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)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these
things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE)
then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE)
draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that
summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT
COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
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 FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and
their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)
and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM
ATOMIC BOMB)(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;(FROM ATOMIC
BOMBS) 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.
And here
are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through
war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only
Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land
in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel,
Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half
of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18,
Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY
OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND
IN THE FUTURE
Elections committee mulling request to ban
Likud from social media campaigns-Yitzhak Haddad, who backtracks on
claim he is an ‘underground activist,’ denies links to ruling party,
says incriminating remarks made in recorded phone call were ‘a joke’-By
TOI staff-APR 4,19
The Central Elections Committee
convened Wednesday to discuss a petition seeking to have Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party banned from campaigning on social media
after a watchdog claimed the ruling party had deployed an army of fake
Twitter accounts.The petition was filed by the Blue and White party
earlier this week in response to a report by an Israeli watchdog group
which said it had uncovered a network of social media bots disseminating
messages in support of the prime minister ahead of next week’s
elections.Big Bots Project identified 154 accounts using false names,
and another 400 accounts that were suspected to be fake. Researchers
said they found over 130,000 tweets from “hundreds of fake or anonymous
accounts” without names or profile pictures, which did not identify
themselves as linked to Netanyahu’s Likud party. The also identified
“hundreds of genuine accounts” backing the premier’s bid for
re-election.Among the targets were journalists and public figures
considered hostile to Netanyahu including his main challenger, Benny
Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party.Big Bots report
identified a major figure behind the networks as Yitzhak Haddad, who
told a private investigator in a recorded conversation that he was an
“undercover activist” for the social media campaign. Haddad told the
investigator the initiative promoting Netanyahu involved “a lot of
money” and that he was in contact with senior Likud members.However, at
the hearing Haddad denied any links to the Likud party, claiming his
Twitter account was a personal one.“I am neither a political activist
nor an undercover activist,” he told the panel.When he was asked to
explain his remarks recorded in the phone call, Haddad said: “Someone
contacted me over the phone about something else.”“It struck me as odd,
but I wanted to know who it was,” he said. “He was the one who brought
up the issue of right-wing political activism, so I just told him that I
was an undercover activist.”Haddad was pressed by committee chairman
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, who appeared unconvinced by the
responses.“What did you mean when you said there was a lot of money
involved?” he asked Haddad.“I meant that if a social media network like
that did exist, it would probably cost a lot of money,” he told the
judge. “But I have no idea myself, I don’t understand these kinds of
things,” he said.“Then why did you say in the call that you were in
contact with Likud lawyers,” Melcer pressed.“It was a joke, its all for
the sake of Zionism,” Haddad said.Unamused, Melcer asked Haddad if the
conversation took place during Purim, the Jewish festival where pranks
are common.Likud social media campaign manager Yonatan Orich was also
questioned and denied the ruling party had ties to any of the fake
accounts, calling the Big Bots findings a “fake report.”“The Likud does
not operate a single bot, or a social media network,” he told the panel,
adding that all of its digital campaign activities are reported.The
hearing came a day after Melcer urged police to investigate suspected
Likud campaign law violations for funding of an online initiative to
encourage right-wing voter turnout.Melcer called for a criminal probe
after Likud director general Tzuri Siso, told the committee that the
ruling party was behind the Move to the Right initiative.According to
the Haaretz daily, Likud has bankrolled Move to the Right to the tune of
NIS 15 million (approximately $4.1 million).Siso’s Tuesday admission
marked a reversal from Likud’s claims up until then that it had no
direct ties to Move to the Right, which has not been identifying itself
as an official party initiative required by election advertising
transparency laws.Melcer urged Likud to get its story straight, fined
the party NIS 15,000 ($4,150) and recommended the opening of a police
criminal probe — to be completed within three months and submitted to
the attorney general and state comptroller.After the Big Bots findings
were published on Monday, Netanyahu convened a press conference where he
dismissed the report sarcastically, saying he thought it was an April
Fool’s Day prank. He called it a “false libel” by the media based on a
“fake investigation.”“Almost all of the examples, perhaps all of them,
turned out to be real people. They have a name, they have a face, they
have families, and the worst thing: they have opinions of their own.
Independent people,” Netanyahu said. “Not one of them is fake.”Though
the researchers had not claimed the accounts were not run by real
people, a handful of Twitter users featured in the report spoke to media
outlets to prove they were real.At the press conference, Netanyahu
paraded 64-year-old Giora Ezra in front of the media to prove that his
online supporters were real.But his attempt to present living evidence
of his popular support soon appeared to backfire as dozens of Ezra’s
tweets began to emerge, many of them featuring abusive, homophobic and
racist insults directed at the prime minister’s rivals, journalists, and
public officials.
Nadler wants the full Mueller report.
What happens if Barr says no?-[Christian Science
Monitor]-YAHOONEWS-Francine Kiefer-April 4, 2019
By the
time the Justice Department hands over the full Mueller report to House
Democrats – if it ever does – Donald Trump may no longer be president.
In other words, get ready for a long tangle if this fight goes to court,
as seems to be the intent of the House Judiciary chairman if he doesn’t
get his way.On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted along
party lines to give its chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., authority
to issue subpoenas for documents, testimony, and underlying evidence
related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump
campaign and Russia. Mr. Mueller found no collusion between the two, and
in a summary of the report, Attorney General William Barr said that he
and the deputy attorney general found that evidence was not sufficient
to support a finding of presidential obstruction of justice.But Mr.
