JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
EZEKIEL 38:9-14
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Senate probe: Obama-era license aimed to let Iran convert money into dollars-Administration tried to bypass sanctions on Tehran without informing Congress for fear lawmakers would object-By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee-JUN 6,18
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran access — albeit briefly — to the US financial system by sidestepping sanctions kept in place after the 2015 nuclear deal, despite repeatedly telling Congress and the public it had no plans to do so.An investigation by Senate Republicans released Wednesday sheds light on the delicate balance the Obama administration sought to strike after the deal, as it worked to ensure Iran received its promised benefits without playing into the hands of the deal’s opponents. Amid a tense political climate, Iran hawks in the US, Israel and elsewhere argued that the United States was giving far too much to Tehran and that the windfall would be used to fund extremism and other troubling Iranian activity.The report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations revealed that under president Barack Obama, the Treasury Department issued a license in February 2016, never previously disclosed, that would have allowed Iran to convert $5.7 billion it held at a bank in Oman from Omani rials into euros by exchanging them first into US dollars. If the Omani bank had allowed the exchange without such a license, it would have violated sanctions that bar Iran from transactions that touch the US financial system.The effort was unsuccessful because American banks — themselves afraid of running afoul of US sanctions — declined to participate. The Obama administration approached two US banks to facilitate the conversion, the report said, but both refused, citing the reputational risk of doing business with or for Iran.“The Obama administration misled the American people and Congress because they were desperate to get a deal with Iran,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, the subcommittee’s chairman.Issuing the license was not illegal. Still, it went above and beyond what the Obama administration was required to do under the terms of the nuclear agreement. Under that deal, the US and world powers gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbing its nuclear program. Last month, President Donald Trump declared the US was pulling out of what he described as a “disastrous deal.”The license issued to Bank Muscat stood in stark contrast to repeated public statements from the Obama White House, the Treasury and the State Department, all of which denied that the administration was contemplating allowing Iran access to the US financial system.Shortly after the nuclear deal was sealed in July 2015, then-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified that even with the sanctions relief, Iran “will continue to be denied access to the world’s largest financial and commercial market.” A month later, one of Lew’s top deputies, Adam Szubin, testified that despite the nuclear deal “Iran will be denied access to the world’s most important market and unable to deal in the world’s most important currency.”Yet almost immediately after the sanctions relief took effect in January 2016, Iran began to complain that it wasn’t reaping the benefits it had envisioned. Iran argued that other sanctions — such as those linked to human rights, terrorism and missile development — were scaring off potential investors and banks who feared any business with Iran would lead to punishment. The global financial system is heavily intertwined with US banks, making it nearly impossible to conduct many international transactions without touching New York in one way or another.Former Obama administration officials declined to comment for the record.However, they said the decision to grant the license had been made in line with the spirt of the deal, which included allowing Iran to regain access to foreign reserves that had been off-limits because of the sanctions. They said public comments made by the Obama administration at the time were intended to dispel incorrect reports about nonexistent proposals that would have gone much farther by letting Iran actually buy or sell things in dollars.The former officials spoke on condition of anonymity because many are still involved in national security issues.As the Obama administration pondered how to address Iran’s complaints in 2016, reports in The Associated Press and other media outlets revealed that the US was considering additional sanctions relief, including issuing licenses that would allow Iran limited transactions in dollars. Democratic and Republican lawmakers argued against it throughout the late winter, spring and summer of 2016. They warned that unless Tehran was willing to give up more, the US shouldn’t give Iran anything more than it already had.At the time, the Obama administration downplayed those concerns while speaking in general terms about the need for the US to live up to its part of the deal. Secretary of State John Kerry and other top aides fanned out across Europe, Asia and the Middle East trying to convince banks and businesses they could do business with Iran without violating sanctions and facing steep fines.“Since Iran has kept its end of the deal, it is our responsibility to uphold ours, in both letter and spirit,” Lew said at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in March 2016, without offering details.That same week, the AP reported that the Treasury had prepared a draft of a license that would have given Iran much broader permission to convert its assets from foreign currencies into easier-to-spend currencies like euros, yen or rupees, by first exchanging them for dollars at offshore financial institutions.The draft involved a general license, a blanket go-ahead that allows all transactions of a certain type, rather than a specific license like the one given to Oman’s Bank Muscat, which only covers specific transactions and institutions. The proposal would have allowed dollars to be used in currency exchanges provided that no Iranian banks, no Iranian rials and no sanctioned Iranian individuals or businesses were involved, and that the transaction did not begin or end in US dollars.Obama administration officials at the time assured concerned lawmakers that a general license wouldn’t be coming. But the report from the Republican members of the Senate panel showed that a draft of the license was indeed prepared, though it was never published.And when questioned by lawmakers about the possibility of granting Iran any kind of access to the US financial system, Obama-era officials never volunteered that the specific license for Bank Muscat in Oman had been issued two months earlier.According to the report, Iran is believed to have found other ways to access its money, possibly by exchanging it in smaller quantities through another currency.The situation resulted from the fact that Iran had stored billions in Omani rials, a currency that’s notoriously hard to convert. The US dollar is the world’s dominant currency, so allowing it to be used as a conversion instrument for Iranian assets was the easiest and most efficient way to speed up Iran’s access to its own funds.For example: If the Iranians want to sell oil to India, they would likely want to be paid in euros instead of rupees, so they could more easily use the proceeds to purchase European goods. That process commonly starts with the rupees being converted into dollars, just for a moment, before being converted once again into euros.US sanctions block Iran from exchanging the money on its own. And Asian and European banks are wary because US regulators have levied billions of dollars in fines in recent years and threatened transgressors with a cutoff from the far more lucrative American market.
Israel to send aid teams to Guatemala following deadly volcanic eruption-Netanyahu speaks with leader Morales as death toll hits 75 with nearly 200 missing, offers medical, logistical assistance; doctors to reportedly fly out Thursday-By TOI staff and AFP-JUN 6,18
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night spoke with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, and offered him condolences for the deaths caused by the country’s catastrophic volcanic eruption.Netanyahu also offered Israeli medical and logistical aid to the Central American nation. Netanyahu and Morales last met when the latter visited Jerusalem in May to open his country’s embassy there, two days after the US opened its mission in the city.According to Hadashot TV news, a team of Israeli doctors will fly out to the disaster zone on Thursday. Israeli emergency aid organization IsrAid also announced that they are sending a team.Meanwhile the Israeli embassy and a team from Israel’s Zaka emergency service have launched efforts in Guatemala to provide aid and basic necessities to those affected, including blankets, medicine, first aid kits and water purification tablets.Nearly 200 people are missing and at least 75 have been killed since Guatemala’s Fuego volcano began erupting over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.Seven communities in already devastated areas were evacuated as the volcano’s activity increased, with rescue operations halted.In the city of Escuintla, near the summit, panicked locals rushed to their cars to escape, causing chaotic traffic.An AFP photographer saw a large plume of ash rise into the sky, prompting an evacuation of everyone authorities could find before the police, the military and rescuers were ordered to stand down.And a total of 192 people remain missing since the weekend eruptions, disaster relief agency chief Sergio Cabanas told reporters.The search for bodies in mountain villages destroyed by the eruption was progressing slowly, officials said, given the nature of the terrain and the way the volcano released large amounts of boiling mud, rock and ash down the mountain.“We will continue until we find the last victim, though we do not know how many there are. We will probe the area as many times as necessary,” Cabanas told AFP.However, the prospects of finding any more survivors was poor, he said.“If you are trapped in a pyroclastic flow, it’s hard to come out of it alive,” he said, adding that if people caught in the flow they may never be found.The 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) volcano erupted early Sunday, spewing out towering plumes of ash and a hail of fiery rock fragments with scalding mud.Authorities said more than 1.7 million people had been affected by the disaster, including more than 3,000 ordered evacuated, many living in shelters in Escuintla, Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango since Sunday’s eruption.The speed of the eruption took locals by surprise, and could be explained by it producing pyroclastic flows, sudden emissions of gas and rock fragments, rather than lava, said volcanologist David Rothery of Britain’s Open University.Morales, who has declared three days of national mourning, has visited the disaster zone.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply saddened by the “tragic loss of life and the significant damage caused by the eruption,” and said the UN was ready to assist national rescue and relief efforts.
