Likud extends primary vote to determine party list Mon Dec 8, 3:51 pm ET
Reuters JERUSALEM – The hardline opposition Likud Party extended its primary election at least into the early hours of Tuesday after computer glitches led to long lines and disappointed voters, Israeli media reported.The vote will decide the opposition party's candidates for the Feb. 10 national elections, which polls indicate could sweep Likud to power. Candidates winning high spots in the primary voting would be well-set for a senior Cabinet post in a government headed by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.Voting was to continue at least two extra hours, until 1 a.m. Tuesday, and Likud officials planned to discuss during the night whether to allow further balloting in the morning, Israeli media said.Even Netanyahu, a former prime minister, had to ask for help when he voted Monday morning at a computerized station, calling over an expert who joined him behind the cardboard barrier hiding the computer.There is no doubt that computerized voting has a long way to go, Netanyahu told reporters later, outside a crowded Jerusalem voting station Monday evening.The computer foul-up followed a similar fiasco during primary elections last week for the centrist Labor Party, which canceled the electronic voting and rescheduled its primary two days later with paper ballots.Netanyahu has been trying to portray himself as a moderate. He fears a strong showing by extremists in the primary would weaken Likud in the general elections.February's elections are coming 18 months ahead of schedule. They were set in motion in September when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, then head of the centrist Kadima Party, resigned to battle corruption charges.(This version CORRECTS Corrects that Netanyahu voted Monday morning, talked to reporters Monday evening. Voting extended until at least 1 a.m. (6p.m. EST).)
Challenges still hinder Sarkozy plan for union 2008 The Washington Times, LLC Some see it as second-rate alternative to EU Anne-Laure Buffard THE WASHINGTON TIMES Monday, December 8, 2008
An effort by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to get nations bordering the Mediterranean to cooperate on mutual problems has achieved some diplomatic success, but still has many skeptics. The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean, as it is formally known, held its latest meeting in Marseilles, France, last month.
Launched in October 2007, Mr. Sarkozy's plan for a new North-South partnership initially aroused mistrust among France's European Union allies, especially Germany and Britain, and suspicion from Turkey, which saw it as a poor substitute for the EU membership it desires. A year later, Mr. Sarkozy was still struggling with thorny issues, such as bringing Israel and its Arab rivals to the same table and deciding on a headquarters location without offending nations on both sides of the Mediterranean. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner announces at last month's EU meeting in Marseille, France, that Barcelona, Spain, would serve as headquarters for the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean. On Nov. 4, however, after two days of diplomatic wrangling, the French and Egyptian foreign ministers - Bernard Kouchner and Ahmed Aboul Gheit - announced that Barcelona, Spain, would host the headquarters and that Israel and the Arab League would take part side by side. It wasn't supposed to work, and yet it did, Mr. Kouchner said. The essential points were accepted completely and without reservation by all 43 states, he said, referring to 27 European countries and 16 from North Africa and the Middle East. France regards the union as one of the major achievements of its six-month presidency of the European Union, which ends Dec. 31.
According to the agreement, the 22-member Arab League will be allowed take part in every meeting with the right to speak, but not to vote. In exchange, Israel received one of five deputy secretary-general posts for an initial three-year period. Now everyone is completely onboard, said Emmanuel Lenain, spokesman for the French Embassy in Washington. For us, the meeting is a real success. We voted an ambitious political statement. We agreed on the structure. Everything is getting under way.The deputy posts will rotate among three European members and two on the southern side of the Mediterranean. Besides Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Greece, Malta and Italy will serve three-year terms. The initiative is aimed at reviving the Barcelona Process, a previous EU initiative that began in 1995 but stalled in part over Arab-Israeli disputes. European and Middle East specialists in Washington said they are more hopeful about the new effort. In the United States, the Barcelona Process was widely unheard of. But everybody is now talking about the Union For the Mediterranean, said Ian Lesser, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund. Some say it's the Sarkozy effect, he joked, but something new was required. Mr. Lesser said the union serves U.S. interests even though the United States is not a member.
The Mediterranean is a place where Americans and Europeans could be better coordinated on security and development, he said. Stephen McInerney, of the Project on Middle East Democracy, a nonprofit organization, agreed. Supporting this project can be useful for the United States, he said. Ordinarily, we are tackling the Mediterranean issues separately. The union could help us build bridges between capacities that overlap geographical divisions.On the Arab-Israeli conflict, Mr. McInerney added that the United States should better understand the need for European involvement. The union could help, strengthening Europe cooperation with the U.S. on this issue, he said. Hosting European, North African and Middle Eastern leaders in Paris in July, Mr. Sarkozy called the Mediterranean union the best news for peace in the Middle East, and he boasted about having Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the same table - even though the two apparently did not speak to each other. Germany and Britain were initially skeptical about the union, fearing that it would exclude them, but use EU funds.
After Mr. Sarkozy agreed to enlarge the initiative, however, they dropped some of their objections. Andreas Prothmann, political counselor at the German Embassy in Washington, said he hoped the organization would foster more cooperation on higher education and research, business development, and maritime and land traffic. During a recent visit to Spain, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi warned that the union faces other obstacles, including insufficient funding and potential quarrels over the political compromise that led to the creation of five deputies to the secretary-general. This is a far cry from the slimmed-down, nimble governing structure at first envisaged for the union, he said. Mr. Ghannouchi's pessimistic tone in part reflected disappointment that Tunis was not chosen for the headquarters. Zeyno Baran, a Turkish-American scholar and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, said Turkey fears that the union may be seen by the Europeans as a substitute for Turkey joining the European Union. No one thinks Sarkozy came up with this just for Turkey, but given his strong opposition to Turkey joining the EU, there is unease about the French and others like Germany eventually suggesting this as a privileged partnership option, she said. Turkey wants full membership, period.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
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) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
EARTHQUAKES
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Moderate earthquake hits Pakistan DEC 8,08
HONG KONG (AFP) – A moderate 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck mountainous southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, seismologists said.The shallow quake, at a depth of just 10 kilometres (six miles), was centred 54 kilometres from Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, the US Geological Survey said.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which hit at 7:46 am (0246 GMT).About 300 people were killed and 70,000 left homeless when a powerful 6.4-magnitude quake hit Baluchistan in late October.
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HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS TUE DEC 09,2008
09:30 AM -42.27
10:00 AM -151.18
10:30 AM -87.46
11:00 AM -17.29
11:30 AM -121.23
12:00 PM -96.38
12:30 PM -107.13
01:00 PM -130.71
01:30 PM -157.07
02:00 PM -168.46
02:30 PM -254.32
03:00 PM -191.32
03:30 PM -235.68
04:00 PM -242.85 8691.33
S&P 500 888.67 -21.03
NASDAQ 1547.34 -24.40
GOLD 776.8 +8.5
OIL 42.13 -1.58
TSE 300 8388.33 -178.79
CDNX 686.17 -12.01
S&P/TSX/60 508.91 -13.02
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
Dow -135 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -166 points at low today.
Dow -17 points at high today.
Airlines to lose $2.5 BILLION in 2009.
Dow minus for the 3rd time in last 12 sessions only.
Illnois GOV.Rod Blagojevich,Chief of Staff John Harris arrested on corruption charges,accused of conspiring to sell U.S Senate appointment.To sell Obamas seat. Both accused in pay to play schemes.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -166 at low so far today.
Dow -17 at high so far today.
DOWNTURN DEFINITIONS
-RECESSION:2 consecutive quarters of falling GDP.
-DEPRESSION:A severe and prolonged downturn in the economy.
-3Q GDP -0.5%.
-2Q GDP 2.8%.
-1Q GDP 0.9%.
DEPRESSION CONDITIONS
-Falling Prices.
-High Unemployment.
-Low Productivity.
-Shrinking wages.
Theres 8,268 U.S credit Unions of which 8,101 Federally insured.
A Credit Union is a member owned non-profit coop financial Institution.
5,036 U.S Federal credit unions hold $418 BILLION in Assets.
3,065 state chartered federally insured credit unions hold $336 BILLION.
NCUA charters and regulates federal U.S credit Unions.
WRAPUP,NEW,STATS
Dow -272 points at low.
Dow -17 points at high.
Dow -2.6% today.
S&P -2.3% today.
Nasdaq -1.5% today.
The Caribbean for Reform in World Finances DEC 09,08
Santiago de Cuba, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) demanded on Monday changes in the world financial system, the crisis of which threatens small economies particularly.Goals of the Third Summit of heads of State and Government of Cuba and the 14 independent member countries of CARICOM include agreeing on actions to face the current financial conflict.In this regard, president pro-tempore of the regional bloc demanded more democratization and regulation of financial policies and a more active UN role in international economy.Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and current president of CARICOM, Baldwin Spencer, also demanded a debt re-orientation to secure room for the most vulnerable economies.He considered that the small Caribbean countries are facing greater challenges in the current chaotic situation, which puts social and economic achievements in danger.
Therefore, he urged for stepped up regional links to face the dark shadow of the world financial crisis and the effects of climate change.In this regard, he highlighted recent entry of Cuba to the Group of Rio, as well as prospects of the coming Summit of Latin American and Caribbean Integration, in Brazil.We expect valuable, timely initiatives to create spaces for dialogue and integration, said Spencer.He praised Cuba's wise leadership of the Non Aligned Movement and its role in the region.Cuban President Raul Castro inaugurated the meeting to be in session the whole day, at the end of which a final declaration is expected to be approved.
Yesterday, the Caribbean leaders paid tribute to national heroes Jose Marti and Antonio Maceo and received a message of salutation from leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.ef rma cmv PL-22.
Congress sends White House auto aid plan with czar By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer DEC 8,08
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats and the White House worked to resolve their last disputes Monday over terms of a $15 billion bailout for U.S. auto makers — complete with a car czar to oversee the industry's reinvention of itself — that's expected to come to a vote as early as Wednesday.Top Democrats gave the White House their proposal for rushing short-term loans to Detroit's Big Three through a plan that requires that the industry remake itself in order to survive. The Bush administration gave a cool initial response, saying the measure didn't do enough to ensure that only viable companies would get longer-term federal help. Negotiators worked into the night Monday to resolve differences.We've made a lot of progress in recent days to develop legislation to help automakers restructure and achieve long-term viability, Dana Perino, the White House press secretary, said in a statement. We'll continue to work with members on both sides of the aisle to achieve legislation that protects the good faith investment by taxpayers.President George W. Bush himself said it was hard to tell if a deal was imminent because definite conditions had to be met. These are important companies, but on the other hand, we just don't want to put good money after bad, he said in an interview with ABC's Nightline.Despite optimism on both sides that Congress and the White House could reach a swift agreement on the measure, it was still a tough sell on Capitol Hill.
While we take no satisfaction in loaning taxpayer money to these companies, we know it must be done, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. This is no blank check or blind hope.The bill puts a government overseer named by Bush — a kind of car czar — in charge of setting guidelines for an industrywide overhaul, with the power to revoke the loans if the carmakers weren't taking sufficient steps to reinvent themselves.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the restructuring would require tough concessions from management, labor, creditors and others.We call this the barbershop. Everybody's getting a haircut here, Pelosi said.Still, the White House said a preliminary look at the draft didn't appear to contain strict enough conditions to ensure that long-term financing would be available only to companies that could survive, according to officials who would comment on the continuing negotiations only on condition of anonymity.The crux of the White House's concern is that there may not be enough clear, immediate protection for taxpayers if a company is not meeting its own promises for long-term viability after review by the president's overseer. The latest proposal suggests Congress may have to get involved again in a few months and pass a law to force a company to stick to its own plan — a potentially unwieldy political step.
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the House Financial Services Committee chairman who is leading negotiations on the measure, said he was optimistic that the differences could be resolved.There are a couple of specific issues to be negotiated. I think they can be worked out, Frank said Monday afternoon.Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., a key ally of the auto industry, said getting the roughly 15 Republicans needed to support the plan was an uphill battle.This is a real hill to climb even if we can get agreement between the White House and congressional leaders, he said.Even sympathetic Republicans weren't ready to sign on. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, has numerous concerns about the bill, including the strength of the taxpayer protections and the role of the so-called car czar, said spokesman Chris Paulitz.There are lingering differences between the administration and Congress on details of the czar's role and responsibilities, essentially a proxy fight between the White House and Democrats over whether Bush or President-elect Barack Obama should have the final say on who runs the auto industry restructuring.Democrats are pressing to allow the president to choose other people beside the czar to help oversee the bailout, while the White House wants just one person tapped by Bush to have control.
