JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
Ontario set for last cap-and-trade auction before joining Quebec and California-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
TORONTO — Ontario's final cap-and-trade auction before entering a joint market with Quebec and California next year is set for today.The province launched the program aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions this year and has seen three sell-out auctions, bringing in about $1.5 billion for green projects.The system puts caps on the amount of pollution companies in certain industries can emit, and if they exceed those limits they must buy allowances at auction or from other companies that come in under their limits.As of Jan. 1, Ontario will join Quebec and California's carbon market, which has also seen three sold out auctions in a row for current credits.Critics in Ontario have slammed both the cost to consumers — an extra 4.3 cents per litre to the price of gasoline and about $80 a year to natural gas home heating costs, as well as indirect costs — and the potential cost to the economy.The auditor general has said that when Ontario links its market with Quebec and California, an estimated $466 million will leave the Ontario economy over three years, because it will be cheaper to buy allowances from those jurisdictions.Both the environmental commissioner and the auditor have said that means greenhouse gas emissions won't actually be cut in Ontario.But the Liberal government has staunchly defended the plan, saying it is far more cost effective and is effective at reducing emissions than a carbon tax.If elected in June 2018, the Progressive Conservatives would withdraw Ontario from the cap-and-trade program by July 1, 2019, and instead implement a carbon tax. The party would instead opt into federal carbon pricing benchmarks and use the money to fund an income tax cut.Auction results are typically released one week later. The Canadian Press.
Spies more free to use cellphone surveillance tech without warrant, under court ruling-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
A federal court judge has ruled that Canada's domestic spy agency can continue to use contentious cellphone surveillance devices without a warrant, in some cases.For several years, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has used a device it calls a Cell Site Simulator (CSS) to collect information about cellphones and other cellular-capable devices — such as some laptops or tablets — during its national security investigations. The devices are perhaps better known as IMSI Catchers or Stingrays, and pretend to be legitimate cellphone towers in order to collect information. Privacy advocates have long criticized the technology for how it indiscriminately gathers data, not merely on the subject of an investigation, but on all of the cellular devices in its operating radius.According to CSIS, the technology is used for two reasons: to link a cellular device with the subject of an investigation whose identity is often — but not always — already known; and to pinpoint a subject's location. It is not used to capture communications.But after mounting questions from federal court judges, who only learned the devices were being used by CSIS last year, a recent top-secret warrant application was used to weigh in on the lawfulness of the technique's use. CSIS said previously it sometimes applies for warrants to use such devices and sometimes, for reasons that remain unclear, it has not. When does CSIS need a warrant? In his decision, made public on Tuesday, Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton concluded that: - CSIS does not need a warrant to use the technology to link a cellular device with the subject of an investigation — in other words, by collecting the unique subscriber number (IMSI) and device number (IMEI). - CSIS does need a warrant if it wants to use the technology to determine the location of a device.Use of the cellular surveillance technology was suspended in January while CSIS awaited the outcome of the case, but has since resumed, the agency said."For operational security reasons, CSIS is not in a position to further discuss how we use this technology," wrote CSIS spokesperson Tahera Mufti in an email, declining to answer how many times the technique has been used.CSIS confirmed its use of the technology for the first time in May this year, after the RCMP publicly admitted that it had long used the technology, too.Under Section 12 of the CSIS Act, the agency is allowed to collect, analyze and retain information without a warrant, as long as it is "strictly necessary" to defend against suspected threats to Canada.However, Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) believes that, given the type of information CSIS is collecting and how the devices operate, a warrant should be required."The impact on non-direct targets can actually be, I think, much more serious than is presented here," said Israel, who co-authored a report on the use of IMSI catchers in Canada. He called the devices "inherently intrusive."'Minimally intrusive,' court rules-For the case in question, CSIS was investigating the activities of a suspect in connection with what the court described as "Islamist terrorism."At issue was whether CSIS' use of an IMSI catcher could be considered an unreasonable search, which is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Crampton ruled that while the technology technically performs a search — collecting sensitive biographical information that could be used to infer the subject's habits — its use was "narrowly targeted, highly accurate and minimally intrusive."He deemed the search reasonable, and therefore lawful, noting that any information collected incidentally — not relevant to the investigation — must be "quickly destroyed and not subject to any analysis whatsoever," within a period of days or weeks.
FCC's Pai, addressing net neutrality rules, calls Twitter biased-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017-By Ginger Gibson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, accused social media company Twitter Inc of being politically biased on Tuesday as he defended his plan to roll back rules intended to ensure a free and open internet.Pai, a Republican named by President Donald Trump to head up the FCC, unveiled plans last week to scrap the 2015 landmark net neutrality rules, moving to give broadband service providers sweeping power over what content consumers can access."When it comes to an open internet, Twitter is part of the problem," Pai said. "The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate."He pointed to Twitter's refusal to let Representative Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, advertise a campaign video with an anti-abortion message."To say the least, the company appears to have a double standard when it comes to suspending or de-verifying conservative users’ accounts as opposed to those of liberal users," Pai said.A spokesperson for Twitter said that at no time was Blackburn's video censored and that her followers would have been able to still see it."Because advertisements are served to users who do not necessarily follow an account, we therefore have higher standards for their content," the Twitter spokesperson said.Twitter in October declined a campaign video advertisement by Blackburn, who announced she is running for the U.S. Senate, saying that a remark by Blackburn about opposing abortion was inflammatory. Twitter later reversed its decision.Pai's criticism came a day after Twitter and a number of other internet-based companies - including AirBnb, Reddit, Shutterstock, Inc, Tumblr and Etsy - sent a letter urging the FCC to maintain the net neutrality rules.Trump is a prolific user of Twitter, often posting his unvarnished thoughts on the news of the day. He used Twitter throughout his presidential campaign to circumvent traditional media and talk directly to voters.Pai has also been a frequent user of the website - acknowledging during the speech, "I love Twitter" - to push his case in favor of the rule changes. On Tuesday afternoon, he even posted a link to his remarks critical of Twitter on his own Twitter account.Following Pai's remarks on Tuesday, at an event organized by the libertarian-leaning R Street Institute, two other FCC commissioners said they would support his proposal when they vote on Dec. 14.The proposed rollback of net neutrality has been seen as a victory for big internet service providers such as AT&T Inc , Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc , which favored a repeal. On the other side, websites such as Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google have favored the rules.The rules prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to speedy internet, essentially a "fast lane," to certain internet services over others."So when you get past the wild accusations, fear mongering and hysteria, here’s the boring bottom line," Pai said. "The plan to restore internet freedom would return us to the light touch, market-based approach under which the internet thrived."(Reporting by Diane Bartz and Ginger Gibson; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Leslie Adler)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
NKorea launches ICBM in possibly its longest-range test yet-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-Kim Tong-Hyung and Foster Klug,November 28, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- After 2 ½ months of relative peace, North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet early Wednesday, claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believe could put Washington and the entire eastern U.S. seaboard within range.The North said in a special televised announcement hours after the launch that it had successfully fired what it called the Hwasong-15, a new nuclear-capable ICBM that's "significantly more" powerful than the long-range weapons it's previously tested. Outside governments and analysts backed up the North's claim to a jump in missile capability.A resumption of Pyongyang's torrid testing pace in pursuit of its goal of a viable arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland had been widely expected, but the apparent power and suddenness of the new test still jolted the Korean Peninsula and Washington. The launch at 3:17 a.m. local time and midday in the U.S. capital indicated an effort to perfect the element of surprise and to obtain maximum attention in the United States.In a government statement released through state media, North Korea said the Hwasong-15, the "greatest ICBM," could be armed with a "super-large heavy nuclear warhead" and striking the "whole mainland" of the United States. The North said the missile, which was fired near the capital Pyongyang, reached a maximum height of 4,475 kilometers (2,780 miles) and traveled 950 kilometers (590 miles) before accurately hitting a sea target, similar to the flight data announced by South Korea's military.The North said the missile, which was fired at the "highest" launch angle, didn't pose a security threat to its neighbors. It said leader Kim Jong Un after the successful launch "declared with pride" that the country has achieved its goal of becoming a "rocket power.""The development and advancement of