JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
KNOWLEGE INCREASED AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
Report: Bulgaria and Hungary turn to Israel for fence technology-By EUOBSERVER
3. Sep, 19:26-The Reuters news agency reports, citing Israeli sources, that Bulgarian and Hungarian authorities have voiced interest in buying Israeli-made fences to help keep out migrants. It says Israel's Egypt fence, which is up to 6m high, topped with razor wire, and fitted with motion detectors, is the source of interest.
UK to accept 'thousands more' Syrian refugees-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 12:58-The UK "will accept thousands more" Syrians under existing resettlement schemes, prime minister David Cameron announced on Friday. Britain, which already accepted around 5,000 Syrians, will "provide resettlement for thousands more Syrian refugees. We will continue with our approach of taking them from the refugee camps", Cameron said in Lisbon.
Lithuanian President: We must show solidarity on migration-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 08:37-Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite has called for solidarity with EU countries receiving the most refugees. "All countries must show understanding and solidarity with those states that have the biggest influx, to respond to Germany's call to be constructive and deal with the problem", she said according to Delfi.
EU to start destroying Mediterranean smugglers' boats-By EUOBSERVER
3. Sep, 19:19-EU foreign affairs chief Mogherini said Thursday after a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels that navies will start "capture and destruction" of people smugglers' vessels in international waters "hopefully in a few weeks". Russia has indicated it would back a UN resolution, but not one which covers Libyan waters.
Germany, Italy alarmed by EU disunity on migrants By Eszter Zalan-euobserver
LUXEMBOURG, 4. Sep, 17:00-Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for a united European approach to the migration crisis and urged fellow member states to stop blame games.“Europe has no right to be divided [when] facing such a challenge”, he said, while arriving at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Friday (4 September).“We won’t be able to fulfill our mission if we don’t stop mutual accusations”.He spoke after the Hungarian PM, Viktor Orban, on Thursday, described the crisis as “a German problem” and blamed Berlin's open-door policy for aggravating the situation.Concern the crisis could harm the EU architecture was, on Friday, echoed by Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni.He told press in Luxembourg that unless the EU changes its asylum laws, EU free movement - a core principle of the Union - might be undone.The so-called Dublin laws say member states where migrants first enter the EU are responsible for processing their asylum claim.The system kettles people in front-line countries, such as Greece, Hungary, and Italy.But lack of internal EU borders, under the so-called Schengen accord, allows them to go to prefered countries, such as Germany, causing chaotic scenes at railway stations and on national boundaries.“If we don't renegotiate the Dublin rules, first of all, [to acknowledge] the fact that one enters Europe and not a specific country, we'll end up having to renegotiate Schengen … which would be a defeat for Europe's politicians”, Gentiloni said.The Austrian foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz Austrian, indicated the situation is so severe that EU leaders should call an emergency migration summit.New initiatives-The Luxembourg talks come amid new initiatives to shape a European response.Steinmeier, Gentiloni, and their French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, outlined their ideas in a letter and five-page plan sent, this week, to EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini, who is chairing Friday’s event.The texts, seen by EUobserver, call for a more efficient asylum system and repatriation policy for failed claimants.They speak of greater EU “solidarity” - a hot-button word, alluding to future EU quotas for relocating migrants from the front-liners.They propose creating an integrated border management system on the EU’s external borders.They also propose deeper security co-operation with Mali, Niger, and Nigeria, and more EU money for refugee camps in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.The talk of “solidarity” comes amid news the European Commission will, next week, propose to increase front-line relocation figures to 160,000 people (from 40,000) and to add Hungary to Greece and Italy in the scheme.It means Hungary could post 54,000 asylum seekers to other EU states.But its foreign minister, like Orban, remains critical of the scheme, saying, in Luxembourg, it will act as a pull-factor for even more migrants to come.Orban himself is, also on Friday, meeting with leaders from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia in Prague.The so-called Visegrad group has, so far, fiercely resisted EU relocation quotas.Some Visegrad leaders have also enflamed the debate by saying they only want Christian, not Muslim, refugees.-Walking to Austria-Whatever ministers say, the migrants are, meanwhile, taking matters into their own hands.On Friday, thousands of people who were previously stranded at a Budapest railway station began to walk, en masse, toward Austria.On Thursday, others refused Hungarian police orders to get off trains and go into processing camps.Orban is also taking matters into his own hands.The Hungarian parliament, where he has a huge majority, on Friday adopted new laws which give the police and army extra rights to stop people from moving around and to search private homes if they suspect people are informally sheltering refugees.The laws, which, critics say, violate basic civil liberties, also provide for a new “transit zone” on the Hungary-Serbia border, where future asylum seekers’ claims will be dealt with.
Visegrad states meet on refusal of refugee quotas-Prague bridge: The V4 states have said they prefer Christian to Muslim refugees -By Eric Maurice-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 4. Sep, 09:25-The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia are to meet Friday (4 September) in Prague for what looks like a summit of the opponents of EU refugee quotas.The aim of the meeting is to "co-ordinate the V4 countries’ position so we act together and homogeneously inside the European Union," Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka said, referring to the so-called Visegrad Group.The four states aim to announce a common position ahead of the 14 September emergency meeting of EU justice and interior ministers.The V4, so far, the staunchest opponents of plans to relocate asylum seekers in EU countries from Greece and Italy, are likely to reiterate their previous position."I presume we will reaffirm our common refusal of the proposed quotas," Sobotka said, adding: "One has the right to choose the people [one accepts]”.Hungary's PM Viktor Orban told reporters on Thursday in Brussels: “Quotas are a bluff”.“Those who are proposing it know full well it won’t work,” he said. He added that "quotas pose a moral problem and will cause more deaths" because they encourage people to try to reach Europe by sea.The clear refusal of the relocation scheme is shared by Slovakia's PM, Robert Fico."We strongly reject any quotas”, he said last Sunday on Slovak TV."If a mechanism for automatic redistribution of migrants is adopted, we will wake up one day and have 100,000 people from the Arab world and that is a problem I would not like Slovakia to have”.Poland, for its part, will accept "a certain number" of refugees, its deputy foreign affairs minister, Rafal Trzaskowski, told the PAP news agency.He also pointed out, however, that Poland is "responsible for the eastern border of the EU” and that its main concern is a possible influx of refugees from Ukraine in case fighting escalates.Sharing of duty-The Visegrad stance on the refugee crisis will put the four countries at odds with some of their EU partners.On Thursday, Germany and France agreed on a common proposal on relocation.At the 14 September meeting, the two countries will push for a "permanent and mandatory mechanism", French president Francois Hollande told reporters Thursday."What has been done now is not enough anymore, and there are countries that do not meet their moral obligations," Hollande said, in what appears to be a direct jab at Visegrad-type views.The Franco-German position, which amounts to a strong endorsement of European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker’s ideas, comes down to the "principle of solidarity”, German chancellor Angela Merkel said in Switzerland.-Muslims-For his part, Juncker is, next week, expected to announce a new plan to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, but also Hungary.Orban still rejects the idea of obligatory quotas and of Hungary being designated a front-line state like Italy or Greece.But he said on Thursday he would consider any new proposal that could relieve his country, where tens of thousands of migrants have arrived in recent months.Orban also underlined the cultural and religious dimension of the current debate."We do not want a large number of Muslims in our country. No one can force us to accept more than we want," he said Thursday, referring to "Hungary's experience with Muslims" when the country was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries.This position echoes Slovakia's decision to accept only Christian Syrians on its territory.The Czech Republic and Poland have been less explicit.But Poland already took in 60 Christian-only Syrian families, in an initiative sponsored by a British charity. The Czech Republic is currently in talks to do the same.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
UN climate chief: No such thing as ideal pace for pre-Paris talks-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 13:47-UN climate chief Christiana Figueres countered criticism that preliminary talks for a Paris climate treaty were moving too slowly. “There is no such thing as an objective [ideal] pace of negotiations that everyone can agree on”, she said at a press conference Friday after a round of talks in Bonn.
