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)
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)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
14 rescued from overnight flooding of Kitimat River-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-September 11, 2017
Fourteen campers including two 94-year-olds had to be rescued early Monday after 36 hours of heavy rains caused the Kitimat River to quickly overflow its banks.Images show motorhomes and cars engulfed by the swiftly-flowing brown river.One of them belongs to Rolf Heym, 94, a Salmon Arm resident who was staying along the river with his wife, also 94.Heym said he put on hip waders to check water levels through the night, and it was terrifying how quickly the river rose in a single hour."I didn't really expect that this river would rise ... not that high in that short of time."When rescuers arrived in the dark, there was water inside Heym's motor home.Swift rescue-Kitimat RCMP said the call for help came at about 2:30 a.m. PT.Ten police officers, along with crews from Terrace Search and Rescue, Kitimat Search and Rescue and the local fire department raced to the scene."Upon attending, we did realize that the water had risen very quickly and campers were in danger," said Sgt. Graham Morgan.Heym praised the swift rescuers, which helped him and his wife escape quickly even though she has difficulty walking."Search and rescue came with a zodiac and pulled her out and she has not even wet feet," said the retired navy captain.-Unusual flood-In total, 14 campers were rescued ranging in age from their 20s to 90s, said the RCMP, including two that were plucked by helicopter from the top of a vehicle after daybreak."We are relieved that we believe everybody's safe and sound," said Morgan.He said it's unusual to have a flood like this so early in the season."We do experience heavy rains in October, November where we have seen floods like this, but this, for Sept. 11, was very unusual."While they believe the river has crested, officials are still asking people to stay away from the banks of the Kitimat River for now.After the river subsides, officials will assess the damage to vehicles swept away by the river.Heym said he is doing well, despite his flooded motorhome."You can replace many things but you can't replace life."
Some 6.7 million customers still without power after Irma-utilities-[Reuters]-By Scott DiSavino-YAHOONEWS-September 12, 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 6.7 million homes and businesses in Florida and nearby states still had no power on Tuesday after the pummeling from Hurricane Irma, as utility companies scrambled to get the lights back on in one of the biggest power restoration efforts in U.S. history.The total number of customers, representing about 13 million people, dipped from a peak of more than 7.4 million customers late on Monday. But some people in the hardest hit areas of Florida may have to wait weeks before they get power back.Major utilities in Florida - including NextEra Energy Inc's Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Corp and Emera Inc's Tampa Electric - have mobilized tens of thousands of workers to deal with the enormous power outages after Irma landed early Sunday and carved a destructive path up Florida, which has a population of about 20 million."This is likely to be one of the largest and most complex power restoration efforts in U.S. history,” said Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, an industry trade group.More than 50,000 workers from across the United States and Canada were involved in the restoration efforts, including those from the affected companies and other utilities, Kuhn said.Some Florida utilities, including FPL, had warned customers it could take weeks to restore power in the hardest hit areas.However, the state's largest utility, FPL, said on Tuesday that would restore power to eastern Florida by this weekend, and to western Florida by Sept 22.Irma hit southwest Florida on Sunday morning as a dangerous Category 4 storm, the second-highest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. It gradually weakened as it headed through the state, becoming a tropical storm and then a tropical depression on Monday.Most of the homes and businesses still without power were in FPL's service area in the southern and eastern parts of Florida.FPL said its outages dipped to around 2.8 million customers by Tuesday morning from a peak of more than 3.6 million on Monday morning, but that was still more than half of its customers.In total more than 4.5 million FPL customers were affected by the storm, with over 1.6 million having their service restored already, mostly by automated devices.-RECOUPING RESTORATION COSTS-FPL said nearly 19,500 FPL employees and workers from other utilities and electrical contractors were working around the clock to restore power and rebuild the company's infrastructure.It was too soon to say what the restoration would cost FPL, but in 2016, the company said it spent about $315 million to restore power after Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew, according to NextEra's federal filings.Most of those costs were related to Matthew, which caused a third as many outages as Irma did for FPL.To recover restoration costs, FPL files with state regulators and, if approved, adds a storm surcharge on the monthly bills of its nearly 5 million customers.That surcharge was capped at around $4 per month for the average residential customer, according to NextEra's 2016 annual report. The company, however, said it could request an increase if storm restoration costs exceed $800 million in any calendar year.Florida's second biggest power company, Duke, serving the northern and central parts of the state, said it still had about 1.2 million outages Tuesday morning, according to the company's website, while Duke's outages in North and South Carolina climbed to about 160,000.In Georgia, utilities reported around 1.2 million customers without power Tuesday morning, down from a peak of more than 1.4 million on Monday night.FPL said its two nuclear plants in Florida were safe. Both reactors at its Turkey Point facility, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Miami, remained shut early Tuesday, while both reactors at its St. Lucie plant, about 120 miles (190 km) north of Miami, were operating at full power. [nL2N1LS0JH]-(Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Frances Kerry)
Residents return to shredded Florida Keys homes in Irma's deadly wake-[Reuters]-By Andy Sullivan-YAHOONEWS-September 12, 2017
ISLAMORADA, Fla. (Reuters) - Some residents of the Florida Keys archipelago allowed back Tuesday found homes that Hurricane Irma's high winds had shredded like soda cans, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit the United States this year.Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record before it arrived in the United States, killed 43 people in its rampage through the Caribbean and at least 11 in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.On Islamadora Key, one of just three islands where authorities allowed people to return on Tuesday, the aluminum walls of trailer homes had been ripped open by the storm, exposing insulation, bedrooms and kitchens to the sunlight.More substantial structures, like churches and businesses, showed less damage, although access to harder-hit islands remained closed. Roadsides were littered with mangrove branches, motorboats and even a hot tub.A local Florida official said there had been more deaths yet to be reported, particularly on the Keys, where Irma arrived on Key Cudjoe as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of up to 130 miles per hour (215 km per hour) on Sunday.Local authorities told around 90,000 residents of Miami Beach and people from some parts of the Keys they could go home but warned it might not be prudent to remain there."This is going to be a frustrating event. It's going to take some time to let people back into their homes particularly in the Florida Keys," said Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The island chain curves southwest from Key Largo to Key West, linked by bridges and causeways.Some 6.7 million homes and businesses, representing about 13 million people, were still without power in Florida and nearby states on Tuesday, utility companies said, as they scrambled to get the lights back on in one of the biggest power restoration efforts in U.S. history.Florida's largest utility, Florida Power & Light, said western parts of the state might be without electricity until Sept. 22.-'SO MANY AREAS' FLOODED-The city of Jacksonville, in Florida's northeast, was recovering from heavy flooding."There are so many areas that you would never have thought would have flooded that have flooded," Florida Governor Rick Scott told reporters after a helicopter tour of the area.Irma devastated several Caribbean islands en route to Florida. It destroyed about one-third of the buildings on the Dutch-ruled portion of St. Martin island, the Dutch Red Cross said on Tuesday.Irma hit the United States soon after Hurricane Harvey, which plowed into Houston late last month, killing about 60 and causing some $180 billion in damage, largely through flooding.Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers said on Monday that people had been killed in the Keys, which are a popular tourist destination and have nearly 80,000 permanent residents, but she did not have specific figures.The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was off Florida's east coast and two amphibious assault ships were en route to help in the Keys.-DEATHS DURING CLEANUP-Several major airports in Florida that halted passenger operations due to Irma began limited service on Tuesday, including Miami International, one of the busiest U.S. airports.Insured property losses in Florida from Irma were expected to run from $20 billion to $40 billion, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimated.U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told an investor conference in New York that the storm would ultimately boost the economy by sparking rebuilding."There clearly is going to be an impact on GDP in the short run, we will make it up in the long run," Mnuchin said. "As we rebuild, that will help GDP. It's too early to tell what the exact estimates will be, but I think it won't have a bad impact on the economy."Several of the deaths caused by Irma came as people started cleaning up and making repairs.A 55-year-old man died Monday in Tampa, Florida, while using a chainsaw in a tree during storm cleanup, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.A man died in Worth County, Georgia, on Monday while repairing the roof of a shed during sustained winds of 42 mph (67 kph) with gusts up to 70 mph (112 kph), a National Weather Service report said.A man was found dead in Winter Garden, Florida, after being electrocuted by a downed power line, local police said.One man in South Carolina was killed by a falling tree limb and another died in a traffic accident, officials said.Irma was downgraded to a tropical depression on Monday and would likely dissipate Tuesday evening, the National Hurricane Center said.The center was monitoring another hurricane, Jose, which was spinning in the Atlantic about 700 miles (1,130 km) west of Florida. About 2-1/2 months remain in the Atlantic hurricane season, which starts in June.(Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta in Orlando, Fla., Bernie Woodall, Ben Gruber and Zachary Fagenson in Miami, Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles, Letitia Stein in Detroit, Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas, Colleen Jenkins in Winston-Salem, N.C., Harriet McLeod in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. and Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Scott DiSavino in New York; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Frances Kerry)