the strategic weapon of the DPRK are to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country from the U.S. imperialists' nuclear blackmail policy and nuclear threat, and to ensure the peaceful life of the people, and therefore, they would not pose any threat to any country and region as long as the interests of the DPRK are not infringed upon," said the statement, referring to North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.The firing is a clear message of defiance aimed at the Trump administration, which had just restored the North to a U.S. list of terror sponsors. It also ruins nascent diplomatic efforts, raises fears of war or a pre-emptive U.S. strike and casts a deeper shadow over the security of the Winter Olympics early next year in South Korea.A rattled Seoul responded by almost immediately launching three of its own missiles in a show of force. The South's president, Moon Jae-in, expressed worry that North Korea's growing missile threat could force the United States to attack the North before it masters a nuclear-tipped long-range missile, something experts say may be imminent."If North Korea completes a ballistic missile that could reach from one continent to another, the situation can spiral out of control," Moon said at an emergency meeting in Seoul, according to his office. "We must stop a situation where North Korea miscalculates and threatens us with nuclear weapons or where the United States considers a pre-emptive strike."Moon, a liberal who has been forced into a more hawkish stance by a stream of North Korean weapons tests, has repeatedly declared that there can be no U.S. attack on the North without Seoul's approval, but many here worry that Washington may act without South Korean input.The launch is North Korea's first since it fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan on Sept. 15, and may have broken any efforts at diplomacy meant to end the North's nuclear ambitions. U.S. officials have sporadically floated the idea of direct talks with North Korea if it maintained restraint.The missile also appears to improve on North Korea's past launches.If flown on a standard trajectory, instead of Wednesday's lofted angle, the missile would have a range of more than 13,000 kilometers (8,100 miles), said U.S. scientist David Wright, a physicist who closely tracks North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. "Such a missile would have more than enough range to reach Washington, D.C., and in fact any part of the continental United States," Wright wrote in a blog post for the Union for Concerned Scientists.North Korea's description of a "super-large heavy" warhead is also likely to raise debate on whether the country is planning another nuclear test to demonstrate it has such a weapon. When the North flight tested two of its older ICBM models, the Hwasong-14s, in July, it said the missiles were capable of delivering "large-sized heavy" warheads. The North went on to conduct its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, which it described as a detonation of a weapon built for ICBMs.South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Wednesday that the possibility of another North Korean nuclear test "cannot be discounted," lawmaker Kim Byung-kee said.Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said the missile landed inside of Japan's special economic zone in the Sea of Japan, about 250 kilometers 155 miles) west of Aomori, which is on the northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu.A big unknown, however, is the missile's payload. If, as expected, it carried a light mock warhead, then its effective range would have been shorter, analysts said.An intercontinental ballistic missile test is considered particularly provocative, and indications that it flew higher than past launches suggest progress by Pyongyang in developing a weapon of mass destruction that could strike the U.S. mainland. President Donald Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from having that capability — using military force if necessary.In response to the launch, Trump said the United States will "take care of it." He told reporters after the launch: "It is a situation that we will handle." He did not elaborate.Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said the missile was launched from Sain Ni, North Korea, and traveled about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan within 370 nautical kilometers (200 nautical miles) of Japan's coast. It flew for 53 minutes, Japan's defense minister said.South Korea's responding missile tests included one with a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) range, to mimic striking the North Korea launch site, which is not far from the North Korean capital.The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday afternoon at the request of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea.Italy's U.N. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the current Security Council president, told reporters late Tuesday that "it's certainly very worrying. Everybody was hoping that there would be restraint from the regime."He said the latest and toughest sanctions resolutions against North Korea "are working, having an effect on the situation ... on the capacity of the regime to obtain hard currency because to go along with the military programs or missile or nuclear (programs) you need money, and that's the objective.""There is still room for new measures, but for the moment ... we don't know what the council decision will be," he said.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the missile flew higher than previous projectiles."It went higher, frankly, than any previous shot they've taken," he told reporters at the White House. "It's a research and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that can threaten everywhere in the world."A week ago, the Trump administration declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, further straining ties between governments that are still technically at war. Washington also imposed new sanctions on North Korean shipping firms and Chinese trading companies dealing with the North.North Korea called the terror designation a "serious provocation" that justifies its development of nuclear weapons.Kim Dong-yub, a former South Korean military official who is now an analyst at Seoul's Institute for Far Eastern Studies, said the North is likely trying to further evaluate the weapon's performance, including the warhead's ability to survive atmospheric re-entry and strike the intended target, before it attempts a test that shows the full range of the missile.South Koreans are famously nonchalant about North Korea's military moves, but there is worry about what the North's weapons tests might mean for next year's Winter Olympics in the South. President Moon told his officials to closely review whether the launch could in anyway hurt South Korea's efforts to successfully host the games in Pyeongchang, which begin Feb. 9.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who spoke with Trump, said Japan will not back down against any provocation and would maximize pressure on the North in its strong alliance with the U.S.Trump has ramped up economic and diplomatic pressure on the North to prevent its nuclear and missile development. So far, the pressure has failed to get North Korea's government, which views a nuclear arsenal as key to its survival, to return to long-stalled international negotiations on its nuclear program.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement that North Korea was "indiscriminately threatening its neighbors, the region and global stability." He urged the international community to not only implement existing U.N. sanctions on North Korea but also to consider additional measures for interdicting maritime traffic transporting goods to and from the country."Diplomatic options remain viable and open, for now," Tillerson said, adding the U.S. remains committed to "finding a peaceful path to denuclearization and to ending belligerent actions by North Korea."___Associated Press writers Matthew Pennington, Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns in Washington, Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
We are not there yet', Barnier tells UK By Eszter Zalan-nov 29,17-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 13:51-The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Wednesday (29 November) work is still ongoing to reach a deal with the UK this week on all three key divorce issues, after reports the UK and EU negotiators reached a broad outline deal on the financial bill.A possible agreement on the overall divorce bill – that still needs to be agreed by member states' representatives – would overcome one of the key hurdles in the Brexit talks, the financial settlement.The Financial Times reported that the UK agreed to assume EU liabilities worth up to €100 billion - but spread over many decades, the net amount could be much lower.Speaking in Berlin at a conference Barnier dismissed the reports."There is a subject on which we are continuing to work — despite the claims or rumours in the press today, that's the issue of financial engagements," Barnier was quoted by AFP.The UK has been reluctant for months to give details on what it is willing to pay from previous commitments.In September, British prime minister Theresa May said in a speech in Florence that EU countries would not have to pay more or receive less to the EU budget after the UK leaves the bloc, and that the UK would honour its previous commitments.However, she has not clarified what that would cover.The EU wanted the UK to clarify payment commitments on issues such as the Turkey Fund, the European Development Fund, loans and pension payments.Negotiators have not focused on numbers, but on what the UK is willing to pay, and EU officials told their UK counterparts the bloc is willing to help London present the estimates, to save May from political backlash by hardline Brexiteers.Another remaining outstanding issue is the Irish border in negotiations.Ireland and the EU wants the UK to spell out how it would avoid the establishment of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit when it becomes the EU's new external border.Ireland urged the UK to keep the same rules in Northern Ireland after Brexit, in order to avoid a hard border."We re not there yet," Michel Barnier told an audience in Berlin, at a security conference."The work on the three main subjects continues this week in a constructive spirit with the UK," he added.The UK has until Monday (4 December) to come forward with a proposal on Ireland.On Monday European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will host British prime minister Theresa May for lunch.She is expected to present the UK's offer on all three key divorce issues, including citizens' rights.A tentatively planned meeting between Barnier and UK Brexit minister David Davishas now been scrapped.Barnier reiterated on Wednesday that if "real" sufficient progress is made on the three key issues, EU leaders at their December summit will be able to open discussions on a possible transition period and future relations with the UK.EU countries in 2018 will define the framework of the new partnership with the UK, Barnier added.