Putin wants new 'coalition to fight terrorism'-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 09:05-Russian president Vladimir Putin said he spoke to US president Obama on Thursday about a new initiative. "We really want to create some kind of an international coalition to fight terrorism and extremism", Putin told journalists in Vladivostok, adding he also discussed his idea with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.
ECB signals plan to buy more bonds-By EUOBSERVER
3. Sep, 19:29-ECB chief Draghi indicated Thursday he is willing to buy more EU government bonds in order to help boost economic growth and stop prices from falling in the eurozone. "There aren’t special limits to the possibilities that the ECB has in gearing up monetary policy", he said.
EU parliament claims role in Greek bailout supervision By Eric Maurice-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 3. Sep, 22:11-The European Parliament and the European Commission are set to discuss the parliament's role in the supervision of the Greek bailout programme after parliament leaders gave the green light to proceed..Parliament president Martin Schulz received a mandate on Thursday (3 September) from the leaders of the assembly's political groups to "explore" with commission president Jean-Claude Juncker "the possibilities" of such an involvement.An agreement could be announced as soon as next week, when Juncker participates in the parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg.Juncker will attend the conference of presidents, the group that gave Schulz the green light.The parliament's move comes in response to a request sent by former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on 20 August.Tsipras wrote to Schulz, asking for "the direct and full involvement of the European Parliament in the regular review process regarding the implementation of the loan agreement" between Greece and its creditors - the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."I deem it politically imperative that the sole European institution with a direct popular mandate acts as the ultimate guarantor of democratic accountability”, Tsipras wrote.The basis of the discussion between the two presidents will be the so-called two-pack regulation, which sets up a monitoring and surveillance mechanism of eurozone countries.In his letter, Tsipras mentioned article 3 of the two-pack, which says parliament should be kept informed and provides possibilities for exchanges of views with officials from the commission or the member state under surveillance."There was large agreement between political groups”, a parliament source told EUobserver."It is not a surprise”, Schulz said, "because the troika report at the end of the parliament's last mandate already asked for a permanent structure of accompaniment on a parliamentarian level [of] all the actions of the institutions in the framework of the programme”.The troika is the old name for the EU-IMF monitoring missions.-Finding agreement-The discussion between Schulz and Juncker could lead to a mechanism that gives the parliament more than the right to be simply informed about implementation of the bailout programme, but less than a deciding role in the monitoring of it."The commission, in liaison with the ECB and, wherever possible, together with the IMF, shall be entrusted with monitoring compliance with the conditionality attached to the financial assistance facility”, the commission told EUobserver in an email, suggesting MEPs will not have the same powers."What we want is a binding solution in the form of an agreement between the two institutions. A non-binding understanding is not what we want to get”, Schulz said.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE WEST
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
China backs Putin's idea of developing Russia's Far East-Reuters By Katya Golubkova-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang said on Saturday that Russia's push to revamp its run-down Far East region coincided with Beijing's strategy, backing President Vladimir Putin's drive for new sources of growth.At the Eastern Economic Forum in the Pacific Port of Vladivostok on Friday, Putin promised favorable business conditions and state support to Asian and domestic investors willing to come to Russia's most remote land."The Far East development strategy coincides with China's strategy of north-east rebirth," Wang said. "(The) Russia-Chinese partnership will definitely bring generous fruits."But for Putin's campaign to attract Asian funds to Russia, timing may be his worst enemy: the slowdown in the Chinese economy poses risks.Putin's turn to Asia comes at a time when relations with the West have hit their lowest since the Cold War, following Moscow's involvement in the Ukraine conflict. Russia needs money badly - sanctions and falling oil prices have hit the economy hard, with gross domestic product expected to fall 3.3 percent this year after growing 0.6 percent in 2014. China's growth, meanwhile, is slowing and its stock market falling, forcing Beijing into rate cuts and a yuan devaluation to buttress the economy.Ian Ivory, a partner at Golstblat BLP, said the Chinese slowdown will hardest affect emerging markets which are providers of raw materials."Russia is another classic example that will feel the pain, and China will be a further negative drag on the Russian economy," Ivory said in e-mailed comments.Andrey Kuzyayev, a former head of overseas operations at Lukoil, Russia's No.2 oil producer, played down the worries, saying the development of the Far East was not a temporary whim, but a long-term goal for the country."We need to make up time we have lost," he said. "Cycles in any economy are the norm, not deviation. There will be a slowdown but obviously there will be acceleration later."Chinese government's growth target is 7 percent this year, down from 7.4 percent in 2014 and the slowest in a quarter of a century.Wang's address to the forum on Saturday was short and he left immediately afterwards, in the middle of the session, followed by Chinese officials, including Wang Yilin, chairman of the board at China National Petroleum Corporation."This was unexpected but this was okay, we managed," said Boris Titov, chairman of the Russian part of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development."The first session was delayed and they (the Chinese delegation) had already a briefing scheduled."A CNPC official, who was accompanying Yilin but declined to give his name, said only: "The schedule has changed."(Additional reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Editing by Lidia Kelly and Alison Williams)
Czech agency: Russian spies are focusing on nuclear sector-Associated Press-SEPT 5,15- YAHOONEWS
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's counter-intelligence agency says the number of Russian spies remains high and they are particularly interested in the country's nuclear program.The agency, also known as BIS, says in its annual report published Friday: "Russia does not consider a fight over the Czech nuclear energy sector a lost battle."BIS says the Russian spies focus on a recently approved government plan to build at least one more reactor at the Temelin nuclear plant and another at the Dukovany plant. They also target anyone whose task is to make this plan reality, it says.Kremlin is also trying to take control over the Russian community's organizations here, BIS charges, and is building a spy network in Europe, similar to what the Soviet Union did before World War II.
Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama's assurances on Iran deal-Reuters By Yeganeh Torbati and Julia Edwards-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is satisfied with assurances from U.S. President Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear deal and believes the agreement will contribute to security and stability in the Middle East, a senior Saudi official said on Friday.Saudi King Salman met with Obama at the White House on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran, as the Obama administration aimed to use the visit to shore up relations after a period of tensions.The visit is the king's first to the United States since ascending to the throne in January 2015, and comes after the United States agreed to a nuclear deal with Iran in July.The U.S.-Saudi relationship has suffered strain because of what Riyadh sees as Obama's withdrawal from the region, a lack of direct U.S. action against President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and a perceived U.S. tilt towards Iran since the 2011 Arab uprisings.But the countries share many strategic objectives and depend on each other on a number of core security, economic, and political issues.Speaking after the meeting between Obama and Salman, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Obama had assured the Saudi king that the agreement prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, includes inspections of military and suspected sites, and has a provision for the snapback of sanctions if Iran violates the agreement.Under those conditions, al-Jubeir said, Saudi Arabia supported the deal."Now we have one less problem for the time being to deal with, with regards to Iran," al-Jubeir said. "We can now focus more intensely on the nefarious activities that Iran is engaged in the region."Gulf Arab states had previously expressed their support for the Iran nuclear deal, but fear that the lifting of sanctions on Iran would enable it to pursue destabilizing policies in the Middle East.Salman skipped a Gulf Arab summit at Camp David in May, a move widely seen as a diplomatic snub over Obama's Iran strategy, though both governments denied that interpretation.Critics say the nuclear deal will empower Iran economically to increase its support of militant groups in the region.Saudi Arabia and Iran are opposed on a number of regional issues, especially the 4 1/2-year-long Syrian civil war and unrest in Yemen, where a coalition of Arab states led by Riyadh, assisted by the United States, are targeting Iran-allied Houthi forces.Obama said on Friday that he and Salman share concerns about Yemen and the need to restore a functioning government and address the humanitarian situation there.U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said ahead of Salman's visit that the United States believed more care needs to be taken to avoid civilian casualties in the air strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen.Al-Jubeir said on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen was being exacerbated by the Houthis and that supplies were at risk of being diverted from Yemenis who need them most, but that Saudi Arabia was working with international organizations to send supplies to Yemen.A Saudi-led coalition has been conducting air strikes across Yemen against Iranian-allied Houthi forces since March, pushing back Houthi forces but drawing criticism from international aid and rights groups for a mounting civilian death toll.Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman also met on Friday with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and the two discussed Saudi Arabia's underlying defense requirements, the Pentagon said.The Obama administration is focused on providing the assistance that the president promised at the Camp David summit, including helping Gulf states integrate ballistic missile defense systems and beef up cyber and maritime security.Saudi Arabia remains the world's largest oil exporter, and its commitment to pumping oil freely despite a recent price decline has helped contribute to sustaining the U.S. economic recovery. Obama and Salman will discuss the world economy and energy issues, Obama told reporters on Friday.Saudi Arabia has also joined the United States and other Arab states in air strikes against the Islamic State jihadist movement in Syria, also called ISIS."We continue to cooperate extremely closely in countering terrorist activities in the region and around the world, including the battle against ISIS," Obama said on Friday.Obama and Salman discussed the potential fast-tracking of the release of American military technology and weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, al-Jubeir said, and discussed a "new strategic partnership" between the two countries, although he gave few details.The Gulf state is in advanced discussions with the U.S. government about buying two frigates based on a coastal warship that Lockheed Martin Corp is building for the U.S. Navy, a deal valued at well over $1 billion.The sale would be the cornerstone of a long-delayed multibillion-dollar modernization of the Royal Saudi Navy's Gulf-patrolling eastern fleet of aging U.S. warships and would include smaller patrol boats.(Editing by Ken Wills, Tom Brown and Diane Craft)
France considers air strikes on Islamic State in Syria: Le Monde-Reuters-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
PARIS (Reuters) - France is considering conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, joining an international coalition led by the United States, Le Monde newspaper said on its website on Saturday, quoting an unnamed "high level source".Government officials declined to comment on the report, saying President Francois Hollande would express his views on the matter at a news conference on Monday.France was the first country to join the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq, but had ruled out doing so in Syria, fearing that would benefit President Bashar al-Assad. It has supplied arms to what it considers moderate rebels fighting the Assad regime.But Europe's refugee crisis, largely caused by vast numbers of people fleeing the civil war in Syria, the failure to push back Islamic State and a rising presence of Russia in the region may prompt a change in policy, Le Monde reported, saying Hollande discussed the issue with his defense team at a meeting on Friday.(Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide and Elizabeth Pineau; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
EARTH WORSHIP
DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
DEUTORONOMY 4:15-19
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
2 KINGS 23:5
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
UN climate talks plagued by twin fears-AFP By Marlowe Hood-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
Paris (AFP) - Negotiators from 195 nations tasked with crafting a universal climate pact are driven by twin fears tugging in opposite directions, which may result in a hollow deal, say analysts.The all-too-real prospect of climate catastrophe on a horizon of decades, not centuries, coupled with a rising tide of expectations, would seem to be powerful incentives to forge an agreement that is truly up to the task.Science makes it clear that the laissez-faire alternative is a climate-addled future of mega-storms, drought, water wars and mass migration.It is also a reminder that the window of opportunity for acting is barely ajar -- if human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases don't peak very soon and drop very swiftly, it may soon slam shut.At the same time, however, career diplomats -- and their political bosses -- working on the nitty-gritty of the deal to be inked in Paris in December are haunted by another fear subtly nudging them in the opposite direction: the fear of failure."Our concern is that we will end up with a lowest common denominator, where everybody just agrees on the least ambitious options," said Li Shuo of Greenpeace China.The last time the world tried to craft a "last chance" universal climate pact -- in Copenhagen, in 2009 -- it ended in tears, with more than 110 unhappy heads of state scrambling in overtime to piece together a three-page, face-saving "declaration" instead."Not repeating the mistakes of Copenhagen" is a common refrain at the talks in Bonn, and something of a mantra for the organisers of the November 30-December 11 conference in the French capital.And yet, progress has been incremental and painfully slow.Negotiators left the former East German capital Friday after a week of closed-door meetings with very little to show and a draft agreement "not fit for a negotiation," in the words of the European Commission's top negotiator, Elina Bardram.- Getting ministers involved -But it is unfair, analysts say, to place too much blame on rank-and-file diplomats, themselves deeply frustrated to have made so little headway with only five negotiating days left before the main event in Paris.Without clear instructions from their ministers and, at the top of the political food chain, state leaders, they can only go so far in removing the logjams that have beleaguered climate talks for years."You have a very tight brief coming here from your ministers and capitals that you can’t go beyond," said Alden Meyer, a veteran climate analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists."That kind of dynamic can impede creativity and the ability to break through boxes to interesting solutions."The French hosts have moved aggressively to bridge that gap.To start, they have enlisted early and often the ministers who will ink the deal in December, with the next "informal" meeting -- with some 60 countries in attendance -- scheduled for this Sunday and Monday.Other high-level parlays coming up will give top leaders a chance to narrow the gap on core climate issues, ranging from hundreds of billions of dollars in financing for poor countries to how ambitious the world will be in slashing greenhouse gases.On September 27, French President Francois Hollande and Ban Ki-moon will host a climate luncheon summit in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.- A game changer -Also in September, foreign ministers will gather in another climate arena, called the Major Economies Forum, with finance ministers set to meet in Lima the following month at a joint session of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.Finally, France has invited presidents and prime ministers to attend the first day of the 12-day Paris conference."It is a way of ensuring that they inject some political momentum at the beginning," said Meyer."What happened in Copenhagen is that you had the ministers unable to do their job because they knew the leaders were coming at the end."Bardram is optimistic that in Paris, negotiators will not paper over differences and punt serious disagreements further down the road."A purely superficial political accord without a robust set of accompanying [operational] decisions is not sufficient -- I know that there are many parties that share that vision," she told AFP."This is not only about action for a few, but about transition to low carbon. It will be a game changer."
