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)
STORIES ABOUT THE CHARLIE HEBDO 17 SLAUGHTER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-magazine-tops-7-million.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/india-russia-back-chinas-call-for-new.html
MY NUKE SUB-SILOH VISION
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/rare-goblin-shark-caught-what-could.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-editor-defends-free-speech.html
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS ARE GRAFTED TOGETHER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/christians-are-grafted-with-israel.html
OTHER ISIS BEHEADINGS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/8th-victim-of-isis-but-this-time-isis.html (8TH-KILLING)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/2nd-japanese-journalist-beheaded-by.html (7TH-BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/isis-threatens-to-kill-7th-and-8th.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/6th-beheading-reported-1-of-2-japanese.html (6TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/11/isis-beheads-american-aid-worker-peter.html (5TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/10/its-now-reported-that-isis-has-beheaded.html (4TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/david-haines-44-british-hostage.html (3RD BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sotloff-and-foley-only-two-of-thousands.html (2 BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/india-russia-back-chinas-call-for-new.html
New Cold War: US, Russia fight over Europe's energy future-Associated Press-By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE-FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia are once more locked in what could be a generation-defining conflict, and Europe is yet again the core battleground. But this Cold War reprise isn't about military supremacy.It's about heat and electricity for tens of millions of Europeans. The points on the map aren't troop deployments, tank battalions and missile silos but pipelines, ports and power plants.
As the Obama administration escalates economic sanctions on Russia and weighs military support to Ukraine, it also has revved up a less noticed but far broader campaign to wean Central and Eastern Europe off a deep reliance on Russian energy. Success, U.S. officials say, would mean finally "liberating" former Soviet states and satellites from decades of economic bullying by Moscow.To that end, Washington is helping set up new natural gas pipelines and terminals in a region that depends on Russia for more than 70 percent of its energy needs. It is pushing American companies' bids for nuclear plants and fracking exploration in Europe.Yet as the U.S. makes headway, the Kremlin is fighting back, warning neighboring governments about the consequences of looking westward for fuel. Russia is trying to outmaneuver the U.S. on nuclear bids, buy up pipeline infrastructure across Europe and control not only how its vast energy reserves move westward, but what European governments can do with those supplies afterward."It's a chess match," said Amos Hochstein, the State Department's special envoy for international energy affairs, as he pored over a map of Europe dotted with existing and proposed pipeline routes.Although the U.S. has pressed its European partners for decades to find new oil, gas, coal and nuclear sources, the crisis in Ukraine has upped the ante. Russia's takeover of Crimea last year and continued support for rebels in a brutal civil war in Ukraine has changed Europe's mindset about relying so heavily on Russian energy.Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry visited Bulgaria to push for a new gas spur and to promote an American company's bid to build a new nuclear plant. Bulgaria relies on Russia for 85 percent of its gas and all of its nuclear power. The prices, among the highest for NATO countries, are a concern within the alliance, which prides itself on winning the Cold War."The battle was won," Kerry told staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia. "And here we are today in 2015, and Russia is still trying to impose on people its will."In November, Vice President Joe Biden visited Romania, another vulnerable country, and Turkey, Europe's bridge to resource-rich Central Asia, to press the case.Victoria Nuland, America's top diplomat for Europe, and energy envoy Hochstein have spent much of the past few months working with Europe on a coordinated energy strategy. Their message: Failure now will only invite more Russian pressure.While episodes of Russia shutting off the energy spigots to its neighbors have raised alarms, persistent infighting among European governments and energy companies has hampered diversification efforts across the continent.Big countries, especially, have found it easier to make private deals with President Vladimir Putin's government. And that has done little for Europe's most vulnerable economies, whose infrastructure is designed only to take in supplies from Siberia.
But, increasingly, there now is action in addition to diversity talk.With U.S. support, Lithuania and soon Poland will be importing liquefied natural gas from Norway, Qatar and potentially the United States. New pipelines will enable Central and Eastern European countries to send fuel from west to east and north to south.And in a couple of years, a southern corridor should be taking fuel from the Caspian Sea through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, and into Europe, bypassing Russia.Those advances combined with other moving parts — a liquefied gas plant off the Croatian coast, a Bulgaria-Romania network connection, links into Serbia and Hungary, and greater energy integration as far afield as Spain and France — will mean Europeans can increasingly trade energy among themselves, pooling their fuel sources and weakening Russia's grip.Hochstein said the U.S. would like to see a 20 percent slice cut out of Russia's current share of the Eastern European gas market by 2020, considering that a major step forward.__Associated Press writer Pablo Gorondi contributed to this report from Budapest.Follow Bradley Klapper on Twitter at @bklapperAP, Matthew Lee at @APDiploWriter
'American Israel-Haters are Buying the Government for the Left'-MK Struk slams foreign-funded V15 campaign featuring Obama staff as a 'foreign anti-Semitic hand trying to bring the left to power.'By Benny Toker, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 2/3/2015, 10:18 PM- ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
MK Orit Struk (Jewish Home) spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday, discussing the V15 (Victory in 2015) campaign which is bankrolled by foreign NGOs and includes a delegation of campaign staff from US President Barack Obama's campaigning organization - and which aims to prevent Binyamin Netanyahu's re-election as prime minister in upcoming elections."While the Zionist Camp (Labor-Hatnua joint party - ed.) says it has no connection to V15, it's clear that there's an organization here that is working to return the left to power," said Struk. "There's a large process here of haters of Israel in Europe and the US who are getting involved in political processes in Israel using a lot of money."According to the MK, these foreign forces are feeding funds to organizations that "masquerade" as human rights groups, "like the radical leftist organizations 'Breaking the Silence,' 'B'Tzelem,' and 'The Association for Civil Rights in Israel,' and in this way try to get us out of Judea and Samaria.""In the election days they're doing it with V15 to continue the withdrawal process that started in Oslo," said Struk.Struk accused the legal and law enforcement sources of not doing enough, noting "former State Comptroller (Eliezer) Goldberg ruled in 2000 that it is illegal to form NGOs whose true goal is political.""There is also a huge question mark over the chairman of the Central Elections Committee (Arab Supreme Court judge Salim Joubran - ed.) who didn't say it (the V15 campaign - ed.) is invalid," she added."After all there is European and American money here donated by anti-Semitic people whose goal is to influence the elections campaign," Struk emphasized. "Why is there no one to deal with this?"Despite the V15 campaign, Struk reasoned that Israeli voters will not be influenced by its promotions, appraising "the public in Israel isn't stupid, they already learned since the New (Israel) Fund to check these NGOs, the public understands that there's a foreign and anti-Semitic hand here that wants to bring the left to power.""But the public won't let that happen," she asserted. "The people of Israel's won't let that happen because the people of Israel are tired of the left."
