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"According to my earnest
expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed,
but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall
be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live
in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall
choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a
desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And
having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue
with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; That your
rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming
to you again. Only let your conversation be as it becometh the
gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the
gospel; And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is
to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation,
and that of God. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ,
not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to
be in me." (Philippians
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- : MORE GREETINGS to all and the newcomers to this list. We'd
like to introduce ourselves. George and Rita Williams founded
this ministry. We were Mormons (Temple Mormons) for 20 years.
We prayed to God in 1992 to allow us to do a ministry speaking
out against Scientology. Six months later God led us to the truth:
out of the cult of Mormonism. We did not know at the time we
were in a cult. No-one had witnessed to us in 20 years. [George
passed away to heaven in March 2003 and Nicholas Stivers joined
the ministry as Vice President.]
- The Holy Spirit brought us to information about all the cults
and the present development of the New World Order. We began
bringing our research to you. Because all the research was already
done, we decided to build a library within Cephas Ministry. Our
newsletters are not designed to provoke
anger or resistance to evil which is strictly prohibited in Scripture.
It is to shed light on activities by those who would deceive
the elect by devious methods and systematic plans.
- We appreciate and thank researchers
for submitting findings relative to our library:
- Deborah Dromboski, Dave Hunt, Kathy
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others. We try to get as much
published as we can. It is becoming more and more difficult to
deal with all the information we receive since there is a lack
of manpower.
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- The first section is about the church.
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The church as we knew it, is undergoing disintegration. This
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Catholic Church produced liberal Vatican II to replace Vatican
I.
- The trend since then has been ecumenical which is truly what
the word 'Catholicism' means: a universal religion all
inclusive and multicultural. The Bible calls for a final church
which doesn't resemble what Jesus taught. The Word of God has
undergone many changes to fit the present mode. The Bible calls
for a falling away from the truth before Jesus
comes back for His Bride, the true believers called 'Ekklesia.'
Our newsletters prove this fact and prove that the Bible is true
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trend, so called democratizing what is left. One third of the
world still remains to be taken over. It again proves that we
are moving to closure of the times of the Gentiles prophesied
in the Bible.
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teachings with what is happening in Israel. We describe and watch
for signs of the coming Tribulation to confirm that we are moving
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up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
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- GOD'S JUDGMENT UNLEASHED ON AMERICA AND THE WORLD
- "... A righteous Nation seeks to protect its citizens
from evil and serve the causes of good for all its peoples. A
righteous man seeks to serve his fellow man selflessly without
selfish gain being the personal motive. The mainstream American
clergy wearing Christian lapels are hirelings devoted to there
own personal gains acquiring self-importance. The agendum of
America and her allied neighbors seeks to gain power and wealth
from other Nations at the expense of peoples they deem less important
than they (common folk, i.e. the poor & middle class) do.
This has become a method for achieving economic security. American
Corporations have sold out America for more profitable foreign
interests. Your American jobs have gone overseas to manufacture
the goods you purchase at home. To "buy American" anymore
is an oxymoron. The deeds of a man make his faith or belief self
evident as do the deeds of Nations make their true desire and
intent known. National boundaries are rapidly diminishing over
the whole planet under the guise of "Global Security"
just as Christ-like faith in God has been diluted and intermixed
with social and economic human agendas. Freedom and rights now
outweigh moral duty and responsibility. The people of America
are allowing their elected officials and those whom they appoint
to legislate morality and redefine righteousness. America as
we once knew it is rapidly diminishing and becoming one with
the "third world" as the United Nations level the playing
field of societies. American sovereignty is all but dissolved
as we become more and more a part of "The New World Order."
America was once defined (or so we were brainwashed to believe)
by her Constitution and citizenry and her democracy was designed
to give the people power holding the country's elected officials
accountable. The very heart and intent of "We the people,
by the people, for the people" was to limit government.
This clearly is no longer the case. Much of the power that was
once held by American citizens in the US election process was
lost due to their elected officials appointing other persons
to head up various departments and agencies which ultimately
became government and private corporate partnerships. These appointed
officials are less accountable in that they cannot be voted out
because they are literally heads of "corporate bodies."
.." Full story:
- http://nicholasscrolls.cephasministry.com/archive_volume_3_number_2.html
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- RICK WARREN'S GLOBAL P.E.A.C.E PLAN VS. SCRIPTURAL TEACHINGS
ON PEACE
- By JAMES SUNDQUIST - ".... The following documentary
compares Rick Warren's Global P.EA.C.E. Plan to Scriptural Teachings.
(See section on New Reformation in this document for description
of Rick Warren's P.E.A.C.E. Acronym.) Warren announced his Global
P.E.A.C.E Plan on April 17, 2005 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim,
California to an audience of 30,000 people, during a church service
marking the 25th Anniversary of Saddleback Church. Earlier in
2005, Warren had previewed it when he disclosed on CNN's Larry
King Live:
"And we're right now doing a test pilot of the PEACE plan
in 67 countries. We're about a year and a half into it. It's
a two-year test plan. We plan to go public with it -- well, now,
it's going public on LARRY KING -- but we plan to go public with
it in 2006, which is to mobilize hundreds of thousands of small
groups that have done the 40 days of purpose in churches and
communities and civic groups and corporations -- churches that
have done 40 days of purpose in groups to do these five things
around the world. And that's really why I was in Rwanda, Uganda
and Kenya, to test that."
- 1. OPENING SONG AT RICK WARREN'S Global P.E.A.C.E. PLAN INAUGURATION
- PURPLE HAZE - Rick Warren launched his Global P.E.A.C.E.
Plan April 17, 2005 during Saddleback Church's 25th Anniversary
celebration. During the unveiling he sang the Purple Haze song,
written by Jimi Hendrix about the psychedelic drug LSD and demonic
visions. Here are the lyrics:
- Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze Lyrics
- Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple haze all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
Whatever it is that girl put a spell on me
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?
- (c)1967 Jimi Hendrix, Smash Hits album
- "The cause of death [of Jimi Hendrix] noted on the coroner's
report was inhalation of vomit after barbiturate intoxication."
David Cloud's research about Jimi Hendrix reveals:
Music was Jimi Hendrix' god. Apparently Hendrix attended church
some in his youth, because he later testified: "I used to
go to Sunday School BUT THE ONLY THING I BELIEVE IN NOW IS MUSIC"
(Hendrix, cited by Curtis Knight, Jimi).
Hendrix and the occult - Hendrix was deeply involved in occultism
and mysticism and these themes permeated his music. His song
"Voodoo Chile" glorified voodoo practices such as out
of body experiences.
- "Well I'm a voodoo child/ Lord I'm a voodoo child/ The
night I was born/ Lord, I swear the moon turned a fire red/ ...
My poor mother cried out now the gypsy was right/ And I seen
her fell down right dead/ ... 'Cause I'm a voodoo child/ Lord
knows, I'm a voodoo child..."
In fact, Hendrix believed he was possessed by the devil. Girlfriend
Fayne Pridgon said:
"HE USED TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT SOME DEVIL OR SOMETHING WAS
IN HIM"...and having some root lady or somebody see if she
could DRIVE THIS DEMON OUT OF HIM" (sound track from film
Jimi Hendrix, interview with Fayne Pridgon, side 4, cited by
Heartbeat of the Dragon, p. 50)...."
- http://rock-to-salt.cephasministry.com/global.html
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- RICK WARREN SAYS CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM WILL BE ONE OF
THE GREAT ENEMIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. Friday Church News Notes,
January 20, 2006 (David Cloud, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org,
866-295-4143) - Rick Warren of Purpose Driven Life fame says
that Christian fundamentalism will be "one of the big enemies
of the 21st century." He lumped Christian fundamentalism
in with "Muslim fundamentalism" and "secular fundamentalism"
("The Purpose-Driven Pastor," The Philadelphia Inquirer,
Jan. 8, 2006). Thus the Christian fundamentalist who merely seeks
to take God's Word seriously and to live it and to preach it
faithfully before his Heavenly Master is as dangerous to this
world as a Muslim terrorist or a radical atheist. Warren said
that Christian fundamentalism is motivated by fear. One of the
many great problems with this statement is that the Bible often
speaks of fear in a positive manner. Paul was afraid that the
devil would deceive the believers through false gospels, false
christs, and false spirits (2 Cor. 11:1-4). We should therefore
follow the apostle's example and fear spiritual deception, both
for ourselves and for others. The Bible says pastors who sin
should be rebuked before all "that others also may fear"
(1 Tim. 5:20). Would that Saddleback Church would take that verse
seriously and rebuke their heresy-preaching pastor publicly!
Noah is commended because he feared at God's warning (Heb. 11:7).
We are to pass this earthly sojourn with fear (1 Pet. 1:17).
