Woman accused of hitting pastor in the head with a Bible

A woman is accused of using God's word as a weapon against her pastor in their Mid-South church.
 A 63-year-old church member used a Bible to hit the pastor in the head after he told her and other members to leave or he would call the Sheriff.
 "He's got the demon in him," Ina Garrett said.
 Ina Garrett, a life-long member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Selmer, decided to knock that demon out of pastor Leon Taylor.
 "One of the older church members came up and struck the pastor with a Bible," McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck said.
 "I hit him in the head," Garrett admitted.
 The sheriff arrested 63-year-old Ina Garrett and charged her with assault.
 The pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church showed us a photo of welts on the side of his head.
 "Evil is evil," Pastor Leon Taylor said. "You understand what I'm saying, and bullying is bullying and that's what they have done."
 There is a rift among church members at Mount Zion. The members chose Pastor Taylor to lead the church a year ago.
 Deacon Robert Shumpert, Ina Garrett and other members say they decided they did not like Taylor and wanted him out of the 30 member church. The pastor says the church members who wanted him out were disruptive.
 "The next Sunday we went right back and the door was locked," church member Ann Prather said.
 Taylor showed us video of him telling the church he is tired of it, as Ina Garrett yells from the church.
 "Would you leave, would you leave? Would you leave! Call the Sheriff, call the sheriff! You're trying to put us out. You're out. What is it about out you don't understand?" she yelled.
 Sheriff Buck showed up and tried to talk with the unhappy church members. And sometime after that Buck says Ina Garrett hit the pastor with the Bible. The sheriff escorted the disruptive members out and arrested Garrett.
 "Have you ever heard of anything like that before? I have never in my life," Sheriff Buck said.
 The unhappy church members, some who have been members for 65 years, will likely have to take the pastor to court.  He says he is not planning to leave. We'll keep you updated on what happens. 

Jer 5:31      The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
 
 Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 25:19
 All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman let the portion of a sinner fall upon her

Mat 15:14      Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Official: US ship fires on boat off Dubai, 1 dead

 

 

An American vessel fired on a boat Monday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, killing one person and injuring three, according to a U.S. consular official in Dubai.

The official gave no other details, but it appeared the boat could have been mistaken as a threat in Gulf waters not far from Iran's maritime boundaries.

Dozens of police and other Emirati officials crowded around the white-hulled boat, which sat docked after the incident in a small Dubai port used by fishermen and sailors.

The boat appeared to be a civilian vessel about 30 feet (9 meters) long and powered by three outboard motors. Similar boats are used for fishing in the region, though Iran's Revolutionary Guard also employs relatively small, fast-moving craft in the Gulf.

Rescue workers were seen carrying one person in a body bag off the boat and placing it in an ambulance as fishermen looked on. Officials moved the boat from the harbor shortly afterward.

An Emirati rescue official at the scene confirmed the casualty toll. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the incident between the two allies.

U.S. military vessels routinely cross paths with Iranian ships in international waters in the Gulf without incident, but speed boats from Iran's Revolutionary Guard have passed close to U.S. ships in incidents that have raised alarm in Washington.

In early 2008, then President Bush accused Iran of a "provocative act" after five small Iranian craft buzzed around the destroyer USS Hopper.

Tensions are elevated in the Gulf after Iran last week renewed threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz — the route for one-fifth of the world's oil — in retaliation for tighter sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program. The U.S. recently boosted its naval presence in the Gulf with additional minesweepers and other warships.

The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, based in Bahrain, said it was investigating the Monday shooting. The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi had no immediate comment, referring all questions to the Navy.

Emirati officials could not be reached for comment.


Isa 14:6      He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] none hindereth.


  Isa 14:17      [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;


  Jer 49:15
   For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men

  Jer 49:16      Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

  Dan 8:25      And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify [himself] in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

Mom Allegedly Forces Own Small Child To Fight, Posts Video On Facebook

A St. Louis mother is accused of encouraging her children to fight each other on cell phone-recording that was posted onFacebook, Fox 2 News St. Louis reports. A friend of the mother saw the posting and called Fox 2 soon after.
She asked not to be identified, but spoke to the television station on Tuesday.
In the video, two children are violently fight each other. However, one of the children is clearing getting the upper hand and asking that the attack stop. That plea didn’t seem to make the mother break up the fight. In fact, she egged the children on and offered suggestions on how they can better attack each other.
Here is more on the story:
“Wow,” was the initial response of St. Louis child psychologist Russell Hyken after we showed him the images.
“That’s pretty overwhelming.  Those are small children that really don’t even understand what is going on. I mean one child is screaming and the other child continues to go after her.  I mean what is going on here?”
That’s the very question we tried to ask Missouri’s Department of Social Services.  We requested they view the video.
Spokesperson Rebecca Woelfel responded, saying, “State law prohibits release of information specific to a case or individual, so we could not confirm nor deny involvement in the case.”
Hyken says this case should be on the state’s radar.
“I think it is something that they at least need to be looking at.  I don’ t know the law in that area, but as a therapist, and a family therapist at that, I’m pretty concerned the parents are encouraging violence and putting their kids in a physically abusive situation.”
The woman who alerted us to the video agrees.
“Knowing her in school, it seemed like a great mother and like she wouldn’t allow her child to do that, but with her going on with that like she was and coaching her child to fight and fight and was pushing her to fight as the kids are crying, I’m like oh no.  There is no way.”
The mother has not been named because no charges have been filed against her. The faces of the children have also been blurred.