ConocoPhillips signals conditional support for U.N. climate deal-Reuters By Valerie Volcovici-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips on Friday said it would support a UN climate change agreement if it met its own policy principles, including creating a "level playing among energy sources and between countries."The comments by the Houston-based company were a clarification of its position on the proposed UN agreement after it earlier in the week answered 'yes' to a question in a climate change survey that asked whether it backed a 2015 UN accord.The company's partial endorsement comes as pressure grows on U.S. oil majors to follow the lead of European counterparts who backed the UN climate negotiation process and called for a global carbon pricing system to tackle carbon emissions.The survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked 2,000 companies whether their boards of directors would support a UN deal that would limit the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees C. [https://www.cdp.net/ Documents/policy/corporate-support-global-agreement-on-climate-change.pdf]The CDP on Wednesday pointed to 'yes' responses by Conoco Phillips and Russian energy giant Gazprom [GAZPI.UL]. By Thursday the CDP dropped the mention of ConocoPhillips and changed the company’s 'yes' answer on the survey to a blank after the oil major complained the UK-based organization had not accurately reflected its position.“In hindsight, had we known CDP would only include one part of our answer, we would not have responded with an unqualified 'yes,'" the company said in a statement.Among Conoco's other conditions for supporting a global deal are that an agreement that avoids technology mandates and promotes investment in research and development.EUROPEAN-US DIVIDE-Six European majors, including Shell and Total, tried to get US peers to join them in a global sector-wide response to the climate talks and back a global carbon pricing system, but they declined."This move by ConocoPhillips highlights the widening gap between European majors who have called for a carbon price and the North American majors," said Shanna Cleveland, senior manager at environmental advocacy nonprofit Ceres.The Obama administration has been reaching out to the U.S. private sector for political and financial support to bolster its quest for a deal at the conclusion of the Nov. 30-Dec. 11 UN climate summit.In July, more than a dozen well-known companies, including Apple, GM and Google, signed on to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge to support U.S. efforts to secure a climate deal. None of those were fossil fuel companies. Tim Smith, director of shareholder engagement at Walden Asset Management, a responsible investment portfolio management firm, said investors have been pressing ConocoPhillips to improve its climate position by challenging some of the trade groups it belongs to, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The Chamber wants to block the regulations needed for the U.S. to meet its Paris emission reduction pledge. Smith said Conoco faces competing demands from green and investor-activist groups and from industry lobby groups worried that a UN deal will call for a total phase-out of fossil fuels.“They are looking over both shoulders to see where the pressures are coming from,” he said. (Reporting By Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Andrew Hay)
POISONED WATERS
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land,(EARTH) because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Japan lifts evacuation order for radiation-hit Fukushima town-AFP-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
Tokyo (AFP) - The Japanese government on Saturday lifted the evacuation order for the first town near the crippled Fukushima reactors, more than four years after ordering mass relocations near the tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant.Among communities where the entire population was forced to evacuate after the nuclear crisis started in March 2011, Naraha is the first town to allow all of its residents to return home permanently.It is seen as a pilot case for nearby areas, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government aiming to lift a raft of evacuation orders by March 2017.But only about 10 percent of 7,368 registered residents of Naraha were expected to return home due to fears over continued nuclear contamination and uncertainty over whether enough locals -- particularly young people -- would come back to restart the community.Local mayor Yukiei Matsumoto pledged Naraha's rebirth would finally be able to commence."The true reconstruction of our town will begin now," he said during a televised speech to his staff at the town hall."Let us work together for the creation of a new Naraha."Meltdowns in three of the reactors -- 20 kilometres (12 miles) away -- blanketed vast tracts of land with isotopes of iodine and cesium, products of nuclear reactions that are hazardous to health if ingested, inhaled or absorbed.Evacuation orders have already been lifted for selected spots of regional cities, with the government saying decontamination work has reduced radiation levels.Former Naraha residents held a candlelight vigil overnight to mark the rebirth of their town. However, the town's future remains uncertain at best.Many young people have found new jobs and started lives in cities far away from the crippled reactors, since leaving more than four years ago.Naraha restaurateur Satoru Yamauchi, a father of four who relocated to Tokyo after the meltdown, has expressed his profound attachment to his home but said he cannot see himself restarting his business there."There is nothing good about going back," he told AFP in a recent tearful interview.But authorities say Naraha is now safe after years of decontamination work, in which crews removed topsoil, washed exposed road surfaces and wiped down buildings.Government data has also shown contamination levels are relatively lower in Naraha, which effectively resides upwind from the site of the nuclear disaster.The end of the evacuation order is "based on citizens' real voices and plans to accelerate reconstruction," mayor Matsumoto said in a statement released in July, adding a "prolonged evacuee life is not desirable".Still, activists have pointed out that many areas show high levels of contamination, and many are unfit for habitation.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
54 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-09-05 10:44:27 UTCShowing event times using UTC54 earthquakes in map area
4.5 99km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 09:58:43 UTC 35.0 km
4.2 103km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 09:11:18 UTC 42.3 km
3.5 144km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 09:08:42 UTC 44.0 km
5.4 49km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:53:23 UTC 36.2 km
3.4 130km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 08:41:10 UTC 12.0 km
4.2 104km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:30:20 UTC 40.0 km
3.4 100km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 08:25:43 UTC 8.0 km
4.6 93km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:24:35 UTC 36.9 km
2.5 131km ENE of Circle, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:21:14 UTC 36.1 km
4.2 74km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:42:41 UTC 35.0 km
4.6 28km NNW of Santa Lucia, Peru 2015-09-05 07:37:03 UTC 189.8 km
4.1 81km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:32:24 UTC 43.9 km
4.7 77km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:20:03 UTC 41.7 km
2.9 87km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:17:18 UTC 12.1 km
4.1 86km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:11:36 UTC 40.3 km
5.1 77km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:08:49 UTC 30.9 km
3.4 95km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 07:08:24 UTC 59.0 km
4.1 86km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:07:44 UTC 40.3 km
5.6 89km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:00:00 UTC 11.9 km
3.3 101km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 06:44:43 UTC 46.0 km
2.7 47km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 06:40:32 UTC 27.0 km
5.3 83km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:34:10 UTC 40.9 km
4.5 105km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:32:59 UTC 23.0 km
5.1 69km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:12:32 UTC 50.1 km
3.9 76km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:10:53 UTC 47.8 km
2.7 3km ENE of Marina del Rey, California 2015-09-05 04:55:33 UTC 9.0 km
3.5 115km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 04:45:47 UTC 49.0 km
4.7 58km SE of Ofunato, Japan 2015-09-05 04:18:08 UTC 30.5 km
4.2 36km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan 2015-09-05 04:15:24 UTC 211.1 km
2.6 7km NW of Plainville, Kansas 2015-09-05 04:04:21 UTC 5.0 km
4.7 46km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan 2015-09-05 03:13:14 UTC 54.0 km
3.8 130km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 02:36:48 UTC 87.0 km
2.8 66km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 02:31:52 UTC 33.0 km
3.8 133km N of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 02:02:10 UTC 92.0 km
4.0 117km SSE of Korsakov, Russia 2015-09-05 00:47:29 UTC 303.8 km
2.9 106km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2015-09-04 23:55:24 UTC 49.0 km
2.8 34km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2015-09-04 22:44:54 UTC 86.0 km
4.4 179km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2015-09-04 22:43:17 UTC 45.5 km
4.0 18km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan 2015-09-04 20:45:57 UTC 79.6 km
4.7 South of Panama 2015-09-04 20:44:37 UTC 11.1 km
5.5 54km S of Kebonkopi, Indonesia 2015-09-04 20:08:30 UTC 34.3 km
3.3 111km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 19:29:03 UTC 19.6 km
2.5 72km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-04 19:12:15 UTC 40.0 km
3.0 111km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 17:06:26 UTC 25.6 km
2.7 62km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2015-09-04 16:56:00 UTC 5.1 km
4.7 91km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 16:52:12 UTC 37.8 km
3.3 102km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 16:33:09 UTC 42.1 km
3.5 107km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 13:49:13 UTC 24.8 km
4.5 110km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 13:35:37 UTC 46.4 km
2.5 104km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 13:01:55 UTC 13.1 km
4.8 111km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:48:55 UTC 36.3 km
4.9 81km SW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:42:06 UTC 42.1 km
4.8 98km SW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:24:24 UTC 46.4 km
4.8 105km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:15:42 UTC 29.3 km
KNOWLEGE INCREASED AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
Report: Bulgaria and Hungary turn to Israel for fence technology-By EUOBSERVER
3. Sep, 19:26-The Reuters news agency reports, citing Israeli sources, that Bulgarian and Hungarian authorities have voiced interest in buying Israeli-made fences to help keep out migrants. It says Israel's Egypt fence, which is up to 6m high, topped with razor wire, and fitted with motion detectors, is the source of interest.
