I DECIDED TO GO FISHING FROM 12-5PM TODAY.THATS WHY THE STOCK MARKET RESULTS ARE LATE AS I WAS TAPING THEM AND GOT THE HALF HOUR STATS WHEN I GOT BACK HOME FROM FISHIING.NOW THE GIGANTIC CATCH FOR THE 5 HRS FISHING.1-8 INCH CAT FISH,1-1 INCH BASS(YES U READ THAT RIGHT A 1 INCH BASS)AND 4 CRAY FISH THAT STUCK TO MY WORM,INCLUDING 2 CRAY FISH AT 1 TIME(THATS GOTTA BE A RECORD).OK MY FISHING SKILLS TODAY NEED A HAND.BUT AT LEAST I AM PROUD TO SAY I CAUGHT SOMETHING. OR I WOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN BORED.OH I LOST 2 HOOKS TO SNAGS ALSO.BUT IT WAS FUN IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
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DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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CNBC VIDEOS
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS FRI SEPTEMBER 02,2011
09:30 AM -2.43
10:00 AM -202.70
10:30 AM -219.82
11:00 AM -222.07
11:30 AM -178.87
12:00 PM -183.00
12:30 PM -186.18
01:00 PM -182.70
01:30 PM -207.44
02:00 PM -202.56
02:30 PM -235.30
03:00 PM -262.96
03:30 PM -256.45
04:00 PM -253.35 11,240.26
S&P 500 1173.97 -30.45
NASDAQ 2480.32 -65.71
GOLD 1,884.70 +55.60
OIL 86.52 -2.25
TSE 300 12,602.40 -98.33
CDNX 1810.36 -2.11
S&P/TSX/60 719.05 -6.16
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow -179 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -248 points at low today.
Dow -1 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,880.00.OIL opens at $86.13 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -262 points at low today so far.
Dow -1 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -262 points at low today.
Dow -1 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,902.60 (NOT AT CLOSE)
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.
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Muslim agenda: Any questions?
August 27, 2011 By DOUG HAGMANN
While everyone in power continues to pander to Islamic interests, the Muslim community is making its agenda clear. They want to dominate the world. You, me, our society, our culture and laws. Muslims leaders held a chat session on PalTalk, an Internet tool featuring both audio and video interaction last evening. Their topic was methods to advance their agenda in the UK, the U.S. and around the globe.Any for anyone wondering, they see the Arab Spring as an important method not only to dominate, but to annihilate Israel as a nation and the Jews. They are also coming after Christians and all non-Muslims. Additionally, they feel it is important to maintain a false peaceful front – one that appears capable of co-existing with other cultures and religions while they plan for the complete domination of all countries.
Is anyone in the media or in positions of political and religious leadership listening to the real Muslim agenda? We are. Stay informed. Join the pack – join Team K-NEIN on Twitter for updates.
Undercover investigation of NYC mosques
http://homelandsecurityus.com/archives/5196
American road kill – American rebirth – 2012
By LAURIE ROTH, on August 31st, 2011
America is perilously looking like a bleeding and dead body, crumpled on the side of the road. It’s blood drains far and wide, being noticed by passers by, countries and leaders. Some stop, trying to help but not knowing just what to do, while others watch from a far entertained by the shock and news of it all. The UN and Obama glory in it all. I know how the dying and dead body looks and feels. It was the end of the summer, August 25th, 2005 that I crashed on my head on the road after a deer jumped on me while riding my motorcycle. It was bad. I was two minutes from death at the scene, my brain was slammed into my skull, almost every bone was crushed on my face, my lungs were rapidly filling up with blood and I was drowning at ths scene. No one expected me ever to recover, certainly return to my national radio show. Well, as usual, even the twisted and broken up Laurie Roth had a mind of her own and wasn’t ready to die just yet. I had things to do and so does America. I had to wipe the blood off and walk forward so does America now. The American people and the world depends us.What does the world see in the bloody display? Some tremble, some are thrilled that the big boy, America is being forced down many notches, most of the people here and abroad simply cry. Freedom and hope are being crushed.I believe our country is lead by a complete fraud and usurper, Obama. He has flipped off the people of America and mocked us again and again on almost too many fronts to count. After years of asking, begging and even suing to see Obama’s long form birth certificate, he showed the nation on April 27th a verified forgery and fraud. No one had a thing to say about it, running for the Presidential nomination or on conservative shows on TV or much of radio. I did. Of course chaos and name calling has been the plan. Confuse and distract the people while creating bad guys to blame for Obama’s obvious destruction and American transformation.
Obama has called the American people names from the beginning, then continuously lied about he and his staff doing it. Remember the leaked and now famous, MIAC report, which called us conservatives, pro lifers, pro second amendment folks, lovers of state and federal sovereignty and returning vets, potential domestic terrorists? As we all know the enemy list built and name calling evolved from terrorists to hostage takers, racists, birthers, and truthers. One of these Obama progressives last year called me the antichrist for challenging the health care bill from hell. I said to him on air that is Dr. antichrist to you.He hung up.Former President Bush was the monster to blame for everything for the first 18 months of the Obama administration. The massive and ongoing recession, the horrible foreclosures, loss of jobs and massive debt…..all Bushes fault. Obama had nothing at all to do with anything, he was the savior and messiah accept of course to the people conservatives Christians Jews and seniors.The favorite weapons of choice now targeting this next 14 months.While the people are distracted with gossip type headlines on Libya (where is Gaddafi; could it be his daughter is alive after all; are we at the last big battle and will Gaddafi surrender in a few days); Obama’s llegal alien Uncle now on the media screen out of nowhere and distractions and entertaining sizzle….what is Obama and his team doing? Obama is now full on with his campaign to attack, shred and destroy the growing Tea Party movement in the country. There are over 100 million of them who are law abiding, country loving patriots who are getting more focused, funded and angry. People are getting elected, the people are realizing their power and that cannot stand. Thus the brazen and recent upswing in attacks by Vice President Biden, calling them terrorists. We heard Congress woman Maxine Waters telling the Tea Party to go straight to hell. Obama just goes around denying that the name calling is happening, hoping the people don’t notice the lying elephants running through the room breaking up the place.How does Obama plan to manipulate back the voting block he is losing, especially from some Democrats and most Independents? He must cause the nation to turn on the Tea party and events. He must build and create out of his contrived book of lies and tricks, RACE WARS. Outstanding commentator, Sher Zieve says this very thing in her most recent and frightening article. The congressional Black caucus is calling Obama thugs to a race war as a key strategy to keep the struggling Obama in power.
As I warned in a previous article, liberty groups, 9/12 groups, Tea Party groups and others peacefully assembling and marching between now and November 2012, know you are the target. You must be stopped. You are representing the national attitude of most Americans and must be viewed as anti American, racist and evil. Being viewed as criminal would also help.I’ll warn you all again! Assemble and go nowhere without massive amounts of cameras, cell phones, security and eyeballs looking everywhere. There will be plants and contrived disruptions planned. You must be very bad, even though America knows you are not and it is Obama and his goons who are bad and becoming desperate.Evil, greed and hate will do what it does. Truth, honor and courage will also do what it does. I say, bring it on Obama. The multi racial, multi political party, love America Tea Party, knows Obama, gets his Rules for Radicals guide book and will make sure he is thrown out in 2012. They will also throw out the other progressive trash along with him.It was NEVER about black or white, Democrat or Republican. It is all about protecting our freedoms, constitution, Judeo/Christian values, real history, state and federal sovereignty and standing against real evil. Our country will stand and I plan to be a part of that standing. Won’t you join me? www.therothshow.com
Obama, the Tea Party Activist
- Judi McLeod Thursday, September 1, 2011 CANADA FREE PRESS
In days of yore, the Town Crier delivered his message in the village square. The news came after the ringing of a bell and the words Now hear this…President Barack Obama is the Town Crier of the Internet. His message, like the one sent to millions last night, subject line Frustrated arrives on your PC in the middle of the night.
With shades of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Obama is going to Congress. And if plebes didn’t know any better, they would think that Obama had been spending all of his time trying to put Americans back to work instead of frittering away the lion’s share of his time vacationing and golfing between working at the fundamental Transformation of America.It’s Congress and not We the People Obama is fighting.In any case, it’s the lawmakers in Congress and not George W. Bush this time who have been holding Obama back from delivering his big, bursting-at-the-seams job plan.
Obama is if nothing else, is a very classic Marxist.Today I asked for a joint session of Congress where I will lay out a clear plan to get Americans back to work, Obama wrote in his latest email., Next week, I will deliver the details of the plan and call on lawmakers to pass it.Whether they will do the job they were elected to do is ultimately up to them.Notice the seismic shift? Obama has moved over to the side of We the People.Obama claims outright that he needs help from We the People to pressure Congress to do the right thing. We can send the message that the American people are playing by the rules and meeting their responsibilities—and it’s time for our leaders in Congress to meet theirs.And we must hold them accountable if they don’t.So I’m asking you to stand with me in calling on Congress to step up and take action on jobs.In Obama’s latest, the presidency has somehow morphed into the organization: No matter how things go in the weeks and the months ahead, this will be an important challenge for our organization.According to overnight populist Obama, It’s been a long time since Congress was focused on what the American people need them to be focused on.Sounding downright Tea Partyish, he writes, I know that you’re frustrated by that. I am, too.This is why the ever-elusive Obama says he’ll be putting forward a set of bipartisan proposals to help grow the economy and create jobs—that means strengthening our small businesses, giving needed breaks to middle-class families, while taking responsible steps to bring down our deficit.
I’m asking lawmakers to look past short-term politics and take action on that plan. But we’ve got to do this together, he writes.Although he will deliver the message to Congress next week, he’s asking citizens to stand alongside me today.The URL on Obama’s message to the people asks them to submit their email address, first and last names: STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT It’s time for our lawmakers to stop playing political games. President Obama is going to Congress to tell them to take action to get Americans back to work. Stand with him by adding your name.Next Obama will be claiming he’s the Father of the Tea Party Movement.Obama’s Frustrated Message
From: Barack Obama Subject: Frustrated
Date: August 31, 2011 10:51:52 PM EDT To: admin Office
Reply-To: info@barackobama.com
Friend—Today I asked for a joint session of Congress where I will lay out a clear plan to get Americans back to work. Next week, I will deliver the details of the plan and call on lawmakers to pass it.Whether they will do the job they were elected to do is ultimately up to them.But both you and I can pressure them to do the right thing. We can send the message that the American people are playing by the rules and meeting their responsibilities—and it’s time for our leaders in Congress to meet theirs.And we must hold them accountable if they don’t.So I’m asking you to stand with me in calling on Congress to step up and take action on jobs:
http://my.barackobama.com/Time-To-Act
No matter how things go in the weeks and months ahead, this will be an important challenge for our organization.It’s been a long time since Congress was focused on what the American people need them to be focused on.I know that you’re frustrated by that. I am, too.That’s why I’m putting forward a set of bipartisan proposals to help grow the economy and create jobs—that means strengthening our small businesses, giving needed breaks to middle-class families, while taking responsible steps to bring down our deficit.I’m asking lawmakers to look past short-term politics and take action on that plan. But we’ve got to do this together.I will deliver this message to Congress next week, but I’m asking you to stand alongside me today:
http://my.barackobama.com/Time-To-Act
Obama’s ineligibility: Prepare to defend America – Obama’s race war begins Author - Lawrence Sellin Thursday, September 1, 2011 CAN FREE PRESS
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is out there again in full race-baiting mode.
Having failed to drum up support for Barack Obama in the form of racial hatred by playing the victim card in the infamous Tea Party N-Word incident that didn’t happen, the CBC is now promoting racial violence against the Tea Party.Members of the CBC are traveling the country inciting racist hatred, telling audiences that the Tea Party wants to lynch blacks.One reader commented:Without question the CBC has declared war on the Tea Party which is also known as the American people who are sick and tired of having their wallets raided by the unproductive and the ungrateful and their political champions who principally are the Democratic Party. The CBC’s message to the American people, Sit down, shut up, and pay up. And they are mighty unhappy that the payers don’t want to be paying anymore.The action by the CBC is part of Obama’s campaign strategy for the 2012 election, but there is more.By threatening race riots, Obama has intimidated the entire US Government from questioning his Constitutional eligibility for the Presidency and investigating his forged birth certificate and Selective Service registration and his stolen Social Security Number.The race riot strategy has worked so well keeping him in office, Obama intends to exploit that threat to get himself re-elected.The recent racially-motivated flash mob attacks on non-black US citizens have provided dry runs for 2012 and have served as a warning to anyone considering opposing the empty suit now occupying the Oval Office.Police in West Allis, Wisconsin, say attacks by black teenagers on white people outside the gates of the Wisconsin State Fair on August 4th were racially motivated and should be prosecuted as hate crimes.The latest cyclist attack in St. Louis, Missouri, occurred on August 25th near the Missouri Botanical Garden where a group of 10 to 15 African-American teens charged and attacked Cheech Ramirez.
According to Ramirez:They weren’t really interested in robbing me. It just seemed like they wanted to beat me up.The CBC must be very pleased with the increase in racial violence.The race war strategy is evil genius with few drawbacks for Obama.
Racial thugs can be combined with union thugs, who have already been successfully deployed against peaceful Tea Party activists.Threats of racial violence will continue to prevent Congressional investigations of Obama’s ineligibility and crimes.
If ordinary Americans retaliate against his campaign of violence, Obama can declare martial law and cancel the 2012 election.If Obama loses in 2012, he will try to use a race war to bring America down with him.It is clear that we have no political leaders willing to state the truth openly, that Obama is a usurper and a criminal.
They would all rather play it safe and continue the charade that we have an honest government accountable to the people instead of the reality of a corrupt oligarchy.
The irony is that any politician, willing to take an unambiguous stand against Obama’s illegal and criminal Presidency, would be a shoe-in as his replacement.
Unfortunately, instead of helping the American people uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, the political-media complex has protected Obama and cut off every avenue to challenge him legally.The remaining question is: will the American people continue to tolerate flagrant government corruption and slouch towards Armageddon? I smell rebellion in the air.