Lam 4:3      Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people [is become] cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
 
Job 39:16      She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers:
 
Isa 3:12      [As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

14-Year-Old Girl Killed During Los Angeles Firework Display

14-year-old Unique Russell was killed while attending a fireworks show on the 4th of July, reports KTLA.com.
According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s office, a 12-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man were also shot. Two men reportedly shot into the crowd of revelers from a van across the street. They remain at large.
“[Unique] was laying [in the street], she didn’t look like she was breathing and wasn’t moving. We saw someone [shot] in the yard and someone else laying next to her,” said neighbor Dustin Shaffer.
According to witnesses, it was extremely difficult to differentiate between gunshots and fireworks. Unique’s cousin, Dywain Bowden, blamed gang violence for the girl’s death:
“This [expletive] has got to stop. Gang bangers don’t go around killing kids. If you’re going to gang bang, gang bang right,” he said.
Unfortunately, Unique was not the only child to lose her life on Independence Day. A three-year-old Sacramento boy was in the car with his father when another vehicle pulled close to the pair and opened fire. He was rushed to the hospital where he died from his injuries, reports KTLA.com.
In an email to the Huffington Post, LASD Captain Mike Parkerspoke out passionately against the violence.
“Bullets strike where guns are pointed, and innocent people get hit just like gang members do,” wrote Parker.. “One life lost due to violence is too many. What we need most is for the public to be so fed up with violence and gangs that they get involved.”

Pro 11:21-  [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:

Jer 10:2-  Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,

Jer 10:3-  For the customs of the people [are] vain:

Amo 5:21-  I hate, I despise your feast days,

Deu 5:16-  Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Police: 3 men sexually assaulted woman at gunpoint Men arrested on sexual battery, grand theft auto charges

Three suspects have been arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted in a Miami-Dade parking lot Monday.
 Miami-Dade police said the 29-year-old woman was walking toward her car in a parking lot at Northwest 85th Street and Fourth Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. when three men attacked her, sexually assaulting her at gunpoint.
The attackers stole the woman's cellphone and left in her car, police said.
Investigators said evidence from the scene and information they received led them to identify William Allen Clark, 19, as a suspect, and he was taken into custody.
Two other suspects, Jonathan Andrew Miller, 18, and a 17-year-old boy, were later arrested.
 Miami-Dade police said the three suspects confessed to robbing and sexually assaulting the woman.
The victim's cellphone and car were found.
The three suspects face charges of armed sexual battery, armed robbery with a firearm, sexual battery by multiple perpetrators and grand theft auto.
Clark has been arrested in the past on charges of robbery, narcotics, carrying a concealed firearm, assault on a police officer, battery, burglary and resisting arrest. Miller has been arrested in the past on charges relating to narcotics, robbery and possession of a firearm, police said. The 17-year-old boy has no criminal history.

Deu 22:25- But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

Deu 21:18- If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Deu 21:19-  Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

Deu 21:20-  And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.

