Fox News Report: DC, the Masonic City
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Not sure when this was aired, but the above clip was posted on youtube 5 months ago. FOX presents DC's hidden masonic symbolism encoded in its architecture and street layout.
And below is a video made last year on the California capital:
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Freemasonry is everywhere but that organization is ONE of several working together at the top to prepare for the beasts, the dragon, and one word government spoken of in the Scriptures:
Revelation 13
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Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
The NASA - NAZI Connection
Nov 17, 1945
Operation Paperclip - The Nazi Scientists of America - American Heritage
Source: http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47brotherthebig/Part_001.html
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Below is an email reply I wrote this morning and decided to post it:
Yes, NASA is in on it. Have you read about Operation Paperclip? Nazi scientists etc were brought secretly to the USA and other places like Argentina and here they started NASA. (more)
was a Nazi brought to the United
States after the war to help build NASA's Rockets.
Was NASA's chief rocket scientist (and former Nazi SS officer) Wernher Von Braun involved in faking the moon landing in order to escape prosecution for his Nazi crimes? I believe yes and that we did not go to the moon. (more)
Project moonbean and other holographic technology exist today so what we see may not be real. For example, I don't think planes hit the towers nor the Pentagon on 9/11 - it was a combo of tv fakery, missils and some sort of DEW (Directed Energy Weapons). Watch September Clues on youtube to see more about that - here is where I posted them. Also drjudywoods.com has lots of interesting data on DEW.
And did you read the article this past week saying that Bush's team told over 935 lies about Iraq? They all lie to us. Here is the article I posted yesterday on that.
So who knows what you are seeing - a second sun/planet x/hologram or ???
All are distractions from the Truth about the Lord Jesus Christ Who died and shed His blood to take away our sin, Who rose from the grave after 3 days to give us eternal life, Who ascended to heaven, now sitting at the right hand of the Father and Who is coming back - the Blessed Hope - one day soon we pray.
And in the meantime, we trust and obey the Word of God, redeeming the time, watching, praying and looking up for our redemption draweth nigh - AMEN!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Operation Paperclip - The Nazi Scientists of America - American Heritage
After the war, 118 German rocket scientists worked together at Fort Bliss, Texas.
(U.S. ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND)
"Intelligence and government officials faced a delicate moral quandary in 1945—whether it was worth it to give American homes to men who had invented weapons to kill American soldiers, men who in some cases subscribed to beliefs that hundreds of thousands Americans had died to eradicate. In the end they decided it was, if these men could help the United States defeat the Soviets."
—Christine Gibson is a former editor at American Heritage magazine.
Operation Paperclip - The Nazi Scientists of America - WikipediaSource: http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47brotherthebig/Part_001.html
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Below is an email reply I wrote this morning and decided to post it:
Yes, NASA is in on it. Have you read about Operation Paperclip? Nazi scientists etc were brought secretly to the USA and other places like Argentina and here they started NASA. (more)
was a Nazi brought to the UnitedStates after the war to help build NASA's Rockets.
Was NASA's chief rocket scientist (and former Nazi SS officer) Wernher Von Braun involved in faking the moon landing in order to escape prosecution for his Nazi crimes? I believe yes and that we did not go to the moon. (more)
Project moonbean and other holographic technology exist today so what we see may not be real. For example, I don't think planes hit the towers nor the Pentagon on 9/11 - it was a combo of tv fakery, missils and some sort of DEW (Directed Energy Weapons). Watch September Clues on youtube to see more about that - here is where I posted them. Also drjudywoods.com has lots of interesting data on DEW.
And did you read the article this past week saying that Bush's team told over 935 lies about Iraq? They all lie to us. Here is the article I posted yesterday on that.
So who knows what you are seeing - a second sun/planet x/hologram or ???
All are distractions from the Truth about the Lord Jesus Christ Who died and shed His blood to take away our sin, Who rose from the grave after 3 days to give us eternal life, Who ascended to heaven, now sitting at the right hand of the Father and Who is coming back - the Blessed Hope - one day soon we pray.
