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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Le Champ-Gain"
45 years old
The vines are located in the Puligny-Montrachet Village area, in the south of the Côte de Beaune. The Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champs Gains is located just above Les Folatière. Puligny is also the place where you can find the most famous Grands Crus vineyards (Bienvenues-Bâtard Montrachet, Bâtard Montrachet, Montrachet and Chevalier Montrachet). Soil : clay and limestone. The parcel is located high on the slope. 100% chardonnay - Guyot pruning with different yearly works in the vineyard (pruning, trellising on wires/tying-in, thinning fruit-bunches).
The grapes are harvested by hand and sorted out when picking the grapes. The grapes are wholly pressed in a pneumatic press at a low pressure to get a slow extraction. After a cold settling of 12 hours at 13°C, then a gentle racking of the must, the wine is put in French oak casks (25% of new oak). The primary and malolactic fermentations can then begin with wild yeasts.
The ageing is long on fine lees during 15 months. A month before the bottling, the wine from the different barrels is put in a stainless steel tank to make the blend. The wine is finally fined and gently filtered before bottling it following the lunar calendar ("fruit day to get a wine on freshness and minerality).
Very elegant wine with mineral notes and a well-integrated acidity. In mouth, long and fine.
fish, shellfish or creamy white meat.
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Le Champ-Gain"
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Buffalo Bills Football
November 14, 2010 by staff
Buffalo Bills Football, The Detroit Lions are 2-6 on the season, but 0-4 in away games. In fact, the Lions have lost their last 24 road games in a row. Their victory was the last road three years ago. However, despite their record on the road, the team seems to play hard and a marked improvement over recent seasons. In one of their six defeats are they more of a possession away from tying or winning the game.
The Lions lost 23-20 in overtime last Sunday against the New York Jets. What was worse than losing a match they had their heads almost all the time, was losing their starting quarterback Matthew Stafford, again. Stafford threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third before re-injured his right shoulder and had to leave the game in the fourth quarter. Stafford has not played 2-7 weeks due to a shoulder injury, and then returned in Week 8 for a 37-25 victory over the Washington Redskins. Last week was only his second game back and it is unknown at this time if it is done for the season.
Game Football: Detroit Lions versus Buffalo Bills
Game Time: 1:00 PM ET November 14, 2010
Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo, NY Location
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The 0-8 Buffalo Bills are only league team without a win this season. The Bills lost last weekend in Toronto to the Chicago Bears 19-22. It seems they are on their way to their first win when they had a lead of 5 points in the fourth quarter, but it should not be. Buffalo hopes to end their losing streak at home this Sunday against the Detroit Lions.
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Aquilegia, Hybrid Columbine 'Blazing Star'
|Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee) (Info)
|Aquilegia (a-kwi-LEE-jee-a) (Info)
|Blazing Star
Foliage Color:
Bloom Characteristics:
Flowers are good for cutting
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Water Requirements:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Where to Grow:
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
15-18 in. (38-45 cm)
USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 �C (-40 �F)
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 �C (-35 �F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 �C (-30 �F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 �C (-25 �F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 �C (-20 �F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 �C (-15 �F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 �C (-10 �F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 �C (-5 �F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 �C (0 �F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 �C (5 �F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F)
Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Light Shade
Seed is poisonous if ingested
Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color:
Pale Yellow
Bloom Time:
Late Spring/Early Summer
Mid Summer
Late Summer/Early Fall
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information:
Propagation Methods:
By dividing the rootball
Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
Gardeners' Notes:
No details have been posted.


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One conscript was killed and around two dozen hurt on Wednesday in an accidental explosion at a Russian artillery firing range southeast of Moscow, Russian news agencies reported.
The incident occurred at testing grounds in the Ryazan region when two trucks carrying gunpowder exploded as the conscripts were disposing of outdated weaponry, Interfax said, quoting a Moscow military district spokesman.
Interfax said 23 conscripts were wounded. RIA Novosti, quoting a defence ministry spokesman, put the number of injured at 24. The defence ministry, contacted by AFP, declined to comment on the episode.
Deadly incidents of unintentional explosion of shells mishandled by inadequately-trained soldiers have been reported on several occasions in recent years.
Last November, 10 people -- eight soldiers and two firefighters -- were killed in a series of accidental explosions on two different days at a single munitions depot in the central Russian city of Ulyanovsk.
Two months earlier, a fire set off a munitions blast at a base in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, killing an officer wounding two conscripts.
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PHILADELPHIA — Cliff Lee struck out 11 over seven impressive innings in his first game back with Philadelphia, five players had multiple hits and the Phillies beat the Houston Astros 9-4 Saturday night.Comment on this story
A day after rallying against closer Brandon Lyon for a comeback win in the ninth, the Phillies roughed up starter Wandy Rodriguez.
The victory might be costly to the Phillies because center fielder Shane Victorino left with soreness in his left calf. There was no immediate word on the extent of his injury, but Victorino has twice been on the disabled list with calf strains.
The Phillies already are missing second baseman Chase Utley, closer Brad Lidge and outfielder Domonic Brown.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With producers of Russian Federation, this 2014 film was directed by Kirill Khrestinin. You can watch The House of Domovoy online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
Rating: 5 by 6 users./
Runtime: 47 minutes
Ekaterina Efimova, Kirill Khrestinin, Uliana Koptyaeva, Natalya Mikhina, Egor Morozov and Roman Prussakov.
47-minute film (full movie) directed by Kirill Khrestinin.
The original audio of The House of Domovoy has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Russian Federation.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Kirill Khrestinin.
Roman Prussakov and Kirill Khrestinin.
Kirill Khrestinin.
Composed by Kirill Khrestinin.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The House of Domovoy has a duration of 47 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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PARIS, July 10 (Reuters) - Club Mediterranee suitor Andrea Bonomi met trade unions on Thursday morning to outline his plan for the French holidays group amid fears of possible job cuts in its home market, where it has been underperforming.
Bonomi is now Club Med's largest shareholder in the company that pioneered all-inclusive holidays after building a stake of nearly 11 percent this year. He is offering 21 euros a share for Club Med or 790 million euros ($1.08 billion).
The Italian tycoon's offer tops a one year-old 557 million euros offer by China's Fosun International and French private equity group Ardian. That offer was priced at 17.50 euros a share but became mired in legal challenges and shareholder opposition to it as too low.
Bonomi must convince Club Med shareholders, staff and the French establishment his offer is best for Club Med's future. Part of his strategy to win support has been to promise accelerated expansion in the country.
Unions are unconvinced.
"Bonomi's offer is attractively priced but there are fears he might tighten cost cuts and cut jobs. We want to see how serious he is about expanding in France," FGTA-FO trade union representative Dejan Terglav told Reuters by phone.
"Today's meeting is key. Let's see if he can be convincing," he added.
Force Ouvriere (FO), which is the main trade union at Club Med and has been backing the lower Ardian-Fosun offer. It recently met with French Economy Ministry officials to voice its concerns.
But it also plans to meet with foreign ministry officials in the coming days. The foreign ministry took over responsibility for tourism in a recent government reshuffle.
A diplomatic source told Reuters this week: "We are keeping an eye on what is happening and talked to various players on all sides."
Bonomi's offer notably faces opposition from Club Med's Chairman and Chief Executive Henri Giscard d'Estaing - himself a shareholder, and who would keep his job should Fosun and Ardian win. He has played the national champion card, saying a sale to Bonomi would hand control of Club Med to foreign investors
"Nobody is immune to Mr Giscard d'Estaing's lobbying. We are following the subject very carefully. It's a major French company that markets France and which many French holiday makers are close to. However it is not for us to intervene. It is a private listed company," the same diplomatic source said.