Commission 'solution' to lawmaking deadlock stalled By Peter Teffer-nov 29,17-euobserver
Brussels, Today, 11:08-The European Commission's proposal to change rules on direct lawmaking in the EU has so far been met with silence or outright opposition.In an attempt to let national governments take political ownership of controversial decisions, like on authorising genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the commission proposed in February to modify the so-called 'comitology' rules.Comitology is not very well-known outside EU circles, but has become a common way in Brussels to make legislation through committees with experts from member states.On Monday (27 November) one such committee made the highly-controversial decision to renew the licence for the weedkiller glyphosate - after 18 months of discussion and stalled votes because too many states had previously abstained.Often when GMOs are up for approval, roughly a third of member states vote in favour, a third against, and a third abstain, leading to an outcome known as 'no opinion'. This is then often repeated in the appeal committee.To increase the likelihood of member states reaching an actual stand – and to prevent the commission from bearing the full responsibility of the final decision – the commission proposed that in the appeal committee abstentions no longer count when calculating a qualified majority in sensitive cases.Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva on Tuesday (28 November) did not go into detail about the file's lack of support, but said the EU's executive was working towards a "solution".But 288 days after the commission's publication of the proposal, it has barely been discussed in the two EU institutions that need to approve it: the European Parliament and the Council of the EU.-Czech, French and British scepticism-The council represents the governments of the EU's 28 member states. Several of those member states are critical of the proposal.On 19 October, the committee of European affairs in the French senate said that it considered "the modification of the calculating rules on qualified majority as inconsistent with the [EU] treaties".Some months earlier, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic expressed both "concern" and "doubts" about the proposal.Polish senators even issued a "negative opinion" on the proposal, saying the plan would introduce a "systemic change".The plan "upsets the institutional balance", according to the Foreign and European Union Affairs Committee of the Polish senate.Meanwhile in London, the UK government has asked the Commission to provide evidence that the plan "would not disproportionately add bureaucracy and delay to an already complex system".London is also "unconvinced" by the Commission's argument that an impact assessment of the proposal was not needed, a concern also raised by Czech MPs.-Brexit-The UK's relation to this file is however different than that of the 27 EU member states who will remain a member of the bloc.The House of Commons has asked the UK government to be "highly engaged" with the proposal "in order to influence the best outcome for the UK as a future third country".The MPs "think it possible that some significant aspects of the UK's future relationship with the EU, whether in terms of trade or other cooperation, could be implemented through the comitology process".They added it was "quite possible" that after March 2019 the UK "might want to align UK law with EU implementing legislation"."The crucial question therefore for the government is whether the post-Brexit interests of the UK would be better served by the current comitology processes (which it considers to be evidence-based) or the reforms (which involve more member state input and which it thinks will have a politicising effect)," MPs said.Parliament-The European Parliament also needs to agree to the proposal before it can become law.The parliament has its own qualms with the comitology process, in particular with a legal activity called the 'implementing act'. These are adopted without any role for MEPs.Six parliament committees will give an opinion about the proposal before amendments are proposed to the lead committee of legal affairs.So far, one opinion has been adopted, last week, by the economic and monetary affairs committee.The committee took the opportunity to introduce amendments to the text to increase the role of the EU Parliament, asking for more transparency and "full access" to the comitology register.More of such amendments can be expected, which will make it difficult for the commission to keep the scope of the proposal "targeted and limited".Glyphosate-In its proposal, the commission said that the change of voting rules in the appeal committee was needed because the outcome was often the same as in the original committee.But the glyphosate case this week was evidence to the contrary.The appeals committee adopted the commission's proposal to renew the substance's licence for a period of five years, with only Portugal abstaining.In a previous vote, four states, including Germany, abstained. This time however, in a twist which is now reverberating in German politics, the EU's largest state voted in favour of renewal. Ignoring abstentions was not required to break the deadlock.
Reports: UK agrees to pay €50bn Brexit bill By Andrew Rettman-nov 29,17-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 08:51-The UK has agreed to pay the EU over €50 billion for its Brexit divorce settlement, paving the way for talks on a future trade deal.British officials told UK newspapers about the deal on Tuesday (28 November), but the precise figure varied from report to report.The BBC said it could be worth between €40 billion and €55 billion. The Financial Times said it would be just under €50 billion. The Telegraph said €45 billion to €55 billion. The Times said it would be between €40 billion and €50 billion, while The Guardian cited a figure of €55 billion.The figures varied, partly, because the UK is to pay the money over the next 40 or so years rather than as a lump sum.A UK source told The Times newspaper that when British prime minister Theresa May meets European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker next Monday to announce the agreement she will say the UK will pay the EU "when they [the bills] fall due".That means the size of the EU bills will change over time - the cost of EU officials' pensions, for instance, will change depending on how long retired officials live.The payments are also being spread over time, officials said, to help May defend herself against political accusations that she has sold out to EU demands.A British government spokesman declined to confirm the reports of a Brexit deal on Tuesday."Intensive talks between the UK and the European Commission continue to take place in Brussels this week as we seek to reach an agreement," the spokesman said."We are exploring how we can continue to build on recent momentum in the talks so that together we can move the negotiations on to the next phase and discuss our future partnership," he added.If May and Juncker agree the Brexit financial settlement next week, it could pave the way for EU leaders to open phase two of Brexit talks - on a future trade deal and on transitional arrangements after the UK leaves the EU in 2019 - at a summit one week later.The EU has said the talks must make "sufficient progress" on three issues for that to take place - the Brexit financial settlement, the Irish border, and EU citizens' rights.The Irish border would remain the most difficult question after the financial deal is settled."I think we can reach sufficient progress, but again we haven't seen anything on paper yet [on the Brexit divorce bill], so I am always extremely cautious," an EU official told The Guardian.
