FRANCE TAKE EU PRESIDENCY TODAY

HAPPY JULY 1 CANADA DAY - CANNNADA

WHEN I USED TO LIVE IN NEWTON ONTARIO, EVERY TIME I WENT BY THE CENTENIAL SIGN 1867-1967, I WAS ALWAYS AMAZED. NOW I KNOW WHY ISRAEL RECAPTURED JERUSALEM THAT YEAR. LITTLE DID I KNOW THEN I WOULD BE AN ISRAEL SUPPORTER AND THAT 1967 WOULD BE THE START OF THE LAST 40-51 YEAR GENERATION TILL ALL THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE WOULD BE FULFILLED.

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.

INUNDATED FLOODS,PONDERED FUTURES
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BAKER HOPES TO RISE FROM FLOOD
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River cresting above flood stage at St. Louis By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 30, 12:47 PM ET

ST. LOUIS - The Mississippi River climbed toward its high-water mark Monday at St. Louis and was expected to crest over the next couple of days at points downriver, but the worst of the flood of 2008 appeared to be over. The National Weather Service said the river was leveling off at St. Louis at slightly less than 9 feet above flood stage and was expected to stay there into Tuesday before slowly falling, barring more torrential rain to the north.

The high water wasn't causing any major problems because low-lying areas are protected by a floodwall and the downtown area rises sharply from the river. Along the river, the President Casino remained closed, as did a couple of riverboat excursions and a bike rental business near the Gateway Arch. The arch is unaffected by flooding.The message is we are open for business, said Donna Andrews, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission.The city's annual Independence Day festival will move away from the Arch grounds to another spot downtown. The Live on the Levee concert series normally held at the arch also has been relocated. With the Cubs in town for a weekend series with the Cardinals, Andrews expects big crowds for the holiday weekend, flooding or not.At Ste. Genevieve, a quaint village of 4,400 people 64 miles south of St. Louis, this year's flood fight is nothing like the one in 1993, when hundreds of volunteers barely managed to hold back the swollen river. This year's crest at Ste. Genevieve, while well above flood stage, will be about 12 feet short of the '93record, and a $41 million levee has been built to protect the French Colonial village, which dates to 1735.The only problems were relatively minor — water closed a highway in a couple of spots around nearby St. Mary, some agricultural land was flooded and seeping water created so-called sand boils at a farm levee.We're actually in pretty decent shape, said Ste. Genevieve County Commissioner Albert Fults.

The river at Cape Girardeau in southeast Missouri is expected to crest at 42.5 feet on Wednesday, 12.5 feet above flood stage. Thousands of acres of farmland are flooded, but a floodwall protects Cape Girardeau and most of its 36,000 residents. Few if any homes will be affected, Cape Girardeau County emergency management director Richard Knaup said.In hard-hit Lincoln County, upriver and northwest of St. Louis, water was slowly starting to recede in towns like Winfield and Foley. Hundreds of homes were flooded, but it likely will be weeks before a damage estimate is available.On the Net:St. Louis: http://www.explorestlouis.com
Gateway Arch: http://www.nps.gov/jeff/

