JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18(ALL THE WORLDS CITIZENS UNDER DICTATORSHIP)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he 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:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
No one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary Initiative United Nations.
EU leaders to get warmth and colour-By Eric Maurice-DEC 7,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 20:28-EU leaders are being offered warmth and colour in a time of political uncertainty.Starting early next year, they will meet in a new building that is bigger, more modern, and more eco-friendly than the Justus Lipsius, which they have used for the past two decades.The Europa building is a cube-shaped structure that contains a giant lantern and 70,000 square metres of space in the EU quarter.Belgian architect Philippe Samyn told journalists, who were invited for a tour on Wednesday (7 December), that he did not want to create an "extravagant" landmark."The idea was to make a modest gesture," he said.He said the EU Council, the institution that commissioned the building, gave him a “crystal clear brief" to create "a gathering space”.He also said the lantern-shaped structure, which consists of an empty atrium on the ground floor, and 13 meeting rooms above, was a product of architectural constraints and “not at all a gesture”.He said the building could not weigh too much because it sits on a tunnel used by cars and trains and that it had to contain meeting rooms of various sizes.Leaders will use the plenary chamber, situated on the third floor, for the first time at a summit in March next year.It is covered in a multicoloured wool carpet, both on the floor and the ceiling.It was designed by a Belgian artist, Georges Meurant, and is meant, the Council said, to create "more light and a warmer atmosphere” than in the Justus Lipsius building.It also has a round, wooden table where leaders can speak face to face, instead of via TV screens as in the old venue.-6,000 meetings-EU ministers will meet on the seventh floor, with their first event scheduled for January.A room on the fifth floor, with 330 seats, will host "jumbo meetings”, when, for instance, EU foreign and defence ministers come together, as well as multilateral events.The Europa building has already been used since the end of November by “working groups” of diplomats and national experts.EU ambassadors are to meet there for the first time before Christmas.The EU Council, the institution representing member states, organises some 6,000 meetings a year at different levels. Ministers alone meet 70 times a year.The Justus Lipsius was designed in the 1980s when the EU had just 12 members.It became too small to host the experts, diplomats, interpreters, clerks, and other civil servants of the 28 member states.It will still be used for some functions, but Europa will take over all the main events.-Uncertainties-The Europa opening comes at a time of political uncertainty.The Brexit vote means that it will soon host just 27 leaders. The new building also risks drawing fire from increasingly vocal eurosceptic groups.Samyn and council officials said it would not exceed the planned cost of €321 million (€240 million in 2004 terms), which is to be paid from the EU budget.Construction work began eight years ago on a site that once hosted a 1920s apartment complex, the Residence Palace.Samyn's cube integrated listed parts of the apartment complex - the facade, entrances, and the main corridors.The L-shaped old part will be used by member states delegations and will host the office of the European Council president.The other sides of the cube are made of some 3,750 windows framed in wood that was sourced from around the 28 EU states.The steel parts of the structure are painted in a colour based on samples from the dust of the Rue de la Loi, the four-lane road where the building stands, to stop it from looking dirty.The roof has 636 solar panels, to produce electricity for the building, which also has a rain water collection system.The lantern will be illuminated at dawn and in winter evenings until 10PM, using low-consumption LED bulbs."It is the lamp of Europe," Samyn said.
Italy scrambles to save world's oldest bank By Aleksandra Eriksson-DEC 7,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:17-Italy is planning to swell its share in the ailing Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, after prime minister Matteo Renzi's resignation scared off private investors from a planned rescue scheme.The government already owns 4 percent in the bank, making it the largest single shareholder. It wants to increase that stake to 40 percent, which would give it controlling power over shareholder meetings.The Tuscan bank must shore up its balance sheets with €5 billion by the end of December.It had planned a private rescue, which was ready to be launched this week.But investors got cold feet after Matteo Renzi said he would step down following the rejection of his constitutional reform plans in a referendum on Sunday.His departure could lead to early elections, which could in turn bring anti-euro Five Star Movement to power.Under the planned rescue scheme, Italy wants to buy €2 billion of junior bonds held by some 40,000 ordinary Italians, to make sure they don't suffer losses in the saving operation.Another €1 billion would come from a bond swap with institutional investors.The bank hopes these moves will help to persuade some private investors to fill the €2 billion gap.The European Commission would have to agree that the plan doesn't amount to forbidden state aid.On Tuesday, EU commissioner for financial stability Valdis Dombrovskis said his team was "in close contact" with Italian authorities. The announcement saw Monte dei Paschi's shares rise.In parallel, the bank's chief executive Marco Morelli held last-minute meetings with European Central Bank officials on Tuesday, who want him to get rid of €28 billion in bad loans.Monte dei Paschi is Italy's third largest bank, and the world's oldest. It's also Europe's worst, according to a stress test of eurozone banks this summer.There are fears it could drag down other banks and even plunge the eurozone into a crisis if it fails to find a solution to its problems.Italian president Sergio Mattarella asked Renzi to stay in office until parliament had passed the country's 2017 budget.This could happen on Friday, after Senate leaders sped up their timetable. Renzi could be replaced by Pier Carlo Padoan, the finance minister, or Pietro Grasso, the president of the Senate, in the coming days.