Netanyahu: Block UNHRC Gaza Report-After the resignation of committee head Schabas, Prime Minister says the committee's report should go unpublished.By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 2/3/2015, 9:19 AM-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS
Following the resignation of William Schabas from the chairmanship of the committee established by the UN Human Rights Council into the summer's Gaza war, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the committee's report should go unpublished."After the resignation of the committee head, who was biased against Israel, the report – which was written at the behest of the UNHRC, which has proven itself to be an anti-Israeli body that has nothing to do with human rights – should be shelved,” said Netanyahu Tuesday morning."The terror organizations and the terror regimes are the ones that should be investigated,” he added.Canadian law professor Schabas, who was appointed to head the UN committee tasked with probing Israel’s alleged “war crimes” during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, announced on Monday evening he was stepping down.Schabas cited Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the reason for his resignation.In a letter to the UNHRC, Schabas said he would step down immediately to prevent the issue from overshadowing the preparation of the report and its findings, which are due to be published in March.In the letter, Schabas said a legal opinion he wrote for the PLO in 2012, for which he was paid $1,300, was not different from advice he had given to many other governments and organizations."My views on Israel and Palestine as well as on many other issues were well known and very public," he wrote, according to Reuters. "This work in defense of human rights appears to have made me a huge target for malicious attacks (...).""I believe that it is difficult for the work to continue while a procedure is underway to consider whether the chair of the commission should be removed," Schabas added.Schabas is well-known for his bias against Israel. Speaking in a 2013 panel, Schabas clearly revealed his great eagerness to bring about the prosecution of Israel over its actions in Gaza, even if that involved “twisting things and maneuvering” in the international legal arena.Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor compared appointing Schabas to head the inquiry to "choosing Count Dracula to run a blood bank," and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Israel should not cooperate with the probe.
Merkel clashes with Orban on meaning of 'democracy' By Adam Halasz-Budapest, Today, 09:27-feb 3,15-euobserver
German chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban over his government's treatment of the opposition, civil society, and media and openly clashed with him over the definition of democracy during a visit to Budapest on Monday (2 February).In a sometimes tense joint press conference, Merkel expressed doubt over Orban’s interpretation of democracy.“Honestly, I can’t understand what is meant by illiberal when it comes to democracy,” she said.The chancellor was referring to a speech by Orban last year in which he said he was building an “illiberal” state in Hungary, and cited Russian and Turkey as examples.But Orban replied that "not all democracies have to be liberal" adding: “Those who say that democracy is necessarily liberal are trying to put one school of thought above others and we cannot grant that."Merkel also criticised the Hungarian premier’s treatment of diverging opinions, saying that societies thrive through dialogue.“It is very important in a democracy, including when one has a broad majority, to recognise the role of the opposition, civil society and media,” the German leader said.Orban's right-wing Fidesz party has ruled with a two-thirds majority in parliament for five years, and has been accused of abusing its super-majority.Speaking later at the German-language Andrassy University in front of around 100 students, Merkel said: "In a democracy the opposition is not an enemy, the majority must protect the minority.”She also called for media pluralism and a free civil society, amid criticism within and outside Hungary, most notably Washington, that Orban is undermining democracy.Ties between Hungary and Germany - its biggest investor and largest trading partner - have cooled over the last years and it is Merkel’s first visit since Orban came to power in 2010.The trip was seen as an effort to reinforce relations amid attempts by the Hungarian PM to forge close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is due to visit Budapest on 17 February.Orban was willing to clash with Brussels over the now dropped Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline. He also signed a €10 billion loan deal last year with Moscow to build a new nuclear plant.
Turning to Putin
Merkel put pressure on Orban over Russia, in an attempt to ensure sure Hungary sticks to the common European line on sanctions against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine.She reminded Hungary that it is not the only EU member state highly dependent on Russian gas.Orban, while backing the sanctions, has voiced criticism over the negative economic effect of the restrictive measures on the EU's own member states, saying last year Europe “has shot itself into the foot”.Merkel also made clear that Germany will not provide arms to Ukraine in its conflict with Russian-backed rebels.“Germany will not support Ukraine with guns and weapons. It is my firm belief that this conflict cannot be solved militarily,” she said.
Denmark under pressure to abandon euro cap By Benjamin Fox-BRUSSELS, Today, 09:27-feb 3,15-euobserver
Denmark could follow the lead set by Switzerland last month and abandon rules capping its kroner currency to the euro, as the kroner becomes too strong to maintain the link.On Tuesday (3 February) the Danish National Bank will publish information about the size of its currency holdings in January - which are expected to show a flood of buyers for the kroner as investors look for a safe haven.Having negotiated an opt-out from the single currency in the Maastricht treaty, Denmark instead joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2) in 1999, requiring the kroner to be kept within a plus or minus 2.25 percent band to the euro.Danes then voted by a 53-47 percent margin to stay out of the single currency in a referendum in 2000.Under ERM2, both the Danish central bank and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt are obliged to to keep the currency stable. In the process, however, the kroner is in danger of becoming too strong for policy-makers to maintain a fixed exchange rate with the euro.Denmark’s efforts to defend its euro peg and stop investors buying kroner have driven its benchmark deposit rate to minus 0.5 percent, the third cut in less than two weeks.Meanwhile, interest rates on 10-year government paper fell to 0.15 percent after the Danish central bank’s decision on Friday (30 January) to suspend bond sales.It is more common for governments to worry that their cost of borrowing is too high and about dwindling foreign currency reserves, but Denmark has already sold enough bonds to cover its entire borrowing costs for 2015."The National Bank has the advantage that it can print new money. It never runs out of money, and that is what happens when it sends kroner out in the market to buy euro up. In this way the exchange reserve grows," says Steen Bocian, chief economist of Danske Bank told Borsen.The euro has steadily weakened over the past year, hitting its lowest exchange rate against the dollar of 1:1.11 after the ECB announced plans for a €1.1 trillion bond-buying programme to weaken the euro’s exchange rate to promote exports and curb deflation.The euro lost nearly 20 percent of its value in a day against the Swiss franc after the Swiss national bank abandoned a three year cap on the franc's value against the single currency in mid-January.Explaining its decision, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said that the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro, introduced in September 2011, was no longer justified because “divergences between the monetary policies of the major currency areas have increased significantly”.“If the current exchange-rate mechanism was abandoned, the kroner would rise in price,” said Frederik I. Pedersen, chief consultant of The Economic Council of the Labour Movement according to Berlingske Tidende.
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
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.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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 (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)
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)
Montreal imam denied community centre permit rejects claim he's a radical agent-The Canadian PressBy The Canadian Press | FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
MONTREAL - The Montreal Islamic preacher denied a permit to open a community centre says he's being unfairly demonized and rejects accusations he's inciting violence and hatred.Hamza Chaoui said Tuesday in a posting on his Facebook page that he "categorically refutes" claims made against him by city officials. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said Saturday that the imam was an "agent of radicalization" who had the potential to influence youth to commit acts of violence.Real Menard, the local borough mayor, denied a permit to Chaoui, who'd hoped to open an Islamic community centre in the area.Although Chaoui had not formally applied for the permit, the city made a preemptive decision to deny it for security reasons, in response to published reports about him.Chaoui is a Moroccan-born imam who has described Islam and democracy as "completely" incompatible and has made statements deemed homophobic and sexist.But Chaoui said those comments about homosexuals and women were "taken out of context," adding that the subject of his sermons are based in Islamic texts, which are similar to the teachings of Christianity and Judaism."I have never incited hatred or violence," Chaoui wrote. "On the contrary, I have always encouraged youth to integrate harmoniously into Quebec society, to respect the law and to never use violence as a means of conflict resolution."Chaoui said he is considering suing the mayor for defamation and for what he calls a violation of his charter rights.Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard on Tuesday reiterated his support for the city's decision to deny Chaoui a permit."I will repeat for Quebecers that we welcome people from all around the world," Couillard said. "But the security of Quebecers will be always our top priority."
