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Roman-Era Shipwreck Yields Moon Goddess Statue, Coin Stashes-[LiveScience.com]-Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

One civilization's trash is another civilization's treasure. A ship in Israel's Caesarea Harbor was filled with bronze statues headed for recycling when it sank about 1,600 years ago. Now, thanks to a chance discovery by a pair of divers, archaeologists have salvaged a haul of statuary fragments, figurines and coins from the seafloor.The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced today (May 16) the discovery of the Late Roman-era artifacts, which include a figurine of a moon goddess and a lamp carrying the likeness of a sun god. Archaeologists also found two stashes of coins, still clumped in the shape of the vessel that once carried them."A marine assemblage such as this has not been found in Israel in the past 30 years," Jacob Sharvit, director of the marine archaeology unit of the IAA and Dror Planer, deputy director of the unit, said in a statement. "Metal statues are rare archaeological finds because they were always melted down and recycled in antiquity. When we find bronze artifacts it usually occurs at sea. Because these statues were wrecked together with the ship, they sank in the water and were thus 'saved' from the recycling process." [See Photos of the Roman-Era Shipwreck and Treasures]-The coins found in the wreckage date to the mid-300s A.D. Some show Constantine, who ruled the Western Roman Empire from A.D. 312-324, and who unified the Eastern and Western Roman Empire in A.D. 324; he ruled both until his death in A.D. 337. Other coins show one of Constantine's primary rivals, the Eastern Roman Emperor Licinius, who was defeated by Constantine in A.D. 324.Two divers from the city of Ra'anana, Ran Feinstein and Ofer Ra'anan, discovered the wreck on the harbor floor and reported the find to the IAA, which organized an archaeological investigation. IAA divers found fragments of life-size bronze statues and a bronze lamp bearing the likeness of Sol, the sun god. They found a figurine of Luna, the moon goddess, and a bronze statue of a whale. There was a bronze faucet shaped like a boar with a swan on its head, and a lamp shaped like the head of a slave from Africa."The sand protected the statues; consequently, they are in an amazing state of preservation — as though they were cast yesterday rather than 1,600 years ago," Sharvit and Planer said.The ship appears to have hit stormy weather at the harbor entrance, drifting until it smashed against the seawall and sank. Archaeologists found the ship's iron anchors, which seem to have been hoisted into the sea in an attempt to stop the ship from drifting. They were broken by the wind and waves.The ship wrecked during a key time in Roman history, Sharvit and Planer said. In A.D. 313, Constantine and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan, making Christianity legal to practice and returning confiscated property to Christians who had been persecuted. Constantine would later support the early Christian church financially and politically, and converted to Christianity himself.In 2015, archaeologists found a cache of gold coins close to the location of the newly found shipwreck.Follow Stephanie Pappas on Twitter and Google+. Follow us @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science.

Appeals court delays action on Obama's carbon emissions plan-[Reuters]-By Lawrence Hurley-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday delayed consideration of a challenge by 27 states to President Barack Obama's federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired plants, meaning a decision will not come until after the November presidential election.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will now hear the case on Sept. 27. The court was originally due to hear the case on June 2.The court said in a brief order that it made the decision without prompting by the various parties, including the states of West Virginia and Texas.The change appeared to be made so that a larger group of nine judges will hear the case instead of the normal three-judge panel. President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, is a member of the court but the order indicated he will not participate.The plan was designed to lower carbon emissions from U.S. power plants by 2030 to 32 percent below 2005 levels. It is the main tool for the United States to meet the emissions reduction target it pledged at U.N. climate talks in Paris in December.It is not currently in effect after the Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, put it on hold in February until after the litigation is resolved.(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Ontario Liberals won't confirm published details of Climate Change Action Plan-[The Canadian Press]-Keith Leslie and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

TORONTO - Ontario's environment minister insists the province won't eliminate natural gas for home heating as part of a soon-to-be-released plan to fight climate change.Glen Murray refused to confirm or deny a Globe and Mail report saying the province would spend $7 billion over four years to reduce its carbon footprint, partly by phasing out natural gas and greatly increasing the number of electric vehicles on the road."Within the next couple of weeks you'll see the entire action plan, supporting documents will be properly released," Murray told reporters.The province's goal is to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 15 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, 37 per cent by 2030 and 80 per cent by 2050.The Globe said it obtained a copy of the Climate Change Action Plan that calls on the province to phase out natural gas for heating, which is currently used in 76 per cent of Ontario homes.It said the government would spend $3.8 billion on grants, rebates and subsidies to retrofit buildings and move them off natural gas and onto geothermal, solar or other forms of energy. The plan would require that all new homes built in Ontario in 2030 or later be heated without the use of fossil fuels.But this year's budget committed the government to extending natural gas to rural Ontario, and Murray insisted it would still be an option for home heating."Natural gas will continue to play a critical role in the energy mix in Ontario in the future, and beyond that you'll have to wait to see the details," he said."But no, we're not banning natural gas or taking it away from people."Union Gas and Enbridge Gas, the two largest suppliers of natural gas in Ontario, expressed concern the province is considering phasing out natural gas for heating."It's not something we were aware they were contemplating, and that is not something we would support," Union spokeswoman Andrea Stass said in an interview."To mandate natural gas out of existence will be very disruptive and expensive for consumers, and the other side of that is moving to an energy system with only one source and no diversification is risky."Enbridge warned phasing out natural gas for heating would be expensive."Converting a home from natural gas to electricity would cost about $4,500, and the heating costs would triple, increasing by roughly $2,000 each year," Enbridge said in a release.Richard Carlson, a senior energy policy associate at Mowat Energy, funded by Enbridge Gas, Union Gas, the Independent Electricity System Operator and Toronto Hydro as part of the Mowat Centre think tank, said having one government agency in charge of the climate change plan would be beneficial.The Ontario Energy Board held hearings last week about extending natural gas to rural communities, noted Carlson."So the Ontario Energy Board is looking to expand the gas grid while the draft (climate change) plan says something different," he said.Murray dismissed suggestions there would be uncertainty in the province's industrial sectors until details of the climate change action plan are released."They have been working with us, the nine large emitting industries, in drafting this plan, so they had a major input into it and they do have a pretty good understanding of what's coming," he said.The Globe said the Liberal plan sets a target of having 12 per cent of all new vehicle sales be electric cars and trucks by 2025, or about 1.7 million vehicles. There are currently only about 5,800 electric vehicles in Ontario.The Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association said forcing people to switch to electric cars is not the way to go."The key to advancing electric vehicles is actually creating demand and helping consumers actually want to have these vehicles," said association president Mark Nantais."The infrastructure has to be in place. The recharging infrastructure must lead the introduction of vehicles, so that consumers have that confidence."The Progressive Conservatives said the climate change plan represents a "crushing shift" for Ontario's $16-billion auto industry, and warned it would cost jobs.The province already provides rebates up to $14,000 for every electric vehicle purchased under $75,000, and up to $3,000 for ones priced between $75,000 and $150,000. The government recently announced it will spend $20 million to build nearly 500 electric vehicle charging stations across the province next year.The $7 billion the Liberals plan to spend to on climate change would come from the estimated $1.9 billion they expect to generate each year from a cap-and-trade plan that would see companies buy and trade pollution emission allowances.The government admits its cap-and-trade plan would add about four cents a litre to the price of gasoline, but insisted it would result in lower home heating bills.Ontario plans to join existing cap-and-trade markets in Quebec and California. Manitoba has also signed on to join in the plan with Ontario and Quebec, but will limit it to 20 large polluters in the province.

Ontario MP Michael Chong joins race for Conservative party leadership-[The Canadian Press]-Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

OTTAWA - Michael Chong joined the Conservative leadership race Monday, breaking ranks with the party's long-standing opposition to carbon pricing but falling in line on face coverings — a controversy many believe cost the party votes last October.Chong, a southern Ontario member of Parliament, said with carbon pricing already in effect at the provincial level, the federal Tories must refocus their energies on ensuring the revenues go towards reducing taxes.It's part of a broad rethink of environmental policy Chong, 45, said he will bring to the race — one he considers necessary if the Conservatives are to attract new voters and win back the trust of those who deserted them last fall."We have to attract younger people to our party and that begins by shifting our positions on issues like the environment," Chong told a news conference.The Tories were thrust into a leadership contest after former prime minister Stephen Harper stepped down as party chief on election night.His resignation followed a campaign that critics, and later Conservatives themselves, said was marked too much by divisive policies such as the call for a "barbaric practices" tip line and the relentless push for a ban on wearing face veils during citizenship ceremonies.Chong said he didn't see those two issues as the sole reasons his party was reduced to Opposition status.But while he disagreed with the tip line, he said he does support the face covering ban, though wouldn't necessarily push to have it enshrined in legislation."I agree with the government's decision on the niqab in respect of citizenship ceremonies," Chong said."We live in a free society and people can wear what they want. However, I also believe that in a free and democratic society it is reasonable under Section 1 of the charter for the state to put a limit on that right in very limited circumstances." He called citizenship ceremonies one of those circumstances.Chong, whose father was a Chinese immigrant from Hong Kong and mother a Dutch immigrant from the Netherlands, was first elected in 2004 in the riding of Wellington-Halton Hills. He went on to serve in Harper's cabinet as intergovernmental affairs minister.But he resigned from that position in 2006 because he didn't support a motion recognizing Quebecers as a nation, calling it ethnic nationalism. He said Monday he stands by that position even today.From his seat on the backbenches, he spearheaded legislation to give individual MPs more power. A bill to that effect became law last fall.As the child of immigrants, Chong said his decision to run was influenced by his upbringing and his family's past."My family's Canadian story is also the conservative story: it's a story of hard work, of perseverance, of counting your pennies and investing in your children's future," he said.Ontario MP Kellie Leitch and Quebec MP Maxime Bernier are the other two candidates currently in the race but several others are considering putting their names forward as well.The Conservatives will gather at the end of this month for a policy convention and will choose their next leader in May 2017.

