Friday, January 20, 2012
RON PAUL LEFT OUT BY DINASOUR MEDIA CNN
I WAS WATCHING THAT COMMIUNIST NEWS NETWORK CNN FOR THE LAST HOUR AND JUST LIKE MAGIC RON PAULS NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED ONCE.CNN WAS PUTTING MITT ROMNEY ON A PETISTOLE WHILE IGNORING RON PAUL ALL TOGETHER.JUST LIKE AN OBAMA FRAUD SITUATION,CNN THE FRAUDS ARE IGNORING RON PAUL.CNN AND THEIR PUPPETT BROOKE WAS FOR 15 MINUTES MENTIONING ROMNEY.FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES MENTIONING NEWT GINGRICH AND FOR ANOTHER 10 MINUTES MENTIONING SANTORUM.IN THE 40 MINUTES I WAS WATCHING BROOK THAT PUPPET OF OBAMA,SHE NEVER MENTIONED RON PAULS NAME ONCE.RON PAUL SHOULD WIN SOUTH CAROLINA EASILY TOMORROW NIGHT.BUT CNN NEVER MENTIONED HIS NAME ONCE.
STOCK RESULTS JAN 20,2012
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Thailand Recognizes Palestine-Foreign nations continue to encourage Ramallah's bully-boy unilateralism as Thailand becomes the 131st nation to recognize Palestine By Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 1/20/2012, 9:13 AM
Thailand on Thursday announced it has recognized a Palestinian state.Thailand has officially recognized the state of Palestine and officially informed all permanent and observer missions to the United Nations in New York of this development, a press officer for Thailand's mission said.The move was hailed by officials in Ramallah looking for ammunition in their propaganda war with Israel.Thailand's recognition of a Palestinian state is the first of the New Year 2012 and is a new achievement for Palestinian diplomacy,Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki told the official PA news agency WAFA.Maliki added that the announcement brought to 131 the number of countries that recognize a Palestinian state along 1967 lines.Thailand recognized Israel in 1954 and has historically maintained stable relations with the Jewish state.PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas thanked Thailand for the move and indicated diplomatic relations would be established shortly.President Mahmud Abbas thanks Thailand's king and government for its official recognition of the Palestinian state,the Abbas statement said.
Thai foreign ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi told the AFP that recognition has been under consideration for some time.We felt that now was an appropriate time to proceed with the recognition of the state of Palestine, which was done earlier this week,he said.Thongphakdi said the move was unrelated to the recent charging of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack in Bangkok, who had alleged links to the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Muslim Shiite group Hizbullah.Officials in Ramallah have avoided negotiations with Israel for more than two years by creating a growing list of preconditions of talks, while at the same time violating the 1993 Oslo Accords by making unilateral moves.Those preconditions include a renewed building freeze by Israel in the disputed territories, a release of all Arab terrorists from Israeli prisons, and Israel accepting the indefensible pre-1967 lines before talks begin.Israeli officials note a previous 10-month building freeze by Israel was not only rebuffed by officials in Ramallah, but resulted in more preconditions and the PA's current unilateral bid.A foreign ministry official close to recent exploratory meetings between Israel and the PA said Ramallah was seeking to create the illusion of progress while avoiding substantive talks.In December 2011 the Palestinian Authority's parent organization - the PLO - formally announced a strategy based on continuous efforts along with the international community to secure full recognition and full United Nations membership, pursuing internal reconciliation, and keeping up the popular resistance.The PLO has also moved to induct Hamas and its terror confederates into its ranks.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said he is willing to restart talks without preconditions anytime, anywhere.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Russia's Medvedev holds Mideast talks with Abbas
AFPAFP – JAN 20,12
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks Friday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas focused on efforts to kickstart stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
Abbas told Medvedev in opening remarks at the Russian president's suburban Moscow residence that the Palestinians will always draw upon your advice and the favourable approaches proposed by the Russian Federation.He added that the local leadership of Jericho had recently named one of the West Bank city's main streets after Medvedev in honour of his visit there in January 2011.I see this as a symbol of Russian-Palestinian friendship, which stretches back not decades but centuries,Medvedev said.
This is proof of the fact that our relations remain on an excellent level.Abbas arrived in Moscow on Thursday on the final leg of a European tour that also saw him visit London and Berlin.
The visits are aimed at securing European backing for the Palestinians' position amid unsuccessful attempts to resume peacemaking efforts with Israel.Direct Middle East peace talks have not been held since September 2010 and the third round of exploratory meetings held in Jordan on January 14 produced no tangible result.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday following her meeting with Abbas that it was very, very important that we see progress, that each side sees that good will is there.Medvedev reaffirmed Russia's commitment to an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital during his January trip to the West Bank -- a position first established by the Soviet Union in 1988.Russia is a member of the so-called peacemaking Middle East Quartet that also includes the United States along with the European Union and the United Nations.But Moscow's influence in the region has waned considerably since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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,(WORLD SOCIALISM) 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
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS FRI JANUARY 20,2012
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04:00 PM +96.50 12,720.48
S&P 500 1315.38 +0.88
NASDAQ 2786.70 -1.63
GOLD 1,665.60 +11.10
OIL 98.46 -2.19
TSE 300 12,397.10 +16.41
CDNX 1571.34 +17.14
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MORNING,NEWS,STATS
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Dow +6 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +56 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,651.90.OIL opens at $99.06 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
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WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today.
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GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,902.60 (NOT AT CLOSE)
Future EU bail-outs only for treaty signatories, new draft says Today JAN 20 ,12 @ 00:08 By Valentina Pop
BRUSSELS - The latest version of the treaty on EU fiscal discipline says countries cannot get bail-outs unless they sign and apply the pact. It also makes concessions to non-euro countries who want to take part in eurozone summits.Giving in to a German demand on the issue, the text - seen by EUobserver - says: Granting of assistance in the framework of new programmes under the European Stability Mechanism [ESM] will be conditional, as of 1 March 2013, on the ratification of this treaty by the contracting party concerned and as soon as the transposition period ... has expired, on compliance with the requirements of this article.The article in question calls for binding legislation - preferably constitutional - enshrining a balanced budget rule which obliges governments not to go beyond an annual structural deficit of 0.5 percent of GDP. A structural deficit is one which does not include temporary or one-off budget items.The balanced budget rule can be set aside under exceptional circumstances however, such as an unusual event outside the control of the respective government or severe economic downturn.Failure to comply with the rule means the country can be taken to the European Court of Justice by one of the other signatories.The EU commission, which in one of the previous drafts was granted the power to do this on behalf of other states, has been downgraded to a reporting function.If the European Commission, after having given the contracting party concerned the opportunity to submit its observations, concludes in its report that a contracting party has failed to comply with Article 3(2), the matter will be brought to the Court of Justice of the European Union by one or more of the contracting parties,the draft - the fourth one so far - says.In one novel idea, it adds the €500-billion-strong ESM should be the recipient of any fines imposed by the EU court on deficit sinners.The latest text also puts some numbers on how big the fines might be: If the court finds that the contracting party concerned has not complied with its judgement, it may impose on it a lump sum or a penalty payment appropriate in the circumstances and that shall not exceed 0.1% of its gross domestic product.
Outs invited in
One point of contention - likely to sour discussions on Monday and Tuesday when finance ministers discuss the text in Brussels - is participation of non-euro countries in eurozone summits.Last week's draft said only that they should be informed of what happens in the regular meetings, just like the European Parliament.
In the meantime, the Polish Prime Minister has threatened not to sign the treaty unless his country is allowed to take part and the Swedish government saw parliamentary support for the pact drain away for the same reason.A new compromise wording - which, according to one EU official, is still not up to Poland's demands - allows the president of the euro summit to invite non-euro signatories in order to discuss specific issues concerning the implementation of this treaty.It adds that the president of the European Parliament may be invited to be heard at the events and that the summit chair should present a report to the EU assembly after each leaders' meeting.National parliaments are also mentioned in the form of a new conference of the chairs of the [national] budget committees.But the format and function of the new body is left up in the air.The treaty is to enter into force on 1 January 2013, provided 12 euro-countries have ratified it or whenever the 12th one does so.
Another request of the European Parliament has also been kept - to merge the fiscal pact, which is being made by 26 EU countries at intergovernmental level, with the EU-27 Treaty within five years.The text reminds the UK, whose veto on EU Treaty change created the mess, that other countries can circumvent its ban under so-called enhanced co-operation - an EU Treaty provision that lets sub-groups of states adopt new laws when there is no consensus.EU leaders meeting on 30 January will seek political agreement on the text, with the aim of signing it in March.
Croatia: new EU member on the horizon
19.01.12 @ 18:20 By Nikolaj Nielsen
BRUSSELS - After six years of negotiations and amid an ongoing territorial dispute with Slovenia, Croatia will hold a referendum on Sunday (22 January) to decide whether to become the 28th EU member state.The voting starts on Sunday morning, with results expected at around 10pm local time in the evening.Pending the results of the referendum and ratification of the accession treaty by existing EU countries, Croatia is to join the Union in July next year.It is to have seven votes in the EU Council and 12 members in the European Parliament.The move is also to create new EU borders with Bosnia and with Montenegro.Croatia's recently elected centre-left government, led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, launched a pro-EU campaign earlier this month, saying the country belongs to Europe geographically, historically and culturally.The government was sworn in shortly after it signed the accession treaty in Brussels.The only party opposing [EU] accession lost its parliamentary status,Croatia's foreign minister, Vesna Pusic told EUobserver in December.Despite the acute economic and social problems of the current euro crisis, most Croats are keen to go ahead.Berislav Zivkovic, a government spokesperson, told this website that 56 percent of Croatians want to join the EU according to a poll conducted jointly by the Croatian foreign ministry and the Ipsos Puls agency.
We are convinced that on the occasion of the imminent referendum a majority of Croatian citizens would vote in favour of Croatia accessing the European Union,he said.Rallies have been held against EU membership, culminating in a protest last Saturday when around 1,000 people reportedly gathered in Zagreb's central square.
Some concerns centre around trade. Dairy products, eggs and meat entering into Croatia from neighbouring countries will in future have to meet strict EU food safety standards.An outstanding territorial dispute with Slovenia over a small bay in the Adriatic has also clouded the accession process - Slovenia at one stage threatened to veto Croatia's accession talks back in 2009. But an arbitration process was finally launched earlier this week.This common agreement is a very welcome signal for the positive development of the good neighbourly relations between the two countries,said EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fule.The commission gave the country a positive assessment late last year following an extensive evaluation.Croatia is to undergo two more commission reports before it enters the Union, but in the last one the executive noted improvements in the area of fundamental rights, competition, justice, freedom and security.It noted that work remains to reduce public deficit, debt, to open up its market and to lower unemployment, particularly among its youth - around 32 percent of under 25s were without jobs in 2010 according to Eurostat.
It added that the country still needs investment to get closer to EU living standards. Croatia has so far received around €150 million in pre-accession assistance every year since 2007. It stands to receive another €150 million for 2012 and a final €95 million package in 2013.For its part, Transparency International Croatia told EUobserver in an email the country is making concerted efforts to stamp out corruption and has strengthened its legislative framework on regulating financing of political parties.The reform of judiciary has been carried out with special courts dealing with organised crime and corruption being introduced, and the efficacy of the judiciary has been improved which led to the backlog of court cases being reduced,the Brussels-based NGO said.
IDF Base: 1,500 Tank Shells Stolen-Military Police believe gang of metal thieves stole the shells. Officer: ammunition could reach terrorists. By Gil Ronen First Publish: 1/19/2012, 10:29 PM
Fifteen hundred tank shells were stolen from an IDF munitions base in southern Israel.A senior officer in Southern Command said that the shells could reach terror organizations. Some of the shells may have been smuggled to the Sinai Peninsula and then transferred to terrorists inside Gaza. The Investigative Military Police is looking into the possibility that soldiers inside the base assisted the thieves.The theft was discovered during an inventory check of ammunition last week. A serious shortage of shells was discovered, and after a second count was held, the scale of the theft became apparent.Military sources said that a gang of Arab metal thieves that operates in the area is apparently behind the theft. The Arabs apparently studied the security arrangements at the base and were able to sneak in and out undetected numerous times, taking a large number of shells with them each time.A senior source in the Southern Command said that the Arab gangs in the Negev have been stepping up their attacks on IDF bases as the IDF has been tightening its hold on the Israel-Egypt border and as construction of the security barrier along the border has progressed.It started from theft of bullets from firing ranges, proceeded to theft of parts of fences and has now reached the theft of expensive and dangerous ammunition. Security in all of the southern bases needs to be rethought.
Minister: Israel is an Internet Superpower-Minister of Public Diplomacy Yuli Edelstein says Israel is an online power that has nothing to fear as the era of cyberwarfare takes hold.By Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 1/20/2012, 12:58 PM
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Israel's top public relations official, on Thursday, told Israelis not to worry about the Arab-Israeli Hacker War that has erupted in recent weeks, saying Israel is an Internet Superpower.First of all there are two different things,Minister of Public Diplomacy Yuli Edelstein explained. When it's hackers versus hackers it's not nice, but at the same time I'm not sure there is an immediate danger.Edelstein also indicated the hacker war was less about technological sabotage than propaganda,To fight it we have to think about the atmosphere on the Internet, on the Web. In my opinion this is just another part of the whole 'bash Israel campaign' that we sometimes face.In remarks on Israel Radio Edelstein dismissed both Arab and Israeli hackers as foolish, saying they do stupid things.Well-funded state actors, however, were of greater concern for Edelstein.On a more serious note,Edelstein said. We know that technology can be used by dictatorships... countries that are openly talking about the destruction of the State of Israel. Hence the government created a special headquarters to give answers to these questions.Israel is known as a super-power in this whole field of information security, Internet, high-tech. I'm sure our hack-warriors will be able to make our lives here secure,Edelstein said.Edelstein also dismissed the suggestion that official Israeli cyber-war elements would go on the offensive, We are not in the business of attacking anyone.Our first and foremost goal is to prevent others from attacking the State of Israel via the web,he added.
Obama: All Options Available on Preventing Iran Nukes-President Barack H. Obama defended his record on Iran to Time Magazine, deflecting criticism by Mitt Romney. By David Lev First Publish: 1/19/2012, 11:19 AM
In an interview with TIME Magazine, parts of which were published on the web Wednesday night, U.S. President Barack H. Obama slams Republican critics of his policy on Iran – singling out Mitt Romney, who appears to be the front-runner in the race to become the Republican nominee to run against Obama later this year. Romney has accused Obama of failing to act to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but Obama said in the interview that he was seriously mistaken – on his policy, and on what to do about Iran. Romney's position would not stand up to a serious debate, he told TIME's Fareed Zakaria.Romney stated recently that Iran would definitely be able to build nuclear weapons if Obama was reelected, since the President had done nothing, and would continue to do nothing, to prevent Iran from acquiring the weapons. I have made myself clear since I began running for the presidency that we will take every step available to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Obama said, adding Can we guarantee that Iran takes the smarter path? No, which is why I’ve repeatedly said we don’t take any options off the table in preventing them from getting a nuclear weapon.The interview, which will appear in the January 30 edition of TIME, touches on numerous issues that Obama will find himself debating with the Republican candidate as the election draws closer. Obama blamed Congressional Republicans for weakening America's international position, by failing to support some of his domestic policies.
Our whole foreign policy has to be anchored in economic strength here at home, Obama said.And if we are not strong, stable, growing, making stuff, training our work force so that it’s the most skilled in the world, maintaining our lead in innovation, in basic research, in basic science, in the quality of our universities, in the transparency of our financial sector, if we don’t maintain the upward mobility and equality of opportunity that underwrites our politically stability and makes us a beacon for the world, then our foreign policy leadership will diminish as well.Overall, though, the U.S. is in a stronger position than it was when he entered office, Obama said.
Cargo ship damaged after collision off Istanbul
Associated PressBy SELCAN HACAOGLU | Associated Press – JAN 20,12
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A cargo ship brushed against two anchored vessels during severe weather off the coast of Istanbul on Friday and tilted to one side, taking on water for hours before authorities were forced to pull it ashore using a tug boat.A senior maritime official said the disabled ship was not in danger of sinking, but most of its crew members were evacuated before it was towed.The cargo ship's struggle came during a time of heightened attention on ship safety following last week's grounding of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off Italy's coast, an accident that killed 11 people and left 21 missing. Also Friday, a freighter ran aground off a Dutch beach.In the Istanbul area, the Sierra Leone-flagged Kayan-1, an 86-meter (282-feet) freighter carrying empty containers, tilted on its right side after its collision. Salih Orakci, head of the General Directorate of Coastal Safety, said the ship cannot sink but noted the weather was aggravating the situation.Hours later, authorities decided to go with the only apparent option and pulled the ship aground.
