KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
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) will be a wild 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)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
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)
Soldier, 19, stabbed to death by Palestinian on bus in north
Victim of Afula attack suffered multiple wounds to the neck; passengers capture 16-year-old killer, who was in Israel illegally
By Yifa Yaakov
November 13, 2013, 8:53 am
Updated: November 13, 2013, 11:06 am
An Israeli soldier died after he
was stabbed multiple times in the neck Wednesday morning by a
Palestinian youth on a bus at the central bus station in Afula.The soldier, 19-year-old Eden Atias of Nazareth Illit, was
evacuated to the city’s Haemek Hospital. Doctors operated on him in an attempt to stabilize his condition but he succumbed to his injuries a few hours later.Passengers on the bus, which was en route from
Nazareth Illit to Tel Aviv and had stopped at the Afula station,
captured the stabber and turned him over to security guards, who in turn
delivered him to police.“The bus stopped for a break and the few
passengers had stepped out,” Yaffa Mara, who works in a candy store
nearby, told Haaretz. “Only the terrorist and two soldiers stayed on
board. Suddenly I saw one of the soldiers run out and she yelled that
the other soldier had been stabbed. The terrorist tried to flee out the
back door but border policemen caught and arrested him. The soldier was
covered in blood. It was a terrible sight.”The suspect is a 16-year-old Palestinian
resident of Jenin who did not have a permit to work or reside in Israel,
according to police.Police’s Northern District Commander Roni Atti
said “police had no specific alerts regarding the attack, though
general warnings exist at all times. The terrorist boarded the bus and
it is unclear whether he originally intended to commit the stabbing or
if he was on his way to work. He eventually stabbed the soldier sitting
beside him.”“We heard shouting in the bus, and
screaming,” Tomer, a worker at a nearby kiosk who witnessed the attack,
told Yedioth Ahronoth. “Soldiers then jumped [the attacker], I saw them
take him off the bus and then security guards waited with him. He looked
like a child.”
Defense
officials and analysts have warned in recent weeks that the West Bank
may be heading for another violent uprising, citing a rise in the number
of rock-throwing and Molotov cocktail attacks.On Monday, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin
said the Palestinians were ripe for a third intifada. However,
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that recent attacks were isolated
incidents, insisting that “there is no sign of a popular uprising or
so-called third intifada.”
Soldiers at the Afula central bus station in 2009 (photo credit: Rishwanth Jayapaul/Flash90)
Afula,
located some 10 kilometers (6 miles) inside the Green Line in the
Jezreel Valley, has been hit by multiple terror attacks over the
years. In a 2001 shooting in the city’s central bus station, where
Wednesday’s stabbing occurred, three people were killed and 18 were
wounded.Last month, a Palestinian man
pulled a knife on a public bus outside Jerusalem and threatened passengers before fleeing the scene.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(ATOMIC BOMS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.
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.
New Iran sanctions will lead to war, White House warns
Administration ups efforts to prevent Congress from passing new penalties against Tehran that could put kibosh on nuclear deal
The Obama administration Tuesday
stepped up lobbying against congressional action for new sanctions on
Iran, with the White House warning such a move would lead to war.“The
American people justifiably and understandably prefer a peaceful
solution that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and this
agreement, if it’s achieved, has the potential to do that,” White House
spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. “The alternative is military
action.”Earlier in the day State Department
spokeswoman Jen Psaki said John Kerry would use a closed door briefing
with the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday
to warn that passing new sanctions would be a “mistake.”The intensified effort to head off any new
penalties against Iran come days after a meeting between Tehran and six
world powers — the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany —
failed to produce a deal that would see eased sanctions in return for a
promise to curb nuclear activity. Another meeting is scheduled for next
week.US President Barack Obama and British Prime
Minister David Cameron spoke by phone Tuesday to discuss the Iran talks
and affirm their support for continuing the diplomatic track.Carney told reporters that Americans did not
want a “march to war,” which is what new sanctions would bring,
indicating that lawmakers could pay politically if diplomacy with Iran
failed.