And in the meantime, we trust and obey the Word of God, redeeming the time, watching, praying and looking up for our redemption draweth nigh - AMEN!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
935 Lies
... all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth ... Revelation 21
Truth was first US casualty in Iraq war: study
Wed Jan 23, 9:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and his top officials ran roughshod over the truth in the run-up to the Iraq war lying a total of 935 times, a study released Wednesday found.
Bush and his administration "waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq," said the damning report entitled "False Pretenses."
According to the Center for Public Integrity, eight administration officials "made at least 935 false statements" about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, or links to Al-Qaeda, on 532 separate occasions.
"In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."
But the White House reacted angrily to the study saying it ignored statements by US lawmakers or "people around the world" reflecting what it said was a consensus that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
"I hardly think that the study is worth spending time on," spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "As you'll remember, we were part of a broad coalition of countries that deposed the dictator based on a collective understanding of the intelligence."
The center alleged however that the administration's march to war began on September 11, 2001 in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Over the months and as Congress was set to vote to approve the war in August 2002, the number of false statements dramatically increased.
The campaign reached a pitch in early 2003 with Bush's State of the Union address and when then secretary of state Colin Powell took the US case for war to the UN Security Council.
"The cumulative effect of these false statements amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war," the study said.
Charges that Saddam had stockpiled an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction were the main argument used in parliaments around the world and in the United Nations to justify the US-led invasion.
But after the invasion they turned out to be untrue, when no weapons of mass destruction were found.
The study research raises question marks over "the repeated assertions of Bush administration officials that they were merely the unwitting victims of bad intelligence," the center added in the report.
The US president was found to have made the most false statements referring a total of 260 times to Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction and Al-Qaeda's alleged links to the Baghdad regime.
But then-secretary of state Powell only just lagged behind with 254 false communications, said the study by the center's founder Charles Lewis and researchers.
Vice President Dick Cheney, former national security advisor Condoleezza Rice, then defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and ex-deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz were also fingered in the study, along with former White House press secretaries Ari Fleisher and Scott McClellan.
Cheney, for example, on August 26, 2002, in an address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, asserted: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
"There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."
Former CIA chief George Tenet later noted Cheney's assertions exceeded his agency's assessments at the time, the report said.
In late September 2002, Bush insisted in a radio address that the Baghdad regime posed a global threat.
"The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons, is rebuilding the facilities to make more and, according to the British government, could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order is given," Bush said.
"This regime is seeking a nuclear bomb, and with fissile material could build one within a year."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080124/ts_afp/usiraqwarpolitics
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Revelation 21
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Proverbs 6
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Truth was first US casualty in Iraq war: study
Wed Jan 23, 9:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and his top officials ran roughshod over the truth in the run-up to the Iraq war lying a total of 935 times, a study released Wednesday found.
Bush and his administration "waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq," said the damning report entitled "False Pretenses."
According to the Center for Public Integrity, eight administration officials "made at least 935 false statements" about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, or links to Al-Qaeda, on 532 separate occasions.
"In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."
But the White House reacted angrily to the study saying it ignored statements by US lawmakers or "people around the world" reflecting what it said was a consensus that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
"I hardly think that the study is worth spending time on," spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "As you'll remember, we were part of a broad coalition of countries that deposed the dictator based on a collective understanding of the intelligence."
The center alleged however that the administration's march to war began on September 11, 2001 in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Over the months and as Congress was set to vote to approve the war in August 2002, the number of false statements dramatically increased.
The campaign reached a pitch in early 2003 with Bush's State of the Union address and when then secretary of state Colin Powell took the US case for war to the UN Security Council.
"The cumulative effect of these false statements amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war," the study said.
Charges that Saddam had stockpiled an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction were the main argument used in parliaments around the world and in the United Nations to justify the US-led invasion.
But after the invasion they turned out to be untrue, when no weapons of mass destruction were found.
The study research raises question marks over "the repeated assertions of Bush administration officials that they were merely the unwitting victims of bad intelligence," the center added in the report.
The US president was found to have made the most false statements referring a total of 260 times to Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction and Al-Qaeda's alleged links to the Baghdad regime.
But then-secretary of state Powell only just lagged behind with 254 false communications, said the study by the center's founder Charles Lewis and researchers.