UK to accept 'thousands more' Syrian refugees-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 12:58-The UK "will accept thousands more" Syrians under existing resettlement schemes, prime minister David Cameron announced on Friday. Britain, which already accepted around 5,000 Syrians, will "provide resettlement for thousands more Syrian refugees. We will continue with our approach of taking them from the refugee camps", Cameron said in Lisbon.
Lithuanian President: We must show solidarity on migration-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 08:37-Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite has called for solidarity with EU countries receiving the most refugees. "All countries must show understanding and solidarity with those states that have the biggest influx, to respond to Germany's call to be constructive and deal with the problem", she said according to Delfi.
EU to start destroying Mediterranean smugglers' boats-By EUOBSERVER
3. Sep, 19:19-EU foreign affairs chief Mogherini said Thursday after a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels that navies will start "capture and destruction" of people smugglers' vessels in international waters "hopefully in a few weeks". Russia has indicated it would back a UN resolution, but not one which covers Libyan waters.
Germany, Italy alarmed by EU disunity on migrants By Eszter Zalan-euobserver
LUXEMBOURG, 4. Sep, 17:00-Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for a united European approach to the migration crisis and urged fellow member states to stop blame games.“Europe has no right to be divided [when] facing such a challenge”, he said, while arriving at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Friday (4 September).“We won’t be able to fulfill our mission if we don’t stop mutual accusations”.He spoke after the Hungarian PM, Viktor Orban, on Thursday, described the crisis as “a German problem” and blamed Berlin's open-door policy for aggravating the situation.Concern the crisis could harm the EU architecture was, on Friday, echoed by Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni.He told press in Luxembourg that unless the EU changes its asylum laws, EU free movement - a core principle of the Union - might be undone.The so-called Dublin laws say member states where migrants first enter the EU are responsible for processing their asylum claim.The system kettles people in front-line countries, such as Greece, Hungary, and Italy.But lack of internal EU borders, under the so-called Schengen accord, allows them to go to prefered countries, such as Germany, causing chaotic scenes at railway stations and on national boundaries.“If we don't renegotiate the Dublin rules, first of all, [to acknowledge] the fact that one enters Europe and not a specific country, we'll end up having to renegotiate Schengen … which would be a defeat for Europe's politicians”, Gentiloni said.The Austrian foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz Austrian, indicated the situation is so severe that EU leaders should call an emergency migration summit.New initiatives-The Luxembourg talks come amid new initiatives to shape a European response.Steinmeier, Gentiloni, and their French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, outlined their ideas in a letter and five-page plan sent, this week, to EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini, who is chairing Friday’s event.The texts, seen by EUobserver, call for a more efficient asylum system and repatriation policy for failed claimants.They speak of greater EU “solidarity” - a hot-button word, alluding to future EU quotas for relocating migrants from the front-liners.They propose creating an integrated border management system on the EU’s external borders.They also propose deeper security co-operation with Mali, Niger, and Nigeria, and more EU money for refugee camps in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.The talk of “solidarity” comes amid news the European Commission will, next week, propose to increase front-line relocation figures to 160,000 people (from 40,000) and to add Hungary to Greece and Italy in the scheme.It means Hungary could post 54,000 asylum seekers to other EU states.But its foreign minister, like Orban, remains critical of the scheme, saying, in Luxembourg, it will act as a pull-factor for even more migrants to come.Orban himself is, also on Friday, meeting with leaders from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia in Prague.The so-called Visegrad group has, so far, fiercely resisted EU relocation quotas.Some Visegrad leaders have also enflamed the debate by saying they only want Christian, not Muslim, refugees.-Walking to Austria-Whatever ministers say, the migrants are, meanwhile, taking matters into their own hands.On Friday, thousands of people who were previously stranded at a Budapest railway station began to walk, en masse, toward Austria.On Thursday, others refused Hungarian police orders to get off trains and go into processing camps.Orban is also taking matters into his own hands.The Hungarian parliament, where he has a huge majority, on Friday adopted new laws which give the police and army extra rights to stop people from moving around and to search private homes if they suspect people are informally sheltering refugees.The laws, which, critics say, violate basic civil liberties, also provide for a new “transit zone” on the Hungary-Serbia border, where future asylum seekers’ claims will be dealt with.
Visegrad states meet on refusal of refugee quotas-Prague bridge: The V4 states have said they prefer Christian to Muslim refugees -By Eric Maurice-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 4. Sep, 09:25-The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia are to meet Friday (4 September) in Prague for what looks like a summit of the opponents of EU refugee quotas.The aim of the meeting is to "co-ordinate the V4 countries’ position so we act together and homogeneously inside the European Union," Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka said, referring to the so-called Visegrad Group.The four states aim to announce a common position ahead of the 14 September emergency meeting of EU justice and interior ministers.The V4, so far, the staunchest opponents of plans to relocate asylum seekers in EU countries from Greece and Italy, are likely to reiterate their previous position."I presume we will reaffirm our common refusal of the proposed quotas," Sobotka said, adding: "One has the right to choose the people [one accepts]”.Hungary's PM Viktor Orban told reporters on Thursday in Brussels: “Quotas are a bluff”.“Those who are proposing it know full well it won’t work,” he said. He added that "quotas pose a moral problem and will cause more deaths" because they encourage people to try to reach Europe by sea.The clear refusal of the relocation scheme is shared by Slovakia's PM, Robert Fico."We strongly reject any quotas”, he said last Sunday on Slovak TV."If a mechanism for automatic redistribution of migrants is adopted, we will wake up one day and have 100,000 people from the Arab world and that is a problem I would not like Slovakia to have”.Poland, for its part, will accept "a certain number" of refugees, its deputy foreign affairs minister, Rafal Trzaskowski, told the PAP news agency.He also pointed out, however, that Poland is "responsible for the eastern border of the EU” and that its main concern is a possible influx of refugees from Ukraine in case fighting escalates.Sharing of duty-The Visegrad stance on the refugee crisis will put the four countries at odds with some of their EU partners.On Thursday, Germany and France agreed on a common proposal on relocation.At the 14 September meeting, the two countries will push for a "permanent and mandatory mechanism", French president Francois Hollande told reporters Thursday."What has been done now is not enough anymore, and there are countries that do not meet their moral obligations," Hollande said, in what appears to be a direct jab at Visegrad-type views.The Franco-German position, which amounts to a strong endorsement of European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker’s ideas, comes down to the "principle of solidarity”, German chancellor Angela Merkel said in Switzerland.-Muslims-For his part, Juncker is, next week, expected to announce a new plan to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, but also Hungary.Orban still rejects the idea of obligatory quotas and of Hungary being designated a front-line state like Italy or Greece.But he said on Thursday he would consider any new proposal that could relieve his country, where tens of thousands of migrants have arrived in recent months.Orban also underlined the cultural and religious dimension of the current debate."We do not want a large number of Muslims in our country. No one can force us to accept more than we want," he said Thursday, referring to "Hungary's experience with Muslims" when the country was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries.This position echoes Slovakia's decision to accept only Christian Syrians on its territory.The Czech Republic and Poland have been less explicit.But Poland already took in 60 Christian-only Syrian families, in an initiative sponsored by a British charity. The Czech Republic is currently in talks to do the same.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
UN climate chief: No such thing as ideal pace for pre-Paris talks-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 13:47-UN climate chief Christiana Figueres countered criticism that preliminary talks for a Paris climate treaty were moving too slowly. “There is no such thing as an objective [ideal] pace of negotiations that everyone can agree on”, she said at a press conference Friday after a round of talks in Bonn.
