WSI SAYS BAD HURRICANE SEASON

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; 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, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

WSI raises 2008 Atlantic hurricane forecast
Tue Apr 22, 5:01 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private weather forecaster WSI Corp said on Tuesday it raised the number of Atlantic hurricanes it expects this year to eight from seven due to warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures that will likely encourage storm development.We have increased our forecast slightly based on continued Atlantic warming in recent months, along with the persistence, albeit a bit weaker, of the La Nina event, said WSI seasonal forecaster Todd Crawford in a press release.Financial markets watch hurricane forecasts closely after a parade of severe storms in 2005 demolished parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing billions of dollars in damage and temporarily shutting down a quarter of the nation's refining capacity.WSI's forecast for the 2008 season calls for 14 named storms, eight of which will become hurricanes and four of which will strengthen into major hurricanes. The outlook is up slightly from WSI's outlook in December, which called for 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three intense hurricanes.

The hurricane season runs for six months starting June 1.

WSI's forecast numbers are significantly higher than the 1950-2007 averages of 9.7 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes, the Massachusetts-based company said.The forecast is in line with a recent outlook from Colorado State University that called for 15 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes.

Alberta's late spring winter weather storm a boon for farmers Mon Apr 21, 8:07 PMBy Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Western Canada's spring bout of winter weather may have people seeing red as they shovel the white stuff, but it has proven a godsend for parched prairie soil. A slow-moving upper low pressure system from the Pacific, fed by lingering Arctic cold air, continued Monday to park itself over the Prairies, delivering snow and freezing rain from Alberta to Manitoba. The snow dump - which reached 40 centimetres in some regions of Alberta over the weekend - snarled roads and led to multiple car crashes, including a collision near Olds, Alta., involving a semi-truck and a car that left one person dead. The blustery conditions were all the more irritating because Canadians in Central Canada were basking in balmy temperatures - with forecasts suggesting the sunshine was to continue through the week. But Agriculture Canada said the snowfall on the Prairies was just what farmers and ranchers needed. Trevor Hadwen, the department's agri-climate specialist, said some areas received 30 millilitres of moisture. Those areas were extremely dry throughout the winter. Quite a few of those areas received more moisture in this one storm than they did all winter, Hadwen said from Regina. The next important question is how the snow will melt.

If it melts slowly, that moisture will seep into the soil and do some good recharge.But a fast runoff won't be bad either for southern Saskatchewan and Alberta ranchers, who need the moisture for reservoirs and dugouts. Their dugouts were fairly dry and there wasn't a whole lot of runoff this spring, if any, from the winter, Hadwen said. The weekend snowfall brought an abrupt halt to a spring that featured summer-like temperatures just one weekend before. Edmonton scrambled to get graders on the road. Some contractors had already switched their scraping equipment from snow to gravel. Snow, blowing snow and snow drifts caused chaos on highways, leading to scores of pileups. Late Sunday, a Greyhound bus carrying 16 hit the ditch south of Edmonton after it slammed into the back of a pickup that had slowed down to manoeuvre around a jackknifed transport truck. No one was hurt. In Calgary, the famed Red Mile party strip south of downtown, where fans of the Calgary Flames gather to celebrate NHL playoff victories, was muted Sunday night despite the team's 2-0 win to take the San Jose Sharks to a decisive seventh game Tuesday. On Monday, a Staples Business Depot had to be evacuated when a sprinkler line burst due to the cold temperatures and flooded the store. Dan Kulak of Environment Canada said snowfall amounts were around 20 centimetres in the major cities - a big dump but far from the 48 centimetres recorded one May day in Calgary 27 years ago. It's spring, it's Canada, it's the Prairies. Deal with it, said Kulak, a warning preparedness meteorologist. Don't take the snow tires off yet. I'm not saying we're going to get a dump in May, but May is notorious for having big storms when they do happen. Temperatures were not expected to get back above the freezing mark until the end of the week, and, even then, they were expected to be 10 degrees cooler than the seasonal average.

Much of Saskatchewan was spared the full wrath of the weekend storm, but there were areas in the western part that felt the effects. Travel was not recommended Monday on many of the highways in the Lloydminster, North Battleford and Kindersley areas. RCMP said there were several reports of cars hitting the ditch on Sunday, but there were no serious accidents. In Meadow Lake, about 300 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, Daryl Wood was hoping to have at least part of the golf course open this week. But the 30 centimetres of snow that fell over the weekend put a chill on those plans. Wood said he spent four hours clearing the parking lot Monday just so people could get into the restaurant. We're behind the eight-ball now, he said. I am sure we're back at least a week to 10 days.-With files from Tim Cook in Regina.