Vice President Dick Cheney, former national security advisor Condoleezza Rice, then defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and ex-deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz were also fingered in the study, along with former White House press secretaries Ari Fleisher and Scott McClellan.
Cheney, for example, on August 26, 2002, in an address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, asserted: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
"There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."
Former CIA chief George Tenet later noted Cheney's assertions exceeded his agency's assessments at the time, the report said.
In late September 2002, Bush insisted in a radio address that the Baghdad regime posed a global threat.
"The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons, is rebuilding the facilities to make more and, according to the British government, could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order is given," Bush said.
"This regime is seeking a nuclear bomb, and with fissile material could build one within a year."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080124/ts_afp/usiraqwarpolitics
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Revelation 21
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Proverbs 6
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Why I Do Not Support Ron Paul by Kelly McGinley
Ron Paul using the Masonic handshake
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By Kelly McGinley
Jan. 24, 2008
Listeners have asked me to write an article on why Ron Paul cannot be the savior of this country. They wanted an article they could send to friends and family to explain why I do not support Ron Paul. I choose not to get involved in the political fray, knowing it is all fake and a waste of precious time. I have decided to write anyway so those interested will know my heart in the matter. My ministry is not about promoting a politician, or any man, it is about exposing the works of darkness.
I understand the excitement of having someone like Ron Paul running for office. I understand the desire to want to restore our country. I understand the holding on to the hope that we could somehow stop the New World Order. I too have the same wants and hopes, but I have been around the block too many times and now know how the game is played. I have learned by personal experience that politics is nothing but a game of smoke and mirrors. As Stalin says its not those who vote that count but those who count the votes that matters. As far as my research has taken me, I am not sure this country has ever seen a true election since it's conception. Since they were electing masons from the beginning.
My research and experience has convinced me that the New World Order goons, aka Illuminati, secret societies, etc., have complete control of every aspect of this political process in this country as in all others. That there is no way humanly possible for a real ordinary person i.e., (not a member of a secret society) to ever get on a ballot let alone win an election. And if by chance the NWO goons were feeling charitable enough to allow a ordinary person on the ballot, no fear cause all the machines are rigged to fix the election to whom ever the elite want in office.
Many of you do not know my experience, but I was very much involved in the political process for many years believing that it was a way to retake America. I still for many years had hope that through the voting process we could save the world. But being in the middle of the mire I learned that it is all smoke and mirrors. I wasted much money time and effort and had shattered dreams. Through my experience I have learned see the "Red Flags" that confirm my suspicions on who are the NWO puppets.
1. First red flag is that no one gets on the ballot unless a useful NWO puppet.
2. Who are their friends and follow the money trail, if you can.
3. Who is promoting them.
4. What legislation have they voted on that is clearly fraudulent.
5. What legislation have they written and more importantly what have they not written.
6. How is the media treating them.
7. What they say, and do not say.
There has been two issues that have helped me see clearly which side many so called Christian men and groups are on. Those issues are abortion and homosexuality. There are many who clearly claim to be pro life and pro marriage yet behind the scenes are clearly pushing abortion and sodomy. Just look at Bush, he claims to be pro life and yet he appointed pro death judges in Texas and even named a highway after an abortionist. He has increased funds to abortion clinics and instituted the first ever government enforced futility policy. He could have stopped abortion an Executive Order on his first day in office. So Bush is not pro life, he just uses it as a political tool. He is not pro marriage either. During his reign, the "partial birth abortion ban" and the "Marriage protection act" were both fraudulent laws passed which did not save any lives or marriages.
So what is good for Bush must be good for Ron Paul. Ron Paul voted "Yes" on the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban" even though the law says to kill children at the naval. It was not a pro life law and it did not save one life. Ron Paul lied when he said that it would save babies lives. Ron Paul claims to be pro life yet as a doctor he knowingly hands out pills that he knows have an abortive side effect plus most probably will give the women breast cancer. You would think since Ron Paul know so much about the NWO that he would know who invented the "Birth control Pill" and for what reason and that he would expose them not go along with them. If Ron Paul was different than all the other politicians, why is he not different than all the other doctors? Especially all the other Gynecologists? My husband is a doctor and I know of real pro life doctors who would never hand out medicine of any kind that would have abortive measures included in them. Ron Paul does hand them out, I asked him personally on my show. He answered the same as any normal brainwashed doctor would answer today. Ron Paul should expose the reasons why these dangerous drugs are given, not act as if it is normal and good to give them out to women. Big RED FLAG! I confronted all my local Senators and congressman on why they voted to "kill children at the naval", all the while claiming to be pro-life. This is my editorial I wrote exposing all the lies on this fraudulent pro life law, my question is why Ron Paul did not expose this fraud but yet went along with all the other wolves in Congress.