Deu 21:21-  And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

12 People Shot in Chicago Overnight

The violence in Chicago continues to escalate, with 12 people being shot between Friday night and Saturday morning, including a 14-year-old boy, reports the Chicago Tribune.com.
The teen was shot in the 12400 block of South Perry Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood about 8:35 p.m. He was shot in the back and leg and taken to Comer Children’s Hosptial, where he’s in stable condition, police said. He was standing on the sidewalk when someone stepped out from between houses and started shooting.
A man in his 20s was shot about 1:45 a.m. near Division and Maplewood avenues, police said. Additional information about that shooting wasn’t immediately available.
About the same time, two teens were shot in the 700 block of West 51st Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the hand and taken to St. Bernard Hospital and an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Gaines said.
Earlier in the evening, three people were shot between 10 p.m. and 10:20 p.m., police said.
As previously reported by NewsOne.com, Chicago is literally a war-zone. While 144 Americans have died in Afghanistan in 2012, 228 Chicago residents have been killed. That number quadruples New York City’s rate and doubles Los Angeles’ rate.
Someone shot a 38-year-old man in the shin about 3:10 a.m. near Wabash Avenue and 56th Street in the Washington Park neighborhood, police said. About a half hour earlier, a male was shot in the leg in the 8200 block of South Langley Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. Additional information about both shootings wasn't available.
A 52-year-old man was shot about 1:45 a.m. near Division Street and Maplewood Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, police said. He was shot in the shoulder and groin and taken to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center and transferred to  John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said. Police said the man, a "retired" gang member from Detroit, was living in Chicago and approached by members of a rival gang who walked away before returning to shoot him.
Two men, 21 and 23, were shot about 11:15 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Ridgeway Avenue in the West Lawn neighborhood, police said. The younger man was shot in the right leg and the other in the left arm and both are in good condition, police said. They were taken to Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.
About the same time, two teens were shot in the 700 block of West 51st Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the hand and taken to St. Bernard Hospital and an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Gaines said.
Earlier in the evening, three people were shot between 10 p.m. and 10:20 p.m., police said.
A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 10600 block of South Langley Avenue about 10 p.m. in the Roseland neighborhood, police said. He’s at Roseland Hospital in good condition, Gaines said. Police said he was "uncooperative."
Someone shot a 36-year-old man about 10:15 p.m. in the 3500 block of West 51st Street in the Gage Park neighborhood. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. Someone drove past him in an alley, got out of his vehicle and started shooting, police said.
About 10:30 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the knee in the 6500 block of South Minerva Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said. He was sitting on a porch when two males shot at him from across the street. He was taken to Stroger hospital, police said.
A 21-year-old man was shot in the groin in the 4600 block of North Malden Street in the Sheridan Park neighborhood about 5:30 p.m., Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said. He was treated for his wound at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and later released, police said, but police weren't able to say why the man was shot.
Police, in the early stages of investigations across the city, weren't able to provide any additional details.

Isa 59:2- But your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear.

 
Isa 59:3        For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

 
Isa 59:4- None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies;
they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

 
Isa 59:10- We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes:
we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men].


Isa 59:7- Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.

Isa 51:20-  Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net:
they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

Cali Pastor Accused Of Having Sex With 12-Year-Old Church Member

Gordon Solomom(pictured), pastor of  Christ’s Community Church in Inglewood, California has been charged with nine felony counts of allegedly committing lewd acts on a child, KTLA television reports.

Solomon, who is married, allegedly met the girl two years ago at his church. Cops say that the pastor “developed an affinity for the girl.” The alleged relationship involved email exchanges and texts of a “sexual nature” and meetings at various locations. The girl is now 14-years-old.

When the child’s mother saw a text message from the pastor, she immediately called authorities. He was arrested on Wednesday and is being held at the South Los Angeles Station on $3 million bail. Authorities believe that there may be other victims.
One of the church members said it will be up to God to judge Solomon if he pleads guilty to the charges. Another member, Peggy Ann Thurman, said, “You can know a person for 40 years and you don’t know them.”

Jer 12:10- Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Jer 23:1- Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

Lev 19:29- Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Israel Interior Minister: Israel “Belongs to the White Man”

In an interview with Israeli newspaper Maariv on Sunday, Interior Minister Eli Yishai statedthat “Muslims that arrive here do not even believe that this country belongs to us, to the white man.”
The “Muslims” the Interior Minister was referencing are the 700 South Sudanese refugees currently living in Israel, according to the British Independent. The refugees were previously granted permission to stay in the country, but the government has successfully argued for their expulsion in court, on the basis that their region became independent in 2011.
The statement comes on the heels of a measure granting Israeli authorities the authority to detain illegal immigrants for up to three years, and making all migrants and seekers of asylum prone to jail time if they stay in the country for an extended period of time.
The new law is an amendment of the 1954 Prevention of Infiltration Law, originally passed as an emergency measure to prevent Palestinian entry. It is believed to stem from a series ofviolent demonstrations in Tel Aviv and elsewhere against Africans in the country. Migrants affected by the amended statute need not pose any threat to Israel’s security.
The law also increases the circumstances under which migrants can be detained, adding minor offenses such as graffiti and bicycle theft. Activists are already speaking out against the measure, with the Hotline for Migrant Workers saying it is “born in sin,” and calling its passage “a dark moment for Israel.”
Approximately 60,000 Africans, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, have crossed Israel’s southern border since 2005, according to the Huffington Post. The nation hopes to expel 4,500 of them with this new measure.
As for Yishai, he further stated in the interview that he plans to continue “the struggle” against migrants until the end of his term, adding that he would “use all the tools to expel the foreigners, until not one infiltrator remains.”Zec 9:6      And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.




  Jos 23:16      When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. 
 

  2Ch 7:20-  Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house,
which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.