Congress Republicans and the White House also are balking at a requirement Democrats included in their proposal that the carmakers drop their opposition to efforts by California and several other states to impose stricter emissions rules than the federal standard. Pelosi is seeking that bar at the behest of environmentalists who are angry that money to bail out the auto industry will be drawn from an existing loan program that was meant to help the Big Three build greener vehicles that burn less gasoline. That's just one of several restrictions the bill places on the automakers while they're receiving the loans. Among the requirements included in Democrats' draft proposal is one that the carmakers getting federal help get rid of their corporate jets — which became a potent symbol of the industry's ineptitude when the Big Three CEOs used them for their initial trips to Washington to plead before Congress for government aid. The automakers also would be subject to some of the same restrictions imposed on banks as part of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, including limits on executive compensation, a prohibition on paying dividends, and requirements that the government share in future profits and taxpayers be repaid before any other shareholders. The special inspector general overseeing the Wall Street rescue also would keep tabs on the carmaker bailout. The Senate on Monday confirmed Neil M. Barofsky, a federal prosecutor in New York, for that post. The proposed automakers' bailout also gives the car czar say-so over any major business decisions by the companies while they're taking advantage of federal aid. The companies would have to open their books to the government, including informing the overseer of any transaction of $25 million or more. Under the plan, the carmakers' could get emergency loans right away. Then the overseer would write guidelines, due on the first of the year, for restructuring the Big Three. In testimony before Congress last week, General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, which have said they are weeks from collapse, made it clear they would need a total of $14 billion to $15 billion to survive through early 2009. Ford Motor Co. has said it has enough money to stay afloat unless one of the other Big Three goes under or the economy deteriorates more sharply. While the measure would put an administration official selected by Bush in charge of setting terms for restructuring, the decision about whether the terms were being met would not be made until Obama had been sworn in. Some Democrats were pushing to name Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who oversaw the federal Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund, to the post, but top congressional officials said there had been no discussion of that. In the latest gauge of public opinion, people were split about evenly over providing federal money to keep the car companies functioning. Forty-five percent approved and 44 percent were opposed, according to a CBS News poll released Monday. Nearly six in 10 Democrats favored the aid, while nearly the same share of Republicans opposed it. About seven in 10 said the government should have a say in managing the companies if taxpayers provide assistance, and nearly as many said requiring more alternative fuel vehicles should be a condition of such aid. Fifty-six percent blamed management for the companies' problems, double the number who blamed uncontrollable economic problems. Associated Press writers Devlin Barrett, Ken Thomas, Ben Feller and Alan Fram contributed to this report.
Wall Street extends big rally to 2nd session By JOE BEL BRUNO and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer – Mon Dec 8, 7:13 pm ET
NEW YORK – The stock market showed renewed confidence Monday, extending its rally and lifting the Dow Jones industrials to their highest level in a month following President-elect Barack Obama's promise to increase infrastructure spending to lift the economy.The Dow advanced nearly 300 points, gaining 560 points in the last two sessions to extend a period of relative tranquility on Wall Street. The Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 have risen in nine out of 11 sessions with investors absorbing bad economic news without signs of the panic that rocked the market for much of the fall.The Dow rose 298.76, or 3.46 percent, to 8,934.18, its highest close since it finished at 8,943.81 on Nov. 7. The blue-chip index, which added 259 points on Friday, is now up for December.Broader indexes also rose. The Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 33.63, or 3.84 percent, to 909.70; and the Nasdaq composite index jumped 62.43, or 4.14 percent, to 1,571.74.The Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks rose 20.29, or 4.40 percent, to 481.38.Obama's plan calls for the largest U.S. public works program since the creation of the interstate highway system a half-century ago. That could bolster the economy by putting thousands of people to work building schools and other construction projects.His weekend announcement lifted a range of companies, from machinery makers to materials producers. Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum producer, surged 18 percent on the news; while heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. jumped 11 percent.
Investors also grew more confident as the government neared a deal to dole out billions to America's three biggest automakers. The White House said Monday that it was very likely to strike an agreement with Congress on funneling money to General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co. The package is expected to total about $15 billion.The stock market has surged despite a host of bad economic news, including Friday's Labor Department report that showed the nation lost more than a half million jobs last month. The report raised hopes that the government would take more steps to stimulate the economy.I think people recognize that the government is going to throw everything that they can at this market, everything they can at the economy to make it work, said James Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group. We had bad jobs numbers on Friday. To be able to overcome those type of job losses and have that kind of rally, that is technically significant. If that doesn't make you bullish, I don't know what does.Still, many analysts, cognizant of the fact that recoveries from bear markets tend to be tumultuous, were still cautious despite the market's recent string of gains.My gut feeling is investors aren't going to quite believe this rally and there is probably going to be some profit taking, said Tobias Levkovich, chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup Inc. There are a lot of different balls bouncing in the air right now. You still have a pretty jittery investor base out there.While big moves in stocks have continued in recent weeks the trading has much of the time been more orderly. There have been some gyrations, like a 680-point drop in the Dow on Dec. 1, but some market observers contend that the market is slowly forming a bottom. Stocks are up sharply from Nov. 20, when the benchmark S&P 500 finished at its worst level since April 1997. Since then, the S&P 500 is up 20.9 percent, the Dow is up 18.3 percent and the Nasdaq is up 19.4 percent.
Bond prices fell as investors put money back into stocks. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.74 percent from 2.70percent late Friday. The yield on the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments, was unchanged at 0.01 percent, still indicating a high degree of investor uneasiness.The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices rose.David Kelly, chief market strategist at JPMorgan Funds, said professional investors are being drawn to the market by cheap stock prices and a sense that while the economy is weak now it will eventually begin to regain its strength.The reality in the economy is it's getting worse but eventually the economy will turn around, he said. Even if the economy is lousy in 2009 stocks are a long-term investment and are cheap.But Scott Fullman, director of derivative investment strategies with WJB Capital, warned that the move higher for U.S. markets should be treated cautiously. He said credit still remains tight around the world, and that there are still a number of other worries hanging over the market. I'd be very cautious about jumping in with both feet and expecting what could be a Santa Claus rally going into the New Year, he said. The fact is, we're not seeing the credit markets opening up, we're not seeing buying of the distressed debt, and that leads to additional worries for stocks.With little in the way of economic data to trade on, investors closely monitored corporate news for direction. Among the automakers, GM rose 85 cents, or 21 percent, to $4.93, while Ford rose 66 cents, or 24.2 percent, to $3.38. Chrysler isn't publicly traded. Consumers hungry for a deal boosted worldwide sales at McDonald's Corp.'s established locations by 7.7 percent in November. The company said that U.S. same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — rose 4.5 percent. Shares of the company fell $1.80, or 2.9 percent, to $60.92. Tribune Co. filed for bankruptcy Monday, as expected. The privately held owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, other newspapers and the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, is struggling with $13 billion in debt. A steep slump in advertising revenue has hurt the company. Most of its debt stems from a complex transaction in which the company was taken private by real estate mogul Sam Zell last year. Oil prices bounced off four-year lows after OPEC's president suggested the group could surprise investors with a large production cut later this month. Light, sweet crude rose $2.90 to settle at $43.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The move higher follows a global rally as investors took heart from signs the world's largest economies are redoubling efforts to revive growth. In China, government officials this week are meeting to discuss possible new steps to expand the $586 billion stimulus that is already in place. Stocks that rose outpaced those that fell by about 4 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 6.42 billion shares compared with 6.03 billion shares traded Friday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index vaulted 8.7 percent to its highest close in seven weeks, while Japan's Nikkei 225 average rose 5.2 percent. Major European bourses also showed big gains. Britain's FTSE-100 climbed 6.2 percent, Germany's DAX jumped 7.6 percent, and France's CAC-40 surged 8.7 percent. On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com
Canada to finalize auto aid by late January: minister DEC 8,08
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government aims to hammer out details of a multibillion-dollar aid package for the struggling auto industry by its next federal budget in late January, the federal industry minister said on Monday.As the White House and U.S. Democrats moved toward a deal to rescue Detroit's Big Three automakers, valued as high as $17 billion, Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said Ottawa would demand eventual payback of any money it contributes.None of us are considering a bailout without strings attached, Clement told CBC Television. We're looking at loans. We're looking at increasing the supply of credit, those kinds of things where we would get our money back for the taxpayer in years to come.General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC have asked the Canadian and Ontario governments for aid that reports have pegged at least C$6 billion ($4.8 billion).The major carmakers employ thousands of workers at their plants in Ontario, and an extensive parts industry is also dependent on their financial wellbeing.Clement said Ottawa will be interested in oversight if it agrees to funding. He also said he understands the need to move quickly.We ultimately have to make a decision and obviously it will be sanctioned by any budget we bring down in January,he said.($1=$1.25 Canadian)(Reporting by Jeffrey Jones; editing by Rob Wilson)
Czech President tussles with Danny the Red on Lisbon
RENATA GOLDIROVA 08.12.2008 @ 10:36 CET
A meeting between Czech President Vaclav Klaus and a top-level delegation of MEPs descended into verbal fisticuffs on Friday (5 December) after the co-leader of the Greens in the parliament attacked Mr Klaus for his opposition to the Lisbon treaty and his relations with Irish No campaigner Declan Ganley.I don't care about your opinions on [the Lisbon treaty]. I want to know what you will do if both the Czech Chamber of Deputies and the Senate approve it, Green MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit asked, according to a transcript of the meeting - designed to debate the upcoming Czech EU presidency - published by Mr Klaus. Will you respect the will of the people's representatives? You will have to sign it.The German Green also called on the Czech president to explain the level of his relations with Declan Ganley, the founder of the Ireland's Libertas group, which emerged before the June vote to fight the treaty. A man in your position is not supposed to meet him, he said, citing unclear and problematic funding of Mr Ganley's political activities. Mr Klaus responded by saying that nobody had talked to him in such a way in the six years since he was elected president, calling the conversation unprecedented.You are not on the Paris barricades here, he said, referring to the Green leader's past life as a 1968 Paris protester. I thought that these practices had ended for us 19 years ago. I see I was wrong. I would not dare to ask how the Greens' activities are funded, Mr Klaus said.
Others in the parliamentary delegation then entered the fray, with Irish MEP Brian Crowley telling Mr Klaus he was offending Ireland.By meeting [Mr] Ganley, you insulted the Irish people. That man has failed to [disclose] the funding of his campaign. It is an insult to meet someone without a mandate. I just want to inform you how the Irish feel, Mr Crowley said. Mr Klaus responded that the biggest insult to the Irish is the refusal to accept their vote in the referendum. I met someone representing a majority view in Ireland, while you, Mr Crowley, represent a minority opinion. That is the tangible result of the referendum, he said, which only won him further criticism from the MEPs.You will not tell me what the Irish think. As an Irishman, I know it best, Mr Crowley insisted.
Bumpy road to treaty ratification
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic's ruling conservative Civic Democrats (ODS) have agreed to open the door to Lisbon treaty ratification, as long as the opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) accept US plans for placing part of its missile defence shield on Czech soil. At their party congress on Sunday (7 December), the Civic Democrats strongly recommended that their legislators first approve the US-Czech agreement on the American plan and then allow for a vote on the Lisbon Treaty by deputies and senators.The Chamber of Deputies is expected to debate the Lisbon treaty at an extraordinary session on Tuesday (9 December) - a move initiated by the Social Democrats. According to the ANSA news agency, the Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolanek, confirmed that the vote on the Lisbon treaty and the US radar should be linked. If the Social Democrats reject the shield, we will reject Lisbon, he said on Sunday.Asked when parliament will vote on the Lisbon Treaty, he said it was hard to say, but added that it would be for sure during the Czech EU presidency term. The Czech Republic takes over the EU's rotating presidency from the French in January, and will be at the helm of the 27-country bloc until June.
MEP attacks EU consular reaction in Mumbai
PHILIPPA RUNNER 08.12.2008 @ 17:19 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU citizens need legally-binding rules on consular protection abroad after the Mumbai terrorist strike exposed flaws in the current set-up, a senior Spanish MEP has said, accusing a German official of shameful conduct in India.We need to make it compulsory for consuls to behave in a certain manner in situations of crisis, Spanish Liberal MEP Ignasi Guardans - who was leading a European Parliament trade delegation to Mumbai when armed groups attacked the city on 26 November - told EUobserver.European citizens need to know that when they need the European Union, they have 27 consular services at their disposal in case of emergency, so that they can be as proud of being European citizens as Americans are [of being US citizens].The Spanish deputy was sheltering near the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai with a group of other MEPs and assistants on the night of the attacks, when the German consul general arrived on the scene. He came and he picked up only the Germans, saying that memorable sentence which I will never forget I can take only the Germans and then he left, taking only his fellow citizens and leaving everyone else, Mr Guardans said.Germany and France also mistreated a dual-nationality parliamentary aide, with France at first refusing to issue her laissez-passer documents needed to leave the country and Germany asking her to go to its consulate to fill out forms despite an ongoing state of emergency, the Spanish deputy added.
In the aftermath of the attacks, France failed to give laissez-passer documents to other delegation members, causing people to scramble for help from their national consulates. France and Spain also gave misleading information about special planes sent from Europe to take the parliamentarians home.The attitude of the German consul was shameful, and I use the word in its full sense. The attitude of the French authorities was at the very least extremely bureaucratic, Mr Guardans said.
Letter of the law
Article 20 of the EU treaty says that every citizen of the union shall ... be entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any member state, on the same conditions as nationals of that member state. But there are no legal rules on implementing the principle, despite EU efforts to make more detailed arrangements after the 2004 tsunami in Asia.An EU official told this website that if Mr Guardans' accusation is correct, the German official violated the EU treaty and should be reprimanded by the German foreign ministry.Germany disputes the Spanish deputy's take on events, however. The criticism that he [Mr Guardans] made is to be categorically rejected. The consul general did all he could to help the Germans and all the others involved, a German foreign ministry spokesman said.The French EU presidency has also defended its actions, saying that Paris mobilised and co-ordinated responses by all the EU consulates on the scene, with European officials working in chaotic conditions to get all EU citizens home.French presidency spokeswoman Marie de Carne added that officials sometimes have to make tough calls in emergency situations and to manage the expectations of their own nationals on top of EU treaty requirements.
Women and children first
If some people are more shocked or injured than others, then you might have to choose to take them first. You have to react on the spot, she said. Of course, if you are a French citizen and you go to the French embassy, then you expect to be taken care of.Mr Guardans plans to brief EU justice commissioner Jacques Barrot next week on his ideas for legally-binding protocols for EU consular officials and to speak out on the Mumbai events at the December or January plenary session in Strasbourg.It is ridiculous that each consul gets to decide on his or her own how to proceed. They need very clear instructions, he said, adding that the legal initiative is a perfect topic to bring to the [European Parliament] elections in June 2009 to get Europeans more interested in the vote.
