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The death of Ananias and Sapphira. (1-11) The power which accompanied the preaching of the gospel. (12-16) The apostles imprisoned, but set free by an angel. (17-25) The apostles testify to Christ before the council. (26-33) The advice of Gamaliel, The council let the apostles go. (34-42)
Verses 1-11 The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was, that they were ambitious of being thought eminent disciples, when they were not true disciples. Hypocrites may deny themselves, may forego their worldly advantage in one instance, with a prospect of finding their account in something else. They were covetous of the wealth of the world, and distrustful of God and his providence. They thought they might serve both God and mammon. They thought to deceive the apostles. The Spirit of God in Peter discerned the principle of unbelief reigning in the heart of Ananias. But whatever Satan might suggest, he could not have filled the heart of Ananias with this wickedness had he not been consenting. The falsehood was an attempt to deceive the Spirit of truth, who so manifestly spoke and acted by the apostles. The crime of Ananias was not his retaining part of the price of the land; he might have kept it all, had he pleased; but his endeavouring to impose upon the apostles with an awful lie, from a desire to make a vain show, joined with covetousness. But if we think to put a cheat upon God, we shall put a fatal cheat upon our own souls. How sad to see those relations who should quicken one another to that which is good, hardening one another in that which is evil! And this punishment was in reality mercy to vast numbers. It would cause strict self-examination, prayer, and dread of hypocrisy, covetousness, and vain-glory, and it should still do so. It would prevent the increase of false professors. Let us learn hence how hateful falsehood is to the God of truth, and not only shun a direct lie, but all advantages from the use of doubtful expressions, and double meaning in our speech.
Verses 12-16 The separation of hypocrites by distinguishing judgments, should make the sincere cleave closer to each other and to the gospel ministry. Whatever tends to the purity and reputation of the church, promotes its enlargement; but that power alone which wrought such miracles by the apostles, can rescue sinners from the power of sin and Satan, and add believers to His worshippers. Christ will work by all his faithful servants; and every one who applies to him shall be healed.
Verses 17-25 There is no prison so dark, so strong, but God can visit his people in it, and, if he pleases, fetch them out. Recoveries from sickness, releases out of trouble, are granted, not that we may enjoy the comforts of life, but that God may be honoured with the services of our life. It is not for the preachers of Christ's gospel to retire into corners, as long as they can have any opportunity of preaching in the great congregation. They must preach to the lowest, whose souls are as precious to Christ as the souls of the greatest. Speak to all, for all are concerned. Speak as those who resolve to stand to it, to live and die by it. Speak all the words of this heavenly, divine life, in comparison with which the present earthly life does not deserve the name. These words of life, which the Holy Ghost puts into your mouth. The words of the gospel are the words of life; words whereby we may be saved. How wretched are those who are vexed at the success of the gospel! They cannot but see that the word and power of the Lord are against them; and they tremble for the consequences, yet they will go on.
Verses 26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Faith takes the Saviour in all his offices, who came, not to save us in our sins, but to save us from our sins. Had Christ been exalted to give dominion to Israel, the chief priests would have welcomed him. But repentance and remission of sins are blessings they neither valued nor saw their need of; therefore they, by no means, admitted his doctrine. Wherever repentance is wrought, remission is granted without fail. None are freed from the guilt and punishment of sin, but those who are freed from the power and dominion of sin; who are turned from it, and turned against it. Christ gives repentance, by his Spirit working with the word, to awaken the conscience, to work sorrow for sin, and an effectual change in the heart and life. The giving of the Holy Ghost, is plain evidence that it is the will of God that Christ should be obeyed. And He will surely destroy those who will not have Him to reign over them.
Verses 34-42 The Lord still has all hearts in his hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense tells us to be cautious, while experience and observation show that the success of frauds in matters of religion has been very short. Reproach for Christ is true preferment, as it makes us conformable to his pattern, and serviceable to his interest. They rejoiced in it. If we suffer ill for doing well, provided we suffer it well, and as we should, we ought to rejoice in that grace which enabled us so to do. The apostles did not preach themselves, but Christ. This was the preaching that most offended the priests. But it ought to be the constant business of gospel ministers to preach Christ: Christ, and him crucified; Christ, and him glorified; nothing beside this, but what has reference to it. And whatever is our station or rank in life, we should seek to make Him known, and to glorify his name.
Acts 5:1-11 . ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.
"The first trace of a shade upon the bright form of the young Church. Probably among the new Christians a kind of holy rivalry had sprung up, every one eager to place his means at the disposal of the apostles" [OLSHAUSEN]. Thus might the new-born zeal of some outrun their abiding principle, while others might be tempted to seek credit for a liberality which was not in their character.
2. kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it--The coolness with which they planned the deception aggravated the guilt of this couple.
brought a certain part--pretending it to be the whole proceeds of the sale.