FEMA estimates one-fourth of Keys homes could be destroyed-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 12, 2017
MIAMI — Search-and-rescue teams made their way into the Florida Keys' farthest reaches Tuesday, while crews laboured to repair the single washed-out highway connecting the islands and rush aid to Hurricane Irma's victims. Federal officials estimated one-quarter of all homes in the Keys were destroyed.Two days after Irma roared into the island chain with 130 mph winds, residents were allowed to return to the parts of the Keys closest to Florida's mainland. But the full extent of the damage remained a question mark because communications and access were cut off.Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long said while the assessment of damage was constantly changing, preliminary estimates suggested that in addition to the destroyed dwellings, 65 per cent of homes in the Keys sustained major damage."Basically every house in the Keys was impacted," he said.Statewide, as many as 13 million people — two-thirds of Florida's population — were without electricity in the tropical heat, and officials warned it could take 10 days or more for power to be fully restored. About 110,000 remained in shelters across Florida.Seven deaths in Florida have been blamed on Irma, along with three in South Carolina and two in Georgia. At least 35 were killed in the Caribbean."We've got a lot of work to do, but everybody's going to come together," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. "We're going to get this state rebuilt. This state is a state of strong resilient people."The Keys appeared to be the hardest-hit part of Florida, even though the 400-mile-wide storm engulfed nearly the entire state. Drinking water was cut off, all three of the islands' hospitals were closed, and the supply of gas was extremely limited.Officials said it was not known how many people ignored evacuation orders to stay behind in the Keys."It's going to be pretty hard for those coming home," said Petrona Hernandez, whose concrete Plantation Key home with 35-foot walls was unscathed, unlike others a few blocks away. "It's going to be devastating to them."An aircraft carrier was positioned off Key West to help in the search-and-rescue effort. And crews worked to repair two washed-out, 300-foot sections of U.S. 1, the lone highway from the mainland, and check the safety of the 42 bridges linking the islands.Authorities were stopping people to check documentation such as proof of residency or business ownership before allowing them back into the Upper Keys, including Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada.But the Lower Keys — including the chain's most distant and most populous island, Key West, with 27,000 people — were still off-limits, with a roadblock in place where the road was washed out.Corey Smith, a UPS driver who rode out the hurricane in Key Largo, said though it was a relief that many buildings on the island escaped major damage, those who sought to return should recognize conditions were still not good, with branches blocking roads and supermarkets remaining closed."They're shoving people back to a place with no resources," he said by telephone. "It's just going to get crazy pretty quick."Lower Keys resident Leyla Nedin said she doesn't plan to return anytime soon to her home near where Irma came ashore on Cudjoe Key."We are still without water, power, sewer, gas and cell service," she said. "My concern is that even if we get to go in to the Lower Keys, our fragile infrastructure could be even more compromised."Irma's rainy remnants, meanwhile, pushed through Alabama and Mississippi after drenching Georgia. Flash-flood watches and warnings were issued around the Southeast.In a parting blow as Irma exited Florida, it caused record flooding in the Jacksonville area, where the sheriff's office reported rescuing at least 356 people. On its Twitter account, said it hopes "people who had their lives saved yesterday will take evacuation orders seriously in the future."Eddie Hinan waded through knee-deep water to reach his flooded apartment in the San Marco neighbourhood of Jacksonville on Tuesday, staying just long enough to grab a plastic bag of clean clothes. His girlfriend, Deborah Smith, waited behind, struck by the devastation around her."I just started crying," she said. "I already knew it was gone, the apartment and everything in it. We lost everything."___Mendoza reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Terry Spencer in Palm Beach County; Gary Fineout and Joe Reedy in Tallahassee; Jay Reeves in Immokalee; Terrance Harris in Orlando; Claire Galofaro in Jacksonville; and Jason Dearen, Jennifer Kay, Curt Anderson and David Fischer in Miami contributed to this report.___Freida Frisaro And Martha Mendoza, The Associated Press.
Cuba's decrepit buildings no match for Hurricane Irma-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 11, 2017
HAVANA — The historic but often decrepit buildings of Havana and other colonial Cuban cities couldn't stand up to Hurricane Irma's winds and rainfall, collapsing and killing seven people in one of the highest death tolls from the storm's passage through the Caribbean.Authorities said Monday that three more people were killed by falling objects or drowning, pushing the death toll to 10 in Cuba and at least 24 others in the Caribbean. It was Cuba's worst hurricane death toll since 16 died in Hurricane Dennis in 2005.Most of Cuba's grand old buildings were confiscated from the wealthy and distributed to the poor and middle classes after a 1959 revolution that promised housing, health care and education as universal rights. But with state salaries of about $25 a month and government agencies strapped for cash, most buildings have seen little maintenance in decades.Tropical rain and sea spray have chewed into unpainted facades and seeped through unpatched roofs. Trees have sprouted from balconies. Iron rebar has rusted, sloughing off chunks of powdery concrete.Damage wasn't limited to Havana. More than 100 houses in a small town on Cuba's coastline were destroyed in Matanzas Province when Irma swept through the area, leaving hundreds of people homeless.In every neighbourhood , residents talk warily about the buildings that are one hurricane away from total collapse.That hurricane came Saturday and Sunday as Irma ground up the northern coast, sending chest-high seawater six blocks into Central Havana and blasting the city with 60 mph winds.On Galeano Street in Central Havana, a fourth-floor balcony dropped onto a bus carrying Maria del Carmen Arregoitia Cardona and Yolendis Castillo MartÃnez, both 27. In the cities of Matanzas, Ciego de Avila and Camaguey, three men in their 50s and 60s died in building collapses. The government noted in a sternly worded press release that each "did not observe the behaviour recommended by Civil Defence ."On Animas Street in Central Havana, 51-year-old Walfrido Antonio Valdes Perez was caring for his older brother, Roydis, who worked as a florist until he was diagnosed with HIV. They lived on the second floor of building divided into 11 apartments, many of them divided by crude intermediate floors known as "barbeques."After midnight, as wind whipped the neighbourhood , a wall collapsed onto the roof of their building, crushing the two brothers to death.No one noticed until the next morning, when neighbours saw a foot sticking out of the rubble."We felt something, but no one imagined the roof and barbeque had collapsed," said homemaker Yudisleidis Mederos, 34. "These building are in really bad shape. Their room was the best one."She and her neighbours remembered Roydis, 54, as a kind and helpful man who had become a virtual family member, helping care for their children, feed them and put them down for naps.Neighbours said they were ready to evacuate Saturday but emergency officials never asked them to leave.On Monday, they showed the cracks running through the walls of their building, water leaking through the halls and living spaces, naked metal beams and loose gas pipes and electric cables."We've been trying to fix things for years. It's a shame that maybe they'll come now, only after two people have died," said homemaker Laritza Penalver, 49.Havana was in recovery mode Monday, with crews cleaning away thousands of fallen trees and electric restored to a handful of neighbourhoods . Schools were closed until further notice. President Raul Castro issued a message to the nation that didn't mention the deaths, but described damage to "housing, the electrical system and agriculture."He also acknowledged destruction in the northern keys where Cuba and foreign hotel management firms have built dozens of all-inclusive beach resorts in recent years. The Jardines del Rey airport serving the northern keys was destroyed, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported, tweeting photos of a shattered terminal hall littered with debris."The storm hit some of our principal tourist destinations but the damage will be repaired before the high season," starting in November, Castro wrote.To the east, in the Leeward Islands known as the playground for the rich and famous, governments came under criticism for failing to respond quickly to the hurricane, which flattened many towns and turned lush, green hills to a brown stubble.Residents have reported food, water and medicine shortages, as well as looting.British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson defended his government's response to what he called an "unprecedented catastrophe" and promised to increase funding for the relief effort. Britain sent a navy ship and almost 500 troops to the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos islands.The U.S. government said it was sending a flight Monday to evacuate its citizens from St. Martin, one of the hardest-hit islands where 10 people were killed. Evacuees were warned to expect long lines and no running water at the airport.A Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship was expected to dock near St. Martin to help in the aftermath, and a boat was bringing a 5-ton crane capable of unloading large shipping containers of aid. A French military ship was scheduled to arrive Tuesday with materials for temporary housing.About 70 per cent of the beds at the main hospital in the French portion of St. Martin were severely damaged, and more than 100 people needing urgent medical care were evacuated. Eight of the territory's 11 pharmacies were destroyed, and Guadeloupe was sending medication.French President Emmanuel Macron was scheduled to arrive in St. Martin on Tuesday to bring aid and fend off criticism that he didn't do enough to respond to the storm.The "whole government is mobilized" to help, said Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.___Michael Weissenstein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mweissenstein___Andrea Rodriguez, The Associated Press.