Storms in South, East cause delays; 1 child killed Sun Jun 29, 10:40PM ET

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A 5-year-old was killed when strong winds blew over a row of tents at an Alabama air show during storms that stretched across the South on Sunday while severe weather caused airport delays in the East, officials said. The winds that toppled the tents and canceled the air show in Huntsville came during an isolated strong thunderstorm that developed just west of the airport with gusts of 48 mph, said Tim Troutman of the National Weather Service.Witnesses told The Huntsville Times that a generator fell on the child Sunday. The death was confirmed by the Madison County coroner's office.Twelve others were treated for injuries, but only one, a different child, was admitted to the hospital. That child was in serious condition, said Pam Sparks, spokeswoman at Huntsville Hospital.In New York, severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon battered LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports, causing delays of as much as three hours at Kennedy airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Some LaGuardia flights were delayed up to 75 minutes.Weather also caused delays averaging more than an hour and a half in flights to Boston's Logan International Airport and delays of more than two hours at Newark International Airport in New Jersey, the FAA said.The National Weather Service in Omaha, Neb. said Sunday it estimated the winds that caused extensive damage in eastern Nebraska Friday reached 115 mph, but the storm did not spawn a tornado.Residents of Omaha and the surrounding area continued cleaning up debris and fallen tree limbs Sunday as utility crews worked to restore power.The weather agency said the winds were likely at their strongest when the storm was between Fremont and Omaha, where evidence of winds between 110-115 mph was found. The winds slowed before hitting Omaha but remained between 70-90 mph.Omaha Public Power District officials estimated that nearly 33,000 customers still lacked power Sunday. And some customers likely will not regain power until next Saturday.

Twin tropical storms weaken in Pacific Mon Jun 30, 12:28 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Boris is weakening far off Mexico's Pacific coast and isn't a threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds have fallen to 65 mph (100 kph.) It is located hundreds of miles off Mexico's Pacific Coast and is expected to continue to move out to sea.Farther out in the Pacific, a second tropical storm, Cristina, weakened to a tropical depression on Monday. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kpm) and isn't expected to threaten land.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

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.

NO RELIEF FOR CAL FIRES
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A LONGER FIRE SEASON
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Forest fire threatens another Sask. community
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 5:26 PM CT CBC News

Fire could be seen from Stony Rapids on Sunday before the community was evacuated. (Submitted by Ken Sayies)Forest fires were forcing more people to leave their homes in northern Saskatchewan on Monday.

On Monday morning, evacuations began in Sandy Bay, close to the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, due to smoke concerns, the Saskatchewan Environment Ministry said. About 210 residents described as high risk were being moved to Saskatoon.On Sunday, about 170 people were forced to leave their homes in Stony Rapids, close to the Northwest Territories-Saskatchewan boundary.They're staying in Prince Albert in dormitories at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences.Ken Sayies, one of the last people to leave Stony Rapids on Sunday night, said the fire was only a few kilometres away when he left.You could see the flames in the distance, he said.Most of the evacuees in Prince Albert are comfortable, although some aren't happy with the accommodations, he said. People are confident fire crews will keep their homes safe, he said.They'll save that town, Sayies said.

At Sandy Bay, several hundred kilometres southeast of Stony Rapids, children, the elderly, and people with breathing difficulties were being encouraged to leave.Those who've left are being put up at the University of Saskatchewan and at Saskatoon hotels.The fires in northern Saskatchewan are disrupting the power supply for Sandy Bay and two other northern communities.SaskPower says some of its power poles have been burned.The government utility is asking people to conserve energy in the communities of Deschambault Lake, Pelican Narrows, and Sandy Bay.Until we can see the situation clearing up and the forest fires being controlled and reinstalling poles, we're asking customers to reduce their consumption so that everybody gets electricity, SaskPower spokesman Larry Christie said.People can still use power, but they should limit consumption to only what's necessary, Christie said.There are 54 forest fires burning in the province, the Saskatchewan Environment Ministry said. So far this year, there have been 433 fires, twice as many as the year before.

Wildfires force firefighters to pick their battles By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer JUNE 30,08

SAN FRANCISCO - With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced to strategically choose which to fight and which to leave to burn for weeks or even months. The number of fires burning in central and Northern California — more than 1,000 according to state fire officials — means authorities can't send firefighters to battle every blaze, Jason Kirchner, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service, said Monday.It's like eating an elephant — you've got to eat it one bite at a time, he said.It's also impossible to attack wildfires in some rugged, remote areas because the risk to firefighters is too great, he said.We have to take a step back, figure out where the best place is to make a stand and sometimes wait for the fire to come to us in those situations, he said. We've got to pick the battles we can win.Long-running wildfires are not unusual in California. It was four months before firefighters controlled a blaze that blackened more than 240,000 acres of Santa Barbara County backcountry last year.

