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More extreme weather, pretty late in the season for tornadoes…hopeful no one was hurt.

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Tornadoes Touch Down in North Texas

Oct. 24: A tornado touches down in North Texas

MyFoxDFW.com

Oct. 24: A tornado touches down in North Texas

RICE, Texas — Authorities say tornadoes have damaged several North Texas homes and a school and overturned several vehicles on an interstate highway near Dallas.

Navarro County Sheriff Leslie Cotten said Sunday’s storm caused an unknown number of injuries. Cotten said officials had “a mess” on Interstate 45 near Rice, about 45 miles south of Dallas. He said the severity of the injuries wasn’t known.

Cotten said the roof of the elementary school in Rice was severely damaged, and the high school football field sustained damage as well.

The National Weather Service said a tornado caused “significant” damage to several homes near Lone Oak, about 80 miles northeast of Rice.

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More earthquakes in diverse places…

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Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Hits Northwest Wyoming

JACKSON, Wyo. — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has hit northwest Wyoming, apparently triggering a landslide on a hiking trail, but no injuries have been reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at about 11:45 a.m. Sunday.

Bridger-Teton National Forest spokeswoman Mary Cernicek says rangers are investigating reports that a landslide covered about a quarter-mile of a trail in the national forest about 20 miles northeast of Jackson.

Cernicek says some hikers may have been further up the trail, beyond the landslide, but she didn’t know how many. She says no one is believed to have been in the slide.

Cernicek says the slide wouldn’t prevent any hikers from getting out. She says a forest ranger is checking to see if anyone is on the trail.

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More discussion of a bigger earthquake impacting California…

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Earthquake experts see the ‘Big One’ getting bigger

Recent reports suggest that the major rupture predicted for the southern San Andreas fault could be longer and stronger than the last big quake, shaking from Monterey County down to the Salton Sea.

The “Big One” that has been forecast for the San Andreas fault could end up being bigger than earthquake experts previously thought.

Recent research showing that a section of the fault is long overdue for a major earthquake has some scientists saying the southern portion of the fault is capable of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that could run 340 miles from Monterey County to the Salton Sea.

That’s significantly stronger and longer than the southern San Andreas’ last major rupture, in 1857. Such a temblor would cause much more damage because with a larger stretch of the fault rupturing, a larger area would be exposed to the quake and the shaking would last longer.

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Look how many have occurred over the last week, there is also some good video/analysis…

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Earthquakes…

Prophecy Sign: Did you remember that Jesus said to watch for “great earthquakes”? Read Luke 21:11 and remember what you read becasue more of these huge quakes are coming. I am sending up a red flag so when they happen, I will point you back to Jesus warning. In Matthew 24:7 Jesus also said there would be “many earthquakes.  Look at what has happen in the past 7 days and what happened today.

Knowing what Jesus has said, and knowing His Words are always fulfilled, I told you in the past to watch for more of these huge earthquakes. Today we saw Jesus warning come to pass again, and I quote, “A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Mexico’s Baja peninsula Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake was centered 717 miles (1,154 km) SE of Tijuana, Mexico. No tsunami warning was issued, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, although the agency said it could cause local waves. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.6, was centered in the Gulf of California, 65 miles south of Los Mochis in the state of Sinaloa on the mainland. It was very shallow, just 6.2 miles below the seabed. The Hotel Santa Anita in nearby Los Mochis, Mexico, reportedly felt very strong shaking, but the hotel was not damaged by the quake. There are no immediate reports of damage or injury.”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/21/magnitude-earthquake-rattles-baja-california/?test=latestnews

Yesterday from (Reuters). “A 5.8-magnitude quake shook central Chile late on Wednesday, swaying buildings in the capital Santiago, but causing no damage, emergency officials said.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE69K08H20101021