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)
REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
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.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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:(7 YEARS) 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 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 (PEACE TREATY) 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 ANIMAL 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.
UK parliament passes Brexit bill By Benjamin Fox-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
London, Today, 09:16-The UK's bill to start the process of overturning EU law passed its first parliamentary test on Monday (11 September), but Conservative back-bench MPs warned that controversial plans for the government to overturn EU laws by executive order would have to be scrapped.The EU Withdrawal Bill passed its second reading late on Monday night by 326 to 290, after nine hours of debate and contributions by 107 MPs.The bill unpicks the 1972 European Communities Act, which took the UK into the then European Economic Community. It also converts all existing EU laws into UK law.The government majority was no surprise - veteran pro-European Ken Clarke was the only Tory not to vote with the government - but the debate indicated that ministers will have to make concessions in the coming weeks to head off rebellions by Conservative MPs.Twenty-one Labour MPs defied their party whip to either abstain or vote with the government in favour of the bill. Most of the 14 Labour MPs to abstain backed the Remain campaign in the 2016 referendum but represent northern constituencies with large Leave majorities.The Labour rebels broke from their party's new "soft Brexit" position, which seeks to keep Britain within both the single market and customs union during any post-2019 transitional period.Rebellions against the Conservative government are more likely following the committee stage of the bill when hundreds of amendments will be debated. MPs formed a lengthy queue to table amendments immediately after the vote.Most likely to be revised are the government's plans to use so-called Henry VIII clauses - which date back to the executive orders used by the Tudor monarch - to table between 800 and 1,000 pieces of secondary law, on top of the over 20,000 EU regulations, directives and UK laws currently in place.In a bid to head off concerns led by former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former constitutional affairs minister John Penrose, about legislating on Brexit by executive order, the government is likely to agree on a system that would establish an external expert committee to advise the government on new laws that would change or remove the existing EU rules.Opening the debate, Brexit secretary David Davis told MPs that the bill would ensure that the UK would leave the EU "safe in the knowledge that we are ready for day one of exit", adding that "a vote against this bill is a vote for a chaotic exit from the European Union."For his part, Labour's Brexit spokesman, Keir Starmer, insisted that the bill contained so many "fundamental flaws" that it was unlikely to become "fit for purpose".The passing of the Withdrawal Bill draws parallels to the scrutiny of the Maastricht treaty in 1993 which nearly toppled John Major's government.According to the draft programme, the EU Withdrawal Bill will be debated for eight days - spread between October and November - compared to the 22 days for Maastricht. However, justice secretary David Lidington hinted that the time could be extended and that the government would "consider that very seriously and carefully indeed".Meanwhile, the UK's trades union congress kicked off the four week party conference season on Monday (11 September) by agreeing that the UK should permanently remain in the single market.Outside parliament, a group of Remain supporters are maintaining a vigil in front of parliament and Downing Street."This is not finished," one of them told EUobserver.
EU parliament wary of pan-European lists By Nikolaj Nielsen-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:10-The European Parliament is hesitating on whether to allow pan-EU candidates to contest the elections in 2019 following Britain's departure from the European Union.MEPs in the constitutional affairs committee in Strasbourg on Monday (11 September) debated the future composition of the EU parliament, given the dozens of seats that will be left in the wake of the UK's exit in March 2019.Both the Greens and Liberals are demanding that the parliament pushes for the creation of a transnational list of European candidates, but the committee's chair, Polish centre-right MEP Danuta Huebner, said the legal basis is missing."We have a situation where Brexit, the fact that one of the member states will be leaving the European Union, is strongly limiting the legal and political certainty of the whole process," she said.Huebner, who had co-drafted a report on the issue with Portuguese socialist Pedro Silva Pereira, also noted that Brexit may not actually happen on March 2019."Until we have legal certainty, meaning that the withdrawal of the UK takes effect, we cannot have the redistribution of any British seats, so we propose to maintain the status quo," Huebner said.A new proposal on parliament's composition would then take place after the UK leaves.That proposal reduces the size of the EU parliament and ensures no loss of seats among the member states, as part of a new system that aims to iron out the current flaws. These flaws have created unequal representation among member states.It would also redistribute 22 British seats among member states and open up the possibility of setting aside 51 for a transnational list.In 2015, the EU parliament had also adopted a proposal to set up transnational lists, but it was never ratified.But the move for a pan-EU party of MEPs has since gained traction among some member states, with France's president, Emmanuel Macron, saying it would be a step towards deepening democracy and unity in an often fragmented bloc.France wants some of the seats left behind from the UK's exit to be assigned to a pan-European list - a move that is also supported by Italy.-A missed opportunity for EU democracy-The leader of the liberal group, Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, contested Huebner's legal argument, noting that the EU parliament risks missing a historic moment."It's the first time this is happening in my life, that member states are now urging us to build up this pan-European democracy and we are hesitating to do so," he said.His views were echoed by German Green Sven Giegold, who too described the opportunity as a prime moment to make the move forward "in the sense of European democracy."Giegold said Huebner's report was politically compromised because it provided no guarantee of setting up a system of pan-EU MEPs.He noted that Brexit presented a unique opportunity to push the issue as leverage with member states - especially given that the EU parliament must agree to any deal when the UK leaves the bloc."We don't have common credible programmes, we don't have European parties which truly hold European electoral congresses," Giegold said.
