On Wednesday, The fisheries division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it’s considering a ban on recreational and commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna. After years of large-scale fishing and rising demand in the sushi industry it is estimated that as few as 40,000 adult Pacific bluefin tuna remain in the wild, around four percent of the fish’s historic average. MORE

Hundreds of dead fish and other marine animals wash up on Kailua Beach Tuesday morning.  It’s another area where the State Department of Health is urging people to stay out of the water.

The brown water is on the opposite end of Kailua Beach Park.  For perspective it’s the side President Obama stays on vacation. He’s not here now but what is here is hundreds of dead fish and animals. “It’s not the postcard water that you’re used to for Hawaii,” said Sean O’Malley, visitor for the East Bay Area. MORE

Judge Jeanine Pirro beseeches Pope Francis to help stop persecution and murder of Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere. Noting his call to America to help migrant children, she asks where the Pope and President Obama stand on the murder of Christians and the destruction of holy Christian sites. Where are they not using their bully pulpits and considerable wealth and power to help? MORE

When Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon 45 years ago, it wasn’t just a historical moment, but a religious one. MORE

While at a dig at Hell Creek formation in Montana, the scientist, Mark Armitage, came upon the largest triceratops horn ever unearthed at the site. When examining the horn under a high-powered microscope back at CSUN, Armitage was fascinated to see the soft tissue. The discovery stunned members of the scientific community because it indicates that dinosaurs roamed the earth only thousands of years in the past rather than going extinct 60 million years ago. MORE

Despite the conclusion by US intelligence that there is no evidence of Russian involvement in the destruction of the Malaysian airliner and all lives onboard, Washington is escalating the crisis and shepherding it toward war. MORE

Well it’s official one in ten Americans are stupid! I’d say it’s more like every six in ten, but going by a recent CNN poll – 1 in 10 Americans Wants War With Russia Over Downed Airliner. Apparently, these people think that a war with Russia would be akin to the recent “wars”  in Iraq, and Afghanistan. MORE

The sunny highs of July are numbered, with a dramatic drop in temperature next week when a second polar blast hits large parts of the U.S. Temperatures are forecast to be up to 20 degrees below average for this time of year, with some places experiencing a chill more usual in the fall.

A jet stream from polar regions will bring the unseasonable weather in on Sunday, with a band of thunderstorms leading it in Ohio and along the East Coast. MORE

There was anger last night after it emerged militant group ISIS may have ordered compulsory female genital mutilation (FGM) for all women and girls in a region of Iraq now under its control.  MORE

11th Commandment: Thou shalt NOT be stupid! House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doubled down on her comments that Americans should view the flood of children crossing the border while claiming refugee status just like baby Jesus.

“You could even speak about, if it’s your tradition, Moses,” she said. “What would we do if Moses had not been accepted by the pharaoh’s family? We wouldn’t have the Ten Commandments for starters.” MORE

OMEN: No repentance, no sacrifice, no fasting – “the wickedness thereof is come up before me” -Jonah 1:2 (This applies to the whole world)

Militant group ISIS blew up Iraq’s tomb of the Prophet Jonah in Mosul on Thursday, civil defense officials told CNN. MORE

A waterway in eastern China has mysteriously turned a blood red color.

Residents in Zhejiang province said the river looked normal at 5 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday morning. Within an hour, the entire river turned crimson. Residents also said a strange smell wafted through the air. MORE

A European Space Agency Envisat satellite photo provides an aerial view on the raging wildfires east of Moscow MORE and MORE

“A column of BTP at the border of Ukraine. The third column in the last hour. They are driving from Dagestan and Stavropol. Road Don 4.”

The Wire has created this map of the likely path the Russian troops are taking, based on the information offered by EuroMaidan: MORE

Up here in Canada, I’m a pretty popular Muslim, even though I’ve been defending Israel’s right to live safely and securely in God’s Holy Land for as long as I’ve been a Muslim. More important than that though — by far — is the fact that no Muslim has ever been able to gainsay me even when I’ve addressed thousands of them at one time, because the Qur’an says (In Al-Maeda 5:20-21) MORE