MAG     UTC DATE-TIME                Region
6.9       2010/10/21 17:53:15      GULF OF CALIFORNIA
5.0       2010/10/21 13:56:27      TONGA
5.2       2010/10/21 11:50:32      SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
5.3       2010/10/21 11:00:35      NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5.0       2010/10/21 07:25:45      SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
5.8       2010/10/21 02:49:56      OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
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5.2       2010/10/20 14:35:53      TONGA
5.1       2010/10/20 07:12:37      SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
5.8       2010/10/20 06:58:16      GULF OF CALIFORNIA
5.5       2010/10/20 04:15:37      GULF OF CALIFORNIA
5.7       2010/10/20 04:09:45      GULF OF CALIFORNIA
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5.1       2010/10/19 21:16:25      TONGA
5.0       2010/10/19 20:49:09      SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA
5.5       2010/10/19 20:39:38      TONGA
5.0       2010/10/19 10:58:17      TONGA
5.0       2010/10/19 10:06:13      KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA
5.0       2010/10/19 08:06:51      PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
5.0       2010/10/19 00:24:05      SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND
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5.1       2010/10/18 08:02:18      NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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5.0       2010/10/17 21:49:39      SICHUAN-YUNNAN-GUIZHOU REGION, CHINA
5.2       2010/10/17 08:27:52      CENTRAL PERU
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5.2       2010/10/16 23:59:46      SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.9       2010/10/16 20:08:32      TONGA
5.3       2010/10/16 19:51:51      NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
6.1       2010/10/16 15:44:33      KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
5.2       2010/10/16 13:51:41      MACQUARIE ISLAND REGION
5.8       2010/10/16 13:27:46      TONGA
5.0       2010/10/16 05:36:25      IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
5.0       2010/10/16 03:24:00      SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
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5.0       2010/10/15 23:41:08      GUATEMALA
5.0       2010/10/15 17:54:02      NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.1       2010/10/15 12:43:55      OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
5.1       2010/10/15 09:56:52      NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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Wow, check out the pictures below.  I am not seeing any of this in the main stream media.  France is literally on fire…

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French strikes ablaze: Britons warned to stay away as violence spirals

A car explodes in flames and policemen clash with rioting youths as spiralling violence grips France.

This was one of many flashpoints across the country yesterday amid growing public anger against raising the retirement age to 62.

In the town of Nanterre, north-west of Paris, officers also fired rubber bullets and tear gas at youths protesting outside their secondary schools.

French police officers clash with rioters in NanterreBattle: The police officers clash with rioters in Nanterre, north-west of Paris. They fired rubber bullets and tear gas at youths protesting outside their secondary schools 

Troublemakers – not students – were accused of starting a riot, pelting firemen with rocks as dozens of vehicles were smashed and set ablaze.

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Pestilence is larger than expected (understated) and on the rise…

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Malaria deaths in India 13 times UN’s estimate, study finds

New Delhi – Malaria kills 205,000 people in India annually, a figure more than 13 times higher than UN estimates, research released Thursday said.

The study, published in the Lancet medical journal, raised doubts about the total number of malaria deaths reported worldwide. The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 881,000 malaria deaths per year globally, of which 91 per cent occur in Africa and about 15,000 occur in India.

‘This low estimate should be reconsidered as should the low WHO estimate of adult malaria deaths worldwide,’ the study, published online, said.

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New world order?  We sure do seem to hear that a lot these days…

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Iran, Venezuela leaders seek ‘new world order’

TEHRAN, Iran – The leaders of Iran and Venezuela hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship on Wednesday, saying they are united in efforts to establish a “new world order” that will eliminate Western dominance over global affairs.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and visiting Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, watched as officials from both countries signed 11 agreements promoting cooperation in areas including oil, natural gas, textiles, trade and public housing.

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More on imminent typhoon headed toward China…

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S.China coast battens down as super typhoon nears

* Typhoon Megi could be worst typhoon in S. China in decades

* Hong Kong warns direct hit could cause very serious impact

* S. China ports and oil terminals shut, masses evacuated (Adds details throughout)

By James Pomfret

HONG KONG, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Ports and oil terminals in Hong Kong and southern China shut down operations on Thursday, forcing tankers to anchor offshore to ride out one of the biggest typhoons to threaten the South China coast in years.

53,000 fishing vessels had returned to port, while on the tropical resort island of Hainan, vulnerable to heavy flooding, as many as 200,000 people had been evacuated from low-lying areas along with another 150,000 from the southeastern coastal province of Fujian, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Marine authorities say the typhoon could generate a huge and destructive “50-year storm surge” along the China coastline.

“The storm surge could be so devastating that buildings, docks, villages and cities could be destroyed by it,” Bai Yiping, director of South China Sea Forecasting Center of the State Oceanic Administration was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

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Re-balance world economy?  I don’t know about you but that doesn’t seem like it would be a good thing for those on top, us…

It is all the staging for the one world government, God predicted…

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Geithner’s Goal: Rebalanced World Economy

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he would use weekend meetings of G-20 finance ministers to advance efforts to “rebalance” the world economy so it is less reliant on U.S. consumers, to move toward establishing “norms” on exchange-rate policy, and to persuade others the U.S. doesn’t aim to devalue its way to prosperity.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Geithner said the world sorely needs to agree on guidelines for exchange-rate policy. “Right now, there is no established sense of what’s fair,” he said.