MEPs and states scrap over lawmaking powers By Peter Teffer-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
Brussels, Today, 08:51-Negotiations will begin on Tuesday (12 September) in Strasbourg on the future of a little-known, but often used way of legislating in the EU.The talks are between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the latter representing national governments, and they had been delayed for over a year.They are about how to delineate between what should be an implementing and a delegated act, and while that may seem technical and boring, it is basically about how much power the EU's democratically elected parliament should have.Since the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty in 2009, EU law has a distinction between implementing acts and delegated acts, which are bills that involve detailed or technical application of EU rules.While many general directives and regulations are adopted through a relatively public process known as co-legislation, more detailed rules and procedures are adopted through these two types of acts, which are discussed and voted on in committees (and thus are referred to in Brussels as the comitology method).Both types are proposed by the European Commission, but only in the event of a delegated act does the parliament have an opportunity to veto the bill. In the case of an implementing act, the parliament has no binding power.In many regulations and directives, the commission is given the power to propose delegated or implementing acts.According to comitology expert Ellen Vos, the distinction between delegated and implementing acts was made in an attempt to make direct lawmaking more simple."However, the situation has become more complicated," she told EUobserver.-Criteria-In part, this is because the Lisbon treaty's relevant articles (290 and 291) are not very clear on when something should be an implementing act, and when it should be a delegated act.The lack of clear criteria often results in negotiators from the parliament and council at loggerheads over which of the two acts should end up in the general piece of legislation.In an agreement between the EU commission, parliament, and council, the three institutions said in April 2016 that they would "enter into negotiations without undue delay" to come up with "non-binding criteria for the application of Articles 290 and 291".However, a letter exchange between the parliament and council, made public at the request of this website, showed that there has been some delay in the start of the talks.On 28 March 2017, EU parliament president Antonio Tajani wrote a letter to Malta's parliamentary secretary for the EU presidency, Ian Borg."Parliament's negotiators are keen to move forward on this important matter, the outcome of which could help remove an obstacle during legislative negotiations, which can become blocked on the issue of delegated and implementing acts," wrote Tajani.He asked Borg to start negotiations with MEPs Jozsef Szajer and Richard Corbett, who had been appointed as parliament's negotiators in June 2016."I would be grateful if you could therefore appoint your negotiators as soon as possible," Tajani added.He said he hoped talks could start "during the next session in Strasbourg", which, at the time of writing, was the week of 3 April 2017.But the parliament president didn't get a response from Borg until 5 May 2017.Borg wrote that during Malta's six-month presidency, which was in the first half of this year, he was the negotiator."To that purpose, I regret that we were unable to meet during the April session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, but would wish to express our availability to organise such a meeting in one of the next plenary sessions," he said.There had been two more Strasbourg sessions during the Maltese presidency since Borg's letter, but according to a council source, a meeting never happened.Since then, Estonia has taken over the presidency of the council as of 1 July.According to spokeswoman Tiina Maiberg of the Estonian foreign affairs ministry, deputy minister for European Affairs Matti Maasikas will meet MEPs on Tuesday "at the first political meeting on the criteria for delineation between delegated and implementing acts".The parliament has adopted a text in 2014 in regard to what it thinks should be part of the criteria. This will serve as a mandate for the two MEP negotiators.The council, by contrast, has not produced a position paper or anything similar.
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
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
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)
Smugglers test migrant Black Sea route to Romania By Nikolaj Nielsen-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 15:34-Smugglers are possibly looking to reopen a Black Sea migrant smuggling route between Turkey and Romania, with hundreds of people having already arrived by boat over the past few weeks.The EU's border agency, Frontex, said on Tuesday (12 September) that the recent arrivals are likely part of a broader effort by smugglers to see if they can start sending people towards Romania instead of the Greek islands."It is a bit early to talk about the route reopening, but it could be that the smugglers are testing how it works - that is a possibility," said a spokeswoman from the Warsaw-based agency."We think it might just be testing. We've been watching this route since 2011," she said.The Romanian coastguard had announced over the weekend that some 200 refugees from Iran and Iraq had arrived by boat at the port of Mangalia, Romania. One of the boats was carrying 36 children.Eugenio Ambrosi, the Brussels office regional director of the International Organization for Migration, also said on Tuesday that the arrivals in Romania are "a clear indication" that traffickers and smugglers are looking into alternatives.Romania is not a part of the passport-free Schengen travel area. However, with the Western Balkan route closed and people getting stuck at the Greek islands, some may see Romania as a more attractive option.The arrivals in Romania also come amid a relative daily increase in people arriving on the Greek islands, when compared to last year.An average of some 93 per day are said still to be landing on the Greek coasts, with many ending up in lengthy asylum procedures and in poor conditions.Almost 1,900 have been sent back to Turkey since the EU and Ankara's migrant deal was agreed to in early 2016.These returns may see a dramatic increase should the Greek council of state plenary rule against pending cases filed by Syrians on whether Turkey is safe for refugees.Those cases are still pending, while political pressure mounts among Greek authorities to fast track the appeals process.
Turkey migrant deal 'holding' despite EU tensions By Andrew Rettman-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:18-The EU's migrant deal with Turkey is "holding", but the number of people trying to enter Europe via Spain is on the up.The two trends were highlighted by the Estonian EU presidency in an internal note sent to member states on 6 September and published by Statewatch, a British NGO."The EU-Turkey Statement is holding in terms of low migrant arrivals and enables to ensure an effective management of migratory flows along the route", the note said.It said "illegal border crossings through the route into the EU have been low since April 2016".The positive assessment comes despite a diplomatic row in which top German politicians said the EU should end Turkey's accession talks due to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian rule and in which he accused them of "Nazism".It also comes despite recent reports in Greek media that the number of refugees coming from Turkey to Greek islands was rising.The EU-Turkey statement was a 2016 deal for Turkey to stop migrants in return for faster EU visa-free travel, financial aid, and other perks.The Estonian note, which was circulated ahead of an EU interior ministers' meeting on Thursday (14 September), did say Turkey had "demonstrated a lack of cooperation" on taking back some asylum claimants.It said there were still "continuing arrivals" from Turkey "putting the Greek asylum system and the hotspots facilities on the islands under pressure".The "hotspots" are EU-sponsored centres for registering and taking care of new arrivals.The Estonian note also said Greece should speed up the appeals process for failed asylum claimants so that they could be sent back more quickly.-Spain targeted-It warned that there was a "recent increase" in people crossing from Morocco and Algeria to Spain and that numbers there were already higher this year than for all of last year.But it said "there is no firm evidence of a shift from the Central Mediterranean towards this route".It also said the central route, from Libya to Italy, was currently "experiencing one of the longest lulls since the migration crisis started in 2014".It said July and August were the quietest since the summer of 2014 and that numbers were down 17.7 percent so far this year (99,846 persons) compared to the first nine months of last year.Estonia said the EU should continue to train and equip Libya's coast guard and should keep on paying Libyan municipalities to stop people from leaving, despite outcries by the UN and leading charities on the abuse and inhumane conditions faced by migrants stuck there.Estonia also said the EU should step up "voluntary returns" and "voluntary resettlement" - paying migrants in Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Niger, and Sudan to go back home instead of coming to Europe.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is working with the EU on returns, while the UN's refugees agency, the UNHCR, is working with the EU on resettlements.The IOM, a Geneva-based body, told EUobserver on Tuesday: "We have assisted over 7,000 'voluntary humanitarian returns' from Libya already this year and expect up to 12,000 before the end of the year."It added: "Those who choose to use the service and return home, do so voluntarily after weighing options, and the reintegration support is provided to help them land on their feet back home, get started with a new life, start a new business, and so on".-Summer lull-The UNHCR noted on Monday that 128,669 people had come to the EU via the Mediterranean so far this year compared to 362,753 last year and 1,015,078 in 2015.Most people so far this year have come from Nigeria (16,624), Guinea (10,291), Cote d'Ivoire (8,747), Bangladesh (8,747), Syria (7,736), Gambia (6,294), and Mali (5,989), and most of them (over 70%) were men.At least 14,833 people perished on the way since the start of 2014.