The captain and two other crew had remained aboard to steer the vessel, which earlier had tried to pump out the water, authorities said. Ten other crew members were evacuated. Five maritime officials boarded the Kayan-1 to assess the situation, then left the vessel.The ship was trying to moor due to the rough weather when it got dragged and brushed against two other cargo ships: the Netherlands-flagged Slochterdiep and Tanzania-flagged Adria Blu. The Kayan-1 came to a halt near the shore at a depth of 9-meter (30-feet), Coastal Safety said on its website.The ship had 20 tons of diesel fuel but there was no leak, environmental authorities said
Authorities canceled several scheduled ferry trips in the Sea of Marmara and in the Bosporus, the narrow waterway that bisects Istanbul, due to strong winds and high seas.Separately Friday, a Philippine-registered freighter ran aground off a Dutch beach after its anchor slipped in an overnight storm.The 500-foot (155-meter) Aztec Maiden was carrying no cargo when it drifted onto sand off the North Sea coastal town of Wijk aan Zee, 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of Amsterdam, the Dutch Coast Guard said.The 21 crew members stayed on the ship. Tug boats will attempt to pull the vessel free at high tide around 1 p.m. (1200 GMT).Spokesman Peter Verburg told national broadcaster NOS that the Coast Guard was closely monitoring the ship for any fuel leaks.Associated Press Writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara contributed.
SOPA and PIPA Part of Effort to Domesticate Politically Incorrect Internet Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com January 20, 2012
The Megaupload takedown is dominating headlines, but there is something the incident has overshadowed – large internet corporations and government have censored political websites for years as part of a plan to domesticate the internet.
photoCensorship of the internet is not simply for the Chinese.On Thursday, Paul Joseph Watson pointed out the hypocrisy of Google as the transnational corporation shouldered its way into the limelight by opposing SOPA while enforcing SOPA-like policies of its own, blacklisting legitimate websites from its news aggregator and following government orders to remove material from its search results and You Tube.
Watson notes that Google has delisted both Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com – the flagship websites of nationally syndicated talk show host Alex Jones – from its popular news website and news search engine. Google News is a content aggregator that allows users to search thousands of news sources for relevant stories.Google has memory holed these two websites from its news portal for political reasons and not because they are insignificant and draw paltry traffic. In fact, Infowars.com is a major news source that gets more traffic than MSNBC.com and many other corporate media news websites.
Google is not alone in attempting to blunt Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. MySpace, Time Warner, New Zealand’s Asia Netcom, the ISP Tiscali in the UK and even a British aiport – along with a number of libraries and government-owned entities – have shut out Alex Jones’ popular websites.Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com are not alone. Public wi-fi systems stationed in airports, train stations, libraries, schools, and workplaces also routinely censor political websites,writes Watson.In addition to blocking and censoring Jones’ news websites, Google property YouTube has consistently taken down his videos and fiddled with hit counters and other metrics to make it seem the videos are less popular than they actually are.Google’s effort to censor Alex Jones and other dangerous alternative media sites makes sense when you realize the company has intimate ties with the CIA and the military-industrial complex.The establishment has worked behind the scenes for years to devise a method to sanitize the internet – in the same way corporate television has been disinfected for decades – and drive the truth-seekers and tellers off the medium. SOPA and PIPA, under the guise of fighting dreaded copyright criminals, is only the latest guise.
In 2010, globalists meeting in Davos, Switzerland, called for internet licensing by the United Nations in order to combat so-called cyber warfare of the sort the shadowy Anonymous hacktivist collective used against the Department of Justice and the FBI following the Megaupload takedown.For at least three years, the corporate media has trumpeted a vastly exaggerated threat of cyber terrorism and illustrated the warning with dire scenarios of disabled power grids and hobbled civilian infrastructure.Former president Bill Clinton has called for a government-run internet Ministry of Truth to get rid of pesky troublemakers – his wife recently admitted the government is losing the information war – and Obama’s information czar Cass Sunstein has demanded that websites be mandated by law to link to opposing information or that pop ups containing government propaganda be forcibly included on political blogs.Sunstein had previously called for a COINTELPRO-like effort against politically incorrect activist groups and also called for the government to tax or even ban outright political opinions it finds objectionable.Finally, the Pentagon has declared the internet a battlefield and recently stated it will respond to so-called cyber attacks militarily.If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks,a military official said last May.The military response to exaggerated cyber threats was put on the fast track by Obama in 2009 when he instructed the Pentagon to attack cyberthreats within the United States. Instead of allowing local police response to suspected cyber crimes, Obama moved to violate Posse Comitatus and turn the United States into a combat zone:
The Obama administration has adopted new procedures for using the Defense Department’s vast array of cyberwarfare capabilities in case of an attack on vital computer networks inside the United States, delicately navigating historic rules that restrict military action on American soil,the New York Times reported at the time.SOPA and PIPA are merely part a larger and more comprehensive effort to control the internet and reduce the threat it poses to the government. Both laws are efforts to codify what has been going on now for several years.The defeat of SOPA and PIPA are certainly welcome and the large response in opposition to the legislation is a positive development, however we must consider the larger and more ominous threat the government and the transnational corporations it answers to pose to our liberty and the ability to communicate and raise political awareness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uP5XQkQTMD8
Tepco Drills Hole in Fukushima Reactor – Finds Nuclear Fuel Has Gone Missing Cold Shutdown … or Escape of Hot Fuel? Washington’s Blog January 20, 2012
I noted last month in connection with Tepco’s announcement of cold shutdown of the Fukushima reactors:If the reactors are cold, it may be because most of the hot radioactive fuel has leaked out.The New York Times pointed out last month:A former nuclear engineer with three decades of experience at a major engineering firm … who has worked at all three nuclear power complexes operated by Tokyo Electric [said] If the fuel is still inside the reactor core, that’s one thing …. But if the fuel has been dispersed more widely, then we are far from any stable shutdown.Indeed, if the center of the reactors are in fact relatively cold, it may be because most of the hot radioactive fuel has leaked out of the containment vessels and escaped into areas where it can do damage to the environment.After drilling a hole in the containment vessel of Fukushima reactor 2, Tepco cannot find the fuel. As AP notes:
The steam-blurred photos taken by remote control Thursday found none of the reactor’s melted fuel ….
The photos also showed inner wall of the container heavily deteriorated after 10 months of exposure to high temperature and humidity, Matsumoto said.TEPCO workers inserted the endoscope — an industrial version of the kind of endoscope doctors use — through a hole in the beaker-shaped container at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant’s No. 2 reactor ….The probe failed to find the water surface, which indicate the water sits at lower-than-expected levels inside the primary containment vessel and questions the accuracy of the current water monitors, Matsumoto said.And while cold shutdown means that the water inside the reactors is below the boiling point, CNN reports:Massive steam and water drops made it difficult to get a clear vision….
Given that steam forms when water boils, this is an indication that the reactor is not in cold shutdown.Mainchi points out that reactors 1 and 3 are probably in no better shape:The fuel inside the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors is believed to have melted through the pressure vessels and been accumulating in the outer primary containers after the Fukushima plant lost its key functions to cool the reactors in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 last year.
Israel detains Hamas head of Palestinian parliament
AFPAFP – JAN 20,12
The Israeli army on Thursday arrested the Palestinian parliamentary speaker, Hamas member Aziz Dweik, in the West Bank, a senior colleague told AFP.Dweik was detained by soldiers at a checkpoint in Jabaa, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, as he was travelling to Hebron in the southern West Bank, the leader of the cabinet, Bahaa Yussef, told AFP.Last May, Dweik was held at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank along with three other Hamas parliamentarians. One of them, Nizar Ramadan, was detained while the others were allowed to proceed.Hamas member Ahmed Bahar, the Gaza-based first vice president of the Palestinian parliament, in a statement denounced the detention of Mr Dweik, which aims to undermine reconciliation efforts (with Fatah) and disrupt legislative work in the West Bank.Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nunu also condemned the detention and warned of the consequences of any attack on his person in a statement calling for Dweik's immediate release.
The Israeli army confirmed Dweik's arrest.Israeli soldiers arrested Dweik at a checkpoint because he is suspected of being involved in the activities of a terrorist group,an army spokesman told AFP.The Hamas-dominated Palestinian parliament has been paralysed since the Islamist movement took over the Gaza Strip in June 2007, ousting Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.Last month, Abbas met Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Cairo where they decided on a process to pave the way for Hamas to join a reformed Palestine Liberation Organisation and for long-delayed Palestinian elections.Azzam al-Ahmad, a Fatah official tasked with handling the reconciliation with Hamas, condemned the arrest which he said follows a continued action by Israel against Palestinan lawmakers.It contradicts every earlier agreement with Israel,Ahmad told AFP by telephone from Moscow where he was accompanying Abbas on an official voyage.Dweik, a professor of geography at Al-Najah University in the southern West Bank, was elected to represent the Hebron constituency and became speaker in the parliament's first session in February 2006.
Some 20 of Hamas's 74 MPs in the 132-member Palestinian legislative council are currently being held by Israel. Most of them, including two former ministers, have been arrested in the West Bank since October 2010.Almost all of the officials were among 64 Hamas parliamentarians and government members previously arrested by Israel after the seizure of one of its soldiers, Gild Shalit, in June 2006 near the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip.Shalit was freed on October 18 in a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas.The first stage of the deal in October saw 477 Palestinians including hundreds serving life for killing Israelis, released.Two Fatah MPs and one from the leftwing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are also currently being held by Israel, Palestinian parliamentary sources say.
US military chief holds talks in Israel on Iran
Associated PressBy DANIEL ESTRIN | Associated Press – JAN 20,12
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. military's top general conducted an intense string of closed-door talks with Israeli leaders Friday, amid apparent disagreements between the two countries over how to respond to Iran's disputed nuclear program.The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, and Israeli leaders kept silent about the exact content of their discussions. Dempsey was expected to urge Israel not to rush to attack Iran at a time when the U.S. is trying to rally additional global support to pressure Tehran through sanctions to dial back its nuclear program.Dempsey met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been warning about the dangers of the Iranian nuclear program for more than a decade.
Netanyahu told Dempsey the U.S. should ratchet up sanctions against Iran to ones that would target its central bank and oil exports, Israeli news site YNet reported. It quoted Netanyahu as saying such measures must be imposed immediately.At the start of a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Dempsey said the U.S. and Israel have many interests in common in the region in this very dynamic time, and the more we can continue to engage each other, the better off we'll all be.There is never a dull moment, that I can promise you,Barak replied, in comments released by Barak's office.Israel believes Iran is close to completing the technology to produce an atomic weapon. Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.Israel has said it prefers employing international diplomacy to solve the problem, but it has not taken the option of a military strike off the table.Israel considers Iran an existential threat because of its nuclear program, missile development, support of radical anti-Israel forces in Lebanon and Gaza and frequent references by its president to the destruction of the Jewish state.In an interview published Friday in the Israeli daily Maariv, Israel's recently retired military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin, said the U.S. and Israel now agree that Iran is deliberately working slowly toward nuclear weapons, to minimize international diplomatic pressure and sanctions.
The U.S. and Israel differ about what would be considered unacceptable Iranian behavior that would require a military strike, the former chief claimed.While Israel defines the red line as Iran's ability and potential for a breakthrough, the Americans draw the red line a lot farther away, said Yadlin, who stepped down as intelligence chief in late 2010.He said the Iranian nuclear program was Israel's only existential threat,noting that in addition to the possibility of a nuclear attack from Iran, its possession of nuclear weapons would spark a regional arms race.
In that situation, in a nuclear neighborhood, the chance grows that a nuclear weapon could slip into the hands of terrorists,Yadlin said.Gen. Dempsey also met with Israel's military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, and President Shimon Peres.
I am sure that in this fight (against Iran) we will emerge victorious, Peres said to Dempsey, in comments provided by the president's office. He called Iran a center of world terror.Dempsey told reporters he couldn't agree more with Peres' characterization of the common challenge we face.In between the meetings, Dempsey visited Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial and museum. He wrote in its guest book, We are committed to ensuring that such a human tragedy (as the Holocaust) never happens again.He added,God bless the victims and protect Israel.In the past, Netanyahu has sharply criticized Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust and has drawn parallels between the world's treatment of Iran today and its failure to act against Nazi Germany in time to save European Jewry.
Netanyahu: Iran has decided to become a nuclear state. Action needed before it is too late.DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 19, 2012, 6:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday night, Jan. 19 that Iran had decided to become a nuclear state. He urged action before it was too late to stop Iran completing the construction of a nuclear weapon. His statement at the end of a visit to Holland gave Gen Martin Dempsey, on his first visit to Israel as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, the message he will be asked to take back to President Barack Obama. It also contradicted Defense Minister Ehud Barak's statement that Tehran had not yet decided to go nuclear.On Dec. 22, 2011, debkafile first revealed Tehran had reached a decision to go ahead and build a nuclear weapon.
Netanyahu has kept the Iranian cards close to his chest. His statement therefore caught wrong-footed the Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who in the last 48 hours had asserted that Iran had not yet decided whether to build a nuclear bomb and there was still time for US-led sanctions to work.debkafile reported earlier Thursday:Gen. Martin Dempsey begins his first visit to Israel as Chairman of the Joint US Chiefs of Staff amid a major falling-out between the two governments over the handling of Iran's nuclear weapon potential. debkafile's military and Washington sources confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by the view that Iran is advancing its plans to build a nuclear bomb full speed ahead, undeterred even by the threat of harsher sanctions. Netanyahu therefore stands by his refusal of President Barack Obama's demand for a commitment to abstain from a unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear sites without prior notice to Washington.The US president repeated this demand when he called the Israeli prime minister Thursday night Jan. 13. Netanyahu replied that, in view of their disagreement on this point, he preferred to cancel the biggest US-Israel war game ever staged due to have taken place in April. The exercise was to have tested the level of coordination between the two armies in missile defense for the contingency of a war with Iran or a regional conflict.
The prime minister was concerned that having large-scale US military forces in the country would restrict his leeway for decision-making on Iran.
In an effort to limit the damage to relations with the US administration, Defense Minister Ehud Barak struck a conciliatory note Wednesday, Jan. 18, saying, "Israel is still very far from a decision on attacking Iran's nuclear facilities."
Striking the pose of middleman, he was trying to let Washington know that there was still time for the US and Israel to reach an accommodation on whether and when a strike should take place.
debkafile's sources doubt that President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu are in any mood to respond to Barak's effort to cool the dispute. Obama needs to be sure he will not be taken by surprise by an Israel attack in the middle of his campaign for re-election, especially since he has begun taking heat on the Iranian issue.Republican rivals are accusing him of being soft on Iran. And while the economy is the dominant election issue, a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling of Iran's nuclear ambitions by a margin of 48 to 33 percent according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll this week.Wednesday (Thursday morning Israel time), President Obama responded by reiterating that he has been clear since running for the presidency that he will take every step available to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Echoes of Barak's arguments were heard in the words of US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Wednesday night: We are not making any special steps at this point in order to deal with the situation. Why? Because, frankly, we are fully prepared to deal with that situation now.Panetta went on to say that Defense Minister Barak contacted him and asked to postpone the joint US-Israeli drill for technical reasons.Before he took off for a short trip to Holland, Netanyahu instructed Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz not to deviate in their talks with Gen. Dempsey from the position he took with the US president, namely, no commitment for advance notice to Washington about a unilateral strike against Iran.
The Israeli prime minister is convinced that, contrary to the claims by US spokesmen and media, that current sanctions are ineffective insofar as slowing Iran's advance toward a nuclear weapon and the harsher sanctions on Iran's central bank and oil exports are too slow and will take hold too late to achieve their purpose.