Fresh from the nuclear talks, Kerry will
defend the administration stance during a meeting with lawmakers
Wednesday, where he will face a tough crowd.Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) said Tuesday that the administration is boxing Americans into a lose-lose situation.“The American people should not be forced to
choose between military action and a bad deal that accepts a nuclear
Iran,” he said according to AFP.
In recent years, Congress has been fertile
ground for tough sanctions against Tehran, with the latest such bill
clearing the House of Representatives by a vote of 400 to 20. Even in
cases in which the administration has demonstrated reluctance, members
of both parties in Congress have enthusiastically voted in an
increasingly stringent sanctions regime.Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) warned Sunday, as details of the talks
filtered out of Geneva, against a situation in which “we seem to want
the deal almost more than the Iranians. And you can’t want the deal more
than the Iranians, especially when the Iranians are on the ropes.”Menendez suggested that any deal should
include a cessation of enrichment and an increase in the transparency of
Iran’s nuclear program. He also congratulated the French negotiators
for taking a tough tone toward the Arak heavy water plant — noting that
“its only purpose in a country with such large oil reserves is to make
nuclear fuel for nuclear weapons.”Menendez, who has been a key supporter of
previous Iran sanctions initiatives, announced during the interview on
ABC’s “This Week” that the time had come for movement on Senate
legislation to increase sanctions against Iran.“I think that the possibility of moving ahead
with new sanctions, including wording it in such a way that if there is a
deal that is acceptable that those sanctions could cease upon such a
deal, is possible,” Menendez said. “I look forward to working with my
colleagues in the Senate to move forward on a package that ultimately
would send a very clear message where we intend to be if the Iranians
don’t strike a deal and stop their nuclear weapons program,” he added.The Obama administration had asked, before the
recent round of talks began, that the Senate delay action on sanctions
to allow negotiations to take their course.In the wake of last week’s negotiations, there
is now a three-way split in terms of priorities. In addition to the
pro-sanctions and anti-sanctions camps, Sen. Robert Corker (R-TN), the
ranking member on Menendez’s committee has a third direction — not to
focus on pushing for harsher sanctions, but on preventing the
administration from giving away too much.Asked over the weekend about sanctions, Corker
was uncharacteristically noncommittal. “I don’t know,” he began, noting
that “new sanctions would not kick in for several months” and
emphasizing that “the administration has dialed back the rheostat since
Rouhani’s election on the existing sanctions that we have. They have a
lot of ability to waive and turn down and conduct these operations in
lesser or stronger ways.”Rather than offer a strong voice for the new
sanctions, Corker is instead pushing an idea that he hinted at last week
— legislation that would block the president from using any of those
waivers that he mentioned unless Iran meets a number of key conditions —
all of which are more stringent than the reported terms of the
agreement proposed in Geneva.
Netanyahu: Iran proposal ‘worse than a bad deal’
As PM demands that Washington keep up the economic pressure on Tehran, Kerry prepares to ward off new sanctions bills
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu on Tuesday fired another volley in what has turned into an
ongoing, very public war of words with the Obama administration, saying
that from what he had seen of a proposed interim solution to the Iranian
nuclear standoff, the terms would allow Tehran to advance toward an
atomic weapons capability while throwing off the yoke of economic
sanctions.“Israel
prefers a diplomatic option to other options, but we demand a real
diplomatic solution in order to dismantle the military nuclear
capability of Iran,” Netanayahu said at an alternative energy conference
in Tel Aviv. “The proposal on the table, which we have come to know in
detail, is worse than a bad deal. It leaves Iran with nuclear
capabilities for military purposes, and gives it significant relief in
sanctions. An additional danger is that it gives legitimacy to Iran as a
nuclear threshold state. This is against the interest of the
international community.”US Secretary of State John Kerry has stated
several times this week that Netanyahu’s acerbic criticism of the
proposed deal with Iran, which fell through during nuclear talks over
the weekend in Geneva, was premature, as the Israeli leader was unaware
of the terms under discussion. Netanyahu’s reiteration Tuesday that
Israel had “come to know in detail” the terms of the proposal appeared
to come in response to Kerry’s accusations.One of the prime minister’s primary objections
to the proposed deal was that it would provide sanctions relief to
Tehran while allowing it to continue to enrich uranium, thus providing
the economic solace, and the time, it needed to work toward a nuclear
weapon. Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful in nature.