Giscard d'Estaing is the son of former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing.
With a stock market value of 614 million euros and annual sales of 1.4 billion, Club Med competes with hoteliers including Intercontinental and Accor, as well as tour operators such as TUI Travel and Thomas Cook.
A recent drive to reinvent itself as an upmarket operator has been stifled by an economic downturn in Europe, which still accounts for 70 percent of its revenue. The operating margin of its holiday villages fell to 3.9 percent of sales in 2013 from 4.3 percent in 2012.
Fosun, with a 9.96 percent stake, and Ardian, with 9.4 percent, have said their plan is to accelerate Club Med's shift towards China, which Club Med wants to make its second-biggest zone after France by 2015.
Bonomi has said he believed the future of Club Med was not solely in China but also in Europe and the Americas. He has also said warned against neglecting the lower end of the holiday market. ($1 = 0.7331 Euros) (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, additional reporting by John Irish; Editing by Andrew Callus)


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I am leaving town. What happens if my books are recalled?
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Any library user may recall a book from another person at any time, so even when you go out of town, your books may be recalled.
If a book is recalled when you are away, you still need to return the book by the new due date or fines will accrue.
We suggest that you give someone else access to the library books, so that if a book is recalled from you, they can return the item on your behalf. If you are leaving town for an extended period, it may be best to return all your library material to avoid having multiple items recalled.


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More likely, it's some non-technical 'inventory specialist' that screwed things up, but either way, their system refuses to let you order a memory card to be shipped to your home, with a bogus claim that Washington state regulations prevent it. It could be a simple error in setting up the product, or it could be a deliberate attempt to get online buyers into a physical store, in hopes of selling them unrelated stuff. Either way, it is annoying and glaring sign of incompetence during the biggest retail time of the year.
Archive for November, 2013
Wal-Mart isn't hiring the best programmers it would seemFriday, November 29th, 2013
Power failure falloutTuesday, November 26th, 2013
I haven't thrown out any food from the fridge yet, I was more worried about all the electronics. So far, they all seem to have survived the experience none the worse for wear, except suddenly sshfs and apache aren't playing nice anymore.
Not sure if it's worth trying to debug, or just easier to copy everything locally and move on with life. Still, it worked yesterday, nothing seems to have changed that would matter, and yet….
Capitals MatterMonday, November 25th, 2013
There's a world of difference between AllWomensTalk and AllWomenStalk. One is presumably a safe place for female empowerment; the other sounds like a place where a rejected paranoid rants.
There are no stairsFriday, November 22nd, 2013
There are no stairs, to the basement of the heart
Any journey in that direction tends to be much more abrupt
Like a slide, or trapdoor,
That moment when you are suddenly falling
Realizing what you thought you could count on forever
has disappeared like mist
And then you hit the floor
Break your legs
or sprain an ankle,
The climb up is going to be hard
There are no stairs, out of the basement of the heart
Any journey in that direction tends to be much more abrupt
A hand from above that pulls you out
A side door that opens into the light
The moment when you are suddenly flying
Realizing that the despair you thought would last forever
Has been replaced with joy
Subversion, worst source code control system ever?Monday, November 18th, 2013
When people complained about Subversion, I just smiled and nodded. Seemed like it worked as well as any other system I had experience with. Until today, when I found out about it's lovely 'feature' where people can delete a file you are actively editing, and there's no way to get it back, thru the system. Thank goodness for Time Machine.
If you worked on SVN, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Sometimes I wonderSaturday, November 16th, 2013
Sometimes I wonder
what it's like, to not be afraid of your own family
what it's like, to break up with someone, feeling certain you can find someone new
what it's like, to go out alone and not feel afraid
what it's like, to feel loved
Sometimes I wonder
why I keep on trying
why I keep on lying, to myself
why I keep on believing,
that hope can ever apply
to the kind of guy
I am
Made me laugh anywaysTuesday, November 12th, 2013
I see Mabel has pooped on the rug again, and I've got my rubber glove on, and am checking out the bedroom, poop in hand, to see if there's more to be found.
The poop rolls out of my hand, onto the floor, and bounces under the bed.
I say, "Oh shit!"
And then think just how literally appropriate it is to say, for once.
Ugmo the Unloveable UnicornMonday, November 11th, 2013
Everyone thinks being a unicorn is awesome, but they never met Ugmo. Ugmo was a unicorn, in the sense that he had 4 legs, and 1 horn, but he wasn't a very pretty unicorn, so people often liked to pretend he didn't exist, even more than the pretty unicorns don't exist.
Like vampires, unicorns can't use mirrors. Unlike vampires, unicorns' reason is that they have no hands to hold the mirror with. This meant that Ugmo lived a long life before he found out what he actually looked like. Which is not to say that he didn't grow up taunted and teased for his deformity, he was just always foolish enough to believe the older unicorns, who said the teasers and taunters were the ones with problems. But as he got older, and watched all the other unicorns find mates, build families, and mature into parenthood, he realized there was something different about him. Maybe it wasn't "wrong" in a moral sense, but whatever it was, it wasn't appealing to people who met him. But still, he wanted to believe in a just and decent universe, where the story of the ugly ducking wasn't intended as a cruel joke to nurture false hope, and so as each year went by, marked more by the lackings than the havings, he tried to keep hope alive, tried to have faith in the goodness of the average unicorn.
But it was not to be. There were those who found amusement in his pain. There were those who said they cared, but walked away and never looked back. There were so many that just looked and laughed.
Never was there a moment of redemption, no new group to truly belong to, no soul that could bear the sight.
Eventually, Ugmo could take it no more.
Forgetting the wrong thingsMonday, November 11th, 2013
Memory is a funny bitch. The things we wish we could forget, stay with us for life, while the memories we need most, seem to slip through our fingers like sand.
I forgot that 'he' would be at the show, but I can't forget how foolish he made me feel.
$12,543.71Friday, November 8th, 2013
The poor young woman behind the counter at Starbucks this morning, managed to at one point ring up my drink & pastry, for the staggering amount of $12,543.71. She started to get panicked, then paused, said, "I'm not going to get flustered", and slowly worked us back to a more reasonable figure, which of course is when my phone crashes, and we have to wait for me to reboot this time.
I'll give it a few minutes before I check the balance on my card =p
As I walked home, the whole thing seems more and more like a software failure. There should be a reasonable upper limit on sales that a normal employee can even attempt in a single transaction. There should be obvious and intuitive ways to undo a transaction step before finalization. A well designed system should guide you through the steps you need to take, for any reasonably foreseeable use-case. But that takes time, and time is money, sometimes 13 grand.


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Saturday 6th December in the BOZARThis year's concert is scheduled to take place on Saturday 6th December in the BOZAR; concert at 20h00, rehearsal at 18h00.
Rehearsals are every Wednesday evening starting on Wednesday 3rd September from 19h45 until 22h00, starting 3/9/2008 in the Auditorium of the Collège St Pierre, 205 Ave Coghen, Uccle. You can join at any rehearsal on online until there are no places left for your voice part.
Tickets will be available online and at rehearsals from mid-October
It is not yet clear when or where the choir with orchestra rehearsal and the dress rehearsal will take place.
Music Director: Philippe Lambert
Assistant Music Director and rehearsal pianist: Mary Gow
We hope that Maria Petcu can be our soloist again.
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique des Etudiants de Louvain la Neuve (Philippe is the replacement conductor for this orchestra)
Children's choirs include: Brussels American School, Collège St Pierre, and some members of Philippe's choir from Lessines. It's not too late to contact us if your school/church/orgnaisation children want to take part.