Terrorism-related charges laid against Ottawa men with alleged ISIS ties-CBC – FEB 3,15-YAHOO NEWS
Three Ottawa men were charged Tuesday by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team with taking part in activities related to financial and ideological support of ISIS, the jihadist group that controls large regions in Iraq and Syria.The charges against Awso Peshdary, John (Yahya) Maguire and Khadar Khalib include conspiracy to facilitate a terrorist act, knowingly participating in the activities of a terror group and counselling a person to knowingly participate in a terrorist activity.Peshdary, 25, was taken into custody earlier today in Ottawa. Maguire, 24, and Khalib, 23, are being charged in absentia.The RCMP believe Maguire and Khalib are fighting with ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) in Syria or Iraq.A number of Twitter accounts associated with foreign fighters in the region reported that Maguire was killed in combat in Syria last month, but the RCMP said they have no independent confirmation of his death.RCMP said arrest warrants have been obtained and an Interpol red notice has been issued, alerting international authorities to watch for the men."The RCMP continues to work actively with its domestic and international partners to bring them back to Canada so they can be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," the RCMP said in a press release issued Tuesday.
Project Servant
The police investigation is dubbed "Project Servant." It began in December 2012, the month Maguire left Canada to participate in the civil war in Syria, and culminated on Jan. 21.CBC News has learned that police believe Peshdary radicalized Maguire, who publicly threatened Canada in an ISIS video released late last year.Police maintain that Peshdary led Maguire — a relatively new convert to Islam — to extremist materials, groomed him, and paid for his flight overseas.Intending to join Maguire in Syria, Peshdary bought a ticket for himself, police said. However, he never properly applied for a passport and was forced to stay in Ottawa, where police maintain he went to work radicalizing others.Police believe he persuaded Khalib, a student at Algonquin College and a friend of Maguire, to join ISIS. Khalib left Canada via Toronto's Pearson International Airport on March 29, 2014. His Facebook account has been a source of ISIS propaganda since his departure.Police said that since becoming ensconced with ISIS, Maguire and Khalib, with the aid of Peshdary, have been actively reaching back into their tightly knit Ottawa circle of friends, trying to recruit others to join them."Today's charges, along with other terrorism-related arrests within the past few weeks, underscore the reality that there are individuals in Canada who have become radicalized to violence and who are willing to act upon it," said RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia."The terrorist attacks perpetrated in October in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and in Ottawa, are clear examples of how suddenly attacks can occur, and how Canada is not immune, either as a victim or a source for terrorism."
Peshdary arrested 5 years ago
Peshdary’s arrest deals a blow to ISIS recruitment in Canada, police maintain, adding that the charges against Peshdary represent the first time a major radicalizer has been arrested in Canada.Peshdary is a familiar name in security circles. Five years ago, he was arrested as part of an RCMP terror investigation dubbed "Project Samosa," which was said to be at the time, the largest terrorism investigation in Canada since 9/11.However, he was not charged with terror offences and was released.The charges he now faces allege links with him and Maguire and his network of radicalized individuals, and to Khalib, but also to Suliman Mohamed and twins Ashton and Carlos Larmond. Mohamed and the Larmond twins were charged with similar terror offences in early January.This brings the total number of Ottawa men charged with terror offences to six, the largest cluster of accused extremist jihadis in Canada.
JOHN BAIRD IS A ISRAEL SUPPORTER.I DO NOT WANT HIM TO LEAVE OFFICE.IN CANADA.
Baird's exit creates hole at home, abroad at crucial time for both-The Canadian PressBy Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
OTTAWA - One of Stephen Harper's most experienced ministers resigned his plum foreign affairs post Tuesday, leaving a void around the Conservative cabinet table at a critical juncture in both domestic and international affairs.John Baird was a prominent voice for Canada on the world stage and a multi-faceted lieutenant for Harper; his departure leaves many wondering who can carry the ball amid upheaval abroad and an election on the horizon at home.The only one who seemed upbeat about the state of things was Baird himself."Last night, I spoke to the prime minister and informed him that I was standing down from cabinet," Baird told a hushed House of Commons."I will miss this place very much and many of the people in it, on all sides, but the time has come for me to start a new chapter in my life."Baird said he has no plans to run for re-election and will surrender his seat — he represents the Ottawa riding of Nepean — in the coming weeks.Trade Minister Ed Fast will stand in for Baird at Foreign Affairs, a portfolio that became a surprise vote-getter for a Conservative prime minister who showed little interest in it when he took office nine years ago.Indeed, long before he took the job, Baird's strengths revolved around getting votes for the Conservatives; he was dispatched repeatedly by Harper over the years to raise funds and support, as well as to help manage the expanding Tory caucus.Baird was even a reliable stand-in for Harper on a personal level, often called upon to squire Harper's wife Laureen to events around Ottawa.He built up his political credibility by deftly managing a series of contentious files, ranging from the environment portfolio to the government's infrastructure spending program in the wake of the 2008 recession.In a statement that was, oddly, delivered only on paper and not in person, Harper said he accepted Baird's resignation "with great regret and affection.""John has always been willing to do a lot of the heavy lifting in my various cabinets and has assumed daunting new responsibilities with unsurpassed energy, commitment and professionalism, never losing sight of the fact that he was serving the Canadian people."Though Baird took on Foreign Affairs with the same bulldog bravado that characterized his 20 years in politics, his views grew nuanced over time, leading to a softer touch on some files than the prime minister wanted, Conservative sources said.
Green party Leader Elizabeth May was more direct."When a minister of the Crown feels his advice is not welcomed by a prime minister, when everything is run out of the Prime Minister's Office, I think it is hard for anyone to play the role of loyal soldier," May said.The hottest file of late has been Canada's relationship with Russia in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, she noted.At a time of massive global unrest, whomever is tapped to replace Baird will have a difficult time, said the NDP's foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar, who represents an Ottawa riding and has known Baird for years."They are not big shoes to fill, they are massive shoes to fill," Dewar said. "It will be very interesting to see who ends up filling those shoes."A parade of cabinet ministers, Conservative backbenchers and opposition MPs lined up to shake Baird's hand or hug the popular minister after his address, bringing Commons business to a standstill for 15 minutes.Some said Baird's decision made them think about their own political futures."It happens from time to time when people leave public life," said Industry Minister James Moore."Everybody stops and realizes this is a room with 308 people who all have their own life story, their own life journey and their own decisions to make about what's in the best interest of themselves and their families."Baird is just the latest high-profile minister to abandon Harper's cabinet as the government confronts a third bid for re-election after nine years in power. Jim Flaherty resigned as finance minister shortly before his death last April, and former CTV anchor Peter Kent left his post at Environment in July 2013.Conservatives took pains Tuesday to play down suggestions that Baird is irreplaceable."In my experience, people come and people go, and that's true in other world capitals and that's true in this place and we wish him well," said Treasury Board President Tony Clement."He had an impact, he accomplished some amazing things — but his successor will do the same."