“Each passing day Iran is under increasing financial pressure,” said Netanyahu. ”There
is no need to rush into a bad deal. We should use the time to obtain a
good deal that halts the nuclear capabilities of Iran’s military. The
deadline for achieving a deal like this one is the day when such an
agreement is reached.”Kerry said Tuesday that he did not want Congress to approve any new sanctions on Iran while negotiations were ongoing.
He was set to brief members of the Senate Banking Committee to that effect on Wednesday.State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said he
would make clear to the senators that putting any new sanctions in
place “would be a mistake.” As a senator, she said, Kerry had voted in
favor of Iranian sanctions several times, but a vote for or against
sanctions right now is really a “vote for or against diplomacy.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Aiming to calm critics, Netanyahu cancels massive settlement plan
PM
says move for 20,000 units harms settlements and undermines efforts to
stymie Iran’s nuclear ambitions; US wants answers; Palestinians threaten
‘end of peace process’
By Times of Israel staff and Adiv Sterman
November 13, 2013, 12:25 am
“This
step does not contribute to settlement. On the contrary, there is
damage here for settlement,” Netanyahu told Housing and Construction
Minister Uri Ariel, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. “This is a
meaningless step – legally and in practice – and an action that creates
an unnecessary confrontation with the international community at a time
when we are making an effort to persuade elements in the international
community to reach a better deal with Iran.”Earlier in the day, the Housing Ministry
published tenders for the planning of some 20,000 settlement units — an
unprecedented number — including 1,200 homes in the controversial E1
corridor linking Jerusalem with Ma’ale Adumim to the east, drawing harsh
responses from the US and Palestinian Authority.Ariel accepted the request to cancel the plans, according to the statement from the PMO.Netanyahu indicated that his motivation for
scrambling to have the plans undone was connected to his ongoing efforts
to lobby the international community against making a deal with Iran to
ease sanctions in return for curbing nuclear activity. Netanyahu has
been harshly critical of efforts to reach a deal between Tehran and the
West, calling a proposed agreement “bad and dangerous” over the weekend,
and declaring Tuesday that it was “worse than bad.”“The attention of the international community
must not be diverted from the main effort – preventing Iran from
receiving an agreement that will allow it to continue its military
nuclear program,” Netanyahu said late Tuesday, according to the PMO
statement.In a rare public reprimand of Ariel, who comes
from the nationalist Jewish Home party, Netanyahu said the move to push
forward with the new units was made without prior coordination with the
government, and implied it was not thought through.
Minister
of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel (left) with the mayor of Ma’ale
Adumim Benny Kasriel during a ceremony in the tract of land known as E1,
located between the large West Bank settlement and Jerusalem, in April
2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
The US had also said the announcement of the plans had caught it off guard.“We were surprised by these announcements, and
are currently seeking further explanation from the government of
Israel… Our position on settlements is quite clear — we do not accept
the legitimacy of continued settlement activity,” State Department
spokesperson Jen Psaki said.Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator,
said he had called the United States, Russia, the European Union, the
United Nations and the Arab League to voice his protest. “I informed
them that if Israel implements this decision, then this means the end of
the negotiations and the end of the peace process,” he said.Netanyahu earlier canceled the plan to publish
tenders for the 1,2000 units in E1, a controversial strip of land which
critics say would slice land the Palestinians want for a state in two.
Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office said building up E1 was “unwise” at the current juncture.The other tenders applied to settlements both
inside and outside major settlement blocs. Those included Kokhav Ya’akov
(5,000 units), Ma’aleh Adumim (2,000), Efrat (840), Tekoa (1,180),
Shiloh (1,250), Gevaot (1,000) and others, Haaretz reported.Ariel defended his actions on Tuesday, saying that the publication of the tenders was a standard, purely procedural matter.“Plans for the construction of 600,000 housing
units across the country are announced each year; it is a process that
takes seven years,” a ministry spokesperson told Haaretz. ”This is not a
marketing campaign for housing units, but the planning of an inventory.
It may be used in the future and it may not, but there is no reason not
to make plans.”On Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry
launched an unusually bitter public attack on Israeli policies in the
West Bank, and warned that if current peace talks fail, Israel could see
a third intifada amid growing international isolation. He also said
that calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions would increase in such a
case.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and JIM GOMEZ
2 hours ago-NOV 13,13-Yahoonews
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people stormed a
rice warehouse on an island devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, authorities
said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need to get water, food and
medical supplies into an increasingly desperate region.Five
days after one of the strongest tropical storms on record leveled tens
of thousands of houses in the central Philippines, relief operations
were only starting to pick up pace, with two more airports in the region
reopening, allowing for more aid flights.But minimal food and
water was reaching people in the devastated city of Tacloban, on Leyte
island, which bore the brunt of the storm, and outlying regions due to a
lack of trucks and blocked roads."There's a bit of a logjam to
be absolutely honest getting stuff in here," said Sebastian Rhodes
Stampa, from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs."You've had quite a lot of security coming
in over the last couple of days, less so other things. So then it gets
here and then we're going to have a real challenge with logistics in
terms of getting things out of here, into town, out of town, into the
other areas," he said from the airport in Tacloban."The reason for that essentially is that there are no trucks, the roads are all closed."In
the first reported deaths as a result of looting, eight people were
crushed to death Tuesday when a wall collapsed as they and thousands of
others stormed a rice warehouse on Leyte Island, said National Food
Authority spokesman Rex Estoperez.The looters in Alangalang municipality carted away up to 100,000 sacks of rice, he said.Since
the storm, people have broken into homes, malls and garages, where they
have stripped the shelves of food, water and other goods. Authorities
have struggled to stop the looting. There have been unconfirmed reports
of armed gangs involved in some instances.Police were working to keep order across the ravaged wasteland. An 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew was in place."We
have restored order," said Carmelo Espina Valmoria, director of the
Philippine National Police special action force. "There has been looting
for the last three days, (but) the situation has stabilized."
U.S.
Brig Gen. Paul Kennedy said that later Wednesday his troops would
install equipment at Tacloban airport to allow planes to land at night.
Tacloban, a city of 220,000, was almost completely destroyed in Friday's
typhoon and has become the main relief hub."You are not just
going to see Marines and a few planes and some helicopters," Kennedy
said. "You will see the entire Pacific Command respond to this crisis."A
Norwegian ship carrying supplies left from Manila, while an Australian
air force transport plane took off from Canberra carrying a medical
team. British and American navy vessels are also en route to the region.At
the damaged airport in Tacloban, makeshift clinics have been set up and
thousands of people were looking for a flight out. A doctor here said
supplies of antibiotics and anesthetics arrived Tuesday for the first
time."Until then, patients had to endure the pain," said Dr. Victoriano Sambale.
At
least 580,000 people have been displaced by the disaster. In some
places, tsunami-like storm surges swept up to one-kilometer (mile)
inland, causing more destruction and loss of life. Most of the death and
destruction appears concentrated on the islands of Samar and Leyte.The damaged infrastructure and bad communications links made a conclusive death toll difficult to estimate.The
official toll from a national disaster agency rose to 2,275 on
Wednesday. President Benigno Aquino III told CNN in a televised
interview that the toll could be closer to 2,000 or 2,500, lower than an
earlier estimate from two officials on the ground who said they feared
as many as 10,000 might be dead."There is a huge amount that we
need to do. We have not been able to get into the remote communities,"
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said in Manila, launching an appeal
for $301 million to help the more than 11 million people estimated to
be affected by the storm."Even in Tacloban, because of the debris
and the difficulties with logistics and so on, we have not been able to
get in the level of supply that we would want to. We are going to do as
much as we can to bring in more," she said. Her office said she planned
to visit the city.Relief officials said comparing the pace of this operation to those in past disasters was difficult.In
Indonesia's Aceh, the worst-hit region by the 2004 tsunami, relief hubs
were easier to set up than in Tacloban. The main airport there was
functioning 24 hours a day within a couple of days of the disaster.