We are to save some by fear (Jude 23). May God's men today fear
God enough to obey His Word and to preach the whole counsel of
God, to "reprove, rebuke, exhort," to warn the people
of false teachers like Rick Warren. Where, by the way, are the
"staunch conservative" or "nearly fundamentalist"
Southern Baptist leaders who are exposing their fellow Southern
Baptist Rick Warren's errors? They ridicule men like me for warning
about errors within the Southern Baptist Convention, but they
don't lift a voice on their own. Well, I think I will just keep
on warning! (January 20, 2006 - http://www.wayoflife.org)
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 POPE ITALY'S FASHION CELEBRITY
- AP Sunday, December 25, 2005 - VATICAN CITY, Italy (AP) -
Whether it's Prada and Gucci, or just fancy ecclesiastical tailoring,
Pope Benedict XVI is his own man when it comes to dressing. Just
days before Christmas, Benedict showed up at his weekly public
audience in St Peter's Square wearing a fur-trimmed stocking
cap that could easily have passed for a Santa Claus hat. Earlier
this month, Benedict made another fashion statement - donning
a deep red velvet cape trimmed in ermine for the traditional
visit to the statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps that
marks the beginning of Rome's Christmas season. Coming on the
heels of gossip about Gucci shades and bright red Prada loafers,
the vintage styles have turned Benedict into something of a fashion
celebrity.
- "Those red shoes have made quite an impression,"
said Vatican historian Alberto Melloni.
- "Santarchy" Consumes City; Claus Chaos Has Kiwis
Quakin'!
A rampaging mob of 40 men dressed up as Santa Claus, most of
them intoxicated, ran amok through Auckland, New Zealand's largest
city, last week, assaulting security guards, robbing businesses
and urinating from highway overpasses.
The Kris Kringle craziness started in the early afternoon when
the mob, clad in poorly fitting Saint Nick outfits, started heaving
beer bottles at passing cars. The sinister Santas then rampaged
through a city park, spray-painting office buildings and flipping
over garbage cans. One Saint Nick allegedly climbed up the mooring
line of a nearby cruise ship before the captain ordered him to
get back down. A group of security guards started to arrest the
Santa, but several other Santas objected and attacked them. Paramedics
later treated two of the guards for cuts from being hit with
beer bottles.
Police and security guards arrested three of the erstwhile Saint
Nicks, including the Santa who shimmied up the cruise ship's
line, and charged them with drunkenness and disorderly behavior.
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- VATICAN INVOKES PAPAL COPYRIGHT
The Guardian, UK - Jan. 23, 2006 - Barbara McMahon in Rome -
www.guardian.co.uk - A row has broken out in Rome about whether
the speeches and writings of Pope Benedict should be freely available
to everyone or subject to copyright. The dispute was prompted
by revelations that a publishing house in Milan had to pay £10,000
to reprint 30 lines from the first speech by the Pope following
his election in April, after the Vatican transferred copyright
on papal texts to its own publishing house, Libreria Editrice
Vaticana. The Vatican also plans to charge rights on any papal
texts of the past 50 years. "I am perplexed," said
Vittorio Messori, who has co-authored two books with two popes.
"The Church is an organisation that exists to spread the
word of God and levying a duty on those words, putting a smell
of money on it, seems to me to be a very negative thing."
- The Union of Catholic Booksellers and Publishers has also
complained.
- The Vatican has said that papal texts have always been subject
to copyright but that the rules were often not observed. Transferring
the copyright was to protect papal works and ensure that the
rules would be applied more rigorously, a spokesman said. He
denied that the charges were excessive and said there was a sliding
scale of 3% to 5% in royalties on books which used extracts from
the Pope's teachings. But the newspaper La Stampa claims that
the Milan publishing house which printed an excerpt from the
Pope's first speech had to agree to pay 15% in royalties and
£2,000 in legal costs.
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- POPE BENEDICT XVI TEACHES A LIBERTY OF PERDITION RIGHT OUT
OF THE FREEMASONIC CREED
- Ratzinger A.K.A Anti-Pope Benedict XVI Teaches a Liberty
of Perdition right out of the Freemasonic Creed. The Apostate
"Cardinal" Ratzinger (now Antipope Benedict XVI) in
an attempt to subvert Holy Mother Churches infallible teaching
against the Monstrous Heresy of our age, Liberalism, publicly
stated that the teaching of Vatican II was a “countersyllabus”
which was “an attempt at an official reconciliation with
the new era inaugurated in 1789” and an effort to correct
what he dared to call “the one-sidedness of the position
adopted by the Church under Pius IX and Pius X in response to
the situation created by the new phase of history inaugurated
by the French Revolution…” (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,
Principles of Catholic Theology, Ignatius Press, 1987 pp. 381-382.)
- http://www.opusdeialert.com/footnotes.htm
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- ANTI-CATHOLIC TALMUDIC SECT KNOWN AS OPUS DEI
- OPUS DEI'S RABBIS/The Enemy Has Possession of the Citadel
- http://www.opusdeialert.com/opus-deis-rabbis.htm#fahey
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- BILL GAITHER WARNS AGAINST JUDGING.
- In an interview with Kim Jones, a tattooed female rocker
who writes a column for the Roman Catholic publication Holy Spirit
Interactive, Southern Gospel legend Bill Gaither said: "Finger
pointing is never, I think, of God. Because I know that Scripture
'judgment is mine, saith the Lord.' When we get out of the judgment
business and just get into the being business, the being what
God wants us to be, it will take care of itself" (Holy Spirit
Interactive, Dec. 6, 2004). This level of biblical ignorance
is frightening, especially when we consider the vast influence
that Bill Gaither wields among churches in this generation. (January
20, 2006 - http://www.wayoflife.org)
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- VATICAN MAY HAVE FOUND POPE JOHN PAUL'S 'MIRACLE'
January 30, 2006 By Philip Pullella - VATICAN CITY (Reuters)
- The Vatican may have found the "miracle" they need
to put the late Pope John Paul one step closer to sainthood --
the medically inexplicable healing of a French nun with the same
Parkinson's disease that afflicted him. Monsignor Slawomir Oder,
the Catholic Church official in charge of promoting the cause
to declare the late Pope a saint of the Church, told Reuters
on Monday that an investigation into the healing had cleared
an initial probe by doctors.
Oder said the "relatively young" nun, whom he said
he could not identify for now, was inexplicably cured of Parkinson's
after praying to John Paul after his death last April 2."I
was moved," Oder said in a telephone interview. "To
think that this was the same illness that destroyed the Holy
Father and it also kept this poor nun from carrying out her work."
John Paul suffered from Parkinson's Disease during the last decade
of his life. His body trembled violently and he could not pronounce
his words or control his facial muscles. "To me, this is
another sign of God's creativity," he said, adding that
the nun worked with children.
He said Church investigators would now start a more formal and
detailed probe of the suspected miracle cure. The process that
could lead to sainthood for John Paul began in May when Rome
archdiocese published an edict asking Catholics to come forward
with evidence "in favour or against" John Paul's reputation
of holiness. One proven miracle is required after John Paul's
death for the cause to lead to beatification. It must be the
result of prayers asking the dead Pope to intercede with God.
Miracles are usually a physical healing that doctors are at a
loss to explain. Another miracle would be necessary between beatification
and eventual sainthood.
Oder said his office had received many messages from faithful
around the world claiming that they had got what they wanted
after having prayed to John Paul after he died.
MANY MIRACLES
He said his office had also received many letters and e-mails
from people claiming they had been miraculously cured or otherwise
helped with a serious problem after praying to the Pope even
while he was alive. But under Church rules, only those "miracles"
which occurred after the Pope's death can be investigated and
eventually used as proof of holiness. The month after John Paul
died, Pope Benedict dispensed with Church rules and put him on
the fast track to sainthood. Benedict waived rules that impose
a five-year waiting period after a candidate's death before the
procedure that leads to sainthood can start... Source: Reuters
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- SIGNS OF THE END
- Days before his crucifixion, Jesus gave his disciples signs
that would herald his future return in the generation that saw
them. These signs have occurred and point to major events on
the immediate horizon. This book uncovers the corresponding timelines
and their amazing linkage. The mathematical precision, accuracy,
and corroboration leads to only one conclusion. Find out how
in this exciting new book for those who are
looking for the coming King of Kings. Published by
JoyPublishing.com, it has nearly 200 pages with 37 diagrams.
only $12 - Highly recommended: an inspiring book to re-ignite
hope for the soon coming of Christ Jesus. Click on the link
to purchase: http://www.jesus2006.org/
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- OHIO TELEVANGELIST BLASTS CLERGY WHO CRITIZE HIM
The Plain Dealer, USA - Jan. 21, 2006 - Ted Wendling - www.cleveland.com
- Columbus - Central Ohio televangelist Rod Parsley, master of
the military metaphor, returned fire at his accusers Friday,
ridiculing "a consortium of liberal clergy" for filing
an IRS complaint against him this week...
- Parsley called a news conference at his mammoth World Harvest
Church in Canal Winchester to rebut claims in the complaint that
his church and the nearby Fairfield Christian Church in Lancaster
have engaged in "flagrant political campaign activity"
and should have their tax exemptions revoked....
- Referring to the complainants as "The Anonymous 31"
because most of the 31 pastors who signed it have refused to
identify themselves, Parsley said, "As far as I can tell,
this group operates according to the credo 'ready, fire, aim.'
- Although Parsley's politics on social issues ranging from
gay marriage and the teaching of creationism track closely with
the Republican Party's right wing, he has tried to cast himself
as a political centrist to deflect questions about his close
relationship with Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
- Blackwell has extensively toured the state with Parsley and
is the only gubernatorial candidate to whom Parsley has contributed
money -$2,500 last January. Parsley's "Reformation Ohio"
project also has announced that it will feature Blackwell in
upcoming "Ohio for Jesus" radio spots later this year.