What is extraordinary this year is the number of fires burning at the same time, Kirchner said. The weekend of June 21, some 1,200 fires were burning — a figure Forest Service officials said appeared to be an all-time record in California.The Forest Service put the figure at about 600 on Monday. It attributed the gains to its tactic of attacking small fires first, and to significant assistance from other states and Canada.State officials, however, counted more than 1,000 ongoing blazes. The source of the discrepancy was apparently a different counting method.Also unusual, Kirchner said, was that there have been no significant injuries to civilians or firefighters even though some 570 square miles have burned in California this season. There were, however, a few minor injuries as harsh terrain hampered firefighters' efforts to battle a blaze in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.It is extremely steep, very rugged territory, and there are a lot of injuries, twisting ankles, slipping on hills, Kirchner said. Burning debris is rolling downhill right past your containment line. It's very complicated, difficult, dirty firefighting work.Even so, firefighters managed to increase their containment of that 30,000-acre fire from 15 to 23 percent.Two wildfires choked parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills, sending up plumes of smoke that darkened patches of the 100-mile stretch between Sacramento and Reno.The fires in the Tahoe National Forest blanketed portions of the Interstate 80 corridor linking the two cities and the foothill communities in between where tens of thousands of people live.Along the Pacific, fire officials said fog and humidity helped them gain ground against a blaze that was just 3 percent contained in the storied town of Big Sur. John Heil, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service, said it had blackened about 39,600 acres.

Firefighters poured personnel and equipment into the area to ensure the fire did not reach the town, said John Ahlman, a spokesman for the Los Padres National Forest.Heil said there was a possibility of rain in the far northern part of the state this week. But the changing weather pattern could also bring new lightning and high winds, which could touch off new blazes and fan the current ones, he said.Unless it rains, and we get some really good rainfall, you can pretty much expect it to be here right through October, he said. In Arizona, a wildfire that had burned more than 6 square miles of wilderness crept within 500 feet of the remote mountain community of Crown King north of Phoenix, officials said Monday. Three homes and four other structures had been destroyed, but it was unclear when, authorities said. About 120 residents voluntarily evacuated Sunday. Crews in central New Mexico's Manzano Mountains were doing mop-up operations Monday on an almost 9-square-mile fire that destroyed six homes and 10 outbuildings. Residents who left last week were allowed to return Sunday. The fire, started by lightning June 23, was 95 percent contained. In Guffey, Colo., about 40 miles west of Colorado Springs, most of the 100 residents who fled a 1,115-acre lightning-started wildfire were allowed back Sunday. Final evacuation orders were lifted Monday.

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)

Wheat prices expected to remain high: analysts
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 | 12:46 PM CT CBC News

After weeks of volatility on international wheat markets, prices of the grain appear to have settled down but remain relatively high.

While they are not at an all-time high — grain on the international commodities markets was selling for more than $12 US a bushel in February — prices are more than double compared to two years ago.

Wheat prices in Chicago were above $9 US a bushel last week. Two years ago, they were about $3.60 US.Canadian Wheat Board market analysts are predicting prices will remain high for at least another year.In some cases, even those who decided not to grow wheat this year have been able to cash in.Farmer Neal Hardy didn't plant any wheat on his farm near Hudson Bay after having poor luck with the crop in recent years.Fortunately, Hardy still had some feed wheat in his bins — although it was wheat that had suffered frost damage in 2004.He held onto it because prices were so low at the time, he wouldn't have been able to cover his costs. This spring, it was a completely different situation.I just sold it a little bit ago, Hardy said. I sold it to a feed mill and I got $7 a bushel.If wheat prices have softened since early spring, flooding in the U.S. Midwest could boost them again.

