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Here Is The Real-Time Flight Path Of The Shot Down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 17
Update: reportedly Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that plane "Kuala Lumpur -Amsterdam" went off the radar in Donetsk oblast, possibly shot down"
First it was MH-370. Now, it appears tragedy has struck again, this time on Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17, on route from Amsteram to Kuala Lumpur, which disappeared from radar moments ago and was reportedly shot down over Ukraine. While there is nothing yet officially confirmed by the carrier, the radar tracked path of the airplane is shown below.
And from a second source:
Last reported position log was at 1:20 pm UTC:
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BTFD. Rouge Airline Pilots stealing aircraft is bullish, think about the new orders!
No wonder Russia said it wasnt them....betcha it was probably planned by Israel.
magic number 7? 3 days early...
Paging Congressman McDonald. Please report to the departure gate for KAL007
False flag???
Probably orchestrated by Obami in order to get all the nations who hate us, back on our side against the Putinites. Expect a 3:30 rally in SPX - AND a Monster monkee hammering of precious metals in 3...2....1
Will this be the black swan?
Sure hope they don't use it as another Arch Duke Ferdinand-type moment. But I have a very bad feeling about this.
How can a gaggle of ragtag rebels shoot down an airliner at 33,000 feet? Methinks there are shenannigans afoot...
heat seeking, laser-guided missiles, right? Aren't they pretty much point and shoot? Maybe it was a lucky shot, but missiles these days are light years better than even a couple decades ago.
Rumor is that is was a Russian-made BUK mobile surface to air missile system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_system
That would do the job handily. Works up to 80k'.
Just like the NSA can take over your Microsoft computer,
The CIA can remotely take over a Boeing plane.
LOL in yahoo news they are like its not unlike the Russians to shoot a passenger jet, but they dont mention the USA shooting down the Iran passenger jet.
Dude the double standards are suffocating.
The fact that there are dirty scumbags in the US government/military in no way mitigates the fact that there are dirty scumbags in the Russian government/military. I've stopped rooting for or even railing against any particular team. I hate the *game*.
Jesus... false flag much? Looks like peak false flag...
It makes one wonder what the heck is happening to the world lately.
it seems the perfect orchestration to cause an escalation compelling the states of europe to stop deliberating about the 'shift to the east' and get back in lockstep with america
but theres more at stake than 250 lives and a civvy aircraft. America may be disappointed at where the chips fall
The Russians/Ukraine separatists gain absolutely nothing by shooting down that plane. What is up for debate is what NATO/US/IMF stand to gain. The war they've been chomping at the bit to have?
Yes... Cui bono.
What? Don't blame me, I didn't do it..... ooh wait...
Are you sayin' this tail wag was brought to you by Haliburton?
Another plane down?
This has a real 911-style 'false flag' stink to it. Minutes after the event, Associated Press already has a squib pushing the Russian rocket narrative. Absolutley no talk whatsoever about the possibility that it could have been a bomb planted in Amsterdam. Oh no! "Russian rocket, Russian rocket, Russian rocket..."
Official: Malaysian Plane Shot Down Over Ukraine
Putin's plane was following a short distance behind, on his way home from the big BRICS summit. The psychopaths are sending another message that they don't like "de-dollarization." Maybe they actually intended to murder him, and hit the other plane with 300 people aboard instead. Oh well.
Ok this story if funny
story says that 23 americans were on board...
"An aide quoted by Interfax said the total number of dead in the crash was more than 300 and includes 23 U.S. citizens. An Associated Press reporter at the scene reported seeing at least 22 bodies."
Would not surprise me if all those 22 dead that are found are ALL AMERICANS
So the UKES army is in a cauldron ready to be wiped out and 23 Americans just happen to die at ground zero of the Operation...
Very Fishy...
Got to love the #23.
Very Fishy Indeed!!
I know something must be afoot, cause I swear I also have encountered that odd number a few times recently. Very odd indeed! It also hapends to be the 9Th Prime number, and well Sept 11 was the 9th Month of the year!. It is also the sum of 3 consecutives odd numbers 5, 7 and 11, well there is that number 11 from Sept 11, so QED.
They do say where you sit is important
This link suggests the airliner was shot down by an Israeli F-15 air to air missile,
the Israeli F-15 operating out of Azerbijan in central Asia.
Did Soros & Buffet short malaysian airlines prior to these incidents? /sarc
I quess it's anyone's game at the moment: Russia knows everyone will suspect USA/mossad false flag and this might trigger major shitstorm for USA, USA knows they can promote their anti russian agenda blaming (pro) russian forces, Israel uses the tragedy to invade Gaza as media is focused elsewhere or maybe Separatists just shooted some black tar heroin and tought the plane was stealth bomber?
There are so many forces and motives in play here it's hard to valuate reliability of any information about the incident. There are billionaire oligarch private forces in Ukraine, One could only speculate on their real agenda.
Duuuuude, u b truly lost-ya gotta' get on the GW thangie and see how the various manipulation regimes work.
Get your head out of your ass, or b) get a plasectomie.
Like any foriegn a/c could fly about, even with ...
- Ned
{really, get some help with that thang}
If Putins jet was, as reported/suggested in that airspace just before (honestly, I'd be a bit surpised if he was overflying that area right now,but...) then "they" might have wanted to off him, or might just have wanted to put the frighteners on him.
They are not a disciplined force if they really shot down the Antanov at 21K feet as they claimed they did then I think the odds are pretty good they shot down this plane as well ... not because they intended to, but because they made a mistake.
