Monday, February 24, 2014

GERMANY WILL STICK WITH ISRAEL EVEN THOUGHT THEY DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

02/24/2014 VATICAN INSIDER

Pope revolutionises Vatican finances, creating secretariat for the economy

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Pope sets up a Secretariat with authority over all economic and administrative activities in the Vatican City State and the Holy See, headed by Cardinal Pell; creates an supervisory council for this body and establishes the post of Auditor General

gerard o'connell rome Pope Francis, in a revolutionary structural reform, has established a new Secretariat for the Economy which will have authority over all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See and the Vatican City State. He has appointed the Australian Cardinal, George Pell, one of his eight cardinal advisors, as prefect of this new structure, and has asked him to start work as soon as possible, the Vatican said in statement breaking the news on February 24. Elected on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has moved with determination and speed, as a matter of priority, to bring all its financial operations under control, and ensure the maximum transparency, rationalization and savings in this whole area which has been plagued by revelations of corruption, mismanagement and such like over many years that have greatly damaged the Church’s image. It should be noted however that the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR, misnamed ‘the Vatican Bank’), is not mentioned in this papal decision which comes in the form of a Motu Proprio, that is a decree “on his own initiative”, that will be published in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican daily, this evening. The Pope’s decision regarding the IOR will come at a later date.

The Argentinean Pope has decided that Cardinal Pell, who up to now has served as archbishop of Sydney, will prepare the final statutes and other related matters with the assistance of any necessary advisors.  He will work with the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic- Administrative Structure of the Holy See (COSEA to complete the implementation of these changes approved by the Holy Father.The Vatican said the Pope’s decision came after the Council of 8 Cardinal advisors and the Committee of 15 Cardinals which oversee the financial affairs of the Holy See endorsed the recommendations of “the rigorous review” conducted by the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic- Administrative Structure of the Holy See (COSEA).It revealed that COSEA had “recommended changes to simplify and consolidate existing management structures and improve coordination and oversight across the Holy See and Vatican City State”.  It said COSEA also “recommended more formal commitment to adopting accounting standards and generally accepted financial management and reporting practices as well as enhanced internal controls, transparency and governance.”
The Vatican said the changes “will enable more formal involvement of senior and experienced experts in financial administration, planning and reporting” and also “will ensure better use of resources, improving the support available for various programs, particularly our works with the poor and marginalized.”It said changes decided by Pope Francis include “the Establishment of a new Secretariat for the Economy which will have authority over all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See and the Vatican City State.”   It said this new Secretariat “will be responsible, among other things, for preparing an annual budget for the Holy See and Vatican City State as well as financial planning and various support functions such as human resources and procurement.” The Secretariat “will also be required to prepare detailed financial statements of the Holy See and Vatican State.”Furthermore, it said “the Secretariat for the Economy will implement policies determined by a new Council for the Economy - a 15 member Council comprised of 8 Cardinals or Bishops, reflecting various parts of the world and seven lay experts of different nationalities with strong professional financial experience.”  This new Council “will meet on a regular basis, to consider policies and practices and to prepare and analyze reports on the economic-administrative activities of the Holy See.” 
The new Secretariat for the Economy will be headed by a Cardinal Prefect, the Vatican said, and he will report to “the Council for the Economy.” He will be supported by a Secretary-General in the management of day to day activities. While the Pope has already appointed Cardinal Pell as Prefect, he has not yet announced the name of the Secretary General.In addition to all this, to ensure that there is utmost transparency and control over all the financial operations, the Vatican said the new arrangements include the appointment of an Auditor-General, “appointed by the Holy Father who will be empowered to conduct audits of any agency of the Holy See and Vatican City State at any time.”The Vatican said the changes decided upon by the Pope “will confirm the role of APSA as the Central bank of the Vatican with all the obligations and responsibilities of similar institutions around the world.”  Furthermore, “the Financial Information Authority (AIF) will continue to undertake its current and critical role of prudential supervision and regulation of activities within the Holy See and Vatican City State.”

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 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

GENESIS 25:20-26
20  And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21  And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22  And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23  And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25  And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26  And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)

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.

German FM calls on Israel to make tough decisions

Ahead of Angela Merkel’s visit to Jerusalem, Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Berlin to stand by Israel, even if they don’t see eye-to-eye

February 24, 2014, 2:04 am 2-The Times of Israel
JERUSALEM — A day before German chancellor Angela Merkel and nearly her entire Cabinet arrive in Israel, her foreign minister published an op-ed in an Israeli newspaper Sunday encouraging Israel to take the “difficult but necessary decisions” to allow US-led peace efforts to succeed.Germany is Israel’s closest European ally and the two governments hold a joint Cabinet session each year. But Israel has seen tensions rise of late with Europe, and also Germany, over its West Bank settlement policies.In her weekly video message, Merkel made clear over the weekend that she would be pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the peace talks.The European Union has been outspoken in its criticism of the settlements, saying Israeli construction of homes in occupied territories claimed by the Palestinians is undermining hopes for a negotiated peace settlement. Merkel’s government has echoed the sentiments.A small, but growing number of European businesses and investment funds also have cut ties with firms involved in West Bank settlements, and the EU’s ambassador to Israel has warned the Jewish state faces increased isolation and threats of economic boycotts if peace talks collapse.In his column, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that while Germany did not see eye-to-eye with Israel on all issues, it would stand by it.He praised Israel’s decision to enter negotiations with the Palestinians about the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“We support that vigorously and encourage Israel to make the difficult but necessary decisions,” he wrote.
“Israel sometimes feels isolated and misunderstood. The current debate about Europe’s policy toward Israel has once again brought those feelings into the foreground. But Israel does not stand alone,” he added.
Asked about the threat of boycotts and sanctions, German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli, who is of Palestinian descent, said: “There are no sanctions against Israel and Germany would be the first country to oppose them.”Netanyahu said the peace talks, as well as international efforts to quell Iran’s nuclear program, would figure prominently in his meetings with Merkel. Germany belongs to the group of nations that are currently negotiating with Iran.The German delegation accompanying Merkel will be the largest German one ever to Israel and comes a year before the countries will mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.In March 2008, Merkel and her Cabinet marked the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence. During that three-day visit, Merkel addressed the Israeli parliament in German, and expressed shame over the Holocaust. The 20-minute speech earned Merkel a standing ovation.Earlier this month though, lawmakers from a nationalist Israeli political party stormed out of parliament to object to comments by the visiting president of the European Parliament, who is German.Martin Schulz enraged the lawmakers when he asked whether claims he had heard from a young Palestinian about Israel’s control over water resources were true.Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, demanded an apology. “I will not accept untruthful patronizing of the people of Israel in our parliament, certainly not in German,” he said.
The figures cited by Schulz were indeed erroneous, but his general concern — that Israel consumes far more water than the Palestinians — was accurate, according to environmental groups.The annual joint Cabinet meetings highlight the strong bond between Israel and Germany seven decades after the Holocaust, when Nazi Germany killed 6 million Jews.The countries only established diplomatic relations in 1965, nearly two decades after the Holocaust. Germany has paid billions of dollars in reparations to Holocaust survivors, is a key trade partner and is now Israel’s closest ally in Europe.

Jordan won’t be Palestine, king says

Abdullah II warns domestic opponents that calling for the Hashemite Kingdom to be the Palestinian state is ‘sedition’

February 24, 2014, 4:03 pm 4-The Times Of Israel
Jordan’s King Abdullah II lashed out on Sunday against domestic opponents arguing for Jordan to become the “alternative homeland” for the Palestinians.“Jordan is Jordan and Palestine is Palestine, and nothing else, not in the past or the future,” Abdullah reportedly said, according to the official Jordanian news agency Petra.Abdullah made the comments in a meeting with senior government officials, including Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, Senate President Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh, House of Representatives Speaker Atef Tarawneh, senior members of the judiciary and others.“We know how this issue has been surfacing [for the past] 15 years, or even more,” Abdullah said, and called talk of turning Jordan into a Palestinian state “sedition.”“There are more important issues to focus on, especially with regards to political and economic reform,” Abdullah insisted, and issued a warning to those advocating a change in the identity of the state: “We know this group, and if this issue is repeated next year, we will declare who they are by name.”The idea that Jordan might become the Palestinian nation-state has been advanced by some right-wing Israeli groups eager to find an alternative to the West Bank for a future Palestinian homeland. But Abdullah was speaking on Sunday to domestic critics whose talk of a possible Palestinian future for Jordan is intended as a critique of the monarchy.Approximately half of Jordan’s population is Palestinian in origin.Abdullah also told the assembled officials that the US was closely consulting with Jordan in the ongoing US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, especially on the issues of “Jerusalem, the refugees, borders, water and security.”Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and was the second Arab state, after Egypt, to make peace with Israel. In a mid-February meeting between Abdullah and US President Barack Obama, the American administration pledged $1 billion in loan guarantees for Jordan to help offset an estimated $900 million in expenses related to the influx of refugees to the country from the Syrian civil war to the north.

Ahead of Merkel visit, PM talks peace on German TV

In interview with ZDF, Netanyahu lauds US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to engage both sides in negotiations

February 24, 2014, 12:02 pm 3-The Times of Israel
In advance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s landmark visit to Israel Monday along with her entire cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in an interview with ZDF (Second German Television) his support for US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.Israel wants peace, security, stability and prosperity, Netanyahu said, and added he is up to the challenge. “If President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority is equally willing to pursue these goals, then I think Secretary Kerry’s initiative has a chance.”Netanyahu said that he was willing to recognize a Palestinian state but did not understand why the Palestinians were not prepared to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in return, Channel 10 reported.Netanyahu also emphasized that sitting down to talk was the only way to reach peace.Merkel and her cabinet were due to arrive in Israel Monday night for a high-profile visit that will include the largest bilateral government consultations in Israel’s history. However, the trip, which officially kicks off the preparations for next year’s celebration of 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, is being overshadowed by reports of the worst crisis in diplomatic ties since Merkel took office nearly 10 years ago.Diplomatic relations have actually reached a “nadir,” according a report in Der Spiegel, Germany’s most important weekly news magazine.Although Germany is part of the P5+1 group currently negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, points of contention mostly have to do with Jerusalem’s policies vis-à-vis the Palestinians.The relationship between Merkel and Netanyahu has been tense for years, partly because the Israeli prime minister allegedly leaked contents of a private conversation to the media but mainly because she doesn’t trust him. In the Federal Chancellery in Berlin there is a general distrust regarding Netanyahu’s commitment to a two-state solution.Merkel and her ministers will arrive at Ben-Gurion airport on Monday evening and immediately head to Jerusalem. At 8 p.m., the chancellor will attend a first private meeting with Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office, and later dine with him. At the same time, the German ministers will attend a dinner with their Israeli counterparts elsewhere in Jerusalem.
On Tuesday morning, the German guests and their Israeli hosts will attend a series of bilateral meetings. At 10:30 a.m., the joint cabinet session is scheduled to take place at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, where the German delegation is staying. Following the historic G2G meeting, the ministers will sign several bilateral agreements and hold a joint press conference.The G2G consultation will focus on the topic of “innovation,” the deputy spokeswoman of the German government said Wednesday.After lunch, the German ministers will return home, while the chancellor is set to proceed to meetings with opposition leader Isaac Herzog and President Shimon Peres. At the President’s Residence, Peres will present Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Israel’s highest civilian honor, and deliver statements to the press.About 24 hours after she arrives, the German chancellor will head back to Berlin.

