Cayce, SC (WLTX)- Wednesday is the first day of teacher orientation for Brookland-Cayce High School. Among the new teachers is one the school hopes will help with an increase in immigrant students.  MORE

Japanese robotics professor Masahiro Mori devised the concept of the ‘uncanny valley’ in 1970. It’s the point at which a robot is made to appear so human-like — if not quite human enough — that it inspires feelings of uneasiness and revulsion in we mere mortals. In other words, humanoid robots really give us the creeps. (Remember the Black Mirror episode Be Right Back?) MORE

Dramatic satellite images from this morning show the gigantic thunderstorm that is in the process of smashing its way across Britain.

The apocalyptic-looking weather front has come across from France – and is sparking fears that up to 50mm of rain will fall over the next two days. MORE

No death penalty, no justice.

HARTFORD — After a sweeping two-year review, the state Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in Connecticut, saying Thursday that the state’s death penalty no longer comports with evolved societal values and serves no valid purpose as punishment. MORE

Washington – Donald Trump said Tuesday that Jesus Christ was a ‘socialist loser’ because he used to feed the poor and heal the sick.

Then Trump – the Republican presidential contender who has captured the hearts and minds of at least 20% of the nation’s Republicans – vowed:

“Believe me, Trump would never help the poor.” MORE

Last September, Jacqueline Straub wrote a letter to the pope. (First off: People still write letters?) But Straub wasn’t fishing for a papal pen pal. While some might argue she was using pen and paper to beat her head against a wall, Straub, a 24-year-old theology student, would likely counter that she was taking a step toward career change. Using quotes from St. Augustine as backup, she urged Pope Francis to “recognize the signs of the time.” Sassy! And quite possibly delusional. Straub, you see, wants to shatter one of the Catholic church’s most fundamental traditions and become a priest. MORE

For as hard as Donald Trump is running for president, you could be forgiven for thinking he was running against Ford.

Throughout his insurgent campaign, Trump has repeatedly attacked the idea of automakers exporting jobs to Mexico while importing cars, specifically Ford. That line drew applause when he deployed it in Michigan on Tuesday, saying he’d be the only president who would would stop Ford from building a new factory in Mexico: MORE

A mostly uncontrolled wildfire in Lake and Napa counties continued its push to the northeast Tuesday, nearly merging with the massive blaze that has burned in the region for two weeks and attracting hundreds of additional firefighters in a bid to shield rural ranches and communities in the fire’s path. MORE

ZURICH (Reuters) – Neutral Switzerland will officially lift on Thursday sanctions against Iran that had been suspended since January 2014, the government announced on Wednesday, citing a deal last month between Tehran and six big powers to curb Iran’s nuclear program. MORE

Hundreds of customers remained without power Tuesday afternoon after an enormous wall of dust — called a haboob — pushed into the Phoenix area, turning the sky an eerie shade of red.

More than 10,000 customers lost power in the region Tuesday morning, electric utilities said, and several inbound flights were diverted at Sky Harbor International Airport. MORE

Hundreds of customers remained without power Tuesday afternoon after an enormous wall of dust — called a haboob — pushed into the Phoenix area, turning the sky an eerie shade of red.

More than 10,000 customers lost power in the region Tuesday morning, electric utilities said, and several inbound flights were diverted at Sky Harbor International Airport. MO

Those who don’t think the US is heavily dependent on China as a market are delusional. Check out this chart. Without these tremendous increases in exports to China, these states would be in far worse shape than they already are. When this devaluation is complete, the companies in these states will be 10% less competitive. Their exports will decline. When exports decline, companies fire workers. Get ready. The fireworks are just beginning. Fourth Turnings sure are entertaining. SOURCE

Now in the space of one month, four enormous explosions have happened in Russia and China, one of the explosions in China was so huge the Chinese government had to seed the clouds to put the fire out!  MORE

A largely horrified public has watched five videos on the selling of aborted babies—sacrificed to the gods of “scientific research.” The heartless defenders of their dismemberment for profit, claim that it contributes to “life-saving research.”

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Enormous explosions in a major Chinese port city have killed at least 44 people, leaving an apocalyptic landscape of incinerated cars, crumpled shipping containers and burnt-out buildings. MORE