EARTH WORSHIP
DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
2 KINGS 23:5
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Global Warming and GOP Politics
- Alan Caruba Thursday, September 1, 2011 CAN FREE PRESS
Here’s a handy guide to the campaigns to be the Republican candidate in 2012. Any effort to advance the global warming hoax, discredited since 2009 when it was revealed that the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change computer models were all rigged, should disqualify a candidate from serious consideration.Texas Governor Rick Perry is already well ahead of his GOP competitors for the nomination and has actually passed President Obama in a recent poll regarding the voter’s choice in 2012. Much of this can be attributed to his attack on Obama’s failure to stimulate job creation, but his position doubting global warming is a contributing factor.Rep. Michelle Bachmann has also voiced doubts about global warming, but it is former Gov. Mitt Romney who is likely to be the biggest loser on the topic.It is comical that former Vice President Al Gore, the face of the global warming fraud, chimed in back in June to endorse Romney’s global warming position. He praised Romney for not heeding, according to Politico.com, right-wing calls to reject the science behind climate change. There is no valid science behind global warming and never was. Climate change is something that has been on-going for the last 4.5 billion years of the Earth’s existence.The great Flip-Flopper, Romney will prove the biggest loser. At an August town hall meeting in New Hampshire he was asked whether he believed that global warming was real and he responded by saying he didn’t know. Do I think the world’s getting hotter, he asked rhetorically. Yeah, I don’t know that but I think it is, adding that I don’t know if it’s mostly caused by humans.He doesn’t know much on the subject, does he? Well, Mitt, here’s a tip, the Earth has been in a perfectly natural cooling cycle since 1998. Suffice to say, humans have nothing to do with its climate and it should be worrying that Romney doesn’t know this.Worse yet, Romney said I think it’s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and global warming you’re seeing. Wrong on all counts!
Jon Huntsman, a former governor of Utah and Obama appointee as ambassador to China, is also in the GOP race, though most Republicans are probably unaware of this. He recently tweated that, To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy. Okay, Jon, you’re crazy. To be this massively uninformed and misinformed at this date rules you out of consideration.I do not know the other fading GOP candidates’ position on global warming, but I suspect most of them, if they want any chance to capture the nomination, will flee from suggesting there is a shred of truth to it. At least I hope so.It should be a factor in the GOP choice because the global warming hoax has been the cause of legislative initiatives that have cost Americans billions over the course of many years.As for President Obama, we know all too well that he has been in the tank for global warming along with most environmental claims. For a multiplicity of reasons, he has to GO.
The President’s Enumerated Powers, Rulemaking by Executive Agencies, & Executive Orders - Publius Huldah Tuesday, August 30, 2011 CAN FREE PRESS
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/39873 (READ LINKS)
On election night, November 2, 2010, Rep. John Boehner said in his victory speech:
...While our new majority will serve as your voice in the people’s House, we must remember it is the president who sets the agenda for our government. ... [emphasis added]Next morning, Ezra Klein commented in the Cult of the President lives on:I’d like Boehner to show us where in the Constitution it says that the president sets the agenda for the government.But Boehner is not as astute as Ezra Klein, and does not know that it is our Constitution which sets the agenda for the federal government. The agenda the Constitution sets restricts the federal government to war, international relations & commerce; and domestically, the establishment of an uniform commercial system: a monetary system based on gold & silver, weights & measures, patents & copyrights, a bankruptcy code, and mail delivery (Art. I, Sec. 8, cls.1-16). 1 And because none of the House Republicans seem to know that our Constitution sets the agenda, and don’t know that our Constitution also enumerates the powers delegated to the President, they are allowing Obama to carry out his agenda to transform our Country into a fascist dictatorship.
What are the Enumerated Powers of the President?
The powers of the President are carefully limited and precisely defined by our Constitution. In Federalist Paper No. 71 (last para), Alexander Hamilton asks,...what would be ... feared from an elective magistrate of four years’ duration, with the confined authorities of a President of the United States?...[emphasis added] 2 The answer to Hamilton’s question is this: There would be nothing to fear if Presidents obeyed the Constitution. But they don’t obey it because the dolts in Congress don’t make them obey it! Well, then! Here is the complete list of the President’s enumerated powers:Art. I, Sec. 7, cls. 2 & 3, grants to the President the power to approve or veto Bills and Resolutions passed by Congress.Art. I, Sec. 9, next to last clause, grants to the executive Branch - the Treasury Department - the power to write checks pursuant to Appropriations made by law - i.e., by Congress.Art. II, Sec. 1, cl.1, vests executive Power [see below] in the President.Art. II, Sec. 1, last clause, sets forth the President’s Oath of Office - to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.Art. II, Sec. 2, cl.1:makes the President Commander in Chief of the armed forces when they have been called by Congress into the actual service of the United States. 3 authorizes the President to require the principal Officers in the executive Departments to provide written Opinions upon the Duties of their Offices.grants the President power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses against the United States, 4 but he can not stop impeachments of any federal judge or federal officer.Article II, Sec. 2, cl. 2 grants to the President the power:to make Treaties - with the advice and consent of the Senate. 5 to nominate Ambassadors, other public ministers and Consuls, federal judges, and various other officers - with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Article II, Sec. 2, cl. 3 grants to the President the power to make recess appointments, which expire at the end of Congress’ next session.
Art. II, Sec. 3:Imposes the duty on the President to periodically advise Congress on the State of the Union, and authorizes the President to recommend to Congress such measures as he deems wise.Authorizes the President, on extraordinary Occasions, to convene one or both houses of Congress [e.g., when he asks Congress to declare War]; and if both houses can not agree on when to adjourn, he is authorized to adjourn them to such time as he deems proper.Imposes the duty upon the President to receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers.Imposes the duty upon the President to take care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and Imposes the duty upon the President to Commission all the Officers of the United States.That’s it! Anything else the President does is unlawful and a usurpation of powers not granted.
What is the executive Power?
So! The granting of the executive Power to the President is not a blank check giving him power to do whatever he wants. The executive Power is merely the power to put into effect - to implement - those Acts of Congress which are within Congress’ enumerated powers. Thus, if Congress establishes an uniform Rule of Naturalization (as authorized by Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 4), it is the President’s duty to implement and enforce the law Congress makes. The President is to carry out - to execute - Acts of Congress.But note well: His Oath of Office - to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, shows that the President must use his independent judgment 6 as to which acts of Congress are and are not constitutional. Thus, as shown in this paper, The Oath Of Office: The Check On Usurpations By Congress, The Executive Branch, & Federal Judges, the President has the duty, imposed by his Oath, to act as a check on Congress (and on federal courts, as well).Accordingly, when Congress makes a law which is not authorized by the Constitution, it...would not be the supreme law of the land, but a usurpation of power not granted by the Constitution... Federalist No. 33 (last two paras); 7 and since the President’s Oath requires him to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, the President must refuse to enforce an unconstitutional law made by Congress. Otherwise, he’d be in collusion with the legislative branch to usurp power over The People. 8 So, then! Acting as a check on Congress (and federal courts) by refusing to enforce unconstitutional laws (and opinions), as well as the duty of entertaining foreign dignitaries, are the only occasions where the President may act alone. His prime responsibility is to do what Congress tells him.
Article I, Sec. 1 & The Unconstitutional Administrative Law State
Now, you must learn of administrative law - i.e., rulemaking by Executive Agencies. 9
Article I, Sec.1, U.S. Constitution, says:All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.That little phrase is of immense importance. It means what it says, that only Congress may make laws: laws are to be made only by Representatives whom we can fire every two years, and by Senators whom we can fire every six years.But in Joseph Postell’s must read paper, Constitution in Decline, he shows that during the administration of the nefarious Woodrow Wilson, Congress began delegating its lawmaking powers to agencies within the Executive Branch. Since then, Congress passes an overall legislative scheme, and delegates the details to be written by un-elected, un-accountable bureaucrats in the various Executive Agencies. They write the administrative rules which implement the Legislation. The result is the execrable Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which is accepted, by the indoctrinated members of my profession, as law. Go here to see the abominable CFR.May the President Lawfully Make Executive Orders? The Guiding Principle is this: The President has no authority to do ANYTHING apart from constitutional authority or statutory authority (assuming the statute itself is constitutional).
1. So! Respecting those matters within his constitutional authority & duties, and authority & duties imposed by constitutional statutes, the President may make orders - call them executive orders if you like.For example: It is the President’s constitutional duty to take care that the Laws be faithfully executed. Thus, he has the duty to enforce [constitutional] laws made by Congress. How does he enforce the laws? Sometimes, by means of orders.To illustrate: Say Congress makes a law, as authorized by Art. I, Sec. 8, clause 6, making it a felony to counterfeit the Securities and current Coin of the United States. If U.S. Attorneys are not prosecuting counterfeiters, the President should order them to do it. Or fire them.
But say Congress makes a law which purports to make possession of shotguns shorter than 18 inches a crime. Since the President’s Oath requires him to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, he is obligated to order the U.S. Attorney General and the U.S. Attorneys to refuse to prosecute anyone for possession of sawed-off shotguns. Why? Because such a law is unconstitutional as outside the scope of the legislative powers granted to Congress in Our Constitution. It also violates the Second Amendment.Clearly, such an order to refuse prosecution falls within the President’s constitutional duties (enforce the Constitution), and he is giving an order to people within the Executive Branch. The President is the one who is charged with carrying out the Acts of Congress - he has the executive Power. But because of his Oath, he may not carry out unconstitutional laws. That is one of the checks on Congress.The President may also properly make orders addressing housekeeping issues within the Executive Branch: Dress codes, no smoking or drinking on the job, he may encourage executive agencies to hire qualified handicapped people, and the like. Just as if you have a business, you may make orders addressing such matters.
So! Do you see? The President may lawfully make orders to carry out his constitutionally imposed powers and duties, and powers bestowed by statutes which are constitutional; and he may address housekeeping issues within the Executive Branch.2. But a President may not lawfully, by means of orders, exercise powers not delegated to him by the Constitution or by (constitutional) Acts of Congress.
Yet Obama has issued various executive orders which are unlawful because they are not authorized by the Constitution or by (constitutional) Acts of Congress. Here are two executive orders which are particularly pernicious because they undermine our foundational Principle of Federalism, and have as their object the improper consolidation of the States into one ... republic.: 10 E.O.13575 - Establishment of the White House Rural Council: This E.O. provides for over 25 federal departments & agencies to run every aspect of rural life! E.O. Establishing Council of Governors: The effect of this E.O. is to erase the Independence and Sovereignty of the States and consolidate us into a national system under the boot of the Executive Branch.
Joseph Stalin couldn’t do better than this. These E.O.s are blatantly unconstitutional as usurpations of powers not granted in The Constitution! So, Nullify them! 3. Likewise, executive agencies may not, by means of administrative rulemaking, usurp the powers of Congress. (Remember, because of Art. I, Sec.1, all rulemaking by executive agencies is unconstitutional)!
Here are several cases of such unconstitutional rulemaking:
a) When Congress refused to pass the DREAM ACT, which provided a path to citizenship for certain categories of illegal aliens, ICE had no authority to implement it, in whole or in part, by executive memo! Power over Rules of Naturalization (i.e., who qualifies for citizenship and what are the procedures) are expressly granted to Congress by Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 4, which grants to Congress alone the Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.The President has no constitutional power over immigration & naturalization except to enforce the Acts of Congress respecting those subjects. Article II, Sec. 3, which imposes upon the President the duty to take care that the Laws be faithfully executed, requires the President to enforce such constitutional Acts of Congress.But if Congress refuses to make a law respecting naturalization, a President who enacts it anyway, via executive order, or administrative regulation, or administrative memo by his underlings in the various executive agencies, is acting lawlessly. His unlawful acts should be nullified, and he should be removed from office for his usurpation.b) Congress recently did not pass three sinister and grotesquely unconstitutional bills Obama wanted: Card check, Cap and Trade, and the Disclose Act. These bills are unconstitutional as outside the scope of the legislative powers granted by our Constitution to Congress. Nowhere does our Constitution give Congress authority to make laws about labor unions (card check), or to regulate carbon emissions - CO2, the stuff humans and animals exhale, and plants & trees need for photosynthesis (cap and trade), or requiring people with federal contracts to report their personal political activities to the Executive Branch (Disclose Act)! Since Congress may not lawfully make laws on such subjects, no one can. Yet, Obama is circumventing the Constitution and implementing these three failed & unconstitutional bills by agency rulemaking or executive order!:The National Labor Relations Board, is implementing card check by agency regulation. Read this.The Environmental Protection Agency is implementing cap and trade by agency regulation. Read this.
And it appears that Obama - in furtherance of his agenda to reward his supporters and punish non-supporters - is considering signing an executive order implement the Disclose Act. Read this.So! Let us sum this up: The President must always uphold our Constitution. When Congress makes an unconstitutional law, the President must refuse to implement it; and he may, by means of executive orders, instruct people in the Executive Branch not to comply. E.g., if a President orders the U.S. Attorneys to decline to prosecute persons for possession of sawed-off shotguns, he would be acting lawfully because Congress has no authority to ban them. But the President is violating the Constitution when he implements card check by agency rules made by the NLRB; when he implements cap & trade by agency rules made by the EPA; and the Disclose Act by executive order, because the President and executive agencies (as well as Congress) do not have authority over these objects; and further, no one in the Executive Branch has authority to make laws! What Should we do about illegal Executive Orders & Rules made by Executive Agencies? A Congress filled with he-men and she-women, instead of ignorant cowards, wusses, and wimps, would impeach obama for his usurpations in signing unconstitutional executive orders, and in circumventing Congress by having executive agencies implement, by means of administrative rules, legislation which Congress did not pass. In Federalist Paper No. 66 (2nd para), Hamilton expressly states that impeachment is an essential check on a President who encroaches on the powers of Congress; and in Federalist No. 77 (last para), points out that impeachment is the remedy for abuse of the executive authority.But since the people in Congress are too ignorant and weak to rid us of the abomination in the White House, the States and Counties must nullify unconstitutional executive orders and administrative rules, or submit to slavery and the destruction of our Constitutional Republic. Since State and County officials have taken the Oath to support the U.S. Constitution (Art. VI, last cl.), they are bound by Oath to refuse to submit to illegal executive orders and illegal agency rules.And of course, WE THE PEOPLE and our businesses must also spit on such illegalities by the Executive Branch. Our creature (Federalist No. 33, 5th para, Hamilton), has turned into Frankenstein, and has lost all legitimacy. PH
Endnotes:1 In Federalist No. 45 (9th para), James Madison, Father of Our Constitution, says,
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State. [boldface added]2 In Federalist No. 48, Madison points out that in our representative republic,...the executive magistracy is carefully limited; both in the extent and the duration of its power… (5th para) [i.e., limited & enumerated powers and 4 year terms]...the executive power being restrained within a narrower compass [than that granted to the legislative branch], and being more simple in its nature… (6th para)In Federalist No. 75 (3rd para), Hamilton says,...The essence of the legislative authority is to enact laws, or, in other words, to prescribe rules for the regulation of the society; while the execution of the laws, and the employment of the common strength, either for this purpose or for the common defense, seem to comprise all the functions of the executive magistrate... [boldface added]In Federalist No. 78 (6th para), Hamilton says,
...The Executive not only dispenses the honors, but holds the sword of the community. The legislature not only commands the purse, but prescribes the rules ... The judiciary ... has no influence over ... the sword or the purse ...and ...must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm ... for the efficacy of its judgments. [boldface added].Read the list of the President’s enumerated powers! The President’s powers really are confined and carefully limited to carrying out laws made by Congress and enforcing certain judicial decisions, military defense (a power shared with Congress), appointing officials (subject to Congress’ approval), and entertaining foreign dignitaries. That’s it!