Focus-Hungary-Serbia railway launched at China summit By Eszter Zalan-nov 29,17-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:30-A two-day economic summit in Budapest between China and 16 central and eastern European countries saw the launch of several investment projects, including a high-speed rail link, against the backdrop of EU concerns at Beijing's reach into the region.As politicians and business leaders from China and 16 central and eastern European countries ended the summit Tuesday (28 November), with the participation of Chinese premier Li Keqiang, limits became visible in what the format is attempting to achieve.The 16+1 format was born in 2012, but despite a permanent secretariat and yearly meetings, the format has yet to produce many tangible results."After five years, CEE countries are realising that there are limits to what can be achieved via this format. Trade can't be pushed up by politics only – and indeed, trade between China and CEE countries hasn't grown much faster over the period than with the rest of the EU," said Agatha Kratz with the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank."For Chinese investments, the main target is still western Europe. The investment trend is upward of course, but it has not delivered the growth and job boom expected," she added.Chinese investment in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region is over nine billion dollars (€7.5bn), up from three billion dollars in 2012, according to China's news agency, Xinhua.One of the flagship projects of the cooperation, the 350km high-speed rail line from Belgrade to Budapest – with construction originally set to start in 2015 – might take off the ground soon.Hungary announced on Monday it would publish a procurement tender for its section of the line, after a probe by the European Commission said the original design was not in line with EU rules.The project was delayed because the EU probe looked into whether it follows the bloc's procurement rules, stipulating that public tenders must be offered for large infrastructure projects.Serbia has reportedly borrowed $297.6 million from China's Exim Bank to modernise its section of the track out of the capital, Belgrade.The $3.8bn project will eventually become the main gateway for Chinese goods shipped to Europe via the Greek port of Piraeus.On Tuesday Belgrade formally launched the project, which will cut the current gruelling eight-hour ride to under three.-Heavyweights-The meeting underlines China's efforts in Europe, but also highlights eastern and central European countries' desire to be taken seriously."Every European country would like to participate in China's immense development," Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban said at a joint press conference with Chinese premier Li on Tuesday."The cooperation is one more way for China to interact with EU countries, to tap into new markets, and link with countries that are eager to trade with it," Kratz told EUobserver."For eastern and central European countries, it is a yearly opportunity to exchange at the highest level with their Chinese counterparts, but also to shape EU-China relations more to their liking," she added.However, concerns were raised at the creation of the format in 2012.EU officials, refusing to sign up to the notion that the 16+1 is a threat to EU unity, said the cooperation complements the EU's overall policy on China, as long as it is compliant with EU rules."The role of the both Commission and EEAS [European External Action Service] is to support member states who belong to this format, it's 11 of them, and help them make sure that these activities are complimentary to what we do in EU-China relations," an EU Commission spokeswoman said on Monday.Gunnar Wiegand, the managing director for Asia Pacific at the EEAS participated in the Budapest summit as an observer.Kratz said politically, the cooperation allowed particular member states to diversify their foreign policy away from the EU.Hungary's Orban – who has set out to create an 'illiberal democracy' – has been one of the champions of intensifying ties with China in the region.Some point out that the relationship has already had political implications.Along with some of the Nordic countries, central European states gave a cool welcome to France's initiative to screen strategic Chinese investments and takeovers in the EU."The cooperation is creating more debate at the EU level on what should be the EU's China policy. And in this debate, more weight is given to central and eastern European countries," Kratz said.That weight can grow.Kratz added "The EU's position on China's human rights violations could be weakened if a growing number of EU governments fear crossing Beijing"."The election of more Orban-like leaders, who are keen to use China as a way to make a point about their relation to Brussels, could bring about increased challenges in EU-China relations," she said.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Immigrant wages on the rise, but gaps with Canada-born persist-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
Recent immigrants to Canada are earning more money than ever, new figures from Statistics Canada show. In 2014, immigrants who had spent one year in Canada made an average of $24,000, the highest amount since 1981.This rise is partly due to the so-called Canadian Experience Class — a centrepiece of the previous Conservative government's economic immigration reforms — which fast-tracks permanent residency for newcomers who have work experience in Canada already."There are more immigrants coming in through this class," said StatsCan senior analyst Scott McLeish. "They already have experience working in Canada in high skills occupations. So they're starting from a different point than other immigrants."StatsCan arrived at these numbers by looking at 2015 tax returns from immigrants.The rise in median wages is the good news. But immigrants still make significantly less than people born in Canada. While non-immigrants earned on average $36,300, immigrants made $29,770, according to the 2016 census.This immigrant wage gap varies by province, with the widest gap in Alberta, and the narrowest in Nova Scotia.In the Northwest Territories and in Newfoundland and Labrador, immigrants earn on average more than native-born Canadians.The longer immigrants live in Canada, the more they earn-Immigrants tend to make more money the longer they live in Canada. In 2008, an immigrant who had been in Canada for seven years made almost $11,000 more than one who had arrived a year before.This residence gap is most acute for immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. Recent immigrants from those regions earn much less than those from Asia, Latin America, and Europe.It's a different situation for immigrants from the United States. Wages for recent American immigrants tend to be higher than those who have been here longer.According to a report by the Conference Board of Canada, the main factors of the wage gap are language skills, foreign qualification and skill recognition, and discrimination.Some provinces are better at retaining immigrants-The vast majority of immigrants who land in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia stay in those provinces, StatsCan has found. Atlantic provinces can't say the same, especially among Economic Class immigrants and refugees.Only 14 per cent of economic immigrants who landed in Prince Edward Island still lived there five years later.Economic Class are those who come for work. Family Class immigrants are those who come to join family members who already immigrated.Still work to be done, expert says-Though the economic situation has generally improved for immigrants in Canada, there is still work to be done, according to Stéphane Reichhold, head of the umbrella organization that groups immigration resources in Quebec (TCRI).This often has to do with recognition of education or work experience from countries outside of Canada, he said."Often, people are restarting," Reichhold said. "They already worked in their country of origin and they restart at the bottom of the scale."According to Reichhold, the majority of economic immigrants are underemployed, meaning they have jobs that do not correspond to their level of experience or education compared to the native Canadian population.He's worked at the umbrella organization since 1990, and has seen some improvement in the economic situation for immigrants.But, he said, there is a much higher rate of unemployment, use of social services, and poverty for people from countries in North Africa than those from Europe or North America, for example."The cultural-linguistic factors are part of it. Discrimination and racism factors are there."For an immigrant looking for higher-paying work in Quebec, speaking both English and French is often necessary, Reichhold added. But most immigrants who come to Quebec are not fluent in both official languages, he said."Most of them speak little to no English, because they were told if you want to live in French, come to Quebec," he said.
I think this could open up a lot of interesting doors': LGBT community in B.C. reacts to federal apology-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a historic apology to the country's LGBT community in the House of Commons on Tuesday, acknowledging and apologizing for decades of state-sanctioned discrimination.Paul Therien, founder and chair of Q Hall of Fame, said the apology is an important step for the country. In his apology, Trudeau addressed civil servants, military members and other Canadians who faced discrimination, criminalization and injustice based on their sexual orientation.It's something many in the LBGT community still remember, including people he knows personally, Therien told CBC Early Edition host Rick Cluff. "These rights that we have are relatively new," he said. "There are people who were directly impacted by these laws and this persecution, who are still alive today, and they deserve an apology."He said Trudeau's apology demonstrates Canada's commitment towards change to the rest of the world. "It takes time to change, overall, society's perceptions and this apology is a strong indicator that our society is advanced," he said. "It is a historic moment, absolutely."'Often not enough'-LGBT artist-activist Jen Sungshine agreed the apology is an important step forward but said the conversation is far from over."An apology, while there is weight to it, especially on a state level, it's often not enough," she said.Sungshine, a workshop facilitator for the program Out In Schools, said she hopes the apology and recognition will open doors to more LGBT funding and support, particularly in schools."It's LGBT youth who are still persecuted in schools across the country, and, right now, I think the focus really should be on transgender students, non-binary or non-conforming youth who don't fit into the neat little boxes of male and female," she said.In addition to apologizing, Trudeau said the government will put forward $250,000 toward community projects to combat homophobia and provide support for people in crisis.He also pledged $100 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement to compensate members of federal organizations, like the military, who were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation."I think this could open up a lot of interesting doors," Sungshine said. "It's a really good reminder to not stay complacent and indifferent."With files from The Early Edition.
Mixed-race couples challenge Kahnawake marry out, stay out law-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
More than a dozen people appeared in court Tuesday to challenge a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake law that prevents non-Indigenous people from living on the Mohawk territory south of Montreal.It's known as the "marry out, stay out" law.These mixed-race families argue the Mohawk council's residency laws are unconstitutional and discriminatory.Among those challenging the law in Quebec Superior Court is Waneek Horn-Miller, who grew up in Kahnawake. Because she married a white man, her family cannot live together in her home community."As Indigenous people, we have very strong ties to the land where our ancestors are, and I also feel very strongly about contributing to my community," Horn-Miller said. She said she wants to help build Kahnawake and move it forward.Horn-Miller was a teenager during the 1990 Oka crisis, a land dispute that resulted in the death of a provincial police officer, when she was stabbed in the chest by a soldier's bayonet while protecting her younger sister.Horn-Miller now lives in Ottawa but said she desperately wants to move back to Kahnawake."I don't believe you should have to pick between your heart, which is the love of a wonderful man which has made my life incredible, and my community," she said.Non-Indigenous people welcome, but not to stay: council-For the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, the law is a tool with which to protect the community's culture, traditions and even language.Joe Delaronde, spokesperson for the council, said that people in his community are disappointed the dispute is now before a non-Mohawk tribunal."The real concern for us is that a community law is being challenged in a Quebec court when, really, we've made that determination all along," Delaronde said outside the courtroom in Longueuil.The council feels "extremely strongly" that the matter should be decided internally, he said.The bottom line is that non-Indigenous people are welcome in the community but cannot live there, Delaronde explained."The fact of the matter is, we are on a postage stamp next to Montreal surrounded by Quebec, Canada, the United States, everybody," Delaronde said. "It's very difficult to maintain identity, language, culture."