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
Washington State sets up third poultry quarantine amid avian flu worries-Reuters By P.J. Huffstutter-FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - The state of Washington said Tuesday it has established a third poultry quarantine zone after state officials discovered that a flock of about 100 birds in Okanogan County was infected with the avian influenza virus.The Washington State Department of Agriculture adopted an emergency rule on Sunday to establish the new quarantine area, which encompasses a six-mile area in Oroville, Wash., state officials said.State officials are conducting additional tests to identify the specific flue strain that infected the flock. About half of the 100 birds have died, according to agriculture officials.The quarantine generally restricts the movement of all eggs, poultry or poultry products from leaving that area.The state had set up the first emergency quarantine in the area on Jan. 29, after a flock of nearly 5,000 birds tested positive for the H5N2 influenza strain. Another quarantine zone was also set up in Clallam County, in response to a separate infected flock.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said at the time the virus did not pose a health risk to the public, and birds and other poultry products from such infected flocks would not enter the food system.Regardless, China last month banned all imports of U.S. poultry products and eggs following the discovery of avian influenza in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the USDA said. All poultry shipped to China after Jan. 8 was to be returned or destroyed, the agency said. [ID:nL1N0UR2FQ]-The virus is extremely contagious among poultry and can spread rapidly through a flock, killing birds in as little as 48 hours. The H5N2 strain has also been found in backyard chicken flocks in Idaho.A different strain, H5N8, forced a temporary quarantine of a Foster Farms turkey ranch in California last month, with the birds destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease to migratory and commercial flocks.(Reporting By P.J. Huffstutter in Chicago; Editing by Grant McCool)
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.
Saint John, N.B., declares state of emergency after snow chokes city streets-The Canadian PressBy Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The City of Saint John, N.B., declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the third storm in less than a week pummelled the port city overnight and left its streets choked with snow.Mayor Mel Norton said it was the first time in almost three decades that the city declared a state of emergency, which allows the city to ban on-street parking so that plows can clear heaps of snow that have reached levels not seen in recent years.The state of emergency will be in effect for up to a week in the city's southern peninsula, he said.The latest storm has left 126 centimetres of snow on the ground, Environment Canada said. Normally, the city has 15 to 20 centimetres of accumulation for this time of year.Claude Cote, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said a jet stream just south of Nova Scotia combined with a number of storms developing off the U.S. East Coast have contributed to the inordinate snowfall."We just happen to be in that sweet spot," Cote said.Many of the streets in Saint John were impassable early Tuesday and others were so clogged with snow that emergency vehicles were having a tough time getting around, creating a risk to public safety, city officials said.People were walking on the street because sidewalks were not plowed."It's dangerous," said Devon Duplisea, who was shovelling snow for a property development company.He parked his car on the street to get the job done but had to drive around the block every time another car approached."If one person gets stuck, you're toast."Duplisea said the city didn't do enough to remove the snow that had built up over the past week."They had nighttime to get dump trucks to pull away this snow, and it seems like we're left to fend for ourselves."Norton defended efforts by city crews, saying they have been working 16-hour days to get rid of the snow."You wouldn't know it looking at the amount of snow, but in the last 48 hours or so we've removed about a thousand dump truckloads just from this area of the city," Norton said."Mother Nature, as she can sometimes do, has gotten the best of the community on this one."Environment Canada said a low-pressure system tracked northeastward over the Maritimes late Monday, bringing heavy snow, strong northeast winds and wind-chill values near -30 C.Cote said another system is on the way for Thursday night into Friday that could bring 15 to 25 more centimetres of snow in Saint John.Other areas across the Maritimes weren't spared, as road closures, school cancellations and flight delays were reported across the region.The storm was expected to make its way to Newfoundland and Labrador, bringing high winds and heavy snow to some areas.Follow @KevinBissett on Twitter.
Extreme cold, ice reveal faults in U.S. northeast mass transit-Reuters By Barbara Goldberg and Elizabeth Barber-FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Wicked winter weather gripping the northeastern United States exposed weaknesses in mass transit systems from Boston to New York, with commuters stranded on icy train platforms amid delays stretching into Tuesday.A day after a deadly snowstorm slammed the region, extreme delays crippled Boston's subways, including the most heavily traveled Red Line, which sees about 273,000 riders each day."A week of constant exposure to frigid temperatures, ice, and record snowfall has taken a major toll on the MBTA's vehicles and infrastructure," the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority said in a statement."We're incredibly late and we're incredibly annoyed," Jeremiah Graves, 31, said as he and a companion waited for a bus to get to work after no train showed up at the Harvard stop."The decision should have been made yesterday to shut down everything and have time to clean up for today," he said, referring to the second major storm in less than a week to pummel the Northeast. It was blamed for at least seven deaths, including some in the Midwest, where it struck first.In New York City, icing on Monday was blamed for paralyzing the Number 7 subway line - which serves 500,000 riders a day - and doubling commuting times for some who scrambled to squeeze onto buses or taxis."'7'th ring of hell for frozen Queens riders," proclaimed a Daily News headline about the end-to-end shutdown for six hours, which began when workers tried to remove an umbrella burning on the electric third rail and wound up allowing ice to form on the third rail, which stalled a train and brought the line to a halt."Am I going to be stranded in Queens all day?" Helen Gutowski, 24, a performance artist, recalled worrying after the train went out of service, and she waited for a bus for two hours in the cold before she started walking the snowy streets to head home.On Tuesday morning, three other subway lines were delayed because of signal problems that could be weather related, said Amanda Kwan, spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the subway system, including 220 miles of track that are above ground and exposed to the elements. Commuter delays due to weather also were reported on trains in suburban New Jersey and Long Island, and ice closed the sidewalk on the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson River.(Reporting by Barbara Goldberg in New York and Elizabeth Barber in Boston; Additional reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst in New York; Editing by Scott Malone and Doina Chiacu)
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.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
23 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-02-03 19:38:12 UTC-05:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-05:00)23 earthquakes in map area
4.7 7km ENE of Belyashi, Russia 2015-02-03 17:47:43 UTC-05:00 42.2 km
3.3 9km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas 2015-02-03 17:19:14 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
3.2 2km SSE of Stella, Puerto Rico 2015-02-03 16:37:52 UTC-05:00 124.0 km
4.9 South of the Fiji Islands 2015-02-03 11:50:19 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
2.9 8km SSW of Bishop, California 2015-02-03 11:13:57 UTC-05:00 6.3 km
2.7 93km NW of Arctic Village, Alaska 2015-02-03 08:46:46 UTC-05:00 34.7 km
3.8 8km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma 2015-02-03 07:37:17 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
3.1 48km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska 2015-02-03 07:22:08 UTC-05:00 198.7 km
2.7 90km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-02-03 05:56:12 UTC-05:00 6.0 km
2.5 52km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2015-02-03 05:39:51 UTC-05:00 118.9 km
2.9 52km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska 2015-02-03 03:52:56 UTC-05:00 198.9 km
4.5 55km NW of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-02-03 02:27:29 UTC-05:00 22.4 km
5.3 71km S of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-02-03 02:27:26 UTC-05:00 44.9 km
5.6 69km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-02-03 02:16:54 UTC-05:00 16.5 km
2.7 5km E of Redwood Valley, California 2015-02-03 01:34:11 UTC-05:00 0.1 km
2.8 32km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada 2015-02-03 01:25:40 UTC-05:00 0.0 km
3.3 48km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2015-02-02 23:16:47 UTC-05:00 52.0 km
2.5 41km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2015-02-02 22:25:28 UTC-05:00 20.0 km
2.5 26km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 2015-02-02 22:19:20 UTC-05:00 2.5 km
2.6 1km NE of The Geysers, California 2015-02-02 21:42:38 UTC-05:00 4.7 km
2.7 16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska 2015-02-02 20:35:35 UTC-05:00 9.1 km
3.0 73km E of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2015-02-02 20:31:56 UTC-05:00 0.0 km
3.4 66km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-02-02 19:46:50 UTC-05:00 69.0 km
STORIES ABOUT THE CHARLIE HEBDO 17 SLAUGHTER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-magazine-tops-7-million.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/india-russia-back-chinas-call-for-new.html
MY NUKE SUB-SILOH VISION
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/rare-goblin-shark-caught-what-could.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-editor-defends-free-speech.html
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS ARE GRAFTED TOGETHER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/christians-are-grafted-with-israel.html
OTHER ISIS BEHEADINGS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/8th-victim-of-isis-but-this-time-isis.html (8TH-KILLING)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/2nd-japanese-journalist-beheaded-by.html (7TH-BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/isis-threatens-to-kill-7th-and-8th.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/6th-beheading-reported-1-of-2-japanese.html (6TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/11/isis-beheads-american-aid-worker-peter.html (5TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/10/its-now-reported-that-isis-has-beheaded.html (4TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/david-haines-44-british-hostage.html (3RD BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sotloff-and-foley-only-two-of-thousands.html (2 BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/02/india-russia-back-chinas-call-for-new.html
New Cold War: US, Russia fight over Europe's energy future-Associated Press-By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE-FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia are once more locked in what could be a generation-defining conflict, and Europe is yet again the core battleground. But this Cold War reprise isn't about military supremacy.It's about heat and electricity for tens of millions of Europeans. The points on the map aren't troop deployments, tank battalions and missile silos but pipelines, ports and power plants.