3-6. why hath Satan filled--"why . . . fill--"why hast thou suffered him to fill"
thine heart--so criminally entertaining his suggestion? Compare Acts 5:4 , "why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?" And see John 13:2 John 13:27 .
to lie to the Holy Ghost--to men under His supernatural illumination.
4. While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?--from which we see how purely voluntary were all these sacrifices for the support of the infant community.
not lied to men but God--to men so entirely the instruments of the directing Spirit that the lie was rather told to Him: language clearly implying both the distinct personality and the proper divinity of the Holy Ghost.
5. Ananias . . . gave up the ghost . . . great fear came on all that heard these things--on those without the Christian circle; who, instead of disparaging the followers of the Lord Jesus, as they might otherwise have done on the discovery of such hypocrisy, were awed at the manifest presence of Divinity among them, and the mysterious power of throwing off such corrupt matter which rested upon the young Church.
6. the young men--some of the younger and more active members of the church, not as office-bearers, nor coming forward now for the first time, but who probably had already volunteered their services in making subordinate arrangements. In every thriving Christian community such volunteers may be expected, and will be found eminently useful.
7-11. Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much--naming the sum.
9. How is it that ye have agreed together--(See on Ac 5:2 ).
to tempt the Spirit--try whether they could escape detection by that omniscient Spirit of whose supernatural presence with the apostles they had had such full evidence.
feet of them that buried thy husband are at the door--How awfully graphic!
10. buried her by her husband--The later Jews buried before sunset of the day of death.
11. And great fear came upon all the church, &c.--This effect on the Christian community itself was the chief design of so startling a judgment; which had its counterpart, as the sin itself had, in Achan ( Joshua 7:1-26 ), while the time--at the commencement of a new career--was similar.
Acts 5:12-26 . THE PROGRESS OF THE NEW CAUSE LEADS TO THE ARREST OF THE APOSTLES--THEY ARE MIRACULOUSLY DELIVERED FROM PRISON, RESUME THEIR TEACHING, BUT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE CONDUCTED BEFORE THE SAMHEDRIM.
12. Solomon's Porch--(See on Joh 10:23 ).
13-16. of the rest durst no man join himself, &c.--Of the unconverted none ventured, after what had taken place, to profess discipleship; but yet their number continually increased.
15. into the streets--"in every street."
on beds and couches--The words denote the softer couches of the rich and the meaner cribs of the poor [BENGEL].
shadow of Peter . . . might overshadow some of them--Compare Acts 19:12 , Luke 8:46 . So Elisha. Now the predicted greatness of Peter ( Matthew 16:18 ), as the directing spirit of the early Church, was at its height.
17-23. sect of the Sadducees--See on Ac 4:1 for the reason why this is specified.
19. by night--the same night.
20. all the words of this life--beautiful expression for that Life in the Risen One which was the burden of their preaching!
21. entered into the temple, &c.--How self-possessed! the indwelling Spirit raising them above fear.
called . . . all the senate, &c.--an unusually general convention, though hastily summoned.
23. the prison . . . shut . . . keepers . . . before the doors, but . . . no man within--the reverse of the miracle in Acts 16:26 ; a similar contrast to that of the nets at the miraculous draughts of fishes ( Luke 5:6 , John 21:11 ).
24-26. they doubted--"were in perplexity."
26. without violence, for they feared, &c.--hardened ecclesiastics, all unawed by the miraculous tokens of God's presence with the apostles, and the fear of the mob only before their eyes!
Acts 5:27-42 . SECOND APPEARANCE AND TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SAMHEDRIM--ITS RAGE CALMED BY GAMALIEL--BEING DISMISSED, THEY DEPART REJOICING, AND CONTINUE THEIR PREACHING.
27, 28. ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine--noble testimony to the success of their preaching, and (for the reason mentioned on Acts 4:4 ) to the truth of their testimony, from reluctant lips!
28. intend to bring this man's blood upon us--They avoid naming Him whom Peter gloried in holding up [BENGEL]. In speaking thus, they seem to betray a disagreeable recollection of their own recent imprecation, His blood be upon us," &c. ( Matthew 27:25 ), and of the traitor's words as he threw down the money, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ).
31. Prince and a Saviour--the first word expressing that Royalty which all Israel looked for in Messiah, the second the Saving character of it which they had utterly lost sight of. Each of these features in our Lord's work enters into the other, and both make one glorious whole (compare Acts 3:15 , Hebrews 2:10 ).
to give--dispensing as a "Prince."
repentance and remission of sins--as a "Saviour"; "repentance" embracing all that change which issues in the faith which secures "forgiveness" (compare Acts 2:38 , 20:21 ). How gloriously is Christ here exhibited; not, as in other places, as the Medium, but as the Dispenser of all spiritual blessings!
32, 33. we are his witnesses . . . and the Holy Ghost--They as competent human witnesses to facts, and the Holy Ghost as attesting them by undeniable miracles.