TORONTO — Ontario's final cap-and-trade auction before entering a joint market with Quebec and California next year is set for today.The province launched the program aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions this year and has seen three sell-out auctions, bringing in about $1.5 billion for green projects.The system puts caps on the amount of pollution companies in certain industries can emit, and if they exceed those limits they must buy allowances at auction or from other companies that come in under their limits.As of Jan. 1, Ontario will join Quebec and California's carbon market, which has also seen three sold out auctions in a row for current credits.Critics in Ontario have slammed both the cost to consumers — an extra 4.3 cents per litre to the price of gasoline and about $80 a year to natural gas home heating costs, as well as indirect costs — and the potential cost to the economy.The auditor general has said that when Ontario links its market with Quebec and California, an estimated $466 million will leave the Ontario economy over three years, because it will be cheaper to buy allowances from those jurisdictions.Both the environmental commissioner and the auditor have said that means greenhouse gas emissions won't actually be cut in Ontario.But the Liberal government has staunchly defended the plan, saying it is far more cost effective and is effective at reducing emissions than a carbon tax.If elected in June 2018, the Progressive Conservatives would withdraw Ontario from the cap-and-trade program by July 1, 2019, and instead implement a carbon tax. The party would instead opt into federal carbon pricing benchmarks and use the money to fund an income tax cut.Auction results are typically released one week later. The Canadian Press.
Spies more free to use cellphone surveillance tech without warrant, under court ruling-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
A federal court judge has ruled that Canada's domestic spy agency can continue to use contentious cellphone surveillance devices without a warrant, in some cases.For several years, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has used a device it calls a Cell Site Simulator (CSS) to collect information about cellphones and other cellular-capable devices — such as some laptops or tablets — during its national security investigations. The devices are perhaps better known as IMSI Catchers or Stingrays, and pretend to be legitimate cellphone towers in order to collect information. Privacy advocates have long criticized the technology for how it indiscriminately gathers data, not merely on the subject of an investigation, but on all of the cellular devices in its operating radius.According to CSIS, the technology is used for two reasons: to link a cellular device with the subject of an investigation whose identity is often — but not always — already known; and to pinpoint a subject's location. It is not used to capture communications.But after mounting questions from federal court judges, who only learned the devices were being used by CSIS last year, a recent top-secret warrant application was used to weigh in on the lawfulness of the technique's use. CSIS said previously it sometimes applies for warrants to use such devices and sometimes, for reasons that remain unclear, it has not. When does CSIS need a warrant? In his decision, made public on Tuesday, Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton concluded that: - CSIS does not need a warrant to use the technology to link a cellular device with the subject of an investigation — in other words, by collecting the unique subscriber number (IMSI) and device number (IMEI). - CSIS does need a warrant if it wants to use the technology to determine the location of a device.Use of the cellular surveillance technology was suspended in January while CSIS awaited the outcome of the case, but has since resumed, the agency said."For operational security reasons, CSIS is not in a position to further discuss how we use this technology," wrote CSIS spokesperson Tahera Mufti in an email, declining to answer how many times the technique has been used.CSIS confirmed its use of the technology for the first time in May this year, after the RCMP publicly admitted that it had long used the technology, too.Under Section 12 of the CSIS Act, the agency is allowed to collect, analyze and retain information without a warrant, as long as it is "strictly necessary" to defend against suspected threats to Canada.However, Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) believes that, given the type of information CSIS is collecting and how the devices operate, a warrant should be required."The impact on non-direct targets can actually be, I think, much more serious than is presented here," said Israel, who co-authored a report on the use of IMSI catchers in Canada. He called the devices "inherently intrusive."'Minimally intrusive,' court rules-For the case in question, CSIS was investigating the activities of a suspect in connection with what the court described as "Islamist terrorism."At issue was whether CSIS' use of an IMSI catcher could be considered an unreasonable search, which is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Crampton ruled that while the technology technically performs a search — collecting sensitive biographical information that could be used to infer the subject's habits — its use was "narrowly targeted, highly accurate and minimally intrusive."He deemed the search reasonable, and therefore lawful, noting that any information collected incidentally — not relevant to the investigation — must be "quickly destroyed and not subject to any analysis whatsoever," within a period of days or weeks.
FCC's Pai, addressing net neutrality rules, calls Twitter biased-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017-By Ginger Gibson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, accused social media company Twitter Inc of being politically biased on Tuesday as he defended his plan to roll back rules intended to ensure a free and open internet.Pai, a Republican named by President Donald Trump to head up the FCC, unveiled plans last week to scrap the 2015 landmark net neutrality rules, moving to give broadband service providers sweeping power over what content consumers can access."When it comes to an open internet, Twitter is part of the problem," Pai said. "The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate."He pointed to Twitter's refusal to let Representative Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, advertise a campaign video with an anti-abortion message."To say the least, the company appears to have a double standard when it comes to suspending or de-verifying conservative users’ accounts as opposed to those of liberal users," Pai said.A spokesperson for Twitter said that at no time was Blackburn's video censored and that her followers would have been able to still see it."Because advertisements are served to users who do not necessarily follow an account, we therefore have higher standards for their content," the Twitter spokesperson said.Twitter in October declined a campaign video advertisement by Blackburn, who announced she is running for the U.S. Senate, saying that a remark by Blackburn about opposing abortion was inflammatory. Twitter later reversed its decision.Pai's criticism came a day after Twitter and a number of other internet-based companies - including AirBnb, Reddit, Shutterstock, Inc, Tumblr and Etsy - sent a letter urging the FCC to maintain the net neutrality rules.Trump is a prolific user of Twitter, often posting his unvarnished thoughts on the news of the day. He used Twitter throughout his presidential campaign to circumvent traditional media and talk directly to voters.Pai has also been a frequent user of the website - acknowledging during the speech, "I love Twitter" - to push his case in favor of the rule changes. On Tuesday afternoon, he even posted a link to his remarks critical of Twitter on his own Twitter account.Following Pai's remarks on Tuesday, at an event organized by the libertarian-leaning R Street Institute, two other FCC commissioners said they would support his proposal when they vote on Dec. 14.The proposed rollback of net neutrality has been seen as a victory for big internet service providers such as AT&T Inc , Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc , which favored a repeal. On the other side, websites such as Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google have favored the rules.The rules prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to speedy internet, essentially a "fast lane," to certain internet services over others."So when you get past the wild accusations, fear mongering and hysteria, here’s the boring bottom line," Pai said. "The plan to restore internet freedom would return us to the light touch, market-based approach under which the internet thrived."(Reporting by Diane Bartz and Ginger Gibson; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Leslie Adler)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
NKorea launches ICBM in possibly its longest-range test yet-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-Kim Tong-Hyung and Foster Klug,November 28, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- After 2 ½ months of relative peace, North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet early Wednesday, claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believe could put Washington and the entire eastern U.S. seaboard within range.The North said in a special televised announcement hours after the launch that it had successfully fired what it called the Hwasong-15, a new nuclear-capable ICBM that's "significantly more" powerful than the long-range weapons it's previously tested. Outside governments and analysts backed up the North's claim to a jump in missile capability.A resumption of Pyongyang's torrid testing pace in pursuit of its goal of a viable arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland had been widely expected, but the apparent power and suddenness of the new test still jolted the Korean Peninsula and Washington. The launch at 3:17 a.m. local time and midday in the U.S. capital indicated an effort to perfect the element of surprise and to obtain maximum attention in the United States.In a government statement released through state media, North Korea said the Hwasong-15, the "greatest ICBM," could be armed with a "super-large heavy nuclear warhead" and striking the "whole mainland" of the United States. The North said the missile, which was fired near the capital Pyongyang, reached a maximum height of 4,475 kilometers (2,780 miles) and traveled 950 kilometers (590 miles) before accurately hitting a sea target, similar to the flight data announced by South Korea's military.The North said the missile, which was fired at the "highest" launch angle, didn't pose a security threat to its neighbors. It said leader Kim Jong Un after the successful launch "declared with pride" that the country has achieved its goal of becoming a "rocket power.""The development and advancement of the strategic weapon of the DPRK are to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country from the U.S. imperialists' nuclear blackmail policy and nuclear threat, and to ensure the peaceful