EU ministers approve 'Juncker plan' extension By Jean Comte et Eric Maurice-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 6. Dec, 19:31-EU finance ministers approved on Tuesday (6 December) the extension of the European fund for strategic investment (EFSI) until 2020, provided some changes are made in the way it works."We are deliverning on one of our top priorities to boost investment," Slovakia's Peter Kazimir, who chaired the meeting, told journalists.He said that the extended fund, which will include projects in the fields of defence and security, was "a crucial step in the right direction," following the so-called Bratislava roadmap set out by EU leaders in September in reaction to the Brexit vote.The EFSI was launched in 2015 by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission to pump up to €315 billion over three years into the EU economy by supporting risky projects that were unable to find financing.It is also known as the Juncker fund after Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.The commission proposed mid-September to extend the fund for two years, in order to raise investment capacities to €500 billion.Ministers endorsed the plan, but made changes to the way EFSI worked, in order to address shortcomings that were recently highlighted by several reports.It turned out, for instance, that the EFSI had funded projects that had the same risk profile as others usually funded by the EIB.This means that it did not trigger additional investments, but only helped projects that would have been financed anyway.Ministers insisted that the EFSI had to focus on "sub-optimal investment situations", in order not to crowd out private investors from profitable projects that do not need special support.According to an EIB study, 92 percent of EFSI operations have been located in the 15 richest EU countries.Ministers also asked the bank to support more countries that needed investment, by setting up advisory services and concluding cooperation agreement with national banks.They approved the 2020 extension despite the lack of a full impact assessment from the commission, but said that "any new proposal extending the investment period after 2020 should be based on reports" to assess its results.Member states reached their common position just a few weeks after the commission proposal in September.They wanted to go quickly because they believed that "this plan works well, even if it is not perfect," a diplomat said.Another source pointed out that diplomats worked under "pressure from investors and the private sector, who want to have more clarity on the future of the plan."The extension plan will now be examined by the European Parliament, which will make its own assessment of the Juncker plan between January and April, before setting out its position in May.Discussions in the parliament, and later with member states and the commission to find a final agreement, could prove difficult.-Difficulties-In a message posted on Twitter after Tuesday's meeting, one the parliament's negotiators, German Social-Democrat Udo Bullmann, said that member states were "closing their eyes to difficulties."NGOs expressed disappointment at the ministers' plan, which now allows the EFSI to finance motorways in all member states without restrictions. In its original proposal, the commission had limited funds for motorways to the 15 EU poorest countries."We thought that it does not make any sense to have a blank exclusion of a specific kind of project," said a diplomat.He said ministers also proposed a "better" target of at least 40 percent of EFSI projects to contribute to climate action in line with the Paris climate agreement.The target is only indicative, however, with the plan saying only that the EIB "shall aim" to reach it.Anna Roggenbuck, from the Bankwatch NGO, said the 40-percent threshold was not enough, and that more precise and binding targets were needed.Climate Action Network Europe said in a statement that "while [the plan] contains some good elements on climate action, the council still falls short of ensuring EFSI’s investments are in line with the EU’s climate goals."
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5_pMvLZd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 DIVSION REGION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT-NEW AGE MOVEMENT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(UNITED NATIONS TROOPS) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Opinion-The EU needs to make itself battle-ready By Tomas Prouza-DEC 7,16-EUOBSERVER
Prague, Today, 16:46-A week before Christmas, EU heads of state and government are set to discuss security and defence at their regular European Council meeting in Brussels. It may not be a typical pre-holiday topic, but its urgency makes us focus on it even in the time of family gatherings and last-minute Christmas shopping.After all, this should be a time of peace, which is exactly the objective of the upcoming discussion.The European Union is by all accounts the strongest global player in the soft power arena. The level of our development aid and the economic ties with the least developed countries set a good example for the rest of the world. Soft power itself, though, cannot solve all the challenges we now face.If we are to engage in crises and conflicts in our neighbourhood and support the resilience of third countries we must increase our efforts in hard power policies as well. Now is the time to do so and we should not miss the opportunity to move forward.With this in mind, the Czech Republic believes the EU should – within the framework of the current Treaties – make full use of all relevant provisions and instruments available, maximise the synergies of civilian and military assets and enhance its cooperation with Nato as much as possible.Today’s challenges require us to reinforce our own European strategic autonomy.This highlights an increasing need for the ability to rapidly plan operations and deploy forces, including the so-called EU Battlegroups (EUBGs). Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of their full operational capability. However, since the EUBGs have never been deployed there will be little to celebrate.Having been part of the Visegrad 4 EUBG on standby from January till June 2016 and benefiting from the experience of other Member States, we have decided to share our thoughts on the matter. Our recent national non-paper on the EUBGs sets out four main tangible issues to be tackled.First, there is the structure of the EUBG itself. The current system contributes to certain unpredictability and we should strive towards more standardised EUBGs. Second, there needs to be a common element in the certification process. Third, the preparation and certification would benefit from greater use of live exercises. And fourth, we must expand the scope for common financing. Financial constraints are limiting the very willingness to contribute to the EUBGs and, subsequently, to deploy them.The proposed issues may sound technical but they represent concrete steps that would help us revive this already existing instrument and boost our ability to react to sudden crises and conflicts in our neighbourhood.We must make sure that these military units are ready to go into action if necessary not only on paper but also in reality. This is important for many reasons – not least because the EUBGs must prove they can serve their purpose when the taxpayers ask where their money goes.Tomas Prouza is state secretary for European affairs of the Czech Republic.
Two juveniles charged with arson in Tennessee wildfires-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
(Reuters) - Two juveniles have been arrested and charged with arson in connection with deadly Tennessee wildfires that broke out last in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, state officials said on Wednesday.Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine declined to release details about the juveniles because of their ages and the ongoing investigation.Fourteen people died in the fires, which have damaged and destroyed more than 1,750 structures, local and federal authorities said in a statement.It was the highest death toll from wildfires in the United States since 2013, when 19 firefighters died near Prescott, Arizona."Our promise is that we will do our very best to help bring closure to those who have lost so much," Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said in a statement.The largest of the blazes, the so-called Chimney Tops 2, broke out on Nov. 23 in a remote rugged area dubbed Chimney Tops in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, authorities said.Fed by drought-parched brush and trees and stoked by fierce winds, the flames quickly spread, turning into an inferno that roared out of the park. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses.A large amount of the damage was in Gatlinburg, known as the "gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains," in eastern Tennessee, about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Knoxville.(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles)