3 Only Congress has the power to declare war (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 11)! See clauses 12-16 showing that Congress has the power to determine the funding for the military, and to make the Rules for the discipline & training of the military and the Militia.
4 Re Offenses against the United States: I explain here the criminal laws Our Constitution permits Congress to make. It’s a short list. Take note, you federal criminal defense lawyers.
5 I explain the treaty making power of the United States here and here.
6 During the Terri Schiavo case, Alan Keyes spoke on the radio about the constitutional powers of the President. I seem to recall that Dr. Keyes spoke of the President’s obligation to exercise his independent judgment as to whether an act of Congress or a federal court opinion is constitutional. Whatever he said, he opened my eyes, and enabled me to see the elegant beauty of our Constitution.
7 Hamilton also says in Federalist No. 33 (6th para)...it will not follow…that acts of ...[the federal government] which are NOT PURSUANT to its constitutional powers, but which are invasions of the residuary authorities of ... [the States], will become the supreme law of the land. These will be merely acts of usurpation, and will deserve to be treated as such... [T]he clause which declares the supremacy of the laws of the Union [Art. VI, cl. 2]...EXPRESSLY confines this supremacy to laws made PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION ... [caps are Hamilton’s, boldface mine]
8 Madison says in Federalist No. 44 (last para before 2.):...the success of the usurpation [by Congress] will depend on the executive and judiciary departments, which are to expound and give effect to the legislative acts; ... [boldface added]
The President must not collude with the executive or judicial branches to usurp power over The People! 9 Most of the existing federal executive agencies are unconstitutional. They meddle in matters which are not the business of the federal government, as power over the matters is not granted by our Constitution to the federal government. Here are a few of the unconstitutional federal agencies: the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Education, Transportation, and Homeland Security. Likewise for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the National Economic Council, the Small Business Administration, the Council on Environmental Quality, etc., etc., etc.10 Progressives have erased the concept of “federalism” from our minds. Federalism refers to the form of our government & the division of powers between the national government and the States.A Federation (which is what our Constitution creates) is an alliance of independent States associated together in a confederation with a national government to which is delegated authority over the States in specifically defined areas ONLY (i.e., the enumerated powers granted to Congress by our Constitution). Those enumerated powers are the only areas wherein the national government is to have authority over the States. In all other matters, the States have supremacy, are independent, and sovereign! Learn more of federalism here and here.Our Framers warned against the consolidation of the sovereign States into one national sovereignty: In Federalist No. 32 (2nd para), Hamilton writes,An entire consolidation of the States into one complete national sovereignty would imply an entire subordination of the parts; and whatever powers might remain in them, would be altogether dependent on the general will. But as the plan of the convention [the Constitution] aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States.... [caps are Hamilton’s; boldface mine]
Federalist No. 62 (5th para) says,... the equal vote allowed to each State is at once a constitutional recognition of the portion of sovereignty remaining in the individual States, and an instrument for preserving that residuary sovereignty. So far the equality ought to be no less acceptable to the large than to the small States; since they are not less solicitous to guard, by every possible expedient, against an improper consolidation of the States into one simple republic. [boldface mine]And in Federalist No. 39 (6th para), Madison says,But it was not sufficient, say the adversaries of the proposed Constitution, for the convention to adhere to the republican form. They ought, with equal care, to have preserved the FEDERAL form, which regards the Union as a CONFEDERACY of sovereign states; instead of which, they have framed a NATIONAL government, which regards the Union as a CONSOLIDATION of the States. And it is asked by what authority this bold and radical innovation was undertaken? The handle which has been made of this objection requires that it should be examined with some precision….[caps are Madison’s]Madison then gives a brilliant exposition of the national and federal aspects of Our Constitution. More than any other Paper, No. 39 addresses the primary political problem of our Time: The national government’s destruction of federalism by eradicating all vestiges of sovereign & independent States. We are a trusting People easily lead astray. Make something sound patriotic, and we are all for it. Since 1892, American public school children have been indoctrinated with the statist Lie that ours is an indivisible national government. This was done by means of the Pledge of Allegiance: ....one nation ... indivisible…. Is it any wonder that the author of this nasty bit of poison, Francis Bellamy, was a socialist who worked with the National Education Association to institute this statist indoctrination into the public schools? This pernicious pledge is why you don’t know, and no one knows, that our Constitution created a federation of sovereign & independent States, united only for the limited purposes enumerated in the Constitution. Wikipedia has good info on Bellamy. PH
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Publius Huldah is a retired lawyer who lives in Tennessee USA. She writes on the U.S. Constitution and posts her papers at publiushuldah.wordpress.com Before getting a law degree, she got a degree in philosophy where she specialized in political philosophy and epistemology (theories of knowledge). Using primarily The Federalist Papers, which were written during 1787-1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay, in order to explain the proposed Constitution to the American People and induce them to ratify it, Publius Huldah explains the true & original meaning of the U.S. Constitution. She also shows how modern day judges on the U.S. federal courts have completely abandoned the U.S. Constitution and have substituted their own personal views and opinions for The Constitution.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
RABBI SUPPORTS PA STATE BOOOOOOOO
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Tekoa Rabbi Supports PA's Statehood Bid-Rabbi Menachem Froman of Tekoa meets PA President Abbas, tells him that establishing a Palestinian state would benefit peace.
by Elad Benari First Publish: 9/1/2011, 1:05 AM
One of the leading rabbis in Judea and Samaria on Wednesday expressed his support of the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral bid for statehood in the United Nations on September 20.According to a report in the PA-based WAFA news agency, Rabbi Menachem Froman of Tekoa supported and expressed his and other Israeli rabbis’ wishes for success to the PA bid to gain full United Nations membership of a Palestinian state.
The report said Rabbi Froman made the comments during a meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.Froman said that establishing a Palestinian state benefits the peace process and Israel and also works to achieve comprehensive, just peace and stability for the region and the world.For his part, Abbas reiterated his commitment to the peace process with Israel and claimed that the PA’s statehood bid is a result of Israel’s refusal to abide by international law and agreements.WAFA said Rabbi Froman congratulated Abbas on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday which marks the end of Ramadan.Rabbi Froman also reportedly offered to establish a committee made up of both Arab and Israeli religious figures to stop mutual instigation.Establishing a Palestinian state in cooperation with the State of Israel is good for peace and for Israel and it will inspire the building of a just and lasting peace and stability in the region and the world, Rabbi Froman was quoted as saying.
He warned, however, that resistance by Israel on the one hand and the establishment of the Palestinian state contrary to Israel’s position on the other hand, will harm Israel, the Palestinians and the establishment of peace in the region and such a state would very quickly become an Iranian state.Meanwhile on Wednesday, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said the PA statehood bid would likely jeopardize all existing agreements between the PA and Israel.In an interview with Foreign Policy magazine, Oren said the move would render invalid economic treaties, including export, import and water sharing, as well as security cooperation agreements.Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said Wednesday the statehood bid at the United Nations is a greater threat to Israel than terrorism.This Palestinian initiative represents a more serious threat than that posed by Hamas,Steinitz told Voice of Israel radio.
Sarkozy Wants EU Consensus on PA Statehood-Amid the EU debt crisis and a push for PA trade, France's Nicolas Sarkozy wants a single European position on PA statehood.by Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 8/31/2011, 10:41 PM
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday he wants a united European Union voice on the issue of the Palestinian Authority statehood bid at the United Nations in September.The role of the US is uncontested and irreplaceable, but everybody sees that it is not enough. We have to widen the circle of negotiation, think of the role and the pertinence of the Quartet.Sarkozy added that the world could not continue to leave the Israeli-PA peace process frozen while the Arab Spring causes change elsewhere in the region.Up until now most EU countries have refrained from committing on how they would vote on the resolution, saying it would depend on the text of the resolution itself. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is scheduled to convene an informal meeting of the EU’s 27 foreign ministers to discuss the issue on September 2.Sarkozy's comments have been criticized by some commentators as being driven by a desire for Arab trade - and to silence nations who dissent from his views - rather than principle, amid fears that France's triple-A credit rating could come under threat if the European sovereign debt crisis worsens.
The European Parliament's International trade committee voted 27-0 to fully open markets to farm and fish products from PA enclaves in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. The vote paved the way for full parliamentary approval for a deal later this year.This deal is enormously important. It gives more power to the Palestinians to trade directly with the EU. And it's a signal of good will from the international community that comes at an important time,said Maria Eleni Koppa, a Greek socialist lawmaker who led the committee's discussion on the issue.The full European Parliament is due to vote on the trade agreement in late September.As part of an economic agreement between Israel and the European Union (EU) to avoid total boycotting, labels distinguish between products made in pre-1967 Israel and products made in parts of Israel liberated during the Six Day War. Products made by Jews in Judea and Samaria are subject to higher tariffs.While it is widely expected the trade agreement will be approved, Sarkozy's desire for consensus on the PA statehood bid among member nations - some of whom are on friendly terms with Israel - may prove unrealistic.
Abbas Cooperating on Limiting September Riots-PA security forces will contain September demonstrations so that they do not turn into a war, say security sources.by Gil Ronen First Publish: 8/31/2011, 9:06 PM
Israel's security forces and the Palestinian Authority are cooperating on containing the riots expected in September, when the PA asks the United Nations for recognition as a full-fledged state. This – according to a report in IsraelDefense.com's Hebrew edition. The PA security forces are preparing to keep possible riots from deteriorating into mass assaults on Israeli communities, or a third intifada.PA security forces have largely been trained and funded by the United States. They play a double game, cooperating with Israel on containing Hamas but also committing terror themselves as the PA leadership frees Hamas prisoners. Abbas has reportedly given instructions to keep riots in Judea and Samaria on a low flame in September. PA forces are supposed to prevent rioters from crossing certain red lines around IDF bases and Jewish communities. There have also been reports that PA security chiefs are concerned that a declaration of a statehood would force them to exert sovereignty in areas where the IDF is in control, leading to a direct armed conflict with Israel which they would be bound to lose.
Oren: PA Statehood Jeopardizes Oslo-Israeli Ambassador to the United States says Israel has no agreements with a Government of Palestine.by Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 8/31/2011, 8:58 PM
Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said Tuesday the PA statehood bid at the United Nations would likely jeopardize all existing agreements between the PA and Israel.In an interview with Foreign Policy magazine, Oren said, We have a lot of agreements with the Palestinian Authority, we have no agreements with a Government of Palestine.It's just a fact – we have no agreements with a Government of Palestine.It puts us in a different realm, said Oren.Oren added the move would render invalid economic treaties, including export, import and water sharing, as well as security cooperation agreements.America is a cosignatory to the Oslo Accord and this would seriously undermine it...Unilateral steps would have legal, economic, and political ramifications for us and for America as a cosignatory,Oren added.
According to Oren, the statehood declaration will provide the Palestinian Authority with lawfare against Israel in the international arena, which will further diminish the chances for reaching a negotiated agreement.We want to be able to negotiate but we won't be able to negotiate if they are attacking our legitimacy in every international court. We're not going to negotiate under fire and it's a mistake for the Palestinians to think that we would,the ambassador said.Oren warned that in the absence of a negotiated solution, Israel's support for the creation of a PA state might be jeopardized. The Palestinians risk all that has been achieved if they go forward with this ... and that would be a great tragedy.Oren's comments on the heels of Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz telling reporters the PA Statehood Bid was more dangerous than Hamas and would force Israel to respond.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has already said a unilateral declaration of statehood by the PA would render the Oslo Accords 'null and void' and would result in a diplomatic eye for an eye on Israel's part.Earlier, Florida's Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced she is advancing a measure to block US funding to any UN member or group that supports the PA bid.
US State Dept Slams Congress Funding Block of PA at UN-The US State Dept. has slammed efforts by a Florida lawmaker to block the PA from seeking United Nations membership as a new country.by Chana Ya'ar First Publish: 8/31/2011, 11:55 AM
The U.S. State Department has slammed a Florida lawmaker for trying to block the Palestinian Authority from seeking recognition as a new country and membership in the United Nations in September.U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced Tuesday she had advanced a measure to block U.S. funding to any U.N. member or group that supports an upgrade to the PA's diplomatic status next month.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters the Republican Congresswoman's proposed measure would seriously undermine our international standing and dangerously weaken the U.N. as an instrument to advance U.S. national security goals.The measure is actually a clause folded into a larger proposed bill that would transform the U.S. portion of United Nations funding into a voluntary contribution, one conditional upon American agreement on each funding target.We believe in U.N. reform, added Nuland,[but] we just don't think that this is the right way to go about it.The Obama administration warned long before Ros-Lehtinen submitted her proposal that the president would oppose it, according to the Reuters news agency.The Congresswoman said her efforts were aimed not only at preventing the PA from gaining recognition as a new country, but also at stopping the entity from achieving a second option in lieu of the first – upgrading its current status from that of a U.N. observer to a non-member state.