33. cut to the heart and took--"were taking."
counsel to slay them--How different this feeling and the effect of it from that "pricking of the heart" which drew from the first converts on the day of Pentecost the cry, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" ( Acts 2:37 ). The words used in the two places are strikingly different.
34. Then stood up . . . Gamaliel--in all probability one of that name celebrated in the Jewish writings for his wisdom, the son of Simeon (possibly the same who took the infant Saviour in his arms, Luke 2:25-35 ), and grandson of HILLEL, another celebrated rabbi. He died eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem [LIGHTFOOT].
35-39. Theudas--not the same with a deceiver of that name whom JOSEPHUS mentions as heading an insurrection some twelve years after this [Antiquities, 20.5.1], but some other of whom he makes no mention. Such insurrections were frequent.
37. Judas of Galilee--(See on Lu 2:2 , and Luke 13:1-3 ) [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 13.1.1].
38. if . . . of men, it will come to naught--This neutral policy was true wisdom, in the then temper of the council. But individual neutrality is hostility to Christ, as He Himself teaches ( Luke 11:23 ).
40-42. beaten them--for disobeying their orders (compare Luke 23:16 ).
41. departed . . . rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name--"thought worthy by God to be dishonored by man" ( Matthew 5:12 , 1 Peter 4:14 1 Peter 4:16 ) [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. This was their first taste of persecution, and it felt sweet for His sake whose disciples they were.
42. in every house--in private.
ceased not to preach Jesus Christ--that is, Jesus (to be the) Christ.


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MARK BROWN: Jackson laundered at least $49,000 through others, but where did he get that cash?
BY MARK BROWN February 20, 2013 11:04PM
Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Jackson and his wife were to appear in federal court to answer criminal charges that they engaged in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Where did Jesse Jackson Jr. get all the cash?
That's the question still nagging at me after a remarkable day in our nation's capital that saw both the former congressman and his wife, former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson, plead guilty to corruption charges that could send both of them to federal prison.
While we've heard plenty in the past week about the $750,000 in campaign funds the Jacksons converted to personal use, it wasn't until Wednesday that we learned the congressman was also the beneficiary of at least another $49,000 in suspicious cash.
In his plea agreement, prosecutors detailed how Jackson laundered that cash through other individuals, including two congressional staffers, to pay his bills and purchase merchandise for him.
But authorities left murky the question of where Jackson got the cash in the first place.
All it says in the plea agreement is: "Defendant has represented that this cash was given to him by family members."
When they word it like that, using the term "represented" instead of just stating it as fact, it means they don't necessarily believe him, but apparently couldn't prove otherwise.
And with Jackson fessing up and pleading guilty to the campaign finance abuses, there wouldn't have been any need to push the matter further.
But I find it particularly troubling. Illicit cash is always the great unknown in the political system and the most potent corrupting influence.
For Jackson to have gotten his hands on that much "walking around money," as unreported cash is often known in politics, it raises more troubling questions about the opportunities that are out there for other lawmakers as well.
At his press conference detailing the case against the Jacksons, Ronald Machen Jr., U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, credited the former congressman for taking responsibility for his crimes once he learned he was under investigation.
"He came in early, he told the truth, and he saved the taxpayers the cost of a trial," Machen said.
But did Jackson tell the whole truth?
All the schemes involving the cash followed a similar pattern.
Person A, a staffer in Jackson's Washington office who also handled his campaign fund reports, made five cash deposits totaling $19,405 into her personal bank account in 2011.
The staffer, identified by the Chicago Sun-Times through public records as Terri Jones, received the cash for each of these deposits from Jackson, according to his plea agreement.
Jones then used the money at the congressman's direction to write checks to pay down the Jacksons' personal credit card balances and to pay a Montana taxidermist for a pair of mounted elk heads.
Person C, a staffer in Jackson's Chicago office, made three cash deposits totaling $14,600 into his personal checking account between 2009 and 2010. In each case, the staffer received the cash for the deposits from Jackson.
Jackson directed the staffer to use portions of the money to make a payment on the congressman's personal credit card, to a Las Vegas memorabilia store to buy a guitar used by Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen and to pay for a private school in Chicago.
Person D, identified only as the president and CEO of an Illinois-based company, made another five cash deposits in 2009, each involving cash received from Jackson. Again, the money was used to pay down the Jacksons' personal credit cards.
In each case, the only explanation offered as to the source of the cash is the aforementioned: "Defendant has represented this cash was given to him by family members."
It's possible, I suppose. The congressman's father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, seems to live pretty well, and the congressman's brothers are considered successful businessmen.
But still, if you're getting money from your family to help pay your bills, why would you sneak around and launder it through somebody else to hide the source? And why would your family give you that much cash instead of writing a check? Plus, $49,000 is a lot of cash.
It doesn't really add up, and I'm not buying it.
The U.S. attorney's office in Washington declined to comment on my inquiry.
In his remarks to reporters, though, Machen noted that Wednesday's guilty plea was Jackson's "first step toward redemption."