Economists say rising prices of one grain can cause the increase of the price of another grain. When people substitute a cheaper grain for a higher-priced one, the increase in demand starts to push up the price.David Boyes, a market analyst with the Canadian Wheat Board, notes that flooding in the Midwest has devastated the corn crop, with implications for wheat. As you have seen in the news, they have had anything but ideal conditions, he said. Prices are at record levels for U.S. corn and that is providing a lot of support for the wheat market right now.Even though a record amount of wheat has been planted this year, prices will remain high for another 12 months at least, Boyes said.

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

OIL PEAKS AT $143.00 A BARREL
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Oil is making millionaires in North Dakota By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 30, 5:00 AM ET

BEULAH, N.D. - Oscar Stohler was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades. He never gave much thought to what lay below the grass that fattened his cattle. When oilmen wanted to drill there last year, Stohler, 83, doubted oil would be found two miles underground on his property. He even joked about it.I told them if they hit oil, I was going to buy a Cadillac convertible and put those big horns on the front and wear a 10-gallon hat, Stohler recalled.He still drives his old pickup and wears a mesh farm cap — but it's by choice.

In less than a year, Stohler and his wife, Lorene, 82, have become millionaires from the production of one well on their land near Dunn Center, a mile or so from the sod home where Oscar grew up. A second well has begun producing on their property and another is being drilled — all aimed at the Bakken shale formation, a rich deposit that the U.S. Geological Survey calls the largest continuous oil accumulation it has ever assessed.Landowners in western North Dakota have a much better chance of striking it rich from oil than they do playing the lottery, say the Stohlers. Some of their neighbors in the town of about 120, from bar tenders to Tupperware salespeople, have become overnight millionaires from oil royalty payments.It's the easiest money we've ever made, said Lorene Stohler, who worked for decades as a sales clerk at a small department store.State and industry officials say North Dakota is on pace to set a state oil-production record this year, surpassing the 52.6 million barrels produced in 1984. A record number of drill rigs are piercing the prairie and North Dakota has nearly 4,000 active oil wells.The drilling frenzy has led companies to search for oil using horizontal drilling beneath Parshall, a town of about 980 in Mountrail County, and under Lake Sakakawea, 180-mile-long reservoir on the Missouri River.I have heard, anecdotally, that there is a millionaire a day being created in North Dakota, said Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council.Kathy Strombeck, a state Tax Department analyst, said the number of income millionaires in North Dakota is rising.The number of taxpayers reporting adjusted gross income of more than $1 million in North Dakota rose from 266 in 2005 to 388 in 2006, Strombeck said. The 2007 numbers won't be known until October, she said.

Bruce Gjovig, director of the University of North Dakota's Center for Innovation, said his informal survey estimates the number of new millionaires in Mountrail County, one of the biggest drilling areas of the Bakken, may be as many as 2,000 — or nearly a third of the county's population — in the next three to five years.North Dakota's per capita income in 2007 was $36,846, ranking the state 30th in the nation and up from 42nd in 1997, said Richard Rathge, the state Data Center director and North Dakota demographer.The two main drivers are energy and agriculture income, Rathge said. The increasing wealth in the state from oil should push the average annual wage in North Dakota, he said.The oil boom has spurred several Jed Clampett-like tales of ordinary folks getting rich, said Tom Rolfstad, the economic development director for the city of Williston.Rolfstad said he hasn't spotted any Ferraris or Rolls Royces in town, though several people can afford them now.I'm seeing a lot more big, shiny gas-guzzling pickups, he said. Several homes that cost more than a million dollars also are being built in Williston, he said. The community of about 12,500 people is perhaps best known as the hometown of NBA coach Phil Jackson. Most people don't want people to know how much money they got and they don't want to be tagged with being wealthy — they want to be themselves, Rolfstad said. Oscar and Lorene Stohler said their newly found wealth hasn't changed them. We still know what tough times are, Oscar said. We grew up in the Dirty '30s.We put our kids through college without that oil money, Lorene said. The couple moved a few miles east to Beulah and paid cash for their new home, the first one they have owned. They have established trust accounts for their four children. Lorene said the only thriftless purchase was an automatic sprinkler system for her flowers that surround the couple's new home. And Oscar bought a $1,000 ring for his wife to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. We got enough now to buy new stuff, Lorene said, but we like our old stuff.