Snow flurries continue in Saskatchewan
Mon Apr 21, 7:29 PM

SASKATCHEWAN (CBC) - The frosty weather Saskatchewan residents might be wishing is winter's last gasp continued Monday.The roads in the western parts of the province from the U.S. border to Meadow Lake are in treacherous condition, said highways ministry spokesman Adam Rithaller.We have ice-covered heavy snow: that means there's at least eight centimetres of snow on the road, he said. Packed snow, snowdrifts, swirling snow, pretty much you name it, they have it there.There were also some slippery sections of highway in the northeast grainbelt, which experienced some freezing rain.Later Monday, Environment Canada was calling for snow flurries in Saskatoon, Martensville, Outlook, the Battlefords, Kindersley and Meadow Lake.Snow was also in the forecast Monday night for Prince Albert, Meadow Lake and the Battlefords.Further north, there was a freezing rain warning for Cumberland House, Pelican Narrows and Creighton.There were also winter storm warnings for La Ronge, Prince Albert National Park, Narrow Hills Provincial Park, Ile-a-la-Crosse, Buffalo Narrows and Beauval. That means freezing rain for some areas and heavy snow for others.The snow forecast was between 10 and 15 centimetres for Wollaston Lake, Collins Bay, Buffalo Narrows, Beauval, Ile-a-la-Crosse, Cree Lake, Key Lake, La Loche, Cluff Lake and Clearwater River Provincial Park.Compared to other areas, Regina was expected to get off easy Tuesday, with a mixture of sun and cloud and the high temperature hitting 10 C.

Carter denies State Dept. told him to shun Hamas By Matthew Bigg APR 23,08

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter denied on Wednesday that the State Department warned him not to meet with leaders of the Islamist group Hamas before he made a recent trip to the Middle East. Carter said Hamas' top official Khaled Meshaal told him during meetings in Damascus on Friday and Saturday that Hamas would accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders if approved by Palestinians.The United States brushed off the comments on Monday, arguing that Hamas' basic stance, which includes a call in its charter for the destruction of Israel, had not changed.The State Department has said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, urged Carter not to meet with Hamas, a position restated by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, but Carter denied this.No one in the State Department or any other department of the U.S. government ever asked him (Carter) to refrain from his recent visit to the Middle East or even suggested that he not meet with Syrian President (Bashar) Assad or leaders of Hamas, said a statement released by the Atlanta-based Carter Center, which speaks on the former president's behalf.

Hamas, which controls Gaza, is viewed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel.The Carter Center statement said the former president attempted to call Rice before making the trip and a deputy returned his call since Rice was in Europe.They had a very pleasant discussion for about 15 minutes, during which he never made any of the negative or cautionary comments described above. He never talked to anyone else, the Carter Center statement said.President Carter has the greatest respect for ... Rice and believes her to be a truthful person. However, perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true, the statement said.Carter's reference to the 1967 borders spoke of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East War, and to a referendum on a peace deal Washington hopes to clinch this year.Hamas won a 2006 election and briefly formed a unity government with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It seized control of Gaza from Abbas' secular Fatah faction in fighting in June.Hamas has refused to accept major conditions laid down by the quartet of Middle East peace mediators. Those nations include the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union.(Editing by Tom Brown and Bill Trott)

Apr 21, 2008 11:26 Old City of Jerusalem closed to private traffic over Pessah By JPOST.COM STAFF

The Jerusalem Municipal Council will search millions of visitors to Jerusalem's Old City during Hol Hamoed (Passover week days), according to new decisions by the municipality and Jerusalem police. Also, entering the Old City in private vehicles has been prohibited. Entry will only be granted to vehicles that have prearranged with the municipality, and to Egged public transport vehicles. Likewise, during Hol Hamoed various other main roads in east Jerusalem will be closed to private traffic. The Jerusalem Municipal Council recommends all visitors to use public transport to get to the Old City.

Thomson Financial News
EU Commission to warn clearing services over slow market reforms - report 04.21.08, 4:27 AM ET

BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - Providers of clearing and settlement services for stock exchanges will be warned on Monday by the European Commission they face their last chance to show they can create a competitive market on a voluntary basis, the Financial Times reported.EU Internal Markets Commissioner Charlie McCreevy will attack the endless foot-dragging over establishing effective links between clearing infrastructures.The EU wants more evidence that a code of conduct on inter-operability between infrastructure providers is leading to more competition in post-trade services to Europe's capital markets.McCreevy's comments will come at an ECB conference in Frankfurt.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomsonreuters.com

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Secret deal between EU-3 blocks Blair as EU president
21.04.2008 - 09:30 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

UK prime minister Gordon Brown has agreed to a secret deal with Germany and France which effectively rules out Tony Blair as a new EU president but the British ex-leader is also interested in the new role of Europe's foreign chief, a UK daily is reporting.We have agreed with France and Germany not to back a candidate one of the others doesn't want, a British diplomat is quoted saying by the Independent.French President Nicolas Sarkozy previously backed Mr Blair as a possible candidate to head the EU's 27 member states while Mr Brown praised his potential qualities for the job but did not specifically back him.At the same time, German chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly opposed to such a scenario, which means that - under a new deal referred to by the British diplomat in the article – her opposition would automatically spoil Mr Blair's chances of being supported by any of Europe's three biggest countries.Apart from Tony Blair, the other candidate mentioned most often and thought to enjoy backing by Berlin and Paris is Luxembourg's prime minister and veteran of the EU stage, Jean-Claude Juncker.

The position of the EU's president is contained in the bloc's Lisbon Treaty under the official heading of President of the European Council. The European Council refers to the regular meetings of EU leaders.Talks have begun on what kind of salary, personnel and other perks the president should have.But the actual job description of the EU president – a job that can be held for up to five years - still has yet to be decided. While his or her appointment would replace the current practice whereby the bloc is headed by a different EU leader every six months, it is unclear whether the role will be merely administrative or something more powerful.In chairing the 27-nation bloc, the EU president would work together with another post created by the Lisbon Treaty, the EU foreign minister.The new post will merge together the chair of Javier Solana as the EU's current foreign policy chief and that of Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the current European commissioner for external relations.According to the Independent, Tony Blair may also be interested in becoming the new EU foreign minister. The Lisbon Treaty is scheduled to come into force on 1 January 2009.
Nine member states have already ratified the treaty, others are planning to hold a parliamentary vote at some stage this year. Only Ireland will decide by a referendum, due on 12 June.