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)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
14 rescued from overnight flooding of Kitimat River-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-September 11, 2017
Fourteen campers including two 94-year-olds had to be rescued early Monday after 36 hours of heavy rains caused the Kitimat River to quickly overflow its banks.Images show motorhomes and cars engulfed by the swiftly-flowing brown river.One of them belongs to Rolf Heym, 94, a Salmon Arm resident who was staying along the river with his wife, also 94.Heym said he put on hip waders to check water levels through the night, and it was terrifying how quickly the river rose in a single hour."I didn't really expect that this river would rise ... not that high in that short of time."When rescuers arrived in the dark, there was water inside Heym's motor home.Swift rescue-Kitimat RCMP said the call for help came at about 2:30 a.m. PT.Ten police officers, along with crews from Terrace Search and Rescue, Kitimat Search and Rescue and the local fire department raced to the scene."Upon attending, we did realize that the water had risen very quickly and campers were in danger," said Sgt. Graham Morgan.Heym praised the swift rescuers, which helped him and his wife escape quickly even though she has difficulty walking."Search and rescue came with a zodiac and pulled her out and she has not even wet feet," said the retired navy captain.-Unusual flood-In total, 14 campers were rescued ranging in age from their 20s to 90s, said the RCMP, including two that were plucked by helicopter from the top of a vehicle after daybreak."We are relieved that we believe everybody's safe and sound," said Morgan.He said it's unusual to have a flood like this so early in the season."We do experience heavy rains in October, November where we have seen floods like this, but this, for Sept. 11, was very unusual."While they believe the river has crested, officials are still asking people to stay away from the banks of the Kitimat River for now.After the river subsides, officials will assess the damage to vehicles swept away by the river.Heym said he is doing well, despite his flooded motorhome."You can replace many things but you can't replace life."
Some 6.7 million customers still without power after Irma-utilities-[Reuters]-By Scott DiSavino-YAHOONEWS-September 12, 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 6.7 million homes and businesses in Florida and nearby states still had no power on Tuesday after the pummeling from Hurricane Irma, as utility companies scrambled to get the lights back on in one of the biggest power restoration efforts in U.S. history.The total number of customers, representing about 13 million people, dipped from a peak of more than 7.4 million customers late on Monday. But some people in the hardest hit areas of Florida may have to wait weeks before they get power back.Major utilities in Florida - including NextEra Energy Inc's Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Corp and Emera Inc's Tampa Electric - have mobilized tens of thousands of workers to deal with the enormous power outages after Irma landed early Sunday and carved a destructive path up Florida, which has a population of about 20 million."This is likely to be one of the largest and most complex power restoration efforts in U.S. history,” said Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, an industry trade group.More than 50,000 workers from across the United States and Canada were involved in the restoration efforts, including those from the affected companies and other utilities, Kuhn said.Some Florida utilities, including FPL, had warned customers it could take weeks to restore power in the hardest hit areas.However, the state's largest utility, FPL, said on Tuesday that would restore power to eastern Florida by this weekend, and to western Florida by Sept 22.Irma hit southwest Florida on Sunday morning as a dangerous Category 4 storm, the second-highest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. It gradually weakened as it headed through the state, becoming a tropical storm and then a tropical depression on Monday.Most of the homes and businesses still without power were in FPL's service area in the southern and eastern parts of Florida.FPL said its outages dipped to around 2.8 million customers by Tuesday morning from a peak of more than 3.6 million on Monday morning, but that was still more than half of its customers.In total more than 4.5 million FPL customers were affected by the storm, with over 1.6 million having their service restored already, mostly by automated devices.-RECOUPING RESTORATION COSTS-FPL said nearly 19,500 FPL employees and workers from other utilities and electrical contractors were working around the clock to restore power and rebuild the company's infrastructure.It was too soon to say what the restoration would cost FPL, but in 2016, the company said it spent about $315 million to restore power after Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew, according to NextEra's federal filings.Most of those costs were related to Matthew, which caused a third as many outages as Irma did for FPL.To recover restoration costs, FPL files with state regulators and, if approved, adds a storm surcharge on the monthly bills of its nearly 5 million customers.That surcharge was capped at around $4 per month for the average residential customer, according to NextEra's 2016 annual report. The company, however, said it could request an increase if storm restoration costs exceed $800 million in any calendar year.Florida's second biggest power company, Duke, serving the northern and central parts of the state, said it still had about 1.2 million outages Tuesday morning, according to the company's website, while Duke's outages in North and South Carolina climbed to about 160,000.In Georgia, utilities reported around 1.2 million customers without power Tuesday morning, down from a peak of more than 1.4 million on Monday night.FPL said its two nuclear plants in Florida were safe. Both reactors at its Turkey Point facility, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Miami, remained shut early Tuesday, while both reactors at its St. Lucie plant, about 120 miles (190 km) north of Miami, were operating at full power. [nL2N1LS0JH]-(Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Frances Kerry)
Residents return to shredded Florida Keys homes in Irma's deadly wake-[Reuters]-By Andy Sullivan-YAHOONEWS-September 12, 2017
ISLAMORADA, Fla. (Reuters) - Some residents of the Florida Keys archipelago allowed back Tuesday found homes that Hurricane Irma's high winds had shredded like soda cans, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit the United States this year.Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record before it arrived in the United States, killed 43 people in its rampage through the Caribbean and at least 11 in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.On Islamadora Key, one of just three islands where authorities allowed people to return on Tuesday, the aluminum walls of trailer homes had been ripped open by the storm, exposing insulation, bedrooms and kitchens to the sunlight.More substantial structures, like churches and businesses, showed less damage, although access to harder-hit islands remained closed. Roadsides were littered with mangrove branches, motorboats and even a hot tub.A local Florida official said there had been more deaths yet to be reported, particularly on the Keys, where Irma arrived on Key Cudjoe as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of up to 130 miles per hour (215 km per hour) on Sunday.Local authorities told around 90,000 residents of Miami Beach and people from some parts of the Keys they could go home but warned it might not be prudent to remain there."This is going to be a frustrating event. It's going to take some time to let people back into their homes particularly in the Florida Keys," said Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The island chain curves southwest from Key Largo to Key West, linked by bridges and causeways.Some 6.7 million homes and businesses, representing about 13 million people, were still without power in Florida and nearby states on Tuesday, utility companies said, as they scrambled to get the lights back on in one of the biggest power restoration efforts in U.S. history.Florida's largest utility, Florida Power & Light, said western parts of the state might be without electricity until Sept. 22.-'SO MANY AREAS' FLOODED-The city of Jacksonville, in Florida's northeast, was recovering from heavy flooding."There are so many areas that you would never have thought would have flooded that have flooded," Florida Governor Rick Scott told reporters after a helicopter tour of the area.Irma devastated several Caribbean islands en route to Florida. It destroyed about one-third of the buildings on the Dutch-ruled portion of St. Martin island, the Dutch Red Cross said on Tuesday.Irma hit the United States soon after Hurricane Harvey, which plowed into Houston late last month, killing about 60 and causing some $180 billion in damage, largely through flooding.Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers said on Monday that people had been killed in the Keys, which are a popular tourist destination and have nearly 80,000 permanent residents, but she did not have specific figures.The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was off Florida's east coast and two amphibious assault ships were en route to help in the Keys.-DEATHS DURING CLEANUP-Several major airports in Florida that halted passenger operations due to Irma began limited service on Tuesday, including Miami International, one of the busiest U.S. airports.Insured property losses in Florida from Irma were expected to run from $20 billion to $40 billion, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimated.U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told an investor conference in New York that the storm would ultimately boost the economy by sparking rebuilding."There clearly is going to be an impact on GDP in the short run, we will make it up in the long run," Mnuchin said. "As we rebuild, that will help GDP. It's too early to tell what the exact estimates will be, but I think it won't have a bad impact on the economy."Several of the deaths caused by Irma came as people started cleaning up and making repairs.A 55-year-old man died Monday in Tampa, Florida, while using a chainsaw in a tree during storm cleanup, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.A man died in Worth County, Georgia, on Monday while repairing the roof of a shed during sustained winds of 42 mph (67 kph) with gusts up to 70 mph (112 kph), a National Weather Service report said.A man was found dead in Winter Garden, Florida, after being electrocuted by a downed power line, local police said.One man in South Carolina was killed by a falling tree limb and another died in a traffic accident, officials said.Irma was downgraded to a tropical depression on Monday and would likely dissipate Tuesday evening, the National Hurricane Center said.The center was monitoring another hurricane, Jose, which was spinning in the Atlantic about 700 miles (1,130 km) west of Florida. About 2-1/2 months remain in the Atlantic hurricane season, which starts in June.(Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta in Orlando, Fla., Bernie Woodall, Ben Gruber and Zachary Fagenson in Miami, Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles, Letitia Stein in Detroit, Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas, Colleen Jenkins in Winston-Salem, N.C., Harriet McLeod in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. and Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Scott DiSavino in New York; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Frances Kerry)
