News Commentary
April 2012
April 2012
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April 30th, 2012
News Report
Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at work on Robobugs. (1)
Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square on September
2007.
"I heard someone say, 'Oh my god, look at those,' " the college senior from New York recalled. "I look up and I'm like, 'What the hell is that?' They looked kind of like dragonflies or little helicopters. But I mean, those are not insects."
Out in the crowd, Bernard Crane saw them, too. "I'd never seen anything like it in my life," the Washington lawyer said. "They were large for dragonflies. I thought, 'Is that mechanical, or is that alive?' "
That is just one of the questions hovering over a handful of similar sightings at political events in Washington and New York. Some suspect the insectlike drones are high-tech surveillance tools, perhaps deployed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Others think they are, well, dragonflies -- an ancient order of insects that even biologists concede look about as robotic as a living creature can look.
No agency admits to having deployed insect-size spy drones. But a number of U.S. government and private entities acknowledge they are trying. Some federally funded teams are even growing live insects with computer chips in them, with the goal of mounting spyware on their bodies and controlling their flight muscles remotely.
"I heard someone say, 'Oh my god, look at those,' " the college senior from New York recalled. "I look up and I'm like, 'What the hell is that?' They looked kind of like dragonflies or little helicopters. But I mean, those are not insects."
Out in the crowd, Bernard Crane saw them, too. "I'd never seen anything like it in my life," the Washington lawyer said. "They were large for dragonflies. I thought, 'Is that mechanical, or is that alive?' "
That is just one of the questions hovering over a handful of similar sightings at political events in Washington and New York. Some suspect the insectlike drones are high-tech surveillance tools, perhaps deployed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Others think they are, well, dragonflies -- an ancient order of insects that even biologists concede look about as robotic as a living creature can look.
No agency admits to having deployed insect-size spy drones. But a number of U.S. government and private entities acknowledge they are trying. Some federally funded teams are even growing live insects with computer chips in them, with the goal of mounting spyware on their bodies and controlling their flight muscles remotely.
miguel de Portugal comments: And that was 5 years ago! Can you imagine how much sophisticated this and other systems are?
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(1) News Report
April 29th, 2012
Commentary on the News [via (Mr.) LP]
[our highlights]
Several items ...
First: I read yesterday's News Commentary about Herranz. My first reaction was horror, and my second one was nausea. The nausea has now passed, but this story "hit" me more than many of the others I have seen recently, on your site and elsewhere. I am reporting this personal reaction, and leave to you the assessment of the significance of the reaction.
I looked back to see whether I had mentioned Cardinal Herranz in my book. I had done so; he is part of the denial/coverup apparatus in the sex abuse scandal (1).
The quote from the book follow:
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In April 2002, Cardinal Herranz, an Opus Dei member whom John Allen describes as "the Vatican's
attorney general," criticized "a climate of 'exaggeration, financial exploitation and nervousness'
in the United States. Herranz also complained of a 'tenacious scandalistic style' in the American
press." [106] In 2003, the Cardinal said, "pedophilia is only minimally
identified with the Church, touching scarcely one percent of priests. Meanwhile for other
categories of persons, the percentages are much higher." [107]
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[106] John Allen, "The Word From Rome," "A Look at the New Cardinals," National Catholic Reporter, October 3, 2003, http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/word100303.htm, viewed 06/09/04.
[107] John Allen, "Vatican official comments on Geoghan murder," National Catholic Reporter, August 25, 2003, http://nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/bn082503.htm, viewed 06/09/03.
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[106] John Allen, "The Word From Rome," "A Look at the New Cardinals," National Catholic Reporter, October 3, 2003, http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/word100303.htm, viewed 06/09/04.
[107] John Allen, "Vatican official comments on Geoghan murder," National Catholic Reporter, August 25, 2003, http://nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/bn082503.htm, viewed 06/09/03.
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Second: I re-read the Sequence of Events earlier this evening. Within the last hour, I said inwardly: "Thanks be to God that the sequence has been compressed into a short time. Couldn't God just shorten things further, and move straight to step 14 (the gathering of the elect?)"
I got an immediate answer: That steps 1-13 of the Sequence will awaken some souls who would otherwise be lost. In other words, God will use the sufferings associated with the Great Tribulation to save as many souls as possible, souls that might not have "made it" without being shaken awake first. In other words, even the Tribulation is allowed as an act of love and mercy by God.
Do you wish to comment on this or to evaluate this? (If my "answer" is in error, please advise.)
miguel de Portugal comments: The immediate answer that you received is the procedure that we have been highlighting for years under the title of: Pain is the Megaphone that God uses for the deaf to hear. (2)
That is why we, as one more reminder, just published - and were criticized for - the following:
As the saying goes, the "Party Is Over", dear lady. Make no mistake.
The only thing left to do is pray for ourselves and others and to strengthen our faith to enable us to navigate through these most dangerous and treacherous waters of the Apocalypse. There is nothing else to do that will produce any kind of good fruit.
The only thing left to do is pray for ourselves and others and to strengthen our faith to enable us to navigate through these most dangerous and treacherous waters of the Apocalypse. There is nothing else to do that will produce any kind of good fruit.
We were labeled as being "negative" by someone who has been with us for some years and who should know better.
It should be obvious to most (or so we thought) that what is meant by: "...pray for ourselves and others and to strengthen our faith to enable us to navigate through these most dangerous and treacherous waters of the Apocalypse" is precisely to reduce as much as possible the "volume of the megaphone" - that is, the pain required for the conversion of the wayward sheep.
Obviously your "answer" is not in error; it is right on target!
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(1) False Dawn - Chapter 25
(2) Pain is the Megaphone....
News Report No. 1
[our highlights]
New U.S. Stealth Fighters now at Iran's back door. (1)
America's most sophisticated stealth jet fighters have been quietly deployed to an allied base
less than 200 miles from Iran's mainland, according to an industry report, but the Air Force
adamantly denied the jets' presence is a threat to the Middle East nation.
Multiple stealth F-22 Raptors, which have never been combat-tested, are in hangars at the United Arab Emirates' Al Dafra Air Base, just a short hop over the Persian Gulf from Iran's southern border, the trade publication Aviation Week reported.
Air Force spokesperson Lt. Col. John Dorrian would not confirm the exact location of the F-22s, but told ABC News they had been deployed to a base in Southwest Asia -- a region that includes the UAE. Dorrian also stressed that the F-22s were simply taking part in a scheduled deployment and are "not a threat to Iran."
"This is a very normal deployment to strengthen military relationships, promote sovereign and regional security, improve combined tactical air operations and enhance interoperability of forces," Dorrian said.
Multiple stealth F-22 Raptors, which have never been combat-tested, are in hangars at the United Arab Emirates' Al Dafra Air Base, just a short hop over the Persian Gulf from Iran's southern border, the trade publication Aviation Week reported.
Air Force spokesperson Lt. Col. John Dorrian would not confirm the exact location of the F-22s, but told ABC News they had been deployed to a base in Southwest Asia -- a region that includes the UAE. Dorrian also stressed that the F-22s were simply taking part in a scheduled deployment and are "not a threat to Iran."
"This is a very normal deployment to strengthen military relationships, promote sovereign and regional security, improve combined tactical air operations and enhance interoperability of forces," Dorrian said.
miguel de Portugal comments: Sure!
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(1) News Report
April 28th, 2012
News Report No. 1
[our highlights]
Israel army chief says that other nations could strike Iran. (1)
Israel's military chief said Thursday that other countries have readied their armed forces for a
potential strike against Iran's nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz did not specify which nations might be willing to support or take direct action against Iran. Still, his comments were one of the strongest hints yet that Israel may have the backing of other countries to strike the Islamic Republic to prevent it from developing nuclear arms.