Lyme disease cases rising in Canada; climate change cited as a probable factor-[The Canadian Press]-Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

TORONTO - More Canadians are contracting Lyme disease and federal health officials are partly blaming global warming for a dramatic uptick in cases.Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to people by black-legged ticks that get infected after biting mice or deer that carry the bug. These ticks are referred to as vectors for the disease."As climates change across the country, that is certainly one of the major factors why we believe that it has spread in recent years," Health Minister Jane Philpott told reporters after addressing a national conference on Lyme disease in Ottawa on Monday."The vectors have spread and we expect it to continue to change and it needs to be monitored closely," Philpott added.In 2015, there were 700 new cases of Lyme disease reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), up from 140 cases in 2009. Lyme is now being diagnosed in southern B.C., Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.But PHAC chief Dr. Gregory Taylor said those figures are likely under-reported."We have estimates it could be thousands of Canadians getting infected, not just several hundred, and that is worrisome," Taylor said in an interview from Ottawa.Some estimates project that Canada could see from 10,000 to 20,000 a cases a year if the ticks that carry the bacterium continue to expand their range into other parts of Canada.In North America, the disease was first identified as a tick-borne infection in 1978 in the town of Lyme, Conn., and has been endemic in Canada since the early 1980s.Immediate symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, headache, body pain, fatigue and in some cases a bull's-eye rash at the site of the bite. Treatment with a short-term course of antibiotics can cure the illness.But not all of those infected get that tell-tale rash, making it difficult for some patients to get early diagnosis and timely treatment, said Taylor, explaining that many doctors are unfamiliar with the hallmarks of the illness, having never seen a case."And part of what people worry about is that some clinicians think that you must have that rash to have Lyme, which is just not true. We know that not all patients have the bull's-eye rash. They can have a rash that doesn't look like a bull's eye or they can have no rash whatsoever."If not treated promptly or left untreated altogether, Lyme can develop into a "very debilitating" chronic condition marked by lingering muscle and joint pain and neurological disturbances that can last many months.Without a diagnosis based on symptoms, doctors can turn to tests that look for antibodies to the bacterium in a blood sample. But these tests are notorious for false-positive and false-negative results.Some patients who have been told they don't have Lyme — but nevertheless believe they are infected with the tick-borne bacterium — seek tests at U.S. clinics and get "a diagnosis of Lyme disease, which they would not get in Canada," said Taylor, noting that Canadian labs follow the same test-interpreting guidelines used in Europe and by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.That can lead some doctors to prescribe months-long antibiotic treatment, which Taylor said can cause adverse side-effects as well as contributing to drug-resistance by various bacteria, which one day could include B. burgdorferi.Still, he conceded that current blood screens for antibodies are difficult to interpret "at the best of times.... Everyone agrees that we have to have better laboratory testing."The three-day conference has brought together patient groups, researchers and policy experts with the aim of creating a national framework for tackling Lyme disease, including developing better tracking of human cases and the spread of ticks; treatment guidelines; and educating health providers and the public about the disease.Jim Wilson, president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, told attendees the conference is only a starting point.Patients and the clinical experts who support them must be treated as equal partners in decision-making about guidelines for diagnosing, treating and preventing Lyme, as well as in choosing how best to track its spread and what research into the disease should be funded, he said."We need to truly identify the burden of Lyme borreliosis currently in our chronically ill population, and to find better ways to identify future victims of the disease," said Wilson, whose non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting better diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, as well as research and education."And here we are in 2016 and Canada has no idea how many Canadians now or over the previous decades contracted Lyme disease because the protocols in place for testing and clinical diagnostics have had big gaping holes and still do."— With files from Kristy Kirkup in Ottawa.Follow @SherylUbelacker on Twitter.

Obama says Senate obligated to vote on Supreme Court nominee-[Associated Press]-KATHLEEN HENNESSEY-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday he believes the Senate has a constitutional obligation to vote on a president's nomination to the Supreme Court, staking out a position at odds with Republicans and some legal scholars.Obama made the claim in an online video interview about his stalled nomination of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland. Asked if he thought the Constitution's language about "advice and consent" meant the Senate had an obligation to hold a vote, Obama told BuzzFeed News: "I do."The Constitution says the president "shall" appoint judges to the Supreme Court "with the advice and consent of the Senate." Senate Republicans have maintained they are fulfilling their constitutional duty by choosing not to consider Garland at all.The GOP has pointed out that in 2005, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid argued that the Constitution doesn't say the Senate has a duty to vote on presidential nominees.Months of efforts by the White House to build up political pressure on Republicans to relent and hold a vote have so far been ineffective. Although a number of Republicans have met with Garland and a few have expressed openness to hearings, GOP leadership has stood firm behind their insistence that the next president should get to choose a replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia.Obama also tried to use Donald Trump's ascent as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee as another reason why a Scalia replacement shouldn't wait. With many Republicans openly questioning Trump's temperament and principles, Democrats have said it's too risky to let Trump pick the next justice if he's elected in November."Precisely because this election year has been so crazy, because we have a number of Republicans say that they're concerned about their nominee, it shows why you can't politicize a Supreme Court vacancy," Obama said.In the interview, Obama said erroneously that Garland had been "confirmed unanimously" by the Senate to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Garland was confirmed on a vote of 76-23 in 1997.___Associated Press writer Josh Lederman contributed to this report.

Israel, Palestinians Allow Mine Clearance at Site of the Baptism of Jesus-[Time]-Julia Zorthian-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Jesus was believed to have been baptized at the site of the 136-acre minefield-The HALO Trust, a British organization that clears minefields, will remove mines from the 136-acre Qaser al-Yahud site in the West Bank where Jesus is believed to have been baptized.Seven churches on the site have been inaccessible since the Six Day War in 1967, when Israel mined the area to fend off attacks from Jordan. Both Israeli and Palestinian authorities granted HALO access, along with the seven churches that have neglected structures among the mines, according to a press release.The project is slated to take between 18 and 20 months, and HALO is currently fundraising towards the $4 million in expected costs. Once cleared, the minefield is set to become a national park.For years, buses of tourists have simply driven by the site. Once the minefield is declared safe, visitors should have access to the orthodox Coptic, Ethiopian, Greek, Romanian, Syrian and Russian churches, the Catholic church and a plot of land that belongs to the Armenian Orthodox church.

Openly Gay Pastor Admits He Wrote Homophobic Slur on Whole Foods Cake-[Inside Edition]-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

An openly gay Texas pastor who last month claimed a Whole Foods baker had written a homophobic slur on a cake he ordered has recanted his claim."I want to apologize to Whole Foods and its team members for questioning the company’s commitment to its values," Jordan Brown, pastor of a small Austin church, wrote in a statement. “The company did nothing wrong,” Brown said. "I was wrong to pursue this matter and use the media to perpetuate this story."Read: Anti-Gay Remarks Could Have Caused Man to Commit Suicide on Cruise Ship-In April, Brown made headlines with claims a Whole Foods baker had written "F**" in icing on a cake that he'd asked to read "Love Wins."However, Whole Foods was quick to respond to the claims by releasing surveillance footage that showed the UPC sticker in a different position on the cake box from where it appeared after it had been handled by Brown.The company also revealed that the baker was herself a member of the LGBT community.Brown has apologized to both the baker "who I understand was put in a terrible position because of my actions" and to the "LGBT community for diverting attention from real issues."I also want to apologize to my partner, my family, my church family, and my attorney," she said.As Brown announced he was dropping the suit he'd filed against Whole Foods, the grocery chain announced they've dropped their $100,000 countersuit."We're very pleased that the truth has come to light. Given Mr. Brown's apology and public admission that his story was a complete fabrication, we see no reason to move forward with our countersuit to defend the integrity of our brand and team members," Whole Foods said in a statement.

Killing Medusas and werewolves: Calgary man admits to stabbing five young people-[The Canadian Press]-Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

CALGARY - Friends and family sobbed and gasped with horror Monday as they heard graphic details about how five young people at a house party were slain by a man who believed he was killing Medusas and werewolves for the son of God.Matthew de Grood, 24, admitted in an agreed statement of facts read at the start of his first-degree murder trial that he stabbed his victims. But court heard he told police he didn't take pleasure in it."I stabbed people in the house," the statement quotes de Grood as telling officers."I just want to say that when I stabbed them, I tried to do it mercifully. I aimed for their heart. They put up a struggle which made it hard, but, so you know, it wasn't sadistic or anything," he said."I didn't enjoy killing at all. I said sorry, but the son of God was controlling me."De Grood's lawyer, Allan Fay, pleaded not guilty on his client's behalf. Fay told reporters he plans to argue his client was not criminally responsible for the killings.The stabbings, in what police have called Calgary's worst mass killing, happened at a party being held to mark the end of the university school year in April 2014.Killed were Kaitlin Perras, 23; Lawrence Hong, 27; Josh Hunter, 23; Zackariah Rathwell, 21; and Jordan Segura, 22. Hunter, Hong and Segura all attended the University of Calgary. Perras studied at Mount Royal University and Rathwell was a student at the Alberta College of Art and Design.Prosecutor Neil Wiberg spent more than an hour reading out the agreed statement of facts that contained details from de Grood's interview with police. The judge also lifted a publication ban on material submitted by police to obtain search warrants.The unsealed documents detailed how de Grood, the son of a high-ranking Calgary police officer, was "a good boy, kind and compassionate" until his personality began to change about a month before the stabbings.He began spending time alone and became quiet and withdrawn. He added a number of unusual posts on Facebook, including quotes from Mega Death lyrics, quotes from the Bible and ramblings on reincarnation.A childhood friend invited de Grood to the party. De Grood had just finished a shift at Safeway and wore his uniform. The friend noted how de Grood was acting strange. He made a number of odd rambling statements including "Obama was the Antichrist."The agreed facts said de Grood handed his friend a clove of garlic stating that "he may need it." He also passed him a knife similar to a bread knife with a serrated blade.Once at the party de Grood put on a pair of blue latex gloves.De Grood told police that he felt he had to attack Rathwell, a budding young musician, before Rathwell attacked him. He told police the two had a disagreement over Buddhism. De Grood grabbed a chef's knife with a 21-centimetre blade from a knife block in the kitchen."I asked him to give me my space. We were walking toward the knife block, so I decided to shoot first because I didn't know what he was going to do so I stabbed him," de Grood is quoted in the unsealed documents as telling officers."Then the people on the couch saw and obviously started freaking out, so I killed them from left to right as quickly as I could. The girl ran into the corner so I went and stabbed her. I said I'm sorry I have to do this. Then the guy from the kitchen wasn't dead. I had to hunt him down. Then I just left."De Grood's friend and some others had gone out to get something to eat and came back to chaos."He heard screams from a female believed to be Katie. This was followed by Josh running out of the house with de Grood chasing him," read the court documents.Police received a series of 911 calls beginning at 1:22 a.m.Documents say one of the first officers on the scene described a "large amount of blood and carnage.""Upon entering the front door, there was panic throughout the main floor. Two male victims lying head to head on the floor were motionless in a large pool of blood. People were attending to them but they were deceased," reported the officer."A fourth male victim was found lying in a fetal position on a couch while a male kept pressure to the wound to his neck. This victim was also deceased."De Grood was arrested and taken into custody a short time later and interviewed by police."What I did may seem atrocious but I was killing Medusas, werewolves," he told the officers.He has been undergoing treatment at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre since his arrest.The victims' families made a statement on the courthouse steps before the start of the trial in which they urged people to focus on their loved ones. De Grood's parents, Douglas and Susan de Grood, were also in court and sat in the front row."The priority for us during this trial is to ensure that our loved ones will be given the full and just attention that they deserve," read Greg Perras, Kaitlin's father. "All we ask is that you remember how they lived — with purpose, with life, with goodness and love for their friends and family."The statement said the last two years have been extremely difficult, incredibly long and anxiety-ridden for the families."There's no such thing as a new normal that some people talk about," Perras said. "There is only existing, surviving, and a series of bitter-sweet events going forward in our families lives such as graduations, weddings and grandchildren."These milestones will be happy and they will be sad."— Follow @BillGraveland on Twitter