MEPs to use budget power over EU president perks
22.04.2008 - 09:22 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Members of the European Parliament are prepared to use their hold over the bloc's purse-strings to try and make sure that the proposed new EU president does not wield too much power.The treaty is very clear about the duties [of the president], the head of the parliament's budget committee, Reimer Boege, told EUobserver, noting that it says the person can have an administrative role, but not take over an executive function.Budget power is always used as a weapon. This is a principle, said the centre-right German MEP.The parliament, wary of upsetting the fine balance of power between the EU institutions, will have a chance to use this weapon when it comes to negotiations later this year on the 2009 budget.Mr Boege said that MEPs will looking out to see that if any extra perks for the president – a private plane and a residence are rumoured to be under consideration – would be linked to lowering the communitarian level in the treaty, meaning reducing the power of the European commission and boosting inter-governmental politics.The MEP urged member states who are due to deliver a draft budget to the parliament before the summer to show a flexible and responsible approach and indicated that euro-deputies would be inclined to accept a staff set-up for the president that does not exceed that of the immediate staff of the European commission president (around 20).

The first reading of the budget is due in October, but MEPs are already fretting about the institutional implications of the Lisbon Treaty, which is supposed to come into force by the beginning of next year.Earlier this month, senior MEPs, including parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering, met European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to raise certain points about the treaty, particularly concerning the remit of the proposed president.The treaty foresees a purely administrative role for the President of the European Council – the formal title of the post - organising the meetings of EU leaders.However, there is the potential for external representation overlap with the foreign minister and the commission president, while the role is also set to be defined by the person who gets the job.Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, one of those often mentioned as a contender for the post, had said the president should not be an empty figurehead or a director of ceremonies.French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who will head the EU later this year when the job description is to be decided, shares this opinion. Others, such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are said to want to keep a lid on the president's powers.

A pre-democracy situation
For their part, MEPs suggest there will be a democratic legitimacy problem if the president has too much power, as the person will be chosen by the 27 EU leaders - in a closed-door process - and is not accountable to the European Parliament.They note where the president has operational powers, that person is directly elected, such as in France or the US. A powerful EU president that is neither subject to parliamentary control nor elected by citizens would lead us to a pre-democratic situation, German centre-right MEP Elmar Brok told the constitutional affairs committee earlier this month.Speaking about the possible size of the president's entourage - which some in council (the member states' body) have suggested should run to 60 people, including security officials, cabinet, chauffeurs and secretaries - Mr Brok said:

I am of the opinion that if we cannot come to agreement on this, then we should abandon the gentleman's agreement whereby one does not mess with the budget of another institution, because now we are talking about operational powers. It is no longer about the implementation of purely organisational duties.Correction. The text previously said MEPs would be inclined to accept a similar salary and staff arrangement as the European commission president for the president of the European Council. The sentence should only have said staff.

IBG Teleconference: European Union Considerations for e-Passports, Biometrics, and Border Control Programs APR 22,08

International Biometric Group (IBG) is pleased to announce its upcoming teleconference: European Union Considerations for e-Passports, Biometrics, and Border Control Programs to be held Thursday, April 24th, at 9am ET/3pm BST, which will outline requirements, specifications, and legalities EU Member States should consider when developing e-Passport, biometrics, and border control systems.

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 22, 2008 -- IBG, the industry's leading developer and integrator of biometric systems and solutions, is pleased to announce its upcoming teleconference: European Union Considerations for e-Passport, Biometrics, and Border Control Programs, to be held Thursday, April 24th, at 9 am EST/3 pm BST.

e-Passport, Visa, and border control systems regulations and specifications continue to evolve in sophistication and complexity. Understanding requirements is crucial to government agencies and commercial vendors implementing these systems. IBG Senior Consultant David Coleman will discuss requirements, specifications, and legalities EU Member States should consider when developing e-Passport, biometrics, and border control systems, including:

Interoperability and standards

System deployments
Registration, enrollment, personalization, and issuance processes
Projected developments in EU Member States
Recent IBG work for an EU member state

The teleconference will also address EU-BMS, SIS-II, Prum Treaty and National AFIS System requirements. The impact of ISO and ICAO Machine Readable Travel Document standards on European Citizen Card and Residence Permits will also be discussed. Mr. Coleman will address the use of e-Passport and Schengen Visa documents from the perspective of the border control officer and passenger, including use cases for EU, US, and third party citizens arriving from Schengen and non-Schengen destinations. These use cases will address the interfaces with appropriate SIS and VIS systems. Finally, the use of PKI and biometrics for BAC- and EAC-compliant passports will be examined, including usability of the advanced authentication mechanisms.

