NO GUNS ALLOWED-SECRET HIDDEN LAW

DON'T PASS THE SIGNS
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1948
CAP & TRADE TAX GRAB
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1946
WHATS THE CONNECTION PURIM TO PASSOVER
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/1951
OBAMA FALSE FLAG ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT NEXT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME-JONES
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COULD THIS BE THE DEATH SQUADE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SET UP FOR A FALSE FLAG ASSASSINATION AGAINST HIM.ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

Dubai seeks global dragnet for Hamas slaying By BRIAN MURPHY and BARBARA SURK, Associated Press Writers – FEB 16,10

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai police appealed for an international manhunt Tuesday after releasing names and photos of an alleged 11-member European hit squad accused of stalking and killing a Hamas commander last month in a plot that mixed cold precision with spy caper disguises such as fake beards and wigs.The case — as presented by Dubai authorities — rings of clockwork espionage and detailed planning that included suspects riding the same elevator as Mahmoud al-Mabhouh before he was slain in an ambush-style attack in a luxury hotel room that took no more than 10 minutes.But questions emerged about the list of suspects after Dubai authorities released pictures, names and passport photos identifying them as six Britons, three Irish and one each from France and Germany.Ireland said the three alleged Irish citizens on the wanted list do not exist. In Germany, officials said the passport number give by Dubai for the lone German suspect is either incomplete or wrong.

Other elements also challenged the narrative presented by Dubai authorities, including how investigators pieced together the evidence pointing to an alleged European assassin team. Or why such an apparently well-planned operation would forget about the country's wide-ranging security cameras.The Islamic militant group has repeatedly accused Israel's Mossad secret service of masterminding the slaying and has vowed revenge.Al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas' military wings, had been wanted by Israel for his role in the 1989 kidnapping and killing of two Israeli soldiers on leave — something that was acknowledged by Hamas last month.Days after his body was found on Jan. 20, Israeli officials also pointedly accused al-Mabhouh of helping smuggle rockets into the Gaza Strip, the coastal territory ruled by Hamas.

Officials outside Dubai, however, said at least two Palestinians linked to the case were in Dubai custody, leaving Hamas and its Palestinian rivals trading bitter accusations.Meanwhile, doubts were raised about some suspects' identities.In Dublin, Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs said it could not find the three suspects in passport records and the numbers listed were counterfeit because they have the wrong number of digits and contain no letters. Ireland has issued no passports in those names,the department said in a statement to The Associated Press.Germany's Interior Ministry also said the five-digit passport number given for the lone German suspect is too short and lacks the letters that now appear on its passports.Melvyn Adam Mildiner, 31, one of the men identified by the Dubai police Monday as a suspect, was shocked when an AP reporter reached him on the phone in Israel and read him the information released by Dubai officials.Mildiner, who said he holds a British and an Israeli passport, confirmed the name and the passport number matched his but said the date of birth was a few days off.He said he did not know how anybody obtained his U.K. passport, issued in 2001 and never reported lost.Britain's Foreign Office said in a statement Tuesday that authorities were aware the holders of six British passports have been named as suspects in the case but added authorities believe the passports used were fraudulent.Dubai officials have said they would seek assistance from the global police coordination agency Interpol and press individual nations to hunt down the suspects.Attorney General Essam al-Hemaydan said Tuesday that international arrest warrants have been issued. The account presented Monday by Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, included surveillance video clips from the suspects' airport arrivals to their hasty departures to Europe and Asia before al-Mabhouh's body was found in Room 230 at the Al-Bustan Rotana Hotel near Dubai's international airport.

Tamim said the suspects arrived in Dubai at different times, checked into different hotels and tailed al-Mabhouh from the moment of his arrival in Dubai to when he entered his hotel room. Some suspects even rode in the same elevator as al-Mabhouh to verify his room number and later booked a room across the hall, Tamim said. They paid for all expenses in cash and used different cell phone cards to avoid being traced, Tamim said. Surveillance footage shows the female suspect apparently wearing a wig and at times a big hat and sunglasses to blend in as a tourist. Others also were disguised as vacationers, wearing baseball caps or tennis outfits and carrying rackets. Tamim also said some suspects donned fake beards. He said forensic tests indicated al-Mabhouh died of suffocation, but lab analyses were still under way to pinpoint other possible factors. Hamas initially claimed al-Mabhouh was poisoned and electrocuted, but later a Hamas leader, Mohammed Nazzal, denied that poison was used. The killing itself took just 10 minutes, Tamim said. Four assassins later entered his room while he was out, using an electronic device to open the door, and waited in ambush for al-Mabhouh to return. Tamim said they were careful not to disturb anything in the room and left the door locked from the inside. The team then headed for the airport, some of them flying to Europe and others to Asia, he said. All left Dubai — one of seven semiautonomous emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates — within 19 hours of their arrival. Dubai police claimed that four members of the alleged cell carried out the killing. Five others, including the woman, were used as spotters and in other planning roles, police said. The mastermind was a man identified as French. The consul general of France in Dubai, Nada Yafi, declined to comment. A former high-ranking Mossad official, Rami Yigal, told Israel Army Radio that the assassin does look professional as described by Dubai police. But Yigal said it doesn't look like an Israeli operation because of the apparent shortcuts, such as allowing members to be videotaped by security cameras. Yigal declined to speculate on who could have carried out the slaying, but noted that al-Mabhouh has many enemies and was at the center of bloody Palestinian feuds. He was not new to terror ... and he had many contacts with people who had good reason to want him dead, he said. The two detained Palestinians were Hamas operatives, said West Bank police spokesman Adnan Damiri, citing sources familiar with the investigation.

Hamas, however, claimed the suspects were linked to the rival Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of alleged clandestine links with Israeli intelligence. In Amman, Jordan, government spokesman Nabil Sharif told the AP that Jordan turned the two Palestinians over to the United Arab Emirates a few days ago.He declined to give their names or further details. Top Hamas figures have denied reports that al-Mabhouh was en route to Iran, a major Hamas backer. But the group has not given clear reasons for his presence in Dubai. Besides Mildiner, the other suspects were identified by Dubai police as Michael Lawrence Barney, James Leonard Clarke, Jonathan Louis Graham, Paul John Keeley and Stephen Daniel Hodes of Britain; Gail Folliard, Evan Dennings and Kevin Daveron of Ireland; Peter Elvinger of France and Michael Bodenheimer of Germany. Associated Press Writers Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank, Jamal Halaby in Amman, Jordan, Amy Teibel in Jerusalem, Dave Rising in Berlin, Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin and Raphael Satter in London contributed to this report.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Finance ministers play hardball with Greece
ANDREW WILLIS Today FEB 16,10 @ 09:17 CET

Euro area finance ministers played hardball with Greece on Monday (15 February), stressing additional austerity measures may be needed rather than detailing bail-out plans as hoped for by Athens. We did not want to go public today with the measures we are putting in place,Luxembourgish Prime Minister and eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker said after a meeting of euro area finance ministers, in reference to bail-out plans. At an informal summit in Brussels last Thursday, euro area leaders said they would take determined and co-ordinated action if needed to safeguard financial stability in the euro area as a whole - diplomatic language indicating Greece would not be left to default on its debt obligations. But an unwillingness to spell out further details suggests EU members view financial transfers as a matter of last resort, with Germany particularly reluctant to set a new precedent that could see other weak economies seek aid in the future. Earlier in the day, Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou called on his EU colleagues to provide greater details of a potential bail-out.My guess is that what will stop markets attacking Greece at the moment is a further, more explicit message that makes operational what was decided last Thursday [by EU leaders],he told a conference in Brussels.

Austerity measures

Instead, the meeting of finance ministers pointed to the possible need for further austerity measures if Greece is to reduce its budget deficit by four percent this year to 8.7 percent of GDP, as outlined last month. In a detailed stability programme report to the European Commission, Athens pledged to slash its deficit from last year's 12.7 percent of GDP to below three percent by 2012, but some analysts question whether the current list of actions will be enough to reach these targets. The European Central Bank recently made a strong push for additional measures, but finance ministers on Monday opted to wait until a mid-March assessment of Greece's progress before making the call. Mr Juncker said Greece should focus on expenditure cuts, for example cutting current capital expenditure,but he also said revenue-increasing measures such as tax rises would be necessary. The EU's new economy commissioner Olli Rehn also stressed further steps were likely to be necessary.Our view is that risks related to the implementation and macro-economy and markets are materialising, and therefore there is a clear case for additional measures,he said. Polls show Greece's centre-left Pasok administration still enjoys widespread support having been swept to power in a landslide victory last October, but unions took to the streets earlier this month to protest against government plans for public sector pay cuts, retirement age changes and pension-sector reforms.

Gaddafi provokes EU visa row over troublemaker son
VALENTINA POP Today FEB 16,10 @ 09:27 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The European Commission on Monday (15 February) deplored Libya's unilateral and disproportionate decision to deny entry to the country to almost all EU citizens - the latest move in a diplomatic row with Switzerland over the brief arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's troublemaker son, Hannibal.Tripoli's blockade affects all travelers from countries in Europe's Schengen visa-free area, which includes Switzerland, Iceland and Norway, though they remain outside the European Union. Great Britain, Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria, which are in the EU, are not however part of this arrangement. The issue will be discussed before the end of the week by the countries involved, together with the EU executive, in order to consider the appropriate reaction, home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement.The diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland started in July 2008, when Swiss authorities in Geneva arrested the son of the Libyan leader, Hannibal Gaddafi, following a complaint of assault from two of his staff. He was released on bail after two days in custody, but Tripoli subsequently placed a boycott on Swiss imports, forced its companies out of the country and stopped issuing visas for its citizens.

Geneva retaliated and blacklisted him and his family, along with other Libyan officials.At a summit of the eight most industrialised countries in Italy last year, the Libyan strongman called Switzerland a world mafia and said it should be split between France, Germany and Italy.His 33-year old son has continued to make headlines in the European media. In December, London police was called to his hotel after staff heard a scream from his room. Libyan model Aline Skaf, now his wife, was rushed to the hospital with a broken nose and her face covered in blood. She did not press charges and said she suffered the injuries in a fall. But back in 2005, when she was dating him, she filed an assault suit for which he was fined and given a four-month suspended prison sentence.The young Mr Gaddafi also notoriously attacked three Italian policemen with a fire extinguisher and speeded a Porsche the wrong up the Champs Elysees in Paris. Italy, one EU country affected by the decision, defended the petrol-rich African country and blamed the escalation on Switzerland. Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini said Geneva was holding EU citizens hostages to this row and that it should not solve this bilateral issue at the expense of others.Rome last year signed a special partnership agreement with Tripoli, during Mr Gaddafi's visit to the peninsula, focused on the returns of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in their search for asylum in Europe.

Greek criticism directed at EU institutions, says minister
ANDREW WILLIS 15.02.2010 @ 17:55 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou went on the defensive on Monday (15 February), seeking to quell controversies surrounding recent comments made by the country's prime minister, George Papandreou, and reports of dubious dealings between Athens and Wall Street investment banks. At an informal EU summit last Thursday, euro area leaders agreed to take determined and co-ordinated action if needed to safeguard financial stability in the euro area as a whole. But in but a televised address a day later, Mr Papandreou appeared to criticise his EU partners, accusing them of creating a psychology of looming collapse.Speaking to journalists in Brussels on Monday ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers, Mr Papaconstantinou said the criticisms had been directed at EU institutions and not national capitals. He [George Papandreou] said in the last few months that we've often had mixed signals from a number of European institutions. He did not say ... that there were mixed signals from the European Council [of EU leaders], insisted the finance minister. EU institutions and national capitals have engaged in a tricky balancing act regarding Greece, say analysts. On the one hand they have sought to convince jittery investors that Athens will not be allowed to default on its debt obligations, while at the same time avoiding the signal that overspending governments will simply be bailed out.

Wall Street

The Greek administration also found itself embroiled in a second controversy on Monday, after news of dealings with Wall Street banks broke over the weekend. Investment firms including Goldman Sachs arranged currency swaps for Greece over the last decade that allowed Athens to raise funds to reduce its budget deficit while pushing payments well into the future. Those transactions were not classified as loans, reports the the New York Times, and not made known to Brussels officials.
European Commission economy spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio told a news conference in Brussels that the EU's statistics office, Eurostat, has already sought answers to the allegations, but Mr Papaconstantinou defended his country's actions. These kinds of more exotic financial instruments were, at the time, completely Eurostat legal, he said.Greece was not the only country using them. They have since been made illegal and Greece has not used them since, he added. Mr Papaconstantinou, a deputy in the European Parliament until elections last October brought Greece's center-left Pasok party to power, also implied the timing of the news story was more to do with different investment banks attempting to sully each others reputations, rather than the legitimacy of Greek dealings.

Confidence deficit

But the story is unlikely to help the Greek position, with Athens already suffering from a crisis of confidence. At 12.7 percent of GDP in 2009, Greece's budget deficit is high but comparable to a number of other EU member states such as Ireland and the UK. Debt levels currently exceeding 110 percent of GDP and a past track record of failing to reach targets have caused Greece to become the focal point for market concerns however. Doubts over the reliability of the country's statistical data have also contributed to the recent investor flight from the country's bonds and demands for higher yields. On Monday, the college of 27 European commissions adopted a formal proposal to give Eurostat auditing powers, part of a bid to end doubts over the Greek data. If approved by national governments, the amended regulation on data collection will allow for more frequent and comprehensive statistical visits by Eurostat to member states. In 2005, the EU executive body made a similar request for Eurostat auditing capabilities but was rebuffed by member states, who were reluctant to hand over power to the Luxembourg-based body. Observers suggest the current Greek crisis has softened government positions however. As well as investors, European citizens outside Greece have expressed their exasperation with Europe's black sheep. A new poll published in Germany on Sunday shows a majority of Germans want the debt-ridden state to be thrown out of the eurozone, if necessary, and more than two-thirds oppose handing Athens billions of euros in credit.Mr Papaconstantinou said he could understand German frustration, but pointed out that the EU and eurozone had brought great benefits to both strong and weak members, including in the area of trade and tourism. I think we need a more objective and cold assessment of what is going on,he said, warning against a debate that touches on elements that we dont want to see in Europe in terms of divides between the north and the south.

EU wants answers on Wall Street role in Greek debt
ANDREW WILLIS 15.02.2010 @ 14:03 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has said it is seeking answers following allegations that Wall Street investment banks helped Greece hide the extent of its debt. Eurostat [the EU's statistics agency] has, following these reports, already requested from the Greek authorities an explanation by the end of February,said EU economy spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio at a news conference in Brussels on Monday (15 February).Over the last decade, Wall Street banks facilitated Greek government efforts to skirt European debt limits, reported the New York Times over the weekend. One deal created by Goldman Sachs helped obscure billions in debt from officials in Brussels, the paper alleges.Goldman executives approached Greece as recently as last November with complicated financial instruments to push debt from the country's health care system far into the future, it continues, adding that similar arrangements have been struck in the past. Athens says it did not purse the latest Goldman proposal. Complicated currency swaps are at the eye of the latest storm. The commission said the swaps are a legitimate government management tool provided they are calculated from observed market rates.This is something that we will have to assess based on the information we will receive,said Mr Tardio.

There was an excessive deficit procedure methodological visit to Greece in 2008 and at the time Eurostat did not receive information about such transactions,he said. The commission is to come forward shortly with a proposal to give Eurostat auditing powers, with the latest allegations emphasizing the need for greater scrutiny, said Mr Tardio.

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries (DRUGS), nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

[FOCUS] EU ponders swine flu vaccine glut
ANDREW WILLIS 08.02.2010 @ 17:43 CET

EUOBSERVER /HEALTH FOCUS - The outbreak of swine flu in North America last April and subsequent spread around the globe lead the World Health Organisation to rapidly raise its pandemic alert warnings in the following weeks, reaching a maximum Phase Six on 11 June 2009. But now, less than a year later, several EU countries find themselves among a list of states with an excessive stockpile of a hastily-made vaccine, leading to accusations of misspent taxpayer money and collusion between the WTO and private pharmaceutical companies. The French administration, for example, ordered enough vaccine to inoculate its entire population of 60 million, but has so far used only 5 million doses. It now hopes to cancel 50 million doses and sell millions more. The Netherlands is looking to sell 19 million doses to other countries, while Germany is in talks with drug manufacturers to halve its order of 50million doses. Switzerland, Spain and Britain are also considering plans to sell excess supplies. A review process analysing Europe's effectiveness in tackling the health crisis last year, and involving the European Commission and member states, will look into the causes of the vaccine glut, amongst other issues. Initiated towards the end of December, the results are set to be submitted under the Belgian EU presidency in the second half of 2010. With health issues still largely a national competence, commission officials say their role in the early days of the outbreak was to facilitate information exchange between European capitals, with efforts now concentrating on the need to redistribute the surplus vaccines. The EU executive body will not comment on allegations of collusion, pointing instead to the initial mistaken belief that individuals would need two vaccine doses to acquire immunity as the main reason for the vaccine glut in certain states.