Court: No review of Obama's eligibility to serve DEC 8,08
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth. The court did not comment on its order Monday rejecting the call by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., to intervene in the presidential election.Donofrio says that since Obama had dual nationality at birth — his mother was American and his Kenyan father at the time was a British subject — he cannot possibly be a natural born citizen, one of the requirements the Constitution lists for eligibility to be president.Donofrio also contends that two other candidates, Republican John McCain and Socialist Workers candidate Roger Calero, also are not natural-born citizens and thus ineligible to be president.At least one other appeal over Obama's citizenship remains at the court. Philip J. Berg of Lafayette Hill, Pa., argues that Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii as Obama says and Hawaii officials have confirmed.Berg says Obama also may be a citizen of Indonesia, where he lived as a boy. Federal courts in Pennsylvania have dismissed Berg's lawsuit. Federal courts in Ohio and Washington state have rejected similar lawsuits.Allegations raised on the Internet say the birth certificate, showing that Obama was born in Hawaii on Aug. 4, 1961, is a fake.But Hawaii Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino and the state's registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, say they checked health department records and have determined there's no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii.The nonpartisan Web site Factcheck.org examined the original document and said it does have a raised seal and the usual evidence of a genuine document.In addition, Factcheck.org reproduced an announcement of Obama's birth, including his parents' address in Honolulu, that was published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Aug. 13, 1961.(This version CORRECTS that Hawaii officials, not secretary of state, confirmed Obama birth certificate.)
Liberal leader Dion will resign early By Randall Palmer Randall Palmer – Mon Dec 8, 5:12 pm ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada's Stephane Dion, who in October led the Liberals to their worst election showing since the 1800s, said on Monday said he would step down as his party's leader as soon as it picked his successor.That could come as early as Wednesday when the Liberal caucus in Parliament plans to meet. The front-runner is former Harvard don Michael Ignatieff, a legislator who heads the right wing of the Liberals, the official opposition party. Polls show the Liberals would do better under him than under Dion.Soon after the party's poor performance in the October 14 general election, Dion said he would turn over the reins to the winner of a leadership convention in May. But the Liberals last week were jolted by the realization they may have to face a new election before then -- with Dion still serving as leader.On Monday, under mounting pressure from the Liberal caucus in Parliament, Dion announced he would step down early, saying he agreed that a new leader needed to be in place before the House of Commons resumes on January 26.
The Conservatives plan to present their budget the next day, setting up a possible vote of no confidence should the Liberals decide to stick with a plan to team up with the two other opposition parties to topple the government.As always, I want to do what is best for my country and my party, especially when Canadians' jobs and pensions are at risk, he said in a statement after a flurry of calls and meetings.So I have decided to step aside as leader of the Liberal Party effective as soon as my successor is duly chosen.Dion remains unpopular with Canadians, and the party's fate was made more tenuous by the coalition deal Dion helped engineer with the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) and the separatist Bloc Quebecois.The deal, signed last week, was designed to remove the minority Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and replace it with a Liberal-NDP government. Harper's party has the most seats in Parliament but his government still needs the tacit support of at least one opposition party to survive.Harper forestalled any immediate defeat by getting Parliament suspended until January 26, and the opposition's maneuvering has generated a wave of public support for the prime minister. If an election were held now, he could win a majority mandate, polls suggest.As a consequence, the Liberals will probably ditch their plan to defeat the government in late January or early February. Even so, party elders have decided they need to start preparing as soon as possible for either a surprise election or rebuilding the party.
I think the pressure was just too much in the last few days, and I respect his decision,Bryon Wilfert, Dion's closest confidant in Parliament, told CBC television. I regret it but I understand it.Ignatieff is the leading Liberal advocate for restraint in deciding whether to topple Harper, in contrast with Bob Rae, his rival in the leadership contest. Rae says the coalition should go ahead and bring Harper down at the first opportunity.My position can be summarized as coalition if necessary but not necessarily coalition, Ignatieff told CTV on Sunday.My view of this is that Canadians would not understand a party that said we're not even prepared to look at the (January 27) budget ... and we already know how we're going to vote.Liberal spokesman Daniel Lauzon said that if a leader resigns before a leadership convention, the party's national executive would choose an interim leader in consultation with the Liberal caucus in Parliament.Another leadership candidate, Dominic LeBlanc, pulled out on Monday afternoon and backed Ignatieff, calling for a choice to be made by the end of the month.Rae, a former Ontario premier who is on the party's left, said nobody should be chosen this week and called for public debates with Ignatieff. It's better to have the party as a whole involved in finding a solution than it is to have a solution imposed from above, he told a news conference in Toronto.(Editing by Frank McGurty)
Health groups: Unknown thousands dying in Zimbabwe By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 8, 1:21 pm ET
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Thousands of Zimbabweans are dying, uncounted and out of sight in a silent emergency as hospitals shut, clinics run out of drugs and most cannot afford private medical care, health groups say.Even as deaths from a cholera epidemic climbed into the hundreds, international and local organizations say many more are dying needlessly in a disaster critics blame on President Robert Mugabe's government.The toll will never be known, according to Itai Rusike, executive director of the Community Working Group on Health — a civil society network grouping 35 national organizations.Zimbabwe used to have one of the best surveillance systems in the region, Rusike said in a telephone interview. But phones are not working, nurses are not there, so their information system has collapsed. ... It is very difficult to tell how many people have died.These are symptoms of a failed state, he said in a telephone interview. Nothing is working.The British charity Oxfam agreed with estimates of thousands of unreported deaths due to the collapse of the health system and says the situation will get worse with the onset of the rainy season, which lasts until February.When you look at people who are already weakened by hunger, many already weakened by HIV and AIDS, and with rainy season comes malaria, and we know anthrax is spreading, it's really just a recipe for disaster, spokeswoman Caroline Hooper-Box said in neighboring South Africa.
She said many people Oxfam interviewed in Zimbabwe say they have cut back to one meal in three days. Some are trying to survive on insects and berries.Once a major food exporter, Zimbabwe has been crippled by shortages of necessities including food and medicine as Mugabe, the leader since independence in 1980, clings to power.As businesses collapse, unemployment has risen to 80 percent with the majority of the population depending on handouts from a growing diaspora; more than a third of a population has fled, many to South Africa and former colonizer Britain, but some as far as New Zealand.In a new health report published last week, the civic group Women of Zimbabwe Arise recounted the case of an 8-year-old boy who fell in a school yard and twisted his knee.A week later, he was dead, the report said. The death certificate cited cause of death as swollen knee ... But the real cause of death is clear criminal negligence of the worst kind on the part of the ZANU-PF government.
The report was dedicated to two of the group's own leaders who it said died needlessly. One was Thembelani Lunga, a 32-year-old in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo who was HIV-positive and had problems accessing life-preserving antiretroviral medication.Lunga died after being jailed for four days in Bulawayo Central Police Station, where she was denied access to AIDS medication, the organization said.To the cholera deaths, the report said, it was necessary to add people with diabetes who run out of insulin, appendicitis cases, asthma attacks, bleeding ulcers and septicemia — all treatable conditions from which thousands of deaths are now occurring.Save the Children, a British charity, said hundreds, if not thousands of pregnant women and their children stand a very high risk of death.
Zimbabwe director Rachel Pounds said the United Nations reported that 700 women were recently turned away from hospitals in Harare that are no longer able to provide maternity services.Last week, Health Minister David Parirenyatwa appealed for help from international organizations. Our central hospitals are literally not functioning. Our staff is demotivated and we need your support to ensure that they start coming to work and our health system is revived, he was quoted as saying in The Herald. Both Rusike, of the community health group, and Women of Zimbabwe Arise said the cholera epidemic could be linked directly to the government's failures. The disease is caused by contaminated water and food, in Zimbabwe's case the collapse of water and sewage services. In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the U.S. would continue to press the international community to take action on Zimbabwe but also stressed the importance of pressure from the country's African neighbors. We made extensive efforts in the (U.N.) Security Council to get the international system to act. And we're going to continue those efforts, McCormack told a press briefing on Monday. But, quite frankly, some of the states of the region need to step up. They need to use their leverage.Rusike warned in June 2007 that Zimbabwe was in danger of suffering epidemics of cholera and malaria when he called for Parirenyatwa to intervene as water supplies became more erratic. Mugabe's government took control of water supplies from city and town councils when the councils were taken over by opposition politicians in elections three years ago.
Rusike said the government officials fired water engineers and other staff and replaced them with friends and relatives with no qualifications in water management.
Last week, water authorities cut all supplies in Harare, the sprawling capital of about 2 million people and the epicenter of the cholera epidemic, saying they had no purifying chemicals and feared piping contaminated water would help spread the disease.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
DEEPAK CHOPRA DECIEVES CHRISTIANS
FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
DEEPAK ON HANNITY VIDEO
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,450649,00.html
THIS DEEPAK CHOPRA IS A NEW AGE HINDU BUDDAH WORSHIPPER DECIEVING CHRISTIANS INTO HIS PEACE LOVE CULT. THIS GUY IS A REAL DANGER TO CHRISTIANS BECAUSE HE READ THE NEW TESTAMENT 1,000 TIMES HE TOLD CORINA PHILLIPS ON CNN. HE KNOWS THE NEW TESTAMEMT ALL MOST ALL OFF BY HEART HE ALSO TOLD HER. NEW AGE OCCULTISTS LIKE DEEPAK ARE THE ONES USING JESUS' BACKROUND TO DECIEVE CHRISTIANS INTO BELIEVING LIES.
HES GOT A NEW BOOK OUT CALLED JESUS A STORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT,TRACING JESUS'LOST YEARS. DEEPAK WANTS 100 MILLION PEOPLE TO COMMIT TO A PLEDGE OF NON VIOLENCE,PEACE WITH YOURSELF,YOUR FAMILY,YOUR FRIENDS.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES THESE NEW AGERS SO DANGEROUS THEY CLAIM PEACE BUT THEN IN INDIA HINDU'S MURDERED HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. THEY CLAIM LOVE AND PEACE,BUT THEN MURDER ANYONE AGAINST THEM. TO ME HINDU'S ARE JUST A OFFSHOOT OF ISLAM THEY CLAIM TO BE A PEACE LOVING RELIGION AND MURDER ANYONE AGAINST THEM WHO SPEAKS TRUTH.
MY BIBLE SAYS THE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH VIOLENCE IN THESE LAST DAYS NOT LOVE AND PEACE LIKE THESE FALSE NEW AGERS CLAIM. SURE THERE WILL BE PEACE FOR 3 1/2 YRS OF THE 7 YEAR TREATY BUT THEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AND WW3 ENDS UP KILLING HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION SO THESE NEW AGERS FALSE LOVE PEACE MOVEMENT IS ALL A GIGANTIC LIE.
WE CHRISTIANS HAVE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THESE DECIEVERS TRYING TO DECIEVE CHRISTIANS INTO BELIEVING LIES AND DENYING JESUS AS GOD. JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.BUDDAH,ALLAH AND ALL THE REST OF THE FALSE GODS WERE ONLY HUMAN MEN,JESUS WAS ALL GOD AND ALL MAN. WE CAN NOT LET THESE FALSE PEOPLE LIE ABOUT OUR KING JESUS THE ONE TRUE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WHOLE WORLD.
TRUE CHRISTIANS WE MUST STAND UP FOR GOD(JESUS)TRINITY (FATHER,SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.)
STAY CLEAR OF ANYTHING WRITTEN BY DEEPAK CHOPRA AND ANYBODY THAT CLAIMS THEY KNOW THE BIBLE BUT DENY JESUS IS GOD.
SATAN BOOTED OUT OF HEAVEN
ISAIAH 14:12-23
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, (SATAN) son of the morning! 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 will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.
REVELATION 12:3-4
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,(SATAN) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,( 1/3 OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (MARY JESUS MOTHER) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(JESUS WAS JEWISH,THIS IS PERSECUSSION AGAINST ISRAEL).
REVELATION 20:2
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
REVELATION 9:14-16
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARY) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
GENESIS 6:1-7
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God (DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS) came in unto the daughters of men,(INTERCOURSE WITH HUMAN WOMEN) and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
JUDE 6-16
6 And the (DEMONIC FALLIN) angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,(HAD SEX WITH HUMANS) he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.(THATS OUR DAY NOW)(THESE GET LOOSED AT THE EUPHRATES TO KILL A THIRD PART OF MEN IN WW3).US - IRAQ WAR IS THE UNLOOSING OF THESE DEMONIC DEMONS I BELIEVE.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.(JESUS)
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
SATAN COMES AGAINST ISRAEL
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
SCOFFERS MOCKING CHRISTS LITERAL 2ND COMING TO EARTH BODILY.
2 PETER 3:3-7
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
SEX SINS
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9,14-18
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
SINS OF PEOPLE
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
DECIEVERS WAXING WORSE AND WORSE.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
MORE SIN SIGNS
EPHESIANS 5:5-8
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
WARS AND RUMURS OF WARS.