The rebels in Ukraine had earlier claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian transport jet,
then the rebels later denied that earlier claim after the reports of the Malaysian airliner crash.
So perhaps the airliner shoot down was a mistake committed by the rebels.
Could be, Lost Word.
But consider the sloppy intelligence community attempts at social media management in past false-flags: the perps miraculously acquire and release a credible-sounding secret insider leak from an intelligence agency to steer the discussion. Case in point: Mossad's unusually quick leak of an intercepted Syrian army officer phone conversatioin 'admitting' they used chemical weapons in East Ghouta.
For MH-17, we have a supposed SBU (Ukrainian Secret Service) released conversation with rebels 'admitting' they accidentally shot down the plane. It doesn't matter if it's proven fake weeks from now (just like the Mossad-doctored 'leaked' Syrian intel) . The point is to steer the social media conversation often and early, so people suspect Russia and/or pro-Russian rebels were responsible.
How long do you think it will be before CNN starts crying for the U.S. to attack Russia over this fake conversation: http://pastebin.com/d4quutU6
The Russians/Ukraine separatists gain absolutely nothing by shooting down that plane. What is up for debate is what NATO/US/IMF stand to gain. The war they've been chomping at the bit to have?
+1. I never swallow the presented information as "fact", instead always asking myself: "Cui Bono?" This applies especially to "Casus Belli".
The MSM / political class could tell me the fucking sky was blue and I would walk outside and look.
Can the CIA remotely control a Ukranian/Rebel Surface to Air Missle? Not that we sent any operatives into Eastern Ukraine...of course.
Or perhaps hack the flight tag so that the radar operator thinks it's a real threat. Falsely creating target bait.
This could have been done a thousand different ways.
Paging Franz Ferdinand........ Paging Franz Ferdinand....... your death was forgotten with the resultant carnage.
MSNBC will report that Sarah Palin was seen Moose hunting in the area.
At 33,000 feet? No way this is from a shoulder-fired missle...
They fucked up the false flag. It would have been 'better' if it went down closer to eastern Ukraine.
Russia may have been able to intercept the missile in Eastern Ukraine. The details of false flags are irrelevant anyway...
THAT is the question nobody is asking ! Who/Why clears a passangers aircraft to fly over a war zone, where other aircrafts have been downed just days before ?
Don't know who shot the missile, but it's pretty clear to me who is in charge of commercial air traffic. Hint: it's not "the terrorists"...
Thanks for the link, I was not familiar with that little footnote of history. Here's another historical figure you may not have heard of:
Now that was just plain funny.
Yo recognizer I think his post was appropriate. You have seen how clueless most Americans are even with US History LOL. You gotta lead the blind sometimes.
Yeah, those OTHER Americans are so dumb, they don't even know what caused WW1...
They also wanted to bust up the Ottoman Empire and split it between themselves, once and for all. The Ottoman Empire was already a vassal of the French and English, since before the time of the Crimean War, so some 70 years earlier.
Kind of like a creditor deciding interest payments and delays on payment of principal are not enough any more, and just start smashing things and grabbing collateral.
The American educational system is something of a tragedy to first world standards.
Will you dumb-asses get off Obama already. He's a fucking puppet, just like the dozen presidents before him.
He has free will, no? Could he not speak out against what is happening if he were so inclined?
Think about it. He is guaranteed to have his ass-kissed for the rest of his life if he says nothing (that is, if everything goes as planned). That's assuming he knows anything. Otherwise, he gets a bullet in the head by a "lone" gunman. What would you do?
Play a round of golf, or two, or...
Thank you, nice to know someone knows how the game is played.
I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse.
power-> Congress has freewill too and just one person in the HOR could stand up and file impeachment, but alas we are stuck in the R vs. D. paradigm, where D's use Bush as punching bag and R's use Obama as punching bag, while the constitution is destroyed by both, as the single colossal sign something is seriously wrong and common cause the masses could unite behind.
Never did anyone call Obama a puppet until his direct actions started to negatively impact the those who had been his most ardent supporters. Now those same voters who finally see him as the unskilled, inept, dishonest honest man child that we who were called racist for not trusting him, seek to justify their choice say he is a puppet. Progressives are not puppets. They destroy in order to gain power.
history, money and crime know no race
except the kind with the finish line
Gaius > Agree ++
If the masses continue to fall into the us vs. them paradigm and do not judge leaders for their real actions, discover the truth, the NWO wins.
He's a fucking puppet.
No, he isnt. He is a servant to WeThePeople aka the 'american' middle class.
Right- JFK, Nixon and Reagan all tried to cut the strings and we know what happened to them.
Right- JFK, Nixon and Reagan all tried to cut the strings and we know what happened to them.
Obama is a coward at best who is as we speak going on two DNC fund raisers.
I am thinking you may be right. What is it called? Occam's Razor? Dumb shites in Ukraine shooting up? "I got your back....NATO". I think the main analysis here has to go to "Where was Putin's plane?"
Now really I think he flies with decoys. And likely has unannounced flight plans. But I would like to know where Putin's plane and decoys were. Just saying I trust nobody.
During a 1983 Crossfire TV debate Larry McDonald pummeled his NWO opponent. He was well aware of globalist plans and exposed them at every opportunity. A few months later he was aboard the KAL007 that "accidentally" wanderered into Soviet airspace and "inexplicably" did not respond to the Soviet fighter pilots. Hmmmmmm.
Larry McDonald rocked...Ron Paul notes in this speech, Larry McDonald advised him to join whatever party could win, "it is the man not the party".