While devastation in much of the city of Banda Aceh was total, large
inland parts of the city were undamaged, providing a base for aid
operations and temporary accommodation for the homeless.____AP
writers Oliver Teves, Chris Brummitt and Teresa Cerojano in Manila,
Kristen Gelineau in Cebu and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations
contributed to this report.
3 hours ago-NOV 13,13-yahoonews
The ambitious scheme envisages an "Iron Silk Road"
uniting the rail networks of South and North Korea and connecting them
to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway.But it faces huge
political obstacles, given the volatility of inter-Korean relations and
the international community's struggle to contain the North's nuclear
ambitions through UN sanctions.Speaking to a South Korea-Russia
business conference during his one-day visit, Putin acknowledged the
difficulties but said they were outweighed by the project's potential
advantages.
"I hope political problems will be solved at an early
date, as South Korea, North Korea and Russia will reap great economic
benefits when it's completed," Putin said, urging South Korean investors
to come on board.
"This project, if accomplished, will help make a
great contribution to the establishment of peace and stability on the
Korean peninsula," he addedRussia took a first step in September,
when it completed a 54-kilometre (33-mile) track from its southeast
border town of Khasan to the North Korean port of Rajin.Located
in the far northeast, where the borders of North Korea, Russia and China
converge, Rajin offers a warm-water port for the North's two giant
neighbours.Putin
wants to see the rail link extended through North Korea, across the
world's last Cold War frontier, and all the way down to the southern
South Korean port of Busan.
Media reports say Russia is looking
for South Korea to take a 34 percent share in the project, with Moscow
holding 36 percent and Pyongyang 30 percent.Steelmaker Posco,
train operator Korail and Hyundai Rotem have been suggested as possible
members of a consortium to take on the South Korean share.Putin's
visit saw the two sides sign a memorandum of understanding in support
of the project, but Andrei Lankov, a Russian expert on North Korea who
teaches at Seoul's Kookmin University, said he remained "very sceptical"
about the entire undertaking."The idea itself makes perfect sense from a trade and economic viewpoint," Lankov told AFP."But
this is clearly going to cost billions of dollars and what companies
are going to risk that much investment with North Korea in the current
climate?""I'm sure North Korea will be keen, because once it got
started, it would provide Pyongyang with a new project to manipulate and
use to pressure others," he added.Lankov said the same financial
and political risks applied to plans to build a pipeline to supply both
Koreas with Russian natural gas.Observers highlight the
precedent of the Kaesong industrial zone jointly run by North and South
Korea, which Pyongyang unilaterally shut down in April as military
tensions surged.The zone reopened in September, but South Korean factory owners said they lost a small fortune during the five-month closure.Both the rail and gas projects were brought up in Putin's talks with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye.The
two leaders also discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons programme amid
signs that Pyongyang, despite UN sanctions, is moving ahead on all
fronts to acquire a credible nuclear deterrent.Russia is a member
of the stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme,
along with China, the United States, Japan and the two Koreas.China
and North Korea have been pushing to get the dialogue back on track and
Putin told a joint press conference with Park that Moscow also favoured
an "early resumption" of the talks.Seoul and Washington insist Pyongyang must first show some genuine commitment to denuclearisation.
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.
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.(4 WINDS OF THE WORLD-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,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR 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)
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,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
12 hours ago-NOV 13,13-yahoonews
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. arms makers Raytheon
Co and Lockheed Martin Corp are considering ways to sweeten their offer
to build a Patriot missile defense system for Turkey after Ankara said
it could still back away from a provisional $3.4 billion deal with
China, sources familiar with the issue said on Tuesday.