As the Obama administration escalates economic sanctions on Russia and weighs military support to Ukraine, it also has revved up a less noticed but far broader campaign to wean Central and Eastern Europe off a deep reliance on Russian energy. Success, U.S. officials say, would mean finally "liberating" former Soviet states and satellites from decades of economic bullying by Moscow.To that end, Washington is helping set up new natural gas pipelines and terminals in a region that depends on Russia for more than 70 percent of its energy needs. It is pushing American companies' bids for nuclear plants and fracking exploration in Europe.Yet as the U.S. makes headway, the Kremlin is fighting back, warning neighboring governments about the consequences of looking westward for fuel. Russia is trying to outmaneuver the U.S. on nuclear bids, buy up pipeline infrastructure across Europe and control not only how its vast energy reserves move westward, but what European governments can do with those supplies afterward."It's a chess match," said Amos Hochstein, the State Department's special envoy for international energy affairs, as he pored over a map of Europe dotted with existing and proposed pipeline routes.Although the U.S. has pressed its European partners for decades to find new oil, gas, coal and nuclear sources, the crisis in Ukraine has upped the ante. Russia's takeover of Crimea last year and continued support for rebels in a brutal civil war in Ukraine has changed Europe's mindset about relying so heavily on Russian energy.Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry visited Bulgaria to push for a new gas spur and to promote an American company's bid to build a new nuclear plant. Bulgaria relies on Russia for 85 percent of its gas and all of its nuclear power. The prices, among the highest for NATO countries, are a concern within the alliance, which prides itself on winning the Cold War."The battle was won," Kerry told staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia. "And here we are today in 2015, and Russia is still trying to impose on people its will."In November, Vice President Joe Biden visited Romania, another vulnerable country, and Turkey, Europe's bridge to resource-rich Central Asia, to press the case.Victoria Nuland, America's top diplomat for Europe, and energy envoy Hochstein have spent much of the past few months working with Europe on a coordinated energy strategy. Their message: Failure now will only invite more Russian pressure.While episodes of Russia shutting off the energy spigots to its neighbors have raised alarms, persistent infighting among European governments and energy companies has hampered diversification efforts across the continent.Big countries, especially, have found it easier to make private deals with President Vladimir Putin's government. And that has done little for Europe's most vulnerable economies, whose infrastructure is designed only to take in supplies from Siberia.
But, increasingly, there now is action in addition to diversity talk.With U.S. support, Lithuania and soon Poland will be importing liquefied natural gas from Norway, Qatar and potentially the United States. New pipelines will enable Central and Eastern European countries to send fuel from west to east and north to south.And in a couple of years, a southern corridor should be taking fuel from the Caspian Sea through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, and into Europe, bypassing Russia.Those advances combined with other moving parts — a liquefied gas plant off the Croatian coast, a Bulgaria-Romania network connection, links into Serbia and Hungary, and greater energy integration as far afield as Spain and France — will mean Europeans can increasingly trade energy among themselves, pooling their fuel sources and weakening Russia's grip.Hochstein said the U.S. would like to see a 20 percent slice cut out of Russia's current share of the Eastern European gas market by 2020, considering that a major step forward.__Associated Press writer Pablo Gorondi contributed to this report from Budapest.Follow Bradley Klapper on Twitter at @bklapperAP, Matthew Lee at @APDiploWriter
'American Israel-Haters are Buying the Government for the Left'-MK Struk slams foreign-funded V15 campaign featuring Obama staff as a 'foreign anti-Semitic hand trying to bring the left to power.'By Benny Toker, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 2/3/2015, 10:18 PM- ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
MK Orit Struk (Jewish Home) spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday, discussing the V15 (Victory in 2015) campaign which is bankrolled by foreign NGOs and includes a delegation of campaign staff from US President Barack Obama's campaigning organization - and which aims to prevent Binyamin Netanyahu's re-election as prime minister in upcoming elections."While the Zionist Camp (Labor-Hatnua joint party - ed.) says it has no connection to V15, it's clear that there's an organization here that is working to return the left to power," said Struk. "There's a large process here of haters of Israel in Europe and the US who are getting involved in political processes in Israel using a lot of money."According to the MK, these foreign forces are feeding funds to organizations that "masquerade" as human rights groups, "like the radical leftist organizations 'Breaking the Silence,' 'B'Tzelem,' and 'The Association for Civil Rights in Israel,' and in this way try to get us out of Judea and Samaria.""In the election days they're doing it with V15 to continue the withdrawal process that started in Oslo," said Struk.Struk accused the legal and law enforcement sources of not doing enough, noting "former State Comptroller (Eliezer) Goldberg ruled in 2000 that it is illegal to form NGOs whose true goal is political.""There is also a huge question mark over the chairman of the Central Elections Committee (Arab Supreme Court judge Salim Joubran - ed.) who didn't say it (the V15 campaign - ed.) is invalid," she added."After all there is European and American money here donated by anti-Semitic people whose goal is to influence the elections campaign," Struk emphasized. "Why is there no one to deal with this?"Despite the V15 campaign, Struk reasoned that Israeli voters will not be influenced by its promotions, appraising "the public in Israel isn't stupid, they already learned since the New (Israel) Fund to check these NGOs, the public understands that there's a foreign and anti-Semitic hand here that wants to bring the left to power.""But the public won't let that happen," she asserted. "The people of Israel's won't let that happen because the people of Israel are tired of the left."