"The military force is ready," Gantz said. "Not only our forces, but other forces as well."
"We all hope that there will be no necessity to use this force, but we are absolutely sure of its existence," he told The Associated Press, adding that he was not speaking on behalf of any other nation.
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz did not specify which nations might be willing to support or take direct action against Iran. Still, his comments were one of the strongest hints yet that Israel may have the backing of other countries to strike the Islamic Republic to prevent it from developing nuclear arms.
"The military force is ready," Gantz said. "Not only our forces, but other forces as well."
"We all hope that there will be no necessity to use this force, but we are absolutely sure of its existence," he told The Associated Press, adding that he was not speaking on behalf of any other nation.
miguel de Portugal comments: How convenient! Paving the way so that no one will know for sure who started it.
Then, another "Commission" will be appointed to investigate who fired the first shot and then it will fall into oblivion as most of those "Commissions" do after mocking the general public with their "findings".
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(1) News Report
News Report No. 2
[our highlights]
Benedict XVI calls in Opus Dei troubleshooter to uncover source of Vatican leaks. (1)
Cardinal given 'pontifical mandate' to hunt Holy See staffers releasing documents on
corruption claims in 'Vatileaks' scandal.
Vatican staffers who have been leaking embarrassing letters about corruption and nepotism inside the tiny city state are to be hunted down by a crack squad of cardinals led by a senior member of the religious group Opus Dei.
Irritated by the anonymous release of documents to the press this year, Pope Benedict has named Cardinal Julian Herranz, 82, to lead a three-man team which will haul in staffers for questioning and rifle through files until they catch the perpetrators of what has been dubbed "Vatileaks".
A short statement printed on Thursday on the front page of the Vatican's daily newspaper warned the team had a full "pontifical mandate" to "shed complete light" on the whistle blowers, who have lifted the lid on alleged theft and false accounting.
Herranz was a long-time personal secretary to Josemaría Escrivá, the now canonised founder of Opus Dei, which has been accused of excessive secrecy, strict control over members and undue influence within the Vatican – a reputation pushed by Dan Brown's thriller The Da Vinci Code.
Vatican staffers who have been leaking embarrassing letters about corruption and nepotism inside the tiny city state are to be hunted down by a crack squad of cardinals led by a senior member of the religious group Opus Dei.
Irritated by the anonymous release of documents to the press this year, Pope Benedict has named Cardinal Julian Herranz, 82, to lead a three-man team which will haul in staffers for questioning and rifle through files until they catch the perpetrators of what has been dubbed "Vatileaks".
A short statement printed on Thursday on the front page of the Vatican's daily newspaper warned the team had a full "pontifical mandate" to "shed complete light" on the whistle blowers, who have lifted the lid on alleged theft and false accounting.
Herranz was a long-time personal secretary to Josemaría Escrivá, the now canonised founder of Opus Dei, which has been accused of excessive secrecy, strict control over members and undue influence within the Vatican – a reputation pushed by Dan Brown's thriller The Da Vinci Code.
miguel de Portugal comments: Paraphrasing and old saying: The fox is now in charge of the security of the hen house.
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(1) News Report
April 27th, 2012
News Report
[our highlights]
Most of you may have heard a vague reference to some sort of "Noah's Ark for Seeds" that is somewhere in a very cold part of the world.
Of those who heard about it, most probably did not give it the proverbial second thought and moved on shrugging off such notion as the product of some fanatical apocalyptic group.
But wait! There may be more to it that meets the eye. Remember, "Where there is smoke.... there is a fire" as the saying goes.
From Wikipedia (1) we learn the basics about this "cute little project"....
[our underscoring]
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank located on the Norwegian island of
Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300
kilometres (810 miles) from the North Pole.
The facility preserves a wide variety of plant seeds in an underground cavern. The seeds are duplicate samples, or "spare" copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. The seed vault will provide insurance against the loss of seeds in gene banks, as well as a refuge for seeds in the case of large-scale regional or global crises.
The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Norwegian government, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).
Construction of the seed vault, which cost approximately US $9 million, was funded entirely by the Government of Norway. Storage of seeds in the seed vault is free of charge. Operational costs will be paid by Norway and the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Primary funding for the Trust comes from organizations, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and from various governments worldwide.
The facility preserves a wide variety of plant seeds in an underground cavern. The seeds are duplicate samples, or "spare" copies, of seeds held in gene banks worldwide. The seed vault will provide insurance against the loss of seeds in gene banks, as well as a refuge for seeds in the case of large-scale regional or global crises.
The seed vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement between the Norwegian government, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).
Construction of the seed vault, which cost approximately US $9 million, was funded entirely by the Government of Norway. Storage of seeds in the seed vault is free of charge. Operational costs will be paid by Norway and the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Primary funding for the Trust comes from organizations, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and from various governments worldwide.
So far so (innocuous) good. A very small investment, by all standards (US $9 million), made by a low key country (2). It could easily pass for a token expenditure by politicians seeking the "Green" vote - and nothing more... until... we decided to look at: (a) Who are the contributors; and (b) How much does it cost to keep it going.
Both (a) and (b) are key elements to find out what is really behind this seemingly innocuous project.
In a footnote (3) of the Wikipedia article we found out that, as of February, 10, 2012, the amount of money already collected to run the "cute little project" is no small change: US $171,282,164, with the total amount pledged so far being "a paltry" US $231,065,628.
Of course, the above provides another confirmation that the "Elite" have a very good idea where the world is heading and are preparing their come-back. The part that they do not know about is that: God has other plans and they will soon find out that those who consider themselves "The Elite" are not are part of "The Elect" (4).
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(1) Wikipedia Article
(2) It was "low key" until Mr. Anders Behring Breivik decided to stage a massacre in order to "Save Europe".
(3) List of donors and amounts donated
(4) The Selection of the Elect
April 26th, 2012
News Confirmation [via (Mr.) LP]
[our highlights]
I received some unexpected information last Friday (April 20th) that confirmed (in advance) your “News Commentary” post of April 25th.
I attended a business networking event. I sat next to a Japanese, a strategic planner from a prefectural government in Japan (a prefecture is similar to a province). He is here in the US for a 1-year fellowship at a major university in the California Bay Area. His specialty is environment and energy.
I asked him about Fukushima, and mentioned the reports I had heard here in the alternative press about contamination/possible evacuation of Tokyo. I was expecting him to debunk such claims.
Instead, the official said:
1. He does not want to return to Japan with his family, due to fear for their safety.
2. He is not concerned about the possible evacuation of Tokyo - but he did say that the Japanese food supply is contaminated.
3. He said that "Japan is over ... it is no longer developed country." [His exact words!] Previously, he had been concerned about helping Third World countries with development and energy issues; since the March 2011 disaster, he is now most concerned with his own country.
4. He said that Fukushima is not under control, and that there is not yet any way to control it.
2. He is not concerned about the possible evacuation of Tokyo - but he did say that the Japanese food supply is contaminated.
3. He said that "Japan is over ... it is no longer developed country." [His exact words!] Previously, he had been concerned about helping Third World countries with development and energy issues; since the March 2011 disaster, he is now most concerned with his own country.
4. He said that Fukushima is not under control, and that there is not yet any way to control it.
All of this confirms all the ominous news reports about Fukushima, including the report you posted on the 25th.
Are you aware that.... there is a well established, and well funded, Coalition for Democratic World Government?
On their opening page (1) we read:
[our highlights]
We are a coalition of organizations working in various ways toward a civilized system of world
law.
World Law Enforcement to:
Individual Accountability--a Fundamental Concept: World law enforcement would apply to individual persons. We believe that it is dangerous and unjust to punish an entire nation for the crimes of its leaders.