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Amazing find and wonderful that we all will be able to see these historic biblical documents soon…

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Dead Sea Scrolls Go Public and Digital

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is cooperating with Google Israel on a huge project: the creation of an online digital library that will finally display the Dead Sea scrolls to the general public, more than 50 years after their discovery. The scrolls include all of the books of the Bible and date from the late Second Temple period.

The project – The Leon Levy Digital Library of the Judean Desert Scrolls – will display 900 manuscripts online. The manuscripts are made up of about 30,000 pieces of different sizes. Besides a grant from the Leon Levy Fund, it is being underwritten by the Arcadia Fund and Yad HaNadiv Fund.

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There has been a lot of movement of the earth, as if it is preparing for something.  God has told us what that is.

(good video at the original post – follow link)

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Waking Hades

Fearing a global catastrophe, the mayor of Naples may halt exploration of the massive volcano that lies under her city. But some scientists say inaction could be riskier.

It is a stretch of southern Italy known as the Phlegraean Fields, or “burning fields.”  According to Greek mythology, this is where the god of fire, Hephaestus, made his home and where an epic battle between the Titans and the world’s most powerful deities shook the earth.  The ancient Romans said the entrance to Hades was also here, hidden beneath a serene lake.

Thousands of years later, the site is still subject to epic forces, but the story is more science than myth.  The ground under the small fishing villages in this area around Naples is in constant slow movement because of volcanic activity deep below the surface. In Pozzuoli, a town just north of the city, the walls of the terra-cotta villages are falling down. The earth has risen and dipped more than 11 feet in the last decade, destroying roads, a hospital, and thousands of homes. Small tremors are common. On the outskirts of town, fields of boiling mud and dramatic sulfur spouts known as the Solfatara are a constant reminder that Naples sits on the Campi Flegrei caldera, or cauldron, one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes.

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More roaring and tossing seas…

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China evacuates 140,000, suspends transport as typhoon nears

Beijing – Local authorities had evacuated at least 140,000 people and suspended some transport services on Wednesday as Typhoon Megi approached southern China after killing 19 people in the Philippines.

The island province of Hainan and nearby Guangdong and Fujian provinces were placed on high alert for the typhoon, which was expected to make landfall in southern China on Thursday or Friday.

Weather forecasters warned that Megi could be the strongest typhoon to hit southern China in 20 years and could bring the highest tides for 200 years to some coastal areas.

The State Oceanic Administration forecast waves up to 7 metres high off Guangdong over the next two to three days, the China Daily newspaper said.

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Praise the Lord, for His Word is truth.  He predicted that Israel would find oil and riches during the last days.  Prophecy is being fulfilled right before our eyes!  Amazing!  Praise the Lord!

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New Survey Indicates Large Oil Field Buried Under Negev Sand

A new preliminary geological survey indicates 26 million barrels of recoverable oil—worth $2 billion—may be sitting underneath the sandy soil in the area of two kibbutzim in the Western Negev, near Gaza.

Energtek announced it has received a geological survey on the Nir-am—Sa’ad block, “identifying the potential for exploitable oil and natural gas reserves.” Its subsidiary Energtek Products has the exclusive license to explore and exploit the resources in the area.

The firm added, “Current estimates will need to be confirmed by additional studies. Additional seismic analysis, modeling and further verifications are required to compile more accurate data on the fields and to provide more accurate reports on actual recoverable reserves.”

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More violence flaring through out the world…

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Ethnic Violence Flares in Kosovo

MITROVICA, Kosovo—Assailants struck in the middle of the night, setting fire to a car belonging to one ethnic Serb politician who favors cooperation with Kosovo’s Albanian-dominated national government and tossing a grenade at the home of another.

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Jack Kelly’s most recent article looking forward to what will happen after Christ’s return…

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Behold, I Make All Things New

by Jack Kelly

And He that sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” (Rev. 21:5)

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind had conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him” (I Cor 2:9).

The Greek word translated new in

Rev 21:5 can also mean renewed or restored, and includes circumstances and conditions along with appearance.  It’s the same word used in Rev 21:1 referring to a new heaven and a new earth.  And Rev. 21:1 is a reference to Isaiah 65:17 where new heavens and a new earth are also mentioned, along with one of the better descriptions of life in Israel during the Millennium. The Hebrew word for new in Isaiah 65:17 comes from a root meaning to rebuild, renew, or repair.

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More on denials from China, the truth, who knows these days, something to keep your eye on…

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China Denies Plans on Rare Earth Export Quotas: Report

A commerce ministry official denied a report that China would cut export quotas for rare earth metals by 30 percent next year, the China Business News said on Wednesday.