Nadler and his fellow Democrats want to see the report for themselves –
the entire report, not the redacted version that Mr. Barr is promising
by mid-April. Mr. Barr says he cannot legally hand over the entire
report because it contains information related to a grand jury, or to
ongoing prosecutions, or that is classified or may unduly infringe on
personal privacy.Hence Mr. Nadler’s subpoenas and court threat, which he
intends to deliver on in “short order” if the Justice Department does
not comply with a full report. Yet this seemingly tough stance belies a
weakness in the supposedly mighty congressional subpoena: Its
enforcement can be “inadequate,” in part because resolution can take
years, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional
Research Service.The Judiciary Committee’s subpoena move – based on a
partisan vote – also points to a different kind of weakness, say legal
and government experts. It’s born of the expectation that as soon as an
opposition party takes control in Congress, it cranks up the
investigation machine – which in turn feeds the perception that
subpoenas are much more about the interest of a party, than the interest
of Congress as an institution.“It’s become increasingly routine for
congressional committees to pound their chest and use the subpoena,”
says Prof. Neal Devins, a constitutional scholar at William and Mary Law
School in Williamsburg, Virginia. “When you do something repeatedly, it
becomes a little ritualistic, it loses a little of its oomph.”This
week, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform also authorized
subpoenas – relating to security clearances given to 25 people despite
rejection by career staffers, and to a question about United States
citizenship in the upcoming Census.Congress has two ways to enforce a
subpoena, and both are problematic, according to the Congressional
Research Service Report, which came out last month.One is to ask the
executive branch to enforce a criminal contempt citation for an
individual who is willfully refusing to comply with a committee’s
subpoena. But there’s an inherent conflict there if the executive branch
is being asked to lower the hammer on itself.The other way is to pursue
the case through the courts, which can take a long time and does not
always ensure access to the information that a committee wants.Only four
times in recent history has the House held an executive branch official
(or former official) in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a
subpoena. Not surprisingly, in all four cases the executive branch
refused to prosecute, and three times the House looked to the courts.In
one instance, Americans had elected a new Congress and president by the
time a settlement was reached and the case dismissed (Committee on the
Judiciary v. Miers). Most of the documents were provided, however, and
Harriett Miers, the former White House counsel under President George W.
Bush, had to testify under oath, but in a closed, transcribed hearing.
Ms. Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten had refused
subpoenas in 2007 for testimony and documents relating to the dismissal
of U.S. attorneys, citing executive privilege.Similarly, former Attorney
General Eric Holder also asserted executive privilege when he failed in
2012 to comply with a congressional subpoena in the “Fast and Furious”
case about gunrunners, Mexican criminals, and the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In that case, too, the House turned to
the courts. It is still unresolved, even as the presidency and Congress
have changed hands.Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., of the House Judiciary
Committee says she is concerned about Congress’s ability to enforce
subpoenas. In the case of the Mueller report, however, she says the
public is on the side of Democrats. A slew of opinion polls show the
vast majority of Americans want the full Mueller report released.“The
American people will demand it,” says Congresswoman Dean. “Between their
pressure and the power of the majority and this chairman offering the
subpoena, I think we’ll be successful.” Last month, before Mr. Mueller
submitted his report to the attorney general, the House voted almost
unanimously to release the full report to Congress and to release all of
the report to the public except those parts that are “prohibited by
law.”But Republicans now say Democrats are playing politics with Mr.
Nadler’s subpoena authorization. They argue that he’s pressing for the
full report before he’s even seen the redacted version, and point to the
restrictions that Attorney General Barr legally faces in sending the
report to Congress.“They’re just determined to go after the president
because Mueller wasn’t what they hoped,” says Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio,
ranking member on the Oversight Committee who also has a seat on
Judiciary.Lawmakers and observers say it’s too early to know how the
tussle between investigators in Congress and this White House will
compare with previous times when the opposition took over – especially
in the House, where it’s much easier for the majority party to work its
will.Almost every shift in partisan control of Congress after a unified
government has been followed by a wave of congressional investigations,
and that’s especially true in intensely polarized times, says Douglas
Kriner, co-author of the book, “Investigating the President:
Congressional Checks on Presidential Power” and a government professor
at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.Looking ahead, he says
“Democrats have a lot of opportunities to score political points, just
the way Republicans had a lot of opportunities in investigating Obama.”
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
ISAIAH 66:15-16
15
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots
like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with
flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
ISAIAH 26:21
21
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants
of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS
COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 4 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed
one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of
the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with
sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE
17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS
KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND
DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in
that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN
WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4
billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against
Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten
by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE
SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE
CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH
IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Vandals
spray swastikas on Berlin police graves-Officers are Roland Krueger,
shot dead during a 2003 raid on a Kurdish-Lebanese crime family, and Uwe
Lieschied, killed while confronting a street robber-By AFP-TOI-4 April
2019
BERLIN — Vandals spray-painted swastikas on the
Berlin graves of two German police officers killed in the line of duty,
sparking outrage Wednesday and an investigation by the domestic security
service.One gravestone was toppled over, both were defaced with red
spray-paint, and flowers were ripped out of their beds in the overnight
attack on a cemetery in the Berlin district of Neukoelln.The late
officers are Roland Krueger, a police commando member shot dead during a
2003 raid on a Kurdish-Lebanese crime family, and Uwe Lieschied, shot
dead while confronting a street robber in 2006.The interior minister of
the city-state of Berlin, Andreas Geisel, voiced his “disgust and shame”
about the violation of the graves, which he described as “a wicked act
directed against those who died while working to ensure our
safety.”Other police officers restored the graves in the morning, while
the BfV domestic security service took over the case because of the
illegal Nazi symbol.