France, Germany, Britain formally request exemptions from US Iran sanctions-In letter to US secretary of state and treasury secretary, countries plead that as allies, they expect Washington not to harm their security interests-By AFP-JUN 6,18
PARIS, France — Germany, France, Britain and the EU on Wednesday sent the United States a joint official request for their companies to be exempt from punitive measures resulting from fresh US sanctions on Iran.“As allies, we expect that the United States will refrain from taking action to harm Europe’s security interests,” read the letter to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said the three countries and the EU were asking the US “to exempt European businesses doing legitimate trade in Iran from all extraterritorial American sanctions.”“Those businesses must be able to pursue their activities,” he wrote on Twitter.The plea comes as European leaders scramble to save the deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015 under which Tehran agreed to limits on the weapons-capable aspects of its nuclear capacities in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions.US President Donald Trump announced he was abandoning the deal last month — which will mean new sanctions on the Islamic Republic and punitive measures for those who trade with it.Analysts say European firms which have rushed to invest in Iran after the lifting of sanctions over the past three years have the most to lose from the renewed sanctions.Several major companies including France’s Total and the Netherlands’ Maersk have already said it will be impossible to stay in Iran once the sanctions are fully reimposed over the next six months, unless they receive explicit exemptions from Washington.French automaker PSA said Monday that it would pull out of two joint ventures to sell its cars in Iran to avoid the risk of punishing fines.
Macron says calls with Trump are like sausages-French leader uses Otto von Bismarck quote, saying 'It's best not to see them being made,' when asked about CNN report on 'terrible' phone call with US leader-By AP and TOI staff-JUN 6,18
French President Emmanuel Macron isn’t disclosing details of his phone call last week with US President Donald Trump, after an unnamed source told CNN television it went badly.Macron instead repeated the famous line attributed to 19th century German statesman Otto von Bismarck about laws and sausages: “It’s best not to see them being made.”The French leader told reporters Tuesday he doesn’t like to comment on “how things went, if that’s hot, if that’s cold, if that’s warm, if that’s terrible. We do (things) and we move forward.”He promised a “frank and direct discussion” with Trump at an upcoming summit in Canada.The French presidency says Macron told Trump during a call last week that new US tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a “mistake.”An unidentified source told CNN that “Macron thought he would be able to speak his mind, based on the relationship. But Trump can’t handle being criticized like that.”The result, the source said, was “Just bad. It was terrible.”
Israel navy drills attack on offshore gas rigs-Recent exercise simulated interception of missile threat to gas drilling platform, as well as a strike on an enemy ship-By TOI staff-JUN 6,18
The Israeli Navy successfully completed a complex exercise last week led by its missile boats flotilla, the military announced Wednesday.The drill included two major attack and defense scenarios at sea.In the first scenario, an aircraft simulated a missile threat against an Israeli gas rig. The threat was detected on board a Sa’ar 4.5 missile boat, and was shot down by an interceptor missile launched from the ship.The navy noted that the ship was recently fitted with state-of-the art detection and observation systems, including the new Fire Sickle radar system which officials said significantly improves vessels’ tracking capabilities.Last week’s drill was the first live test of the ship in its new configuration.In the second scenario, a seaborne target simulating an enemy ship was struck by two cruise missiles launched by the ships INS Lahav and INS Kidon. The target was successfully hit and destroyed.Col. Adar Gershon, who led the drill, said it “aided in improving the readiness and professional capabilities of the naval crews. The missile boats flotilla is ready and prepared for all threats in the maritime arena.”Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group has threatened in recent months to attack Israel’s offshore gas rigs, some of which it asserts are operating in Lebanon’s territorial waters — a claim Israel rejects.
Palestinian rock-thrower shot dead by soldiers in West Bank – IDF-Army looking into claim troops delayed ambulance at the scene, near Ramallah; video shows soldiers treating wounded man-By TOI staff-JUN 6,18
A 21-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Wednesday morning in the village of Nebi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, after he threw rocks at soldiers operating in the area, the IDF said.Riots apparently erupted when Israeli troops entered the village as part of an operation.B’Tselem said the man was seriously injured by gunfire during the incident, and that the army delayed an ambulance from leaving the scene to take him to hospital. The IDF said it was looking into the claim.The Haaretz daily quoted a military source as saying that during a violent protest in the village, a demonstrator was shot by troops using live ammunition.A video apparently taken after the incident and shared on social media shows Israeli soldiers attempting to treat the man as angry protesters shout at them.Palestinian media identified the dead man as Azzedine Tamimi, 21, saying he was shot in the neck.Meanwhile, Palestinians said another man was shot in the leg and wounded by soldiers in nearby Bayt Rima.Recent weeks have seen an uptick in violence in the area after an Israeli soldier was killed by a marble slab dropped on his head from a building in the al-Am’ari refugee camp near Ramallah.Subsequent arrest raids were met with violent rioting and at least 13 injured Palestinians.