WERES OIL HEADED
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Oil prices end down after topping $143 a barrel By J.W. ELPHINSTONE, AP Business Writer Mon Jun 30, 3:56 PM ET

NEW YORK - The price of crude oil hit yet another record on the last day of a tumultuous first half, spurting past $143 a barrel before ending lower on demand fears and a resilient dollar. Crude has shot up nearly 50 percent since the start of the year, in large part on the dollar's troubles, and analysts expect that trend to remain intact as the second half of 2008 begins. A government report lowering oil and gasoline demand estimates and a dollar hanging tough nullified investor concerns over supply, a fragile global economy and continued tensions in the Middle East.What this shows is that demand destruction in the U.S. is a lot larger than previously thought, said Phil Flynn, an energy analyst at Alaron Trading Corp. in Chicago. There are more signs that demand is deteriorating.Light, sweet crude for August delivery lost 21 cents to settle at $140.00 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In early electronic trading, the contract hit a record $143.67.

The Energy Information Administration reported that oil usage in April was lower than previously estimated, falling to 4.2 percent to 19.768 million barrels per day from 20.631 million. That was 3.9 percent lower than in April 2007 and the lowest level for the month in six years.The price of oil, which began 2008 at $96 a barrel, has risen in part on expectations of higher demand in China and other developing nations. But its almost relentless advance has also forced consumers and businesses to cut back the amount of gas and oil they use; it is also posing a threat to U.S. economic growth that could further slice into demand.A hardier dollar also sent oil prices lower on Monday. Often, oil futures are used as a hedge against a weaker dollar.A lot of the momentum from late last week was the expectation we would continue to see a weaker U.S. dollar. When that didn't materialize, we had some profit-taking, said James Cordier, president of Tampa, Fla.-based trading firms Liberty Trading Group and OptionSellers.com.The dollar rose against the 15-nation euro after the Chicago Purchasing Managers' index came in better than expected. The index for June rose to 49.6 from 49.1 in May, topping estimates of 49.1. The report is seen as a precursor for the national Institute for Supply Management report, to be released Tuesday.

But there was little expectation in the market that Monday's trading was the start of a turnaround in the dollar that would send oil falling much further. The dollar has weakened on expectations the Federal Reserve Board won't soon raise interest rates as the U.S. economy struggles with low growth. The Fed left its benchmark rate unchanged last week.European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet's hawkish stance (on) inflation could mean the dollar may be headed for further weakness against the euro and that's not bearish for oil, said The Schork Report edited by U.S. analyst and trader Stephen Schork. When other countries raise their interest rates, they are more competitive with U.S. rates, and that weakens the dollar.If the Federal Reserve is powerless to raise interest rates because the economy continues to be soft, then we'll see low interest rates push oil higher, Flynn said.Meanwhile, retail gasoline, which has been tracking oil higher, reached a new national average of $4.086 a gallon, according to a survey of stations by AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. The previous record of $4.08 was reached June 16; since then, oil has moved past $140 and been setting new records of its own.Gasoline's surge higher has clearly affected consumer spending in the U.S. The concern is that the inflationary effects of higher oil and gas will force consumers to cut back their spending on non-essentials further in the months ahead.Geopolitical tensions, particularly surrounding Iran, also continue to boost oil prices. Traders were digesting reported comments from the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, who warned that if his country is attacked, Tehran would strike back by barraging Israel with missiles. In a report published Saturday in the conservative Jam-e-Jam newspaper, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said that if Iran were provoked, it would also move to control a key oil passageway in the Gulf.Iran is the world's fourth-largest oil exporter and about 60 percent of the world's oil passes through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Global supply also remains a concern. The Iraqi government opened six oil fields to international bidding Monday as the nation attempts to boost daily production by 60 percent.The potential participation of big Western companies like BP PLC, Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Total SA in Iraq's oil industry has been criticized in recent weeks following published reports that several were close to signing no-bid contracts with the Iraqi government. Those contracts were expected to be announced Monday, but Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani instead named 35 companies that would be qualified to bid on service contracts for the oil fields of Rumeila, Zubair, Qurna West, Maysan, Kirkuk and Bay Hassan. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures slipped less than a cent to settle at $3.9029 a gallon while gasoline prices rose less than a penny to $3.5015 a gallon. Natural gas futures increased 15.5 cents to end at $13.353 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude futures lost 48 cents to settle at $139.83 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. Earlier Monday, the price for Brent had peaked at $143.91. AP Business Writer Malcolm Foster in Bangkok, Thailand, and Associated Press Writer Pablo Gorondi in Budapest, Hungary, contributed to this report.