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- PASTORS CLAIM CRUSADE 'HOODWINKED LOCALS'
- Fiji Times, Fiji - Jan. 24, 2006 - www.fijitimes.com - Locals
were hoodwinked into believing that they were healed at Benny
Hinn's miracle crusade at the weekend, say two local Baptist
pastors.
- Pastor Ryan Gray of the Victory Baptist Church in Tamavua
said he believed people were deceived during the crusade and
were merely caught up in the tempo of the event.
- "I believe that a lot of the people were just caught
up in the music and the atmosphere of the crusade and momentarily
forgot about their sickness or injury that they had," said
Mr Gray.
- "Now I'm not saying that people who went on stage were
lying about being healed but I believe that they were deceived
into thinking that was the case," he said.
- "The atmosphere at the crusade on Friday when I went
was like euphoria. There was so much excitement and emotions
were really high." ...Mr Bola said the atmosphere at the
crusade was such that people seemed to be under hypnosis and
were therefore led to believe that they were healed.
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- MAKING THINGS ANEW - ANATOMY OF A CULT
- [Note from Living Hope Ministry.. "In the mid-1990s,
the Worldwide Church of God, which began as a religious cult
founded by Herbert W. Armstrong, underwent a massive upheaval.
At great personal cost, but with an eye to even greater spiritual
gain, they renounced their heretical teachings and embraced biblical,
evangelical Christianity, and moved from the bondage of legalism
to freedom in the grace of Jesus Christ.
The leadership and laypeople of the transformed Worldwide Church
of God tell the incredible story in their own words. Their moving
narrative will bring deep encouragement to believers; and those
in bondage to cults, legalism, and heretical movements will find
hope and good news in this inspiring story.]
- A Miracle of Modern Reformation By Scott Johnson - It started
last November with a phone call from Greg Johnson of Standing
Together Ministries. "We’re hosting a pastor’s
luncheon in Salt Lake City, and the keynote speaker is from the
leadership of the Worldwide Church of God. Would you be interested
in attending?"
- The Worldwide Church of God. Wasn’t that a cult? Greg
must have sensed our hesitation. "They’ve changed!
They’re not a cult anymore. They’ve renounced their
heretical teachings."
- With both our skepticism and our curiosity aroused, Joel
and I attended the pastor’s luncheon, and heard the story.
We walked out of there dumbfounded. To call the story amazing
would do it an injustice. It was a complete spiritual upheaval
of an entire religious organization, on a corporate level, from
the top down—something virtually unheard of in 2,000 years
of church history. http://www.thefieldworker.com/spr04txt.htm#a4
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- A COMMENTARY ON NBC'S SERIES
- (The Book of Daniel) By Sunny Cornett - Beginning January
6, 2006, NBC will be airing a new series (entitled) "The
Book Of Daniel". Written by Jack Kenny, a disenchanted "recovering
Catholic" with Buddhist inclinations, who places much faith
in human experience, NBC describes it as a positive portrayal
of the "Christian" people and faith." The series
central character, Daniel, a drug-addicted Episcopalian priest
married to an alcoholic wife with homosexual children, stands
in sharp contrast to his Biblical counterpart whose main character
purposed in his heart not to defile himself and was subsequently
set apart for the purpose of the Lord. Failing to understand
that when one identifies themselves with Christ they yield themselves
to His standards and not to their own, NBC apparently in true
Episcopalian tradition (i.e. allowance of very liberal translation),
has grossly mis-labeled this series as "Christian".
While presenting a challenge to its viewers, it nonetheless underscores
the hopelessness of a society which lets immorality go unchecked.
And as we remain conspicuously silent on matters of fornication,
lasciviousness, and the such ( i.e. televised programs of the
annual Victoria's underwear show, Superbowl, Commercials, etc.),
God, seemingly is holding our feet to the fire and we're presented
with yet one more opportunity to either give ourselves over to
lust and lose our testimony or like Daniel (whose name means
'God is my Judge'), hold fast to our convictions. - sunny cornett
hookedupministry@sbcglobal.net
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- SONY LAUNCHES HOMOSEXUAL MUSIC LABEL.
- Sony Music has launched the first major music label "dedicated
to nurturing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender artists"
("Sony Launches Gay Music Label," ABC News, Jan. 11,
2006). The label is called Music with a Twist and is a joint
venture with Wilderness Media, a company led by the founder of
MTV's new homosexual channel LOGO. In this light, it is instructive
to note that Integrity Music, which owns Hosanna Music and Vertical
Music and which produces much of the popular contemporary worship
music, signed a distribution agreement with Sony Music in March
2002, ignoring God's commandment not to yoke together with unbelievers.
(January 20, 2006 - http://www.wayoflife.org)
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- THOSE FUNDAMENTALIST PHARISEES
- January 17, 2006 David Cloud of www.wayoflife.org; for instructions
about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see
the information paragraph at the end of the article) -
- Christians who try to stand for the details of the Word of
God and to preach against that which they believe to be error,
who exalt biblical morality and preach against immorality, who
have strong biblical convictions, are often labeled "Pharisees."
Many of the ecumenists who write to me and rebuke me for examining
their beloved movement by the Word of God, call me a Pharisee.
Consider a couple of examples:
- "You're so dumb, I feel like slapping you. I've seen
a lot of stupid people in my life, but you win the reward. I
think I should tell you that you are Ichabod, the glory of the
Lord has departed, but it was probably never there. I love the
fact that I get to yell at a Pharisee, just like Jesus did!"
- "Rev. Cloud says 'Our sole authority is the Bible.'
Such arrogance! ... I take it then, that you're the only one
going to heaven. It's going to be awfully lonely there. Such
arrogance! ... Such arrogance! ... I wonder what makes Mr. Cloud
so sure he's right and everybody else is wrong? Look at the Pharisees,
Mr. Cloud, and then look in the mirror!" ..
- It is important to note that Jesus Christ did NOT rebuke
the Pharisees for their zeal in obeying the details of the law
(Matt. 23:23). Rather, He rebuked them (1) for supplanting the
Word of God with man-made tradition and thereby making the Word
of God of none effect (Matt. 15:1-9), (2) for rejecting Jesus
Christ (Matt. 12:22-24), (3) for perverting the Gospel (Matt.
23:15), (4) for self-righteousness (Lk. 18:9-14), and (5) for
gross hypocrisy (Mt. 23:23; Mk. 12:15; Lk. 12:1). The Pharisees
were at the forefront of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and
of the persecution of the early Christians.
- It is a deceptive slander to label a Christ-loving, Bible-honoring,
gospel-preaching, self-debasing, peace-loving Christian a Pharisee.
I can't speak for all Bible-believing Fundamentalists and Fundamental
Baptists, but I can speak for a great many that I have known
these past 30 years, and I can speak for myself. I have no confidence
in my "righteousness." I know that I have no righteousness
apart from Jesus Christ. Zero. I look down upon no man, for I
know that any spiritual victory I have enjoyed is only because
of the grace of Christ. When I attempt to expose false teaching
and sin, I am not looking down upon other men; I am simply striving
to obey the Word of God in these matters.
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- SPEAKING OF NARNIA
- Christ's parables did not contain a mixture of truth and
paganism, but Lewis's stories unblushingly intertwine a few vague
biblical themes with pagan mythology: nymphs, fauns (part man
and part goat), dwarfs, centaurs (part man and part horse), Dryads
(tree-women), and Naiads (well-women). All of these creatures
are depicted as serving Aslan. Lewis presents the deeply heretical
idea of good magic. He calls Aslan's power "Deep Magic"
and Aslan's father's power as "Emperor's Magic." He
introduces the vile pagan god Bacchus and his orgies as a desirable
thing that was part of Narnia's past before the White Witch worked
her spell. He presents the myth of "Father Christmas"
as if it were innocent and wholesome. He teaches that Adam's
first wife was not Eve but rather a woman named Lilith and that
she was a witch.
- As for the heart of the story, which is the death and resurrection
of the lion Aslan, at best it is a corrupt depiction of Christ's
salvation. Aslan dies and sheds his blood not to satisfy God's
law but to satisfy the "Deep Power" and the White Witch.
- This confusion is a reflection of Lewis's heretical stand
on the atonement. He said, "The central Christian belief
is that Christ's death has SOMEHOW put us right with God and
given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another
matter. ... Any theories we build up as to how Christ's death
did all of this are, in my view, quite secondary..." (Mere
Christianity, HarperSanFrancisco edition, 2001, pp. 54, 55, 56).