Lori Lightfoot will be Chicago’s 1st
black, openly gay mayor-She replaces Rahm Emanuel, who didn’t run for a
third term, joining seven other black women currently serving as mayors
in major US cities-By Sara Burnett and HERBERT G. McCANN-TOI-4 April
2019
CHICAGO (AP) — Former federal prosecutor defeated a
longtime political insider Tuesday to become Chicago’s next mayor, the
first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s
third-largest city.Lightfoot, who had never been elected to public
office, easily defeated Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council
for 19 years before becoming Cook County Board president. Preckwinkle
also is chairwoman of the county Democratic Party.Lightfoot promised to
rid City Hall of corruption and help low-income and working-class people
she said had been “left behind and ignored” by Chicago’s political
ruling class. It was a message that resonated with voters weary of
political scandal and insider deals, and who said the city’s leaders for
too long have invested in downtown at the expense of
neighborhoods.Chicago will become the largest US city to have a black
woman serve as mayor when Lightfoot is sworn in May 20. She will join
seven other black women currently serving as mayors in major US cities,
including Atlanta and New Orleans and will be the second woman to lead
Chicago.Lightfoot, 56, and her wife have one daughter.Brian Johnson, CEO
of Equality Illinois, said the civil rights organization for lesbian
and gay people was “thrilled” with the outcome.“This victory is
historic, and it is also an undeniably proud moment for the LGBTQ
community,” Johnson said.Lightfoot emerged as the surprising leader in
the first round of voting in February when 14 candidates were on the
ballot to succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who decided against running for a
third term.Lightfoot seized on outrage over a white police officer’s
fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald to launch her reformer
campaign. That was even before Emanuel announced he wouldn’t seek
re-election amid criticism for initially resisting calls to release
video of the shooting.“I’m not a person who decided I would climb the
ladder of a corrupt political party,” Lightfoot said during a debate
last month. “I don’t hold the title of committeeman, central
committeeman, boss of the party.”Preckwinkle countered that her opponent
lacks the necessary experience for the job.“This is not an entry-level
job,” Preckwinkle has said repeatedly during the campaign. “It’s easy to
talk about change. It’s hard to actually do it. And that’s been my
experience — being a change maker, a change agent, transforming
institutions and communities.”Joyce Ross, 64, a resident of the city’s
predominantly black West Side who is a certified nursing assistant, cast
her ballot Tuesday for Lightfoot. Ross said she believes Lightfoot will
be better able to clean up the police department and curb city’s
violence.She was also bothered by Preckwinkle’s association with
longtime Alderman Ed Burke, who was indicted earlier this year on
charges he tried to shake down a restaurant owner who wanted to build in
his ward.“My momma always said birds of a feather flock together,” Ross
said.Truly Gannon, a 39-year old mother of four who works as a
dietitian, said she wasn’t bothered by stories that portrayed
Preckwinkle as an insider aligned with questionable politicians like
Burke. She supported Preckwinkle, based on her experience.“I’m not sure
Lightfoot would be able to handle the job like Preckwinkle,” she
said.The campaign between the two women got off to a contentious start,
with Preckwinkle’s advertising focusing on Lightfoot’s work as a partner
at Mayer Brown, one of the nation’s largest law firms, and tagging her
as a “wealthy corporate lawyer.”Preckwinkle also tried to cast Lightfoot
as an insider for working in police oversight posts under Emanuel and
police oversight, procurement and emergency communications posts under
Mayor Richard M. Daley.In one ad, Preckwinkle criticizes Lightfoot’s
oversight of the emergency communications in 2004 when a fire killed
four children. A judge ordered Lightfoot to preserve 911 tapes after
questions were raised about how the emergency call was handled. The ad
notes some of the tapes were destroyed, prompting the judge to rebuke
Lightfoot. The ad sparked a backlash from the family of three of the
children killed, with their sister accusing Preckwinkle of trying to
take advantage of her family’s tragedy.Lightfoot also responded by
scolding her opponent for being negative while also airing ads pointing
out Preckwinkle’s connection to powerful local Democrats, including one
under federal indictment.Preckwinkle spent much of her time during the
campaign answering for her ties to Chicago’s political establishment.
She and her supporters asserted her rise to Democratic Party leadership
did not hinder her ability to oppose policies promoted by the city’s
ever-powerful mayors.“My whole career has been about change, and change
is action and results, not simply words,” said Preckwinkle, who asserts
her experience makes her better positioned to lead a city with financial
problems and poorer neighborhoods that are racked by gun
violence.Despite the barbs on the campaign trail, the two advanced
similar ideas to boost the city’s deeply troubled finances, which
include an estimated $250 million budget deficit next year and billions
in unfunded pension liabilities.Both candidates expressed support for a
casino in Chicago and changing the state’s income tax system to a
graduated tax, in which higher earners are taxed at a higher rate — two
measures lawmakers have tried for unsuccessfully for years to
pass.Lightfoot said that as mayor, she would focus on investing in
neighborhoods on the West and South Sides and bring transparency and
accountability to City Hall. She added she also wants to restore
people’s faith in government.Election officials said turnout was
approaching 30 percent just before polls were scheduled to close.
Erdogan’s
AKP challenges election losses in Istanbul and Ankara-Justice and
Development Party says ‘irregularities and falsifications’ plagued poll,
in which the ruling party lost key cities-TOI-By AFP-4 April 2019
ISTANBUL,
Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP on Tuesday
appealed against results in Istanbul and Ankara following a weekend
election after tallies showed the ruling party lost both key
cities.Erdogan’s AKP and coalition partner won more than 50 percent of
votes nationwide in Sunday’s local ballot, but defeat in both Turkey’s
capital and its economic hub would be a setback after the party’s decade
and a half in power.The AKP appeals with electoral authorities, who
have two days to decide whether the claims of irregularities have merit,
may signal more ruling party challenges to the surprise opposition
victories.“We have filed our objections with the electoral authorities
in all 39 districts,” AKP’s Istanbul chief Bayram Senocak told
reporters. “We have identified irregularities and falsifications.”He
said the party had found an “excessive” difference between votes cast at
ballot stations for their candidate and the data sent to electoral
authorities.Hakan Han Ozcan, AKP’s Ankara chairman, told reporters they
were also filing an appeal in 25 districts of the capital. Anadolu state
news agency said results showed CHP opposition candidate Mansur Yavas
with 50.93 percent of votes against 47.11 percent for the AKP.Istanbul,
the largest city in the country, was a key prize for Erdogan and he had
fielded former premier and loyalist Binali Yildirim as candidate for
mayor.But Istanbul was a very tight race and both Yildirim and the
opposition CHP candidate Ekrem Imamoglu claimed victory in the early
hours of Monday when tallies showed them in a dead heat.-Symbolic
gesture-Electoral authorities on Monday announced Imamoglu was ahead by
28,000 votes with nearly all ballot boxes tallied, prompting AKP
officials to challenge to the result.Imamoglu had 48.79 percent of the
votes while Yildirim had 48.52 percent, Anadolu reported on Tuesday,
citing preliminary results.Imamoglu on Tuesday traveled to Ankara to lay
flowers at the mausoleum of modern Turkey’s founder Musfafa Kemal
Ataturk in a highly symbolic gesture Erdogan often does himself soon
after his election wins.“Had the other party won, I would have said
‘congratulations Mr Binali Yildirim,’ which I do not say because I am
the one who won,” Imamoglu told reporters.“They are behaving like a kid
who has been deprived of his toy.”AKP party spokesman Omer Celik on
Monday had said they had found discrepancies between reports from
polling stations and vote counts in both Ankara and Istanbul.Erdogan,
himself a former Istanbul mayor, had campaigned hard in the city. But
the ruling party may have been stung by the economy with Turkey in
recession for the first time since 2009 and inflation in double digits.