U.S. Army developing laser-based lightning weapon

Earlier this spring,  the U.S. Army revealed the existence of a project underway to build a device that could shoot lightning bolts down laser beams to take out a target. Now the military's boffins report success in their first tests.
The technology - known as laser-induced plasma channel - is designed to seek out targets that conduct electricity better than the air or ground that surrounds them.
Although scientists and engineers working on the weapon's development expressed confidence in the physics behind their work, George Fischer, who is the lead scientist on the project, nonetheless cautioned about the technical challenges still ahead.
"If the light focuses in air, there is certainly the danger that it will focus in a glass lens, or in other parts of the laser amplifier system, destroying it," according to Fischer. "We needed to lower the intensity in the optical amplifier and keep it low until we wanted the light to self-focus in air.
Laser weaponry is moving apace. In early May, for example, Northrop Grumman demonstrated a prototype system that burned through the skin of a drone playing the part of a cruise missile for the test. However, Fischer pointed to the challenges involved in synchronizing the laser with the high voltage, as well as how to build a device that's sufficiently rugged so as to stand up under extreme environmental conditions. The system would also need to be able to perform in the field over extended periods of time, he said, adding that a number of high-tech components would need to run continuously.
It remains unclear how soon the military can weaponize this sort of technology. A representative from the Picatinny Arsenal, headquarters for the project, was not available for comment.
However, there's clear interest in getting this done as the battlefield bottom line in having a weapon which can harness lightning bolts is huge in terms of the amount of energy generated.
"If a laser puts out a pulse with modest energy, but the time is incredibly tiny, the power can be huge," according to Fischer. "During the duration of the laser pulse, it can be putting out more power than a large city needs, but the pulse only lasts for two-trillionths of a second."

Rev 13:12     And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

  Rev 13:13     And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

Pregnant Inmate Sues After Being Forced to Wear Shackles During Labor

Valerie Nabors gave birth to her fourth child, a healthy baby girl, last October, but within 10 minutes of delivery, she charges, her ankles were shackled to her hospital bed and she was not allowed to walk.
Nabors, a prison inmate at the time, complains her legs were shackled during labor, much to doctors' dismay, and against Nevada state law.
Nabors filed a lawsuit June 20 against the Nevada Department of Corrections claiming cruel and unusual punishment.
Nabors, from Clark County, Nev., was an inmate at the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center (FMWCC) Oct. 19, 2011 when she went into labor, according to the lawsuit. Nabors served a 12-to-30 month sentence from January 2011 to January 2012 for attempting to steal about $300 worth of casino chips.
The lawsuit was filed in federal district court by attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union. Nabors is suing the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC), its director and several top officers, as well as officials of the FMWCC.
"Ms. Nabors suffered severe and extreme emotional distress as a result of being shackled during the delivery of her child," the lawsuit says.
The Nevada Department of Corrections has no comment regarding the lawsuit at this time, a spokesman told ABCNews.com.
"I think we have the right to expect more as women and the right to expect more from society," Staci Pratt of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada told ABCNews.com.
PHOTO: Valerie Nabors mugshot  
Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center
Valerie Nabors is shown in this photo.
Nabors, 30, was taken to the University Medical Center at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 19. As the ambulance was pulling out of the main gates of the prison, Sgt. Daniel Tracey "came running out of the facility" with shackles which were closed around Nabors' ankles, the lawsuit says.
According to Nevada state law, no restraints of any kind may be used on an inmate who is in labor, delivering her baby or recovering from delivery unless she presents a serious harm to herself or others or presents a substantial flight risk.
"She was not considered a flight risk," Pratt, who described her client as a "non-violent offender," told ABCNews.com. "She was not considered a danger."
The ambulance supervisor informed Tracey the medical team could not work under these conditions, according to the lawsuit. Tracey said that he had to shackle her legs and refused to remove them.
"The Commanding Officer directly ignored and resisted the medical staff's orders for Ms. Nabors therapy and care," the lawsuit says.
The suit says Nabors had been taken to the hospital three times before for "false labor" and had never been shackled.
When Nabors arrived at the hospital, nurses questioned the need for the shackles. When Nabors had to change into a hospital gown, officers refused to remove the shackles, according to the lawsuit. Nabors stumbled while getting off the stretcher. The shackles were removed only while she changed in the restroom.
After changing into a gown, officers tried to replace the shackles but a nurse stopped them, saying Nabors was about to receive an epidural and that "it would make medical history" if she attempted to get away, the lawsuit says.
During the officer shift change, the commanding officer decided to keep only one officer on duty overnight with Nabors because she was not considered a "high flight risk" inmate, the lawsuit claims.
Within 10 minutes after she gave birth, Nabors was again shackled, her lawyer said.
"It's a kind of almost torture that you imagine happening in medieval times not in present day."
X-rays shortly after delivery revealed Nabors had suffered a separation of normally joined pubic bones. External forces such as stumbling while shackled and undergoing labor can produce this type of injury, the lawsuit says. Nabors also pulled several muscles in her groin, causing her significant pain, the lawsuit states. She could not walk correctly for two weeks. Nabors did not experience this type of pain after the birth of her other three children. The lawsuit alleges that Nabors' groin damage was caused by the shackling during labor.