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.

ITS FRANCES TURN
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FRANCE TAKES OVER THE PRESIDENCY OF THE EU FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS, WATCH THINGS COME TOGETHER NOW SARKO WILL GET THINGS DONE, INCLUDING THE MEDITERREAN UNION ON JULY 13,08

Sarkozy combative as France assumes EU presidency By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 30, 5:36 PM ET

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy was in combative mood Monday as France assumed leadership of the European Union, criticizing the bloc's trade chief and warning Europe's central bank against raising interest rates. Some analysts have questioned whether Sarkozy's sometimes brash and often direct style will be suited to the task of building consensus among the EU's 27 member nations as France holds the rotating presidency for the next six months.The EU is facing formidable problems in high oil prices, the threat to overseas sales from the euro's strength against the U.S. dollar and uncertainty about the bloc's future after Ireland's voters rejected a reform treaty this month.In a TV interview, Sarkozy reiterated France's priorities during its half-year at the helm would be stemming the influx of illegal immigrants, combatting global warming and softening the blow of oil prices. He said Europeans also want the EU to deal with threats posed by globalization.

The European idea will be in danger if we don't protect Europeans, Sarkozy said.One of Sarkozy's long-standing complaints is that the EU's euro currency is overvalued, hurting European economic competitiveness in global trade.The European Central Bank is widely expected to raise its interest rates this week amid high inflation in the euro zone — a move that could send the currency even higher against the dollar.Sarkozy said raising interest rates would prevent people and companies from borrowing and investing. He blamed inflation on rising prices for commodities like oil and said doubling or even tripling interest rates would not bring oil prices down.Don't tell me that to fight inflation, we must raise interest rates, he said.Sarkozy indicated that he, like his predecessor as French president, Jacques Chirac, would be a strong defender of European farmers.He accused the EU's trade chief, Peter Mandelson, and the head of the World Trade Organization of pushing trade proposals that Sarkozy said would lead to a 20 percent drop in European agricultural production and a 10 percent cut in its agricultural exports.That is 100,000 jobs lost. I will not let that happen, Sarkozy said.Irish voters' rejection of the EU reform treaty June 13 has cast a pall over France's EU presidency. The treaty can only take effect in 2009 only if ratified by all 27 EU states.The treaty, which took years to draft, aims to streamline the way the bloc makes decisions and bolster its powers in such areas as immigration and fighting crime. It also seeks to make the EU's foreign policy more effective with the creation of an EU president and single envoy to represent the bloc abroad.

Big personality and big problems to mark French EU presidency Not quite the presidency agenda Paris wanted (Photo: EUobserver.com) HONOR MAHONY 30.06.2008 @ 07:40 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – On Tuesday 1 July, France takes over the EU presidency armed with a big country's sense of the natural order of things, a hyperactive president and a lengthy list of priorities.
But its six month term will operate under the twin black clouds of Ireland's rejection of the EU Lisbon Treaty as well as rising discontent among European citizens about the recent hikes in food and fuel prices.The Irish question will simmer throughout Paris' reign of the EU as member states try and pull off the public relations feat of making it look like the Irish vote counts but putting pressure on Dublin to put the document to referendum for a second time. Whether they achieve this will depend as much on the way Paris conducts the talks as on the actions of Irish prime minister Brian Cowen. However, France's hopes of brokering deals on who would occupy new posts created by the Lisbon treaty – such as the EU president – have been scuppered.French presidency Nicolas Sarkozy is set to visit the Irish capital on 11 July. The issue will come up at the October meeting of EU leaders and once again at the December summit where member states will be hoping that Dublin will set out a concrete plan of action.