FEMA estimates one-fourth of Keys homes could be destroyed-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 12, 2017
MIAMI — Search-and-rescue teams made their way into the Florida Keys' farthest reaches Tuesday, while crews laboured to repair the single washed-out highway connecting the islands and rush aid to Hurricane Irma's victims. Federal officials estimated one-quarter of all homes in the Keys were destroyed.Two days after Irma roared into the island chain with 130 mph winds, residents were allowed to return to the parts of the Keys closest to Florida's mainland. But the full extent of the damage remained a question mark because communications and access were cut off.Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long said while the assessment of damage was constantly changing, preliminary estimates suggested that in addition to the destroyed dwellings, 65 per cent of homes in the Keys sustained major damage."Basically every house in the Keys was impacted," he said.Statewide, as many as 13 million people — two-thirds of Florida's population — were without electricity in the tropical heat, and officials warned it could take 10 days or more for power to be fully restored. About 110,000 remained in shelters across Florida.Seven deaths in Florida have been blamed on Irma, along with three in South Carolina and two in Georgia. At least 35 were killed in the Caribbean."We've got a lot of work to do, but everybody's going to come together," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. "We're going to get this state rebuilt. This state is a state of strong resilient people."The Keys appeared to be the hardest-hit part of Florida, even though the 400-mile-wide storm engulfed nearly the entire state. Drinking water was cut off, all three of the islands' hospitals were closed, and the supply of gas was extremely limited.Officials said it was not known how many people ignored evacuation orders to stay behind in the Keys."It's going to be pretty hard for those coming home," said Petrona Hernandez, whose concrete Plantation Key home with 35-foot walls was unscathed, unlike others a few blocks away. "It's going to be devastating to them."An aircraft carrier was positioned off Key West to help in the search-and-rescue effort. And crews worked to repair two washed-out, 300-foot sections of U.S. 1, the lone highway from the mainland, and check the safety of the 42 bridges linking the islands.Authorities were stopping people to check documentation such as proof of residency or business ownership before allowing them back into the Upper Keys, including Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada.But the Lower Keys — including the chain's most distant and most populous island, Key West, with 27,000 people — were still off-limits, with a roadblock in place where the road was washed out.Corey Smith, a UPS driver who rode out the hurricane in Key Largo, said though it was a relief that many buildings on the island escaped major damage, those who sought to return should recognize conditions were still not good, with branches blocking roads and supermarkets remaining closed."They're shoving people back to a place with no resources," he said by telephone. "It's just going to get crazy pretty quick."Lower Keys resident Leyla Nedin said she doesn't plan to return anytime soon to her home near where Irma came ashore on Cudjoe Key."We are still without water, power, sewer, gas and cell service," she said. "My concern is that even if we get to go in to the Lower Keys, our fragile infrastructure could be even more compromised."Irma's rainy remnants, meanwhile, pushed through Alabama and Mississippi after drenching Georgia. Flash-flood watches and warnings were issued around the Southeast.In a parting blow as Irma exited Florida, it caused record flooding in the Jacksonville area, where the sheriff's office reported rescuing at least 356 people. On its Twitter account, said it hopes "people who had their lives saved yesterday will take evacuation orders seriously in the future."Eddie Hinan waded through knee-deep water to reach his flooded apartment in the San Marco neighbourhood of Jacksonville on Tuesday, staying just long enough to grab a plastic bag of clean clothes. His girlfriend, Deborah Smith, waited behind, struck by the devastation around her."I just started crying," she said. "I already knew it was gone, the apartment and everything in it. We lost everything."___Mendoza reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Terry Spencer in Palm Beach County; Gary Fineout and Joe Reedy in Tallahassee; Jay Reeves in Immokalee; Terrance Harris in Orlando; Claire Galofaro in Jacksonville; and Jason Dearen, Jennifer Kay, Curt Anderson and David Fischer in Miami contributed to this report.___Freida Frisaro And Martha Mendoza, The Associated Press.
Cuba's decrepit buildings no match for Hurricane Irma-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-September 11, 2017
HAVANA — The historic but often decrepit buildings of Havana and other colonial Cuban cities couldn't stand up to Hurricane Irma's winds and rainfall, collapsing and killing seven people in one of the highest death tolls from the storm's passage through the Caribbean.Authorities said Monday that three more people were killed by falling objects or drowning, pushing the death toll to 10 in Cuba and at least 24 others in the Caribbean. It was Cuba's worst hurricane death toll since 16 died in Hurricane Dennis in 2005.Most of Cuba's grand old buildings were confiscated from the wealthy and distributed to the poor and middle classes after a 1959 revolution that promised housing, health care and education as universal rights. But with state salaries of about $25 a month and government agencies strapped for cash, most buildings have seen little maintenance in decades.Tropical rain and sea spray have chewed into unpainted facades and seeped through unpatched roofs. Trees have sprouted from balconies. Iron rebar has rusted, sloughing off chunks of powdery concrete.Damage wasn't limited to Havana. More than 100 houses in a small town on Cuba's coastline were destroyed in Matanzas Province when Irma swept through the area, leaving hundreds of people homeless.In every neighbourhood , residents talk warily about the buildings that are one hurricane away from total collapse.That hurricane came Saturday and Sunday as Irma ground up the northern coast, sending chest-high seawater six blocks into Central Havana and blasting the city with 60 mph winds.On Galeano Street in Central Havana, a fourth-floor balcony dropped onto a bus carrying Maria del Carmen Arregoitia Cardona and Yolendis Castillo MartÃnez, both 27. In the cities of Matanzas, Ciego de Avila and Camaguey, three men in their 50s and 60s died in building collapses. The government noted in a sternly worded press release that each "did not observe the behaviour recommended by Civil Defence ."On Animas Street in Central Havana, 51-year-old Walfrido Antonio Valdes Perez was caring for his older brother, Roydis, who worked as a florist until he was diagnosed with HIV. They lived on the second floor of building divided into 11 apartments, many of them divided by crude intermediate floors known as "barbeques."After midnight, as wind whipped the neighbourhood , a wall collapsed onto the roof of their building, crushing the two brothers to death.No one noticed until the next morning, when neighbours saw a foot sticking out of the rubble."We felt something, but no one imagined the roof and barbeque had collapsed," said homemaker Yudisleidis Mederos, 34. "These building are in really bad shape. Their room was the best one."She and her neighbours remembered Roydis, 54, as a kind and helpful man who had become a virtual family member, helping care for their children, feed them and put them down for naps.Neighbours said they were ready to evacuate Saturday but emergency officials never asked them to leave.On Monday, they showed the cracks running through the walls of their building, water leaking through the halls and living spaces, naked metal beams and loose gas pipes and electric cables."We've been trying to fix things for years. It's a shame that maybe they'll come now, only after two people have died," said homemaker Laritza Penalver, 49.Havana was in recovery mode Monday, with crews cleaning away thousands of fallen trees and electric restored to a handful of neighbourhoods . Schools were closed until further notice. President Raul Castro issued a message to the nation that didn't mention the deaths, but described damage to "housing, the electrical system and agriculture."He also acknowledged destruction in the northern keys where Cuba and foreign hotel management firms have built dozens of all-inclusive beach resorts in recent years. The Jardines del Rey airport serving the northern keys was destroyed, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported, tweeting photos of a shattered terminal hall littered with debris."The storm hit some of our principal tourist destinations but the damage will be repaired before the high season," starting in November, Castro wrote.To the east, in the Leeward Islands known as the playground for the rich and famous, governments came under criticism for failing to respond quickly to the hurricane, which flattened many towns and turned lush, green hills to a brown stubble.Residents have reported food, water and medicine shortages, as well as looting.British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson defended his government's response to what he called an "unprecedented catastrophe" and promised to increase funding for the relief effort. Britain sent a navy ship and almost 500 troops to the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos islands.The U.S. government said it was sending a flight Monday to evacuate its citizens from St. Martin, one of the hardest-hit islands where 10 people were killed. Evacuees were warned to expect long lines and no running water at the airport.A Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship was expected to dock near St. Martin to help in the aftermath, and a boat was bringing a 5-ton crane capable of unloading large shipping containers of aid. A French military ship was scheduled to arrive Tuesday with materials for temporary housing.About 70 per cent of the beds at the main hospital in the French portion of St. Martin were severely damaged, and more than 100 people needing urgent medical care were evacuated. Eight of the territory's 11 pharmacies were destroyed, and Guadeloupe was sending medication.French President Emmanuel Macron was scheduled to arrive in St. Martin on Tuesday to bring aid and fend off criticism that he didn't do enough to respond to the storm.The "whole government is mobilized" to help, said Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.___Michael Weissenstein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mweissenstein___Andrea Rodriguez, The Associated Press.