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
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IMF sees 200 billion euro capital gap at European banks Reuters – AUG 31,11
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has estimated European banks could face a capital shortfall of 200 billion euros ($287 billion), a European source said on Wednesday.The figure has prompted a fierce response from European officials who said the analysis was misleading, according to the Financial Times.
The newspaper, citing two officials, said the 200 billion euro figure was one estimate of the impact of marking sovereign bonds to market.The IMF will publish the analysis in its regular Global Financial Stability Report ahead of the IMF and World Bank fall meetings of global finance leaders in late September. The FT cautioned that the figure was in a draft that could change.The IMF vision is biased, Elena Salgado, Spain's finance minister, told the FT, adding that the fund had been mistaken in looking only at potential losses without taking account of holdings of German Bunds, which have risen in price.IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde drew criticism from European policymakers this week after she called for a mandatory recapitalization of European banks.
Finland on Greek collateral: It's not about the money
Today AUG 31,11 @ 14:31 By Andrew Rettman
Finnish minister Alexander Stubb has said his country's demand for Greek collateral is meant to defend the eurozone principle of financial responsibility. But he admitted that Finnish eurosceptics have played their part in the initiative.Speaking to EUobserver by phone on Wednesday (31 August), EU affairs and trade minister Alexander Stubb said the wealthy northern country's demand for Greece to give guarantees for Finland's part in the second Greek bailout is not down to fear of losing money.It isn't a question of the money. It's a question of principle. It reflects a sentiment that we have that you should not be rewarded for lax public finances. That's the whole point of being in the euro ... people have to be responsible about their public finances,he said.He noted that Helsinki's motivation is not entirely pure, however.The anti-EU True Finns party won 20 percent of votes in recent elections after bashing Helsinki's earlier pay outs to Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Eurosceptic sentiment also led the Social Democrat party, which shares power with Stubb's National Coalition party, to promise voters it would get collateral for any fresh Greek loan.Our domestic agenda is part of our election result, which gave us a mixed bag. Unfortunately there are forces surrounding the True Finns which have influenced general thinking and political thinking in the way we have seen here,Stubb explained.
Helsinki believes that its demand for guarantees falls within the letter of a July eurozone agreement on the new rescue package.But its tough line has prompted Austria, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Slovenia to insist that if Finland gets guarantees, then they should get them as well. With financial markets watching the talks for any sign of new risk to euro stability, the dispute threatens to delay plans to implement the new bailout by the end of September.Stubb said he is confident and optimistic that a compromise can be reached. But he added: If we don't find a deal, then we'll see what happens ... We understand the demand our government has posed is not easy for others to accept.As previously reported by EUobserver, Helsinki has abandoned its original pact with Greece, under which Athens was to put around €600 million of cash into an escrow account in case it defaults.Sources in eurozone finance ministries told this website the new deal is likely to see all 16 eurozone lenders get the option to ask for collateral if they want. The guarantees could be in the form of Greek Central Bank gold reserves or state-owned shares in banks.One contact said lenders will be discouraged from taking advantage of the option by being forced to pay a related cost if they do.Another source said there could be a gentleman's agreement that few, if any, countries actually trigger the option. I have the feeling that this [the collateral dispute] is beginning to go away and is becoming less important. What we are looking for is a face-saving solution for everybody involved,the source noted.Senior finance ministry officials from the 17 euro-using countries are currently holding almost-daily telephone conferences on the subject. A contact from a large eurozone country said there is hope of a breakthrough early next week, when treasury chiefs from all 27 EU members come to Brussels for the first post-vacation meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee.
Italy defends bid to delay EU oil ban on Syria
31.08.11 @ 11:33 By Andrew Rettman
Italy has said that delaying the EU oil embargo on Syria will not make any difference to the regime. But fellow member states believe there is not a day to lose.Assad poster in Damascus. Massari said the oil embargo is not designed to create regime change from the outside but to help home-grown protesters bring in reforms (oliverlaumann).Italian foreign ministry spokesman Maurizio Massari told EUobserver on Wednesday (31 August) that Rome wants the oil ban to come into force on 30 November instead of mid-October, as agreed by most other EU countries.He explained the delay will not affect Syrian President Bashar Assad's income because European oil importers have paid up-front for oil deliveries until the November date.
We only ask for them to come into force one and a half months later to help the expiration of the contracts of oil supply from Syria for several European companies, Massari said. The contracts have already been paid for by Western European countries including Italy ... This flexibility with the time frame does not alter the strength of the political message that we want to send.Italian ports in July handled 50 percent of Syrian crude exports to the EU, with some of the oil going to refineries run by Italian firms Eni, IES Italiana and Saras.Fellow EU members believe the level of violence merits more urgent action, however.Since oil exports are 30 percent of the regime's revenue, the sooner you cut this the better, when you see what's happening on the ground - people being killed each day, a diplomat from a large EU country said. Maybe this is just Italian spin to say We are the big boys. We are important [in terms of EU foreign policy in the Middle East].Amnesty International in a report out Wednesday noted that 78 men and 10 boys were murdered in Syrian prisons in the past five months on top of the 2,200 people killed in the streets. Torture - including genital mutilation and burns - played a part in 52 of the prison deaths. Some of the worst atrocities are being committed by irregular militias, the shabiha, whose members are reportedly paid between $40 and $200 a day, but but which are threatening to go on strike because money is running out.Italy has joined EU appeals for Assad to step down and recalled its ambassador from Damascus. But its close relations with Syria mirror its ties with pre-revolutionary Libya.Italy in 2009 licenced its top arms firm Finmeccanica to sell 286 parts and 600 hours' worth of technical assistance for Turms targeting equipment, which is mounted on Syria's Soviet-made tanks. Turms is a top performance tank fire control/sighting system, including stabilised day-night sight for the gunner and panoramic stabilised day-night periscope for the commander,the company blurb says.
Asked if Italy has stopped arms shipments to Syria, Massari said: I am almost certain, yes.Meanwhile, the EU oil ban risks doing more harm than good according to Peter Harling, a Damascus-based analyst for the International Crisis Group think-tank.The sanctions, due to be agreed by EU foreign ministers in Poland this week, may backfire because the regime will pin economic woes on an international conspiracy he said in an op-ed for Foreign Policy magazine on Wednesday.For his part, Michel Koutouzis, a Middle East expert whose French company, Lotophages Consulting, advises the EU diplomatic service, said water is more effective than oil in stopping Assad.Turkey is very pissed off [with Syria] and it has the possibility to apply real pressure. After all its work on dams, it can cut off Syria's water from one day to the next,he told this website. Recalling events back in 1998, he added: When [Kurdish separatist leader] Ocalan and [Kurdish militants] the PKK were in Damascus, the Turks got the result they wanted - they got them thrown out pretty quick.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Iran leader: West cannot confiscate Arab Spring
AP By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press | AP – AUG 31,11
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to confiscate the region's pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic's unease about their standing in a profoundly altered Middle East.Iran has tried to walk two paths since the pro-democracy rebellions began in February — lauding the popular revolts as modern-day heirs to Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, while maintaining relentless pressure on opposition groups at home.But Iran is at risk of serious political setbacks. Iran's main Mideast ally, Syria's Bashar Assad, is under growing international pressure for his fierce crackdown on anti-government protests.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech broadcast on Iran's state TV to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, reflected the added worries that the West and its allies could gain ground in the Arab Spring.Muslim nations in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen or other countries need vigilance today. They should not allow enemies confiscate the victories they've achieved,Khamenei said. They should not forget that those who have come to the scene in Libya (U.S. and NATO) today and consider themselves owners of the uprising are the same people who used to sit and drink with those who once suppressed the Libyan nation.Iran's supreme leader, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran, urged Libyans not to allow the U.S. and its allies to dominate their country.
On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said his country secretly provided humanitarian supplies to Libya's rebel National Transitional Council. Salehi said Iran had sent four medicine and food shipments to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.Today they (U.S. and its allies) seek to take advantage of the situation. Nations must be vigilant and wakeful, said Khamenei.But he made no mention of Syria, where Assad's regime is struggling to contain opposition forces.In Iran's view, collapse of pro-U.S. governments in Egypt and Tunisia were strong blows to U.S. influence in the region and a new Islamic awakening.Who thought American and Zionist agents in the region would fall one after the other? Khamenei said. This is the powerful hand of the Islamic nations,Iran has supported Arab uprisings, saying change of governments in North Africa shows a new Middle East is emerging that will doom Israel and break free of American interference.Iran has sought to portray the popular uprisings as a replay of its 1979 Islamic Revolution which toppled the pro-U.S. shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and brought hardline clerics to power.
Iran warns against US taking lead in Arab protests
AFP – AUG 31,11
A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Khamenei delivering a speech at Tehran University in the Iranian capital. Khamenei on Wednesday warned against the United States taking control of the uprisings that have swept the Arab world, state television reportedA handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah …
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned against the United States taking control of the uprisings that have swept the Arab world, state television reported.The events currently taking place in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and elsewhere are key (events) for Muslim people, the television's website quoted Khamenei as saying.If the Muslim nations stand against those who interfere in their internal affairs, these nations will experience progress, he told a group of officials and people.But if the world of oppression and world Zionism -- including the oppressive regime of the United States -- take control (of the movements), the Muslim world will experience major problems for decades,Khamenei said.Tehran has supported the protests in all Arab countries except Syria, its main Arab ally. It has has repeatedly criticised interference by the United States and the West, particularly in Libya but also in Bahrain.
Libyan rebels: Gadhafi son offers to surrender
AP By BEN HUBBARD - Associated Press | AP – AUG 31,11
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's son al-Saadi is trying to negotiate the terms of his own surrender, the rebel commander in Tripoli told The Associated Press on Wednesday in what would be a major blow to the Libyan leader's crumbling regime.
The commander, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, said al-Saadi first called him Tuesday and asked whether his safety could be guaranteed. We told him Don't fear for your life. We will guarantee your rights as a human being, and will deal with you humanely, said Belhaj, confirming a report on Al-Jazeera television. Belhaj added that al-Saadi would be turned over to Libyan legal authorities after his surrender.If the offer is confirmed — the rebels have previously claimed to have captured Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, who later turned up free — the surrender would give the rebels a significant boost as they try to consolidate their hold over the country with the longtime dictator and several sons and aides still at large.Opposition fighters have been pressing toward Gadhafi's key remaining stronghold, his hometown of Sirte, and loyalists now only control a handful of areas, including Bani Walid to the west.
Belhaj said Al-Saadi told him he had not killed anyone, and that he was not against the people.I told him This is good. What is important for us is not to shed Libyan blood. For the members of the regime to surrender is the best way to do this, said Belhaj.The commander said al-Saadi had called back Wednesday morning, but that he had missed the call. He said he knows al-Saadi's whereabouts, but prefers to negotiate a surrender. He gave no further details.Belhaj's comments came hours after Gadhafi's chief spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, called the AP headquarters in New York, reiterating the senior Gadhafi's offer to send al-Saadi to negotiate with the rebels and form a transitional government. The rebels have previously rejected such offers.
Ibrahim also rejected a rebel ultimatum for loyalists in Sirte to surrender by Saturday or face an attack.No dignified honorable nation would accept an ultimatum from armed gangs,he said.There has been speculation that Gadhafi is seeking refuge in Sirte or one of the other remaining regime strongholds, among them Bani Walid or the southern town of Sabha. Top rebel officials say they have a good idea where Gadhafi is hiding, but haven't given any details.Belhaj said the rebels have set up an operations room to collect any information about the elder Gadhafi's whereabouts, gathering tips from rebels and captured regime fighters.He said most of the information indicated Gadhafi was somewhere outside Tripoli, but he refused to give any further details, saying the search for the former dictator was of utmost importance.Gadhafi's wife, Safiya, sons Mohammed and Hannibal and daughter Aisha fled to Algeria on Monday. Rebel authorities have called on Algeria to send them back, saying they want Gadhafi and his family to be tried in Libya.
But international human rights activists are urging the rebels to turn the dictator over to the International Criminal Court for trial. Leading the calls is the court's Argentine prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who has charged Gadhafi and his son Seif al-Islam and the regime's intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Sanoussi, with unleashing a campaign of murder and torture since February to try to crush anti-government protests.Human Rights Watch also urged diplomats meeting Libyan rebels in Paris on Thursday to push for Gadhafi's surrender to The Hague-based international court if he is captured.In Tripoli, meanwhile, Libyans wept over the graves of those killed in their six-month war against Gadhafi, then celebrated their newfound freedom with morning prayers and joyous chants in the main square — bittersweet rituals marking the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.Men in their holiday finest — white robes and gold-striped vests — knelt in neat prayer rows in Martyrs' Square, the plaza formerly known as Green Square, where Gadhafi supporters massed nightly during the uprising.The prayer leader urged the crowd not to seek retribution against Gadhafi loyalists. No to revenge, yes to the law that rules between us and those who killed our brothers,he said.Let there be forgiveness and mercy among us.Women in black robes ululated, rebel fighters fired guns in the air and people burst into spontaneous chants of Hold your head high, Libya is free! In one corner, five rebel fighters formed a reception line, like at a wedding, and civilians walked up to them, shaking their hands in gratitude. In another area of the square, people crowded around a thick metal pole decorated with political cartoons, one depicting Gadhafi as a pig and another as a monster on a psychiatrist's couch. Thursday will be the 42nd anniversary of the coup that brought Gadhafi to power.At Tripoli's Bin-Shir cemetery, dozens of concrete graves had been poured for those killed in the uprising against Gadhafi, particularly the bloody week of battles for control of Tripoli that began Aug. 20.Many of the cement grave covers were unmarked, while a few had names scribbled on them. One of those buried, Mustafa Usta, was killed by sniper fire in his neighborhood of Souk al-Jumma last week, said his brother, Adnan, 61.Adnan Usta, a civil servant in the Libyan foreign ministry, said he only learned of his brother's death five days after he was shot, and his brother was buried before the family was informed. Despite his pain, Usta said he was looking toward the future.We are free now,he said.Associated Press writers Hadeel al-Shalchi and Karin Laub in Tripoli contributed reporting.