I'm no numerologist, but damn. Triple 7 with a 7 in the flight number shot down on 7/17? I don't know what that means, but I'm sure some creepy dude in an underground lair somewhere is pretty pleased with himself.
The day after sactions. The same airline losing a plane in very suspicious circumstances. This just doesn't ring right at all to me.
It will be found out to be the same Jet as MH370.
False Flag staged by Langley.
It was also designated as MH17...On 7-17...a Boeing 777, 3 Days before 7-20 and it may be the same jet as MH370...
This is another PSYOP/MISO.
Similar to MH370 actually 'going missing' on March 7th (in most time zones), which is 03/7 ~ 370
MH17 then crashes/shot down on 17th July
MH17 was exactly 17 years old today and it had it's first flight on 17th July 1997
See here for age and first flight
Also a 777 crashing on
July 2014 = 7, (2+0+1+4=7) = 77 = 7/7
Plane Reg Number 9M-MRD. (MuRDer)
Also, TWA800 flight shot down near New York on 17th July 1996
DANG dudes you're killing 7 as my lucky number, I guess I will have to take up 13 as the lucky one now.
MH370 provided great cover for the gangster banking cartel silver squad
Nice timeline, just like the Osama/silver smash
Dude! Take your meds!
Drudge Headline:
"Hillary's $2,777 Per Minute Speaking Contracts..."
Interesting video of Christine Lagarde giving a speech recently...and referencing the number 7 and its significance.
The idea she even mentions '7' and 'numerology' in a speech to business/high ranking people - is bizarre.
Info for consideration.
leather face returnsIMF Christine Lagarde
tells us of the power of the number 7
Recall she said she jumped up a little early.
* G-20 meeting Sydney 7/19
Wollongong airport event.
** Today is the Seventeenth.
Did you decode Christine Lagarde again?
Or rather all Boeings, since decades
German Secretary of Defence Andreas Von Buelow made the following statement:
"There is also the theory of one British flight engineer: according to this, the steering of the planes was perhaps taken out of the pilots' hands, from outside. The Americans had developed a method in the 1970s, whereby they could rescue hijacked planes by intervening into the computer piloting [automatic pilot system]. This theory says, this technique was abused in this case..."
betcha it was probably planned by Israel.
Sure, they're the cause of near-sightedness too! And scurvy, and chicken pox!
Obsession is not good for you... or anyone near you.
That explains them stealing eyeballs from kidnapped palestinian children.
I'm gonna go with Ukraine targeted them.
Considering rebels don't have access to STA missiles that can reach 33K FT (6.25) at least not publicly and I doubt Russia gave them S-400's as well.
Flight 800 bitchez.
Keep stackin.
Having little info, I won't come to any conclusions. That said, your comment makes more sense than most of them here - that is, an air defense type missile. (IF FORCED to make a guess at this point - it would be that someone in Ukraine screwed up. How would they benefit from shooting down a civilian airliner ?)
People seem to jump to conclusions with no supporting evidence. We don't Really know if there was a plane, if it went down, or if it was shot down - and if so, by whom. If some government type provides 'evidence', can we trust it ? (Remember Colin Powell and his claims ?)
Can you trust any of the 'news' today ?
Why would Ukraine target a jet coming from the West?
More logical the Russians would shoot down a jet coming from the West.
Unless Ukraine tried a False Flag to blame Russia?
Purpose? To involve NATO in the Ukraine war?
The Ukrainian miitary have these weapons capable of such a target - they have shown to be cowboys firing indiscriminately at various civilian targets - the flight path has been avoided by most pilots going east and west - so the Ukrainians thought it was a Russian plane and fired without verification
a lot of pressure on these guys in the field for material events to be given to the americans
If not an accidental shootdown, it was probably done by the US, the Uke Nazis, or both.
They, and only they, stand to benefit.
I am a victim, oh lawd I am a victim
Sorry, it's taken. Flight 666 is Ed Force One.
They also had a Finnair flight to Helsinki on friday the 13th with flight number 666 .
Dang! Look how fast the Fed is fixing stocks and crushing the rally in precious metals!! Told ya, nothing is more important to your perceptions than US equities continuing this 5 year rally, AND precious metals value being stolen on a daily basis.
Jus part of the plan
44 downvotes the hasbara trolls are in overdrive these days!!!
The Paper GOLD SHORTING Machines Have Just Gone "FULL THROTTLE" !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Uninterruptible_Autopilot Move along.. nothing to see here...
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The Daily Paul....they have an awesome financial section and often link from ZH.
Prices are climbing for both gold & silver, at the moment, though.
We're getting cramped for space but one more bean run wouldn't hurt.
This education series may be in order, huh?
another good link
MH370 has fulfilled its original purpose after all. Start a war
MH370 has fulfilled its original purpose after all. To start a war
No airline in the world would put their flight path through that area.
People are actually expected to believe this shit
bullshit! all airlines are doing it.
google international flight path map
Right. It wasn't considered risky because the man portable missiles the Ukranian separatists have don't have the range. They weren't thought to have other systems. If they captured some, who would have the training to get a hit (if the equipment worked at all?)
This was either
a) an accident - they do happen
b) a bomb - Is-off-the-rails / Uncle sam (same thing)
c) The Ukranian Kosher government - missile from vehicle or plane will do the job
d) The Russians sneaked a jet in, shot it down, then sneaked out - to throw a spanner in the works
I'm pretty sure our ground-based phased-array radars working 24/7 in the region can tell you where a missile came from, how long it flew and along what path, what was the mass of the missile, and from the speed and mass what was the model, and the exact debris field.