Meanwhile, the worsening global economic situation is set to bring the country - as both the EU presidency as well as member state with a firm protectionist streak - into conflict with other EU partners.During its presidency, the bloc is supposed to have serious discussions on reforming its Common Agricultural Policy but rising food prices may undermine any sense of approaching the talks with a real view for change. Mr Sarkozy has already riled other capitals by suggesting that VAT on fuel be reduced - something the European Commission has now reluctantly agreed to look into.

Climate change

A concrete issue where progress could be made is on a climate change deal. The EU in March last year agreed a series of ambitious goals, including reducing CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020. In January, the European Commission suggested how each country should contribute to these goals. Virtually every member state would like something changed in their environment package meaning it will need both good negotiating skills plus France's clout as a large member state to secure a deal. An agreement should be in sight at the end of the year if it is to be approved by the European Parliament before it goes into election recess in Spring next year. Only with a deal under its belt will Europe will be able to go into the 2009 global talks in Copenhagen on a successor to the Kyoto agreement with any moral authority.

Defence and Mediterranean Union

In the run up to its presidency, France has made no secret of its desire to boost defence policy in the bloc. In a major speech on 17 June, Mr Sarkozy spoke of a making the first step towards a genuine revival of European defence.However, it is unclear how much Paris can achieve without real cooperation from Britain – the other military heavyweight in the Union. London remains opposed to plans for a European military headquarters, something Paris is particularly keen on. In addition, neutral Ireland's No to the treaty is likely to mean that France has to tone down its rhetoric on defence – particularly if Irish citizens are once more to go to the polls on the treaty.The uncertainty created by the Lisbon Treaty means that even more focus will be put on France's idea of a Mediterranean Union as another of its major plans.Already watered down by other EU member states for being too divisive, the Mediterranean Union will be launched at a special summit on 13 July in Brussels but it is unclear how many leaders will attend - both from EU country and non-EU Mediterranean states - as well as what exactly the new set-up will achieve.

The Sarkozy factor

But despite the lowering of general expectations for the French presidency, Mr Sarkozy alone is set to generate high levels of interest.Brussels has operated under a pall since the beginning of the year. It maintained a low-key approach in anticipation of the Irish referendum, this was coupled with the traditional quiet-before-the-storm feeling that precedes any big-country presidency.
This is likely to mean that Mr Sarkozy's more unconventional way of operating and his sheer unpredictability is set to keep the country in the headlines - even if Paris has its hands tied by outside events.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE 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.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) 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 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Czech government blesses EU treaty
PHILIPPA RUNNER 30.06.2008 @ 09:20 CET

The Czech government has advised the country's Constitutional Court that the EU's Lisbon treaty does not violate the Czech Republic's own constitution, improving the climate for ratification in the most problematic EU state after the Irish No vote.Due to its [Lisbon's] ratification, no substantial change in the arrangement of the democratic legal order will occur, the text of a legal opinion submitted by the government to the court late last week states, Czech daily Lidove noviny reported.The government says in its position that...on the basis of legal expert reports the Lisbon treaty complies with the Czech Republic's constitutional order, Europe minister Alexandr Vondra told the CTK news agency on Saturday (28 June).The court is set to make its ruling on the question in September or October, allowing the Czech parliament to complete the ratification process before Prague takes over the rotating EU presidency on 1 January 2009.Analysts expect the EU treaty to get through the 200-seat lower house. But the eurosceptic ODS party, many of whose members say Lisbon is dead after the Irish referendum, holds a 41-strong majority in the 81-seat upper house.