Universal Accountability: Everyone would be accountable under world law, including all national and world government officials. No one would be above the law.
A World Constitution: Before law enforcement powers are given to any world organization, there must be safeguards against world tyranny. An essential safeguard is a world constitution with a global bill of human rights.
Global Structures: The world constitution (whether a modified UN Charter, or a document drafted independently of the UN) would provide for a democratic federal world government under world law.
The world government would include a democratically elected world legislature, world courts, and a world executive with a world peace force. These institutions would protect the rights and security of the people of the world, in all nations.
The Federal Principle--Unity with Diversity: The world constitution would grant certain powers to the world government and reserve other powers to national governments and to the people.
Stopping Aggression: If international military aggression occurs, the world government would act, in accordance with world law, to
Essential, Not Merely Desirable
We think that a democratic federal world government is essential for the protection of the Earth's life support systems, because we believe:
A democratic federal world government, founded on a world constitution with a global bill of human rights, will protect cultural diversity throughout the world and enable the human family to act as one to protect its common global home.
World Law Enforcement to:
Ban weapons of mass destruction,
Protect the Earth's environment,
Prevent/stop international military aggression,
Uphold basic human rights,
Help eliminate poverty and hunger worldwide.
Protect the Earth's environment,
Prevent/stop international military aggression,
Uphold basic human rights,
Help eliminate poverty and hunger worldwide.
Individual Accountability--a Fundamental Concept: World law enforcement would apply to individual persons. We believe that it is dangerous and unjust to punish an entire nation for the crimes of its leaders.
Universal Accountability: Everyone would be accountable under world law, including all national and world government officials. No one would be above the law.
A World Constitution: Before law enforcement powers are given to any world organization, there must be safeguards against world tyranny. An essential safeguard is a world constitution with a global bill of human rights.
Global Structures: The world constitution (whether a modified UN Charter, or a document drafted independently of the UN) would provide for a democratic federal world government under world law.
The world government would include a democratically elected world legislature, world courts, and a world executive with a world peace force. These institutions would protect the rights and security of the people of the world, in all nations.
The Federal Principle--Unity with Diversity: The world constitution would grant certain powers to the world government and reserve other powers to national governments and to the people.
Stopping Aggression: If international military aggression occurs, the world government would act, in accordance with world law, to
Protect innocent people on each side of the conflict,
Stop the violence,
Arrest and prosecute persons responsible for the aggression.
Stop the violence,
Arrest and prosecute persons responsible for the aggression.
Essential, Not Merely Desirable
We think that a democratic federal world government is essential for the protection of the Earth's life support systems, because we believe:
1. That national and international laws are inadequate to protect the global environment and halt
the proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction;
2. That there is an urgent need for enforceable world law to protect the world's people and the future of our children;
3. That an adequate system of world law requires some form of world government;
4. That the only type of world government that would have any chance of being acceptable to the world's people would be a constitutional democratic federal world government under world law.
2. That there is an urgent need for enforceable world law to protect the world's people and the future of our children;
3. That an adequate system of world law requires some form of world government;
4. That the only type of world government that would have any chance of being acceptable to the world's people would be a constitutional democratic federal world government under world law.
A democratic federal world government, founded on a world constitution with a global bill of human rights, will protect cultural diversity throughout the world and enable the human family to act as one to protect its common global home.
For a Who is Who among the support of the above enterprise Click Here. No, it is not another Conspiracy Theory; it is a fact.
miguel de Portugal comments: Given the irrefutable fact that the politicians in a country, like Spain or Belgium, for example, or in a union, like the European Union, for example, cannot even agree on the most basic covenants, the only way to implement the above (in the absence of Divine Intervention) would be, as we have been pointing out since 1993 (2), through sheer brutal force. That is the only "incentive" that man has shown, for at least six thousand years, he will respond to. Those who do not respond, quickly become fertilizer for the vegetation trampled during the battles.
Sarcasm? Cynicism? Hardly! Just condensing human history into one paragraph.
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(1) Coalition for Democratic World Government
(2) The Establishment of One World Order
April 25th, 2012
News Report
[our highlights]
Is Fukushima's Doomsday Machine About To Blow? (1)
Mounting troubles at Japan's hobbled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant now pose a real threat
to human survival. If the area in which Unit 4 is struck by another 7.0 magnitude earthquake,
there's a 70 percent chance that "the entire fuel pool structure will collapse" and massive doses
of lethal nuclear radiation will be released into the atmosphere.
The disaster would release approximately "134 million curies is Cesium-137 -- roughly 85 times the amount of Cs-137 released at Chernobyl as estimated by the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP)."
Experts believe that the amounts are sufficient to "destroy the world environment and our civilization", which makes containment "an issue of human survival."
"Japan's former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata... strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4 - with 1,535 fuel rods in the spent fuel pool 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground - collapses, not only will it cause a shutdown of all six reactors but it will also affect the common spent fuel pool containing 6,375 fuel rods, located some 50 meters from reactor 4. In both cases the radioactive rods are not protected by a containment vessel; dangerously, they are open to the air. This would certainly cause a global catastrophe like we have never before experienced. ... Such a catastrophe would affect us all for centuries."
Murata's concerns have been brought to the attention of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to high-ranking officials in the Obama administration and EU, and to leaders around the world. The reaction has basically been the same everywhere, which is, "It's Japan's problem. Let them deal with it."
There is no way to overstate the media's complicity in concealing critical information about the tragedy that is presently unfolding at Fukushima. If there is another earthquake, the media will certainly be every bit as responsible as the government officials who saw the danger, but chose to do nothing.
The disaster would release approximately "134 million curies is Cesium-137 -- roughly 85 times the amount of Cs-137 released at Chernobyl as estimated by the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP)."
Experts believe that the amounts are sufficient to "destroy the world environment and our civilization", which makes containment "an issue of human survival."
"Japan's former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata... strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4 - with 1,535 fuel rods in the spent fuel pool 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground - collapses, not only will it cause a shutdown of all six reactors but it will also affect the common spent fuel pool containing 6,375 fuel rods, located some 50 meters from reactor 4. In both cases the radioactive rods are not protected by a containment vessel; dangerously, they are open to the air. This would certainly cause a global catastrophe like we have never before experienced. ... Such a catastrophe would affect us all for centuries."
Murata's concerns have been brought to the attention of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to high-ranking officials in the Obama administration and EU, and to leaders around the world. The reaction has basically been the same everywhere, which is, "It's Japan's problem. Let them deal with it."
There is no way to overstate the media's complicity in concealing critical information about the tragedy that is presently unfolding at Fukushima. If there is another earthquake, the media will certainly be every bit as responsible as the government officials who saw the danger, but chose to do nothing.
miguel de Portugal comments: "There is no way to overstate the media's complicity in concealing critical information" - that is "the name of the game" for everything now. As we have said many times before, do not expect to be notified ahead of time about the Apocalyptic events as they unfold, one after the other.
We thank the Family member who alerted us to this well hidden information so that we may use it as "Just another example" in the hopes that our readers understand the reality that we are teetering at the edge of the practically bottomless pit.
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(1) Full Editorial
April 24th, 2012
News Report
[our highlights]
North Korea's military warned Monday of imminent "special actions" that would reduce South Korea's conservative government to ashes within minutes, sharply escalating the rhetoric against its southern rival. (1)
The statement, released Monday when programming was interrupted on North Korea's state TV by a
special report, comes amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.
The threat from the North's military leadership comes amid concerns that North Korea may be plotting another provocation in the wake of an unsuccessful rocket launch condemned by the U.N. Security Council as a violation of a ban against missile activity.
North Korea characterized the April 13 rocket launch as a failed bid to send a satellite into space - not a disguised test of missile technology - but then followed up two days later by unveiling a new long-range missile at a military birthday parade for late President Kim Il Sung.