Council of Europe

The Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, a non-EU institution dealing primarily with human rights issues and made up of national MPs, held a public hearing on the subject however on 26 January, with the question up for debate: Are decisions on pandemics taken on the best scientific evidence only? Dr Wolfgang Wodarg, a specialist in epidemiology and former member of the Council's assembly until he lost his seat in the September German elections, accuses the WTO of providing governments with poor information. He notes that the strain's transmissibility was used to define pandemic status, with no consideration given to the severity of the strain.The former German politician also highlighted during the public hearing that the WTO's definition of a pandemic was changed as recently as last May, with the decision to purchase vaccines in several capitals triggered by the WTO issuing its pandemic warning. It was only this change of definition that made it possible to transform a run-of-the-mill flu into a worldwide pandemic – and made it possible for the pharmaceutical industry to transform this opportunity into cash, under contracts which were mainly secret, he told attendees. Dr Keiji Fukuda, special advisor on pandemic influenza to the WHO's director-general, defended the organisation's action during the last year's outbreak. The flu pandemic policies and responses were not improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. Co-operation with a range of partners, including the private sector, is necessary, but numerous safeguards are in place to avoid conflict of interest, he said. He added that labeling the pandemic as a fake would be to ignore recent history and science and to trivialise the deaths of over 14,000 people that have taken place so far as a result of the virus. The subject has now been taken up by Council Assembly member and UK Labour MP Paul Flynn, with a report expected in June. The European Commission says it will react to the report once published.EUobserver's special focus section delves into the challenges confronting healthcare, this most cherished element of the European welfare state. See more: Health Focus.

CDC: Swine flu made 57 million Americans ill By Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer – Fri Feb 12, 12:58 pm ET

ATLANTA – Swine flu cases are down, but health officials say the disease's cumulative impact has grown to 57 million U.S. illnesses, 257,000 hospitalizations and 11,690 deaths.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the new estimates Friday. They represent cases from the time swine flu was first identified in April through mid-January — the first nine months of the pandemic.The numbers represent increases of about 4 percent from the CDC's last estimates, which covered the first eight months. New swine flu cases peaked in October but declined since, and have not been widespread in any state for more than a month.On the Net:
CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov

Mumps outbreak in NY, NJ tops 1,500 cases By Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer – Thu Feb 11, 2:42 pm ET

ATLANTA – A mumps outbreak among Orthodox Jews in New York and New Jersey has now surpassed 1,500 cases and shows no sign of ending soon, health officials said Thursday.The 7-month-old outbreak began last summer at a boys camp in the Catskills. The campers were from Orthodox Jewish families, and cases multiplied when they returned to their close-knit communities in and around New York City.Most had a mumps vaccination, but the shots don't prevent all cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mumps vaccine is 79 to 95 percent effective if two doses are given, so illnesses will still occur in vaccinated people when the virus spreads, health officials said.With 1,521 cases, the mumps outbreak is the largest in the U.S. since 2006, when nearly 6,600 cases were reported, mostly in six Midwestern states. Usually fewer than 300 cases are reported annually.Mumps is spread by coughing and sneezing. Common symptoms are fever, headache and swollen glands. Most cases are in children and teens. It is a mild disease but sometimes can lead to complications such as hearing loss, meningitis and swollen testicles that — in rare cases — can lead to sterility.

In the new outbreak, the first identified case was an 11-year-old boy who got sick in late June. He had just returned from the United Kingdom — where vaccination rates are lower and mumps is more common — before going to the camp in Sullivan County in upstate New York. About 25 campers got sick.Since then, hundreds of cases have been diagnosed in Orthodox Jewish enclaves in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in nearby Orange and Rockland counties and in four counties in New Jersey.Orthodox Jews account for more than 97 percent of the cases, which most likely has to do with the insular nature of their community, said Dr. Guthrie Birkhead of the New York State Department of Health.Many Orthodox Jewish families are large, and the virus spreads well in packed households, said Kathleen Gallagher, a CDC epidemiologist. She said seating arrangements in religious schools may also be contributing, with students facing each other across tables instead of in rows of desks facing forward.Since 1989, health officials have recommended that children get two doses of a combination vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella. Birkhead said vaccination rates for Orthodox Jewish kids are about the same as those for other New York schoolchildren.

Among 1,100 from the new outbreak, the CDC said 88 percent had gotten at least one vaccine dose, 75 percent had two doses. Health officials last month began offering a third dose in some schools where the outbreak has persisted. So far, cases are continuing.We're not out of the woods yet,said Birkhead.On the Net:CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr

WEAPONS OF CHOICE-No guns allowed, declares city, it's a snow emergency Hidden state laws ban firearm sales, even possession, during crises February 16, 2010
12:06 am Eastern By Drew Zahn 2010 WorldNetDaily

Residents of King, N.C., were startled earlier this month when a declared snow emergency triggered a law forbidding the possession of firearms in public. Furthermore, North Carolina isn't the only state where authorities can ban gun sales, or even possession, upon declaration of emergency, even though what constitutes an emergency might be deemed questionable. According to North Carolina statute 14-288.7, when a municipality declares a state of emergency in which public safety authorities are unable to … afford adequate protection for lives or property – such as during the recent East Coast record snowfall – it is unlawful for any person to transport or possess off his own premises any dangerous weapon.In other words, when the cops can't get through on the roads, the citizens can't take guns off their own property. This has to be the most ridiculous event of the century! protested a commenter on the website of Winston-Salem's WXII-TV, which reported the ban.This is the ultimate denial of liberties for the most asinine reason ... bad weather!

But King Police Chief Paula May told the station that when the City Council and county authorities declared the emergency, regardless of the reason, state law took over. By law, statute 14-288.7 automatically went into effect, May told WXII.And that law, which goes into effect when there's a state of emergency, prohibits the transportation, purchase, sale and possession of firearms other than on one's own premises.Other states also have laws restricting firearm use that lie dormant until a declared state of emergency, a fact that worries some gun rights activists.
Pennsylvania's Uniform Firearms Act, for example, states in Article G, Chapter 61, Statute 6017, that no person shall carry a firearm, rifle or shotgun upon the public streets or upon any public property during an emergency unless that person is defending their life or property from immediate attack. Currently in Colorado, State Senator Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, has introduced Bill S10-51, which would strike firearms from a list of items the governor may suspend sale, dispensing and transportation of during a declared emergency. The bill, however, has been postponed indefinitely in committee. Georgia State Senator Preston Smith, R-Rome, has filed Senate Bill 342 in his state for the same purpose. Personally, I think [North Carolina's] law is unconstitutional to start with and stupid public policy, said Alan Gottlieb, founder of Second Amendment Foundation.

It reminded me of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans confiscated guns,Gottlieb told WND,and we went to court to stop that.Indeed, following the firearm controversy in Katrina's wake, gun rights advocates pushed first Louisiana, then several other states, to pass laws limiting gun-control grabs during times of declared emergency. State Senators Renfroe and Smith of Colorado and Georgia, respectively, are simply among the most recent to take up the cause. Gottlieb told WND a federal law was also passed that would deny federal disaster aid to towns and states that actually confiscate guns from people, as was done in New Orleans. This move in North Carolina may violate that [federal law], and we may look into that, Gottlieb said.We're looking at seeing how we can stop them from doing this in the future. This is the first time I've seen it done for a snow emergency, he continued. It surprised us that they did this. There was no reason to do it, nothing to trigger it. No one was doing anything wrong.The King, N.C., state of emergency – which was coupled with a curfew and a corresponding ban on alcohol sales during the snow crisis – was in effect for less than 24 hours over a Sunday evening, until roadways could be cleared. But some residents were still upset by the sudden imposition of government restrictions. I thought it was ridiculous,area resident Andrea Williams told WXII-TV. I think it crossed over into our Constitutional rights and our civil liberties.

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH-Vets fear chemical coat-hanger abortions Oklahoma legislature considering relaxing rules for dispensing drugs February 15, 2010
11:14 pm Eastern 2010 WorldNetDaily

A coalition of veterinarians in Oklahoma is lobbying the state legislature to tighten rules for the control of veterinary drugs because of concerns the substances could be used for dangerous purposes – from date-rape to abortion. State Rep. Brian Renegar is working against the plan now pending on the state House floor that would ease oversight of some livestock management practices. The bill has been made a priority by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. H.B. 3202 by Rep. Don Armes would protect a livestock owners' right to perform traditional animal husbandry practices as well as utilize equine dentists, the Farm Bureau explained. But Renegar said the provision includes allowing wider and easier distribution of drugs that help ranchers or contractors conduct procedures such as managing horses' teeth, which grow throughout the animal's lifetime and periodically must be trimmed to allow the animal to eat.

The bill also adjusts the Oklahoma Veterinary Act to allow non-licensed individuals to provide the services. Renegar, a veterinarian for more than three decades, said the legislation opens the door to the possibility that the tranquilizers and other drugs will be misused at tragic cost. Get the powerful best seller,The Marketing of Evil by David Kupelian, and discover the incredible truth of how abortion has been sold to Americans with wall-to-wall lies and deception. These kids that are abusing these drugs are really good at attaching acronyms, and this particular class of drugs is called CCs,which stands for chemical coat-hangers,said Renegar. I am a lifelong veterinarian and very supportive of agriculture – but this bill is unnecessary and does nothing to benefit agriculture. We are here as legislators to protect the public good, and simply put, this bill does the exact opposite in that it will allow non-licensed individuals access to these harmful drugs,he warned.

Planned Parenthood already distributes the RU-486 chemical abortion, and WND reported about a year ago on cases from Wisconsin in which teens were using livestock drugs to induce their own abortions. reports were corroborated by Anna Anderson, head of the Care Net Pregnancy Center in Green County, Wis., who document the trend on the Stephenson County Right to Life website of Freeport, Ill. Anderson reported receiving numerous calls and visits to her pregnancy care center from teens who either had taken the drugs or were worried about friends who had taken them. The drugs, kept on farms for management of livestock under the names Prostaglandins, Cystorelin, Factrel, Gonadorelin or Lutalyse, were being ingested orally in large quantities, even though animals are treated by injection, officials said at the time. But the concerns were that besides causing the death of the unborn baby, other complications that could follow included infections, blood loss and even death.Both Wisconsin and national veterinary associations acknowledged the problem at the time.

Now Renegar says in the Oklahoma situation, the concern is removing oversight from a situation that can be dangerous.Another Oklahoma veterinarian, Daniel Eisenhour, agreed with Renegar's concerns. He told WND drugs are necessary in the livestock industry to control and manage animal reproduction in a way that provides a return on cost for the rancher. But he said the provisions in the state House go too far.
Renegar said he's received alerts from the American Animal Hospital Association about the issue of teens obtaining drugs to be used for do-it-yourself date-rape or abortion tool kits. Eisenhour noted that women are not supposed to even handle some of the products without gloves, because of the danger of abortion. In fact, in an online description for one of the products, the manufacturer states: Women of child-bearing age, asthmatics, and persons with bronchial and other respiratory problems should exercise extreme caution when handling this product. In the early stages, women may be unaware of their pregnancies. Dinoprost tromethamine is readily absorbed through the skin and can cause abortion and/or bronchiospasms.

WORLD GOVERNMENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq5cQMiAB8&feature=related
http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/2009/07/we-are-already-under-global-government.html#links
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.

EPHESIANS 6:10-13
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,(DEMONIC ANGELS IN HIGH PLACES) against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.(SPIRTIUAL DEMONIC PERSONS)
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

LUKE 4:5-7(BECAUSE SATAN OFFERS WORLD POWER, WORLD ORDERERS HAVE ACCEPTED SATANS GIFT)
5 And the devil, taking him (JESUS) up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.

http://www.infowars.com/agenda-21-alert-the-sustainable-development-of-the-ruling-class/
Agenda 21 Alert: The Sustainable Development of the Ruling Class Cassandra Anderson Infowars.com February 16, 2010

The American people have fallen prey to Public-Private Partnerships. A classic example of this is the Federal Reserve System.The people of the United Kingdom are upset with the prospect of the French government buying the Port of Dover, when, in fact, they should be outraged! It is not the French government that proposes to buy the Port, but a governmental hybrid that follows the collectivists’ blueprint to take over the world’s profitable assets and land.

The British government wants to sell the strategic Port of Dover, at the historic White Cliffs of Dover, to reduce its debt of $1.3 trillion dollars. While the sale of the Port could rake in over $500 million dollars, this is not even a drop in the bucket to pay down the debt, and the Port is expected to flourish and grow by 85% in the next 20- 30 years. Currently, it is a public corporation.(1)

The Port is at the narrowest part of the English Channel, the Strait of Dover, just 21 miles from the shores of France and the city of Calais. The prospective buyer is a French entity, the Nord-pas-de-Calais regional council, which also owns the city of Calias. Regional councils are designed to usurp local government power and authority and mix business interests with government.

Joan Veon describes Public- Private Partnerships (PPP) as private companies and governments coming together for profit. The money partner (private companies) benefit from the alliance in any number of ways: monopolies, tax breaks, enforcement of policies, etc. She says that the advocates of PPP’s are also its beneficiaries.(2)

Michael Shaw explains how councils are used, in the Soviet model, in his article What is a Soviet?, and that partnerships between business and government are established to seize natural resources and exert control over people.(3) Further, councils are used to usurp local authority and autonomy.

Remarkably, the Nord-pas-de-Calais regional council states very clearly that it is part of United Nation’s Agenda 21 Sustainable Development. In the first paragraph of their own document, they write that their ‘decisions systems’ involve private companies, local authorities, national governments, etc.(4) France was divided into 22 regions in 1982, thanks to the Law of Decentralization- this is Orwellian double speak for more centralized power. Regional council members are elected, however, they delegate authority to the Permanent Commission. The Permanent Commission members are appointed through a vote by regional councils, not the people.(6)

The Nord-pas-de-Calais document provides a list of objectives which include: limiting urban extension, creating policies around consumers’ employment, transportation, global warming, etc. The implementation of Agenda 21, Sustainable Development is rooted in the necessity of limiting global warming, which is based in lies that have recently been exposed in climategate, glaciergate and weathergate. Remember that the corrupt science is traceable back to the United Nations.

Even more fascinating, is Britain’s history of privatization. In chapter 6 of Michael Neild’s book The Police State Road Map(5), he states that Margaret Thatcher began privatizing and selling off resources, utilities and national and local governments (in the areas of health and education). Some of these profitable entities included: Associated British Ports, Enterprise Oil, British Telecom, British Gas, British Airways, British Steel, Electricity distribution and Regional water companies (some were sold to Enron). Further, he says that it is ironic that the British version of the IRS sold its entire estate to a company controlled by George Soros (the sales price was 200 million pounds, or $312 million in today’s dollars).

It was also interesting to note that NM Rothschild handled most of the sales for Thatcher and is involved in the sale of the Port of Dover as well. NM Rothschild has employed several senior Conservative party figures in Britain, including Lord Wakeham, the head of Enron’s audit committee.

Because Prince Charles is a major proponent of Sustainable Development, he has been instrumental in its implementation, so it is no wonder that Britain fell prey to these designs very early.(7) When governments need money and fall into debt, assets are sold to cover the debt. Subsequently, the United Nation’s World Bank has adopted this model for underdeveloped countries.

The U.S., Regions and Councils, and PPP’s:

An example of regions redefining America made news last week. Obama chose 10 governors for his new Council of Governors representing the U.S. in 10 standard Federal regions, which is aimed at diminishing the autonomy of our 50 independent States, and the federalization of the States. The other goal is for control of the National Guard.(8) Other regions and councils are being created on state and local levels.

The American people also have fallen prey to Public-Private Partnerships. A classic example of this is the Federal Reserve System. In a conversation with G. Edward Griffin, he agreed that the Fed is a PPP in which the government compels the use of the Fed’s currency and enforces the Fed’s cartel agreement, in the form of banking regulations.First of all, The Fed has no substantial assets, resources, utilities, or anything tangible that it owns. It is commonly said that its money is created out of thin air, but it is more accurate to say that it is created out of debt. In other words, it is created at the instant it is loaned to someone and it disappears when the loan is repaid. The only thing that gives it value is the promise to pay it back, which means the promise of the borrower to labor on behalf of the lender. That’s not quite thin air, but it is true that today’s money does not exist until a loan contract is made.

Secondly, the Fed is a cartel, or union of banks. The purpose of the union was (and is) to eliminate competition between themselves in order to enhance their profits and gain control over their markets. A cartel is merely an agreement among its members. Nothing of substance is owned by it. No person or entity owns the oil cartel OPEC. It is merely a group of oil producers who have agreed to cooperate for their mutual benefit. Likewise, the Federal Reserve is merely an executive staff to administer a cartel agreement between American banks.

Mr. Griffin went on to say that the real money-making action takes place at the commercial-bank level when banks create money based on fractional reserves. Once again, money is created only when loans are made. Note, however, that then they collect interest on it as if they actually were lending money that they had in their vaults. In truth, they do not lend this money at all. What they do is perform a service for borrower. They convert their IOUs into money. However, this is not explained to borrowers because, otherwise, they wonder why they should pay interest on something that derives its value entirely on their own credit, their own collateral, and their own promise to pay. If they understood fractional-reserve banking, they might agree to a modest service fee for conversion of their IOUs into money, but compounded interest? Not likely.

Mr. Griffin went on to explain deregulation when I asked about Enron. He said that, in recent years, the word deregulation is used to deceive people. What usually happens is the sale of enterprises to corporations whose executives are cronies of government officials overseeing the sale and to do so at greatly undervalued prices. The government officials receive kickbacks and campaign donations; the corporate executives receive huge bonuses and stock options; while the taxpayers receive you-know-what. That is usually followed by greater government regulation than ever before to insure that the politically favored corporations have advantages over their competitors and protection from the rigors of competition. Many people believe that so-called deregulation will open up the free market, but the current reality is just the opposite.

When this kind of phony deregulation fails to benefit the people (as it always does), government steps in to fix the problem, gaining even more control and killing any semblance of a free market that may be left.
True deregulation and true private operation of utilities without political corruption would be a blessing, but the creation of politically-favored cartels that now is proceeding under that banner is a giant fraud.