Someone (or a large group of someones) in the Pentagon knows the exact story -- knew it within 60 seconds of it happening -- and if that story does not look good for Putin and his buds in east Ukraine then that story will be all over the headlines tomorrow morning.
If you hear nothing over a few days, you have reason to suspect it was not Putin. In which case it could be just about any of a dozen really twisted scenarios. Nor would I rule out a terrorist act having nothing to do with the situation in Ukraine
Yes well pretty good reasoning except it all depends on the integrity of data coming from USA sources. Now me I question the validity of that. Why? Proven in the past. I do not trust any US gov. source for anything, anywhere, anytime.
Just keep in mind, The US economy IS THE US STOCK MARKET...Or has been made as such. Therefore, a loss in equity value would be seen as weakness in the US economy. And that doesn't fly on any level based on what we've seen in the last 5.5 years.
The Fed will provoke buying in stocks and will destroy this move in precious metals very shortly!
You know what gives you creeps? Malaysian plane MH-17 on July 17th (today) Boeing 777 (model of the plane), crashed at 5:17 (17:17) local time. Similar to 9/11 creeps.
Just read the target might have been Putin's plane, it followed a similar flight plan to the Malaysian plane. http://rt.com/news/173672-malaysia-plane-crash-putin/
I do hope this is not true, because if it is....................................................
"They're Pinky and the Brain. They're Pinky and the Brain. One is a genius and the other is insane"
From Animaniacs Pinky and the Brain who set out every night to rule the world. 2 lab rats.
Now go figure who is who.
The Paper GOLD SHORTING Machines Have Just Gone "FULL THROTTLE" !!!
This will be blamed on Russia.
So predictable.
So who do you blame it on, the Jews?
So who do you blame it on, the Jews?
Of course. From the ZeroHedge Nazi trolls, I would expect no less!
Geraldo Riveraberg on FOX just stated that Putin has the blood of these innocent passengers on his hands. You people do love to stir the shit.
Yes and yes again. Shite. But you know the US public education system graduates idiots. What do you expect. ONLY people in USA who get any kind of education based on fact? Offshore. CNN is all about hairdos and cleavage. Macho idiots. And frigging Wolf Blitsfuck?
They are fed a script. They have no minds that think. BUT they do have paychecks that entitle them to pontificate the party line. Push is coming to shove here. Nobody with a brain will send their sons to die for this latest "Franz Ferdinand" garbage.
Yeah Israel invades. Yeah we blow up airlines. Yeah we have CIA trained "terrorists". Yeah we spy on every move everywhere. Yeah we monitor. Yeah we manipulate.
Big thing is YEAH....WE THINK YOU ALL ARE STUPID.
shouldn't you two be posting somewhere about palestinians as devils and israelis as poor innocent peace loving angels?
you shame your ashkenazi ancestors.
Jews or Judeans? There are none of the later, Sammy Davis Jr became a jew. Other then that so called "Jews" by their very nature are a clannish tribe of heathen gypsy's and they do a fine by their own actions they don't need any help by anyone in ruining their reputation. They would be as recognizable as Irish asphalt and home repair gypsy's if everyone would just stop talking about them but they feed off the strife and therefore grow in power. Scamming little old Christian widows out of their money because they are continually promoted as Gods chosen brand and "Israel must be protected" with walls of fiat, yes, the path to heaven is not by Grace but by preserving a swath of sand and rock with force which sounds a lot like "works" to me. I think a common biblical reference for them was "stiff necked and uncircumcised in the heart" nothing much has changed.
So where were we, oh yes, the plane.
how the hell can it possibly be blamed on Russia when Ukraine's sovereign airspace has been violated in the west
oh, btw i down'd you, but you got a 4/1 to my vote
They are already blaming it on the 'Rebels' which is the same as blaming it on Russia.
Rebels in the western part of the country? Someone square that circle for me.
All according to plan, rally on.
SO? What do you expect? That is the design of this. Either this was a complete fuck up by Ukraine (who moved in the hardware). and are documented as being "untrained". So an "oopsies we fucked up"...
or it is far more than that,
Rebels had no hardware reaching to that height. Unless Cheney was on-site maybe with a launcher and hunting for "deer" and made some boo boo.
Shite the world is getting sick of this. Solve my questions please CNN and Fox. Please help me think the truth CIA. What bothers me is that Canada keeps kissing butt to this.
So it happened in Western Ukraine, but the wreckage is in eastern Ukraine?
Archduke Ferdinand moment, let's get ready to RUUUUMBLE !
paper gold and paper silver are rocketing higher just since this news broke. I'm thinking this news is the cause of PM's jumping since around 11:20am or so. This issue could ignite the war with Russia.
Hope it doesn't become an Arch Duke Ferdinand-type moment in history.


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GOP Rep: Democrats waging 'war on whites.' Valentine to lead tax commission. Chaffetz gives liberal counterpart tour of rural Utah.