The proposed programme will include 2 orchestral pieces and 2 operatic solos, 3 or 4 children's items and for the adult choir most of the list below:
Adult choir items likely to be included in CfC! 2008 concert, 6/12/2008
O Come all ye faithful
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Merry Christmas Jazz
Lord before this fleeting season
Romanian carol
Jazz Gloria
O Eguberri Gaua
Star Carol
Good King Wenceslas
Unto us is born a Son
No small wonder
The Crown of Roses
Christmas Night
Lord of the dance
Panis Angelicus
O'er the hill and o'er the vale
'Twas in the moon of winter time


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Mon 6th - are we already in Canoa? not yet, first San Vicente...
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July 7th, 2009 – by: yadilitta
Mmm, just a small detail, we took the ferry, crossed the bay, but nobody charged us anything, how sweet!!! Well, nothing is free, when we were about leaving the dock, they asked us for the fee, hahaha. Too good, too be true. Nevertheless, it was really cheap! I was so sure we were already in Canoa, that I even asked the cop, where the recommended hostel was located, hahaha. He might have thought: "another tourist!" He just said we still have to drive. Apparently I was the only one who was thinking that way. Shawn knew we weren't in Canoa yet.
Ok, the idea of spending a night in San Vicente was a bad idea, hahaha. This town looked busy and crowded, but not that safe and without many interesting things to do... so, if anybody was hungry, he or she should wait until Canoa, hahaha. At least the roads were much better here, maybe because it's an important business city in the area.
The traffic was a bit heavy, but nothing would stop us to arrive to Canoa as soon as possible, yay!
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Thursday, April 7, 2016
The Lies of Astro-Theology
Warning the video above preaches against Christianity. I am posting it to show what astro-theology is about to EXPOSE it. It is Satan's lie. There is a reason the guy who put it up calls himself "Sun of Saturn".His name is Michael Tsarion and he was a protoge' of Jordan Maxwell. I chose this video because it shows many of the basics of the lies of astro-theology. Lest you think this man is a true thinker and a skeptic who wants to lead us into truth, he has promoted the New Age as well in many guises [Just like Icke and others I mention below]
"Described as a teacher's teacher, Michael Tsarion is a Divination Scholar and Sidereal Mythologist. An expert on Stellar Astrology, he is the creator of the Archetypal Stellar Taroscopic™ Astrological system of Hermetic Divination, and founder of the online Taroscopic Mystery School. Michael is a descendant of a long line of philosophers, free-thinkers, ascetics and visionaries. His Himalayan born mother was a well-loved, internationally recognized clairvoyant, whose affiliates included Barbara Marx Hubbard, Sir George Trevelyan, Jerry Jampolsky, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Shirley MacLane, Edgar Mitchell and a host of other celebrities and academics. She attended J. Krishnamurti's premier college in India and was later honored as the very first clairvoyant to be a regular on Irish Television. The CEO of Britain's Independent Broadcasting described her readings as "devastatingly accurate."
Michael is also the grandson of Tara Singh, the renowned philosopher, author and teacher of the theosophic tome A Course in Miracles. He was the intimate friend of J. Krishnamurti (the World Teacher), Swiss architect Le Corbusier, Keith Critchlow, Alan Chadwick, Eleanor Roosevelt and President Nehru. He was entrusted, by the latter, with India's 5-year plan of restoration after British withdrawal. Tara Singh was also played a key role in the Rev. Paul Solomon's Fellowship of Inner Light, one of the first true American mystery schools. He now heads the Foundation for Life Action in Los Angeles.
Michael was born and raised in Ireland and grew up learning metaphysics from Krishnamurti, Rev. Paul Solomon and Peter Balin. Growing up surrounded by leading free-thinkers and mystery school creators he was under pressure to find his own authentic voice rather than becoming dependant on the systems and influences of others. He has honored his pedigree by dedicating his life to the deepest research concerning the seminal metaphysical sciences. And unlike so many, he believes in honoring the work and the names of his mentors. He takes it as a given, the words of Lord Macauly:
Sadly however many are falling for these "mystery school" advocates lies, who tell the world that Christianity is false.
I had this more recent ex-friend tell me the New World Order "made up" Christianity, and she didn't like it when I said, if anything, scripture told me how this world really is run and opened my eyes to the truth about this world. She told me my understanding was limited and that I did well for "where I was at". She patronized me telling me that my understanding was "low". I also got into some trouble in this "friendship" warning her that when balls of lights showed up to her as a child, that they likely were demons. This was not well received. She has been taken to the esoteric world of myths and false unified visions. She clung to the beliefs of her early involvement with Eastern Star. She told me that she had become a Christian later, I knew this was not true later on.
One important thing for me to warn of here, is that if one becomes new world order aware and learns how this world really works, the deceivers or deceived will tell you "Christianity" is another made up myth of the Satanic world system. They are out there in droves. The deeper I dove into studying the new world order and deep conspiracy the more I encountered these people. I have faced people before who told me my mind was blocked and I was trapped in a false paradigm. These people don't realize in my past I dove into the esoteric world, the world they have embraced and found it empty and a lie. I read Jung, I read about the archetypes of humanity, I explored Buddhist meditation, it all formed one unified theosophical whirl in my mind. Reading scripture disproved it. I read all the philosophers the videographer quotes. God's Word woke me up and got me out. They see me as the one buried in fables but no it is them.
When the videographer quotes Burton L Mack in trying to destroy the validity of God's Word, that is a common technique too. Those who believe in astro-theology and othere false things who wish to destroy a Christian's faith always go for the validity of God's Word. You will be told the Bible is man-made, and that it is not true. Some like Bert Ehrman have specialized in this in the atheist world.
They will range from people like Jordan Maxwell to those who warn of the Annunaki aliens in Sumeria who formed all world "religions" including Christianity. I believe aliens are demons, so I guess you can surmise what I think about that and how the demonic forces in Nimrod helped to form a lot of the lies of what we deal with today. So when the Astro-theologists claim the Annunaki taught the Sumerians, I translate that to the demons taught the Sumerians. Here too be careful of the false teachers who will claim the Annunaki were the Nephilim and bring in false teachings there too.
Our argument got worse with the friend above when I said to her, "You are simply trying to take me back into Theosophy, the idea that all religions point to God, and there is "unity" between all the false religions of the world. " I told her there is a reason that the Theosophical society has a copy of Joseph Campell's, "The Power of Myth" displayed in their office. Myths are a big deal to astro-theologists who believe that all religions represent the "same realities". This was true in the UU as well, where I was supposed to see "jesus" as just another avatar like Buddha. Years ago I read that book too, which helped take me into UUism and now fully reject it. Astro-theology overlaps with gnostic beliefs and that lie that all religions are united and "god" is found in all of them. I'm trying to simplify a lot of complex things here, but keep in mind the gnostics basically follow the sun, moon and stars too. Remember the modern Gnostics of our day have given divinity to our own planet, calling it Gaia. Notice the theme of sun and planet worship in this article on Gnostic cosmology.
Years ago when I was a new Christian I encountered "astrotheology" on Alex Jones's Prison Planet board, some people on there claimed Christianity was not true and that the lucifierian elites had come up with "Christianity" as one of the many religious slave channels and traps. I remember asking, "How can you define them as luciferian, if you do not believe "Satan" even exists?" They got upset with me and I was banned very quickly. I would ask the same question of David Icke, who uses the term "Satanic" while promoting the same false beliefs that all religions are "unified". Archarya S. and others like Jordan Maxwell advance the same gnostic theories of "universal saviors" and "united" religions and myths as well.