The second issue that exposed the wolves in politics was the "Marriage Amendment". There is nothing more dangerous to marriage than the government getting involved and declaring what marriage is. What is amazing to me is that Ron Paul has clearly gone on the record claiming that government should stay out of most things, yet he himself co sponsored the Marriage Amendment, which for anyone with one ounce of reasoning skills, is the death nail to marriage as we know it. So again we see Ron Paul go along with the NWO goons and destroy marriage while pretending to save it. Below is my article I wrote on it, wonder why Ron Paul did not tell the truth.
Third and most importantly there is snare or trap being set to draw Christians into a third revolutionary war. To create a great chaos so that their ORDER could be justified. So they could justify the outlawing of Christianity. Using the term "Christian Terrorist" they could "detain" and even kill us legally. Many are teaching that it is our Christian duty to over throw this government. When in all reality that is just what the NWO goons are bating everyone to do. The trap is being set, Ron Paul is the bate. A puppet from the puppet masters. Through my experience in politics I have learned the game, Paul is playing the game. The Republican Party has gone so liberal that Ron Paul should not even run on a Republican ticket.
We should be able to tell a lot about him by those who are supporting him. There many Calvinists/Dominions racists and those who want to legalize prostitution.
Over the years RP has been writing newsletters which expose his point of view on many issues. He now claims that he did not write that which was in his news letters which bared his name. Folks, one would have to be willingly blind to believe this one. There is much willful blindness in this matter.
The real battle is not for a president (to save our country) it is for the soul of man that is in jeopardy of hell fire. The deception in the world is there to draw us away from the "TRUTH" to follow a man who will lead us to "victory" when in reality we are headed to Hell on a bob sled.
Follow no man, do not get on any band wagon, the snare is being set deceive us all. Many use our patriotism and desires for freedom to hook us. Turn to the Lord Jesus before it is to late, He is our only help in times of trouble.
Commentary by Kelly McGinley
Commentary by Kelly McGinley
I wrote these years ago long before I knew much about Ron Paul.
Blessings, Kelly
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Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
As the Days of Noah were
Jesus said, "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Matthew 24
One day the Lord Jesus will be returning.
Is your house in order and R U READY?
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Is " Shattered Union" just another innocent computer game??
Or is "Shattered Union: United We Stood" showing us what is coming to this country?
It is very interesting how Hollywood writes the scenario of the Illuminati and puts it on the screen for all to see and even play out in a game.
In this game, which came out in 2005, the country splits up in 7 regions and everyone kills everyone. The object of the game is to reunify America by any means necessary. Be sure to view all the links and read all the scenarios.
Shattered Union Website
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
NOT SO NIFFTY NAFTA
Remember the first step in solving a problem, is admitting you have a problem and folks, we have BIG problems.
Watch below as Stan Jones tells the truth about globalism in the USA. This was posted in October, 2006, so not sure when it was taped. Jones talks about the push for the North American Union (NAFTA), our new money called the Amero, World Government and the plans now active in the USA including a super highway stretching from Mexico to Canada. Knowledge is power so unplug your tv and take the time to do the research yourself if in doubt of any of this.
The Amero
And on the PAINFULLY lighter side, watch this spoof... the truth hurts!
The BOTTOM LINE is our problems are bigger than NAFTA and the One World Order.
Our BIG PROBLEM is a three letter word: S I N.
Sin is what separates us from a Holy God and sends us to eternal hell at death.
BUT GOD out of love for mankind sent His one and only Son to pay for our sin by dying on the cross.
After three days in the grave, he rose from the dead and forty days later he ascended to heaven. One day, soon I hope, he is coming back... ready or not.