Web Access: http://www.biometricgroup.com/webcon
Dial-in Phone Number: 303-205-0044
Event Date: April 24th, 2008 at 9 am EST/3 pm BST

IBG, the industry's premier independent developer and integrator of identification systems and solutions, provides government and industry with technology-neutral, vendor-independent engineering and consulting services in identity management and biometric technologies. IBG deploys custom solutions and standards-based infrastructures in complex, mission-critical applications. IBG also operates the National Sensors, Surveillance and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence for the U.S. Department of Justice, located at our New York City headquarters. Additional IBG locations include London, Washington DC, and San Francisco.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

EU-NATO : European defence after Bucharest
By BabelParis on Tuesday, April 22 2008, 08:00

This year, the NATO summit took place in Romania from April 2nd to April 4th. . Besides the membership agreements which ended up with the entrance of Croatia and Albania and the refusal of Georgia and Ukraine, this should have been a crucial event of international policy. After the Nicolas Sarkozy’s statements concerning, on the one hand, France’s reintegrating NATO’s integrated command structures and, on the other hand, the common destiny of NATO and the EU, we expected revolutionary declarations… but revolutionary is not part of the international language.

A fake European summit

Since the speech pronounced by the American ambassador to NATO, Victoria Nuland, on February 22nd and 25th in Paris and at the London School of Economics, American leaders had never considered the European defence serious enough to be discussed at the international level. The ambassador recognized it herself in London : You will think this is strange, a little suspicious -- to have the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, standing here, urging you – the British and international leaders of the future to build a stronger EU. And indeed, this is a step forward. Eventually, leaders dare acknowledge the existence of another international organisation capable to secure the safety of citizens worldwide… No! We’re going a little bit too far here, aren’t we? Of course European defence does exist – quite difficult to ignore the institutional and operational reality of an organisation NATO actually sealed a strategic agreement with in 2003. But having the Americans say that the European Union is able to secure the world’s safety, there is an insurmountable epistemological obstacle. Less adventurous than his Ambassador, President Bush never took the risk of speaking about European security and defence policy, or maybe was it anecdotal.

EDSP : A legitimacy recognized

Considering what American leaders say, if ESDP is not completely finalised yet to be regarded as equal to the powerful NATO, it has reinforced European military presence all around the world – not only in the Balkans. As a consequence, EU has become a crucial political and strategic counterpart. Crucial for the future of NATO itself, which urgently needs to reconsider its priority accordingly with the new global threats; crucial also from an organic perspective as, today, 21 States over 28 which are members of NATO are also members of the EU. The United-States which, as everybody knows, handle NATO’s capacity budget cannot fairly ignore the efficiency of a European defence to which the 8/10th of its own members contribute. This leads George Bush to say, and this is unique, that The building of a strong Alliance also needs a strong European defence capacity. But, once more, be careful! Do not speak out the words of the American president because he actually speaks about strengthening the European defence capacity and not European defence as such. If he encourages the European partners to improve their defence budget, George Bush mentions nor the institutional neither the political strengthening of European defence structures –e.g. the European Defence Agency, the Operation Centre, the EU major state – and God knows that between statements and the implementation of forces and finance there is a wide gap. However, if coordination and operational structures remain minimalists, it’s just as if you were filling a hallowed basket.

What could have been interpreted as a conceptual revolution on the part of the US simply is, if you look better, just another example of its impertinence : So at this summit, I will encourage our European partners to increase their defense investments to support both NATO and EU operations. America believes if Europeans invest in their own defense, they will also be stronger and more capable when we deploy together. In other words, no way ESDP should act as a free rider? We encourage you to develop yourself only if we can benefit from it.

An autonomous European defence … but not an independent one.

As for president Sarkozy, the words he pronounced at Bucharest echoed what he had been repeating for months since his speech to the Ambassadors last August 27th This Summit is extremely important? It is a way to confirm the Alliance and to strengthen the European defence. We need the United States and the United States need strong allies. This last sentence speaks for itself: both of the institutions are inevitably linked. So even if the French president keeps on saying that he wants an autonomous and stronger Europe, he also admits that it will continue to depend on the Americans. Americans hold the defence economy to such an extent that it has become outrageous to speak about NATO’s umbrella – we should better speak about a capacity drip.

Finally, it is very laudable to support Europe’s autonomy, but until EU member States will continue to have their defence interests determined by economic and industrial agreements orchestrated by the US, there will never be any real independence. And if there’s no self appropriation of the European defence economy, then ESDP will always be the thing of an invisible hand called NATO.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Stocks rise as Street parses earnings, oil prices decline By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer APR 23,08

NEW YORK - Stocks turned sharply higher Wednesday after an increase in oil supplies sent energy prices lower and eased Wall Street's concerns that rising inflation will force consumers to cut their spending. The rebound in stocks came a day after another record high price for oil helped send shares skidding. But selling in the oil market after the government reported a drop in inventories last week allowed investors to keep their focus on the stream of earnings reports arriving from companies.Investors also took in the news that Liberty Mutual plans to acquire Safeco. The announcement sent Safeco shares surging and perhaps helped reassure investors nervous about corporate earnings. The $6.12 billion deal would create the country's fifth-biggest property insurer.Boeing Co., one of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones industrial average, appeared to help buoy investor sentiment after reporting its first-quarter earnings rose 38 percent. However, investors also sent shares of bond insurer Ambac Financial Group, health insurer WellPoint Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. lower following their reports.

