Italian police arrested four people over the weekend and are searching for two others who reportedly wanted to carry out a terror attack on the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome.

Also: NATO deploys four battalions to Russian border; Puerto Rico defaults on debt; Iraq in turmoil; and scientists think they've proved that free will is an illusion.

Volcanoes, earthquakes, Planet X and The X-Men are part of our discussion today. Why does the media keep recycling the story of the Yellowstone Supervolcano? What's the deal with the Snake River Canyon? And why don't the people at Marvel Comics know that 'apocalypse' just means 'revelation'?

Also: Transhumanists want to be gods; China unveils a Dalek-like robot for "security"; and US military to deploy artificial intelligence, but promises not to create Terminators.

Volcanoes, earthquakes, Planet X and The X-Men are part of our discussion today. Why does the media keep recycling the story of the Yellowstone Supervolcano? What's the deal with the Snake River Canyon? And why don't the people at Marvel Comics know that 'apocalypse' just means 'revelation'?

Also: Transhumanists want to be gods; China unveils a Dalek-like robot for "security"; and US military to deploy artificial intelligence, but promises not to create Terminators.

Hamas television broadcast a childrens' play this week, part of a cultural festival in the Gaza Strip. The play showed children in costume, acting out different methods of killing Jews. Nice.

Also: Iran sending Hamas to fight ISIS in Mosul; Israel concerned ISIS affiliate may have chemical weapons on Golan Heights; researchers claim that data shows spanking doesn't work; and rabbis say Christians and Muslims will soon come to Torah.

Today Josh and Christina talk about the elusive Higgs Boson, how it got the name "God Particle", and a potentially prophetic doomsday scenario involving the Higgs field and the destruction of the universe.

Today Josh and Christina talk about the elusive Higgs Boson, how it got the name "God Particle", and a potentially prophetic doomsday scenario involving the Higgs field and the destruction of the universe.

Hamas television broadcast a childrens' play this week, part of a cultural festival in the Gaza Strip. The play showed children in costume, acting out different methods of killing Jews. Nice.

Also: Iran sending Hamas to fight ISIS in Mosul; Israel concerned ISIS affiliate may have chemical weapons on Golan Heights; researchers claim that data shows spanking doesn't work; and rabbis say Christians and Muslims will soon come to Torah.

After multiple statements that the US would not put boots on the ground in Syria, on Monday President Obama announced that 250 US soldiers will be sent to Syria.  That led to a classic exchange between State Department spokesman John Kirby and AP reporter Matt Lee.

Also: ISIS recruit from Minnesota wanted to open path from Syria to US through Mexico; Obama administration working behind the scenes with UN to bring in 200,000 Syrian refugees; LGBT opposition to North Carolina's HB-2 would trample private property rights; calls grow to force doctors to kill; and 25% of young adults in Britain would date robots.

After multiple statements that the US would not put boots on the ground in Syria, on Monday President Obama announced that 250 US soldiers will be sent to Syria.  That led to a classic exchange between State Department spokesman John Kirby and AP reporter Matt Lee.

Also: ISIS recruit from Minnesota wanted to open path from Syria to US through Mexico; Obama administration working behind the scenes with UN to bring in 200,000 Syrian refugees; LGBT opposition to North Carolina's HB-2 would trample private property rights; calls grow to force doctors to kill; and 25% of young adults in Britain would date robots.

A satanic group plans a black mass at the OKC Civic Center on August 15. This is the third time in as many years that a group that worships the devil has planned a public event in Oklahoma City.

Also: Defense Department airlifted goats to Afghanistan to help rebuild the economy there (surprise--it didn't work); pension funds are a dark cloud on America's economic future; two more green energy companies that got money from the government about to fail; and a prominent transhumanist predicts humanity will be virtually immortal by 2029.