In any case, say Israeli officials, Washington is again signaling its willingness to go back to direct nuclear negotiations with Tehran, although past experience proved that Iran exploits diplomatic dialogue as grace time for moving forward on its nuclear ambitions.US spokesmen denied an Iranian report that a recent letter from the US president to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposed opening a direct channel for talks.Still those reports persist. American and European spokesmen were forced to deny a statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Wednesday on his arrival in Ankara that Iran and the big powers are in contact over the revival of nuclear negotiations.Netanyahu fears that dialogue between Iran and the five powers plus Germany (the P5+1) will resume after bowing to an Iranian stipulation that sanctions be suspended for the duration of the talks. Once again, Tehran will be enabled to steal a march on the US and Israel and bring its nuclear weapon program to conclusion, unhindered by economic constraints.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Thailand Recognizes Palestine-Foreign nations continue to encourage Ramallah's bully-boy unilateralism as Thailand becomes the 131st nation to recognize Palestine By Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 1/20/2012, 9:13 AM
Thailand on Thursday announced it has recognized a Palestinian state.Thailand has officially recognized the state of Palestine and officially informed all permanent and observer missions to the United Nations in New York of this development, a press officer for Thailand's mission said.The move was hailed by officials in Ramallah looking for ammunition in their propaganda war with Israel.Thailand's recognition of a Palestinian state is the first of the New Year 2012 and is a new achievement for Palestinian diplomacy,Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki told the official PA news agency WAFA.Maliki added that the announcement brought to 131 the number of countries that recognize a Palestinian state along 1967 lines.Thailand recognized Israel in 1954 and has historically maintained stable relations with the Jewish state.PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas thanked Thailand for the move and indicated diplomatic relations would be established shortly.President Mahmud Abbas thanks Thailand's king and government for its official recognition of the Palestinian state,the Abbas statement said.
Thai foreign ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi told the AFP that recognition has been under consideration for some time.We felt that now was an appropriate time to proceed with the recognition of the state of Palestine, which was done earlier this week,he said.Thongphakdi said the move was unrelated to the recent charging of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack in Bangkok, who had alleged links to the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Muslim Shiite group Hizbullah.Officials in Ramallah have avoided negotiations with Israel for more than two years by creating a growing list of preconditions of talks, while at the same time violating the 1993 Oslo Accords by making unilateral moves.Those preconditions include a renewed building freeze by Israel in the disputed territories, a release of all Arab terrorists from Israeli prisons, and Israel accepting the indefensible pre-1967 lines before talks begin.Israeli officials note a previous 10-month building freeze by Israel was not only rebuffed by officials in Ramallah, but resulted in more preconditions and the PA's current unilateral bid.A foreign ministry official close to recent exploratory meetings between Israel and the PA said Ramallah was seeking to create the illusion of progress while avoiding substantive talks.In December 2011 the Palestinian Authority's parent organization - the PLO - formally announced a strategy based on continuous efforts along with the international community to secure full recognition and full United Nations membership, pursuing internal reconciliation, and keeping up the popular resistance.The PLO has also moved to induct Hamas and its terror confederates into its ranks.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said he is willing to restart talks without preconditions anytime, anywhere.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Russia's Medvedev holds Mideast talks with Abbas
AFPAFP – JAN 20,12
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks Friday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas focused on efforts to kickstart stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
Abbas told Medvedev in opening remarks at the Russian president's suburban Moscow residence that the Palestinians will always draw upon your advice and the favourable approaches proposed by the Russian Federation.He added that the local leadership of Jericho had recently named one of the West Bank city's main streets after Medvedev in honour of his visit there in January 2011.I see this as a symbol of Russian-Palestinian friendship, which stretches back not decades but centuries,Medvedev said.
This is proof of the fact that our relations remain on an excellent level.Abbas arrived in Moscow on Thursday on the final leg of a European tour that also saw him visit London and Berlin.
The visits are aimed at securing European backing for the Palestinians' position amid unsuccessful attempts to resume peacemaking efforts with Israel.Direct Middle East peace talks have not been held since September 2010 and the third round of exploratory meetings held in Jordan on January 14 produced no tangible result.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday following her meeting with Abbas that it was very, very important that we see progress, that each side sees that good will is there.Medvedev reaffirmed Russia's commitment to an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital during his January trip to the West Bank -- a position first established by the Soviet Union in 1988.Russia is a member of the so-called peacemaking Middle East Quartet that also includes the United States along with the European Union and the United Nations.But Moscow's influence in the region has waned considerably since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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,(WORLD SOCIALISM) 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
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Future EU bail-outs only for treaty signatories, new draft says Today JAN 20 ,12 @ 00:08 By Valentina Pop
BRUSSELS - The latest version of the treaty on EU fiscal discipline says countries cannot get bail-outs unless they sign and apply the pact. It also makes concessions to non-euro countries who want to take part in eurozone summits.Giving in to a German demand on the issue, the text - seen by EUobserver - says: Granting of assistance in the framework of new programmes under the European Stability Mechanism [ESM] will be conditional, as of 1 March 2013, on the ratification of this treaty by the contracting party concerned and as soon as the transposition period ... has expired, on compliance with the requirements of this article.The article in question calls for binding legislation - preferably constitutional - enshrining a balanced budget rule which obliges governments not to go beyond an annual structural deficit of 0.5 percent of GDP. A structural deficit is one which does not include temporary or one-off budget items.The balanced budget rule can be set aside under exceptional circumstances however, such as an unusual event outside the control of the respective government or severe economic downturn.Failure to comply with the rule means the country can be taken to the European Court of Justice by one of the other signatories.The EU commission, which in one of the previous drafts was granted the power to do this on behalf of other states, has been downgraded to a reporting function.If the European Commission, after having given the contracting party concerned the opportunity to submit its observations, concludes in its report that a contracting party has failed to comply with Article 3(2), the matter will be brought to the Court of Justice of the European Union by one or more of the contracting parties,the draft - the fourth one so far - says.In one novel idea, it adds the €500-billion-strong ESM should be the recipient of any fines imposed by the EU court on deficit sinners.The latest text also puts some numbers on how big the fines might be: If the court finds that the contracting party concerned has not complied with its judgement, it may impose on it a lump sum or a penalty payment appropriate in the circumstances and that shall not exceed 0.1% of its gross domestic product.
Outs invited in
One point of contention - likely to sour discussions on Monday and Tuesday when finance ministers discuss the text in Brussels - is participation of non-euro countries in eurozone summits.Last week's draft said only that they should be informed of what happens in the regular meetings, just like the European Parliament.
In the meantime, the Polish Prime Minister has threatened not to sign the treaty unless his country is allowed to take part and the Swedish government saw parliamentary support for the pact drain away for the same reason.A new compromise wording - which, according to one EU official, is still not up to Poland's demands - allows the president of the euro summit to invite non-euro signatories in order to discuss specific issues concerning the implementation of this treaty.It adds that the president of the European Parliament may be invited to be heard at the events and that the summit chair should present a report to the EU assembly after each leaders' meeting.National parliaments are also mentioned in the form of a new conference of the chairs of the [national] budget committees.But the format and function of the new body is left up in the air.The treaty is to enter into force on 1 January 2013, provided 12 euro-countries have ratified it or whenever the 12th one does so.
Another request of the European Parliament has also been kept - to merge the fiscal pact, which is being made by 26 EU countries at intergovernmental level, with the EU-27 Treaty within five years.The text reminds the UK, whose veto on EU Treaty change created the mess, that other countries can circumvent its ban under so-called enhanced co-operation - an EU Treaty provision that lets sub-groups of states adopt new laws when there is no consensus.EU leaders meeting on 30 January will seek political agreement on the text, with the aim of signing it in March.
Croatia: new EU member on the horizon
19.01.12 @ 18:20 By Nikolaj Nielsen
BRUSSELS - After six years of negotiations and amid an ongoing territorial dispute with Slovenia, Croatia will hold a referendum on Sunday (22 January) to decide whether to become the 28th EU member state.The voting starts on Sunday morning, with results expected at around 10pm local time in the evening.Pending the results of the referendum and ratification of the accession treaty by existing EU countries, Croatia is to join the Union in July next year.It is to have seven votes in the EU Council and 12 members in the European Parliament.The move is also to create new EU borders with Bosnia and with Montenegro.Croatia's recently elected centre-left government, led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, launched a pro-EU campaign earlier this month, saying the country belongs to Europe geographically, historically and culturally.The government was sworn in shortly after it signed the accession treaty in Brussels.The only party opposing [EU] accession lost its parliamentary status,Croatia's foreign minister, Vesna Pusic told EUobserver in December.Despite the acute economic and social problems of the current euro crisis, most Croats are keen to go ahead.Berislav Zivkovic, a government spokesperson, told this website that 56 percent of Croatians want to join the EU according to a poll conducted jointly by the Croatian foreign ministry and the Ipsos Puls agency.
We are convinced that on the occasion of the imminent referendum a majority of Croatian citizens would vote in favour of Croatia accessing the European Union,he said.Rallies have been held against EU membership, culminating in a protest last Saturday when around 1,000 people reportedly gathered in Zagreb's central square.
Some concerns centre around trade. Dairy products, eggs and meat entering into Croatia from neighbouring countries will in future have to meet strict EU food safety standards.An outstanding territorial dispute with Slovenia over a small bay in the Adriatic has also clouded the accession process - Slovenia at one stage threatened to veto Croatia's accession talks back in 2009. But an arbitration process was finally launched earlier this week.This common agreement is a very welcome signal for the positive development of the good neighbourly relations between the two countries,said EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fule.The commission gave the country a positive assessment late last year following an extensive evaluation.Croatia is to undergo two more commission reports before it enters the Union, but in the last one the executive noted improvements in the area of fundamental rights, competition, justice, freedom and security.It noted that work remains to reduce public deficit, debt, to open up its market and to lower unemployment, particularly among its youth - around 32 percent of under 25s were without jobs in 2010 according to Eurostat.
It added that the country still needs investment to get closer to EU living standards. Croatia has so far received around €150 million in pre-accession assistance every year since 2007. It stands to receive another €150 million for 2012 and a final €95 million package in 2013.For its part, Transparency International Croatia told EUobserver in an email the country is making concerted efforts to stamp out corruption and has strengthened its legislative framework on regulating financing of political parties.The reform of judiciary has been carried out with special courts dealing with organised crime and corruption being introduced, and the efficacy of the judiciary has been improved which led to the backlog of court cases being reduced,the Brussels-based NGO said.
IDF Base: 1,500 Tank Shells Stolen-Military Police believe gang of metal thieves stole the shells. Officer: ammunition could reach terrorists. By Gil Ronen First Publish: 1/19/2012, 10:29 PM
Fifteen hundred tank shells were stolen from an IDF munitions base in southern Israel.A senior officer in Southern Command said that the shells could reach terror organizations. Some of the shells may have been smuggled to the Sinai Peninsula and then transferred to terrorists inside Gaza. The Investigative Military Police is looking into the possibility that soldiers inside the base assisted the thieves.The theft was discovered during an inventory check of ammunition last week. A serious shortage of shells was discovered, and after a second count was held, the scale of the theft became apparent.Military sources said that a gang of Arab metal thieves that operates in the area is apparently behind the theft. The Arabs apparently studied the security arrangements at the base and were able to sneak in and out undetected numerous times, taking a large number of shells with them each time.A senior source in the Southern Command said that the Arab gangs in the Negev have been stepping up their attacks on IDF bases as the IDF has been tightening its hold on the Israel-Egypt border and as construction of the security barrier along the border has progressed.It started from theft of bullets from firing ranges, proceeded to theft of parts of fences and has now reached the theft of expensive and dangerous ammunition. Security in all of the southern bases needs to be rethought.
Minister: Israel is an Internet Superpower-Minister of Public Diplomacy Yuli Edelstein says Israel is an online power that has nothing to fear as the era of cyberwarfare takes hold.By Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 1/20/2012, 12:58 PM
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Israel's top public relations official, on Thursday, told Israelis not to worry about the Arab-Israeli Hacker War that has erupted in recent weeks, saying Israel is an Internet Superpower.First of all there are two different things,Minister of Public Diplomacy Yuli Edelstein explained. When it's hackers versus hackers it's not nice, but at the same time I'm not sure there is an immediate danger.Edelstein also indicated the hacker war was less about technological sabotage than propaganda,To fight it we have to think about the atmosphere on the Internet, on the Web. In my opinion this is just another part of the whole 'bash Israel campaign' that we sometimes face.In remarks on Israel Radio Edelstein dismissed both Arab and Israeli hackers as foolish, saying they do stupid things.Well-funded state actors, however, were of greater concern for Edelstein.On a more serious note,Edelstein said. We know that technology can be used by dictatorships... countries that are openly talking about the destruction of the State of Israel. Hence the government created a special headquarters to give answers to these questions.Israel is known as a super-power in this whole field of information security, Internet, high-tech. I'm sure our hack-warriors will be able to make our lives here secure,Edelstein said.Edelstein also dismissed the suggestion that official Israeli cyber-war elements would go on the offensive, We are not in the business of attacking anyone.Our first and foremost goal is to prevent others from attacking the State of Israel via the web,he added.
Obama: All Options Available on Preventing Iran Nukes-President Barack H. Obama defended his record on Iran to Time Magazine, deflecting criticism by Mitt Romney. By David Lev First Publish: 1/19/2012, 11:19 AM
In an interview with TIME Magazine, parts of which were published on the web Wednesday night, U.S. President Barack H. Obama slams Republican critics of his policy on Iran – singling out Mitt Romney, who appears to be the front-runner in the race to become the Republican nominee to run against Obama later this year. Romney has accused Obama of failing to act to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but Obama said in the interview that he was seriously mistaken – on his policy, and on what to do about Iran. Romney's position would not stand up to a serious debate, he told TIME's Fareed Zakaria.Romney stated recently that Iran would definitely be able to build nuclear weapons if Obama was reelected, since the President had done nothing, and would continue to do nothing, to prevent Iran from acquiring the weapons. I have made myself clear since I began running for the presidency that we will take every step available to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Obama said, adding Can we guarantee that Iran takes the smarter path? No, which is why I’ve repeatedly said we don’t take any options off the table in preventing them from getting a nuclear weapon.The interview, which will appear in the January 30 edition of TIME, touches on numerous issues that Obama will find himself debating with the Republican candidate as the election draws closer. Obama blamed Congressional Republicans for weakening America's international position, by failing to support some of his domestic policies.
Our whole foreign policy has to be anchored in economic strength here at home, Obama said.And if we are not strong, stable, growing, making stuff, training our work force so that it’s the most skilled in the world, maintaining our lead in innovation, in basic research, in basic science, in the quality of our universities, in the transparency of our financial sector, if we don’t maintain the upward mobility and equality of opportunity that underwrites our politically stability and makes us a beacon for the world, then our foreign policy leadership will diminish as well.Overall, though, the U.S. is in a stronger position than it was when he entered office, Obama said.
Cargo ship damaged after collision off Istanbul
Associated PressBy SELCAN HACAOGLU | Associated Press – JAN 20,12
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A cargo ship brushed against two anchored vessels during severe weather off the coast of Istanbul on Friday and tilted to one side, taking on water for hours before authorities were forced to pull it ashore using a tug boat.A senior maritime official said the disabled ship was not in danger of sinking, but most of its crew members were evacuated before it was towed.The cargo ship's struggle came during a time of heightened attention on ship safety following last week's grounding of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off Italy's coast, an accident that killed 11 people and left 21 missing. Also Friday, a freighter ran aground off a Dutch beach.In the Istanbul area, the Sierra Leone-flagged Kayan-1, an 86-meter (282-feet) freighter carrying empty containers, tilted on its right side after its collision. Salih Orakci, head of the General Directorate of Coastal Safety, said the ship cannot sink but noted the weather was aggravating the situation.Hours later, authorities decided to go with the only apparent option and pulled the ship aground.
The captain and two other crew had remained aboard to steer the vessel, which earlier had tried to pump out the water, authorities said. Ten other crew members were evacuated. Five maritime officials boarded the Kayan-1 to assess the situation, then left the vessel.The ship was trying to moor due to the rough weather when it got dragged and brushed against two other cargo ships: the Netherlands-flagged Slochterdiep and Tanzania-flagged Adria Blu. The Kayan-1 came to a halt near the shore at a depth of 9-meter (30-feet), Coastal Safety said on its website.The ship had 20 tons of diesel fuel but there was no leak, environmental authorities said
Authorities canceled several scheduled ferry trips in the Sea of Marmara and in the Bosporus, the narrow waterway that bisects Istanbul, due to strong winds and high seas.Separately Friday, a Philippine-registered freighter ran aground off a Dutch beach after its anchor slipped in an overnight storm.The 500-foot (155-meter) Aztec Maiden was carrying no cargo when it drifted onto sand off the North Sea coastal town of Wijk aan Zee, 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of Amsterdam, the Dutch Coast Guard said.The 21 crew members stayed on the ship. Tug boats will attempt to pull the vessel free at high tide around 1 p.m. (1200 GMT).Spokesman Peter Verburg told national broadcaster NOS that the Coast Guard was closely monitoring the ship for any fuel leaks.Associated Press Writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara contributed.