Ukraine synagogue hit by firebombs

No injuries but extensive damage after vandals hurl Molotov cocktails at prayer hall in Zaporizhia, southeast of Kiev

February 24, 2014, 4:27 pm 3-the times of israel
A synagogue in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage from firebombs hurled at it by unidentified individuals.The firebombs hit the Giymat Rosa Synagogue in Zaporizhia, located 250 miles southeast of Kiev, on the night of February 23, according to a report Monday on the news site timenews.in.ua.The website published photos that showed the traces of a fire on the facade of the balcony of the synagogue, which opened its doors in 2012.A spokesperson for the Zhovtneviy District where the synagogue is located said no one was hurt in the attack and that police were searching for suspects. Officers found the neck of a glass bottle which was used as a Molotov cocktail, according to the Central Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Several Ukrainian media reported erroneously that the attack happened in Kiev.The Ukrainian capital and other cities have seen the eruption of a wave of violent demonstrations that culminated this weekend with the apparent ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.The country’s new acting government has issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of the murder of about 100 protesters who died in street clashes last week.The unrest began in November over Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a deal which would have tightened Ukraine’s ties with the European Union – a move which many saw as jeopardizing the country’s complicated relationship with Russia.Several Jewish communities in Kiev have beefed up their security arrangements during the unrest. Other communities put their activities on hold out of safety concerns.Ukraine has a Jewish population of 360,000 – 400,000 people, with roughly a quarter of all the country’s Jews residin

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)

IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)

ISAIAH 34:10
10  It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29  And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30  The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32  And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)

COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AMERICA)

REVELATION 18:3-6,19-21
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,(U.S.A) and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,(U.S.A) and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,(AMERICA) my people,(CHRISTIANS,JEWS) that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her (AMERICA-NEW YORK) even as she rewarded you,(WITH FALSE FLAG TERRORISM) and double unto her double according to her works:(DOUBLE-EMP 1ST,THEN RUSSIA NUKE ATTACKS U.S.A) in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.(PROBABLY A RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK WILL SET THE WHOLE SITUATION UP AS RUSSIA HACKS THE USA ARMY COMPUTERS.THEN THE EMP,THEN THE NUKE ATTACK)
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.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

US warns Moscow of military move in Ukraine

Obama adviser Susan Rice says Washington seeking political solution to keep country from splitting

February 23, 2014, 11:12 pm 4-The Times of Israel
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said Sunday it would be a “grave mistake” for Russia to intervene militarily in Ukraine.Susan Rice said on NBC television’s “Meet the Press” that in Obama’s phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday the two agreed that a political settlement in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, should ensure the unity of the country and the right of Ukrainians to express their free will. She was asked whether the White House fears Putin will send Russian troops into Ukraine.“That would be a grave mistake,” she said. “It’s not in the interest of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or the United States to see the country split.”Protesters occupied a main square in downtown Kiev late last year after President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned an agreement that would have strengthened his country’s ties with the European Union in favor of seeking closer cooperation with Moscow.
Rice said that in the weeks ahead, Washington will cooperate with Europe and international organizations to help the Ukrainian economy, which she described as fragile.Speaking on a separate Sunday show, Republican Sen. John McCain, a frequent critic of Obama’s foreign policy, echoed some of the same themes as Rice on seeking to help Ukraine.He said the United States needs to be clear with Putin that Ukrainians must be allowed to determine their own future and that partitioning the nation would be unacceptable.
“They want to be Western,” McCain said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” ”That’s what this whole hundreds of thousands in the square was all about. They don’t want to be Eastern.”McCain said he has spoken with an array of Ukrainians in the opposition movement in recent days. They are overjoyed, McCain said, but they are also worried about the economy.“Their economic situation is so dire that literally the economy is on the verge of collapse and they’re going to need help immediately,” McCain said.The White House has urged Ukraine to move swiftly to form a unity government and help restore order after a spate of deadly violence.
Months of protests turned violent last week, with scores killed in clashes between demonstrators and police.
Under a European-mediated plan, protest leaders and Yanukovych agreed Friday to form a new government and hold early elections. Parliament slashed the president’s powers and voted to release his chief rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, from prison.By Saturday, protesters had taken over the capital of Kiev and seized the president’s office as parliament voted to remove him and hold new elections. A top opposition figure assumed presidential powers on Sunday. Yanukovych called it a coup and insisted he would not step down, but his whereabouts and grip on power are unclear after he left Kiev for his support base in largely Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.In urging calm, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Saturday that the US urged the prompt formation of a broad, technocratic government of national unity.
“We have consistently advocated a de-escalation of violence, constitutional change, a coalition government, and early elections, and today’s developments could move us closer to that goal,” Carney said in a statement. “The unshakeable principle guiding events must be that the people of Ukraine determine their own future.”The US also welcomed Tymoshenko’s release from a prison hospital.“We continue to urge an end to violence by all sides and a focus on peaceful, democratic dialogue, working pursuant to Ukraine’s constitution and through its institutions of government,” Carney said, adding that the US will continue to work with its allies, Russia, and European and international organizations “to support a strong, prosperous, unified, and democratic Ukraine.”Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed on the need to resolve the situation without violence when they spoke by phone Saturday afternoon, the State Department said in a statement.Kerry “expressed the importance of encouraging Ukraine to move forward on a path towards constitutional change, de-escalation, the creation of a coalition government, early elections and rejection of violence,” the State Department said in describing the call.

Volunteers brave ‘war zone’ to aid elderly Jews in Kiev

Old and infirm in area of Independence Square, heart of Ukraine uprising, receive visits and care packages to the sound of sniper fire

February 24, 2014, 1:26 am 0-The times of Israel
Although the capital of Ukraine is appreciably quieter than when the armed fighting escalated Thursday, violence has not fully subsided, making the provision of medical and food aid to the Jewish elderly of Kiev a far from simple affair.“Central Kiev looks like a war zone — you see the actual fighting,” the Joint Distribution Committee’s Ofer Glanz told The Times of Israel from Kiev Sunday night.Glanz, an Israeli who is the JDC’s former Soviet Union director, has shuttled between Tel Aviv and Kiev in the past week of violence and overthrow in Ukraine to supervise the smooth execution of the JDC’s mitigation plan. An emergency network of volunteers and professionals ensure the supply of food and medical care to the 80,000 or so elderly and infirm Jews the JDC serves in the country.Protests calling for the downfall of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych took a violent turn Tuesday, and Thursday’s bloody battles left dozens dead and hundreds wounded. On Saturday, Yanukovych fled the capital, and jailed opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was freed after nearly three years behind bars.Ukraine is deeply divided between eastern regions that are largely pro-Russian and western areas that seek closer ties with the European Union. Yanukovych’s shelving of an agreement with the EU in November set off the wave of protests, but demonstrators quickly expanded their grievances to corruption, human rights abuses and calls for Yanukovych’s resignation.By Saturday, protesters had taken over the capital of Kiev and seized the president’s office as parliament voted to remove him and hold new presidential elections on May 25.
The parliament, in a special session Sunday, voted overwhelmingly to temporarily hand the president’s powers to speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, a top ally of Tymoshenko.Glanz said the JDC’s mitigation plan was formed months ago when the protests began, based on similar experiences in the former Soviet Union and elsewhere. “About two months ago we had some assumptions that one of the possible scenarios is that the situation would deteriorate,” said Glanz.The JDC, said Glanz, works in Ukraine supporting the local Jewish population, which it estimates at 300,000 based on Jewish community data. (Other estimates place the Jewish population at roughly 67,000.) It operates through a network of some 30 charity operations, largely under Hesed Kiev, supporting elderly Jews at various requirement levels through home care, material support, food, and social clubs.“Many are living in an area where there is violence and cannot leave home,” said Glanz. These are pensioners, often poor, some of whom are living alone in the heart of the war zone near Independence Square.“It is not a nice situation: These elderly people are living alone and hear Molotov cocktails, crossfire and snipers,” said Glanz.Although evacuation was offered to those living in the most dangerous areas — and some did leave — some of those who remained and are most in need have someone staying with them, said Glanz.“I have seen people here — we consider them real heroes — supplying food to elderly clients in areas with snipers and Molotov cocktails. It is real avodat kodesh (holy work),” said Glanz.One of Kiev’s four chief rabbis called for Jews to evacuate the city on Friday. ”I told my congregation to leave the city center or the city altogether and if possible the country too… There are constant warnings about intentions to attack Jewish institutions,” Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman told Maariv.
When asked if he has witnessed a mass flight from within the Jewish community, Glanz said, “This is not a Jewish issue, not an anti-Semitic issue.”On Sunday, as Glanz walked in war-torn areas of Kiev, there were “no anti-Jewish slogans, at least in the streets and in the epicenter of the demonstration, and I didn’t witness any anti-Jewish issues being brought up by anyone.”Azman concurs that the violence has lessened and told Maariv, “Things could be a lot worse” in Ukraine. Azman, a messianic Chabadnik, said women and children should not be out on the streets, but “there is no need to run away from Ukraine.”‘It is a miracle of the month of Adar that the whole struggle is behind us’“It is a miracle of the month of Adar [the Hebrew month in which the biblical Queen Esther and the Jews of Persia were saved from genocide] that the whole struggle is behind us,” said Azman.According to Israel National News, however, there is some danger to Jews. The online news magazine cites a “Russian-language source” Saturday saying that the police are openly threatening the Jewish community there.In a separate article, Israel National News quoted Hatzalah Ukraine chairman Rabbi Hillel Cohen saying, “Now that Yanukovych is gone it appears to be over, but actually it is during transition times like these that the danger increases.”Cohen said the crisis was abating, but “until order is restored, we are recommending that everyone act with great caution.”As a means to enhance security at Jewish institutions in Ukraine, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced Saturday it will provide immediate emergency assistance from its Emergency Assistance Fund for Jewish Communities, a fund created following the March 2012 terror attack in Toulouse.“We have a moral responsibility to ensure the safety and security of Ukraine’s Jews… The Jewish Agency’s assistance aims to increase security at Jewish communal institutions in Ukraine,” said Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.There is speculation this fund will be soon be used if extremist party Svoboda gains traction in the upheaval. The neo-Nazi party, which has been on the forefront of the protest movement, has members who have been linked to the reburial and glorification of Nazis and many other anti-Semitic incidents in the past year.AP contributed to this report

EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
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,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) 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 ATOMIC 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.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)

JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37  For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)

EZEKIEL 35:3-6,11-15
3  And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir,(ARABS) I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
4  I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
5  Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred,(AGAINST ISRAEL) and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
6  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
11  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12  And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
13  Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14  Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.(ARAB,MUSLIMS)
15  As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir,(ARABS) and all Idumea,(ARAB,MUSLIMS) even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11  In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12  Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14  And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.

