For 8/3/14

Border Official: 'I'd Almost Guarantee People Have Been Released That Are Sick'...  //  Ready to rumble: Activists to raid congressional town hall meetings... (DRUDGE)

State of emergency in Ohio as over 400,000 warned to not drink toxic tap water (RT)

Israel winding down Gaza ground operation without agreeing to a truce  (ALJAZEERA-US)

Obama Signs Executive Order to Detain Sick Americans  (INFOWARS)

China, Pakistan cooperate on cross-border terror   //  Gaza woman gives birth to quadruplets  //  6.5-magnitude quake hits southwest China's Yunnan: CENC  (CCTV)

Coal Miners Union In Full Revolt After Supporting Obama In 2008  (DAILY CALLER)

Israeli troop exit from Gaza without achieving all goals bodes war of attrition (DEBKA)

Feds Fly Unaccompanied Minors to Alaska (WORLD AFFAIRS BRIEF)

Holder Warns Judges Against 'Unjust Disparities' in Sentencing Criminals  (CNS NEWS)

Lebanese troops killed (DEUTSCHE WELLE) 

134 Chinese nationals fly home after being evacuated from Libya to Tunis (SHANGHAI DAILY)

Alarm Bells Ringing: Behind The Smoke And Mirrors Of The European Banking System (ZERO HEDGE)

Quakes: 6.9 in Micronesia; 6.1 in China; 5.7 in Japan; 5.2 Columbia (USGS)

  

Good news:   You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;  you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.  My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;  a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.  Psalm 51.16

For 8/2/14

BIBI TELLS WHITE HOUSE: 'NEVER SECOND GUESS ME AGAIN'  //  PAPER: Hundreds of dead border-crossers in single Texas county... (DRUDGE)

EU ‘quietly’ lifts ban on supplying Kiev with weapons and technology – Russia  //  Over 100 Gaza civilians killed overnight as Israel searches for missing IDF soldier (RT)

Sessions warns Senate Dems: You Will All 'Be Held to Account' on Amnesty (BREITBART)

An Israeli captive is unlikely to become Hamas trump card this time  //  WHO: Ebola moving faster than containment  (ALJAZEERA-US)

Signs Posted For Illegals Increasingly Written In Chinese  (INFOWARS)

Xi Jinping calls for rescue action on Kunshan blast  (CCTV)

Hamas denies knowing captive officer’s whereabouts, says he may have died. IDF continues to blast Rafah  (DEBKA)

Justice Ginsburg: Buying Contraceptives for Others is One of the ‘Obligations That Citizens Have’  (CNS NEWS)

Scientist fired for making dinosaur discovery  (WORLD NET DAILY)

Obama: West constrained  //  China factory explosion kills dozens (DEUTSCHE WELLE) 

Melamine-laced candy not sold: officials (SHANGHAI DAILY)

CA Drought Goes From Bad To Catastrophic  //  Russian Oligarchs Wave Goodbye To Visa, Switch To Chinese Credit Card (ZERO HEDGE)

Tribesmen force jihadis out of Syrian villages (DAILY STAR)

Good news:   May the glory of the Lord endure forever;  may the Lord rejoice in his works -- he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.  I will sing to the Lord all my life;  I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.  May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.  But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more.  Praise the Lord, my soul.  Psalm 104.31-35

For 8/1/14

BOEHNER ON THE BRINK: BORDER BILL FIASCO  //  SHOCK POLL: GOP Standing Strong Against Illegal Immgiration More Important Than Benghazi, Repealing Obamacare... (DRUDGE)

Feds Instruct Judges to 'Prepare' Unaccompanied Minors for Hearings  //  WaPo: 'Immigration Is Now President Obama’s Worst Issue'  //  Pelosi: Republican Border Bill a 'Statement of Meanness'  (BREITBART)

WikiLeaks Says Russia May Trade Snowden for Better Relations with U.S.   //  Rand Paul to MSNBC: Tell The Truth   //  Source: Feds in “Emergency” Order of 8,000 GPS Tags For Illegal Immigrants  (INFOWARS)

The Number Of Senate Seats Republicans Think They May Win Is Very Surprising  //   Federal Judge Orders Obama Admin To Release Fast And Furious Information  (DAILY CALLER)

Court overturns DC handgun law  //  D.C. police won't enforce handgun ban; stay of ruling overturning law will be sought (WORLD AFFAIRS BRIEF)

Pelosi to Reporters on Midterm Election: ‘We Need You to Be Messengers...’  (CNS NEWS)

24 dead, over 270 injured as multiple gas explosions hit Taiwan city  //  American volunteers who contracted Ebola in ‘grave’ condition (RT)

With Syria buried in the news, hopes fade for ending world's bloodiest war   //  Five killed hours after 72-hour cease-fire begins in Gaza  (ALJAZEERA-US)

US and UN: Israel and Hamas agree on a 72-hour truce from Friday, "immediate" talks in Cairo (DEBKA)

'Son of Hamas' warns Islamic group can't be appeased  //  Hamas leader: We 'love death for Allah like you love life'  (WORLD NET DAILY)

Bloodshed despite Gaza truce   //  Argentina defaults but creditors want happy end (DEUTSCHE WELLE) 

Netanyahu says tunnels must be destroyed (SHANGHAI DAILY)

Battle rages in NE Lebanon (DAILY STAR)

Hold Israel accountable, says UN rights chief  //  Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site (NATIONAL-AE)

The West's Reckless Rush Towards War With Russia  //  Russia And Germany Allegedly Working On Secret "Gas For Land" Deal (ZERO HEDGE)

Good news:   As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;  for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.  But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children – with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.  Psalms 103.13, 17