Explaining where he really got the cash would be a nice second step.


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is a high degree of coordination. When lieberman said israel was going to
support the pkk netanyahu didn't want that but he wanted it said as a
One of the points of geopolitics is that public statements are not
important. I mentioned barak only because you ask. When we say impersonal
forces, in this case we mean the creation of a coalition including assad
as weakling.
Imagine how the israelis have to view this. Do it completely impersonally
without recourse to public statements. That's empathetic analysis.
Then go see what actions israel is actually taking and play out the logic.
Then look at the statements following reality.
This is kind of like trying to follow us foreign policy by looking at
obama or clintons statements.
All sources have to be viewed agains the underlying reality a country
So whether barak speaks for netanyahu or not is immaterial at this level.
Can israel live with an iranian sphere of influence stretching as far as
it will.
The whole point of stratfor is that policy makers follow, don't lead,
As a matter of fact israelis also say that iran is their main enemy.
Assuming you believe that then what is the logical position on iran?
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That's exactly my point, though. Ehud Barak says a lot of things, but his
voice alone isn't the Israeli government. The Israelis have been saying
conflicting things about Syria for a long time.
I get the sense from reading the weekly that you are either
implying/recommending the Israelis, Americans, Turks, etc. insert special
forces into Syria to help bring about the downfall of Assad as a means of
ensuring that Iranian influence in the region remain somewhat limited
considering the current circumstances: an American withdrawal from Iraq.
If it's that you're implying this has already happened (which seems to be
the case in the section about the alleged FSA attack on the AF intel
complex in Harasta), I will only say that I am extremely skeptical but
know that it's not my call to publish that. If you're recommending this
course of action, my response would be that we don't really know for sure
that the Israeli government sees it as being in its interest to have Assad
Barak runs his mouth about a lot of stuff, just like Joe Biden, for
example. And he's a member of the USG.
On 11/20/11 9:28 PM, George Friedman wrote:
Different americans have different views too. The question is both what
the israeli government thinks and what they think under the current
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It was re-stated by Barak recently. Barak said pretty much the exact
same thing in either October or September, but I would need to find the
exact date because I can't remember off the top of my head.
I'm also reminded by something that our guest said when he was in town:
That no one in Israel trusts Ehud Barak.
I am not saying I know the Israeli view on Syria. I have no idea what
they want. I'm just saying that there are open signs in the OS of
different Israelis having different thoughts on the matter.
Your implicit assumption is that the Israelis view the instability that
would be caused by the downfall of Assad as optimal to the Iranians
maintaining a crescent of influence that ranges from Lebanon to W.
Afghanistan. Maybe that's true but it's not something that has been
clearly articulated by Israel, and I'm not sold on it. Stuff like "The
Sunnis are now weaker than the Iranians and less threatening" is too
simplistic, seems to conflate al Qaeda with every other Islamist group,
and also contradicts the notion that the Israelis are very much
concerned with the prospect of the eventual rise of the MB in Egypt.
On 11/20/11 8:31 PM, George Friedman wrote:
Yeah its new. But it was stated by barak publicly recently.
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i don't know where the part about Israel being so committed to
al-Assad's fall has come from; that is a pretty new development if
that is what your sources are saying. from a purely-OS perspective,
making a claim like, "So Israel has said that it would welcome Assad's
fall" is tantamount to equating Ehud Barak with Israel itself.
also, the idea that what happened in Harasta last week is a new
development is true only insofar as the target set (type of building +
location). this is not some new development in the Syrian saga;
tactical has been talking about FSA and its significance for weeks
The Balance of Power in the Middle East.
We are now moving toward the end of the year. U.S. troops are
completing their withdrawal from Iraq, and as we have been discussing,
we are now moving toward a decisive reckoning with the consequences.
The reckoning concerns the potential for a massive shift in the
balance of power in the region, with Iran moving from being a fairly
marginal power to being potentially a dominant power. As this is
happening, countermoves are being made by the United States and Iran.
All this is as we have discussed extensively in the past. The
question is whether these countermoves will be effective in
stabilizing the region, and whether and how Iran will respond to them.
In short, we are now at the logical conclusion of the U.S. decision
to invade and then withdraw from Iraq, and the next chapter is
Iran was preparing for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. While it is not
reasonable to say that Iran simply will dominate Iraq, it is fair to
say that it will have tremendous influence-to the point of being able
to block Iraqi initiatives It opposes. That influence will increase
as the withdrawal concludes and it becomes clear that there will be no
sudden reversal in the withdrawal policy. Any calculus by Iraq
politicians must take into account the nearness of Iranian power and
the increasing distance and irrelevance of American power.
Resisting Iran under these circumstances is likely to be both
ineffective and dangerous. Some, like the Kurds, believe they have
guarantees from the Americans and that given substantial investment in
Kurdish oil by American companies, those commitments will be honored.