This is heresy. God has revealed exactly what Christ did and
what the atonement means. It is not a matter of theorizing or
believing one "formula" over against another. The Bible
says our salvation is a matter of a propitiation, a ransom, whereby
our sins were washed away by Christ's bloody death, which was
offered as a payment to satisfy God's holy Law. (January 16,
2006 http://www.wayoflife.org )
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- VATICAN CITY
- JANUARY 22, 2006 - (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop
Antonio Franco as the apostolic nuncio to Israel and Cyprus,
and apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine. Archbishop
Franco, 68, replaces Archbishop Pietro Sambi, who was appointed
apostolic nuncio to the United States, the Vatican press office
reported Saturday. Antonio Franco was ordained in 1960, after
obtaining a doctorate in theology and canon law. He entered the
Holy See's diplomatic service in 1972. He served in the pontifical
representations of Bolivia, Iran, France, and in the Permanent
Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York. In
1992 he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Ukraine. In 1999 he
was appointed apostolic nuncio to the Philippines. [ ZE06012201]
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- POPE TO HELP LAUNCH ECUMENICAL ASSEMBLY AT MEETING IN ROME
- Ecumenical News International - 20 January 2006 - Geneva
(ENI). Pope Benedict XVI is to join delegates from other Christian
traditions who will gather in Rome from 24 to 27 January for
the opening event of the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly which
organizers hope will promote the cause of church unity. The meeting
is intended to "help European churches make their comm the
challenges of our time," said a keynote speaker at the Rome
meeting, Lutheran Bishop Margot Kaessmann from Hanover in northern
Germany. [ENI-January 30, 2006]
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- POPE'S ENVOY IN HOLY LAND LEAVES FOR US POSTING
- Jerusalem (ENI). The Pope's envoy to Israel and the
Palestinian territories is leaving after eight years of
service in the Holy Land during which he was instrumental in
warming relations between the Vatican and the Jewish state. Italian
Archbishop Pietro Sambi heads to Washington where he will serve
as the Vatican's new papal nuncio to the United States. "We
are losing a good friend today," said Israeli tourism minister
Avraham Hirchson at a farewell reception for Sambi earlier in
the week. [ENI-January 30, 2006]
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- "CHRISTIANS WHO ENGAGE IN APOLOGETICS WILL BE SILENCED,"
HE PREDICTS
- ASSIST News Service, USA - Feb. 7, 2006 - Mark Ellis, Senior
Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
www.assistnews.net - Intimidation factor is real following riots
and death threats. WASHINGTON (ANS) -- Riots throughout the Middle
East in response to cartoons published in a Danish newspaper
increase the climate of intimidation slowly suffocating free
speech rights, one terror consultant believes. A dozen cartoons
depicting the prophet Muhammad first published in the Danish
newspaper Jyllands-Poste in September, then reprinted by a Norwegian
newspaper last month, launched a violent wave of recent protests
against the two countries throughout the Middle East. Daveed
Gartenstein-Ross, a Washington D.C.-based counterterrorism consultant,
says the rationale behind the publication of the cartoons is
misunderstood. “A lot of people don’t understand the
context, including the U.S. State Department and Jack Straw,
the British Foreign Secretary,” he suggests. “There’s
a very real pattern of people criticizing Islam being threatened
and physically assaulted, so there is a resulting self-censorship.”
- The newspapers were not attempting to bash Islam, but to
affirm free speech rights, he believes. “This was not an
Islamophobic outburst,” Gartenstein-Ross says. “The
Dutch [should read: Danish - RNB] newspaper wanted to test this
article of self-censorship in order to reaffirm the primacy of
free speech.” Europeans have been going down the wrong path,
according to Gartenstein-Ross, by asking if self-censorship might
be an acceptable accommodation to maintain social peace. Religious
vilification laws, which make the slander of a religion punishable
as a crime, have been passed in several European countries. A
number of other countries are considering such laws in hopes
they will produce social harmony. “Religious vilification
laws are part of the problem,” Gartenstein-Ross believes.
“It sends a signal to Muslims that criticism of a religion
can be punished through the legal system,” he notes. “We
don’t want the state to be the arbiter of acceptable religious
discourse.” “Christians who engage
in apologetics will be silenced,” he predicts. “This
is happening in both Europe and the U.S.”
- Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/islam/islam_christian_apologetics_under_pressure_from_islam.html
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- JESUS' DISCIPLE JUDAS IS BEING REHABILITATED, MEDIA SPECULATION
Ecumenical News International News Highlights 19 January 2006
- Canterbury, England (ENI). Judas Iscariot, the disciple who
betrayed Jesus with a kiss for 30 pieces of silver, and reviled
as the ultimate symbol of betrayal, is getting a chance to redeem
himself according to Vatican scholars, Europe's media are speculating.
"Judas was doing God's business and so might just as easily
be deemed a saint as an ultimate sinner," wrote Peter Stanford,
a former editor of the Catholic Herald, in the Daily Mail newspaper.
[ENI-Jan 19, 2006]
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- ERASING CHRISTIANITY
By Jon Christian Ryter - December 31, 2005 - NewsWithViews.com
- The contemporary assault on Christianity began with a little-noticed
brochure from the American Bar Association [ABA to its members]
in May, 1989, advertising a seminar for "...[a]ttorneys
who want to be on the leading edge of an explosive new area of
law"—suing churches, Christian leaders and Christian
activists. The seminar was entitled: "Expanding Use of Tort
Law Against Religions." While this would trigger a new phase
of attacks on Christianity, in reality, the assault on the Christian
Church was launched shortly after the end of World War II with
the birth of the United Nations and the reemergence of the globalist
movement that lay dormant for two decades. The effort to create
world government failed when our 28th president, Thomas Woodrow
Wilson, was unable to convince Congress to join the League of
Nations and surrender America's sovereignty to a world government
headquartered in Brussels.
- In 1989 the Utopians realized they were running out of time.
The attack against Christians and the outlawing of Christianity
as a racist religion was behind schedule. The globalists were
running out of time. While the Utopians still don't get it, the
clock that is ticking down isn't their clock, it's God's. And
His timeline is right on schedule.
- The utopians who were attempting to create one-world government
at the end of World War I were quick to grasp the reality that
the nationalistic fervor that fuels patriotism is rooted in faith—Christian
faith. It became very clear to the globalists between the two
world wars that, before American sovereignty could be breached
the utopians— aided by corrupt political hacks, judges,
and bureaucrats—would have to erase Christianity from the
hearts, minds and souls of the American people before the United
States could be re-shackled to the Old World Order.
- The utopians would attack the underpinnings of the 1st Amendment.
They knew if they could erode the right of free men to speak
on the issues that affected their lives, or prevent those free
men from expressing their religious beliefs, they would no longer
be free and the globalists who were steering the American ship
of state towards the shoals of Utopia would win. Full story:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Ryter/jon114.htm
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- NARNIA - A POSTMODERN PATH TO FAITH AND SALVATION?
- By Berit Kjos - December 25, 2005 - NewsWithViews.com - An
argument between evangelical and secular Narnia fans has been
raging for decades: Are The Chronicles of Narnia supposed to
be Christian? The release of the Disney movie has added fuel
to this debate. Its director, Andrew Adamson denies the connection
to Christianity and says its spiritual themes are common to the
fantasy genre. Nor does the producer, Mark Johnson see a Christian
message. "When I read the book as a child," he said,
"I accepted it as a pure adventure story. It never occurred
to me Aslan was anything more than a great lion."
- Even Douglas Gresham, Lewis' stepson, said recently: “Churches
in Britain and America are promoting the film as a Christian
film, but it’s not... and the Narnia books aren’t Christian
novels.”
- Evangelicals disagree. "We believe that God will speak
the gospel of Jesus Christ through this film," said Lon
Allison, director of Illinois' Billy Graham Center. A letter
C.S. Lewis wrote to one of his many young fans back in 1961 may
close that debate:.." full story: http://www.newswithviews.com/BeritKjos/kjos50.htm
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- "PASTOR DAVE" OF 'USENET ALT GROUPS' IS A TROLL
LIKE SUPPORTER OF PRETERISM
- http://www.cephas-library.com/preterism/preterism_pastor_dave_is_a_preterist.html
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- REBUILDING THE TOWER OF BABEL
- Chapter 3 -- "The Religious Essence of Community"
-- How can it be that Dr. Rick Warren is the only Christian leader
holding up the Satanic "Tower of Babel" as a very good
thing, as something the Purpose Driven Church should copy? The
answer will shock you.
- Dr. Rick Warren’s assessment of those who attempted
to construct the Tower of Babel (see Introduction) was absolutely
correct. Those individuals were highly motivated to accomplish
an impossible task that could only be achieved if they transformed
their individual energies into a cohesive unit whereby individuals
functioned in complete concert. However, Dr. Warren failed to
note the fact that the circumstances described in Genesis 11
indicate that this cohesive unit was empowered by a supernatural
force that was in direct opposition to God’s desired direction
for mankind. Additionally, the building of the Tower of Babel
became the basis of what was to become the Babylonian Empire---a
world kingdom---the exact opposite of the political direction
ordained by God. Whole story:
- http://cuttingedge.org/news/rtb3.html
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- CALENDARS USE SEX TO SELL GOD AND CHEESE
A Protestant youth group has put together a 2006 calendar with
12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including
a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson's hair and a nude Eve
offering an apple.
- "There's a whole range of biblical scriptures simply
bursting with eroticism," said Stefan Wiest, the 32-year-old
photographer who took the titillating pictures.
- Anne Rohmer, 21, poses on a doorstep in garters and stockings
as the prostitute Rahab, mentioned in both New and Old Testaments.
"We wanted to represent the Bible in a different way and
to interest young people," she said.
- "Anyway, it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that you
are forbidden to show yourself nude."
- Bernd Grasser, pastor of the church in Nuremberg where the
calendar is being sold, was enthusiastic about the project. "It's
just wonderful when teenagers commit themselves with their hair
and their skin to the Bible," he said. Whole story: http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story106.htm
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- THE GREAT WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY CONSPIRACY
- Noah Porter was the editor of the 1864 Webster's Dictionary.
Curiously, he graduated from Yale in 1931 as a member of the
infamous Order of the Skull and Bones. After graduation he was
a Congregational minister (1836-1846) until becoming a professor
of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Yale. He rose to be Yale
president in 1871-a post he held until 1886. Porter died in 1891
at age 75 in New Haven, Conn.