Isa 42:22     But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [they are] all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

  Rev 12:4     And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
  Jer 6:23     They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Triflin’! Pastor, Wife Jailed For Gambling Away $430,000 Of Church’s Money?

Houston Pastor Charles Gilford, 58 and his wife Adriane, 53, (pictured) were arrested and charged with bilking their former congregation out of $430,000 in church funds and using them for gambling trips to Louisiana, according to KHOU News.
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The couple stands accused of aggregate theft and misapplication of fiduciary property. They allegedly used the monies donated by their flock to gamble at the Coushatta Casino near Lake Charles between 2004 and 2007, when they served as pastor and first lady of the Bethel Institutional Missionary Baptist Church.
The church is a Houston staple that has been standing for decades with a faithful following.  It served as the Gilford’s home church for the three-year period when they allegedly robbed it of its funds.
Many of the Gilford’s friends are shocked and taken aback by the allegations against the pair who have otherwise maintained an overtly pristine reputation. After state prosecutors poured over the extensive financial records of the church and delved in to the pasts of the Gilfords, though, they learned some eye-opening facts that could put the pair away on charges that carry anywhere from 5 years to life in prison if convicted by a grand jury.
Investigators were intrigued by the fact that Adrianne had been cuffed by police two years ago and charged with a felony.  She was accused of writing bad checks in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
For now, the Gilfords are being held on a $800,000 bond each and are due in court on Monday.

Rom 16:18     For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

  Psa 73:12     Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

  Wisdom of Solomon 15:12
But they counted our life a pastime and our time here a market for gain for say they we must be getting every way though it be by evil means

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 20:9
There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things and there is a gain that turneth to loss

Another "zombie-like" attack? Man eats family dog after police say he ingested synthetic drug K-2

 Police in Waco arrested 22-year-old Michael Daniel Monday after they say he ate a dog.
 
Family members called police on June 14, saying Daniel assaulted people at the home, chased a neighbor and started barking and growling.
 
What happened next is horrific.
 
Witnesses say Daniel grabbed the family dog, beat and strangled it...then started to eat it.
 
The dog died at the home.
 
Daniel is believed to have been on a bad trip from ingesting "K-2," a synthetic drug.
 
He was taken to the hospital and now faces a felony charge for animal cruelty.

Hsa 4:6     My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.


Hsa 4:8     They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Pro 16:27     An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

Monster fire terrorizes a Colorado city

It was like a scene from a big-budget Hollywood disaster movie -- a Godzilla of a fire roaring down the mountain, straight toward Brandon Hanson's Colorado Springs neighborhood.
Winds gusting at 65 mph pushed the fire over a ridge and sent it roaring into the city. Suddenly, a blaze in the mountains threatened to consume homes and businesses and change lives.
Hanson, 29, snapped a photo from his driveway of the thick plumes of smoke, some spiking as high as 20,000 feet, and sent it in to CNN iReport.
He'd just moved to Colorado Springs in April with his wife, Maria. Now their new house, their new life, was in peril.
"It's a lot worse than we thought," he ran in and told Maria.
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Hanson packed up his Nissan Rogue. Paperwork, passports, pictures. And baby things for Xavier, their 1-month-old son.
Every hotel room in Colorado Springs was already occupied, so he kept driving south on Interstate 25 to Pueblo.
Wednesday, the Waldo Canyon Fire had doubled in size and was only 5% contained.
Photographer shoots wildfire photos amid the flames
The Hansons scoured through photos posted on online news sites trying see their house. Maria drew an arrow on a photograph showing their neighborhood, flames devouring houses everywhere.
 
Colorado residents evacuate before fire
 
High winds fueling Colorado wildfire
 
Evacuee: 'Don't know how to start over'
"Our home," it said in white lettering. They still could not tell if they had been spared.
The fire, fueled by high winds and hot, arid weather conditions, could be raging for some time to come. All the Hansons can do now is wait.
They are not alone. The fire has forced about 36,000 people to evacuate their homes.
One of them, Mindy Levinson, was forced to leave her apartment Tuesday, accompanied by her young son. She regrets she didn't take photos and other mementos.
"It was like Armageddon. You couldn't see anything but dark smoke and glowing red all around you," Levinson told CNN's "AC360."

Levinson said she doesn't believe her apartment has been affected.

The curtain of flame was moving so fast that some people just had minutes to leave. At moments like that, you realize what's important. What to keep with you.
For Scott Deed, it was the red, white and blue fluttering outside his house.
"This flag is my son's. I lost him in Iraq. I want to make sure I take that down," he told CNN affiliate KCNC.
Patrick Sobecki, 18, didn't have much time to think about what to take with him.
He had been sleeping after taking Percocet to dull the pain of having all four wisdom teeth pulled Tuesday morning.
"That's just one more thing I am having to deal with in the middle of all this," he said.