Happy Tuesday. An Alabama Republican says the GOP's hardline stance on immigration isn't going to hurt the party. In fact, he says the Democrats are hurting themselves with white voters who still make up the biggest percentage in the country. "This is a part of the war on whites that's being launched by the Democratic Party. And the way in which they're launching this war is by claiming that whites hate everybody else," Rep. Mo Brooks told radio host Laura Ingraham. "It's part of the strategy that Barack Obama implemented in 2008, continued in 2012, where he divides us all on race, on sex, greed, envy, class warfare, all those kinds of things. Well that's not true." [HuffPost]
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Catch reports from anglers targeting big game action in the warmer waters off the Outer Banks showed improved fishing on a mix of pelagic species last weekend. The staff at the Oregon Inlet Marina topped its offshore report with a release of a swordfish estimated at 650 pounds for one of its private boats. Charters running out of Teach's Lair reported good numbers of blackfin tuna, along with a mix of yellowfin tuna, longfin tuna, mahi mahi, mako sharks and golden tilefish. Bluefin tuna provided good fishing for charters running out of Hatteras Harbor Marina, with weigh-ins including a 229-pound citation for Michael Henry, a 210-pounder caught by John Morgan and a 72-inch bluefin caught by Joe Link that tipped the scales at an even 200 pounds. Link also released a bluefin that measured longer than 72 inches. Deep droppers fishing depths of 300 or more feet off Virginia and the Outer Banks listed plenty of action on a mix of blueline tilefish, black bellied rosefish, barrel fish, wreckfish and groupers, according to reports passed along by the crew at the Virginia Beach Fishing Center and Julie Ball of Extreme Sportfishing. Topping the weigh-ins by deepwater bottom bouncers during the past week were a 34-pound, 40-inch grouper caught by Hardge Davis and a grouper caught by Henry Robinson that measured 46 inches and pushed the scale to 47 pounds. Both fish were caught aboard Captain Andy Piland's Good Times charter out of Hatteras Harbor Marina. With sea bass season closed until May, boaters running out of Lewes and Indian River Inlet are focusing on tautog whenever wind and sea conditions have been calm enough to fish the inshore wrecks and structure piles at Artificial Reef Site 11. Tog fishermen are reporting success on a variety of baits, including green crabs, frozen sandfleas, white leg crabs, fiddlers, blue crabs, shrimp and fresh clams. While reports from the southern end of Delmarva indicated bird activity and large schools of bait inside the three-mile line, there haven't been any reports of rockfish being caught. But with the bait moving closer to the beach, anglers are optimistic that it won't be long before the stripers move back into areas that are open to fishing. With strong winds and unseasonably cold temperatures dominating weather reports, there haven't been any reports of success from local surf casters. There have been reports of a few die-hard jetty fishermen trying for stripers and shad along the rocks of the Indian River Inlet, but there have not been reports of fish being caught. Cod fishing reports from Captain Tom Weiss of the head boat Captain Al out of Point Lookout listed good fishing on days when winds and seas were reasonable. According to the reports, the cod have moved out to deeper 100- to 120-foot depths, where they're being caught on fresh clam baits.
With surface temperatures recordings in the upper 30s at Ship John Lighthouse and the NOAA monitoring station in Lewes, it will be a while before conditions will be right for spring rockfish action. There should be some tautog hanging out on the heavy structure of the Outer Wall and Icebreakers if predictions for calmer weather during the upcoming week actually allow boaters to get out on the water. White perch are starting to make their way up the bay and into the tributary rivers and creeks, with reports of perch action at the Port Mahon and Woodland Beach fishing piers for anglers baiting with bloodworms or grass shrimp. Anglers fishing the piers also reported releasing occasional male stripers between 14 and 18 inches in length.
Catch reports from John Massey at Shooter's Supply indicated action on white perch and catfish for anglers fishing along the banks of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Delaware River with night crawlers, grass shrimp and cut bunker. Anglers checking in at the shop also reported some action on short rockfish in the tidal waters of the Christiana River and Brandywine Creek while fishing chunks of frozen bunker. Keeper stripers topped the weekly river report from Patty Foley at Captain Bones Bait and Tackle, with four linesiders measuring more than 28 inches caught on bloodworms over the weekend at Augustine Beach. Bloodworms also produced white perch for anglers fishing Augustine Beach. Catch reports passed along by Carol Taylor at Taylored Tackle indicated good panfish action in the tidal waters of the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek. Fishermen trying for yellow perch reported good fishing in the stretch of Broad Creek from the Bethel bridge upstream to the Records Pond spillway, with most being caught on night crawlers. Anglers focusing on crappie had good reports from Bethel Hole and the area around the Blades Marina on small to medium shiners. Anglers checking in at the Seaford shop also had reports of quality white perch fishing between Phillips Landing and the area known as Hawks Nest. Fishermen trying for white perch have had the best luck while baiting with bloodworms. Fly fishermen traveling north to Pulaski for winter steelhead action have been getting into some quality fish at the Lower Fly Zone, Trestle Pool and the DSR. Effective patterns of the Salmon River steelies, according to a report from the folks at Whitaker's Sport Store, included size six wooly buggers in black, brown, olive or white and size 10 black bead head stoneflies.
Trout fishermen were lined up, shoulder to shoulder, along the banks of Newton Pond and Tidbury Pond for Saturday's opener. The ponds were stocked with 300 pounds of rainbow trout late last week and are scheduled to receive a similar number of trout next week. Anglers fishing Newton and Tidbury ponds through April 1 are required to have a valid trout stamp as well as a fishing license. Ed Raymond checked in at Captain Bones Bait and Tackle to weigh a 4.91-pound citation chain pickerel caught on a jerkbait at Morris Mill Pond. Shop owner Patty Foley also passed along reports of bass and crappie being caught on a mix of natural and artificial baits by anglers fishing Noxontown Pond, Garrison Lake and Dover's Silver Lake. Bass fishermen stopping at the Williamsville Country Store reported shiner fishing to be the most effective tactic at McGinnis and Tubmill ponds.