So the SOLUTION to ALL our problems is found in one person: The Lord Jesus Christ.
Watch below as Stan Jones tells the truth about globalism in the USA. This was posted in October, 2006, so not sure when it was taped. Jones talks about the push for the North American Union (NAFTA), our new money called the Amero, World Government and the plans now active in the USA including a super highway stretching from Mexico to Canada. Knowledge is power so unplug your tv and take the time to do the research yourself if in doubt of any of this.
The Amero
And on the PAINFULLY lighter side, watch this spoof... the truth hurts!
The BOTTOM LINE is our problems are bigger than NAFTA and the One World Order.
Our BIG PROBLEM is a three letter word: S I N.
Sin is what separates us from a Holy God and sends us to eternal hell at death.
BUT GOD out of love for mankind sent His one and only Son to pay for our sin by dying on the cross.
After three days in the grave, he rose from the dead and forty days later he ascended to heaven. One day, soon I hope, he is coming back... ready or not.
So the SOLUTION to ALL our problems is found in one person: The Lord Jesus Christ.
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted
The shortest sentence in the Bible is 'Jesus wept' which is found in John 11.Why did Jesus cry? His friend Lazarus had died a few days earlier but unbeknown to those around him, Jesus was going to raise Lazarus back to life, so why the tears?
It is my opinion that when the Lord saw the sisters and the friends of Lazarus mourning and weeping, their pain broke Jesus' heart.
Mary was Lazarus' sister and it says, " When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled."
Paul wrote in Romans 12, "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."
Like Jesus, may we each be compassionate to those around us as we pray with tears and thanksgiving knowing they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:1-12
1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Now WHO are the Terrorists??
Commandos parade during a ceremony marking Iraqi police forces 86th anniversary in Baghdad.
151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion
· Figures up to June 2006 from household survey
· Government accepts new estimate on death toll
Sarah Boseley, health editor
Thursday January 10, 2008
The Guardian
An estimated 151,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the violence that has engulfed the country from the time of the US-led invasion until June 2006, according to the latest and largest study of deaths officially accepted by the Iraqi government.
The figures come from a household survey carried out by the World Health Organisation and the Iraqi health ministry. They are substantially lower than the 601,027 death toll reported by US researchers in 2006 in the Lancet using similar study methods, but higher than the Iraq Body Count's (IBC) register - based on press reports - of 47,668.
The authors of the WHO/Iraqi study, published last night in the New England Journal of Medicine, say that the new number, which could be anywhere between 104,000 and 223,000 allowing for misreporting, "points to a massive death toll in the wake of the 2003 invasion and represents only one of the many health and human consequences of an ongoing humanitarian crisis".
The Iraqi health minister, Dr Salih Mahdi Motlab Al-Hasanawi, said it was very important for the government to have reliable data on violent deaths. "There is controversy about reports from the media," he said. Some of the information that has been published "may be used or misused for political reasons and so on". The survey also collected data on the health of the population and availability of healthcare needed by the government.
The survey from the Iraqi Family Health Survey Group was carried out by trained employees of the health ministry who visited 10,860 households - 10 from each of more than 1,000 clusters across the 18 provinces of Iraq. Because of the insecurity, 115 (11%) of the clusters could not be visited - mostly in Anbar and Baghdad - so calculations were made to account for the probable number of deaths in those places. Researchers asked heads of households if there had been any deaths in the two years before or three years after the invasion in 2003.
Account was taken of under-reporting of deaths, which is usual in household surveys, not least because families often move when somebody dies. The survey also allowed for the out-migration of up to 2 million people between March 2003 and June 2006.
It found that 151,000 civilians died due to the conflict, which does not include accidents, suicides or deaths from disease. Unlike the Lancet study, it found no big increase in mortality across the three years. In 2003-4, 128 people died every day, in 2004-5 it dropped to 115 and in 2005-6 it rose again to 126. The daily death rates, according to the Lancet study, rose from 231 to 491 to 925.
Although the new figure is four times lower than the Lancet study, its authors, Gilbert Burnham and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, believe their count of more than 600,000 is correct.