As for the astro-theologists, these people had beliefs like this:
In such study I ran into the revelation that the whole "Jesus Story", as well as the stories of all the other crucified saviors and godmen prior to Jesus, were nothing more than an allegory of the Sun's annual journey through the Zodiac and the transit of the Sun and stars through the 4 seasons of the year (the Spring equinox, the Summer solstice, the Autumn equinox, and the Winter solstice). I quickly realized that this one solar event, the path of the Sun through the Heavens, repeated and observed by mankind year after year, for thousands of years, recorded and chronicled by all nations for thousands and thousands of years, explains why all these stories of the sungods and Jesus are essentially the same. The allegory of the personified Sun in its path through the sky was the original precursor to the "Jesus Story" in my New Testament.
What is odd about this stuff, is it exposes all the false religions of the world being yoked to sun worship and THEY ARE. Here's the problem though, they look at the false Babylon [sun worship influenced churches] and lump everything together throwing Christianity out. This is something I have posted on except I delineate between the false religions of the world all being part of the sun worship and true Christianity. Years ago I wrote this article that shows how all the false religions of the world are centered around sun worship.
False Sun Worship #1, Solar Wheels and Mystery Babylon
I posted about this myself years ago and have taken on the focus on the solar calendar even when it comes to the church calendars being used in most churches. My rejection of Christmas and Easter are centered in the fact they are based on the winter solstice and spring equinox. Some of my conviction about leaving the church system is that even the IFB and others follow the same church calendars and false holidays of Rome when you strip things right down.
Now one question I have is this....
If Christianity itself is supposedly based on sun worship, and Jesus's life based on the Zodiac, why does God's Word have endless verses against sun worship and following after the heavens in both the Old and New Testament?
Deut 4:19 And lest thou lift thine eyes unto heaven and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Ezekiel 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Jer 8:2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the earth.
Doesn't the above verse especially make it clear that serving the HOST OF HEAVEN [moon, stars and sun] is pure wickedness to God? So how can these people claim that biblical Christianity is the worship of the sun when God Himself forbids it pretty clearly?
When you watch the astrotheology videos or see their websites, one can see how the focus on the stars and heavens forms their world view and how they see all religions tied up there. With the mystery cults and false religions of the world, much is based on the zodiac. One thing that gets tricky is many people get deceived especially in the comparative religions world and in the secular world being told that religions hold all these things in common, and they are based all on "ancient mysteries" that are centered on sun worship. I was into comparative religions for years while I was in the UU church, and trained to look for the similiarities in religions. They will tell you Osiris was "resurrected" actually he ended up in an "underworld" and was a representative of Jesus Christ. Trying to equate Osiris/Horus to Jesus is nonsense. It doesn't work.
In the video he speaks of those who turn to the east to say their "prayers" or "horizons", and that is warned against in the word of God as well as I showed on the Tammuz post. Sadly he is correct about so much of our language being based on pagan themes. When he shows Catholic iconography, it is obvious astrology is a part of it. I have posted on that here. It doesn't surprised me he refers to Blavatsky. The Romans really did crucify people, be careful of listening about their astrological theories regarding the cross, that is called "Stretching things". Facts are played with like claiming crosses were never used until the 6th century. Claiming the cross is based on the zodiac, is something they fail to prove.
They equate false gods to God and the teachers of this stuff leave out the endless scriptures that show the differences. It's just more rehashing of Satan's lies, "all religions lead to God", and the mystery cults that worshiped the planets and stars.
At the 19:34 mark, one has to be careful of what they think is given information and they take for granted. The Bible does not say anywhere that Jesus died at 33 years old. Where did we get that? Why is that number repeated over and over as if it is total truth? There is a mention of Jesus's age in the Bible but it never states he was 33 years old at the time of his death.
Luke 3:23King James Version (KJV) 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
The connection of Zodiac figures like Aries to the centurion is a super-stretch as well as claiming Jesus is saying he is the sun in Revelation 22:16. His calling scripture a fable and asking why it wasn't written like a better biography speaks for itself. Claiming that the figures of the Old Testament represent stars and other heavenly luminaries is absurd especially when the bible itself warns of "false stars".
Acts 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
With Amen, language does have it's limitations, where words can come from ancient times.
One thing to be noted as you watch this, is Catholic art is definitely full of sun worship motifs! Obviously the video rests on truths about Christmas and other false sun worship holidays and rituals. The claims that Eusebius an obvious deceiver complied the New Testament is even more silly. Christianity was around a lot longer then 300 AD. Oh he has the Horus eye at the 33:50 mark.
I am running into more and more people who have taken atheism and New Age beliefs to new zeniths who believe false teachers like this and that Christianity is false. Their "findings' are interesting however in that they help to cement some of the warnings about how the false church system has totally embraced the things of the ancient mystery cults and sun worship.
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Isaiah 12:14-15 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
No wonder this flesh driven world wants to keep their eyes up to the heavens. This is exactly what Lucifer wants.
- April 7, 2016 at 10:58 AM
Zephaniah 1:1-6 (KJV)
1 The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
- April 7, 2016 at 11:48 AM
- Sue Botchie said...
Dear Bible Believer, i read of speculation that before the flood, the Gospel was written in the stars, for people to study. But things are different now. We have the Lord's directives in a book, called the Bible.
- April 7, 2016 at 4:04 PM
- Bible Believer said...
With the Isaiah verse notice how they have people's eyes more on the heavens via movies and the focus on space. I have some controversial opinions about space that probably would shock some here, but let me direct, I do not believe rockets work in a vacuum. I guess that explains where I am coming from. NASA and the rest of it, is a huge scam. Funny that reminds me one of my betrayers got upset at me for saying the space program was not to be trusted. Hmmmmm. I know in regular company these kind of questions get people in social trouble so it's not something I talk about a lot. Notice how they have humanity dreaming of reaching for the heavens and how all the science fiction is focused on the heavens. It ties into their "evolution" beliefs and wanting to be like gods. Even all those interfaith transhumanists I am sure would pine for "the stars" and probably believe that is where the advancement of humanity lies.
"5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;"
- April 8, 2016 at 9:58 AM
- Bible Believer said...
I agree we have the Bible. We have to be careful of the Christian "numerologists" and others who advance false "astrology". I have seen false Christian teachers advance astro-theology indirectly.
Here are some examples:
- April 8, 2016 at 10:04 AM
Infiltration of Kabbalah numerology has entered the church system as well as secular society. Here is an excerpt depicting what Kabbalah numerology is from their own website;
Kabbalah numerology is one of the ancient systems of calculating the effects of numbers in this universe. The philosophy of Kabbalah basically reveals how the universe and life combine to work together. Kabblah numerology analyzes an individual's basic characteristics and inner self while teaching us how to receive fulfillment in our lives. According to this system, our physical universe operates according to a series of laws governed by a spiritual system. Kabbalah numerology originated approximately 4,000 years ago and was developed by Abraham, a great scholar. Some people believe the system was developed much earlier. The name Kabbalah means oral tradition, which suggests that the system that emerged in 2,000 BC was likely passed along by oral tradition before that.
The Kabbalah numerology originated in Hebrew mysticism. As it was developed using the Hebrew alphabet, it has only 22 vibrations, ranging from 1 to 400. The system was subsequently adapted for Greek and Roman alphabets. (End of excerpt).
Now they attribute numerology to Abraham which is a big lie. Because many believers will accept what deceivers have to say, we will see an influx of occult mysticism saturating churches. Wolves give sheep grass to eat so they begin to trust impostors but then they will add poison to the mix. The Lord's bride listens to the voice of another rather than the voice of God's Holy Spirit. We better be prepared as we see more and more of our brothers and sisters go into apostasy. We must know truth and God's word otherwise the power of darkness will lead our hearts astray.