SOPA and PIPA Part of Effort to Domesticate Politically Incorrect Internet Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com January 20, 2012
The Megaupload takedown is dominating headlines, but there is something the incident has overshadowed – large internet corporations and government have censored political websites for years as part of a plan to domesticate the internet.
photoCensorship of the internet is not simply for the Chinese.On Thursday, Paul Joseph Watson pointed out the hypocrisy of Google as the transnational corporation shouldered its way into the limelight by opposing SOPA while enforcing SOPA-like policies of its own, blacklisting legitimate websites from its news aggregator and following government orders to remove material from its search results and You Tube.
Watson notes that Google has delisted both Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com – the flagship websites of nationally syndicated talk show host Alex Jones – from its popular news website and news search engine. Google News is a content aggregator that allows users to search thousands of news sources for relevant stories.Google has memory holed these two websites from its news portal for political reasons and not because they are insignificant and draw paltry traffic. In fact, Infowars.com is a major news source that gets more traffic than MSNBC.com and many other corporate media news websites.
Google is not alone in attempting to blunt Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. MySpace, Time Warner, New Zealand’s Asia Netcom, the ISP Tiscali in the UK and even a British aiport – along with a number of libraries and government-owned entities – have shut out Alex Jones’ popular websites.Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com are not alone. Public wi-fi systems stationed in airports, train stations, libraries, schools, and workplaces also routinely censor political websites,writes Watson.In addition to blocking and censoring Jones’ news websites, Google property YouTube has consistently taken down his videos and fiddled with hit counters and other metrics to make it seem the videos are less popular than they actually are.Google’s effort to censor Alex Jones and other dangerous alternative media sites makes sense when you realize the company has intimate ties with the CIA and the military-industrial complex.The establishment has worked behind the scenes for years to devise a method to sanitize the internet – in the same way corporate television has been disinfected for decades – and drive the truth-seekers and tellers off the medium. SOPA and PIPA, under the guise of fighting dreaded copyright criminals, is only the latest guise.
In 2010, globalists meeting in Davos, Switzerland, called for internet licensing by the United Nations in order to combat so-called cyber warfare of the sort the shadowy Anonymous hacktivist collective used against the Department of Justice and the FBI following the Megaupload takedown.For at least three years, the corporate media has trumpeted a vastly exaggerated threat of cyber terrorism and illustrated the warning with dire scenarios of disabled power grids and hobbled civilian infrastructure.Former president Bill Clinton has called for a government-run internet Ministry of Truth to get rid of pesky troublemakers – his wife recently admitted the government is losing the information war – and Obama’s information czar Cass Sunstein has demanded that websites be mandated by law to link to opposing information or that pop ups containing government propaganda be forcibly included on political blogs.Sunstein had previously called for a COINTELPRO-like effort against politically incorrect activist groups and also called for the government to tax or even ban outright political opinions it finds objectionable.Finally, the Pentagon has declared the internet a battlefield and recently stated it will respond to so-called cyber attacks militarily.If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks,a military official said last May.The military response to exaggerated cyber threats was put on the fast track by Obama in 2009 when he instructed the Pentagon to attack cyberthreats within the United States. Instead of allowing local police response to suspected cyber crimes, Obama moved to violate Posse Comitatus and turn the United States into a combat zone:
The Obama administration has adopted new procedures for using the Defense Department’s vast array of cyberwarfare capabilities in case of an attack on vital computer networks inside the United States, delicately navigating historic rules that restrict military action on American soil,the New York Times reported at the time.SOPA and PIPA are merely part a larger and more comprehensive effort to control the internet and reduce the threat it poses to the government. Both laws are efforts to codify what has been going on now for several years.The defeat of SOPA and PIPA are certainly welcome and the large response in opposition to the legislation is a positive development, however we must consider the larger and more ominous threat the government and the transnational corporations it answers to pose to our liberty and the ability to communicate and raise political awareness.
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Tepco Drills Hole in Fukushima Reactor – Finds Nuclear Fuel Has Gone Missing Cold Shutdown … or Escape of Hot Fuel? Washington’s Blog January 20, 2012
I noted last month in connection with Tepco’s announcement of cold shutdown of the Fukushima reactors:If the reactors are cold, it may be because most of the hot radioactive fuel has leaked out.The New York Times pointed out last month:A former nuclear engineer with three decades of experience at a major engineering firm … who has worked at all three nuclear power complexes operated by Tokyo Electric [said] If the fuel is still inside the reactor core, that’s one thing …. But if the fuel has been dispersed more widely, then we are far from any stable shutdown.Indeed, if the center of the reactors are in fact relatively cold, it may be because most of the hot radioactive fuel has leaked out of the containment vessels and escaped into areas where it can do damage to the environment.After drilling a hole in the containment vessel of Fukushima reactor 2, Tepco cannot find the fuel. As AP notes:
The steam-blurred photos taken by remote control Thursday found none of the reactor’s melted fuel ….
The photos also showed inner wall of the container heavily deteriorated after 10 months of exposure to high temperature and humidity, Matsumoto said.TEPCO workers inserted the endoscope — an industrial version of the kind of endoscope doctors use — through a hole in the beaker-shaped container at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant’s No. 2 reactor ….The probe failed to find the water surface, which indicate the water sits at lower-than-expected levels inside the primary containment vessel and questions the accuracy of the current water monitors, Matsumoto said.And while cold shutdown means that the water inside the reactors is below the boiling point, CNN reports:Massive steam and water drops made it difficult to get a clear vision….
Given that steam forms when water boils, this is an indication that the reactor is not in cold shutdown.Mainchi points out that reactors 1 and 3 are probably in no better shape:The fuel inside the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors is believed to have melted through the pressure vessels and been accumulating in the outer primary containers after the Fukushima plant lost its key functions to cool the reactors in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 last year.
Israel detains Hamas head of Palestinian parliament
AFPAFP – JAN 20,12
The Israeli army on Thursday arrested the Palestinian parliamentary speaker, Hamas member Aziz Dweik, in the West Bank, a senior colleague told AFP.Dweik was detained by soldiers at a checkpoint in Jabaa, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, as he was travelling to Hebron in the southern West Bank, the leader of the cabinet, Bahaa Yussef, told AFP.Last May, Dweik was held at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank along with three other Hamas parliamentarians. One of them, Nizar Ramadan, was detained while the others were allowed to proceed.Hamas member Ahmed Bahar, the Gaza-based first vice president of the Palestinian parliament, in a statement denounced the detention of Mr Dweik, which aims to undermine reconciliation efforts (with Fatah) and disrupt legislative work in the West Bank.Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nunu also condemned the detention and warned of the consequences of any attack on his person in a statement calling for Dweik's immediate release.
The Israeli army confirmed Dweik's arrest.Israeli soldiers arrested Dweik at a checkpoint because he is suspected of being involved in the activities of a terrorist group,an army spokesman told AFP.The Hamas-dominated Palestinian parliament has been paralysed since the Islamist movement took over the Gaza Strip in June 2007, ousting Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.Last month, Abbas met Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Cairo where they decided on a process to pave the way for Hamas to join a reformed Palestine Liberation Organisation and for long-delayed Palestinian elections.Azzam al-Ahmad, a Fatah official tasked with handling the reconciliation with Hamas, condemned the arrest which he said follows a continued action by Israel against Palestinan lawmakers.It contradicts every earlier agreement with Israel,Ahmad told AFP by telephone from Moscow where he was accompanying Abbas on an official voyage.Dweik, a professor of geography at Al-Najah University in the southern West Bank, was elected to represent the Hebron constituency and became speaker in the parliament's first session in February 2006.
Some 20 of Hamas's 74 MPs in the 132-member Palestinian legislative council are currently being held by Israel. Most of them, including two former ministers, have been arrested in the West Bank since October 2010.Almost all of the officials were among 64 Hamas parliamentarians and government members previously arrested by Israel after the seizure of one of its soldiers, Gild Shalit, in June 2006 near the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip.Shalit was freed on October 18 in a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas.The first stage of the deal in October saw 477 Palestinians including hundreds serving life for killing Israelis, released.Two Fatah MPs and one from the leftwing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are also currently being held by Israel, Palestinian parliamentary sources say.
US military chief holds talks in Israel on Iran
Associated PressBy DANIEL ESTRIN | Associated Press – JAN 20,12
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. military's top general conducted an intense string of closed-door talks with Israeli leaders Friday, amid apparent disagreements between the two countries over how to respond to Iran's disputed nuclear program.The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, and Israeli leaders kept silent about the exact content of their discussions. Dempsey was expected to urge Israel not to rush to attack Iran at a time when the U.S. is trying to rally additional global support to pressure Tehran through sanctions to dial back its nuclear program.Dempsey met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been warning about the dangers of the Iranian nuclear program for more than a decade.
Netanyahu told Dempsey the U.S. should ratchet up sanctions against Iran to ones that would target its central bank and oil exports, Israeli news site YNet reported. It quoted Netanyahu as saying such measures must be imposed immediately.At the start of a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Dempsey said the U.S. and Israel have many interests in common in the region in this very dynamic time, and the more we can continue to engage each other, the better off we'll all be.There is never a dull moment, that I can promise you,Barak replied, in comments released by Barak's office.Israel believes Iran is close to completing the technology to produce an atomic weapon. Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.Israel has said it prefers employing international diplomacy to solve the problem, but it has not taken the option of a military strike off the table.Israel considers Iran an existential threat because of its nuclear program, missile development, support of radical anti-Israel forces in Lebanon and Gaza and frequent references by its president to the destruction of the Jewish state.In an interview published Friday in the Israeli daily Maariv, Israel's recently retired military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin, said the U.S. and Israel now agree that Iran is deliberately working slowly toward nuclear weapons, to minimize international diplomatic pressure and sanctions.
The U.S. and Israel differ about what would be considered unacceptable Iranian behavior that would require a military strike, the former chief claimed.While Israel defines the red line as Iran's ability and potential for a breakthrough, the Americans draw the red line a lot farther away, said Yadlin, who stepped down as intelligence chief in late 2010.He said the Iranian nuclear program was Israel's only existential threat,noting that in addition to the possibility of a nuclear attack from Iran, its possession of nuclear weapons would spark a regional arms race.
In that situation, in a nuclear neighborhood, the chance grows that a nuclear weapon could slip into the hands of terrorists,Yadlin said.Gen. Dempsey also met with Israel's military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, and President Shimon Peres.
I am sure that in this fight (against Iran) we will emerge victorious, Peres said to Dempsey, in comments provided by the president's office. He called Iran a center of world terror.Dempsey told reporters he couldn't agree more with Peres' characterization of the common challenge we face.In between the meetings, Dempsey visited Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial and museum. He wrote in its guest book, We are committed to ensuring that such a human tragedy (as the Holocaust) never happens again.He added,God bless the victims and protect Israel.In the past, Netanyahu has sharply criticized Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust and has drawn parallels between the world's treatment of Iran today and its failure to act against Nazi Germany in time to save European Jewry.
Netanyahu: Iran has decided to become a nuclear state. Action needed before it is too late.DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 19, 2012, 6:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday night, Jan. 19 that Iran had decided to become a nuclear state. He urged action before it was too late to stop Iran completing the construction of a nuclear weapon. His statement at the end of a visit to Holland gave Gen Martin Dempsey, on his first visit to Israel as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, the message he will be asked to take back to President Barack Obama. It also contradicted Defense Minister Ehud Barak's statement that Tehran had not yet decided to go nuclear.On Dec. 22, 2011, debkafile first revealed Tehran had reached a decision to go ahead and build a nuclear weapon.
Netanyahu has kept the Iranian cards close to his chest. His statement therefore caught wrong-footed the Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who in the last 48 hours had asserted that Iran had not yet decided whether to build a nuclear bomb and there was still time for US-led sanctions to work.debkafile reported earlier Thursday:Gen. Martin Dempsey begins his first visit to Israel as Chairman of the Joint US Chiefs of Staff amid a major falling-out between the two governments over the handling of Iran's nuclear weapon potential. debkafile's military and Washington sources confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by the view that Iran is advancing its plans to build a nuclear bomb full speed ahead, undeterred even by the threat of harsher sanctions. Netanyahu therefore stands by his refusal of President Barack Obama's demand for a commitment to abstain from a unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear sites without prior notice to Washington.The US president repeated this demand when he called the Israeli prime minister Thursday night Jan. 13. Netanyahu replied that, in view of their disagreement on this point, he preferred to cancel the biggest US-Israel war game ever staged due to have taken place in April. The exercise was to have tested the level of coordination between the two armies in missile defense for the contingency of a war with Iran or a regional conflict.
The prime minister was concerned that having large-scale US military forces in the country would restrict his leeway for decision-making on Iran.
In an effort to limit the damage to relations with the US administration, Defense Minister Ehud Barak struck a conciliatory note Wednesday, Jan. 18, saying, "Israel is still very far from a decision on attacking Iran's nuclear facilities."
Striking the pose of middleman, he was trying to let Washington know that there was still time for the US and Israel to reach an accommodation on whether and when a strike should take place.
debkafile's sources doubt that President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu are in any mood to respond to Barak's effort to cool the dispute. Obama needs to be sure he will not be taken by surprise by an Israel attack in the middle of his campaign for re-election, especially since he has begun taking heat on the Iranian issue.Republican rivals are accusing him of being soft on Iran. And while the economy is the dominant election issue, a majority of Americans disapprove of his handling of Iran's nuclear ambitions by a margin of 48 to 33 percent according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll this week.Wednesday (Thursday morning Israel time), President Obama responded by reiterating that he has been clear since running for the presidency that he will take every step available to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Echoes of Barak's arguments were heard in the words of US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Wednesday night: We are not making any special steps at this point in order to deal with the situation. Why? Because, frankly, we are fully prepared to deal with that situation now.Panetta went on to say that Defense Minister Barak contacted him and asked to postpone the joint US-Israeli drill for technical reasons.Before he took off for a short trip to Holland, Netanyahu instructed Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz not to deviate in their talks with Gen. Dempsey from the position he took with the US president, namely, no commitment for advance notice to Washington about a unilateral strike against Iran.
The Israeli prime minister is convinced that, contrary to the claims by US spokesmen and media, that current sanctions are ineffective insofar as slowing Iran's advance toward a nuclear weapon and the harsher sanctions on Iran's central bank and oil exports are too slow and will take hold too late to achieve their purpose.
In any case, say Israeli officials, Washington is again signaling its willingness to go back to direct nuclear negotiations with Tehran, although past experience proved that Iran exploits diplomatic dialogue as grace time for moving forward on its nuclear ambitions.US spokesmen denied an Iranian report that a recent letter from the US president to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposed opening a direct channel for talks.Still those reports persist. American and European spokesmen were forced to deny a statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Wednesday on his arrival in Ankara that Iran and the big powers are in contact over the revival of nuclear negotiations.Netanyahu fears that dialogue between Iran and the five powers plus Germany (the P5+1) will resume after bowing to an Iranian stipulation that sanctions be suspended for the duration of the talks. Once again, Tehran will be enabled to steal a march on the US and Israel and bring its nuclear weapon program to conclusion, unhindered by economic constraints.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
REAL WAR WITH GOG-MAGOG
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Real War With Gog Magog: Computers And Money
http://soulmazal.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-war-with-gog-magog-computers-and.html
The Cyber War is in full gear, with hackers threatening cyber war and damage into the billions of Israeli infrastructure. Israel promptly threatens the same.And to the financial end, perhaps Obama's little covert sanction war is starting to work?
Click Here For Cyber War Details!