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)
REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
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.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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:(7 YEARS) 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 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 (PEACE TREATY) 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 ANIMAL 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.
UK parliament passes Brexit bill By Benjamin Fox-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
London, Today, 09:16-The UK's bill to start the process of overturning EU law passed its first parliamentary test on Monday (11 September), but Conservative back-bench MPs warned that controversial plans for the government to overturn EU laws by executive order would have to be scrapped.The EU Withdrawal Bill passed its second reading late on Monday night by 326 to 290, after nine hours of debate and contributions by 107 MPs.The bill unpicks the 1972 European Communities Act, which took the UK into the then European Economic Community. It also converts all existing EU laws into UK law.The government majority was no surprise - veteran pro-European Ken Clarke was the only Tory not to vote with the government - but the debate indicated that ministers will have to make concessions in the coming weeks to head off rebellions by Conservative MPs.Twenty-one Labour MPs defied their party whip to either abstain or vote with the government in favour of the bill. Most of the 14 Labour MPs to abstain backed the Remain campaign in the 2016 referendum but represent northern constituencies with large Leave majorities.The Labour rebels broke from their party's new "soft Brexit" position, which seeks to keep Britain within both the single market and customs union during any post-2019 transitional period.Rebellions against the Conservative government are more likely following the committee stage of the bill when hundreds of amendments will be debated. MPs formed a lengthy queue to table amendments immediately after the vote.Most likely to be revised are the government's plans to use so-called Henry VIII clauses - which date back to the executive orders used by the Tudor monarch - to table between 800 and 1,000 pieces of secondary law, on top of the over 20,000 EU regulations, directives and UK laws currently in place.In a bid to head off concerns led by former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former constitutional affairs minister John Penrose, about legislating on Brexit by executive order, the government is likely to agree on a system that would establish an external expert committee to advise the government on new laws that would change or remove the existing EU rules.Opening the debate, Brexit secretary David Davis told MPs that the bill would ensure that the UK would leave the EU "safe in the knowledge that we are ready for day one of exit", adding that "a vote against this bill is a vote for a chaotic exit from the European Union."For his part, Labour's Brexit spokesman, Keir Starmer, insisted that the bill contained so many "fundamental flaws" that it was unlikely to become "fit for purpose".The passing of the Withdrawal Bill draws parallels to the scrutiny of the Maastricht treaty in 1993 which nearly toppled John Major's government.According to the draft programme, the EU Withdrawal Bill will be debated for eight days - spread between October and November - compared to the 22 days for Maastricht. However, justice secretary David Lidington hinted that the time could be extended and that the government would "consider that very seriously and carefully indeed".Meanwhile, the UK's trades union congress kicked off the four week party conference season on Monday (11 September) by agreeing that the UK should permanently remain in the single market.Outside parliament, a group of Remain supporters are maintaining a vigil in front of parliament and Downing Street."This is not finished," one of them told EUobserver.
EU parliament wary of pan-European lists By Nikolaj Nielsen-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:10-The European Parliament is hesitating on whether to allow pan-EU candidates to contest the elections in 2019 following Britain's departure from the European Union.MEPs in the constitutional affairs committee in Strasbourg on Monday (11 September) debated the future composition of the EU parliament, given the dozens of seats that will be left in the wake of the UK's exit in March 2019.Both the Greens and Liberals are demanding that the parliament pushes for the creation of a transnational list of European candidates, but the committee's chair, Polish centre-right MEP Danuta Huebner, said the legal basis is missing."We have a situation where Brexit, the fact that one of the member states will be leaving the European Union, is strongly limiting the legal and political certainty of the whole process," she said.Huebner, who had co-drafted a report on the issue with Portuguese socialist Pedro Silva Pereira, also noted that Brexit may not actually happen on March 2019."Until we have legal certainty, meaning that the withdrawal of the UK takes effect, we cannot have the redistribution of any British seats, so we propose to maintain the status quo," Huebner said.A new proposal on parliament's composition would then take place after the UK leaves.That proposal reduces the size of the EU parliament and ensures no loss of seats among the member states, as part of a new system that aims to iron out the current flaws. These flaws have created unequal representation among member states.It would also redistribute 22 British seats among member states and open up the possibility of setting aside 51 for a transnational list.In 2015, the EU parliament had also adopted a proposal to set up transnational lists, but it was never ratified.But the move for a pan-EU party of MEPs has since gained traction among some member states, with France's president, Emmanuel Macron, saying it would be a step towards deepening democracy and unity in an often fragmented bloc.France wants some of the seats left behind from the UK's exit to be assigned to a pan-European list - a move that is also supported by Italy.-A missed opportunity for EU democracy-The leader of the liberal group, Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, contested Huebner's legal argument, noting that the EU parliament risks missing a historic moment."It's the first time this is happening in my life, that member states are now urging us to build up this pan-European democracy and we are hesitating to do so," he said.His views were echoed by German Green Sven Giegold, who too described the opportunity as a prime moment to make the move forward "in the sense of European democracy."Giegold said Huebner's report was politically compromised because it provided no guarantee of setting up a system of pan-EU MEPs.He noted that Brexit presented a unique opportunity to push the issue as leverage with member states - especially given that the EU parliament must agree to any deal when the UK leaves the bloc."We don't have common credible programmes, we don't have European parties which truly hold European electoral congresses," Giegold said.