The Latest: NATO makes pitch for trans-Atlantic unity-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-April 3, 2019
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Latest on the United States and NATO Secretary-General Jens
Stoltenberg (all times local):2:40 p.m.In the first address to Congress
by a NATO head, Jens Stoltenberg has acknowledged serious divisions
within the alliance.He also has called for bigger defense budgets to
cope with global challenges such as Russian assertiveness, the core
reason NATO was created in Washington 70 years ago this week.The NATO
secretary general said: "We have to be frank. Questions are being asked
on both sides of the Atlantic about the strength of our partnership.
And, yes, there are differences."___10:35 a.m.The head of NATO is using
the alliance's 70th anniversary to make an unprecedented pitch to a
joint meeting of Congress for trans-Atlantic unity.Jens Stoltenberg on
Wednesday will be the first NATO secretary-general to make such an
address.The venue highlights the strained relations between President
Donald Trump and NATO members that have long looked to the United States
for leadership and support in defending Europe and North America.Trump
has questioned the value of NATO, its benefit to the United States and
the motive of members he considers to be freeloaders.Stoltenberg is a
two-time former prime minister of Norway and has praised Trump for
pushing members to spend more on defense. He said before his speech that
the invitation to appear before Congress was an expression U.S. public
support.___12:10 a.m.President Donald Trump wants NATO members to
continue increasing their financial contributions, offering allies his
praise for stepping up those contributions in recent years but still
complaining the U.S. continues to carry more than its share of
costs.NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visited the White House on
Tuesday ahead of an address to Congress that's scheduled for Wednesday.
His trip to the U.S. comes as the alliance marks its 70th
anniversary.Trump took credit for the increased defense spending by NATO
members even though the upswing began before Trump took office.After
Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, member
countries agreed to boost defense budgets and "move toward" spending 2%
of their gross domestic product on defense by 2024. The U.S. spends
about 3.4% of its GDP on defense.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH
BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN
ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE
MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE
REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11
And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF
THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And
he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS)
man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be
against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against
him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL
ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his
brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the
morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the
sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above
the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF
THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM
MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Terror
group said Baumel’s body found in Damascus camp, more remains
recovered-Commander of PFLP-GC terror group says Israeli intelligence
coordinated operation to repatriate remains of Zachary Baumel, missing
since 1982 Lebanon War, via Turkey-By TOI staff-4 April 2019
A
commander of a Palestinian terrorist group in Syria said Wednesday the
remains of an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 Lebanon war were
uncovered by armed factions at a Palestinian refugee camp outside
Damascus.Anwar Raja, of the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine-General Command, said that militants excavated Sgt. First
Class Zachary Baumel’s body from a cemetery near the Yarmouk refugee
camp while searching for his remains and those of two other IDF soldiers
who went missing during a bloody skirmish in the early months of the
First Lebanon War.He said the remains had been transferred to Syria
after the 1982 battle in the Lebanese border town of Sultan Yacoub.The
Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday that it had repatriated the remains
of Baumel via a third country, without providing details. Israel has
expanded vast resources over the past 37 years to discover the
whereabouts of Baumel and two other Israeli soldiers — Zvi Feldman and
Yehuda Katz — also believed killed in the same battle.Baumel will be
buried on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military
cemetery, the IDF said on Wednesday night.Raja said Israeli intelligence
services coordinated the search for the bodies with the armed factions
at Yarmouk. He added that Turkey was likely the third country that
facilitated the return of Baumel’s remains to Israel, though Russia is
widely believed to have played a role in finding and returning the
remains.According to a Channel 13 News report Wednesday, Baumel’s body
was returned together with the remains of at least 10 other people.The
announcement of the discovery was initially delayed as officials
believed Feldman’s body would be identified among the remains, an
assessment that proved to be incorrect, the Haaretz newspaper reported.
