DAY 21 ISRAEL IN GAZA PROTECTING ISRAELIS

EZEKIEL 39:15-22 (RUSSIAN,ARAB,MUSLIM ARMIES EATEN BY BIRDS)
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.(THE RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS BURIEL SITE).
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

I FIND THIS VERY VERY INTERESTING THAT MIGRATING BIRDS BROUGHT DOWN AND CRASHED THIS AIRBUS A320. MEANWHILE ISRAEL IS IN GAZA DESTROYING HAMAS WHO HATES THEM AND WANTS EVERY ISRAELI KILLED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. EITHER THIS IS A WARNING TO THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS THAT ITS THEIR TIME TO GET EATIN BY THE MIGRATING BIRDS OR ITS GOD THROUGH THIS BIRD ACCIDENT SAYING MUSLIMS ITS NOT QUITE YOUR TIME YET,BUT I WILL DO AS MY WORD SAYS TO USE LATER ON. IF ITS LATER ON THERE WILL BE A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA I PREDICT,IF ITS TIME FOR 5/6TH OF THE RUSSIA,MUSLIMS TO BE KILLED AND EATIN BY THE BIRDS RUSSIA WILL BE GETTING INVOLVED AND LEAD THE MARCH TO ISRAEL.ONE MORE INTERESTING FACT IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK WERE THE SECOND MOST ISRAELIS ARE LIVING NEXT TO ISRAEL.GIVE KING JESUS THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY THAT NOT ONE LIFE WAS LOST IN THAT BIRD PLANE ACCIDENT.

Plane crash lands in Hudson River, but all safe
Updated Thu. Jan. 15 2009 7:58 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that all passengers and crew are safe after a US Airways plane plunged into the Hudson River off midtown-Manhattan Thursday afternoon. The plane was carrying 150 passengers, three flight attendants and two pilots. An air traffic controllers union official said a pilot on the plane reported a double bird strike less than a minute after takeoff and immediately asked for an emergency landing. National Air Traffic Controllers Union spokesman Doug Church said the bird strikes were reported at 30 to 45 seconds into the flight. The pilot was instructed to divert to Teterboro, New Jersey, for an emergency landing, shortly before the plane went down. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the pilot did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure everybody got out. New York Gov. David Patterson called it a miracle on the Hudson.Paramedics treated at least 78 passengers and Bloomberg said New York police divers rescued several people who were underwater. Doug Parker, CEO of US Airways said his airline is trying to help those affected by the incident anyway we can.US Airways Flight 1549 had taken off at 3:26 p.m. ET from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, en route to Charlotte, N.C. Passenger Jeff Kolodjay of Norwalk, Conn., told the Associated Press there was an explosion two or three minutes into the flight, and when he looked out the window he saw the left engine on fire.

The captain said, Brace for impact because we're going down, Kolodjay said. He said passengers put their head in their laps and many started saying prayers. The plane landed in the Hudson five minutes after the takeoff. Kolodjay said the plane hit the water hard but he was not hurt. It was intense. You've got to give it to the pilot. He made a hell of a landing, Kolodjay said. Initial video of the plane showed it submerged right up to the windows, as it progressively sank deeper in the Hudson River, near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan. Coast guard vessels and ferry boats arrived quickly, the plane's doors were opened and passengers wearing yellow life vests, scrambled to safety. Eyewitnesses in Manhattan said they saw at least one of the plane's two engines on fire as it went down in a controlled landing into the Hudson. Aviation experts are praising the plane's pilots' actions and skill, for managing to keep the plane in the air long enough to line up with the Hudson River and then landing in the river, keeping the fuselage intact. The plane has been tethered to a dock after being pulled in by tug boats. Television images show the nose and tail of the plane sticking out of the water, as it has rolled to about a 45 degree angle on its side. New York City firefighters, New York Police Department divers and the Coast Guard responded to the crash. Video footage of the incident shows passengers in yellow life vests, one waving to cameras and giving a thumbs-up sign, calmly walking onto a rescue vessel. Commuter boats in the area were also seen taking on passengers who were standing on both of the plane's wings. The water temperature in the river was reported to be 5 degrees Celsius. Government officials told the Associated Press they do not believe terrorism is behind the cause of the crash. There is no information at this time to indicate that this is a security-related incident, Homeland Security spokesperson Laura Keehner told AP.

PSALMS 20:1-9 PRAY THIS FOR ISRAEL EVERY DAY OF THIS WAR
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.

Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.

ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.

HAMAS AT THERE WORST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UptNr0v1p3E

WAR COVERAGE
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Special/War/

IF NOBODY ELSE NUKES IRAN AHMADINEJAD AND HIS INVISIBLE WELL BOY MAUDI WILL BE WITH THE BIRD FEAST ON THE WRONG END OF IT. THE BEING EATEN END!!!

Iran president: Not feasible for Israel to live JAN 15,09
By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer

CAIRO, Egypt – A top Israeli envoy delivered his country's stance on a cease-fire agreement in Gaza to Egyptian mediators trying to seal a truce on Thursday. The Iranian president said the fighting showed Israel's continued existence in the region is not feasible.The development came as the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed Israel on a cease-fire, and Gulf leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss the conflict.Meanwhile, Israeli troops pushed deeper into densely populated Gaza City on the 20th day of the offensive to rout out Hamas militants. Israeli tanks shelled the crowded downtown, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover.

An Israeli airstrike Thursday evening killed prominent Hamas figure Said Siam, and witnesses and U.N. officials said Israeli shells struck the United Nations headquarters building that serves as a shelter for hundreds of people, setting it ablaze.The Israeli push ratcheted up pressure on Hamas to accept a proposed cease-fire. Egypt's proposal has centered on a temporary 10-day halt in fighting that would leave Israeli troops in place in Gaza while security arrangements are negotiated for border crossings to prevent weapons smuggling. Once that is done, Israeli troops would withdraw and the borders would be opened.In the past two days, some Hamas officials have said the Egyptian proposal could be sealed soon. But on Thursday, the movement's top political leader, Khaled Mashaal, insisted its conditions for a cease-fire remained the same — including a demand for an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and opening of the crossings.These are our demands and we don't accept any political movement that does not accept them, Mashaal said in a televised address from his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus.Now we are at the critical moments. There must be a cease-fire but it must meet our conditions, he said.The Israeli envoy, Amos Gilad, spent four hours in Cairo in talks with Egyptian officials, presenting Israel's parameters of the end game, said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev. Gilad did not meet Hamas envoys who are also in town.After top-level consultations called by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when Gilad returned to Jerusalem, it was decided to send him back to Cairo on Friday for further talks, Olmert's office said.Israel wants a total end to Hamas' rocket launches into Israel and an arms embargo on Gaza's militant rulers, Regev said.

There is momentum in these discussions, Regev told AP Television News. We are hopeful that a deal will be based on a total cessation of Hamas fire into Israel and an arms embargo to prevent Hamas from rearming is close and attainable.Gaza-based Hamas official Ghazi Hamad said the deeper incursion reflected an attempt to pressure his group.Israel when it feels that there's a political solution it begins hitting harder, he said. Amos Gilad came to Cairo and knew there was an agreement between Egypt and Hamas, and it wasn't far from Israel's demands. But they want to increase their military attacks to try impose their conditions.Hamad said his group has offered amendments to Egypt's original peace proposal, and he expected the Egyptians will convey them to the Israelis. Consultations are continuing, he said.

Before Mashaal's comments, Salah Bardawil, a Hamas negotiator in Cairo, said his group demands Israeli troops withdraw within five days of the start of a cease-fire and seeks Turkish or European monitors to ensure that border crossings remain open.
The comments appeared to reflect signs of cracks within Hamas, between its Gaza-based officials like Bardawil and Hamad, and the Damascus-based leadership-in-exile.
In Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the fighting in Gaza has been a great lesson for all, saying it shows the absolute defeat and desperation of this (Israeli) regime.He says that even for the supporters of the occupying regime and its leaders, it has become clear that the continuation of the Zionist regime's life in the region is not feasible.Israel says it launched the offensive Dec. 27 to stop rocket fire against southern Israeli towns by Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. Meanwhile, an emergency summit of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, called by Saudi Arabia to discuss Gaza, was held in Riyadh on Thursday evening. Arab foreign ministers were to meet Friday in Kuwait and were expected to make aid pledges for Gaza. Associated Press Writers Patrick Quinn in Jerusalem and Nasser Karimi in Tehran contributed to this report.