False alarm, army says, as sirens blare in southern Israel-Army says it is investigating why the system was triggered unnecessarily in Sha'ar Hanegev region-By Judah Ari Gross-JUN 6,18-TOI
Sirens blared in southern Israel on Wednesday morning in a false alarm, sending residents scrambling to their bomb shelters, the army said.The Israel Defense Forces said it was investigating why the system was triggered, amid sky-high tensions along the Gaza border.The alarm sounded in the community of Yakhini in the Sha’ar Hanegev region, according to the IDF Home Front Command.The false alarm came a day after numerous fires blazed through southern Israel, apparently sparked by so-called “fire kites” launched by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.On Saturday night and early Sunday morning, terrorist groups in the coastal enclave launched several rounds of rockets at communities in southern Israel. Most of the incoming projectiles were shot down by the Iron Dome missile defense system. The others caused neither casualties nor damage.Wednesday’s sirens came a week after a massive flareup in which Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and smaller terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip launched approximately 200 rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel.The IDF retaliated by bombing over 65 targets in the Gaza Strip belonging to the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, which rules the coastal enclave.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Hawaii volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 5, 2018
HONOLULU — Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds more homes overnight, overtaking two oceanfront communities where residents were advised to evacuate last week, officials said Tuesday.No injuries were reported as most residents heeded the advice to leave.The latest lost homes were in addition to at least 117 others that were previously reported by officials since lava began spilling last month from cracks in the ground in a mostly rural district of the Big Island."We don't have an estimate yet, but safe to say that hundreds of homes were lost in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland last night," Janet Snyder, a spokeswoman for Hawaii County, said Tuesday.A morning overflight confirmed that lava had completely filled Kapoho Bay, inundated most of Vacationland and covered all but the northern part of Kapoho Beach Lots, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.Despite earlier reports that lava claimed Big Island Mayor Harry Kim's second home in Vacationland, an aerial flyover confirmed his home is still standing, Snyder said.County Managing Director Wil Okabe said his own vacation home in Kapoho Beach Lots was threatened. Okabe described the area as a mix of vacation rentals and year-round residences."For us it's more of a vacation area, but for those who live there permanently, they're trying to figure out where they're going to be living," he said. Kim and Okabe live in Hilo, the county's seat, which is more than an hour drive from the Kapoho area.One shelter was full Tuesday, officials said.Gov. David Ige signed a second supplemental emergency proclamation Tuesday that gives the county more options for shelters and sets criminal penalties for violating emergency rules, such as failing to evacuate and interfering with emergency workers.Lava claimed Harry Pomerleau's home in Vacationland."It's a necessary evil. It's not our land. It belongs to Pele," he said, referring to the Hawaiian volcano goddess. "I have to imagine . she knows what she's doing."Kapoho resident Mark Johnson was coming to terms with the possibility of losing his home and 5-acre citrus farm."I'm really kind of at peace actually," he said. "I've had 28 years of wonderful experience down there in Kapoho."Johnson and Pomerleau evacuated last week when authorities with bullhorns arrived at 1 a.m. saying it was time to get their things and leave.They didn't expect the lava flow to head their way."God only knows what it's going to do next," Johnson said.He wants to return if lava spares his home on a ridge overlooking the ocean. But it's unclear how long it would take to re-open access to the area, he said.Pomerleau said all of the vacation homes he did handyman work for are gone.Thousands of people in the Puna area had to evacuate after the first fissure opened May 3. Officials issued mandatory orders for residents of Leilani Estates, and those in Kapoho Beach and Vacationland were advised to leave last Friday or risk being trapped and unreachable by emergency crews.Homes in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are on smaller lots and closer together than those in other parts of the Puna district. Okabe estimated there are several hundred homes in each of the two subdivisions.Those who live or vacation in the area were mourning the loss of popular tide-pools where kids enjoyed swimming."That coastline is really important to us— a place where we spent time with our family," said Franny Brewer who lives in upper Puna.She reminisced about taking her daughter to swim in the ocean for the first time in a local swimming spot known as Champagne Ponds."I've been crying a lot," she said. "It's hard because obviously a lot of people have lost a lot more than just a beautiful place to visit and memories."___This story has been corrected to reflect that Big Island Mayor Harry Kim's second home in Vacationland has not been destroyed by lava, according to new information from the county.___AP journalist Caleb Jones contributed to this story.___Follow AP's complete coverage of the Hawaii volcano here: https://apnews.com/tag/Kilauea-Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press.
New evacuations near Guatemala volcano set off panic-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala — Frightened people living near the Volcano of Fire fled with their children and few possessions when fresh flows of super-heated debris were announced, taking no chances after authorities gave them little time to evacuate before a deadly eruption over the weekend.Traffic came to a standstill on choked roads Tuesday and those without vehicles walked, even in central Escuintla, which was not under an evacuation order. Businesses shuttered as owners fled, memories still fresh of Sunday's blast, which left at least 75 people dead and 192 missing, and reduced a once verdant area to a moonscape of ash.Mirna Priz, who sells tamales and chiles rellenos, wept as she sat on a rock at a crossroads, with a suitcase in front of her and her 11-year-old son, Allen, and their terrier mix Cara Sucia by her side."You feel powerless," she said. "I don't know where I'm going to go. To leave my things, everything I have."But after seeing what happened Sunday, she was afraid to stay.A column of smoke rose from the mountain Tuesday afternoon and hot volcanic material began descending its south side, prompting new evacuation orders for a half dozen communities and the closure of a national highway. The country's seismology and vulcanology institute said the smoke billowing from the volcano's top could produce a "curtain" of ash that could reach 20,000 feet (6,000 metres ) above sea level, posing a danger to air traffic.Rescuers, police and journalists hurried to leave the area as a siren wailed and loudspeakers blared, "Evacuate!"Among those fleeing was retiree Pantaleon Garcia, who was able to load his grandchildren into the back of a pickup with a jug of water and some food. They were heading to the homes of relatives in another town."You have to be prepared, for the children," he said.When the panic set off by the new evacuations became clear, disaster officials called for calm.In the community of Magnolia, which was under the new evacuation order, residents fled carrying bundles, bags of clothing and even small dogs in their arms.Many walked along the side of the highway because vehicular traffic had stalled on the only road out.By Tuesday the images of Sunday's destruction were familiar to everyone. What was once a collection of green canyons, hillsides and farms was reduced to grey devastation by fast-moving avalanches of super-heated muck that roared into the tightly knit villages on the mountain's flanks.Two days after the eruption, the terrain was still too hot in many places for rescue crews to search for bodies or — increasingly unlikely with each passing day — survivors.Lilian Hernandez wept as she spoke the names of aunts, uncles, cousins, her grandmother and two great-grandchildren — 36 family members in all — missing and presumed dead in the volcano's explosion."My cousins Ingrid, Yomira, Paola, Jennifer, Michael, Andrea and Silvia, who was just 2 years old," the woman said — a litany that brought into sharp relief the scope of a disaster for which the final death toll is far from clear.A spokesman for Guatemala's firefighters, said that once it reaches 72 hours after the eruption, there will be little chance of finding anyone alive.At a roadblock, Joel Gonzalez complained that police wouldn't let him through to see his family's house in the village of San Juan Alotenango, where his 76-year-old father lay buried in ash along with four other relatives."They say they are going to leave them buried there, and we are not going to know if it's really them," the 39-year-old farmer said. "They are taking away our opportunity to say goodbye."Mark Stevenson And Sonia Perez D., The Associated Press.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Fierce wind damages nearly 65 power poles in south Sask.-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