Netanyahu: Block UNHRC Gaza Report-After the resignation of committee head Schabas, Prime Minister says the committee's report should go unpublished.By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 2/3/2015, 9:19 AM-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS
Following the resignation of William Schabas from the chairmanship of the committee established by the UN Human Rights Council into the summer's Gaza war, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the committee's report should go unpublished."After the resignation of the committee head, who was biased against Israel, the report – which was written at the behest of the UNHRC, which has proven itself to be an anti-Israeli body that has nothing to do with human rights – should be shelved,” said Netanyahu Tuesday morning."The terror organizations and the terror regimes are the ones that should be investigated,” he added.Canadian law professor Schabas, who was appointed to head the UN committee tasked with probing Israel’s alleged “war crimes” during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, announced on Monday evening he was stepping down.Schabas cited Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the reason for his resignation.In a letter to the UNHRC, Schabas said he would step down immediately to prevent the issue from overshadowing the preparation of the report and its findings, which are due to be published in March.In the letter, Schabas said a legal opinion he wrote for the PLO in 2012, for which he was paid $1,300, was not different from advice he had given to many other governments and organizations."My views on Israel and Palestine as well as on many other issues were well known and very public," he wrote, according to Reuters. "This work in defense of human rights appears to have made me a huge target for malicious attacks (...).""I believe that it is difficult for the work to continue while a procedure is underway to consider whether the chair of the commission should be removed," Schabas added.Schabas is well-known for his bias against Israel. Speaking in a 2013 panel, Schabas clearly revealed his great eagerness to bring about the prosecution of Israel over its actions in Gaza, even if that involved “twisting things and maneuvering” in the international legal arena.Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor compared appointing Schabas to head the inquiry to "choosing Count Dracula to run a blood bank," and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Israel should not cooperate with the probe.
Merkel clashes with Orban on meaning of 'democracy' By Adam Halasz-Budapest, Today, 09:27-feb 3,15-euobserver
German chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban over his government's treatment of the opposition, civil society, and media and openly clashed with him over the definition of democracy during a visit to Budapest on Monday (2 February).In a sometimes tense joint press conference, Merkel expressed doubt over Orban’s interpretation of democracy.“Honestly, I can’t understand what is meant by illiberal when it comes to democracy,” she said.The chancellor was referring to a speech by Orban last year in which he said he was building an “illiberal” state in Hungary, and cited Russian and Turkey as examples.But Orban replied that "not all democracies have to be liberal" adding: “Those who say that democracy is necessarily liberal are trying to put one school of thought above others and we cannot grant that."Merkel also criticised the Hungarian premier’s treatment of diverging opinions, saying that societies thrive through dialogue.“It is very important in a democracy, including when one has a broad majority, to recognise the role of the opposition, civil society and media,” the German leader said.Orban's right-wing Fidesz party has ruled with a two-thirds majority in parliament for five years, and has been accused of abusing its super-majority.Speaking later at the German-language Andrassy University in front of around 100 students, Merkel said: "In a democracy the opposition is not an enemy, the majority must protect the minority.”She also called for media pluralism and a free civil society, amid criticism within and outside Hungary, most notably Washington, that Orban is undermining democracy.Ties between Hungary and Germany - its biggest investor and largest trading partner - have cooled over the last years and it is Merkel’s first visit since Orban came to power in 2010.The trip was seen as an effort to reinforce relations amid attempts by the Hungarian PM to forge close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is due to visit Budapest on 17 February.Orban was willing to clash with Brussels over the now dropped Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline. He also signed a €10 billion loan deal last year with Moscow to build a new nuclear plant.
Turning to Putin
Merkel put pressure on Orban over Russia, in an attempt to ensure sure Hungary sticks to the common European line on sanctions against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine.She reminded Hungary that it is not the only EU member state highly dependent on Russian gas.Orban, while backing the sanctions, has voiced criticism over the negative economic effect of the restrictive measures on the EU's own member states, saying last year Europe “has shot itself into the foot”.Merkel also made clear that Germany will not provide arms to Ukraine in its conflict with Russian-backed rebels.“Germany will not support Ukraine with guns and weapons. It is my firm belief that this conflict cannot be solved militarily,” she said.
Denmark under pressure to abandon euro cap By Benjamin Fox-BRUSSELS, Today, 09:27-feb 3,15-euobserver
Denmark could follow the lead set by Switzerland last month and abandon rules capping its kroner currency to the euro, as the kroner becomes too strong to maintain the link.On Tuesday (3 February) the Danish National Bank will publish information about the size of its currency holdings in January - which are expected to show a flood of buyers for the kroner as investors look for a safe haven.Having negotiated an opt-out from the single currency in the Maastricht treaty, Denmark instead joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2) in 1999, requiring the kroner to be kept within a plus or minus 2.25 percent band to the euro.Danes then voted by a 53-47 percent margin to stay out of the single currency in a referendum in 2000.Under ERM2, both the Danish central bank and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt are obliged to to keep the currency stable. In the process, however, the kroner is in danger of becoming too strong for policy-makers to maintain a fixed exchange rate with the euro.Denmark’s efforts to defend its euro peg and stop investors buying kroner have driven its benchmark deposit rate to minus 0.5 percent, the third cut in less than two weeks.Meanwhile, interest rates on 10-year government paper fell to 0.15 percent after the Danish central bank’s decision on Friday (30 January) to suspend bond sales.It is more common for governments to worry that their cost of borrowing is too high and about dwindling foreign currency reserves, but Denmark has already sold enough bonds to cover its entire borrowing costs for 2015."The National Bank has the advantage that it can print new money. It never runs out of money, and that is what happens when it sends kroner out in the market to buy euro up. In this way the exchange reserve grows," says Steen Bocian, chief economist of Danske Bank told Borsen.The euro has steadily weakened over the past year, hitting its lowest exchange rate against the dollar of 1:1.11 after the ECB announced plans for a €1.1 trillion bond-buying programme to weaken the euro’s exchange rate to promote exports and curb deflation.The euro lost nearly 20 percent of its value in a day against the Swiss franc after the Swiss national bank abandoned a three year cap on the franc's value against the single currency in mid-January.Explaining its decision, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said that the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro, introduced in September 2011, was no longer justified because “divergences between the monetary policies of the major currency areas have increased significantly”.“If the current exchange-rate mechanism was abandoned, the kroner would rise in price,” said Frederik I. Pedersen, chief consultant of The Economic Council of the Labour Movement according to Berlingske Tidende.
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
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.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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 (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)
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)
Montreal imam denied community centre permit rejects claim he's a radical agent-The Canadian PressBy The Canadian Press | FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
MONTREAL - The Montreal Islamic preacher denied a permit to open a community centre says he's being unfairly demonized and rejects accusations he's inciting violence and hatred.Hamza Chaoui said Tuesday in a posting on his Facebook page that he "categorically refutes" claims made against him by city officials. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said Saturday that the imam was an "agent of radicalization" who had the potential to influence youth to commit acts of violence.Real Menard, the local borough mayor, denied a permit to Chaoui, who'd hoped to open an Islamic community centre in the area.Although Chaoui had not formally applied for the permit, the city made a preemptive decision to deny it for security reasons, in response to published reports about him.Chaoui is a Moroccan-born imam who has described Islam and democracy as "completely" incompatible and has made statements deemed homophobic and sexist.But Chaoui said those comments about homosexuals and women were "taken out of context," adding that the subject of his sermons are based in Islamic texts, which are similar to the teachings of Christianity and Judaism."I have never incited hatred or violence," Chaoui wrote. "On the contrary, I have always encouraged youth to integrate harmoniously into Quebec society, to respect the law and to never use violence as a means of conflict resolution."Chaoui said he is considering suing the mayor for defamation and for what he calls a violation of his charter rights.Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard on Tuesday reiterated his support for the city's decision to deny Chaoui a permit."I will repeat for Quebecers that we welcome people from all around the world," Couillard said. "But the security of Quebecers will be always our top priority."