Search completed at Oakland warehouse in fire that killed 36-[Reuters]-By Curtis Skinner-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Authorities said they have concluded their search on Wednesday of a warehouse in Oakland California, which was gutted by a fast-moving fire that killed 36 people during a dance party.The blaze erupted on Friday in the sprawling two-story building known as the Ghost Ship, which was leased to an artists' collective. It was the deadliest blaze in the United States since 100 people perished in a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island.U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent Jill Snyder told reporters on Wednesday the fire started on the first floor and trapped party-goers above."There was rapid fire progression. Initial witness interviews have indicated the fire was well-developed by the time the second floor occupants realized a fire was going on the first floor," Snyder said.Officials have proclaimed a local state of emergency, potentially allowing for state and federal funds to help cover the costs of the response to the inferno. The declaration is set to go before the City Council for ratification on Thursday.Investigators are seeking to determine the cause of the blaze and have focused on a refrigerator as possibly being the fire's origin point.The coroner's office has concluded autopsies on most of the victims and the cause of death in all those cases was determined to be smoke inhalation, Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman J.D. Nelson said. That is typical for a major fire, he said.Survivors said flames spread quickly and billowing thick, black smoke blinded and choked those struggling to flee.Officials have said arson was not suspected. However, charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to murder could be brought, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley told reporters on Monday.The dance party was held on the warehouse's second floor, which has partially collapsed. The 10,000-square-foot (900-square-metre) building lacked sprinklers and smoke detectors, and wooden pallets partially formed a makeshift stairway between the first and second floors, officials have said. It had just two exterior doors.City officials released complaint and inspection logs for the warehouse, which showed three complaints against the location had been recorded by the city's building and planning department from 2005 to 2014.Records showed an inspector visited the site on Nov. 17 to investigate a complaint about an "illegal interior building structure" but was unable to gain entry. The investigator did not return to the scene before Friday's deadly blaze.(Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by James Dalgleish, Richard Chang and Chris Reese)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Merkel calls for Muslim veil ban By Eszter Zalan-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 6. Dec, 19:15-German chancellor Angela Merkel tried to rally conservative supporters on Tuesday (6 December) by calling to ban full-face Muslim veils and promising to avoid another major influx of asylum seekers.Speaking to her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Essen, she said wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in schools, courts, and other state buildings, "wherever it is legally possible".A full ban would not be compatible with the German constitution, but her proposal was met with applause by party delegates facing a tough fight in next September’s general election."The 2017 election for the Bundestag will be difficult like no previous election - at least since German reunification," Merkel told the event.Merkel, 62, has led the party for 16 years and has been chancellor for 11 years.She will contest the federal vote in a new climate of far-right populism in Europe, with Germany’s anti-immigrant and anti-EU Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining momentum in polls.Merkel was re-elected leader of the CDU party by 89.5 percent of the present delegates.She also said she does not want to see a repetition of 2015, when almost 1 million asylum seekers entered Germany."A situation like that [in] the summer of 2015 can and should not be repeated," she said. "This was and remains our declared political goal.”“Not all who come here can stay,” she said, adding that it was right to expect newcomers to try to integrate.Merkel condemned Russia and Iran’s support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and called their attacks on Aleppo a “disgrace”.Merkel also voiced frustration with the public reaction to the humanitarian situation in Aleppo, a Syrian city under siege by pro-Assad and Russian forces that has drawn comparisons with Bosnia’s Sarajevo in the Balkan wars.“To be honest, if a free-trade agreement with the United States of America can bring hundreds of thousands out on to the streets, but the barbarous bombardments of Aleppo don’t trigger any public protests, then something is wrong with our political standards,” she said.-Tougher rhetoric-Merkel’s call for a ban on full face veils is another step in her fine-tuning of her liberal asylum policy.She has become less welcoming amid pressure from the rightwing of the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), as well as the AfD threat.Few Muslim women wear a full veil in Germany or other European countries, but the issue is often seized upon by right-wing politicians due to its strong symbolism.The call for a ban might alienate some of Merkel’s liberal supporters, who have come to see her as a pillar of Western values amid the populist tide in Europe and in the US.The chancellor on Tuesday said she could not defend liberal democracy alone, however."You must help me," she told the CDU members."No one, not even someone with great experience, can change things for the good in Germany, in Europe, in the world more or less on their own - certainly not a chancellor of Germany,” she said."We are faced with a world, especially after the US election, that needs to re-order itself, with regard to Nato and the relationship with Russia,” she added, amid concerns that US president-elect Donald Trump could renege on Nato security pledges.The latest polls showed support for the CDU and CSU at a 10-month high of 37 percent, leading the centre-left Social Democrat Pary (SPD) with 15 points, and with the AfD on 12 percent.
Flower power: Group hands blooms to welcome women in hijabs at transit stop-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
EDMONTON — Women wearing hijabs received flowers Wednesday as they waited at an Edmonton light-rail transit station where two Muslim women were targeted in what police say could be a hate crime.The woman who organized the gesture said she hoped it sends a powerful message.Janelle Venne said Canada is stronger when diversity is accepted and Muslim women are welcome and deserve to feel safe.Last month, a man approached two women at the station wearing hijabs, fashioned a noose in a rope he took from his pocket, said it was meant for them and then sang O Canada.A suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday, but no charges have been laid.A woman who received a flower Wednesday called the initiative amazing.“There is so much hate going around, especially in the last couple months ... and it’s amazing to know there are people here that want you to feel wanted,” Yasmeen Abdallah said.(CTV Edmonton)-The Canadian Press
Attack on Toronto high school thwarted, 17-year-old under arrest: police-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
TORONTO — Police say they have thwarted an attack on a high school in Toronto on the 27th anniversary of the massacre at Polytechnique Montreal.Toronto police say they became aware of a threat against a school, which they later identified as Oakwood Collegiate Institute.They say they seized a machete, a hatchet, two swords, four knives and arrows after conducting a search warrant on a home on Tuesday.They allege the plan was to take place later that day at the school.A 17-year-old boy has been charged with uttering threats of bodily harm and uttering death threats.Police say the teen appeared in court on Tuesday.The Canadian Press
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
Manitoba digs out from storm as people across the Prairies shiver from cold-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
Southern Manitoba is digging out from a big dump of snow that closed highways as people across the Prairies shiver in the season's first extreme cold snap.The Trans-Canada has reopened from Headingley to the Saskatchewan boundary after being closed since Tuesday, stranding truckers and other travellers.Highway 75 from Winnipeg to the U.S. border is also open.Storm warnings have been replaced with blowing snow advisories in Manitoba on Wednesday with more snow expected.Temperatures across much of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been near -20 C with wind chill making it feel much colder.Paramedics say a woman in her 80s died in a Calgary hospital after being trapped for at least an hour outside a home near Didsbury in central Alberta.The bitterly cold air is expected to extend across Manitoba by the end of the week.(CJOB, The Canadian Press)The Canadian Press
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, says study-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