About 65 power poles near Coronach, Sask. have been severely damaged after a storm blew through the area Monday evening.SaskPower said it believes a strong gust of wind, also known as a plough wind, knocked down power poles north of Coronach.There is extensive damage to a power line that feeds the Poplar River Mine, which is a surface coal mine.A spokesperson from the mine says they are currently running on power from their backup generator.Billy Gossen lives in Coronach and experienced part of the storm.He said his daughter's baseball game ended early due to hail. He found his backyard furniture blown off the deck when he returned home.SaskPower is still assessing the damage and said a construction crew is heading to the site.SaskPower is not aware of any other affected customers, other than the coal mine, and they currently have no expected time for repairs to be complete.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
The heat is back on high: May smashes US temperature records-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
WASHINGTON — Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May.May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released Wednesday. May was 5.2 degrees above the 20th century's average for the month.Weather stations in the nation broke or tied nearly 8,600 daily heat records in May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported. It hit 100 in Minneapolis on May 28, the earliest the city has seen triple digits."The warmth was coast-to-coast," said climate scientist Jake Crouch at NOAA's Centers for Environmental Information.What made May seem even warmer was that April was unusually cool for much of the United States, he said. Wisconsin had its coldest April followed by its second warmest May.The United Kingdom , Germany and other places also set May heat records, but overall global figures for the month are still being tabulated, Crouch said.It was especially warm at night in the U.S during May. The overnight low temperature averaged 52.5 degrees nationwide. That broke the record by 2 degrees which "is unheard of" at this time of year, he said.Partly to blame is the overall warming trend from man-made climate change, Crouch said. April was cool because the jet stream brought polar air south, but it shifted out of that pattern in May. Then, a tropical system and subtropical storm Alberto brought warm moisture to the eastern part of the country, while the West was quite dry. That allowed temperatures to heat up."Nature is dealing cards from a very different deck now compared to the 20th century," Pennsylvania State University climate scientist David Titley said in an email.U.S. temperature reports go back to 1895. With the new May record, six of the U.S. monthly record highs have been set since 2006.___Follow Seth Borenstein on Twitter: @borenbears . His work can be found here .___The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
French FM: Iran flirting with ‘red lines’ with uranium enrichment plan-Jean-Yves Le Drian says Tehran's newly announced program does not breach nuclear accord limitations, but is 'quite unwelcome'-By AFP-TOI-JUN 6,18
Iran’s plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity is “unwelcome” and flirts with “red lines,” but is still in keeping with the 2015 agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program, France’s top diplomat said Wednesday.“This initiative is quite unwelcome, it shows a form of irritation and it is always dangerous to flirt with the red lines,” Jean-Yves Le Drian said.“But today, the initiative that has been taken to strengthen the uranium enrichment process remains entirely within the framework of the Vienna agreement,” he added.Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it plans to open a center for producing new centrifuges, the Islamic Republic’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday, drawing an angry response from Israel.“If we go to a higher stage, yes the agreement would be broken,” Le Drian said. “But the Iranians must realize that if they break the agreement, then they expose themselves to new sanctions and the Europeans will not be able to avoid a response.”The European Union said Tuesday that a “first assessment” indicated that Iran’s announcement did not breach its commitments under the beleaguered nuclear deal.The EU, which is working to save the agreement with Iran after the US pulled out, warned the Iranian announcement would not help build confidence in the Iranian program, but said it did not constitute a breach of the deal.“Following a first assessment, the announced steps per se are not a violation of the JCPOA,” Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini, told AFP. The agreement is officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).“However, at this particularly critical juncture, they will not contribute to build confidence in the nature of the Iranian nuclear program.”Salehi stressed that his announcement was just the start of the production process and did not mean Iran was about to start assembling centrifuges.Under the 2015 nuclear agreement that Iran signed with the US, China, Russia, Britain, France, and Germany after years of difficult talks, Tehran can build and test parts for advanced centrifuges, but specific restrictions exist on what technology can be researched and in what quantity within the first decade of the deal.European governments have been trying to salvage the nuclear deal since the United States last month withdrew and said it would reimpose sanctions on foreign companies working in the Islamic Republic by November.The remaining parties have vowed to stay in the accord but many of their companies have already started to wind down Iranian operations.A European source told AFP that the Iranian enrichment announcement is being interpreted as a bid to step up the pressure on Brussels to deliver on these promises.The EU is trying to come up with ways to persuade Iran to stick with the deal by protecting the economic benefits it gained when tough sanctions were lifted in return for it halting the weapons-capable aspects of its nuclear program.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he believes renewed US sanctions against the Islamic Republic will sink the 2015 accord.Netanyahu met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of his European tour, aiming to rally support from allies against Iran. In addition to the nuclear deal, the prime minister also raised the subject of pushing Iranian forces out of Syria.“I didn’t ask President Macron to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran because I think it is going to collapse anyway soon under pressure from US sanctions,” he said at a joint press conference with Macron after a closed-door meeting between the two leaders.“What we focused on, and what I focused on, is how to stop Iranian aggression in the region,” he said.However, Netanyahu did urge the French leader to impose economic sanctions on Iran to help dissuade it from pursuing a nuclear weapon.At the briefing, Macron warned of the risk of an “escalation” in the Iranian nuclear standoff. He called on “everyone to stabilize the situation and not give into this escalation which would lead to only one thing: conflict.”Macron noted that while France shares Israel’s concerns regarding Iran’s actions in the region, his government stands by the nuclear agreement. He said the international community should seek to curb Iran’s ballistic missile program through a separate deal, and not by revamping the existing agreement.
Future Sask. pot sellers assessing how online sales will figure into business model-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
Andrew MacCorquodale says Canopy Growth Corporation is going to sell recreational marijuana online when it becomes legal, but how much of the company's business will come through the internet is a wild card.Canopy emerged as one of the big winners in the lottery to see which applicants get to sell pot legally in Saskatchewan. The company won five of the 51 permits — the largest single allotment in the province.Canopy already supplies medical marijuana to patients with legal prescriptions. MacCorquodale said it will draw on that model when setting up the recreational side.MacCorquodale said it's going to be interesting to see how the online side of the business evolves.For instance, he said someone may go to the retail store initially to check out the selection of products and get a sense of the owners."Once you know what you like and you just want to re-order, it's quite possible that the e-commerce platform may become more popular for its convenience factor," he said.ID on delivery-One of the big issues is verifying the age and identity of the customer."Without question, new customers would be age-verified, and the recipient of the product upon delivery would be age-verified and verified against the individual who ordered it," he said.The province is also curious about how the online sales side will shake out. Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Corp. (SLGA) spokesperson David Morris said ensuring the age and identity of the customers is a concern.Getting those checks and balances in place will be the responsibility of the retailer, he said."The term and condition of their permit, they will have to ensure that they're not selling to minors, they'll have to use a carrier that has an ID-ing process as part of a condition of their sale," he said.Morris said the province is also looking at ways to ensure that the Saskatchewan companies sell to Saskatchewan customers."As the regulator and permit holder we would expect that they would comply with the rules in terms of where they're selling product," he said."Certainly if there is an issue, there is a sanctioning process. Fines, or warning or suspension of the permit."Internet can serve smaller communities-Morris said it's not clear how the legal online sales will affect, or be affected by, the black market for marijuana already on the internet.He said that customers may find it more attractive to go the legal route because of quality assurance.He added that the companies may find an online market in the hundreds of small communities in the province where there are customers for recreational marijuana but no local pot store.