(1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249194/Dover-symbol-British-sovereignty-sold-French-help-reduce-debt.html

(2) http://www.infowars.com/agenda-21-alert-public-private-partnerships/

(3) http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/illegitimate_government/what_is_a_soviet?_20050629134/

(4) http://www.csrvaderegio.net/document/case/Nord-Pas%20de%20Calais%E2%80%99s%20Agenda%2021.pdf

(5) http://www.conseil-general.com/en/regional-council/regional-council-nord-pas-de-calais.htm

(6) http://www.policestateplanning.com/chapter_6_.htm

(7) http://www.newswithviews.com/Veon/joan19.htm

(8) http://newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin568.htm

A question for Professor Beck: How would Cloward and Piven justify global taxation of carbon emissions? Make It Eight, eh? February 16, 2010

There just isn’t the same spark in Glenn Beck’s message these days. There seems to be a loss of twinkle in his eye.Gleen Beck might be the next one thrown under the New World Express. After all, the man who professes to have it all figured out – the teacher - seems to continue to bring a confusing message that must be getting harder and harder to get psyched to deliver. Bluntly, it must suck to be exposed.It must be tough for Glenn Beck to be the cleanup man with a seemingly impossible mission to twist and spin the facts as delivered by another man. It must be getting impossible to take the bigger truth and sweep it under the rug. It’s no wonder Beck gets paid the big bucks, spinning truth and sweeping up after Alex Jones’ tireless sharing of understanding. Can it really be worth it?

If you happened upon the Infowars.com site yesterday in anticipation of the radio show, you might have noticed that the caption for the show read:No guests scheduled today. Alex covers the latest news, including recent revelations that there has been no global warming since 1995 and the infamous hockey stick graph Al Gore used in his propaganda movie has gone missing. Alex also takes your calls.Nothing unusual right? Well, maybe there was actually. Did you catch it? If you listened to the show, Jones mentioned ClimateGate but not to the degree that might be suggested in the above show caption. That’s okay, Jones is entitled to take his thoughts and can change direction to anywhere he chooses. By admission, Jones does not read from a teleprompter and in that capacity I would argue he represents a free agent that brings a consistent and refreshing message. I kind of like that. And, even if the news is sometimes hard to swallow, I am sure the mounting numbers of listeners are having a hard time staying away. Perhaps this explains Jones’ ability to have survived 16 years in the business. Con artists tend to dwindle where truth seekers thrive.

I had to laugh as I took note of the Glenn Beck show yesterday, as Beck threw Al Gore under the Climate change bus, complete with mention of the bogus hockey stick graph. I caught the subtlety in the message, and the spidey senses were tingling on that one. Can you hear Jones laughing, perhaps by himself as he realizes he has yet again proven Beck’s mission is to crawl where no man should crawl? Can Jones hear the little pitter- patter of Beck’s feet walking behind him hoping to catch a hint of where he will go next? Sad really.Mercifully, why doesn’t Beck ask Jones to write his shows? It would certainly save him a lot of last minute angst. Well, wouldn’t it?

It reminds me of a YouTube video I recently watched, where Jones and Jason Bermas were laughing out loud as they watched a clip of Beck discussing FEMA camps. Apparently, Jones had intentionally fed news about a bogus camp location or two and in a familiar pattern Beck apparently chomped at the bit. I suppose in hindsight we should forgive Jones and Bermas for their moment of unprofessionalism – we likely would have taken the opportunity too. Let’s call it a well deserved release – a primal scream if you will. A sanity keeper!Yes, it would seem the spin doctor is in, and like watching a lamb go to slaughter, we can all now witness Beck, night in, night out show his quiet desperation to keep up with the man, and deflect blame and attention away from his true bosses.Yes, no doubt we will see the familiar pattern of guests that, surprise, surprise, surprise have appeared on the Alex Jones show. And, we will likely see the spin doctor doing his thing on their messages too.Take Damon Vickers as an example. On November 27/09, Beck interviewed Vickers after an appearance on CNBC. Vickers, with vast experience in forecasting the true economic climate and ‘where the world is going’, mentioned the one world government and the New World Order. We can’t have that now can we? Vickers mentioned he was on the Alex Jones show earlier (for shame), and that tidbit seemed to cheese off our humble host. Rumor has it the taped show omitted the Alex Jones mention. My word, wouldn’t want to give away the agenda now would we?

Enter Beck who thought he’d better have Vickers on the show, because, according to Beck, those CNBC guys are not real news people. No, not like the good guys at Fox. The guys at Fox have thrown the other so-called news jockies under the bus, and are now the superstars of truth. The Fox guys are now looked on with disdain by the White House, but that’s okay with President Obama – he can handle it. Did Fox thank the President for that plug? I would certainly hope so. The public duping must be on a sweet roll as a result. I can hear it now, Let’s all give it to the President together people. What a dumb president – he drew attention to us. Silly, silly man. That must have boosted the network’s ratings a ton If one didn’t know better you might think the President was on the same side as Fox. Now that would be nasty – to be fooled to believe the White House doesn’t want Mr. Beck around, but really are working with him. And we felt sorry for Mr. Beck when he wasn’t invited to the party like Bill O’Reilly. My goodness.Sorry, I digress yet again – back to Beck’s lesson for Damon Vickers.So, when Beck asked Vickers what he was getting at making the huge leap from Great Depression to a One World Government, and the New World Order, Vickers gave his consistent, professional explanation. Oh, for shame Damon. Mr. Beck set him straight though. He asked Vickers if he had ever heard of Cloward and Piven and their model. Vickers said he had not, and Beck told him he would understand it. Lucky Mr. Vickers. I wondered how he enjoyed that lesson from Professor Beck.

Forget credibility. Forget about the fact that Vickers can turn bad times into opportunity. No, the Cloward & Piven economic model is what those darn Progressives are using. It has nothing to do with the global elites. Because, according to Beck, you don’t need a conspiracy theory to explain the current nutty economic crisis – just Cloward, Piven, and the progressive agenda. Okay? Stay away from the global issues, the conspiracy theories. Stay away from the New World Order, even though it gets mentioned just about as often as a politician heads to a podium these days. It doesn’t exist, okay? No dag nabbit, it’s a Made in America problem, and Mr. Beck is going to make sure we all get it.But for Vickers it didn’t stop there. No, Beck had Damon on his show again on February 11/10. And, when Vickers mentioned the very real possibility that the dollar will collapse, Beck interjected. Better discredit this man, yet again. He probably didn’t do his homework. He probably didn’t read the Cloward/Piven method as prescribed by Beck. And for that I am sure, he deserved to hear that it is a surprise he can stay in business. Yes, professor Beck put that student in his place again. I wonder if he will have him back on the show when needed…hmmmm.Yes, in likely anticipation to the caption for the Jones radio show, Beck was ready to gain some credibility. The elites knew full well the global taxation issue exposed by ClimateGate would not serve them, so they likely had no other recourse than to use it to repair the failing reputation of Mr. Beck. But, as Alex Jones has pointed out, it likely will not work either.There is too much to explain. There is too much exposed. The people are not falling for the homegrown reasoning as being fed by Glenn Beck.But if you want to catch Mr. Beck, he is showing up in a town near you for full day sessions. Perhaps over time he can wear you down, ensure you read the prescribed books on his book list, and forget about that nasty world government thing.

I suppose we shouldn’t ask the professor to explain how Hillary Clinton’s promise to give the global government a $100 billion gift in good faith of climate change fits the Cloward-Piven model. Or why President Obama will use the EPA to bi-pass Congress and effect carbon taxation.No. We’d better not take away from Beck’s train of thought. It might confuse the message. It might upset the same people that felt it was okay to sacrifice Al Gore. That wouldn’t be good for Glenn. He might be the next one thrown under the New World Express.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Cold snap killing Florida's coral reefs
Mon Feb 15, 6:37 pm ET

MIAMI (AFP) – The polar snap enveloping much of the United States in record cold has been killing off coral reefs in the normally balmy warm waters off the Florida Keys, experts said Monday.The unusually chilly weather so far this year has seen sea temperatures plummet in southern Florida -- a fatal development for the coral, which dies when exposed for an extended time to temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit).Especially in the lower Keys, temperatures have been lower... there is higher mortality, Diego Lirman, a University of Miami expert on coral, told AFP.Florida's usually mild and sunny winter weather has given way to record low temperatures during the historic cold snap in recent weeks.In Miami, the thermometer in January and February regularly dropped below 35 degrees Fahrenheit (1.6 Celsius), the coldest temperatures since 1970.The cold snap also has led to bleaching, in which the coral loses pigmentation and ultimately dies.Destruction of coral having a negative effect on delicate tropical eco-systems in the region, Lirman added, with micro-algae living within the coral forced to leave their habitat for lack of a food source.Some of the worst affected species are the large brain and star coral, which can take several hundreds of years to grow into the vibrant underwater colonies.

The Keys have not seen a cold-water bleaching event like this since the winter of 1977-78, when acres of staghorn coral perished, said Billy Causey, southeast regional director of NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.Florida's coral reefs are considered a unique natural heritage area in the United States for their proximity to the coast and their expansiveness, running from north of Miami in the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.The state's myriad of tropical animals also have been impacted by the cold snap so far this year, with iguanas dropping from trees and manatees huddling around waters warmed by power plants.The cold-blooded iguanas' comfort level begins at 73 degrees Fahrenheit (23 Celsius) and they positively thrive at 95 degree Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius).But when temperatures drop below about 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius), they become immobile, and below about 40 degrees Fahrenheit (five degrees Celsius), they become completely immobile due to a lack of blood flow.Unable to hold on, the helpless mohawked lizards that shelter in tree branches have been seen falling to the ground, and wildlife officials have offered guidelines to revive them.

South gets 2nd dose of snow in days
Mon Feb 15, 1:04 pm ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Snow and ice pelted parts of the South on Monday for the second time in a matter of days, glazing Tennessee highways and reaching into northern Alabama.But the South's biggest city, Atlanta, was spared a second coating after a snowstorm Friday and Saturday that was blamed for hundreds of traffic accidents. Forecasters had warned another 2 inches of snow could fall early Monday, but overnight temperatures stayed above freezing and it rained instead.Snow fell in parts of Alabama and the National Weather Service said northern Alabama could see up to 3 inches.Numerous crashes were reported before dawn Monday in the Nashville area. The Tennessee Department of Transportation reported highways were snow-covered and slippery across much of the state.Memphis reported about a half-inch of snow as did Nashville. While traffic was moving well on interstates in the Memphis area, Nashville had ice and icy patches on even the major routes.A winter weather advisory was in effect until 6 p.m. Monday for Middle Tennessee and until 6 a.m. Tuesday for East Tennessee. Between one and three inches of snow was expected in the eastern two-thirds of the state through Tuesday.

Snow was also falling in Kentucky and forecasters cautioned that travel conditions could deteriorate.A winter weather warning was in effect at dawn Monday for northern Kentucky, including the cities of Owensboro, Louisville, Madisonville, Lexington, Morehead and Jackson. One to three inches of snow were predicted statewide.

49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii's the holdout By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer – Sat Feb 13, 9:50 am ET

Forget red and blue — color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout.It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of weather patterns that dusted the U.S., including the skyscrapers of Dallas, the peach trees of Atlanta and the Florida Panhandle, where hurricanes are more common than snowflakes.More than two-thirds of the nation's land mass had snow on the ground when the day dawned yesterday, and then it snowed ever so slightly in Florida to make it 49 states out of 50.At the same time, those weird weather forces are turning Canada's Winter Olympics into the bring-your-own-snow games.

Who's the Great White North now? I'm calling it the upside-down winter, said David Robinson, head of the Global Snow Lab at Rutgers University in New Jersey.Snow paralyzed and fascinated the Deep South on Friday. Snowball fights broke out at Southern Mississippi University, snow delayed flights at the busy Atlanta airport, and Louisiana hardware stores ran out of snow supplies. Andalusia, Ala., shut down its streets because of snow. And yet, Portland, Maine, where snow is usually a given, had to cancel its winter festival for lack of the stuff.Weather geeks turned their eyes to Hawaii. In that tropical paradise, where a ski club strangely exists, observers were looking closely at the islands' mountain peaks to see if they could find a trace of white to make it a rare 50-for-50 states with snow. But there was no snow in sight.Hawaii's 13,800-foot Mauna Kea volcano, which often gets snow much of the year at its higher elevations, is the most likely place in the 50th state to have snow, but there is nothing right now, said research meteorologist Tiziana Cherubini at the Mauna Kea Weather Center. It has been a few weeks since there has been snow in the mountains, and none is in the forecast, ruining a perfect 50-for-50, she said.The idea of 50 states with snow is so strange that the federal office that collects weather statistics doesn't keep track of that number and can't say whether it has ever happened. The office can't even say whether 49 out of 50 has ever taken place before.Snow experts at the Global Snow Lab were combing their records but said it may be days before they find out if there has ever been a 50-for-50 snow day. Their best suspect — Jan. 19, 1977 — had snow in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, but then Robinson looked for snow in South Carolina and couldn't find any.

As of early Friday morning, 67.1 percent of the U.S. had snow on the ground, with the average depth a healthy 8 inches. Normally, about 40 or 50 percent of the U.S. has snow cover this time of year, Robinson said.It snowed for only 10 minutes in Century, Fla., just north of Pensacola, barely enough to scrape a few snowballs from the hood of a truck. But that was enough for 6-year-old Kaleb Pace.I've only ever seen snow on TV till now, Kaleb said, smiling.This is after a month that saw the most snow cover for any December in North America in the 43 years that records have been kept. And then came January 2010, which ranked No. 8 among all months for North American snow cover, with more than 7.03 million square miles of white.The all-time record is February 1978, with 7.31 million square miles. There is a chance this February could break that. There is also a chance that this could go down as the week with the most snow cover on record, Robinson said.Stay tuned. The weather pattern is in a snow rut.At least in Washington, where snow is now measured by the yardstick, more snow may be coming soon. It looks like a little more snow on Monday and maybe a lot more about a week or so after that. As long as this pattern persists we have potential for additional storms, said Dan Petersen, lead winter weather forecaster at the National Weather Service prediction center in Camp Springs, Md. To count as snow cover, snow has to stick on the ground and be recorded at special stations at specific times when meteorologists check, Robinson said. The strange snowfall pattern is produced by the El Nino weather phenomenon and its Arctic counterpart, Robinson and Petersen said.

During moderate to strong El Ninos like the current one, more moisture is pumped into the subtropical jet stream across the South, increasing precipitation, Robinson said. Then there's the Arctic Oscillation, the Northern cousin to El Nino, which shifts cold polar air south. That cold air can turn a rainstorm into a snowstorm. A snowy winter doesn't disprove — or prove — global warming, Petersen and Robinson said. This is weather, which is variable, not long-term climate, and there is a huge difference. This has nothing to do with long-term trends,Petersen said.This is just a several-week period.Patrick Marsh, who is working on his doctorate in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, has been trying to collect photos of snow on the ground in all 49 or 50 states. After his effort was publicized, he was flooded with photos and videos. It just shows that deep down inside, all of us is a weather weenie, a weather fanatic, Marsh said.This is just an awesome weather event.
Associated Press Writer Melissa Nelson contributed to this report from Pensacola, Fla.

OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Hottest temperature ever heads science to Big Bang By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor – Mon Feb 15, 11:23 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have created the hottest temperature ever in the lab -- 4 trillion degrees Celsius -- hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.They used a giant atom smasher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York to knock gold ions together to make the ultra-hot explosions -- which lasted only for milliseconds.But that is enough to give physicists fodder for years of study that they hope will help them understand why and how the universe formed.

That temperature is hot enough to melt protons and neutrons, Brookhaven's Steven Vigdor told a news conference at a meeting of the American Physical Society in Washington on Monday.These particles make up atoms, but they are themselves made up of smaller components called quarks and gluons.What the physicists are looking for are tiny irregularities that can explain why matter clumped out of the primeval hot soup.They also hope to use their findings for more practical applications -- such as in the field of spintronics that aims to make smaller, faster and more powerful computing devices.They used the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC, pronounced rick), a particle accelerator and collider that is 2.4 mile around and buried 12 feet underground in Upton, New York to collide gold ions billions of times.RHIC was designed to create matter at temperatures first encountered in the early universe, Vigdor said. They calculate the 4 trillion degree temperature gets pretty close.

How hot is it?he asked.In comparison,The predicted melting temperature of protons and neutrons is 2 trillion degrees. The temperatures at the core of a typical type-2 supernova is 2 billion degrees,he said.The center of our sun is 50 million degrees, iron melts at 1,800 degrees and the average temperature of the universe is now 0.7 of a degree above absolute zero.

BIRTH OF MATTER

Vigdor's team believe they are looking at a recreation of the moment just before the quark-gluon soup condensed into hadrons -- the particles of matter that make up most of our universe.Something happened in the milliseconds after the Big Bang to create an imbalance in favor of matter over anti-matter. If there had not been this disparity, matter and anti-matter would have simply reacted to create a universe of pure energy.Later this year, physicists using the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland hope to smash lead ions together to create even hotter temperatures that should replicate moments even earlier in the birth of the universe.Brookhaven has also patented some potential commercial applications of the research, said theorist Dmitri Kharzeev.The goal here is to create a device that can operate not only on the current of an electric charge but also on the current of spin, Kharzeev told the news conference. Quarks spin in different directions and understanding how and why they do this can help scientists harness the power. It may be possible to replicate a symmetrical spin in graphene, for example, said Kharzeev. Graphene is a so-called nanomaterial that scientists believe may replace silicon in super-fast and super-small devices. We are thinking of other practical applications as well,said Kharzeev.(Editing by Sandra Maler)

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.