A day earlier, an unnamed commerce ministry official told the China Daily that Beijing would reduce the quotas to protect the country’s rare earth resources and avoid depletion of the crucial manufacturing minerals.

Mining
Jonty Wilde | Iconica | Getty Images

The China Business Daily, also citing an unnamed Ministry of Commerce official, said that report was groundless and that no such measures would be implemented.

The conflicting reports in state media compounded questions about how Beijing plans to manage its reserves of the minerals, used in products from autos, computers and cell phones to missiles and new energy technologies.

China accounts for more than 90 percent of the world’s production of rare earth metals.

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More Violence and rioting in Europe…

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Rioters rampage, protesters block French airports

PARIS (AP) – Workers opposed to a higher retirement age blocked access to airports in Paris and around the country on Wednesday as hooded youths smashed store windows amid clouds of tear gas outside the capital.

Riot police in black body armor forced striking workers away from blocked fuel depots in western France, restoring gasoline to areas where pumps were dry after weeks of protests over the government proposal raising the age from 60 to 62.

Riot officers in the Paris suburb of Nanterre and the southeastern city of Lyon sprayed tear gas but appeared unable to stop the violence.

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He said this as well before the last round of printing to buy debt, that time it was hidden, this time?  Who knows…

I am always amazed at how someone can say one thing and do the complete opposite.  It is very common place these days.  Deception seems to be the norm…

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Geithner Vows That US Won’t Devalue Dollar

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner vowed on Monday that the United States would not devalue the dollar for export advantage, saying no country could weaken its currency to gain economic health.

“It is not going to happen in this country,” Geithner told Silicon Valley business leaders of devaluing the dollar.

Geithner broke his silence on the dollar’s protracted slide ahead of this weekend’s meeting of finance leaders from the Group of 20 wealthy and emerging nations in South Korea, where rising tensions over Chinese and U.S. currency valuations are expected to take center stage.

“It is very important for people to understand that the United States of America and no country around the world can devalue its way to prosperity, to (be) competitive,” Geithner added. “It is not a viable, feasible strategy and we will not engage in it.”

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Things are heating up surrounding alignment of the final psalm 83 alliance partners…

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Hizbullah accuses UN of meddling in Lebanese affairs

“It would seem that Ban Ki-moon… failed to notice that Hizbullah… has been at the heart of Lebanese politics,” group says in statement after UN report calls for disarmament in Lebanon.

Hizbullah on Wednesday accused the United Nations of meddling in Lebanese civil affairs, according to an AFP report. 

The charges came two days after the UN released a report on disarmament in Lebanon, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned of instability in the country.

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Europe is taking China seriously and scrambling in the opposite direction of us…

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Commission breaks taboo on ‘own resources’

ANDREW WILLIS

Today @ 09:26 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The European Commission has proposed a list of potential methods to enable the EU to raise its ‘own resources’ in future, citing the need to end current wrangling over member state contributions to the Brussels budget.

A separate EU-wide value added tax (VAT) is among the ideas contained in the commission’s “budget review” published on Tuesday (19 October), a document which stems from a Franco-British spat in December 2005 over EU payments.

Other self-funding mechanisms could include a financial sector tax, a share of profits from auctioned greenhouse gas emission allowances, an EU charge related to air transport, an EU energy tax or an EU corporate income tax.

Presenting the review in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski said the EU budget should rely less on member state contributions, as was previously the case.

National contributions, based on gross national income (GNI), represented 10 percent of the EU budget in 1988, but these days amounts to roughly 70 percent as takings from EU customs duties and farm levies have declined.

“The question of EU funding priorities is always overshadowed by debate on ‘net contributors’ or ‘juste retour’,” Mr Lewandowski told the MEPs. “That is why we need to find a way out of this.”

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More on China’s rare mineral shipment stoppage…

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US inquiry into China rare earth shipments

Mini magnets made from chemically processed rare earths are shown in Beijing The 17 different rare earths are found in everything from magnets to hybrid cars and computer monitors

US trade officials say they are looking into a New York Times report that China is blocking shipments of rare earths to the US and Europe.

China mines 97% of the specialist metals crucial to green technology.

The report, citing anonymous industry sources, said Chinese customs officials had broadened export restrictions.

Meanwhile China’s commerce ministry has denied a report by the official China Daily that it will cut quotas by 30% next year to stop overmining.

“The report is completely false,” the ministry said in a statement.