Polar bear numbers could drop by more than 30 per cent by mid-century, according to a new study assessing how loss of sea ice owing to climate change will affect polar bears on a global scale.The U.S. study, published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters , found a 71 per cent chance that the mean global population size will decline by more than one-third over the next 34-41 years, a period the authors describe as "three polar bear generations."Less sea ice, fewer bears-The numbers are based on mathematical models the researchers used to predict the effect climate change will have on sea ice in the future.Since 1979, sea ice melted an average of 1.26 days earlier across the the four polar bear ecoregions and 19 subpopulation areas.According to the study authors, that rate of ice melt will result in a 71 per cent likelihood that the polar bear population will decrease to less than 18,000, from 26,000.The study said those findings would be consistent with listing the species as "vulnerable" according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) Red List of Threatened Species.While the likelihood of a more than 30 per cent loss was high, the study found little chance of populations reaching near-extinction levels.'Overly optimistic,' says researcher-"The one problem I've got is that it's probably overly optimistic," says University of Alberta bear biologist Andrew Derocher of the study, while adding that the numbers are consistent with past research."If we look at 2016 for sea ice, it was a lot worse than anything else we've seen in the record."Even the sea ice we've seen for November, this past month, the results are dramatically different than the longer term projections… I think the actual conditions for polar bears may be worse than this paper puts forward."We've done a fair bit of work to indicate that just one or two bad years in an area can have devastating effects on a population," he says.-'A simplistic approach'-While Derocher credits the paper's rigour, he is cautious to point out that a global assessment doesn't necessarily capture the whole picture."If we did look at some of these areas on a population by population basis they would certainly qualify for an endangered [rather than vulnerable] status, which is the next tier up in the level of concern, but because we sort of say we're looking at polar bears collectively across the whole Arctic, some populations are doing just fine."Derocher says the concern for some of the subpopulations is reaching a critical juncture, particularly within some parts of Canada."Research we've done with the Hudson's Bay population suggests very clearly that we likely will not have polar bears in that area by mid-century… It's also very unlikely bears with persist in the southern Beaufort past that time."While Derocher says that relying on mathematical models to predict future polar bear populations is "not a bad approach," he adds that "it's a very simplified approach," and points to some important next steps."I think the challenge going forward is that a lot of these populations we don't have good monitoring information on."For example, one of the areas where we think polar bears will persist for the longest, up in Norwegian Bay in the high Canadian Arctic, nobody has looked there to see what's going on for many, many years now."Derocher also wants researchers to look more closely at "management procedures.""It's clear that we understand the fundaments of what's going on in respect to habitat loss in... but how do we try and reduce problems with human-bear interactions? "A lot of these northern communities aren't prepared to deal with polar bears coming around town... but going forward in time we expect that to be more common."
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
More cattle put into quarantine, but officials 'optimistic' worst is over-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
OTTAWA — The quarantine of cattle in a western Canada bovine tuberculosis outbreak continues to grow, even as no new confirmed cases of the disease have been found.Officials said Wednesday, however, they are now hopeful that the number of animals quarantined or needing to be destroyed may have peaked."There is this cautious optimism which exists that we can actually look at the investigation not spreading too far," Dr. Harpeet Kochhar, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's chief veterinary officer, said during a telephone briefing.The number of animals in quarantine has risen to 26,000, up from 22,000 last week.So has the number of ranches affected. Quarantine orders have been issued for 50 properties, up from 40 a week ago.But Kochhar said detailed inspections of animals for tell-tale signs of the disease have so far turned up nothing, beyond the cattle that were originally found to be infected."We are looking for any clinical signs, any lesions, for tuberculosis," he said."And the last round (of examinations) which we had, we did not see any signs of that disease."Kochhar called that a positive sign at this stage of the agency's investigation.In late September, authorities in the United States discovered a cow with bovine TB linked to a ranch in Jenner, Alta.After an investigation began, the CFIA confirmed that five other animals from the same herd tested positive for the illness.Since then, much of the beef industry in southeastern Alberta and parts of southwestern Saskatchewan has been on lockdown as investigators scour herds for TB.Farmers, who would not normally keep cattle over the winter months, have been scrambling for feed, water and in many cases a place to house animals on ranches without winterized feeding facilities.And with temperatures dropping across the Prairies, the CFIA has also been trying, with little success, to find adequate space for cattle that need housing while they await slaughter."We are eagerly and anxiously waiting for the industry to identify a location where we can actually quarantine those calves in the feed lot," said Kochhar.Testing of animals for the illness is expected to be complete by mid-January.In the meantime, Kochhar said the number of animals slated for humane slaughter, as a precautionary measure, remains at around 10,000.The Canadian Press
Deadly synthetic opioid carfentanil seized in Toronto for 1st time, police say-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
TORONTO — Police in Toronto say they've made their first confirmed seizure of the deadly drug carfentanil.They say analysis of recently seized substances purported to be heroin tested positive for carfentanil, cocaine, and caffeine.Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is used to sedate large animals and is not for human consumption.The drug is fatal in small doses and has a potency approximately 10,000 times that of morphine and 100 times that of fentanyl.Carfentanil cannot be detected by sight, smell or taste and has been associated to overdose deaths across Canada, and a liquid form of the drug turned up earlier this year in Hamilton.Health officials announced Monday that carfentanil has been linked to 15 drug overdose deaths in Alberta during the last few months, with 14 of those deaths occurring between September and the end of November.Alberta health officials warned people using opioids that they should not be alone and ensure they are near someone who can call for help if needed.Last month, Vancouver police warned drug users to be cautious following the seizure of drugs containing trace amounts of carfentanil.Sgt. Brian Montague said the existence of carfentanil is concerning because the coroner's service had already reported more than 600 illicit-drug deaths in British Columbia between January and October, with fentanyl involved in 60 per cent of them.B.C.'s health minister has announced that paramedics will use bicycles and all-terrain vehicles in high-overdose areas to respond to a worsening opioid crisis in the province.Winnipeg police warned drug users in September to have a naloxone overdose prevention kit on hand when using carfentanil, fentanyl or heroin.The Associated Press has identified a dozen Chinese businesses that said they would export carfentanil — a synthetic opioid — to Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium and Australia for as little as US$2,750 a kilogram, no questions asked.The Canada Border Services Agency has made three carfentanil seizures in the Pacific region this year and the RCMP announced late last month it had reached an agreement with China aimed at halting the transpacific flow of fentanyl into Canada.The force said Commissioner Bob Paulson and Chen Zhimin, the vice-minister of China's public security ministry, agreed to boost efforts to disrupt the flow of fentanyl and other opioids.Paulson has said opioids pose a grave threat to community safety in Canada.Peter Cameron, The Canadian Press.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18(ALL THE WORLDS CITIZENS UNDER DICTATORSHIP)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he 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:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
No one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary Initiative United Nations.