However a look at the map shows how difficult it will be for the U.S.
to do so. They also know that the final American attempt to keep
forces in the Kurdish region was blocked by the pro-Iranian elements
in the Baghdad government. There are still claims being made by Iraqi
gov't officials that 1,500 U.S. troops will remain in Kirkuk after the
withdrawal: http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/273092/. Sunni leaders
have been arrested by the Baghdad regime and Shiites, not all of who
are pro-Iranian by any means, are aware of the price of
over-enthusiastic resistance.
All of this is complicated by the situation in Afghanistan Syria. The
Alawite faction has dominated the Syrian government since 1970, when
the current President's father and then head of the Syrian Air Force,
staged a coup. The Alawites are an Islamic sect related to the
Shiites, and therefore, a minority government in Syria, dominated as
it is by the Sunnis. The government was Nasserite in nature-secular,
socialist and built around the military. As Islamic religiosity rose
as a force in the Arab world, the Syrians, alienated from the Sadat
regime in Egypt, saw Iran as a bulwark. First, the Iranian Islamic
regime gave the Syrian secular regime immunity against Shiite
fundamentalists. Second, the Iranians gave Syria support both in its
external adventures in Lebanon, and more important, in its suppression
of the Sunni majority.
Syria and Iran were particularly aligned in Lebanon. In the early
1980s, after the Khomeni revolution, the Iranians sought to increase
their influence in the Islamic world by supporting radical Shiite
forces. Hezbollah was one of these. Syria had invaded Lebanon in
1975-on behalf of the Christians and opposed to the Palestine
Liberation Organization, to give you a sense of the complexity. Syria
regarded Lebanon as an historical part of Syria and sought to assert
its influence over it. Hezbollah, via Iran, became an instrument of
Syrian power in Lebanon.
Iran and Syria, therefore entered a long term, if not altogether
stable alliance that has lasted to this day. In the current unrest in
Syria, the Saudis and Turks-as well as the Americans-have all been
hostile to Assad regime. The one country that has, on the whole,
remain supportive of the current Syrian government has been Iran.
There is good reason for this. Prior to the rising, the precise
relationship between Syria and Iran was variable. The rising has put
the Assad regime on the defensive and it has made it more interested
in a firm, stable relationship with Iran than before. Isolated in the
Sunni world, with the Arab League arrayed against it, Iran, and
interestingly, Iraq's Maliki have constituted Assad's exterior
Thus far Assad has resisted his enemies. His military has until
recently remained intact. The way you've worded this here indicates
that recently, it has begin to splinter, which is not what you go on
to say in the rest of the paragraph. I recommend wording this as,
"Though there have been some defections, his military remains largely
intact." The reasons are that the key units are under the control of
Alawites or, as in the case of the Air Force, heavily Alawite. It is
not simply that these people have nowhere to go and have everything to
lose. The events in Libya drove home the consequences of losing not
only to the leadership but to many in the military. Pretty sure they
were aware of what was at stake the entire time, regardless of what
eventually happened in Libya. The military has held together and an
unarmed or poorly armed populace, no matter how large, cannot defeat
an intact military force. The key is to split it.
If Assad survives, and at the moment except for wishful thinking by
outsiders, he is surviving, the big winner will turn out to be Iran.
If Iraq falls under substantial Iranian influence, and the Assad
regime survives in Syria, isolated from most countries but supported
by Iran, then Iran could emerge with a sphere of influence stretching
from western Afghanistan to the Mediterranean, via Hezbollah. It
would not require the deployment of Iranian main force to achieve
this. Merely the survival of the Assad regime would do this. What
force or other power would be deployed into this sphere would be one
of the levers Iran would have available to play.
Consider the map if this sphere of influence existed. The northern
border of Saudi Arabia and Jordan would confront this sphere. The
southern border of Turkey would as well. Now, it is not clear how
well Iran could manage this sphere, what kind of cohesion it would
have, nor what type of force Iran could project into it. Maps are
ultimately insufficient to understand the problem. But they are
sufficient to point to the problem and the problem is the
potential-not certain-creation of a block under Iranian influence that
would cut through a huge swath of strategic territory.
It should also be remembered that Iran's conventional forces are
substantial. They could not confront U.S. armored divisions and
survive, but there are no U.S. armored divisions on the ground between
Iran and Lebanon. The ability of Iran ot bring sufficient force to
bear to increased the risks to the Saudis in particular, increasing
them to the point where the Saudis would calculate that accommodation
rather than resistance is the more prudent course, is Iran's goal.
Changing the map can help achieve this.
It would follow, therefore that those frightened by this prospect-The
United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey-would seek to limit
it. The point at which to limit it right now is no longer Iraq.
Rather it is Syria. And the key move in Syria is to do everything to
overthrow Assad. Therefore, during the last week we have seen a new
phase of the Syrian unrest unfold. Until recently, the opposition
seemed more obvious outside of Syria than inside. Much of what was
reported in the press did not come from inside Syria but from
opposition groups outside. The degree of effective opposition was
never clear. Certainly the Sunni majority opposed and hated the Assad
regime. But opposition and emotion doesn't bring down a regime
consisting of men fighting for their lives. And it wasn't clear that
the resistance as the outside propaganda claimed.