Les Roberts, one of the US authors who is now a professor in forced migration and health at Columbia University, said he was delighted to see the Iraqi government had accepted higher mortality figures. In June 2006 the government was relying on the IBC figure, which was 41,000. "For this to be coming from the Iraqi government is really healthy," he said.
It was also good for science that new studies were being carried out. "But I think there is overwhelming evidence that their estimate is too low."
The WHO/Iraqi study showed a doubling of the rate of violent deaths while the Lancet study showed a trebling. "Fundamentally, these studies are less different than people are thinking." But the US team's data was more accurate because all deaths were validated with death certificates. The health ministry admitted in the new paper that its figures before the invasion were too low, he said, which had also led to insufficient adjustment.
151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion
· Figures up to June 2006 from household survey
· Government accepts new estimate on death toll
Sarah Boseley, health editor
Thursday January 10, 2008
The Guardian
An estimated 151,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the violence that has engulfed the country from the time of the US-led invasion until June 2006, according to the latest and largest study of deaths officially accepted by the Iraqi government.
The figures come from a household survey carried out by the World Health Organisation and the Iraqi health ministry. They are substantially lower than the 601,027 death toll reported by US researchers in 2006 in the Lancet using similar study methods, but higher than the Iraq Body Count's (IBC) register - based on press reports - of 47,668.
The authors of the WHO/Iraqi study, published last night in the New England Journal of Medicine, say that the new number, which could be anywhere between 104,000 and 223,000 allowing for misreporting, "points to a massive death toll in the wake of the 2003 invasion and represents only one of the many health and human consequences of an ongoing humanitarian crisis".
The Iraqi health minister, Dr Salih Mahdi Motlab Al-Hasanawi, said it was very important for the government to have reliable data on violent deaths. "There is controversy about reports from the media," he said. Some of the information that has been published "may be used or misused for political reasons and so on". The survey also collected data on the health of the population and availability of healthcare needed by the government.
The survey from the Iraqi Family Health Survey Group was carried out by trained employees of the health ministry who visited 10,860 households - 10 from each of more than 1,000 clusters across the 18 provinces of Iraq. Because of the insecurity, 115 (11%) of the clusters could not be visited - mostly in Anbar and Baghdad - so calculations were made to account for the probable number of deaths in those places. Researchers asked heads of households if there had been any deaths in the two years before or three years after the invasion in 2003.
Account was taken of under-reporting of deaths, which is usual in household surveys, not least because families often move when somebody dies. The survey also allowed for the out-migration of up to 2 million people between March 2003 and June 2006.
It found that 151,000 civilians died due to the conflict, which does not include accidents, suicides or deaths from disease. Unlike the Lancet study, it found no big increase in mortality across the three years. In 2003-4, 128 people died every day, in 2004-5 it dropped to 115 and in 2005-6 it rose again to 126. The daily death rates, according to the Lancet study, rose from 231 to 491 to 925.
Although the new figure is four times lower than the Lancet study, its authors, Gilbert Burnham and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, believe their count of more than 600,000 is correct.
Les Roberts, one of the US authors who is now a professor in forced migration and health at Columbia University, said he was delighted to see the Iraqi government had accepted higher mortality figures. In June 2006 the government was relying on the IBC figure, which was 41,000. "For this to be coming from the Iraqi government is really healthy," he said.
It was also good for science that new studies were being carried out. "But I think there is overwhelming evidence that their estimate is too low."
The WHO/Iraqi study showed a doubling of the rate of violent deaths while the Lancet study showed a trebling. "Fundamentally, these studies are less different than people are thinking." But the US team's data was more accurate because all deaths were validated with death certificates. The health ministry admitted in the new paper that its figures before the invasion were too low, he said, which had also led to insufficient adjustment.
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
The Gospel According to Matthew
The Gospel according to Matthew is the first book in the New Testament.Below is the scripture reading of each chapter in the authorized King James version.
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless the reading of His Word.