Terrorism-related charges laid against Ottawa men with alleged ISIS ties-CBC – FEB 3,15-YAHOO NEWS
Three Ottawa men were charged Tuesday by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team with taking part in activities related to financial and ideological support of ISIS, the jihadist group that controls large regions in Iraq and Syria.The charges against Awso Peshdary, John (Yahya) Maguire and Khadar Khalib include conspiracy to facilitate a terrorist act, knowingly participating in the activities of a terror group and counselling a person to knowingly participate in a terrorist activity.Peshdary, 25, was taken into custody earlier today in Ottawa. Maguire, 24, and Khalib, 23, are being charged in absentia.The RCMP believe Maguire and Khalib are fighting with ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) in Syria or Iraq.A number of Twitter accounts associated with foreign fighters in the region reported that Maguire was killed in combat in Syria last month, but the RCMP said they have no independent confirmation of his death.RCMP said arrest warrants have been obtained and an Interpol red notice has been issued, alerting international authorities to watch for the men."The RCMP continues to work actively with its domestic and international partners to bring them back to Canada so they can be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," the RCMP said in a press release issued Tuesday.
Project Servant
The police investigation is dubbed "Project Servant." It began in December 2012, the month Maguire left Canada to participate in the civil war in Syria, and culminated on Jan. 21.CBC News has learned that police believe Peshdary radicalized Maguire, who publicly threatened Canada in an ISIS video released late last year.Police maintain that Peshdary led Maguire — a relatively new convert to Islam — to extremist materials, groomed him, and paid for his flight overseas.Intending to join Maguire in Syria, Peshdary bought a ticket for himself, police said. However, he never properly applied for a passport and was forced to stay in Ottawa, where police maintain he went to work radicalizing others.Police believe he persuaded Khalib, a student at Algonquin College and a friend of Maguire, to join ISIS. Khalib left Canada via Toronto's Pearson International Airport on March 29, 2014. His Facebook account has been a source of ISIS propaganda since his departure.Police said that since becoming ensconced with ISIS, Maguire and Khalib, with the aid of Peshdary, have been actively reaching back into their tightly knit Ottawa circle of friends, trying to recruit others to join them."Today's charges, along with other terrorism-related arrests within the past few weeks, underscore the reality that there are individuals in Canada who have become radicalized to violence and who are willing to act upon it," said RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia."The terrorist attacks perpetrated in October in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and in Ottawa, are clear examples of how suddenly attacks can occur, and how Canada is not immune, either as a victim or a source for terrorism."
Peshdary arrested 5 years ago
Peshdary’s arrest deals a blow to ISIS recruitment in Canada, police maintain, adding that the charges against Peshdary represent the first time a major radicalizer has been arrested in Canada.Peshdary is a familiar name in security circles. Five years ago, he was arrested as part of an RCMP terror investigation dubbed "Project Samosa," which was said to be at the time, the largest terrorism investigation in Canada since 9/11.However, he was not charged with terror offences and was released.The charges he now faces allege links with him and Maguire and his network of radicalized individuals, and to Khalib, but also to Suliman Mohamed and twins Ashton and Carlos Larmond. Mohamed and the Larmond twins were charged with similar terror offences in early January.This brings the total number of Ottawa men charged with terror offences to six, the largest cluster of accused extremist jihadis in Canada.
JOHN BAIRD IS A ISRAEL SUPPORTER.I DO NOT WANT HIM TO LEAVE OFFICE.IN CANADA.
Baird's exit creates hole at home, abroad at crucial time for both-The Canadian PressBy Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
OTTAWA - One of Stephen Harper's most experienced ministers resigned his plum foreign affairs post Tuesday, leaving a void around the Conservative cabinet table at a critical juncture in both domestic and international affairs.John Baird was a prominent voice for Canada on the world stage and a multi-faceted lieutenant for Harper; his departure leaves many wondering who can carry the ball amid upheaval abroad and an election on the horizon at home.The only one who seemed upbeat about the state of things was Baird himself."Last night, I spoke to the prime minister and informed him that I was standing down from cabinet," Baird told a hushed House of Commons."I will miss this place very much and many of the people in it, on all sides, but the time has come for me to start a new chapter in my life."Baird said he has no plans to run for re-election and will surrender his seat — he represents the Ottawa riding of Nepean — in the coming weeks.Trade Minister Ed Fast will stand in for Baird at Foreign Affairs, a portfolio that became a surprise vote-getter for a Conservative prime minister who showed little interest in it when he took office nine years ago.Indeed, long before he took the job, Baird's strengths revolved around getting votes for the Conservatives; he was dispatched repeatedly by Harper over the years to raise funds and support, as well as to help manage the expanding Tory caucus.Baird was even a reliable stand-in for Harper on a personal level, often called upon to squire Harper's wife Laureen to events around Ottawa.He built up his political credibility by deftly managing a series of contentious files, ranging from the environment portfolio to the government's infrastructure spending program in the wake of the 2008 recession.In a statement that was, oddly, delivered only on paper and not in person, Harper said he accepted Baird's resignation "with great regret and affection.""John has always been willing to do a lot of the heavy lifting in my various cabinets and has assumed daunting new responsibilities with unsurpassed energy, commitment and professionalism, never losing sight of the fact that he was serving the Canadian people."Though Baird took on Foreign Affairs with the same bulldog bravado that characterized his 20 years in politics, his views grew nuanced over time, leading to a softer touch on some files than the prime minister wanted, Conservative sources said.
Green party Leader Elizabeth May was more direct."When a minister of the Crown feels his advice is not welcomed by a prime minister, when everything is run out of the Prime Minister's Office, I think it is hard for anyone to play the role of loyal soldier," May said.The hottest file of late has been Canada's relationship with Russia in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, she noted.At a time of massive global unrest, whomever is tapped to replace Baird will have a difficult time, said the NDP's foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar, who represents an Ottawa riding and has known Baird for years."They are not big shoes to fill, they are massive shoes to fill," Dewar said. "It will be very interesting to see who ends up filling those shoes."A parade of cabinet ministers, Conservative backbenchers and opposition MPs lined up to shake Baird's hand or hug the popular minister after his address, bringing Commons business to a standstill for 15 minutes.Some said Baird's decision made them think about their own political futures."It happens from time to time when people leave public life," said Industry Minister James Moore."Everybody stops and realizes this is a room with 308 people who all have their own life story, their own life journey and their own decisions to make about what's in the best interest of themselves and their families."Baird is just the latest high-profile minister to abandon Harper's cabinet as the government confronts a third bid for re-election after nine years in power. Jim Flaherty resigned as finance minister shortly before his death last April, and former CTV anchor Peter Kent left his post at Environment in July 2013.Conservatives took pains Tuesday to play down suggestions that Baird is irreplaceable."In my experience, people come and people go, and that's true in other world capitals and that's true in this place and we wish him well," said Treasury Board President Tony Clement."He had an impact, he accomplished some amazing things — but his successor will do the same."