Hamas Offers Ceasefire, Threatens Revenge
by Maayana Miskin JAN 16,09

(IsraelNN.com) Hamas has offered to stop attacking Israel for one year if Israel will open its western Negev crossings to Gaza, Egyptian officials announced Thursday night. The group demands that Israel withdraw its troops from Gaza within one week and refrain from any and all operations in the area while the ceasefire lasts.Also on Thursday night, Hamas's Az a-Din el-Kuds Brigades, a branch of the Hamas armed forces, said they would take revenge for the death of Hamas minister Said Siyam. Siyam was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday evening along with his brother, another senior Hamas leader. His blood was not shed in vain. The response will be expressed in deeds, not words, Hamas terrorists threatened.Egyptian media sources reported earlier in the evening that Israel had in principle accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal. Israeli officials demanded certain changes to the plan, Egyptian diplomats said. Those demands will be presented to Hamas leaders in upcoming meetings.Senior Defense Ministry official Major-General Amos Gilad returned from Cairo on Thursday after meeting with Egyptian diplomats to discuss progress in ceasefire talks with Hamas. Gilad met with Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to discuss the issue. The ministers are reportedly split on whether to seek a ceasefire at the current time.

Crossings Opened in exchange for Shalit?
According to Channel 10 news, Israel is willing to open Gaza crossings as part of the ceasefire deal. In exchange, Hamas would be required to reduce its demands regarding the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The group is currently demanding the release of over 1,000 terrorists, including senior terrorists who bear direct responsibility for multiple murders.If Hamas scales back its demands, a deal could be reached that would lead to Shalit's release, political analysts say. Barak met with Noam Shalit, Gilad's father, on Thursday, apparently to discuss developments in Gaza and the negotiations with Hamas.

Six Wounded in Be'er Sheva Attack
by Maayana Miskin JAN 15,09

(IsraelNN.com) A seven-year-old boy was seriously wounded Thursday evening when a Grad missile fired by Gaza terrorists struck the city of Be'er Sheva. Two Grad missiles hit the city at approximately 5:00 p.m. One slammed into a residential area adjacent to a main highway and hit a car.The vehicle had stopped on the highway when the rocket warning siren sounded, as directed by Home Front Command in its instructions to the public. The passengers, a mother and her son, managed to exit the vehicle and lie on their stomachs, per the instructions. The mother lay on top of her son to protect him, but was unable to cover him completely. A shard from the missile penetrated his skull. He was rushed to Soroka hospital in serious condition.

The child's aunt spoke to reporters from the hospital, saying, They waited for this child for 11 years. All we want is for G-d to give him back to us.Five others were wounded as well, one seriously. One person was moderately wounded and the others suffered light injuries. A number of other people suffered severe emotional trauma. All were evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in the city. Hospital officials set up an information hotline at: 12-55-177.The ground shook -- and one of them echoed -- so I knew it was in an urban area, somewhere close, Be'er Sheva resident Yocheved Miriam Russo told Israel National News. It had been relatively quiet -- there had not been anything since yesterday about this time, she commented.I'm just praying for NO ceasefire, Russo added. We can deal with this -- but not a phony ceasefire.

Shortly before the Be'er Sheva attack terrorists fired on the Eshkol region. The rockets hit open areas and no injuries were reported. Earlier on Thursday afternoon rocket strikes were reported in the Ofakim region. No injuries were reported.Gaza terrorists fired a total of approximately 25 rockets at Israeli cities since Thursday morning. Rockets hit several cities, including Gadera and Sderot. Strikes damaged a home in Sderot and several cars.Security officials in Be'er Sheva warned civilians not to approach the area. Anyone who hears a rocket alert siren while traveling by car should stop at the side of the road, exit the vehicle, lie down at a distance from the vehicle and wait for five minutes, after which they are instructed to get in the car and proceed directly to their destination without delay.



IAF Kills Hamas Interior Minister
by Hana Levi Julian JAN 15,09

(IsraelNN.com) IAF pilots killed Hamas Interior Minister Siad Siyam and his brother, Ayad, in an air strike on the latter's Gaza City home Thursday afternoon. IDF sources said the home was located in the Jabaliya neighborhood.At least 20 other terrorists were injured in the strike, according to Palestinian Authority sources.

The strike was carried out after the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) confirmed that Siyam was in the building and that there were no civilians nearby.Siyam, 50, was the official who led the Hamas seizure of Gaza in June 2007 and was responsible for the formation and development of the group's special executive force. He was also considered the political liaison with the group's military division, and with Damascus-based Hamas political chief Khaled Masha'al.He is the most senior Hamas terrorist assassinated by Israel since April 2004, when Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi was killed.Siyam's brother Ayad was the head of the Hamas terrorist organization's security division, along with Salah Abu Sharah, who was also killed in the strike.A day earlier, the IDF bombed the home of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who authorized the takeover of Gaza. Wednesday night, IDF forces also struck a building near the southern Gaza home of senior Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Zahar. Five of his bodyguards were killed in the strike.IAF pilots killed one of the top five Hamas leaders in Gaza two weeks ago in a strike dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of Sheikh Nizar Rayyan, the successor to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin after the Hamas spiritual leader was assassinated in 2004.Rayyan organized and paid for the 2004 suicide bombing in Ashdod in which 10 people were murdered. Three years earlier, in October 2001 he had sent his own son to carry out a suicide bombing in the Gush Katif community of Elei Sinai. Two Jewish residents of Gaza were murdered in the attack.In addition to Rayyan, 18 others were killed in the strike, which was carried out in the first week of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.

Spanish minister visits Lebanon to push Gaza truce JAN 15,09 Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon embarked Thursday on a surprise visit to Lebanon to meet the country's president and prime minister and push for peace in Gaza, her office said.

MADRID - The trip to support peace and security in the region would build on a three-day mission completed by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to help find an end to weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip, her spokesman said.The aim is to help find a permanent ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas which has controlled the Gaza Strip since June 2007, the spokesman added.

Before meeting Lebanese officials in Beirut, Chacon will stop in at a military base near the southern town of Marjayoun, where 1,000 Spanish soldiers are based as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).UNIFIL has some 13,000 troops from various countries stationed in southern Lebanon.The force, which was set up in 1978 to monitor the border between Israel and southern Lebanon, was considerably beefed up in the wake of the 2006 war between the militant group Hezbollah and Israel.After meeting the troops, Chacon will hold talks with Western-backed Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora before returning to Spain on Thursday evening.Senior Israeli defence official Amos Gilad arrived in Cairo on Thursday to hear Hamas's response to an Egyptian-mediated plan for an end to the fighting in the Islamist-controlled Gaza Strip.Since Israel unleashed its Operation Cast Lead on December 27, at least 1,065 people have been killed and another 5,000 wounded, according to Gaza medics.On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and three civilians have died as a result of combat or rocket fire.At the end of his three-day mission to Syria, Israel and Egypt late on Wednesday, Moratinos said an agreement on a Gaza ceasefire was very close.AFP/ Expatica.Spain has played an active diplomatic role for several days, in particular since Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas visited Madrid last week.

Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce ,Palestinian sources tell Ynet fighting in Gaza to cease within 72 hours for period of two weeks, during which sides will discuss supervision of crossings, IDF withdrawal from Strip and removal of blockade Ali Waked Published: 01.15.09, 23:50 / Israel News

Palestinian sources told Ynet on Thursday evening that Israel and Hamas have agreed on all the general outlines of the Egyptian ceasefire initiative to end the fighting in Gaza. According to the report, the sides have agreed on the truce, on the supervision of the smuggling issue, on the crossings and on lifting of the blockade imposed on the Strip.

Preparations

According to the sources, the two sides are expected to agree on a ceasefire which will likely begin within 72 hours and last up to two weeks. During this period of time, the parties will discuss the Israel Defense Forces' withdrawal from Gaza and the withdrawal's timing. Palestinian sources estimated that the pullback into Israel would be swift. According to the sources, on the issue of the supervision mechanism it has been agreed that the international forces' presence would be on the Palestinian side of the Philadelphi route. On this issue the sides are expected to discuss the identity of the supervisors and the international force. Hamas is interested in Turkish forces, while Israel is expected to demand a reinforced Western presence. Simultaneously, Egypt will begin using the supervision equipment sent by the United States. This mechanism is aimed at reducing the smuggling of weapons through Hamas tunnels in the Rafah area to a minimum. Egyptian officers and supervisors who underwent training in Texas in the past few months will be in charge of operating the improved equipment, which is expected to begin functioning in the coming days. The operation of the crossings, particularly the Rafah crossings, will be based on an agreement from 2005 which includes the presence of European monitors, Israeli cameras and a force on behalf of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas will also be present at the crossings, but the location of its representatives has yet to be determined. Simultaneously, Israel is expected to demand that the Palestinian organizations stop manufacturing weapons inside the Gaza Strip.