Giuliani says Mueller's team is trying to frame Trump-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
TEL AVIV, Israel — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller's team is trying to frame President Donald Trump.It was the latest salvo in Giuliani's attacks on the probe into Russia's potential meddling in U.S elections. Trump's team and allies have waged a public relations campaign against Mueller and the Justice Department to discredit the investigation and soften the impact of the special counsel's potential findings."There are a group of 13 highly partisan Democrats who make up the Mueller team, excluding him, and are trying very, very hard to frame him to get him in trouble when he hasn't done anything wrong," said Giuliani, who has been serving as Trump's lawyer amid the Russia scandal."They can't emotionally come to grips with the fact that this whole thing with Russian collusion didn't happen. They are trying to invent theories of obstruction of justice," Giuliani told a business conference in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv."They have revealed no evidence that President Trump has done anything wrong," he added. "None."Mueller is investigating whether Trump associates co-ordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump took steps to shut down that investigation through actions, including the firing of FBI Director James Comey.Though Trump insists he did nothing wrong, the statements from him and his lawyers have made clear that much of their defence revolves around establishing that he was constitutionally empowered to take the actions he took.Speaking to the Globes capital market conference Wednesday, Giuliani said Trump has the power to pardon himself but would not do so."The law of the United States is that the president of the United States has unlimited, unreviewable power to pardon people from federal crimes even before they are convicted," he said. "Does he have the power to do it? Yes. Is he going to do it? No. He's innocent. He hasn't done anything wrong."Giuliani has made similar statements in the past. He has become a lightning rod during his tenure on Trump's team, drawing the president's ire for a series of scattershot interviews.Aron Heller, The Associated Press.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Senate probe: Obama-era license aimed to let Iran convert money into dollars-Administration tried to bypass sanctions on Tehran without informing Congress for fear lawmakers would object-By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee-JUN 6,18
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran access — albeit briefly — to the US financial system by sidestepping sanctions kept in place after the 2015 nuclear deal, despite repeatedly telling Congress and the public it had no plans to do so.An investigation by Senate Republicans released Wednesday sheds light on the delicate balance the Obama administration sought to strike after the deal, as it worked to ensure Iran received its promised benefits without playing into the hands of the deal’s opponents. Amid a tense political climate, Iran hawks in the US, Israel and elsewhere argued that the United States was giving far too much to Tehran and that the windfall would be used to fund extremism and other troubling Iranian activity.The report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations revealed that under president Barack Obama, the Treasury Department issued a license in February 2016, never previously disclosed, that would have allowed Iran to convert $5.7 billion it held at a bank in Oman from Omani rials into euros by exchanging them first into US dollars. If the Omani bank had allowed the exchange without such a license, it would have violated sanctions that bar Iran from transactions that touch the US financial system.The effort was unsuccessful because American banks — themselves afraid of running afoul of US sanctions — declined to participate. The Obama administration approached two US banks to facilitate the conversion, the report said, but both refused, citing the reputational risk of doing business with or for Iran.“The Obama administration misled the American people and Congress because they were desperate to get a deal with Iran,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, the subcommittee’s chairman.Issuing the license was not illegal. Still, it went above and beyond what the Obama administration was required to do under the terms of the nuclear agreement. Under that deal, the US and world powers gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbing its nuclear program. Last month, President Donald Trump declared the US was pulling out of what he described as a “disastrous deal.”The license issued to Bank Muscat stood in stark contrast to repeated public statements from the Obama White House, the Treasury and the State Department, all of which denied that the administration was contemplating allowing Iran access to the US financial system.Shortly after the nuclear deal was sealed in July 2015, then-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified that even with the sanctions relief, Iran “will continue to be denied access to the world’s largest financial and commercial market.” A month later, one of Lew’s top deputies, Adam Szubin, testified that despite the nuclear deal “Iran will be denied access to the world’s most important market and unable to deal in the world’s most important currency.”Yet almost immediately after the sanctions relief took effect in January 2016, Iran began to complain that it wasn’t reaping the benefits it had envisioned. Iran argued that other sanctions — such as those linked to human rights, terrorism and missile development — were scaring off potential investors and banks who feared any business with Iran would lead to punishment. The global financial system is heavily intertwined with US banks, making it nearly impossible to conduct many international transactions without touching New York in one way or another.Former Obama administration officials declined to comment for the record.However, they said the decision to grant the license had been made in line with the spirt of the deal, which included allowing Iran to regain access to foreign reserves that had been off-limits because of the sanctions. They said public comments made by the Obama administration at the time were intended to dispel incorrect reports about nonexistent proposals that would have gone much farther by letting Iran actually buy or sell things in dollars.The former officials spoke on condition of anonymity because many are still involved in national security issues.As the Obama administration pondered how to address Iran’s complaints in 2016, reports in The Associated Press and other media outlets revealed that the US was considering additional sanctions relief, including issuing licenses that would allow Iran limited transactions in dollars. Democratic and Republican lawmakers argued against it throughout the late winter, spring and summer of 2016. They warned that unless Tehran was willing to give up more, the US shouldn’t give Iran anything more than it already had.At the time, the Obama administration downplayed those concerns while speaking in general terms about the need for the US to live up to its part of the deal. Secretary of State John Kerry and other top aides fanned out across Europe, Asia and the Middle East trying to convince banks and businesses they could do business with Iran without violating sanctions and facing steep fines.“Since Iran has kept its end of the deal, it is our responsibility to uphold ours, in both letter and spirit,” Lew said at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in March 2016, without offering details.That same week, the AP reported that the Treasury had prepared a draft of a license that would have given Iran much broader permission to convert its assets from foreign currencies into easier-to-spend currencies like euros, yen or rupees, by first exchanging them for dollars at offshore financial institutions.The draft involved a general license, a blanket go-ahead that allows all transactions of a certain type, rather than a specific license like the one given to Oman’s Bank Muscat, which only covers specific transactions and institutions. The proposal would have allowed dollars to be used in currency exchanges provided that no Iranian banks, no Iranian rials and no sanctioned Iranian individuals or businesses were involved, and that the transaction did not begin or end in US dollars.Obama administration officials at the time assured concerned lawmakers that a general license wouldn’t be coming. But the report from the Republican members of the Senate panel showed that a draft of the license was indeed prepared, though it was never published.And when questioned by lawmakers about the possibility of granting Iran any kind of access to the US financial system, Obama-era officials never volunteered that the specific license for Bank Muscat in Oman had been issued two months earlier.According to the report, Iran is believed to have found other ways to access its money, possibly by exchanging it in smaller quantities through another currency.The situation resulted from the fact that Iran had stored billions in Omani rials, a currency that’s notoriously hard to convert. The US dollar is the world’s dominant currency, so allowing it to be used as a conversion instrument for Iranian assets was the easiest and most efficient way to speed up Iran’s access to its own funds.For example: If the Iranians want to sell oil to India, they would likely want to be paid in euros instead of rupees, so they could more easily use the proceeds to purchase European goods. That process commonly starts with the rupees being converted into dollars, just for a moment, before being converted once again into euros.US sanctions block Iran from exchanging the money on its own. And Asian and European banks are wary because US regulators have levied billions of dollars in fines in recent years and threatened transgressors with a cutoff from the far more lucrative American market.
Israel to send aid teams to Guatemala following deadly volcanic eruption-Netanyahu speaks with leader Morales as death toll hits 75 with nearly 200 missing, offers medical, logistical assistance; doctors to reportedly fly out Thursday-By TOI staff and AFP-JUN 6,18
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night spoke with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, and offered him condolences for the deaths caused by the country’s catastrophic volcanic eruption.Netanyahu also offered Israeli medical and logistical aid to the Central American nation. Netanyahu and Morales last met when the latter visited Jerusalem in May to open his country’s embassy there, two days after the US opened its mission in the city.According to Hadashot TV news, a team of Israeli doctors will fly out to the disaster zone on Thursday. Israeli emergency aid organization IsrAid also announced that they are sending a team.Meanwhile the Israeli embassy and a team from Israel’s Zaka emergency service have launched efforts in Guatemala to provide aid and basic necessities to those affected, including blankets, medicine, first aid kits and water purification tablets.Nearly 200 people are missing and at least 75 have been killed since Guatemala’s Fuego volcano began erupting over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.Seven communities in already devastated areas were evacuated as the volcano’s activity increased, with rescue operations halted.In the city of Escuintla, near the summit, panicked locals rushed to their cars to escape, causing chaotic traffic.An AFP photographer saw a large plume of ash rise into the sky, prompting an evacuation of everyone authorities could find before the police, the military and rescuers were ordered to stand down.And a total of 192 people remain missing since the weekend eruptions, disaster relief agency chief Sergio Cabanas told reporters.The search for bodies in mountain villages destroyed by the eruption was progressing slowly, officials said, given the nature of the terrain and the way the volcano released large amounts of boiling mud, rock and ash down the mountain.“We will continue until we find the last victim, though we do not know how many there are. We will probe the area as many times as necessary,” Cabanas told AFP.However, the prospects of finding any more survivors was poor, he said.“If you are trapped in a pyroclastic flow, it’s hard to come out of it alive,” he said, adding that if people caught in the flow they may never be found.The 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) volcano erupted early Sunday, spewing out towering plumes of ash and a hail of fiery rock fragments with scalding mud.Authorities said more than 1.7 million people had been affected by the disaster, including more than 3,000 ordered evacuated, many living in shelters in Escuintla, Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango since Sunday’s eruption.The speed of the eruption took locals by surprise, and could be explained by it producing pyroclastic flows, sudden emissions of gas and rock fragments, rather than lava, said volcanologist David Rothery of Britain’s Open University.Morales, who has declared three days of national mourning, has visited the disaster zone.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply saddened by the “tragic loss of life and the significant damage caused by the eruption,” and said the UN was ready to assist national rescue and relief efforts.