EU SPAIN #11

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Haiti president: 3 years needed to move rubble By KIRSTEN JOHNSON and CAROLINA CORREA, Associated Press Writers – FEB 16,10

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – It will take three long years to clear the rubble left by Haiti's devastating earthquake, said President Rene Preval who admitted even he's still afraid to sleep under concrete in case another quake strikes.In a rare exclusive sit-down interview, Preval told Associated Press Television News on Monday that Haiti faces a long reconstruction process that will result in fewer people living in the capital, Port-au-Prince.It will take 1,000 trucks moving rubble for 1,000 days, so that's three years. And until we move out rubble, we cannot really build, Preval said.Sitting in the airport police station that serves as the country's temporary government headquarters, Preval calmly laid out the difficulties of rebuilding an impoverished country amid aftershocks and the threat of more earthquakes.He said the government has destroyed some hastily rebuilt structures in the capital, but he said that until alternative housing plans can be completed, the government's ability to regulate reconstruction will be limited.Asked about residents' assertions that local corruption has interfered with the international aid effort, he replied: It is possible that there have been irregularities.However, he said,I should point out that the government isn't the direct manager of most of this humanitarian assistance.

He referred further questions to relief organizations and local and international governments engaged in food distribution.International aid groups have taken pains to at least make Haiti's government the titular head of the relief. But district mayor's offices in Port-au-Prince have been put in control of some food coupon distribution, and some irregularities have been reported.The president, whose five year term is scheduled to end next year, has rarely spoken publicly with his own people in the weeks since a magnitude-7 earthquake pummeled Haiti's capital city on Jan. 12.More than 200,000 people were killed. The presidential palace and his own private residence were destroyed, as were most government buildings and the headquarters of a 9,000-member U.N. peacekeeping force that guarantees his security.

Since then, Preval said Monday, he has been staying with friends until a light, earthquake-proof structure can be built to replace his home.Like you, I am nervous to be under cement, he said.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday said his country will spend up to $12 million to build Haiti's government a temporary base to replace official buildings damaged in the quake.Despite Haitians' desperate need for shelter, many abandoned houses that survived the quake still stand empty because nobody is quite sure they can withstand another quake.At least 54 aftershocks have shuddered through Haiti's shattered capital since Jan. 12. They have toppled weakened buildings faster than demolition crews can get to them, sending up new clouds of choking dust. On Monday, three children were killed when a school collapsed in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. It wasn't clear what caused the collapse, which occurred after a late-night tremor and heavy rains.I tried sleeping in the house for a night, but an aftershock came and I ran outside, said Louise Lafonte, 36, who beds down with her family of five in a tent beside her seemingly intact concrete house.I'm not going inside until the ground calms down.That may be awhile. Seismologists say more, damaging aftershocks are likely and there's even a chance of another large quake following quickly after the initial catastrophe in the capital of 3 million people. In 1751, a large quake hit the island that Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic. About a month later, another one destroyed Port-au-Prince. A magnitude-7.4 quake that killed more than 18,000 people in northwestern Turkey in 1999 was followed three months later by another of magnitude-7.2 only 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the initial epicenter. There are many other examples like that of two significant earthquakes following each other, said Eric Calais, a geophysicist at Purdue University who said he warned the Haitian government two years ago that the country was vulnerable to a major quake. The prospect of another quake is on the minds of planners trying to rebuild the country and on those trying to prevent more deaths. U.N. inspectors have advised people to stay away from dozens of structures. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated at the end of January that there was a 90-percent likelihood of at least one more magnitude-5 quake in the coming month, a 15 percent likelihood of one of magnitude-6 or greater, and a 2 percent possibility of a shock as great, or bigger, than the Jan. 12 quake.
Associated Press writers Paisley Dodds and Jonathan M. Katz contributed to this report.

INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.

2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

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.

3 world powers criticize Iranian enrichment By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer – FEB 16,10

VIENNA – Russia joined the U.S. and France in urging Iran to stop enriching uranium to higher levels in a statement shared Tuesday with The Associated Press, suggesting the project reinforced suspicions that Tehran is seeking to make nuclear weapons.
Shrugging off international concerns, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the country was moving ahead to expand its enrichment capacities by installing more advanced machinery at its main enrichment facility.Ahmadinejad told reporters in Tehran the centrifuges are not yet operational but are five times more efficient than the model now in use at its Natanz enrichment plant.Because enrichment can produce both nuclear weapons as well as reactor fuel, Iran is under three set of U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to stop its program. Its determination to expand such activities had been criticized worldwide even before an announcement earlier this month that Tehran would enrich to a higher level.In a confidential letter to the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the three world powers questioned Tehran's assertion that it had started the higher enrichment project to provide fuel to a research reactor providing medical isotopes for cancer patients.The one-page letter was significant in reflecting unified Russian and Western opposition to Iran's move. Russia in the past has often put the brakes on Western attempts to penalize Tehran for defying U.N. Security Council demands that it freeze its enrichment program, which can produce both nuclear fuel and the fissile core of warheads.If Iran goes ahead with this escalation, it would raise fresh concerns about Iran's nuclear intentions, in light of the fact that Iran cannot produced the needed nuclear fuel in time to refuel the research reactor, said the letter.

Iran's decision to enrich to the 20-percent level is wholly unjustified, contrary to U.N. Security Council resolutions and represent(s) a further step toward a capability to produce highly enriched uranium,said the letter to IAEA chief Yukiya Amano.The 20-percent mark represents the threshold between low-enriched and high-enriched uranium.Although warhead material must be enriched to a level of 90 percent or more, just getting its present stockpile to the 20 percent mark would be a major step for Iran's nuclear program. While enriching to 20 percent would take about one year, using up to 2,000 centrifuges at Tehran's underground Natanz facility, any next step — moving from 20 to 90 percent — would take only half a year and between 500-1,000 centrifuges.Since its clandestine enrichment program became known eight years ago, Iran has insisted it is meant only to generate nuclear fuel. But its secrecy and refusal to cooperate with an IAEA probe of allegations that it experimented with aspects of a weapons program had increased fears about its nuclear ambitions even before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Feb.7 announcement that Iran will raise the enrichment bar.Associated Press Writer Nasser Karimi contributed to this story from Tehran.

Obama touts nuclear loan guarantee as just a start By JULIE PACE, Associated Press Writer – FEB 16,10

LANHAM, Md. – Promising this is only the beginning, President Barack Obama announced more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees Tuesday for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the United States in nearly three decades.Obama cast his move as both economically essential and politically attractive as he sought to put more charge into his broad energy agenda. Obama called for comprehensive energy legislation that assigns a cost to the carbon pollution of fossil fuels, giving utility companies more incentive to turn to cleaner nuclear fuel.On an issue that affects our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, we can't continue to be mired in the same old stale debates between left and right, between environmentalists and entrepreneurs,Obama said in a stop at a job training center outside Washington. Our competitors are racing to create jobs and command growing energy industries. And nuclear energy is no exception.Rising costs, safety issues and opposition from environmentalists have kept utility companies from building new nuclear power plants since the early 1980s.Obama has been arguing that the country must develop cleaner energy technologies and modernize the means by which it powers itself. At the same time, he has said that policymakers must not conclude they have to choose between a cleaner environment and sufficient energy supplies to meet demand.Obama's budget proposal for 2011 would add $36 billion in new federal loan guarantees to $18.5 billion already budgeted but not spent — for a total of $54.5 billion. The new $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees will go toward the construction and operation of a pair of reactors in Burke County, Ga., by Southern Co.Even in promoting his case, the president conceded that nuclear energy has serious drawbacks.He said a bipartisan group of leaders and nuclear experts will be tasked with improving and accelerating the safe storage of nuclear waste, and that the plants themselves must be held to strictest safety standards.That's going to be an imperative. But investing in nuclear energy remains a necessary step, Obama said.

And what I hope is that this announcement underscores both our seriousness in meeting the energy challenge — and our willingness to look at this challenge not as a partisan issue, but as a matter far more important than politics, he added.Obama spoke after spending time at the job training center at the headquarters of Local 26 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The union represents electrical and telecommunications workers, and it offers training for energy jobs, including the construction of nuclear power plants.On the tour, Obama met instructors and trainees who are learning advanced electrical skills. At one point, Obama learned about fire alarm wiring and took a chance to pull an alarm himself. He later joked it was the first time he had done that since junior high.Federal loan guarantees are seen as essential to spurring construction of new reactors because of the huge expense. Critics say the guarantees are a form of subsidy that will put taxpayers at risk given the industry's record of cost overruns and loan defaults.The reactors, to be built by the Atlanta-based energy company near Waynesboro, Ga., are part of a White House plan the administration hopes will win Republican support at a time when the public is expressing a desire for lawmakers to work together to solve problems.Having Obama make the announcement also underscores the political weight the White House is putting behind the effort to use nuclear power and other alternative energy sources to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and other fossil fuels, and create jobs at home.But construction of the reactors — and the jobs the project is expected to create — are years away.Southern Co.'s application for a license to build and operate the reactors is pending with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, one of 13 such applications the agency is considering. The earliest any could be approved would be late 2011 or early 2012, an NRC spokesman said.Southern Co. says the Georgia project would create about 3,000 construction jobs, while the new reactors would generate power for about 1.4 million people and permanently employ 850 people.Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Ben Feller contributed to this story.

White House defends year-old stimulus By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer – FEB 16,10

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as Democrats head into potentially devastating midterm elections.A weeklong push to highlight the stimulus program's first year was starting with a Tuesday trip by Vice President Joe Biden to hard-hit Saginaw, Mich., to tour a small business, a jobs training program and a solar factory that all received Recovery Act dollars. The vice president, who has led the administration's efforts to implement the stimulus plan, is expected to again push Congress to pass a jobs bill to help some of the 8.4 million people who have lost their jobs since this recession began.

Obama's fellow Democrats planned to tout programs putting people back to work under the $787 billion spending bill. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was touring a medical center in Atlanta on Tuesday; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was promoting stimulus projects in Virginia and Texas the same day.In all, senior administration officials are scheduled to visit 35 communities before Friday to counter Republican claims the massive deficit-spending program has failed. Obama plans to surround himself at the White House on Wednesday with people who have jobs because of the stimulus plan, then travel to Colorado and Nevada.Obama's political team believes the bricks-and-mortar projects across the country could help Democrats stave off emboldened Republicans and their attempts to reclaim majorities in Congress. Although voters have soured on the stimulus spending, individual components have fans across party lines.The tax cuts Democrats included in their bill have the backing of 70 percent of the public, according to a CNN poll last month. Another 80 percent support the infrastructure investments, such as the water projects Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson plans to tout in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday.Even so, 56 percent of the public opposes the broad plan, according to the CNN poll.Biden is expected to give Obama a report Wednesday assessing the stimulus' effects.

Stocks climb on upbeat earnings, economic reports By STEPHEN BERNARD, AP Business Writer - FEB 16,10

NEW YORK – Stocks rose sharply Tuesday following upbeat earnings reports and a fresh round of corporate dealmaking.European markets also rose following new plans by European Union leaders to push Greece to get its budget under control. European leaders on Monday said Greece will have another month to come up with a plan to cut its deficit.Kraft Foods Inc. and apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch reported earnings that beat expectations, while drugmaker Merck & Co. said profits jumped after the company bought its longtime partner Schering-Plough Corp.Earnings reports over the past month have mostly come in better than expected, but problems in the global economy have pushed the market lower in recent weeks. With the Greek debt crisis now starting to ease, investors' focus may return to the U.S. economy.

Meanwhile a bold acquisition move by the nation's largest mall owner raised hopes that businesses are feeling more confident about the economy.Simon Property Group has offered to acquire its ailing rival, General Growth Properties, for $10 billion. General Growth, the No. 2 mall operator, filed for bankruptcy protection last year.In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 123.57, or 1.2 percent, to 10,222.71. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14.12, or 1.3 percent, to 1,089.63, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 22.54, or 1 percent, to 2,206.07.

Nearly four stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 356 million shares, compared with 376.5 million shares traded at the same point Friday.Energy and materials stocks rallied as commodities prices rose. Gold and oil both rose sharply.Economic reports throughout the holiday-shortened week will also provide insight into the economy. The market was closed Monday for President's Day.A report on manufacturing in the New York area was stronger than expected. The Empire State manufacturing index rose to 24.91 this month, compared with a forecast of 18, according to economists polled by Thomson Reuters. The index was 15.92 last month.The industrial sector has shown growth in recent months, adding to hopes that the economy is on a path to a sustained recovery.
Reports on housing starts, jobless claims and inflation are all due out later this week.Merck was one of the biggest gainers of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average, rising $1.05, or 2.8 percent, to $37.97. In addition to its earnings results Merck also announced details of the combined company's restructuring plans, the first phase of which expected to bring annual savings of up to $3 billion in 2012.Simon Property rose $1.56 or 2.2 percent to $73.56 after announcing its hostile offer for General Growth. General Growth's best known centers include the Glendale Galleria in Southern California and the South Street Seaport in Manhattan.Bond prices edged lower after a report showed foreign demand for U.S. government bonds fell by the largest amount on record in December. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.72 percent from 3.70 percent late Friday.

The dollar fell.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 5.39, or 0.9 percent, to 616.11.Overseas, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 1.5 percent, Germany's DAX index gained 1.5 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 1.7 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.2 percent.

Investors brace for the next overseas surprise By IEVA M. AUGSTUMS, AP Business Writer – Sun Feb 14, 2:36 pm ET

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Investors may wish they had a crystal ball.Stocks have been in flux over the past few weeks as surprises kept coming from overseas. Greece's debt crisis, similar troubles in Portugal, and China's latest moves to slow down its economy have kept investors guessing.At least the news is becoming less shocking. The Dow Jones industrial average recovered most of its losses Friday to end down 45 points following China's decision to force its banks to boost their reserves again. The Dow managed a weekly gain of about 1 percent — its first after four weeks of losses.It's been a tough start to the year, and many traders are keenly interested in recouping some of the losses they've suffered since the beginning of 2010. The Dow has fallen 3.2 percent so far this year, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index is down 3.6 percent.Greece's debt problems threatened to destabilize Europe's shared currency, the euro. Meanwhile China, which many people thought was done applying the brakes to its economy, moved again to keep growth under control by curbing bank lending. These and other global factors could easily have ripple effects on the U.S. economy.Most people don't really know what news is going to impact them, so all news must devastate them, said Ken Grant, a partner at Waterstone Private Wealth Management in Tulsa, Okla. What could happen next? Who knows.Global news has been a big driver of U.S. stocks even during earnings season, when news about U.S. companies usually dictates the market's direction.

The latest surprise from abroad came on Friday, when Chinese regulators said they moved for the second time in a month to boost reserve levels at banks. Chinese leaders are worried that their economy is overheating and want to prevent speculative bubbles before it's too late.That's fine for China, but some investors also worry that a slowdown could disrupt a U.S. recovery by hurting exports and profits of companies that do business there. China's previous move to cut back bank lending a month ago spooked the market and helped start the recent slide.If the robust recovery in China were to stagnate or bust as a bubble, the global economy would be impacted, Grant said.Elsewhere, concerns about debt problems in European countries like Greece, Spain and Portugal have also weighed on the market and increased volatility in recent weeks. European Union leaders pledged last week to provide Greece with support as it tries to bring its debt problems under control.

However, no details were provided after the initial pledge, and an update is expected this week. That could influence markets and also set a template if other European countries need similar support.With everything going on, we have to remember we're all in this together, said Beth Larson, principal of Evermay Wealth Management in Washington, D.C. We are in a global economy these days.While it may be difficult to forecast the next big hit that could send markets plummeting or skyrocketing, investors must not forget ongoing struggles here in the U.S.Consider: The nation's jobless rate remains high at 9.7 percent. Also, a recent report on consumer sentiment was poor.And while a report Friday showed modestly better-than-expected retail sales for January, economists caution that the spending increases since summer could falter as the jobs crisis keeps consumer spending in check.Among the economic reports coming out this week include January housing starts, import prices, U.S. consumer inflation and inflation at the wholesale level.Any new report could bring bad news. But, even if that happens, Grant had some words of caution: It doesn't mean the market is only going to go down from here.And in case that crystal ball is too cloudy to pick up the next surprise for the market — be it good or bad — the smart investor will be ready for more volatility. The reality is, markets move no matter what,Grant said.

Canada tightens mortgage lending rules By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Writer – FEB 16,10

TORONTO – Canada is tightening mortgage lending rules as historic low rates are raising fears of a potential housing bubble, the country's finance minister said Tuesday.Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said there is no compelling evidence of a bubble but said the government is taking proactive measures to prevent one.We're looking ahead and taking action now before there is a problem, Flaherty said.To qualify for a government-insured mortgage, borrowers will have to meet the standards for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage — up from the current standard for three years.