EU leaders to get warmth and colour-By Eric Maurice-DEC 7,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 20:28-EU leaders are being offered warmth and colour in a time of political uncertainty.Starting early next year, they will meet in a new building that is bigger, more modern, and more eco-friendly than the Justus Lipsius, which they have used for the past two decades.The Europa building is a cube-shaped structure that contains a giant lantern and 70,000 square metres of space in the EU quarter.Belgian architect Philippe Samyn told journalists, who were invited for a tour on Wednesday (7 December), that he did not want to create an "extravagant" landmark."The idea was to make a modest gesture," he said.He said the EU Council, the institution that commissioned the building, gave him a “crystal clear brief" to create "a gathering space”.He also said the lantern-shaped structure, which consists of an empty atrium on the ground floor, and 13 meeting rooms above, was a product of architectural constraints and “not at all a gesture”.He said the building could not weigh too much because it sits on a tunnel used by cars and trains and that it had to contain meeting rooms of various sizes.Leaders will use the plenary chamber, situated on the third floor, for the first time at a summit in March next year.It is covered in a multicoloured wool carpet, both on the floor and the ceiling.It was designed by a Belgian artist, Georges Meurant, and is meant, the Council said, to create "more light and a warmer atmosphere” than in the Justus Lipsius building.It also has a round, wooden table where leaders can speak face to face, instead of via TV screens as in the old venue.-6,000 meetings-EU ministers will meet on the seventh floor, with their first event scheduled for January.A room on the fifth floor, with 330 seats, will host "jumbo meetings”, when, for instance, EU foreign and defence ministers come together, as well as multilateral events.The Europa building has already been used since the end of November by “working groups” of diplomats and national experts.EU ambassadors are to meet there for the first time before Christmas.The EU Council, the institution representing member states, organises some 6,000 meetings a year at different levels. Ministers alone meet 70 times a year.The Justus Lipsius was designed in the 1980s when the EU had just 12 members.It became too small to host the experts, diplomats, interpreters, clerks, and other civil servants of the 28 member states.It will still be used for some functions, but Europa will take over all the main events.-Uncertainties-The Europa opening comes at a time of political uncertainty.The Brexit vote means that it will soon host just 27 leaders. The new building also risks drawing fire from increasingly vocal eurosceptic groups.Samyn and council officials said it would not exceed the planned cost of €321 million (€240 million in 2004 terms), which is to be paid from the EU budget.Construction work began eight years ago on a site that once hosted a 1920s apartment complex, the Residence Palace.Samyn's cube integrated listed parts of the apartment complex - the facade, entrances, and the main corridors.The L-shaped old part will be used by member states delegations and will host the office of the European Council president.The other sides of the cube are made of some 3,750 windows framed in wood that was sourced from around the 28 EU states.The steel parts of the structure are painted in a colour based on samples from the dust of the Rue de la Loi, the four-lane road where the building stands, to stop it from looking dirty.The roof has 636 solar panels, to produce electricity for the building, which also has a rain water collection system.The lantern will be illuminated at dawn and in winter evenings until 10PM, using low-consumption LED bulbs."It is the lamp of Europe," Samyn said.
Italy scrambles to save world's oldest bank By Aleksandra Eriksson-DEC 7,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:17-Italy is planning to swell its share in the ailing Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, after prime minister Matteo Renzi's resignation scared off private investors from a planned rescue scheme.The government already owns 4 percent in the bank, making it the largest single shareholder. It wants to increase that stake to 40 percent, which would give it controlling power over shareholder meetings.The Tuscan bank must shore up its balance sheets with €5 billion by the end of December.It had planned a private rescue, which was ready to be launched this week.But investors got cold feet after Matteo Renzi said he would step down following the rejection of his constitutional reform plans in a referendum on Sunday.His departure could lead to early elections, which could in turn bring anti-euro Five Star Movement to power.Under the planned rescue scheme, Italy wants to buy €2 billion of junior bonds held by some 40,000 ordinary Italians, to make sure they don't suffer losses in the saving operation.Another €1 billion would come from a bond swap with institutional investors.The bank hopes these moves will help to persuade some private investors to fill the €2 billion gap.The European Commission would have to agree that the plan doesn't amount to forbidden state aid.On Tuesday, EU commissioner for financial stability Valdis Dombrovskis said his team was "in close contact" with Italian authorities. The announcement saw Monte dei Paschi's shares rise.In parallel, the bank's chief executive Marco Morelli held last-minute meetings with European Central Bank officials on Tuesday, who want him to get rid of €28 billion in bad loans.Monte dei Paschi is Italy's third largest bank, and the world's oldest. It's also Europe's worst, according to a stress test of eurozone banks this summer.There are fears it could drag down other banks and even plunge the eurozone into a crisis if it fails to find a solution to its problems.Italian president Sergio Mattarella asked Renzi to stay in office until parliament had passed the country's 2017 budget.This could happen on Friday, after Senate leaders sped up their timetable. Renzi could be replaced by Pier Carlo Padoan, the finance minister, or Pietro Grasso, the president of the Senate, in the coming days.