Last week, however, we had reports of organized attacks on government
facilities, ranging from Air Force Intelligence there were two in one
week (a particularly sensitive point given the history of the regime)
to Ba'ath Party buildings. What was most significant was that while
on a small scale, it was the first sign that the military was both
splitting and fighting, rather than splitting and heading to Turkey or
This was not the first sign, though. The tactical team had tried to
bring this issue up weeks ago, but was shot down because of the fact
that they could not prove anything (videos being faked, reports being
propaganda, etc.). This is the first FSA action that really got our
attention as a company, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been going on
for weeks before that.
Also, this doesn't address your earlier points about the Alawites in
the army. There is no sign of any Alawite participation in the FSA.
The FSA was created in July, and is a Sunni officers' movement. What
is noteworthy is that they're conducting attacks in the greater
Damascus area. That is the shift.
It is interesting that this shift in tactics-or the introduction of
new forces-occurred at the same time that relations between Iran and
the United States and Israel were deteriorating. It began with
charges that an Iranian covert operation designed to assassinate the
Saudi Ambassador to the United States had been uncovered. It
proceeded to a report that the Iranians were closer to producing a
nuclear device than thought, and followed the explosion at an Iranian
missile facility that the Israelis have not so quietly hinted was
their work. Whether any of these are true, the psychological pressure
on Iran is building and appears to be orchestrated. So let me be clear
on what you're implying, then, using the aforementioned examples of
psyops against Iran as evidence: there are now U.S. (or other foreign)
special forces on the ground in Syria conducting tactically
unsophisticated attacks in Harasta?
Israel's position is the most complex. Israel has had a decent,
covert working relationship with the Syrians going back to their
mutual hostility to Yassir Arafat. For Israel it has been the devil
they know. The idea of a Sunni government controlled by the Muslim
Brotherhood on their northeastern frontier was frightening. They
preferred Assad. But given the shift in the regional balance of power
the Iranian view is shifting. The Sunnis are now weaker than the
Iranians and less threatening. The last ten years have undermined
them. So Israel has said that it would welcome Assad's fall.
What is "Israel" in this context? This is not the official position of
the gov't of Israel, whose members have been saying a lot of
contradictory stuff about Syria. Barak is the one that made that
statement this weekend about Bashar's regime being nearing its end,
but since when is Ehud Barak synonymous with Israel? (Besides, Barak
had said the same exact thing about two months prior.) Amos Gilad
apparently disagrees with him btw:
Iran is of course used to psychological campaigns. We continue to
believe that while Iran might be close to a nuclear device that could
explode underground under carefully controlled condition, the creation
of a stable, robust nuclear weapon that could function outside of a
laboratory setting (which is what an underground test is) is a ways
off. This includes loading the fragile experimental system on a ship,
expecting it to explode. It might. It might not. Or it might be
intercepted and casus belli created for a nuclear strike established.
The Iranian threat is not nuclear. That may happen in a while but not
yet and if it had no nuclear weapons, it would still be a threat. The
current situation originated in the American decision to withdraw from
Iraq, and was made more intense by events in Syria. If Iran abandoned
its nuclear program tomorrow, the situation would remain as complex.
Iran has the upper hand, and the U.S., Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia
are all looking at how to turn the tables.
To this point it appears to be a two pronged strategy: increased
pressure on Iran to cause it to recalculate it vulnerability and
bringing down the Syrian government so as to limit the consequences of
Iranian influence in Iraq. Whether regime can be bought down is
problematic. Gadhafi would have survived if NATO hadn't intervened.
NATO could intervene, but Syria is more complex than Libya, and the
second NATO attack on an Arab state designed to change its government
would have consequences, no matter how much the Arabs fear the
Iranians at the moment. Wars are unpredictable. They are not the
first option.
Therefore the likely solution is covert support for the Sunni
opposition, funneled through Lebanon. Why can't it be funneled through
Turkey or Jordan, places where Damascus doesn't have a spy posted on
every single corner? It will be interesting to see if the Turks
participate. But far more interesting to see is whether this works.
Syrian intelligence has penetrated the Sunni opposition effectively
for decades. Mounting a secret campaign against the regime would be
difficult. Still that is the next move.
But it is not the last move. To put Iran back into its box, something
must be done about the Iraqi political situation. Given U.S.
withdrawal, it has little influence on that. All of the relationships
it built were predicated on American power protecting the
relationships. With the Americans gone, the foundation of those
relationships dissolves. And even with Syria, the balance of power is
The U.S. has three choices. Accept the evolution and try to live with
what emerges. Attempt to make a deal with Iran-a very painful and
costly one. Go to war. The first assumes that the U.S. can live with
what emerges. The second on whether Iran is interested in dealing
with the U.S. The third on having enough power to wage a war. All
are dubious. So toppling Assad is critical. It changes the game and
momentum. But even that is enormously difficult.