life of the people, and therefore, they would not pose any threat to any country and region as long as the interests of the DPRK are not infringed upon," said the statement, referring to North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.The firing is a clear message of defiance aimed at the Trump administration, which had just restored the North to a U.S. list of terror sponsors. It also ruins nascent diplomatic efforts, raises fears of war or a pre-emptive U.S. strike and casts a deeper shadow over the security of the Winter Olympics early next year in South Korea.A rattled Seoul responded by almost immediately launching three of its own missiles in a show of force. The South's president, Moon Jae-in, expressed worry that North Korea's growing missile threat could force the United States to attack the North before it masters a nuclear-tipped long-range missile, something experts say may be imminent."If North Korea completes a ballistic missile that could reach from one continent to another, the situation can spiral out of control," Moon said at an emergency meeting in Seoul, according to his office. "We must stop a situation where North Korea miscalculates and threatens us with nuclear weapons or where the United States considers a pre-emptive strike."Moon, a liberal who has been forced into a more hawkish stance by a stream of North Korean weapons tests, has repeatedly declared that there can be no U.S. attack on the North without Seoul's approval, but many here worry that Washington may act without South Korean input.The launch is North Korea's first since it fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan on Sept. 15, and may have broken any efforts at diplomacy meant to end the North's nuclear ambitions. U.S. officials have sporadically floated the idea of direct talks with North Korea if it maintained restraint.The missile also appears to improve on North Korea's past launches.If flown on a standard trajectory, instead of Wednesday's lofted angle, the missile would have a range of more than 13,000 kilometers (8,100 miles), said U.S. scientist David Wright, a physicist who closely tracks North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. "Such a missile would have more than enough range to reach Washington, D.C., and in fact any part of the continental United States," Wright wrote in a blog post for the Union for Concerned Scientists.North Korea's description of a "super-large heavy" warhead is also likely to raise debate on whether the country is planning another nuclear test to demonstrate it has such a weapon. When the North flight tested two of its older ICBM models, the Hwasong-14s, in July, it said the missiles were capable of delivering "large-sized heavy" warheads. The North went on to conduct its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, which it described as a detonation of a weapon built for ICBMs.South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Wednesday that the possibility of another North Korean nuclear test "cannot be discounted," lawmaker Kim Byung-kee said.Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said the missile landed inside of Japan's special economic zone in the Sea of Japan, about 250 kilometers 155 miles) west of Aomori, which is on the northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu.A big unknown, however, is the missile's payload. If, as expected, it carried a light mock warhead, then its effective range would have been shorter, analysts said.An intercontinental ballistic missile test is considered particularly provocative, and indications that it flew higher than past launches suggest progress by Pyongyang in developing a weapon of mass destruction that could strike the U.S. mainland. President Donald Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from having that capability — using military force if necessary.In response to the launch, Trump said the United States will "take care of it." He told reporters after the launch: "It is a situation that we will handle." He did not elaborate.Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said the missile was launched from Sain Ni, North Korea, and traveled about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan within 370 nautical kilometers (200 nautical miles) of Japan's coast. It flew for 53 minutes, Japan's defense minister said.South Korea's responding missile tests included one with a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) range, to mimic striking the North Korea launch site, which is not far from the North Korean capital.The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday afternoon at the request of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea.Italy's U.N. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the current Security Council president, told reporters late Tuesday that "it's certainly very worrying. Everybody was hoping that there would be restraint from the regime."He said the latest and toughest sanctions resolutions against North Korea "are working, having an effect on the situation ... on the capacity of the regime to obtain hard currency because to go along with the military programs or missile or nuclear (programs) you need money, and that's the objective.""There is still room for new measures, but for the moment ... we don't know what the council decision will be," he said.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the missile flew higher than previous projectiles."It went higher, frankly, than any previous shot they've taken," he told reporters at the White House. "It's a research and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that can threaten everywhere in the world."A week ago, the Trump administration declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, further straining ties between governments that are still technically at war. Washington also imposed new sanctions on North Korean shipping firms and Chinese trading companies dealing with the North.North Korea called the terror designation a "serious provocation" that justifies its development of nuclear weapons.Kim Dong-yub, a former South Korean military official who is now an analyst at Seoul's Institute for Far Eastern Studies, said the North is likely trying to further evaluate the weapon's performance, including the warhead's ability to survive atmospheric re-entry and strike the intended target, before it attempts a test that shows the full range of the missile.South Koreans are famously nonchalant about North Korea's military moves, but there is worry about what the North's weapons tests might mean for next year's Winter Olympics in the South. President Moon told his officials to closely review whether the launch could in anyway hurt South Korea's efforts to successfully host the games in Pyeongchang, which begin Feb. 9.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who spoke with Trump, said Japan will not back down against any provocation and would maximize pressure on the North in its strong alliance with the U.S.Trump has ramped up economic and diplomatic pressure on the North to prevent its nuclear and missile development. So far, the pressure has failed to get North Korea's government, which views a nuclear arsenal as key to its survival, to return to long-stalled international negotiations on its nuclear program.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement that North Korea was "indiscriminately threatening its neighbors, the region and global stability." He urged the international community to not only implement existing U.N. sanctions on North Korea but also to consider additional measures for interdicting maritime traffic transporting goods to and from the country."Diplomatic options remain viable and open, for now," Tillerson said, adding the U.S. remains committed to "finding a peaceful path to denuclearization and to ending belligerent actions by North Korea."___Associated Press writers Matthew Pennington, Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns in Washington, Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 COUNTRIES FROM THE EU OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
REVELATION 17:9-13
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-7 YEARS.THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
We are not there yet', Barnier tells UK By Eszter Zalan-nov 29,17-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 13:51-The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Wednesday (29 November) work is still ongoing to reach a deal with the UK this week on all three key divorce issues, after reports the UK and EU negotiators reached a broad outline deal on the financial bill.A possible agreement on the overall divorce bill – that still needs to be agreed by member states' representatives – would overcome one of the key hurdles in the Brexit talks, the financial settlement.The Financial Times reported that the UK agreed to assume EU liabilities worth up to €100 billion - but spread over many decades, the net amount could be much lower.Speaking in Berlin at a conference Barnier dismissed the reports."There is a subject on which we are continuing to work — despite the claims or rumours in the press today, that's the issue of financial engagements," Barnier was quoted by AFP.The UK has been reluctant for months to give details on what it is willing to pay from previous commitments.In September, British prime minister Theresa May said in a speech in Florence that EU countries would not have to pay more or receive less to the EU budget after the UK leaves the bloc, and that the UK would honour its previous commitments.However, she has not clarified what that would cover.The EU wanted the UK to clarify payment commitments on issues such as the Turkey Fund, the European Development Fund, loans and pension payments.Negotiators have not focused on numbers, but on what the UK is willing to pay, and EU officials told their UK counterparts the bloc is willing to help London present the estimates, to save May from political backlash by hardline Brexiteers.Another remaining outstanding issue is the Irish border in negotiations.Ireland and the EU wants the UK to spell out how it would avoid the establishment of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit when it becomes the EU's new external border.Ireland urged the UK to keep the same rules in Northern Ireland after Brexit, in order to avoid a hard border."We re not there yet," Michel Barnier told an audience in Berlin, at a security conference."The work on the three main subjects continues this week in a constructive spirit with the UK," he added.The UK has until Monday (4 December) to come forward with a proposal on Ireland.On Monday European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will host British prime minister Theresa May for lunch.She is expected to present the UK's offer on all three key divorce issues, including citizens' rights.A tentatively planned meeting between Barnier and UK Brexit minister David Davishas now been scrapped.Barnier reiterated on Wednesday that if "real" sufficient progress is made on the three key issues, EU leaders at their December summit will be able to open discussions on a possible transition period and future relations with the UK.EU countries in 2018 will define the framework of the new partnership with the UK, Barnier added.