Ynet News:
The spring of 2012 will be critical for the Middle East. All the regional players are preparing for it at this time already, ahead of April. Everyone – not only in Jerusalem and in Washington – smells the gunpowder in the air.Behind the tense, escalating statements issued by senior American defense officials lies a menacing reality emerging in Iran. It is for good reason that the US Navy commander admitted last week that he doesn’t sleep well at night as result of developments in the Hormuz Straits. And when the admiral doesn’t sleep well, while the US secretary of defense sets red lines for the Iranians, we can assume that here too our soldiers sleep with their uniforms and shoes on.Everybody talks about the spring, because everyone is convinced that Israel will be striking Iran at that time, a move that will ignite the Middle East. The scenario is rather banal and emerges in every defense panel in the global media: This year, the Iranians will complete the task of moving their nuclear project deep underground, and from that moment an aerial strike would be much less effective. Hence, a strike appears to be required as soon as is possible.
However, there is another possibility that is much more realistic, much closer to materializing, and unrelated to an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. This scenario asserts that the ones to first pull the trigger will be the Iranians, against the backdrop of Tehran’s economic chokehold and growing global isolation. Iran is starting to be pushed into a corner in the face of existing pressure, and more so as result of pressures to be exerted very soon.Tehran’s economic collapse is already around the corner. The regime sees the thousands standing in line at banks these days in order to exchange the local currency for dollars – but there are none. On the black market, the gap already stands at 60%. Nobody can predict the breaking point that would prompt Ahmadinejad to act desperately; the point where the ayatollahs feel threatened enough to resort to a military provocation that would bully the world and exact such high price as to prompt the international community to lift the chokehold.
Israel a junior partner
The naval exercise held recently in the Persian Gulf dealt with, among other things, the closure of the Hormuz Straits. The Iranian Navy commander publically declared that the drill examined the Navy’s deployment in a way that would not allow for unsupervised maritime traffic. The exercise also pertained to the offensive aspects of contending with foreign fleets that sail in the Gulf and may prevent Iran from imposing the blockade.In other words, the Iranians made clear that one of these days they intend to clash not only with Persian Gulf fleets, but also with the Americans, French and Brits who secure the free flow of oil and in fact stabilize its price. The Iranians threaten to break this formula: Curb the flow of oil and drive prices up to an intolerable level, which would require the world to open the door to Iranian oil and lift the pressure on Tehran.Suddenly, the scenarios have changed. The explosion will occur not because of an Israeli strike, but rather, as result of panic among Iran’s top brass in the face of the sanctions. The Middle East will see a war over oil, money and goods – not because of a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.The Russians grasped this a while ago. Their UN envoy recently said that the greatest threat to global stability is the crisis in the Hormuz Straits. This is one of the reasons the Russians are not excited by the prospect of tighter sanctions.
The first to smell the vapors of war are the Emirates along the Persian Gulf. They will also be the first to be hit. Hence, the oil barons there are in a mad rush to complete the installation of an oil pipeline to Oman’s ports, thereby circumventing the Hormuz Straits. The pipeline and oil terminal project began in 2008 and is slated to end in May of this year, but officials in the Emirates fear it would be too late by then.We can assume that the meeting of NATO army chiefs to be held this week with a guest in attendance – IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz – will focus on the developing crisis in the Hormuz Straits. Under this scenario, Israel is a junior partner, which is mostly required to stay out.
Will the regional Gog flare result in a beis Hamikdash in 5772?
The 2012 Astrological event Venus Transit happens on June 6th. The Zohar seems to describe this as a star hanging for 60 days; we thought it was Elenin, but maybe Elenin was prep for the Venus Star. As such, 60 days before June 6th, arrives at the first day of the Omer this year - the day that the Beis Hamikdash comes from Shamayim davka, as described in the Talmud Sukkah.B''H!
The Real War With Gog Magog: Computers And Money
http://soulmazal.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-war-with-gog-magog-computers-and.html
The Cyber War is in full gear, with hackers threatening cyber war and damage into the billions of Israeli infrastructure. Israel promptly threatens the same.And to the financial end, perhaps Obama's little covert sanction war is starting to work?
Click Here For Cyber War Details!
Ynet News:
The spring of 2012 will be critical for the Middle East. All the regional players are preparing for it at this time already, ahead of April. Everyone – not only in Jerusalem and in Washington – smells the gunpowder in the air.Behind the tense, escalating statements issued by senior American defense officials lies a menacing reality emerging in Iran. It is for good reason that the US Navy commander admitted last week that he doesn’t sleep well at night as result of developments in the Hormuz Straits. And when the admiral doesn’t sleep well, while the US secretary of defense sets red lines for the Iranians, we can assume that here too our soldiers sleep with their uniforms and shoes on.Everybody talks about the spring, because everyone is convinced that Israel will be striking Iran at that time, a move that will ignite the Middle East. The scenario is rather banal and emerges in every defense panel in the global media: This year, the Iranians will complete the task of moving their nuclear project deep underground, and from that moment an aerial strike would be much less effective. Hence, a strike appears to be required as soon as is possible.
However, there is another possibility that is much more realistic, much closer to materializing, and unrelated to an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. This scenario asserts that the ones to first pull the trigger will be the Iranians, against the backdrop of Tehran’s economic chokehold and growing global isolation. Iran is starting to be pushed into a corner in the face of existing pressure, and more so as result of pressures to be exerted very soon.Tehran’s economic collapse is already around the corner. The regime sees the thousands standing in line at banks these days in order to exchange the local currency for dollars – but there are none. On the black market, the gap already stands at 60%. Nobody can predict the breaking point that would prompt Ahmadinejad to act desperately; the point where the ayatollahs feel threatened enough to resort to a military provocation that would bully the world and exact such high price as to prompt the international community to lift the chokehold.
Israel a junior partner
The naval exercise held recently in the Persian Gulf dealt with, among other things, the closure of the Hormuz Straits. The Iranian Navy commander publically declared that the drill examined the Navy’s deployment in a way that would not allow for unsupervised maritime traffic. The exercise also pertained to the offensive aspects of contending with foreign fleets that sail in the Gulf and may prevent Iran from imposing the blockade.In other words, the Iranians made clear that one of these days they intend to clash not only with Persian Gulf fleets, but also with the Americans, French and Brits who secure the free flow of oil and in fact stabilize its price. The Iranians threaten to break this formula: Curb the flow of oil and drive prices up to an intolerable level, which would require the world to open the door to Iranian oil and lift the pressure on Tehran.Suddenly, the scenarios have changed. The explosion will occur not because of an Israeli strike, but rather, as result of panic among Iran’s top brass in the face of the sanctions. The Middle East will see a war over oil, money and goods – not because of a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.The Russians grasped this a while ago. Their UN envoy recently said that the greatest threat to global stability is the crisis in the Hormuz Straits. This is one of the reasons the Russians are not excited by the prospect of tighter sanctions.
The first to smell the vapors of war are the Emirates along the Persian Gulf. They will also be the first to be hit. Hence, the oil barons there are in a mad rush to complete the installation of an oil pipeline to Oman’s ports, thereby circumventing the Hormuz Straits. The pipeline and oil terminal project began in 2008 and is slated to end in May of this year, but officials in the Emirates fear it would be too late by then.We can assume that the meeting of NATO army chiefs to be held this week with a guest in attendance – IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz – will focus on the developing crisis in the Hormuz Straits. Under this scenario, Israel is a junior partner, which is mostly required to stay out.
Will the regional Gog flare result in a beis Hamikdash in 5772?
The 2012 Astrological event Venus Transit happens on June 6th. The Zohar seems to describe this as a star hanging for 60 days; we thought it was Elenin, but maybe Elenin was prep for the Venus Star. As such, 60 days before June 6th, arrives at the first day of the Omer this year - the day that the Beis Hamikdash comes from Shamayim davka, as described in the Talmud Sukkah.B''H!
STOCK RESULTS JAN 19,12
Google Is Already Using SOPA-Like Censorship-Web giant blacklists websites, follows government orders to remove material Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Thursday, January 19, 2012
http://www.infowars.com/google-is-already-using-sopa-like-censorship/
Despite Google’s much-heralded support for the anti-SOPA movement, the web giant is already enforcing SOPA-like policies of its own, blacklisting legitimate websites from its news aggregator and following government orders to remove material from its search results and You Tube.As major Internet giants joined forces yesterday to protest legislation that would hand the U.S. government power to arbitrarily seize websites with no legal process under the pretext of copyright infringement, Google slapped a black censorship image over its logo and urged people to sign an anti-SOPA petition that has accrued over 5 million signees.However, Google’s main issue with SOPA is seemingly not related to their concerns about Chinese-style web censorship becoming commonplace, but rather which entity gets to wield those powers – large transnational corporations or governments.While Google criticizes SOPA publicly, it is already privately using SOPA-like powers to unfairly marginalize legitimate web content.Google News is a content aggregator that allows users to search thousands of news sources for relevant stories. Although the aggregator includes a plethora of obscure, occasionally offensive, and barely-read websites, in November 2010 Google took the decision to de-list PrisonPlanet.com and Infowars.com from its indexed news sources.Infowars.com alone is an internationally recognized news website that gets more traffic than MSNBC.com and innumerable other big mainstream news websites. Our articles are routinely featured on the Drudge Report, which itself is renowned as the primary agenda-setting news website in the United States, driving more traffic to individual stories than the likes of Facebook and Twitter combined.
Infowars owner Alex Jones is a nationally syndicated radio host whose broadcast appears on an ever-expanding list of big mainstream radio stations. Jones has been afforded feature profiles by the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine, who acknowledged his role as a pioneer in the media world.Infowars.com is clearly a legitimate and important news website that features original content which routinely makes an impact and occasionally goes viral. And yet Google de-listed the website from its news aggregator on a whim with no explanation provided. Since Google and its owner Eric Schmidt are prominent financial contributors to the Obama campaign, we can only assume we were blacklisted for political reasons.Whether you concur with our political stance or are rapidly against it, what can’t be argued is that we are a legitimate news outfit – but Google has arbitrarily banned us from appearing on their news search results.This is a clear example of how Google is already enforcing SOPA-like rules of its own choosing, without the need for any law to be passed by any legislative body.In addition, while concerns rage about the state obtaining the power to shut down websites and remove web content with no recourse, Google is already following orders from the federal government in the majority of cases in removing videos from its You Tube platform, including takedowns on the grounds that the videos contain government criticism.Google-owned You Tube has complied with thousands of requests worldwide to remove political protest videos that are clearly not in violation of any copyright or national security interests and do not constitute defamation.The number of takedown orders received by Google from authorities based in the United States rose dramatically over the past year, with demands to remove information increasing by 70 per cent. Google complied in removing the material in 63% of the cases.One such example was You Tube’s compliance with a request from the British government to censor footage of the British Constitution Group’s Lawful Rebellion protest, during which they attempted to civilly arrest Judge Michael Peake at Birkenhead county court.Google has also targeted our own You Tube channel for termination on numerous occasions merely for posting legitimate news content, such as the Wikileaks Apache helicopter footage, which appears on hundreds of other You Tube channels.
Crucially, Google has for years censored its own search results subject to the mandates of different governments across the world. SOPA and PIPA are merely an effort to codify into US law what is already taking place in more authoritarian countries, with the willing participation of Google itself.Many other web giants are also moving to censor the Internet, including VeriSign, who recently demanded the power to terminate websites deemed abusive with no legal oversight whatsoever.
Public wi-fi systems stationed in airports, train stations, libraries, schools, and workplaces also routinely censor political websites.Who needs government to censor the Internet when large corporations are already doing it? Amidst all the anti-SOPA rage, we should not be so naive as to give the likes of Google a pass when considering the totality of threats posed to free speech on the world wide web.We encourage people to at least be aware of alternatives to Google, search websites that will not enact SOPA-like censorship policies, such as StartPage.com. Watch a video below from November 2010 in which Alex Jones explains how Google is censoring the web – without the need for SOPA.
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,(WORLD SOCIALISM) 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/
CNBC VIDEOS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839263/?tabid=15839796&tabheader=false
HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS THU JANUARY 19,2012
09:30 AM +2.43
10:00 AM +19.07
10:30 AM +12.18
11:00 AM +23.27
11:30 AM +29.25
12:00 PM +33.34
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04:00 PM +45.03 12,623.98
S&P 500 1314.50 +6.46
NASDAQ 2788.33 +18.62
GOLD 1,655.80 -4.10
OIL 100.33 -0.26
TSE 300 12,380.69 +53.17
CDNX 1554.20 +4.15
S&P/TSX/60 707.30 +3.58
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +38 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -4 points at low today.
Dow +38 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,655.20.OIL opens at $101.45 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -4 points at low today so far.
Dow +38 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -4 points at low today.
Dow +38 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,902.60 (NOT AT CLOSE)
CRUDE OIL -3.4 million barrels
GASOLINE +3.7 million barrels
DISTILLATE INVENTORIES +400,000 BARRELS
NATURAL GAS-THU -87 BCF
Breaking news: cancer drugs make tumors more aggressive and deadly S. L. Baker Infowars.com January 19, 2012
When natural health advocates warn against mainstream medicine’s arsenal of weapons used to fight cancer, including chemotherapy and radiation, their concerns often revolve around how these therapies can weaken and damage a person’s body in numerous ways. But scientists are finding other reasons to question some of these therapies. It turns out that while chemotherapies may kill or shrink tumors in the short term, they may actually be causing malignancies to grow more deadly in the long term.
For example, Natural News previously reported:
(http://www.naturalnews.com/029042_cancer_cells_chemotherapy.html) that scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center and UAB Department of Chemistry are currently investigating the very real possibility that dead cancer cells left over after chemotherapy spark cancer to spread to other parts of the body (metastasis). And now comes news that a little-explored specific cell type, the pericyte, found in what is called themicroenvironmentof a cancerous tumor actually may halt cancer progression and metastasis. And by destroying these cells, some anti-cancer therapies may inadvertently be making cancer more aggressive as well as likely to spread and kill.A study just published in the January 17 issue of the journalCancer Cellconcludes that anti-angiogenic therapies (which shrink cancer by cutting off tumors’ blood supply) may be killing the body’s natural defense against cancer by destroying pericyte cells that likely serve as important gatekeepers against cancer progression and metastasis. Pericytes cover blood vessels and support their growth.For the new research, Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Matrix Biology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), investigated whether targeting pericytes could inhibit tumor growth in the same way that other antiangiogenic cancer drugs do.
Dr. Kalluri and his research team worked with mice genetically engineered to support drug-induced depletion of pericytes in growing tumors. Next, they removed pericytes in implanted mouse breast cancer tumors, decreasing pericyte numbers by 60 percent.
Compared with control animals, there was a 30 percent decrease in the size of cancerous tumors over 25 days. But there was a serious catch to these results. Contrary to conventional mainsteam medical wisdom, the scientists discovered the number of secondary lung tumors in the engineered mice had increased threefold compared to the control mice, indicating that the tumors had metastasized.
How cancer drugs can spread cancer cells
If you just looked at tumor growth, the results were good,Dr. Kalluri said in a press statement. But when you looked at the whole picture, inhibiting tumor vessels was not controlling cancer progression. The cancer was, in fact, spreading. This suggested to us that without supportive pericytes, the vasculature inside the tumor was becoming weak and leaky — even more so than it already is inside most tumors– and this was reducing the flow of oxygen to the tumor.That change, he explains, makes cancer cells more mobile, so they can travel through those leaky vessels to new locations. It also makes cancer cells behave more like stem cells, so they are better able to survive.Because cancer therapies such as Imatinib, Sunitinib and others are known to decrease pericytes in tumors, the scientists next carried out the same experiments in mice with primary tumors. Only this time, they used the chemotherapy drugs Imatinib and Sunitinib instead of genetic programs to decrease pericyte numbers. Both Imatinib and Sunitinib caused 70 percent pericyte depletion — and they also increased metastasis threefold.In order to see if their findings are relevant to human patients, the research team examined 130 breast cancer tumor samples of varying cancer stages and tumor sizes and compared pericyte levels with prognoses. The result? The samples with low numbers of pericytes in tumor vasculature correlated with the most deeply invasive cancers, distant metastasis and five to ten year survival rates less than 20 percent.These results are quite provocative and will influence clinical programs designed to target tumor angiogenesis,Ronald A. DePinho, president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, said in a press statement. These impressive studies will inform and refine potential therapeutic approaches for many cancers.For more information:
http://www.bidmc.org/
http://www.infowars.com/google-is-already-using-sopa-like-censorship/
Despite Google’s much-heralded support for the anti-SOPA movement, the web giant is already enforcing SOPA-like policies of its own, blacklisting legitimate websites from its news aggregator and following government orders to remove material from its search results and You Tube.As major Internet giants joined forces yesterday to protest legislation that would hand the U.S. government power to arbitrarily seize websites with no legal process under the pretext of copyright infringement, Google slapped a black censorship image over its logo and urged people to sign an anti-SOPA petition that has accrued over 5 million signees.However, Google’s main issue with SOPA is seemingly not related to their concerns about Chinese-style web censorship becoming commonplace, but rather which entity gets to wield those powers – large transnational corporations or governments.While Google criticizes SOPA publicly, it is already privately using SOPA-like powers to unfairly marginalize legitimate web content.Google News is a content aggregator that allows users to search thousands of news sources for relevant stories. Although the aggregator includes a plethora of obscure, occasionally offensive, and barely-read websites, in November 2010 Google took the decision to de-list PrisonPlanet.com and Infowars.com from its indexed news sources.Infowars.com alone is an internationally recognized news website that gets more traffic than MSNBC.com and innumerable other big mainstream news websites. Our articles are routinely featured on the Drudge Report, which itself is renowned as the primary agenda-setting news website in the United States, driving more traffic to individual stories than the likes of Facebook and Twitter combined.