Bush on 10th Anniversary of 9/11: I Was a Wartime President-Former President Bush in a special interview about the September 11 attacks: I realized on September 11 I was a wartime president.by Elad Benari First Publish: 9/1/2011, 3:57 AM
In just a few days, Americans will mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.Then-president George W. Bush recently gave an interview to a National Geographic TV documentary of the September 11 events. During the interview Bush recalls that fateful day, his feelings when learning about America being attacked, and the subsequent decisions he made.I started my morning off with a morning run, Bush recalls in the interview.I got back and got my security briefing and I remember clearly how normal it seemed. There was nothing out of the ordinary.Bush, who was in a Florida classroom when he received word of the attacks, says, My first reaction was anger.We didn’t know if there were other planes that had been hijacked,he adds. So the first decision I made, on Air Force One, was to give our Air Force orders to shoot down commercial aircraft that did not respond. I was informed that a fourth plane, Flight 93, went down in a field in rural Pennsylvania and for a moment I thought that plane might have gone down because of the order I had given.Bush also admits in the interview that I didn’t have a strategy. I was living day-by-day. I realized on September 11 I was a wartime president. On September 12, I acted in my duties as a wartime president.
In the interview Bush also recalls the telephone call he received almost four months ago from his successor in the White House, Barack Obama, who told him that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks, had been killed by U.S. forces.I was in a restaurant in Dallas, eating dinner with Laura, Bush says. The Secret Service told me I had a phone call from the White House coming in. President Obama called me and told me that Osama bin Laden had been killed.I was grateful,Bush recalls. I didn’t feel a great sense of happiness or jubilation. I felt a sense of closure and I felt a sense of gratitude that justice had been done.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
http://israndjer.blogspot.com/2005/11/questions-ww3-whats-coming.html (WW3 COMPLETE HAPPENINGS)
AMOS 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
China, Vietnam plan defence hotline: report
AFP – AUG 31,11
China and Vietnam plan to set up a defence hotline as part of closer military links, official media reported on Wednesday, in the latest effort to publicly ease tensions after a maritime dispute.The two sides agreed to promote bilateral defence cooperation at their second annual security dialogue held in Beijing, the English-language Vietnam News reported after the weekend talks.The newspaper said China and Vietnam would expand ties to new fields, among them the exchange of military delegations, including military students, as well as establishing the hotline between their defence ministries.It did not elaborate on whether the line would be for the ministers themselves.A few years ago, the communist party secretary-generals of Vietnam and China also established a hotline.And in 2009, the foreign ministries signed an agreement to create a similar link between the neighbours' leaders, although its status is unclear.In the latest talks, involving Vietnam's deputy defence minister and China's deputy chief of general staff, Beijing said it would share experiences in United Nations peacekeeping, Vietnam News reported.Hanoi has not yet contributed to UN missions but has expressed interest to do so.The neighbours have a long-standing dispute over sovereignty of the potentially oil-rich Paracel and Spratly island groups, which straddle vital commercial shipping lanes in the South China Sea.
Relations sank to their lowest point in years in May and June when Vietnam said Chinese vessels twice interfered with its oil survey ships inside the country's exclusive economic zone.Both countries then staged naval drills, and Vietnamese citizens took to the streets in a series of unprecedented demonstrations objecting to the Chinese invasion, although recently Hanoi ordered an end to the rallies.
Vietnamese bitterly recall 1,000 years of Chinese occupation and routinely express dislike of China.
China says aircraft carrier attained objectives
AFP – AUG 31,11
China's first aircraft carrier attained the anticipated objectives during its maiden sea trial earlier this month, the country's defence ministry said Wednesday, state media reported.The carrier was back at its shipyard where refurbishment and testing would be carried out, Xinhua cited a ministry spokesman as saying.But no further information was given on the objectives, the agency added.The 300-metre (990-foot) ship docked in the northeastern port of Dalian earlier this month after five days of trials that sparked international concern about the country's widening naval reach.
The carrier tests came amid heightened tensions over a number of maritime territorial disputes involving China, notably in the South China Sea, which is believed to be rich in oil and gas and is claimed at least in part by several countries.Xinhua said spokesman Yang Yujun told a news briefing that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's inshore defense strategy and the defensive nature of the country's national defence policy will not change despite the country's development of advanced weaponry.The PLA -- the world's largest active military -- is extremely secretive about its defence programmes, which benefit from a huge and expanding military budget boosted by the nation's runaway economic growth.Earlier this year, China announced military spending would rise 12.7 percent to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion) in 2011.In January it revealed it was developing its first stealth fighter jet. It is also working on an anti-ballistic missile capable of piercing the defences of even the most sturdy US naval ships.Japan recently expressed concern about what it called the opaqueness of China's military budget, and the US State Department has called on the country to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier.
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.
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East
Reuters By Brendan McDermid and Scott Malone – Wed Aug 31, 5:38 pm ET
PATERSON, N.J./BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (Reuters) – Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still under water on Wednesday as relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies.The storm battered the East Coast with up to 15 inches of rain on Saturday and Sunday, setting river level records in 10 states, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Wide swathes of New Jersey, upstate New York and Vermont experienced the worst flooding in decades, and while many disaster areas began to see waters recede other rivers had not yet crested, the USGS said.Some 1.7 million homes and business were still without power after as many as 6.7 million had lost electricity.With damage in the billions of dollars -- Standard & Poor's estimated the national total at $20 billion, though others have put the number at half that -- homeowners were also battling insurance companies that exclude flood damage coverage.Adding to the anxiety, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had to put long-term projects on hold and focus on rushing immediate relief to battered states because it had only $800 million left in its disaster relief fund.The White House said President Barack Obama on Sunday planned to visit the hard-hit New Jersey city of Paterson, one of many places where residents and businesses suffered personal and economic catastrophe.
In Little Falls, New Jersey, Sean Mathews could only wait for floodwaters to recede along Williams Street, where he owns a two-story home that was swamped in four to five feet of water.I figure I've got about $20,000 in damage, Mathews said, adding that floods typically leave dead rats, snakes and garbage strewn through the house. I can deal with snakes. But the sewage smell -- the smell.Mathews, who installs sheet metal for a living, said moving would be nearly impossible after four major floods in five years wrecked property values.We think about moving all the time, but how are you going to sell the house? he said.Street after street in Little Falls was flooded, and many were nearly abandoned. Police hung signs saying No scavenging.New York state alone suffered $1 billion in damage with 600 homes destroyed, six towns inundated and 150 major highways and 140,000 acres of farmland damaged, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.Sometimes the bottom line is the bottom line. We need help on the economics,Cuomo said.Disaster relief has reignited Washington's budget battles, with some Republicans saying additional spending to help these communities should be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget.New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican who gained national prominence for cutting budgets, broke with elements of the small-government wing of his party by calling for immediate aid.We don't have time to wait for folks in Congress to figure out how they want to offset this stuff with other budget cuts. Our people are suffering now and they need support now. ... That's not a Republican or Democratic issue,Christie told a news conference in Lincoln Park.
FLOATING REFRIGERATORS
In Paterson, where hundreds of people had to be rescued from the raging floodwaters by boat or truck, the Passaic River reached its highest level since 1903, officials said.Once an industrial powerhouse, Paterson has since declined in wealth relative to neighboring towns. Many of its factories were powered by the Great Falls of the Passaic River, the second largest waterfall by volume on the East Coast.From a helicopter overhead, mist could be seen rising at least 200 feet above the waterfall, making it resemble Niagara Falls.An entire neighborhood upriver was covered by water, drowning at least two schools, three gas stations and much of the city's industrial area, whose chemicals left a visible sheen on the river. Down the debris-strewn river, two bridges were submerged.Passaic floodwaters were receding on Wednesday, said James Furtak, acting emergency management director of Bergen County. He said towns such as Wallington, population 11,000, were starting to recover, thanks in part to volunteer firefighters who left their own families to help others.
You had couches floating, refrigerators floating, Furtak said.It flooded streets that never got flooded before. Some people lost everything. Their lives.In Vermont, relief teams worked around the clock to repair washed out roads, drop off emergency supplies to stranded residents and restore electricity.Vermont had four of its National Guard helicopters in the air and borrowed two from Illinois to send in drinking water, food, medical supplies and diapers, officials said.In Brattleboro, where the Connecticut River and Whetstone Brook burst their banks, the Whetstone Arts Center was sagging over the brook after a portion of its first floor was undermined by the flood.The hardest thing is the mud, that takes a long time to clean up, said Alan Washburn, who had a crew of four people working to clean out his fire sprinkler business.Despite losing an estimated $20,000 worth of power tools and materials, Washburn was relieved his business did not take more damage.It's amazing, the destruction in some of these places.(Additional reporting by Paul Thomasch in Little Falls, Grant McCool in Millburn, Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston, Dave Warner in Philadelphia, Jon Oatis and Selam Gebrekidan in New York and Tabassum Zakaria in Washington; Writing by Daniel Trotta, Editing by Jackie Frank)
Katia almost a hurricane; storm fears in Gulf
Reuters AUG 31,11 10PM
MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Katia was expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the Atlantic on Wednesday, while another mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of Mexico.Katia had sustained winds of 70 miles per hour and would become the second hurricane of the June-through-November Atlantic hurricane season if winds reach 74 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.The Miami-based center said Katia was forecast to become a major hurricane with winds over 111 mph on Sunday, but it was still too early to tell whether it would threaten land.At 5 p.m. (2100 GMT), Katia was about 1,285 miles east of the Caribbean's Leeward Islands. It was moving rapidly west-northwest and was forecast to turn northwest in a couple of days on a course that would keep it away from the Caribbean islands.Hurricane Irene rampaged up the U.S. East Coast over the weekend and authorities on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard are keeping an eye on Katia to see which path it takes.Long-range computer models, which can be off by hundreds of miles, show Katia nearing the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda in about a week. Several models turned it north, away from the U.S. East Coast.
The Atlantic hurricane season typically brings 11 or 12 named storms. Katia is already the 11th, and with half of the season still ahead, it is shaping up to be the unusually busy year that was predicted.Energy companies with oil and natural gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico were keeping watch on a mass of thunderstorms over the northwest Caribbean Sea and eastern Gulf.In an advisory issued later on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said the disturbed weather system had a high chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next two days.BP on Wednesday became the first major oil producer to say it was already evacuating some workers from offshore platforms in the Gulf because of the weather system, which would be dubbed Lee if it becomes a named storm.Anadarko Petroleum Corp said later it was also evacuating non-essential workers from some Gulf platforms and Royal Dutch Shell said it was preparing for some evacuations as well.Interests along the entire northern Gulf of Mexico coast should monitor the progress of this disturbance,the hurricane center said.(Reporting by Jane Sutton and by Kristin Hays and Edwin Seba in Houston; Editing by Tom Brown and Peter Cooney)
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
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.
Wildfires again rage through Texas and Oklahoma
Reuters By Marice Richter | Reuters – AUG 31,11
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/wildfire-roars-dry-trees-near-possum-kingdom-lake-photo-000127846.html
DALLAS (Reuters) - Wildfires raged through Texas and Oklahoma again on Wednesday, threatening homes and buildings and charring thousands of acres of parched, dry land.
The Texas Forest Service has declared this to be the worst fire season in the state's history. Forest service officials, along with firefighters in communities across the state have responded to 20,155 fires that have burned a record 3.5 million acres since last November 15.Six of the 10 largest wildfires recorded in Texas occurred in April and 20 of the 40 largest were recorded this year, according to the forest service. Fires this year have destroyed 3,000 structures, including 679 homes.The danger is not over as new fires continued to break out due to hot, dry weather and extreme drought that persists throughout most of the state.In North Texas, firefighters were still trying to control a massive fire that erupted in a lakefront community west of Fort Worth on Tuesday.Central Oklahoma remained under a red flag fire warning on Wednesday, the day after a wildfire destroyed 33 homes in northeast Oklahoma City.Evacuations at Possum Kingdom Lake, about 75 miles west of Fort Worth, resumed Wednesday afternoon when the wind picked up and fanned the flames that firefighters had some success in containing overnight.As soon as the wind picked up, the fires started spreading quickly again, said John Nichols, a spokesman for the Texas Forest Service.The fire destroyed at least 39 homes and buildings and burned more than 6,200 acres by Wednesday evening. Property owners in several neighborhoods around the lake were evacuated by boat to a hotel on another area on Tuesday because roads were cutoff by the flames.
But as the fire again quickly spread on Wednesday, those evacuees were again forced to flee, along with others from neighborhoods that were unaffected on Tuesday.
Fortunately we were able to move our car yesterday before it got too bad, said resident Laura Kirklen. We heard a local church was sending a bus for some of those who had no other way out.Firefighters were battling the fast-moving fire from the ground and air. Heavy air tankers, single-engine aircraft and helicopters were dumping water on the fires. Possum Kingdom Lake was the sight of the state's fifth largest recorded wildfire in April, when more than 160 homes were destroyed and over 126,000 acres were burned during two weeks.This is very unusual to have been hit twice like this in one year, said Steve Anderson, owner of a real estate company at Possum Kingdom, which is keeping residents up-to-date on the fire through social media. We've had some small grass fires in the past few years, but nothing major.
Weather conditions were also to blame for 17 smaller fires that started in other parts of the state on Wednesday, including a fire near Lake Bridgeport, about 50 miles northwest of Fort Worth, which burned about 100 acres.The ground is so dry because of the drought that one welding spark or a cigarette tossed could easily ignite a fire, said Jesse Moore, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. The high temperatures, low humidity and wind gusts quickly cause fire to spread.Similar weather conditions, with highs approaching 105, are again forecast for Thursday, he said.In Oklahoma, the fire, fueled by dry vegetation and fanned by southerly winds, burned a 12-square-mile area and also destroyed a church, 21 barns and other outbuildings and 45 vehicles.The fire smoldered most of the day Wednesday but flared up again in the late afternoon, just as another fire broke out on the southeast side of the city near Tinker Air Force Base. The fire near the base forced a portion of Interstate 40 to be closed to traffic due to smoke.Other fires broke out around the state, including one near Lawton that forced the closure of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike due to heavy smoke, while other wildfires burned hundreds of acres near Tecumseh, Crowder and Seminole, the Oklahoma Forestry Services said Wednesday.