EU ministers approve 'Juncker plan' extension By Jean Comte et Eric Maurice-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 6. Dec, 19:31-EU finance ministers approved on Tuesday (6 December) the extension of the European fund for strategic investment (EFSI) until 2020, provided some changes are made in the way it works."We are deliverning on one of our top priorities to boost investment," Slovakia's Peter Kazimir, who chaired the meeting, told journalists.He said that the extended fund, which will include projects in the fields of defence and security, was "a crucial step in the right direction," following the so-called Bratislava roadmap set out by EU leaders in September in reaction to the Brexit vote.The EFSI was launched in 2015 by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission to pump up to €315 billion over three years into the EU economy by supporting risky projects that were unable to find financing.It is also known as the Juncker fund after Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.The commission proposed mid-September to extend the fund for two years, in order to raise investment capacities to €500 billion.Ministers endorsed the plan, but made changes to the way EFSI worked, in order to address shortcomings that were recently highlighted by several reports.It turned out, for instance, that the EFSI had funded projects that had the same risk profile as others usually funded by the EIB.This means that it did not trigger additional investments, but only helped projects that would have been financed anyway.Ministers insisted that the EFSI had to focus on "sub-optimal investment situations", in order not to crowd out private investors from profitable projects that do not need special support.According to an EIB study, 92 percent of EFSI operations have been located in the 15 richest EU countries.Ministers also asked the bank to support more countries that needed investment, by setting up advisory services and concluding cooperation agreement with national banks.They approved the 2020 extension despite the lack of a full impact assessment from the commission, but said that "any new proposal extending the investment period after 2020 should be based on reports" to assess its results.Member states reached their common position just a few weeks after the commission proposal in September.They wanted to go quickly because they believed that "this plan works well, even if it is not perfect," a diplomat said.Another source pointed out that diplomats worked under "pressure from investors and the private sector, who want to have more clarity on the future of the plan."The extension plan will now be examined by the European Parliament, which will make its own assessment of the Juncker plan between January and April, before setting out its position in May.Discussions in the parliament, and later with member states and the commission to find a final agreement, could prove difficult.-Difficulties-In a message posted on Twitter after Tuesday's meeting, one the parliament's negotiators, German Social-Democrat Udo Bullmann, said that member states were "closing their eyes to difficulties."NGOs expressed disappointment at the ministers' plan, which now allows the EFSI to finance motorways in all member states without restrictions. In its original proposal, the commission had limited funds for motorways to the 15 EU poorest countries."We thought that it does not make any sense to have a blank exclusion of a specific kind of project," said a diplomat.He said ministers also proposed a "better" target of at least 40 percent of EFSI projects to contribute to climate action in line with the Paris climate agreement.The target is only indicative, however, with the plan saying only that the EIB "shall aim" to reach it.Anna Roggenbuck, from the Bankwatch NGO, said the 40-percent threshold was not enough, and that more precise and binding targets were needed.Climate Action Network Europe said in a statement that "while [the plan] contains some good elements on climate action, the council still falls short of ensuring EFSI’s investments are in line with the EU’s climate goals."
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5_pMvLZd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 DIVSION REGION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT-NEW AGE MOVEMENT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(UNITED NATIONS TROOPS) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Opinion-The EU needs to make itself battle-ready By Tomas Prouza-DEC 7,16-EUOBSERVER
Prague, Today, 16:46-A week before Christmas, EU heads of state and government are set to discuss security and defence at their regular European Council meeting in Brussels. It may not be a typical pre-holiday topic, but its urgency makes us focus on it even in the time of family gatherings and last-minute Christmas shopping.After all, this should be a time of peace, which is exactly the objective of the upcoming discussion.The European Union is by all accounts the strongest global player in the soft power arena. The level of our development aid and the economic ties with the least developed countries set a good example for the rest of the world. Soft power itself, though, cannot solve all the challenges we now face.If we are to engage in crises and conflicts in our neighbourhood and support the resilience of third countries we must increase our efforts in hard power policies as well. Now is the time to do so and we should not miss the opportunity to move forward.With this in mind, the Czech Republic believes the EU should – within the framework of the current Treaties – make full use of all relevant provisions and instruments available, maximise the synergies of civilian and military assets and enhance its cooperation with Nato as much as possible.Today’s challenges require us to reinforce our own European strategic autonomy.This highlights an increasing need for the ability to rapidly plan operations and deploy forces, including the so-called EU Battlegroups (EUBGs). Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of their full operational capability. However, since the EUBGs have never been deployed there will be little to celebrate.Having been part of the Visegrad 4 EUBG on standby from January till June 2016 and benefiting from the experience of other Member States, we have decided to share our thoughts on the matter. Our recent national non-paper on the EUBGs sets out four main tangible issues to be tackled.First, there is the structure of the EUBG itself. The current system contributes to certain unpredictability and we should strive towards more standardised EUBGs. Second, there needs to be a common element in the certification process. Third, the preparation and certification would benefit from greater use of live exercises. And fourth, we must expand the scope for common financing. Financial constraints are limiting the very willingness to contribute to the EUBGs and, subsequently, to deploy them.The proposed issues may sound technical but they represent concrete steps that would help us revive this already existing instrument and boost our ability to react to sudden crises and conflicts in our neighbourhood.We must make sure that these military units are ready to go into action if necessary not only on paper but also in reality. This is important for many reasons – not least because the EUBGs must prove they can serve their purpose when the taxpayers ask where their money goes.Tomas Prouza is state secretary for European affairs of the Czech Republic.
Two juveniles charged with arson in Tennessee wildfires-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
(Reuters) - Two juveniles have been arrested and charged with arson in connection with deadly Tennessee wildfires that broke out last in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, state officials said on Wednesday.Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine declined to release details about the juveniles because of their ages and the ongoing investigation.Fourteen people died in the fires, which have damaged and destroyed more than 1,750 structures, local and federal authorities said in a statement.It was the highest death toll from wildfires in the United States since 2013, when 19 firefighters died near Prescott, Arizona."Our promise is that we will do our very best to help bring closure to those who have lost so much," Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said in a statement.The largest of the blazes, the so-called Chimney Tops 2, broke out on Nov. 23 in a remote rugged area dubbed Chimney Tops in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, authorities said.Fed by drought-parched brush and trees and stoked by fierce winds, the flames quickly spread, turning into an inferno that roared out of the park. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses.A large amount of the damage was in Gatlinburg, known as the "gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains," in eastern Tennessee, about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Knoxville.(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles)