Infowars owner Alex Jones is a nationally syndicated radio host whose broadcast appears on an ever-expanding list of big mainstream radio stations. Jones has been afforded feature profiles by the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine, who acknowledged his role as a pioneer in the media world.Infowars.com is clearly a legitimate and important news website that features original content which routinely makes an impact and occasionally goes viral. And yet Google de-listed the website from its news aggregator on a whim with no explanation provided. Since Google and its owner Eric Schmidt are prominent financial contributors to the Obama campaign, we can only assume we were blacklisted for political reasons.Whether you concur with our political stance or are rapidly against it, what can’t be argued is that we are a legitimate news outfit – but Google has arbitrarily banned us from appearing on their news search results.This is a clear example of how Google is already enforcing SOPA-like rules of its own choosing, without the need for any law to be passed by any legislative body.In addition, while concerns rage about the state obtaining the power to shut down websites and remove web content with no recourse, Google is already following orders from the federal government in the majority of cases in removing videos from its You Tube platform, including takedowns on the grounds that the videos contain government criticism.Google-owned You Tube has complied with thousands of requests worldwide to remove political protest videos that are clearly not in violation of any copyright or national security interests and do not constitute defamation.The number of takedown orders received by Google from authorities based in the United States rose dramatically over the past year, with demands to remove information increasing by 70 per cent. Google complied in removing the material in 63% of the cases.One such example was You Tube’s compliance with a request from the British government to censor footage of the British Constitution Group’s Lawful Rebellion protest, during which they attempted to civilly arrest Judge Michael Peake at Birkenhead county court.Google has also targeted our own You Tube channel for termination on numerous occasions merely for posting legitimate news content, such as the Wikileaks Apache helicopter footage, which appears on hundreds of other You Tube channels.
Crucially, Google has for years censored its own search results subject to the mandates of different governments across the world. SOPA and PIPA are merely an effort to codify into US law what is already taking place in more authoritarian countries, with the willing participation of Google itself.Many other web giants are also moving to censor the Internet, including VeriSign, who recently demanded the power to terminate websites deemed abusive with no legal oversight whatsoever.
Public wi-fi systems stationed in airports, train stations, libraries, schools, and workplaces also routinely censor political websites.Who needs government to censor the Internet when large corporations are already doing it? Amidst all the anti-SOPA rage, we should not be so naive as to give the likes of Google a pass when considering the totality of threats posed to free speech on the world wide web.We encourage people to at least be aware of alternatives to Google, search websites that will not enact SOPA-like censorship policies, such as StartPage.com. Watch a video below from November 2010 in which Alex Jones explains how Google is censoring the web – without the need for SOPA.
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,(WORLD SOCIALISM) 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
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Breaking news: cancer drugs make tumors more aggressive and deadly S. L. Baker Infowars.com January 19, 2012
When natural health advocates warn against mainstream medicine’s arsenal of weapons used to fight cancer, including chemotherapy and radiation, their concerns often revolve around how these therapies can weaken and damage a person’s body in numerous ways. But scientists are finding other reasons to question some of these therapies. It turns out that while chemotherapies may kill or shrink tumors in the short term, they may actually be causing malignancies to grow more deadly in the long term.
For example, Natural News previously reported:
(http://www.naturalnews.com/029042_cancer_cells_chemotherapy.html) that scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center and UAB Department of Chemistry are currently investigating the very real possibility that dead cancer cells left over after chemotherapy spark cancer to spread to other parts of the body (metastasis). And now comes news that a little-explored specific cell type, the pericyte, found in what is called themicroenvironmentof a cancerous tumor actually may halt cancer progression and metastasis. And by destroying these cells, some anti-cancer therapies may inadvertently be making cancer more aggressive as well as likely to spread and kill.A study just published in the January 17 issue of the journalCancer Cellconcludes that anti-angiogenic therapies (which shrink cancer by cutting off tumors’ blood supply) may be killing the body’s natural defense against cancer by destroying pericyte cells that likely serve as important gatekeepers against cancer progression and metastasis. Pericytes cover blood vessels and support their growth.For the new research, Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Matrix Biology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), investigated whether targeting pericytes could inhibit tumor growth in the same way that other antiangiogenic cancer drugs do.
Dr. Kalluri and his research team worked with mice genetically engineered to support drug-induced depletion of pericytes in growing tumors. Next, they removed pericytes in implanted mouse breast cancer tumors, decreasing pericyte numbers by 60 percent.
Compared with control animals, there was a 30 percent decrease in the size of cancerous tumors over 25 days. But there was a serious catch to these results. Contrary to conventional mainsteam medical wisdom, the scientists discovered the number of secondary lung tumors in the engineered mice had increased threefold compared to the control mice, indicating that the tumors had metastasized.
How cancer drugs can spread cancer cells
If you just looked at tumor growth, the results were good,Dr. Kalluri said in a press statement. But when you looked at the whole picture, inhibiting tumor vessels was not controlling cancer progression. The cancer was, in fact, spreading. This suggested to us that without supportive pericytes, the vasculature inside the tumor was becoming weak and leaky — even more so than it already is inside most tumors– and this was reducing the flow of oxygen to the tumor.That change, he explains, makes cancer cells more mobile, so they can travel through those leaky vessels to new locations. It also makes cancer cells behave more like stem cells, so they are better able to survive.Because cancer therapies such as Imatinib, Sunitinib and others are known to decrease pericytes in tumors, the scientists next carried out the same experiments in mice with primary tumors. Only this time, they used the chemotherapy drugs Imatinib and Sunitinib instead of genetic programs to decrease pericyte numbers. Both Imatinib and Sunitinib caused 70 percent pericyte depletion — and they also increased metastasis threefold.In order to see if their findings are relevant to human patients, the research team examined 130 breast cancer tumor samples of varying cancer stages and tumor sizes and compared pericyte levels with prognoses. The result? The samples with low numbers of pericytes in tumor vasculature correlated with the most deeply invasive cancers, distant metastasis and five to ten year survival rates less than 20 percent.These results are quite provocative and will influence clinical programs designed to target tumor angiogenesis,Ronald A. DePinho, president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, said in a press statement. These impressive studies will inform and refine potential therapeutic approaches for many cancers.For more information:
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
BELL CANADA YOUR LOVING BIG BROTHER
WELL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD LETS GET TO KNOW OUR LOVING BIG BROTHER TELEPHONE AND INTERNET PROVIDER IN CANADA-MR BIG BROTHER BELL CANADA.
LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEADS OF BELL CANADA.LETS START WITH ONTARIO CANADAS BOARD MEMBER.I WILL WARN USE ALL THESE ARE DEFINATELY NEW WORLD ORDER FOLKS.AND I MUST ADD BELL CANADA OUT SOURCES ITS INTERNET TECH TO MUSLIM COUNTRIES OF ALL THINGS.BELL AND ISLAM WHAT A CONNECTION TO PHONE IN TO AND WORK ON YOUR COMPUTERS.(MUSLIMS)
JUST NOTICE ALL THE CONTROL BELL CANADA HAS BY WHAT ITS BOARDS MEMBERS OWN AND CONTROL.NO WONDER THEY(BELL CANADA)HAVE SO MUCH POWER HERE IN CANADA.
THOMAS C. O'NEILL, F.C.A., Ontario, Canada-Chair of the Board, BCE and Bell Canada (Since February 2009) and Chartered Accountant
Mr. O’Neill was Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (provider of management consulting and technology services) from January 2002 to May 2002 and then Chair of the Board from May 2002 to October 2002.
Mr. O’Neill is a former Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Queen’s University and a past member of the Advisory Council of Queen’s University School of Business. Mr. O’Neill graduated from Queen’s University with a BComm and is a chartered accountant. Mr. O’Neill received an Honorary LLD from Queen’s University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Mr. O’Neill is also a director of Adecco S.A.,(THE BIGGEST STAFFING COMPANY IN THE WORLD) Bell Canada, Loblaw Companies Limited,(STORES) Nexen Inc.(A GLOBAL ENERGY LEADER) and The Bank of Nova Scotia.(BANKER)
BARRY K. ALLEN, Wisconsin, United States-Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners (Since September 2007)
Mr. Allen is currently a Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners (a private equity firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and information investments). Prior to joining Providence in 2007, he was Executive Vice-President of Operations of Qwest Communications International.Before his retirement from Qwest in June 2007, Mr. Allen was responsible for the company’s network and information technology operations. Prior to being named Executive Vice-President of Operations in March 2004, he served as Qwest’s Executive Vice-President of Operations and Chief Human Resources Officer. In addition, from January 2003 until the present, Mr. Allen has served as President of Allen Enterprises, a private equity investment and management company he founded. Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kentucky and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
Mr. Allen is a director on the BCE board since May 2009. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.Mr. Allen is also a director of Bell Canada, Fiduciary Management, Inc. and Harley Davidson, Inc.
ANDRÉ BÉRARD, O.C., Québec, Canada-Corporate Director (Since March 2004)
Mr. Bérard was Chair of the Board of National Bank of Canada (chartered bank) from 2002 to March 2004, and Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of National Bank of Canada from 1990 to March 2002. He holds a Fellows Diploma from the Institute of Canadian Bankers and was Chair of the Executive Council of the Canadian Bankers’ Association from 1986 to 1988. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995.
Mr. Bérard is a director on the BCE board since January 2003. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.Mr. Bérard is also a director of Bell Canada, Bombardier Inc., Groupe BMTC Inc., Saputo Inc. and TransForce Inc.
RONALD A. BRENNEMAN, Alberta, Canada-Corporate Director (Since March 2010)
Mr. Brenneman was Executive Vice-Chairman, Suncor Energy Inc. (petroleum company) from August 2009 until February 2010 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Petro-Canada (petroleum company) from 2000 until July 2009.Before January 2000, Mr. Brenneman spent more than 30 years with Imperial Oil Limited and its parent company, Exxon Corporation (both petroleum companies). He was a member of the board of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives until July 2009. Mr. Brenneman holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a MSc in Control Systems from the University of Manchester.
Mr. Brenneman is a director on the BCE board since November 2003. He is also Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee and a member of the Pension Fund Committee.Mr. Brenneman is also a director of Bell Canada, Ithaca Energy Inc.,The Bank of Nova Scotia and WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Sophie Brochu, Québec, Canada-President And Chief Executive Officer, Gaz Métro (Since February 2007)
Ms. Brochu has worked in the energy industry for more than 20 years. She began her career in 1987 with SOQUIP (Société québécoise d’initiatives pétrolières) and held several positions, including Vice-President, Development, a position she held until 1997. Ms. Brochu joined Gaz Métro (natural gas distributor in Québec) in 1997 as Vice-President, Business Development where she held several positions including Executive Vice-President, responsible for all natural gas distribution activities in Québec. In 2007, she was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz Métro.Ms. Brochu is a graduate in Economics from Université Laval in Québec City, where she specialized in the energy field. She is Chair of the Board of the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History (Pointe-à -Callière). She is actively involved with Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Ms. Brochu was co-president of the Centraide of Greater Montréal campaign for 2010 and is also involved in the 80, ruelle de l’Avenir project, which aims to combat school dropout in the Centre-Sud and Hochelaga Maisonneuve neighbourhoods.
Ms. Brochu is a director on the BCE board since May 2010. She is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.Mrs. Brochu is also a director of Bell Canada and Gaz Métro.
ROBERT E. BROWN, Québec, Canada-Corporate Director (Since October 2009)
Mr. Brown is Chairman of Groupe Aeroplan Inc. and was President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE Inc. (a provider of simulation and modelling technologies as well as integrated training service for both civil aviation and defence customers) from August 2004 to September 2009.Prior to joining CAE Inc., Mr. Brown was Chairman of Air Canada during its restructuring from May 2003 to October 2004. Mr. Brown joined Bombardier Inc. in 1987 and was responsible for the Bombardier Aerospace sector from 1990 to 1999. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier Inc. (aerospace, transportation and recreational products) from1999 to 2002. Mr. Brown also held various senior positions in federal ministries with economic vocations, including the position of Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Royal Military College and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School.
Mr. Brown is a director on the BCE board since May 2009. He is also Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Pension Fund Committee.Mr. Brown is also a director of Bell Canada, Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto PLC.
George Cope-President and Chief Executive Officer Bell Canada and BCE Inc.
George Cope is leading the transformation of Canada’s largest communications company into an efficient customer-focused competitor, based on a strategy of enhanced service capability, significant broadband network investments and a high-performance team culture.With industry-leading capital investments of approximately $6 billion in 2009 and 2010, Bell has launched a world-leading new mobile HSPA+ network and enhanced broadband fibre infrastructure to deliver advanced Television and Internet services.Mr. Cope is a seasoned Canadian telecommunications executive who had served in public- company CEO roles in the industry for more than 15 years prior to joining Bell in 2005. He has earned a reputation as an innovative telecom strategist and builder of high-performance teams, successfully launching three next-generation Canadian digital networks during his career.
Mr. Cope holds a BComm (Honours) degree from the University of Western Ontario and serves on the Advisory Board of the university’s Richard Ivey School of Business.Mr. Cope is also a director of Bank of Montreal and Bell Canada and Chair of the Board of Bell Aliant Inc.Mr. Cope holds a BComm (Honours) degree from the University of Western Ontario. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.Mr. Cope is also a director of Bank of Montreal and Bell Canada and is also the Chair of the Board of Bell Aliant Inc.
ANTHONY S. FELL, O.C., Ontario, Canada-Corporate Director (Since January 2008)
Mr. Fell is a former Deputy Chairman of Royal Bank of Canada. He was with RBC Capital Markets (investment bank) and predecessor companies for 48 years including 18 years as Chief Executive Officer and a further 8 years as Chairman until his retirement in 2007.Mr. Fell is a past Chairman of Munich Reinsurance company of Canada and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and a past Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Fell is also a past Chairman of the University Health Network, the United Way Campaign for Metropolitan Toronto, the Princess Margaret Hospital Capital Campaign and is a past Governor of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Program in Canada, St. Andrew’s College and the Ontario Division of the Canadian Arthritis Society. Mr. Fell was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001 and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from McMaster University in 2001 and from the University of Toronto in 2006.
Mr. Fell is a director on the BCE board since January 2002. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.Mr. Fell is also a director of Bell Canada and Loblaw Companies Limited.
EDWARD C. LUMLEY, P.C., Ontario, Canada-Vice-Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. (Since December 1991)
Mr. Lumley has been Vice-Chairman of BMO Capital Markets and its predecessor companies since 1991. From 1986 to 1991 Mr. Lumley served as Chair of the Noranda Manufacturing Group of companies. Prior to returning to the private sector; from 1974-1984 Mr. Lumley was a Member of Parliament during which time he held various cabinet portfolios in the Government of Canada, including Minister of Industry, International Trade, Communications and Science and Technology. Mr. Lumley is the Chancellor of the University of Windsor where he graduated a Bachelor of Commerce.