When his parents roused him from slumber, Sobecki grabbed his MacBook Pro laptop and a World War I book published in 1920. His grandfather gave it to him.
The family fled the Peregrine neighborhood in northwest Colorado Springs on a two-lane road that quickly turned into a parking lot. About 7,000 people were trying to get out the same way.
Sobecki said it took two hours to travel four miles. They found refuge at a friend's house on the east side of town, away from the fire.
Sobecki was born and raised in Colorado Springs, and he'd seen fires before. But none like this. None that blazed into the city.
He thought about Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's words that it looked like nothing short of a full-scale military invasion.
"That is Colorado Springs, the city I was born and raised in, the city that is at war with nature," Sobecki said.
Wednesday, Sobecki's family, like the Hansons, checked online sites and Facebook, anxious to know what happened to their homes.
Mark Galley wondered whether he would see his house again in the Mount Shadows neighborhood. He wondered what had happened to his neighbors.
It was raining ash, and the smoke blanket hung so heavy Galley couldn't even see across the street.
It was surreal, he told CNN affiliate KUSA. It was scary.
Becky Schormann made a pile at the front door of things to take with her.
But she couldn't take everything. The fishing boat parked under her deck. The antique dishes from her grandparents. Her antique doll collection -- save one, the oldest one she owned.
"I keep telling myself it's going to be OK," she said.
For Russ Wolfe, it's going to take a long time for it to be OK.
Wolfe founded the Flying W Ranch more than 60 years ago, building it into a regional tourist draw. It served chuckwagon suppers and provided Western-style entertainment.
Wednesday, Wolfe had nothing left.
"With much sadness we have to report that the Flying W Ranch as well as several homes in the Mountain Shadows area has in fact been burned to the ground," the website said. "We ask that in this sad time that you remember the Flying W and the Wolfe family who has owned and operated the Flying W Ranch since 1953.
New app tracks Colorado wildfires
"If you have made an online reservation or a deposit your money will be refunded at a later date when we have had a chance to gather our thoughts," the website said. "We ask that you pray for all the families within the area and assure you we will rebuild."
It will be another good, clean family show, Wolfe said.
Jenny Stafford, whose husband is deployed, fled her Colorado Springs home with her two young children and her cat Tuesday afternoon.
"It was like nothing we have ever seen before in our life," she told CNN. "We turned back to look, the flames were coming over the hill. Everything looked like it was on fire, smoke everywhere."
Meanwhile, the temperatures soared again Wednesday and the air was acrid with the smell of everything burning.
Filmmaker Joshua Keffer closed his windows, even though he has no air conditioning, and kept working at home. People were still trying to go on with life, as though that were possible.
Keffer was someone who marveled at the visual, in awe of the images of the angry fire.
"It was stunning to look at," he said.
Especially at night, when the embers glowed hot orange against the blackness of the sky.
But the truth quickly marred the images and tore Keffer apart.
It wasn't just trees anymore. It was homes. It wasn't a fire somewhere out there anymore. The flames were among the people, in their city.
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Psa 83:13     O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

  Psa 83:14     As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

  Psa 83:15     So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.


  Psa 83:16     Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

  Psa 83:17     Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

  Deu 32:22     For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Supreme Court upholds Obamacare 5-4