On Monday, the military warned in a statement carried by state media that it would launch "special actions" soon against the South Korean government and conservative media.
"Once the above-said special actions kick off, they will reduce all the rat-like groups and the bases for provocations to ashes in three or four minutes, in much shorter time, by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style," it said.
The threat from the North's military leadership comes amid concerns that North Korea may be plotting another provocation in the wake of an unsuccessful rocket launch condemned by the U.N. Security Council as a violation of a ban against missile activity.
North Korea characterized the April 13 rocket launch as a failed bid to send a satellite into space - not a disguised test of missile technology - but then followed up two days later by unveiling a new long-range missile at a military birthday parade for late President Kim Il Sung.
On Monday, the military warned in a statement carried by state media that it would launch "special actions" soon against the South Korean government and conservative media.
"Once the above-said special actions kick off, they will reduce all the rat-like groups and the bases for provocations to ashes in three or four minutes, in much shorter time, by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style," it said.
miguel de Portugal comments: Sounds clear enough, doesn't it?
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(1) Mainstream Media Source
April 23rd, 2012
News Report No. 1
[our highlights]
ATK Secures .40 Caliber Ammunition Contract with Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (1)
ATK Wins Five-Year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract for .40 Caliber Ammunition
from Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
ATK announced that it is being awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS, ICE) for .40 caliber ammunition. This contract features a base of 12 months, includes four option years, and will have a maximum volume of 450 million rounds.
ATK was the incumbent and won the contract with its HST bullet, which has proven itself in the field. The special hollow point effectively passes through a variety of barriers and holds its jacket in the toughest conditions. HST is engineered for 100-percent weight retention, limits collateral damage, and avoids over-penetration.
ATK announced that it is being awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS, ICE) for .40 caliber ammunition. This contract features a base of 12 months, includes four option years, and will have a maximum volume of 450 million rounds.
ATK was the incumbent and won the contract with its HST bullet, which has proven itself in the field. The special hollow point effectively passes through a variety of barriers and holds its jacket in the toughest conditions. HST is engineered for 100-percent weight retention, limits collateral damage, and avoids over-penetration.
miguel de Portugal comments: Why would the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement need 450 million rounds of hollow point bullets, not legal in international warfare but legal to use in the US?
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(1) Wall Street Journal Reports
News Report No. 2
[our highlights]
Shift on Executive Power lets Obama bypass rivals. (1)
One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an
issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more
aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional obstructionism.
"We had been attempting to highlight the inability of Congress to do anything," recalled William M. Daley, who was the White House chief of staff at the time. "The president expressed frustration, saying we have got to scour everything and push the envelope in finding things we can do on our own."
For Mr. Obama, that meeting was a turning point.
But increasingly in recent months, the administration has been seeking ways to act without Congress. Branding its unilateral efforts "We Can't Wait," a slogan that aides said Mr. Obama coined at that strategy meeting, the White House has rolled out dozens of new policies - on creating jobs for veterans, preventing drug shortages, raising fuel economy standards, curbing domestic violence and more.
Each time, Mr. Obama has emphasized the fact that he is bypassing lawmakers. When he announced a cut in refinancing fees for federally insured mortgages last month, for example, he said: "If Congress refuses to act, I've said that I'll continue to do everything in my power to act without them."
"We had been attempting to highlight the inability of Congress to do anything," recalled William M. Daley, who was the White House chief of staff at the time. "The president expressed frustration, saying we have got to scour everything and push the envelope in finding things we can do on our own."
For Mr. Obama, that meeting was a turning point.
But increasingly in recent months, the administration has been seeking ways to act without Congress. Branding its unilateral efforts "We Can't Wait," a slogan that aides said Mr. Obama coined at that strategy meeting, the White House has rolled out dozens of new policies - on creating jobs for veterans, preventing drug shortages, raising fuel economy standards, curbing domestic violence and more.
Each time, Mr. Obama has emphasized the fact that he is bypassing lawmakers. When he announced a cut in refinancing fees for federally insured mortgages last month, for example, he said: "If Congress refuses to act, I've said that I'll continue to do everything in my power to act without them."
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(1) New York Times Reports
News Report No. 3
Explosion, fireball reported in Nevada, California. (1)
Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday
morning was likely caused by a meteor.
The sound of the explosion around 8 a.m. prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada in the two states.
The explosion rattled windows and shook houses from Reno to Winnemucca in Nevada, and from the Sacramento to Bakersfield areas in California.
The sound of the explosion around 8 a.m. prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada in the two states.
The explosion rattled windows and shook houses from Reno to Winnemucca in Nevada, and from the Sacramento to Bakersfield areas in California.
miguel de Portugal comments: Nothing "to write home about". We just thought that it was interesting. It could have been part of the Lyrid meteor shower announced for that period. (2)
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(2) NASA Reports
April 22nd, 2012
News Report
Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July. (1)
For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing
Internet connections this summer.
Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.
The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner, DCWG (2) , that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet.
Most victims don't even know their computers have been infected, although the malicious software probably has slowed their web surfing and disabled their antivirus software, making their machines more vulnerable to other problems.
Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.
The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner, DCWG (2) , that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet.
Most victims don't even know their computers have been infected, although the malicious software probably has slowed their web surfing and disabled their antivirus software, making their machines more vulnerable to other problems.
Imagine if your computer is infected and you visit any of our pages, say, Private FYI&R, for example, and, on a page that looks identical to ours, you read that "miguel de Portugal has acknowledged his error about Opus Dei and now he will join the group". Then, what would you then think about all else miguel de Portugal has published for the last 14 years?
This is the ultimate stroke in dissemination of false information on a global scale. Imagine what will happen once a misinformed reader turns around and "Tweets" the seriously wrong information and/or place it on a Facebook type service.
For those of our readers who are not savvy about computers and internet matters, we have asked a close cooperator, whose professional field is computers and internet, to digest the information and present it as simple and straight forward as possible so that any of our readers could insure that their computer is not infected.
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(1) News Source
(2) DCWG
April 21st, 2012
News Report No. 1
It is hard to avoid hearing about the sordid details of the trial of Mr. Anders Behring Breivik for the crimes he committed back on July 2011. The key questions that still haunts the prosecutors and judges are: (a) the logic behind Breivik's apparent madness; and (b) whether he really is part of a group as he claims to be.
They continue to mumble and fumble even though we placed the following clues on their hands on July 24th , 2011, via an e-mail sent to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC, and to the Government Administration Services in Norway:
May the Peace of God be upon Norway and its people!
After recovering from the shock of the tragic events in your fine country, we carefully reviewed what has been published about Mr. Anders Behring Breivik's background - as well as his cold acknowledgment of, and the logic behind, the crimes he committed.
This morning we realized the conceptual parallel between Mr. Breivik's plans and a historical novel (mostly actual history) published in Spain in the year 2010 - "La Cúpula del Mundo" by Jesús Maeso de la Torre (1).
The key players in this true historical drama were King Don Alfonso X of Castilla y León, the daughter of the Norwegian King [Haakón IV], Princess Kristín Hakonardottir (who was brought to Spain to marry the brother of King Don Alfonso), the Teutonic Knights, and an actual planning group to establish a Rex Mundi. All of this was taking place in the mid 13th Century.
Because of part of the work we do - to expose the real plans that do exist to establish such a Rex Mundi right now in the 21st century - we carefully reviewed the book "La Cúpula del Mundo" and confirmed the actual historical facts.
That work resulted in a document we published on January 17, 2011, and which we announced to our audience, which spans over 105 countries, as follows:
After recovering from the shock of the tragic events in your fine country, we carefully reviewed what has been published about Mr. Anders Behring Breivik's background - as well as his cold acknowledgment of, and the logic behind, the crimes he committed.