Flaherty also said if Canadians want to purchase a property where they will not be living, they will have to come up with a 20 percent down payment.And he's imposing tighter restrictions on how much money people can borrow against their houses. Instead of being able to borrow 95 percent of the value of their property, the limit will now be 90 percent. The changes take effect April 19.We do want to discourage the tendency by some to use their home as an ATM machine, the tendency by some to buy three or four condominiums by way of speculation, Flaherty said.This will discourage the kind of mortgage refinancing that can create unsustainable debt levels as interest rates go up.Canada's housing recovery has been so rapid that some are worried. There has been no crippling mortgage meltdown or banking crisis in Canada, where there is greater oversight of mortgages, but Canada's central bank has vowed to keep interest rates at a historic low of 0.25 percent until the middle of the year.A variable-rate mortgage interest rate can be had for as low as 2 percent to 2.25 percent in Canada, while the fixed five-year posted rate at Canada's top five banks is 5.39 percent.Some are worried that borrowers who are taking out variable-rate mortgage rates will struggle to make payments when interest rates rise. Canada's central bank been warning for months that homeowners should make sure they can absorb an increase in their floating-rate mortgages once rates start rising.

Dubai debt fears resurface as questions linger By Adam Schreck, Ap Business Writer – FEB 16,10

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – As world markets warily eye Greece's financial crisis, investors are once again focusing on unresolved questions surrounding how deeply indebted Dubai will pay its bills.In one indication of the re-emerging concerns, Morgan Stanley said the cost to insure against a Dubai default this week shot to the level it was at the peak of the city-state's debt crisis in November, before neighboring Abu Dhabi pumped in emergency bailout funds.A major cause for concern is the lack of clear information since the sheikdom shocked global markets late last year with plans to restructure its chief conglomerate Dubai World and delay repaying $26 billion in debt. Talks with creditors, which include big international banks such as HSBC and Standard Chartered, are ongoing.The situation is still very fluid and a number of questions remain unanswered, Morgan Stanley analyst Mohamed Jaber said in a report Monday, noting the recent spike in premiums paid for protection against a Dubai default.The lack of transparency ... has contributed to the increase in market volatility.It has also given the rumor mill plenty of grist. There are oft-repeated tales of the emirate's multibillion-dollar manmade islands sinking into the sea — a claim authorizes emphatically deny — and of trophy assets such as the storied Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner being shopped around at firesale prices.The emirate's elite bristle at such reports. Dubai's ruler has repeatedly blamed his sheikdom's tarnished image on a foreign media out to embarrass the emirate.But the unanswered questions about Dubai's debt are growing tougher to ignore.Jitters returned to the forefront this week when Dow Jones reported that Dubai's government was pushing a plan that could pay Dubai World's lenders just 60 cents on every dollar owed.A Dubai government spokeswoman denied that any deal was on the table. She agreed to speak only on condition her name not be used, citing government policy.

Neither the government nor the company have put forward any restructuring proposals to the lenders at this time, she said, adding that the state and conglomerate were operating within internationally accepted principles in order to ensure a fair and equitable process for all creditors.Those assurances may have tided investors over for now.Dubai's main stock market posted a modest gain of half a percentage point Tuesday, following a sharp slide earlier in the week.Insurance against a default, measured using rates for financial instruments known as credit default swaps, grew about 1 percent cheaper by evening in Dubai Tuesday, according to figures from CMA DataVision.Even so, Dubai ranks among the five sovereign issuers most at risk of default listed by the market data provider. Greece sits at number 10.Worries about Europe's debt are also putting fresh pressure on Dubai.The market is moving away from risky assets in the face of sovereign debt woes of Greece and weak countries on Europe's periphery, said Rachel Ziemba, an analyst at Roubini Global Economics who monitors Gulf economies.This is infecting ... Dubai. Although Abu Dhabi came to Dubai's aid in 2009, it still has some major debt sustainability challenges.
Meanwhile, the question of how Dubai will cover its debts remains.Dubai has received $20 billion in emergency funds from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi, which also hosts the capital of the United Arab Emirates, a seven-state federation of which Dubai is part.

That money, said to be in the form of a loan, was put into a financial support fund intended to prop up Dubai's many state-linked companies, such as Dubai World and its troubled property development division Nakheel. The Dubai spokeswoman said the fund has pumped more than $6.2 billion into Dubai World over the past year, and stands ready to inject considerably more into the company to cover general business costs and interest payments to creditors. That state aid won't be enough to cover all that Dubai and its network of state-linked companies owe. The total amount is unknown, but is at least above $80 billion. Moody's Investors Service estimates Dubai government-related companies owe up to $100 billion, with half that amount coming due in the next three years. The credit rating agency believes Dubai is preparing to sell off major holdings soon to pay its bills. Dubai in general will be hard pressed to avoid the stigma of a distressed asset sale,Moody's Senior Vice President Philipp Lotter said in a report. Moody's identified more than a dozen potentially lucrative investments owned by Dubai state-linked firms that could be sold. Those range from minority stakes in Las Vegas mainstays Cirque du Soleil and MGM Mirage to outright ownership of luxury retailer Barney's New York and British hotel chain Travelodge.

Some of Dubai's more modest holdings have already been sold, including real estate in London and New York. On Monday, Merlin Entertainments acknowledged that an investment company controlled by Dubai's ruler had quietly cut its stake in the amusement park operator by nearly two-thirds last summer. More high-profile assets could also go, particularly trophy purchases such as the QE2, which Dubai bought for about $100 million in 2007. It was slated to become a luxury hotel off one of Dubai's manmade palm islands, but now languishes in a downtown port awaiting renovation. A spokeswoman for Nakheel, which planned to refurbish the ocean liner, left the door open to a sale. There are a number of options being considered for the ship to determine which option will best maximize value of the vessel,she said.

Fox Business in talks with CNBC editor Gasparino
FEB 16,10

NEW YORK (Reuters) – News Corp's Fox Business Network is in talks with rival network CNBC's on-air editor Charles Gasparino, according to a person familiar with the matter, as Fox attempts to bulk up on talent on the fledgling business news network.

Gasparino is best known for breaking numerous stories on major U.S. banking names like Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, particularly during the peak of the financial crisis.In the last year Gasparino has developed a tense on-air relationship with some of his fellow presenters, including a famous meltdown with co-presenters like Dylan Ratigan.Fox has been attempting to raise the profile and ratings of its two year-old network by recruiting talent like radio host Don Imus for its morning show.

Since its launch in October 2007, Fox Business has struggled to eat into CNBC's ratings dominance in U.S. business television. Fox Business is available in just over 50 million U.S. homes, compared with the roughly 100 million homes that receive CNBC.A Fox Business spokesman confirmed a report by blog TV Newser that Gasparino is in talks with Fox Business. The news was first reported by TV Newser and the New York Post, which is also owned by News Corp.CNBC is part of General Electric Co's NBC Universal unit.(Reporting by Yinka Adegoke; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)

DEPARTMENT OF PEACE NEW AGE NIGHTMARE

PROVERBS 24:21
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:(NEW AGE DOCTRINE,OBAMA ALL CLAIM CHANGE)
HEBREWS 13:8
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.(ANY OTHER DOCTRINE THEN CHRISTS DEATH,BURIAL,RESURRECTION WE MUST WARN AGAINST)(ANY OTHER IS NEW AGE,DOCTRINES OF DEMONS TO DECIEVE EVERYONE OF THE TRUTH)

ACTS 20:27
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

DEPARTMENT OF PEACE WEBSITE
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PEACE ALLIANCE WEB
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WALTER CRONKITE NEW AGER NWO PERSON
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LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE FEB 13,10 WARREN SMITH EX NEW AGER
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THIS DEPARTMENT OF PEACE THAT 200 OR SO HOUSE MEMBERS ARE IN FAVOUR OF IS NOTHING BUT A NEW AGE,FALSE PEACE MOVEMENT THAT CLAIMS PEACE AND LOVE BUT THE BIBLE SAYS 3 BILLION PEOPLE OR 1/2 OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE IN WW3.SO THIS FALSE PEACE NEW AGE MOMENT IS A SCAM AND CHRISTIANS HAVE TO TALK UP AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT IS A DECEPTIVE JESUS THAT IS IN EVERYTHING.WE ARE JESUS,WE ARE GODS AND WE ARE THE LIGHT IN ALL THINGS.

OF COURSE OPRAH,MARIAN WILLIAMSON AND LOTS OF NEW AGERS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS DEPARTMENT OF PEACE SCAM.THIS WILL LEAD TO THE TRUE CHRISTIANS BEING PERSECUTED BIGTIME IN FAVOUR OF THIS NEW AGE CULT DEPARTMENT OF PEACE.CHRISTIANS GET TO YOUR HOUSE MEMBERS AND TELL THEM TO END THIS DEPARTMENT OF PEACE SCAM DECEPTIVE MOVEMENT.REMEMBER SATAN AND HIS DEMONS COME IN AS ANGELS OF LIGHT AND PEACE TO DECIEVE TRUE CHRISTIANS WITH DOCTRINES OF DEMONS FROM THE TRUTH THAT CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION,NO OTHER WAY.END THIS NEW AGE LIE QUICK CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA AND WORLWIDE.

MUST LISTEN CHRISTIANS TO THE SHOW HERE FEB 13,10 WARREN SMITH EX NEW AGER
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FALLIN DEMONIC ANGELS (GIANTS)

GENESIS 6:4-5
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, 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.

NUMBERS 13:32-33
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

DEUTERONOMY 2:10-11,20-21
10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

DEUTORONOMY 3:11,13
11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

JOSHUA 12:4
4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

JOSHUA 13:12
12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

JOSHUA 15:8,13-14
8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

JOSHUA 17:15-17
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

JOSHUA 18:16
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,

2 SAMUEL 21:15-22
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

1 CHRONICLES 20:4-8
4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

JUDE 5-6,14-16
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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.
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.

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.

DEUTORONOMY 18:10-12
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

100 LAWMAKER REJECT DICTATORSHIP HEALTHCARE BILL

OBAMA TO RULE DICTATORSHIP STYLE
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Obama Declares He Will Rule by Authoritarian Decree
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com February 13, 2010

The Obama administration has announced it will now rule by fascist decree and ignore Congress and the American people.With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities,reports The New York Times.We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues,said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff who is fond of cracking his knuckles in Obama’s face.Radio talk show host Michael Savage comments on Obama’s plan to rule by executive order.According to The New York Times, ruling in authoritarian fashion is normal and acceptable. Any president has vast authority to influence policy even without legislation, through executive orders, agency rule-making and administrative fiat.In fact, Obama’s plan to rule by authoritarian decree is unconstitutional. Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution states: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Article II, Section 3 states that the president may call Congress into emergency session during a national crisis.In other words, rule buy fiat is treason. Another section of the Constitution covers treason. Article II, Section. 4 states: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Rahm Emanuel should be arrested and prosecuted for treason under federal statute, specifically Title 18 U.S.C. § 2. It states: Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.Treason is spelled out in Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, it states.White House officials said the increased focus on executive authority reflected a natural evolution from the first year to the second year of any presidency, The New York Times continues.Hitler exploited this natural evolution to turn Germany into a fascist dictatorship through executive orders. In fact, Reagan, Clinton and Bush the Lesser issued a flurry of executive orders that surpassed anything Hitler or Stalin issued.Executive orders have been around since the beginning of the republic. George Washington issued a number of proclamations, dispositions and recommendations. For instance, a suggestion that a day of Thanksgiving take place on Thursday, November26, 1789. He was severely criticized for issuing a proclamation suggesting U.S. citizens joining or aiding the war between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Britain and the Netherlands be prosecuted. George Washington’s proclamations, however, did not over rule legislation passed by Congress.Executive orders: Surpassing Hitler and Stalin.

Executive orders did not really pick up steam until the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. During the invasion of the South for opposing the federal government, Lincoln issued a large number of executive orders allowing the federal military to steal land and turn prisoners of war into forced labor slaves.The grand daddy of executive orders was Franklin Roosevelt. He issued 3,723 of them. Here is a sample. Roosevelt’s most notorious executive order was 6102. It permitted the federal government to steal all privately held gold in the United States.Ronald Reagan — sold to the people as a conservative — issued 381 executive orders, more than George W. Bush. Clinton came close to Reagan. He issued 364. Reagan violated the Constitution directly when he issued Executive Order 12611 ordering Assistance for Central American Democracies and the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance, in other words providing assistance to the Contras, a violation of the Boland Amendment.

Clinton used executive orders to defy Congress and conduct a murder campaign against the people of Yugoslavia. Clinton also violated Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution when he bombed the European country. Article 1, Section 8 states that Congress shall have power to… declare War, not the president.During the election, Obama not only said he would not issue executive orders but he would reverse those issued during the Bush era. On his very first day in office, Obama broke this pledge and implemented and signed into law Executive Order 13489 barring the release of presidential records (presumably including his birth certificate).Obama also signed executive orders allowing Interpol to operate beyond the law in the United States and establishing the Council of Governors.Obama will continue the process of rule by decree established by his predecessors. He will rule in the tradition of the Roman Second Triumvirate and the Lex Titia decree under Gaius Octavian, general Mark Antony and pontifex maximus Aemilius Lepidus.It should be noted that the resolution paved the way for the Final War of the Roman Republic and the total collapse of republican government.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS

100 lawmakers reject Big Brother health-care takeover-American people repudiated what Obama, Democrats have put forward February 14, 2010 8:20 pm Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling 2010 WorldNetDaily

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.

Nearly 100 lawmakers have signed a formal Declaration of Health Care Independence to reject an unconstitutional Washington takeover of American health care – and now one representative is challenging Americans to deliver it to Congress and the White House to hold them accountable to the people. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., drafted and formally unveiled the Declaration of Health Care Independence Jan. 27. The declaration is a commitment to protect the rights of the American people to make their own health decisions, reduce bureaucratic red-tape, decrease intergenerational debt and implement 10 common-sense principles for future health-care reform. We've come to somewhat of an impasse, Bachmann told WND.Now with Sen. Scott Brown's election, that seems to have been able to stop the ball from rolling in the Senate. But we know the president still plans to base his plans on the health-care bill.She noted President Obama has extended an invitation to Republicans to join Democrats for a live, televised meeting on health-care reform on Feb. 25. Now you, too, can sign on to the Declaration of Health Care Independence – just as 100 members of Congress have done. For us to go forward, it's important for those of us who are constitutional conservatives that we lay out what our vision is – our roadmap, so to speak, for any future health-care discussion,Bachmann explained.The people have thoroughly rejected what the Democrats came up with in the Senate and the House.

Bachmann presents the following 10 points of agreement in her declaration: We, therefore, the People and Representatives of the United States of America, do solemnly Publish and Declare that health care reform, as a matter of principle, must: Protect as inviolate the vital doctor-patient relationship;Reject any addition to the crushing national debt heaped upon all Americans;Improve, rather than diminish, the quality of care that Americans enjoy;Be negotiated publicly, transparently, with genuine accountability and oversight;Treat private citizens at least as well as political officials;Protect taxpayers from funding of abortion and abortion coverage;Reject all new mandates on patients, employers, individuals or states;Prohibit expansion of taxpayer-funded health care to those unlawfully present in the United States;Guarantee Equal Protection under the law and the Constitution;

Empower, rather than limit, an open and accessible marketplace of health care choice and opportunity. Bachmann said the Obama administration is conducting backroom deals on bills and refusing to broadcast negotiations on CSPAN as pledged. She said health-care legislation must not force Americans to violate their conscience by having to pay for abortion coverage for other Americans.She added that U.S. citizens must not be obligated to pay for health insurance for illegal aliens. Bachmann also warned that any health-care plan should not add to federal or state deficits. She shared the following charts printed in the Feb. 2 issue of Congressional Quarterly Today revealing that the federal deficit under the Obama administration is expected to widen to a record $1.6 trillion in fiscal year 2010 – exceeding 10 percent of the total output of the economy for the first time since World War II: Source: Office of Management and Budget

This nonpartisan graph shows what America's future will be if we continue down the road on runaway spending under President Obama,Bachmann said. She said it represents a future with a declining standard of living so severe it will be unlike anything the nation has ever known. Bachmann challenged Americans to take a close look at the projected debt levels America will be embracing. If people see this graph, they will know from there what to do, very clearly, this November,she said.They need to turn out of office people who agree with President Obama's economic policies, and they need to replace them with people who agree with our founders and our Declaration of Independence and Constitution that we are a constitutional republic. We cannot drown our nation and our people in debt, and we can't force upon them tax increases so egregious that we will never again know true prosperity.As for the Declaration of Health Care Independence, she is asking the American public to put pressure on President Obama and the Democrats in Congress to sign the document as well. We're encouraging them to sign, Bachmann said.We're asking people to sign this and forward it to their member of Congress. Then, if there's a town-hall meeting, or if they are somewhere where their senator or congressman is, print out a copy of this declaration, wave it in the air at your member of Congress and say,Look! At least 95 members of Congress have already signed this. Why haven't you signed? She said American's should hold their lawmakers' feet to the fire – in public if possible – and ask them whether they agree with the 10 constitutional conservative principles.

Go on the offense. That's what we're trying to do,Bachmann challenged Americans.We believe that members of the House and Senate need to answer to their constituents, whether they agree or disagree with this as a beginning platform going forward with health care. The American people have clearly repudiated what President Obama and the Democrats have put forward thus far.What should citizens do if their lawmakers shut them out? This is my challenge: Right now, I challenge every reader at WorldNetDaily to print the declaration out, contact their member of Congress and report back on the WorldNetDaily website what they heard from their member of Congress, Bachmann said. People can come back to WorldNetDaily. They can memorialize their experiences, and then we would know where these members of Congress truly stand.Do they agree with the people, or are they going to pursue a radical agenda that the American people have thoroughly repudiated?