But stocks extended their gains after the government said inventories of crude oil rose last week after unexpected drops in the prior two periods.In midmorning trading, the Dow rose 97.62, or 0.77 percent, to 12,817.85 after moving in and out of positive territory early in the session.Broader stock indicators rose. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 9.21, or 0.67 percent, to 1,385.15. The Nasdaq composite index showed a stronger advance, rising 31.77, or 1.34 percent, to 2,408.71.Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by about 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 349.7 million shares.Light, sweet crude fell 46 cents to $116.71 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.On the Net:
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FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

Gas prices rise further above $3.50, while oil nears $120 By JOHN WILEN, AP Business Writer Tue Apr 22, 10:45 PM ET

NEW YORK - Gas and oil prices pushed further into record high territory Tuesday, with retail gas reaching a national average of $3.51 for the first time and crude nearing $120 as the dollar fell to a new low against the euro. At the pump, the national average price of a gallon of regular gas rose 0.8 cent Tuesday to $3.511, according to a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Prices for diesel — used to transport most food, industrial and commercial goods — also rose overnight to a new record of $4.204 a gallon.Gas prices are nearly 66 cents higher than last year, when they peaked at a then-record of $3.23 in late May, and have prompted many analysts to raise their estimates of where gas is going to go.I wouldn't rule out the possibility that we could get to $4, said Antoine Halff, an analyst at Newedge USA LLC.

Other analysts are less certain. Fred Rozell, retail pricing director at the Oil Price Information Service, thinks gas prices will rise only another 10 cents to 20 cents nationally. That would mean they would peak near $4.15 a gallon in California, where prices are typically highest, and around $3.50 in New Jersey, where they're typically lowest.Gas prices are rising for many reasons, including oil's record run. Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose to a new trading record of $119.90 before retreating to settle up $1.89 at a record $119.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract expired after the Nymex closed, which contributed to its spike higher as investors scrambled to square bets. June crude futures, which now become the focus of trading, rose $1.44 to settle at $118.07 a barrel, nearly $2 shy of the $120 level.On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers attempted to escalate scrutiny of oil and gas companies.People deserve a more scrupulous cop on the beat in these markets, said Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., who along with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., called for the Justice Department to investigate possible market manipulation.

Meantime, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., praised the Bush administration's proposal to increase the average fuel economy for new cars and trucks to 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015.Soaring gasoline prices show that we have to move much more aggressively toward improving fuel efficiency and help bring relief to American consumers, she said in a statement.Many investors see commodities such as oil as a hedge against inflation and a falling dollar. Also, a weaker greenback makes oil cheaper for investors overseas.

The dollar fell Tuesday after the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes dropped in March while the median home price declined, raising prospects that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates further this year to try to shore up the ailing economy. Fed interest rate cuts tend to further weaken the dollar.

Oil also rose on concerns about supply constraints overseas. A Royal Dutch Shell PLC joint venture declared what's known as force majeure on April and May oil delivery contracts from a 400,000-barrel-a-day Nigerian oil field due to a pipeline attack last week. The move protects the company from litigation if it fails to deliver on contractual obligations to buyers.In Mexico, oil production slipped 7.8 percent in the first quarter to 2.91 million barrels a day as output at the country's oil fields waned, state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos said. In Scotland, workers at Ineos PLC's 196,000 barrel-a-day Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical plant threatened to strike over changes to an employee pension plan.

While gas prices are following oil futures higher, they're also rising because supplies are falling. Refiners are in the process of switching over from making winter grade gasoline to the more-expensive, less-polluting, form of the fuel they're required to sell in summer. That's pushing supplies down as producers try to sell off all of their winter gas.Gasoline supplies are also being hurt by low profit margins. Refiners have to buy the crude they turn into fuel, but falling demand for gasoline has hurt their ability to raise gas prices as much as they would like. While the average profit margin on gasoline hovers above $10, analysts say margins have gone negative in some parts of the country in recent weeks. In those cases, refiners were actually losing money on every gallon of gas they made. Many refiners have reacting by producing less gas.Very high crude prices can constrain gasoline supplies as it hurts the margins, Halff said.In other Nymex trading Tuesday, May gasoline futures rose 3.73 cents to settle at $3.0164 a gallon after earlier rising to a trading record of $3.025, while May heating oil futures rose 0.55 cent to settle at $3.3169 a gallon after earlier rising to their own trading record of $3.35. May natural gas futures fell 12.6 cents to settle at $10.607 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, June Brent crude rose $1.52 to settle at $115.95 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writers Pablo Gorondi in Budapest and Gillian Wong in Singapore contributed to this report.

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

Bear gave off no reasons for concern before trainer's death APR 23,08

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - The grizzly bear that wrestled Will Ferrell's character in the recent film Semi-Pro seemed to obediently follow cues — which made its killing of its trainer with a bite to the neck all the more stunning. Three experienced handlers were working with the grizzly Tuesday at the Predators in Action wild animal training center when the bear attacked Stephan Miller, 39, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers.Stephan Miller is the cousin of training center owner Randy Miller, she said.Pepper spray was used to subdue and contain the bear, and there were no other injuries, Beavers said. Paramedics arriving shortly after the initial emergency call around 3 p.m. were unable to revive Stephan Miller.The state Department of Fish and Game and Occupational Safety and Health Administration were investigating the incident.Fish and game spokesman Harry Morse told the San Bernardino Sun Tuesday his department would not decide whether the bear will be euthanized because the attack occurred outside its jurisdiction during a training session on facility grounds.Morse speculated that the county animal care officials may decide the bear's fate. A call placed early Wednesday to the county's Animal Care and Control Program was not answered.

Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Phelps said the bear was a 5-year-old male named Rocky. The Predators in Action Web site said Rocky is 7 1/2 feet tall and weighs 700 pounds.The site, which was off-line early Wednesday due to overtaxed bandwidth, identified Rocky as the animal that appeared with Ferrell's character in the scene from Semi-Pro. Randy Miller doubled for Ferrell in the bear wrestling match, according to the site.Calls seeking comment from Randy Miller were not immediately returned Tuesday evening.The center, located in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles, has two grizzlies, and also trains lions, tigers, leopards, cougars and wolves for uses ranging from film and TV to advertising and education.In a February interview, Randy Miller called Rocky the best working bear in the business, the San Bernardino Sun reported on its Web site Wednesday. But, the paper quoted him as saying, If one of these animals gets a hold of your throat, you're finished.

Randy Miller has 25 years of experience training animals and his facility has had a perfect safety record, according to the site.

Randy Miller won a World Stunt Academy Award for his work wrestling tigers in the 2000 blockbuster Gladiator and performed stunts with his animals in films like The Postman, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Last Samurai. He also helped recreate animal attacks for National Geographic documentaries and the Discovery Channel.It was not immediately known how long Rocky has been at the facility.The attack prompted actress Virginia McKenna, founder of the international wildlife charity Born Free, to call for the entertainment industry to stop using wild animals.The movie industry urgently needs to use its technological and creative imagination to put an end to the use of live wild animals in commercials and movies, McKenna, who starred in the 1966 wildlife film Born Free, said in a printed release. Hollywood is a dream factory — this time the dream has become a nightmare.Denise Richards, who works with wild animals at Moonridge Zoo, a sanctuary for injured and homeless wildlife in nearby Big Bear Lake, said trained animals that turn on their handlers are often destroyed.

You can train them and use as many safety precautions as you can, but you're still taking a chance if you're putting yourself in contact with them, Richards said. It's still a wild animal. Even though it may appear that the bear attacked for no reason, there was a reason. I'm sure Randy understands why it happened. They're not cold-blooded killers.Native grizzly bears are extinct in California. Randy Miller's Predators in Action: http://www.predatorsinaction.com

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IS THE NEW HAMAS OFFER PROPHETICALLY SIGNIFICANT?

Note: I will be on The Glenn Beck Show on CNN Headline News each night this week discussing current events, Bible prophecy, and Dead Heat. On Friday, Glenn and I will do a one-hour special together.
By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., April 22, 2008) -- At the end of last night's segment on CNN regarding former President Jimmy Carter's recent meetings with senior Hamas leaders, Glenn Beck asked me whether there was any Biblically prophetic significance to the meeting. It was an important question (and one not usually asked on CNN). While I only had 30 seconds to answer it, allow me to raise a few points.

First, Hamas's offer of a 10 year peace deal with Israel is a new and startling development. I personally don't believe Hamas really wants peace with Israel. What's more, the founding Hamas Charter explicitly rejects all comprehensive peace treaties with the Jews. This is simply a ruse to get Israel to stop assassinating Hamas terrorist leaders and lure Israel into a false sense of security. But that's not the point. The point is that this the first time in history that one of Israel's primary enemies has suggested forging not a comprehensive peace deal in perpetuity, but a peace treaty of a short and specific time frame. Israel's treaty with Egypt signed in 1979 was not a time-limited agreement. Neither was Israel's treaty with Jordan in 1994. The Oslo Agreements were never time-limited. Nor is President Bush's Road Map for Middle East peace. This is a new development. And I suspect the Hamas offer will eventually be taken seriously by the leaders of Israel, the U.N. and the E.U. (perhaps the U.S., too.)

Second, this time-limited peace offer by Hamas is fascinating in that it is completely consistent with Bible prophecy about the last days. In Daniel 9:27, the ancient Hebrew prophet tells us that in the End of Days, an evil leader will make a comprehensive peace deal or covenant with Israel and her many neighbors and enemies. That deal will seem firm, says Daniel, but it will not be forever. It will be for 7 years. According to the Book of Daniel and Revelation, Israel will accept the deal (fatally flawed though it is), but the evil leader will break the deal after 3 1/2 years, invade Israel, set up a global empire, and eventually trigger the War of Armageddon. Let me be clear: while Hamas leader Khaled Mash'al is without question an evil leader who seeks nothing less that the liberation of Jerusalem for radical Islam and the liquidation of all Jews and Christians in the Holy Land, I am not saying he is the evil leader of which Daniel writes. But Mash'al's proposal has now injected something new and Biblically significant into the Middle East peace process equation -- the element of a time-limited deal. Very interesting.

Third, in my new political thriller, Dead Heat, I write about this exact scenario of a time-limited peace deal between Israel and her enemies. On page 167, my fictional U.N. Secretary General says: We need to win the Israelis' confidence. We need them to lower their guard. Their Zionist ideology is exhausted. Their political leaders are feckless. Their diplomatic leaders are so desperate to be loved, to be accepted by the rest of the world, they're willing to give away almost anything. But we must not make the ridiculous mistakes of the past. We must not threaten Israel with war. We must invite them to make peace. We must not turn our backs to them. We must offer them an open hand. We must not boycott them....We must shock them. We must offer them a comprehensive peace treaty, the likes of which the world has never seen before. We must lure them into feeling safe and secure. We must lull them into trusting us, into trusting me...And then, when all this has been accomplished, when the time is right, you and I will make our move. We will seize Jerusalem. We will raze the Temple....But not now. We're not ready -- yet. Then, on p. 371 of Dead Heat, my fictional Israeli Prime Minister says: The world is suddenly very unstable and Israel, I'm afraid, is suddenly very vulnerable. [The U.N. Secretary General] is suggesting we go from Rome to Babylon and have some time alone with [the leader of Iraq]. He wants us to hammer out some kind of fast regional peace treaty -- even a temporary one, something that might last five or ten years, or so....To be honest, given all that's happening, I'm inclined to say yes.