- April 8, 2016 at 10:01 PM
Romans 1:25 - Don
- April 9, 2016 at 6:12 AM
Went back and read your "False Sun Worship" post, we used the same bible verse! To the self-proclaimed initiate the sun represents primordial knowing, the gift of intellect and is the core of the Luciferian philosophy. We either worship the sun (ourself) or the Son, Colossians 2:3 - Don
- April 10, 2016 at 6:36 AM
People are flocking to every avenue of theoretical nonsense out there. If it's mystical, they are engaged. It's their sense of community as we have our fellowship. They are longing for miracles, fire falling from heaven. I think because churches that meet in buildings are dead churches and there is no life in them, people are not seeing who Jesus really is. I looked on line to see if there were any house churches in our area and there were none. Now is the time more than ever to be led of God's Holy Spirit. We are the church, therefore we have God's Holy Spirit to empower us in all knowledge, wisdom and truth. We can open our doors to those who wish to come and be the body of Christ. All we can do is surrender our wills, hearts and desires to be transformed on the Potter's wheel. It is heart breaking and my soul grieves to see the falling away. We must be alert to the schemes of the enemy so we don't drift away or harden our hearts. We don't want to be swept up into a tide of apostasy.
- April 11, 2016 at 11:45 PM
- Unknown said...
Studied astrotheology and was a skeptic but it can't be debunked. Jesus as a human is a lie. I cant explain how a man can be born of a virgin in ancient times but i can watch the sun get born in Virgo. I cant explain how a man comes back from the dead but I can watch the sun be resurrected in the 25 of December.Time to stop defending religious lies, open your eyes.
- October 30, 2016 at 7:06 AM


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[Jester] HI YA AND HAPPY FRIDAY MODS, PEEPS, LURKERS, AND CRITTERS...
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[Jester] SO WHAT'S THE SKINNY TODAY?
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[kristi] I am in CA and wondering if attorneys do that?
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[kristi] I thought you mentioned that last night. Oops, must have been someone else. They said they were having their money sent straight to a trust account first and then making their entities to not trigger a tax until it hit my accounts.
[kristi] Jester I meant escrow account. Paymaster escrow to escrow
[Jester] kristi I DID TALK ABOUT THAT... BUT I DID NOT SAY ESCROW ACCOUNT I SAID TRUST ACCOUNT... JUST LIKE YOU JUST NOW SAID....
[Jester] I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU ARE RESEARCHING ESCROW ACCOUNTS.... NOT THE SAME THING...
[kristi] Jester oh. So your own trust, not an attorney's trust account.
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[kristi] Ok, thanks. I will.
[mentoredlife] Jester I remember a while ago you mentioned to keep an eye on Deutsche Bank. Saw this today. Is this another piece of the puzzle or just another indicator of banks being over leveraged.
[kristi] Jester I remember Grunt saying to keep an eye out for the Deutsche Bank
[Jester] mentoredlife I SUPPOSE IT DEPENDS ON WHICH PLAN GOES DOWN... THEY ARE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE IN THE US... THIS IS ONLY THE US PORTION OF THINGS... NOT SURE HOW THAT ADDS UP OVERALL...
[jojill] Jester with the Iraqi delay in the rv is it still tracking 3-4 days like you indicated earlier?
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[kristi] Jester have you had any TRN sightings?
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[SOLDIEROFCHRIST ] Jester that way whatever happens they would not.
[Jester] SOLDIEROFCHRIST NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS... BUT WHEN YOU SEE MAJOR WESTERN BANKS SIGNING ON TO THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE BANK... INDICATES THAT PLAN B IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY AND THAT THE USD LOSING RESERVE STATUS MAY BE PRETTY SERIOUS.......
[Aunt B] Jester makes me wonder if someone will see through the UK
[Jester] Aunt B SEE WHAT? IT IS A WISE MOVE IN MY OPINION...
[Jester] OKAY I JUST REALIZED YOU DID NOT BRING THE LINK AND HALF THE PEEPS IN HERE PROBABLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT... HOLD ON AND LET ME BRING EVERYONE UP DO DATE...
[Jester] THEN WHY IT IS IMPORTANT...
[Jester] I WAS GIVING EVERYONE A CHANCE TO ASK DINAR LAND QUESTIONS BUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE DIED DOWN... SO... LET'S DO THAT...
[Jester] UK snubs US to join China-led Asian bank
[Jester] Overlooking US censure, the UK has announced its decision to join China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, becoming the first "major western country" to apply for membership.
[Jester] "I am delighted to announce today that the UK will be the first major Western country to become a prospective founder member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which has already received significant support in the region," said UK Finance Minister George Osborne on Thursday.
[Jester] "Joining the AIIB at the founding stage will create an unrivaled opportunity for the UK and Asia to invest and grow together," he added.
[Jester] In a landmark achievement, 21 Asian nations including China and India in October last year signed on the creation of a new infrastructure investment bank which would rival the World Bank. The new Bank has a capital target of more than $100 billion.
[Jester] NOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.. RIVAL OF THE WORLD BANK... THE WEST CONTROLLED BANK OF THE SAME DESIGN...
[Jester] The governments of Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam signed on as founding members of the new Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing.
[Jester] "The UK will join discussions later this month with other founding members," said a UK government statement on Thursday.
[Jester] Washington reacted to UK's announcement by saying it is circumspect about whether the AIIB would have sufficiently high standards on governance and environmental and social safeguards.
[Jester] "We hope and expect that the U.K. will use its voice to push for adoption of high standards," said Patrick Ventrell, spokesman for President Barack Obama's National Security Council
[Jester] GO FIGURE... THE BIG QUESTION IS... WHY IS THE US NOT TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM... HMMM...
[Jester] The AIIB will extend China's financial reach and compete not only with the World Bank, but also with the Asian Development Bank, which is heavily dominated by Japan.
[Jester] China and other emerging economies, including BRICS, have long protested against their limited voice at other multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
[Jester] "Reports indicate that the US is pressuring Australia and South Korea not to join the AIIB. But as Hedley Bull, eminent late Oxford professor, once said, "people have friends but countries have only interests", he adds.
[Jester] THERE IS MORE DETAIL IN THE ARTICLE... THAT IS THE CLIFF NOTE... ARTICLE LINK... http://thebricspost.com/uk-snubs-us-to-join-china-led-asian-bank/#.VQOlJmfwuP9
[Jester] THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT IF THE US CANNOT CONTROL IT THEY WILL TRY TO HAMPER IT...
[Jester] AND AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES... THE REST OF THE WORLD IS SICK OF IT...
[Jester] THIS IS INDICATIVE THAT PLAN B IS CERTAINLY UNDERWAY... THE HANDWRITING IS ON THE WALL... AND NOW OTHER COUNTRIES TRADITIONALLY WEST CONTROLLED ARE CONSIDERING THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO BE FRIENDLY TO THE ONES THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IN CHARGE WHEN THE DUST SETTLES..
[Jester] ANOTHER INDICATION FROM A COUPLE DAYS AGO...
[Jester] Putin signs law ratifying BRICS Bank
[Jester] Following the Duma, or Russian Parliament, President Vladimir Putin has signed the ratification of a law that sanctions Russian participation in the $100 billion BRICS Bank on Monday.
[Jester] The BRICS bank, Putin has said, "will become one of the largest multilateral financial development institutions in the world".