MATTHEW 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
MARK 13:7
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
DEEPAK ON HANNITY VIDEO
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,450649,00.html
THIS DEEPAK CHOPRA IS A NEW AGE HINDU BUDDAH WORSHIPPER DECIEVING CHRISTIANS INTO HIS PEACE LOVE CULT. THIS GUY IS A REAL DANGER TO CHRISTIANS BECAUSE HE READ THE NEW TESTAMENT 1,000 TIMES HE TOLD CORINA PHILLIPS ON CNN. HE KNOWS THE NEW TESTAMEMT ALL MOST ALL OFF BY HEART HE ALSO TOLD HER. NEW AGE OCCULTISTS LIKE DEEPAK ARE THE ONES USING JESUS' BACKROUND TO DECIEVE CHRISTIANS INTO BELIEVING LIES.
HES GOT A NEW BOOK OUT CALLED JESUS A STORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT,TRACING JESUS'LOST YEARS. DEEPAK WANTS 100 MILLION PEOPLE TO COMMIT TO A PLEDGE OF NON VIOLENCE,PEACE WITH YOURSELF,YOUR FAMILY,YOUR FRIENDS.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES THESE NEW AGERS SO DANGEROUS THEY CLAIM PEACE BUT THEN IN INDIA HINDU'S MURDERED HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. THEY CLAIM LOVE AND PEACE,BUT THEN MURDER ANYONE AGAINST THEM. TO ME HINDU'S ARE JUST A OFFSHOOT OF ISLAM THEY CLAIM TO BE A PEACE LOVING RELIGION AND MURDER ANYONE AGAINST THEM WHO SPEAKS TRUTH.
MY BIBLE SAYS THE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH VIOLENCE IN THESE LAST DAYS NOT LOVE AND PEACE LIKE THESE FALSE NEW AGERS CLAIM. SURE THERE WILL BE PEACE FOR 3 1/2 YRS OF THE 7 YEAR TREATY BUT THEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AND WW3 ENDS UP KILLING HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION SO THESE NEW AGERS FALSE LOVE PEACE MOVEMENT IS ALL A GIGANTIC LIE.
WE CHRISTIANS HAVE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THESE DECIEVERS TRYING TO DECIEVE CHRISTIANS INTO BELIEVING LIES AND DENYING JESUS AS GOD. JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE TRUE GOD.BUDDAH,ALLAH AND ALL THE REST OF THE FALSE GODS WERE ONLY HUMAN MEN,JESUS WAS ALL GOD AND ALL MAN. WE CAN NOT LET THESE FALSE PEOPLE LIE ABOUT OUR KING JESUS THE ONE TRUE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WHOLE WORLD.
TRUE CHRISTIANS WE MUST STAND UP FOR GOD(JESUS)TRINITY (FATHER,SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.)
STAY CLEAR OF ANYTHING WRITTEN BY DEEPAK CHOPRA AND ANYBODY THAT CLAIMS THEY KNOW THE BIBLE BUT DENY JESUS IS GOD.
SATAN BOOTED OUT OF HEAVEN
ISAIAH 14:12-23
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, (SATAN) son of the morning! 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 will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.
REVELATION 12:3-4
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,(SATAN) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,( 1/3 OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (MARY JESUS MOTHER) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(JESUS WAS JEWISH,THIS IS PERSECUSSION AGAINST ISRAEL).
REVELATION 20:2
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
REVELATION 9:14-16
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARY) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
GENESIS 6:1-7
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God (DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS) came in unto the daughters of men,(INTERCOURSE WITH HUMAN WOMEN) and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
JUDE 6-16
6 And the (DEMONIC FALLIN) angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,(HAD SEX WITH HUMANS) he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.(THATS OUR DAY NOW)(THESE GET LOOSED AT THE EUPHRATES TO KILL A THIRD PART OF MEN IN WW3).US - IRAQ WAR IS THE UNLOOSING OF THESE DEMONIC DEMONS I BELIEVE.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.(JESUS)
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
SATAN COMES AGAINST ISRAEL
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
SCOFFERS MOCKING CHRISTS LITERAL 2ND COMING TO EARTH BODILY.
2 PETER 3:3-7
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
SEX SINS
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9,14-18
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
SINS OF PEOPLE
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
DECIEVERS WAXING WORSE AND WORSE.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
MORE SIN SIGNS
EPHESIANS 5:5-8
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
WARS AND RUMURS OF WARS.
MATTHEW 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
MARK 13:7
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
MUSLIM PLEASE RETURN TO ISLAM ROOTS
Israel's right-wing Likud to hold party vote by Ron Bousso Ron Bousso – Sun Dec 7, 6:08 pm ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) – With a panoply of candidates to choose from, Israel's right-wing Likud party will vote on Monday for a list to run alongside Benjamin Netanyahu in February elections when it is poised to sweep to victory.Former army chief of staff Moshe Yaalon, a throng of former military and police top brass, high-profile politicians, a top comedian and a basketball icon are all vying for a place in the Likud election line-up.The list includes the son of former prime minister Menachem Begin, Benny, and the grandson of the founder of the right-wing Zionist movement Zeev Jabotinsky, who has the same name.Nearly 100,000 Likud members will be asked to choose from more than 250 names, while Netanyahu -- a former prime minister -- has already been elected to head the party.The Likud elections are crucial because the team the Likud members pick will most likely be at the helm of the state after the elections, political analyst Raanan Gissin said.Recent polls have shown that the hawkish party, which now has only 12 seats in the 120-member parliament, may win as many as 34 on February 10, becoming the largest party and placing Netanyahu on course to become premier again.There is a great feeling in the party ahead of the general elections. We couldn't have had a better choice of candidates, his spokeswoman Dina Libster said.
But some of the high-profile candidates may prove to be an impediment to Netanyahu's ability to rule if elected prime minister.Netanyahu is recruiting many stars and that may prove very significant in the elections, said Gideon Doron, a political science professor at Tel Aviv university.But people such as Yaalon, Begin and Jabotinsky have a extreme-right ideology and may reject compromises. This may create friction and trouble when Netanyahu will come under pressure by the United States or Europe to push this or that peace initiative.Likud's dramatic rise in popularity is due both to its candidate line-up and to the diplomatic and economic challenges facing Israel, Gissin said.The party is seen to owe much of its popularity to declining support for the ruling centrist Kadima, tarnished by corruption scandals involving outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government's failures in the 2006 Lebanon war.The failure to curb rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the fear of a new confrontation with the Shiite Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and Iran's nuclear drive have further boosted Likud's popularity.Netanyahu rejects the current US-backed Mideast peace talks and has put forward his own peace plan calling for the development of the Palestinian economy before any talk on creating a Palestinian state.His plan was criticised by Kadima chairman and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni who heads the current peace talks with the Palestinians which have made little visible progress since their launch late last year.Israel has also been affected by the global economic crisis, and this has bolstered Netanyahu's candidacy since the former premier and finance minister enjoys broad acknowledgment as a financial expert.If Likud does not drag itself to an internal argument and if Netanyahu does not make any major mistakes, they will win the general elections by default, Gissin said.
HERES A STORY FOR DION SINCE HIS LUKEWARM LIBERAL DAYS ARE HISTORY. HERES HIS HERO JUAN CARLOS'STORY.
King Juan Carlos to celebrate 30 years of the Spanish Constitution in Congress By h.b. - Dec 5, 2008 - 12:01 AM
It will be the first time that the Monarch has adressed the single chamber, but who will be there? Spain’s King Juan Carlos will go to Congress for the very first time tomorrow, Saturday, for the reception to mark the 30th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution, but eight of the party spokespeople will not be in Congress to see him.
Those missing will not be there for different reasons, CiU, PNV, ICV, ERC, BNG, Nafarroa Bao, Coalición Canaria and UPyD. It means only the spokespeople for the PSOE Socialists, Partido Popular and Izquierda Unida left wingers will be present.
Many nationalists, such as the Basque PNV say they have event to attend in the own regions, while others claims problems of agenda. An example of that is Ana Oramas from the Canary Island Coalition, who is travelling to Venezuela.Rosa DÃez, the only deputy for the UPyD, and a fierce defendant of the Constitution will be absent too, because she has already to appear at a similar event in Bilbao.Don Juan Carlos was there five years ago, but to a joint meeting of the two chambers, where as tomorrow it will Congress only.
Euro-Med water conference set for Dec. 22 By Hani Hazaimeh DEC 5,08
AMMAN - After two postponements, Jordan will host the Euro-Med Ministerial Conference on Water December 22-24 at the Dead Sea, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday.The new date was set in coordination between Jordan and the Joint French-Egyptian presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean, the ministry's spokesperson, Nassar Habashenh, told The Jordan Times, adding that they are in the process of sending invitations to EU member states.The conference was originally slated to take place on October 28 at the Dead Sea, but the government decided to postpone the event until a settlement is reached over the Arab League's participation and membership in the Union for the Mediterranean.In a recent EU meeting in Marseilles, it was agreed on holding the conference later this month after reaching a settlement between the Barcelona Process member states over the issue. But the event had to be delayed again pending coordination with all participants over the best timing, EU sources announced then.French Ambassador to Jordan Denys Gauer said in a previous statement to the press that the Kingdom will be among the main beneficiaries of the conference which will define the main challenges and difficulties as well as solutions to address the water shortage.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
HERE IS THE HEADLINE THATS GREAT,NOW THE EU WILL BE ABLE TO GUARENTEE ISRAEL AND THE ARABS WITH CASH AFTER OBAMA GETS OUT,THEN BIBLE PROPHECY CAN BE FULFILLED THAT SAYS THE EU,NOT AMERICA WILL MAKE THE FINAL 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL,ARABS AND MANY.
Obama spells end of blank cheques for Israel Sun Dec 7, 9:38 am ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel can no longer expect blank cheques from Washington once president-elect Barack Obama's administration takes over in January, a former US ambassador to the Jewish state said on Sunday.The era of the blank cheque is over, said Martin Indyk, director of the Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute who is considered close to incoming secretary of state Hillary Clinton.The Obama administration intends to be engaged, using diplomacy to try to bring about a safer and more peaceful place, that is different from the seven years of the (George W.) Bush administration, he said on public radio.President Obama surely will want to work with Israel on this (Middle East) agenda. But there are obligations on both sides (Israel and the Arabs). Both sides will have to respect these obligations, Indyk said.Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a long conversation with Clinton earlier this week and welcomed her nomination in Obama's team, his office said. She vowed to work for peace and stability in the Middle East.
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HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS MON DEC 08,2008
09:30 AM +97.72
10:00 AM +222.37
10:30 AM +256.38
11:00 AM +322.29
11:30 AM +296.84
12:00 PM +242.60
12:30 PM +276.22
01:00 PM +227.79
01:30 PM +235.60
02:00 PM +209.47
02:30 PM +302.66
03:00 PM +350.13
03:30 PM +365.50
04:00 PM +298.76
S&P 500 909.70 +33.63
NASDAQ 1571.74 +62.43
GOLD 773.4 +21.2
OIL 44.05 +3.24
TSE 300 8565.52 +448.49
CDNX 697.61 +13.30
S&P/TSX/60 522.15 +27.53
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
Dow +186 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +339 points at high today
Dow +127 points at low today so far.
YEAR TO DATE
Dow -34.90%
Nasdaq -43.09%
S&P -40.34%
Russell 2000 -39.81%
NYSE Composite -44.55%
Dow Transports -24.88%
Dow Utilities -32.13%
Commodity Stocks +7-10% on Stock Market so far this Morning.
Financials +4-7% this Morning so far.
Dow,S&P up for the 9th time in 11 sessions so far today.
WRAPUP,NEW,STATS
Dow +389 at high today.
Dow +127 at low today.
Dow +3.3% today.
Nasdaq +4.1% today.
S&P +3.7% today
1.6 BILLION shares traded today.
Dow highest close in a month.
S&P highest close since Nov 13.
Nasdaq highest close since NOV 13.
Reports: Tribune Co. weighing bankruptcy filing DEC 7,08
CHICAGO – Tribune Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, other newspapers and the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, has hired financial advisers ahead of a possible filing for bankruptcy-court protection, according to reports on Sunday.The Chicago Tribune reported its parent hired investment bank Lazard Ltd. and law firm Sidley Austin as it considers its financial options.It's an uncertain and difficult environment, Tribune Co. spokesman Gary Weitman said in a Chicago Tribune story published on the newspaper's Web site Sunday night. We haven't made any decision. We're looking at all of our options.Weitman did not immediately respond to requests from The Associated Press for comment. Lazard spokeswoman Judi Mackey said the firm declined to comment on the reports.The Wall Street Journal, quoting people familiar with the matter, said a bankruptcy filing could come as early as this week. It said Tribune Co.'s cash flow may not be enough to cover nearly $1 billion in interest payments that are due this year.Tribune was taken private last December in an $8.2 billion buyout led by real estate mogul Sam Zell.Last month, Tribune said its debt load increased to $11.8 billion at the end of the third quarter, up from $9.4 billion a year ago. It posted a loss of $121.6 million for the third quarter as newspaper advertising revenue dwindled.The company had originally expected its newspaper and broadcast revenue to cover interest and principal on its debt. But plummeting advertising revenue at most Tribune newspapers this year has forced Tribune to cut costs, including staff, and to sell assets to raise money.The company has a Monday deadline on $70 million of unsecured debt it took on before the Zell deal, the Chicago Tribune reported. It can either draw on existing credit to pay the debt or negotiate new terms with its creditors, the newspaper reported.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded Tribune's debt further into junk territory last month, saying the credit crunch could delay the sale of assets — and limit the amount that the company could get for them — including the Cubs, Wrigley Field and its 25 percent interest in Comcast SportsNet Chicago.Chicago Cubs chairman Crane Kennedy said Friday that the Cubs are going over bids for the team and he expects the baseball franchise to be sold by spring training.