France, Germany, Britain formally request exemptions from US Iran sanctions-In letter to US secretary of state and treasury secretary, countries plead that as allies, they expect Washington not to harm their security interests-By AFP-JUN 6,18
PARIS, France — Germany, France, Britain and the EU on Wednesday sent the United States a joint official request for their companies to be exempt from punitive measures resulting from fresh US sanctions on Iran.“As allies, we expect that the United States will refrain from taking action to harm Europe’s security interests,” read the letter to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said the three countries and the EU were asking the US “to exempt European businesses doing legitimate trade in Iran from all extraterritorial American sanctions.”“Those businesses must be able to pursue their activities,” he wrote on Twitter.The plea comes as European leaders scramble to save the deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015 under which Tehran agreed to limits on the weapons-capable aspects of its nuclear capacities in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions.US President Donald Trump announced he was abandoning the deal last month — which will mean new sanctions on the Islamic Republic and punitive measures for those who trade with it.Analysts say European firms which have rushed to invest in Iran after the lifting of sanctions over the past three years have the most to lose from the renewed sanctions.Several major companies including France’s Total and the Netherlands’ Maersk have already said it will be impossible to stay in Iran once the sanctions are fully reimposed over the next six months, unless they receive explicit exemptions from Washington.French automaker PSA said Monday that it would pull out of two joint ventures to sell its cars in Iran to avoid the risk of punishing fines.
Macron says calls with Trump are like sausages-French leader uses Otto von Bismarck quote, saying 'It's best not to see them being made,' when asked about CNN report on 'terrible' phone call with US leader-By AP and TOI staff-JUN 6,18
French President Emmanuel Macron isn’t disclosing details of his phone call last week with US President Donald Trump, after an unnamed source told CNN television it went badly.Macron instead repeated the famous line attributed to 19th century German statesman Otto von Bismarck about laws and sausages: “It’s best not to see them being made.”The French leader told reporters Tuesday he doesn’t like to comment on “how things went, if that’s hot, if that’s cold, if that’s warm, if that’s terrible. We do (things) and we move forward.”He promised a “frank and direct discussion” with Trump at an upcoming summit in Canada.The French presidency says Macron told Trump during a call last week that new US tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a “mistake.”An unidentified source told CNN that “Macron thought he would be able to speak his mind, based on the relationship. But Trump can’t handle being criticized like that.”The result, the source said, was “Just bad. It was terrible.”
Israel navy drills attack on offshore gas rigs-Recent exercise simulated interception of missile threat to gas drilling platform, as well as a strike on an enemy ship-By TOI staff-JUN 6,18
The Israeli Navy successfully completed a complex exercise last week led by its missile boats flotilla, the military announced Wednesday.The drill included two major attack and defense scenarios at sea.In the first scenario, an aircraft simulated a missile threat against an Israeli gas rig. The threat was detected on board a Sa’ar 4.5 missile boat, and was shot down by an interceptor missile launched from the ship.The navy noted that the ship was recently fitted with state-of-the art detection and observation systems, including the new Fire Sickle radar system which officials said significantly improves vessels’ tracking capabilities.Last week’s drill was the first live test of the ship in its new configuration.In the second scenario, a seaborne target simulating an enemy ship was struck by two cruise missiles launched by the ships INS Lahav and INS Kidon. The target was successfully hit and destroyed.Col. Adar Gershon, who led the drill, said it “aided in improving the readiness and professional capabilities of the naval crews. The missile boats flotilla is ready and prepared for all threats in the maritime arena.”Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group has threatened in recent months to attack Israel’s offshore gas rigs, some of which it asserts are operating in Lebanon’s territorial waters — a claim Israel rejects.
Palestinian rock-thrower shot dead by soldiers in West Bank – IDF-Army looking into claim troops delayed ambulance at the scene, near Ramallah; video shows soldiers treating wounded man-By TOI staff-JUN 6,18
A 21-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers Wednesday morning in the village of Nebi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, after he threw rocks at soldiers operating in the area, the IDF said.Riots apparently erupted when Israeli troops entered the village as part of an operation.B’Tselem said the man was seriously injured by gunfire during the incident, and that the army delayed an ambulance from leaving the scene to take him to hospital. The IDF said it was looking into the claim.The Haaretz daily quoted a military source as saying that during a violent protest in the village, a demonstrator was shot by troops using live ammunition.A video apparently taken after the incident and shared on social media shows Israeli soldiers attempting to treat the man as angry protesters shout at them.Palestinian media identified the dead man as Azzedine Tamimi, 21, saying he was shot in the neck.Meanwhile, Palestinians said another man was shot in the leg and wounded by soldiers in nearby Bayt Rima.Recent weeks have seen an uptick in violence in the area after an Israeli soldier was killed by a marble slab dropped on his head from a building in the al-Am’ari refugee camp near Ramallah.Subsequent arrest raids were met with violent rioting and at least 13 injured Palestinians.