[Jester] "The bank and the Currency Pool, with combined resources of 200 billion dollars, lay the foundation for coordinating a macroeconomic policy between our nations," Putin said during the 6th BRICS Summit in Brazil.
[Jester] The BRICS Bank launched last year will fund infrastructure projects in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and challenge the dominance of the Western-led World Bank and the IMF.
[Jester] SO ANOTHER BANK OF THE SAME NATURE ON THE RISE... THE REST OF THE ARTICLE IS HERE...
[Jester] NOW... INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IN A ROUND ROBIN OF PEEPS HEDGING THEIR BETS...
[Jester] THE IMF MAY BE FEELING OUT OF SORTS WITH ALL THIS...
[Jester] China-IMF talks underway to endorse yuan as global reserve currency
[Jester] China is pushing for the International Monetary Fund to endorse the Chinese yuan as a global reserve currency alongside the dollar and euro.
[Jester] A senior Chinese central bank official said Thursday that the country is "actively communicating" with the IMF on the possibility of including the yuan, or RMB, in the basket of the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
[Jester] Including the yuan in the SDR system would allow the IMF to recognize the ascent of the world's second-biggest economy while aiding China's attempts to diminish the dollar's dominance in global trade and finance.
[Jester] "We hope the IMF can fully take into account the progress of RMB internationalization, to include RMB into the basket underlining the SDR in foreseeable, near future," said Yi Gang, vice governor of the People's Bank of China.
[Jester] In late 2015, the IMF will conduct its next twice-a-decade review of the basket of currencies its members can count toward their official reserves.
[Jester] THIS IS AN INTERESTING COMMENT OF NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IMF YOU CAN ONLY USE CERTAIN CURRENCIES....
[Jester] SORT OF A BACKHANDED WAY TO DECIDE ON HOW YOU CAN INVEST IN THE IMF...
[Jester] NOW... THIS ALSO MEANS THAT CHINA IS OPENLY CAMPAIGNING TO TAKE OVER THAT PART OF WHATEVER THEY CAN TOO... HAHAHAHA...
[hoot2602] Jester Do you think the SDR will become an increasingly important instrument?
[Jester] SDRs are international foreign exchange reserve assets. Allocated to nations by the IMF, an SDR represents a claim to foreign currencies for which it may be exchanged in times of need.
[Jester] Although denominated in US dollars, the nominal value of an SDR is derived from a basket of currencies, with, specifically, a fixed amount of Japanese yen, US dollars, British pounds and euros, without RMB.
[Jester] THERE IS SOME MORE DETAIL IN THE ARTICLE BUT THAT IS THE CLIFF NOTES...... LINK HERE..
[Jester] SO ANYWAY... THAT SHOULD BRING EVERYONE UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT...
[kristi] Jester Part of me thinks they couldn't be worse than us, which is a horrible thing for me to think let alone say. I hope ethics and morals comes back to play in the US
[alamojoe] So competition between these world banks maybe good? No
[SOLDIEROFCHRIST ] Kristi it might take to hit rock bottom for that to happen or in this case plan b lol
[LuCkYb] Bankers have been known to create war for less WW1 WW2 Korea Vietnam .. Desert storm
[Jester] alamojoe THE MAIN THING THESE DEVELOPMENT BANKS ARE SET UP TO DO IS ELIMINATE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FROM HAVING TO USE THE WORLD BANK OR IMF TO DO WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DONE... THE MACHINATIONS OF THE US AND WORLD BANK AND IMF ARE WELL KNOW TO BE USED FOR ECONOMIC TAKEOVER OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SO THAT THE US MAINTAINS CONTROL OF THEIR RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CORPORATIONS...
[Jester] TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE CLEARER... THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BANKS LIKE THE AIIB AND THE BRICS WILL TAKE AWAY POWER OF THE WORLD BANK AND IMF TO DO SUCH THINGS IN THE FUTURE...
[hoot2602] Jester Hum, sort of eliminates our "economic hitman" approach
[alamojoe] So US will not be expected to play well with others. WW
[jam777] Jester ... I am having a hard time believing the BRICS and AIIB will have a major impact on World Bank and IMF control in the near future ... gonna take some time ?
[Jester] jam777 IT WILL BE IMMEDIATE UPON RATIFICATION... THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WILL HAVE A CHOICE... SIMPLE AS THAT...
[Jester] WOULD BE THE SAME CHOICE YOU WOULD HAVE IF A NEW BANK OPENED UP IN YOUR TOWN... INSTANT ACCESS TO A DIFFERENT SET OF SERVICES...
[grace2beme] Good for them, bad for IMF.
[tessamae] Jester I just pray that there will be checks and balances even in these new entities....because with money around the people in authority positions begin to lean to the dark side.
[jam777] Jester ... sooooo Iraq can chose to RI or whatever and not deal with US/IMF/WB ???
[alfonse] Jester Will AIIB and BRICS have better "terms" on their loans?
[Jester] THE US IS WELL KNOWN TO DO THIS.... HOW ABOUT THIS ARTICLE AS AN EXAMPLE...
[Jester] Is there anything in the world the USA is afraid of?
[Goose] Jester their hold on us
[hoot2602] Jester Yes, losing control...and it sounds like we've done a great job of doing just that
[grace2beme] Competition
[Jester] NOW... KEEP IN MIND... A LITTLE PRELUDE TO THAT... REPORTED EARLIER THAT RUSSIA AND GERMANY BROKERED A PEACE CEASE FIRE IN UKRAINE...
[Jester] Last week the US House of Representatives introduced new legislation, authorizing $1 billion in military aid to Kiev, including weaponry. The document allows the Head of the White House to supply arms to Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities made up a list of the necessary weaponry and sent it to Washington. It was announced by the President Poroshenko's advisor Biryukov. According to him, the negotiations in this field have not been ceased. They are being held at the level of Minister of Defense.
[Jester] "How strong is Obama in his intention to help Ukraine with the weaponry?"
[Jester] "The legislation is very dangerous, because if it is signed, the law by President Obama, not only would he be arming the Ukrainian army, but also all these neo-Nazi paramilitary groups. It's clearly provided for in the legislation. So, this could be very dangerous, you should know. Azov brigade of Right Sector and many neo-Nazi groups running around Ukraine. And the legislation would provide for all of them to be armed, not just the Ukrainian army. And this would obviously require US trainers in Ukraine. And, as you know, starting in March, Obama says he's sending 300 trainers over there. So, I'm afraid if to start arming not just the Ukrainian army, but also these neo-Nazi groups and with US trainers over there, this would be a significant escalation of the dispute. Right now we have the Minsk-2 agreement and I think all records should be made by all parties to show up this agreement to produce a genuine ceasefire at both sides and the withdrawal of heavy weapons including artillery. I know the latest report today from the reputable even Western press services is that the Russian speakers are starting to withdraw their heavy artillery. But, so far, the government of Ukraine says they are not going to do it. So, I think it is quite serious. President Obama should be putting pressure on the Ukrainian government to live up to the Minsk-2 agreement."
[Jester] "So, we can say that there is such a goal to ruin the armistice in such a way?"
[Jester] "I think the armistice is a way to go, not arming the Ukrainian army, and these neo-Nazi paramilitary groups I know this, we're seeing Secretary of State Kerry making a very belligerent and insulting statement yesterday in his testimony in the Senate. By comparison, President Putin made a statement yesterday of ruling out what he called cataclysmic war with Ukraine. So, I would hope that the Obama Administration would get behind the Minsk-2 agreement. As you know, Obama was not at Minsk-2, it's not clear what the ultimate position will be, but I think that's the one hope we have - to calm down the situation in Ukraine and perhaps produce some type of negotiated settlement between both sides, that would avoid further definite destruction and a major escalation of a military conflict."