Key senator calls for GM head to step down By PHILIP ELLIOTTandJULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS DEC 7,08
CHICAGO – An influential senator drafting a multibillion-dollar bailout for Detroit's Big Three automakers said Sunday that the head of General Motors should step down, while President-elect Barack Obama accused car industry executives of a persistent head-in-the sand approach to long-festering problems.Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Banking Committee, said GM CEO Rick Wagoner has to move on as part of a government-run restructuring that should be a condition of financial life support for the auto industry.I think you have got to consider new leadership, Dodd said on CBS Face the Nation. Criticized for staying on the sidelines until now, Obama for the first time voiced support for bailout legislation being drafted in Congress.The sharp criticism from Obama and Dodd reflects deep frustration on Capitol Hill at what many lawmakers regard as years of missteps, mistakes and arrogance by the Big Three automakers. At the same time, Washington is deeply worried about soaring unemployment — 533,000 jobs were lost in November alone — and the impact of an auto industry collapse on a nation already deep in recession.
Behind the scenes, House and Senate aides were hammering out legislation that would dole out billions to automakers within a week — but yank back the money if a government-run board and overseer named by President George W. Bush decided the companies weren't taking steps to overhaul themselves and become viable. A congressional aide outlined the emerging measure on condition of anonymity because it is not yet completed.The plan would draw the emergency aid from an existing loan program meant to help the automakers build fuel-efficient vehicles. The size of the package hasn't been finalized, but it is expected to be about $15 billion, several congressional aides said.It would create an oversight board comprised of key Cabinet secretaries — from the departments of Treasury, Energy, Labor, Commerce and Transportation — plus the Environmental Protection Agency administrator to oversee a broad auto industry restructuring.In return for the money, the carmakers would have to agree to terms similar to those placed on banks that receive funds under the $700 billion Wall Street bailout: to limit their top executives' pay packages, cease paying dividends, give the government a chunk of future gains and guarantee that taxpayers would be reimbursed before any other shareholders, the aide said.The bill under discussion would place the special investigator overseeing the bank rescue in charge of keeping tabs on the auto bailout.The White House and Democratic congressional leaders are narrowing their differences over the auto bailout, but had yet to agree on specific legislative details, officials said.In an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Obama said Congress was doing the exact right thing in drafting legislation that holds the auto industry's feet to the fire at the same time it tries to prevent its demise.
General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, in particular, have warned they could run out of money within weeks, and Ford Motor Co. may need help if the economy deteriorates further.GM spokesman Steve Harris said the company appreciates Dodd's support for the loans, but added, GM employees, dealers, suppliers and the GM board of directors feel strongly that Rick is the right guy to lead GM through this incredibly difficult and challenging time.Last week, The Associated Press asked Wagoner if he would resign at the request of Congress, to which he replied, It's not clear to me that experience in this industry should be viewed as a negative, but I'm going to do what's right for the company and I'm going to do it in consultation with the board.
Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, whose state is ground zero for the battered industry, told Fox News Sunday he was confident an agreement would emerge within the next day.Democratic leaders have said they hope to pass the measure this week. While Levin declined to predict its approval, support among rank-and-file lawmakers presumably would improve dramatically if both White House and Obama were to signal their backing once the legislation is complete.The last thing I want to see happen is for the auto industry to disappear, but I'm also concerned that we don't put $10 billion or $20 billion or $30 billion or whatever billion dollars into an industry, and then, six months to a year later, they come back hat in hand and say, Give me more,Obama said.Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, has drawn some criticism from Democrats who want him to become more involved in efforts to save the industry. The president-elect said his aides are monitoring developments and considering longer-term plans. He expressed no support for calls to allow the big carmakers to enter bankruptcy and said, We don't want government to run companies. Instead, he said, if taxpayer money is at stake — which it appears may be the case — we want to make sure that it is conditioned on an auto industry emerging at the end of the process that actually works, that actually functions. Obama did not single out any individual executive by name for criticism, and said there had been incremental progress in the past 15 years toward a more competitive line of products. What we haven't seen is a sense of urgency and the willingness to make tough decisions, he said. Asked whether the top executives should remain in the jobs, he said: Here's what I'll say, that it may not be the same for all the companies. But what I think we have to put an end to is the head-in-the-sand approach to the auto industry that has been prevalent for decades now.Later, at a news conference, he appeared to temper his comments, saying that current management should be ousted if it doesn't understand the urgent need to make changes in the industry. A breakthrough on the long-stalled rescue came Friday when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., yielded to President George W. Bush on a key point: allowing the aid to come from an existing fund set aside for the production of environmentally friendlier cars. The Big Three executives spent two consecutive days on Capitol Hill last week pleading for as much as $34 billion in loans to help their industry survive. GM and Chrysler made clear that $15 billion would be enough to keep them running until the end of March 2009. AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this story. Davis reported from Washington.
Bailed-out AIG offers Islamic insurance to U.S.Company sells Shariah-compliant policies after massive taxpayer-funded cash grab December 05, 2008 1:00 am Eastern By Chelsea Schilling 2008 WorldNetDaily
After American International Group Inc, or AIG, reached two major bailout agreements totaling $152.5 billion in taxpayer dollars, the company is stepping up its dealings with Islamic finance by offering Shariah-compliant homeowners insurance to the U.S. –outraging critics over AIG's support of a discriminatory ideology, that is against equality, and that is against liberty.Specifically, while American taxpayers are loaning money to AIG and hold 80 percent equity interest in the company, AIG owns a Shariah-compliant insurance company, offering accident, health, motor, personal contents, property and casualty insurance coverage. Now Risk Specialists Companies, Inc., or RSC, a subsidiary of AIG Commercial Insurance, is introducing its Shariah-compliant Takaful Homeowners Policy to the U.S., according to a Dec. 1 AIG announcement. The new insurance is said to be the first installment in a series of Shari'ah-compliant (Takaful) product offerings in the U.S.The Shariah-compliant policy is underwritten through RSC member company A.I. Risk Specialists Insurance, Inc., in conjunction with Lexington Insurance Co. and in association with AIG Takaful Enaya. Takaful is based on Quranic principles of Ta'awon – or mutual assistance. The term originates from the Arabic word Kafalah, meaning joint guarantee. Similar to mutual insurance, where policyholders own a stake in the organization, members of a Takaful group pool their resources to help the neediest member, and losses are divided among them. Cooperation is key in the system, and proponents often point to Surah Al-Maidah, verse 2 of the Quran, to explain the concept. It states: Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancor.According to Ernst & Young's 2008 World Takaful Report, the Shariah-compliant insurance had an estimated $5.7 billion global market in 2006 with more than 130 providers. The market is estimated to exceed $10 billion by 2010. The introduction of Takaful products in the U.S. represents an important and emerging growth opportunity for AIG Commercial Insurance, President Matthew F. Power of Risk Specialists Companies, Inc. said.We are pleased to offer socially responsible solutions to this segment of the domestic market.
Unlike mutual insurance, Takaful includes Shariah-compliant stipulations. It prohibits investment in companies that violate Islamic law by selling or promoting products such as alcohol, tobacco, pornography, gambling and even pork. Critics claim Shariah-compliant businesses are even opening doors to U.S. funding of Islamic extremism. Jeffrey Imm of Family Security Matters and the Anti-Jihad League of America has written extensively on the subject, warning that AIG would expand its Shariah products in the U.S. He has even created a petition demanding the Federal Reserve, Securities Exchange Commission and Department of the Treasury require AIG to divest itself of its Shariah businesses. The Sharia legal codification is intended to enforce discriminatory and segregationist practices against women and non-Muslims and to suppress the liberties of those living in Islamic theocracies, Imm writes.... Sharia is incompatible with democratic values and the inalienable right that all men are created equal.A part of AIG's government bailout includes its Takaful Sharia-based insurance business, its divisions promoting Sharia finance and Sharia mutual trusts.You own it, Imm declares. That's where your tax dollars are going today.Imm warns investing in Shariah-compliant businesses is dangerous for the U.S. When the government first considered providing a bailout to AIG it should have first required the company to divest itself of Shariah-based businesses, he wrote.
How is it in the economic interests of the United States to own part of a corporation with a business based on promoting a discriminatory ideology, that is against equality, and that is against liberty? Imm asks. How is it in the economic interests of the United States to own part of business that supports an Islamic supremacist practice that has been used to fund Jihad?
WELL ALEX JONES IS RIGHT ON WITH THIS,HE SAYS THERE KILLING US THE NEW WORLD ORDER ELITES. THANK GOODNESS JESUS IS IN CONTROL OR WE WOULD ALL BE KILLED BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER CREWS.
Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 countries: official DEC 7,08
DUBLIN (AFP) - Contaminated Irish pig meat may have been exported to up to 25 countries, Ireland's chief vet has said, as shops at home and abroad cleared pork from their shelves amid fears of a cancer link.We believe it's in the order of 20 to 25 countries. It's certainly less than 30, Paddy Rogan said on Sunday in comments quoted by the Irish media.His remarks came after ministers Saturday ordered all pig meat products from the Republic of Ireland to be withdrawn as dioxins, which may cause cancer, were found in slaughtered pigs thought to have eaten contaminated feed.
The recall involved products processed since September 1 and has caused panic in the Emerald Isle, where many families would have been buying their traditional Christmas ham in the coming days.Ireland is a major exporter of pork, with Britain by far the biggest market followed by Germany, France, Russia and Japan. Other major export destinations include China and Hong Kong.Officials and police are investigating the possible source of the contaminated feed, a plant run by Millstream Power Recycling Limited near Fenagh, County Carlow in southwest Ireland.David Curtin, a firm spokesman, said what was under investigation was oil used in machinery used to dry the recycled bread products and dough which are ingredients in the feed.He denied that any oil or other substance had been added to the feed during processing.Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen stepped in to try and calm the situation, saying it was important his government took whatever measures are necessary to build confidence in the industry for the future.The problem has been located. The continuing examination and inquiries will proceed and we must take action to reinforce confidence to the public, and obviously also allow the industry to move on from this point, Cowen said.
The crisis is another blow to recession-hit Ireland, where about 5,000 people work in a pig meat industry which exported 129,000 tonnes worth 368 million euros (468 million dollars) in 2007, according to official figures.Irish people are being told not to eat domestically-reared pork meat, bacon, pork sausages, sausage meat, gammon steaks, offal from pigs, salami, ham, sausage rolls, black pudding and white pudding.
Supermarket shelves have been cleared of Irish pork products while stockists in Britain, like retailer Waitrose, have also pulled them as officials advise consumers not to eat Irish or Northern Irish pork.Germany said it was taking all Irish pork products off the shelves as a precautionary measure, while contaminated Irish pork has been found in France and Belgium.Swedish authorities have also advised consumers to avoid products containing Irish pork until further notice.The European Commission announced it was closely monitoring the situation, saying experts from countries that may have received tainted pork shipments would meet Tuesday.Dioxins are toxic chemicals that can have serious health effects, including causing cancers, if there is long-term exposure to them at high levels.Food Safety Authority of Ireland deputy chief executive Alan Reilly said dioxin levels found in meat samples were between 80 and 200 times above the legal limit but stressed the risk to the public was very, very low.You would have to be eating products containing these chemicals for 40 years before you would show any signs of illness, he said.Padraig Walshe, president of the Irish Farmers' Association, said the recall was an absolute disaster in the run-up to Christmas, adding the contamination could cost Irish farmers hundreds of millions of euros.
It is going to be very difficult for the industry to get itself re-established and get customers to buy output again, Walshe told state broadcaster RTE. It is a huge blow to the industry.The contaminated feed was supplied to 10 Irish farms which supply roughly 10 percent of Ireland's pigs.Nine farms in Northern Ireland have also used the contaminated feed.The British province's Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew said restrictions had been placed on the farms.There is obviously a large amount of north-south movement of these products in Ireland and we need to carefully consider the way ahead, she added.
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VIDEONETDAILY Muslim plea to Obama: Return to Islamic roots,Allah will reward you for all who convert in your footsteps December 07, 2008 5:17 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein 2008 WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Claiming Barack Obama has roots in the Islamic religion, an Egyptian cleric has broadcast a plea urging Obama to convert to Islam while warning if the U.S. doesn't withdraw its troops from the Middle East and provide aid to Muslims, those eager for [death] will attack America. My message to [Obama] is threefold, declares Egyptian cleric Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal, speaking last week on the state-funded Al Nas religious television network. First, I invite him to convert to Islam. This is the call of the Prophet and of Allah. Oh, Obama – convert to Islam, and you will be saved.Continues Ashbal, I hope that Allah will reward you twice: once for converting to Islam, and another reward for all those who will convert in your footsteps. If you want glory, you will find it in Islam. If you want honor, you will find it in Islam. In religions other than Islam there is utter humiliation, even if you are the president of the entire world. You, Obama, are among those who have pledged before Allah – Allah who created you, sustained you, and brought you to this position – to be a Muslim who believes that Allah is the one God, especially since you have some kind of roots in Islam, declares Ashbal. Convert to Islam, and you will be saved. All glory and honor lie in following Allah and his messenger, Muhammad. Know that the true religion is the religion of Islam, and all other religions are fabricated religions, which are null and void – religions that were abrogated by the shari'a of Muhammad.