"There
are internal discussions going on about improving the Patriot offer,"
said one source, who is familiar with the talks but not authorized to
speak publicly.A second source confirmed that preliminary
discussions were under way within industry and the U.S. government about
how the offer could be adjusted to be more competitive with bids
submitted by the Chinese firm, and a European group.Both sources
said no decisions had been made and it was important to allow Turkey - a
member of NATO - time to make up its mind.
Turkey announced in
September it had chosen China's FD-2000 long-range air and missile
defense system against rival offers from Franco/Italian Eurosam SAMP/T
and Raytheon.It said China offered the most competitive terms
and would allow co-production in Turkey, but the decision caused alarm
in NATO countries worried about China's growing clout.Secretary
of State John Kerry and other U.S. government officials raised concerns
after Ankara's choice of the missile defense system built by China
Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp, a firm that is under U.S.
sanctions for violating the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation
Act."We continue to convey our serious concerns about the
Turkish government's contract discussions with a Chinese company - which
is currently sanctioned by the United States - for an air and missile
defense system that will not be inter-operable with NATO systems or
collective defense capabilities," said one State Department official.State Department officials said Kerry had expressed his concerns to
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in New York, and Assistant
Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who oversees European and Eurasian
affairs, has discussed the issue with senior Turkish officials.Washington sees Turkey as a key partner in the Middle East, with common
interests from energy security to counter-terrorism, but Ankara is not
the deferential ally it once was as it seeks an increasingly independent
role on the world stage.One of the sources said the U.S.
companies were examining whether they could scale back their bid to
bring it more in line with what was offered by the Chinese firm, which
did not include the capability to target medium-range missiles.That may involve changes in the missiles that would be provided with the Patriot system.The companies are also reviewing the offset agreements and co-production deals involved in the U.S. bid, the sources said.Turkey was seeking some space launch capabilities, but it was unclear
if U.S. officials would approve the export of such sensitive
technologies as part of an offset package accompanying the missile
defense deal, said one of the sources.The sources said the U.S.
proposal was more comprehensive and offered Turkey greater capabilities
than the Chinese system, as well as ongoing maintenance and technical
support for the Patriot missile defense system. They said the offer also
included substantial co-production arrangements."It's really
not certain how it will work out," said one of the sources. "But there
is a lot of interest in at least examining what could possibly be done."
F-35 FIGHTER
Sources familiar with the discussions have said the deal could affect
Turkey's plans to buy radar-evading F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed.
Turkey helped fund development of the F-35 and hopes its participation results in component orders for Turkish firms.
Pentagon officials have confirmed that the Defense Department's policy
chief, James Miller, visited Turkey this month, but declined to give any
details about his discussions with Turkish officials about the missile
defense deal.
Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz last week
said Turkey has asked bidders for the missile defense system to extend
the their bids and offer improved terms - in case talks with the Chinese
firm failed.
Executives at Raytheon and Lockheed say they remain
prepared to work with Turkey on the issue, but have declined comments
on any specific efforts to revise their offer."We welcome the
opportunity to continue discussions with the Turkish government for
their critical missile defense needs," Lockheed spokesman Gordon
Johndroe told Reuters in an email.(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
DANIEL 7:23-25
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.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
German coalition talks split on EU referendums
Today @ 10:18-NOV 13,13-EUOBSERVER
By Valentina Pop
Berlin - A new bargaining chip has
emerged in the ongoing German coalition talks: the idea of holding
referendums on major EU decisions - be it bailouts, enlargement or more
transfers of sovereignty to Brussels.The idea was formulated in a joint working paper drafted by
Hans-Peter Friedrich, a member of Angela Merkel's Bavarian sister party
(CSU) and currently the country's interior minister, and Thomas
Oppermann, a member of the opposition Social Democrats (SPD).A grand coalition would be a unique opportunity for "modernising our democracy," they wrote.More referendums - which currently can be held only on constitutional
matters or if the country's borders are changed - would give voters the
chance to "influence political decisions also in-between elections,"
they added.In their leaked paper, the two politicians argue for a "careful
transition to direct democracy," for instance when 1 million people
gather signatures on a matter or if the parliament wants to consult the
population on a specific law.The paper also argues that referendums should be held on EU matters
of "great significance" - such as EU enlargement, transfer of powers to
Brussels or another eurozone bailout.Merkel's Christian Democrat party (CDU) was quick to dismiss such
wide-ranging plebiscites, saying there was a risk of them being hijacked
by populist campaigns.