[Jester] "In Russia they say that the US will put Poroshenko out of the way and bring to power Turchinov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council with unprecedented authorities. What do you think?"
[Jester] "It's clear after the fiasco in Debaltseve that Poroshenko, his position is tenuous. Remember, he's the United States' man. So, he could be put out, I don't know what will happen there, but, I think if anyone were to take his place, it would be Yatsenyuk. Remember, going back to the secretly recorded conversation by the neo-conservative Nuland, with the US Ambassador. They said that Yatsenyuk was their man. So, I suspect he would be next on America's list if Poroshenko would fall. I don't know what will happen here, I guess we will find out in the next several days for sure, but Debaltseve was clearly a fiasco for Poroshenko and calls in question his judgment."
[Jester] AND HERE IS THE KICKER...
[Jester] "And what do common American citizens think about the events in Ukraine?"
[Jester] "I regret to report that the US news media here, the mainstream news media for the past year has been doing nothing, but war maundering, vilifying Russia and demonizing President Putin. This is going on now continuously for a year without better, without sources, almost no voices are being allowed on the mainstream news media to contradict this propaganda. I haven't seen that here since the early days of the Reagan Administration since back in the early 1980s. It's pretty bad, and as you saw this latest public opinion poll put up by Gallup showed an increase in hostility against Russia, according to this public opinion poll. Remember, the public opinion poll, if you read this small print, was only of 837 people. We have 330 mln people over here. So, you have to be very careful even with those polls. But, it doesn't surprise me after one year they have just sustained war mongering and propaganda against Russia and the insulting comparisons of President Putin to Hitler, even by largely responsible people. It's no surprise that the American people are now adopting a fairly negative attitude towards Russia over Ukraine."
[Jester] "The US Army commander in Europe, Lieutenant General Frederick Ben Hodges claimed that the city of Mariupol is a Black Sea port, while in fact it is situated on the coast of the Sea of Azov. What suggests such lack of information? Is it mere ignorance or NATO isn't going to wage war in Ukraine and they are just talking about it?"
[Jester] MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND... I WILL FINISH THIS FIRST...
[Jester] "Well, you can have two alternatives to that. Unfortunately, so many Americans know so little about geography, even at the highest levels of the Government, and don't care all that much about it. The second alternative is that, you know, this is a deliberate insult. I really don't know, they do the same thing over there in Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, etc. They want to insult you, so they change the names around. So, I really don't know how to characterize that one way with the other. But I regret to report, so many Americans know very little about geography, because, you know, we are an isolated continent here, all by ourselves, and pay little attention to you, people in Europe, with all the wars going back and forth across Europe for centuries."
[Jester] "And how do you think, the fall in oil prices - is it a planned action with the goal to break Russia down economically?"
[Jester] "It's clear the United States is waging economic warfare against Russia with its all sanctions, pushing European sanctions and then agreeing with the Saudis to drive down the price of oil, now to the level that it is about 60 dollars a barrel. So, it's clear, this is all coordinated to put pressure on Russia to capitulate to what it can be called a neo-Nazi coup in Kiev. I personally do not see Russia being in a position to stand down here, I think this is an existential threat to Russia, what we see in Ukraine with neo-Nazis coming to power in Kiev and these neo-Nazi paramilitary groups all over Western Ukraine. After all, Russia suffered in WW2 from the Germans, from the Nazis, I just don't see Russia really standing down here.
[Jester] "I do see so far President Putin bending over backward to try to produce a solution that would preserve the independent Ukraine with rights for the Russian speakers, including federalization. But right now I don't see any evidence that the US government has changed its policy. I do think we've seen the German Chancellor Merkel and also the French President Hollande realizing the dangers of the situation, which is why they pushed the Minsk-2 to try to head off Obama sending weapons over to Ukraine. But whether this will prevail, I just do not know. Secretary Kerry's remarks are not very promising - he called Russians liars. At this nature I think this is a very undiplomatic behavior, threats, bullying and accusations by the US Secretary of State. By comparison, your Foreign Minister Lavrov is a professional diplomat, he does not resort to flexing accusations. So, that is not a good sign of Secretary of State. Kerry said he will be making a recommendation of President Obama the next few days about sending weapons to Ukraine. I certainly hope they would not be sent, but we just don't know now, we're really at a critical turning point. Will there be peace in Ukraine, or further military escalation, I can't say."
[hoot2602] Jester Russia is the bad guy
[Jester] hoot2602 THAT ANSWER YOUR COMMENT? I DON'T THINK SO...
[Jester] "Should Russia cooperate with the US in fight against ISIS? Isn't it bargaining with the US on Ukraine? Bargaining should be conducted, as Russia sets itself up as a superpower, while the US don't want to give up the positions they gained in the 90s. So, what should be the subject of an auction?"
[Jester] "Well, I think it's becoming increasingly clear that it was the US and its goal for allies that arm equipment supplied and set up ISIS, and this is serving the purposes of the US. So, Russia cooperating, I guess you can if you want to, but I suspect your intelligence agencies over there can reach the same conclusions. Clearly, if the US want to make progress on different issues in the world, they will certainly have to cooperate with Russia. I think that's very clear. But, unfortunately, the US wants Ukraine no matter what. You have to understand that the forces mobilized against Russia here in the US are twofold. First, you have all the neo-liberals headed by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski was Obama's mentor at Columbia University when Obama was a student there, and then he ran Obama's foreign affairs and defense campaign in 2008, and has staffed his Administration with his proteges in powers up to including Obama's top Russian expert at the National Security Council.
[Jester] OH REALLY? YES... WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE...
[Jester] "So, you have the entire neo-liberal wing up the Democratic Party pretty much mobilized against Russia. And the second very powerful faction are the neo-conservatives, and they too are typified by Nuland who is a neo-conservative, and her husband is a prominent neo-conservative. And they too are mobilized against Russia, so there's hardly any opposition among the American foreign policy to what is going on here and the news media just falls into lie together with what these two factions say. So, if you have all the neo-liberals against Russia and all the neo-conservatives against Russia, it squeezes out almost anyone else trying to oppose the policies that are put into place, and I'm afraid, we stole Ukraine fair and square in a coup against Yanukovych and we're going to keep it no matter what, and if Russia doesn't like it, they are no longer a superpower, they no longer can really oppose our will, and they just gonna have to take it and deal with it. I think it's a very foolish policy, that is not really aware of the historical realities of Russia, and the history here in the Second World War, in the First World War, and the existential importance of Ukraine to Russia. But there it is, that is what we are dealing with, and you know both sides of the Atlantic here, you people in Russia and those of us here in America who favor a peaceful resolution at this field in Ukraine, which I think is possible. But right now I am not sure anyone over here in the US, in the government is working toward that objective. It only appears to me that we see Merkel and Hollande and a few of the Europeans working in that direction at this strive to head off an escalation here."
[hoot2602] Jester Wow, when did you write this dissertation?
[Jester] GOOD FOR THEM... TAKING A STANCE AGAINST THE US HEGEMONY IS HARD TO DO..
[Jester] "And where could be held the new Yalta conference on the delimitation of areas of control?"
[Jester] "Well, I think what we need know is an immediate ceasefire in place as call for by Minsk-2 to withdraw heavy weapons, which the separatists have said they are doing, the Ukrainian government said they are not doing, and then sitting down in negotiating over federalization for the Russian speakers in Ukraine. President Putin says he supports federalization, and it makes perfect sense to me. If Kiev doesn't like the word, well fine, you can call it something else, but certainly lawyers can come up with a constitutional arrangement, so that Russian speakers in Ukraine can have genuine autonomy to run their affairs, to protect the language, educate their children, the Russian orthodox religion, and their customs and habits. I live in the State of Illinois, in the USA, we are a federal state, and most of my daily life is regulated by the State of Illinois and not by the US federal government. So, if it's good enough for the USA, seems to me it should be good enough for Ukraine.