AMOS 1:5
5  I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

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)

Egypt’s Morsi accused of leaking secrets to Iran

Former president could face capital punishment for allegedly sending classified data to Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards

February 23, 2014, 9:00 pm 4-The Times of Israel
CAIRO — Prosecutors Sunday accused deposed president Mohammed Morsi of leaking state secrets to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as part of a plot to destabilize Egypt, at the second hearing of his trial for espionage.The trial, one of three that are under way against Morsi, is part of a relentless government crackdown targeting him and his Muslim Brotherhood movement since his ouster by the army in July.
Prosecutors accuse Morsi and 35 others, including leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, of conspiring with foreign powers, Palestinian militant movement Hamas and Shiite Iran to destabilize Egypt.On Sunday, the second hearing since the trial opened on February 16, they detailed the charges against Morsi and his co-defendants.They were specifically accused of “delivering to a foreign country… national defense secrets and providing the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with security reports in order to destabilize the security and stability of the country”.The statement read in court did not identify the “foreign country”.But prosecutors said Morsi and the defendants carried out espionage activities on behalf of the “international Muslim Brotherhood organisation and Hamas with an aim to perpetrate terror attacks in the country in order to spread chaos and topple the state” from 2005 to August 2013.The case’s chief prosecutor, Tamer el-Firgani, said Morsi, his aides and senior Brotherhood members had “handed over secrets to foreign countries, among them national defense secrets, and handed over a number of security reports to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in order to destabilize the country’s security and stability.”El-Firgani, divulging details of the charges, said national security reports meant for only Morsi to see were emailed to some of these foreign militant groups. One report, he said, was sent to the Iranians about the activities of Shiite Muslims in Egypt. Iran is mostly Shiite.Morsi started off his time in office with repeated tirades against Iran over its support to Syrian President Bashar Assad, but soon warmed up to the Islamic Republic, allowing its tourists to come to Egypt for the first time in decades and founding a four-nation contact group on the Syrian war that included Iran.
During Morsi’s one year presidency, ties also flourished between Cairo and Hamas, a Palestinian affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood which rules neighboring Gaza.But since July, Egypt’s military-installed government has accused Hamas of backing Morsi and his Brotherhood, and carrying out terrorist attacks inside the country.Morsi and his co-defendants were present at the hearing without their defense team, which had walked out of the previous hearing in protest over the fact that the defendants were being held in a glass sound-proof cage. Defense lawyers appointed by the bar association were present in their place.The cage was introduced after Morsi and his co-defendants interrupted the proceedings of other court cases by talking over the judge and chanting slogans. The cage is fitted to give the judge sole control over whether the defendants can be heard or not when speaking.But this did not stop defendants including Brotherhood supreme guide Mohammed Badie, his deputy Khairat el-Shater and other Islamist leaders from shouting and rejecting the accusations against them.“Void, void,” they shouted when the judge asked them if they accepted the charges, an AFP correspondent said.If found guilty, the defendants could face the death penalty.
Most of the defendants were also accused of moving armed groups in and out of Egypt in January 2011, in a bid to attack army and police installations and prisons to facilitate the escape of inmates.Also on Sunday the defendants were represented by a new team of 10 defense lawyers appointed by the lawyers’ union, to replace the original team that withdrew from the case.The trial was adjourned to February 27.Morsi is already on trial for the killing of protesters during his presidency and a jailbreak during the 2011 uprising that ousted his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, also faces trial for “insulting the judiciary”. A date for that has yet to be set.

Gantz: Iran ‘handing out torches to pyromaniacs’

IDF chief of staff says Islamic Republic is directly involved in fostering instability across all of Israel’s borders

February 23, 2014, 6:19 pm 3-The times of Israel
Iran and its surrogates are ceaselessly attempting to destabilize and compromise Israel’s borders, with the Islamic Republic directly involved in each and every one of the regional conflicts in countries surrounding the Jewish state, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said Sunday.During a visit to the Golan Heights, Gantz stated that Israel’s army was tirelessly working to ensure that its borders remain safe, but added that regional unrest was providing fertile ground for a highly explosive situation.Iran “is handing out torches to pyromaniacs,” the IDF chief of staff said. “[It is providing its surrogates with] ammunition, rockets, and is heavily involving itself in the fighting.”Gantz added that the relative quiet along Israel’s borders was misleading, and that hostile forces were constantly attempting to find and take advantage of Israeli security vulnerabilities.“Each and every one of our fronts is in a tense state right now,” he said. “Quiet, I would say, yet tense, everyday.”
Also Sunday, US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman and Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz held a nearly five-hour meeting in Jerusalem to discuss the technological, political and intelligence aspects of the Iranian nuclear program, as well as the interim agreement signed between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 world powers in Geneva last November and the ongoing talks on a permanent accord.During the Meeting, Steinitz reiterated Israel’s stance that any final agreement with Iran must ensure that the Tehran dismantles its capacity to develop nuclear weapons.On Saturday, Sherman stated that the US is committed to reaching a final deal with Iran by July. Sherman added that the US would never allow Tehran to produce nuclear arms.
The undersecretary said the US had begun “tough negotiations” that will continue through July, by which time she hopes the sides will reach a comprehensive agreement.The P5+1 and Iran are set to reconvene in Vienna on March 17, having met in the Austrian capital last week.The talks are designed to build on a first-step deal reached in November that commits Iran to initial nuclear curbs in return for some easing of sanctions.
The deal can be extended by mutual consent after six months.Times of Israel Staff and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

TORAH PORTION FROM FEB 23 - MAR 1,14

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

TORAH PORTION FROM FEB 23 - MAR 1,14
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2011/02/parshah-pekudei-exodus-3821-4038.html

ALL SOCHI RESULTS BY TEAM AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

CANADA AT THE OLYMPICS-ALLTIME
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_at_the_Winter_Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table

OLYMPIC GAMES SITE
http://www.olympic.org/olympic-games

OPENING CEREMONY SYMBOLISM I SPOTTED
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/02/gay-filth-to-infiltrate-russia-opening.html

CANADIAN MEDALS AT THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SOCHI
SATURDAY  FEB 7 TO SUNDAY  FEB 23,2014


CANADIAN MEDALS 2014-SOCHI RUSSIA
DAY 00 - FEB 07,14 OPENING CEREMONIES
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (GOLD) Justine Dufour-Lapointe (Ladies Moguls) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Alex Bilodeau (Mens Moguls Skiing) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Charles Hamelin (1,500M Speed Skating-Short track) (3)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Dara Howell (Womens Slopestyle Skiing) (4)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) K Humphries,H Moyse (Bobsleigh-Womens 2) (5)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Canada (Womens Curling) (6)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Canada (Womens Ice Hockey) (7)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Marielle Thompson (Womens Freestyle Ski Cross) (8)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Canada (Mens Curling) (9)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (GOLD) Canada (Mens-Ice Hockey) (10)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (SILVER) Chloe Dufour-Lapointe (Ladies Moguls) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Canada (Figure Skating Mixed Team) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (SILVER) Mikael Kingsbury (Mens Moguls) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (SILVER) Denny Morrison (Mens 1,000M-Speed Skating) (4)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Patrick Chan (Mens Free-Skating) (5)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (SILVER) Dominique Maltais (Ladies Snowboard-Cross) (6)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (SILVER) T Virtue,S Moir (Figure Skating-Ice Dance) (7)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Canada (Womens Short Track-3,000 M Relay Team) (8)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Mike Riddle (Mens Skiing-Halfpipe) (9)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Kelsey Serwa (Womens Freestyle Ski Cross) (10)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (BRONZE) Mark McMorris (Slopestyle) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Kim Lamarre (Slopestyle Skiing) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Denny Morrison (1,500M Speed Skating) (3)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (BRONZE) Jan Hudec (Alp Skiing-Mens Super G) (4)*
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Charle Cournoyer (Mens Short Track-500 M) (5)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 CLOSING CEREMONIES

DAY 1 RECORD 3 MEDALS IN ONE DAY (1G)(1S)(1B)

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2014 WINTER MEDAL TOTAL

GOLD (1) - 10
SILVER (2) - 10
BRONZE (3) - 05

TOTAL MEDALS AT 2014 OLYMPICS - 25

CANADA OLYMPIC MEDALS BY YEARS-WINTER
1924-W-G-01 S-00 B-00 TOT-01 France-1
1928-W-G-01 S-00 B-00 TOT-01 Switzerland-2
1932-W-G-01 S-01 B-05 TOT-07 New York-3
1936-W-G-00 S-01 B-00 TOT-01 Germany-4
1948-W-G-02 S-00 B-01 TOT-03 Switzerland-5
1952-W-G-01 S-00 B-01 TOT-02 Norway-6
1956-W-G-00 S-01 B-02 TOT-03 Italy-7
1960-W-G-02 S-01 B-01 TOT-04 California-8
1964-W-G-01 S-00 B-02 TOT-03 Austria-9
1968-W-G-01 S-01 B-01 TOT-03 France-10
1972-W-G-00 S-01 B-00 TOT-01 Japan-11
1976-W-G-01 S-01 B-01 TOT-03 Austria-12
1980-W-G-00 S-01 B-01 TOT-02 New York-13
1984-W-G-02 S-01 B-01 TOT-04 Yugoslavia-14
1988-W-G-00 S-02 B-03 TOT-05 Canada-15
1992-W-G-02 S-03 B-02 TOT-07 France-16
1994-W-G-03 S-06 B-04 TOT-13 Norway-17
1998-W-G-06 S-05 B-04 TOT-15 Japan-18
2002-W-G-07 S-03 B-07 TOT-17 Utah-19
2006-W-G-07 S-10 B-07 TOT-24 Italy-20
2010-W-G-14 S-07 B-05 TOT-26 Canada-21
2014-W-G-10 S-10 B-05 TOT-25 Russia-22
2018-W-G-00 S-00 B-00 TOT-00 Korea-23-Feb 9-25,2018