False alarm, army says, as sirens blare in southern Israel-Army says it is investigating why the system was triggered unnecessarily in Sha'ar Hanegev region-By Judah Ari Gross-JUN 6,18-TOI
Sirens blared in southern Israel on Wednesday morning in a false alarm, sending residents scrambling to their bomb shelters, the army said.The Israel Defense Forces said it was investigating why the system was triggered, amid sky-high tensions along the Gaza border.The alarm sounded in the community of Yakhini in the Sha’ar Hanegev region, according to the IDF Home Front Command.The false alarm came a day after numerous fires blazed through southern Israel, apparently sparked by so-called “fire kites” launched by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.On Saturday night and early Sunday morning, terrorist groups in the coastal enclave launched several rounds of rockets at communities in southern Israel. Most of the incoming projectiles were shot down by the Iron Dome missile defense system. The others caused neither casualties nor damage.Wednesday’s sirens came a week after a massive flareup in which Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and smaller terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip launched approximately 200 rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel.The IDF retaliated by bombing over 65 targets in the Gaza Strip belonging to the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, which rules the coastal enclave.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Hawaii volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 5, 2018
HONOLULU — Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds more homes overnight, overtaking two oceanfront communities where residents were advised to evacuate last week, officials said Tuesday.No injuries were reported as most residents heeded the advice to leave.The latest lost homes were in addition to at least 117 others that were previously reported by officials since lava began spilling last month from cracks in the ground in a mostly rural district of the Big Island."We don't have an estimate yet, but safe to say that hundreds of homes were lost in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland last night," Janet Snyder, a spokeswoman for Hawaii County, said Tuesday.A morning overflight confirmed that lava had completely filled Kapoho Bay, inundated most of Vacationland and covered all but the northern part of Kapoho Beach Lots, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.Despite earlier reports that lava claimed Big Island Mayor Harry Kim's second home in Vacationland, an aerial flyover confirmed his home is still standing, Snyder said.County Managing Director Wil Okabe said his own vacation home in Kapoho Beach Lots was threatened. Okabe described the area as a mix of vacation rentals and year-round residences."For us it's more of a vacation area, but for those who live there permanently, they're trying to figure out where they're going to be living," he said. Kim and Okabe live in Hilo, the county's seat, which is more than an hour drive from the Kapoho area.One shelter was full Tuesday, officials said.Gov. David Ige signed a second supplemental emergency proclamation Tuesday that gives the county more options for shelters and sets criminal penalties for violating emergency rules, such as failing to evacuate and interfering with emergency workers.Lava claimed Harry Pomerleau's home in Vacationland."It's a necessary evil. It's not our land. It belongs to Pele," he said, referring to the Hawaiian volcano goddess. "I have to imagine . she knows what she's doing."Kapoho resident Mark Johnson was coming to terms with the possibility of losing his home and 5-acre citrus farm."I'm really kind of at peace actually," he said. "I've had 28 years of wonderful experience down there in Kapoho."Johnson and Pomerleau evacuated last week when authorities with bullhorns arrived at 1 a.m. saying it was time to get their things and leave.They didn't expect the lava flow to head their way."God only knows what it's going to do next," Johnson said.He wants to return if lava spares his home on a ridge overlooking the ocean. But it's unclear how long it would take to re-open access to the area, he said.Pomerleau said all of the vacation homes he did handyman work for are gone.Thousands of people in the Puna area had to evacuate after the first fissure opened May 3. Officials issued mandatory orders for residents of Leilani Estates, and those in Kapoho Beach and Vacationland were advised to leave last Friday or risk being trapped and unreachable by emergency crews.Homes in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are on smaller lots and closer together than those in other parts of the Puna district. Okabe estimated there are several hundred homes in each of the two subdivisions.Those who live or vacation in the area were mourning the loss of popular tide-pools where kids enjoyed swimming."That coastline is really important to us— a place where we spent time with our family," said Franny Brewer who lives in upper Puna.She reminisced about taking her daughter to swim in the ocean for the first time in a local swimming spot known as Champagne Ponds."I've been crying a lot," she said. "It's hard because obviously a lot of people have lost a lot more than just a beautiful place to visit and memories."___This story has been corrected to reflect that Big Island Mayor Harry Kim's second home in Vacationland has not been destroyed by lava, according to new information from the county.___AP journalist Caleb Jones contributed to this story.___Follow AP's complete coverage of the Hawaii volcano here: https://apnews.com/tag/Kilauea-Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press.
New evacuations near Guatemala volcano set off panic-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala — Frightened people living near the Volcano of Fire fled with their children and few possessions when fresh flows of super-heated debris were announced, taking no chances after authorities gave them little time to evacuate before a deadly eruption over the weekend.Traffic came to a standstill on choked roads Tuesday and those without vehicles walked, even in central Escuintla, which was not under an evacuation order. Businesses shuttered as owners fled, memories still fresh of Sunday's blast, which left at least 75 people dead and 192 missing, and reduced a once verdant area to a moonscape of ash.Mirna Priz, who sells tamales and chiles rellenos, wept as she sat on a rock at a crossroads, with a suitcase in front of her and her 11-year-old son, Allen, and their terrier mix Cara Sucia by her side."You feel powerless," she said. "I don't know where I'm going to go. To leave my things, everything I have."But after seeing what happened Sunday, she was afraid to stay.A column of smoke rose from the mountain Tuesday afternoon and hot volcanic material began descending its south side, prompting new evacuation orders for a half dozen communities and the closure of a national highway. The country's seismology and vulcanology institute said the smoke billowing from the volcano's top could produce a "curtain" of ash that could reach 20,000 feet (6,000 metres ) above sea level, posing a danger to air traffic.Rescuers, police and journalists hurried to leave the area as a siren wailed and loudspeakers blared, "Evacuate!"Among those fleeing was retiree Pantaleon Garcia, who was able to load his grandchildren into the back of a pickup with a jug of water and some food. They were heading to the homes of relatives in another town."You have to be prepared, for the children," he said.When the panic set off by the new evacuations became clear, disaster officials called for calm.In the community of Magnolia, which was under the new evacuation order, residents fled carrying bundles, bags of clothing and even small dogs in their arms.Many walked along the side of the highway because vehicular traffic had stalled on the only road out.By Tuesday the images of Sunday's destruction were familiar to everyone. What was once a collection of green canyons, hillsides and farms was reduced to grey devastation by fast-moving avalanches of super-heated muck that roared into the tightly knit villages on the mountain's flanks.Two days after the eruption, the terrain was still too hot in many places for rescue crews to search for bodies or — increasingly unlikely with each passing day — survivors.Lilian Hernandez wept as she spoke the names of aunts, uncles, cousins, her grandmother and two great-grandchildren — 36 family members in all — missing and presumed dead in the volcano's explosion."My cousins Ingrid, Yomira, Paola, Jennifer, Michael, Andrea and Silvia, who was just 2 years old," the woman said — a litany that brought into sharp relief the scope of a disaster for which the final death toll is far from clear.A spokesman for Guatemala's firefighters, said that once it reaches 72 hours after the eruption, there will be little chance of finding anyone alive.At a roadblock, Joel Gonzalez complained that police wouldn't let him through to see his family's house in the village of San Juan Alotenango, where his 76-year-old father lay buried in ash along with four other relatives."They say they are going to leave them buried there, and we are not going to know if it's really them," the 39-year-old farmer said. "They are taking away our opportunity to say goodbye."Mark Stevenson And Sonia Perez D., The Associated Press.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Fierce wind damages nearly 65 power poles in south Sask.-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
About 65 power poles near Coronach, Sask. have been severely damaged after a storm blew through the area Monday evening.SaskPower said it believes a strong gust of wind, also known as a plough wind, knocked down power poles north of Coronach.There is extensive damage to a power line that feeds the Poplar River Mine, which is a surface coal mine.A spokesperson from the mine says they are currently running on power from their backup generator.Billy Gossen lives in Coronach and experienced part of the storm.He said his daughter's baseball game ended early due to hail. He found his backyard furniture blown off the deck when he returned home.SaskPower is still assessing the damage and said a construction crew is heading to the site.SaskPower is not aware of any other affected customers, other than the coal mine, and they currently have no expected time for repairs to be complete.