We are now in the final chapter of Iraq and it is even more painful
than imagined. Lay this aside the European crisis, and the idea of a
systemic crisis in the global system becomes very real.
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Wen says China to make yuan more flexible: TV
AFP - Premier Wen Jiabao told US President Barack Obama that China would
increase the flexibility of the yuan while stressing that reforms had
already had an effect, state television reported Saturday.
"We are closely watching the changes to the yuan's exchange rate ... and
will encourage the yuan's flexibility in both directions," CCTV quoted Wen
as saying at a meeting with Obama on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit
in Indonesia.
The premier's comments are the latest in a string of statements from
Chinese officials in response to increasing US calls for faster
appreciation of the yuan.
US officials have long accused China of keeping its currency artificially
low, fuelling a flow of cheap exports that has helped send the US trade
deficit with China to more than $270 billion in 2010.
White House officials said Obama had reiterated US concerns over the yuan
and trade disputes during their meeting on the resort island of Bali.
China defends its exchange rate regime, saying it is moving gradually to
make the yuan more flexible.
Last month, the US Senate, controlled by Obama's Democratic Party,
approved a bill to impose punitive taxes on Chinese imports if the yuan is
not revalued, drawing an angry response from Beijing.
Obama, seeking re-election next year as many heartland Americans think
they lost their jobs to lower-wage China, told Chinese President Hu Jintao
at the APEC summit last weekend that Americans were "impatient" for a
change in Beijing's economic policy.
But Hu said that a big rise in his country's exchange rate would not
"solve problems faced by the United States," according to an account of
the meeting posted on China's foreign ministry website.
Wen's comments Saturday are the latest sign that Beijing sees the yuan's
exchange rate as nearing balanced levels.
The yuan's pace of appreciation has slowed in recent weeks; the currency
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since January.
-- Dow Jones Newswires contributed to this report --
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The organic cherry pie filling is subtly sweet and tart at the same time, and when combined with the soft and succulent whole wheat crust, it tastes like ... cherry pie! The chewy crust is more wholesome and a bit thicker than a Nutri-grain bar, rendering it much sturdier (and slightly bigger). These organic single wrapped treats are perfect for a quick breakfast or snack on the go (though you may need to add something like fruit to boost the fiber count). However, if you are fortunate enough to have a toaster close by (and can refrain from eating the tart right after the wrapper has been removed), feel free to pop your treat in the toaster for a few minutes. The final product will be a crispier "crust" and a warm fruity filling.
The taste of Health Valley Organic Red Cherry Toaster Tarts is just phenomenal, but I was a bit worried that the nutrition facts might not stand up. Luckily, each 40 gram bar only has 150 calories, 2.5 grams of total fat (4% of the RDA), no saturated fat, 95mg of sodium (4% of the RDA), less than 1 gram of fiber (3% of the RDA), 16 grams of sugar and 2 grams of protein. The ingredient list starts with organic cherry pie filling, organic wheat flour and organic cane juice; containing just enough recognizable (and organic) ingredients to make you want to eat these tarts daily (maybe that's just me).
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Watershed Project Benefits Trout in Tete Des Morts Creek
Posted: 12/04/2012
MAQUOKETA – Dan Kirby had never been on the David Reiss property when he stepped into a small stream in 2011 with a backpack shocker used to survey trout streams. The watercress-covered stream didn't have much water flowing, but when Kirby turned on the electricity and the probe hit the water, 2-to 3-inch brown trout floated to the surface.
To Kirby, fisheries biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the presence of these young trout was evidence that adult trout in the stream were reproducing on their own.
Tete Des Morts Creek is on the southern edge of Iowa's driftless region along the Dubuque-Jackson county line. The DNR stocked 4-inch long trout from 1991 to 2005 hoping to create a trout fishery with fish that grew up in the stream like wild trout. The stocking had limited success.
In 2005, they began stocking a different strain of brown trout spawned from fish collected in French Creek. This new strain of brown trout had better survival in other streams and Kirby wanted to see how they would do in Tete Des Morts Creek. The last 4-inch trout were released in 2010.
Kirby was back on site in August, meeting with Reiss and Michelle Turner, watershed project coordinator for the Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District in Maquoketa.
"With the heat and drought, 2012 will be a test, no doubt," Kirby said. He plans to check the stream in 2014 to see if the trout population is sustaining itself.
The future of Tete Des Morts Creek looks bright. More than 50 landowners participated in a watershed project by using conservation practices on their land to reduce runoff and protect water quality.
The 16-mile-long Tete Des Morts Creek was identified in 2008 as a priority watershed by Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District commissioners.
This led to a watershed project with the goal of reducing sediment and nutrients reaching the stream by 40 percent, improving aquatic habitat and removing Tete Des Morts Creek from the state's impaired waters list. The watershed consists of 30,433 acres of rolling farm ground and steep limestone bluffs.