Fourth, watch carefully to see if this concept of a time-limited Arab-Israeli peace deal gains traction. I wrote about a fictional deal like this in Dead Heat because it seemed like a plausible geopolitical scenario to get us to the Biblical prophecy of a 7-year Middle East peace deal. But until this week, no one in real life had ever talked seriously about a limited time frame for a peace deal with Israel. Now Israel's most dangerous immediate neighbor has, assisted by the architect of the Camp David Peace Accords. What's more, President Bush says he is optimistic that an Israeli-Palestinian deal can be struck by the end of 2008. Perhaps prophetic events are moving faster than most Americans think.

TRANSCRIPT OF THE GLENN BECK SHOW
CNN Headline News
Monday, April 21, 2008

BECK: Call me an optimist but honestly, I didn`t think the news could get any worse. And then Jimmy Carter showed up. Let me just remind you, Jimmy Carter, horrible president. But at least we only had to deal with his energy crisis, his Iran hostage crisis, and the -- oh, yes, the economic crisis for four years. Thank goodness for Ronald Reagan. I don`t think America could have survived a second Carter term. But now I feel Jimmy Carter may actually do more harm as a former president than he did as president. And that`s saying something.I think it`s great that Jimmy Carter likes to build houses for the poor. No, I really do. But when he stops being a carpenter and starts thinking, Hey, maybe I`ll be a peacemaker, I kind of feel like boycotting peanuts. How about you?Carter has just ended his Middle East peace trip. And he says now -- and he`s bringing home a souvenir, an agreement from the terrorist group Hamas, that says, they`ll accept a peaceful co-existence with Israel. Oh, that`s great. And I believe them. This is -- even though they refuse to officially recognize Israel as a nation. And they still proclaim that they want Israel wiped off the map, which is weird because it seems like the second part negates the first part of that. But I`m sure Jim has got that all figured out. So to sum up, Jimmy Carter is a stooge. Is this just another argument against him or is this a sign of what some people have been waiting for, for like, say, the last 2,000 years.Joel Rosenberg is the author of Dead Heat and the founder of the Joshua Fund. He`ll be joining me all week to answer some of these questions about the Middle East and the end of days -- Joel.

JOEL ROSENBERG, AUTHOR, DEAD HEAT: Hey, Glenn, how are you?

BECK: Very good. President/preacher boy, Jimmy Carter, doesn`t seem to understand a little something I like to call evil.

ROSENBERG: He doesn`t. This president is literally the worst ex- president we`ve ever had. And he displayed it this week. He literally doesn`t understand the difference between good and evil.And you know, look, Hamas is a terrorist organization. They`re a genocidal organization. You read the founding document of the Hamas charter, back in 1988, 89. Read it. It says, Under no circumstances will we allow a peace treaty between us and the Jews, the Zionists. We`re going to wipe them off the face of the planet.

BECK: Well, that`s 1987 -- 1988. Those are old details. Why do you keep bringing up the past like that?

ROSENBERG: Well, because just this year, Hamas television is running cartoons of Asud (ph) the bunny. Assud the Bunny is claiming he will eat all the Jews in Palestine in order to liberate the homeland of Palestine.

BECK: It`s a bunny.

ROSENBERG: This is just the type of examples of how they are inciting children, not to mention adults, for genocide. Genocide is what Hamas wants. Carter doesn`t understand this.

BECK: Joel, children know the difference that a cartoon bunny is not going to eat all the Jews.

ROSENBERG: Well -- and yet the Hamas leaders are raising terrorists, suicide bombers.I mean, look, the problem is. And I make this point in Dead Heat the central theme of my political thriller, which is to misunderstand the nature and threat of evil is to risk being blindsided by it.

BECK: You know, the last time we failed to recognize evil, we failed to recognize evil in Germany. And we waited and we waited. And we said, Oh, well they don`t really mean that. They were very clear. Anybody who read Mein Kampf, you can`t deny that, you know -- look, I`m of German descent. I remember when I went in and bought Mein Kampf. Because I wanted to know if the German people really knew or not.If you read Mein Kampf, you have no excuse. He was extraordinarily clear on how he felt about the Jews. And it`s the same thing that`s happening now. And yet all of these people are just in absolute denial. Jimmy Carter, he`s got to be an anti-Semite.

ROSENBERG: You know, look, I think often of the Jerry Seinfeld episode where George Costanza -- where Jerry says, Look, George if every instinct you`ve ever had is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. And I look at Jimmy Carter. And any instinct that he has had in foreign policy has always been wrong.

BECK: No.

ROSENBERG: And we have to just do the exact opposite. I mean this is -- look, if you read Mein Kampf in 1939, and you said, Well, Hitler wrote that years ago. What does that have to do with becoming final solution? Come 1945, everybody understood that.