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
The heat is back on high: May smashes US temperature records-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
WASHINGTON — Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May.May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released Wednesday. May was 5.2 degrees above the 20th century's average for the month.Weather stations in the nation broke or tied nearly 8,600 daily heat records in May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported. It hit 100 in Minneapolis on May 28, the earliest the city has seen triple digits."The warmth was coast-to-coast," said climate scientist Jake Crouch at NOAA's Centers for Environmental Information.What made May seem even warmer was that April was unusually cool for much of the United States, he said. Wisconsin had its coldest April followed by its second warmest May.The United Kingdom , Germany and other places also set May heat records, but overall global figures for the month are still being tabulated, Crouch said.It was especially warm at night in the U.S during May. The overnight low temperature averaged 52.5 degrees nationwide. That broke the record by 2 degrees which "is unheard of" at this time of year, he said.Partly to blame is the overall warming trend from man-made climate change, Crouch said. April was cool because the jet stream brought polar air south, but it shifted out of that pattern in May. Then, a tropical system and subtropical storm Alberto brought warm moisture to the eastern part of the country, while the West was quite dry. That allowed temperatures to heat up."Nature is dealing cards from a very different deck now compared to the 20th century," Pennsylvania State University climate scientist David Titley said in an email.U.S. temperature reports go back to 1895. With the new May record, six of the U.S. monthly record highs have been set since 2006.___Follow Seth Borenstein on Twitter: @borenbears . His work can be found here .___The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
French FM: Iran flirting with ‘red lines’ with uranium enrichment plan-Jean-Yves Le Drian says Tehran's newly announced program does not breach nuclear accord limitations, but is 'quite unwelcome'-By AFP-TOI-JUN 6,18
Iran’s plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity is “unwelcome” and flirts with “red lines,” but is still in keeping with the 2015 agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program, France’s top diplomat said Wednesday.“This initiative is quite unwelcome, it shows a form of irritation and it is always dangerous to flirt with the red lines,” Jean-Yves Le Drian said.“But today, the initiative that has been taken to strengthen the uranium enrichment process remains entirely within the framework of the Vienna agreement,” he added.Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it plans to open a center for producing new centrifuges, the Islamic Republic’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday, drawing an angry response from Israel.“If we go to a higher stage, yes the agreement would be broken,” Le Drian said. “But the Iranians must realize that if they break the agreement, then they expose themselves to new sanctions and the Europeans will not be able to avoid a response.”The European Union said Tuesday that a “first assessment” indicated that Iran’s announcement did not breach its commitments under the beleaguered nuclear deal.The EU, which is working to save the agreement with Iran after the US pulled out, warned the Iranian announcement would not help build confidence in the Iranian program, but said it did not constitute a breach of the deal.“Following a first assessment, the announced steps per se are not a violation of the JCPOA,” Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini, told AFP. The agreement is officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).“However, at this particularly critical juncture, they will not contribute to build confidence in the nature of the Iranian nuclear program.”Salehi stressed that his announcement was just the start of the production process and did not mean Iran was about to start assembling centrifuges.Under the 2015 nuclear agreement that Iran signed with the US, China, Russia, Britain, France, and Germany after years of difficult talks, Tehran can build and test parts for advanced centrifuges, but specific restrictions exist on what technology can be researched and in what quantity within the first decade of the deal.European governments have been trying to salvage the nuclear deal since the United States last month withdrew and said it would reimpose sanctions on foreign companies working in the Islamic Republic by November.The remaining parties have vowed to stay in the accord but many of their companies have already started to wind down Iranian operations.A European source told AFP that the Iranian enrichment announcement is being interpreted as a bid to step up the pressure on Brussels to deliver on these promises.The EU is trying to come up with ways to persuade Iran to stick with the deal by protecting the economic benefits it gained when tough sanctions were lifted in return for it halting the weapons-capable aspects of its nuclear program.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he believes renewed US sanctions against the Islamic Republic will sink the 2015 accord.Netanyahu met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of his European tour, aiming to rally support from allies against Iran. In addition to the nuclear deal, the prime minister also raised the subject of pushing Iranian forces out of Syria.“I didn’t ask President Macron to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran because I think it is going to collapse anyway soon under pressure from US sanctions,” he said at a joint press conference with Macron after a closed-door meeting between the two leaders.“What we focused on, and what I focused on, is how to stop Iranian aggression in the region,” he said.However, Netanyahu did urge the French leader to impose economic sanctions on Iran to help dissuade it from pursuing a nuclear weapon.At the briefing, Macron warned of the risk of an “escalation” in the Iranian nuclear standoff. He called on “everyone to stabilize the situation and not give into this escalation which would lead to only one thing: conflict.”Macron noted that while France shares Israel’s concerns regarding Iran’s actions in the region, his government stands by the nuclear agreement. He said the international community should seek to curb Iran’s ballistic missile program through a separate deal, and not by revamping the existing agreement.
Future Sask. pot sellers assessing how online sales will figure into business model-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
Andrew MacCorquodale says Canopy Growth Corporation is going to sell recreational marijuana online when it becomes legal, but how much of the company's business will come through the internet is a wild card.Canopy emerged as one of the big winners in the lottery to see which applicants get to sell pot legally in Saskatchewan. The company won five of the 51 permits — the largest single allotment in the province.Canopy already supplies medical marijuana to patients with legal prescriptions. MacCorquodale said it will draw on that model when setting up the recreational side.MacCorquodale said it's going to be interesting to see how the online side of the business evolves.For instance, he said someone may go to the retail store initially to check out the selection of products and get a sense of the owners."Once you know what you like and you just want to re-order, it's quite possible that the e-commerce platform may become more popular for its convenience factor," he said.ID on delivery-One of the big issues is verifying the age and identity of the customer."Without question, new customers would be age-verified, and the recipient of the product upon delivery would be age-verified and verified against the individual who ordered it," he said.The province is also curious about how the online sales side will shake out. Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Corp. (SLGA) spokesperson David Morris said ensuring the age and identity of the customers is a concern.Getting those checks and balances in place will be the responsibility of the retailer, he said."The term and condition of their permit, they will have to ensure that they're not selling to minors, they'll have to use a carrier that has an ID-ing process as part of a condition of their sale," he said.Morris said the province is also looking at ways to ensure that the Saskatchewan companies sell to Saskatchewan customers."As the regulator and permit holder we would expect that they would comply with the rules in terms of where they're selling product," he said."Certainly if there is an issue, there is a sanctioning process. Fines, or warning or suspension of the permit."Internet can serve smaller communities-Morris said it's not clear how the legal online sales will affect, or be affected by, the black market for marijuana already on the internet.He said that customers may find it more attractive to go the legal route because of quality assurance.He added that the companies may find an online market in the hundreds of small communities in the province where there are customers for recreational marijuana but no local pot store.
Giuliani says Mueller's team is trying to frame Trump-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-June 6, 2018
TEL AVIV, Israel — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller's team is trying to frame President Donald Trump.It was the latest salvo in Giuliani's attacks on the probe into Russia's potential meddling in U.S elections. Trump's team and allies have waged a public relations campaign against Mueller and the Justice Department to discredit the investigation and soften the impact of the special counsel's potential findings."There are a group of 13 highly partisan Democrats who make up the Mueller team, excluding him, and are trying very, very hard to frame him to get him in trouble when he hasn't done anything wrong," said Giuliani, who has been serving as Trump's lawyer amid the Russia scandal."They can't emotionally come to grips with the fact that this whole thing with Russian collusion didn't happen. They are trying to invent theories of obstruction of justice," Giuliani told a business conference in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv."They have revealed no evidence that President Trump has done anything wrong," he added. "None."Mueller is investigating whether Trump associates co-ordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump took steps to shut down that investigation through actions, including the firing of FBI Director James Comey.Though Trump insists he did nothing wrong, the statements from him and his lawyers have made clear that much of their defence revolves around establishing that he was constitutionally empowered to take the actions he took.Speaking to the Globes capital market conference Wednesday, Giuliani said Trump has the power to pardon himself but would not do so."The law of the United States is that the president of the United States has unlimited, unreviewable power to pardon people from federal crimes even before they are convicted," he said. "Does he have the power to do it? Yes. Is he going to do it? No. He's innocent. He hasn't done anything wrong."Giuliani has made similar statements in the past. He has become a lightning rod during his tenure on Trump's team, drawing the president's ire for a series of scattershot interviews.Aron Heller, The Associated Press.