A survey of the steam's physical condition and a survey of landowners identified streambank and gully erosion as the two main physical problems. Soil runoff and livestock access to the stream were also noted as possible contributors to poor water quality.
The Tete Des Morts Creek watershed project was instantly popular with local landowners, due in part to the success of the nearby Farmers Creek watershed project. Many of the landowners have farms and property that straddle the boundary between the two watersheds.
"We had credibility because of the Farmers Creek project and could refer reluctant landowners to their neighbors who had experience with these projects," Turner said.
Landowners voluntarily adopted practices such as rotational grazing, fencing to keep livestock away from the stream, contour farming and grassed waterways by taking advantage of the project's financial incentives.
Once in place, these practices improved the water quality in Tete Des Morts Creek and contributed to the stream supporting a robust population of trout. Trout need quality water to thrive and Tete Des Morts recently became just the 64th stream in Iowa with reproducing trout.
Additional water monitoring will determine if these efforts have fully restored the streams aquatic life and removed the aquatic impairment.
"We were extremely impressed with the quality of the stream and the riparian area on this segment of the stream," Kirby said. "It was obvious to us that the stream has been well cared for at this site and the trout population has benefited."
The Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District partnered with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Watershed Improvement Program through EPA Section 319 grant funding on the Tete Des Morts Creek watershed project.
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I started messing with cars with my Dad when I was about eight years old. Bought a Morris Minor before I had a licence and have been changing cars since then. I am on my 21st car at this stage.
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Mar 22–25, 2007 | Kurri Kurri Nostalgic Festival & Cruise |
Mar 22–25, 2007 | Kurri Kurri Nostalgic Festival & Cruise |
Cars > curls52's Garage


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Contemporary Heaven is a designer brand life style store established for over 15 years which specialises in home accessory brands that are a bit more exclusive and cannot be found on high street. We also manufacture many products exclusively through our Roco Verre brand which produces some of the most unique and unusual modern contemporary wall clocks, coasters, leather place mats and desk mats in Europe. We are very focused on good customer service and value for money which has always been one of our main priorities.
Laura Addison (17 November 2014)Hi Just wanted to send you a Thank you email for sending the black cuckoo clock out to me so promptly. I received it on Friday as I had hoped for and it looks (and sounds) great.
Elaine Headbear (13 November 2014)Just wanted to thank you, clock arrived tuesday, its fab.All hung on my room in my living room.Thank you for your great service.And such a lovely clock I love it.Have a lovely day x
Natalia Sollohub (13 March 2014)I hope this email gets to the right person. I just wanted to say how extremely happy I was with my recent order. It took me a while to find what I wanted as your website came up quite low down the google search but you had exactly what I was after and the delivery was amazingly quick. So, thank you!
Mrs Mackinnon (17 December 2013)Just to say, I am very pleased with my sheepskin cushions, also with your swift delivery.
Dawn Burton (25 November 2013)Just wanted to say thank you for the white hands you sent for our recently purchased clock. Service from you company has been exceptional and the clock looks great too
Rob Eatherden (15 November 2013)The clocks have arrived, I would just like to say thanks , they are perfect, and will make our installation complete!
Vicki Creanor (23 September 2013)Thank you so much for getting that frame to me so quickly.It arrived this afternoon and Im delighted with it.We gave it to my parents tonight and they were thrilled.Thank you for going the extra mile to get it here ASAP. I will be recommending you to everyone!!
Helen Hill (12 September 2013)Thank you. We received our order yesterday and the leather embossed clocks look great. Hopefully,soon I will be emailing you to order some more.Kindest regards,
Elton J Twomey Kilmore (06 September 2013)Thank you so much for youre brilliant service and excellent quality. The inscription was exactly like I wanted. (The name is also in ancient ogham lettering on bottom of this piece).I look forward to ordering again soon and will be recommending ye to others in my profession. Superb quality clock. Thank you again.
Emma Brown (04 May 2013)Just wanted to let you know we have received our clock and Im very happy with it! Cant wait for my Chairman to see it!I may be back to order 3 more soon.


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Money Back Satisfaction
If you are dissatisfied with any RiderWearHouse item or Aerostich product we will make it right. You may return your purchase for a full refund (or an exchange) within 30 days as long as everything is in the same condition that it was received. Products returned after 30 days are subject to a restocking fee. Products that have been used or altered are non returnable. Please allow 2-3 weeks after we receive your return or exchange for your account to register the credit.
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Being Catholic Matters!
One of the things that frustrates me the most about being a convert is how many Catholics seem to try and pretend that they can blend in to the secular world. That our traditions and sacramentals are merely superstition, and that maybe all Jesus wanted us to do was to try and be nice people.
But it's not that easy, is it?
Here's a meditation I wrote on the subject. Please tell me your thoughts.


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