President Obama touted the benefits of the law he championed as he reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling.
"By this August, nearly 13 million of you will receive a rebate from your insurance company because it spent too much on things like administration and CEO bonuses and not enough on your healthcare,” Obama said.
Other benefits include lower drug costs for seniors as well as denying insurers the option to deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions. It also provides free preventative care in certain cases and issues credits to those who can’t afford their health insurance premiums.
Each state will decide its “own menu of options” and they're welcome to come up with ways to cover more people and improve costs, Obama said.
The president said he respects concerns about the bill and he understands that people are worried that it was politically driven, but he said it should be clear by now he didn’t push for the act because it was “good politics."
“I did it because I believed it was good for the American people,” he said.
President Barack Obama on Thursday called the Supreme Court's decision upholding his signature health care law "a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law."
"They’ve reaffirmed a fundamental principle, that here in America, the wealthiest nation on Earth, no illness or accident should lead to any family’s financial ruin,” Obama said.
Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minnesota, responded to the ruling by saying, "This is a turning point in American history.  We will never be the same again with this denial of liberty interests. But also it is a black cloud pragmatically speaking on economic recovery.  There will be no hope of economic recovery between now and the election. We have exhausted now our legal solutions to be able to rid the nation of Obamacare. Now, we have to look for a political solution."
GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney is speaking now regarding health care.
“I will act to repeal Obamacare” if elected president, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said. “Obamacare was bad law yesterday. It’s bad law today.”
He wet on to cite the economic impact of the healthcare law. It raises taxes and cuts Medicare by hundreds of millions of dollars, while adding trillions to the national debt. It “pushes those obligations onto coming generations.”
Romney said that in light of the Supreme Court decision, Americans must decide if they want more government and more deficits and if they want to lose their preferred insurance or if they want to “return to a time when the American people will have their own choice in healthcare.”
“This is a time of choice for the American people. Our mission is clear: If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we have to replace President Obama,” he said.
[Updated at 11:55 a.m. ET] Vicki Kennedy, the wife of late Sen. Edward Kennedy released the following statement regarding the health care ruling.
"I applaud the decision by the United States Supreme Court this morning, upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. We still have much work to do to implement the law, and I hope we can all come together now to complete that
work. The stakes are too high for us to do otherwise.
As my late husband Senator Edward Kennedy said: 'What we face is above all a moral issue; that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.'"
[Updated at 11:49 a.m. ET] The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it is for comprehensive healthcare reform, especially for the poor, but it opposes the Supreme Court decision for three reasons.
"First, ACA allows use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions and for plans that cover such abortions, contradicting longstanding federal policy. The risk we identified in this area has already materialized, particularly in the initial approval by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of “high risk” insurance pools that would have covered abortion.
Second, the Act fails to include necessary language to provide essential conscience protection, both within and beyond the abortion context. We have provided extensive analyses of ACA’s defects with respect to both abortion and conscience. The lack of statutory conscience protections applicable to ACA’s new mandates has been illustrated in dramatic fashion by HHS’s “preventive services” mandate, which forces religious and other employers to cover sterilization and contraception, including abortifacient drugs.
Third, ACA fails to treat immigrant workers and their families fairly. ACA leaves them worse off by not allowing them to purchase health coverage in the new exchanges created under the law, even if they use their own money. This undermines the Act’s stated goal of promoting access to basic life-affirming health care for everyone, especially for those most in need."
[Updated at 11:37 a.m. ET]  Lots of reaction from the political world on this decision, which was seen as an issue that could sway the upcoming election.
But just as much as this is a political issue, the real impact is on everyday Americans.
Here's a look at how some of those people reacted to the decision.
[Updated at 11:37 a.m. ET]  Family Research Council President Tony Perkins made the following comments:
"Today's Supreme Court decision will do serious harm to American families. Not only is the individual mandate a profound attack on our liberties, but it is only one section among hundreds of provisions in the law that will force taxpayers to fund abortions, violate their conscience rights, and impose a massive tax and debt burden on American families.
"The Obama administration has created, for the first time in American history, new federal regulations that toss aside the constitutional right to religious freedom by forcing religious institutions and employers to pay for abortion-causing drugs, contraceptives and sterilizations.
[Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET]  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gave his reaction to the ruling.
"No longer will American families  be a  car accident or heart attack away from bankruptcy," Reid said. "Unfortunately Republicans in Congress continue to target the rights and benefits guaranteed under this law.  They’d like to give the power back to the insurance companies, the power of life and death back to the insurance companies.  But our supreme court has spoken.  The matter is settled."
[Updated at 11:24 a.m. ET] Al Sharpton, television host and president of the National Action Network, called the decision today a "breakthrough of sunshine in a long dark night of right-wing assaults on the American middle and working class."
"After being bombarded with divisiveness and extremism politics it is refreshing that the courts took a step towards not interfering with the health care of American people that is sadly in jeopardy as clearly addressed by the President's Health Care Act," he added.
[Updated at 11:22 a.m. ET] John Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society, has released a statement which says in part:
"The ruling is a victory for people with cancer and their families nationwide, who for decades have been denied health coverage, charged far more than they can afford for lifesaving care and forced to spend their life savings on necessary treatment, simply because they have a pre-existing condition.
The decision ensures that critical patient protections benefiting cancer patients and survivors will be implemented, such as those prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage to people with a pre-existing condition, requiring insurers to provide consumers with easy-to-understand summaries about their coverage and requiring health plans in the individual market to offer essential benefits needed to prevent and treat a serious condition such as cancer.
The ruling also preserves vital provisions that are already improving the ability of people with cancer and their families to access needed care by ensuring that proven preventive services such as mammograms and colonoscopies are offered at no cost to patients, eliminating arbitrary dollar limits on coverage that can suddenly terminate care and prohibiting insurance companies from unfairly revoking coverage when a person gets sick."
[Updated at 11:20 a.m. ET] This major decision from the Supreme Court has a huge impact on a lot of people, in addition to being historically significant. To help understand it, take a look at our interactive which breaks down the decision.
[Updated at 11:18 a.m. ET] Presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney will make a statement on the court's ruling at 11:45 a.m., according to his campaign.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling, saying the Affordable Healthcare Act has limited choices and increased costs for American.
“Today’s decision makes one thing clear: Congress must act to repeal this misguided law. … Today’s decision does nothing to diminish the fact that Obamacare’s mandates, tax hikes, and Medicare cuts should be repealed and replaced with common sense reforms that lower costs and that the American people actually want.”
McConnell, who has spearheaded Senate GOP efforts to repeal the bill and has delivered more than 110 speeches from the floor concerning the bill, said he promises to make a vote to repeal the healthcare law the primary business of the 2013 session if a GOP majority is voted into the Senate.
Presently, the Senate is controlled by Democrats, while the House is controlled by Republicans.
Jeremy Lazarus, president of the American Medical Association, released a statement:
The expanded health care coverage upheld by the Supreme Court will allow patients to see their doctors earlier rather than waiting for treatment until they are sicker and care is more expensive. The decision upholds funding for important research on the effectiveness of drugs and treatments and protects expanded coverage for prevention and wellness care, which has already benefited about 54 million Americans.
The health reform law upheld by the Supreme Court simplifies administrative burdens, including streamlining insurance claims, so physicians and their staff can spend more time with patients and less time on paperwork. It protects those in the Medicare ‘donut hole,’ including the 5.1 million Medicare patients who saved significantly on prescription drugs in 2010 and 2011. These important changes have been made while maintaining our American system with both private and public insurers.”
Two key quotes here in the decision:
"The Federal Government does not have the power to order people to buy health insurance. Section 5000A would therefore be unconstitutional if read as a command. The Federal Government does have the power to impose a tax on those without health insurance. Section 5000A is therefore constitutional, because it can reasonably be read as a tax," Roberts said in his opinion
“The Framers created a Federal Government of limited powers, and assigned to this Court the duty of enforcing those limits. The Court does so today. But the Court does not express an opinion on the wisdom of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Constitution, that judgment is reserved to the people.”
House Speaker John Boehner renewed calls to reverse the Obama administration's signature health care overhaul after Thursday's Supreme Court decision upholding the act, saying the decision "underscores the urgency of repealing this harmful law in its entirety."
[Updated at 10:52 a.m. ET] House minority leader Nancy Pelosi declared the court's ruling a "victory for the American people."
"With this ruling, Americans will benefit from critical patient protections, lower costs for the middle class, more coverage for families, and greater accountability for the insurance industry," she said.
Pelosi further said that the Affordable Healthcare Act will prevent children from being denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, lower drug costs for seniors and allow students and young adults to stay on their parents’ plan.
“In passing health reform, we made history for our nation and progress for the American people," Pelosi said. "We completed the unfinished business of our society and strengthened the character of our country.  We ensured health care would be a right for all, not a privilege for the few."