Commission 'solution' to lawmaking deadlock stalled By Peter Teffer-nov 29,17-euobserver
Brussels, Today, 11:08-The European Commission's proposal to change rules on direct lawmaking in the EU has so far been met with silence or outright opposition.In an attempt to let national governments take political ownership of controversial decisions, like on authorising genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the commission proposed in February to modify the so-called 'comitology' rules.Comitology is not very well-known outside EU circles, but has become a common way in Brussels to make legislation through committees with experts from member states.On Monday (27 November) one such committee made the highly-controversial decision to renew the licence for the weedkiller glyphosate - after 18 months of discussion and stalled votes because too many states had previously abstained.Often when GMOs are up for approval, roughly a third of member states vote in favour, a third against, and a third abstain, leading to an outcome known as 'no opinion'. This is then often repeated in the appeal committee.To increase the likelihood of member states reaching an actual stand – and to prevent the commission from bearing the full responsibility of the final decision – the commission proposed that in the appeal committee abstentions no longer count when calculating a qualified majority in sensitive cases.Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva on Tuesday (28 November) did not go into detail about the file's lack of support, but said the EU's executive was working towards a "solution".But 288 days after the commission's publication of the proposal, it has barely been discussed in the two EU institutions that need to approve it: the European Parliament and the Council of the EU.-Czech, French and British scepticism-The council represents the governments of the EU's 28 member states. Several of those member states are critical of the proposal.On 19 October, the committee of European affairs in the French senate said that it considered "the modification of the calculating rules on qualified majority as inconsistent with the [EU] treaties".Some months earlier, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic expressed both "concern" and "doubts" about the proposal.Polish senators even issued a "negative opinion" on the proposal, saying the plan would introduce a "systemic change".The plan "upsets the institutional balance", according to the Foreign and European Union Affairs Committee of the Polish senate.Meanwhile in London, the UK government has asked the Commission to provide evidence that the plan "would not disproportionately add bureaucracy and delay to an already complex system".London is also "unconvinced" by the Commission's argument that an impact assessment of the proposal was not needed, a concern also raised by Czech MPs.-Brexit-The UK's relation to this file is however different than that of the 27 EU member states who will remain a member of the bloc.The House of Commons has asked the UK government to be "highly engaged" with the proposal "in order to influence the best outcome for the UK as a future third country".The MPs "think it possible that some significant aspects of the UK's future relationship with the EU, whether in terms of trade or other cooperation, could be implemented through the comitology process".They added it was "quite possible" that after March 2019 the UK "might want to align UK law with EU implementing legislation"."The crucial question therefore for the government is whether the post-Brexit interests of the UK would be better served by the current comitology processes (which it considers to be evidence-based) or the reforms (which involve more member state input and which it thinks will have a politicising effect)," MPs said.Parliament-The European Parliament also needs to agree to the proposal before it can become law.The parliament has its own qualms with the comitology process, in particular with a legal activity called the 'implementing act'. These are adopted without any role for MEPs.Six parliament committees will give an opinion about the proposal before amendments are proposed to the lead committee of legal affairs.So far, one opinion has been adopted, last week, by the economic and monetary affairs committee.The committee took the opportunity to introduce amendments to the text to increase the role of the EU Parliament, asking for more transparency and "full access" to the comitology register.More of such amendments can be expected, which will make it difficult for the commission to keep the scope of the proposal "targeted and limited".Glyphosate-In its proposal, the commission said that the change of voting rules in the appeal committee was needed because the outcome was often the same as in the original committee.But the glyphosate case this week was evidence to the contrary.The appeals committee adopted the commission's proposal to renew the substance's licence for a period of five years, with only Portugal abstaining.In a previous vote, four states, including Germany, abstained. This time however, in a twist which is now reverberating in German politics, the EU's largest state voted in favour of renewal. Ignoring abstentions was not required to break the deadlock.
Reports: UK agrees to pay €50bn Brexit bill By Andrew Rettman-nov 29,17-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 08:51-The UK has agreed to pay the EU over €50 billion for its Brexit divorce settlement, paving the way for talks on a future trade deal.British officials told UK newspapers about the deal on Tuesday (28 November), but the precise figure varied from report to report.The BBC said it could be worth between €40 billion and €55 billion. The Financial Times said it would be just under €50 billion. The Telegraph said €45 billion to €55 billion. The Times said it would be between €40 billion and €50 billion, while The Guardian cited a figure of €55 billion.The figures varied, partly, because the UK is to pay the money over the next 40 or so years rather than as a lump sum.A UK source told The Times newspaper that when British prime minister Theresa May meets European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker next Monday to announce the agreement she will say the UK will pay the EU "when they [the bills] fall due".That means the size of the EU bills will change over time - the cost of EU officials' pensions, for instance, will change depending on how long retired officials live.The payments are also being spread over time, officials said, to help May defend herself against political accusations that she has sold out to EU demands.A British government spokesman declined to confirm the reports of a Brexit deal on Tuesday."Intensive talks between the UK and the European Commission continue to take place in Brussels this week as we seek to reach an agreement," the spokesman said."We are exploring how we can continue to build on recent momentum in the talks so that together we can move the negotiations on to the next phase and discuss our future partnership," he added.If May and Juncker agree the Brexit financial settlement next week, it could pave the way for EU leaders to open phase two of Brexit talks - on a future trade deal and on transitional arrangements after the UK leaves the EU in 2019 - at a summit one week later.The EU has said the talks must make "sufficient progress" on three issues for that to take place - the Brexit financial settlement, the Irish border, and EU citizens' rights.The Irish border would remain the most difficult question after the financial deal is settled."I think we can reach sufficient progress, but again we haven't seen anything on paper yet [on the Brexit divorce bill], so I am always extremely cautious," an EU official told The Guardian.