MEPs and states scrap over lawmaking powers By Peter Teffer-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
Brussels, Today, 08:51-Negotiations will begin on Tuesday (12 September) in Strasbourg on the future of a little-known, but often used way of legislating in the EU.The talks are between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the latter representing national governments, and they had been delayed for over a year.They are about how to delineate between what should be an implementing and a delegated act, and while that may seem technical and boring, it is basically about how much power the EU's democratically elected parliament should have.Since the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty in 2009, EU law has a distinction between implementing acts and delegated acts, which are bills that involve detailed or technical application of EU rules.While many general directives and regulations are adopted through a relatively public process known as co-legislation, more detailed rules and procedures are adopted through these two types of acts, which are discussed and voted on in committees (and thus are referred to in Brussels as the comitology method).Both types are proposed by the European Commission, but only in the event of a delegated act does the parliament have an opportunity to veto the bill. In the case of an implementing act, the parliament has no binding power.In many regulations and directives, the commission is given the power to propose delegated or implementing acts.According to comitology expert Ellen Vos, the distinction between delegated and implementing acts was made in an attempt to make direct lawmaking more simple."However, the situation has become more complicated," she told EUobserver.-Criteria-In part, this is because the Lisbon treaty's relevant articles (290 and 291) are not very clear on when something should be an implementing act, and when it should be a delegated act.The lack of clear criteria often results in negotiators from the parliament and council at loggerheads over which of the two acts should end up in the general piece of legislation.In an agreement between the EU commission, parliament, and council, the three institutions said in April 2016 that they would "enter into negotiations without undue delay" to come up with "non-binding criteria for the application of Articles 290 and 291".However, a letter exchange between the parliament and council, made public at the request of this website, showed that there has been some delay in the start of the talks.On 28 March 2017, EU parliament president Antonio Tajani wrote a letter to Malta's parliamentary secretary for the EU presidency, Ian Borg."Parliament's negotiators are keen to move forward on this important matter, the outcome of which could help remove an obstacle during legislative negotiations, which can become blocked on the issue of delegated and implementing acts," wrote Tajani.He asked Borg to start negotiations with MEPs Jozsef Szajer and Richard Corbett, who had been appointed as parliament's negotiators in June 2016."I would be grateful if you could therefore appoint your negotiators as soon as possible," Tajani added.He said he hoped talks could start "during the next session in Strasbourg", which, at the time of writing, was the week of 3 April 2017.But the parliament president didn't get a response from Borg until 5 May 2017.Borg wrote that during Malta's six-month presidency, which was in the first half of this year, he was the negotiator."To that purpose, I regret that we were unable to meet during the April session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, but would wish to express our availability to organise such a meeting in one of the next plenary sessions," he said.There had been two more Strasbourg sessions during the Maltese presidency since Borg's letter, but according to a council source, a meeting never happened.Since then, Estonia has taken over the presidency of the council as of 1 July.According to spokeswoman Tiina Maiberg of the Estonian foreign affairs ministry, deputy minister for European Affairs Matti Maasikas will meet MEPs on Tuesday "at the first political meeting on the criteria for delineation between delegated and implementing acts".The parliament has adopted a text in 2014 in regard to what it thinks should be part of the criteria. This will serve as a mandate for the two MEP negotiators.The council, by contrast, has not produced a position paper or anything similar.
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
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
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)
Smugglers test migrant Black Sea route to Romania By Nikolaj Nielsen-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 15:34-Smugglers are possibly looking to reopen a Black Sea migrant smuggling route between Turkey and Romania, with hundreds of people having already arrived by boat over the past few weeks.The EU's border agency, Frontex, said on Tuesday (12 September) that the recent arrivals are likely part of a broader effort by smugglers to see if they can start sending people towards Romania instead of the Greek islands."It is a bit early to talk about the route reopening, but it could be that the smugglers are testing how it works - that is a possibility," said a spokeswoman from the Warsaw-based agency."We think it might just be testing. We've been watching this route since 2011," she said.The Romanian coastguard had announced over the weekend that some 200 refugees from Iran and Iraq had arrived by boat at the port of Mangalia, Romania. One of the boats was carrying 36 children.Eugenio Ambrosi, the Brussels office regional director of the International Organization for Migration, also said on Tuesday that the arrivals in Romania are "a clear indication" that traffickers and smugglers are looking into alternatives.Romania is not a part of the passport-free Schengen travel area. However, with the Western Balkan route closed and people getting stuck at the Greek islands, some may see Romania as a more attractive option.The arrivals in Romania also come amid a relative daily increase in people arriving on the Greek islands, when compared to last year.An average of some 93 per day are said still to be landing on the Greek coasts, with many ending up in lengthy asylum procedures and in poor conditions.Almost 1,900 have been sent back to Turkey since the EU and Ankara's migrant deal was agreed to in early 2016.These returns may see a dramatic increase should the Greek council of state plenary rule against pending cases filed by Syrians on whether Turkey is safe for refugees.Those cases are still pending, while political pressure mounts among Greek authorities to fast track the appeals process.
Turkey migrant deal 'holding' despite EU tensions By Andrew Rettman-SEP 12,17-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:18-The EU's migrant deal with Turkey is "holding", but the number of people trying to enter Europe via Spain is on the up.The two trends were highlighted by the Estonian EU presidency in an internal note sent to member states on 6 September and published by Statewatch, a British NGO."The EU-Turkey Statement is holding in terms of low migrant arrivals and enables to ensure an effective management of migratory flows along the route", the note said.It said "illegal border crossings through the route into the EU have been low since April 2016".The positive assessment comes despite a diplomatic row in which top German politicians said the EU should end Turkey's accession talks due to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian rule and in which he accused them of "Nazism".It also comes despite recent reports in Greek media that the number of refugees coming from Turkey to Greek islands was rising.The EU-Turkey statement was a 2016 deal for Turkey to stop migrants in return for faster EU visa-free travel, financial aid, and other perks.The Estonian note, which was circulated ahead of an EU interior ministers' meeting on Thursday (14 September), did say Turkey had "demonstrated a lack of cooperation" on taking back some asylum claimants.It said there were still "continuing arrivals" from Turkey "putting the Greek asylum system and the hotspots facilities on the islands under pressure".The "hotspots" are EU-sponsored centres for registering and taking care of new arrivals.The Estonian note also said Greece should speed up the appeals process for failed asylum claimants so that they could be sent back more quickly.-Spain targeted-It warned that there was a "recent increase" in people crossing from Morocco and Algeria to Spain and that numbers there were already higher this year than for all of last year.But it said "there is no firm evidence of a shift from the Central Mediterranean towards this route".It also said the central route, from Libya to Italy, was currently "experiencing one of the longest lulls since the migration crisis started in 2014".It said July and August were the quietest since the summer of 2014 and that numbers were down 17.7 percent so far this year (99,846 persons) compared to the first nine months of last year.Estonia said the EU should continue to train and equip Libya's coast guard and should keep on paying Libyan municipalities to stop people from leaving, despite outcries by the UN and leading charities on the abuse and inhumane conditions faced by migrants stuck there.Estonia also said the EU should step up "voluntary returns" and "voluntary resettlement" - paying migrants in Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Niger, and Sudan to go back home instead of coming to Europe.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is working with the EU on returns, while the UN's refugees agency, the UNHCR, is working with the EU on resettlements.The IOM, a Geneva-based body, told EUobserver on Tuesday: "We have assisted over 7,000 'voluntary humanitarian returns' from Libya already this year and expect up to 12,000 before the end of the year."It added: "Those who choose to use the service and return home, do so voluntarily after weighing options, and the reintegration support is provided to help them land on their feet back home, get started with a new life, start a new business, and so on".-Summer lull-The UNHCR noted on Monday that 128,669 people had come to the EU via the Mediterranean so far this year compared to 362,753 last year and 1,015,078 in 2015.Most people so far this year have come from Nigeria (16,624), Guinea (10,291), Cote d'Ivoire (8,747), Bangladesh (8,747), Syria (7,736), Gambia (6,294), and Mali (5,989), and most of them (over 70%) were men.At least 14,833 people perished on the way since the start of 2014.