Did Ben Carson Just Spill the Beans on Donald Trump's Possible Vice Presidential Picks?-[Mic]-Celeste Katz-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

It's not totally mind-boggling that a man who made his mark examining the workings of the human brain has some interesting thought processes.Ben Carson, the onetime presidential candidate who has now hitched his political star to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, spilled the beans on Trump's short list for a vice presidential running mate during a recent interview — or did he? The Washington Post reported Sunday, having asked Carson about potential Trump running mates: "The most favorably regarded contenders after himself, he was told, were John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Chris Christie." "Those are all people on our list," Carson told the paper.Carson's casual confirmation of the names set off a cascade of followup reports.The Post later updated the story to say Carson then did some backpedaling: "Everybody could potentially be considered, doesn't mean they are on the short list."The doctor was a little more circumspect about the names during a Fox News appearance:@RealBenCarson on @realDonaldTrump VP: "It'll be somebody who loves and honors our Constitution."https://amp.twimg.com/v/63eb0189-37d2-4f53-9912-ff99ae289e47 ...Trump himself — who asked Carson to help mull running mates before putting campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in charge of VP operations — also tamped Carson's Post interview down on Twitter.-The @washingtonpost report on potential VP candidates is wrong. Marco Rubio and most others mentioned are NOT under consideration.Carson, the preternaturally calm pediatric neurosurgeon who enjoyed a burst of popularity early in the frantic GOP primary cycle, seems to enjoy making political pronouncements on car rides.He once told the New York Daily News during a drive from midtown Manhattan to Ground Zero that he had unique ideas for extracting information from terror suspects."I can think of some things that would be much more effective than [waterboarding], that would not be torture, that would take advantage of things that we know about the brain," Carson told a reporter during the trip.Asked by the News to elaborate on those techniques, Carson demurred — Trump style."I'm not going to tell," he said. "I wouldn't put those things out for everybody to know."

Baltimore cop testifies that he arrested, handcuffed Freddie Gray-[Reuters]-By Donna Owens-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Baltimore policeman testified on Monday that he, and not a fellow officer on trial for the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, was the one who arrested Gray, in testimony that was the first by another suspect in the high-profile case.Under prosecution questioning, Officer Garrett Miller said he and his accused partner Officer Edward Nero had chased Gray after being ordered to do so. Gray's April 2015 death from a broken neck suffered in a police van triggered rioting and protests in the majority black city.Prosecutors contend that Nero, 30, pursued Gray without probable cause and then failed to secure Gray in the van. But Nero's lawyers argue that he had little to do with Gray's arrest and never touched him except when he tried to help Gray, 25, find an asthma inhaler.Asked in Baltimore City Circuit Court whether Nero had put handcuffs on Gray, Miller told prosecutor Michael Schatzow, "No, he did not."Prosecutors rested their case against Nero after calling more than a dozen witnesses. Judge Barry Williams, who is presiding over a bench trial, rejected a defense motion that the charges be dismissed.Miller testified that he and Nero, a fellow bicycle officer, had no idea why Lieutenant Brian Rice ordered them to pursue Gray after he fled unprovoked in a high-crime area.Nero, Rice and Miller are among six officers facing trial for Gray's death. He was bundled into a transport van while shackled and not belted in after officers found a spring-assisted knife in his pocket.The incident involving Gray is one of those highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement. Miller and Nero have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct.During cross-examination by defense lawyer Marc Zayon, Miller repeated that he was the officer who detained Gray. He testified that the responsibility for securing Gray in the van lay with the driver, officer Caesar Goodson Jr.Miller's testimony came after legal wrangling over prosecutors' efforts to force another officer, William Porter, to testify under limited immunity while his own charges were pending.Maryland's highest court ruled in March that Porter had to testify. Forcing testimony in a co-defendant's trial was seen as unprecedented in Maryland.Defense lawyers had argued against making Porter testify since it would allow prosecutors to compel other officers, such as Miller, to take the witness stand.(Writing by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Steve Orlofsky and James Dalgleish)

Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea Aren’t Enough-[Foreign Policy Magazine]-Julian G. Ku, M. Taylor Fravel and Malcolm Cook-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

International tensions are rising over the shipping lanes and land formations in the South China Sea. Last week, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force scrambled fighter jets in response to a U.S. Navy ship sailing near the disputed Fiery Cross Reef. Sometime very soon, possibly this month, the United Nations is expected to resolve South China Sea claims by the Philippines, where the President-elect, Rodrigo Duterte, is making offers to broker peace in the region. How much has the status quo changed and what will it mean for the counties involved? —The ChinaFile Editors-Julian G. Ku, Professor of Law, Hofstra University:Like the two other recent U.S. freedom of navigation operations (FONOP) in the South China Sea, the most recent U.S. FONOP was designed to avoid any conflict with China’s sovereignty claims. Instead, by conducting the operations under the rules of “innocent passage,” the U.S. Navy assumed China might have sovereign rights, but simply challenged China’s domestic law requirement that foreign warships give prior notification before entering what China claims is its territorial sea.Despite this very limited challenge, China’s reaction to the U.S. FONOP has also been largely the same. Fighter jets were scrambled, and naval assets were deployed to shadow the U.S. ship during its passage. But two new aspects to China’s rhetorical response are worth noting. The shift in China’s rhetoric also reveals the limits of the U.S. reliance on FONOPs as a tool to deter Chinese expansionism in the region.First, the Chinese defense ministry has begun to suggest that the continuation of U.S. FONOPs justifies its construction of “defensive facilities” in the South China Sea. Since the most recent round of U.S. FONOPs in the region began in October 2015 (after a four-year hiatus) and the Chinese land reclamation has been going on for almost two full years, this post-hoc justification for Chinese militarization of the region is hard to swallow.Second, the Chinese foreign ministry has started directly engaging with the narrower U.S. legal argument against a prior notification requirement for warships. In fact, it tried to isolate the U.S. legal position. Drawing a distinction between commercial and military vessels, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman stated that “no country, except the United States believes in military vessels sailing wherever they want, which is against international law.” The spokesman went on to say the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) “allows innocent passage by foreign vessels through others’ territorial waters, but there is no specific term stating that military vessels have such a right.” China then pointed out that several other countries agree with China on this interpretation of UNCLOS.The Chinese government is correct that some countries have continued to argue that the rights of innocent passage guaranteed by Article 19 of UNCLOS does not apply to warships. The plain language of Article 19 (“ships of all States”) suggests otherwise since the Convention specifies “warships” in other contexts when naval vessels have special treatment. But the disagreement has persisted over the years.China’s shift from complaining about U.S. violations of its sovereignty to dueling interpretations of UNCLOS reflects a possible shift in its rhetorical and diplomatic strategy. While complaining about U.S. threats to sovereignty would only highlight the aggressiveness of China’s territorial claims, complaining about expansive U.S. naval operations is an issue with which other nations can find common ground with China. Indeed, China’s diplomatic corps has been working overtime to line up sympathetic nations to its non-acceptance of the pending UNCLOS arbitral tribunal case brought by the Philippines. Shifting focus toward arcane interpretations of international law is better and more solid ground for China.The United States has the better and more persuasive interpretation of UNCLOS. But if China is able to drag the United States into the technical arguments over UNCLOS, some of the political force of the U.S. FONOPs will inevitably erode. While it should not abandon FONOPs, the United States needs to come up with different ways to challenge China’s land reclamations and expansionism. FONOPs are not going to be enough.M. Taylor Fravel, Associate Professor of Political Science, MIT:I agree with Julian about the limits of FONOPs for deterring China in the South China Sea, but for a different reason.Put simply, FONOPs were never intended to be used as a tool in territorial or maritime jurisdictional disputes involving third parties. The purpose of the program is limited to asserting navigational freedoms that “excessive claims” to maritime jurisdiction by other states would restrict or constrict in ways that are inconsistent with “high seas freedoms” in UNCLOS. They are operational assertions using military vessels to reinforce U.S. declaratory policy on freedom of navigation, not actions to deter how states pursue their claims in maritime disputes. By definition, FONOPs are usually a reaction to claims already made by third parties, to demonstrate that the United States does not recognize them.In the South China Sea, FONOPs can be used to challenge excessive claims from the various land features under dispute. Recently, as Julian notes, FONOPs have been used only to challenge restrictions on the transit of military vessels through a 12 nautical mile territorial sea, such as prior permission or prior notification. Looking forward, they could be used to challenge claims to maritime jurisdiction from some artificial islands that China has created, at least four of which would not be entitled to even a territorial sea because they are artificial structures built upon a low-tide elevation.The recent FONOPs in the South China Sea have been publicized extensively. Paradoxically, such publicity may limit further the effect of FONOPs in a third party’s maritime disputes. Because they are considered to be a military operation, the Department of Defense almost never reveals the details or occurrence of particular FONOPS. Instead, they usually occur out of the public eye. The target of the operation is demarched to explain the excessive claim being challenged and a military vessel then challenges with a predetermined operation. At the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Defense publishes a report listing the countries and excessive claims that are being challenged but does not release information about individual operations.The uncommon and unusual publicity attached to the last three FONOPs in the South China Sea represents a departure from past U.S. practice. Moreover, regarding the dynamics of the disputes in the South China Sea, such publicity may backfire, for two reasons.First, the publicity given to these operations, widely seen as designed to challenge China, invites China to respond. From Beijing’s perspective, FONOPs are viewed (incorrectly) as direct challenges to China’s sovereignty claims and as indirect challenges to China more generally. If China’s leaders do not respond, they risk being viewed domestically as weak or yielding to the United States. Although China’s responses have been measured and largely symbolic, the rhetoric contributes to the hardening of positions and escalation of disputes. Traditional FONOPs conducted out of the public eye would remove these incentives without weakening the content of the operational assertion.Second, the publicity given to these recent FONOPs create strong incentives for China to emphasize its interpretations of the convention that Julian has described. Traditional FONOPs conducted out of the public eye would also remove these incentives without weakening the content of the operational assertion.The United States should continue to perform FONOPs in the South China Sea — regularly but privately.Malcolm Cook, Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies-Yusof Ishak Institute:Julian Ku is certainly right that U.S. freedom of navigation operations conducted under the rules of “innocent passage” will not be enough to challenge China’s increasingly assertive actions on and around the disputed land features in the South China Sea. And tensions could escalate soon. If reports are correct, China’s artificial island building could soon extend to Scarborough Shoal located 123 nautical miles from the main island of the Philippines, 250 nautical miles from the disputed Spratly and Paracel land features, and 530 nautical miles from China’s Hainan Island. This would be a serious escalation on China’s part that would likely sink the incoming Philippine administration’s desire to reduce bilateral tensions over this issue, and lead to more pressure on the United States from concerned states in the region to push back against China.Yet, the biggest shortcoming of U.S. FONOPs as a Chinese behavior-changing effort has nothing to do with the United States. The biggest problem is that the United States alone is willing to conduct these operations and suffer China’s predicted and predictable backlashes. The maritime Southeast Asian states Japan and Australia arguably have more at stake in the South China Sea but are unwilling to conduct their own operations. Maritime Southeast Asian backing for the recent U.S. operations has been ambivalent at best, and offered more in private than in public or in diplomatic forums with China present.This, more than the widely criticized decision by the Obama administration to limit their operations to innocent passage ones, undermines the strength of the FONOPs message sent to China. The lack of active or rhetorical support from other nations undermines these operations’ effectiveness in reflecting that the maritime Southeast Asian states and Japan share with the United States the conviction that China’s claims to maritime rights in the South China Sea are excessive and its artificial island building activities are destabilizing. By leaving the United States alone operationally and often publicly lacking support, it allows China to dismiss these operations as simply part of U.S. efforts to contain China.Future U.S. FONOPs in the disputed waters of the South China Sea may benefit from relaxing the innocent passage restriction, particularly in relation to China’s recently constructed artificial islands. The pending ruling by the Arbitration Tribunal on the 2013 case filed by the Philippines under UNCLOS could rule that some or all of these artificial islands are constructed on low water features with no attendant territorial sea rights. However, the U.S. position in relation to the South China Sea disputes, and those of the maritime Southeast Asian states, Japan and Australia, would benefit more if the United States was not alone in conducting FONOPs. Or, at least, if support for U.S. FONOPs by these like-concerned states was more frequent, more public, and more convincing.