Medical examiners at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute have reportedly
examined most of the other bodies brought back, and have concluded that
none of them were Feldman or Katz.The report said one body had yet to be
ruled out as either of the two Israeli soldiers.IDF spokesman Jonathan
Conricus announced earlier Wednesday that Baumel, a Brooklyn-born
American immigrant, had been returned to Israel and identified after
nearly four decades of intelligence operations.Conricus declined to
elaborate on how the return was arranged or where the remains were
found, saying only that “an opportunity arose to locate the
body.”Baumel’s remains, along with his jumpsuit and boots, were returned
to Israel “on an El Al plane” via a third country earlier this week, he
added.The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a 1982 skirmish between the
Israel Defense Forces and Syrian army in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in which
21 Israeli servicemen were killed and more than 30 were injured.Though
Baumel, Feldman and Katz were generally believed to have been killed in
the battle, there has also been speculation and reports that they were
captured by the Syrian military in Sultan Yacoub and brought to
Damascus.In 2016, an Israeli tank lost in the battle was returned to
Israel by Russia.In September, Moscow said that it had helped Israel
search for the remains of missing soldiers in Islamic State-held
territory in Syria.Spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said at a press
conference at the time that Moscow offered the search operation as as
goodwill gesture towards Israel in 2015, where both countries were
operating militarily.Month earlier, a PFLP-GC official claimed that
Islamic State members and other insurgents had excavated the remains of
Baumel, Feldman and Katz from a cemetery near the Yarmouk refugee
camp.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to travel to Moscow to
meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, just six days ahead
of Israeli elections.Moscow has been a powerful ally of Syrian President
Bashar Assad’s regime in the country’s civil war.At a Wednesday press
conference, Netanyahu said the return of Baumel’s remains was “one of
the most moving moments in all my years as prime minister.” He said it
was a “repayment of a moral debt to the fallen soldiers of the IDF, a
repayment of a moral debt to their families.”Lebanese politician Walid
Jumblatt questioned the of timing of Baumel’s return — six days before
the Israeli election — saying the emotional end to the decades-long
Israeli mission was a “precious” campaign gift for Netanyahu.“In the
game of nations that manipulates the fate of peoples, the handover of
the body of an Israeli soldier via unknown mediators is a free but
precious gift to Netanyahu for his elections,” Jumblatt tweeted
Wednesday, before sarcastically applauding the Syrian for being the
“spearhead of Arab, regional and global defiance.”
Jeremy
Hunt condemns Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli-Foreign
Secretary criticises the move in the House of Commons, saying the UK
'should never recognise the annexation of territory by force'-By Jewish
News Reporter-April 2, 2019
Britain’s Foreign Secretary
Jeremy Hunt has condemned Donald Trump’s recognition of the Golan
Heights as sovereign Israeli territory.Answering questions in the House
of Commons on Tuesday morning, Hunt did not shy in criticising the Trump
White House for breaking the post-war international consensus for not
recognising sovereignty over land seized during war.Hunt made British
policy clear in response to a question from Conservative grandee Sir
Nicholas Soames, who said it was “a matter of the greatest regret that
our allies, the United States, are in clear contravention of UN
Resolution 497”.Soames said Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty
over the Golan was illegal because “annexation of territory is
prohibited under international law” and asked Hunt to “condemn
unreservedly this breach of the rules-based order”.Hunt said he was
“absolutely happy to do that,” adding: “We should never recognise the
annexation of territory by force… that has been one of the great
achievements since the founding of the United Nations.”The foreign
secretary said he condemned Trump’s actions “with a heavy heart” because
Israel was also “an ally and a shining example of democracy in a part
of the world where that is not common… We want Israel is to a success
and we consider them to be a great friend but on this we do not
agree.”Israel seized control of the strategic plateau in the Six Day War
of 1967. Ever since, the majority of Israelis have opposed its return
to Syria in polls and surveys, even if it came with a full peace treaty
including diplomatic relations, demilitarisation and international
security guarantees.Analysts said Trump’s announcement on Monday last
week was timed to support his friend Benjamin Netanyahu in next week’s
Israeli election, and to reassure Israel supporters in the US at the
start of the annual AIPAC conference.In 1981 Israel tried to annex the
territory but the move was not recognised internationally. This led to
UN Security Council Resolution 497, which said “the Israeli decision to
impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian
Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal
effect”.However in 2016 Netanyahu said Israel would “never” give up the
Golan Heights, and has since made great play of the Iranian threat on
Israel’s northern border.
Hamas chief says rocket fire at
Tel Aviv due to ‘malfunction’-But Ismail Haniyeh warns the launches are
only ‘a small example’ of what Israel will face ‘if it decides to
perpetrate any stupidity’-By TOI staff 4 April 2019
The
leader of the Hamas terror group said Tuesday that last month’s rocket
launches from the Gaza Strip toward central Israel were unintentional,
but warned they were an “example” of what could happen intentionally in a
future conflict.Three rockets were fired at the Tel Aviv region last
month, in what some have claimed were due to technical malfunctions. The
fire set off brief flare-ups of fighting, which have since died down as
the sides move toward a reported truce agreement.“The rocket that hit
Tel Aviv was [the result] of a technical malfunction, but it is a small
example of what the occupation will face if it decides to perpetrate any
stupidity,” Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the terror group’s Politburo,
told analysts and writers in a meeting, according to Palestinian website
Quds News Network.“That which is unknown is greater,” he added.One of
the attendees at the meeting with Haniyeh confirmed to The Times of
Israel the Hamas leader’s comments on the rocket fire being a mistake
and a warning to Israel.The attendee, who asked not to be named, also
confirmed that Haniyeh said Hamas’s chief in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was
meeting with an Egyptian security delegation when two rockets were fired
and that all of the group’s leadership had been surprised by the
rockets.The firing of two rockets toward Tel Aviv on March 14 marked the
first time projectiles were launched from Gaza toward the country’s
economic hub since the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.In response to
the launches, Israel struck some 100 targets in Gaza before an
unofficial ceasefire was reached the next day.Israeli television reports
at the time said the rockets were accidentally fired when low-level
Hamas operatives “messed with” a Gaza beach rocket launcher that was set
up to fire toward Tel Aviv in the event of future conflict.Channel 13
said the farcical chain of events that almost led to war was “like
something out of Monty Python,” referring to the legendary British
comedy group.Last week, another rocket was fired from Gaza toward
central Israel, striking a home in the farming community of Mishmeret
and wounding seven people.The attack set off several days of fighting
and increased tension between the Gaza-ruling Hamas and Israel.The
Israel Defense Forces responded to the incident with airstrikes on
scores of Hamas targets and Palestinian terror groups launched dozens of
rockets at Israeli communities in the Gaza periphery.Days later, a
senior member of Hamas’s military wing said the rockets fired toward
central Israel launched on their own due to the terror group’s
heightened war footing.“The early, automatic activation of the rockets
from Gaza was the result of a decision of the resistance’s leadership to
heighten its fighting preparedness,” the unnamed Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Brigades official told Al-Jazeera.Adam Rasgon contributed to this
report.