CANADA ALL TIME MEDALS AT WINTER OLYMPICS

GOLD - 62
SILVER - 55
BRONZE - 53

TOTAL MEDALS AT ALLTIME WINTER OLYMPICS - 170

CANADA OLYMPIC MEDALS BY YEARS-SUMMER
1896--S-G-00 S-00 B-00 TOT-00 Greece-1
1900--S-G-01 S-00 B-01 TOT-02 France-2
1904--S-G-04 S-01 B-01 TOT-06 America-3
1908--S-G-03 S-03 B-10 TOT-16 England-4
1912--S-G-03 S-02 B-03 TOT-08 Sweden-5
1920--S-G-03 S-03 B-03 TOT-09 Belgium-6
1924--S-G-00 S-03 B-01 TOT-04 France-7
1928--S-G-04 S-04 B-07 TOT-15 Netherlands-8
1932--S-G-02 S-05 B-08 TOT-15 California-9
1936--S-G-01 S-03 B-05 TOT-09 Germany-10
1948--S-G-00 S-01 B-02 TOT-03 England-11
1952--S-G-01 S-02 B-00 TOT-03 Finland-12
1956--S-G-02 S-01 B-03 TOT-06 Australia-13
1960--S-G-00 S-01 B-00 TOT-01 Italy-14
1964--S-G-01 S-02 B-01 TOT-04 Japan-15
1968--S-G-01 S-03 B-01 TOT-05 Mexico-16
1972--S-G-00 S-02 B-03 TOT-05 Germany-17
1976--S-G-00 S-05 B-06 TOT-11 Montreal-18
1980--S-G-00 S-00 B-00 TOT-00 Russia-19
1984--S-G-10 S-18 B-16 TOT-44 California-20
1988--S-G-03 S-02 B-05 TOT-10 Korea-21
1992--S-G-07 S-04 B-07 TOT-18 Spain-22
1996--S-G-03 S-11 B-08 TOT-22 Georgia-23
2000--S-G-03 S-03 B-08 TOT-14 Australia-24
2004--S-G-03 S-06 B-03 TOT-12 Greece-25
2008--S-G-03 S-09 B-06 TOT-18 China-26
2012--S-G-01 S-05 B-12 TOT-18 England-27
2016--S-G-00 S-00 B-00 TOT-00 Brazil-28-Aug 5-21,2016
2020--S-G-00 S-00 B-00 TOT-00 Japan-29-July 24-Aug 9,2020

CANADA ALL TIME MEDALS AT SUMMER OLYMPICS

GOLD - 59
SILVER - 99
BRONZE - 120

TOTAL MEDALS AT ALLTIME SUMMER OLYMPICS - 278

CANADA ALL TIME MEDALS AT OLYMPICS-1900 to 2014

GOLD - 121
SILVER - 154
BRONZE - 173

TOTAL MEDALS AT ALL TIME SUMMER-WINTER OLYMPICS - 448

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OVERALL MEDAL STANDINGS AS OF SUN FEB 23,2014-FINAL RESULTS
CON    GO    SI    BR    TOT
RUS    13    11    09    33 (RUSSIA)
USA    09    07    12    28 (UNITED STATES)*
NOR    11    05    10    26 (NORWAY)
CAN    10    10    05    25 (CANADA)*
NED    08    07    09    24 (NETHERLANDS)
GER    08    06    05    19 (GERMANY)
AUT    04    08    05    17 (AUSTRIA)
FRA    04    04    07    15 (FRANCE)
SWE    02    07    06    15 (SWEDEN)*
SUI    06    03    02    11 (SWITZERLAND)
CHN    03    04    02    09 (CHINA)
KOR    03    03    02    08 (KOREA)
CZE    02    04    02    08 (CZECH REPUBLIC)
SLO    02    02    04    08 (SLOVENIA)*
JPN    01    04    03    08 (JAPAN)
ITA    00    02    06    08 (ITALY)
BLR    05    00    01    06 (BELARUS)
POL    04    01    01    06 (POLAND)
FIN    01    03    01    05 (FINLAND)
GBR    01    01    02    04 (GREAT BRITAIN)
LAT    00    02    02    04 (LATVIA)
AUS    00    02    01    03 (AUSTRALIA)
UKR    01    00    01    02 (UKRAINE)
SVK    01    00    00    01 (SLOVAKIA)
CRO    00    01    00    01 (CROATIA)
KAZ    00    00    01    01 (KAZAKHSTAN)

*SLO-SUI TIED IN DH 2 GOLD AWARDED NO SILVER IN WOMENS DOWNHILL
*CAN-USA TIED IN DH FOR 3RD BOTH AWARDED BRONZE

26 COUNTRIES WON MEDALS SO FAR

STANDINGS BY GOLD MEDALS-FINAL

CON    GO    SI    BR    TOT
RUS    13    11    09    33 (RUSSIA)
NOR    11    05    10    26 (NORWAY)
CAN    10    10    05    25 (CANADA)*
USA    09    07    12    28 (UNITED STATES)*
NED    08    07    09    24 (NETHERLANDS)
GER    08    06    05    19 (GERMANY)
SUI    06    03    02    11 (SWITZERLAND)
BLR    05    00    01    06 (BELARUS)
AUT    04    08    05    17 (AUSTRIA)
FRA    04    04    07    15 (FRANCE)
POL    04    01    01    06 (POLAND)
CHN    03    04    02    09 (CHINA)
KOR    03    03    02    08 (KOREA)
SWE    02    07    06    15 (SWEDEN)*
CZE    02    04    02    08 (CZECH REPUBLIC)
SLO    02    02    04    08 (SLOVENIA)*
JPN    01    04    03    08 (JAPAN)
FIN    01    03    01    05 (FINLAND)
GBR    01    01    02    04 (GREAT BRITAIN)
UKR    01    00    01    02 (UKRAINE)
SVK    01    00    00    01 (SLOVAKIA)
ITA    00    02    06    08 (ITALY)
LAT    00    02    02    04 (LATVIA)
AUS    00    02    01    03 (AUSTRALIA)
CRO    00    01    00    01 (CROATIA)
KAZ    00    00    01    01 (KAZAKHSTAN)

*SLO-SUI TIED IN DH 2 GOLD AWARDED NO SILVER IN WOMENS DOWNHILL
*CAN-USA TIED IN DH FOR 3RD BOTH AWARDED BRONZE

26 COUNTRIES WON MEDALS SO FAR

RESULTS BY TEAM (ALL) AS OF SUN FEB 23,2014-FINAL RESULTS TODAY

AUSTRALIA - AUS
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (SILVER) Torah Bright (Snowboard-Ladies Halfpipe) (1)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (SILVER) David Morris (Mens-Free style Aerials Skiing) (2)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (BRONZE) Lydia Lassila (Skiing-Ladies Aerials) (1)
M - 03

AUSTRIA - AUT
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Matthias Mayer (Mens Downhill Skiing) (1)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Anna Fenninger (Alp Skiing-Womens Super G) (2)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Julia Dujmovits (Snowboard-Womens Parallel Slalom) (3)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Mario Matt (Mens Slalom Alp Skiing) (4)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (SILVER) Dominik Landertinger (Biathlon Mens 10 KM Sprint) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (SILVER) Nicole Hosp (Ladies Super Com Skiing) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (Womens Hill IND Ski Jumping) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (SILVER) A Linger,W Linger (Luge-Doubles) (4)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (SILVER) Austria (Mens-Ski Jumping Team) (5)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Ann Fenniger (Alp Skiing-Womens Giant Sloalom) (6)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Marlies Schild (Womens Slalom Alp Skiing) (7)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Marcel Hirscher (Mens Slalom Alp Skiing) (8)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Nicole Hosp (Alp Skiing-Womens Super G) (1)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (BRONZE) Austria (Team Gun LH/ 4X5 km CC) (2)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Kathrin Zettel (Womens Slalom Alp Skiing) (3)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Benjamin Karl (Snowboard-Mens Parallel Slalom) (4)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Austria (Mens Biathlon 4X7.5 Km Relay Team) (5)
M - 17

BELARUS - BLR
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Darya Domracheva (Womens 10Km Pusuit-Biathlon) (1)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (GOLD) Darya Domracheva (Womens 15Km ID-Biathlon) (2)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (GOLD) Alla Tsuper (Skiing-Ladies Aerials) (3)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (GOLD) Dariya Domracheva (Biathlon-Womens 12.5 Km) (4)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (GOLD) Anton Kushnir (Mens-Free style Aerials Skiing) (5)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (BRONZE) Nadezhda Skardino (Womens 15Km ID-Biathlon) (1)
M - 06

CANADA - CAN
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (GOLD) Justine Dufour-Lapointe (Ladies Moguls) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Alex Bilodeau (Mens Moguls Skiing) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Charles Hamelin (1,500M Speed Skating-Short track) (3)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Dara Howell (Womens Slopestyle Skiing) (4)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) K Humphries,H Moyse (Bobsleigh-Womens 2) (5)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Canada (Womens Curling) (6)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Canada (Womens Ice Hockey) (7)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Marielle Thompson (Womens Freestyle Ski Cross) (8)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Canada (Mens Curling) (9)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (GOLD) Canada (Mens-Ice Hockey) (10)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (SILVER) Chloe Dufour-Lapointe (Ladies Moguls) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Canada (Figure Skating Mixed Team) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (SILVER) Mikael Kingsbury (Mens Moguls) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (SILVER) Denny Morrison (Mens 1,000M-Speed Skating) (4)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Patrick Chan (Mens Free-Skating) (5)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (SILVER) Dominique Maltais (Ladies Snowboard-Cross) (6)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (SILVER) T Virtue,S Moir (Figure Skating-Ice Dance) (7)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Canada (Womens Short Track-3,000 M Relay Team) (8)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Mike Riddle (Mens Skiing-Halfpipe) (9)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Kelsey Serwa (Womens Freestyle Ski Cross) (10)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (BRONZE) Mark McMorris (Slopestyle) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Kim Lamarre (Slopestyle Skiing) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Denny Morrison (1,500M Speed Skating) (3)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (BRONZE) Jan Hudec (Alp Skiing-Mens Super G) (4)*
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Charle Cournoyer (Mens Short Track-500 M) (5)
M - 25

CHINA - CHN
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (GOLD) Jianrou Li (Short Track-Ladies 500 M) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (GOLD) Hong Zhang (Speed Skating-Ladies 1,000 M) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Yang Zhou (Womens 1,500 M-Short Track) (3)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (SILVER) Tianyu Han (1,500M Speed Skating-Short track) (1)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Mengtao Xu (Skiing-Ladies Aerials) (2)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Dajing Wu (Mens Short Track-500 M) (3)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Kexin Fan (Womens Short Track-1000 M) (4)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (BRONZE) Zongyang Jia (Mens-Free style Aerials Skiing) (1)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) China (Mens Short Track-5000 M Relay Team) (2)
M - 09

CROATIA - CRO
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Ivica Kostelic (Alp Skiing-Mens Super Com) (1)
M - 01

CZECH REPUBLIC - CZE
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (GOLD) Eva Samkova (Ladies Snowboard-Cross) (1)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) Martina Sablikova (Speed Skating-Ladies 5,000 M) (2)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Martina Sablikova (Ladies 3,000M Speed Skating) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (SILVER) Ondrej Moravec (Biathlon Mens 12.5Km Pursuit) (2)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (SILVER) Gabriela Soukalova (Biathlon-Womens 12.5 Km) (3)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) Czech (Bia-Wom 2X6Km + 2X7.5Km Men Mix Rel) (4)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (BRONZE) Jaroslav Soukup (Biathlon Mens 10 KM Sprint) (1)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Ondrej Moravec (Biathlon-Mens 15 Km Mass Start) (2)
M - 08