Fear: Dispute will lead to renewed fighting

The question of how soon the crossings will open, as well as when the blockade will be lifted, depends on the response to the conditions expected to be raised by Israel – led by the Gilad Shalit issue. In addition, according to the Palestinian sources, Israel will demand that Hamas or the other Palestinian organizations will refrain from attempting to execute terror attacks in Israel from the West Bank in response to the Gaza operation. Ynet has learned that Israel demands that the number of people who will not be allowed to pass through the Rafah crossing will total 5,000. According to the sources, Egypt is extremely interested in reaching a deal, which will allow Cairo to open the crossing which has been used by elements in the Arab world to attack the country. According to estimates, the circumstances created on the ground at the start of the discussions will influence their outcomes. However, if agreements are not made on all issues, the military escalation may be resumed within a week or two. The inter-Palestinian dialogue is not expected to be discussed by Hamas and Egypt at this stage. The issue is expected to be postponed until an agreement is reached during the short ceasefire period. The sources said that the renewed lull will last at least a year, and is expected to last even longer. According to the sources, a weakened Hamas will agree to a longer lull in order to recover from the current conflict. If the agreement is executed, the agreement is expected to provide an answer to the Israeli demands in terms of the smuggling issue, the rocket fire and a serious discussion on the Shalit issue. Hamas will gain the reopening of the crossings, the removal of the blockade and an official role at the crossings. Abbas will receive renewed access to the Strip, only at the crossings at first, and Egypt will be able to open the Rafah crossing.

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.

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Much of Canada still locked under deep freeze
Updated Thu. Jan. 15 2009 11:43 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff

Canadians from the Prairies to Atlantic Canada are in the grip of an Arctic air mass that has brought frigid temperatures and harsh winds to a massive swath of the country. It's a cold one, said CTV weather specialist Jeff Hutcheson. It's even colder than yesterday and the cold has spread now into Atlantic Canada, including Newfoundland and Labrador, in terms of having wind-chill warnings there.In Saskatchewan, Manitoba, northern Ontario and much of Quebec, residents were warned by Environment Canada that wind-chill was dragging temperatures down to between -40 and -50 C. In Toronto, the temperature felt like -24 on Thursday morning. Even into Atlantic Canada, residents were bundling up as the mercury hovered between -20 and the mid minus thirties, with wind-chill factored in.

Temperatures drop in P.E.I.

Prince Edward Island, where temperatures were hovering around zero degrees as recently as Wednesday, saw a steep drop on Thursday. Environment Canada warned islanders that the wind chill would make temperatures feel as cold as -38 by the evening and into Friday morning. Here is a selection of Canadian cities, and their temperatures Thursday morning:
Regina, Sask.: -44
Winnipeg, Man.: -49
Thunder Bay, Ont.: -40
Ottawa, Ont.: --34
Toronto, Ont.: -25
Fredericton, N.B.: -38
Charlottetown, P.E.I.: -38
Sydney, N.S.: -26
Corner Brook, N.L.: -27

You've got again a situation where wind chills are exceptionally dangerous this morning and this afternoon, Hutcheson said.

Risk to exposed skin ,He warned that exposed skin can freeze in minutes under such deep-cold conditions. When temperatures are between -28 and -39, exposed skin can freeze between 10 and 30 minutes, Hutcheson said. When the mercury is between -40 and -47, it only takes five to 10 minutes. Between -48 and -54, it only takes two to five minutes for skin to freeze, he said. Calgary residents were enjoying a virtual tropical holiday, when compared with much of the rest of the country. Environment Canada's forecast for the city predicted a low of three degrees, and a high of 10 degrees, with similar temperatures lasting through the weekend. The anomaly also affected Vancouver, where temperatures were expected to reach six degrees, and Victoria, at nine degrees, and even Whitehorse, Yukon, where the temperature was four degrees.

Bitter cold is tough on financially strapped By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009

ST. LOUIS – William Davis has lived on the streets since the recession cost him his job as a commercial painter. Over the last eight months, he's made it through heat waves, wind storms, rain, snow and ice.But the 51-year-old finally sought help at a homeless shelter Thursday after enduring a night shivering alongside a downtown wall in temperatures that bottomed out at zero — the coldest reading here in eight years.

People gave me blankets and food, Davis said. I had about 15 covers on me. I slept under this parking garage, where the wind came in only one direction. It was pretty rough. I can deal with it. But it's hard.The bone-numbing blast of arctic air that lingered over the Northeast and Midwest on Thursday was especially hard on Americans whose lives have been upended by the economic meltdown.Ray Redlich, assistant director of New Life Evangelistic Center in St. Louis, said the homeless population has changed as the financial crisis has grown worse. Now it includes more people like Davis who just months ago were working for a living.We found one young man in a sleeping bag under an overpass. He'd had his home foreclosed on, Redlich said.The bitter cold killed car batteries, idled ski lifts and sent millions of people scurrying indoors for warmth, and at least two deaths were initially attributed to Thursday's freezing temperatures.A 37-year-old central Illinois man was found face down in the snow — without a coat, hat or gloves — outside his condominium Thursday morning. Preliminary autopsy results indicated the 37-year-old Normal resident was intoxicated and froze to death.A 50-year-old man in southeastern Michigan appeared to have frozen to death early Thursday after being locked out of his duplex in Hamburg Township overnight.In Pollock, S.D., which dropped to a record-setting 47 below zero, Todd Moser, who works at a gas station, said it took about 10 minutes before the gas pumps started working.It just hurts to breathe out there, said Moser, adding that he could only stand it for about five minutes. After a while your face really just starts to hurt and you've just really got to get back in.The weather system descended from a large, dry air mass that had been lingering over Alaska and northern Canada for a couple of weeks before moving south. The cold stretched from Montana to Maine and as far south as Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Wind-chill advisories were issued in more than a dozen states.

Friday was expected to be even colder in the Northeast. In northern Maine, where one ski area closed and others posted frostbite warnings, communities prepared for the likelihood that the thermometer would stay below zero until Sunday.The effects of the cold snap, combined with the poor economy, were evident on frigid roads where numerous motorists became stranded.Matt Ivey, who was driving a AAA tow truck to jump start stalled cars, said many automobiles were in rough shape. Because of the economy, people don't really have enough money to repair their vehicles, he said.The economic conditions also meant that merchants such as Craig Caplan had to continue doing business, despite the discomfort of working outdoors.Caplan, owner of five pushcarts selling hats, scarves and gloves in Boston, said his credit card machine stopped printing because its ink froze.With the year we've had, you've got to come out. You can't let the weather be a deterrent, he said, referring to the rocky economy.Some other people actually benefited from the bitter cold. Kim Sherva delivered sandwiches in Minneapolis after wrapping herself in five layers, plus a hat, fuzzy earmuffs, gloves and snow boots. It's nice to do deliveries when it's really cold, because people tip you better, she said. Salt trucks in Ohio were combining calcium chloride with salt to help melt road ice. The chemical is used in mixtures when temperatures fall below 20 degrees. But when it's this cold, there's not much that works, said Mary Carran Webster, assistant public service director in Columbus. It's hard to melt anything when you have a wind chill of minus something.

Bicycle messenger Daniel Dominic was dressed in multiple layers as he delivered packages to downtown skyscrapers in Cleveland in single-digit temperatures. Still, he said: It takes your breath away. It really does.The nation's cold spots on Thursday were Garrison, N.D., and Pollock, S.D., both of which came in at 47 below zero. Records lows were recorded in Bismarck, N.D., where it was minus 44, and in Aberdeen, S.D., where it was minus 42. The deep freeze was also notable for the large geographic area affected, said Scott Stephens, a meteorologist with the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Other memorable cold snaps occurred in 2003 and 2004. The winter of 1994 had the most prolonged extreme cold of recent years, he said. When the air mass moved south, Alaska warmed up. Fairbanks topped out at 44 degrees Wednesday night after hitting 45 below zero last week. Right now as we speak, it's warmer in Fairbanks than in Nashville, said Bruce Terry, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Camp Springs, Md. That doesn't happen very often.At the bookstore at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, manager Lucy Beaulieu said she started her car a half-hour before leaving home and bundled up in a fur coat, gloves and hat. You go to work — and you go home. You don't make any unnecessary stops where you have to get out of your vehicle, she said. Her advice: You sit on the couch, read a good book, stay inside.Associated Press writers Cheryl Wittenauer in St. Louis; Carla K. Johnson in Chicago; David Sharp and Clarke Canfield in Portland, Maine; Thomas J. Sheeran in Cleveland; Chris Williams in Minneapolis; and Kelsey Abbruzzese in Boston contributed to this report.