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|Tension Viscerothorax after Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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|BACKGROUND: Tension viscerothorax is herniation of abdominal viscera into the thorax. Tension viscerothorax can simulate tension pneumothorax. Immediate decompression with a nasogastric tube is required for hemodynamic stabilization. OBJECTIVE: A case of tension viscerothorax is reported along with a review of the literature to highlight this rare complication of blunt abdominal trauma, and to emphasize the importance of nasogastric tube decompression in tension viscerothorax. CASE REPORT: A 10-year-old boy with a remote history of trauma related to a motor vehicle crash was brought into the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of vomiting, epigastric pain, and dyspnea. By physical examination and chest X-ray study, tension gastrothorax was diagnosed. Nasogastric tube placement was difficult and delayed, and the patient deteriorated into cardiac arrest, but after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation and nasogastric tube insertion, the patient was stabilized. Laparotomy was performed and primary repair of a ruptured diaphragm was done. The patient made an uneventful recovery. CONCLUSION: Acute tension viscerothorax should be considered in the differential diagnosis of tension pneumothorax, and its initial resuscitation should include nasogastric tube insertion for immediate decompression.
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Where were the Christians before the Reformation?
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A response to a Catholic correspondent's question: "I am genuinely puzzled by your statement that neither the Orthodox nor Catholic Churches are Christian, but false churches … I really would like to know the answer: when were these false churches established? Who were the Christians up to the time of the Reformation?"
A Catholic correspondent emailed me after reading my recent 'Fallout' article:
I am genuinely puzzled by your statement that neither the Orthodox nor Catholic Churches are Christian, but false churches … I really would like to know the answer: when were these false churches established? Who were the Christians up to the time of the Reformation?
To my mind, this question seems calculated to embarrass away my view of Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. It implies the following about my position, and its consequences:
- The Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches became ("were established" as) false churches at discrete and measurable points in time;
- These points must have been prior to the Reformation;
- Therefore, for some time before the Reformation, there was no genuine Christian Church;
- Therefore, for some time before the Reformation, there were no genuine Christians;
- This is untenable and should not be believed (presumably because of Jesus's promise in Matthew 16:18).
Lemme take a crack at these.
1. The Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches became false churches at discrete, measurable points in time
I'm not a historical theologian, so frankly I can't comment. Perhaps there are specific points in time at which both the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches accreted so much false doctrine that they ceased to be genuine Christian institutions. But who could say? Perhaps there is a discrete point in time at which the grains of sand I keep dropping on the ground become a pile. But why does it matter that I can identify that point? Once a certain amount of sand has accumulated, it's indisputable that there is a pile. And once a certain number of false teachings about the doctrine of justification are accumulated (for example), it's indisputable that there is no gospel any longer. A church without the biblical doctrine of justification is preaching a false gospel (Galatians 1:6-9; 2:16,21; 3:1-3).
2. These points of apostasy must have been prior to the Reformation
I tend to agree. I'm not very familiar with Eastern Orthodoxy, but it seems to me that both the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches had fully vacated the gospel of grace by the time of the Reformation, teaching instead a gospel of works.
3. Therefore, for some time before the Reformation, there was no genuine Christian Church
This seems to presuppose a rather tendentious view of ecclesiology. I don't grant that "the Church" is contiguous with a monolithic religious institution. The Bible doesn't use the word that way. It mostly speaks of individual churches.
I think individual churches could be genuinely Christian, even if technically under the authority of a non-Christian ecclesiastical institution. Of course, I also think it's not particularly likely that they would be.
On the other hand, if we take "the Church" to be a spiritual entity rather than a physical one, (3) is obviously false. Inasmuch as there were still Christians prior to the Reformation (see below), there was still an invisible church comprising all those believers—even if it never met together.
4. Therefore, for some time before the Reformation, there were no genuine Christians
This premise, of course, only highlights how false the Catholic gospel is. Unless I'm much mistaken, I glimpse the hidden assumption that salvation is through the sacraments, and so without a "true church" to belong to, you can't be saved.
But of course, salvation is not through the sacraments; it's through faith in God's promise that your sins are dealt with by the atoning work of Christ. And that promise is something not particularly hard to come by, even in the most hopelessly lost church. You can accumulate an awful lot of useless baggage in your beliefs, but still be counted among the sheep if you're trusting exclusively in the work of Christ for your salvation.
Now, it goes without saying that most adherents to Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy are not trusting exclusively in the work of Christ. That would have been especially so among the laity of the middle ages and Renaissance, who had no access to the Bible, and who therefore had to simply trust what their priests told them about the means of salvation—which of course was that they had to perform certain works.
To a large extent, that situation continues. From the evidence I've seen, Catholicism has not improved since then (again, I know little of Eastern Orthodoxy). Its adherents, especially in countries like Italy, Spain and the Latin Americas, are highly indoctrinated in all manner of superstitions and practices by which they hope to be saved. In fairness, much of this is not directly from the Church. But in equal fairness it's the natural extension of what the Church teaches; and the Church certainly does nothing to discourage or correct it. It makes my blood boil just to think on it, that Roman Catholicism is actively encouraging such rank idolatry and "Christianized" paganism, leading these poor ignorant, lost souls straight into hell.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Be that as it may, I don't think there were no genuine Christians prior to the Reformation. I have no doubt that God continued to gather his elect, even out of the grim sludge of false doctrine that would, without his grace, have drowned them.