Isa 30:7     For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:
  Isa 30:2     That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

  Isa 30:3     Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.

  Isa 30:5     They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

  Hsa 4:12     My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

High Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law

The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants on Monday, rejecting the Obama administration's stance that only the U.S. government should enforce immigration laws in the United States.
The nation's highest court, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, unanimously upheld the state law's most controversial aspect, requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop.
But in a split decision, the justices also ruled that the three other challenged provisions went too far in intruding on federal law, including one that makes it a crime for illegal immigrants to work and another that requires them to carry their documents.
"Arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration ... but the state may not pursue policies that undermine federal law," Justice Kennedy wrote in a 25-page opinion.
Kennedy said the mandatory nature of police checks did not interfere with the federal immigration scheme, and found unpersuasive the Obama administration's argument that this portion of the law must be preempted at this stage.
He said it was improper to block that provision before state courts had an opportunity to review it, and without some showing that its enforcement conflicted with federal immigration law. Kennedy also left open the possibility for future constitutional or other challenges to the law once it goes into effect.
The decision in part was an election-year setback for President Barack Obama, a Democrat. It went to the heart of a fierce national debate between Democrats and Republicans over the 11.5 million illegal immigrants the U.S. government estimates to be in the country.
Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer, who championed her state's measure, said, "Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is a victory for the rule of law. It is also a victory for the 10th Amendment (of the U.S. Constitution) and all Americans who believe in the inherent right and responsibility of states to defend their citizens."
Obama has vowed to push for comprehensive immigration legislation if re-elected on November 6. Opinion polls show Hispanics, now equal to 16 percent of all Americans, overwhelmingly support Obama.
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney opposed the administration's challenge to the law.
Arizona, on the southwest border with Mexico, two years ago became the first of half a dozen U.S. states to adopt laws to drive illegal immigrants out. The high court's ruling cleared the way for other states to adopt similar laws.
About 360,000 of the country's illegal immigrants, or 3 percent, reside in Arizona. Most of the state's nearly 2 million Latinos are in the United States legally.
Obama this month announced an important change in federal immigration policy ahead of the election contest Romney, who has taken a tough stance against illegal immigration.
Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought into the United States as children could be able to avoid deportation and get work permits under the policy change announced by Obama. Most illegal immigrants in the United States are Hispanics.
Psa 109:16     Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

  Isa 31:1  ¶  Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  Isa 31:3     Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.