Weather Service offers tips on keeping warm Thu Jan 15, 11:00 am ET

Miami WASHINGTON – The unprecedented crowds expected to pack Washington on Tuesday for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama could face some of the coldest weather of the season, the National Weather Service says.The current outlook is for mostly cloudy skies with a chilly 34-degree high.Prime dangers for those standing around outdoors for long periods include frostbite and hypothermia.Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature drops below 95 degrees and it is potentially fatal. Warning signs include uncontrollable shivering, memory loss, disorientation, incoherence, slurred speech, drowsiness and apparent exhaustion.Exposed body parts such as fingers, toes, ear lobes or the nose may develop frostbite. Warning signs include a loss of feeling and a white or pale appearance.In either case, prompt medical attention is needed.The Weather Service offers these safety tips:

• Dress in several layers of loose-fitting clothing to create pockets of insulating warm air.

• Wear wool or fleece fabrics, not cotton as it dries slowly.

• Wear warm socks with a thermal sock liner; comfortable, closed shoes; a scarf, hat and earmuffs to prevent loss of body heat.

• A water repellent, hooded outer garment adds extra protection.

• Mittens are better than gloves at keeping hands warm.

• Walk around or move in place to increase circulation and generate additional body heat.

• Drink warm beverages. Do not drink alcohol as it will cause a loss of body heat by dilating blood vessels.

• Seek shelter indoors periodically to warm up.

• Watch out for the elderly and very young as they are most at-risk.

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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

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/

HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS FRI JAN 16,2009

09:30 AM +3.18
10:00 AM +91.51
10:30 AM +94.86
11:00 AM +79.64
11:30 AM +71.20
12:00 PM -16.81
12:30 PM -91.76
01:00 PM -54.00
01:30 PM -37.23
02:00 PM -4.30
02:30 PM +19.43
03:00 PM +58.65
03:30 PM +90.24
04:00 PM +68.73 8281.22

S&P 500 850.12 +6.38

NASDAQ 1529.33 +17.49

GOLD 842.20 +34.90

OIL 35.91 +0.51

TSE 300 8920.40 +40.79

CDNX 865.65 +21.35

S&P/TSX/60 538.48 +1.79

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

Dow +125 points at 4 minites of trading.
Dow +127 points at high today.
Dow +7 points at low today.

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow -6.43%
S&P -6.59%
Nasdaq -4.13%
TSX Advances 603,Declines 539,unchanged 212,Volume 942,722,182.
TSX Venture Exchange Advances 270,Declines 363,Unchanged 296,Volume 94,863,529.
NYSE STATS
Advances 2,224,Declines 641,Unchanged 93,New Highs 3,New Lows 6
NASDAQ STATS
Advances 1,374,Declines 871,Unchanged 162.
10,590 HAMAS ROCKETS SHOT INTO ISRAEL SINCE 2001.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS

Dow -91 points at low today.
Dow +127 points at high today.
Circuit City will be fully liquidated as of 10am today.
35,000 people employed by Circuit City will be left without Jobs.
Intel's Q4 profit plunges 89%.
Intel's Q4 Revenue -23.2% to $8.2 BILLION.
Intel's Q4 Profit -89.7% to $234 MILLION.
CITI RESTRUCTURING
-Citi Bank now equals CITICORP - will be the profit center,made up of Global Banking Operations. Will account for 80% of profits.
-CITIHOLDINGS -Made up of non core Assets,Brokeridge,Asset management,Consumer Mortgages and all the $300+ BILLION in troubled assests earmarked for Cities law sharing program with the Government.

ABOUT 75% OF BANK OF AMERICA'S $118 BILLION ASSETS ARE FROM MERRILL LYNCH.

KEYS TO BAC DEAL(BANK OF AMERICA)
-Treasury provides $20 BILLION capital to BAC.
-Government provides guarentees on $118 BILLION asset pool.
-BAC issues Government $24 BILLION of preferred shares.
-BAC agrees to cut dividend to 1 cent off per quarter for 3 years.
DETAILS OF BAC DEAL
-BAC takes first $10 BILLION loss on $118 BILLION assest pool.
-Treasury/FDIC share next $10 BILLION.
-FED to cover remaing losses,Split 90/10 with BAC.
-Total FED exposure:$87.3 BILLION.
-overall exposure:$20.7 BILLION BAC,$97.3 BILLION GOVERNMENT.

MERRILL'S LOSSES
-Credit valuation adjustments related to monoline financial guarantor exposures of $3.22 BILLION.
-Goodwill impairments of $2.31 BILLION.
-Leveraged loan writedowns of $1.92 BILLION.
-$1.16 BILLION in U.S bank investment securities Portfolio writedowns.
-Commercial real Estate writedowns of $1.13 BILLION.

TSX STATS 12:30PM
TSX Advances 549,Declines 436,unchanged 210,Volume 355,225,646.
TSX Venture Exchange Advances 292,Declines 196,Unchanged 228,Volume 59,141,317.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS

Dow -102 points at low today.
Dow +128 points at high today.
Dow +0.84% today Volume 439,358,818.00
Dow -3.6% this week.
Dow erases 1.3% drop today.
S&P 500 +0.75% today Volume N/A
S&P -4.4% this week.
Nasdaq +1.15% today Volume 2,063,770,862.00
Nasdaq -2.7% this week.
Nasdaq erases 1.4% drop today.
Citigroup falls 8% today.
Stocks fall for 2nd straight week.
Stocks advance in the afternoon today.

BANK DRPS THIS WEEK
-Citigroup -48%
-Bank of America -45%
-JP Morgan -13%

THIS WEEK ANOTHER REALITY CHECK
FOR BANKS
-Losses will be higher than anticipated.
-Feds will likely continue to dilute shareholders.
FOR STIMULUS PACKAGE
-Will not come for months.
-Impact less than imagined.

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Nasdaq -3.02%
Dow -5.64%
S&P 500 -5.88%

STIMULUS PACKAGE WINNERS
-Homebuilders.
-Mortgage Lenders.
-$7,500 homebuyer tax credit may no longer have to be repaid.
-Renewable Energy Producers.
-Able to forgo tax credits-Currently 2.1 cents per killowatt hour produced-and recieve a grant equivalent to their value.
STIMULUS PACKAGE LOSERS
-Banks.
-Automakers.
-Any sector recieving TARP money does not get a big tax credit.
-Credit Unions.
-These groups wanted a provision to increase their business lending limits.

TSX FRIDAY WRAPUP STATS
TSX Advances 712,Declines 447,unchanged 216,Volume 696,066,590.
TSX Venture Exchange Advances 429,Declines 244,Unchanged 307,Volume 116,052,133.

Stocks regain ground as hopes grow for bailout By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer JAN 15,09

NEW YORK – Wall Street pulled off a big turnaround Thursday, rebounding from a steep early drop to finish modestly higher. Investors who began the day worrying about a revival of the banking crisis grew optimistic during the session that the government will again help the financial industry.The selloff, which followed news that Bank of America Corp. needed another government cash infusion, had the Dow Jones industrials heading for a seventh straight loss. But investors awaiting a Senate vote authorizing the second $350 billion from the government's financial bailout fund became more upbeat as the day wore on. They were hoping additional money from Washington will help stabilize banks; lawmakers approved the money after the market closed.Late Thursday, Bank of America and the Treasury Department were near an agreement that would provide $15 billion to $20 billion in new government support to the banking giant, a source close to the discussions said.The market's zigzag Thursday was reminiscent of the enormous volatility seen in September and October, when worries about mounting troubles at banks and the collapse of brokerage Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. pummeled Wall Street. Swings of hundreds of points in the Dow industrials were at times terrifying but began to feel almost commonplace. Wall Street has shown relative tranquility since late November but still remains in a bear market, which can produce sharp turns.

Some analysts attributed the comeback to the market's own dynamics.