Shell Oil Spill Near Louisiana Dumps 90,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Into the Gulf of Mexico-[Mic]-Jon Levine-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

While stories about each and every little thing Donald Trump said and did dominated the news cycle over the weekend, a major environmental catastrophe unfolded in the Gulf of Mexico — and you probably didn't hear about. Oil company Royal Dutch Shell has begun the massive task of cleaning up nearly 90,000 gallons of crude oil that leaked from a company oil derrick roughly 90 miles off the state's coast, the Associated Press reported Friday. Shell first noticed the leak only after a helicopter reported a 2 by 13-mile sheen across the Gulf of Mexico near the oil giant's Brutus platform.The spill has been contained, a U.S. Coast Guard press release reported Thursday. "The likely cause of the sheen is a release of oil from subsea infrastructure and in response, we have isolated the leak and shut-in production," the company said in a statement, the Wall Street Journal reported. "No release is acceptable, and safety remains our priority as we respond to this incident."Locals around the site of the latest spill remained unconvinced, telling ThinkProgress that the official line from Shell and others was more of the same. "You sit down for dinner and you watch the news and you see another spill with tens of thousands of gallons of oil and reports that no one is hurt or the leak has stopped," Colette Pichon Battle, executive director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, told the progressive advocacy group. "Just from experience, that that's probably not true." She added that the poorest residents of coastal communities and Native Americans were likely to feel the brunt of any damage.The incident was also striking for a comparable lack of coverage it received, especially given its location in the same area where the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion caused immense ecological devastation in 2010. The fallout from the largest oil spill to occur in U.S. waters are still being felt today.

US reveals how much Treasury debt Saudi Arabia owns-[The Canadian Press]-Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose in March, with the Treasury Department revealing for the first time in four decades how much Saudi Arabia owns.In its latest report, Treasury said Monday that that total holdings increased 0.8 per cent to a record $6.29 trillion. The figure climbed even though China, the largest holder of Treasury debt, trimmed its portfolio by 0.6 per cent to $1.24 trillion.For the first time since 1974, when the government began releasing data on foreign ownership of Treasury securities, the report broke out ownership for specific countries that it had always lumped together such as "oil exporting nations" and "Caribbean banking centres."The report showed that Saudi Arabia in March held $116.8 billion in Treasury debt, down 2.5 per cent from February.A Treasury spokesperson said that the decision to start listing Saudi Arabia's holdings separately was not linked in any way to recent warnings from the government of Saudi Arabia. Last month Saudi Arabia said that it could begin selling off its U.S. investments if Congress passes a law allowing the country to be held responsible in U.S. courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The break-out of the investments held by Saudi Arabia makes the country the 13th largest foreign holder of Treasury securities. The Cayman Islands, which previously was included in a grouping of Caribbean banking centres, ranks No. 3, behind China and Japan. It held $265 billion in March, up 3.9 per cent from February.Treasury spokesperson Whitney Smith said de-grouping certain countries is an effort to make the data more useful."We concluded that it was consistent with transparency and the law to disclose the data in a disaggregated fashion," Smith said in a statement.The new report showed that Japan, the second largest foreign holder of debt, increased its holdings by 0.4 per cent to $1.14 trillion in March.The $6.29 trillion in total foreign holdings of Treasury debt was a modest 1.9 per cent higher than a year ago.Of that total, 65 per cent is held by foreign governments, primarily central banks.The national debt now stands at $19.16 trillion. With the federal budget deficit projected to grow over the next decade, the United States will need to see continued strong foreign demand for Treasury debt to help finance its growing borrowing needs.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

HYPOCRITE SUNNI-ARAB MUSLIM OBAM HANDS OUT MEDALS OF VALOR TO 13 OFFICERS.WHILE HES A WHITE POLICE OFFICER RACE BAITER.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

UPDATE-MAY 16,2016-12:00PM
OBAMA QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF. AS HE AWARDS 13 MEDAL OF VALOR MEDALS TO THE POLICE OFFERS. WHO DONE HEROIC ACTS FOR CITIZENS OF THEIR CITIES. BUT OBAMAS SUCH A HYPOCRITE. HE RACE BAITED AGAINST WHITE OFFICERS THAT ARRESTS BLACK-GANG BANGING-DRUG DEALING CRIMINAL THUGS. THAT END UP DEAD FROM THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIONS. BUT OBAMA AND THE LAME BRAIN-LAME STREAM MEDIA CRY FOWL AND RACISM AGAINST THE WHITE POLICE OFFICERS. THEN OBAMA SUCK HOLES UP TO HIS SUNNI-ARAB-MUSLIM BRETHERN. CRYING ISLAMOPHOBIA AGAINST ANYONE WHO CALLS THESE VICOUS-ISLAMIC-BEHEADING MURDERERS - TERRORISTS. OBAMA CALLS ISLAM A PEACEFUL RELIGION. WHEN ISLAM AND THE QURAN ARE A ISRAEL-CHRISTIAN-JESUS HATING CULT. THAT WANTS EVERY OTHER RELIGION KILLED OFF OF THE EARTH. SO ISLAM IS THE ONLY WORLD RELIGION BY THE SWORD OF DEATH. AND ALSO OBAMA SUCK HOLES UP TO SODOMITES AND HAS JUST SAID ALL SCHOOLS WILL LOSE THEIR FUNDING IF BOYS AND GIRLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE SAME WASHROOMS AND SHOWERS. IF A GUY FEELS LIKE A GIRL THAT DAY. HE CAN SHOWER WITH THE GIRLS AND USE THEIR WASHROOM WITH THEM. OR THE SAME FOR GIRLS OR WOMEN. OH BUT OBAMA SAYS HES NOT A DIVIDER. HE IS THE SUNNI-ARAB MUSLIM SAVIOR OF AMERICA. AND IF HITLARY 2ND ROTTEN LIAR CLINTON IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AMERICA LATER THIS YEAR. SHE WILL CONTINUE OBAMAS LOVE OF SIN-RACE BAITING-SUCK HOLING UP TO EVERY MINORITY IMMORAL SIN INFESTER. BUT HITLARY WILL GO ONE STEP FURTHUR. SHE WILL OUTLAW CHRISTIANITY OUT RIGHT. ONCE AND FOR ALL SO ISLAM CAN RULE AMERICA AS THE ONLY RELIGION. AMERICA BETTER VOTE DONALD TRUMP IN AS PRESIDENT. HES THE LEAST OF THE TWO LIARS. I DO NOT CONDONE LYING. BUT WHEN YOU GOT TWO LIARS. ONE HAS TO BE ELECTED THE NEW PRESIDENT. TRUMP LIES DECEPTIVLY. BUT HILLARY CLINTON JUST OUT RIGHT LIES. AND THE LEFTWING-LIBERAL-DEMOCRATS AND GODLESS MEDIA ALL SUCK HOLE UP TO CLINTON. AMERICA IS SUCH A GREAT COUNTRY. 

CANADA IS STARTING TO DO THIS WASHROOM NONSENSE ALSO.REDICULAS.CANADA AND AMERICA WILL BE JUDGED AS A RESULT OF THIS GODLESS SINFULNESS.SINCE THE LIBERALS ARE TAKING AFTER AMERICA WITH THIS REDICULAS BATHROOM NONSENSE.THE AMERICANS WILL BE TAKING AFTER THE CANADIAN LIBERAL-DEMOCRATS WITH DOCTOR ASSISTED KILLING OR LEGAL MURDER-SUICIDE.AS I CALL IT.

Liberals unveil plan to outlaw transgender hate speech, discrimination-[The Canadian Press]-Jordan Press, The Canadian Press-May 17, 2016-yahoonews