The Egyptian cleric says if Obama refuses to convert to Islam, his administration should at the least withdraw your huge armies and military bases from the lands of the Muslims.Know that all your predecessors have ended up in the garbage bin of history, and that America's black and bleak history in the land of the Muslims and the Arabs constitutes an evil omen for you, your predecessors, and your successors, Ashbal states. Ashbal further warns there will be no peace as long as a single Muslim child lacks food, drink, medicine, or housing,implying suicide bombers would strike American targets. If you refuse, Ashbal declares, and insist on remaining in Muslim lands, know that Allah still plants in [Muslims] obedience to Him, and that they are willing to wait for paradise, which is closer than their own shoelaces. Know, Obama, that in the lands of Islam, there are people who seek death, and are eager for it, even more than you and your people are eager for life – any kind of life, even a life of humiliation.Ashbal's remarks were captured, translated and transcribed by the Middle East Media Research Institute, MEMRI.
Obama was quite religious in Islam
Obama repeatedly has denied he is a Muslim. His presidential campaign website contained the statement, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian.But as WND has reported, public records in Indonesia listed Obama as a Muslim during his early years, and a number of childhood friends claimed to the media Obama was once a mosque-attending Muslim. Obama's campaign had several times wavered in response to reporters queries regarding the senator's childhood faith. Commenting on a Los Angeles Times report quoting a childhood friend stating Obama prayed in a mosque something the presidential candidate said he never did, Obama's campaign released a statement explaining the senator has never been a practicing Muslim.Widely distributed reports have noted that in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro. He was listed as an Indonesian citizen whose stepfather, listed on school documents as L Soetoro Ma, worked for the topography department of the Indonesian Army. Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students but exempt them from studying religion. After attending the Assisi Primary School, Obama was enrolled also as a Muslim, according to documents in the Besuki Primary School, a public school in Jakarta. Laotze blog, run by an American expatriate in Southeast Asia who visited the Besuki school, noted: All Indonesian students are required to study religion at school, and a young Barry Soetoro,being a Muslim, would have been required to study Islam daily in school. He would have been taught to read and write Arabic, to recite his prayers properly, to read and recite from the Quran and to study the laws of Islam.Indeed, in Obama's autobiography, Dreams From My Father, he acknowledged studying the Quran and describes the public school as a Muslim school.
In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Quranic studies,wrote Obama. The Indonesian media have been flooded with accounts of Obama's childhood Islamic studies, some describing him as a religious Muslim. Speaking to the country's Kaltim Post, Tine Hahiyary, who was principal of Obama's school while he was enrolled there, said she recalls he studied the Quran in Arabic. At that time, I was not Barry's teacher, but he is still in my memory claimed Tine, who is 80years old. The Kaltim Post said Obama's teacher, named Hendri, died. I remember that he studied mengaji (recitation of the Quran), Tine said, according to an English translation by Loatze. Mengaji, or the act of reading the Quran with its correct Arabic punctuation, is usually taught to more religious pupils and is not known as a secular study. Also, Loatze documented the Indonesian daily Banjarmasin Post interviewed Rony Amir, an Obama classmate and Muslim, who described Obama as previously quite religious in Islam.We previously often asked him to the prayer room close to the house, Amir said. If he was wearing a sarong (waist fabric worn for religious or casual occasions) he looked funny.The Los Angeles Times, which sent a reporter to Jakarta, quoted Zulfin Adi, who identified himself as among Obama's closest childhood friends, stating the presidential candidate prayed in a mosque, something Obama's campaign claimed he never did. We prayed, but not really seriously, just following actions done by older people in the mosque, said Adi. But as kids, we loved to meet our friends and went to the mosque together and played.
Friday prayers
Obama's official campaign site contained a page titled Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian. The page stated, Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ.But the campaign changed its tune when it issued a practicing Muslim clarification to the Los Angeles Times. An article in March by the Chicago Tribune apparently disputes Adi's statements to the L.A. paper. The Tribune caught up with Obama's declared childhood friend, who now describes himself as only knowing Obama for a few months in 1970 when his family moved to the neighborhood. Adi said he was unsure about his recollections of Obama.
But the Tribune found Obama did attend mosque.
Interviews with dozens of former classmates, teachers, neighbors and friends show that Obama was not a regular practicing Muslim when he was in Indonesia, states the Tribune article. It quotes Obama's former neighbors and third-grade teacher recalling how the young Obama occasionally followed his stepfather to the mosque for Friday prayers.Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, notes the Tribune article cited by liberal blogs as refuting claims Obama is Muslim actually implies Obama was an irregularly practicing Muslim and twice confirms Obama attended mosque services. In a free-ranging interview with the New York Times, Obama described the Muslim call to prayer as one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.The Times' Nicholos Kristof wrote Obama recited, with a first-class [Arabic] accent, the opening lines of the Muslim call to prayer.
The first few lines of the call to prayer state:
Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that Muhammad is his prophet ...
Some attention also has been paid to Obama's paternal side of the family, including his father and his brother, Roy.
Writing in a chapter of his book describing his 1992 wedding, Obama stated: The person who made me proudest of all was Roy. Actually, now we call him Abongo, his Luo name, for two years ago he decided to reassert his African heritage. He converted to Islam and has sworn off pork and tobacco and alcohol.Still, Obama maintains he was raised by his Christian mother and repeatedly has labeled as smears several reports attempting to paint him as a Muslim. Let's make clear what the facts are: I am a Christian. I have been sworn in with a Bible. I pledge allegiance [to the American flag] and lead the Pledge of Allegiance sometimes in the United States Senate when I'm presiding, he told the Times of London earlier this year.
More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer – Sun Dec 7, 1:12 pm ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Militants torched 160 vehicles, including dozens of Humvees destined for U.S. and allied forces fighting in Afghanistan, in the boldest attack so far on the critical military supply line through Pakistan.The American military said Sunday's raid on two transport terminals near the beleaguered Pakistani city of Peshawar would have minimal impact on anti-Taliban operations set to expand with the arrival of thousands more troops next year.However, the attack feeds concern that insurgents are trying to choke the route through the famed Khyber Pass, which carries up to 70 percent of the supplies for Western forces in landlocked Afghanistan, and drive up the cost of the war.It also dents faith in Pakistani authorities already under pressure from India and the U.S. to act on suspicion that the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai were orchestrated by Islamic extremists based in Pakistan.The owner of one of the terminals hit Sunday denied government claims that security was boosted after an ambush last month in which bearded militants made off with a Humvee and later paraded it in triumph before journalists.We don't feel safe here at all, Kifayatullah Khan told The Associated Press. He predicted that most of his night watchmen would quit their jobs out of fear. It is almost impossible for us to continue with this business.The attack reduced a section of the walled Portward Logistic Terminal to a smoldering junkyard.Khan said armed men flattened the gate before dawn with a rocket-propelled grenade, fatally shot a guard and set fire to 106vehicles, including about 70 Humvees.Humvees are thought to cost about $100,000 each, though the price varies widely depending on armor and other equipment, meaning Sunday's losses may exceed $10 million.An Associated Press reporter who visited the depot saw six rows of destroyed Humvees and military trucks packed close together, some on flatbed trailers, all of them gutted and twisted by the flames.Khan said shipping documents showed they were destined for U.S. forces and the Western-trained Afghan National Army.The attackers fled after a brief exchange of fire with police, who arrived about 40 minutes later, he said.
Nine other guards who stood helplessly aside during the attack put the number of assailants at 300, Khan said. Police official Kashif Alam said there were only 30.At the nearby Faisal depot, manager Shah Iran said 60 vehicles destined for Afghanistan as well as three Pakistani trucks were also burned.The attacks were the latest in a series highlighting the vulnerability of the supply route to the spreading power of the Taliban in the border region, which is also considered a likely hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.Vast quantities of supplies pass through Pakistan after being unloaded from ships at the Arabian sea port of Karachi. Some is routed through Quetta toward the Afghan city of Kandahar, but most flows through the Khyber Pass toward Kabul and the huge U.S. air base at Bagram.The U.S. military in Afghanistan said in a statement that an unspecified number of its containers were destroyed but that their loss would have minimal effect on our operations.It's militarily insignificant, U.S. spokeswoman Lt. Col. Rumi Nielsen-Green said. You can't imagine the volume of supplies that come through there and elsewhere and other ways.Still, NATO is seeking an alternative route through Central Asia, which it acknowledges is more expensive. Pakistan halted traffic through the Khyber Pass for several days in November while it arranged for troops to guard the slow-moving convoys. Shahedullah Baig, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Islamabad, insisted Sunday that the extra security covered the terminals. They are fully protected, but in this kind of situation such incidents happen, Baig said. However, Khan, the depot manager, said that was untrue, and that there were only a handful of lightly armed police at the targeted terminals on Sunday afternoon. Peshawar has seen a surge in violence in recent weeks, including the slaying of an American working on a U.S.-funded aid project. On Saturday, a car bomb detonated in a busy market area of the city, killing 29 people and injuring 100 more. Mehmood Shah, a former chief of security in Pakistan's tribal badlands now working as a consultant, said militants appeared to have moved into the Khyber region from both sides of the border in recent months to put pressure on the supply route. The terminals, like the route itself, could not be adequately protected by private security guards, he said.
The government should have done it or the U.S. should have insisted that the government do it, he said. Associated Press writers Zarar Khan and Stephen Graham in Islamabad and Heidi Vogt and Jason Straziuso in Kabul contributed to this report.
JERUSALEM (AFP) – With a panoply of candidates to choose from, Israel's right-wing Likud party will vote on Monday for a list to run alongside Benjamin Netanyahu in February elections when it is poised to sweep to victory.Former army chief of staff Moshe Yaalon, a throng of former military and police top brass, high-profile politicians, a top comedian and a basketball icon are all vying for a place in the Likud election line-up.The list includes the son of former prime minister Menachem Begin, Benny, and the grandson of the founder of the right-wing Zionist movement Zeev Jabotinsky, who has the same name.Nearly 100,000 Likud members will be asked to choose from more than 250 names, while Netanyahu -- a former prime minister -- has already been elected to head the party.The Likud elections are crucial because the team the Likud members pick will most likely be at the helm of the state after the elections, political analyst Raanan Gissin said.Recent polls have shown that the hawkish party, which now has only 12 seats in the 120-member parliament, may win as many as 34 on February 10, becoming the largest party and placing Netanyahu on course to become premier again.There is a great feeling in the party ahead of the general elections. We couldn't have had a better choice of candidates, his spokeswoman Dina Libster said.
But some of the high-profile candidates may prove to be an impediment to Netanyahu's ability to rule if elected prime minister.Netanyahu is recruiting many stars and that may prove very significant in the elections, said Gideon Doron, a political science professor at Tel Aviv university.But people such as Yaalon, Begin and Jabotinsky have a extreme-right ideology and may reject compromises. This may create friction and trouble when Netanyahu will come under pressure by the United States or Europe to push this or that peace initiative.Likud's dramatic rise in popularity is due both to its candidate line-up and to the diplomatic and economic challenges facing Israel, Gissin said.The party is seen to owe much of its popularity to declining support for the ruling centrist Kadima, tarnished by corruption scandals involving outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government's failures in the 2006 Lebanon war.The failure to curb rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the fear of a new confrontation with the Shiite Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and Iran's nuclear drive have further boosted Likud's popularity.Netanyahu rejects the current US-backed Mideast peace talks and has put forward his own peace plan calling for the development of the Palestinian economy before any talk on creating a Palestinian state.His plan was criticised by Kadima chairman and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni who heads the current peace talks with the Palestinians which have made little visible progress since their launch late last year.Israel has also been affected by the global economic crisis, and this has bolstered Netanyahu's candidacy since the former premier and finance minister enjoys broad acknowledgment as a financial expert.If Likud does not drag itself to an internal argument and if Netanyahu does not make any major mistakes, they will win the general elections by default, Gissin said.
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King Juan Carlos to celebrate 30 years of the Spanish Constitution in Congress By h.b. - Dec 5, 2008 - 12:01 AM
It will be the first time that the Monarch has adressed the single chamber, but who will be there? Spain’s King Juan Carlos will go to Congress for the very first time tomorrow, Saturday, for the reception to mark the 30th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution, but eight of the party spokespeople will not be in Congress to see him.
Those missing will not be there for different reasons, CiU, PNV, ICV, ERC, BNG, Nafarroa Bao, Coalición Canaria and UPyD. It means only the spokespeople for the PSOE Socialists, Partido Popular and Izquierda Unida left wingers will be present.
Many nationalists, such as the Basque PNV say they have event to attend in the own regions, while others claims problems of agenda. An example of that is Ana Oramas from the Canary Island Coalition, who is travelling to Venezuela.Rosa DÃez, the only deputy for the UPyD, and a fierce defendant of the Constitution will be absent too, because she has already to appear at a similar event in Bilbao.Don Juan Carlos was there five years ago, but to a joint meeting of the two chambers, where as tomorrow it will Congress only.
Euro-Med water conference set for Dec. 22 By Hani Hazaimeh DEC 5,08
AMMAN - After two postponements, Jordan will host the Euro-Med Ministerial Conference on Water December 22-24 at the Dead Sea, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday.The new date was set in coordination between Jordan and the Joint French-Egyptian presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean, the ministry's spokesperson, Nassar Habashenh, told The Jordan Times, adding that they are in the process of sending invitations to EU member states.The conference was originally slated to take place on October 28 at the Dead Sea, but the government decided to postpone the event until a settlement is reached over the Arab League's participation and membership in the Union for the Mediterranean.In a recent EU meeting in Marseilles, it was agreed on holding the conference later this month after reaching a settlement between the Barcelona Process member states over the issue. But the event had to be delayed again pending coordination with all participants over the best timing, EU sources announced then.French Ambassador to Jordan Denys Gauer said in a previous statement to the press that the Kingdom will be among the main beneficiaries of the conference which will define the main challenges and difficulties as well as solutions to address the water shortage.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
HERE IS THE HEADLINE THATS GREAT,NOW THE EU WILL BE ABLE TO GUARENTEE ISRAEL AND THE ARABS WITH CASH AFTER OBAMA GETS OUT,THEN BIBLE PROPHECY CAN BE FULFILLED THAT SAYS THE EU,NOT AMERICA WILL MAKE THE FINAL 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL,ARABS AND MANY.