This morning we realized the conceptual parallel between Mr. Breivik's plans and a historical novel (mostly actual history) published in Spain in the year 2010 - "La Cúpula del Mundo" by Jesús Maeso de la Torre (1).
The key players in this true historical drama were King Don Alfonso X of Castilla y León, the daughter of the Norwegian King [Haakón IV], Princess Kristín Hakonardottir (who was brought to Spain to marry the brother of King Don Alfonso), the Teutonic Knights, and an actual planning group to establish a Rex Mundi. All of this was taking place in the mid 13th Century.
Because of part of the work we do - to expose the real plans that do exist to establish such a Rex Mundi right now in the 21st century - we carefully reviewed the book "La Cúpula del Mundo" and confirmed the actual historical facts.
That work resulted in a document we published on January 17, 2011, and which we announced to our audience, which spans over 105 countries, as follows:
The Real Roots of the One World Order and Its Solid Germanic
Foundation.
All pieces continue to fall into their unique places forming an exquisite mosaic that can only be properly be discerned by those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
All pieces continue to fall into their unique places forming an exquisite mosaic that can only be properly be discerned by those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
We suggest that the above document be carefully reviewed and the referred to book read. It may
shed all the light you may need about Mr. Breivik's mentality, and may help you to track down
anyone else who may have been involved - physically or as an inspiration - in such a heinous
crime.
At your service,
(signed with miguel's civil name)
(physical Address given)
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(1) "La Cúpula del Mundo" by Jesús Maeso de la Torre, 2010, Random House Mondadori, S.A., Barcelona, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-253-4529-6
At your service,
(signed with miguel's civil name)
(physical Address given)
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(1) "La Cúpula del Mundo" by Jesús Maeso de la Torre, 2010, Random House Mondadori, S.A., Barcelona, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-253-4529-6
It is obvious that they ignored our communication since they still are unable to connect the dots. We were going to send it again, this time via Registered Mail but God indicated that we should not. This may help you fully understand the following paragraph from a recent Private FYI&R:
On the nights of April 17th and 18th there was an almost eerie replay of the scene/situation
described above. It also had to do with the launching of a nuclear war. This time, my reaction was
extreme calm and no pleas for Mercy. The words that came out of my mouth were: We have been
amply warned and sadly we have not responded as we should have. It is now too late.
This is why we do not lose any sleep over the collapse of the last Tower of Babel man has erected. It really is all over and its collapse, well deserved. Let us continue to pray.
News Report No. 2
[our highlights]
Ousted Secret Service supervisor joked about Sarah Palin. (1)
One of the Secret Service supervisors ousted in the agency's ongoing prostitution scandal joked on
Facebook that he was checking out former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as he
protected her during the 2008 campaign.
David Chaney, one of two supervisors forced out of the agency this week, wrote: "I was really checking her out, if you know what i (sic) mean?" after a friend commented on the picture posted in January 2009.
In an interview with Fox News Thursday, Palin said the joke is on Chaney. "Well, check this out, buddy - you're fired!" Palin said.
Chaney posted at least two pictures of him with Palin, along with another in which a woman in a revealing bikini top stood in the background, looking at Chaney. The photo was captioned: "not in front of my son." Details of the photos and comments were first reported Thursday by The Washington Post.
Palin said the scandal is "a symptom of government run amok."
"It's like, who's minding the store around here?" Palin told Fox. "The president, for one, he better be wary, there, of when Secret Service is accompanying his family on vacation. They may be checking out the first lady instead of guarding her."
Earlier Thursday, he White House had expressed renewed confidence in the director of the Secret Service in the midst of the sordid scandal, which threatens to become a serious political distraction in an election year. A key lawmaker who oversees the Secret Service predicted more firings there soon.
David Chaney, one of two supervisors forced out of the agency this week, wrote: "I was really checking her out, if you know what i (sic) mean?" after a friend commented on the picture posted in January 2009.
In an interview with Fox News Thursday, Palin said the joke is on Chaney. "Well, check this out, buddy - you're fired!" Palin said.
Chaney posted at least two pictures of him with Palin, along with another in which a woman in a revealing bikini top stood in the background, looking at Chaney. The photo was captioned: "not in front of my son." Details of the photos and comments were first reported Thursday by The Washington Post.
Palin said the scandal is "a symptom of government run amok."
"It's like, who's minding the store around here?" Palin told Fox. "The president, for one, he better be wary, there, of when Secret Service is accompanying his family on vacation. They may be checking out the first lady instead of guarding her."
Earlier Thursday, he White House had expressed renewed confidence in the director of the Secret Service in the midst of the sordid scandal, which threatens to become a serious political distraction in an election year. A key lawmaker who oversees the Secret Service predicted more firings there soon.
miguel de Portugal comments: We find this information quite disturbing. What kind of individuals are we hiring for such sensitive profession? Even if he had such a sophomoric intellect to get involved in the latest escapade in Colombia, the posting of that kind of information/photographs on a forum as Facebook escapes fundamental logic.
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April 19th, 2012
News Report
[our highlights]
On April 17th, President Obama announced a new series of steps to strengthen oversight over energy markets aimed at curbing illegal behavior and holding the people who manipulate those markets accountable. (1)
As the President said Tuesday the 17th: We can't afford a situation where speculators
artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage, and
driving prices higher - only to flip the oil for a quick profit. We can't afford a situation where
some speculators can reap millions, while millions of American families get the short end of the
stick.
miguel de Portugal comments: This move will generate more dangerous enemies for President Obama than anything else he has done since he took office. Of course he is right about "speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage, and driving prices higher - only to flip the oil for a quick profit"; the problem is that these speculators are on the "Board" that runs the World. (2)
We sincerely pray that the Secret Service agents responsible for our President's security pay more attention to him than to the prostitutes and other distractions tactically placed on their path.
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(1) From the White House
(2) Meet the "Board"
April 18th, 2012
News Report No. 1
[our highlights]
Euro debt crisis: Is Spain the new Greece? (1)
Spain has emerged as the new Greece – the focal point for the euro zone's ongoing debt crisis.
This week, that crisis has begun escalating again.
Related stories
On Monday, interest rates on Spain's long-term debt rose above 6 percent, a level not seen since the last flare-up of the euro crisis. On Tuesday, Spain saw its costs of short-term borrowing nearly double from a month ago. Although investors snapped up its debt issues with enthusiasm, they demanded nearly twice the return that they did a month ago. Spain's 12- and 18-month government bonds went for an average yield of 2.6 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, up from 1.4 and 1.7 percent on March 20.
If its borrowing costs keep rising, then Spain will be unable to service its debt – a squeeze that has already forced Ireland, Portugal, and Greece to seek a bailout from the European Union. But Spain isn't Greece, it's far larger. The default of the euro zone's fourth-largest economy would shake confidence in the currency in a way that tiny Greece never could.
Related stories
On Monday, interest rates on Spain's long-term debt rose above 6 percent, a level not seen since the last flare-up of the euro crisis. On Tuesday, Spain saw its costs of short-term borrowing nearly double from a month ago. Although investors snapped up its debt issues with enthusiasm, they demanded nearly twice the return that they did a month ago. Spain's 12- and 18-month government bonds went for an average yield of 2.6 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, up from 1.4 and 1.7 percent on March 20.
If its borrowing costs keep rising, then Spain will be unable to service its debt – a squeeze that has already forced Ireland, Portugal, and Greece to seek a bailout from the European Union. But Spain isn't Greece, it's far larger. The default of the euro zone's fourth-largest economy would shake confidence in the currency in a way that tiny Greece never could.
miguel de Portugal comments: What is of interest in this situation is that: Reporting from the street, so to speak, there are other European (and World!) countries in worse financial shape than Spain but the pounding on Spain has been, and continues to be, relentless. Whether it was the previous Socialist government or the super austere Opus Dei influenced (controlled?) government - the pounding continues.