[Jester] "And I think the US government should be supporting federalization in Ukraine. But right now they are not, and it doesn't make any sense at all. If we are a federal state here in the US, why can there not be a federalized arrangement in Ukraine? You can call it something else if you want to, the lawyers can always work it out. Take a look at our Constitution over here. If they want to, there's Germany, a federal state over there. There are different models that could be used. If there's good faith by the US backing this type of negotiations, that could be taken care of."
[Jester] INSTEAD THEY WILL LIKE TO KEEP THE CONFLICT GOING FOR SOME REASON... NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT REASON IS...
[Jester] "We could say that Europe is afraid that war can spread to Europe, Russia is afraid of economic chaos, Ukraine is afraid of everything, and what are the US afraid of?"
[Jester] "I regret to say, it doesn't appear they are afraid of anything. You know, they are talking about nuclear weapons over there, which is just pure insanity, and they are prepared to stand down Russia no matter what it takes. The US government believes that if there is escalation here, they would be able to dominate Russia every stage of the escalation and that eventually Russia will capitulate. I even heard that statement made by President Obama that the US has better conventional weapons than Russia, which is pretty absurd, but this is the advice he's getting. Remember the Obama's no great expert on foreign affairs and defense policy, he was behind me at Harvard law school, we went to the same program there. His area of expertise is civil rights law, so basically he does what his advisors tell him to do, and right now he is the top advisor on Russia in the White House, is a Brzezinski protege.
[Jester] "And I personally believe that it is Brzezinski calling the shots here. I went through the same Ph.D. program in Harvard that produced Brzezinski before me. As you know, he is an expatriate Pole, from Poland, hates Russia, Russians with a passion, wants to use Ukraine against Russia for the purpose of colour revolution and to break the Russian Federation of into its constituent units. And I regret to say this is the type of advice Obama is getting from Brzezinski and his proteges in the White House today as we speak. And now this new Secretary Defense Carter seems to be going along the same direction too. His predecessor Hagel, I knew Hagel, a far more responsible reflective person was not on board with the Ukraine policy, but now, it looks like Carter is. So, it's a very dangerous situation. I really don't know where the voices of moderation are here in the US government. You know, Obama certainly not calling me up, even though he knows well who I am. I regret to say, I just don't see any moderating forces, secretary Kerry at times sounds I would say irrational if not demented. So, it's a very dangerous situation over here."
[Jester] ISN'T THAT TRAGICALLY INTERESTING...
[Jester] Dr. Francis Boyle for Pravda.Ru http://www.pravda.ru/
[Jester] HERE IS THE ARTICLE LINK... http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/04-03-2015/129963-usa_russia_war-0/
[Jester] I INPUT THE ENTIRE THING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD VIEWPOINTS ON SO MANY LEVELS THAT IT SHOULD GIVE ANYONE TAKING THE TIME TO READ IT A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SALIENT POINTS OF THE ENTIRE SITUATION....
[Jester] SAD BUT TRUE...
[Jester] OUR GOVERNMENT SUCKS...
[hoot2602] Jester Bully is the word that comes to mind
[Aunt B] Jester thank you!
[LdyFaith] Jester,,, wow,,very well put together,,, thank you
[Jester] THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A GUY HERE IN THE STATES IN CASE YOU DID NOT CATCH THAT... HMMMMM...
[hoot2602] Jester Did I see Illinois?
[ifly] Dr. Francis Boyle
[Jester] NOW... I SAID I WOULD COME BACK TO ONE POINT... GOTTA HURRY OR I WILL RUN OUT OF TIME...
[Jester] Secretary general: NATO does not plan to interfere in east Ukraine conflict
[Jester] LONDON, March 14. /TASS/. NATO does not plan to interfere in the conflict in east Ukraine, the alliance's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said Friday.
[Jester] "Ukraine is not a member of NATO, so there is a difference between Ukraine and NATO members, because the security guarantee is for NATO allies," Stoltenberg told Sky News.
[Jester] "The most important thing now is to support the implementation of the Minsk agreements, meaning respecting the ceasefire, making sure that all... weapons are withdrawn from the frontline and to make sure that happens we need proper monitoring," he said.
[Jester] HOPEFULLY THE US AS A NATO MEMBER WILL BE A PARTY TO FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THIS...
[hoot2602] Jester What does the UN say?
[ifly] NATO used to be an alter ego of the US. Looks like that has changed
[Jester] REST OF THE ARTICLE IS HERE... http://tass.ru/en/world/782758
[Jester] NOW... THIS IS INTERESTING THAT NATO MAKES THAT CALL... EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS INTERESTED IN HELPING TO CALM THIS SITUATION EXCEPT THE DANG US... WHEN ARE THE SHEEPLE GOING TO WAKE UP AND MAKE SOME DANG NOISE...
[alamojoe] Just hope US doesn't throw another stick in the fire
[hoot2602] Jester It would help to have a press that covers the whole story, not just the party line
[Jester] SO... THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE BIG PICTURE NEWS FOR THE DAY... IF YOU MISSED THE START... IT IS WORTH PICKING UP IN THE FORUM WHEN THE MODS GET IT WRAPPED UP AND READY TO GO....
[ifly] Jester you post on fb I'll share.
[Hoosier Girl] Jester When the freebies are cut off they will rise up... Hahahaha
[Jester] ifly THE ISSUE WITH PUTTING ARTICLES LIKE THIS ON FB IS PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND HOW TO PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER FROM INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES... SO DOING IT LIKE THIS HELPS BETTER I THINK...
[alamojoe] I for one was just enlightened
[ifly] Exactly my thought, I have no idea how to get this across as a 30 sec sound bite
[Jester] ifly THIS IS NOT THE INSTANT GRATIFICATION THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR... IT TAKES TIME TO RESEARCH AND LEARN IT... THE BIG PICTURE IS NOT EASY... YOU HAVE TO WANT IT BAD... HAHAHAHA
[Jester] WELL I HOPE IT MAKES SENSE.... I KNOW IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION... SOME PEOPLE WILL LIKE TO BE SPOON FED.. IF THAT IS THE CASE THEN IT CANNOT BE DONE... ALL I CAN DO IS TRY TO GET YOU TO THINK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF...
[Jester] HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE EVENING... WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW..
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Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago (PressExposure) November 05, 2007 -- Brian Ramsey has been invited to be a guest speaker on the topic, Terrorism Implications for Caribbean Financial Institutions, at the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association conference in Nassau, Bahamas during 19th â 20th November 2007. Brian has been involved in the security industry for the last 22 years. He has headed a major security company in Trinidad and is presently the Regional Development Director at Amalgamated Security Services. He has also been a Director of security companies in Guyana, Barbados and Jamaica.
Brian Ramsey has been a featured speaker on security topics for a variety of corporate entities, civic groups and institutes, plus appearing several times on Trinidad television. In November 2006, he conducted a session on terrorism at the Association of Insurance Institutes of the Caribbean conference in Trinidad and in October 2005 he was a guest speaker at the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Sales Congress.
In addition to his experience in the security field, Brian Ramsey is also the author of the CD, Discovering the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, available at http://www.birdsoftt.com, the operator of the web site Outdoors Trinidad (www.trinoutdoors.com), plus the producer of the Caribbean Outdoor Life Newsletter.