OTTAWA - For years, transgender Canadians had to come up with creative arguments in front of courts and commissions to link discrimination against them with existing human rights laws.The human rights laws extend some protections to transgender people under the sex discrimination category, but there have been few cases before the federal human rights tribunal, so the scope of the protections themselves has not been all that clear.The same situation exists for hate speech and hate crime laws: violence against transgender persons may have been captured before, but it wasn't clearly spelled out.Legislation the government introduced Tuesday would clarify all of that, adding gender identity and expression to human rights and hate crime laws."Thank goodness this bill is passing because it will protect us from ... hateful propaganda, assaults, rape — stuff like that," said Charlie Lowthian-Rickert, who was born a boy but identifies as a girl."It could protect us and stop the people who would have just gone off and done it in the past and discriminated or assaulted us. Now it could be stopping them and then basically punishing them if they actually do it," the 10-year-old said during a morning news conference alongside the federal justice minister.The bill still has numerous steps before it becomes law. The NDP tried unsuccessfully to fast-track the measure through the House of Commons on Tuesday, arguing it was similar to a private member's bill the Commons approved in the last Parliament with cross-party support.That bill, from New Democrat Randall Garrison, languished in the Senate before it was ultimately gutted and died when the election was called.Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said she's prepared to vote for the new bill, but opposition remains in the Senate where Conservative Don Plett said he's not ready to support the measure.On his way into the Commons, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he expects the Senate to recognize the rights contained in the bill.The legislation would, if passed, make it illegal under the Canadian Human Rights Act to deny someone a job or to discriminate in the workplace on the basis of the gender they identify with or outwardly express.It would also amend the Criminal Code to extend hate speech laws to include gender identity and expression.Criminal laws would be changed to make it a hate crime to target someone because of their gender identity or gender expression, meaning judges would have to consider it as an aggravating factor in deciding on a sentence to."We live in a time when discrimination in any form is completely unacceptable," Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told a news conference after introducing the bill."This is a message of hope to ensure that we recognize gender identity and gender expression and provide the ability in our country for people to feel safe and secure in who they are."She said it is necessary to make it unequivocal in law that transgender persons have the right to live free from discrimination, hate propaganda and hate crimes.The law was introduced on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.Wilson-Raybould wouldn't say whether Liberal MPs would be allowed to vote their conscience on the bill or be forced to support it. But she said she hopes for support from all parties.The minister also said the law, when passed, would ensure data is collected around violence against transgender people.A survey conducted by Trans Pulse Project in 2010 showed that out of the almost 500 transgender respondents in Ontario, 20 per cent reported having been physically or sexually assaulted, though not all of them reported the assaults to police.The respondent-driven sampling survey found 13 per cent reported being fired and 18 per cent refused a job because they were transgender.Groups including Trans Equality Canada, Amnesty International, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and the Canadian Association of University Teachers all praised the move by the Liberals, calling it long overdue in the path towards equal rights for all.Once passed, the Canadian Human Rights Commission would likely provide detailed guidance to employers and employment lawyers about what the new laws mean and raise awareness among the general public."It's a good first step because that allows for the ability at the federal level to challenge things in court if needed," said Talia Johnson, an Ottawa-based counsellor."Any human rights legislation only goes so far, so we need to also work on education so that cases don't have to come forward in the first place."— With files from Lina Dib and Joanna Smith.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version had an incorrect spelling for Charlie Lowthian-Rickert's last name.


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Justin Trudeau promises ‘full protection’ with transgender rights bill — Liberals caught short on key bill; Speaker casts rare tie-breaking vote — NDP will vote against Liberals’ electoral reform committee motion: Mulcair — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan grilled by MPs in special session tonight— ‘Extreme fire behaviour’ forces thousands from Fort McMurray camps — Will Canada violate international conventions if it legalizes pot? Bill Blair doesn’t think so — Saudi Arabia suspends cultural festival in Ottawa amid outcry over arms deal — Has Bernie Sanders become this election’s Ralph Nader? — Trump making friends across the pond — And finally, a real handful-Good Tuesday morning to you.As a battle over bathrooms is waged in some parts of the United States, here at home, there’s little sign of a similar kind of pottygate. In contrast, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is set to unveil legislation to protect transgendered Canadians. “I am proud to announce that tomorrow, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, we will be tabling a bill in the House of Commons to ensure the full protection of transgender people,” he said. It’s been a long time coming, but the government is hoping the bill will lead by example.Back in school, no good ever came from skipping class. This week’s lesson? Not much good comes from skipping House either. Yesterday for the Liberals, a pop procedural test meant winning a vote by the skin of their teeth. The Conservatives and NDP joined forces to force a vote while too many Liberals were away from the House, leaving Speaker Geoff Regan cast the tie-breaking vote on a 139-139 count — for just the 11th time in Canadian history. Our Elizabeth Thompson has that story.As for the Liberals’ electoral reform committee motion, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he’s voting against that as well. NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen hasn’t said he’ll voted against it, but has called for the Liberals to “commit to true cross-party collaboration, and give all parties a real seat at the table.”Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan faced a grilling last night before a special session of Parliament. He told the committee of the whole that his government has no plan to shut down any military bases and insisted that opposition accusations his government has cut $3.7 billion in defence spending from DND “couldn’t be further from the truth.” CBC News has more.


More transgender bathrooms pop up in Winnipeg-[CBC]-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

It seems many Winnipeg establishments are ahead of the curve for respecting the rights of LGBT people — at least when it comes to using the loo.On Tuesday the federal Liberals are expected to propose legislation that will give legal and human rights protection to transgender people, following through on a pledge made during the election campaign.Already though, a handful of establishments in Winnipeg offer a gender-neutral bathroom option for transgender people.The University of Winnipeg was one of the first places in Winnipeg to offer gender-neutral washrooms but in 2016 it's hardly unique.Newly-opened Oh Doughnuts on Broadway in Winnipeg offers one as does the Tallest Poppy on Sherbrook Street, The Good Will on Portage Avenue, the University of Manitoba and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights."I think it's important that everybody feels safe and welcome," said Amanda Kinden, owner of Oh Doughnuts.Kinden said the decision to offer bathrooms for people who may not feel comfortable in conventional male or female washrooms was an easy decision."We are all human. We're different. We should embrace the differences we have and allow people to feel comfortable about them," Kinden said.Winnipegger Theo DeSilva was born a girl and recently transitioned to a man. He said he's encountered verbal abuse using washrooms in the past."You don't belong in here, you're not a male, you're in the wrong washroom," are some of the insults men have hurled at DeSilva just for using the bathroom, he said."Like no, I'm here to pee. I'm not going to be looking into your stall. We're not here to do anything else but do our business and leave. That's what washrooms are for," he said.Transgender woman Trish McNorgan said she's had no issues finding safe washroom spaces in Winnipeg but she worries about a potential backlash to the trend.In the United States, South Carolina recently passed a law restricting the use of public restrooms by transgender people.McNorgan worries about what the U.S. Attorney General called "state-sponsored discrimination" could spread here, despite the Liberals's efforts."Were such a much more tolerant society than those pockets of those states where there is difficulty it's a concern that it could be exported here," said McNorgan.Talia Syrie, co-owner of Tallest Poppy, said some customers have raised questions about the restaurant's washroom."People are confused by it they don't understand. But when we explain it to them they are generally fine with it, some people are really, really happy about it," she said.

Transgender Edmontonian travels to Ottawa for 'historic event'-[CBC]-May 17, 2016-YAHOONEWS

A transgender woman from Edmonton plans to be in the House of Commons on Tuesday to mark what she calls an "indescribable" day for Canada.Marni Panas wants to witness for herself the tabling of legislation expected to give legal and human rights protections to transgender people."We've had people struggling for years and years and years to get to this point," said Panas, a well-known advocate for LGBTQ issues in Alberta.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the legislation during the federal election campaign last fall, after similar bills were passed in the House of Commons twice, then defeated in the Senate.Last week, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told the House of Commons "legislation will be coming forward very shortly."Panas said while the Charter already protects equal rights, new legislation is needed to expand those protections to include gender identity."Many people will want to send a lot of myths about transgender people, and somehow connect us to predators or something absolutely ridiculous," said Panas.On Saturday at the Alberta legislature, Panas faced up to people opposed to a provincial government bill to allow gay-straight alliances in schools.She helped organize a demonstration supporting transgender rights, then later clashed with another group holding their own rally against Bill 10.The Trans Equality Society of Alberta, a group that fights for transgender Albertans, said new federal legislation could make a big difference for many people.The group said gender diverse Canadians still face challenges accessing some federal services."Amending the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include gender identity are important steps towards trans Canadians having the opportunity to have the promise of equality fulfilled," said Jan Buterman, president of TESA, who also plans to be in the House of Commons on Tuesday.Panas said after all the hard work by so many people, it's an honour to see their effort come to fruition."We are moving forward as a society and there's no going back," she said.May 17 is a significant day for LGBTQ people around the world. It's commemorated annually as the day the World Health Organization declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1990.

DAY 17 OF THE FORT MCMURRAY ALBERTA WILD FIRE.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

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OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

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UPDATE-MAY 17,2016-04:25PM
THE FORT MCMURRAY WILD FIRE IS STILL BURNING OUT OF CONTROL. AND WILL BE REACHING THE SASKATCHEWAN BORDER TODAY. ALSO THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN FORT MCMURRAY LAST NIGHT-DESTROYING ANOTHER 10 HOLMES. 8,000 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM 19 OIL SAND PRODUCTION SITES YESTERDAY. THIS WILD FIRE HAS NOW BURNED 355,000 HECTARES. AND STILL GOING STRONG. 985 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN LOST IN OIL PRODUCTION SO FAR. AND 663 BLACK SANDS OIL WORK CAMP SHELTERS WERE DESTROYED.

UPDATE-MAY 17,2016-12:03AM
THE FORT MCMURRAY WILD FIRE IS STILL OUT OF CONTROL. DESTROYING 286,000 HECTARES OF LAND SO FAR. AND THE WILDFIRE IS ONLY 10 KILOMETERS FROM THE SASKATCHEWAN BORDER NOW. THE WARM AND DRY TEMPERATURES ARE BACK. AND NOTLEY SAYS SHE HOPES BY THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND-THIS WEEKEND. THE TEMPERATURES WILL GET COOLER AND RAINY. TO SLOW THIS OUT OF CONTROL WILD FIRE. AND A FRESH EVACUATION HAS BEEN CALLED AGAIN FOR THE OIL SANDS TO THE NORTH OF FORT MCMURRAY AGAIN. AND WITH THE FIRE OUT OF CONTROL AND THE HEAVY SMOKE. NOBODY WILL BE GOING HOME TO FORT MCMURRAY FOR AWHILE YET NOTLEY SAYS.  

12 work camps north of Fort McMurray evacuated due to growing wildfire-[The Canadian Press]-May 16, 2016-YAHOONEWS

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - About 4,000 workers from camps north of Fort McMurray are being ordered to evacuate because of an approaching wildfire.The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo calls it a "controlled precautionary evacuation" of 12 camps up to 26 kilometres north of the northern Alberta city.The rural municipality says the fire is moving 30 to 40 metres per minute and is expected to burn six kilometres in two hours."This controlled, precautionary evacuation is an example why it is note safe to be in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo at this time," the municipality said late Monday afternoon in a news release.Workers are being told to head south on Highway 63, but companies running some of the camps said their workers were going north.Syncrude Canada tweeted that buses are transporting workers to a safe location as part of its emergency plan.Sneh Seetal, a spokesman for Suncor Energy, called it a "precautionary measure.""The facilities are not at risk," she said. "However, we felt it was important to take these steps in the interest of putting people first."Eric Kraus, a spokesman for Clean Harbours, which runs the Ruth Lake camp, also called the move "precautionary.""The fire we believe is about 35 kilometres away," he said. "There is a significant amount of smoke."The entire population of Fort McMurray, more than 80,000 residents, are now entering their third week away from home. Many of the work camps were used to house evacuated residents who fled north when fire broke through into the city the afternoon of May 3.About 2,400 structures were destroyed in Fort McMurray, but essential infrastructure, including the hospital, water treatment plant and the airport, remain intact.Crews continued to battle hot spots on the edge of the city Monday while the first still raged out of control deeper in the forest. Hot, dry conditions were not helping firefighters.Earlier Monday, officials warned the air quality in the Fort McMurray area was dangerously poor.Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said the air quality health index is normally one to 10, with 10 being the worst, but the reading this morning was at 38.Notley said the conditions were hampering efforts to get residents back to their homes."Alberta Health Services has recommended that members of the public who had been previously arranging to return to the area under various requests not return until those conditions improve," Notley said. "This is something that could potentially delay recovery work and a return to the community."Karen Grimsrud, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said they expect the air quality readings to remain in the extreme range for the next couple of days.She said workers in the area should be wearing respirators.