FINLAND - FIN
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) I Niskanen,S Jauhojaervi (CC-Mens Team Sprint Cla) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Enni Rukajarvi (Ladies Snowboard Slopestyle) (1)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Finland (Skiing-Womens Team Relay-4 X5 Km) (2)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) K Niskanen,A-K Saarinen (CC-Womens Team Sprint Cla) (3)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Finland (Mens-Ice Hockey) (1)
M - 05

FRANCE - FRA
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Martin Fourcade (Biathlon Mens 12.5Km Pursuit) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (GOLD) Martin Fourcade (Biathlon Mens 20Km IND) (2)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) Pierre Vaultier (Mens-Snowboard Cross) (3)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Jean Frederic Chapuis (Mens Freestyle Ski Cross) (4)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Martin Fourcade (Biathlon-Mens 15 Km Mass Start) (1)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) Steve Missillier (Alp Ski-Mens Giant Slalom) (2)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (SILVER) Anaud Bovolenta (Mens Freestyle Ski Cross) (3)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (SILVER) Marie Martinod (Womens Freestyle Ski Halfpipe) (4)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (BRONZE) Jean Guillaume Beatrix (Biathlon Mens 12.5Km Pursuit) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Coline Mattel (Womens Hill IND Ski Jumping) (2)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (BRONZE) Chloe Trespeuch (Ladies Snowboard-Cross) (3)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (BRONZE) France (Cross Country-Team Mens Relay 4X10Km) (4)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Kevin Rolland (Mens Skiing-Halfpipe) (5)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) Alexis Pinturault (Alp Ski-Mens Giant Slalom) (6)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (BRONZE) Jonathan Midol (Mens Freestyle Ski Cross) (7)
M - 15

GERMANY - GER
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Felix Loch (Luge-Mens Singles) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Ladies Super Com Skiing) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Natalie Gersenberger (Luge-Womens Singles) (3)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Carina Vogt (Womens Hill IND Ski Jumping) (4)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) T Arlt,T Wendl (Luge-Doubles) (5)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) Eric Frenzel (Mens Nor-Com-IND NH 10Km) (6)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (GOLD) Germany (Luge-Mens Team Relay) (7)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (GOLD) Germany (Mens-Ski Jumping Team) (8)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Tatjana Huefner (Luge-Womens Singles) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (SILVER) Erik Lesser (Biathlon Mens 20Km IND) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Alp Skiing-Womens Super G) (3)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (SILVER) Germany (Team Gun LH/ 4X5 km CC) (4)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Anke Karstens (Snowboard-Womens Parallel Slalom) (5)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Germany (Mens Biathlon 4X7.5 Km Relay Team) (6)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (BRONZE) R Szolkowy,A Savchenko (Pairs Mens Figure Skating) (1)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Germany (Skiing-Womens Team Relay-4 X5 Km) (2)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Viktoria Rebensbur (Alp Skiing-Womens Giant Sloalom) (3)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Fabian Riessle (Mens IND N/C LH/10 Km Cross) (4)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Amelie Kober (Snowboard-Womens Parallel Slalom) (5)
M - 19

GREAT BRITAIN - GBR
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (GOLD) Elizabeth Yarnold (Skeleton-Ladies) (1)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Britain (Mens Curling) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Jenny Jones (Ladies Snowboard Slopestyle) (1)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (BRONZE) Britain (Womens Curling) (2)
M - 04

ITALY - ITA
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Cristof Innerhofer (Mens Downhill Skiing) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (SILVER) Arianna Fontana (Short Track-Ladies 500 M) (2)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Armin Zoeggeler (Luge-Mens Singles) (1)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (BRONZE) Cristof Innerhofer (Alp Skiing-Mens Super Com) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Arianna Fontana (Womens 1,500 M-Short Track) (3)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Italy (Womens Short Track-3,000 M Relay Team) (4)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) Italy (Bia-Wom 2X6Km + 2X7.5Km Men Mix Rel) (5)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (BRONZE) Carolina Kostner (Womens Free Figure Skating) (6)
M - 08

JAPAN - JPN
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (GOLD) Yuzuru Hanyu (Mens Figure Skating) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Ayumu Hirano (Snowboard Mens Halfpipe) (1)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (SILVER) Akito Watabe (Mens Nor-Com-IND NH 10Km) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Noraiki Kasai (Mens Large Hill Individual) (3)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) Tomoka Takeuchi (Snowboard-Par Womens Giant Sloalom) (4)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Taku Hiraoka (Snowboard Mens Halfpipe) (1)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (BRONZE) Japan (Mens-Ski Jumping Team) (2)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (BRONZE) Avana Onozuka (Womens Freestyle Ski Halfpipe) (3)
M - 08

KAZAKHSTAN - KAZ
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (BRONZE) Denis Ten (Mens Figure Skating) (1)
M - 01

KOREA - KOR
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Sang Hwa Lee (Speed Skating Ladies 500M) (1)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) Korea (Womens Short Track-3,000 M Relay Team) (2)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Seung-Hi Park (Womens Short Track-1000 M) (3)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Suk Hee Shim (Womens 1,500 M-Short Track) (1)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (SILVER) Yuna Kim (Womens Free Figure Skating) (2)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Korea (Speed Skating-Mens Team Pursuit) (3)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (BRONZE) Seung-Hi Park (Short Track-Ladies 500 M) (1)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Suk Hee Shim (Womens Short Track-1000 M) (2)
M - 08

LATVIA - LAT
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Martins Dukurs (Mens-Skeleton) (1)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (SILVER) Latvia (Bobsleigh-Mens 4 Man) (2)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (BRONZE) Andris Sics,Juris Sics (Luge-Doubles) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (BRONZE) Latvia (Luge-Mens Team Relay) (2)
M - 04

NETHERLANDS - NED
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (GOLD) Sven Kramer (Mens 5,000M Speed Skating) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Ireen Wust (Ladies 3,000M Speed Skating) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (GOLD) Michel Mulder (Mens 500M Speed Skating) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) Stefan Groothuis (Mens 1,000M-Speed Skating) (4)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (GOLD) Jorien Ter Mors (Ladies 1,500 M Speed Skating) (5)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) Jorrit Bergsma (Mens Speed Skating-10,000 m) (6)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Netherlands (Speed Skating-Mens Team Pursuit) (7)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Netherlands (Speed Skating-Womens Team Pursuit) (8)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (SILVER) Jan Blokhuijsen (Mens 5,000M Speed Skating) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (SILVER) Jan Smeekens (Mens 500M Speed Skating) (2)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (SILVER) Ireen Wust (Speed Skating-Ladies 1,000 M) (3)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Koen Verweij (Mens-1,500 M Speed Skating) (4)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (SILVER) Ireen Wust (Ladies 1,500 M Speed Skating) (5)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Sven Kramer (Mens Speed Skating-10,000 m) (6)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) Ireen Wust (Speed Skating-Ladies 5,000 M) (7)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (BRONZE) Jorrit Bergsma (Mens 5,000M Speed Skating) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (BRONZE) Ronald Mulder (Mens 500M Speed Skating) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Margot Boer (Speed Skating Ladies 500M) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (BRONZE) Michel Mulder (Mens 1,000M-Speed Skating) (4)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (BRONZE) Margot Boer (Speed Skating-Ladies 1,000 M) (5)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Sjinkie Knegt (Mens 1,000 M-Short Track) (6)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (BRONZE) Lotte Van Beek (Ladies 1,500 M Speed Skating) (7)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Bob De Jong (Mens Speed Skating-10,000 m) (8)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) Carien Kleibeuker (Speed Skating-Ladies 5,000 M) (9)
M - 24

NORWAY - NOR
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (GOLD) Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Biathlon Mens 10 KM Sprint) (1)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (GOLD) Marit Bjoergen (Ladies 7.5Km Cross Country) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Maiken Caspersen Falla (Womens Sprint-Cross Country) (3)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Ola Vigen Hattestad (Mens Sprint-Cross Country) (4)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (GOLD) Kjetil Jansrud (Alp Skiing-Mens Super G) (5)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) Emil Hegle Svendsen (Biathlon-Mens 15 Km Mass Start) (6)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) Joergen Graabak (Mens IND N/C LH/10 Km Cross) (7)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) M Bjoergen,I Oestberg (CC-Womens Team Sprint Cla) (8)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) Norway (Bia-Wom 2X6Km + 2X7.5Km Men Mix Rel) (9)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Norway (Team Gun LH/ 4X5 km CC) (10)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Marit Bjoergen (Ladies CC-30 Km Mass St Free) (11)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (SILVER) Staale Sandbech (Mens Snowboard Slopestyle) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Tora Berger (Womens 10Km Pusuit-Biathlon) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg (Womens Sprint-Cross Country) (3)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Magnus Hovdal Moan (Mens IND N/C LH/10 Km Cross) (4)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Therese Johaug (Ladies CC-30 Km Mass St Free) (5)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (BRONZE) Heidi Weng (Ladies 7.5Km Cross Country) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Kjetil Jansrud (Mens Downhill Skiing) (2)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Martin Johnsrud Sundby (Mens 15KM Cross Country Skiing) (3)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Anders Bardal (Mens Ski Jumping Hill IND) (4)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (BRONZE) Magnus Krog (Mens Nor-Com-IND NH 10Km) (5)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (BRONZE) Therese Johaug (Cross Country-Ladies 10Km C) (6)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (BRONZE) Tiril Eckhoff (Biathlon-Womens 12.5 Km) (7)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Norway (Womens Biathlon-4X6 Relay Team) (8)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Kristin Stoermer (Ladies CC-30 Km Mass St Free) (9)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Henrik Kristoffersen (Mens Slalom Alp Skiing) (10)
M - 26

POLAND - POL
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Kamil Stoch (Mens Ski Jumping Hill IND) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (GOLD) Justyna Kowalczyk (Cross Country-Ladies 10Km C) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Kamil Stoch (Mens Large Hill Individual) (3)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Zbigniew Brodka (Mens-1,500 M Speed Skating) (4)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Poland (Speed Skating-Womens Team Pursuit) (1)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Poland (Speed Skating-Mens Team Pursuit) (1)
M - 06