Now, Argentina has joined the fray and has nationalized a major Spanish oil investment in Argentina and is threatening to nationalize their telephone and banking investments too.
We do not know of any other country where the major banks have sailed through the financial crisis that began in 2008 with ample multi billion yearly profits. Numbers confirmed by the European Union "money men", yet, from the pounding. one would think that the Spanish banking system is broke.
We continue to see what we spoke about regarding the "Family Problems" amongst the Threesome of Saviours of the World (2). Could it be that the two non-Opus Dei "Saviours of the World" are determined to crush Spain, the "Fountainhead" of Opus Dei?
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(2) The Saviours of the World are having Family Problems
News Report No. 2
[our highlights]
Secret Service bragged about protecting Obama while partying at a Colombian brothel. (1)
ABC News has learned exclusively that the Secret Service officials accused of misconduct in
Colombia revealed their identities by boasting at a Cartagena brothel that they worked for
President Obama.
Partying at the "Pley Club" Wednesday night, eleven members of the president's advance team allegedly bragged "we work for Obama" and "we're here to protect him."
Partying at the "Pley Club" Wednesday night, eleven members of the president's advance team allegedly bragged "we work for Obama" and "we're here to protect him."
miguel de Portugal comments: As we were saying....
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April 17th, 2012
News Report No. 1
[our highlights]
Rick Santorum said his three-year old daughter Bella is a now a "life member" of the National Rifle Association (NRA). (1)
"Karen and I are life members of the NRA, and we wanted to announce today that now Bella is a life
member of the NRA, too," Santorum said in a speech before the pro-gun rights lobby on Friday. "I
hope it is a long life."
Bella was released from a Virginia hospital last Monday after recovering from pneumonia, and Santorum suspended his campaign the following day.
Prior to that Friday hospitalization, Bella had to visit the hospital two other times in the campaign cycle.
At his speech to the NRA, Santorum also touted his wife's love of guns. "When it comes to gun rights advocates I have to say I don't hold a candle to my wife," Santorum said.
Bella was released from a Virginia hospital last Monday after recovering from pneumonia, and Santorum suspended his campaign the following day.
Prior to that Friday hospitalization, Bella had to visit the hospital two other times in the campaign cycle.
At his speech to the NRA, Santorum also touted his wife's love of guns. "When it comes to gun rights advocates I have to say I don't hold a candle to my wife," Santorum said.
miguel de Portugal comments: We suspected that Mr. Santorum was not well, but now its is confirmed.
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News Report No. 2
[our highlights]
Russian governor signs anti-gay law. (1)
The governor of Russia's second city Saint Petersburg has signed a new law against 'homosexual
propaganda', in defiance of protests that it discriminates against gay people.
Saint Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko signed the law - which promises fines for anyone found to have spread gay propaganda among minors - after it was adopted by the local legislature.
Saint Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko signed the law - which promises fines for anyone found to have spread gay propaganda among minors - after it was adopted by the local legislature.
miguel de Portugal comments: First of all, that is not an anti-gay law. That is a law preventing the promotion/marketing of homosexuality.
As we wrote in our document about homosexuality (2):
Redefining the Homosexuality Issue
The true problems lie in:
1.- The persecution of homosexuals; and
2.- The promotion of the proliferation of homosexual lifestyle.
2.- The promotion of the proliferation of homosexual lifestyle.
But, Why?
Without ignoring the reasons and/or traumas which has caused the
homosexual behavior in a human being, which is compounded by the homophonic attitude,
let us look at why it is not practical to promote a homosexual lifestyle where it does not
already exist.
Details
The plan of Creation, or if you will, the plan of perpetuating the species, is being short
circuited with its associated psychosomatic consequences; primarily guilt.
By actively promoting homosexuality , the human Creation is being pushed to function outside
its "Normal Operating Range and Instructions" ; that is outside "The Normal Sexual Preference
Distribution Amongst the World Population and the Sacred Scriptures". For the agnostic view:
Outside the established Laws of Nature.
If we operate a device, electronic or mechanical, outside its range of operability it may
malfunction and may prematurely fail. If we promote the improper operation of industrial devices
in a worldwide scale, eventually industry would fail.
In the case of a human being, the situation is far more complex for it involves the physical,
emotional and spiritual components which constitute the integrated make up of a human being.
In any case, there is no need to despair . God
loves profoundly each one of His children and will help each one of us individually in
our journey through Time. All He wants from us is that we allow
Him to help us along. To receive that help, all we have to do is to ask Him. No one
is excluded; no one!
Therefore, we applaud the new Russian Law as long as it is not used to persecute homosexuals. Homosexuality is not to be promoted nor marketed; however, those who, for whatever reason, are homosexuals must be respected.
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(1) News Report
(2) On Homosexuality - Understanding the Real Issues and Their Repercussions
April 16th, 2012
News Report
[our highlights]
Scandal-hit Russia Church vows to defeat critics. (1)
The powerful Russian Orthodox patriarch on Sunday vowed that the Church was stronger than its
critics after a series of scandals tarnished its image in the run-up to Easter.
Patriarch Kirill said a spate of recent controversies were all part of a general "anti-Church struggle" waged by its detractors, warning that the Church had proved during the Soviet era that it could not be destroyed.
The Church has in the last weeks endured ridicule for editing out of an official photograph an expensive watch worn by Kirill and anger over harsh treatment of three female "punk rockers" who tried to perform in a church.
Kirill overnight led a packed Easter Day service attended by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the vast Moscow Church of Christ the Saviour, in a new show of the Church's political strength.
Patriarch Kirill said a spate of recent controversies were all part of a general "anti-Church struggle" waged by its detractors, warning that the Church had proved during the Soviet era that it could not be destroyed.
The Church has in the last weeks endured ridicule for editing out of an official photograph an expensive watch worn by Kirill and anger over harsh treatment of three female "punk rockers" who tried to perform in a church.
Kirill overnight led a packed Easter Day service attended by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the vast Moscow Church of Christ the Saviour, in a new show of the Church's political strength.
miguel de Portugal comments: It appears that Rome's "Evangelization" effort was not a total loss.... The Russian Orthodox Administration seem to have learned the "tricks of the trade" well. Very well indeed since its Administration runs a "tighter ship" than Rome does - we know, from the inside.
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(1) News Report
April 15th, 2012
News Report
[our highlights]
U.S. Secret Service agents recalled from Colombia. (1)
The U.S. Secret Service has recalled a number of agents from Colombia, where President
Barack Obama is attending a summit with Latin American leaders, because of alleged
misconduct, a spokesman said on Friday.
"There have been allegations of misconduct made against Secret Service personnel in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to the president's trip," an agency spokesman, Edwin Donovan, said in a statement.
"Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and are being replaced by other Secret Service personnel."
The spokesman said the matter had been turned over to the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility.
"There have been allegations of misconduct made against Secret Service personnel in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to the president's trip," an agency spokesman, Edwin Donovan, said in a statement.
"Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignments, returned to their place of duty, and are being replaced by other Secret Service personnel."
The spokesman said the matter had been turned over to the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility.
miguel de Portugal comments: The only three "contacts" that we have had with them indicate that the unprofessionalism shown in Colombia by the U.S. Secret Service should not be surprising.
Case 1: My daughter, who was single at the time, was flying to Europe to visit with me. She
noticed what seemed to be an unusual number of young (apparent) eligible bachelors on board. They
were seated randomly in the cabin. One sat next to her. Logically they struck up a conversation
which went on for most of the flight. It did not take long for her to know the reason for this
"unusual number of young (apparent) eligible bachelors on board". They were Secret Service
agents who were going to laid down the security groundwork for an upcoming visit of the then U.S.