Thousands of Fort McMurray evacuees take part in telephone town halls-[The Canadian Press]-Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press-May 15, 2016-yahoonews

EDMONTON - On Monday evening, thousands of Fort McMurray evacuees will receive a phone call.The voice they'll hear will invite them to participate in a massive telephone town hall, where for an hour-and-a-half they'll get to hear the latest information and ask questions about the wildfire that forced them from their homes, as well as the condition of their neighbourhoods, financial assistance and predictions for when they'll be allowed to return to their city.The Alberta government says over 15,000 took part in the first town hall session that was held last Monday night and the numbers have continued to remain high as more were held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday."We set up these telephone town halls in order to provide you with as much information as we can in an unfiltered way," Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said at the beginning of the first session a week ago.There are other ways the province is helping evacuees to get a sense of what they'll be coming home to.The Alberta government has released an app with maps that are intended to provide a high-level satellite overview of the status of the city following the devastating fires, and daily updates are posted on the web.In announcing the app, Larivee said that having been through a devastating fire and evacuation herself five years ago in Slave Lake, she knows how stressful it can be to wait for updates on which homes have been lost.The town hall sessions have the feel of a news conference, but instead of reporters asking the questions, it's the residents of Fort McMurray.To get the invitation call for the town halls, evacuees must have registered their phone numbers with the Red Cross, but they can also participate by phoning in themselves or listening in online.One caller on Thursday night said her home was very close to the fire line and worried that if it had water damage, it might cause more problems if officials turn the electricity back on.Another caller said he'd heard reports on social media that there had been looting in Fort McMurray."I'm just curious about what steps you're taking to secure everyone's homes?" the caller, identified as Grant, asked.There was even a poll during the town hall asking whether people had been to one of the province's debit card distribution centres yet, and participants were able to respond on their phone keypads.John Archer, a government spokesman, said the town halls were put together because even though there were numerous daily news conference and government updates, it didn't seem to be enough."There would continue to be comments from the evacuees: 'We just want more information. We want more information. We wish we had more information,'" Archer said.Archer said there may be more telephone town halls as the week continues.The question that's on every evacuees' mind was submitted online by woman identified as Grace during Thursday's town hall.She wondered if evacuees will get to go home this month."No promises on that one," Larivee answered. "We will let you know as soon as possible."

Crews work to fireproof Whistler before catastrophe hits-[CBC]-May 16, 2016-yahoonews

No one in Whistler wants to be another Fort McMurray. The heavily forested resort community in British Columbia is considered at high risk for forest fires, and so with images of the northern Alberta devastation fresh, Bruce Blackwell is leading a push to fireproof the community."Fort McMurray is not unique," said Blackwell, a fire ecology consultant who's been hired by the municipality to plan the defence against a catastrophic wildfire.His crews are at work this week in the Brio neighbourhood on the slopes of Whistler mountain, just a few minutes from the village centre."What we're really trying to do is create a buffer," he said as a contracting team cut down trees and thinned out the overgrown brush."If we have this break right up against homes, we've got protection from a fire coming down the mountain."Worryingly similarTo Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden, the parallels with Fort McMurray are worrying."We've got some similarities. There's only one road in and out to Whistler. We are an important economic engine to the province — if something like that happened here, it would be devastating."Since 2004, the resort municipality has been going from neighbourhood to neighbourhood tackling fire mitigation work."It used to be hard to convince taxpayers that fire-smarting made sense," said Wilhelm-Morden."But we don't have that problem these days."The area has had some close calls. In 2009, a spectacular fire on the top of Blackcomb Mountain fortunately burned away from the resort.And last year, a huge fire 50 kilometers away in the nearby Elaho valley shrouded Whistler in smoke, but didn't cause any damage.-B.C. Liberals under fire-The roughly $500,000 being spent in Whistler this spring comes from the municipality as well as a B.C. government fund that supports fire mitigation work.But critics say the amount of money on offer from the province — roughly $8 million a year — amounts to a tiny drop in the firefighting bucket compared to what's needed."After a decade of neglect, just 10 per cent of that work [fire mitigation] that was considered high risk has been done," NDP MLA Harry Bains told the B.C. legislature this week, as he challenged Premier Christy Clark's Liberal government to ante up more cash.Those who study forest fires argue even as they've grown in frequency and intensity, governments have yet to fully grasp the full economic consequences of the damage they cause.-Treat fires like earthquakes-"We need to start to look at wildfires as floods, tornados or earthquakes," said Robert Gray, who like Blackwell is a fire ecology consultant."We need to put them in the same natural disaster category and fund mitigation in the same way. We don't do that now."Two years ago, Gray said, the B.C. provincial and federal governments combined to spend $75 million on flood mitigation, but he claims only $5 million was spent on fire mitigation.-Costs vastly underestimated- A 2015 report Gray co-authored analyzes the cost of several U.S. fires from the past decade. It concluded after adding in the costs of suppression as well as the indirect costs of lost business and other long term implications, the true cost of forest fires can be up to 30 times official estimates."We're going to see more expensive fires and it's going to have a trickle-down effect on the economy," said Gray."We're all going to start feeling the pain if we don't get ahead of this problem."Whistler is one of the more pro-active B.C. communities for fire prevention. Still, even with the work being done around the Brio neighbourhood this spring, mitigation is a laborious process.The primary tree-falling machine broke down just before CBC News visited and contractors said it could take a day to fix it.Those delays matter. Just one neighbourhood per year can be tackled in the short time between when the snow melts and when it becomes too hot and dangerous to be doing the thinning.And at this rate, it will be at least another 20 to 30 years before all the Whistler neighbourhoods are fireproofed — and by then it's more than likely the community's fire defences will already have been put to the test.

Evacuation, alerts for northeastern B.C. wildfires as winds kick up-[The Canadian Press]-May 16, 2016-yahoonews

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Strong winds, high temperatures and no sign of rain could mean another difficult week for crews battling wildfires in northeastern British Columbia.Fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek says the Fort St. John area remains the hardest hit region, with 41 of the province's 62 active wildfires.Environment Canada is calling for temperatures of up to 26 C today while Skrepnek says firefighters are bracing for strong, sustained winds of 40 to 60 km/h over the next few days.He says those conditions led to significant growth on the Beatton Airport Road and Siphon Creek wildfires over the weekend.An evacuation order was issued Sunday for 130 homes near the 150-square-kilometre Beatton fire, while the Siphon Creek blaze northeast of Fort St. John is now estimated at 616-square kilometres.About one-quarter of that fire is on the Alberta side of the provincial boundary.Environment Canada is calling for rain and temperatures between 7 C and 14 C on Thursday and Friday, but the sun is expected to be back by next weekend. (CHNL)

Out of control' wildfire forces mandatory evacuations in MD of Greenview-[CBC]-May 15, 2016-yahoonews

An out of control wildfire burning about 10 kilometres north of Fox Creek, Alta. has forced mandatory evacuations in the municipal district of Greenview.The evacuation areas are south of the hamlet of Little Smoky, south of the Iosegun River and all of Township 65 on both sides of Highway 43.A state of local emergency has also been declared for those areas. Evacuees are asked to report to the Paradise Inn in Valleyview.Barry Shellian with Agriculture and Forestry said the fire is roughly nine km southeast of the nearest community and is moving north."The fire is demonstrating extreme wildfire behaviour and it's growing rapidly," said Shellian. The fire is currently 800 hectares, far larger than the 60-hectare fire that was being fought only hours ago. There are currently 15 airtankers, 38 firefighters, eighteen pieces of heavy equipment and eight helicopters fighting the fire.Shellian said the heavy equipment on scene will be working throughout the night around the flanks of the fire to build a perimeter.Firefighters and the heavy equipment will be focusing on the southwest portion of the fire overnight.A second out of control wildfire started in the area at 9:17 p.m. Sunday.The one-hectare fire is seven kilometres west of highway 32 and no structures or communities are currently being threatened. Both fires are expected to grow overnight and on Monday.Near Fox Creek Fox Creek Mayor Jim Ahn said having a fire so near the town is "very discomforting.""It's very worrisome. They are doing what they can to keep the fire under control but I realize it is out of control."​The fire was also encroaching on the Trilogy energy plant north of the community. But Shellian said it is now moving away from that facility as well.He said the fire is being bolstered by dry conditions and the wind. Fox Creek and Little Smoky are about 250 km northwest of Edmonton.'It's very dry in the forests'-Shellian said the reason the fire was able to grow over ten times in just a few hours is because we are seeing record levels of "fire indices"numbers that measure burning conditions."The other thing is the snow cover went fast," said Shellian."What the snow does is provide insulation for the vegetation underneath so when the snow goes all the vegetation has an opportunity to lose moisture and it all became very dry."Shellian said because of these reasons the ground is more dry than usual at this time of year and therefore this fire, and others, have been able to spread quickly. "It's very dry in the forests and there is going to be some real challenges managing the wildfires this summer." 