Obama spells end of blank cheques for Israel Sun Dec 7, 9:38 am ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel can no longer expect blank cheques from Washington once president-elect Barack Obama's administration takes over in January, a former US ambassador to the Jewish state said on Sunday.The era of the blank cheque is over, said Martin Indyk, director of the Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute who is considered close to incoming secretary of state Hillary Clinton.The Obama administration intends to be engaged, using diplomacy to try to bring about a safer and more peaceful place, that is different from the seven years of the (George W.) Bush administration, he said on public radio.President Obama surely will want to work with Israel on this (Middle East) agenda. But there are obligations on both sides (Israel and the Arabs). Both sides will have to respect these obligations, Indyk said.Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a long conversation with Clinton earlier this week and welcomed her nomination in Obama's team, his office said. She vowed to work for peace and stability in the Middle East.
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HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS MON DEC 08,2008
09:30 AM +97.72
10:00 AM +222.37
10:30 AM +256.38
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12:00 PM +242.60
12:30 PM +276.22
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S&P 500 909.70 +33.63
NASDAQ 1571.74 +62.43
GOLD 773.4 +21.2
OIL 44.05 +3.24
TSE 300 8565.52 +448.49
CDNX 697.61 +13.30
S&P/TSX/60 522.15 +27.53
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
Dow +186 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +339 points at high today
Dow +127 points at low today so far.
YEAR TO DATE
Dow -34.90%
Nasdaq -43.09%
S&P -40.34%
Russell 2000 -39.81%
NYSE Composite -44.55%
Dow Transports -24.88%
Dow Utilities -32.13%
Commodity Stocks +7-10% on Stock Market so far this Morning.
Financials +4-7% this Morning so far.
Dow,S&P up for the 9th time in 11 sessions so far today.
WRAPUP,NEW,STATS
Dow +389 at high today.
Dow +127 at low today.
Dow +3.3% today.
Nasdaq +4.1% today.
S&P +3.7% today
1.6 BILLION shares traded today.
Dow highest close in a month.
S&P highest close since Nov 13.
Nasdaq highest close since NOV 13.
Reports: Tribune Co. weighing bankruptcy filing DEC 7,08
CHICAGO – Tribune Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, other newspapers and the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, has hired financial advisers ahead of a possible filing for bankruptcy-court protection, according to reports on Sunday.The Chicago Tribune reported its parent hired investment bank Lazard Ltd. and law firm Sidley Austin as it considers its financial options.It's an uncertain and difficult environment, Tribune Co. spokesman Gary Weitman said in a Chicago Tribune story published on the newspaper's Web site Sunday night. We haven't made any decision. We're looking at all of our options.Weitman did not immediately respond to requests from The Associated Press for comment. Lazard spokeswoman Judi Mackey said the firm declined to comment on the reports.The Wall Street Journal, quoting people familiar with the matter, said a bankruptcy filing could come as early as this week. It said Tribune Co.'s cash flow may not be enough to cover nearly $1 billion in interest payments that are due this year.Tribune was taken private last December in an $8.2 billion buyout led by real estate mogul Sam Zell.Last month, Tribune said its debt load increased to $11.8 billion at the end of the third quarter, up from $9.4 billion a year ago. It posted a loss of $121.6 million for the third quarter as newspaper advertising revenue dwindled.The company had originally expected its newspaper and broadcast revenue to cover interest and principal on its debt. But plummeting advertising revenue at most Tribune newspapers this year has forced Tribune to cut costs, including staff, and to sell assets to raise money.The company has a Monday deadline on $70 million of unsecured debt it took on before the Zell deal, the Chicago Tribune reported. It can either draw on existing credit to pay the debt or negotiate new terms with its creditors, the newspaper reported.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded Tribune's debt further into junk territory last month, saying the credit crunch could delay the sale of assets — and limit the amount that the company could get for them — including the Cubs, Wrigley Field and its 25 percent interest in Comcast SportsNet Chicago.Chicago Cubs chairman Crane Kennedy said Friday that the Cubs are going over bids for the team and he expects the baseball franchise to be sold by spring training.
Key senator calls for GM head to step down By PHILIP ELLIOTTandJULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS DEC 7,08
CHICAGO – An influential senator drafting a multibillion-dollar bailout for Detroit's Big Three automakers said Sunday that the head of General Motors should step down, while President-elect Barack Obama accused car industry executives of a persistent head-in-the sand approach to long-festering problems.Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Banking Committee, said GM CEO Rick Wagoner has to move on as part of a government-run restructuring that should be a condition of financial life support for the auto industry.I think you have got to consider new leadership, Dodd said on CBS Face the Nation. Criticized for staying on the sidelines until now, Obama for the first time voiced support for bailout legislation being drafted in Congress.The sharp criticism from Obama and Dodd reflects deep frustration on Capitol Hill at what many lawmakers regard as years of missteps, mistakes and arrogance by the Big Three automakers. At the same time, Washington is deeply worried about soaring unemployment — 533,000 jobs were lost in November alone — and the impact of an auto industry collapse on a nation already deep in recession.
Behind the scenes, House and Senate aides were hammering out legislation that would dole out billions to automakers within a week — but yank back the money if a government-run board and overseer named by President George W. Bush decided the companies weren't taking steps to overhaul themselves and become viable. A congressional aide outlined the emerging measure on condition of anonymity because it is not yet completed.The plan would draw the emergency aid from an existing loan program meant to help the automakers build fuel-efficient vehicles. The size of the package hasn't been finalized, but it is expected to be about $15 billion, several congressional aides said.It would create an oversight board comprised of key Cabinet secretaries — from the departments of Treasury, Energy, Labor, Commerce and Transportation — plus the Environmental Protection Agency administrator to oversee a broad auto industry restructuring.In return for the money, the carmakers would have to agree to terms similar to those placed on banks that receive funds under the $700 billion Wall Street bailout: to limit their top executives' pay packages, cease paying dividends, give the government a chunk of future gains and guarantee that taxpayers would be reimbursed before any other shareholders, the aide said.The bill under discussion would place the special investigator overseeing the bank rescue in charge of keeping tabs on the auto bailout.The White House and Democratic congressional leaders are narrowing their differences over the auto bailout, but had yet to agree on specific legislative details, officials said.In an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Obama said Congress was doing the exact right thing in drafting legislation that holds the auto industry's feet to the fire at the same time it tries to prevent its demise.
General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, in particular, have warned they could run out of money within weeks, and Ford Motor Co. may need help if the economy deteriorates further.GM spokesman Steve Harris said the company appreciates Dodd's support for the loans, but added, GM employees, dealers, suppliers and the GM board of directors feel strongly that Rick is the right guy to lead GM through this incredibly difficult and challenging time.Last week, The Associated Press asked Wagoner if he would resign at the request of Congress, to which he replied, It's not clear to me that experience in this industry should be viewed as a negative, but I'm going to do what's right for the company and I'm going to do it in consultation with the board.
Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, whose state is ground zero for the battered industry, told Fox News Sunday he was confident an agreement would emerge within the next day.Democratic leaders have said they hope to pass the measure this week. While Levin declined to predict its approval, support among rank-and-file lawmakers presumably would improve dramatically if both White House and Obama were to signal their backing once the legislation is complete.The last thing I want to see happen is for the auto industry to disappear, but I'm also concerned that we don't put $10 billion or $20 billion or $30 billion or whatever billion dollars into an industry, and then, six months to a year later, they come back hat in hand and say, Give me more,Obama said.Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, has drawn some criticism from Democrats who want him to become more involved in efforts to save the industry. The president-elect said his aides are monitoring developments and considering longer-term plans. He expressed no support for calls to allow the big carmakers to enter bankruptcy and said, We don't want government to run companies. Instead, he said, if taxpayer money is at stake — which it appears may be the case — we want to make sure that it is conditioned on an auto industry emerging at the end of the process that actually works, that actually functions. Obama did not single out any individual executive by name for criticism, and said there had been incremental progress in the past 15 years toward a more competitive line of products. What we haven't seen is a sense of urgency and the willingness to make tough decisions, he said. Asked whether the top executives should remain in the jobs, he said: Here's what I'll say, that it may not be the same for all the companies. But what I think we have to put an end to is the head-in-the-sand approach to the auto industry that has been prevalent for decades now.Later, at a news conference, he appeared to temper his comments, saying that current management should be ousted if it doesn't understand the urgent need to make changes in the industry. A breakthrough on the long-stalled rescue came Friday when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., yielded to President George W. Bush on a key point: allowing the aid to come from an existing fund set aside for the production of environmentally friendlier cars. The Big Three executives spent two consecutive days on Capitol Hill last week pleading for as much as $34 billion in loans to help their industry survive. GM and Chrysler made clear that $15 billion would be enough to keep them running until the end of March 2009. AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this story. Davis reported from Washington.
Bailed-out AIG offers Islamic insurance to U.S.Company sells Shariah-compliant policies after massive taxpayer-funded cash grab December 05, 2008 1:00 am Eastern By Chelsea Schilling 2008 WorldNetDaily
After American International Group Inc, or AIG, reached two major bailout agreements totaling $152.5 billion in taxpayer dollars, the company is stepping up its dealings with Islamic finance by offering Shariah-compliant homeowners insurance to the U.S. –outraging critics over AIG's support of a discriminatory ideology, that is against equality, and that is against liberty.Specifically, while American taxpayers are loaning money to AIG and hold 80 percent equity interest in the company, AIG owns a Shariah-compliant insurance company, offering accident, health, motor, personal contents, property and casualty insurance coverage. Now Risk Specialists Companies, Inc., or RSC, a subsidiary of AIG Commercial Insurance, is introducing its Shariah-compliant Takaful Homeowners Policy to the U.S., according to a Dec. 1 AIG announcement. The new insurance is said to be the first installment in a series of Shari'ah-compliant (Takaful) product offerings in the U.S.The Shariah-compliant policy is underwritten through RSC member company A.I. Risk Specialists Insurance, Inc., in conjunction with Lexington Insurance Co. and in association with AIG Takaful Enaya. Takaful is based on Quranic principles of Ta'awon – or mutual assistance. The term originates from the Arabic word Kafalah, meaning joint guarantee. Similar to mutual insurance, where policyholders own a stake in the organization, members of a Takaful group pool their resources to help the neediest member, and losses are divided among them. Cooperation is key in the system, and proponents often point to Surah Al-Maidah, verse 2 of the Quran, to explain the concept. It states: Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancor.According to Ernst & Young's 2008 World Takaful Report, the Shariah-compliant insurance had an estimated $5.7 billion global market in 2006 with more than 130 providers. The market is estimated to exceed $10 billion by 2010. The introduction of Takaful products in the U.S. represents an important and emerging growth opportunity for AIG Commercial Insurance, President Matthew F. Power of Risk Specialists Companies, Inc. said.We are pleased to offer socially responsible solutions to this segment of the domestic market.
Unlike mutual insurance, Takaful includes Shariah-compliant stipulations. It prohibits investment in companies that violate Islamic law by selling or promoting products such as alcohol, tobacco, pornography, gambling and even pork. Critics claim Shariah-compliant businesses are even opening doors to U.S. funding of Islamic extremism. Jeffrey Imm of Family Security Matters and the Anti-Jihad League of America has written extensively on the subject, warning that AIG would expand its Shariah products in the U.S. He has even created a petition demanding the Federal Reserve, Securities Exchange Commission and Department of the Treasury require AIG to divest itself of its Shariah businesses. The Sharia legal codification is intended to enforce discriminatory and segregationist practices against women and non-Muslims and to suppress the liberties of those living in Islamic theocracies, Imm writes.... Sharia is incompatible with democratic values and the inalienable right that all men are created equal.A part of AIG's government bailout includes its Takaful Sharia-based insurance business, its divisions promoting Sharia finance and Sharia mutual trusts.You own it, Imm declares. That's where your tax dollars are going today.Imm warns investing in Shariah-compliant businesses is dangerous for the U.S. When the government first considered providing a bailout to AIG it should have first required the company to divest itself of Shariah-based businesses, he wrote.
How is it in the economic interests of the United States to own part of a corporation with a business based on promoting a discriminatory ideology, that is against equality, and that is against liberty? Imm asks. How is it in the economic interests of the United States to own part of business that supports an Islamic supremacist practice that has been used to fund Jihad?
WELL ALEX JONES IS RIGHT ON WITH THIS,HE SAYS THERE KILLING US THE NEW WORLD ORDER ELITES. THANK GOODNESS JESUS IS IN CONTROL OR WE WOULD ALL BE KILLED BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER CREWS.
Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 countries: official DEC 7,08
DUBLIN (AFP) - Contaminated Irish pig meat may have been exported to up to 25 countries, Ireland's chief vet has said, as shops at home and abroad cleared pork from their shelves amid fears of a cancer link.We believe it's in the order of 20 to 25 countries. It's certainly less than 30, Paddy Rogan said on Sunday in comments quoted by the Irish media.His remarks came after ministers Saturday ordered all pig meat products from the Republic of Ireland to be withdrawn as dioxins, which may cause cancer, were found in slaughtered pigs thought to have eaten contaminated feed.