Oklahoma has been under a state of emergency since July 20 because of the extreme drought conditions and high fire danger.Some radio stations have begun broadcasting a public service announcement taped by Governor Mary Fallin that reminded Oklahomans that discarded cigarettes and parking on dried grass often spark wildfires.
(Additional reporting by Steve Olafson in Oklahoma City; Editing by Greg McCune)
Stop Honor Killing of Innocent Women and Girls Around the World Human Rights, Petitions — By Jenn Bale on May 21, 2011 1:43 pm
Target: U.S. Congress, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (The Honorable Navanethem Pillay), American Islamic Congress Executive Director (Ms. Zainab Al-Suwaij), Chairman, American Islamic Forum for Democracy (M. Zuhdi Jasser)
Goal: Stop the killing of innocent women and girls around the world.
Honor killing, or the murder of an individual by a family member because she was believed to have brought “shame” to the family, takes place most often in Muslim communities, though it can also occur in Hindu and some other non-Muslim areas. The victim is most often female and the murderer is most often a father, brother, uncle, or other male relative. However, female family members often take part in the decision to murder the victim and sometimes even participate in the killing as well. Some of the reasons a girl or woman may be killed can include wearing clothing that may be considered too revealing, being in a romantic relationship with someone of a different religious or cultural background, or even being the victim of a rape. She may be murdered in a gruesome and horrific way, such as by decapitation, being burned alive, or being stoned to death.Though it is thought to mostly occur in third world countries, sadly it also takes place right here in the United States, as well as Europe. One such case included that of two Texas teenage girls, Amina and Sarah Said, who were shot to death by their father, Yassir Said, in a taxi cab on New Year’s Day of 2008 because they were dating non-Muslim boys.Said also had a history of emotionally, physically, and sexually abusing the girls.Something needs to be done immediately to stop so many more innocent girls and women from being killed, even though they have not committed any crime. Some actions that should be imposed include convicting more people who take part in honor killings, giving the perpetrators longer jail sentences, and conducting education programs in areas where there are high occurrences of honor killings to show that this crime is completely unacceptable.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Sir or Madame,
Honor killing, or the practice of killing a family member because she was believed to have brought shame to the family, takes place most often in Muslim communities and in both in third-world and developed countries, such as North America and Europe. Most often the victim is a girl or young woman who had not committed any actual crime.The victim may be tortured and killed in a horrific manner, such as by decapitation, being burned alive, and being stoned to death. The only acts she may have done to deserve such a terrible death may have been wearing clothing that was considered too revealing, dating someone outside of the family’s religion or culture, and even being the victim of a rape.These terrible and senseless killings against girls and women should not still be taking place today. In order to attempt to combat this severe problem, more people around the world need to be convicted of honor killings and be given longer jail sentences. In addition, education programs need to be conducted around the world that teach that honor killings are wrong and unacceptable no matter what religion one participates in or area the individual lives in.
http://forcechange.com/2870/stop-honor-killing-of-innocent-women-and-girls-around-the-world/
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Tekoa Rabbi Supports PA's Statehood Bid-Rabbi Menachem Froman of Tekoa meets PA President Abbas, tells him that establishing a Palestinian state would benefit peace.
by Elad Benari First Publish: 9/1/2011, 1:05 AM
One of the leading rabbis in Judea and Samaria on Wednesday expressed his support of the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral bid for statehood in the United Nations on September 20.According to a report in the PA-based WAFA news agency, Rabbi Menachem Froman of Tekoa supported and expressed his and other Israeli rabbis’ wishes for success to the PA bid to gain full United Nations membership of a Palestinian state.
The report said Rabbi Froman made the comments during a meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.Froman said that establishing a Palestinian state benefits the peace process and Israel and also works to achieve comprehensive, just peace and stability for the region and the world.For his part, Abbas reiterated his commitment to the peace process with Israel and claimed that the PA’s statehood bid is a result of Israel’s refusal to abide by international law and agreements.WAFA said Rabbi Froman congratulated Abbas on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday which marks the end of Ramadan.Rabbi Froman also reportedly offered to establish a committee made up of both Arab and Israeli religious figures to stop mutual instigation.Establishing a Palestinian state in cooperation with the State of Israel is good for peace and for Israel and it will inspire the building of a just and lasting peace and stability in the region and the world, Rabbi Froman was quoted as saying.
He warned, however, that resistance by Israel on the one hand and the establishment of the Palestinian state contrary to Israel’s position on the other hand, will harm Israel, the Palestinians and the establishment of peace in the region and such a state would very quickly become an Iranian state.Meanwhile on Wednesday, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said the PA statehood bid would likely jeopardize all existing agreements between the PA and Israel.In an interview with Foreign Policy magazine, Oren said the move would render invalid economic treaties, including export, import and water sharing, as well as security cooperation agreements.Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said Wednesday the statehood bid at the United Nations is a greater threat to Israel than terrorism.This Palestinian initiative represents a more serious threat than that posed by Hamas,Steinitz told Voice of Israel radio.
Sarkozy Wants EU Consensus on PA Statehood-Amid the EU debt crisis and a push for PA trade, France's Nicolas Sarkozy wants a single European position on PA statehood.by Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 8/31/2011, 10:41 PM
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday he wants a united European Union voice on the issue of the Palestinian Authority statehood bid at the United Nations in September.The role of the US is uncontested and irreplaceable, but everybody sees that it is not enough. We have to widen the circle of negotiation, think of the role and the pertinence of the Quartet.Sarkozy added that the world could not continue to leave the Israeli-PA peace process frozen while the Arab Spring causes change elsewhere in the region.Up until now most EU countries have refrained from committing on how they would vote on the resolution, saying it would depend on the text of the resolution itself. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is scheduled to convene an informal meeting of the EU’s 27 foreign ministers to discuss the issue on September 2.Sarkozy's comments have been criticized by some commentators as being driven by a desire for Arab trade - and to silence nations who dissent from his views - rather than principle, amid fears that France's triple-A credit rating could come under threat if the European sovereign debt crisis worsens.
The European Parliament's International trade committee voted 27-0 to fully open markets to farm and fish products from PA enclaves in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. The vote paved the way for full parliamentary approval for a deal later this year.This deal is enormously important. It gives more power to the Palestinians to trade directly with the EU. And it's a signal of good will from the international community that comes at an important time,said Maria Eleni Koppa, a Greek socialist lawmaker who led the committee's discussion on the issue.The full European Parliament is due to vote on the trade agreement in late September.As part of an economic agreement between Israel and the European Union (EU) to avoid total boycotting, labels distinguish between products made in pre-1967 Israel and products made in parts of Israel liberated during the Six Day War. Products made by Jews in Judea and Samaria are subject to higher tariffs.While it is widely expected the trade agreement will be approved, Sarkozy's desire for consensus on the PA statehood bid among member nations - some of whom are on friendly terms with Israel - may prove unrealistic.
Abbas Cooperating on Limiting September Riots-PA security forces will contain September demonstrations so that they do not turn into a war, say security sources.by Gil Ronen First Publish: 8/31/2011, 9:06 PM
Israel's security forces and the Palestinian Authority are cooperating on containing the riots expected in September, when the PA asks the United Nations for recognition as a full-fledged state. This – according to a report in IsraelDefense.com's Hebrew edition. The PA security forces are preparing to keep possible riots from deteriorating into mass assaults on Israeli communities, or a third intifada.PA security forces have largely been trained and funded by the United States. They play a double game, cooperating with Israel on containing Hamas but also committing terror themselves as the PA leadership frees Hamas prisoners. Abbas has reportedly given instructions to keep riots in Judea and Samaria on a low flame in September. PA forces are supposed to prevent rioters from crossing certain red lines around IDF bases and Jewish communities. There have also been reports that PA security chiefs are concerned that a declaration of a statehood would force them to exert sovereignty in areas where the IDF is in control, leading to a direct armed conflict with Israel which they would be bound to lose.
Oren: PA Statehood Jeopardizes Oslo-Israeli Ambassador to the United States says Israel has no agreements with a Government of Palestine.by Gavriel Queenann First Publish: 8/31/2011, 8:58 PM
Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said Tuesday the PA statehood bid at the United Nations would likely jeopardize all existing agreements between the PA and Israel.In an interview with Foreign Policy magazine, Oren said, We have a lot of agreements with the Palestinian Authority, we have no agreements with a Government of Palestine.It's just a fact – we have no agreements with a Government of Palestine.It puts us in a different realm, said Oren.Oren added the move would render invalid economic treaties, including export, import and water sharing, as well as security cooperation agreements.America is a cosignatory to the Oslo Accord and this would seriously undermine it...Unilateral steps would have legal, economic, and political ramifications for us and for America as a cosignatory,Oren added.
According to Oren, the statehood declaration will provide the Palestinian Authority with lawfare against Israel in the international arena, which will further diminish the chances for reaching a negotiated agreement.We want to be able to negotiate but we won't be able to negotiate if they are attacking our legitimacy in every international court. We're not going to negotiate under fire and it's a mistake for the Palestinians to think that we would,the ambassador said.Oren warned that in the absence of a negotiated solution, Israel's support for the creation of a PA state might be jeopardized. The Palestinians risk all that has been achieved if they go forward with this ... and that would be a great tragedy.Oren's comments on the heels of Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz telling reporters the PA Statehood Bid was more dangerous than Hamas and would force Israel to respond.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has already said a unilateral declaration of statehood by the PA would render the Oslo Accords 'null and void' and would result in a diplomatic eye for an eye on Israel's part.Earlier, Florida's Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced she is advancing a measure to block US funding to any UN member or group that supports the PA bid.
US State Dept Slams Congress Funding Block of PA at UN-The US State Dept. has slammed efforts by a Florida lawmaker to block the PA from seeking United Nations membership as a new country.by Chana Ya'ar First Publish: 8/31/2011, 11:55 AM
The U.S. State Department has slammed a Florida lawmaker for trying to block the Palestinian Authority from seeking recognition as a new country and membership in the United Nations in September.U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced Tuesday she had advanced a measure to block U.S. funding to any U.N. member or group that supports an upgrade to the PA's diplomatic status next month.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters the Republican Congresswoman's proposed measure would seriously undermine our international standing and dangerously weaken the U.N. as an instrument to advance U.S. national security goals.The measure is actually a clause folded into a larger proposed bill that would transform the U.S. portion of United Nations funding into a voluntary contribution, one conditional upon American agreement on each funding target.We believe in U.N. reform, added Nuland,[but] we just don't think that this is the right way to go about it.The Obama administration warned long before Ros-Lehtinen submitted her proposal that the president would oppose it, according to the Reuters news agency.The Congresswoman said her efforts were aimed not only at preventing the PA from gaining recognition as a new country, but also at stopping the entity from achieving a second option in lieu of the first – upgrading its current status from that of a U.N. observer to a non-member state.
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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IMF sees 200 billion euro capital gap at European banks Reuters – AUG 31,11
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has estimated European banks could face a capital shortfall of 200 billion euros ($287 billion), a European source said on Wednesday.The figure has prompted a fierce response from European officials who said the analysis was misleading, according to the Financial Times.
The newspaper, citing two officials, said the 200 billion euro figure was one estimate of the impact of marking sovereign bonds to market.The IMF will publish the analysis in its regular Global Financial Stability Report ahead of the IMF and World Bank fall meetings of global finance leaders in late September. The FT cautioned that the figure was in a draft that could change.The IMF vision is biased, Elena Salgado, Spain's finance minister, told the FT, adding that the fund had been mistaken in looking only at potential losses without taking account of holdings of German Bunds, which have risen in price.IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde drew criticism from European policymakers this week after she called for a mandatory recapitalization of European banks.
Finland on Greek collateral: It's not about the money
Today AUG 31,11 @ 14:31 By Andrew Rettman
Finnish minister Alexander Stubb has said his country's demand for Greek collateral is meant to defend the eurozone principle of financial responsibility. But he admitted that Finnish eurosceptics have played their part in the initiative.Speaking to EUobserver by phone on Wednesday (31 August), EU affairs and trade minister Alexander Stubb said the wealthy northern country's demand for Greece to give guarantees for Finland's part in the second Greek bailout is not down to fear of losing money.It isn't a question of the money. It's a question of principle. It reflects a sentiment that we have that you should not be rewarded for lax public finances. That's the whole point of being in the euro ... people have to be responsible about their public finances,he said.He noted that Helsinki's motivation is not entirely pure, however.The anti-EU True Finns party won 20 percent of votes in recent elections after bashing Helsinki's earlier pay outs to Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Eurosceptic sentiment also led the Social Democrat party, which shares power with Stubb's National Coalition party, to promise voters it would get collateral for any fresh Greek loan.Our domestic agenda is part of our election result, which gave us a mixed bag. Unfortunately there are forces surrounding the True Finns which have influenced general thinking and political thinking in the way we have seen here,Stubb explained.
Helsinki believes that its demand for guarantees falls within the letter of a July eurozone agreement on the new rescue package.But its tough line has prompted Austria, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Slovenia to insist that if Finland gets guarantees, then they should get them as well. With financial markets watching the talks for any sign of new risk to euro stability, the dispute threatens to delay plans to implement the new bailout by the end of September.Stubb said he is confident and optimistic that a compromise can be reached. But he added: If we don't find a deal, then we'll see what happens ... We understand the demand our government has posed is not easy for others to accept.As previously reported by EUobserver, Helsinki has abandoned its original pact with Greece, under which Athens was to put around €600 million of cash into an escrow account in case it defaults.Sources in eurozone finance ministries told this website the new deal is likely to see all 16 eurozone lenders get the option to ask for collateral if they want. The guarantees could be in the form of Greek Central Bank gold reserves or state-owned shares in banks.One contact said lenders will be discouraged from taking advantage of the option by being forced to pay a related cost if they do.Another source said there could be a gentleman's agreement that few, if any, countries actually trigger the option. I have the feeling that this [the collateral dispute] is beginning to go away and is becoming less important. What we are looking for is a face-saving solution for everybody involved,the source noted.Senior finance ministry officials from the 17 euro-using countries are currently holding almost-daily telephone conferences on the subject. A contact from a large eurozone country said there is hope of a breakthrough early next week, when treasury chiefs from all 27 EU members come to Brussels for the first post-vacation meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee.