- In most cases, a dictionary is merely a compendium of word
usage. We can expect words like table, chair, glass, tree and
beaver-words devoid of political implications-to be defined in
keeping with their common usage. However, Joel Rorie, a self-taught
lexicographer, has uncovered what can only be described as a
dictionary conspiracy.
- Prior to 1864, there were two dictionaries that enjoyed equal
marketshare in homes, classrooms and libraries, The Dictionary
of the English Language (Joseph Worcester) and Webster's Dictionary
(Noah Webster). By 1830, Webster charged Worcester with plagiarism
and that began what became known as the "Dictionary War."
The "war" lasted until Worcester's death in 1865. Though
the plagiarism charge was dismissed early in the "war,"
subtle maneuvers indicating Webster had friends in high places
gave Webster's dictionaries distinct market placement advantages.
By the time Worcester died at 81 years of age, Webster's was
"America's dictionary."
- Editor's note: The following is part 2 of 2 originally published
in The First Freedom as part of its 14th Amendment reeducation
series, which has been ongoing since April, 2005. Excerpted from
this article is a creative (and rather entertaining) storyline
involving a diverse cast of cats that have been let out of the
bag. To get the full two-part story, unbagged cats included,
request hardcopies from The First Freedom or visit the website
at http://www.gulftel.com/firstfreedom.
(DWH)
- By Joel Rorie - I now move to expound on what I've discovered,
and enter into evidence these two dictionaries [Websters 1844
and 1864]. To begin with, words are very important in describing
government; for instance, the definitions of Federal, Confederation,
State, E Pluribus Unum, Congress, Alliance, Democracy and Union
to speak of only a few. I will first brief you on each one, then
select just a few quotes directly from the two dictionaries by
way of comparison. Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/masonry/masonry_websters_dictionary_conspiracy.html
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- SCIENTOLOGY: NARCONON BUYS DENHAM SPRINGS FOR $750,000.00
- 2TheAdvocate.com, USA - February 8, 2006 - www.2theadvocate.com
- Narconon Louisiana-New Life Retreat plans to open a drug rehabilitation
center on a 12-acre site in Denham Springs. Narconon paid $750,000
to Claude and Janice Penn Jr. at 35059 Bend Road, according to
Livingston Parish Clerk of Court records. The rehabilitation
center is expected to open at the beginning of March, said Cathy
Davis, a spokeswoman for the center. Narconon is a nonprofit
that tries to eliminate drug abuse and addiction through drug
prevention, education and rehabilitation, Davis said. The secular
rehabilitation program is based on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard,
the founder of Scientology. Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/scientology/scientology_narconon_buys_denham_springs.html
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- COURT TO RECONSIDER ITS RULING THAT IT IS OK FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO TEACH SEVENTH GRADERS "TO BECOME MUSLIMS"
- Dec 19, 2005 - ANN ARBOR, MI. – A three-judge panel
of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which had ruled in a short
unpublished memorandum opinion that it was constitutionally permissible
for twelve-year-old public school students to be told they would
“become Muslims,” has been asked to reconsider its
decision by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest
law firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Law Center has also asked
all twenty-four active judges on the Ninth Circuit to decide
the case.
For three weeks in 2001, impressionable twelve-year-old students
were told that they would become Muslims, memorized verses from
the Koran, took Islamic names, wore identification tags that
displayed their new Islamic name and the Star and Crescent Moon,
which is the symbol of Muslims, were handed materials that instructed
them to “Remember Allah always so that you may prosper,”
completed the Islamic Five Pillars of Faith, including fasting,
and memorized and recited the “Bismillah” or “In
the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Praise be to
God,” which students also wrote on banners that were hung
on the classroom walls.
- Richard Thompson, Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center,
commented, “This ruling is evidence of a double-standard
when it comes to religion in public schools. If students had
been instructed on Christianity, as they had on Islam, a Constitutional
violation would have most likely been found. The appeals court
should clarify in a published opinion just how far public schools
can go in teaching about religion. Christians want to know.”
- The Law Center represents several parents and their children
who challenged the California Byron Union School District’s
practice of teaching twelve-year-old students “to become
Muslims.”
- http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_teach_7th_grader_to_become_muslims.html
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- Republished from August 2005:
- D. JAMES KENNEDY'S CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES IS PROMOTING TV
SPECIAL 'ONE NATION UNDER GOD'
- July 29, 2005 - By Sean Mayfield - A reader of the website
forwarded me an email today, which was a promotional message
received from D. James Kennedy?s Coral Ridge Ministries. The
email was promoting an upcoming TV special, 'One Nation Under
God' to be aired by Coral Ridge, which trumpets the Christian
foundation of the United States. One of the more interesting
parts of the e-mail?s propaganda is as follows: "Startling
Evidence...
One of the first acts of the Jamestown colonists in 1607 was
to plant a cross on the shores of Virginia. The Pilgrims came
to America "for the glory of God and advancement of the
Christian faith," as they said in the Mayflower Compact..."
[ source: http://www.isrp.org ]
 [Ednote: Dr. Kennedy
has been one of the mainsprings moving the church into politics.
The symbol we found on his website in Washington D.C. was a cross
painted over the White House. One reason the faithbased politicians
have maintained is because Christian denominations, all inclusive,
have voted them into office believing that they were conservatives
when they are anything but. I was literally shocked when I entered
Dr. Kennedy's church and found the following emblem on the mosaic
floor in the foyer. It is the same emblem that the Church
of 'Science of the Mind' uses as well as Dr. LaHaye on one of
his book covers. It is as Masonic as they come. In Kennedy's
case, even if it were representative of the true cross which
is alludes to Christ Jesus in Christianity, would you locate
it on the floor for everyone to walk on and then preach the Gospel
and serve Holy Communion? Needless to say I could not participate
in his bread and wine because I was at a loss as to who this
bread and wine represented. When he invites people to partake
he states to forget about our denominations and take communion.
It is confusing to say the least. Looking at other emblems at
the church we can't resist believing that there is a mixed message
coming from his pulpit.
-
- I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL THIS.. End of ednote.]
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- TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH
- Mercola.com - February 2006 - Newsletter: We really are all
in this together. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise --
in this case, there really is an "us" and a "them."
- The "THEM": They are the small handful of
powerful people in politics and business making a killing (sometimes
literally) from conning YOU & the rest of the world into
believing that "healthcare" equals taking more and
more prescription pills, failing at endless fad diets, paying
sky-high medical bills and insurance premiums, being carved up
by surgeons, and consuming ever-more artificial processed garbage
that they label "healthy."
- The "US": Quite simply, we are everyone
else ... you & I are their targets. Even if you are among
the elite when it comes to taking care of your physical and emotional
health (which is where I consider myself), in countless ways
you and I still pay for their greed. For example, health insurance
costs would be far lower
if pharmaceutical companies didn't have so many people addicted
to their costly and ultimately futile drugs that merely patch
over symptoms versus getting to their cause. For example, truly
healthy foods would be far more widespread and available to us
if the shelves weren't lined with cheap processed junk reaping
billions for the giant food companies. Full story:
- http://www.cephas-library.com/health/health_take_charge_of_your_health.html
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GLOBAL / LOCAL
POLITICS
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- MUST READ:
- IRAN OIL BOURSE ON AMERICAN DOLLAR - AND US ECONOMY WOULD
BE WORSE THAN IRAN LAUNCHING A "DIRECT NUCLEAR ATTACK."
- Excerpts from Soj's diary :: :: It all begins here, with
a blurb so tiny that I'll reprint the entire thing. From the
Federal Reserve's website, November 10, 2005:
- On March 23, 2006, the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System will cease publication of the M3 monetary aggregate.
The Board will also cease publishing the following components:
large-denomination time deposits, repurchase agreements (RPs),
and Eurodollars. The Board will continue to publish institutional
money market mutual funds as a memorandum item in this release.
- To fully understand how the "Federal Reserve" is
neither federal nor a reserve of anything of value, see my full-length
story here.
- But what is the M3? And how is it relevant?
- The Fed collects data on how much money is in circulation,
where it's being stored (as cash, as stocks, etc) and prints
these statistics on a quarterly basis. These are the "M"
series of reports.
- M0 (M Zero) is simply how much physical American money is
in circulation, both coins and bank notes. M1 is M0 plus all
the money that's in a bank that someone could withdraw immediately
(usually known as "checking" accounts). M2 is M1 plus
other types of accounts, including money markets and smaller
CDs (under $100,000).<br</p>
- M3, the one that will no longer be printed, is M2 plus Eurodollars.
While Eurodollars sounds like plastic money used at EuroDisney,
it actually refers to dollars being held in non-American
banks (originally most dollars held overseas were in European
banks, but "eurodollars" could just as easily be held
in China).
- What's not well known is that Saddam Hussein decided to switch
from selling Iraq's oil in dollars to Euros in November 2000.
This was not widely reported. At the time, Iraq's oil sales were
limited and were under UN supervision (as part of the "Oil
for Food" program) so the sale in Euros did not have a major
impact.
- According to the Ithaca News, one of the top 10 stories that
the press should've reported in 2005 but didn't was Iran's oil
bourse:
- The Bush administration has been paying a lot more attention
to Iran recently. Part of that interest is clearly Iran's nuclear
program - but there may be more to the story. One bit of news
that hasn't received the public vetting it merits is Iran's declared
intent to open an international oil exchange market, or "bourse."