Why U.S.-Russia clash over Venezuela has a familiar ring-[Christian Science Monitor]-YAHOONEWS-Howard LaFranchi-April 4, 2019
Back
in 2014 when Russia was first putting boots on the ground in Syria,
Moscow justified its military intervention by noting it was acting both
in support and at the invitation of the besieged government of Bashar
al-Assad.The United States, on the other hand, had already declared that
President Assad had to go and that it was acting in the Syrian conflict
in support of the democratic aspirations of the oppressed Syrian
people.Fast forward to 2019 and we see the same big-power tussle playing
out in Venezuela.Recommended: Why Republicans are balking at replacing
Obamacare, again-Once again the U.S. is positioned on the side of the
oppressed people and is again insisting that the authoritarian leader –
in this case President Nicolás Maduro – must go. Russia, on the other,
has dispatched military personnel to Caracas, claiming as it did with
Syria that it is acting in support and at the invitation of the
legitimate government of Mr. Maduro.In Venezuela as in Syria, the two
global powers are acting in support of the principles they have
consistently upheld – or some cynics would say used – in recent years in
response to regional upheavals.“You have a similar dynamic at play in
these cases where the U.S. sees a government that is undermining human
rights, oppressing its own people, and is causing regional problems, and
Russia says on the contrary, ‘We don’t care what governments do at
home, that’s their business, but we don’t want the United States going
in and pressuring for a change of governments,’” says Christopher
Miller, a professor of international history at Tufts University’s
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.“For Russia, it doesn’t matter if
dictators are in charge; what matters is that they consider them the
legitimate government,” he adds. “And if they are the legitimate
government, outsiders should not be acting to undermine them.”Russia has
taken this position in opposition to the U.S. approach as far back as
the Iraq war and the NATO intervention in Libya, Professor Miller says.
But it has resurfaced in the Western Hemisphere in Venezuela, where
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched as many as 200 military
personnel to bolster Mr. Maduro’s hold on power.President Donald Trump
stated categorically at a White House press encounter last week that the
Russian troops must leave Venezuela. But Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov reportedly told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone
call last week that Russia acted to foil a coup that the U.S. was
organizing against Mr. Maduro and that the Russian military personnel
would stay put as long as Mr. Maduro remains under outside pressure.As a
further sign of Russia’s deepening commitment to keeping Mr. Maduro
afloat, the Russian state-run oil giant Rosneft is now acting to
facilitate Venezuela’s export of crude oil by providing the chemical
diluents, or thinners, necessary to make Venezuela’s particularly thick
crude exportable. Until now those chemical diluents had been imported
from the U.S.As Russia acts to shore up Mr. Maduro, it broadly has the
force of international norms on its side, some diplomatic experts
say.“The standard international-law view of the matter is that you
cannot intervene in a country without its permission,” says Michael
Doyle, an expert in international law and humanitarian intervention at
Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New
York. “What is legal is to intervene at the invitation of the
government.”CLASH OF VALUES-Thus the United States has legally placed
counterterrorism forces in a number of African countries in recent years
and maintains military bases in countries from Europe to Asia because
in each case it is there at the invitation of the government.“Based on
that, one would say that the fact the government of Maduro has invited
Russian troops is within the normal right of any sovereign government,”
Professor Doyle says.At its core, international experts say, the tussle
between the two global powers is really a clash of values, with the U.S.
on the side of individuals’ rights and Russia upholding the traditional
authority of sovereign governments.“Russia is quite open that values
like human rights shouldn’t play a big role in how you relate with
neighbors. It should be state to state,” Professor Miller says.Adds
Professor Doyle, “If you did the most basic evaluation of this battle
over interventions in Venezuela, you’d probably have to say that under
international law Russia is in the better legal territory but not so
good ethical territory.”In any case, the Venezuela case is “not so cut
and dried,” Professor Doyle adds, because the U.S. and more than 50
other countries – including most of Venezuela’s neighbors and most of
Washington’s staunchest Western allies – have declared Mr. Maduro
illegitimate as a result of deeply flawed elections that gave him a
second mandate. In his place the U.S. and the other countries have
recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate
president.“That raises the question who is the legitimate government in
Venezuela? Who is the legitimate authority?” Professor Doyle
says.RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT-Another wrinkle in the U.S.-Russia tussle
over Venezuela is that in recent years the international community has
increasingly recognized another principle – the so-called responsibility
to protect, often abbreviated to R2P – as another international norm
governing intervention.The new doctrine, formally adopted by the United
Nations in 2005, basically states that governments have responsibilities
toward their own populations and opens the door to legitimate outside
intervention in the case of derelict governments either not safeguarding
or acting against their own people’s well-being.“So if Maduro is
engaging in violence against his own people or is failing to provide
basic needs, as Venezuela’s severe humanitarian crisis would seem to
suggest, then he could be subject to R2P,” Professor Doyle says.But once
again, Russia could be expected to stand in the way. “It’s pretty safe
to assume Russia wouldn’t let that happen,” he adds. “They would veto
any action along those lines in the [United Nations] Security
Council.”The Fletcher School’s Professor Miller says the standoff
between the U.S. and Russia on intervention in internal conflicts goes
back for some time, but he says it has gained prominence in recent years
“as Russia’s desire to contradict the United States and take the other
side has intensified.”But he and other experts say Russia’s
determination to act globally on its position can be traced to the
Ukraine conflict, when the U.S. and Western European powers intervened
diplomatically in 2014 when it appeared that the government in power was
going to use force against anti-government protesters. Eventually the
pro-Russia government fled amidst political upheaval and was replaced by
a pro-Western government.“Vladimir Putin is giving the United States a
taste of its own medicine by supporting Maduro, and it probably goes
back to the way things unfolded in the Ukraine,” Professor Doyle says.
“He wants the U.S. to feel what it’s like to have its backyard intruded
into.”