Matthew Chapter 1
Matthew Chapter 2
Matthew Chapter 3
Matthew Chapter 4
Matthew Chapter 5
Matthew Chapter 6
Matthew Chapter 7
Matthew Chapter 8
Matthew Chapter 9
Matthew Chapter 10
Matthew 11
Matthew Chapter 12
Matthew Chapter 13
Matthew Chpater 14
Matthew Chapter 15
Matthew Chapter 16
Matthew Chapter 17
Matthew Chapter 18
Matthew Chapter 19
Matthew Chapter 20
Matthew Chapter 21
Matthew Chapter 22
Matthew Chapter 23
Matthew Chapter 24
Matthew Chapter 25
Matthew Chapter 26 Part 1
Matthew Chapter 26 Part 2
Matthew Chapter 27
Matthew Chapter 28
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
The Federal Reserve and the CFR - both rotten to the core!
Corrupt Federal Reserve - Robbing Americans Since 1913 [1/3]
The Federal Reserve is neither Federal nor a Reserve. Owned by a corrupt group of International Bankers, it is a privately owned monopoly, largely responsible for creating America's National Debt. It is also a parasitic and unnecessary entity that literally creates American currency out of nothing and then collects interest on the backs of taxpayers for doing so. The CFR is the secret organization that is running the USA.
CFR - The Secret Government [2/3]
The CFR Controlled Media Cabal [3/3]
The Federal Reserve is neither Federal nor a Reserve. Owned by a corrupt group of International Bankers, it is a privately owned monopoly, largely responsible for creating America's National Debt. It is also a parasitic and unnecessary entity that literally creates American currency out of nothing and then collects interest on the backs of taxpayers for doing so. The CFR is the secret organization that is running the USA.
CFR - The Secret Government [2/3]
The CFR Controlled Media Cabal [3/3]
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
The CFR Controls Mainstream Media
The REAL agenda of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is to "create a world system of financial control in private hands, able to dominate the political system of each country, and the economy of the world as a whole". (Prof. Carroll Quigley)
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
Storms
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. Psalm 68:9
Yesterday's storm brought us A LOT of rain and it is STILL raining now!
Here is a link to a short video of some storm damage a little north of me. It was pretty intense, not for me so much as my home and my work never lost power and I was inside during the worst of it.
A few years ago, my daughter went though Hurricane Ivan and her house was near the water so they went to the in-laws who lived in a big brick home inland.
Well, around 2 am as the eye of the storm hit Pensacola, their roof ripped off and rain came pouring in, so they had to all jump in their cars to find another shelter which turned out to be a church down the road.
The next morning, it looked like a bomb had gone off and when my daughter got back to her house, everything was fine including the 2 cats in the bathroom! However, on the next street, houses were gone, washed out to sea and sadly, a few folks were dead that didn't leave. When I went back a couple of months later, the damage was unbelievable!
Plus, I went to New Orleans to do some volunteer work for a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina and that was horrible - again, looked like a bomb - still does in some areas - a political hot potato in so many ways - very sad for the folks especially in the 9th ward.
Anyway, in perspective, this California storm is 'mild' unless of course a tree falls on you or your house!!
So we give thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ for His protection in the storms of life.
Yesterday's storm brought us A LOT of rain and it is STILL raining now!Here is a link to a short video of some storm damage a little north of me. It was pretty intense, not for me so much as my home and my work never lost power and I was inside during the worst of it.
A few years ago, my daughter went though Hurricane Ivan and her house was near the water so they went to the in-laws who lived in a big brick home inland.
Well, around 2 am as the eye of the storm hit Pensacola, their roof ripped off and rain came pouring in, so they had to all jump in their cars to find another shelter which turned out to be a church down the road.
The next morning, it looked like a bomb had gone off and when my daughter got back to her house, everything was fine including the 2 cats in the bathroom! However, on the next street, houses were gone, washed out to sea and sadly, a few folks were dead that didn't leave. When I went back a couple of months later, the damage was unbelievable!
Plus, I went to New Orleans to do some volunteer work for a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina and that was horrible - again, looked like a bomb - still does in some areas - a political hot potato in so many ways - very sad for the folks especially in the 9th ward.
Anyway, in perspective, this California storm is 'mild' unless of course a tree falls on you or your house!!
So we give thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ for His protection in the storms of life.
Over the years my opinions have changed but this will never change: Jesus Christ, Lord, God and Savior, died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay for my sin.
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