23RD VOTING DAY TUESDAY MAY 17,2016.KENTUCKY-OREGON REP 28 DEL - DEM 134 DEL

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

SANDERS COULD WIN THE DEMONUTS NOMINATION
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/04/sanders-out-does-hitler-2nd-clinton-in.html  
ITS TIME FOR A CHRISTIAN AMERICA GOVERNMENT
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DELEGATE COUNT RESULTS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/02/delegate-results-for-2016-presidential.html
OVERALL DELEGATE RESULTS ALL 50 STATES RESULTS 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/03/2016-presidential-primaries-caucuses-of.html  
50 STATE RESULTS PLUS PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS NOVEMBER 2016
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/04/50-state-results-plus-presidential.html 
SEMIFINAL ELIMINATIONS FOR AMERICAN PRESIDENT 2016
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/05/22nd-voting-day-tuesday-may-102016west.html 
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PRESIDENT TED CRUZ HIS VICE PRESIDENT MARCO RUBIO - 1ST PAIRING
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HIS VICE PRESIDENT BEN CARSON - 2ND PAIRING


DELEGATES REPUBLICANS - 28 DEMOCRATS - 134
REPUBLICAN 01 STATES TUE MAY 17,2016
DEMOCRATS 02 STATES TUE MAY 17,2016

FOX ELECTION RESULTS
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REPUBLICAN ALLOCATION RULES BY STATE.
http://frontloading.blogspot.ca/p/2016-republican-delegate-allocation-by.html
DEMOCRAT ALLOCATION RULES BY STATE

http://frontloading.blogspot.ca/p/2016-democratic-delegate-allocation.html

KENTUCKY PRIMARY (DEM ONLY)

DEMOCRATES - 60 - 05 SUPERS - 55
01-HITLARY LIAR CLINTON - 212,549 46.8% - DELEGATES 28
02-BERNIE SOCIALIST SANDERS - 210,626 46.3% - DELEGATES 27

OREGON PRIMARIES

REPUBLICANS - 28
01-DONALD TRUMP - 211,034 66.9% - DELEGATES 19
02-TED CRUZ - 52,776 16.7% - DELEGATES 05
03-JOHN KASICH - 51,690 16.4% - DELEGATES 04

DEMOCRATES - 74 - 13 SUPERS - 61
01-BERNIE SOCIALIST SANDERS - 264,151 54.5% - DELEGATES 36
02-HITLARY LIAR CLINTON - 220,943 45.5% - DELEGATES 25

DELEGATE TOTALS REPUBLICANS OVERALL - NEEDED TO WIN 1,237
01-DONALD TRUMP 19 - 1,198 (TRUMP REP NOMINEE)
DELEGATES OF OUT DROPPERS (922)

02-TED CRUZ 05 - 563 (DROPPED OUT)
03-MARCO RUBIO 00 - 167 (DROPPED OUT)

04-JOHN KASICH 04 - 161 (DROPPED OUT) 
05-BEN CARSON 00 - 07 (DROPPED OUT)
06-JEB BUSH 00 - 01 (DROPPED OUT)
07-MIKE HUCKABEE 00 - 01 (DROPPED OUT)
08-CARLY FIORINA 00 - 01 (DROPPED OUT)
09-RAND PAUL 00 - 01 (DROPPED OUT)

UNCOMMITED 00 - 20
TOTAL REPUBLICAN DELEGATES - 2,120 AFTER 23 VOTE DAYS

REPUBLICANS UNBOUND DELEGATE RESULTS - 168

DELEGATE TOTALS DEMOCRATS OVERALL - NEEDED TO WIN 2,383
01-HITLER CLINTON 2ND 53 - 1,769
02-BERNIE SANDERS 63 - 1,501
TOTAL DEMOCRAT DELEGATES - 3,270 AFTER 23 VOTE DAYS

SUPER DELEGATE DEMOCRAT TOTALS OVERALL - 712 SUPERS
01-HITLER CLINTON 2ND 544 - 2,313

02-BERNIE SANDERS 046 - 1,547


WINNERS OF THE CAUCUSES-PRIMARIES OF EACH STATE---01ST-IOWA-R-TED CRUZ, D-CLINTON-02ND-NEW HAMPSHIRE-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS, 03RD-SOUTH CAROLINA-R-DONALD TRUMP, NEVADA-D-CAU-CLINTON, 04TH-NEVADA CAU-R-DONALD TRUMP, 05TH-SOUTH CAROLINA-D-PRIM-CLINTON, 06TH-ALABAMA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, ALASKA-R-TED CRUZ, ARKANSAS-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, AMERICAN SAMOA-D-CLINTON, COLORADO-D-SANDERS, GEORGIA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, MINNESOTA-R-MARCO RUBIO, D-SANDERS, OKLAHOMA-R-TED CRUZ, D-SANDERS, TENNESSEE-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, TEXAS-R-TED CRUZ, D-CLINTON, VERMONT-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS, VIRGINIA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, 07TH-KANSAS-R-TED CRUZ, D-SANDERS, KENTUCKY-R-DONALD TRUMP, LOUISIANA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, MAINE-R-TED CRUZ, NEBRASKA-D-SANDERS, 08TH-MAINE-D-SANDERS, PUERTO RICO-R-MARCO RUBIO, 09TH-HAWAII-R-DONALD TRUMP, IDAHO-R-TED CRUZ, MICHIGAN-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS, MISSISSIPPI-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, 10TH-US VIRGIN ISLANDS-R-DONALD TRUMP, 11TH-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-R-MARCO RUBIO, GUAM-R-DONALD TRUMP, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS-D-CLINTON, WYOMING-R-TED CRUZ, 12TH-FLORIDA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, ILLINOIS-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, MISSOURI-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, NORTH CAROLINA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS-R-DONALD TRUMP, OHIO-R-JOHN KASICH, D-CLINTON, 13TH-DEMOCRATS ABROAD-D-SANDERS, AMERICAN SAMOA-R-DONALD TRUMP, ARIZONA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, IDAHO-D-SANDERS, UTAH-R-TED CRUZ, D-SANDERS, 14TH-ALASKA-D-SANDERS, HAWAII-D-SANDERS, WASHINGTON-D-SANDERS, 15TH-NORTH DAKOTA-R-DONALD TRUMP, COLORADO-R-TED CRUZ,  16TH-WISCONSON-R-TED CRUZ, D-SANDERS, 17TH-WYOMING-D-SANDERS, 18TH-NEW YORK-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, 19TH-CONNECTICUT-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, DELAWARE-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, MARYLAND-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, PENNSYLVANIA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-CLINTON, RHODE ISLAND-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS, 20TH-INDIANA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS,  21-GUAM-D-CLINTON, 22-NEBRASKA-R-DONALD TRUMP, WEST VIRGINIA-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS , 23-KENTUCKY-D-CLINTON, OREGON-R-DONALD TRUMP, D-SANDERS, 24-

WINNERS-REPUBLICANS
DONALD TRUMP 35
TED CRUZ 11
MARCO RUBIO 03
JOHN KASICH 01

WINNERS-DEMOCRATS
HITLARY CLINTON 27
BERNIE SANDERS 21 
 

THE DOW WAS UP 175 POINTS MONDAY-YESTERDAY.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

1 KINGS 10:13-14
13  And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

GENESIS 49:16-17
16  Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

The Shemitah is coming true.Do people not get it? There is a economic crash every 7 years.
1980: Recession
1987: Stock market crash
1994: Bond market crash
2001: 9/11, dot com, recession
2008: Housing crash
2015: See if something will happen-The central banks will be the death of us. Get ready and embrace yourself for the economic collapse.

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UPDATE-MAY 17,2016-12:00AM

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EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14  And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

UPDATE-MAY 17, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
29 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-05-17 23:59:59 UTCShowing event times using UTC29 earthquakes in map area

    3.1 69km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-05-17 23:37:41 UTC 3.0 km
    2.7 8km W of Bardwell, Kentucky 2016-05-17 23:13:33 UTC 2.6 km
    3.8 24km SW of Coalinga, California 2016-05-17 22:58:06 UTC 7.9 km
    4.9 127km NNE of Vis Is, S Geo.S Sandwich Islands 2016-05-17 22:01:53 UTC 10.0 km
    4.6 47km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 2016-05-17 21:59:01 UTC 146.3 km
    5.1 208km E of Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island 2016-05-17 21:08:55 UTC 10.0 km
    2.7 37km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska 2016-05-17 17:12:36 UTC 52.9 km
    4.8 22km NNE of Shimen, China 2016-05-17 17:05:17 UTC 53.5 km
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    3.1 76km SW of Carlsbad, New Mexico 2016-05-17 16:12:23 UTC 5.0 km
    4.7 35km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines 2016-05-17 13:58:20 UTC 139.1 km
    4.7 99km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea 2016-05-17 12:43:50 UTC 70.5 km
    4.7 Izu Islands, Japan region 2016-05-17 11:36:56 UTC 10.0 km
    4.2 65km S of San Martin, Argentina 2016-05-17 11:20:58 UTC 23.0 km
    3.2 62km ESE of Butte, Alaska 2016-05-17 10:34:28 UTC 16.2 km
    4.8 183km SW of Merizo Village, Guam 2016-05-17 10:34:21 UTC 10.0 km
    4.7 52km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 2016-05-17 10:18:40 UTC 26.3 km
    4.0 255km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia 2016-05-17 09:10:31 UTC 447.9 km
    2.7 81km NE of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2016-05-17 07:41:51 UTC 1.0 km
    3.6 70km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2016-05-17 07:27:40 UTC 0.5 km
    2.7 157km W of Healy, Alaska 2016-05-17 07:15:44 UTC 35.0 km
    5.1 111km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2016-05-17 04:56:00 UTC 59.0 km
    2.5 65km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2016-05-17 01:55:27 UTC 5.3 km
    5.2 77km SE of Iwo Jima, Japan 2016-05-17 01:47:49 UTC 92.4 km
    4.9 65km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2016-05-17 00:41:12 UTC 32.3 km
    2.9 4km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-05-17 00:23:10 UTC 2.8 km
    3.3 49km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2016-05-16 23:14:56 UTC 101.0 km
    4.7 93km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2016-05-16 23:04:15 UTC 80.1 km

STOCK MARKET AND EARTHQUAKE NEWS

SHIN BET-HAMAS BRINGING WEAPONS-ROCKET MAKING MATERIAL INTO GAZA.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE

Shin Bet: Hamas bringing weapons, rocket-making material into Gaza-Palestinian arrested by Navy dishes on naval smuggling; Israel says terror group ‘taking advantage’ of eased blockade-By Judah Ari Gross May 16, 2016, 5:15 pm-the times of israel

The Israeli Navy arrested off the coast of Gaza last month a Hamas-affiliated smuggler who is accused of bringing weapons and illegal building materials into the Strip, the Shin Bet revealed Monday.Salim Jamal Hassan Naman, a resident of the al-Shati refugee camp, admitted to interrogators that he’d been involved in a naval smuggling operation for some time and had helped bring in weaponry and “materials used in the production of rockets, like fiberglass resin,” the security service said.The Shin Bet accused Hamas of “taking advantage” of a recent change in policy concerning the blockade on the coastal Strip. In April, the Defense Ministry extended the permitted distance from the coast for Gazan boats to nine nautical miles, up from the previous six miles.Naman, 39, was picked up by IDF sailors in April after his boat “deviated from the approved sailing area,” the Shin Bet wrote in a statement.After his arrest, Naman was handed over to the Shin Bet for further questioning, where he provided his interrogators with information regarding Hamas’s smuggling operations and attack strategies.Though Naman was most closely affiliated with the Hamas terror organization, he told investigators the smuggling ring brought weapons to a variety of terror groups in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, the Shin Bet said.He also gave additional information on the terror group’s methods of using dedicated smugglers as well as Gaza fishermen to bring contraband to and from Egypt.Naman also gave his interrogators information regarding Hamas’s operational plans to use Gazan fishermen as a “camouflage” for their military actions, the Shin Bet said.“The information revealed in this interrogation, along with the interrogations of the other Hamas terror operatives who have been arrested recently, reveal another aspect of the numerous efforts made by Hamas in order to prepare itself for advancing its violent terrorist actions,” the Shin Bet said.“This time, it’s through taking advantage of the relief provided by Israel for the population of Gazan fisherman,” it said.