RUSSIA - RUS
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Russia (Figure Skating Mixed Team) (1)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) T Volosozhar,M Trankov (Pairs Mens Figure Skating) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Victor An (Mens 1,000 M-Short Track) (3)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Alexander Tretiakov (Mens-Skeleton) (4)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (GOLD) A Zubkov,A Voevoda (Bobsleigh-Mens 2 Man) (5)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) Vic Wild (Snowboard-Par Mens Giant Sloalom) (6)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Adelina Sotnikova (Womens Free Figure Skating) (7)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Victor An (Mens Short Track-500 M) (8)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Russia (Mens Short Track-5000 M Relay Team) (9)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Vic Wild (Snowboard-Mens Parallel Slalom) (10)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (GOLD) Russia (Mens Biathlon 4X7.5 Km Relay Team) (11)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (GOLD) Alexander Legkov (CC-Mens 50 Km Mass St Free) (12)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (GOLD) Russia (Bobsleigh-Mens 4 Man) (13)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Olga Vilukhina (Womens 7.5KM Biathlon) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Albert Demchenko (Luge-Mens Singles) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Olga Fatkulina (Speed Skating Ladies 500M) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (SILVER) K Stolbova,F Klimov (Pairs Mens Figure Skating) (4)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (SILVER) Russia (Luge-Mens Team Relay) (5)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (SILVER) Vladimir Grigorev (Mens 1,000 M-Short Track) (6)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (SILVER) Russia (Cross Country-Team Mens Relay 4X10Km) (7)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (SILVER) Nikolay Olyunin (Mens-Snowboard Cross) (8)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) M Vylegzhanin,N Kriukov (CC-Mens Team Sprint Cla) (9)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) Russia (Womens Biathlon-4X6 Relay Team) (10)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (SILVER) Maxim Vylegzhanin (CC-Mens 50 Km Mass St Free) (11)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Olga Graf (Ladies 3,000M Speed Skating) (1)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (BRONZE) Alexandr Smyshlyaev (Mens Moguls Skiing) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (BRONZE) Victor An (1,500M Speed Skating-Short track) (3)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (BRONZE) Evgeniy Garanichev (Biathlon Mens 20Km IND) (4)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (BRONZE) Elena Nikitina (Skeleton-Ladies) (5)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (BRONZE) E Ilykh,N Katsalapov (Figure Skating-Ice Dance) (6)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) Alena Zavarzina (Snowboard-Par Womens Giant Sloalom) (7)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (BRONZE) Russia (Speed Skating-Womens Team Pursuit) (8)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (BRONZE) Llia Chernousov (CC-Mens 50 Km Mass St Free) (9)
M - 33

SLOVAKIA - SVK
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Anastasiya Kuzmina (Womens 7.5KM Biathlon) (1)
M - 01

SLOVENIA - SLO
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) Tina Maze (Alpine Skiing-Womens Downhill) (1)*
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) Tina Maze (Alp Skiing-Womens Giant Sloalom) (2)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Peter Prevc (Mens Ski Jumping Hill IND) (1)
DAY 15 - FEB 22,14 (SILVER) Zan Kosir (Snowboard-Mens Parallel Slalom) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Teja Gregorin (Womens 10Km Pusuit-Biathlon) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Vesna Fabjan (Womens Sprint-Cross Country) (2)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Peter Prevc (Mens Large Hill Individual) (3)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) Zan Kosir (Snowboard-Par Mens Giant Sloalom) (4)
M - 08

SWEDEN - SWE
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (GOLD) Sweden (Skiing-Womens-Team Relay-4 X5 Km) (1)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (GOLD) Sweden (Cross Country-Team Mens Relay 4X10Km) (2)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (SILVER) Charlotte Kalla (Ladies 7.5Km Cross Country) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (SILVER) Marcus Hellner (Mens 15KM Cross Country Skiing) (2)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Teodor Peterson (Mens Sprint-Cross Country) (3)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (SILVER) Charlotte Kalla (Cross Country-Ladies 10Km C) (4)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Johan Olsson (Mens 15Km Cross Country Cla) (5)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (SILVER) Sweden (Womens Curling) (6)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (SILVER) Sweden (Mens-Ice Hockey) (7)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Emil Joensson (Mens Sprint-Cross Country) (1)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (BRONZE) Daniel Richardsson (Mens 15Km Cross Country Cla) (2)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) I Ingemarsdotter,S Nilsson (CC-Womens Team Sprint Cla) (3)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) E Joensson,T Peterson (CC-Mens Team Sprint Cla) (4)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Anna Holmlund (Womens Freestyle Ski Cross) (5)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (BRONZE) Sweden (Mens Curling) (6)
M - 15

SWITZERLAND - SUI
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Dario Cologna (Mens 15KM Cross Country Skiing) (1)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (GOLD) Louri Podladtchikov (Snowboard Mens Halfpipe) (2)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) Dominique Gisin (Alpine Skiing-Womens Downhill) (3)*
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (GOLD) Sandro Viletta (Alp Skiing-Mens Super Com) (4)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (GOLD) Dario Cologna (Mens 15Km Cross Country Cla) (5)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) Patrizia Kummer (Snowboard-Par Womens Giant Sloalom) (6)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Selina Gasparin (Womens 15Km ID-Biathlon) (1)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (SILVER) B Hefti,A Baumann (Bobsleigh-Mens 2 Man) (2)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) Nevin Galmarini (Snowboard-Par Mens Giant Sloalom) (3)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (BRONZE) Lara Gut (Alpine Skiing-Womens Downhill) (1)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (BRONZE) Switzerland (Womens Ice Hockey) (2)
M - 11

UKRAINE - UKR
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Ukraine (Womens Biathlon-4X6 Relay Team) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) Vita Semerenko (Womens 7.5KM Biathlon) (1)
M - 02

UNITED STATES - USA
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (GOLD) Sage Kotsenburg (Mens Snowboard Slopestyle) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (GOLD) Jamie Anderson (Ladies Snowboard Slopestyle) (2)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (GOLD) Kaitlyn Farrington (Snowboard-Ladies Halfpipe) (3)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (GOLD) Joss Christensen (Mens Ski Slope Style) (4)
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (GOLD) M Davis,C White (Figure Skating-Ice Dance) (5)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (GOLD) David Wise (Mens Skiing-Halfpipe) (6)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (GOLD) Ted Ligety (Alp Ski-Mens Giant Slalom) (7)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (GOLD) Maddie Bowman (Womens Freestyle Ski Halfpipe) (8)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (GOLD) Mikaela Shiffrin (Womens Slalom Alp Skiing) (9)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (SILVER) Devin Logan (Womens Slopestyle Skiing) (1)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (SILVER) Gus Kenworthy (Mens Ski Slope Style) (2)
DAY 07 - FEB 14,14 (SILVER) Noelle Pikus-Pace (Skeleton-Ladies) (3)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (SILVER) Andrew Weibrecht (Alp Skiing-Mens Super G) (4)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (SILVER) E Meyers,L Williams (Bobsleigh-Womens 2) (5)
DAY 13 - FEB 20,14 (SILVER) United States (Womens Ice Hockey) (6)
DAY 14 - FEB 21,14 (SILVER) United States (Mens Short Track-5000 M Relay Team) (7)
DAY 01 - FEB 08,14 (BRONZE) Hannah Kearney (Ladies Moguls) (1)
DAY 02 - FEB 09,14 (BRONZE) United States (Figure Skating Mixed Team) (2)
DAY 03 - FEB 10,14 (BRONZE) Julia Mancuso (Ladies Super Com Skiing) (3)
DAY 04 - FEB 11,14 (BRONZE) Erin Hamlin (Luge-Womens Singles) (4)
DAY 05 - FEB 12,14 (BRONZE) Kelly Clark (Snowboard-Ladies Halfpipe) (5)
DAY 06 - FEB 13,14 (BRONZE) Nicholas Goepper (Mens Ski Slope Style) (6)
DAY 08 - FEB 15,14 (BRONZE) Matthew Antoine (Mens-Skeleton) (7)
DAY 09 - FEB 16,14 (BRONZE) Bode Miller (Alp Skiing-Mens Super G) (8)*
DAY 10 - FEB 17,14 (BRONZE) S Holcomb,S Langton (Bobsleigh-Mens 2 Man) (9)
DAY 11 - FEB 18,14 (BRONZE) Alex Deibold (Mens-Snowboard Cross) (10)
DAY 12 - FEB 19,14 (BRONZE) J Greubel,A Evens (Bobsleigh-Womens 2) (11)
DAY 16 - FEB 23,14 (BRONZE) United States (Bobsleigh-Mens 4 Man) (12)
M - 28

* SLO-SUI TIED FOR FIRST 2 GOLD AWARDED-NO SILVER
* CAN-USA TIED FOR 3RD EACH AWARDED A BRONZE

IMFS LEGARDE-NEW MULTILATERALISM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

 EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3-7
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,(EU WORLD DICTATOR)the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

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

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

THE WORLD DICTATOR

REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and he that sat on him had a bow;(PEACE) and a crown was given unto him:(WORLD LEADER) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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

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

2014 DIMBLEBY LECTURE

Lagarde Calls for a ‘New Multilateralism for 21st Century’

IMF Survey-February 3, 2014
  • New trends in global economy call for strengthened commitment to new multilateralism
  • Challenge of more diverse world of more diffuse power
  • New multilateralism to be more inclusive, heeding world economy’s new voices
Responding to current and future economic trends requires a renewed commitment to international cooperation, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in delivering the 2014 Dimbleby Lecture in London.She pointed to “two broad currents” that would dominate the coming decades—increasing tensions in global interconnections; and increasing tensions in economic sustainability.To address these emerging global tensions, she proposed:“A solution that builds on the past and is fit for the future: a strengthened framework for international cooperation. In short, a new multilateralism for the 21st century.”

Elements of the new multilateralism
The major elements of this reinvigorated multilateralism would include:
• A renewed commitment to economic openness and to the “mutual benefits of trade and foreign investment;”
• Managing an increasingly complex international monetary system that has traveled “light years” since the original Bretton Woods system; and
• Building a global financial sector for the post-crisis era that “serves the productive economy rather than its own purposes.”
In addition, Lagarde said that the “new multilateralism” would demand a stronger sense of global responsibility if major issues such as climate change and inequality are to be tackled effectively.“The kind of 21st century cooperation that I am thinking of will not come easy,” she said. “It might even get harder as time passes, when the curtains fall on this crisis and when complacency sets in—even as the seeds of the next crisis perhaps are being planted.”Lagarde noted that there are already specific, working, forms of cooperation at hand, citing the UN, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and the IMF. These institutions might be termed concrete—or “hard”—forms of global (WORLD GOVERNMENT) governance, Lagarde said.There are also a number of “soft” instruments that include such groupings as the G20 as well as networks of nongovernmental organizations. Lagarde said that these “hard” and “soft” forms of cooperation can complement each other:“The new multilateralism must be made more inclusive—encompassing not only the emerging powers across the globe, but also the expanding networks and coalitions that are now deeply embedded in the global economy. The new multilateralism must have the capacity to listen and respond to these new voices.”

Getting beyond the current crisis
The immediate priority for growth, Lagarde said, is to get beyond the financial crisis, which began six years ago and is not yet over.“This requires a sustained and coordinated effort to deal with problems that still linger—a legacy of high private and public debt, weak banking systems, and structural impediments to competitiveness and growth—which have left us with unacceptably high levels of unemployment.”Lagarde also warned that financial integration can make crises more frequent and more damaging, and instant and wide communication can sow discord and confusion. “Because of this, the global economy can become even more prone to instability.”Lagarde emphasized that strengthened international cooperation is key to managing these risks.