President, William Clinton. So much for "their cover".
Case 2: An American staying at a hotel in Salamanca felt discriminated against by the desk manager. He decided that it was because of his Afro-American heritage. I was at the coffee shop (which was manned by the desk manager too) when he came in, made some remarks to the young lady regarding his importance and flashed his Secret Service ID in an effort to build himself up before her eyes. Frankly, I felt that he was bluffing. A few days later I saw him on the news since he was working the Secretary of State Colin Powell security detail. So much for "his cover" while in Salamanca.
Case 3: We have received the tragic life history of a man in his forties to whom we are lending a spiritual hand (2). His father was a key component to his personal tragedy. He was a Secret Service agent. So much for "integrity".
Case 2: An American staying at a hotel in Salamanca felt discriminated against by the desk manager. He decided that it was because of his Afro-American heritage. I was at the coffee shop (which was manned by the desk manager too) when he came in, made some remarks to the young lady regarding his importance and flashed his Secret Service ID in an effort to build himself up before her eyes. Frankly, I felt that he was bluffing. A few days later I saw him on the news since he was working the Secretary of State Colin Powell security detail. So much for "his cover" while in Salamanca.
Case 3: We have received the tragic life history of a man in his forties to whom we are lending a spiritual hand (2). His father was a key component to his personal tragedy. He was a Secret Service agent. So much for "integrity".
Granted, the above only are three data points, however, statistically speaking, we are talking about a 100 % failing grade.
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(2) Pray for him. We are confident that he will rise above his tragic life and will be all that God wanted him to be.
April 13th, 2012
Earthquake News Report
...and the Earthquake Report for April 12th does not look any better....
| MAG | UTC
DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/12 23:15:48 | -44.509 | 94.263 | 10.0 | SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2012/04/12 22:46:27 | 33.038 | -116.386 | 9.4 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/12 22:42:10 | 60.184 | -150.812 | 76.2 | KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/04/12 22:37:17 | 3.720 | 92.666 | 27.1 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/12 21:42:23 | 1.100 | 92.825 | 28.7 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/12 20:49:15 | 61.707 | -147.992 | 26.4 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.5 | 2012/04/12 18:53:01 | 33.464 | -116.466 | 7.7 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 3.6 | 2012/04/12 18:31:34 | 19.514 | -66.192 | 87.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/12 16:59:21 | 43.426 | -127.103 | 5.0 | OFF THE COAST OF OREGON |
| MAP | 4.2 | 2012/04/12 16:58:35 | 16.161 | -98.113 | 1.0 | OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO |
| MAP | 3.6 | 2012/04/12 16:44:45 | 18.873 | -64.154 | 39.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 4.0 | 2012/04/12 16:41:07 | 62.790 | -148.985 | 67.6 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/12 16:25:13 | 43.594 | -126.891 | 5.0 | OFF THE COAST OF OREGON |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/04/12 15:51:18 | 36.581 | 141.831 | 32.0 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 15:26:53 | 32.173 | 141.840 | 33.1 | IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/12 15:07:33 | 3.453 | 92.718 | 11.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/12 15:01:17 | -7.715 | 106.951 | 42.8 | JAVA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.6 | 2012/04/12 14:50:53 | 37.539 | 141.568 | 23.2 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 14:46:28 | 3.287 | 93.729 | 27.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 14:31:38 | 4.187 | 92.551 | 29.7 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/12 13:09:49 | 2.409 | 93.421 | 30.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/12 12:19:41 | 2.092 | 93.599 | 29.5 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 3.1 | 2012/04/12 12:10:05 | 35.501 | -96.773 | 4.9 | OKLAHOMA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/04/12 11:53:07 | 36.660 | -121.282 | 6.1 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/04/12 11:38:19 | -26.365 | -13.661 | 10.0 | SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 3.1 | 2012/04/12 11:34:00 | 18.896 | -67.411 | 8.6 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/12 11:19:59 | 36.874 | 141.060 | 14.3 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/04/12 11:02:00 | -5.987 | 103.379 | 28.1 | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 10:59:52 | 1.227 | 92.132 | 10.1 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/04/12 10:26:57 | 28.794 | -113.024 | 9.9 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 10:19:00 | 2.732 | 92.522 | 30.2 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/12 09:30:46 | 18.559 | -66.141 | 103.8 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 09:15:19 | 1.111 | 92.030 | 27.5 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.1 | 2012/04/12 08:56:29 | 37.478 | 72.008 | 163.4 | TAJIKISTAN |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/04/12 08:54:48 | 28.876 | -113.188 | 10.1 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.2 | 2012/04/12 07:57:33 | 28.511 | -112.954 | 10.0 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/12 07:43:49 | 2.973 | 92.742 | 30.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/12 07:43:04 | 63.555 | -150.959 | 7.2 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 07:34:57 | 3.394 | 89.817 | 15.8 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 6.9 | 2012/04/12 07:15:49 | 28.790 | -113.142 | 10.3 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.0 | 2012/04/12 07:14:32 | 59.770 | -152.226 | 64.3 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 6.2 | 2012/04/12 07:06:01 | 28.841 | -113.072 | 10.1 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 07:01:47 | 1.955 | 93.926 | 26.9 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 06:48:38 | 28.799 | -113.051 | 9.8 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/12 06:47:49 | 19.221 | -66.897 | 11.7 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/04/12 06:47:37 | 2.895 | 89.463 | 14.7 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/04/12 05:48:25 | 1.801 | 89.548 | 15.1 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/04/12 05:34:58 | -7.582 | 129.521 | 78.7 | KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 3.6 | 2012/04/12 05:34:53 | 18.172 | -67.359 | 17.0 | MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/12 05:09:30 | 19.379 | -155.239 | 3.6 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/12 04:57:34 | 37.805 | -112.088 | 3.2 | UTAH |
| MAP | 3.2 | 2012/04/12 04:48:44 | 61.087 | -151.004 | 78.5 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/12 04:16:04 | 37.809 | -112.092 | 8.5 | UTAH |
| MAP | 4.2 | 2012/04/12 03:29:22 | 37.811 | -112.089 | 10.6 | UTAH |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/12 03:00:28 | 57.227 | -153.963 | 47.0 | KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 02:54:45 | 1.223 | 91.774 | 14.8 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/12 02:42:43 | 3.529 | 92.693 | 27.7 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/04/12 02:29:41 | 41.998 | -65.994 | 15.8 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN |
| MAP | 3.4 | 2012/04/12 02:03:47 | 66.695 | -143.897 | 0.2 | NORTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/04/12 01:34:01 | 59.929 | -153.250 | 175.6 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 00:50:36 | 2.558 | 92.302 | 10.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/12 00:30:03 | 4.445 | 92.859 | 29.2 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/12 00:25:31 | 37.767 | -112.324 | 2.9 | UTAH |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/04/12 00:07:05 | 38.799 | -122.809 | 3.9 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
April 12th, 2012
Earthquake News Report
The following table only
reflects the earthquakes registered on
April 11th. Note the number, the
magnitude and locations.