Obama Signs Law Raising Public Debt Limit from $12.4 Trillion to $14.3 Trillion Jack Tapper ABC News February 13, 2010

Behind closed doors and with no cameras present, President Obama signed into law Friday afternoon the bill raising the public debt limit from $12.394 trillion to $14.294 trillion.The current national debt is $12.3 trillion. Check out the National Debt Clock, which tells you your share of that — roughly $40,000 per citizen, $113,000 per taxpayer.The bill also establishes a statutory Pay-As-You-Go procedure requiring that new non-emergency legislation affecting tax revenue or mandatory spending not increase the Federal deficit – in other words, that any new spending or tax cuts be paid for with new taxes or spending cuts.

Russian Baltic Sea pipeline gets final approval-The underwater pipeline will bring Siberian gas directly to Germany (Photo: Nord Stream AG)VALENTINA POP 12.02.2010 @ 17:47 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – A Gazprom-led European company has received the last environmental permit it needed to construct a gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, linking Russian gas fields directly to Germany.Finnish authorities on Friday (12 February) gave the Switzerland-based Nord Stream consortium the last environmental permit it needed in order to start building a 1,223 kilometre-long pipeline through the Baltic Sea. Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Russia last year also gave the Gazprom-led joint venture similar permits to cross their territorial waters, after agreeing to the environmental planning done by company, which also includes removing some of the Second World War mines still to be found on the seabed.Construction is scheduled to start in April this year and wrap up mid-2011, with the first gas expected to flow by the end of next year. A second pipeline will be attached in 2012, doubling the capacity to 55 billion cubic metres of gas a year. Apart from Germany, the main customer, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, France and the UK have also signed up to buy gas via this route.Our project has been made possible by extensive co-operation between many European countries and it will make an important contribution to European energy security, Nord Stream managing director Matthias Warnig said in a statement.

But other countries in the region are less happy with the project. The Baltic states and Poland have been fiercely opposing the construction of the pipeline, claiming that it could undermine their security of supply. Some 80 percent of Europe's gas imports from Russia currently come through Soviet-era pipelines via Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.If the alternative route via the Baltic Sea is opened directly to wealthier western European states, Russia's incentives to refrain from gas politics with eastern European countries will be diminished, argue the new member states.Poland certainly does not understand the Nord Stream project. What is the economic rationale for a decision whose outcome is a much more expensive transit of gas than by the traditional land route? For me, Nord Stream is an example of a lack of energy solidarity, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said last month in an interview with Financial Times.The pipeline is backed by the European Commission as a "priority" project aimed at diversifying not only sources of energy but also routes. This alludes to what several Nord Stream supporters claim – that by avoiding Ukraine, EU-Russian relations will run smoothly and gas disruptions like the ones in 2006 and 2009 will no longer happen.Eastern Europeans, however, say that increasing gas dependence on Russia will hardly spur Moscow to stop playing pipeline politics.
The history of the project also stirred up Cold War sensibilities in the former eastern bloc, as the manner in which the deal was sealed reminded Polish officials of the Nazi-Soviet pact which carved up their country on the eve of the Second World War. The initial agreement for the pipeline was sealed between the then German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin, just a few weeks before Mr Schroeder left office. Mr Schroeder was then recruited by Gazprom to the managing board of the Nord Stream company. Appointing Mr Warnig, a former agent of Stasi, the secret police in Communist East Germany, did not come across well either.

South Stream makes progress too

Mr Putin, meanwhile the Prime Minister of Russia, is still actively involved in pipeline diplomacy. Apart from Nord Stream, which is now well under way, the former KGB officer is also pushing for another pipeline, dubbed South Stream, through the Black Sea. This is seen as a rival to Europe's own project aimed at lowering dependence on Russian gas via a direct route from the Caspian region through Turkey and south-eastern Europe.End of January, Gazprom and a state-owned Hungarian bank sealed a deal in setting up a company to develop Hungary's part of the project. Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Slovenia have also signed up for South Stream, while press reports in Russia suggest Austria is expected to enter the deal soon.

Collapse of the euro is inevitable: Bailing out the Greek economy futile, says FRENCH banking chief By Sam Fleming and Tim Shipman 13th February 2010

The European single currency is facing an inevitable break-up a leading French bank claimed yesterday. Strategists at Paris-based Société Générale said that any bailout of the stricken Greek economy would only provide sticking plasters to cover the deep-seated flaws in the eurozone bloc. The stark warning came as the euro slipped further on the currency markets and dire growth figures raised the prospect of a double-dip recession in the embattled zone.The bailout of Greece will only act as a sticking plaster for the Euro crisis, the bank warned yesterday Claims that the euro could be headed for total collapse are particularly striking when they come from one of the oldest and largest banks in France - a core founder-member.

The euro? It's a great success, says Mandy as Greece turmoil sends single currency into worst ever crisis In a note to investors, SocGen strategist Albert Edwards said: My own view is that there is little help that can be offered by the other eurozone nations other than temporary, confidence-giving sticking plasters before the ultimate denouement: the break-up of the eurozone.The euro's a success: Peter Mandelson at Downing Street on Thursday He added: Any help given to Greece merely delays the inevitable break-up of the eurozone.The alarming claim came a day after European Union leaders promised determined and co-ordinated action to shore up Greece's tattered public finances, but disappointed traders by failing to provide specifics. Further details are expected early next week, but markets were in high anxiety yesterday amid fears political divisions among rich eurozone members could derail any rescue. The euro slid almost 1 per cent to $1.357 yesterday, meaning it has lost 10 per cent of its value since November. The pound rose to 1.14 euros.
Earlier this week Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's claimed that the single currency had been a 'remarkable success' and that it remained in Britain's interests to join.David Cameron ridiculed that claim yesterday.

He told the Tories' Scottish conference: Are this Government the only people in the country who still think that would be a good idea? Our deficit and debt are bad enough without the straightjacket of the euro. If I am elected for as long as I am prime minister the United Kingdom will never join the euro.The French bank's warning was echoed by Mats Persson, Director of the Open Europe think-tank, which campaigns for reforms in Brussels. He said: The eurozone is facing a fully-fledged crisis. The Greece episode has made it painfully clear how flawed the euro project was from the very beginning. Even if Greece receives a one-off bailout it would not solve the real problem, which is the huge differences in competitiveness between the eurozone's richest and poorest members.Tory leader David Cameron said if he is elected, the UK will not adopt the euro

If these differences are to be evened out, the EU would need a single budget and common taxes so it can redistribute resources. One thing is clear, Britain made the right choice in staying out.Mr Edwards argued that Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain are too economically weak to withstand the rigours of eurozone membership.
Countries that are highly uncompetitive are normally able to slash interest rates and devalue their currencies to prop up their economies. But this is not possible within the euro, given its one-size-fits-all economic governance.The implication is that weak, peripheral eurozone members will have to suffer years of painful deflation and tumbling living standards, as well as draconian budget cuts, in order to adjust. Harvard University Professor Martin Feldstein, a long-standing sceptic on the euro, yesterday said the single currency isn't working because member governments have no incentive to keep their public debts under control. There's too much incentive for countries to run up big deficits as there's no feedback until a crisis,he said.

Germany drags EU back towards recession
Axel Weber, President of Germany's Bundesbank, warned the German economy will contract this year The eurozone faces the danger of a doubledip recession after Germany's economy retreated into stagnation. Figures published yesterday revealed that the countries who have joined the euro collectively grew a mere 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year - equal to Britain's own faltering performance.
Germany was the biggest drag, recording zero growth in the final three months of 2009after emerging from recession earlier in the year. Axel Weber, President of Germany's Bundesbank, warned this week there is a chance his nation's economy will contract in the first quarter of 2010, in part because of the severe winter, in a major blow to recovery hopes. The figures from the European Commission are a blow to Britain's embattled manufacturers, which count the eurozone as their biggest export market. France provided a bright spot in the report, expanding by 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter-But Italy, Spain and Greece all registered contractions in their gross domestic product. Economist Martin van Vliet of ING Bank said: 'The paltry pace of fourth quarter growth makes crystal clear that the eurozone economy cannot yet stand on its own feet.The disappointing eurozone growth data are a sobering reminder that recovery from financial crisis led recessions tends to be slow and protracted, and might not prove very supportive in calming markets' fears about the region.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250433/Greece-debt-bailout-EU-leaders-split-euro-crisis.html#ixzz0fZi5tJVC

Gerald Warner is an author, broadcaster, columnist and polemical commentator who writes about politics, religion, history, culture and society in general. Control freaks want web licences to end bloggers' anonymity – be very afraid By Gerald Warner Politics Last updated: February 12th, 2010

The American blogosphere is going increasingly viral about a proposal advanced at the recent meeting of the Davos Economic Forum by Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft, that an equivalent of a driver’s licence should be introduced for access to the web. This totalitarian call has been backed by articles and blogs in Time magazine and the New York Times.As bloggers have not been slow to point out, the system being proposed is very similar to one that the government of Red China reluctantly abandoned as too repressive. It was inevitable that, sooner or later, the usual unholy alliance of government totalitarians and big business would attempt to end the democratic free-for-all that is the blogosphere. The United Nations is showing similar interest in moving to eliminate free speech.The recent uprising in the blogosphere that resulted in the overturning of the Global Warming consensus can only have focused our rulers’ attention more acutely on this infuriating challenge to their totalitarian control. What will go next? they must be asking themselves. Unrestricted immigration? Punitive taxation? Even the European Union? With the helots exploiting a loophole in the PC Curtain that has otherwise been so remorselessly drawn down over freedom of expression, the internet represents a dangerously subversive force, fulfilling the role in the West that was formerly performed by samizdat publications inside the Soviet Union.

American protesters are most vociferous in defence of their rights because that is their culture. Some of them claim that British people are being dangerously indifferent to the long-term potential for censorship of the so-called Digital Economy Bill being slithered through Parliament by Lord Mandelson. The inference they draw is that, just as Britons supinely submitted to firearms legislation that has led to a situation where only the bad guys have guns, we may be sleepwalking into internet slavery.The technique is familiar. The powers-that-be allow a scandalous situation to develop whereby no serious attempt is made to police paedophile, pornographic and criminal activity on the web. Then the authorities use the excuse of public concern to overreact and impose Draconian controls that police ordinary citizens but are usually circumvented by criminals. It is a familiar scenario, offline as well as in cyberspace.A driver’s licence for the web would be Christmas every day of the year for the control freaks. One can all too easily imagine the criteria applied to licence applications. (Name? Delingpole…? You wot! Ere, I’ve got your number, mate – you’re that bloke wot feeds polar-bear steaks to kids innit. Internet licence? I should coco! On yer bike, mate, it’s more than my job’s worth to be seen talking to you…)Without the internet, the completely fictitious global warming consensus would still be unchallenged, state power massively enlarged, $54 trillion of Western taxpayers’ money flooding into the coffers of carbon companies and people’s lives made miserable by totalitarian restrictions imposed to counter a non-existent threat. I forecast that the right to anonymity on the internet will become one of the most fiercely contested issues over the coming decade. Be very afraid.

Mullen: No Nukes for Iran but No Attack
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu FEB 14,10

(IsraelNN.com) Visiting U.S. Chief of Staff Mike Mullen said in Tel Aviv on Sunday that attacking Iran would have unintended consequences and maintained that Tehran is up to three years away from nuclear capability. I worry a great deal about the unintended consequences of a strike, he told reporters.I think the Iranians are very difficult to predict.Mullen's visit to Israel on Sunday is the second in the past year as the United States continues to insist that diplomatic sanctions can stop Iran from producing a nuclear warhead aimed at annihilating Israel. The Obama administration is hoping that China will fall into line and join U.N. Security Council nations to back stiffer sanctions against Iran.Of course, there are limits and this [military] option is on the table, but we are not there yet, Mullen said, explaining that Iran is one to three years away from being able to deliver a nuclear weapon. Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed that Iran has produced its first batch of enriched uranium, a key element for a nuclear weapon.

Mullen is scheduled to meet on Monday with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and senior IDF officials while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Saudi Arabia and Doha, where she said on Sunday what Israel has been warning for years, namely that evidence is accumulating that Iran is aiming to build a nuclear weapon.The United States has said it is depending on the Persian Gulf States to use their influence to pressure Iran to halt its unsupervised nuclear program.

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Lebanon Fires on Israeli Surveillance Planes
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu FEB 14,10

(IsraelNN.com) Lebanon, which has openly embraced Hizbullah both politically and militarily, fired on four Israeli surveillance planes Sunday, its military stated. No direct hits were reported. The Lebanese army rarely fires on Israel unless the planes come within range of their artillery guns. Israel has continued flights over southern Lebanon in order to monitor Hizbullah terrorist operations in the area where the United Nations forces were mandated to disarm the terrorist organization after the Second Lebanon War in 2006. At the outset of the ceasefire agreement, U.N. commanders said they could not implement the agreement, and Israel has tried to fill the breach in security although the flights technically are violations of the ceasefire.Sunday's anti-aircraft firing came amidst an escalation in rhetoric by Israel and the Syrian-Hizbullah-Lebanese axis as well as increased weapons smuggling into Lebanon. War in Lebanon is discussed everyday on almost every street corner, CNN reported Sunday.Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the BBC last week that Israeli military activity is really dangerous, noting that surveillance planes have entered Lebanese airspace every day during the past two months. Israel has repeatedly accused Lebanon of a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement by allowing Hizbullah to smuggle more missiles into southern as well as northern Lebanon.

Sunday marked the fifth year since former anti-Syrian leader and prime minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated, and Syria has widely been held responsible for the murder. His son Saad Hariri now is at the helm of the Lebanese government but unlike his father, he has established friendly relations with Damascus. He also incorporated Hizbullah into a part of his government and military planning.In addition to friendly meetings between Hariri and Syrian President Bashar Assad, Khaled Mashaal, Damascus-based commander of Hamas, recently met with Hizbullah's number one leader, Hassan Nasrallah, placing two of the world's top terrorists in the same room. Hariri has described Hizbullah as the resistance.

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Ex-Mossad chief: Israel doesn't need U.S. nod to strike Iran-A nuclear Tehran with the present regime is a threat of survival scale February 14, 2010 7:31 pm Eastern 2010 WorldNetDaily

Shabtai Shavit

JERUSALEM – Israel does not need American permission to strike Iran, said Shabtai Shavit, former chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, in an exclusive interview with Aaron Klein, WND's Jerusalem bureau chief. Asked whether Israel must coordinate with the U.S. on any future military actions against Iran's nuclear facilities, Shavit replied, I don't think that Israel needs American permission when it comes to the survival of Israel.But I would expect Israel to try to coordinate such a move if push comes to shove, Shavit said. Shavit, who traditionally shies away from news media interviews, was speaking during an interview on New York's WABC Radio with Klein, who hosts a weekend show on station. Listen to the full audio of Klein's interview with Shavit below: Shavit posited that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's declaration last week that his country is a nuclear state proves that the international strategy addressing the nuclear threat until today was completely wrong.Shavit said he doesn't see a consensus materializing to push through the crippling sanctions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying for.

Shavit did suggest, however, strong sanctions may still work to dissuade Iran from forging ahead with its nuclear ambitions. If there is a consensus among the U.S., Europe, Russia and China, I believe it is still possible to convince the Iranians that for them the price that they will have to pay for achieving the nuclear ways is prohibitive for them, he said. Asked by Klein whether Israel should strike Iran if sanctions failed and Tehran pressed ahead with its uranium enrichment program, Shavit replied, I wouldn't like to elaborate too much about this section, but I will only say that a nuclear Iran with the present regime of the extremists' fanaticism – this is a threat of a survival scale.

Retired admiral-senator sees death of U.S.Author Jeremiah Denton speaks at Marine Corps Museum February 14, 2010 10:12 pm Eastern By Alyssa Farah 2010 WorldNetDaily

QUANTICO, Va. – Retired Admiral and former U.S. Sen. Jeremiah Denton had some tough words in the mess hall of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, packed with fellow servicemen, including some who spent time with him as a prisoner of war in the Hanoi Hilton. In an emotional speech last night about his newly updated classic work, When Hell Was in Session, Denton said he feared the imminent death of the United States of America due to immorality, lack of patriotism and lack of appreciation for the unique form of government bestowed by the country's founders.

When Hell Was in Session was first released in 1976 after Denton's return from Vietnam where he was held as a prisoner of war for seven years and seven months – much of that time in solitary confinement and enduring torture. The book was re-released in 2009 – updated with Denton's recollections of what happened upon his return to America, his election to the U.S. Senate and the role he played with Ronald Reagan in ending the Cold War. Denton, a devout Christian, used his time to exhort his fellow servicemen to rally behind moral issues including bringing abortion to an end and fighting against homosexual marriage. He also criticized the current administration and what he sees as a lack of patriotism on the president's part. At the end of his speech, he exclaimed, Semper Fi! the motto of the United States Marine Corps, which means always faithful, to tell the men in the room to continue to be active in faithful to fight for the future of this country. During the Vietnam War, Denton served as commanding officer to Attack Squadron 75 aboard the USS Independence. He was shot down on July 18, 1965, while leading an air strike against North Vietnamese stronghold, Thanh Hoa. During his years in the POW camp, Denton refused to betray his country, at his own expense. He famously blinked Morse code the word torture to confirm the atrocious acts that were being committed on imprisoned soldiers during an interview with a foreign journalist. The event was sponsored by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation which regularly sponsors speeches by former servicemen at the museum.