Putin wants new 'coalition to fight terrorism'-By EUOBSERVER
4. Sep, 09:05-Russian president Vladimir Putin said he spoke to US president Obama on Thursday about a new initiative. "We really want to create some kind of an international coalition to fight terrorism and extremism", Putin told journalists in Vladivostok, adding he also discussed his idea with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.
ECB signals plan to buy more bonds-By EUOBSERVER
3. Sep, 19:29-ECB chief Draghi indicated Thursday he is willing to buy more EU government bonds in order to help boost economic growth and stop prices from falling in the eurozone. "There aren’t special limits to the possibilities that the ECB has in gearing up monetary policy", he said.
EU parliament claims role in Greek bailout supervision By Eric Maurice-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 3. Sep, 22:11-The European Parliament and the European Commission are set to discuss the parliament's role in the supervision of the Greek bailout programme after parliament leaders gave the green light to proceed..Parliament president Martin Schulz received a mandate on Thursday (3 September) from the leaders of the assembly's political groups to "explore" with commission president Jean-Claude Juncker "the possibilities" of such an involvement.An agreement could be announced as soon as next week, when Juncker participates in the parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg.Juncker will attend the conference of presidents, the group that gave Schulz the green light.The parliament's move comes in response to a request sent by former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on 20 August.Tsipras wrote to Schulz, asking for "the direct and full involvement of the European Parliament in the regular review process regarding the implementation of the loan agreement" between Greece and its creditors - the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."I deem it politically imperative that the sole European institution with a direct popular mandate acts as the ultimate guarantor of democratic accountability”, Tsipras wrote.The basis of the discussion between the two presidents will be the so-called two-pack regulation, which sets up a monitoring and surveillance mechanism of eurozone countries.In his letter, Tsipras mentioned article 3 of the two-pack, which says parliament should be kept informed and provides possibilities for exchanges of views with officials from the commission or the member state under surveillance."There was large agreement between political groups”, a parliament source told EUobserver."It is not a surprise”, Schulz said, "because the troika report at the end of the parliament's last mandate already asked for a permanent structure of accompaniment on a parliamentarian level [of] all the actions of the institutions in the framework of the programme”.The troika is the old name for the EU-IMF monitoring missions.-Finding agreement-The discussion between Schulz and Juncker could lead to a mechanism that gives the parliament more than the right to be simply informed about implementation of the bailout programme, but less than a deciding role in the monitoring of it."The commission, in liaison with the ECB and, wherever possible, together with the IMF, shall be entrusted with monitoring compliance with the conditionality attached to the financial assistance facility”, the commission told EUobserver in an email, suggesting MEPs will not have the same powers."What we want is a binding solution in the form of an agreement between the two institutions. A non-binding understanding is not what we want to get”, Schulz said.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE WEST
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
China backs Putin's idea of developing Russia's Far East-Reuters By Katya Golubkova-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang said on Saturday that Russia's push to revamp its run-down Far East region coincided with Beijing's strategy, backing President Vladimir Putin's drive for new sources of growth.At the Eastern Economic Forum in the Pacific Port of Vladivostok on Friday, Putin promised favorable business conditions and state support to Asian and domestic investors willing to come to Russia's most remote land."The Far East development strategy coincides with China's strategy of north-east rebirth," Wang said. "(The) Russia-Chinese partnership will definitely bring generous fruits."But for Putin's campaign to attract Asian funds to Russia, timing may be his worst enemy: the slowdown in the Chinese economy poses risks.Putin's turn to Asia comes at a time when relations with the West have hit their lowest since the Cold War, following Moscow's involvement in the Ukraine conflict. Russia needs money badly - sanctions and falling oil prices have hit the economy hard, with gross domestic product expected to fall 3.3 percent this year after growing 0.6 percent in 2014. China's growth, meanwhile, is slowing and its stock market falling, forcing Beijing into rate cuts and a yuan devaluation to buttress the economy.Ian Ivory, a partner at Golstblat BLP, said the Chinese slowdown will hardest affect emerging markets which are providers of raw materials."Russia is another classic example that will feel the pain, and China will be a further negative drag on the Russian economy," Ivory said in e-mailed comments.Andrey Kuzyayev, a former head of overseas operations at Lukoil, Russia's No.2 oil producer, played down the worries, saying the development of the Far East was not a temporary whim, but a long-term goal for the country."We need to make up time we have lost," he said. "Cycles in any economy are the norm, not deviation. There will be a slowdown but obviously there will be acceleration later."Chinese government's growth target is 7 percent this year, down from 7.4 percent in 2014 and the slowest in a quarter of a century.Wang's address to the forum on Saturday was short and he left immediately afterwards, in the middle of the session, followed by Chinese officials, including Wang Yilin, chairman of the board at China National Petroleum Corporation."This was unexpected but this was okay, we managed," said Boris Titov, chairman of the Russian part of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development."The first session was delayed and they (the Chinese delegation) had already a briefing scheduled."A CNPC official, who was accompanying Yilin but declined to give his name, said only: "The schedule has changed."(Additional reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Editing by Lidia Kelly and Alison Williams)
Czech agency: Russian spies are focusing on nuclear sector-Associated Press-SEPT 5,15- YAHOONEWS
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's counter-intelligence agency says the number of Russian spies remains high and they are particularly interested in the country's nuclear program.The agency, also known as BIS, says in its annual report published Friday: "Russia does not consider a fight over the Czech nuclear energy sector a lost battle."BIS says the Russian spies focus on a recently approved government plan to build at least one more reactor at the Temelin nuclear plant and another at the Dukovany plant. They also target anyone whose task is to make this plan reality, it says.Kremlin is also trying to take control over the Russian community's organizations here, BIS charges, and is building a spy network in Europe, similar to what the Soviet Union did before World War II.
Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama's assurances on Iran deal-Reuters By Yeganeh Torbati and Julia Edwards-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is satisfied with assurances from U.S. President Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear deal and believes the agreement will contribute to security and stability in the Middle East, a senior Saudi official said on Friday.Saudi King Salman met with Obama at the White House on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran, as the Obama administration aimed to use the visit to shore up relations after a period of tensions.The visit is the king's first to the United States since ascending to the throne in January 2015, and comes after the United States agreed to a nuclear deal with Iran in July.The U.S.-Saudi relationship has suffered strain because of what Riyadh sees as Obama's withdrawal from the region, a lack of direct U.S. action against President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and a perceived U.S. tilt towards Iran since the 2011 Arab uprisings.But the countries share many strategic objectives and depend on each other on a number of core security, economic, and political issues.Speaking after the meeting between Obama and Salman, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Obama had assured the Saudi king that the agreement prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, includes inspections of military and suspected sites, and has a provision for the snapback of sanctions if Iran violates the agreement.Under those conditions, al-Jubeir said, Saudi Arabia supported the deal."Now we have one less problem for the time being to deal with, with regards to Iran," al-Jubeir said. "We can now focus more intensely on the nefarious activities that Iran is engaged in the region."Gulf Arab states had previously expressed their support for the Iran nuclear deal, but fear that the lifting of sanctions on Iran would enable it to pursue destabilizing policies in the Middle East.Salman skipped a Gulf Arab summit at Camp David in May, a move widely seen as a diplomatic snub over Obama's Iran strategy, though both governments denied that interpretation.Critics say the nuclear deal will empower Iran economically to increase its support of militant groups in the region.Saudi Arabia and Iran are opposed on a number of regional issues, especially the 4 1/2-year-long Syrian civil war and unrest in Yemen, where a coalition of Arab states led by Riyadh, assisted by the United States, are targeting Iran-allied Houthi forces.Obama said on Friday that he and Salman share concerns about Yemen and the need to restore a functioning government and address the humanitarian situation there.U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said ahead of Salman's visit that the United States believed more care needs to be taken to avoid civilian casualties in the air strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen.Al-Jubeir said on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen was being exacerbated by the Houthis and that supplies were at risk of being diverted from Yemenis who need them most, but that Saudi Arabia was working with international organizations to send supplies to Yemen.A Saudi-led coalition has been conducting air strikes across Yemen against Iranian-allied Houthi forces since March, pushing back Houthi forces but drawing criticism from international aid and rights groups for a mounting civilian death toll.Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman also met on Friday with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and the two discussed Saudi Arabia's underlying defense requirements, the Pentagon said.The Obama administration is focused on providing the assistance that the president promised at the Camp David summit, including helping Gulf states integrate ballistic missile defense systems and beef up cyber and maritime security.Saudi Arabia remains the world's largest oil exporter, and its commitment to pumping oil freely despite a recent price decline has helped contribute to sustaining the U.S. economic recovery. Obama and Salman will discuss the world economy and energy issues, Obama told reporters on Friday.Saudi Arabia has also joined the United States and other Arab states in air strikes against the Islamic State jihadist movement in Syria, also called ISIS."We continue to cooperate extremely closely in countering terrorist activities in the region and around the world, including the battle against ISIS," Obama said on Friday.Obama and Salman discussed the potential fast-tracking of the release of American military technology and weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, al-Jubeir said, and discussed a "new strategic partnership" between the two countries, although he gave few details.The Gulf state is in advanced discussions with the U.S. government about buying two frigates based on a coastal warship that Lockheed Martin Corp is building for the U.S. Navy, a deal valued at well over $1 billion.The sale would be the cornerstone of a long-delayed multibillion-dollar modernization of the Royal Saudi Navy's Gulf-patrolling eastern fleet of aging U.S. warships and would include smaller patrol boats.(Editing by Ken Wills, Tom Brown and Diane Craft)
France considers air strikes on Islamic State in Syria: Le Monde-Reuters-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
PARIS (Reuters) - France is considering conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, joining an international coalition led by the United States, Le Monde newspaper said on its website on Saturday, quoting an unnamed "high level source".Government officials declined to comment on the report, saying President Francois Hollande would express his views on the matter at a news conference on Monday.France was the first country to join the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq, but had ruled out doing so in Syria, fearing that would benefit President Bashar al-Assad. It has supplied arms to what it considers moderate rebels fighting the Assad regime.But Europe's refugee crisis, largely caused by vast numbers of people fleeing the civil war in Syria, the failure to push back Islamic State and a rising presence of Russia in the region may prompt a change in policy, Le Monde reported, saying Hollande discussed the issue with his defense team at a meeting on Friday.(Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide and Elizabeth Pineau; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
EARTH WORSHIP
DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
DEUTORONOMY 4:15-19
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
2 KINGS 23:5
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
UN climate talks plagued by twin fears-AFP By Marlowe Hood-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
Paris (AFP) - Negotiators from 195 nations tasked with crafting a universal climate pact are driven by twin fears tugging in opposite directions, which may result in a hollow deal, say analysts.The all-too-real prospect of climate catastrophe on a horizon of decades, not centuries, coupled with a rising tide of expectations, would seem to be powerful incentives to forge an agreement that is truly up to the task.Science makes it clear that the laissez-faire alternative is a climate-addled future of mega-storms, drought, water wars and mass migration.It is also a reminder that the window of opportunity for acting is barely ajar -- if human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases don't peak very soon and drop very swiftly, it may soon slam shut.At the same time, however, career diplomats -- and their political bosses -- working on the nitty-gritty of the deal to be inked in Paris in December are haunted by another fear subtly nudging them in the opposite direction: the fear of failure."Our concern is that we will end up with a lowest common denominator, where everybody just agrees on the least ambitious options," said Li Shuo of Greenpeace China.The last time the world tried to craft a "last chance" universal climate pact -- in Copenhagen, in 2009 -- it ended in tears, with more than 110 unhappy heads of state scrambling in overtime to piece together a three-page, face-saving "declaration" instead."Not repeating the mistakes of Copenhagen" is a common refrain at the talks in Bonn, and something of a mantra for the organisers of the November 30-December 11 conference in the French capital.And yet, progress has been incremental and painfully slow.Negotiators left the former East German capital Friday after a week of closed-door meetings with very little to show and a draft agreement "not fit for a negotiation," in the words of the European Commission's top negotiator, Elina Bardram.- Getting ministers involved -But it is unfair, analysts say, to place too much blame on rank-and-file diplomats, themselves deeply frustrated to have made so little headway with only five negotiating days left before the main event in Paris.Without clear instructions from their ministers and, at the top of the political food chain, state leaders, they can only go so far in removing the logjams that have beleaguered climate talks for years."You have a very tight brief coming here from your ministers and capitals that you can’t go beyond," said Alden Meyer, a veteran climate analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists."That kind of dynamic can impede creativity and the ability to break through boxes to interesting solutions."The French hosts have moved aggressively to bridge that gap.To start, they have enlisted early and often the ministers who will ink the deal in December, with the next "informal" meeting -- with some 60 countries in attendance -- scheduled for this Sunday and Monday.Other high-level parlays coming up will give top leaders a chance to narrow the gap on core climate issues, ranging from hundreds of billions of dollars in financing for poor countries to how ambitious the world will be in slashing greenhouse gases.On September 27, French President Francois Hollande and Ban Ki-moon will host a climate luncheon summit in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.- A game changer -Also in September, foreign ministers will gather in another climate arena, called the Major Economies Forum, with finance ministers set to meet in Lima the following month at a joint session of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.Finally, France has invited presidents and prime ministers to attend the first day of the 12-day Paris conference."It is a way of ensuring that they inject some political momentum at the beginning," said Meyer."What happened in Copenhagen is that you had the ministers unable to do their job because they knew the leaders were coming at the end."Bardram is optimistic that in Paris, negotiators will not paper over differences and punt serious disagreements further down the road."A purely superficial political accord without a robust set of accompanying [operational] decisions is not sufficient -- I know that there are many parties that share that vision," she told AFP."This is not only about action for a few, but about transition to low carbon. It will be a game changer."