| MAG | UTC
DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 23:56:34 | 1.798 | 89.670 | 13.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/04/11 23:28:44 | -20.363 | -177.712 | 535.7 | FIJI REGION |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/04/11 23:18:50 | 3.089 | 92.839 | 10.2 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 6.5 | 2012/04/11 22:55:11 | 18.272 | -102.732 | 20.0 | MICHOACAN, MEXICO |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 22:51:59 | 2.897 | 89.597 | 14.7 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/04/11 22:41:47 | 43.593 | -127.557 | 10.2 | OFF THE COAST OF OREGON |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/04/11 22:35:34 | 2.488 | 90.185 | 14.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 22:15:26 | 0.514 | 92.443 | 13.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.2 | 2012/04/11 22:02:50 | 51.508 | -176.673 | 35.6 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2012/04/11 21:53:23 | 59.218 | -154.654 | 197.9 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 21:36:09 | 1.787 | 90.927 | 15.0 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 3.2 | 2012/04/11 21:23:40 | 51.251 | -178.168 | 18.3 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/04/11 21:02:50 | 0.717 | 92.407 | 15.2 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/04/11 20:50:59 | 18.088 | -67.480 | 11.6 | MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO |
| MAP | 3.6 | 2012/04/11 20:03:14 | 19.075 | -68.615 | 165.3 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 19:04:20 | 1.202 | 92.090 | 10.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 18:54:46 | 2.496 | 92.712 | 14.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/04/11 16:32:14 | 18.731 | -68.225 | 104.0 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 16:04:24 | 3.426 | 92.860 | 10.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 15:46:53 | 2.987 | 92.249 | 21.6 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 15:09:26 | 2.969 | 90.062 | 13.1 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 14:54:29 | 1.336 | 91.841 | 11.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 14:34:19 | 1.504 | 90.894 | 14.4 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 14:26:27 | 2.287 | 92.385 | 9.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 14:18:45 | 2.569 | 92.296 | 10.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/04/11 14:08:41 | 1.147 | 92.158 | 9.6 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 13:58:07 | 1.493 | 90.889 | 13.7 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 13:42:40 | 2.159 | 93.597 | 11.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/04/11 13:39:56 | 0.600 | 91.889 | 10.0 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/04/11 13:32:35 | 1.905 | 89.578 | 10.0 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 13:19:38 | 2.345 | 90.302 | 20.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 13:15:28 | 4.614 | 90.764 | 5.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/04/11 13:12:05 | -18.479 | -175.498 | 245.2 | TONGA |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/04/11 13:10:07 | 0.890 | 92.382 | 10.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 3.4 | 2012/04/11 13:06:31 | 62.560 | -150.133 | 174.1 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 12:37:48 | 2.528 | 92.602 | 10.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 12:21:58 | 3.136 | 92.775 | 9.9 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 12:10:53 | 1.385 | 92.639 | 10.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.7 | 2012/04/11 11:53:37 | 2.929 | 89.534 | 14.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 11:52:29 | 0.989 | 91.942 | 14.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 11:34:02 | 0.743 | 92.865 | 15.5 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 11:29:00 | -56.847 | -27.966 | 259.0 | SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/04/11 11:08:39 | 64.893 | -148.948 | 5.8 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 8.2 | 2012/04/11 10:43:09 | 0.773 | 92.452 | 16.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/04/11 10:42:48 | 33.491 | -116.425 | 10.6 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 10:36:55 | 1.072 | 91.943 | 15.5 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2012/04/11 10:22:14 | 64.896 | -148.880 | 7.1 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 10:21:16 | 2.833 | 92.476 | 14.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 10:08:30 | 2.646 | 90.084 | 16.1 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 10:01:20 | 2.499 | 90.365 | 20.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 09:51:42 | 2.510 | 90.316 | 20.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/04/11 09:40:57 | 60.098 | -152.831 | 103.8 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.2 | 2012/04/11 09:30:27 | 64.910 | -148.934 | 13.9 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 6.0 | 2012/04/11 09:27:57 | 1.281 | 91.731 | 9.8 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/04/11 09:26:11 | 64.990 | -148.887 | 27.8 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.8 | 2012/04/11 09:21:58 | 64.904 | -148.888 | 20.7 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 09:00:13 | 51.518 | -176.312 | 56.5 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
| MAP | 8.6 | 2012/04/11 08:38:37 | 2.311 | 93.063 | 22.9 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 07:41:46 | -6.227 | 130.158 | 132.2 | BANDA SEA |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/04/11 06:54:39 | -22.748 | -66.387 | 226.3 | JUJUY, ARGENTINA |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/04/11 06:41:28 | 63.599 | -151.404 | 2.9 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 05:44:42 | -16.900 | -14.406 | 10.5 | SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/04/11 04:53:26 | -16.822 | -14.440 | 9.7 | SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/04/11 03:18:48 | 33.774 | -116.112 | 8.6 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/04/11 02:21:41 | 62.034 | -151.695 | 15.3 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/04/11 01:21:18 | 42.200 | 87.908 | 31.7 | NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/04/11 00:34:13 | -23.896 | -114.819 | 10.0 | EASTER ISLAND REGION |
April 9th, 2012
News Report No. 1
[our highlights]
A public school board's decision to ban distribution of Gideon Bibles to its young students has unleashed a torrent of threatening calls and hateful emails directed at trustees.(1)
Some messages to the Bluewater District School Board express racist sentiment and question
trustees' patriotism.
The invective has unnerved some trustees as they prepare to formalize the ban on distribution of all non-instructional religious materials prompted by a parent's complaint about the decades-old tradition of offering free Gideon Bibles to Grade 5 students.
Trustee Fran Morgan called the "onslaught" of messages "really disturbing," and said it has made her uneasy about driving the 30 kilometres to board meetings at night by herself.
The invective has unnerved some trustees as they prepare to formalize the ban on distribution of all non-instructional religious materials prompted by a parent's complaint about the decades-old tradition of offering free Gideon Bibles to Grade 5 students.
Trustee Fran Morgan called the "onslaught" of messages "really disturbing," and said it has made her uneasy about driving the 30 kilometres to board meetings at night by herself.
miguel de Portugal comments: Nothing has changed in applied Christianity, a christianity which has nothing to do with the teachings of Jesus Christ: Threatening calls and hateful emails.
The "christian" mob should have: (a) prayed for the conversion of those making such decision; (b) write the appropriate and respectful letters to those in authority; (c) prayed so that the practice would be continued, were it the will of God.
Just because Bibles are being passed out, it does not necessarily mean that it is indeed the Will of God at that particular (a) time: (b) place; (c) people; or, for that matter, (d) the appropriate version of the Bible.
It will certainly be a cold day in hell when Christians quit playing God, start listening to Jesus and, last, but certainly not least, start praying to resolve whatever apparent injustice they may be the object of.
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(1) News Source
News Report No. 2
[our highlights]
A Catholic bishop in Kansas City must stand trial on charges that he failed to report a priest found with pornographic pictures of young girls on his Church computer to police, a judge said on Thursday. (1)
Bishop Robert Finn, head of the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, faces one
misdemeanor charge that he failed to tell authorities that Church officials had found disturbing
pictures of unclothed little girls that appeared to have been taken by a popular local priest,
Father Patrick Ratigan.
Finn's lawyers had asked that the case against him be dismissed and argued in a hearing last week that Missouri statutes requiring clergy, school teachers and others to report suspected child sexual abuse were "vague."
They also argued that even if the bishop suspected abuse he had no duty to report the situation to authorities, because he was not the "designated reporter" within the diocese and could rely on someone else within the diocese to notify authorities.
Finn's lawyers had asked that the case against him be dismissed and argued in a hearing last week that Missouri statutes requiring clergy, school teachers and others to report suspected child sexual abuse were "vague."
They also argued that even if the bishop suspected abuse he had no duty to report the situation to authorities, because he was not the "designated reporter" within the diocese and could rely on someone else within the diocese to notify authorities.
miguel de Portugal comments: What next? The definition of "child sexual abuse" will also be considered vague? If Mr. Finn is indeed innocent, God would deliver him in a court room. Maybe we should place Mr. Finn in our Divine Encouragement mailing list.
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