Joe Saluzzi, co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading LLC, said the recovery in stocks was overdue given a 10 percent slide in the market in about a week, and he said traders were looking for any reason to rally. Saluzzi said investors might ultimately be disappointed by the government's efforts to boost the economy but that headlines about broad spending were enough to prod the market.That's the spark on top of the timber. That gets it going, he said, referring to Washington's plans. I think, bottom line, it's an oversold bounce. We'll see if it lasts.Wall Street is nervous that the money already given to banks during the fall has done little to repair their balance sheets. Bank of America, which acquired Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1., late Thursday said it would report its quarterly results early Friday rather than on Tuesday as planned.Other media organizations have had similar reports of a potential aid package for the company.There are also expectations that Citigroup will be announcing further steps to slash costs and reduce its size because of its financial problems and that other banks could require more government help.People seem to be fearing the financials again, fearing that they are going to need more funding, said Uri Landesman, head of global growth strategies at ING Investment Management.The Dow rose 12.35, or 0.15 percent, to 8,212.49 after falling the past six days. The Dow was down as much as 205 during the session and briefly slipped below the 8,000 mark. That was the first move below that psychological benchmark since Nov. 21, a day after the blue chips closed at their lowest level in more than five years.Broader stock indicators advanced Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.12, or 0.13 percent, to 843.74 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 22.20, or 1.49 percent, to 1,511.84.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 9.45, or 2.09 percent, to 462.62.Tech and small-cap stocks are often among the first places investors start buying when they think a recovery is at hand.The Dow's bounce off the 8,000 level was a welcome move by traders hoping stocks can remain above their November lows. At their weakest point Thursday, the Dow and S&P 500 index were down more than 11 percent in seven sessions.The number of stocks rising on the New York Stock Exchange outpaced those declining by about 8 to 7. Earlier decliners led gains gainers by 10-to-1. Consolidated volume came to 6.84 billion shares, compared with 5.3 billion shares traded Wednesday.

Bonds made modest moves as stocks recovered. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, was unchanged at 2.20 percent from late Wednesday. The yield on the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments, was unchanged at 0.10 percent from late Wednesday. The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices rose. Light, sweet crude fell $1.88to settle at $35.40 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Bank of America news more than offset any positives from a better-than-expected earnings report from JPMorgan Chase & Co. The banking company managed to avoid a loss, reporting earnings of $702 million in the October-December quarter. Analysts had predicted the company would break even. Bank stocks still declined as the rest of the market recovered. Bank of America fell $1.88, or 18 percent, to $8.32, while Citigroup slid 70 cents, or 15 percent, to $3.83. Morgan Stanley fell 93 cents, or 5.4 percent, to $16.26. JPMorgan fell $1.57, or 6.1 percent, to $24.34. Jerome Booth, head of research at Ashmore Investment Management Ltd. in London, said banks will need additional government money if they are to resume more normal levels of lending. He contends increased funding is more urgent than a fiscal stimulus plan under consideration in Washington to help boost the economy. He said the economy will continue to struggle for years because ridding excess debt in a process known as deleveraging is necessary but painful. Fiscal policy is very important but it's not really the main issue. The main issue is to get the banking system working again because at the minute we've got a deleveraging going on but we've also got massive cardiac arrest in the banking system.Investors were also waiting Thursday for Intel Corp. earnings. The world's largest maker of computer chips had already warned investors that its fourth-quarter revenue would fall short of its initial estimates. After the close, Intel said its fourth-quarter earnings fell 90 percent. But results were still in line with Wall Street's modest expectations. Intel ended regular trading up 21 cents, or 1.6 percent, at $13.29, and it rose another 22 cents in after-hours trading. Apple Inc. fell $1.95, or 2.3 percent, to $83.38 after announcing Wednesday that Chief Executive Steve Jobs would go on medical leave until the end of June. The announcement came a week after the Apple co-founder insisted he would stay with the company. Overseas, Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.42 percent, Germany's DAX index declined 1.94 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 1.84 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average dropped 4.92 percent. On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com

Congress OKs release of final $350B of bailout By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent JAN 15,09

WASHINGTON – Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while majority Democrats proposed spending increases and tax cuts totaling a whopping $825 billion.Two days after Obama personally lobbied for release of $350 billion in bailout funds, the Senate narrowly turned aside a bid to block the money.Across the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. said, Immediate job creation and then continuing job creation were the twin goals of the separate stimulus legislation. It recommends tax cuts for businesses and individuals while pouring billions into areas such as health care, education, energy and highway construction.She and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have pledged to have the economic stimulus bill ready for Obama's signature by mid-February.Both houses debated Obama's call to release another $350 billion from the financial bailout package, but the Senate vote was the triumph he had sought. Despite bipartisan anger over the Bush administration's handling of the program to date, Democratic allies of the incoming president prevailed on a 52-42 roll call.The vote followed a commitment by Obama to use as much as $100 billion of the funds to help homeowners facing foreclosure proceedings.The money will be available in less than two weeks, at a time when there is fresh evidence of shakiness among banks.The 44th president-to-be was at his transition office across town from the Capitol — and President Bush relegated to the role of virtual onlooker — as events played out at the dawn of a new Democratic era in government.

Obama has called for swift and bold action to confront an economic debacle unrivaled since the Great Depression.The president-elect, who travels to hardhit Ohio on Friday to promote his economic program, also announced he would convene a fiscal responsibility summit in February to focus on long-term problems with the economy and the skyrocketing costs of benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare. We've kicked this can down the road and now we are at the end of the road, he said in a Washington Post interview posted on the newspaper's Web site.In remarks on the Senate floor, Reid called the vote a victory for Obama, whom he said exhibited courage by seeking release of the money. This was a test of leadership at a time when leadership is desperately needed, he said.Obama said in a statement he was gratified with the result, adding, I know this wasn't an easy vote because of the frustration so many of us share about how the first half of this plan was implemented.Earlier, he hailed the stimulus blueprint as a significant downpayment on our most urgent challenges.The outlines of the economic stimulus measure reflected a change in political priorities, with an emphasis on spending and tax breaks designed to encourage production of alternative energy sources, make federal buildings more energy- efficient and weatherize homes.At the same time, more traditional anti-recession spending was built in. There was more than $130 billion for health care, much of it to help states cope with the rising demand for Medicaid, the health care program for the low-income and a recession-era refuge for the newly laid-off.More than $100 billion was ticketed for education, in part to help local school districts avoid the impact of state budget cuts. Billions more would increase spending for food stamps and unemployment benefits and finance expanded worker retraining programs.A written summary showed $30 billion for highway construction, $10 billion for mass transit and rail, and $3 billion for airport improvements.

In all, the outline called for $550 billion in new spending and $275 billion in tax cuts. And the $825 billion total is virtually certain to grow as the legislation advances through Congress. Initial Republican reaction was negative — and played on Obama's popularity to make a point. At first glance, it appears that my Democratic colleagues think they can borrow and spend their way back to prosperity with a half-trillion dollars of new spending and less tax relief than President-elect Obama has been talking about, said Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the party's leader in the House. Democrats hold expanded majorities in both houses as the result of last fall's elections, and enactment of the stimulus measure is scarcely in doubt. At the same time, lawmakers made clear they will not hesitate to substitute their own priorities for Obama's. The president-elect's call for a business tax credit for each new job created was jettisoned by Democrats who questioned its value and preferred to use the money elsewhere. They agreed to Obama's separate proposal for a tax cut of $500 per worker and $1,000 per working couple. The documents made public did not say whether the money would come in the form of a one-time check or an adjustment in paycheck withholding. The measure does not include money to help middle- to upper-income taxpayers ensnared in the alternative minimum tax, which was originally designed to prevent the extremely wealthy from avoiding payment of taxes but now threatens more than 20 million tax filers. Several officials said the Senate was likely to include that provision in its version of the bill, a step that could push the overall total close to $900 billion. Money for the financial bailout was a tougher sell by far. Several newly elected Democrats campaigned as opponents of the program, which was launched last fall with an initial $350 billion, and lawmakers in both parties have expressed unhappiness with the Bush administration's management of the effort. On the vote, 45 Democrats, six Republicans and one independent lined up behind Obama, while 33 Republicans, eight Democrats and one independent sought to block use of the funds. Among them was Sen. John McCain, who campaigned vigorously for creation of the original bailout program as Republican presidential candidate last fall. Obama lobbied Democrats in private earlier in the week not to stand in the way of release of the remaining $350 billion, and a top aide followed up with a written commitment to Reid. In it, Lawrence H. Summers, pledged that $50 billion to $100 billion would be dedicated to a sweeping foreclosure mitigation plan for responsible homeowners.In search of Republican support, Summers also said that apart from a commitment to help the Big 3 automakers survive, the new administration did not intend to intervene financially in individual industries outside the financial sector. While the Senate vote assured the money would be available, the House debated a measure to attach conditions on its use. A vote was delayed. EDITORS NOTE —Associated Press reporters Jim Kuhnhenn and Andrew Taylor contributed to this story.