The above premises are untenable and should not be believed
I actually do think it's untenable to claim there were no Christians for some time prior to the Reformation. But I don't think it's untenable to believe that the number of those whom God saved during the middle ages dwindled because the gospel was largely obviated by an increasingly apostate and politically-motivated "church". For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. But the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
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I don't really think your answer solves the dilemma. I would offer a similar argument that I believe cuts right to the heart: can you name a few Early Church Fathers (say from the year 200AD to 500AD) that you believe were orthodox Christians in what they preached?
I've yet to have a Protestant answer this question honestly and directly. Not saying you wont, but I believe that any answer you give, that same ECF can be shown to be equally if not more "Catholic" in their overall theological views.
p.s. I don't see an "email me of follow up responses" check-box, so I might not know if you respond.
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
that same ECF can be shown to be equally if not more "Catholic" in their overall theological views.
Nick, your own supposed objection works against you. If the early church fathers can only (and arguably) be shown to be more Catholic than Protestant, then they were neither Catholic nor Protestant. But isn't a fundamental tenet of Catholicism the homogeneousness of church tradition from the earliest times? And isn't church tradition from that period comprised in significant part by the teachings of the early church fathers? If Catholicism existed back then, as Catholicism claims, then the early church fathers would have been Catholic.
In either event, I don't see the relevance of your question. So what if the early church fathers weren't orthodox in everything they taught? That's hardly surprising given that most of them didn't have more than fragments of poorly translated bits of Scripture to work from. The issue is whether they were Christians, or whether they denied the gospel. And whether it matters in any given instance.
Thank you for this blog, may God bless you.
Scott Windsor
But how about answering the original question? When were the Catholic and Orthodox churches formed? If they were originally Christian, in your view, when did they leave orthodoxy and cease to be Christian?
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
Scott, I made my reasons for not answering this question quite clear.
Scott Windsor
While you did provide rationalizations – what is clear is that you're avoiding dealing with the meat of the thesis. Were the Catholic and Orthodox churches at one time, by your standard, to be considered "Christian?" If so, when did these churches cease to be "Christian," again, in your view? It appears you're avoiding a direct answer because (IMHO) you do not want to admit Catholics and Orthodox were EVER "Christians." Yet, once you state Catholics and Orthodox were never "Christians" – you leave a HUGE hole in the history of the Christian Church – one which no amount of rationalization can fill. I challenge you to study history a bit more objectively and consider what it means to be a Catholic and see if you have a bit of a change of heart in your position. If the Holy Ghost so moves you – I believe you will soften your heart.
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
Scott, your question is like asking when enough grains of sand become a heap. Like all Catholics, you have this idea that it's reasonable to call the church of, say, 700 AD the "Catholic" Church in the same way you call the Roman Church of 2011 the "Catholic" Church.
Sorry, but I just deny that claim as obviously false.
Scott Windsor
Actually, I will admit in your article that you're not definitively saying that Catholicism and Orthodoxy were never Christian – and the implication is that at one time they WERE Christian, but that at some point prior to Luther, et al, (by your view) they became so corrupt that they could no longer be called Christian.
Just because you can't identify an exact date, doesn't mean you shouldn't be held accountable to provide a date by which you can certainly say these churches were not Christian. I mean, are we talking about 2nd century, or 18th century? If you can't even narrow it down at all, you're just full of hot air.
As for whether Orthodox "trust exclusively in the work of Christ for their salvation", how are you going to know that? Is it by the statements Orthodox make? Are you interpreting them correctly? Would you have accused the author of James in the bible of the same problem if you simplistically interpret what he said?
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
John, I already stated that the Roman and Orthodox churches had left behind the gospel by the time of the Reformation. So that is a date by which I can certainly say these churches were not Christian.
I can't narrow it down further given what I know of historical comparative theology (which is not my field of study). Does that mean I am full of hot air? If so, why?
As regards the Orthodox trusting exclusively in the work of Christ, yes, I know this from statements the Orthodox make. Am I interpreting them correctly? I don't know—am I interpreting you correctly? Are you interpreting me correctly? Are you really trumpeting skepticism? If you'd searched my blog before posting, you'd know I've written on the issue of faith and works in James.
By the reformation eh. Well, I think we deserve at least… oh say a 500 year window here surely. Does that mean the Orthodox church was ok in the year 1000? If you can't narrow it down even within such a big window as this, then you are hardly qualified to be talking about it.
You make a lot of effort to fit James into your theology, even though a cursory reading would have it contradict you. So how do we know you give Orthodox the same courtesy? Give us some reason to have confidence in your impartiality in this matter.
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
John, you're not making sense.
1. Why exactly do you think you "deserve" a 500 year window? In what way am I obligated to give you such a thing? I gave an upper limit for when the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches could no longer be considered Christian. How does that bind me to providing a lower limit? Or a window of any kind?
2. How is my upper limit invalidated if I don't provide a window? If I have enough historical knowledge to give an upper limit, but not enough to give a lower limit? You're implying that my inability to give a lower limit entails my inability to give an upper limit. How?
3. Why should I care if you have confidence in my impartiality towards the Eastern Orthodox? If you don't know what the EOC teaches about salvation, and the ways in which that contradicts the gospel, then go and educate yourself. That's not my responsibility, and it's not a focus of this post.
4. If you want to contest that these churches had vacated the gospel of grace by the time of the Reformation, then you'll need to actually argue for your position instead of casting these nonsensical aspersions.
1. If you're incapable of even narrowing it down to 500 years, what makes you think you are qualified for anybody to be paying any attention to you whatsoever? You should hand in your bloggers license.
2. Both the substance and the credibility of your position is affected by your ability to provide a window. If it turns out you really don't think there were many Christians since the year 150, then your position is certainly made clear.