"There are still serious doubts about the introduction of referendums
at national level," said Guenter Krings, the deputy leader of the CDU
in the Bundestag.The chairman of the EU affairs committee in the parliament, Guenther
Krichbaum, said such a change would bring about the "advent of populism"
in Germany.The Social Democrats have also distanced themselves from referendums on EU matters.They say plebiscites should be held on internal matters and
formulated in a way that would not give a platform for anti-European
campaigns.
"One can leave out certain questions that touch on the core principles of the EU," said SPD secretary general Andrea Nahles.The issue will form part of coalition talks on Wednesday.The negotiations are expected to last at least until the end of the
month, with a final round expected on 27-28 November. The new government
should be in place by mid-December.
11/11/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
US Catholic scholars denounce Common Core as doing “a grave disservice to Catholic education”
US graduates
Over 130 scholars have added their signatures to a letter
denouncing a document that tends to standardise study courses, doing “a
grave disservice to Catholic education”
Marco Tosatti
Rome
More than 130 distinguished Catholic scholars
have signed a letter denouncing the Common Core State
Standards document, a U.S. education initiative that seeks to bring
diverse state curricula into alignment with each other. The scholars
claim the text does “a grave disservice to Catholic education.”One of the instigators of the letter sent to US
bishops is Professor Gerard Bradley who teaches at the Notre Dame Law
School. “We believe that implementing Common Core would be a
grave disservice to Catholic education in America,” the letter reads.
“In fact, we are convinced that Common Core is so deeply
flawed that it should not be adopted by Catholic schools which have yet
to approve it, and that those schools which have already endorsed it
should seek an orderly withdrawal now.” The Common Core initiative was
introduced in an attempt by the National Governors and the Council of
Chief State School Officers to establish standardised educational
criteria across all states in the Union. The Bill and Melinda Gates
foundation provided most of the funding for Common Core pumping more than
$160 million into the programme. The Obama administration is a big supporter of Common Core.
Over the past 3 years, more than 100 Catholic
dioceses decided to implement Common Core, along with 45 other States
and the District of Columbia, including Washington. The letter calls the
Core “a recipe for standardized workforce preparation” which
“shortchanges the central goals of all sound education and surely those
of Catholic education.” The programme reduces the study of “classic,
narrative fiction” in favour of “informational texts”. This transforms
“literacy” into a “critical” skill set, at the expense of sustained and
heartfelt encounters with great works of literature. “Rather than
explore the creativity of man, the great lessons of life, tragedy, love,
good and evil, the rich textures of history that underlie great works
of fiction and the tales of self-sacrifice and mercy in the works of the
great writers that have shaped our cultural literacy over the
centuries, Common Core reduces reading to a servile activity.”Signatories include Robert George of Princeton
University, Anthony Esolen of Providence College, Scott Hahn of
University of Steubenville, Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre
Dame, David Schindler of the Catholic University of America, and Janet
Smith of Sacred Heart Major Seminary. The letter’s authors complain that
Common Core lacks America’s Catholic schools’ rich tradition of
helping to form children’s hearts and minds. In that tradition,
education brings children to the Word of God. It provides students with a
sound foundation of knowledge and sharpens their faculties of reason.