Longer-term impediments to global stability
Lagarde set the current crisis in the context of major long-term challenges facing the world in the coming decades:
Demographics, both the challenge of aging populations in the advanced economies, and the “youth bulge” in many emerging and developing countries. Almost three billion people—half the global population—are under 25. A great deal depends on generating enough growth and jobs to satisfy the aspirations of this rising generation.
Environmental degradation, as more people with more prosperity stretch natural resources to the limit. Phasing out energy subsidies that mostly benefit the relatively affluent and not the poor must be part of the solution. Reducing these subsidies and properly taxing energy use can be “a win-win prospect for people--and for the planet.”
Income inequality, as skewed income distribution harms the pace and sustainability of growth over the longer term. Fiscal systems can help to reduce inequality through careful design of tax and spending policies.
Lagarde also renewed the call for greater equality and empowerment for women. “By not letting women contribute, we end up with lower living standards for everyone,” she said.
“ ‘Daring the difference,’ as I call it—enabling women to participate on an equal footing with men—can be a global economic game-changer. We must let women succeed: for ourselves and for all the little girls—and boys—of the future.”Lagarde said the risk is of a world that is more integrated—economically, financially, and technologically—but more fragmented in terms of power, influence, and decision-making. “This can lead to more indecision, impasse, and insecurity—and it requires new solutions.” Strengthened cooperation—a new multilateralism—is key to these solutions, she said. 

A New Multilateralism for the 21st Century: the Richard Dimbleby Lecture

By Christine Lagarde-Managing Director, International Monetary Fund-London, February 3, 2014 As Prepared for Delivery
Good evening. It is a great honor to be invited to deliver this year’s Dimbleby Lecture, and I would like to thank the BBC and the Dimbleby family for so kindly inviting me—and especially David Dimbleby for his warm words of introduction.This evening, I would like to talk about the future. Before looking ahead, however, I would like to look back—for the clues to the future can often be read from the tea leaves of the past.I invite you to cast your minds back to the early months of 1914, exactly a century ago. Much of the world had enjoyed long years of peace, and giant leaps in scientific and technological innovation had led to path-breaking advances in living standards and communications. There were few barriers to trade, travel, or the movement of capital. The future was full of potential.Yet, 1914 was the gateway to thirty years of disaster—marked by two world wars and the Great Depression. It was the year when everything started to go wrong. What happened? What happened was that the birth of the modern industrial society brought about massive dislocation. The world was rife with tension—rivalry between nations, upsetting the traditional balance of power, and inequality between the haves and have-nots, whether in the form of colonialism or the sunken prospects of the uneducated working classes.By 1914, these imbalances had toppled over into outright conflict. In the years to follow, nationalist and ideological thinking led to an unprecedented denigration of human dignity. Technology, instead of uplifting the human spirit, was deployed for destruction and terror. Early attempts at international cooperation, such as the League of Nations, fell flat. By the end of the Second World War, large parts of the world lay in ruins.I now invite you to consider a second turning point—1944. In the summer of that year, the eminent economist, John Maynard Keynes, and a delegation of British officials, embarked on a fateful journey across the Atlantic. The crossing was risky—the world was still at war and enemy ships still prowled the waters. Keynes himself was in poor health.But he had an appointment with destiny—and he was not going to miss it.The destination was the small town of Bretton Woods in the hills of New Hampshire, in the northeastern United States. His purpose was to meet with his counterparts from other countries. Their plan was nothing less than the reconstruction of the global economic order.The 44 nations gathering at Bretton Woods were determined to set a new course—based on mutual trust and cooperation, on the principle that peace and prosperity flow from the font of cooperation, on the belief that the broad global interest trumps narrow self-interest.This was the original multilateral moment—70 years ago. It gave birth to the United Nations, the World Bank, and the IMF—the institution that I am proud to lead.The world we inherited was forged by these visionary gentlemen—Lord Keynes and his generation. They raised the phoenix of peace and prosperity from the ashes of anguish and antagonism. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude.Because of their work, we have seen unprecedented economic and financial stability over the past seven decades. We have seen diseases eradicated, conflict diminished, child mortality reduced, life expectancy increased, and hundreds of millions lifted out of poverty.Today, however, we are coming out of the Great Recession, the worst economic crisis—and the great test—of our generation. Thanks to their legacy of multilateralism—international cooperation—we did not slip into another Great Depression that would have brought misery across the world yet again. We all passed the test—rejecting protectionism, reaffirming cooperation.Yet there will be many more tests ahead. We are living through a time every bit as momentous as that faced by our forefathers a century ago. Once again, the global economy is changing beyond recognition, as we move from the industrial age to the hyperconnected digital age.Once again, we will be defined by how we respond to these changes.As we look ahead toward mid-century, toward the world that our children and grandchildren will inherit from us, we need to ask the question: what kind of world do we want that to be—and how can we achieve it? As Shakespeare says in Julius Caesar: “On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”This evening, I would like to talk about two broad currents that will dominate the coming decades—increasing tensions in global interconnections and in economic sustainability.I would then like to make a proposal that builds on the past and is fit for the future: a strengthened framework for international cooperation.In short, a new multilateralism for the 21st century.

Tensions in global interconnections
I will start with the first major current—tensions in global interconnections, between a world that is simultaneously coming closer together and drifting further apart.By “coming together”, I mean the breakneck pattern of integration and interconnectedness that defines our time. It is really the modern counterpart of what our ancestors went through in the fateful years leading up to 1914.Just look at the great linking of the global economy over the past few decades.For one thing, world trade has grown exponentially. We are now in a world of integrated supply chains, where more than half of total manufactured imports, and more than 70 percent of total service imports, are intermediate goods or services. A typical manufacturing company today uses inputs from more than 35 different contractors across the world.Financial links between countries have also grown sharply. In the two decades before the crisis in 2008, international bank lending—as a share of world GDP—rose by 250 percent. And we should expect this to rise further in the future, as more and more countries dive into the financial nexus of the global economy.We are also living through a communications revolution. It has produced a starburst of interconnections, with information traveling at lightning speed from limitless points of origin. The world has become a hum of interconnected voices and a hive of interlinked lives.Today, 3 billion people are connected to each other on the internet. Three million emails are sent each second. There are almost as many mobile devices as people on the planet, and the “mobile mindset” is deeply embedded in all regions of the world. In fact, the highest rates of mobile penetration are in Africa and Asia.Back in 1953, when people tuned into the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, their experience was mediated essentially by one voice—the masterful Richard Dimbleby, whom we honor today. In contrast, when Prince George arrived last summer, his birth was heralded by more than 25,000 tweets a minute! With such a dizzying pace of change, we can sympathize with Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey’s countess, who wondered whether the telephone was “an instrument of communication or torture!”This brave new world—this hyperconnected world—offers immense hope and promise.Stronger trade and financial connections can bring tangible benefits to millions of people—through higher growth and greater convergence of living standards. The dream of eliminating extreme poverty is within our reach.The communications revolution too can be a potent force for good. It can empower people, unleash creativity, and spur change. Think about how twitter messages helped to galvanize the participants in the Arab Spring, or how social media carrying the message of Malala in Pakistan pricked the conscience of the entire world.It is not all bright skies, however. When linkages are deep and dense, they become hard to disentangle. In such an interwoven labyrinth, even the tiniest tensions can be amplified, echoing and reverberating across the world—often in an instant, often with unpredictable twists and turns. The channels that bring convergence can also bring contagion.

Because of this, the global economy can become even more prone to instability. If not managed well, financial integration can make crises more frequent and more damaging. Consider, for example, where and how the recent global financial crisis began—in the mortgage markets of suburban America—and spread all around the world.The communications revolution too has a dark side. It can sow discord, instill factionalism, and spread confusion. Instead of an online forum for ideas and expression, we could have a virtual mob or a global platform to promote intolerance or hatred. Instead of a beautiful symphony, we could have an ugly cacophony.So the key challenge for us in all this will be to magnify the good and diminish the bad.If managing the great “coming together” were not difficult enough, it will be further complicated by the other current that I mentioned: the tendency for the world to grow further apart, even as it draws closer together.This is a paradox. What do I mean? I mean the diffusion of power across the world—toward more diverse geographical regions and more diverse global stakeholders. Unlike with integration, our forefathers experienced nothing like this. It is a defining feature of our hyperconnected age.One of the major megatrends of our time is the shift in global power from west to east, and from north to south—from a few to a handful, to a myriad.Fifty years ago, the emerging markets and developing economies accounted for about a quarter of world GDP. Today, it is half, and rising rapidly—very likely to two-thirds within the next decade.The diffusion of power also goes beyond country relationships, extending to a whole host of networks and institutions that inhabit the fabric of global society.Think about the rising nexus of non-government organizations, which can use the communications revolution to extend their reach and amplify the voice of civil society. In just 20 years, the number of these groups associated with the United Nations rose from 700 to nearly 4000.Think about the growing power of multinational corporations, who now control two-thirds of world trade. According to some research, 12 multinational corporations now sit among the world’s top 100 economic bodies in terms of sheer size.Think about powerful cities—31 of them are also on that list of the top 100. And they continue to grow. By 2030, about 60 percent of the world’s population will live in cities.Think also about the rising aspirations of citizens who feel increasingly part, yet not quite adjusted to, our interconnected “global village”. By 2030, the global middle class could top 5 billion, up from 2 billion today. These people will inevitably demand higher living standards, as well as greater freedom, dignity, and justice. Why should they settle for less? This will be a more diverse world of increasing demands and more dispersed power. In such a world, it could be much harder to get things done, to reach consensus on issues of global importance.The risk is of a world that is more integrated—economically, financially, and technologically—but more fragmented in terms of power, influence, and decision-making. This can lead to more indecision, impasse, and insecurity—the temptations of extremism—and it requires new solutions.

Tensions in economic sustainability
We will also need solutions for the second broad current that will dominate the next few decades—tensions in economic sustainability, between staying strong and slowing down.Of course, the immediate priority for growth is to get beyond the financial crisis, which began six years ago and is still with us, as the markets remind us these days. This requires a sustained and coordinated effort to deal with problems that still linger—a legacy of high private and public debt, weak banking systems, and structural impediments to competitiveness and growth—which have left us with unacceptably high levels of unemployment.You are used to the IMF talking about these issues, I know. Tonight, however, I want to set these issues in the context of longer-term impediments. Three in particular—demographic shifts, environmental degradation, and income inequality. As with global interconnections, some of these problems would look familiar to our ancestors—rising inequality, for example. But others are new and novel—such as pressures on the environment.