Italy defends bid to delay EU oil ban on Syria
31.08.11 @ 11:33 By Andrew Rettman
Italy has said that delaying the EU oil embargo on Syria will not make any difference to the regime. But fellow member states believe there is not a day to lose.Assad poster in Damascus. Massari said the oil embargo is not designed to create regime change from the outside but to help home-grown protesters bring in reforms (oliverlaumann).Italian foreign ministry spokesman Maurizio Massari told EUobserver on Wednesday (31 August) that Rome wants the oil ban to come into force on 30 November instead of mid-October, as agreed by most other EU countries.He explained the delay will not affect Syrian President Bashar Assad's income because European oil importers have paid up-front for oil deliveries until the November date.
We only ask for them to come into force one and a half months later to help the expiration of the contracts of oil supply from Syria for several European companies, Massari said. The contracts have already been paid for by Western European countries including Italy ... This flexibility with the time frame does not alter the strength of the political message that we want to send.Italian ports in July handled 50 percent of Syrian crude exports to the EU, with some of the oil going to refineries run by Italian firms Eni, IES Italiana and Saras.Fellow EU members believe the level of violence merits more urgent action, however.Since oil exports are 30 percent of the regime's revenue, the sooner you cut this the better, when you see what's happening on the ground - people being killed each day, a diplomat from a large EU country said. Maybe this is just Italian spin to say We are the big boys. We are important [in terms of EU foreign policy in the Middle East].Amnesty International in a report out Wednesday noted that 78 men and 10 boys were murdered in Syrian prisons in the past five months on top of the 2,200 people killed in the streets. Torture - including genital mutilation and burns - played a part in 52 of the prison deaths. Some of the worst atrocities are being committed by irregular militias, the shabiha, whose members are reportedly paid between $40 and $200 a day, but but which are threatening to go on strike because money is running out.Italy has joined EU appeals for Assad to step down and recalled its ambassador from Damascus. But its close relations with Syria mirror its ties with pre-revolutionary Libya.Italy in 2009 licenced its top arms firm Finmeccanica to sell 286 parts and 600 hours' worth of technical assistance for Turms targeting equipment, which is mounted on Syria's Soviet-made tanks. Turms is a top performance tank fire control/sighting system, including stabilised day-night sight for the gunner and panoramic stabilised day-night periscope for the commander,the company blurb says.
Asked if Italy has stopped arms shipments to Syria, Massari said: I am almost certain, yes.Meanwhile, the EU oil ban risks doing more harm than good according to Peter Harling, a Damascus-based analyst for the International Crisis Group think-tank.The sanctions, due to be agreed by EU foreign ministers in Poland this week, may backfire because the regime will pin economic woes on an international conspiracy he said in an op-ed for Foreign Policy magazine on Wednesday.For his part, Michel Koutouzis, a Middle East expert whose French company, Lotophages Consulting, advises the EU diplomatic service, said water is more effective than oil in stopping Assad.Turkey is very pissed off [with Syria] and it has the possibility to apply real pressure. After all its work on dams, it can cut off Syria's water from one day to the next,he told this website. Recalling events back in 1998, he added: When [Kurdish separatist leader] Ocalan and [Kurdish militants] the PKK were in Damascus, the Turks got the result they wanted - they got them thrown out pretty quick.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Iran leader: West cannot confiscate Arab Spring
AP By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press | AP – AUG 31,11
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to confiscate the region's pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic's unease about their standing in a profoundly altered Middle East.Iran has tried to walk two paths since the pro-democracy rebellions began in February — lauding the popular revolts as modern-day heirs to Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, while maintaining relentless pressure on opposition groups at home.But Iran is at risk of serious political setbacks. Iran's main Mideast ally, Syria's Bashar Assad, is under growing international pressure for his fierce crackdown on anti-government protests.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech broadcast on Iran's state TV to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, reflected the added worries that the West and its allies could gain ground in the Arab Spring.Muslim nations in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen or other countries need vigilance today. They should not allow enemies confiscate the victories they've achieved,Khamenei said. They should not forget that those who have come to the scene in Libya (U.S. and NATO) today and consider themselves owners of the uprising are the same people who used to sit and drink with those who once suppressed the Libyan nation.Iran's supreme leader, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran, urged Libyans not to allow the U.S. and its allies to dominate their country.
On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said his country secretly provided humanitarian supplies to Libya's rebel National Transitional Council. Salehi said Iran had sent four medicine and food shipments to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.Today they (U.S. and its allies) seek to take advantage of the situation. Nations must be vigilant and wakeful, said Khamenei.But he made no mention of Syria, where Assad's regime is struggling to contain opposition forces.In Iran's view, collapse of pro-U.S. governments in Egypt and Tunisia were strong blows to U.S. influence in the region and a new Islamic awakening.Who thought American and Zionist agents in the region would fall one after the other? Khamenei said. This is the powerful hand of the Islamic nations,Iran has supported Arab uprisings, saying change of governments in North Africa shows a new Middle East is emerging that will doom Israel and break free of American interference.Iran has sought to portray the popular uprisings as a replay of its 1979 Islamic Revolution which toppled the pro-U.S. shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and brought hardline clerics to power.
Iran warns against US taking lead in Arab protests
AFP – AUG 31,11
A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows Khamenei delivering a speech at Tehran University in the Iranian capital. Khamenei on Wednesday warned against the United States taking control of the uprisings that have swept the Arab world, state television reportedA handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah …
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned against the United States taking control of the uprisings that have swept the Arab world, state television reported.The events currently taking place in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and elsewhere are key (events) for Muslim people, the television's website quoted Khamenei as saying.If the Muslim nations stand against those who interfere in their internal affairs, these nations will experience progress, he told a group of officials and people.But if the world of oppression and world Zionism -- including the oppressive regime of the United States -- take control (of the movements), the Muslim world will experience major problems for decades,Khamenei said.Tehran has supported the protests in all Arab countries except Syria, its main Arab ally. It has has repeatedly criticised interference by the United States and the West, particularly in Libya but also in Bahrain.
Libyan rebels: Gadhafi son offers to surrender
AP By BEN HUBBARD - Associated Press | AP – AUG 31,11
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's son al-Saadi is trying to negotiate the terms of his own surrender, the rebel commander in Tripoli told The Associated Press on Wednesday in what would be a major blow to the Libyan leader's crumbling regime.
The commander, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, said al-Saadi first called him Tuesday and asked whether his safety could be guaranteed. We told him Don't fear for your life. We will guarantee your rights as a human being, and will deal with you humanely, said Belhaj, confirming a report on Al-Jazeera television. Belhaj added that al-Saadi would be turned over to Libyan legal authorities after his surrender.If the offer is confirmed — the rebels have previously claimed to have captured Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, who later turned up free — the surrender would give the rebels a significant boost as they try to consolidate their hold over the country with the longtime dictator and several sons and aides still at large.Opposition fighters have been pressing toward Gadhafi's key remaining stronghold, his hometown of Sirte, and loyalists now only control a handful of areas, including Bani Walid to the west.
Belhaj said Al-Saadi told him he had not killed anyone, and that he was not against the people.I told him This is good. What is important for us is not to shed Libyan blood. For the members of the regime to surrender is the best way to do this, said Belhaj.The commander said al-Saadi had called back Wednesday morning, but that he had missed the call. He said he knows al-Saadi's whereabouts, but prefers to negotiate a surrender. He gave no further details.Belhaj's comments came hours after Gadhafi's chief spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, called the AP headquarters in New York, reiterating the senior Gadhafi's offer to send al-Saadi to negotiate with the rebels and form a transitional government. The rebels have previously rejected such offers.
Ibrahim also rejected a rebel ultimatum for loyalists in Sirte to surrender by Saturday or face an attack.No dignified honorable nation would accept an ultimatum from armed gangs,he said.There has been speculation that Gadhafi is seeking refuge in Sirte or one of the other remaining regime strongholds, among them Bani Walid or the southern town of Sabha. Top rebel officials say they have a good idea where Gadhafi is hiding, but haven't given any details.Belhaj said the rebels have set up an operations room to collect any information about the elder Gadhafi's whereabouts, gathering tips from rebels and captured regime fighters.He said most of the information indicated Gadhafi was somewhere outside Tripoli, but he refused to give any further details, saying the search for the former dictator was of utmost importance.Gadhafi's wife, Safiya, sons Mohammed and Hannibal and daughter Aisha fled to Algeria on Monday. Rebel authorities have called on Algeria to send them back, saying they want Gadhafi and his family to be tried in Libya.
But international human rights activists are urging the rebels to turn the dictator over to the International Criminal Court for trial. Leading the calls is the court's Argentine prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who has charged Gadhafi and his son Seif al-Islam and the regime's intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Sanoussi, with unleashing a campaign of murder and torture since February to try to crush anti-government protests.Human Rights Watch also urged diplomats meeting Libyan rebels in Paris on Thursday to push for Gadhafi's surrender to The Hague-based international court if he is captured.In Tripoli, meanwhile, Libyans wept over the graves of those killed in their six-month war against Gadhafi, then celebrated their newfound freedom with morning prayers and joyous chants in the main square — bittersweet rituals marking the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.Men in their holiday finest — white robes and gold-striped vests — knelt in neat prayer rows in Martyrs' Square, the plaza formerly known as Green Square, where Gadhafi supporters massed nightly during the uprising.The prayer leader urged the crowd not to seek retribution against Gadhafi loyalists. No to revenge, yes to the law that rules between us and those who killed our brothers,he said.Let there be forgiveness and mercy among us.Women in black robes ululated, rebel fighters fired guns in the air and people burst into spontaneous chants of Hold your head high, Libya is free! In one corner, five rebel fighters formed a reception line, like at a wedding, and civilians walked up to them, shaking their hands in gratitude. In another area of the square, people crowded around a thick metal pole decorated with political cartoons, one depicting Gadhafi as a pig and another as a monster on a psychiatrist's couch. Thursday will be the 42nd anniversary of the coup that brought Gadhafi to power.At Tripoli's Bin-Shir cemetery, dozens of concrete graves had been poured for those killed in the uprising against Gadhafi, particularly the bloody week of battles for control of Tripoli that began Aug. 20.Many of the cement grave covers were unmarked, while a few had names scribbled on them. One of those buried, Mustafa Usta, was killed by sniper fire in his neighborhood of Souk al-Jumma last week, said his brother, Adnan, 61.Adnan Usta, a civil servant in the Libyan foreign ministry, said he only learned of his brother's death five days after he was shot, and his brother was buried before the family was informed. Despite his pain, Usta said he was looking toward the future.We are free now,he said.Associated Press writers Hadeel al-Shalchi and Karin Laub in Tripoli contributed reporting.
Bush on 10th Anniversary of 9/11: I Was a Wartime President-Former President Bush in a special interview about the September 11 attacks: I realized on September 11 I was a wartime president.by Elad Benari First Publish: 9/1/2011, 3:57 AM
In just a few days, Americans will mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.Then-president George W. Bush recently gave an interview to a National Geographic TV documentary of the September 11 events. During the interview Bush recalls that fateful day, his feelings when learning about America being attacked, and the subsequent decisions he made.I started my morning off with a morning run, Bush recalls in the interview.I got back and got my security briefing and I remember clearly how normal it seemed. There was nothing out of the ordinary.Bush, who was in a Florida classroom when he received word of the attacks, says, My first reaction was anger.We didn’t know if there were other planes that had been hijacked,he adds. So the first decision I made, on Air Force One, was to give our Air Force orders to shoot down commercial aircraft that did not respond. I was informed that a fourth plane, Flight 93, went down in a field in rural Pennsylvania and for a moment I thought that plane might have gone down because of the order I had given.Bush also admits in the interview that I didn’t have a strategy. I was living day-by-day. I realized on September 11 I was a wartime president. On September 12, I acted in my duties as a wartime president.
In the interview Bush also recalls the telephone call he received almost four months ago from his successor in the White House, Barack Obama, who told him that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks, had been killed by U.S. forces.I was in a restaurant in Dallas, eating dinner with Laura, Bush says. The Secret Service told me I had a phone call from the White House coming in. President Obama called me and told me that Osama bin Laden had been killed.I was grateful,Bush recalls. I didn’t feel a great sense of happiness or jubilation. I felt a sense of closure and I felt a sense of gratitude that justice had been done.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
http://israndjer.blogspot.com/2005/11/questions-ww3-whats-coming.html (WW3 COMPLETE HAPPENINGS)
AMOS 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
China, Vietnam plan defence hotline: report
AFP – AUG 31,11
China and Vietnam plan to set up a defence hotline as part of closer military links, official media reported on Wednesday, in the latest effort to publicly ease tensions after a maritime dispute.The two sides agreed to promote bilateral defence cooperation at their second annual security dialogue held in Beijing, the English-language Vietnam News reported after the weekend talks.The newspaper said China and Vietnam would expand ties to new fields, among them the exchange of military delegations, including military students, as well as establishing the hotline between their defence ministries.It did not elaborate on whether the line would be for the ministers themselves.A few years ago, the communist party secretary-generals of Vietnam and China also established a hotline.And in 2009, the foreign ministries signed an agreement to create a similar link between the neighbours' leaders, although its status is unclear.In the latest talks, involving Vietnam's deputy defence minister and China's deputy chief of general staff, Beijing said it would share experiences in United Nations peacekeeping, Vietnam News reported.Hanoi has not yet contributed to UN missions but has expressed interest to do so.The neighbours have a long-standing dispute over sovereignty of the potentially oil-rich Paracel and Spratly island groups, which straddle vital commercial shipping lanes in the South China Sea.
