined for a big burning hell!
But, Who are they wanting to help and/or helping?... and most importantly who are they fooling with their attacks in an attempt to bring about a positive change for Muslim people or their religion?... I don't recall hearing of any nation of people who has suffered inhumane violence at the hands of any single handed violent group of thugs, and the people or nation being conquered or surrendered to a violent group of thugs who has forced people into surrendering... I mean, Hitler tried, and others have tried much, but to no avail.. ISIS has created fear and hatred in the hearts and minds of those people who must live in Muslims countries who are afraid of them and of dying, and hatred in the hearts and minds of people and nations leaders who ARE NOT AFRAID OF THEM.... therefore, such fear and hatred always has an end result for the enemy (ISIS) being destroyed unexpectedly.
Yet, the questions remain unanswered... What does ISIS really want and what are their motives in killing people... are they not enslaving people, and is this not also one of their goals to do away with the enslaving people as they might feel they are salves of the West... free from so-called slavery does not involve enslaving others. ISIS themselves are enslaved by their own violence and atrocities they commit on others... killing people who do not adhere to their demands?
And for the records, Suicide sure will not gain them a place in God's heaven, since God is the giver of life and He condemns self-murder as damnable in hell... and BTW, what was accomplished with their attack on Jakarta?
THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST According to the Gospel of Luke
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!! PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD-WILL TOWARD ALL MEN!!
...but what about open carry for my steel nunchucks and brass nuckles???
Summary of new laws passed in the 84th Regular Legislative Session that impact Concealed Handgun Licensing.
Open Carry
House Bill 910 Effective: January 1, 2016
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offense.
General Information:Authorizes individuals to obtain a license to openly carry a handgun in the same places that allow the licensed carrying of a concealed handgun with some exceptions. (
See "Exceptions" below for more information.)
Unconcealed handguns, loaded or unloaded, must be carried in a shoulder or belt holster.
Individuals who hold a valid CHL may continue to carry with valid existing license.
A separate license will not be required to open carry. No additional fee will be required.
Individuals currently licensed will not be required to attend additional training. Training curriculum for new applicants will be updated to reflect the new training requirements related to the use of restraint holsters and methods to ensure the secure carrying of openly carried handguns.
The new curriculum will be required for all classes beginning January 1, 2016.
The eligibility criteria to obtain a license to carry do not change.The department will be updating website, forms and training materials to reference License to Carry (LTC) instead of Concealed Handgun License (CHL).
Changes to the laminated license are being developed and will be implemented at a later date.
Signage:
Private businesses may post signs to indicate entry on the property with a handgun by a license holder is forbidden.
Penal Code Section 30.06 provides the language to be included on signs to indicate license holders are forbidden to carry concealed.
Penal Code Section 30.07 provides the language to be included on signs to indicate license holders are forbidden to open carry.
Posting of both signs is an indication by the business that license holders are forbidden to carry concealed or openly.
Exceptions:
Open carry is not permitted by a license holder regardless of whether the handgun is holstered: on the premises of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education on any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage or other parking area of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education by an individual who is acting as a personal protection officer under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code and is not wearing a uniform.
Campus Carry
Senate Bill 11 Effective: August 1, 2016
Caption: Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty.Authorizes a license holder to carry a concealed handgun on or about the license holder's person while the license holder is on the campus of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state. Open carrying of handguns is still prohibited at these locations.
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There are those who feel and think we're heading for WWIII, with all the terror that is going on in AND around the world. But Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior so warns us in Mark Chapter 10, and throughout His words that, this is not the end... but these are SIGNS we should be watchful of, prayerful about, and pay attention to, and to make sure our souls are ready for when the end of time does come suddenly upon us unexpectedly, that our heart are in right standing before A HOLY GOD WHO WILL RIGHTEOUSLY JUDGE US...
It is said, that "ISIS is accomplishing its goal in its ability to create immense levels of fear and confusion, prejudices, paranoiacs and paralysis for many people and nations."
There are also those who are unrealistically calling out for "solutions and asking what shall we do", and saying foolish things like, "let's kill all the terrorists and Muslims, and this will bring terrorism to an end." How absurd can this be? Firstly, how can you kill the enemy when you can't see or find the enemy, and you know not where or who the enemy is among us or how or when he/she will attack? Secondly, what is going on is not about US although, it involves US as a people. When one body of people are hurting, the whole body of people in the world are hurting, because it effects us as a people, it doesn't matter your race creed or color, or religious faith or influences. This is just how God designed and created us to be connected with one another in spirit, just as we are connected together as a people with Him in one spirit and in one body.
What is happening in the world around us with terrorists is a spiritual happening, that will only end with spiritual warfare, not military warfare, or a people warfare... ITS A GOD VS. SATAN WARFARE! written in Bible Prophecy predestined to take place... satan has assigned devils and demons to certain areas across the land and regions in the world to rob, steal, kill, and destroy GOD'S CREATIONS OF MANKIND. ITS A POWER STRUGLE BETWEEN GOD AND satan. As Christian believers in Jesus Christ and the written word of God, many of know these things, and this is why those of us who are strong in our faith are not up in arms about what to do or how to end all this that is going on, because we already know God has His time to end this mess before the coming Day of the Lord. Therefore, we must suffer loss at the hand of satan and his troops (ISIS, others terrorist), but great is our reward.