Embattled Trudeau buoyed by party, could still face
wrath of Canadian voters-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Steve Scherer and Julie
Gordon-April 4, 2019
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party rallied behind him on Wednesday
over his expulsion of two former Cabinet ministers who had questioned
his leadership, but he is still in a battle to regain dwindling support
before a general election in October.Trudeau told an emergency meeting
of legislators on Tuesday that former Justice Minister Jody
Wilson-Raybould and former Treasury Board chief Jane Philpott had
undermined the party and betrayed its trust.The almost two-month old
scandal centered on Wilson-Raybould, who in February said officials had
inappropriately pressured her while she was justice minister to ensure
construction company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc would escape a corruption
trial.In recent weeks, senior party figures and lawmakers had grown
frustrated with Trudeau's handling of the crisis, especially since both
former ministers remained in the caucus despite their open hostility.A
long list of ministers and Liberal parliamentarians echoed Trudeau's
emphasis on party unity on Wednesday, but the opposition reiterated that
the expulsions were proof of a cover up.It is too soon to say whether
Trudeau's problems are over, political analysts said."This scandal has
blotted out the sun. Now the question is, did he kill it?" said Ipsos
pollster Darrell Bricker. Last week Ipsos put the Conservative Party 10
points ahead of the Liberals, thanks to the SNC-Lavalin affair."This
issue has taken Trudeau into a territory where he could really lose,"
Bricker said, adding that while the prime minister had now shored up his
standing as party leader, he still must win back public opinion.But
another pollster, Frank Graves at Ekos, said there were signs the damage
had been limited and that there was fatigue over the issue among the
general public. Ekos polls showed the Liberals had lost 3-4 percentage
points during the scandal."But the numbers we are seeing now are same as
they were before," Graves said.Wilson-Raybould and Philpott, who quit
as minister because she disagreed with how the SNC Lavalin affair was
being managed, stood side-by-side while speaking to reporters on
Wednesday.They said they had defended the independence of the judiciary
and had no regrets, but they stopped short of attacking Trudeau head on
or threatening legal recourse.The affair has hurt the prime minister's
image as a self-avowed feminist and a leader who has taken to heart the
cause of Canada's indigenous population.He recruited candidates such as
Wilson-Raybould, who was named as the first indigenous justice minister,
and Philpott in part because they were new to politics.During a special
event in parliament aimed at encouraging more women to get involved in
politics, some of the attendees turned their backs on Trudeau as he
spoke, prompting several of his Cabinet ministers to come to his
defense."We have a strong prime minister that is a feminist," Tourism
Minister Melanie Joly told reporters."I would argue that loyalty and
feminism are two different things. There's no male or female definition
of loyalty. Either you want to work in a team, or you don't."(Reporting
by Steve Scherer and Julie Gordon; editing by David Ljunggren and Grant
McCool)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
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.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear
the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein
shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and
with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword,
and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until
thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25
And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in
the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC)
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.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees
was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Death toll from Indonesia floods, mudslides rises to 89-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-March 19, 2019
JAYAPURA,
Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from flash floods and mudslides
triggered by torrential downpours in Indonesia's easternmost province
has risen to 89, with dozens of others missing, officials said
Tuesday.Floodwaters and landslides destroyed roads and bridges in
several areas of Papua province's Jayapura district early Sunday,
hampering rescue efforts.National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the worst-hit area from the flooding was
Sentani subdistrict, where tons of mud, rocks and trees from a landslide
on a mountain rolled down to a river that burst its banks, sweeping
away residents.He said 89 bodies had been pulled from the mud and
wreckage of crumpled homes by Tuesday. Another 159 people were injured,
including 84 who were hospitalized, many with broken bones and head
wounds.The number of dead is expected to rise as rescue workers comb
through affected areas.More than 1,600 rescuers, including soldiers and
police, faced difficulties on Tuesday in clearing huge piles of debris
due to shortages of heavy equipment, said Papua military spokesman Col.
Muhammad Aidi."We face difficulties removing debris and the bodies under
rubble as we don't have enough excavators," Aidi said, adding that
rescuers were searching for 74 people reportedly missing and feared
dead.Nugroho said about 7,000 residents were displaced from their homes,
with more than 400 houses and other buildings damaged and thousands of
others submerged.Seasonal downpours cause frequent landslides and floods
that kill dozens each year in Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands
where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood
plains.
Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash report expected Thursday: sources-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-April 3, 2019
New
York (AFP) - Ethiopian officials on Thursday are expected to release
preliminary conclusions in the probe of last month's crash of a Boeing
737 that killed 157 people, two sources told AFP on Wednesday.The report
on the March 10 crash on the Ethiopian Airlines plane could be
published late Thursday morning in Ethiopia, which would be in the
middle of the night in the continental United States, said the sources
close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.News
of the report's impending release came as the Federal Aviation
Administration announced a new review of the 737 MAX and as the head of
Boeing joined a test flight designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of
the company's proposed fix.Aviation regulators around the world
grounded Boeing's 737 MAX last month following the Ethiopian Airways
crash, which came less than five months after an October Lion Air crash
that killed 189 people.Scrutiny has centered on an anti-stall system
developed specifically for the latest versions of the planes that has
given pilots problems.The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that
pilots on the doomed Ethiopian plane initially followed emergency steps
outlined by Boeing but still could not regain control.The pilots shut
off the anti-stall system, called the Maneuvering Characteristics
Augmentation System, but switched it back on because they could not
regain control, The Journal reported, citing people briefed on the
preliminary findings.- Boeing's CEO personally tests fix -The FAA
announced it was establishing a new interagency team to review the
certification of the automated flight control system on the 737 MAX.The
group "will evaluate aspects of the 737 MAX automated flight control
system, including its design and pilots' interaction with the system, to
determine its compliance with all applicable regulations and to
identify future enhancements that might be needed," said a spokesman for
the FAA, which faced tough questioning at a Senate hearing last week
over its relationship with and oversight of Boeing.The initiative will
be chaired by former National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Chris
Hall and include experts from the FAA, NASA and international aviation
authorities.Meanwhile Boeing, seeking to win back public confidence in
the planes, released photographs of its chief executive, who joined a
test flight of a 737 MAX with the company's updated anti-stall
system.The FAA said Monday that Boeing needed to undertake more work on
the proposed fix before it could be submitted for review.Boeing
distributed a cockpit photo of Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg wearing
earphones and seated behind two pilots.A second shot showed the Boeing
chief exiting the aircraft at Boeing Field in Washington state."The
flight crew performed different scenarios that exercised various aspects
of the software changes to test failure conditions," the company said.