Mr. Lumley is a director on the BCE board since January 2003. He is also Chair of the Pension Fund Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.Mr. Lumley is also a director of Bell Canada, Canadian National Railway Company and Dollar-Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
THE HONOURABLE JIM PRENTICE, P.C., Q.C. Alberta, Canada-Senior Executive Vice-President and Vice Chairman, CIBC (Since January 2011)
Mr. Prentice is responsible for expanding CIBC's relationships with corporate clients across Canada and abroad, and with providing leadership on strategic initiatives to enhance CIBC's position in the market.Mr. Prentice is well known for his contribution to public life in Canada. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre North in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008. From January 2006 until November 2010 he was one of the most senior Ministers in the Canadian Government, serving variously as the Minister of Industry, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. In addition, Mr. Prentice chaired the Operations Committee of Cabinet and sat on the Priorities and Planning Committee from 2006 through November 2010.
Prior to entering public office, Mr. Prentice practiced law in Calgary, specializing in commercial law and property rights. He served as the Co-Chair of the Indian Claims Commission of Canada from 1993 until 2000. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1977 and then entered Dalhousie Law School as a Dunn Scholar, graduating with his Bachelor of Laws in 1980. Mr. Prentice was designated a Queen’s Counsel in 1992.
Mr. Prentice is a director on the BCE board since July 2011. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.Mr. Prentice is also a director of Bell Canada.
ROBERT C. SIMMONDS, Ontario, Canada-Chairman, Lenbrook Corporation (Since April 2002)
Robert Simmonds is a seasoned Canadian telecommunications executive who has served in public company roles from 1994 to 2006. From 1985 until 2000, he served as Chairman of Clearnet Communications Inc., a Canadian wireless competitor that launched two all-new digital mobile networks. He became the Chairman of Lenbrook Corporation (national distributor of electronics components and radio products) in 2002, having been a founder and director of the company since 1977. Internationally regarded as a leading wireless communications engineer and mobile spectrum authority, Mr. Simmonds has played a key role in the development of Canada’s mobile spectrum policies for more than 30 years. He is an executive with the Radio Advisory Board of Canada (RABC), the body that provides unbiased and technically expert advice to the federal Department of Industry, and is a past Chair of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). A laureate and member of Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame and recipient of the Engineering Medal for Entrepreneurship from Professional Engineers Ontario, Mr. Simmonds earned his B.A. Sc. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Simmonds is a director on the BCE board since May 2011. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.Mr. Simmonds is also a director of Bell Canada.
The Honourable Carole Taylor, British Columbia, Canada-Corporate Director (since Septembre 2010)
From December 2008 to January 2010, Ms. Taylor served as Chair of the Federal Finance Minister’s Economic Advisory Council. Ms. Taylor was also Senior Advisor for Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (law firm) until September 2010. She served as Minister of Finance for British Columbia from June 2005 to June 2008. In May 2005, Ms. Taylor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to represent the riding of Vancouver-Langara. From July 2001 to March 2005, she served as Chair of CBC/Radio-Canada. She is the incoming chancellor of Simon Fraser University.
Ms. Taylor is a director on the BCE board since August 2010. She is also a member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee and the Pension Fund Committee.Ms. Taylor is also a director of Bell Canada and The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
PAUL R. WEISS, FCA, Ontario, Canada-Corporate Director (since April 2008)
Mr. Weiss is director and audit committee Chair at ING Bank of Canada and a director of Empire Life Insurance Company. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of Soulpepper Theatre Company, past Chair and a director of Toronto Rehab Foundation, and a director of Niagara International Music Festival.For over 40 years, until his retirement in 2008, he was with KPMG Canada. He served as Managing Partner of the Canadian Audit Practice, a member of KPMG Canada’s Management Committee, and a member of the International Global Audit Steering Group. Mr. Weiss holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University.
Mr. Weiss is a director on the BCE board since May 2009. He is also Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Pension Fund Committee.Mr. Weiss is also a director of Bell Canada and Torstar Corporation.(MEDIA)
AS WE SEE WE GOT AT LEAST 4 OR 5 BANKERS,2 MEDIA MOGOLS,AIR CRAFT OWNERS,AND JUST NUMEROUS OTHER MEMBERS OF BELL CANADA THAT GOT THE MONEY AND CLOUT TO CONTROL ALL OF CANADA.
LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEADS OF BELL CANADA.LETS START WITH ONTARIO CANADAS BOARD MEMBER.I WILL WARN USE ALL THESE ARE DEFINATELY NEW WORLD ORDER FOLKS.AND I MUST ADD BELL CANADA OUT SOURCES ITS INTERNET TECH TO MUSLIM COUNTRIES OF ALL THINGS.BELL AND ISLAM WHAT A CONNECTION TO PHONE IN TO AND WORK ON YOUR COMPUTERS.(MUSLIMS)
JUST NOTICE ALL THE CONTROL BELL CANADA HAS BY WHAT ITS BOARDS MEMBERS OWN AND CONTROL.NO WONDER THEY(BELL CANADA)HAVE SO MUCH POWER HERE IN CANADA.
THOMAS C. O'NEILL, F.C.A., Ontario, Canada-Chair of the Board, BCE and Bell Canada (Since February 2009) and Chartered Accountant
Mr. O’Neill was Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (provider of management consulting and technology services) from January 2002 to May 2002 and then Chair of the Board from May 2002 to October 2002.
Mr. O’Neill is a former Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Queen’s University and a past member of the Advisory Council of Queen’s University School of Business. Mr. O’Neill graduated from Queen’s University with a BComm and is a chartered accountant. Mr. O’Neill received an Honorary LLD from Queen’s University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Mr. O’Neill is also a director of Adecco S.A.,(THE BIGGEST STAFFING COMPANY IN THE WORLD) Bell Canada, Loblaw Companies Limited,(STORES) Nexen Inc.(A GLOBAL ENERGY LEADER) and The Bank of Nova Scotia.(BANKER)
BARRY K. ALLEN, Wisconsin, United States-Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners (Since September 2007)
Mr. Allen is currently a Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners (a private equity firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and information investments). Prior to joining Providence in 2007, he was Executive Vice-President of Operations of Qwest Communications International.Before his retirement from Qwest in June 2007, Mr. Allen was responsible for the company’s network and information technology operations. Prior to being named Executive Vice-President of Operations in March 2004, he served as Qwest’s Executive Vice-President of Operations and Chief Human Resources Officer. In addition, from January 2003 until the present, Mr. Allen has served as President of Allen Enterprises, a private equity investment and management company he founded. Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kentucky and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
Mr. Allen is a director on the BCE board since May 2009. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.Mr. Allen is also a director of Bell Canada, Fiduciary Management, Inc. and Harley Davidson, Inc.
ANDRÉ BÉRARD, O.C., Québec, Canada-Corporate Director (Since March 2004)
Mr. Bérard was Chair of the Board of National Bank of Canada (chartered bank) from 2002 to March 2004, and Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of National Bank of Canada from 1990 to March 2002. He holds a Fellows Diploma from the Institute of Canadian Bankers and was Chair of the Executive Council of the Canadian Bankers’ Association from 1986 to 1988. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995.
Mr. Bérard is a director on the BCE board since January 2003. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.Mr. Bérard is also a director of Bell Canada, Bombardier Inc., Groupe BMTC Inc., Saputo Inc. and TransForce Inc.
RONALD A. BRENNEMAN, Alberta, Canada-Corporate Director (Since March 2010)
Mr. Brenneman was Executive Vice-Chairman, Suncor Energy Inc. (petroleum company) from August 2009 until February 2010 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Petro-Canada (petroleum company) from 2000 until July 2009.Before January 2000, Mr. Brenneman spent more than 30 years with Imperial Oil Limited and its parent company, Exxon Corporation (both petroleum companies). He was a member of the board of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives until July 2009. Mr. Brenneman holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a MSc in Control Systems from the University of Manchester.
Mr. Brenneman is a director on the BCE board since November 2003. He is also Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee and a member of the Pension Fund Committee.Mr. Brenneman is also a director of Bell Canada, Ithaca Energy Inc.,The Bank of Nova Scotia and WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Sophie Brochu, Québec, Canada-President And Chief Executive Officer, Gaz Métro (Since February 2007)
Ms. Brochu has worked in the energy industry for more than 20 years. She began her career in 1987 with SOQUIP (Société québécoise d’initiatives pétrolières) and held several positions, including Vice-President, Development, a position she held until 1997. Ms. Brochu joined Gaz Métro (natural gas distributor in Québec) in 1997 as Vice-President, Business Development where she held several positions including Executive Vice-President, responsible for all natural gas distribution activities in Québec. In 2007, she was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz Métro.Ms. Brochu is a graduate in Economics from Université Laval in Québec City, where she specialized in the energy field. She is Chair of the Board of the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History (Pointe-à -Callière). She is actively involved with Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Ms. Brochu was co-president of the Centraide of Greater Montréal campaign for 2010 and is also involved in the 80, ruelle de l’Avenir project, which aims to combat school dropout in the Centre-Sud and Hochelaga Maisonneuve neighbourhoods.
Ms. Brochu is a director on the BCE board since May 2010. She is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.Mrs. Brochu is also a director of Bell Canada and Gaz Métro.
ROBERT E. BROWN, Québec, Canada-Corporate Director (Since October 2009)
Mr. Brown is Chairman of Groupe Aeroplan Inc. and was President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE Inc. (a provider of simulation and modelling technologies as well as integrated training service for both civil aviation and defence customers) from August 2004 to September 2009.Prior to joining CAE Inc., Mr. Brown was Chairman of Air Canada during its restructuring from May 2003 to October 2004. Mr. Brown joined Bombardier Inc. in 1987 and was responsible for the Bombardier Aerospace sector from 1990 to 1999. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier Inc. (aerospace, transportation and recreational products) from1999 to 2002. Mr. Brown also held various senior positions in federal ministries with economic vocations, including the position of Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Royal Military College and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School.
Mr. Brown is a director on the BCE board since May 2009. He is also Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Pension Fund Committee.Mr. Brown is also a director of Bell Canada, Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto PLC.
George Cope-President and Chief Executive Officer Bell Canada and BCE Inc.
George Cope is leading the transformation of Canada’s largest communications company into an efficient customer-focused competitor, based on a strategy of enhanced service capability, significant broadband network investments and a high-performance team culture.With industry-leading capital investments of approximately $6 billion in 2009 and 2010, Bell has launched a world-leading new mobile HSPA+ network and enhanced broadband fibre infrastructure to deliver advanced Television and Internet services.Mr. Cope is a seasoned Canadian telecommunications executive who had served in public- company CEO roles in the industry for more than 15 years prior to joining Bell in 2005. He has earned a reputation as an innovative telecom strategist and builder of high-performance teams, successfully launching three next-generation Canadian digital networks during his career.
Mr. Cope holds a BComm (Honours) degree from the University of Western Ontario and serves on the Advisory Board of the university’s Richard Ivey School of Business.Mr. Cope is also a director of Bank of Montreal and Bell Canada and Chair of the Board of Bell Aliant Inc.Mr. Cope holds a BComm (Honours) degree from the University of Western Ontario. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.Mr. Cope is also a director of Bank of Montreal and Bell Canada and is also the Chair of the Board of Bell Aliant Inc.
ANTHONY S. FELL, O.C., Ontario, Canada-Corporate Director (Since January 2008)
Mr. Fell is a former Deputy Chairman of Royal Bank of Canada. He was with RBC Capital Markets (investment bank) and predecessor companies for 48 years including 18 years as Chief Executive Officer and a further 8 years as Chairman until his retirement in 2007.Mr. Fell is a past Chairman of Munich Reinsurance company of Canada and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and a past Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Fell is also a past Chairman of the University Health Network, the United Way Campaign for Metropolitan Toronto, the Princess Margaret Hospital Capital Campaign and is a past Governor of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Program in Canada, St. Andrew’s College and the Ontario Division of the Canadian Arthritis Society. Mr. Fell was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001 and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from McMaster University in 2001 and from the University of Toronto in 2006.
Mr. Fell is a director on the BCE board since January 2002. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee.Mr. Fell is also a director of Bell Canada and Loblaw Companies Limited.
EDWARD C. LUMLEY, P.C., Ontario, Canada-Vice-Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. (Since December 1991)
Mr. Lumley has been Vice-Chairman of BMO Capital Markets and its predecessor companies since 1991. From 1986 to 1991 Mr. Lumley served as Chair of the Noranda Manufacturing Group of companies. Prior to returning to the private sector; from 1974-1984 Mr. Lumley was a Member of Parliament during which time he held various cabinet portfolios in the Government of Canada, including Minister of Industry, International Trade, Communications and Science and Technology. Mr. Lumley is the Chancellor of the University of Windsor where he graduated a Bachelor of Commerce.
Mr. Lumley is a director on the BCE board since January 2003. He is also Chair of the Pension Fund Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.Mr. Lumley is also a director of Bell Canada, Canadian National Railway Company and Dollar-Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
THE HONOURABLE JIM PRENTICE, P.C., Q.C. Alberta, Canada-Senior Executive Vice-President and Vice Chairman, CIBC (Since January 2011)
Mr. Prentice is responsible for expanding CIBC's relationships with corporate clients across Canada and abroad, and with providing leadership on strategic initiatives to enhance CIBC's position in the market.Mr. Prentice is well known for his contribution to public life in Canada. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre North in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008. From January 2006 until November 2010 he was one of the most senior Ministers in the Canadian Government, serving variously as the Minister of Industry, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. In addition, Mr. Prentice chaired the Operations Committee of Cabinet and sat on the Priorities and Planning Committee from 2006 through November 2010.
Prior to entering public office, Mr. Prentice practiced law in Calgary, specializing in commercial law and property rights. He served as the Co-Chair of the Indian Claims Commission of Canada from 1993 until 2000. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1977 and then entered Dalhousie Law School as a Dunn Scholar, graduating with his Bachelor of Laws in 1980. Mr. Prentice was designated a Queen’s Counsel in 1992.
Mr. Prentice is a director on the BCE board since July 2011. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.Mr. Prentice is also a director of Bell Canada.
ROBERT C. SIMMONDS, Ontario, Canada-Chairman, Lenbrook Corporation (Since April 2002)
Robert Simmonds is a seasoned Canadian telecommunications executive who has served in public company roles from 1994 to 2006. From 1985 until 2000, he served as Chairman of Clearnet Communications Inc., a Canadian wireless competitor that launched two all-new digital mobile networks. He became the Chairman of Lenbrook Corporation (national distributor of electronics components and radio products) in 2002, having been a founder and director of the company since 1977. Internationally regarded as a leading wireless communications engineer and mobile spectrum authority, Mr. Simmonds has played a key role in the development of Canada’s mobile spectrum policies for more than 30 years. He is an executive with the Radio Advisory Board of Canada (RABC), the body that provides unbiased and technically expert advice to the federal Department of Industry, and is a past Chair of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). A laureate and member of Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame and recipient of the Engineering Medal for Entrepreneurship from Professional Engineers Ontario, Mr. Simmonds earned his B.A. Sc. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Simmonds is a director on the BCE board since May 2011. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.Mr. Simmonds is also a director of Bell Canada.
The Honourable Carole Taylor, British Columbia, Canada-Corporate Director (since Septembre 2010)
From December 2008 to January 2010, Ms. Taylor served as Chair of the Federal Finance Minister’s Economic Advisory Council. Ms. Taylor was also Senior Advisor for Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (law firm) until September 2010. She served as Minister of Finance for British Columbia from June 2005 to June 2008. In May 2005, Ms. Taylor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to represent the riding of Vancouver-Langara. From July 2001 to March 2005, she served as Chair of CBC/Radio-Canada. She is the incoming chancellor of Simon Fraser University.
Ms. Taylor is a director on the BCE board since August 2010. She is also a member of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee and the Pension Fund Committee.Ms. Taylor is also a director of Bell Canada and The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
PAUL R. WEISS, FCA, Ontario, Canada-Corporate Director (since April 2008)
Mr. Weiss is director and audit committee Chair at ING Bank of Canada and a director of Empire Life Insurance Company. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of Soulpepper Theatre Company, past Chair and a director of Toronto Rehab Foundation, and a director of Niagara International Music Festival.For over 40 years, until his retirement in 2008, he was with KPMG Canada. He served as Managing Partner of the Canadian Audit Practice, a member of KPMG Canada’s Management Committee, and a member of the International Global Audit Steering Group. Mr. Weiss holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University.