Relations sank to their lowest point in years in May and June when Vietnam said Chinese vessels twice interfered with its oil survey ships inside the country's exclusive economic zone.Both countries then staged naval drills, and Vietnamese citizens took to the streets in a series of unprecedented demonstrations objecting to the Chinese invasion, although recently Hanoi ordered an end to the rallies.
Vietnamese bitterly recall 1,000 years of Chinese occupation and routinely express dislike of China.
China says aircraft carrier attained objectives
AFP – AUG 31,11
China's first aircraft carrier attained the anticipated objectives during its maiden sea trial earlier this month, the country's defence ministry said Wednesday, state media reported.The carrier was back at its shipyard where refurbishment and testing would be carried out, Xinhua cited a ministry spokesman as saying.But no further information was given on the objectives, the agency added.The 300-metre (990-foot) ship docked in the northeastern port of Dalian earlier this month after five days of trials that sparked international concern about the country's widening naval reach.
The carrier tests came amid heightened tensions over a number of maritime territorial disputes involving China, notably in the South China Sea, which is believed to be rich in oil and gas and is claimed at least in part by several countries.Xinhua said spokesman Yang Yujun told a news briefing that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's inshore defense strategy and the defensive nature of the country's national defence policy will not change despite the country's development of advanced weaponry.The PLA -- the world's largest active military -- is extremely secretive about its defence programmes, which benefit from a huge and expanding military budget boosted by the nation's runaway economic growth.Earlier this year, China announced military spending would rise 12.7 percent to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion) in 2011.In January it revealed it was developing its first stealth fighter jet. It is also working on an anti-ballistic missile capable of piercing the defences of even the most sturdy US naval ships.Japan recently expressed concern about what it called the opaqueness of China's military budget, and the US State Department has called on the country to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier.
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.
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East
Reuters By Brendan McDermid and Scott Malone – Wed Aug 31, 5:38 pm ET
PATERSON, N.J./BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (Reuters) – Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still under water on Wednesday as relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies.The storm battered the East Coast with up to 15 inches of rain on Saturday and Sunday, setting river level records in 10 states, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Wide swathes of New Jersey, upstate New York and Vermont experienced the worst flooding in decades, and while many disaster areas began to see waters recede other rivers had not yet crested, the USGS said.Some 1.7 million homes and business were still without power after as many as 6.7 million had lost electricity.With damage in the billions of dollars -- Standard & Poor's estimated the national total at $20 billion, though others have put the number at half that -- homeowners were also battling insurance companies that exclude flood damage coverage.Adding to the anxiety, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it had to put long-term projects on hold and focus on rushing immediate relief to battered states because it had only $800 million left in its disaster relief fund.The White House said President Barack Obama on Sunday planned to visit the hard-hit New Jersey city of Paterson, one of many places where residents and businesses suffered personal and economic catastrophe.
In Little Falls, New Jersey, Sean Mathews could only wait for floodwaters to recede along Williams Street, where he owns a two-story home that was swamped in four to five feet of water.I figure I've got about $20,000 in damage, Mathews said, adding that floods typically leave dead rats, snakes and garbage strewn through the house. I can deal with snakes. But the sewage smell -- the smell.Mathews, who installs sheet metal for a living, said moving would be nearly impossible after four major floods in five years wrecked property values.We think about moving all the time, but how are you going to sell the house? he said.Street after street in Little Falls was flooded, and many were nearly abandoned. Police hung signs saying No scavenging.New York state alone suffered $1 billion in damage with 600 homes destroyed, six towns inundated and 150 major highways and 140,000 acres of farmland damaged, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.Sometimes the bottom line is the bottom line. We need help on the economics,Cuomo said.Disaster relief has reignited Washington's budget battles, with some Republicans saying additional spending to help these communities should be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget.New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican who gained national prominence for cutting budgets, broke with elements of the small-government wing of his party by calling for immediate aid.We don't have time to wait for folks in Congress to figure out how they want to offset this stuff with other budget cuts. Our people are suffering now and they need support now. ... That's not a Republican or Democratic issue,Christie told a news conference in Lincoln Park.
FLOATING REFRIGERATORS
In Paterson, where hundreds of people had to be rescued from the raging floodwaters by boat or truck, the Passaic River reached its highest level since 1903, officials said.Once an industrial powerhouse, Paterson has since declined in wealth relative to neighboring towns. Many of its factories were powered by the Great Falls of the Passaic River, the second largest waterfall by volume on the East Coast.From a helicopter overhead, mist could be seen rising at least 200 feet above the waterfall, making it resemble Niagara Falls.An entire neighborhood upriver was covered by water, drowning at least two schools, three gas stations and much of the city's industrial area, whose chemicals left a visible sheen on the river. Down the debris-strewn river, two bridges were submerged.Passaic floodwaters were receding on Wednesday, said James Furtak, acting emergency management director of Bergen County. He said towns such as Wallington, population 11,000, were starting to recover, thanks in part to volunteer firefighters who left their own families to help others.
You had couches floating, refrigerators floating, Furtak said.It flooded streets that never got flooded before. Some people lost everything. Their lives.In Vermont, relief teams worked around the clock to repair washed out roads, drop off emergency supplies to stranded residents and restore electricity.Vermont had four of its National Guard helicopters in the air and borrowed two from Illinois to send in drinking water, food, medical supplies and diapers, officials said.In Brattleboro, where the Connecticut River and Whetstone Brook burst their banks, the Whetstone Arts Center was sagging over the brook after a portion of its first floor was undermined by the flood.The hardest thing is the mud, that takes a long time to clean up, said Alan Washburn, who had a crew of four people working to clean out his fire sprinkler business.Despite losing an estimated $20,000 worth of power tools and materials, Washburn was relieved his business did not take more damage.It's amazing, the destruction in some of these places.(Additional reporting by Paul Thomasch in Little Falls, Grant McCool in Millburn, Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston, Dave Warner in Philadelphia, Jon Oatis and Selam Gebrekidan in New York and Tabassum Zakaria in Washington; Writing by Daniel Trotta, Editing by Jackie Frank)
Katia almost a hurricane; storm fears in Gulf
Reuters AUG 31,11 10PM
MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Katia was expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the Atlantic on Wednesday, while another mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of Mexico.Katia had sustained winds of 70 miles per hour and would become the second hurricane of the June-through-November Atlantic hurricane season if winds reach 74 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.The Miami-based center said Katia was forecast to become a major hurricane with winds over 111 mph on Sunday, but it was still too early to tell whether it would threaten land.At 5 p.m. (2100 GMT), Katia was about 1,285 miles east of the Caribbean's Leeward Islands. It was moving rapidly west-northwest and was forecast to turn northwest in a couple of days on a course that would keep it away from the Caribbean islands.Hurricane Irene rampaged up the U.S. East Coast over the weekend and authorities on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard are keeping an eye on Katia to see which path it takes.Long-range computer models, which can be off by hundreds of miles, show Katia nearing the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda in about a week. Several models turned it north, away from the U.S. East Coast.
The Atlantic hurricane season typically brings 11 or 12 named storms. Katia is already the 11th, and with half of the season still ahead, it is shaping up to be the unusually busy year that was predicted.Energy companies with oil and natural gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico were keeping watch on a mass of thunderstorms over the northwest Caribbean Sea and eastern Gulf.In an advisory issued later on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said the disturbed weather system had a high chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next two days.BP on Wednesday became the first major oil producer to say it was already evacuating some workers from offshore platforms in the Gulf because of the weather system, which would be dubbed Lee if it becomes a named storm.Anadarko Petroleum Corp said later it was also evacuating non-essential workers from some Gulf platforms and Royal Dutch Shell said it was preparing for some evacuations as well.Interests along the entire northern Gulf of Mexico coast should monitor the progress of this disturbance,the hurricane center said.(Reporting by Jane Sutton and by Kristin Hays and Edwin Seba in Houston; Editing by Tom Brown and Peter Cooney)
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
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.
Wildfires again rage through Texas and Oklahoma
Reuters By Marice Richter | Reuters – AUG 31,11
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/wildfire-roars-dry-trees-near-possum-kingdom-lake-photo-000127846.html
DALLAS (Reuters) - Wildfires raged through Texas and Oklahoma again on Wednesday, threatening homes and buildings and charring thousands of acres of parched, dry land.
The Texas Forest Service has declared this to be the worst fire season in the state's history. Forest service officials, along with firefighters in communities across the state have responded to 20,155 fires that have burned a record 3.5 million acres since last November 15.Six of the 10 largest wildfires recorded in Texas occurred in April and 20 of the 40 largest were recorded this year, according to the forest service. Fires this year have destroyed 3,000 structures, including 679 homes.The danger is not over as new fires continued to break out due to hot, dry weather and extreme drought that persists throughout most of the state.In North Texas, firefighters were still trying to control a massive fire that erupted in a lakefront community west of Fort Worth on Tuesday.Central Oklahoma remained under a red flag fire warning on Wednesday, the day after a wildfire destroyed 33 homes in northeast Oklahoma City.Evacuations at Possum Kingdom Lake, about 75 miles west of Fort Worth, resumed Wednesday afternoon when the wind picked up and fanned the flames that firefighters had some success in containing overnight.As soon as the wind picked up, the fires started spreading quickly again, said John Nichols, a spokesman for the Texas Forest Service.The fire destroyed at least 39 homes and buildings and burned more than 6,200 acres by Wednesday evening. Property owners in several neighborhoods around the lake were evacuated by boat to a hotel on another area on Tuesday because roads were cutoff by the flames.
But as the fire again quickly spread on Wednesday, those evacuees were again forced to flee, along with others from neighborhoods that were unaffected on Tuesday.
Fortunately we were able to move our car yesterday before it got too bad, said resident Laura Kirklen. We heard a local church was sending a bus for some of those who had no other way out.Firefighters were battling the fast-moving fire from the ground and air. Heavy air tankers, single-engine aircraft and helicopters were dumping water on the fires. Possum Kingdom Lake was the sight of the state's fifth largest recorded wildfire in April, when more than 160 homes were destroyed and over 126,000 acres were burned during two weeks.This is very unusual to have been hit twice like this in one year, said Steve Anderson, owner of a real estate company at Possum Kingdom, which is keeping residents up-to-date on the fire through social media. We've had some small grass fires in the past few years, but nothing major.
Weather conditions were also to blame for 17 smaller fires that started in other parts of the state on Wednesday, including a fire near Lake Bridgeport, about 50 miles northwest of Fort Worth, which burned about 100 acres.The ground is so dry because of the drought that one welding spark or a cigarette tossed could easily ignite a fire, said Jesse Moore, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. The high temperatures, low humidity and wind gusts quickly cause fire to spread.Similar weather conditions, with highs approaching 105, are again forecast for Thursday, he said.In Oklahoma, the fire, fueled by dry vegetation and fanned by southerly winds, burned a 12-square-mile area and also destroyed a church, 21 barns and other outbuildings and 45 vehicles.The fire smoldered most of the day Wednesday but flared up again in the late afternoon, just as another fire broke out on the southeast side of the city near Tinker Air Force Base. The fire near the base forced a portion of Interstate 40 to be closed to traffic due to smoke.Other fires broke out around the state, including one near Lawton that forced the closure of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike due to heavy smoke, while other wildfires burned hundreds of acres near Tecumseh, Crowder and Seminole, the Oklahoma Forestry Services said Wednesday.
Oklahoma has been under a state of emergency since July 20 because of the extreme drought conditions and high fire danger.Some radio stations have begun broadcasting a public service announcement taped by Governor Mary Fallin that reminded Oklahomans that discarded cigarettes and parking on dried grass often spark wildfires.
(Additional reporting by Steve Olafson in Oklahoma City; Editing by Greg McCune)
Stop Honor Killing of Innocent Women and Girls Around the World Human Rights, Petitions — By Jenn Bale on May 21, 2011 1:43 pm
Target: U.S. Congress, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (The Honorable Navanethem Pillay), American Islamic Congress Executive Director (Ms. Zainab Al-Suwaij), Chairman, American Islamic Forum for Democracy (M. Zuhdi Jasser)
Goal: Stop the killing of innocent women and girls around the world.
Honor killing, or the murder of an individual by a family member because she was believed to have brought “shame” to the family, takes place most often in Muslim communities, though it can also occur in Hindu and some other non-Muslim areas. The victim is most often female and the murderer is most often a father, brother, uncle, or other male relative. However, female family members often take part in the decision to murder the victim and sometimes even participate in the killing as well. Some of the reasons a girl or woman may be killed can include wearing clothing that may be considered too revealing, being in a romantic relationship with someone of a different religious or cultural background, or even being the victim of a rape. She may be murdered in a gruesome and horrific way, such as by decapitation, being burned alive, or being stoned to death.Though it is thought to mostly occur in third world countries, sadly it also takes place right here in the United States, as well as Europe. One such case included that of two Texas teenage girls, Amina and Sarah Said, who were shot to death by their father, Yassir Said, in a taxi cab on New Year’s Day of 2008 because they were dating non-Muslim boys.Said also had a history of emotionally, physically, and sexually abusing the girls.Something needs to be done immediately to stop so many more innocent girls and women from being killed, even though they have not committed any crime. Some actions that should be imposed include convicting more people who take part in honor killings, giving the perpetrators longer jail sentences, and conducting education programs in areas where there are high occurrences of honor killings to show that this crime is completely unacceptable.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Sir or Madame,
Honor killing, or the practice of killing a family member because she was believed to have brought shame to the family, takes place most often in Muslim communities and in both in third-world and developed countries, such as North America and Europe. Most often the victim is a girl or young woman who had not committed any actual crime.The victim may be tortured and killed in a horrific manner, such as by decapitation, being burned alive, and being stoned to death. The only acts she may have done to deserve such a terrible death may have been wearing clothing that was considered too revealing, dating someone outside of the family’s religion or culture, and even being the victim of a rape.These terrible and senseless killings against girls and women should not still be taking place today. In order to attempt to combat this severe problem, more people around the world need to be convicted of honor killings and be given longer jail sentences. In addition, education programs need to be conducted around the world that teach that honor killings are wrong and unacceptable no matter what religion one participates in or area the individual lives in.
http://forcechange.com/2870/stop-honor-killing-of-innocent-women-and-girls-around-the-world/
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