- "A shift away from U.S. dollars to euros in the oil
market would cause the demand for petrodollars to drop, perhaps
causing the value of the dollar to plummet," Brian Miller
and Celeste Vogler of Project Censored wrote in Censored 2006.
- "Russia, Venezuela, and some members of OPEC have expressed
interest in moving towards a petroeuro system," he said.
And it isn't entirely implausible that China, which is "the
world's second largest holder of U.S. currency reserves,"
might eventually follow suit.
- "Barring a U.S. attack, it appears imminent that Iran's
euro-dominated oil bourse will open in March, 2006," Miller
and Vogler continued. "Logically, the most appropriate US
strategy is compromise with the EU and OPEC towards a dual-currency
system for international oil trades."
- The conclusion is that the Federal Reserve will be hiding
a debasement of the US$.
- All of the above are quite troubling. And that's not the
words of any kook, but from an experienced industry insider.
- The U.S. has certainly interfered in Iranian politics before,
overthrowing an elected government and installing a dictator,
all in the name of oil. And it certainly has been making lots
of rumbling noises about removing the government
- The impact of a reserve currency switch would be catastrophic
for the U.S., according to the Global Politician. The U.S. “would
simply have to stop importing” (op. cit.).
- If Iran launched its IOB, the U.S. dollar will weaken and
the euro strengthen—helping speed up the economic decline
of the U.S.
- Numerous economists have expressed optimism about Iran’s
ambitions, saying that the impact of the Iran oil bourse on the
American dollar—and U.S. economy could be worse than
Iran launching a “direct nuclear attack.”
- Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_u.s.economy_could_be_worse_than_iran_launching_a_nuclear_attack.html
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REP. ( D)-GEORGIA CYNTHIA MCKINNEY GRILLS RUMSFELD OVER 9/11+
MISSING TRILLIONS
- February 11, 2006 - http://miami.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/3680_comment.php#3681
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- PETRODOLLAR WARFARE DOLLARS, EUROS AND THE UPCOMING IRANIAN
OIL BOURSE
- Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_the_petrodollar_warfare.html
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- THE PROPOSED IRANIAN OIL BOURSE
- Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_the_proposed_iranian_oil_bourse.html
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- IRS code = 18-666
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- THIS IS PRICELESS - YEAR END REPORT BY PRESIDENT BUSH 2005
- http://www.jibjab.com/swf/JibJab_205YearEnd.swf
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- WHAT'S ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL?
- IT COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW [RUN YOUR MOUSE OVER THE MAP]
- http://www.whatifweather.com/?from=homepage
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- WHAT'S NOT BEING MENTIONED ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE CARTOONS
- Barry Chamish 2.11.2006 - "What is not being mentioned
in the Media is that the Editor of the Danish Paper has links
to both US Neocons & The Bilderbergers... MERETE ELDRUP,
managing director of company that published the cartoons (JP/Politikens
Hus) is married to ANDERS ELDRUP, who has attended the last FIVE
Bilderberg meetings. http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53
Coincidentally Pipes has just decided to drag up all his best
conspiracy material in a new "best of" revisiting of
the issue on Feb 2nd: http://www.barrychamish.com
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- PLAYING THE GOD CARD
1/29/2006 By Tom Krattenmaker - Just 17 months ago, President
Bush and the Republican Party seemed to be riding a divine tide.
At the GOP convention in the summer of 2004, religious rhetoric
flew through the air like streamers and confetti.
Bible in hand, President Bush speaks at Union Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal Church in New Orleans in 2004. By Ted Jackson,
The Times-Picayune, via AP
- The GOP was being cast as "God's Official Party."
Typifying the spirit of the campaign season, one alternate convention
delegate, Judith Manning, declared to the press, "President
Bush supports God, and God supports President Bush, absolutely."
- Party leaders, meanwhile, were doing their best to play to
the religious crowd. New York Gov. George Pataki declared from
the podium that Bush "is one of those men God and fate somehow
lead to the fore in times of challenge." For his part, the
president for months had been invoking religious themes to justify
the war in Iraq, stating on numerous occasions that freedom —
the objective in Iraq — was not America's gift to mankind,
but "God's gift to every man and woman in this world."
Dubious at the time, the God's-on-our-side rhetoric is looking
even less credible now, after more than a year of frequently
bad news for the president and his administration. Therein lies
a lesson our political leaders would do well to remember the
next time they're tempted to invoke God for partisan politics,
whether the cause is liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican.
Be careful, lest unfolding events make you and your pious claims
look downright foolish.
- The fallen
- Tellingly, the president and his political brethren aren't
invoking the divine as frequently or boldly these days. It's
reminiscent of high-profile athletes who are eager to cite God
in moments of triumph, but rarely invoke religion after an embarrassing
failure or big loss. The past year has been anything but triumphant
for Bush. The president's approval rating dipped below 40% this
fall before rebounding somewhat. Criticism of the Iraq war is
steady, along with doubts that the president has been completely
honest with the American people both before and during the war.
The Bush White House has found itself associated with cruel deeds
such as torture and prisoner abuse.
- Other developments have put the lie to the notion of Republican
politicians being more religious and, by implication, more morally
upstanding than the secular-leaning Democrats. The past year
has brought a series of scandals involving prominent Republicans.
Among them: former U.S. representative Randy "Duke"
Cunningham, who resigned after admitting he took bribes, and
Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader who is under indictment
in a campaign-finance conspiracy case. The attempt by Bush and
his allies to intervene in the Terri Schiavo matter in the name
of Christian ideals looked like the worst form of pious grandstanding
to many Americans, religious and non-religious alike. All this
from "God's Official Party"? Along with these woes
have come the president's other debilitating domestic problems,
chief among them his administration's widely perceived failure
to respond effectively and compassionately to the Hurricane Katrina
disaster. The picture of the Bush administration that emerged
from Katrina — one of indifference to suffering by New Orleans'
poorest residents — seems not to square with Christian ideals
of loving and caring for the least among us. Full story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-01-29-god-card_x.htm
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- OIL, CONSPIRACY, AND THE KINGDOM NOT REPORTED IN THE PRESS
- The Covenant News ~ November 17, 2004 - By Al Cronkrite:
"... A fraudulent green agenda has been skillfully used
to stifle alternative sources of energy and to restrict additional
supplies of oil. Engdahl documents insider McGeorge Bundy’s
installation as president of the Ford Foundation in 1971 and
the allocation of 4 million dollars to conduct a study of energy
policy. The study was entitled “A time to Choose: America’s
Energy Future”. Published in 1974, it launched a strident
attack on nuclear energy while promoting useless alternatives.
The Ford Foundation initiative was supplemented by an even larger
effort conducted by another insider Robert O. Anderson of Atlantic
Richfield Oil Company. Through the Atlantic Richfield Foundation
he funneled “millions of dollars” to “select organizations
to target nuclear energy“. This organization was responsible
for birthing Friends of the Earth that became a worldwide anti-nuclear
force directed by Rockefeller associate Brice LaLonde. Interestingly,
OPEC has been made the designer culprit for high oil prices.
Also of note is that contrived wars were used to screen both
the current price increase and the shock of 1973 - the Iraq war
now and the Yom Kippur invasion of Israel by Egypt and Syria
in 1973.
- According to Engdahl the seed for the 1973 price increase
was planted at a 1971 Bilderberger meeting in Saltsjoebaden,
Sweden and the implementation was carried out by Henry Kissinger
who engineered the Yom Kippur War and was responsible
for overseeing the results. Since dollars are the standard of
exchange for purchasing oil, an increase in the price of oil
lends support to the dollar by increasing demand and as an additional
benefit to the money moguls a huge number of petro-dollars is
funneled into banks in New York and London with additional monies
being invested in financing American government deficits. In
a little publicized coup, Lord Jacob Rothschild of the English
clan recently acquired a 13.5 billion-dollar interest in the
Russian oil giant, Yukos. Henry Kissinger was present when the
deal was made. I wrote about this in a previous column..."
Full story:
- http://www.cephas-lirbary.com/nwo/nwo_oil_conspiracy.html
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- WHY IS CHAVEZ WORRIED ABOUT WAR WITH THE U.S?
- CHAVEZ VENEZUELA MOVES RESERVES TO EUROPE
( FOUR ARTICLES )
- Businessweek - September 30, 2005 - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)
- "Venezuela has moved its central bank foreign reserves
out of U.S. banks, liquidated its investments in U.S. Treasury
securities and placed the funds in Europe, Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said Friday.
- "We've had to move the international reserves from U.S.
banks because of the threats," from the U.S., Chavez said
during televised remarks from a South American summit in Brazil.
- "The reserves we had (invested) in U.S. Treasury bonds,
we've sold them and we moved them to Europe and other countries,"
he said.
- Chavez, a sharp critic of what he calls "imperialist"
U.S.-style capitalism, has often criticized foreign banks for
the power they wield in international financial markets at the
expense of poorer countries.
- Chavez again proposed the creation of a South American central
bank that would hold the foreign exchange reserves of all the
central banks in the region. .." Full stories:
- http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_why_is_chavez_venezuela_worried_about_war_with_us.html
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- A READER PREDICTS THE COLLAPSE OF MEXICO
Email from: John H. Ciccolo, Jr. (e-mail him) To: xxx@vdare.com
- Re: Joe Guzzardi’s Column In Looming Battle Public Relations
Battle for Americans’ Hearts and Minds, Mexico Will Lose.