Oil Settles Below $36 on Sagging Demand Outlook 15 Jan 2009 | 05:13 PM CNBC

U.S. light, sweet crude [US@CL.1 35.59 0.19 (+0.54%)] fell $1.88, or 5 percent, to settle at $35.40 a barrel.London Brent crude [GB@IB.1 47.68 --- UNCH (0)] also traded lower, maintaining an unusual premium to the U.S. benchmark.The losses came after U.S. data showing the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week and U.S. foreclosure activity jumped 81 percent in 2008, suggesting the recession is deepening.The gloomy global economic outlook prompted OPEC on Thursday to forecast a fall of 180,000 barrels per day in world oil demand this year, 30,000 bpd steeper than its previous forecast.Earlier in the week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast a world consumption drop of more than 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year.U.S. refiners, facing slumping demand from consumers and businesses, have been putting crude oil into storage instead of into processing units, pushing stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub—the delivery point for U.S. crude futures—to record highs.

The brimming inventories at Cushing have upended U.S. crude's relationship with Brent, driving the higher-quality grade well below its European counterpart.The American Petroleum Institute Thursday said U.S. demand for crude oil and petroleum products slid 5.9 percent in December from a year earlier, with demand in 2008 dropping at the fastest rate in almost three decades due to high energy prices and the slumping economy.U.S. oil prices struck a peak of $147 a barrel in July but have tumbled since because of the economic crisis.The considerable uncertainty about the course of the recovery implies the potential for further deterioration in world oil demand growth this year,'' OPEC said in its Monthly Oil Market Report.This could build a case for the producer group to cut output again after already reducing supply by about 4 million bpd since September to try to halt the oil price slide.
2009 Reuters.

ECB cuts interest rate by 0.5 percent
ANDREW WILLIS 15.01.2009 @ 17:40 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - After a two-day meeting, the governing council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided Thursday (15 January) to cut interest rates for the eurozone by 0.5 percent, bringing the current interest rate for the area to just 2 percent.This is the lowest interest rate level in the history of the monetary union, which recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary. In an interview with this website, senior economist at ING Peter Vanden Houte said this latest cut was not a foregone conclusion following the central bank's record 0.75 percent cut only last month.But recent economic indicators have been worse than expected so doing nothing was not an option for the bank, Mr Vanden Houte said. So instead they went for a 50 basis point cut which was probably a wise thing.After the meeting, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said in a press conference that the decision was based on a reduction in inflationary pressures, largely driven by the global economic slowdown and the reduction in commodity prices. He pointed out that the decision was made unanimously by ECB board members and took into account a further slowdown in the eurozone economy predicted for the coming months. The European statistics office, Eurostat, released new inflationary figures Thursday which showed annual inflation for the euro area was 1.6 percent in December 2008, down from 2.1 percent in November. For the 27-member EU, annual inflation was 2.2 percent in December, down from 2.8 percent in November.

December inflation figures within the EU ranged from a low of 0.7 percent in Luxembourg to a high of 10.4 percent in Latvia. Mr Trichet said the ECB expected inflation to continue to decline to very, very low levels towards the middle point of 2009 after which it would start to rise again. Trichet says very, very low levels but inflation may actually be negative by mid year, Mr Vanden Houte predicted. The prospect of deflation and further economic bad news means further rate cuts may be on the way. We will probably see another interest rate cut by 50 basis points (0.5 percent) at the ECB's March meeting and that will not be the end, Mr Vanden Houte said. However Mr Trichet stressed at the press conference that the ECB would also strive to avoid a liquidity trap.Economists define a liquidity trap as a situation in which short-term interest rates are close to zero but fail to boost the economy.

The level of uncertainty remains exceptionally high, Mr Trichet said.

Referring to an OECD report Wednesday that called for a single regulator for financial institutions, Mr. Trichet said there were provisions in the current Treaties (Article 105.6) that could be invoked to enable the ECB to play a greater role in this area.

EU likely to face one more week without gas
ELITSA VUCHEVA 15.01.2009 @ 17:37 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU has welcomed the idea of a gas mini-summit in Moscow this weekend. But Russian supplies are unlikely to resume before the meeting, while experts say it will take several more days for gas to reach the EU even if there is an accord.The EU on Thursday (15 January) agreed to send energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Czech energy minister Martin Riman for a high-level meeting in Moscow on Saturday, if Russian and Ukrainian delegates are to be fully mandated to find a lasting solution.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday proposed holding the event, also inviting the leaders of any affected EU states. Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko swiftly agreed to the meeting. But late Thursday, the office of Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko said it should take place in Brussels or Prague -the capital of the current EU presidency.It is illogical ...to hold it in a capital of one of the parties to the gas conflict, his office said.Whether the event takes place here or there, the EU is worried Russian gas flows are unlikely to restart before the talks, with Brussels, London and Paris all urging Moscow and Kiev to open taps right away. The meeting should not be used as an excuse for further delays. All this has gone on for too long, European Commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger said. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who visited Kiev and Moscow on Wednesday to talk about the crisis, said he was pessimistic gas deliveries would be restored any time soon.That's practically impossible, he told reporters in Bratislava, AP reports.

If the Moscow talks see a breakthrough and normal flows are resumed on 18 January, it would still take well into the middle of next week before the EU sees the gas, experts say, scotching previous Ukrainian estimates of a`36-hour technical lag.
Operational challenges on the Russian and Ukrainian gas transportation system due to the cease of Russian gas deliveries on to Ukraine on 1 January ...are of an unprecedented magnitude, the head of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) secretariat, George Verberg, said on Thursday.The public should have a realistic view that the overall operation is likely to take several days.The ECT is a 1994 multilateral transit treaty designed to protect Western investors in post-Soviet countries.The gas deadlock persisted on Thursday, as Russia once again offered to send a small volume of gas to the EU using a Ukraine pipeline route that would force Kiev to cut off millions of domestic clients.A team of EU monitors in place in Russia and Ukraine since the weekend have voiced sympathy with Ukraine over the problematic Russian choice of transit route.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is to meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Berlin on Friday, on Thursday warned Russia risks damaging EU relations if the crisis drags out.I believe there is a danger that Russia will lose a chunk of its credibility if there is a long interruption of gas deliveries, she said.

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 states criticised for human rights violations
VALENTINA POP 15.01.2009 @ 09:28 CET

Human rights violations in counterterrorism measures, poor detention conditions and curbs on freedom of expression and the right to privacy are the among the key concerns in a new report on human rights issues in Europe.Migration and asylum policies remain focused on keeping irregular migrants, including children, out of the EU and removing those who are present rather than ensuring their rights are protected. Racist and xenophobic incidents and policies, particularly affecting the Roma and Sinti, Jewish, and Muslim populations, as well as migrants, were an issue in a number of EU states, the report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.Carried out in 90 countries and territories worldwide, the HRW report released on Wednesday (14 January) draws on events in 2008.Referring to the EU agreement on immigration adopted by member states in October, the report notes that it raises concerns about its potential impact on the right to family life and the prohibition on return to a risk of persecution or ill-treatment.The common standards and procedures adopted in June 2008 for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, which will come into effect in 2010, permits the detention of undocumented migrants and failed asylum seekers, including unaccompanied children, for up to 18 months, the report warns. It points out that in October 2008 the UN high commissioner for human rights criticized the detention periods in the directive as excessive and an erosion of the right to liberty for migrants.

Racism and discrimination on the rise

Italy's policies against Roma populations are strongly criticised by the human rights watchdog, as well as Germany's racism-related incidents against Jewish, Muslim, Roma and Sinti communities, but also against German nationals of foreign origin and African asylum seekers.

Greek asylum and detention policies were also criticised.

HRW reports that Greek police systematically arrest migrants on Greek territory, including a large proportion of Iraqis, detain them for days without providing legally required registration, and in some cases beat or otherwise ill-treat them.

Migrants are regularly forcibly and secretly expelled to Turkey without consideration of their protection needs.The study also criticises both France and the United Kingdom for their counterterrorism policies, which often leave suspects in police arrest without access to a lawyer or information on their right to remain silent.

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.

Kissinger affirms call for new world order Proposes globalism to solve current world economic crisis January 15, 2009 3:58 pm Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi 2009 WorldNetDaily

Henry Kissinger
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger reaffirmed his call for the incoming Obama administration to use the current financial crisis to create a new world order, in a commentary piece for the International Herald Tribune. Kissinger's commentary makes clear globalists intend to utilize the current global financial meltdown to advance globalism. In developing his call for action, Kissinger also makes clear his view of globalism involves a lessening of American power and influence to elevate other less advantaged countries in the global economy. Read Hope of the Wicked, in which author Ted Flynn reveals the greatest deception in modern history – corporations, foundations and governments converging to bring about a New World Order.The economic world has been globalized, Kissinger proclaimed. Its institutions have a global reach and have operated by maxims that assumed a self-regulating global market.

