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Thursday, March 31, 2016
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Tiny Vermont Brings Food Industry To Its Knees On GMO Labels

By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press, March 19, 2016:
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP)–General Mills’ announcement on Friday that it will start labeling products that contain genetically modified ingredients to comply with a Vermont law shows food companies might be throwing...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
Simon Black explaining the financial situation

Here is Simon Black explaining what our financial situation is. Of course, Simon is a secular person giving his advice without knowledge of the Bible and Bible prophecy. Nevertheless, his analysis confirms our expectations that a global financial crash is...
An ancient crucifix that could change Danish history

Will Worley, The Independent, March 17, 2016:An amateur metal detector has made a discovery that experts think could change our understanding of Christianity in Denmark.Dennis Fabricius Holm was enjoying an afternoon off work when he found a Birka crucifix...
How Luther went viral!

The Economist, Dec 17th 2011:It is a familiar-sounding tale: after decades of simmering discontent a new form of media gives opponents of an authoritarian regime a way to express their views, register their solidarity and co-ordinate their actions. The protesters’...
Sunday, March 20, 2016
What does the Bible say about who you can't have sex with?

By Dennis Edwards:
I was reading
through Leviticus chapter 18 this morning and came across quite a discovery. The
book of Leviticus contains many of the Laws of Moses. Chapter 18 is
specifically about sexual prohibitions, or in other words, who you are...
UK Mennonites end Sunday services after numbers dwindle

Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian, 16 March 2016:One of the UK’s smallest religious movements will hold its last act of collective worship this weekend as age, mortality and changing attitudes to faith have forced it to abandon regular services.The Mennonites–part...
How To Be A Better Friend, Even When You’re Busy

By Laura Vanderkam, Fast Company, March 17, 2016:Get Elisabeth McKetta and Cathy Doggett on the phone together and they can’t stop laughing. Soon they are finishing each other’s sentences about events that happened a decade ago. They met as young roommates...
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Obama and the House of Saud: a New Skepticism?

By Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, March 17, 2016:Commentators have missed the significance of President Barack Obama’s acerbic criticism of Saudi Arabia and Sunni states long allied to the US for fomenting sectarian hatred and seeking to lure the US into fighting...
Some Companies Are More Powerful Than Many Countries

By Parag Khanna, Foreign Policy, March 16, 2016:At first glance, the story of Accenture reads like the archetype of the American dream. One of the world’s biggest consulting companies, which commands tens of billions of dollars in annual revenues, was born...
Friday, March 18, 2016
Putin’s Syria Tactics Keep Him at the Fore and Leave Everyone Else Guessing

By Neil MacFarquhar, NY Times, March 15, 2016:
MOSCOW–President Vladimir V. Putin’s order to withdraw the bulk of Russian forces from Syria, a process that the Defense Ministry said it began on Tuesday, seemingly caught Washington, Damascus and everybody in...
In ‘Screenagers,’ What to Do About Too Much Screen Time

By Jennifer Jolly, NY Times, March 15, 2016:In the new documentary “Screenagers,” children can’t resist the pull of electronic devices, and parents don’t know what to do about it.Sound familiar?The average child in America spends more time consuming electronic...
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Russia begins withdrawal from Syria as peace talks get underway

By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, March 15, 2016
MOSCOW–Russian forces began to withdraw from Syria on Tuesday, hours after a surprise announcement from Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would end his nation’s military deployment as suddenly as he...
Danish shoppers are snapping up expired food

By Story Hinckley, CS Monitor, March 14, 2016:
Denmark opened its first food waste supermarket last month, and it is proving to be a big success.
Volunteers at WeFood, a brainchild of Danish NGO Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, pick up food from large supermarkets...
Hillary Clinton’s Deep Ties to Haiti Show Signs of Strain

By Yamiche Alcindor, NY Times, March 14, 2016:
Carrying horns, handwritten signs and bottles of gasoline to set tires on fire, a group of men marched into one of the many protests that have paralyzed parts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, this year.
They...