Mr. Weiss is a director on the BCE board since May 2009. He is also Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Pension Fund Committee.Mr. Weiss is also a director of Bell Canada and Torstar Corporation.(MEDIA)
AS WE SEE WE GOT AT LEAST 4 OR 5 BANKERS,2 MEDIA MOGOLS,AIR CRAFT OWNERS,AND JUST NUMEROUS OTHER MEMBERS OF BELL CANADA THAT GOT THE MONEY AND CLOUT TO CONTROL ALL OF CANADA.
THE CASE AGAINST DIVIDING JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v15908897gA4N3jCR?h1=Mid-East+Bible+Prophecy%3A+Jerusalem+Divided%3F
The Case for a United Jerusalem
By Nathan Diament Jan 15 2012, 6:30 PM ET 1 THE ATLANTIC
Dividing the holy city as part of a final-status agreement between Israelis and Palestinians ignores key realities on the ground Jerusalem / Reuters
Proponents of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often insist that the only way to resolve competing claims over the holy city of Jerusalem is to divide it, with each half respectively serving as the capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state. Those who advocate this approach often try to make it more palatable by asserting, as Terrestrial Jerusalem founder Daniel Seidemann recently wrote in The Atlantic, that while many Israelis speak of Jerusalem being a "united" city since its eastern half came under Israeli sovereignty in 1967, such a perception is a "myth" because, in fact, Jerusalem is divided between largely homogeneous and internally contiguous Jewish and Arab neighborhoods across which the two groups rarely venture. Thus, they argue, a border could be drawn relatively easily along demographic lines, re-dividing the city between the two states.
9-11 Ten Years Later
The reality, however, is that Jerusalem today is a demographically intertwined city. To be sure, there are neighborhoods, particularly east of the security barrier, where Jews seldom venture. But modern-day Jerusalem is far more an interwoven checkerboard of Jewish and Palestinian enclaves. The Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa, for example, lies between the Jewish neighborhoods of Talpiot and Gilo, while the Arab neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah lies between the Old City and the Jewish neighborhood of French Hill. Separating these neighborhoods between two countries would create an unwieldy and unsustainable border. While creative solutions have been proposed to ensure that a re-divided Jerusalem would remain interconnected, as any urban center must to thrive, experience shows that divided cities, such as Berlin and Baghdad, are fragile at best and combustible at worst. One significant reason against dividing Jerusalem is that many of the Palestinians who live in East Jerusalem wish to remain under Israeli sovereignty. Recent polling indicates that, despite the fact that municipal resources and services have not been evenly allocated between Jewish and Arab Jerusalem segments of the city, a plurality of Palestinians residing in eastern sections of Jerusalem would move from Palestinian Jerusalem to Israeli Jerusalem, if given the opportunity, should the city be re-divided. According to one of the pollsters:For most Palestinians who said they wanted to be citizens of Israel, approximately 35 percent said it was practical issues that dominate -- freedom of movement, higher income, health insurance, job opportunities, prosperity, more shops...People were concerned that if they became a citizen of Palestine, they had significant worries about losing employment in Israel, free movement in Israel, Israeli health care, and reduction in city services. ...Three-quarters of east Jerusalem Arabs are at least a little concerned, and more than half are more than a little concerned, that they would lose their ability to write and speak freely if they became citizens of a Palestinian state rather than remaining under Israeli control.But more contentious than the fate of Jerusalem's residential neighborhoods is the debate over the fate of the Old City - home to Judaism's holiest sites and among Islam's holiest sites. On a practical level, dividing the Old City along demographic lines would put Jewish holy sites on the Palestinian side and Muslim holy sites on the Israeli side. Israelis are understandably cautious about putting these sites solely under Arab control; when Arabs last controlled the Old City, from 1948 to 1967, Jews were barred from access.
To address this concern, numerous groups have proposed "special arrangements," such as international or joint Israeli-Palestinian administration over the Old City, to ensure protection of and access to these sites. But these proposals rely on international community support and enforcement to guarantee security and access, which Israel has legitimate grounds to doubt given the lackluster performance of the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) in the Sinai (who abandoned their posts in the lead-up to the June 1967 War) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) along Israel's northern border (who have failed in their mandate to prevent the re-arming of Hezbollah). Furthermore, the international community has consistently shown little regard for the Jewish attachment to holy sites, most recently seen in UNESCO's 2010 declaration that the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron is an integral part of the Palestinian territories.An additional problem with special arrangement proposals is that they tend to require more intimate and extensive cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians rather than granting the divorce from one another that both sides seem to be seeking through a peace deal. And this cooperation must succeed in the most sensitive of all locations.
Unlike these untested proposals, Israel has proven over the past four decades that its authority over all of Jerusalem can ensure protection of and access to holy sites. Since Jerusalem was reunited in 1967, pilgrims of all faiths have generally been allowed to visit the holy places of all religions. Muslim mosques, even those built atop the mount where Judaism's Holy Temple once stood, operate relatively freely - and under Islamic religious oversight. While some might contest that Israel does periodically place security restrictions upon entrance to holy sites, free access is the default policy under Israeli rule. But resolving the status of the Old City of Jerusalem is not just about geography nor about the practicalities of access to a single site; it is deeply intertwined with questions of national identity, history, and theology. Proposals for joint sovereignty, deferred sovereignty, or even divine sovereignty ignore the deep-rooted significance of the holy city. The search for a split the difference compromise also ignores the fact that the Old City of Jerusalem has been the national capital of the Jewish people for the past 3000 years and is Judaism's holiest site, while it is Mecca that plays that role for Muslims. The international community would never expect the Islamic world to cede sovereignty over Mecca; the Jewish people ought to be accorded no less respect with regard to the Old City of Jerusalem.One reason peace in the Middle East has not yet been possible is because most efforts to achieve it have been aspirational but untethered from reality. It is clear that re-dividing Jerusalem is neither feasible nor prudent. The international community must take off the table the option of dividing Jerusalem, in the same way that they have ended the debate over a right of return to Israel for Palestinian refugees. A sustainable peace can only be achieved with the entirety of Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty.
Imagine a Divided Jerusalem
by Eric on January 13, 2011
??? - The Berlin Wall - Berliner Mauerphoto © 1986 siyu | Berlin Wall
This week PA President Abbas said: Jerusalem is the heart of the Palestinian cause, and unless Jerusalem is the capital of an independent Palestinian state, there will not be peace.Imagine if Benjamin Netanyahu said the same thing, but turned the tables: Jerusalem is a Jewish city, the heart of the Jewish nation, and If Jerusalem does not remain in Jewish hands, there will never be peace.That post, from Elder of Ziyon, got me thinking. What if Jerusalem were really divided? What if the city became two? Lets look at a famous example of this situation:The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to divide East Berlin from West Berlin. The wall divided the Democracy from the Communists. It was a horrible situation for everyone. Families were separated. People were removed from their jobs. A rightfully united city became two.
It didn’t work then and it wouldn’t work now.Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has the sense to speak up about it. A divided Jerusalem would not just split the city, it would carve out ethnic lines based on an arbitrary war cease fire line from 1949.
Remember, that territory was never a country called Palestine.From 1517-1917, it was part of the Ottoman Empire. From 1917-1948, it was part of the British Mandate of Palestine.In 1948, it was conquered by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, making it a de-facto part of the country. In 1967, it was captured by the Israelis in a defensive war. It was never Palestine.The Arabs living in the Eastern half of Jerusalem from 1948-1967, a period when Jews were kicked out of the territory, were offered citizenship to Israel in 1967. Since the city was reunited, Jewish neighborhoods have grown next to Arab neighborhoods. The neighborhoods of Jerusalem are generally divided on Jewish/Arab ethnic lines, but there is no law mandating it. Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis are treated as one under Israeli law.
Many Arabs chose not to accept Israeli citizenship. That was a choice, not a decree. There are many reasons for this, but some of Jerusalem’s Arabs have spoken up about their desire for citizenship. Despite what Hamas and the PLO might tell you, they are not all enthusiastic about having East Jerusalem carved out from the rest of the city.Read about what the Palestinians of Jerusalem really want. Read why some are now taking Israel’s offer for citizenship.If you want to see how bad things are for Arabs in Jerusalem, I suggest going to see yourself. It is a wonderful place with freedom of movement for all residents. There are no borders and no fences. It is a united city.This is not a cut and dry issue, but it is important to look at what everyone wants. Just because Mahmoud Abbas is the voice of West Bank Palestinians does not mean he speaks for everyone. Just because he refuses to move forward on a peace plan that does not include East Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital does not mean all of the Palestinians in Jerusalem want that too.
Do we really want another Berlin Wall? I don’t think so.
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v15908897gA4N3jCR?h1=Mid-East+Bible+Prophecy%3A+Jerusalem+Divided%3F
The Case for a United Jerusalem
By Nathan Diament Jan 15 2012, 6:30 PM ET 1 THE ATLANTIC
Dividing the holy city as part of a final-status agreement between Israelis and Palestinians ignores key realities on the ground Jerusalem / Reuters
Proponents of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often insist that the only way to resolve competing claims over the holy city of Jerusalem is to divide it, with each half respectively serving as the capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state. Those who advocate this approach often try to make it more palatable by asserting, as Terrestrial Jerusalem founder Daniel Seidemann recently wrote in The Atlantic, that while many Israelis speak of Jerusalem being a "united" city since its eastern half came under Israeli sovereignty in 1967, such a perception is a "myth" because, in fact, Jerusalem is divided between largely homogeneous and internally contiguous Jewish and Arab neighborhoods across which the two groups rarely venture. Thus, they argue, a border could be drawn relatively easily along demographic lines, re-dividing the city between the two states.
9-11 Ten Years Later
The reality, however, is that Jerusalem today is a demographically intertwined city. To be sure, there are neighborhoods, particularly east of the security barrier, where Jews seldom venture. But modern-day Jerusalem is far more an interwoven checkerboard of Jewish and Palestinian enclaves. The Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa, for example, lies between the Jewish neighborhoods of Talpiot and Gilo, while the Arab neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah lies between the Old City and the Jewish neighborhood of French Hill. Separating these neighborhoods between two countries would create an unwieldy and unsustainable border. While creative solutions have been proposed to ensure that a re-divided Jerusalem would remain interconnected, as any urban center must to thrive, experience shows that divided cities, such as Berlin and Baghdad, are fragile at best and combustible at worst. One significant reason against dividing Jerusalem is that many of the Palestinians who live in East Jerusalem wish to remain under Israeli sovereignty. Recent polling indicates that, despite the fact that municipal resources and services have not been evenly allocated between Jewish and Arab Jerusalem segments of the city, a plurality of Palestinians residing in eastern sections of Jerusalem would move from Palestinian Jerusalem to Israeli Jerusalem, if given the opportunity, should the city be re-divided. According to one of the pollsters:For most Palestinians who said they wanted to be citizens of Israel, approximately 35 percent said it was practical issues that dominate -- freedom of movement, higher income, health insurance, job opportunities, prosperity, more shops...People were concerned that if they became a citizen of Palestine, they had significant worries about losing employment in Israel, free movement in Israel, Israeli health care, and reduction in city services. ...Three-quarters of east Jerusalem Arabs are at least a little concerned, and more than half are more than a little concerned, that they would lose their ability to write and speak freely if they became citizens of a Palestinian state rather than remaining under Israeli control.But more contentious than the fate of Jerusalem's residential neighborhoods is the debate over the fate of the Old City - home to Judaism's holiest sites and among Islam's holiest sites. On a practical level, dividing the Old City along demographic lines would put Jewish holy sites on the Palestinian side and Muslim holy sites on the Israeli side. Israelis are understandably cautious about putting these sites solely under Arab control; when Arabs last controlled the Old City, from 1948 to 1967, Jews were barred from access.
To address this concern, numerous groups have proposed "special arrangements," such as international or joint Israeli-Palestinian administration over the Old City, to ensure protection of and access to these sites. But these proposals rely on international community support and enforcement to guarantee security and access, which Israel has legitimate grounds to doubt given the lackluster performance of the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) in the Sinai (who abandoned their posts in the lead-up to the June 1967 War) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) along Israel's northern border (who have failed in their mandate to prevent the re-arming of Hezbollah). Furthermore, the international community has consistently shown little regard for the Jewish attachment to holy sites, most recently seen in UNESCO's 2010 declaration that the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron is an integral part of the Palestinian territories.An additional problem with special arrangement proposals is that they tend to require more intimate and extensive cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians rather than granting the divorce from one another that both sides seem to be seeking through a peace deal. And this cooperation must succeed in the most sensitive of all locations.
Unlike these untested proposals, Israel has proven over the past four decades that its authority over all of Jerusalem can ensure protection of and access to holy sites. Since Jerusalem was reunited in 1967, pilgrims of all faiths have generally been allowed to visit the holy places of all religions. Muslim mosques, even those built atop the mount where Judaism's Holy Temple once stood, operate relatively freely - and under Islamic religious oversight. While some might contest that Israel does periodically place security restrictions upon entrance to holy sites, free access is the default policy under Israeli rule. But resolving the status of the Old City of Jerusalem is not just about geography nor about the practicalities of access to a single site; it is deeply intertwined with questions of national identity, history, and theology. Proposals for joint sovereignty, deferred sovereignty, or even divine sovereignty ignore the deep-rooted significance of the holy city. The search for a split the difference compromise also ignores the fact that the Old City of Jerusalem has been the national capital of the Jewish people for the past 3000 years and is Judaism's holiest site, while it is Mecca that plays that role for Muslims. The international community would never expect the Islamic world to cede sovereignty over Mecca; the Jewish people ought to be accorded no less respect with regard to the Old City of Jerusalem.One reason peace in the Middle East has not yet been possible is because most efforts to achieve it have been aspirational but untethered from reality. It is clear that re-dividing Jerusalem is neither feasible nor prudent. The international community must take off the table the option of dividing Jerusalem, in the same way that they have ended the debate over a right of return to Israel for Palestinian refugees. A sustainable peace can only be achieved with the entirety of Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty.
Imagine a Divided Jerusalem
by Eric on January 13, 2011
??? - The Berlin Wall - Berliner Mauerphoto © 1986 siyu | Berlin Wall
This week PA President Abbas said: Jerusalem is the heart of the Palestinian cause, and unless Jerusalem is the capital of an independent Palestinian state, there will not be peace.Imagine if Benjamin Netanyahu said the same thing, but turned the tables: Jerusalem is a Jewish city, the heart of the Jewish nation, and If Jerusalem does not remain in Jewish hands, there will never be peace.That post, from Elder of Ziyon, got me thinking. What if Jerusalem were really divided? What if the city became two? Lets look at a famous example of this situation:The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to divide East Berlin from West Berlin. The wall divided the Democracy from the Communists. It was a horrible situation for everyone. Families were separated. People were removed from their jobs. A rightfully united city became two.
It didn’t work then and it wouldn’t work now.Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has the sense to speak up about it. A divided Jerusalem would not just split the city, it would carve out ethnic lines based on an arbitrary war cease fire line from 1949.
Remember, that territory was never a country called Palestine.From 1517-1917, it was part of the Ottoman Empire. From 1917-1948, it was part of the British Mandate of Palestine.In 1948, it was conquered by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, making it a de-facto part of the country. In 1967, it was captured by the Israelis in a defensive war. It was never Palestine.The Arabs living in the Eastern half of Jerusalem from 1948-1967, a period when Jews were kicked out of the territory, were offered citizenship to Israel in 1967. Since the city was reunited, Jewish neighborhoods have grown next to Arab neighborhoods. The neighborhoods of Jerusalem are generally divided on Jewish/Arab ethnic lines, but there is no law mandating it. Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis are treated as one under Israeli law.
Many Arabs chose not to accept Israeli citizenship. That was a choice, not a decree. There are many reasons for this, but some of Jerusalem’s Arabs have spoken up about their desire for citizenship. Despite what Hamas and the PLO might tell you, they are not all enthusiastic about having East Jerusalem carved out from the rest of the city.Read about what the Palestinians of Jerusalem really want. Read why some are now taking Israel’s offer for citizenship.If you want to see how bad things are for Arabs in Jerusalem, I suggest going to see yourself. It is a wonderful place with freedom of movement for all residents. There are no borders and no fences. It is a united city.This is not a cut and dry issue, but it is important to look at what everyone wants. Just because Mahmoud Abbas is the voice of West Bank Palestinians does not mean he speaks for everyone. Just because he refuses to move forward on a peace plan that does not include East Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital does not mean all of the Palestinians in Jerusalem want that too.
Do we really want another Berlin Wall? I don’t think so.
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