Army is subordinate to politicians, say PM, Ya’alon in bid to end row-Netanyahu and defense chief issue joint statement after ‘clarification’ meeting over generals being urged to speak out on ethical matters-By Times of Israel staff May 16, 2016, 2:48 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon appeared to move past a dust-up over controversial comments made by a top general and the resulting firestorm, releasing a laconic joint statement after a high-tension meeting Monday morning.“Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya’alon met this morning and clarified the matter,” read the statement, put out jointly by the Prime Minister’s Office and Ya’alon’s office. “There is no dispute, nor was there ever, as to the army being subordinate to the political echelon, and officers are free to express their views in relevant forums.”The statement ended there, and spokespeople declined to comment further.The statement came after Netanyahu and Ya’alon met in Jerusalem following a verbal scuffle late Sunday over Ya’alon’s backing for IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen Yair Golan, who has been criticized the prime minister and other politicians for appearing to liken certain segments of Israeli society with pre-World War II Germany.At a speech Sunday evening before the IDF’s top brass, the defense minister urged army officers to speak their minds and ignore “political winds.” Officers should be “courageous not only on the battlefield,” Ya’alon said, “but also in the briefing room” when they believe the army or government were not taking into account the ethical ramifications of a decision.Golan’s speech was fiercely criticized by Netanyahu, who also reportedly scolded Ya’alon shortly afterward in a tense phone call.Netanyahu declared the Golan affair behind him last week, but on Sunday night summoned Ya’alon following his speech.“We thought this issue was closed last week. The prime minister wants to know why it was so critical for Ya’alon to reopen it now,” a Prime Minister’s Office official said.The Monday morning conversation was not a “reprimand,” the official explained, but only a “clarification.”Netanyahu seemed to understand Ya’alon’s comments as implying that uniformed officers were duty-bound to publicly challenge and second-guess the decisions of politicians.Ya’alon, who hails from Netanyahu’s Likud party, also took flak from other Likud ministers on Monday over his speech.“The state controls the army and not the other way around,” Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told Army Radio Monday morning. “In any well-run democracy, army officers, like police officers, do not speak their minds and do not criticize the parliament.”Culture Minister Miri Regev accused Ya’alon of being confused, drawing charges from sources close to Ya’alon that she was a populist, Channel 10 news reported.In the Sunday night speech, Ya’alon also doubled down on his support for the army amid an ongoing public row over the manslaughter indictment of Sgt. Elor Azaria, who killed a disarmed Palestinian stabber in Hebron in March.“In recent months, we found ourselves fighting against an extremist minority, working in the field and on social media. Some have infiltrated mainstream [Israeli] society, clandestinely and in disguise, and are trying to influence the image and values of the IDF,” Ya’alon said in the address at the Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Tel Aviv.The issue is not one of “right or left,” the defense minister continued. The army will not allow “trigger-happy [soldiers], revenge, or the loss of self-control,” he said.Turning to the IDF’s top generals, he instructed them: “Do not fear, do not hesitate, do not be deterred. Be courageous not only on the battlefield, but also in the briefing room. A good army is an army whose officers, junior and senior alike, feel safe in their ability to speak their minds at all times with the knowledge that they won’t be hurt,” he continued.“Keep acting in accordance with your humane conscience and moral compass, and not according to which way the winds are blowing,” he added.A late-Sunday statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said Netanyahu gives “full backing” to the IDF, but reiterated that Golan’s original comments about pre-WWII Germany, made during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, were “inappropriate.”The prime minister “firmly believes that the comparison to Nazi Germany was an inappropriate statement, made at an inappropriate time, and caused Israel damage in the international arena,” it read.“IDF officers express their opinions freely, in the relevant forums and on the issues that are under their jurisdiction,” the statement said. “The IDF is the people’s army and must remain separate from political debates.”Shortly after his speech, which drew harsh responses from politicians, Golan clarified that he never intended to compare Israel to pre-war Germany.The debate over the army’s values has dominated the public debate following Azaria’s indictment and Golan’s criticism of Israeli society.Ya’alon’s remarks were praised by Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Sunday.“[Ya’alon] is right. the IDF is the most moral army in the world, but only because it engages in continuous, open and courageous discussion about its values and the dilemmas it faces,” he wrote on Facebook.“Officers may make mistakes sometimes, but thinking officers who make mistakes are preferable to officers who don’t ask themselves questions about values,” Lapid added.Kulanu MK Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the US, also backed Ya’alon, and said the “separation between the civil leadership and the military in Israel is one of the basic tenets of its democracy and it must be protected.”Last Wednesday, Israel’s Memorial Day, Ya’alon said soldiers must show restraint, uphold their values, and not “lose their heads” even in the heat of fighting. “Even in the difficult moments, when your blood boils and the rage is great, woe to us if we lose our way and our values,” Ya’alon said at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv. Ya’alon cautioned that excessive force was liable to lead Israel to “the abyss.”

Ex-IDF top officers back Ya’alon in tiff with Netanyahu-The group Commanders for Israel’s Security says military brass has the right to express independent views-By Times of Israel staff May 16, 2016, 5:26 pm

Some 200 former high-ranking IDF officers on Monday threw their weight behind Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in his spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which was sparked by controversial comments made by the army’s deputy commander.Commanders for Israel’s Security, a group composed of ex-officers ranked brigadier-general or higher, issued a statement saying criticism of the army leadership is damaging to national security and that top IDF officers have the right to give their opinions when it is relevant to military procedures.“The ongoing attacks on the IDF upper echelon are harmful to our defense and to IDF values,” the statement said. “The damage must stop.“There is no question as to the authority of the political leadership to determine policy and as to the obligation of the military leadership to carry it out,” it continued. “But senior officers are supposed to give voice to their views on matters of national security and on everything connected to IDF values.”Netanyahu and Ya’alon have publicly been at odds over a speech by the defense minister in which he urged IDF officers to speak their minds and ignore “political winds.” Officers should be “courageous” not only on the battlefield, Ya’alon said at a Sunday evening gathering of the IDF’s top brass, but also in the briefing room when they believe the army or government are not taking into account the ethical ramifications of a decision.The remarks were a veiled reference to comments made by Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan nearly two weeks ago, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, that apparently likened “certain trends” in Israel to pre-Nazi Germany.Golan’s speech was fiercely criticized by many, including Netanyahu, who also scolded Ya’alon shortly afterward in a phone call.“Independent thought by IDF officers is an important part of the national security of Israel,” the former officers said in their statement Monday. “The defense minister understood well the difference between independent thought and compliance with decisions.”Netanyahu declared the Golan affair behind him last week, but summoned Ya’alon for a Monday meeting following the defense minister’s speech the day before. Afterward, the two men issued a joint statement saying: “There is no dispute, and there won’t be any, that the military is subordinate to political authority and that officers are free to express their opinions in the relevant forums.”Shortly after his speech, which drew harsh responses from politicians, Golan clarified that he had never intended to compare Israel to pre-war Germany.

Liberman files defamation suit over leak accusations-Yisrael Beytenu party leader goes to court over claims he released draft version of controversial state comptroller report-By Times of Israel staff May 16, 2016, 6:14 pm

Yisrael Beytenu party leader MK Avigdor Liberman on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit for NIS 140,000 ($36,700) against Channel 10 reporter Or Heller over a report last week that the lawmaker had leaked a secret, damning report by State Comptroller Yosef Shapira on the 2014 war with Hamas in Gaza.In the suit, filed at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, Liberman declared that he wasn’t behind the leak and that “the deceitful report from Heller damaged his good name.”He also asked the court to force Heller to publish an apology for the accusation.If he wins the case, Liberman said, he intends to donate the cash to the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers.Channel 10 responded in a statement, “Or Heller published information citing senior sources in the defense establishment, who pointed at Mr. Liberman as the one who leaked the report. During the broadcast Liberman’s extensive response was aired.”Last week Liberman sent a letter to the TV station demanding Heller issue an on-air apology for citing a security official who said he was behind the leak to the Hebrew press.Liberman called the claim “libelous” and wrote, “Mr. Heller must publish an apology and a clarification that the allegations are untrue.” The letter said Liberman “reserves the right to pursue legal actions against Heller.”Heller had cited a senior security official who speculated that Liberman, who was foreign minister during the 50-day conflict, leaked the draft in an effort to discredit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon.The official was also quoted as saying that Liberman, whose party has been in the opposition since the formation of the current Netanyahu government last year, was hoping to cause Ya’alon’s political downfall and then replace him as defense minister.Shapira, the state comptroller, asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to investigate the leak and find out who had handed out the draft report to several Israeli journalists.The report accuses Netanyahu and Ya’alon of failing to update the security cabinet in real time of the imminent threat of war with Hamas, and of not discussing the grave threat of the terror group’s attack tunnels, according to Hebrew media sources who read it.But Liberman, the official quoted by Channel 10 said, was uninformed about the tunnels, as he was not present at cabinet meetings on the issue.Shapira has since sent the highly classified draft report to Netanyahu, Ya’alon and other government officials.Hamas, the terrorist organization that has ruled Gaza since a bloody 2007 coup against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement, has an extensive network of tunnels inside the Strip, including some that reach into Israel and Egypt. The tunnels into Egypt are used primarily to ferry goods and people, while the ones dug into Israel are designed for attacks.The destruction of the tunnels was cited by Israel as one of its primary goals during the 2014 war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge. The IDF said it destroyed more than 30 tunnels during the conflict.AFP contributed to this report.

French groups sue Twitter, Facebook, YouTube over racism, homophobia-Lawsuit alleges social media giants failing to delete content deemed racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic or defending terrorism-By AFP May 16, 2016, 6:59 pm-the times of israel

PARIS — Two French groups say they have filed a suit against Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for allegedly failing to uphold requirements to delete content deemed racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic or defending terrorism.The lawsuit was filed on Sunday by the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) and SOS-Racisme, the organizations said in a press release.They referred to a survey carried out between March 31 and May 10 by their members and those of a third association, SOS Homophobie.In this “first mass test of social networks,” the groups uncovered 586 instances of content that was “racist, anti-Semitic, denied the Holocaust, homophobic (or) defended terrorism or crimes against humanity,” the joint statement said.Only a fraction of these postings was deleted by the host organisations within a “reasonable time,” as required under a 2004 French law: four percent on Twitter, seven percent on YouTube and 34 percent on Facebook.“It’s a mystery whether moderating teams in social media are actually working,” said Sacha Reingewirtz, president of the UEJF.Dominique Sopo, head of SOS-Racisme, said the social media giants were hypocritical.“These platforms seem more shocked about content with bare breasts, which is swiftly censored, than about incitement to hatred,” Sopo said.“Our legal step aims at getting the authorities to apply the law so that these organizations submit to it in full.”The suit has been filed under an article of the French legal code which requires a judge to issue a fast-track preliminary ruling in a complaint.The ruling may be the first step in a full judgment in the case, which can take months or years.

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