Therefore, Be informed that WWIII, is NOT in the near future no matter what ISIS or Russia or any terrorist groups or nation does or does not do, UNTIL GOD HIMSELF has so decreed it to be so... WWII,IS THE END TIME as we will know this time on earth will come to an end, because it will INDEED involve Israel as God has so already decreed in prophecy before the foundation of the world, before any of us were born... QUESTION IS, ARE YOU READY? because THIS WILL BE THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO SET UP HIS KINGDOM THAT IS TO COME AND NO ONE WILL HAVE TIME TO GET READY AFTER THE FACT!!.
What Role Will Islam Play in End-Times Prophecy?
by John Claeys
Terrorism was introduced to the United States via radical, fundamental Islamists (Muslims) on 9/11. Since then, Muslims have planned and carried out a vast number of international terrorist bombings and attempted attacks.
With about 1.5 billion in population, Muslims are found in virtually every sphere of the world and comprise 22% of the world's populace. So, not surprising is the fact that Islam is the second-fastest growing religion in the world.
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Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, TV says commandos free 80 hostages
BY TIEMOKO DIALLO Nov 20th 2015 7:31AMMalian special forces stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the former French colony, which has been battling rebels allied to al Qaeda for several years.
"They've penetrated inside the hotel. The operations are under way," a police source told Reuters.
Malian troops take position outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead.
State television said 80 hostages had been freed but the French newspaper Le Monde quoted the Malian security ministry as saying at least three people had been killed in the initial attack. A witness outside the hotel said gunfire could be heard from time to time.
A senior security source said the gunmen had burst into Radisson Blu hotel at 7 a.m. (0200 ET), firing and shouting "Allahu Akbar", or "God is great" in Arabic, and begun working their way through the building, room by room and floor by floor.
Some hostages escaped under their own steam while others were freed after showing they could recite verses from the Koran, one security source said.
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Paris has shut down all borders closed! 50 dead throughout Paris. Hostages being held...STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED!
Well... What shall we say to these things?... too cute, but dangerous and serious... I wonder who made these cupcakes?
...any ideas?
Police say dogs seeking cupcakes caused small stove fireALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Police say dogs trying to get at a box of cupcakes left on top of a stove apparently started a small fire in a central Pennsylvania home.
The landlord tells police in Logan Township that he stopped by his tenants' home to let out the dogs about 8 p.m. Sunday.
That's when the landlord saw a small stove top fire and called firefighters.
Police say it appears the dogs were trying to get into the cupcakes and not only knocked off the stove's control knobs, they also turned on the stove, causing the fire.
The fire has been ruled accidental. Nobody was hurt.
Logan Township is near Altoona, about 85 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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On April 26, 2015, a CS member by the name of Dider posted a blog declaring what he saw in his spirit, a warning he felt God had given him. Of course, there were those who made slighted comments on his blog to mock him and what he felt was in his heart given to him from God to pass this warning on ... you can go to his page and find his blog and read the derogatory comments made toward what he wrote by CS members. Dider also wrote that
something would happen within the next two weeks.Now almost two and a half weeks later, Nepal suffers another unexpected devastating earthquake... read Dider's blog below, as well as excerpts from the AOL news site posted and go to AOL site to read the complete news article. This is reported as the
"worse quake in decades" in NepalFrom Dider's Nepal blog on April 26, 2015...
NEPAL IS JUST A WARNING FROM GOD! WARNING ! WARNINGMany people waked up to see the horror of earthquake, some people will characterised this as global warming!
"I HAVE A REVELATION FROM THE MOST HIGH GOD, GOD IS VERY ANGRY AGAINST PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP DEMONS AND ANCESTRAL SPIRIT, JUST AS GOD WAS ANGRY AGAINST THOSE IN THE BIBLE WHO WORSHIPED BAAL, IN A VERY SHORT TIME FROM NOW THE WORLD WILL BE MORE SHOCKED THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NEPAL"
PEOPLE IN ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES BE CAREFUL AS THE ANGER OF GOD IS VERY DANGEROUS!
I SEE AN EVENT SO DESTRUCTIVE THAT KILLS LOTS OF PEOPLE HAPPENING BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
I SEE THIS HAPPENING IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. PLEASE PUT GOD AND JESUS CHRIST FIRST AND PRAY HARD TO GOD.!Well, what shall we say to these things?
Nepal Home Ministry raises death toll in latest quake to 42
The Associated Press BINAJ GURUBACHARYA and KATY DAIGLE May 12th 2015 10:35AM
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A major earthquake hit a remote mountain region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 37 people while triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.The magnitude-7.3 quake - centered midway between the capital of Kathmandu and Mount Everest - hit hardest in districts northeast of the capital. It terrified a nation already shell-shocked and struggling after a more powerful quake on April 25 killed more than 8,150 and flattened entire villages, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
Information was slow to reach Kathmandu after Tuesday's quake, but officials expected the death toll to rise as reports arrived of people being buried under rubble, according to the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Nepal's Home Ministry reported at least 42 deaths but later lowered the toll to 37. Meanwhile, it said at least 1,139 people had been injured in Nepal. In neighboring India, at least 16 people were confirmed dead after rooftops or walls collapsed onto them, according to India's Home Ministry. Chinese media reported one death in Tibet.
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The fervent prayers of the righteous avails much. May God have mercy on the people in Nepal.
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