Search completed at Oakland warehouse in fire that killed 36-[Reuters]-By Curtis Skinner-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Authorities said they have concluded their search on Wednesday of a warehouse in Oakland California, which was gutted by a fast-moving fire that killed 36 people during a dance party.The blaze erupted on Friday in the sprawling two-story building known as the Ghost Ship, which was leased to an artists' collective. It was the deadliest blaze in the United States since 100 people perished in a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island.U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent Jill Snyder told reporters on Wednesday the fire started on the first floor and trapped party-goers above."There was rapid fire progression. Initial witness interviews have indicated the fire was well-developed by the time the second floor occupants realized a fire was going on the first floor," Snyder said.Officials have proclaimed a local state of emergency, potentially allowing for state and federal funds to help cover the costs of the response to the inferno. The declaration is set to go before the City Council for ratification on Thursday.Investigators are seeking to determine the cause of the blaze and have focused on a refrigerator as possibly being the fire's origin point.The coroner's office has concluded autopsies on most of the victims and the cause of death in all those cases was determined to be smoke inhalation, Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman J.D. Nelson said. That is typical for a major fire, he said.Survivors said flames spread quickly and billowing thick, black smoke blinded and choked those struggling to flee.Officials have said arson was not suspected. However, charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to murder could be brought, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley told reporters on Monday.The dance party was held on the warehouse's second floor, which has partially collapsed. The 10,000-square-foot (900-square-metre) building lacked sprinklers and smoke detectors, and wooden pallets partially formed a makeshift stairway between the first and second floors, officials have said. It had just two exterior doors.City officials released complaint and inspection logs for the warehouse, which showed three complaints against the location had been recorded by the city's building and planning department from 2005 to 2014.Records showed an inspector visited the site on Nov. 17 to investigate a complaint about an "illegal interior building structure" but was unable to gain entry. The investigator did not return to the scene before Friday's deadly blaze.(Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by James Dalgleish, Richard Chang and Chris Reese)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Merkel calls for Muslim veil ban By Eszter Zalan-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 6. Dec, 19:15-German chancellor Angela Merkel tried to rally conservative supporters on Tuesday (6 December) by calling to ban full-face Muslim veils and promising to avoid another major influx of asylum seekers.Speaking to her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Essen, she said wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in schools, courts, and other state buildings, "wherever it is legally possible".A full ban would not be compatible with the German constitution, but her proposal was met with applause by party delegates facing a tough fight in next September’s general election."The 2017 election for the Bundestag will be difficult like no previous election - at least since German reunification," Merkel told the event.Merkel, 62, has led the party for 16 years and has been chancellor for 11 years.She will contest the federal vote in a new climate of far-right populism in Europe, with Germany’s anti-immigrant and anti-EU Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining momentum in polls.Merkel was re-elected leader of the CDU party by 89.5 percent of the present delegates.She also said she does not want to see a repetition of 2015, when almost 1 million asylum seekers entered Germany."A situation like that [in] the summer of 2015 can and should not be repeated," she said. "This was and remains our declared political goal.”“Not all who come here can stay,” she said, adding that it was right to expect newcomers to try to integrate.Merkel condemned Russia and Iran’s support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and called their attacks on Aleppo a “disgrace”.Merkel also voiced frustration with the public reaction to the humanitarian situation in Aleppo, a Syrian city under siege by pro-Assad and Russian forces that has drawn comparisons with Bosnia’s Sarajevo in the Balkan wars.“To be honest, if a free-trade agreement with the United States of America can bring hundreds of thousands out on to the streets, but the barbarous bombardments of Aleppo don’t trigger any public protests, then something is wrong with our political standards,” she said.-Tougher rhetoric-Merkel’s call for a ban on full face veils is another step in her fine-tuning of her liberal asylum policy.She has become less welcoming amid pressure from the rightwing of the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), as well as the AfD threat.Few Muslim women wear a full veil in Germany or other European countries, but the issue is often seized upon by right-wing politicians due to its strong symbolism.The call for a ban might alienate some of Merkel’s liberal supporters, who have come to see her as a pillar of Western values amid the populist tide in Europe and in the US.The chancellor on Tuesday said she could not defend liberal democracy alone, however."You must help me," she told the CDU members."No one, not even someone with great experience, can change things for the good in Germany, in Europe, in the world more or less on their own - certainly not a chancellor of Germany,” she said."We are faced with a world, especially after the US election, that needs to re-order itself, with regard to Nato and the relationship with Russia,” she added, amid concerns that US president-elect Donald Trump could renege on Nato security pledges.The latest polls showed support for the CDU and CSU at a 10-month high of 37 percent, leading the centre-left Social Democrat Pary (SPD) with 15 points, and with the AfD on 12 percent.
Flower power: Group hands blooms to welcome women in hijabs at transit stop-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
EDMONTON — Women wearing hijabs received flowers Wednesday as they waited at an Edmonton light-rail transit station where two Muslim women were targeted in what police say could be a hate crime.The woman who organized the gesture said she hoped it sends a powerful message.Janelle Venne said Canada is stronger when diversity is accepted and Muslim women are welcome and deserve to feel safe.Last month, a man approached two women at the station wearing hijabs, fashioned a noose in a rope he took from his pocket, said it was meant for them and then sang O Canada.A suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday, but no charges have been laid.A woman who received a flower Wednesday called the initiative amazing.“There is so much hate going around, especially in the last couple months ... and it’s amazing to know there are people here that want you to feel wanted,” Yasmeen Abdallah said.(CTV Edmonton)-The Canadian Press
Attack on Toronto high school thwarted, 17-year-old under arrest: police-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
TORONTO — Police say they have thwarted an attack on a high school in Toronto on the 27th anniversary of the massacre at Polytechnique Montreal.Toronto police say they became aware of a threat against a school, which they later identified as Oakwood Collegiate Institute.They say they seized a machete, a hatchet, two swords, four knives and arrows after conducting a search warrant on a home on Tuesday.They allege the plan was to take place later that day at the school.A 17-year-old boy has been charged with uttering threats of bodily harm and uttering death threats.Police say the teen appeared in court on Tuesday.The Canadian Press
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
Manitoba digs out from storm as people across the Prairies shiver from cold-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
Southern Manitoba is digging out from a big dump of snow that closed highways as people across the Prairies shiver in the season's first extreme cold snap.The Trans-Canada has reopened from Headingley to the Saskatchewan boundary after being closed since Tuesday, stranding truckers and other travellers.Highway 75 from Winnipeg to the U.S. border is also open.Storm warnings have been replaced with blowing snow advisories in Manitoba on Wednesday with more snow expected.Temperatures across much of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been near -20 C with wind chill making it feel much colder.Paramedics say a woman in her 80s died in a Calgary hospital after being trapped for at least an hour outside a home near Didsbury in central Alberta.The bitterly cold air is expected to extend across Manitoba by the end of the week.(CJOB, The Canadian Press)The Canadian Press