Focus-Hungary-Serbia railway launched at China summit By Eszter Zalan-nov 29,17-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:30-A two-day economic summit in Budapest between China and 16 central and eastern European countries saw the launch of several investment projects, including a high-speed rail link, against the backdrop of EU concerns at Beijing's reach into the region.As politicians and business leaders from China and 16 central and eastern European countries ended the summit Tuesday (28 November), with the participation of Chinese premier Li Keqiang, limits became visible in what the format is attempting to achieve.The 16+1 format was born in 2012, but despite a permanent secretariat and yearly meetings, the format has yet to produce many tangible results."After five years, CEE countries are realising that there are limits to what can be achieved via this format. Trade can't be pushed up by politics only – and indeed, trade between China and CEE countries hasn't grown much faster over the period than with the rest of the EU," said Agatha Kratz with the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank."For Chinese investments, the main target is still western Europe. The investment trend is upward of course, but it has not delivered the growth and job boom expected," she added.Chinese investment in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region is over nine billion dollars (€7.5bn), up from three billion dollars in 2012, according to China's news agency, Xinhua.One of the flagship projects of the cooperation, the 350km high-speed rail line from Belgrade to Budapest – with construction originally set to start in 2015 – might take off the ground soon.Hungary announced on Monday it would publish a procurement tender for its section of the line, after a probe by the European Commission said the original design was not in line with EU rules.The project was delayed because the EU probe looked into whether it follows the bloc's procurement rules, stipulating that public tenders must be offered for large infrastructure projects.Serbia has reportedly borrowed $297.6 million from China's Exim Bank to modernise its section of the track out of the capital, Belgrade.The $3.8bn project will eventually become the main gateway for Chinese goods shipped to Europe via the Greek port of Piraeus.On Tuesday Belgrade formally launched the project, which will cut the current gruelling eight-hour ride to under three.-Heavyweights-The meeting underlines China's efforts in Europe, but also highlights eastern and central European countries' desire to be taken seriously."Every European country would like to participate in China's immense development," Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban said at a joint press conference with Chinese premier Li on Tuesday."The cooperation is one more way for China to interact with EU countries, to tap into new markets, and link with countries that are eager to trade with it," Kratz told EUobserver."For eastern and central European countries, it is a yearly opportunity to exchange at the highest level with their Chinese counterparts, but also to shape EU-China relations more to their liking," she added.However, concerns were raised at the creation of the format in 2012.EU officials, refusing to sign up to the notion that the 16+1 is a threat to EU unity, said the cooperation complements the EU's overall policy on China, as long as it is compliant with EU rules."The role of the both Commission and EEAS [European External Action Service] is to support member states who belong to this format, it's 11 of them, and help them make sure that these activities are complimentary to what we do in EU-China relations," an EU Commission spokeswoman said on Monday.Gunnar Wiegand, the managing director for Asia Pacific at the EEAS participated in the Budapest summit as an observer.Kratz said politically, the cooperation allowed particular member states to diversify their foreign policy away from the EU.Hungary's Orban – who has set out to create an 'illiberal democracy' – has been one of the champions of intensifying ties with China in the region.Some point out that the relationship has already had political implications.Along with some of the Nordic countries, central European states gave a cool welcome to France's initiative to screen strategic Chinese investments and takeovers in the EU."The cooperation is creating more debate at the EU level on what should be the EU's China policy. And in this debate, more weight is given to central and eastern European countries," Kratz said.That weight can grow.Kratz added "The EU's position on China's human rights violations could be weakened if a growing number of EU governments fear crossing Beijing"."The election of more Orban-like leaders, who are keen to use China as a way to make a point about their relation to Brussels, could bring about increased challenges in EU-China relations," she said.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Immigrant wages on the rise, but gaps with Canada-born persist-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
Recent immigrants to Canada are earning more money than ever, new figures from Statistics Canada show. In 2014, immigrants who had spent one year in Canada made an average of $24,000, the highest amount since 1981.This rise is partly due to the so-called Canadian Experience Class — a centrepiece of the previous Conservative government's economic immigration reforms — which fast-tracks permanent residency for newcomers who have work experience in Canada already."There are more immigrants coming in through this class," said StatsCan senior analyst Scott McLeish. "They already have experience working in Canada in high skills occupations. So they're starting from a different point than other immigrants."StatsCan arrived at these numbers by looking at 2015 tax returns from immigrants.The rise in median wages is the good news. But immigrants still make significantly less than people born in Canada. While non-immigrants earned on average $36,300, immigrants made $29,770, according to the 2016 census.This immigrant wage gap varies by province, with the widest gap in Alberta, and the narrowest in Nova Scotia.In the Northwest Territories and in Newfoundland and Labrador, immigrants earn on average more than native-born Canadians.The longer immigrants live in Canada, the more they earn-Immigrants tend to make more money the longer they live in Canada. In 2008, an immigrant who had been in Canada for seven years made almost $11,000 more than one who had arrived a year before.This residence gap is most acute for immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. Recent immigrants from those regions earn much less than those from Asia, Latin America, and Europe.It's a different situation for immigrants from the United States. Wages for recent American immigrants tend to be higher than those who have been here longer.According to a report by the Conference Board of Canada, the main factors of the wage gap are language skills, foreign qualification and skill recognition, and discrimination.Some provinces are better at retaining immigrants-The vast majority of immigrants who land in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia stay in those provinces, StatsCan has found. Atlantic provinces can't say the same, especially among Economic Class immigrants and refugees.Only 14 per cent of economic immigrants who landed in Prince Edward Island still lived there five years later.Economic Class are those who come for work. Family Class immigrants are those who come to join family members who already immigrated.Still work to be done, expert says-Though the economic situation has generally improved for immigrants in Canada, there is still work to be done, according to Stéphane Reichhold, head of the umbrella organization that groups immigration resources in Quebec (TCRI).This often has to do with recognition of education or work experience from countries outside of Canada, he said."Often, people are restarting," Reichhold said. "They already worked in their country of origin and they restart at the bottom of the scale."According to Reichhold, the majority of economic immigrants are underemployed, meaning they have jobs that do not correspond to their level of experience or education compared to the native Canadian population.He's worked at the umbrella organization since 1990, and has seen some improvement in the economic situation for immigrants.But, he said, there is a much higher rate of unemployment, use of social services, and poverty for people from countries in North Africa than those from Europe or North America, for example."The cultural-linguistic factors are part of it. Discrimination and racism factors are there."For an immigrant looking for higher-paying work in Quebec, speaking both English and French is often necessary, Reichhold added. But most immigrants who come to Quebec are not fluent in both official languages, he said."Most of them speak little to no English, because they were told if you want to live in French, come to Quebec," he said.
I think this could open up a lot of interesting doors': LGBT community in B.C. reacts to federal apology-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a historic apology to the country's LGBT community in the House of Commons on Tuesday, acknowledging and apologizing for decades of state-sanctioned discrimination.Paul Therien, founder and chair of Q Hall of Fame, said the apology is an important step for the country. In his apology, Trudeau addressed civil servants, military members and other Canadians who faced discrimination, criminalization and injustice based on their sexual orientation.It's something many in the LBGT community still remember, including people he knows personally, Therien told CBC Early Edition host Rick Cluff. "These rights that we have are relatively new," he said. "There are people who were directly impacted by these laws and this persecution, who are still alive today, and they deserve an apology."He said Trudeau's apology demonstrates Canada's commitment towards change to the rest of the world. "It takes time to change, overall, society's perceptions and this apology is a strong indicator that our society is advanced," he said. "It is a historic moment, absolutely."'Often not enough'-LGBT artist-activist Jen Sungshine agreed the apology is an important step forward but said the conversation is far from over."An apology, while there is weight to it, especially on a state level, it's often not enough," she said.Sungshine, a workshop facilitator for the program Out In Schools, said she hopes the apology and recognition will open doors to more LGBT funding and support, particularly in schools."It's LGBT youth who are still persecuted in schools across the country, and, right now, I think the focus really should be on transgender students, non-binary or non-conforming youth who don't fit into the neat little boxes of male and female," she said.In addition to apologizing, Trudeau said the government will put forward $250,000 toward community projects to combat homophobia and provide support for people in crisis.He also pledged $100 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement to compensate members of federal organizations, like the military, who were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation."I think this could open up a lot of interesting doors," Sungshine said. "It's a really good reminder to not stay complacent and indifferent."With files from The Early Edition.
Mixed-race couples challenge Kahnawake marry out, stay out law-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-November 29, 2017
More than a dozen people appeared in court Tuesday to challenge a Mohawk Council of Kahnawake law that prevents non-Indigenous people from living on the Mohawk territory south of Montreal.It's known as the "marry out, stay out" law.These mixed-race families argue the Mohawk council's residency laws are unconstitutional and discriminatory.Among those challenging the law in Quebec Superior Court is Waneek Horn-Miller, who grew up in Kahnawake. Because she married a white man, her family cannot live together in her home community."As Indigenous people, we have very strong ties to the land where our ancestors are, and I also feel very strongly about contributing to my community," Horn-Miller said. She said she wants to help build Kahnawake and move it forward.Horn-Miller was a teenager during the 1990 Oka crisis, a land dispute that resulted in the death of a provincial police officer, when she was stabbed in the chest by a soldier's bayonet while protecting her younger sister.Horn-Miller now lives in Ottawa but said she desperately wants to move back to Kahnawake."I don't believe you should have to pick between your heart, which is the love of a wonderful man which has made my life incredible, and my community," she said.Non-Indigenous people welcome, but not to stay: council-For the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, the law is a tool with which to protect the community's culture, traditions and even language.Joe Delaronde, spokesperson for the council, said that people in his community are disappointed the dispute is now before a non-Mohawk tribunal."The real concern for us is that a community law is being challenged in a Quebec court when, really, we've made that determination all along," Delaronde said outside the courtroom in Longueuil.The council feels "extremely strongly" that the matter should be decided internally, he said.The bottom line is that non-Indigenous people are welcome in the community but cannot live there, Delaronde explained."The fact of the matter is, we are on a postage stamp next to Montreal surrounded by Quebec, Canada, the United States, everybody," Delaronde said. "It's very difficult to maintain identity, language, culture."