Heavy rainfalls hit Mecca amid holiday
Sat Feb 13, 4:49 pm ET

RIYADH (Reuters) – Heavy rainfalls over Mecca on Saturday submerged some districts and streets in Islam's holiest city, Saudi media reported, raising fears of a repeat of deadly floods in a neighboring city in November.State-owned Al-Ekhbariya television channel showed a few pilgrims praying on wet white-marbled floors of the Grand Mosque while others walked around the cubic-shaped Kaaba dome at its center.

Mecca's location at the heart of a mountainous desert valley makes it vulnerable to flash floods that can be caused by unusually strong rainfalls. The Kaaba had to be repaired several times in the past after being damaged by floods.The rainfalls coincide with the spring school break which started Thursday and usually attracts thousands of visitors especially from Saudi Arabia.While rains are rare in the desert kingdom, about 130 people were killed in November at the height of the haj season after heavy rainfalls over the city of Jeddah, about 50 miles west of Mecca, caused floods that also damaged hundreds of properties due to the city's poor sewage system.Abdallah al-Jeddawi, from the Saudi civil defense, told al-Ekhbariya that no floods had been reported in Mecca.Conditions remain reassuring. Some streets and districts (in Mecca) did get submerged with water, he said without giving more details.Saudi Al-Hayat newspaper's online news service said civil defense was working to rescue 30 people who were stranded in their cars in Mecca.(Reporting by Souhail Karam)

Cyclone misses American Samoa, turns toward Tonga By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press Writer – Sat Feb 13, 4:35 pm ET

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A powerful tropical storm missed American Samoa early Saturday morning, causing heavy rains and high winds but sparing more devastation to the U.S. territory battered by a deadly autumn tsunami.Tropical Cyclone Rene was about 110 miles south of Pago Pago and moving southwest on a track that will take it into central and southern Tonga, said cyclone forecaster Alipate Waqaicelua of the Nadi Tropical Cyclone Center in Fiji. The storm center was about 485 miles northeast of the island chain.Strong winds from the storm were still expected to batter American Samoa, which prompted forecasters to replace the hurricane warning with a gale warning that predicted winds of 30 to 45 mph, said meteorologist Mase Akapo Jr. with the National Weather Service in Pago Pago.The public still needs to continue to take precautionary measures due to the strong winds, Akapo said, adding that the high surf will continue, with waves of 15 to 18 feet expected through Saturday evening.

We are still faced with high waves, he said.Heavy rain fell on parts of Tutuila, the territory's most populous island, early Saturday morning, and some low-lying areas were flooded.Rene never made landfall on either Tutuila or the Manu'a island group, but the government planned to conduct an assessment on Saturday to find out if any damage was cause by the storm.If the cyclone stays on its current track, it could bring heavy rain and thunderstorms, powerful sea surges, pounding waves and widespread coastal flooding to Tonga within 24 to 36 hours, Waqaicelua said.The storm was expected to strengthen in the next 12 to 24 hours, he said, with possible winds gusts of up to 175 mph.In American Samoa, several Manu'a residents reached earlier by phone by The Associated Press said the winds had been extremely strong but they have not heard of any reports of injuries or major damage.Emergency officials in the capital of Pago Pago said there were reports that high winds had downed some trees and electrical lines. The officials also said there was one death indirectly caused by Rene — a 50-year-old man died Friday morning after falling from a two-story building while boarding it up to protect it from the storm.Territorial Gov. Togiola Tulafono called for calm, urging residents to be aware and be safe.

Referring to the tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga in September, Tulafono said as we recover from the events of last September 29th, it is a good feeling that we have placed high priority to help ourselves by preparing and spreading the emergency awareness message.Associated Press Writers Ray Lilley in Wellington, New Zealand, and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu contributed to this report.

String of snow days deprives many students of food By SARAH KARUSH, Associated Press Writer – Sat Feb 13, 3:32 pm ET

TAKOMA PARK, Md. – As back-to-back snowstorms shuttered schools for the week across the mid-Atlantic states, parents fretted about lost learning time, administrators scheduled makeup days and teachers posted assignments online. But Marla Caplon worried about a more fundamental problem: How would students eat? The two snowstorms that pummeled the region, leaving more than 3 feet of snow in some areas, deprived tens of thousands of children from Virginia to Pennsylvania of the free or reduced-price school lunch that may be their only nutritious meal of the day. The nonprofits that try to meet the need when school is not in session also closed their doors for much of the week, leaving many families looking at bare cupboards. And many parents working hourly jobs were unable to earn any money during the week, as the snow forced businesses to close.Caplon is a food services supervisor for Montgomery County Public Schools, where about 43,000 children are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Some also get breakfast, dinner and bags of staple foods to take home for the weekend. The snow days meant children would get none of that until Tuesday, because schools are closed Monday for Presidents Day.We've been bothered by this all week, Caplon said.So Caplon arranged for Manna Food Center, a local food bank whose board she chairs, to bring boxes of food Friday to two still-closed elementary schools. Officials used the school district's automated phone system to notify parents of the distribution.

At Rolling Terrace Elementary School, a stream of people walked up to a Manna truck in the school's bus bay Friday. They filled plastic shopping bags with cans of soup, vegetables and beans, ground beef and Rice Krispy Treats.Everybody's at home, and everybody's eating, said Jacquelyn Garcia, 39, who came to pick up food for her family of five. I have nothing left in my house.Manna's effort brought out smiles and expressions of gratitude. But the approximately 200 families who came to pick up provisions represent just a fraction of the need in Montgomery County, let alone the entire snow-battered region.In Philadelphia, where public schools opened only one day this week, nearly 86,000 free lunches are served every day. In Baltimore, where schools were closed all week, a district spokeswoman estimated about 50,000 students take advantage of free and reduced-priced meals. The District of Columbia, which has had no school the entire week, has 32,000 public school students eligible for the program. Schools in Fairfax County, Va., which have about the same number of eligible students, have been closed since Feb. 5, when the first of the two storms rolled in.Otto Tambito, a Fairfax County father of two, said his family burned through much of its savings during the week off from school and work. Tambito works as a window cleaner and an electrician, but was unable to travel to jobs. His wife, who cleans houses for a living, was in the same boat.We hope that thing melts down and we start again, he said.Maritza Hernandez, a 32-year-old mother who came to pick up food Friday, said her usual baby-sitting income dried up during the snow days, and her husband had no work either. The couple and their 5-year-old son survived all week on beans, tortillas and the occasional egg, she said.

We were sad that we didn't have enough to go shopping, she said.Nationwide, about 19.4 million students received free or reduced-price lunches on a typical school day last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Student hunger during breaks in the school year is not a new a concern. The Agriculture Department runs a summer food program to help fill the gap, though it doesn't reach everybody.The demand for emergency food for families with children in the summertime goes up, said Crystal FitzSimons, director of school programs at the Washington-based Food Research and Action Center, a nonprofit that fights hunger in the U.S. Parents are more likely to skip meals, so their kids can eat.The storm-related school closures were arguably more problematic because the emergency assistance typically provided by food pantries was also unavailable.In Baltimore, the Bea Gaddy Family Centers opened Monday, but had to close Tuesday ahead of the second storm. The organization provides food, shelter and clothing to those in need. We tried to give out what we had to hold people over, said executive director Cynthia Brooks. A lot of the people couldn't get up to the pantry because of the snow from the last storm.Associated Press writers Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia and Alex Dominguez in Baltimore contributed to this report.

A rate hike for the few — until it's you By Adam Geller, Ap National Writer – FEB 15,10

To critics, a 39 percent hike in health insurance for some Californians foretells skyrocketing rates for the rest of us. Not so, says the company, arguing the increase only hits a relatively small number of people and the economy is to blame.
But the rhetoric from both sides distorts the reality.It's true that hikes like the one by WellPoint Inc. apply only to people who buy individual insurance and are unlikely to spread to the majority of Americans covered through their employers. But such hikes also hit a huge number of Americans who mostly went unmentioned in the furor — the 46 million with no insurance at all.That's because for most people who don't get insurance through their jobs and do not qualify for government assistance, the only option is buying individual policies like the ones in WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross plan, often with high deductibles.Raise prices, and people without insurance are even less likely to buy it — healthy people especially. Meanwhile, older and sicker customers pay more and more, running up high health bills in a shrinking pool.That conundrum is at the heart of a disagreement that has frozen Democratic health reform efforts in Congress. Reform bills would require most of the uninsured to buy coverage, an idea many Americans detest as heavy-handed government.

But without sharing costs across the broadest cross-section of consumers and prohibiting insurers from charging people different premiums depending on their health status, the result is a scenario very much like Anthem's.I know the American people get frustrated in debating something like health care because you get a whole bunch of different claims being made by different groups and different interests, President Barack Obama said earlier this week in addressing the Anthem hike.But what is also true is that without some action on the part of Congress, it is very unlikely that we see any improvement in the current trajectory ... The current trajectory is more and more people are losing health care.Only about 5 percent of non-elderly Americans have individual insurance, compared with 60 percent who are covered by their employers. The remainder is almost evenly divided between those whose care is shouldered by government and those without any insurance at all.The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance at big companies rose 7 to 10 percent this year, said Tom Billet of Towers Watson, a benefits consulting firm. Preliminary estimates for next year call for roughly the same increase — much lower than the ones set out by Anthem and other individual insurers.The individual market is sort of its own animal, so to speak, he said.At first glance, WellPoint's rate hike affects only a small group — some of the 800,000 people in California who buy its individual coverage. But it's also about many more, since just about any American is — or, given the uncertainties of the economy, can be — a candidate for individual coverage at any time.

Millions in group plans have lost jobs and the insurance they count on as a benefit. People in individual plans are trying to keep up with escalating premiums. Some without insurance do so to save money, but as they get older may decide it's not worth the risk.WellPoint defended the hike as a response to the economy. More consumers are tight on money and, as a result, those who are younger and healthier are dropping out or taking on pass on individual insurance, leaving a pool of less healthy people requiring more costly care. Without younger, healthier consumers, Anthem said, the remaining customers had to shoulder the costs of their own care.The result is an insured pool that utilizes significantly more services per individual than under better economic times, the company wrote in a letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, defending the hike.The economic thing makes some sense, no doubt about it, said Gary Claxton, an expert on the private insurance market at the Kaiser Family Foundation.If people don't have as much money they're not going to be as many people who can afford to buy insurance ... and the ones who are more likely to do that will always be the healthier ones.But Will Dow, a professor of health economics at the University of California, says the rate hike reflects an individual insurance market that is fundamentally broken. Anthem has a reputation for cherry-picking healthier consumers and trying to shake sicker ones, he said.Individuals who are in ill health and don't have access to an employer-provided health insurance policy are subject to the mercies of this market, which does not work well for sick people, Dow said. That problem is not limited to California or the economic environment of 2010. In Oregon, multiple insurers have convinced state health officials that rising costs justified big jumps in rates the last few years. In Maine, Anthem's request to raise rates for some people by up to 38percent last year and 24 percent this year have angered some politicians and consumers. Lou Herchenroeder, a pastor in Westfield, Ind., who learned in December that the premium on his Anthem policy would jump 31 percent, is frustrated. He said he's seen increases like this a few times over the past six years. In fact, he got into the high-deductible plan two years ago because premiums in his other plan rose too much.

But the cumulative increases are taking their toll. Herchenroeder said his family is healthy, with no chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure, although he just had his gall bladder removed. But at 53, he yearns for the days when insurance was a choice he could afford. If I was in my 20s, I wouldn't have a plan like this,he said.I'd take my chances.But the sick don't really have the option of dropping coverage. Pre-existing conditions allow other insurers, who otherwise would provide competition, to decline to cover these individuals. Jeanne Morales of Encino, Calif., was outraged when United HealthCare Inc. jacked up the premium of the PacifiCare individual plan covering her and her husband. Back-to-back hikes in October and November raised the couple's monthly premium from about $1,450 month to $2,432, a combined increase of 68 percent. Morales wants to drop the policy, but says there's no where else to go. She had a partial hysterectomy to remove a non-cancerous ovarian cyst a month ago. She said her insurance broker told her she has to wait at least a year to be symptom free before she can even think about finding another individual insurance product. That's all there is to do. There's just not any choices,she said.We have thought about just not carrying insurance at all, but it's scary for us.AP Business Writers Tom Murphy in Indianapolis and Linda A. Johnson in Trenton, N.J. contributed to this story.

U.S. Treasury: economy to keep growing in 2010
Sun Feb 14, 3:28 am ET

JEDDAH (Reuters) – The United States economy is expected to continue growing this year, although global recovery remains fragile, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin said on Sunday.Growth of the world's biggest economy is expected to cool this year after a burst of activity late last year as challenges remain in bank lending and policy-making.We expect to see continued growth in 2010, Wolin told an economic forum in Saudi Arabia.To be sure, we still face considerable challenges. The market turbulence in recent weeks is a reminder that the recovery remains fragile.The U.S. economy is expected to grow by 2.9 percent this year after an estimated contraction of 2.4 percent in 2009, a Reuters poll showed this month.Wolin said the U.S. administration was working closely with Congress to enact regulatory reforms and he hoped it would secure passage this year. He also said the government was committed to put public finances on a sustainable track in the years ahead.Legislation has passed the House of Representatives. And in the next few weeks we anticipate that our Senate Banking Committee will produce draft legislation of its own, he said.I am hopeful that we will pass financial reform this year.(Reporting by Asma al-Sharif and Martin Dokoupil; editing by Thomas Atkins and Ron Popeski)

Muslim firebrands challenge Hamas rule in Gaza By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer – FEB 15,10

RAFAH, Gaza Strip – They preach global jihad, or holy war, adhere to an ultraconservative form of Islam and are becoming a headache even for Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza.Jihadi Salafis, as they are known, have organized into small, shadowy armed groups that have clashed with Hamas forces and fired rockets at Israel in defiance of Hamas' informal truce.Perhaps even more worrisome for Hamas, they claim a growing appeal among Gazans in the territory's pressure cooker of isolation and poverty, raising fears they could serve as a bridgehead for their ideological twin, al-Qaida, from which they take their call for global holy war.Hamas insists it dismantled the groups after a mosque shootout last summer that left 26 dead.But after months of lying low, Jihadi Salafis become active again. Besides resuming rocket fire on Israel in recent weeks, they blew up the car of a Hamas chief outside his southern Gaza home. The chief, who was not in the car, was unhurt, and the group that claimed responsibility said the blast was a warning.

We will not stop targeting the figures of this perverted, crooked government (Hamas), breaking their bones and cleansing the pure land of the Gaza Strip of these abominations,said the group, the Soldiers of the Monotheism Brigades. What will come next will be harder and more horrible.Going by names like Rolling Thunder and Army of God, they oppose Hamas for refraining from imposing Islamic law since seizing power in Gaza in 2007 and largely sticking to a tactical truce with Israel since the latter's devastating offensive last year.Expert opinion holds that al-Qaida has shown little interest in inviting the Gaza groups it inspired into the fold. But even an al-Qaida foothold in Gaza could pose a significant challenge to Hamas' control as well as its attempts to get off Western governments' terrorist list and lift the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza.Hamas own rapid rise to power is a reminder of the appeal of militant ideas in the absence of a peace process.Gaza's Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, acknowledges that some in Gaza have been swept up by the ideas of the Jihadi Salafi groups.If this is a phenomenon among some young men in Gaza, they will be treated with discussions and meetings, said Haniyeh in a sermon to mosque worshippers. However, he rejected any suggestion of an al-Qaida presence in Gaza and repudiated the call to global jihad.

Still, Hamas may inadvertently have helped create a climate for Salafi growth with its own gradual push to make Gaza more Islamic, including a virtue campaign that urges women to cover up. But Hamas has stopped short of a direct Taliban-style assault on secularism.It is more difficult for Hamas to deal with these people because they are selling the same goods: religion, said Mahmoud Abu Rahmeh, a Gaza human rights researcher.The Salafi movement has grown across the Middle East, preaching an ultraconservative Islam similar to Saudi Arabia's, strictly segregating the sexes and interpreting religious texts literally.Salafis tend to be nonpolitical, but a minority jihadist stream embraces the al-Qaida call for holy war against the West and the moderate Arab leaders in its camp.Hamas, on the other hand, confines itself to pushing for a Palestinian state, says the sole target of its suicide bombings and missile attacks is Israel, and makes compromises with other movements, even participating in Palestinian elections in 2006.Those stances are reviled as un-Islamic by the Salafi purists.Their groups began to emerge in Gaza after Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. A study co-authored by a former deputy chief of Israel's Shin Bet security service estimates their membership in the low hundreds, including disgruntled followers of established Palestinian militant groups. The Jihadi Salafis are suspected in a series of bombings of Internet cafes and music stores in Gaza, seen as purveyors of vice.

In June, a group called Jund Ansar Allah (Soldiers of the Supporters of God) sent explosives-laden horses toward an Israeli border post, but the attack was foiled and four fighters were killed in a battle with the Israelis. Hamas praised the four dead as martyrs, but then faced its most brazen challenge when Jund Ansar Allah's leader, Abdel Latif Moussa, flanked by masked gunmen, took to the pulpit of a mosque in August to proclaim Gaza an Islamic emirate. Hamas raided the mosque and 16 Salafis, including their leader, died in a gun battle, along with five Hamas men and five civilians. Hamas arrested about 150 Salafis across Gaza, including former Hamas members. Twenty-five remain in prison, said Interior Ministry spokesman Ehab Ghussein. One of those released spoke to The Associated Press in his family home in the southern town of Rafah. The 21-year-old college student insisted on anonymity, saying he feared Hamas retaliation. He said he was in the mosque during the shootout, though unarmed. During nearly two months in a Hamas prison, he said, he was beaten and Hamas men cut off his long hair. He said he had joined Hamas as a teen, but left when the movement participated in Palestinian elections in 2006. Democracy is wrong, the young man explained, since rule should only be by Islamic law. I felt Hamas was making too many compromises, he said. The student wore a white prayer cap and shin-length robe, a style Salafis believe emulates the dress worn at the time of Prophet Muhammad. The violent Salafi groups are inspired by al-Qaida but are not formally affiliated with it, according to a January study by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a U.S. think tank, co-authored by Yoram Cohen, the former Shin Bet official. It said Al-Qaida has not established an affiliate in the region nor accepted any of its locally radicalized, globally inclined jihadists.