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, says study-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
Polar bear numbers could drop by more than 30 per cent by mid-century, according to a new study assessing how loss of sea ice owing to climate change will affect polar bears on a global scale.The U.S. study, published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters , found a 71 per cent chance that the mean global population size will decline by more than one-third over the next 34-41 years, a period the authors describe as "three polar bear generations."Less sea ice, fewer bears-The numbers are based on mathematical models the researchers used to predict the effect climate change will have on sea ice in the future.Since 1979, sea ice melted an average of 1.26 days earlier across the the four polar bear ecoregions and 19 subpopulation areas.According to the study authors, that rate of ice melt will result in a 71 per cent likelihood that the polar bear population will decrease to less than 18,000, from 26,000.The study said those findings would be consistent with listing the species as "vulnerable" according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) Red List of Threatened Species.While the likelihood of a more than 30 per cent loss was high, the study found little chance of populations reaching near-extinction levels.'Overly optimistic,' says researcher-"The one problem I've got is that it's probably overly optimistic," says University of Alberta bear biologist Andrew Derocher of the study, while adding that the numbers are consistent with past research."If we look at 2016 for sea ice, it was a lot worse than anything else we've seen in the record."Even the sea ice we've seen for November, this past month, the results are dramatically different than the longer term projections… I think the actual conditions for polar bears may be worse than this paper puts forward."We've done a fair bit of work to indicate that just one or two bad years in an area can have devastating effects on a population," he says.-'A simplistic approach'-While Derocher credits the paper's rigour, he is cautious to point out that a global assessment doesn't necessarily capture the whole picture."If we did look at some of these areas on a population by population basis they would certainly qualify for an endangered [rather than vulnerable] status, which is the next tier up in the level of concern, but because we sort of say we're looking at polar bears collectively across the whole Arctic, some populations are doing just fine."Derocher says the concern for some of the subpopulations is reaching a critical juncture, particularly within some parts of Canada."Research we've done with the Hudson's Bay population suggests very clearly that we likely will not have polar bears in that area by mid-century… It's also very unlikely bears with persist in the southern Beaufort past that time."While Derocher says that relying on mathematical models to predict future polar bear populations is "not a bad approach," he adds that "it's a very simplified approach," and points to some important next steps."I think the challenge going forward is that a lot of these populations we don't have good monitoring information on."For example, one of the areas where we think polar bears will persist for the longest, up in Norwegian Bay in the high Canadian Arctic, nobody has looked there to see what's going on for many, many years now."Derocher also wants researchers to look more closely at "management procedures.""It's clear that we understand the fundaments of what's going on in respect to habitat loss in... but how do we try and reduce problems with human-bear interactions? "A lot of these northern communities aren't prepared to deal with polar bears coming around town... but going forward in time we expect that to be more common."
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
More cattle put into quarantine, but officials 'optimistic' worst is over-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
OTTAWA — The quarantine of cattle in a western Canada bovine tuberculosis outbreak continues to grow, even as no new confirmed cases of the disease have been found.Officials said Wednesday, however, they are now hopeful that the number of animals quarantined or needing to be destroyed may have peaked."There is this cautious optimism which exists that we can actually look at the investigation not spreading too far," Dr. Harpeet Kochhar, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's chief veterinary officer, said during a telephone briefing.The number of animals in quarantine has risen to 26,000, up from 22,000 last week.So has the number of ranches affected. Quarantine orders have been issued for 50 properties, up from 40 a week ago.But Kochhar said detailed inspections of animals for tell-tale signs of the disease have so far turned up nothing, beyond the cattle that were originally found to be infected."We are looking for any clinical signs, any lesions, for tuberculosis," he said."And the last round (of examinations) which we had, we did not see any signs of that disease."Kochhar called that a positive sign at this stage of the agency's investigation.In late September, authorities in the United States discovered a cow with bovine TB linked to a ranch in Jenner, Alta.After an investigation began, the CFIA confirmed that five other animals from the same herd tested positive for the illness.Since then, much of the beef industry in southeastern Alberta and parts of southwestern Saskatchewan has been on lockdown as investigators scour herds for TB.Farmers, who would not normally keep cattle over the winter months, have been scrambling for feed, water and in many cases a place to house animals on ranches without winterized feeding facilities.And with temperatures dropping across the Prairies, the CFIA has also been trying, with little success, to find adequate space for cattle that need housing while they await slaughter."We are eagerly and anxiously waiting for the industry to identify a location where we can actually quarantine those calves in the feed lot," said Kochhar.Testing of animals for the illness is expected to be complete by mid-January.In the meantime, Kochhar said the number of animals slated for humane slaughter, as a precautionary measure, remains at around 10,000.The Canadian Press
Deadly synthetic opioid carfentanil seized in Toronto for 1st time, police say-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 7, 2016
TORONTO — Police in Toronto say they've made their first confirmed seizure of the deadly drug carfentanil.They say analysis of recently seized substances purported to be heroin tested positive for carfentanil, cocaine, and caffeine.Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is used to sedate large animals and is not for human consumption.The drug is fatal in small doses and has a potency approximately 10,000 times that of morphine and 100 times that of fentanyl.Carfentanil cannot be detected by sight, smell or taste and has been associated to overdose deaths across Canada, and a liquid form of the drug turned up earlier this year in Hamilton.Health officials announced Monday that carfentanil has been linked to 15 drug overdose deaths in Alberta during the last few months, with 14 of those deaths occurring between September and the end of November.Alberta health officials warned people using opioids that they should not be alone and ensure they are near someone who can call for help if needed.Last month, Vancouver police warned drug users to be cautious following the seizure of drugs containing trace amounts of carfentanil.Sgt. Brian Montague said the existence of carfentanil is concerning because the coroner's service had already reported more than 600 illicit-drug deaths in British Columbia between January and October, with fentanyl involved in 60 per cent of them.B.C.'s health minister has announced that paramedics will use bicycles and all-terrain vehicles in high-overdose areas to respond to a worsening opioid crisis in the province.Winnipeg police warned drug users in September to have a naloxone overdose prevention kit on hand when using carfentanil, fentanyl or heroin.The Associated Press has identified a dozen Chinese businesses that said they would export carfentanil — a synthetic opioid — to Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium and Australia for as little as US$2,750 a kilogram, no questions asked.The Canada Border Services Agency has made three carfentanil seizures in the Pacific region this year and the RCMP announced late last month it had reached an agreement with China aimed at halting the transpacific flow of fentanyl into Canada.The force said Commissioner Bob Paulson and Chen Zhimin, the vice-minister of China's public security ministry, agreed to boost efforts to disrupt the flow of fentanyl and other opioids.Paulson has said opioids pose a grave threat to community safety in Canada.Peter Cameron, The Canadian Press.