BECK: OK. So let me change gears real quick. Because we`re spending time with you, because I read Dead Heat, and it`s fantastic. And I know your other books have -- have, in a way, come true. Some of the things that you`ve written about, and 9/11 was one of them. You predicted the planes and everything else.I want to talk to you a little bit about. Jeez, and I`m getting a 30- second. Quick, let`s tie it into the end time. Any sign of the end times here in anything of this stuff with Hamas and peace deals?

ROSENBERG: Well, what`s weird about this right now is that Hamas -- what Carter is coming home is saying Hamas is allowing for a ten-year hudna, a 10-year truce. In other words, Hamas won`t say they recognize Israel. But for ten years, let`s cut a deal. Let`s create a Palestinian state, and we`ll have ten years of semi-peace.What`s interesting about this is this may set into motion -- I don`t know. But it may set in motion what the Bible talks about: a seven-year peace deal in which the leader that signs the deal with Israel then breaks the deal halfway through. This comes from Daniel, comes from Revelations.

BECK: OK. Joel, we`ll talk to you more about that later on this week. Every night, join us as he joins us. And again, Dead Heat is a phenomenal book.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:20,30
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

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, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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.

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; 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.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

How Real Is the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism and What Might Happen? Tim Wilson APR 21,08

In June of 2005, Senator Richard G. Lugar published his report The Lugar Survey on Proliferation Threats and Responses. In this, he received responses from 85 of the leading experts on non-proliferation and national security. To summarize the most important findings, the average response of these experts was that there is a one in ten (10%) chance of a nuclear attack occurring somewhere in the world in the following five years and a one in five (20%) chance of that event in ten years. They also thought that there was a 79% chance that that attack would be carried out by terrorists as opposed to a 21% chance of it being conducted by a national government.Since the report was published almost three years ago, it is worth considering the implications as the chances of this event happening in the immediate future have presumably increased since then. This is especially likely in the light of the relevant events which have occurred in North Korea and Iran over the last three years: On October 9th, 2006, North Korea announced it had carried out a successful test of a nuclear weapon; and on April 8th, 2008, Iran announced it was beginning the installation of an additional 6,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz facility (it already has 3,000 such centrifuges operational there, and a plutonium production capability at Arak). Furthermore, we should not forget the still expanding and proven nuclear weapons program of politically unstable Pakistan, where radicals could come to power in the foreseeable future and inherit a full nuclear capability.

While it is possible that none of these nations pose a significant direct threat to the U.S., what is inescapable is that of the nations who could attack us with these appalling Weapons of Mass Destruction, these two must both be regarded as the most likely candidates. Their leaders are enemies who regard the U.S. as an evil empire which should be humbled and/or destroyed. Given the opportunity to attack, they have the motive and the will to do so. This fact alone makes it necessary to take any and every action necessary to prevent any further development in their nuclear capabilities.However, if the opinion of the experts is correct that the greater threat is from terrorists, it is essential to consider where they might obtain their weapons. On this, the experts provide a range of options with almost half of them believing that the most likely source is by black market purchase of either a complete device or fissile material, although they also acknowledge the possibility of theft, donation by a government, or a combination of means.Does it matter where the terrorists get their materials? Of course it does! If they have to assemble it themselves from fissile material then it is likely to be a relatively crude device which will limit the explosive capability (probably to a maximum of around 20KT or the equivalent to 20,000 tons of high explosive and arguably to a much smaller capability equivalent to a few hundred tons of high explosive). But if they obtain a complete device, then it will probably be both much more reliable and of much greater explosive capability (up to 200KT (200,000 tons of high explosive or even more). To put this in perspective, the smaller device would probably produce a crater only many hundreds of feet in diameter in a city (but even the smallest device would annihilate more than a city block), while the larger would probably produce a crater nearly a mile across.

I covered some of the scenarios in a previous article back in October 2007.Of course the Lugar Survey did not say which city or cities in which country would be attacked. There is a long list of likely targets including Tel Aviv, London, Paris and even Moscow. However there can be no doubt that the most attractive targets to al Qaeda and its affiliates and imitators are in the United States. At the top of the list must be New York and Washington D.C., along with Los Angeles, and it is not impossible that terrorists capable of acquiring nuclear weapons would attack more than one city at the same time.The consequences for the U.S. of a successful nuclear strike here are appalling to consider. Yet we should do so as it is no absurdity, but an ever increasing possibility. While the U.S. as a whole will not be destroyed and retaliation will certainly be possible, it will be too late for the millions of our citizens who would already have been immediately physically affected. On top of the death and destruction involved, the economic, social and infrastructure damage will affect every single one of us for a very considerable period of time. The overall financial cost of a single strike may well be in the order of $13Trillion – 100% of GDP – a cost which makes going to war look cheap. Furthermore, there will be wide scale effects on fuel, electricity, food and other vital supplies with local and national shortages, and overextended public services everywhere. All of this is the reason we must be prepared to take whatever action is necessary to prevent such an attack. This is too grave and real a threat to allow, and all the inquiries, commissions and post-mortems will not undo the terrible consequences. No matter how dreadful the prospect of attacking another nation, if it prevents a nuclear device from going off here it will have been worth the condemnation and opprobrium of every other nation and even of the dissenters here at home. This is not an implausible event to be discussed as a theoretical exercise, it is a real possibility which we should all be thinking about and preparing to deal with, preferably in a pre-emptive manner.