ConocoPhillips signals conditional support for U.N. climate deal-Reuters By Valerie Volcovici-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips on Friday said it would support a UN climate change agreement if it met its own policy principles, including creating a "level playing among energy sources and between countries."The comments by the Houston-based company were a clarification of its position on the proposed UN agreement after it earlier in the week answered 'yes' to a question in a climate change survey that asked whether it backed a 2015 UN accord.The company's partial endorsement comes as pressure grows on U.S. oil majors to follow the lead of European counterparts who backed the UN climate negotiation process and called for a global carbon pricing system to tackle carbon emissions.The survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked 2,000 companies whether their boards of directors would support a UN deal that would limit the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees C. [https://www.cdp.net/ Documents/policy/corporate-support-global-agreement-on-climate-change.pdf]The CDP on Wednesday pointed to 'yes' responses by Conoco Phillips and Russian energy giant Gazprom [GAZPI.UL]. By Thursday the CDP dropped the mention of ConocoPhillips and changed the company’s 'yes' answer on the survey to a blank after the oil major complained the UK-based organization had not accurately reflected its position.“In hindsight, had we known CDP would only include one part of our answer, we would not have responded with an unqualified 'yes,'" the company said in a statement.Among Conoco's other conditions for supporting a global deal are that an agreement that avoids technology mandates and promotes investment in research and development.EUROPEAN-US DIVIDE-Six European majors, including Shell and Total, tried to get US peers to join them in a global sector-wide response to the climate talks and back a global carbon pricing system, but they declined."This move by ConocoPhillips highlights the widening gap between European majors who have called for a carbon price and the North American majors," said Shanna Cleveland, senior manager at environmental advocacy nonprofit Ceres.The Obama administration has been reaching out to the U.S. private sector for political and financial support to bolster its quest for a deal at the conclusion of the Nov. 30-Dec. 11 UN climate summit.In July, more than a dozen well-known companies, including Apple, GM and Google, signed on to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge to support U.S. efforts to secure a climate deal. None of those were fossil fuel companies. Tim Smith, director of shareholder engagement at Walden Asset Management, a responsible investment portfolio management firm, said investors have been pressing ConocoPhillips to improve its climate position by challenging some of the trade groups it belongs to, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The Chamber wants to block the regulations needed for the U.S. to meet its Paris emission reduction pledge. Smith said Conoco faces competing demands from green and investor-activist groups and from industry lobby groups worried that a UN deal will call for a total phase-out of fossil fuels.“They are looking over both shoulders to see where the pressures are coming from,” he said. (Reporting By Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Andrew Hay)
POISONED WATERS
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land,(EARTH) because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Japan lifts evacuation order for radiation-hit Fukushima town-AFP-SEPT 5,15-YAHOONEWS
Tokyo (AFP) - The Japanese government on Saturday lifted the evacuation order for the first town near the crippled Fukushima reactors, more than four years after ordering mass relocations near the tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant.Among communities where the entire population was forced to evacuate after the nuclear crisis started in March 2011, Naraha is the first town to allow all of its residents to return home permanently.It is seen as a pilot case for nearby areas, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government aiming to lift a raft of evacuation orders by March 2017.But only about 10 percent of 7,368 registered residents of Naraha were expected to return home due to fears over continued nuclear contamination and uncertainty over whether enough locals -- particularly young people -- would come back to restart the community.Local mayor Yukiei Matsumoto pledged Naraha's rebirth would finally be able to commence."The true reconstruction of our town will begin now," he said during a televised speech to his staff at the town hall."Let us work together for the creation of a new Naraha."Meltdowns in three of the reactors -- 20 kilometres (12 miles) away -- blanketed vast tracts of land with isotopes of iodine and cesium, products of nuclear reactions that are hazardous to health if ingested, inhaled or absorbed.Evacuation orders have already been lifted for selected spots of regional cities, with the government saying decontamination work has reduced radiation levels.Former Naraha residents held a candlelight vigil overnight to mark the rebirth of their town. However, the town's future remains uncertain at best.Many young people have found new jobs and started lives in cities far away from the crippled reactors, since leaving more than four years ago.Naraha restaurateur Satoru Yamauchi, a father of four who relocated to Tokyo after the meltdown, has expressed his profound attachment to his home but said he cannot see himself restarting his business there."There is nothing good about going back," he told AFP in a recent tearful interview.But authorities say Naraha is now safe after years of decontamination work, in which crews removed topsoil, washed exposed road surfaces and wiped down buildings.Government data has also shown contamination levels are relatively lower in Naraha, which effectively resides upwind from the site of the nuclear disaster.The end of the evacuation order is "based on citizens' real voices and plans to accelerate reconstruction," mayor Matsumoto said in a statement released in July, adding a "prolonged evacuee life is not desirable".Still, activists have pointed out that many areas show high levels of contamination, and many are unfit for habitation.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
54 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-09-05 10:44:27 UTCShowing event times using UTC54 earthquakes in map area
4.5 99km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 09:58:43 UTC 35.0 km
4.2 103km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 09:11:18 UTC 42.3 km
3.5 144km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 09:08:42 UTC 44.0 km
5.4 49km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:53:23 UTC 36.2 km
3.4 130km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 08:41:10 UTC 12.0 km
4.2 104km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:30:20 UTC 40.0 km
3.4 100km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 08:25:43 UTC 8.0 km
4.6 93km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:24:35 UTC 36.9 km
2.5 131km ENE of Circle, Alaska 2015-09-05 08:21:14 UTC 36.1 km
4.2 74km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:42:41 UTC 35.0 km
4.6 28km NNW of Santa Lucia, Peru 2015-09-05 07:37:03 UTC 189.8 km
4.1 81km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:32:24 UTC 43.9 km
4.7 77km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:20:03 UTC 41.7 km
2.9 87km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:17:18 UTC 12.1 km
4.1 86km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:11:36 UTC 40.3 km
5.1 77km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:08:49 UTC 30.9 km
3.4 95km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 07:08:24 UTC 59.0 km
4.1 86km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:07:44 UTC 40.3 km
5.6 89km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 07:00:00 UTC 11.9 km
3.3 101km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 06:44:43 UTC 46.0 km
2.7 47km NNE of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 06:40:32 UTC 27.0 km
5.3 83km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:34:10 UTC 40.9 km
4.5 105km S of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:32:59 UTC 23.0 km
5.1 69km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:12:32 UTC 50.1 km
3.9 76km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-05 06:10:53 UTC 47.8 km
2.7 3km ENE of Marina del Rey, California 2015-09-05 04:55:33 UTC 9.0 km
3.5 115km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 04:45:47 UTC 49.0 km
4.7 58km SE of Ofunato, Japan 2015-09-05 04:18:08 UTC 30.5 km
4.2 36km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan 2015-09-05 04:15:24 UTC 211.1 km
2.6 7km NW of Plainville, Kansas 2015-09-05 04:04:21 UTC 5.0 km
4.7 46km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan 2015-09-05 03:13:14 UTC 54.0 km
3.8 130km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 02:36:48 UTC 87.0 km
2.8 66km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-05 02:31:52 UTC 33.0 km
3.8 133km N of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2015-09-05 02:02:10 UTC 92.0 km
4.0 117km SSE of Korsakov, Russia 2015-09-05 00:47:29 UTC 303.8 km
2.9 106km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2015-09-04 23:55:24 UTC 49.0 km
2.8 34km NNE of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2015-09-04 22:44:54 UTC 86.0 km
4.4 179km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2015-09-04 22:43:17 UTC 45.5 km
4.0 18km SW of Jarm, Afghanistan 2015-09-04 20:45:57 UTC 79.6 km
4.7 South of Panama 2015-09-04 20:44:37 UTC 11.1 km
5.5 54km S of Kebonkopi, Indonesia 2015-09-04 20:08:30 UTC 34.3 km
3.3 111km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 19:29:03 UTC 19.6 km
2.5 72km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-04 19:12:15 UTC 40.0 km
3.0 111km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 17:06:26 UTC 25.6 km
2.7 62km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2015-09-04 16:56:00 UTC 5.1 km
4.7 91km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 16:52:12 UTC 37.8 km
3.3 102km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 16:33:09 UTC 42.1 km
3.5 107km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 13:49:13 UTC 24.8 km
4.5 110km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 13:35:37 UTC 46.4 km
2.5 104km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 13:01:55 UTC 13.1 km
4.8 111km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:48:55 UTC 36.3 km
4.9 81km SW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:42:06 UTC 42.1 km
4.8 98km SW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:24:24 UTC 46.4 km
4.8 105km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-04 12:15:42 UTC 29.3 km