Kissinger warns against individual countries taking action through national political institutions to cushion the shock of the current financial decline, with a view to ameliorating their domestic economies. Rather than focus on domestic politics, Kissinger says the solution involves more globalism. Every major country has attempted to solve its immediate problems essentially on its own and to defer common action to a later, less crisis-driven point, Kissinger wrote. So called rescue packages have emerged on a piecemeal national basis, generally by substituting unlimited governmental credit for the domestic credit that produced the debacle in the first place – so far without more than stemming incipient panic.

Kissinger strongly objects to nation-states action as such to protect their domestic economies. In the end, the political and economic systems can be harmonized in only one of two ways: by creating an international political regulatory system with the same reach as that of the economic world, he suggests, or by shrinking the economic units to a size manageable by existing political structures, which is likely to lead to a new mercantilism, perhaps of regional units.Kissinger clearly prefers creating global political institutions to manage the global economy. He positions his alternative, mercantilism, as a system reminiscent of a 14th century Venetian economic structure, as objectionable as the protectionism globalists typically rail against. Kissinger also chides America for being overbearing, suggesting that righteousness has characterized too many American attitudes, especially since the collapse of the Soviet Union.He charges that American righteousness has resulted in a certain inherent unilateralism – the standard of European critics – or else an insistent kind of consultation by which nations were invited to prove their fitness to enter the international system by conforming to American prescriptions.Not since JFK has a president like Obama come on the scene, with such a reservoir of expectations,Kissinger argues. Kissinger believes the U.S. partnerships with the European Union and China are the keystones to developing his perception of the new world order. He acknowledges the global financial collapse has devastated Chinese exports, threatening to lower Chinese growth to below the 7.5 percent rate that Chinese experts have always defined as the line that challenges political stability.

Yet, he warns that if protectionism grows in America or if China comes to be seen as a long-term adversary, a self-fulfilling prophecy may blight the prospects of global order.Kissinger wants his vision of the new world order to be built upon a trans-Atlantic reality in which the U.S. combines economically and politically with the European Union, and a trans-Pacific reality in which the U.S. combines with China. An international order can be permanent only if its participants have a share not only in building but also securing it, he concludes. In this manner, America and its potential partners have a unique opportunity to transform a moment of crisis into a vision of hope.As WND previously reported, Kissinger, who has long proclaimed the need for a new world order, is now focusing his request on Obama, urging the incoming president to seize upon the current financial crisis as a pathway to creating globalist political structures as a solution. The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada, published in July 2007, predicted that an approaching collapse of the dollar would be followed by a global recession paving the way for a North American Union regional configuration in which U.S. sovereignty would fade. WND also has reported Kissinger is a leading participant in various global meetings, including those held by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderberg Group and the Davos World Economic Forum.

The chance for a new world order By Henry A. Kissinger Published: January 12, 2009

As the new U.S. administration prepares to take office amid grave financial and international crises, it may seem counterintuitive to argue that the very unsettled nature of the international system generates a unique opportunity for creative diplomacy.That opportunity involves a seeming contradiction. On one level, the financial collapse represents a major blow to the standing of the United States. While American political judgments have often proved controversial, the American prescription for a world financial order has generally been unchallenged. Now disillusionment with the United States' management of it is widespread.At the same time, the magnitude of the debacle makes it impossible for the rest of the world to shelter any longer behind American predominance or American failings.Every country will have to reassess its own contribution to the prevailing crisis. Each will seek to make itself independent, to the greatest possible degree, of the conditions that produced the collapse; at the same time, each will be obliged to face the reality that its dilemmas can be mastered only by common action.Even the most affluent countries will confront shrinking resources. Each will have to redefine its national priorities. An international order will emerge if a system of compatible priorities comes into being. It will fragment disastrously if the various priorities cannot be reconciled.

The U.S. and China can't afford not to get along

Scrambling to find a phone number for Europe
The nadir of the existing international financial system coincides with simultaneous political crises around the globe. Never have so many transformations occurred at the same time in so many different parts of the world and been made globally accessible via instantaneous communication. The alternative to a new international order is chaos.The financial and political crises are, in fact, closely related partly because, during the period of economic exuberance, a gap had opened up between the economic and the political organization of the world.The economic world has been globalized. Its institutions have a global reach and have operated by maxims that assumed a self-regulating global market.The financial collapse exposed the mirage. It made evident the absence of global institutions to cushion the shock and to reverse the trend. Inevitably, when the affected publics turned to their national political institutions, these were driven principally by domestic politics, not considerations of world order.Every major country has attempted to solve its immediate problems essentially on its own and to defer common action to a later, less crisis-driven point. So-called rescue packages have emerged on a piecemeal national basis, generally by substituting seemingly unlimited governmental credit for the domestic credit that produced the debacle in the first place - so far without more than stemming incipient panic.International order will not come about either in the political or economic field until there emerge general rules toward which countries can orient themselves.In the end, the political and economic systems can be harmonized in only one of two ways: by creating an international political regulatory system with the same reach as that of the economic world; or by shrinking the economic units to a size manageable by existing political structures, which is likely to lead to a new mercantilism, perhaps of regional units.A new Bretton Woods-kind of global agreement is by far the preferable outcome. America's role in this enterprise will be decisive. Paradoxically, American influence will be great in proportion to the modesty in our conduct; we need to modify the righteousness that has characterized too many American attitudes, especially since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

That seminal event and the subsequent period of nearly uninterrupted global growth induced too many to equate world order with the acceptance of American designs, including our domestic preferences.The result was a certain inherent unilateralism - the standard complaint of European critics - or else an insistent kind of consultation by which nations were invited to prove their fitness to enter the international system by conforming to American prescriptions.Not since the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy half a century ago has a new administration come into office with such a reservoir of expectations. It is unprecedented that all the principal actors on the world stage are avowing their desire to undertake the transformations imposed on them by the world crisis in collaboration with the United States.The extraordinary impact of the president-elect on the imagination of humanity is an important element in shaping a new world order. But it defines an opportunity, not a policy.The ultimate challenge is to shape the common concern of most countries and all major ones regarding the economic crisis, together with a common fear of jihadist terrorism, into a common strategy reinforced by the realization that the new issues like proliferation, energy and climate change permit no national or regional solution.The new administration could make no worse mistake than to rest on its initial popularity. The cooperative mood of the moment needs to be channeled into a grand strategy going beyond the controversies of the recent past.The charge of American unilateralism has some basis in fact; it also has become an alibi for a key European difference with America: that the United States still conducts itself as a national state capable of asking its people for sacrifices for the sake of the future, while Europe, suspended between abandoning its national framework and a yet-to-be-reached political substitute, finds it much harder to defer present benefits.Hence its concentration on soft power. Most Atlantic controversies have been substantive and only marginally procedural; there would have been conflict no matter how intense the consultation. The Atlantic partnership will depend much more on common policies than agreed procedures.The role of China in a new world order is equally crucial. A relationship that started on both sides as essentially a strategic design to constrain a common adversary has evolved over the decades into a pillar of the international system.China made possible the American consumption splurge by buying American debt; America helped the modernization and reform of the Chinese economy by opening its markets to Chinese goods.Both sides overestimated the durability of this arrangement. But while it lasted, it sustained unprecedented global growth. It mitigated as well the concerns over China's role once China emerged in full force as a fellow superpower. A consensus had developed according to which adversarial relations between these pillars of the international system would destroy much that had been achieved and benefit no one. That conviction needs to be preserved and reinforced.Each side of the Pacific needs the cooperation of the other in addressing the consequences of the financial crisis. Now that the global financial collapse has devastated Chinese export markets, China is emphasizing infrastructure development and domestic consumption.

It will not be easy to shift gears rapidly, and the Chinese growth rate may fall temporarily below the 7.5 percent that Chinese experts have always defined as the line that challenges political stability. America needs Chinese cooperation to address its current account imbalance and to prevent its exploding deficits from sparking a devastating inflation.What kind of global economic order arises will depend importantly on how China and America deal with each other over the next few years. A frustrated China may take another look at an exclusive regional Asian structure, for which the nucleus already exists in the Asean-plus-three concept.At the same time, if protectionism grows in America or if China comes to be seen as a long-term adversary, a self-fulfilling prophecy may blight the prospects of global order.Such a return to mercantilism and 19th-century diplomacy would divide the world into competing regional units with dangerous long-term consequences.The Sino-American relationship needs to be taken to a new level. The current crisis can be overcome only by developing a sense of common purpose. Such issues as proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, energy and the environment demand strengthened political ties between China and the United States.This generation of leaders has the opportunity to shape trans-Pacific relations into a design for a common destiny, much as was done with trans-Atlantic relations in the immediate postwar period - except that the challenges now are more political and economic than military.Such a vision must embrace as well such countries as Japan, Korea, India, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, whether as part of trans-Pacific structures or, in regional arrangements, dealing with special subjects as energy, proliferation and the environment.The complexity of the emerging world requires from America a more historical approach than the insistence that every problem has a final solution expressible in programs with specific time limits not infrequently geared to our political process.We must learn to operate within the attainable and be prepared to pursue ultimate ends by the accumulation of nuance.An international order can be permanent only if its participants have a share not only in building but also in securing it. In this manner, America and its potential partners have a unique opportunity to transform a moment of crisis into a vision of hope.Henry A. Kissinger served as national security adviser and as secretary of state in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Distributed by Tribune Media Services.