- Regarding Guzzardi’s column, the fly in the ointment will
be another patented collapse of the Mexican economy. Consider:
- 1. PEMEX - peak oil for the Cantarella field will
be late 2006 or early 2007. This field accounts for 75% of Mexican
oil production. The decline will be swift—10-20 percent
per year. Fox just redirected more than $2 billion in exploration
funds to political parties for this year's election. Pemex is
$43 billion in debt. A friend at Exxon-Mobil says no U.S. major
will touch Mexico now because of its corruption. Mexico has received
no offers to help explore the promising deep-water Gulf. Mexico
can't afford to do it on its own: no money and no expertise.
(Of course, because of national pride, many other industries
are out of bounds to foreign investment.)
- 2. Remittances. Understand that remittances are not
exclusively an indicator of the number of illegals already here.
They are also an indicator of the growth rate of those illegals.
Dad comes to U.S., sends money home for a while, wife & kids
come (remittances fall or stop). If all Mexicans came here tomorrow,
there would be no remittances.
- The level of remittances probably reflects the pressure for
future illegal immigration. No matter what happens with HR 4437
remittances will plummet over the next three or four years. If
open borders wins, family reunification will reduce remittances,
if they lose, then senders will return home...either way less
money will be transferred south.
- 3. Drugs. Guzzardi’s suggestion to decriminalize
marijuna, if adopted, would collapse Mexico tomorrow. Estimated
$128 billion per year heads south from U.S.. This money shows
up in U.S. International Statistics as "errors and omissions"
and does not show up at all in Mexican accounts, which resemble
Al Capone's tax returns.
- Take $128 b. + $ $20 b. (remittances) + $10 b. (smuggling)
and divide by the total Mexican population and you get $1600
for every man, women and child.
- 4. Manufacturing. Finally, it is becoming clearer
almost daily that India and China are lower cost producers of
an increasing number of manufactured products. I first noticed
this while assembling computers that I install for cash register
systems. First, Mexican modems stopped, then the network cards
and now the video cards. Another friend at a Long Island company
that designs printed circuit boards (TV cards, video cards, etc.)
tells me that nothing has been manufactured in Mexico for at
least two years. My auto mechanic claims that many Ford parts
originally produced in Mexico now come from China. I believe
it is also true that the share of Mexican GDP from manufacturing
has fallen over the past decade. That share is only 23% (2004).
The incompetence, xenophobia and corruption of the Mexican ruling
class has made it impossible for many hardworking people with
the most modest dreams to function in that damned country. A
1994-like collapse is a foregone conclusion. The implications
of this are appalling: a massive assault on our southern border.
http://www.vdare.com/letters/tl_012606.htm
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- IN LOOMING PUBLIC RELATIONS BATTLE FOR AMERICANS' HEARTS
AND MINDS,
- MEXICO WILL LOSE
- By Joe Guzzardi - The immigration reform community got two
wonderful Christmas presents last December. The first was H.R.
4437 wherein a bipartisan majority attached a string of strongly
worded amendments to help enforce existing immigration laws and
to move closer to ending illegal immigration. Read the details
here. (And Juan Mann’s reservations here.) The second—and
this is almost too good to be true—is that Mexico’s
president Vicente Fox hired Dallas public relations shill Rob
Allyn to improve the country’s image in the United States.
Believe me, anything that keeps the issue of Mexican illegal
immigration in the spotlight is great for us. And if Allyn wants
to do our legwork for the $720,000 chump change fee Mexico will
pay him, I say, "Have at it."
- (Aside to Allyn: If I were you I would insist on my money
in advance because this is an assignment no one can pull off.)
Allyn will soon find that smooth talking the American people
into believing that the current U.S./Mexico relationship benefits
the average citizen will be tough sledding. According to news
reports, Allyn gained his Mexican expertise in 2000 when he helped
Fox win the presidency. But this is the United States, 2006.
And the subject is not whether Fox should wear cowboy boots or
oxfords to maximize his voter appeal. We’re talking endless,
unchecked illegal immigration. New York Times reporter Simon
Romero unveiled Allyn’s three-step plan that: "Calls
for him to represent Mexico in the United States in meetings
with nongovernmental organizations; through polling and organizing
tours of Mexican officials; and potentially with a small amount
of advertising." [Republican Strategist is Taking Heat for
Taking Mexico as a Client, Simon Romero, New York Times, December
28, 2005]
- http://www.vdare.com/guzzardi/060106_allyn.htm
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VICTIMS OF KATRINA TANGLED IN BUREAUCRACY - 4,200 STILL MISSING
People who remain classified as missing in 2005's Gulf Coast
hurricanes, as of mid-January - Months Later, Couple Learns Son,
Wife Died in Hurricane - By Lynn Breznosky, AP - AP Julia and
Eldo Allen place flowers on the coffin containing the ashes of
their son, John David Allen, and daughter-in-law, Susan Allen.
HARLINGEN, Texas (Jan. 21) - After Hurricane Katrina socked the
central Gulf Coast, Eldo and Julia Allen watched the news and
waited in vain for word from their son in Biloxi, Miss. They
waited for nearly four months, not knowing the horrific truth:
that their son and daughter-in-law died as the storm surge swallowed
their Beach Boulevard apartment. That their bodies had long since
been found and identified at the Harrison County, Miss., coroner's
office. - "Nobody talked to nobody," Eldo Allen said,
his voice wrapped in grief. "That's why we just was almost
too late. If we'd been a little later they would have disposed
of the bodies with 'next of kin unknown,' and that would have
been..."
- He bowed his head over a dining room table laden with family
photo albums, sympathy cards from the retirement community, and
the black box holding his son's ashes, before completing his
thought: "That would have been more than I could stand."
(His son and daughter in law both drowned in Katrina hurricane)
- A Bureaucratic Mess Some 18,000 people were reported lost
in the wake of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes; more than 4,200
are still reported missing in some fashion. The unprecedented
number of displaced people prompted the federal government to
expand the definition of missing to just about anyone who had
a relative who didn't know where they were. (Associated Press)
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- SLOUCHING TOWARD GLOBAL ENSLAVEMENT (must
read)
- Excerpt: By Joan Veon - January 20, 2006 - NewsWithViews.com
- "Beginning in 1944, the walls between the nation-states
began to fall as a new international infrastructure was set in
place above the nation-states. One fine example of this was the
United States signing in 1947 the General Agreement on Trade
and Tariffs which became the World Trade Organization in 1994.
With the birth of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank,
the financial and economic barriers fell, with the birth of the
United Nations, the political barriers fell, with the birth of
the World Trade Organization, the trade barriers fell, with the
birth of the International Criminal Court, the legal barriers
fell, and as a result of 9/11, military and intelligence barriers
fell between the nation-states. Thus today, we are in a borderless
world.
- In 1971, President Richard Nixon, issued Executive Order
No. 11647 which divided the United States into ten regions, each
with its own administrator who then reports directly to the president.
Described as “metro government” or “regional government”,
it decreases the lines of power and authority which centralizes
all the decision-making in the White House. Today, Metro or Regional
Government is alive and well as it is being given greater position
not only in all of the new rebuilding of the new development
plans being made public by Mississippi and New Orleans, but with
many states trying to pass laws to consolidate the local, county,
and village levels of government. Furthermore, our government
has circumvented the power of the states by now taking the funds
the states send them and re-distributing it to the metro or regional
government instead! Many of the infrastructure needs such as
transportation, waste, water, etc. are all on a “regional”
basis.
- In 1990, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales put together a new
organization, the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders’
Forum, with the purpose of setting up public-private partnerships-PPP
between governments, business, and non-governmental organizations.
Basically, public-private partnerships provide a way for corporations
to become “co-managers” with government regarding the
governance of the country. The Prince admitted in a speech while
he was in the United States that he met with U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan to see if business and government could work together.
What came out of their discussions was the U.N. Global Compact."
- Full story: http://www.newswithviews.com/Veon/joan32.htm
- http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_slouching_toward_global_enslavement.html
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- THE NOOSE TIGHTENS
- By: Devvy - January 19, 2006 - NewsWithViews.com
- Anyone who doesn't have their head in the sand or is living
in a comfortable state of denial can see that the pursuit of
life, liberty and happiness is no longer an option in this country,
not anymore. Every facet of American life is under attack by
the federal and state governments. Every day my mail box is full
of requests to cover dozens of issues and stories. I very much
appreciate all the tips sent to me and your loyal readership.
