World War 3 is on the tips of the tongues of many, and now that Russia has fired its nuclear weapons as a show of force, Vladimir Putin is already warning the United States and NATO he believes this new Cold War 2 will cause a planned arms escalation in response to threats made over the Ukraine crisis. MORE

Ukraine’s military published a map that suggests Russian-backed forces have secured crucial territory between the stronghold of Russian-backed separatists and a strategic Ukrainian city.

A shaky cease-fire is currently in place in eastern Ukraine, although residents say it still feels like war. MORE

One of the biggest lies in America is that Christians are not supposed to judge. Take our quiz to see how you score in the judgment department. MORE

The Yosemite wildfire, which has been raging for weeks in the back country of the national park, has been captured on camera by fine art landscape photographer Darvin Atkeson.

His epic pictures show the 4,500-acre blaze making its way through one of the most beautiful national parks in America. The Meadow Fire was started by a lightning strike and has turned into a raging inferno due to the drought affecting parts of California. MORE

On 9/11/2014 at 8:42 UTC the Lake Tahoe region experienced a rare earthquake of M 3.5. More precisely the earthquake was located under the dormant Mt. Pluto Volcano. You can read about it here. (HT Karen for all the data) MORE

Anne Marie van Blijenburgh, a key eyewitness to ritual child killings by Dutch royalty and other elites including George Soros, describe the murders that have occurred since 2004 in Belgium and Holland. This is part one of a four part statement she made before officers of the International Common Law Court of Justice this past summer, as part of its prosecution of Pope Francis and others for child trafficking and Ninth Circle ritual killings. MORE

Director of the advertising agency Vanilla Brief (www.vanillabrief.com), Ben Slater, proves that the team at the ad agency are literally at the bleeding edge of exploration into the future of interactive. MORE

Angry teen? Looks more like a grown man (31 yrs?) throwing a tantrum over his unwarranted lifestyle. If he doesn’t calm down, other hateful vices might start brewing. He should be closely monitored under suicide watch. MORE

Authorities say last month’s high surf caused about $20 million in damage to a breakwater at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday the money is needed to make emergency repairs to breaches and near-breaches damaged by the impact of Hurricane Marie. MORE

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The US Air Force has told a sergeant he will have to leave the military unless he agrees to take an oath with the phrase “so help me God,” officials said Tuesday.

In the latest religious controversy to roil the air force, the atheist airman last month was denied his request to re-enlist because of his refusal to swear to God — and he is now poised to take the military to court, his lawyer said. MORE

A report issued this week by the non-partisan Adva Center, which studies social inequalities in Israel, found that in the past two decades the population of Israel had grown by 60 percent and the population of its West Bank settlements by 240 percent. MORE

Just days after two major casino-hotels closed, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came to this iconic seaside resort Monday to huddle with lawmakers and top executives about how to once again reinvent Atlantic City and save it from economic despair. MORE

Catholicized version of the Republican Party platform could never serve as the unifying, overarching moral vision of a pluralistic liberal democracy. MORE