Speech's text: Bush thanks nation for its trust He praises the vitality of American democracy, gives best wishes to Obama JAN 15,2009 8PM-CNBC

updated 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
President George W. Bush's farewell address to the nation as prepared for deliver:

Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence - a time set apart. Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey we have traveled together and the future of our Nation.

Five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of American democracy. In a tradition dating back to our founding, the presidency will pass to a successor chosen by you, the American people. Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose story reflects the enduring promise of our land. This is a moment of hope and pride for our whole Nation. And I join all Americans in offering best wishes to President-elect Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two beautiful girls. Tonight I am filled with gratitude - to Vice President Cheney and members of the Administration; to Laura, who brought joy to this house and love to my life; to our wonderful daughters, Barbara and Jenna; to my parents, whose examples have provided strength for a lifetime. And above all, I thank the American people for the trust you have given me. I thank you for the prayers that have lifted my spirits. And I thank you for the countless acts of courage, generosity, and grace that I have witnessed these past eight years.

On Sept. 11,. 2001
This evening, my thoughts return to the first night I addressed you from this house - September 11, 2001. That morning, terrorists took nearly 3,000 lives in the worst attack on America since Pearl Harbor. I remember standing in the rubble of the World Trade Center three days later, surrounded by rescuers who had been working around the clock. I remember talking to brave souls who charged through smoke-filled corridors at the Pentagon and to husbands and wives whose loved ones became heroes aboard Flight 93. I remember Arlene Howard, who gave me her fallen son's police shield as a reminder of all that was lost. And I still carry his badge. As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before Nine-Eleven. But I never did. Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our Nation. And I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe. Over the past seven years, a new Department of Homeland Security has been created. The military, the intelligence community, and the FBI have been transformed. Our Nation is equipped with new tools to monitor the terrorists' movements, freeze their finances, and break up their plots. And with strong allies at our side, we have taken the fight to the terrorists and those who support them. Afghanistan has gone from a nation where the Taliban harbored al Qaeda and stoned women in the streets to a young democracy that is fighting terror and encouraging girls to go to school. Iraq has gone from a brutal dictatorship and a sworn enemy of America to an Arab democracy at the heart of the Middle East and a friend of the United States. There is legitimate debate about many of these decisions. But there can be little debate about the results. America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil day and night to keep us safe - law enforcement officers, intelligence analysts, homeland security and diplomatic personnel, and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.

Praise for military
Our Nation is blessed to have citizens who volunteer to defend us in this time of danger. I have cherished meeting these selfless patriots and their families. America owes you a debt of gratitude. And to all our men and women in uniform listening tonight: There has been no higher honor than serving as your Commander in Chief. The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience, and marks unbelievers for murder. The other system is based on the conviction that freedom is the universal gift of Almighty God and that liberty and justice light the path to peace. This is the belief that gave birth to our Nation. And in the long run, advancing this belief is the only practical way to protect our citizens. When people live in freedom, they do not willingly choose leaders who pursue campaigns of terror. When people have hope in the future, they will not cede their lives to violence and extremism. So around the world, America is promoting human liberty, human rights, and human dignity. We are standing with dissidents and young democracies, providing AIDS medicine to bring dying patients back to life, and sparing mothers and babies from malaria. And this great republic born alone in liberty is leading the world toward a new age when freedom belongs to all nations. For eight years, we have also strived to expand opportunity and hope here at home. Across our country, students are rising to meet higher standards in public schools. A new Medicare prescription drug benefit is bringing peace of mind to seniors and the disabled. Every taxpayer pays lower income taxes. The addicted and suffering are finding new hope through faith-based programs. Vulnerable human life is better protected. Funding for our veterans has nearly doubled. America's air, water, and lands are measurably cleaner. And the Federal bench includes wise new members like Justice Sam Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.

Tough times for families
When challenges to our prosperity emerged, we rose to meet them. Facing the prospect of a financial collapse, we took decisive measures to safeguard our economy. These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted. All Americans are in this together. And together, with determination and hard work, we will restore our economy to the path of growth. We will show the world once again the resilience of America's free enterprise system. Like all who have held this office before me, I have experienced setbacks. There are things I would do differently if given the chance. Yet I have always acted with the best interests of our country in mind. I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. You may not agree with some tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions. The decades ahead will bring more hard choices for our country, and there are some guiding principles that should shape our course. While our Nation is safer than it was seven years ago, the gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack. Our enemies are patient and determined to strike again. America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard. At the same time, we must continue to engage the world with confidence and clear purpose. In the face of threats from abroad, it can be tempting to seek comfort by turning inward. But we must reject isolationism and its companion, protectionism. Retreating behind our borders would only invite danger. In the 21st century, security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad. If America does not lead the cause of freedom, that cause will not be led.

Maintain moral clarity
As we address these challenges - and others we cannot foresee tonight - America must maintain our moral clarity. I have often spoken to you about good and evil. This has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This Nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense and to advance the cause of peace.

President Thomas Jefferson once wrote, I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. As I leave the house he occupied two centuries ago, I share that optimism. America is a young country, full of vitality, constantly growing and renewing itself. And even in the toughest times, we lift our eyes to the broad horizon ahead. I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people. This is a Nation that inspires immigrants to risk everything for the dream of freedom. This is a Nation where citizens show calm in times of danger and compassion in the face of suffering. We see examples of America's character all around us. And Laura and I have invited some of them to join us in the White House this evening. We see America's character in Dr. Tony Recasner, a principal who opened a new charter school from the ruins of Hurricane Katrina. We see it in Julio Medina, a former inmate who leads a faith-based program to help prisoners returning to society. We see it in Staff Sergeant Aubrey McDade, who charged into an ambush in Iraq and rescued three of his fellow Marines. We see America's character in Bill Krissoff, a surgeon from California. His son Nathan, a Marine, gave his life in Iraq. When I met Dr. Krissoff and his family, he delivered some surprising news: He told me he wanted to join the Navy Medical Corps in honor of his son. This good man was 60 years old - 18 years above the age limit. But his petition for a waiver was granted, and for the past year he has trained in battlefield medicine. Lieutenant Commander Krissoff could not be here tonight, because he will soon deploy to Iraq, where he will help save America's wounded warriors and uphold the legacy of his fallen son.

The best of our country
In citizens like these, we see the best of our country - resilient and hopeful, caring and strong. These virtues give me an unshakable faith in America. We have faced danger and trial, and there is more ahead. But with the courage of our people and confidence in our ideals, this great Nation will never tire … never falter … and never fail. It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President. There have been good days and tough days. But every day I have been inspired by the greatness of our country and uplifted by the goodness of our people. I have been blessed to represent this Nation we love. And I will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other: citizen of the United States of America.
And so, my fellow Americans, for the final time: Good night. May God bless this house and our next President. And may God bless you and our wonderful country.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

Science closing in on cloak of invisibility Thu Jan 15, 3:21 pm ET

WASHINGTON – They can't match Harry Potter yet, but scientists are moving closer to creating a real cloak of invisibility.Researchers at Duke University, who developed a material that can cloak an item from detection by microwaves, report that they have expanded the number of wavelengths they can block.In 2006 the team reported they had developed so-called metamaterials that could deflect microwaves around a three-dimensional object, essentially making it invisible to the waves.The system works like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays and cloaks the road ahead behind an image of the sky.The researchers report in Thursday's edition of the journal Science that they have developed a series of mathematical commands to guide the development of more types of metamaterials to cloak objects from an increasing range of electromagnetic waves.The new device can cloak a much wider spectrum of waves — nearly limitless — and will scale far more easily to infrared and visible light. The approach we used should help us expand and improve our abilities to cloak different types of waves, senior researcher David R. Smith said in a statement.The new cloak is made up of more than 10,000 individual pieces of fiberglass arranged in parallel rows. The mathematical formulas are used to determine the shape and placement of each piece to deflect the electromagnetic waves.The research was supported by Raytheon Missile Systems, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, InnovateHan Technology, the National Science Foundation of China, the National Basic Research Program of China and National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China.
On the Net:Science: http://www.sciencemag.org(This version CORRECTS last August to In 2006.)