The U.S. think tank, citing Israeli officials, estimated that 30 to 50 fighters from Yemen, Egypt, France and elsewhere have slipped into Gaza, either to train Salafi fighters or to wage holy war. But the authors said none are believed to be al-Qaida operatives. The group called Rolling Thunder, which pledged allegiance to bin Laden in a July statement, claimed that some of its fighters went abroad for training.
Hamas denies any foreign fighters are in Gaza. However, in an apparent sign of concern, its radio is broadcasting warnings to owners of Gaza's blockade-dodging tunnels not to let foreigners through. The Shin Bet and Israel's military intelligence did not respond to requests for comment. Beyond the armed groups, the nonviolent Salafi movement is taking root in Gaza. Its adherents also believe that jihad is a religious duty, but put more emphasis on returning to what they consider the real Islam in their daily lives. Salafis run charities that include Quran lessons and feeding the poor. On a recent day, a dozen women, more heavily robed and veiled than most Gaza women, studied Quran in the Rafah office of the Ibn Baz charity. The message is strictly religious, said Sheikh Hussam al-Gazar, the charity's deputy director. People are returning to the real Islam, after seeing that they get no benefit from political parties, he said. Additional reporting by Rizek Abdel Jawad in Gaza City. On the Web: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org

US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance By ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer - FEB 15,10

DOHA, Qatar – U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.Even as the Obama administration intensifies its diplomacy, Iran is showing little sign of bending to the will of its critics. Past U.N. sanctions have had little effect. Some outside experts have detected what they believe are new slowdowns in Iran's nuclear advances, but the Islamic republic is believed headed toward having nuclear weapons capability in perhaps a few years — estimates vary as to when.President Barack Obama's senior military adviser called for more time for diplomatic pressure to work and said from Israel, which has hinted that it might attack if negotiations to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions failed, that such action could have unintended consequences throughout the Middle East. Israel views Iran's nuclear program as a threat to its very existence.While diplomatic patience has its limits, we're not there yet, U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Tel Aviv.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a quick visit to Persian Gulf allies Qatar and Saudi Arabia, told a forum on U.S.-Muslim relations that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and international efforts to engage in serious talks. She said Iran has a right to nuclear power, but only if shown unequivocally it is to be used just for peaceful purposes.

While Iran insists it has no desire to get the bomb, Clinton said it appears otherwise.The evidence is accumulating that that is exactly what they are trying to do,she said during a question-and-answer session with her audience at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, attended by officials and scholars from around the world. She also used pointed language in stressing that after months of failed efforts aimed at direct talks with Iran, tougher action is now required.It's time for Iran to be held to account for its activities, she said, alluding to penalties designed to squeeze Iran's economy.In her speech, Clinton said the U.S. and others were working on new measures to try to persuade Iran to change its course.She added: I would like to figure out a way to handle it in as peaceful an approach as possible, and I certainly welcome any meaningful engagement, but we don't want to be engaging while they are building their bomb.Obama has said that work to broaden economic sanctions in the U.N. Security Council is moving along quickly, but he hasn't given a specific timeline. China, one of five permanent members of the Security Council, has close economic ties to Iran and can block a resolution by itself.We have the support of everyone from Russia to Europe. And I believe we'll get the support of China to continue to impose sanctions on Iran to isolate them, to make it clear that in fact they cannot move forward, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told NBC's Meet the Press from Canada, where he was attending the Olympics.

We need to work on China a little bit more,added Obama's national security adviser, James Jones.But China wants to be seen as a responsible global influence in this. On this issue, they can't, they cannot be nonsupportive,he told Fox News Sunday.Clinton struck a similar tone, saying in Doha that the weight is maybe beginning to move toward China supporting sanctions.Clinton's stops in Qatar and in Saudi Arabia coincided with a string of diplomatic and military contacts in the Middle East, including Mullen's visits to both Egypt and Israel.Her top three deputies — James Steinberg, Jacob Lew and William Burns — were expected in the region in coming days. So was Gen. David Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command with responsibility for U.S. military operations across the Middle East.Their agenda is not focused exclusively on Iran. There also is an American push for closer cooperation in Yemen against al-Qaida, a move toward bolstering diplomatic relations with Syria and efforts to get Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations back on track.Clinton's trip follows closely on the Iranian president's claim that his country had produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also insisted on Thursday that Iran had no intention of building nuclear weapons, yet would not be bullied by the West into curtailing its nuclear program — a reference to new U.S. financial penalties imposed a day earlier.

Earlier Sunday, in Cairo, Mullen said after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that Iran was a key challenge to the security of the Middle East. He accused Tehran of spreading its radical influence in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and Iraq. Saudi Arabia and Qatar, both situated across the Persian Gulf from Iran, are concerned about Iran's nuclear ambitions. They are seen by the Obama administration as an important part of a regional effort to persuade the Iranians that it is in their economic interest to give up their uranium enrichment program as called for in a series of U.N. resolutions that Iran has ignored. Associated Press writer Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed to this report. On the Net: U.S.-Islamic World Forum: http://tinyurl.com/yld8afy

Israelis warned to beware of Hezbollah attacks
Sun Feb 14, 10:58 am ET

JERUSALEM – Israel's government is warning its citizens to beware of possible attacks when they travel abroad, singling out threats by the Lebanese group Hezbollah.Two years ago, a prominent Hezbollah commander, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in an explosion in Syria. Hezbollah blamed Israel and pledged revenge.Israel and Hezbollah fought a fierce monthlong war in 2006.In the advisory issued Sunday, the government tells Israelis to take precautions when they are abroad. These include avoiding most Islamic countries, rejecting tempting offers and unexpected gifts, turning down invitations to unexpected meetings and avoiding routines.The government issued the advisory with the approach of the Passover holiday, a heavy travel period.
(This version CORRECTS that Mughniyeh's assassination was two years ago).)

Israeli harem leader charged with rape, incest By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press Writer – Sun Feb 14, 12:20 pm ET

JERUSALEM – An Israeli man who kept a cult-like harem of women and fathered dozens of children with them was charged in a Tel Aviv court Sunday with enslavement, rape, incest and other sexual offenses.The 25-page indictment accused 60-year-old Goel Ratzon of setting himself up as a godlike figure who preyed on troubled women while treating them like chattel.The case has captivated the Israeli public since Ratzon's arrest last month. Several of the women have come forward with details of their unconventional lives, describing their attraction to the man with flowing, long white hair.Ratzon, who remains behind bars, has denied any wrongdoing and said the women joined him voluntarily.According to the indictment, Ratzon kept at least 21 women who bore him a total of 49 children. It said he kept the women in a state of near-total obedience in crowded apartments in the Tel Aviv area, taking their welfare checks and making them take bank loans which he then confiscated.Ratzon created an image of an omnipotent one who was blessed with supernatural powers and the ability to heal, destroy and cast curses, the indictment said.Some of the women have said they found him irresistible, and said in recent interviews that he connected with them spiritually.

Many of the women tattooed images of the chubby, bespectacled, Ratzon with his flowing white hair on their bodies. Others tattooed his name on their neck and arms. They gave the children they bore with Ratzon variations of his first name Goel, which means savior in Hebrew.Police were aware of Ratzon for years, but say they couldn't make any allegations stick until three of the women brought complaints to welfare authorities. Ratzon was not legally married to the women.Ratzon was arrested last month but wasn't formally charged until Sunday.

Homeless Haitians line up before dawn for tarps
Sun Feb 14, 6:49 pm ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – Desperate Haitians began lining up well before dawn on Sunday for tarpaulins distributed to those left homeless by last month's earthquake, although many said they needed tents instead.With the coming rainy season threatening to worsen already squalid conditions in makeshift camps across the capital, aid organizations have been seeking to distribute tarps for up to 1,500 families per day.More than a million Haitians are homeless, but a month after the massive quake, UN officials said only about 50,000 families, or an estimated 272,000 people, have received emergency materials to build their own shelters.It's not enough, Germain Jeanscott, a 34-year-old father of two, said of the tarps. Most families are in difficult situations.Jeanscott was among the first in line to receive a tarp at a high school near the city center on Sunday, saying he arrived at 3:00 am. The distribution started at around 10:30 am.Many homeless Haitians have asked for tents, but aid officials have decided to hand out the large water-resistant sheets instead, because they are more flexible and can be distributed more quickly.In Haiti rubble, sellers find valuable rebuilding materials

Aid groups are trying to quickly shelter as many people as possible in the wake of the January 12 quake that killed more than 200,000 people.The UN's International Organization for Migration set up two sites in Port-au-Prince on Sunday to hand out materials to 1,200 families.They included the distribution point near the city center and another in the Canape Vert neighborhood, both especially hard hit in the quake, with crumbled buildings, rubble covering the streets and families camped out all around.To better organize the distributions, aid groups are now handing out coupons entitling families to receive the materials, which are guarded by UN troops.
Families are selected through neighborhood organizations and the Port-au-Prince mayor's office, while the items handed out include the tarpaulins, a bucket, kitchen materials and 12 liters of water.At the city center site, long lines stretched on either side of the school's gate, with a number of people without coupons showing up anyway.Before the distribution began, there was shouting and pushing at the front of the line, but no serious incidents. The women in line cheered when they were told they would go first.At Canape Vert, Brice Kesnel, 42, waited in line patiently under the baking sun and explained how he escaped as his house collapsed. He was walking with his three-year-old boy when the quake hit.When I went into my bedroom, the earthquake started, he said.

He was able to run out, but rubble struck him on his arm, back and head. His three-year-old was not hurt. Kesnel now sleeps on the ground, as does his family, which also includes two other children aged 10 and 12, he said.In front a heap of concrete that was once his house, Calixte Wilson, 59, has made a small shelter from a blue tarp and a mattress that sits atop concrete blocks. In a slightly larger space belonging to a friend, he sat, with the arm he broke during the earthquake bandaged and in a sling. I lost four people from my family,he said.

China arranging foreign investment deal for N.Korea: report
FEB 15,10

SEOUL (AFP) – China is arranging a huge foreign investment deal to revive North Korea's faltering economy amid an international drive to coax Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks, a report said Monday.Beijing is helping the communist state obtain more than 10 billion dollars in investment from Chinese banks and multinational firms, the South's Yonhap news agency said.The deal was discussed a week ago when North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il met China's senior communist party official Wang Jiarui, it said.A North Korean body known as the Korea Taepung International Investment Group plans to conclude the deal in March, Yonhap said, adding that Chinese capital would account for 60 percent of total investments.

Yonhap did not give any further details on what the investment plan would involve.It said China was brokering the deal because North Korea is demanding economic aid from Beijing along with other incentives before returning to the six-party nuclear forum which the North quit last April.South Korean officials were not available for comment.Chinese and North Korean nuclear negotiators held several days of talks in Beijing last week aimed at restarting the forum chaired by China since 2003.Media reports said Pyongyang was sticking to its two conditions for coming back: a lifting of sanctions and a US commitment to discuss a formal peace treaty.Washington, Seoul and Tokyo say the North must return unconditionally and show commitment to scrapping its nuclear programme before other issues are dealt with.Tough United Nations sanctions brought by the North's pursuit of ballistic missiles and atomic weapons have hurt its economy, restricting the communist state's access to international credit.The nation has relied on foreign aid to feed its people since it suffered a devastating famine in the 1990s.In recent years the regime has tried to reassert state control over the economy by restricting private markets, which sprang up after the state food distribution system collapsed in the famine years.Last November it decreed a currency revaluation to flush out private wealth but analysts said the move backfired disastrously, intensifying food shortages and fuelling inflation.The North is relaxing some curbs on the markets because of mounting public anger, South Korea's spy agency has said.

28 whales euthanized after New Zealand stranding
FEB 15,10

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Twenty-eight pilot whales died or were euthanized by conservation workers after a mass stranding on a remote New Zealand beach, an official said Monday.Department of Conservation workers found nine whales dead on Stewart Island's West Ruggedy Beach on Sunday after they were alerted by a passer-by, biodiversity manager Brent Bevan said.Wild seas and strong winds made it impossible to mount a rescue for the 19 survivors, he said. Conservation officials were forced to euthanize the animals, otherwise they would have suffered greatly, he said.There was no way we could attempt a rescue in those sea conditions, Bevan told The Associated Press. We could either euthanize the whales, or leave them to suffer on the beach for two days. We didn't have any options.It was the fourth mass stranding on the New Zealand coast in recent months. Some 140 pilot whales died in the three other beachings, while 76 were refloated by rescuers.Whale strandings are not uncommon on Stewart Island, the third largest of New Zealand's islands. In 2003 about 160 whales stranded and died there.Large numbers of whales become beached each summer in New Zealand as they pass through Antarctic waters on their way to South Pacific breeding grounds. Scientists have been unable to explain why it occurs.

Shaw to buy control of Canwest TV operations By Susan Taylor – Fri Feb 12, 6:03 pm ET

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Cable operator Shaw Communications Inc has agreed to buy a controlling stake in the television business of debt-swamped Canwest Global Communications Corp, Canada's biggest media company, the two firms said on Friday.
Shaw, which owns cable and telecom services in Western Canada, said it will buy a minimum 20 percent equity stake and 80 percent voting interest in Canwest Global, which has been struggling under a debt load of about C$4 billion ($3.8 billion).No terms were disclosed for the acquisition, which will give Shaw control of Canwest's national television network and specialty TV channels.Canwest's print assets, including Canada's biggest chain of daily newspapers, are not included in the deal.

Shaw is one of Canada's three big cable-TV companies, competing against Toronto-based Rogers Communications and Montreal-based Quebecor.They're basically trying to buy content for their cable business, said Desjardins Securities analyst Maher Yaghi in an interview. Rogers and Quebecor have media divisions; Shaw is not particularly strong in that business.Canwest's specialty channels, including HGTV, Showcase and Fox Sports World, are prime content for cable.Canwest filed for creditor protection in October 2009 for its television operations, including its Global TV network and specialty channels.Financial terms of the deal with Shaw are sealed pending a court hearing likely held February 17, a Canwest spokesman said.BMO Capital Markets analyst Tim Casey, who estimated the investment at about C$100 million, said the surprising development has potential to be a good long-term deal for Shaw. This is positioned as a strategic transaction. Convergence is back,he said in a note.

Canwest shares more than doubled to 13 Canadian cents from 6 Canadian cents on the TSX Venture Exchange. Shaw shares fell 2.5 percent, however, as some investors worried that Shaw is taking on too much risk.It's not completely unexpected, the content is required, it's just we see more risk in it than benefit, Yaghi said.I think a lot of people were hoping for Shaw to make a move on the wireless business.

Shaw spent C$189.5 million in a government auction of wireless spectrum in 2008, but has made only vague statements about its plans.Quebecor, through its Videotron unit, also plans to launch wireless service this summer, and Rogers is already Canada's biggest wireless operator. Rogers' wireless competitors are BCE Inc and Telus Corp.
Shaw's investment in Canwest Media does not affect Canwest's newspaper division and the auction now under way for its newspaper assets. The publishing business, with the exception of the National Post newspaper, was put into creditor protection on January 8.Canwest financial advisor RBC Capital Markets selected Shaw as the preferred equity investor after a solicitation process that stretched over several months.

CONTENT AT REASONABLE PRICE

We are excited about the investment and gaining effective control of one of the premier broadcasters and owners of content in the Canadian broadcasting industry at a reasonable valuation,said Shaw Chief Executive Jim Shaw. The arrangement with Shaw fulfills a requirement in Canwest's support agreement with debtholders for new equity investment. The transaction, which requires creditor, court and regulatory approval, will take place after Canwest has restructured and emerged from creditor protection. Canwest said that Shaw is prepared to fund cash payments to affected creditors, Canwest Media and other Canwest subsidiaries involved in the bankruptcy proceeding. It is also prepared to fund cash payments to existing shareholders in exchange for additional equity in the restructured company, Canwest said. Shaw said its initial equity interest will exceed 20 percent depending on the number of Canwest creditors that elect cash, rather than shares, in the restructured Canwest.

The industry's investments in media assets have historically not generated stellar returns,UBS analyst Phillip Huang said in a note on Shaw's move. We believe the investment in media assets, the inherent uncertainties related to the impact of launching a wireless business, and intensifying competition with Telus will increase Shaw's risk profile in 2010.Some of Canwest's debt is tied to a 2007 television expansion deal with an affiliate of U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs to buy specialty-TV group Alliance Atlantis Communications for C$2.3 billion. Goldman, which holds 65 percent of those assets, will need to agree to any restructuring plan for Canwest to emerge from creditor protection. In 2000, Canwest acquired newspapers from former press baron Conrad Black's Hollinger International in a deal worth C$3.2 billion. Shares of Shaw fell 2.5 percent, losing 50 Canadian cents to end at C$19.30 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday and down 48 cents to close at $18.34 in New York.(Reporting by Susan Taylor, with additional reporting by Ashutosh Joshi in Bangalore; editing by Peter Galloway)