Education in this tradition forms men and women capable of discerning
and pursuing their path in life and who stand ready to defend truth,
their church, their families, and their country.”Sister John Mary Fleming, the executive director of the Secretariat of
Catholic Education
of the U.S. stated that Common Core should not be seen as a ceiling but
as a floor, adding “we see the Common Core as a minimum, just as we’ve
seen other state standards in the past as a minimum, and we intend to go
way beyond that.” But the debate is very much open and heated, partly
because only maths and English Common Core standards have been released
for now. But standards in other areas will likely “promote the
prevailing philosophical orthodoxies,” including a “materialist
metaphysics” incompatible with Catholic spiritual values.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
- 4.4 4km W of San Juan Pueblo, Honduras 2013-11-13 05:13:16 UTC-05:00 12.4 km
- 2.9 74km N of Talkeetna, Alaska 2013-11-13 03:47:25 UTC-05:00 93.1 km
- 3.1 54km NNE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2013-11-13 03:25:19 UTC-05:00 100.0 km
- 2.5 59km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2013-11-13 03:19:13 UTC-05:00 92.0 km
- 4.4 146km W of Riverton, New Zealand 2013-11-13 02:54:51 UTC-05:00 20.2 km
- 4.5 16km SW of Cikupa, Indonesia 2013-11-13 02:25:00 UTC-05:00 124.2 km
- 4.4 83km SSE of Karpathos, Greece 2013-11-13 02:13:50 UTC-05:00 9.2 km
- 3.5 124km NE of Circle, 2013-11-13 01:27:14 UTC-05:00 4.8 km
- 2.6 6km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma 2013-11-13 00:16:37 UTC-05:00 4.9 km
- 5.8 33km NNE of Amatignak Island, Alaska 2013-11-12 22:57:42 UTC-05:00 29.6 km
- 4.9 97km NNW of Visokoi Island, 2013-11-12 21:41:40 UTC-05:00 103.3 km
- 4.8 149km S of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia 2013-11-12 21:25:44 UTC-05:00 39.8 km
- 4.9 Off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2013-11-12 20:51:19 UTC-05:00 16.8 km
- 4.9 Prince Edward Islands region 2013-11-12 20:21:55 UTC-05:00 10.3 km
- 2.8 3km SSW of Broadmoor, California 2013-11-12 18:40:30 UTC-05:00 10.6 km
- 2.9 3km E of San Ramon, California 2013-11-12 18:35:50 UTC-05:00 7.8 km
- 3.2 9km S of Prague, Oklahoma 2013-11-12 18:04:01 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
- 4.3 112km NE of Savannah Bight, Honduras 2013-11-12 16:36:01 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
- 2.6 8km NW of Gunnison, Utah 2013-11-12 16:14:54 UTC-05:00 1.4 km
- 5.1 61km SW of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands 2013-11-12 15:00:19 UTC-05:00 64.7 km
- 4.7 94km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2013-11-12 13:16:48 UTC-05:00 134.1 km
- 5.1 3km WSW of Oreoi, Greece 2013-11-12 13:09:29 UTC-05:00 17.8 km
- 4.9 13km NNW of Tartki, Tajikistan 2013-11-12 11:30:28 UTC-05:00 12.8 km
- 5.1 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2013-11-12 10:59:45 UTC-05:00 16.9 km
- 4.9 59km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea 2013-11-12 10:58:36 UTC-05:00 114.8 km
- 4.7 Southwest of Africa 2013-11-12 08:39:52 UTC-05:00 1
Just over a week ago, Ford publicly admitted that he had smoked crack cocaine. The mayor said he was sorry, but that he intended to carry on and that he had "nothing left to hide."Two days later, the Toronto Star published a bizarre video on its
website that showed Ford swearing and ranting. The mayor told reporters
he was "extremely, extremely inebriated" on the video, though he did not explain the circumstances under which it was recorded.Despite the string of surprising statements, apologies and admissions
from the mayor, Ford has shown no inclination to step aside. He gave a
scheduled address on Remembrance Day and told a supporter he’s "not going anywhere." A day later, Ford spent hours signing lookalike bobbleheads, which are being sold to raise money for the United Way.The mayor still has a year to go in his current mandate. He has repeatedly said he will run for re-election, though he has predicted the coming campaign will be "a bloodbath."