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
Washington State sets up third poultry quarantine amid avian flu worries-Reuters By P.J. Huffstutter-FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - The state of Washington said Tuesday it has established a third poultry quarantine zone after state officials discovered that a flock of about 100 birds in Okanogan County was infected with the avian influenza virus.The Washington State Department of Agriculture adopted an emergency rule on Sunday to establish the new quarantine area, which encompasses a six-mile area in Oroville, Wash., state officials said.State officials are conducting additional tests to identify the specific flue strain that infected the flock. About half of the 100 birds have died, according to agriculture officials.The quarantine generally restricts the movement of all eggs, poultry or poultry products from leaving that area.The state had set up the first emergency quarantine in the area on Jan. 29, after a flock of nearly 5,000 birds tested positive for the H5N2 influenza strain. Another quarantine zone was also set up in Clallam County, in response to a separate infected flock.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said at the time the virus did not pose a health risk to the public, and birds and other poultry products from such infected flocks would not enter the food system.Regardless, China last month banned all imports of U.S. poultry products and eggs following the discovery of avian influenza in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the USDA said. All poultry shipped to China after Jan. 8 was to be returned or destroyed, the agency said. [ID:nL1N0UR2FQ]-The virus is extremely contagious among poultry and can spread rapidly through a flock, killing birds in as little as 48 hours. The H5N2 strain has also been found in backyard chicken flocks in Idaho.A different strain, H5N8, forced a temporary quarantine of a Foster Farms turkey ranch in California last month, with the birds destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease to migratory and commercial flocks.(Reporting By P.J. Huffstutter in Chicago; Editing by Grant McCool)
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.
Saint John, N.B., declares state of emergency after snow chokes city streets-The Canadian PressBy Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The City of Saint John, N.B., declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the third storm in less than a week pummelled the port city overnight and left its streets choked with snow.Mayor Mel Norton said it was the first time in almost three decades that the city declared a state of emergency, which allows the city to ban on-street parking so that plows can clear heaps of snow that have reached levels not seen in recent years.The state of emergency will be in effect for up to a week in the city's southern peninsula, he said.The latest storm has left 126 centimetres of snow on the ground, Environment Canada said. Normally, the city has 15 to 20 centimetres of accumulation for this time of year.Claude Cote, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said a jet stream just south of Nova Scotia combined with a number of storms developing off the U.S. East Coast have contributed to the inordinate snowfall."We just happen to be in that sweet spot," Cote said.Many of the streets in Saint John were impassable early Tuesday and others were so clogged with snow that emergency vehicles were having a tough time getting around, creating a risk to public safety, city officials said.People were walking on the street because sidewalks were not plowed."It's dangerous," said Devon Duplisea, who was shovelling snow for a property development company.He parked his car on the street to get the job done but had to drive around the block every time another car approached."If one person gets stuck, you're toast."Duplisea said the city didn't do enough to remove the snow that had built up over the past week."They had nighttime to get dump trucks to pull away this snow, and it seems like we're left to fend for ourselves."Norton defended efforts by city crews, saying they have been working 16-hour days to get rid of the snow."You wouldn't know it looking at the amount of snow, but in the last 48 hours or so we've removed about a thousand dump truckloads just from this area of the city," Norton said."Mother Nature, as she can sometimes do, has gotten the best of the community on this one."Environment Canada said a low-pressure system tracked northeastward over the Maritimes late Monday, bringing heavy snow, strong northeast winds and wind-chill values near -30 C.Cote said another system is on the way for Thursday night into Friday that could bring 15 to 25 more centimetres of snow in Saint John.Other areas across the Maritimes weren't spared, as road closures, school cancellations and flight delays were reported across the region.The storm was expected to make its way to Newfoundland and Labrador, bringing high winds and heavy snow to some areas.Follow @KevinBissett on Twitter.
Extreme cold, ice reveal faults in U.S. northeast mass transit-Reuters By Barbara Goldberg and Elizabeth Barber-FEB 3,15-YAHOONEWS
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Wicked winter weather gripping the northeastern United States exposed weaknesses in mass transit systems from Boston to New York, with commuters stranded on icy train platforms amid delays stretching into Tuesday.A day after a deadly snowstorm slammed the region, extreme delays crippled Boston's subways, including the most heavily traveled Red Line, which sees about 273,000 riders each day."A week of constant exposure to frigid temperatures, ice, and record snowfall has taken a major toll on the MBTA's vehicles and infrastructure," the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority said in a statement."We're incredibly late and we're incredibly annoyed," Jeremiah Graves, 31, said as he and a companion waited for a bus to get to work after no train showed up at the Harvard stop."The decision should have been made yesterday to shut down everything and have time to clean up for today," he said, referring to the second major storm in less than a week to pummel the Northeast. It was blamed for at least seven deaths, including some in the Midwest, where it struck first.In New York City, icing on Monday was blamed for paralyzing the Number 7 subway line - which serves 500,000 riders a day - and doubling commuting times for some who scrambled to squeeze onto buses or taxis."'7'th ring of hell for frozen Queens riders," proclaimed a Daily News headline about the end-to-end shutdown for six hours, which began when workers tried to remove an umbrella burning on the electric third rail and wound up allowing ice to form on the third rail, which stalled a train and brought the line to a halt."Am I going to be stranded in Queens all day?" Helen Gutowski, 24, a performance artist, recalled worrying after the train went out of service, and she waited for a bus for two hours in the cold before she started walking the snowy streets to head home.On Tuesday morning, three other subway lines were delayed because of signal problems that could be weather related, said Amanda Kwan, spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the subway system, including 220 miles of track that are above ground and exposed to the elements. Commuter delays due to weather also were reported on trains in suburban New Jersey and Long Island, and ice closed the sidewalk on the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson River.(Reporting by Barbara Goldberg in New York and Elizabeth Barber in Boston; Additional reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst in New York; Editing by Scott Malone and Doina Chiacu)
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.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
23 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-02-03 19:38:12 UTC-05:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-05:00)23 earthquakes in map area
4.7 7km ENE of Belyashi, Russia 2015-02-03 17:47:43 UTC-05:00 42.2 km
3.3 9km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas 2015-02-03 17:19:14 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
3.2 2km SSE of Stella, Puerto Rico 2015-02-03 16:37:52 UTC-05:00 124.0 km
4.9 South of the Fiji Islands 2015-02-03 11:50:19 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
2.9 8km SSW of Bishop, California 2015-02-03 11:13:57 UTC-05:00 6.3 km
2.7 93km NW of Arctic Village, Alaska 2015-02-03 08:46:46 UTC-05:00 34.7 km
3.8 8km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma 2015-02-03 07:37:17 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
3.1 48km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska 2015-02-03 07:22:08 UTC-05:00 198.7 km
2.7 90km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-02-03 05:56:12 UTC-05:00 6.0 km
2.5 52km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2015-02-03 05:39:51 UTC-05:00 118.9 km
2.9 52km SE of Old Iliamna, Alaska 2015-02-03 03:52:56 UTC-05:00 198.9 km
4.5 55km NW of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-02-03 02:27:29 UTC-05:00 22.4 km
5.3 71km S of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-02-03 02:27:26 UTC-05:00 44.9 km
5.6 69km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-02-03 02:16:54 UTC-05:00 16.5 km
2.7 5km E of Redwood Valley, California 2015-02-03 01:34:11 UTC-05:00 0.1 km
2.8 32km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada 2015-02-03 01:25:40 UTC-05:00 0.0 km
3.3 48km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2015-02-02 23:16:47 UTC-05:00 52.0 km
2.5 41km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2015-02-02 22:25:28 UTC-05:00 20.0 km
2.5 26km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 2015-02-02 22:19:20 UTC-05:00 2.5 km
2.6 1km NE of The Geysers, California 2015-02-02 21:42:38 UTC-05:00 4.7 km
2.7 16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska 2015-02-02 20:35:35 UTC-05:00 9.1 km
3.0 73km E of Cape Yakataga, Alaska 2015-02-02 20:31:56 UTC-05:00 0.0 km
3.4 66km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-02-02 19:46:50 UTC-05:00 69.0 km