"The software update worked as designed and the pilots landed safely at
Boeing Field."Boeing said it planned to submit its proposal to the FAA
in the coming weeks following "a thorough and disciplined approach to
the development and testing" of the enhancements.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my
people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered
among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED
JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO
ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not
give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and
obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with
him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become
strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the
fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers
have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the
prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices
against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26
And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF
69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and
the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof
shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are
determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND
PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL
WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant
(PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2
yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and
that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring
man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised
the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS
HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And
Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+)
when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated
the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was
intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the
children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her;
and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the
LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,
and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND
THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other
people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the
younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME
CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was
threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE
THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2
TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN
CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS
JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which
stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth,
and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they
shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And
in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people:
all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all
the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that
day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his
rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah,
and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not
make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge
of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your
covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell
shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then
ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth
it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and
by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN
ISAIAH 23:15-17
15
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten
seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of
seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go
about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody,
sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 And it shall
come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit
Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with
all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE
70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE
WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND
CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET
ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR
TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.
REVELATION 13:11-13
11
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN
POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he
spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR
FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the
power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the
earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION
AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With
whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN
POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the
wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into
the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast,
full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And
the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet
colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES
FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of
her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS
OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are
fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one
is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet
come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED
ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE
EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL
HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR
TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE
EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION
TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE
THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD
OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE
EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS
CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
15 And he saith unto me, The
waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and
multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE
WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the
beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her
desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with
fire.(BOMB OR NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts
to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast,
until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,(VATICAN) which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Trump:
Kushner had ‘a very easy life’ until he pursued Mideast peace-US
president says his son-in-law ‘wouldn’t trade’ the tough work of
peacemaking for a return to New York real estate-By Eric
Cortellessa-TOI-4 April 2019
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner
had an uncomplicated life until he started pursuing Israeli-Palestinian
peace, his father-in-law, US President Donald Trump, said Monday.“Jared
had a very easy life,” Trump said. “He was doing phenomenally in New
York and everything he touched has turned to gold. And then one day he
said, ‘I wanna come down and I wanna have peace in the Middle East and I
wanna do criminal justice reform and I wanna do all these wonderful
things,’ and his life became extremely complex.”Kushner, 38, has been
tasked with leading Trump’s efforts to broker an agreement that has
eluded diplomats for decades. The president’s remarks came at a White
House event celebrating congressional passage of a prison reform bill
that Kushner also pushed for.Trump praised Kushner, who formally serves
his administration as a senior adviser, for what he described as his
sacrificing his previously undemanding career.“And he wouldn’t trade
it,” the president added. “I don’t think he’d trade it because what he’s
doing is incredible. And he is doing great in the Middle
East.”Kushner’s real estate dealings have not been quite as golden as
the president made out, most notably the 666 Fifth Avenue office
building in New York-Kushner purchased the building in 2007 for $1.8
billion in a mostly debt deal, but the housing crisis triggered
financial setbacks for 666 Fifth Avenue. He has been probed for
allegedly attempting to use his position to seek foreign funding for the
building.At the event — dubbed by the White House as the 2019 Prison
Reform Summit — Trump steered clear of many of the controversies
surrounding Kushner’s role in the administration.The
Democratic-controlled House Oversight and Reform Committee recently
announced that it was investigating the alleged use by Kushner and his
wife, Ivanka Trump, of a personal email account for official White House
communications. Ivanka Trump also serves as an adviser to the
president.Kushner also ignited uproar after his White House security
clearance was approved despite the objections of American intelligence
agencies, including the CIA. The New York Times reported that Trump
ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly to order a top-secret
clearance for him.The full scope of the officials’ concerns about
Kushner are not clear.But he came under intense scrutiny since landing
his White House gig, with multiple investigations into potential
wrongdoing, including whether he coordinated with Russian officials to
influence the 2016 election.The conclusion of Special Counsel Robert
Mueller’s report, which did not recommend an indictment against Kushner,
puts him in the clear, though he remains a subject of several
Congressional probes.On Monday, Trump extolled Kushner’s role in
championing the First Step Act, one of the administration’s few
legislative achievements. The law will allow prisoners convicted of
nonviolent offenses who demonstrate “good behavior” the opportunity to
shorten their sentences. It also includes a number of other measures to
curb the rate of repeat offenders.The president said that Kushner’s
efforts to solidify an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could yield
success, though currently, the White House’s Middle East peace efforts
appear moribund, as Palestinians have refused to work with the
administration since it recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and
subsequently moved the US embassy there.After Palestinian Authority
officials said Washington had forfeited its right to act as an honest
broker in negotiations and declined to participate in its peace efforts,
Trump cuts American aid to the PA, the East Jerusalem hospital network,
Israeli-Palestinian co-existence programs, and UN agencies that serve
Palestinian populations.Trump’s team, led by Kushner and special envoy
Jason Greenblatt, is expected to roll out its long-awaited peace plan
after Israel’s April 9 election. Palestinians have already indicated
that they won’t accept any proposal Trump presents. Nevertheless, the
president suggested Monday that his son-in-law’s quest might bear
fruit.“Someday, before we’re finished,” Trump told Kushner, “I think
you’re going to have something very important to sign.”