The Czech president, Vaclav Klaus - an outspoken enemy of Lisbon - must also sign the text to make it law. The largely honorary office of the Czech president would find it hard to block a parliamentary decision in practice, however.With Ireland planning to present its first thoughts on how to deal with the No vote at the EU summit only in October, the new EU treaty is unlikely to enter into force before the June 2009 elections, even if it passes through the Czech system smoothly.The situation is set to see Prague enjoy the full perks of its EU presidency, with prime minister Topolanek chairing EU and international summits instead of having to stand aside for the new permanent EU president as envisaged by the Lisbon text.Now we will get our presidencies, a senior Czech diplomat in Brussels wrote in an SMS to a Swedish counterpart the day the Irish referendum result came out on 13 June. Stockholm is to take over the EU chair after Prague in mid-2009.

Ratification map

France, Germany and the European Commission have called for ratification to continue despite the Irish No, pointing to a scenario in which Ireland stands isolated against 26 EU states and faces pressure for a re-vote, as occured with the 2001 Nice treaty referendum.Sixteen EU countries have so far definitively ratified Lisbon. The Finnish, Polish and German parliaments have approved the text, but are awaiting their presidents' signatures. The Swedish, Dutch, Belgian, Italian, Spanish, and Cypriot legislatures will finish voting between July and the autumn.The Czech Republic is not the only problem country left, with the Polish president's office questioning whether the treaty still legally exists and the German constitutional court considering a legal challenge. Austrian leader Alfred Gusenbauer last week said he would also call a referendum if Lisbon is tweaked for a second Irish vote.

EU and US near deal on confidential data sharing
RENATA GOLDIROVA 30.06.2008 @ 09:21 CET

The European Union and the US are near to agreeing a binding international agreement which would make it easier for law enforcement authorities on both sides of the Atlantic to inspect personal data such as credit card transactions, travel histories and internet browsing habits. The New York Times cited on Saturday (28 June) an internal report by the US Homeland Security, Justice and State Departments as well as European negotiators. The report says that it will be lawful for governments and companies to mutually exchange personal information as part of the global fight against terrorism. The deal would let governments and companies exchange personal information as part of the global fight against terrorism (Photo: wikipedia)Information on race, religion, political opinion, health or sexual life should not be used, however unless domestic law provides appropriate safeguards. But the document stops short of specifying what appropriate safeguards are.According to the New York Times, negotiators continue to wrangle over issues linked to privacy protection. For example, they need to agree whether European citizens could file a lawsuit against the US government if they think their personal data have been mishandled.

The EU is sticking to the position that all Europeans require the ability to bring suit in US courts specifically under the Privacy Act for an agreement to be reached on redress, the New York Times reports.The 1974 Privacy Act allows American citizens and permanent residents to challenge the state, but this right does not apply to foreigners.The EU and the US are trying to find a common ground on privacy and to agree non-conflicting obligations on private companies, Stewart A. Baker from the Department of Homeland Security was cited as saying by the American newspaper.

The 9-11 trigger

The EU-US talks were triggered by 2001 terrorist attacks on US soil. Back then, Washington found it difficult to freely obtain data on European air passengers flying to the US as well as information on European financial transactions operated by Belgian-based consortium SWIFT.During the last EU-US summit under the Slovene EU presidency (9-10 June), the two sides agreed that the fight against transnational crime and terrorism requires the ability to share personal data for law enforcement.They reiterated the need for having a binding international agreement, which would lower barriers for data exchange, while guaranteeing that the right to privacy is fully protected.However, criticism is likely to come from the European Parliament, a strong advocate of citizens' rights. I am very worried that once this will be adopted, it will serve as a pretext to freely share our personal data with anyone, so I want it to be very clear about exactly what it means and how it will work, Dutch liberal Sophia in't Veld told the New York Times.