The recall involved products processed since September 1 and has caused panic in the Emerald Isle, where many families would have been buying their traditional Christmas ham in the coming days.Ireland is a major exporter of pork, with Britain by far the biggest market followed by Germany, France, Russia and Japan. Other major export destinations include China and Hong Kong.Officials and police are investigating the possible source of the contaminated feed, a plant run by Millstream Power Recycling Limited near Fenagh, County Carlow in southwest Ireland.David Curtin, a firm spokesman, said what was under investigation was oil used in machinery used to dry the recycled bread products and dough which are ingredients in the feed.He denied that any oil or other substance had been added to the feed during processing.Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen stepped in to try and calm the situation, saying it was important his government took whatever measures are necessary to build confidence in the industry for the future.The problem has been located. The continuing examination and inquiries will proceed and we must take action to reinforce confidence to the public, and obviously also allow the industry to move on from this point, Cowen said.
The crisis is another blow to recession-hit Ireland, where about 5,000 people work in a pig meat industry which exported 129,000 tonnes worth 368 million euros (468 million dollars) in 2007, according to official figures.Irish people are being told not to eat domestically-reared pork meat, bacon, pork sausages, sausage meat, gammon steaks, offal from pigs, salami, ham, sausage rolls, black pudding and white pudding.
Supermarket shelves have been cleared of Irish pork products while stockists in Britain, like retailer Waitrose, have also pulled them as officials advise consumers not to eat Irish or Northern Irish pork.Germany said it was taking all Irish pork products off the shelves as a precautionary measure, while contaminated Irish pork has been found in France and Belgium.Swedish authorities have also advised consumers to avoid products containing Irish pork until further notice.The European Commission announced it was closely monitoring the situation, saying experts from countries that may have received tainted pork shipments would meet Tuesday.Dioxins are toxic chemicals that can have serious health effects, including causing cancers, if there is long-term exposure to them at high levels.Food Safety Authority of Ireland deputy chief executive Alan Reilly said dioxin levels found in meat samples were between 80 and 200 times above the legal limit but stressed the risk to the public was very, very low.You would have to be eating products containing these chemicals for 40 years before you would show any signs of illness, he said.Padraig Walshe, president of the Irish Farmers' Association, said the recall was an absolute disaster in the run-up to Christmas, adding the contamination could cost Irish farmers hundreds of millions of euros.
It is going to be very difficult for the industry to get itself re-established and get customers to buy output again, Walshe told state broadcaster RTE. It is a huge blow to the industry.The contaminated feed was supplied to 10 Irish farms which supply roughly 10 percent of Ireland's pigs.Nine farms in Northern Ireland have also used the contaminated feed.The British province's Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew said restrictions had been placed on the farms.There is obviously a large amount of north-south movement of these products in Ireland and we need to carefully consider the way ahead, she added.
OBAMA VIDEO TO STORY
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VIDEONETDAILY Muslim plea to Obama: Return to Islamic roots,Allah will reward you for all who convert in your footsteps December 07, 2008 5:17 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein 2008 WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Claiming Barack Obama has roots in the Islamic religion, an Egyptian cleric has broadcast a plea urging Obama to convert to Islam while warning if the U.S. doesn't withdraw its troops from the Middle East and provide aid to Muslims, those eager for [death] will attack America. My message to [Obama] is threefold, declares Egyptian cleric Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal, speaking last week on the state-funded Al Nas religious television network. First, I invite him to convert to Islam. This is the call of the Prophet and of Allah. Oh, Obama – convert to Islam, and you will be saved.Continues Ashbal, I hope that Allah will reward you twice: once for converting to Islam, and another reward for all those who will convert in your footsteps. If you want glory, you will find it in Islam. If you want honor, you will find it in Islam. In religions other than Islam there is utter humiliation, even if you are the president of the entire world. You, Obama, are among those who have pledged before Allah – Allah who created you, sustained you, and brought you to this position – to be a Muslim who believes that Allah is the one God, especially since you have some kind of roots in Islam, declares Ashbal. Convert to Islam, and you will be saved. All glory and honor lie in following Allah and his messenger, Muhammad. Know that the true religion is the religion of Islam, and all other religions are fabricated religions, which are null and void – religions that were abrogated by the shari'a of Muhammad.
The Egyptian cleric says if Obama refuses to convert to Islam, his administration should at the least withdraw your huge armies and military bases from the lands of the Muslims.Know that all your predecessors have ended up in the garbage bin of history, and that America's black and bleak history in the land of the Muslims and the Arabs constitutes an evil omen for you, your predecessors, and your successors, Ashbal states. Ashbal further warns there will be no peace as long as a single Muslim child lacks food, drink, medicine, or housing,implying suicide bombers would strike American targets. If you refuse, Ashbal declares, and insist on remaining in Muslim lands, know that Allah still plants in [Muslims] obedience to Him, and that they are willing to wait for paradise, which is closer than their own shoelaces. Know, Obama, that in the lands of Islam, there are people who seek death, and are eager for it, even more than you and your people are eager for life – any kind of life, even a life of humiliation.Ashbal's remarks were captured, translated and transcribed by the Middle East Media Research Institute, MEMRI.
Obama was quite religious in Islam
Obama repeatedly has denied he is a Muslim. His presidential campaign website contained the statement, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian.But as WND has reported, public records in Indonesia listed Obama as a Muslim during his early years, and a number of childhood friends claimed to the media Obama was once a mosque-attending Muslim. Obama's campaign had several times wavered in response to reporters queries regarding the senator's childhood faith. Commenting on a Los Angeles Times report quoting a childhood friend stating Obama prayed in a mosque something the presidential candidate said he never did, Obama's campaign released a statement explaining the senator has never been a practicing Muslim.Widely distributed reports have noted that in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro. He was listed as an Indonesian citizen whose stepfather, listed on school documents as L Soetoro Ma, worked for the topography department of the Indonesian Army. Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students but exempt them from studying religion. After attending the Assisi Primary School, Obama was enrolled also as a Muslim, according to documents in the Besuki Primary School, a public school in Jakarta. Laotze blog, run by an American expatriate in Southeast Asia who visited the Besuki school, noted: All Indonesian students are required to study religion at school, and a young Barry Soetoro,being a Muslim, would have been required to study Islam daily in school. He would have been taught to read and write Arabic, to recite his prayers properly, to read and recite from the Quran and to study the laws of Islam.Indeed, in Obama's autobiography, Dreams From My Father, he acknowledged studying the Quran and describes the public school as a Muslim school.
In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Quranic studies,wrote Obama. The Indonesian media have been flooded with accounts of Obama's childhood Islamic studies, some describing him as a religious Muslim. Speaking to the country's Kaltim Post, Tine Hahiyary, who was principal of Obama's school while he was enrolled there, said she recalls he studied the Quran in Arabic. At that time, I was not Barry's teacher, but he is still in my memory claimed Tine, who is 80years old. The Kaltim Post said Obama's teacher, named Hendri, died. I remember that he studied mengaji (recitation of the Quran), Tine said, according to an English translation by Loatze. Mengaji, or the act of reading the Quran with its correct Arabic punctuation, is usually taught to more religious pupils and is not known as a secular study. Also, Loatze documented the Indonesian daily Banjarmasin Post interviewed Rony Amir, an Obama classmate and Muslim, who described Obama as previously quite religious in Islam.We previously often asked him to the prayer room close to the house, Amir said. If he was wearing a sarong (waist fabric worn for religious or casual occasions) he looked funny.The Los Angeles Times, which sent a reporter to Jakarta, quoted Zulfin Adi, who identified himself as among Obama's closest childhood friends, stating the presidential candidate prayed in a mosque, something Obama's campaign claimed he never did. We prayed, but not really seriously, just following actions done by older people in the mosque, said Adi. But as kids, we loved to meet our friends and went to the mosque together and played.
Friday prayers
Obama's official campaign site contained a page titled Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian. The page stated, Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ.But the campaign changed its tune when it issued a practicing Muslim clarification to the Los Angeles Times. An article in March by the Chicago Tribune apparently disputes Adi's statements to the L.A. paper. The Tribune caught up with Obama's declared childhood friend, who now describes himself as only knowing Obama for a few months in 1970 when his family moved to the neighborhood. Adi said he was unsure about his recollections of Obama.
But the Tribune found Obama did attend mosque.
Interviews with dozens of former classmates, teachers, neighbors and friends show that Obama was not a regular practicing Muslim when he was in Indonesia, states the Tribune article. It quotes Obama's former neighbors and third-grade teacher recalling how the young Obama occasionally followed his stepfather to the mosque for Friday prayers.Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, notes the Tribune article cited by liberal blogs as refuting claims Obama is Muslim actually implies Obama was an irregularly practicing Muslim and twice confirms Obama attended mosque services. In a free-ranging interview with the New York Times, Obama described the Muslim call to prayer as one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.The Times' Nicholos Kristof wrote Obama recited, with a first-class [Arabic] accent, the opening lines of the Muslim call to prayer.
The first few lines of the call to prayer state:
Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that Muhammad is his prophet ...
Some attention also has been paid to Obama's paternal side of the family, including his father and his brother, Roy.
Writing in a chapter of his book describing his 1992 wedding, Obama stated: The person who made me proudest of all was Roy. Actually, now we call him Abongo, his Luo name, for two years ago he decided to reassert his African heritage. He converted to Islam and has sworn off pork and tobacco and alcohol.Still, Obama maintains he was raised by his Christian mother and repeatedly has labeled as smears several reports attempting to paint him as a Muslim. Let's make clear what the facts are: I am a Christian. I have been sworn in with a Bible. I pledge allegiance [to the American flag] and lead the Pledge of Allegiance sometimes in the United States Senate when I'm presiding, he told the Times of London earlier this year.
More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer – Sun Dec 7, 1:12 pm ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Militants torched 160 vehicles, including dozens of Humvees destined for U.S. and allied forces fighting in Afghanistan, in the boldest attack so far on the critical military supply line through Pakistan.The American military said Sunday's raid on two transport terminals near the beleaguered Pakistani city of Peshawar would have minimal impact on anti-Taliban operations set to expand with the arrival of thousands more troops next year.However, the attack feeds concern that insurgents are trying to choke the route through the famed Khyber Pass, which carries up to 70 percent of the supplies for Western forces in landlocked Afghanistan, and drive up the cost of the war.It also dents faith in Pakistani authorities already under pressure from India and the U.S. to act on suspicion that the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai were orchestrated by Islamic extremists based in Pakistan.The owner of one of the terminals hit Sunday denied government claims that security was boosted after an ambush last month in which bearded militants made off with a Humvee and later paraded it in triumph before journalists.We don't feel safe here at all, Kifayatullah Khan told The Associated Press. He predicted that most of his night watchmen would quit their jobs out of fear. It is almost impossible for us to continue with this business.The attack reduced a section of the walled Portward Logistic Terminal to a smoldering junkyard.Khan said armed men flattened the gate before dawn with a rocket-propelled grenade, fatally shot a guard and set fire to 106vehicles, including about 70 Humvees.Humvees are thought to cost about $100,000 each, though the price varies widely depending on armor and other equipment, meaning Sunday's losses may exceed $10 million.An Associated Press reporter who visited the depot saw six rows of destroyed Humvees and military trucks packed close together, some on flatbed trailers, all of them gutted and twisted by the flames.Khan said shipping documents showed they were destined for U.S. forces and the Western-trained Afghan National Army.The attackers fled after a brief exchange of fire with police, who arrived about 40 minutes later, he said.
Nine other guards who stood helplessly aside during the attack put the number of assailants at 300, Khan said. Police official Kashif Alam said there were only 30.At the nearby Faisal depot, manager Shah Iran said 60 vehicles destined for Afghanistan as well as three Pakistani trucks were also burned.The attacks were the latest in a series highlighting the vulnerability of the supply route to the spreading power of the Taliban in the border region, which is also considered a likely hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.Vast quantities of supplies pass through Pakistan after being unloaded from ships at the Arabian sea port of Karachi. Some is routed through Quetta toward the Afghan city of Kandahar, but most flows through the Khyber Pass toward Kabul and the huge U.S. air base at Bagram.The U.S. military in Afghanistan said in a statement that an unspecified number of its containers were destroyed but that their loss would have minimal effect on our operations.It's militarily insignificant, U.S. spokeswoman Lt. Col. Rumi Nielsen-Green said. You can't imagine the volume of supplies that come through there and elsewhere and other ways.Still, NATO is seeking an alternative route through Central Asia, which it acknowledges is more expensive. Pakistan halted traffic through the Khyber Pass for several days in November while it arranged for troops to guard the slow-moving convoys. Shahedullah Baig, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Islamabad, insisted Sunday that the extra security covered the terminals. They are fully protected, but in this kind of situation such incidents happen, Baig said. However, Khan, the depot manager, said that was untrue, and that there were only a handful of lightly armed police at the targeted terminals on Sunday afternoon. Peshawar has seen a surge in violence in recent weeks, including the slaying of an American working on a U.S.-funded aid project. On Saturday, a car bomb detonated in a busy market area of the city, killing 29 people and injuring 100 more. Mehmood Shah, a former chief of security in Pakistan's tribal badlands now working as a consultant, said militants appeared to have moved into the Khyber region from both sides of the border in recent months to put pressure on the supply route. The terminals, like the route itself, could not be adequately protected by private security guards, he said.
The government should have done it or the U.S. should have insisted that the government do it, he said. Associated Press writers Zarar Khan and Stephen Graham in Islamabad and Heidi Vogt and Jason Straziuso in Kabul contributed to this report.
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