However, I simply cannot write that many columns which is why
I started a new section on my web site called Devvy on the Half
C. The items posted there with a comment or two are ones that
I can't do a full column on because of time constraints, but
information or data I believe Americans need to know. Here is
an action item for mass dissemination:
- Who will be fed? From Urbansurvival.com 1-17-2006
Full story:http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd157.htm
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- LEVEE PROBLEMS PREDICTED, DOCUMENTS SHOW
Homeland Security was warned New Orleans could be flooded for
months - David J. Phillip / AP file ET Jan. 23, 2006 - WASHINGTON
- The Homeland Security Department was warned a day before Hurricane
Katrina hit that the storm’s surge could breach levees and
leave New Orleans flooded for weeks or months, documents released
Monday show. An Aug. 28 report by the department’s National
Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center concluded that
a Category 4 or 5 hurricane would cause severe damage in the
city, including power outages and a direct economic hit of up
to $10 billion for the first week. “Overall, the impacts
described herein are conservative,” stated the report, which
was sent to Homeland Security’s office for infrastructure
protection. Any storm rated Category 4 or greater ... will likely
lead to severe flooding and/or levee breaching, leaving the New
Orleans metro area submerged for weeks or months,” said
the report, which was released by a Senate panel examining the
government’s breakdown in responding to Katrina. Full story:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10995817
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- OUR MONEY SYSTEM
By Steven Yates - December 28, 2005 - NewsWithViews.com - Your
Dollar Bill Is a Lie! "... Take a dollar bill from your
wallet—if you have any dollars left after paying your bills
and your taxes—and look at it closely. At the very top you’ll
see the phrase Federal Reserve Note. Then, beneath that, The
United States of America. In small print: This note is legal
tender for all debts, public and private. Beneath George’s
picture, at the bottom: One Dollar.
- Long ago, when our fiat money was backed by gold, you would
have seen different things. Imagine your grandfather undertaking
the same project, examining a dollar from his pocket. Suppose
the year was 1910. The dollar would not have said Federal Reserve
Note because there was no Federal Reserve. What he would have
been looking at would have been a real, honest-to-God dollar!
Just the name Federal Reserve is a twofold lie. The Federal Reserve
is not federal and does not have any reserves. Many people believe
the Federal Reserve is part of the federal government. It is
not. It is a cartel of private central banks, many of them foreign-owned.
Working in tandem with the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal
Reserve is a key institution of the Euro-American power elite.
It has never been audited, nor had its books scrutinized by ordinary
mortals. For a startling and very detailed account of the origin
..." Full story: http://www.newswithviews.com/Yates/steven12.htm
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- UPSCALE PROJECT TAKING POORER FOLKS HOMES
- The State, December 9, 2005 - RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. - Florida
waterfront development could displace 6,000 mostly blue-collar
residents. It's across the inlet from Palm Beach, but this town,
mostly black, blue-collar and with a large industrial and warehouse
district, could be a continent away from the Fortune 500 and
Rolls-Royce set. But Riviera Beach's fortunes may soon change.
In what has been called the largest eminent-domain case in the
nation, the mayor and other elected leaders want to move about
6,000 residents, tear down their homes and use the emptied 400-acre
site to build a waterfront yachting and residential complex for
the well-to-do. (Cuttingedge.org News)
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- CATASTROPHE LOOMS
- By Paul Craig Roberts - January 27, 2006 ".....What
does it say for democracy that half of the American population
is unable to draw a rational conclusion from unambiguous facts?
Americans share this disability with the Bush administration.
According to news reports, the Bush administration is stunned
by the election victory of the radical Islamist Hamas Party,
which swept the US-financed Fatah Party from office. Why is the
Bush administration astonished?
- The Bush administration is astonished because it stupidly
believes that hundreds of millions of Muslims should be grateful
that the US has interfered in their internal affairs for 60 years,
setting up colonies and puppet rulers to suppress their aspirations
and to achieve, instead, purposes of the US government.
- Americans need desperately to understand that 95 percent
of all Muslim terrorists in the world were created in the past
three years by Bush’s invasion of Iraq.
- Americans need desperately to comprehend that if Bush attacks
Iran and Syria, as he intends, terrorism will explode, and American
civil liberties will disappear into a thirty year war that will
bankrupt the United States.
- The total lack of rationality and competence in the White
House and the inability of half of the US population to acquire
and understand information are far larger threats to Americans
than terrorism.
- America has become a rogue nation, flying blind, guided only
by ignorance and hubris. A terrible catastrophe awaits.
- http://www.vdare.com/roberts/060127_catastrophe.htm
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- WAR WITH IRAN: THE REAL REASON WHY AMERICA INVADED IRAQ -
[IRAN SAME THING]
- Whenever we look forward to a potential war with Iran, the
first logical question to ask is: why did the United States invade
Iraq? Naturally, the mainstream media (as well as the alternative
media) have given us plenty of supposed reasons, from WMD’s,
terrorism, oil, Saddam Hussein, al Qaeda, 9-11, and the desire
to spread 'freedom and democracy' (ha, that's a good one) throughout
the Middle East. But every one of these explanations is a smokescreen
to cover our true motives.
- The real reason we waged war with Iraq is that in November,
2000 Saddam Hussein refused to accept the U.S. dollar for his
oil, and instead switched to the euro. Hussein also made a dramatic
move by switching all of his U.N. reserves from the dollar to
the euro. Thus, our invasion was nothing more than an attempt
to maintain the dollar’s monopoly on oil purchases throughout
the world. Stated differently, we wanted there to be no other
choice than the dollar as the world’s sole petro-currency.
Our attack, then, was an example to other countries – don’t
convert your system over to the euro, and don’t challenge
the dollar’s dominance.
- And today, even though the U.S. is mired in a godawful war,
we did thwart a widespread move to an alternate currency. In
addition, we’ve also encircled the Middle East with military
bases (especially Iran) so that any future uprisings or shifts
away from “popular convention” can be immediately quelled.
- To prove this is what happened, ask yourself: what is the
first thing the United States did in 2003 after invading Iraq?
Answer: after our troops “shocked and awed” their way
into Baghdad, they immediately set-up a central bank! Now think
about this scenario. We’re in the middle of a war, and what
do we do first, above and beyond everything else? We set-up a
bank! How much importance do you think this notion has? An enormous
amount. Full story:
- http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_the_real_reason_why_america_invaded_iraq.html
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- AOL, YAHOO TO CHARGE FOR E-MAIL
By Clint Boulton - February 6, 2006 - Companies that have buttered
their bread by sending free e-mail via AOL and Yahoo will soon
have the option to pay to ensure their messages arrive at their
target destinations.
- AOL in the coming months will begin charging a fraction of
a penny or more per message in what they claim is an attempt
to decrease the spam and identity fraud scams that plague the
Internet, confirmed AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham.
- Graham said AOL will retain its free e-mail services, the
AOL Whitelist and Enhanced Whitelist.
- But he said the giant service provider is adding a "voluntary,
additional layer of e-mail delivery" that will make it possible
for companies to buy a sort of digital postage stamp -- from
a quarter of a cent to one penny per message -- for assurance
that their e-mail will be delivered to their customers.
- With this service, messages form paying senders will go straight
to the inboxes of people who have agreed to receive their messages,
bypassing spam filters and other devices to catch spammers and
fraudsters.
- Graham said this paid e-mail option, which he compares to
the kind of guaranteed delivery services Federal Express and
the U.S. Postal Service offer in the offline world, is a "weapon"
against the growing sophistication of perpetrators seeking to
dupe consumers.
- "At its core, what we're doing is all about safety and
security of our members and doing everything that we can to help
maintain the trust in and the integrity of the e-mail system
of the Web, which has been constantly under attack from Internet
miscreants like scammers phishers and spammers," Graham
told internetnews.com.
- "We look at this as a kind of return receipt requested
e-mail service that people willingly pay for because they want
to know guaranteed delivery and they want to see the results
of what they send."
- Graham said the plan stems from an October 2005 agreement
AOL and Yahoo inked with e-mail certification specialist Goodmail
Systems.
- In this arrangement, every message that is sent through the
Goodmail CertifiedEmail service is embedded with a cryptographically
secure token. These tokens must be detected by participating
service providers before the message can be delivered to a recipient's
inbox identified as a CertifiedEmail message.
- CertifiedEmail messages will be marked with a trust symbol
in the inboxes of AOL and Yahoo customers. Unpaid messages will
be subject to the service providers' spam-filtering process,
which diverts suspicious messages to a special spam folder.
- Goodmail will charge 1/4 cent to 1 cent per message. High-volume
mailers would get the biggest discounts. Goodmail will give more
than half of that amount to AOL, or whoever the e-mail service
provider may be. Full story:
- http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3583051
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- WESTHUES WAS ABLE TO READ AND COPY HER CHIP IN AROUND TWO
HOURS, USING A SIMPLE READER ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN MP3 PLAYER
- February 6, 2006 - The New Chip-erati - By Susan Kuchinskas
- Artists and hackers have begun implanting RFID chips under
their skin. It's a cool way to play with technology. Will it
lead to a system of universal implanted ID?
- Facial piercings and full-body tattoos used to be signifiers
for those who saw themselves as social outlaws. Now, bank tellers
and high school kids have pierced lips and inked skin. Today
a few cutting-edge nerds sport chips under their skin, a melding
of technological experimentation and body modification. Will
the mainstream follow them?
- Annalee Newitz got "chipped" as research for an
article she's writing for "Wired" magazine about RFID
security. And Jonathan Westhues hacked and copied its code.
- Newitz had an RFID tag made by VeriChip implanted under her
skin. The chip emits a unique string of numbers when it comes
near an RFID reader. RFID chips are used in industry to track
pallets and cases of goods, as well as for opening security gates
and doors.
- Westhues was able to read and copy her chip in around two
hours, using a simple reader about the size of an MP3 player,
with an antenna about five inches long. Once Westhues cloned
the chip, he'd be able to use it for anything Newitz used it
for. If she were using the chip to unlock her front door -- or
the door to the biohazard lab -- Westhues, if he was a bad guy
instead of a hardware and software designer, would be able to
do some damage. ..
- Full story: http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_implanted_chip_copied_and_cloned.html
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ISRAEL
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