3. If you're going to comment on Eastern Orthodoxy, then you should be prepared to substantiate it. Obviously you can't, so you ought to cease and desist.
4. This is your blog, and therefore your responsibility to substantiate whatever positions you decide to enunciate.
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
John, I'm embarrassed for you. You seem incapable of actually arguing for any position. You just make these laughable assertions as if I should accept them on your own authority. If you're Catholic, I suppose that makes sense. Either way, don't post here again unless you are going to argue for the statements that you make.
I liked your article. I don't see very many people come to the Biblical conclusion that God claimed His church would prevail. Institutions do not define it. That is just psuedo religious authorities claiming headship that isn't theirs. I just can't see Him waiting around for a few 100 years for Luther to be born, either, even if I believed Luther did that much to change religious rituals. Just because institutions claim the title of Christian, doesn't make it so. Have you ever read "A Noble Army of Heretics" by Bill Jackson?
Dominic Bnonn Tennant
Thanks Laura. I haven't read anything by Jackson I'm afraid.
Based on what you write, I think you might like it: http://www.amazon.com/The-Noble-Army-Of-Heretics/dp/B00072DWC4/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1F789E61KKXL1
I read it out loud to my kids before they "graduated" from being taught at home. It is not an easy read, but was refreshing in how it (graciously) pointed out how whatever the politically powerful religious institution of the day, history tended to be written by them to obscure those believers who would not follow the dictates of that institution.


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ProDesk3D color 3D printer open to pre-order, blue option added
updated 03:20 pm EDT, Thu May 23, 2013
Standard version priced at $2,849, including material cartridges
BotObjects, the creators of the ProDesk3D printer, has opened it up for pre-orders. Billed as the world's first full-color 3D desktop printer, the ProDesk3D is going on sale in two different versions, one in orange and a limited edition version with blue coloring and extra equipment, with the first shipments due to be sent by the first of October.
The redesigned company website has also been updated to show off items printed off the ProDesk3D. It has a build platform capable of creating 300x275x275mm objects (11.8x10.8x10.8 inches) at a resolution as high as 25 microns per layer, and to demonstrate this, it has been used to print multicolored instruments, a robot, and a vase.
The standard edition, with orange trim and window, will cost $2,849 with a $400 discount for an early order, and is supplied with one starter 5-color cartridge set and 1 support material cartridge. The blue version will cost $3,349, also discounted, and will come with triple the amount of cartridges. Extra cartridges will cost $49.95 per set.


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It looks like it could be changed to over $3b if the judge decides to do this:
"A jury in San Jose, California awarded $1.049 billion to the US tech giant, according to court documents. But analysts said the damages could be tripled because jurors found Samsung "willfully" infringed on patents.
Judge Lucy Koh "now has the discretion to triple Apple's damages award, which is already a monstrous and unprecedented" sum."
Samsung releasing rejected evidence to the public during the trial might be one of the worst decisions they made.


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Attorneys for convicted killer Billy Ray Irick Monday asked a Knox County judge to find Irick not competent to be executed.
A jury convicted Irick of raping and killing a 7-year-old Knoxville girl he had been baby-sitting in 1985.
Tennessee law essentially says a death row inmate cannot be deemed fit for execution if they are not able to comprehend how the crime they are convicted of fits into the punishment of death.
The state Supreme Court has set a Dec. 7 execution date for Irick.
In Knox County Monday, Irick's attorneys used psychological witnesses to explore Irick's childhood. They argue a dysfunctional family led to Irick not receiving the type of mental health treatments he needed as early as 6 years old.
A psychologist testified today Irick has the mental capabilities of a 7 to 9 year old child. He also testified a child of that age has some understanding of how punishment would follow a crime.
Two tests indicated Irick's intelligence is well above that considered disabled in Tennessee. Those tests showed Irick had an IQ of 84, and then an IQ of 96.
Prosecutors argued Irick does understand what is happening in terms of the capital punishment he faces. Also, they point to the fact that Irick has been involved in no "mental health emergencies" while in state custody.
The hearing is expected to resume Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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What is "peak season" and why do I have to be concerned about it?
Peak season is the term used by water utilities to define their highest times of water consumption, which usually occurs between May 1 and Oct. 30. We use the most water during the hot summer months when we take more showers and water our lawns more often. In James City County, peak season demand increases 40 percent over annual daily averages, and 50% over winter daily averages. Most of the increase is due to residential customers using their irrigation systems inefficiently or incorrectly.
Reducing peak consumption is important to you because water system improvements and expansions are based on peak projections, and if consumption exceeds projections, the system is strained. The end results are decreased water pressure, which could impact fire safety, costly infastructure repairs, and system expansion. Repairs and expansions may result in higher rates for the customer.
How can I keep my lawn healthy if I don't water?
The number one cause of disease in turf is over-watering. Healthy lawns only need one inch of water per week. The best way to ensure a healthy lawn is by choosing the right grass or mixture of grasses for your yard and by maintaining an annual nutrient management schedule.
For homeowners with irrigation systems, properly installed systems equipped with moisture sensors and automatic timers are the easiest way to ensure efficient watering. Set your timers to water between 4 and6 a.m. If you water between 6 and 8 a.m., your irrigation competes with the surge in morning household use. If you water during the heat of the day, much of the water is wasted through evaporation.
If you don't own an irrigation system, and water by hand, you can buy an automatic water shut off valve for your outdoor faucet. These valves are available in your local hardware store for under $15.
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