Demographics
Let me start with demographics. Over the next three decades, the world’s population will get much larger and much older.In 30 years time, there will be about two billion more people on the planet, including three quarters of a billion people over the age of 65. By 2020, for the first time ever, there will be more old people over 65 than children under 5.The geographical distribution will also change—young populations in regions like Africa and South Asia will increase sharply, while Europe, China, and Japan will age and shrink. In the coming decades, we expect India to surpass China, and Nigeria to surpass the United States, in terms of population. And both China and India will start aging in the near future.This can create problems on both ends of the demographic spectrum—for youthful countries and for graying countries.Right now, the young countries are seeing a “youth bulge”, with almost three billion people—half the global population—under 25. This could prove a boon or a bane, a demographic dividend or a demographic time bomb.
A youthful population is certainly fertile ground for innovation, dynamism, and creativity. Yet everything will depend on generating enough jobs to satisfy the aspirations of the rising generation.This calls for a single-minded focus on improving education—and, in particular, on the potentially massive effects of technological change on employment. Looking ahead, factors such as the internet revolution, the rise of smart machines, and the increasing high-tech component of products will have dramatic implications for jobs and the way we work. Yet governments are not thinking about this in a sufficiently strategic or proactive way.Aging countries will have different problems, of course. They will face slowing growth precisely at a time when they need to take care of a retiring generation—people who have contributed to society and expect, as part of the social contract, to be provided with decent social services as they move into their twilight years. This too can create tensions.Migration from young to old countries might help to release some pressure at both ends. Yet it could also inflame tensions—the brain drain could sap productive potential from source countries and a sudden influx of people could erode social cohesion in host countries and fuel nationalism. Yes, migration can help, but it must be managed well.

Environmental degradation
So demographics is one potential long-term obstacle. A second is environmental degradation, the newest and greatest challenge of our era. We all know what is at stake here. More people with more prosperity will stretch our natural environment to the limit.We can expect growing pressure points around water, food, and energy scarcity as the century progresses. By 2030, almost half of the world’s population will live in regions of high water stress or shortage.Hovering over all of this is the merciless march of climate change. Because of humanity’s hubris, the natural environment, which we need to sustain us, is instead turning against us.Make no mistake, it is the world’s most vulnerable people who will suffer most from the convulsions of climate. For example, some estimates suggest that forty percent of the land now used to grow maize in sub-Saharan Africa will no longer be able to support that crop by the 2030s. This will have hugely disruptive implications for African livelihoods and lives.A few years back, Prince Charles gave this very Dimbleby lecture. He used the occasion to make an impassioned plea to respect the natural law of ecological sustainability. “In failing the earth,” he said, “we are failing humanity”.The bad news is that we are getting perilously close to the tipping point. The good news is that it is not too late to turn the tide—even with rising seas.Overcoming climate change is obviously a gigantic project with a multitude of moving parts. I would just like to mention one component of it—making sure that people pay for the damage they cause. Why is this aspect—getting the prices right—so important? Because it will help to reduce the harm today and spur investment in the low-carbon technologies of tomorrow.Phasing out energy subsidies and getting energy prices right must also be part of the solution. Think about it: we are subsidizing the very behavior that is destroying our planet, and on an enormous scale. Both direct subsidies and the loss of tax revenue from fossil fuels ate up almost $2 trillion in 2011—this is about the same as the total GDP of countries like Italy or Russia! The worst part is that these subsidies mostly benefit the relatively affluent, not the poor. Reducing subsidies and properly taxing energy use can be a win-win prospect for people and for the planet.

Income inequality
Demographics and degradation of the environment are two major long-term trends—disparity of income is the third. This is really an old issue that has come to the fore once again.We are all keenly aware that income inequality has been rising in most countries. Seven out of ten people in the world today live in countries where inequality has increased over the past three decades.Some of the numbers are stunning—according to Oxfam, the richest 85 people in the world own the same amount of wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population.In the US, inequality is back to where it was before the Great Depression, and the richest 1 percent captured 95 percent of all income gains since 2009, while the bottom 90 percent got poorer. In India, the net worth of the billionaire community increased twelvefold in 15 years, enough to eliminate absolute poverty in this country twice over.With facts like these, it is not surprising that inequality is increasingly on the global community’s radar screen. It is not surprising that everyone from the Confederation of British Industry to Pope Francis is speaking out about it—because it can tear the precious fabric that holds our society together.Let me be frank: in the past, economists have underestimated the importance of inequality. They have focused on economic growth, on the size of the pie rather than its distribution. Today, we are more keenly aware of the damage done by inequality. Put simply, a severely skewed income distribution harms the pace and sustainability of growth over the longer term. It leads to an economy of exclusion, and a wasteland of discarded potential.It is easy to diagnose the problem, but far more difficult to solve it.From our work at the IMF, we know that the fiscal system can help to reduce inequality through careful design of tax and spending policies. Think about making taxation more progressive, improving access to health and education, and putting in place effective and targeted social programs. Yet these policies are hard to design and—because they create winners and losers—they create resistance and require courage.Nevertheless, we need to get to grips with it, and make sure that “inclusion” is given as much weight as “growth” in the design of policies. Yes, we need inclusive growth.More inclusion and opportunity in the economic life also means less cronyism and corruption. This must also rise to the top of the policy agenda.There is one more dimension of inequality that I wish to discuss here—one that is close to my heart. If we talk about inclusion in economic life, we must surely talk about gender.As we know too well, girls and women are still not allowed to fulfill their potential—not just in the developing world, but in rich countries too. The International Labor Organization estimates that 865 million women around the world are being held back. They face discrimination at birth, on the school bench, in the board room. They face reticence of the marketplace—and of the mind.And yet, the economic facts of life are crystal clear. By not letting women contribute, we end up with lower living standards for everyone. If women participated in the labor force to the same extent as men, the boost to per capita incomes could be huge—27 percent in the Middle East and North Africa, 23 percent in South Asia, 17 percent in Latin America, 15 percent in East Asia, 14 percent in Europe and Central Asia. We simply cannot afford to throw away these gains.“Daring the difference”, as I call it—enabling women to participate on an equal footing with men—can be a global economic game changer. We must let women succeed: for ourselves and for all the little girls—and boys—of the future. It will be their world—let us give it to them.

A Multilateralism for a New Era
I have talked tonight about the main pressure points that will dominate the global economy in the years to come—the tension between coming together and drifting apart; and the tension between staying strong and slowing down. I have talked about pressures that would have seemed familiar a century ago, and some that are entirely new.Now, how do we manage these pressure points? Where are the solutions? Overcoming the first tension really boils down to a simple question: do we cooperate as a global family or do we confront each other across the trenches of insularity? Are we friends or are we foes? Overcoming the second tension requires us to face common threats that are not bound by borders. Do we face adversity together, or do we build yet more borders and Maginot Lines that will be mere illusionary protections? The response to both tensions is therefore the same: a renewed commitment to international cooperation; to putting global interest above self-interest; to multilateralism.
As Martin Luther King once said, “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”This is really an old lesson for a new era. At such a momentous time as this, we need to choose the ethos of 1944 over 1914. We need to rekindle the Bretton Woods spirit that has served us so well.That does not mean, however, that we need to go back to the drawing board.Thanks to the inheritance of history, we have specific, working, forms of cooperation at hand. Again, think about the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization—and of course the IMF. We might call these concrete—or “hard”—forms of global governance.We also have a number of “soft” instruments, such as the G20 at one end and networks of non-government organizations at the other. These entities have no formal mandates or legal powers of enforcement, but they do have value. They can move quickly and they can wedge open the doors of dialogue. And, as Winston Churchill famously said, “to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war”! We have seen the power of multilateralism in action, both “hard” and “soft”. For an example of soft cooperation, we need look no further than right here in London five years ago, when the G20 countries rallied to turn back the tide of crisis, and made sure the world did not slip into a second Great Depression.As for more concrete forms, I invite you to consider the historic role played by the IMF down through the years—helping Europe after the war, the new nations of Africa and Asia after independence, the former eastern bloc after the Iron Curtain fell, and Latin America and Asia after crippling crisis. During the current crisis, we made 154 new lending commitments, disbursed $182 billion to countries in need, and provided technical assistance to 90 percent of our member nations. And we have 188 of them.The beauty of the new multilateralism is that it can build on the old—but go further. The existing instruments of cooperation have proven extremely successful over the past decades, and they must be preserved and protected. That means that institutions like the IMF must be brought fully up to date, and made fully representative of the changing dynamics of the global economy. We are working on that.More broadly, the new multilateralism must be made more inclusive—encompassing not only the emerging powers across the globe, but also the expanding networks and coalitions that are now deeply embedded in the fabric of the global economy. The new multilateralism must have the capacity to listen and respond to those new voices.
The new multilateralism also needs to be agile, making sure that soft and hard forms of collaboration complement rather than compete with each other. It needs to promote a long-term perspective and a global mentality, and be decisive in the short term—to overcome the temptation toward insularity and muddling through.Fundamentally, it needs to instill a broader sense of social responsibility on the part of all players in the modern global economy. It needs to instill the values of a global civil market economy—a global “guild hall”, as it were.What might this mean in practice? It clearly means many things, starting with all global stakeholders taking collective responsibility for managing the complex channels of the hyperconnected world.For a start, that means a renewed commitment to openness, and to the mutual benefits of trade and foreign investment.It also requires collective responsibility for managing an international monetary system that has traveled light years since the old Bretton Woods system. The collective responsibility would translate into all monetary institutions cooperating closely—mindful of the potential impact of their policies on others.In turn, that means we need a financial system for the 21st century. What do I mean by that? I mean a financial system that serves the productive economy rather than its own purposes, where jurisdictions only seek their own advantage provided that the greater global good prevails and with a regulatory structure that is global in reach. I mean financial oversight that is effective in clamping down on excess while making sure that credit gets to where it is most needed. I also mean a financial structure in which industry takes co-responsibility for the integrity of the system as a whole, where culture is taken as seriously as capital, and where the ethos is to serve rather than rule the real economy.
This has special resonance right here in the City of London. As a financial center with global reach, it must be a financial center with global responsibility. And with all due respect and admiration, that goes beyond hiring a Canadian to head the Bank of England!We also need the new 21st century multilateralism to get to grips with big ticket items like climate change and inequality. On these issues, no country can stand alone. Combating climate change will require the concerted resolve of all stakeholders working together—governments, cities, corporations, civil society, and even private citizens. Countries also need to come together to address inequality. As but one example, if countries compete for business by lowering taxes on corporate income, this could make inequality worse.Overall, the kind of 21st century cooperation I am thinking of will not come easy. It might get even harder as time passes, when the curtains fall on this crisis, when complacency sets in--even as the seeds of the next crisis perhaps are being planted.Yet given the currents that will dominate the coming decades, do we really have a choice? A new multilateralism is non-negotiable.

Conclusion
On that note, let me end by going back again to the beginning—to Keynes and that famous tryst with destiny.
Referring to that great multilateral moment, he noted that “if we can so continue, this nightmare, in which most of us here present have spent too much of our lives, will be over. The brotherhood of man will have become more than a phrase.”History proved Keynes right. Our forefathers vanquished the demons of the past, bequeathing to us a better world—and our generation was the main beneficiary.We are where we are today because of the foundation laid by the generation before us.Now it is our turn—to pave the way for the next generation. Are we up to the challenge? Our future depends on the answer to that question.Thank you very much.

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