“China will continue to supply rare earths to the world, and at the same time, to protect usable resources and sustainable development, China will also continue to impose restrictive measures on exploration, production and import and export of rare earths.”

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Completion of the Psalm 83 Alliances continues…Israel’s enemy’s are positioning.

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Syrian official: Time to replace Hariri

Damascus believes ties with Beirut not as strong as expected, pointing finger at Lebanese prime minister

Is Syria working to replace Lebanon’s prime minister? A Damascus official has told Lebanese daily al-Akhbar that “we must make a deep change in Lebanon. Saad Hariri is the only obstacle to reconciliation between the Syrian and Lebanese people.”

According to a report published Wednesday, Syria is disappointed with Hariri’s performance, particularly after a series of meetings with Syrian President Bashar Assad over the past year after the two reconciled.

Damascus officials believe the relations with Lebanon are not as strong as expected, pointing a finger at Hariri.

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Some of this can be somewhat extreme, but I think it brings up a few good points, on how so many seem to be “asleep” caught up in the day to day distractions of life.  It also gives some insight into what those outside of the US think about us, pretty extreme…take with a grain of salt.

Jesus said that there would be much apathy and violence during the end times.  That man’s heart would be hardened and brother would turn on brother, and child on parents…does that sound familiar or something you are seeing or feeling…

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Will Americans Follow French Example Of Mass Civil Unrest?

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
October 19, 2010

How will Americans react when the government begins to impose the same austerity measures that are causing riots, street battles, fuel blockades and other assorted chaos in France? Will we witness mass civil unrest or will the sleeping middle classes continue to scratch their butts and watch Dancing with the Stars?

Back in June we forecast that the imminent onset of so-called austerity measures, which in reality represent nothing more than an elevated phase of government-run looting of the taxpayer, would herald an “age of rage,” leading to “riots and even revolutions as people react with fury in response to their jobs, savings, basic public services, pensions and welfare money being seized by the financial terrorists who caused the economic collapse in the first place.”

Four months later and citizens of one of the most prosperous countries in the world with the highest standard of living have shut down France after six days of strikes and protests in response to government plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 and the full state pension age from 65 to 67.

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Maybe, maybe not…postponed…interesting article.

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2012 Apocalypse — Postponed

Good news -- the Mayan calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012.

U.S. Dept. of Energy

Good news — the Mayan calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012.

The end of the world is coming! Or here, maybe. Or did it already happen?

It’s a good news/bad news situation for believers in the 2012 Mayan apocalypse. The good news is that the Mayan calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012 (and, by extension, the world may not end along with it). The bad news for prophecy believers? If the calendar doesn’t end in December 2012, no one knows when it actually will — or if it has already.

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Amazing Video…

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Eerie: 747 Buzzes Golden Gate Bridge

At a weekend air show in the skies above San Francisco, a low-level flyover of a United Airlines jumbo jet got mixed reviews.

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Look out, we have a tiger by the tail, did you know how dependent we are on China for these key minerals?

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China to Halt Some Exports to U.S.

HONG KONG — China, which has been blocking shipments of crucial minerals to Japan for the last month, has now quietly halted shipments of those materials to the United States and Europe, three industry officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

A worker at the site of a rare earth minerals mine.

The Chinese action, involving rare earth minerals that are crucial to manufacturing many advanced products, seems certain to further intensify already rising trade and currency tensions with the West. Until recently, China typically sought quick and quiet accommodations on trade issues. But the interruption in rare earth supplies is the latest sign from Beijing that Chinese leaders are willing to use their growing economic muscle.

“The embargo is expanding” beyond Japan, said one of the three rare earth industry officials, all of whom insisted on anonymity for fear of business retaliation by Chinese authorities.

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More on Fed’s plans to fire up the printing press…

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Officials hint Fed on the verge of more easing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A string of Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday indicated the central bank will soon offer further monetary stimulus to the economy, with one saying $100 billion a month in bond buys may be appropriate.

While internal differences on the unconventional policy are still evident, the consensus view at the Fed appears to be that the economy is weak enough to warrant further support, most likely through increased purchases of Treasury debt.

The U.S. economy is expected to have grown just 1.9 percent in the third quarter, a level considered too low to bring down unemployment. The debt purchases would help lower long-term interest rates in the hope of boosting demand.

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The unrest continues in Europe…heard about any of this in the main stream media?

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French Strikes Head for a Showdown

PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Tuesday “to guarantee order,” restore fuel supplies and crack down on “troublemakers,” as a quarter of France’s gas stations ran dry and other disruptions built from nationwide protests and strikes.

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Prophecy foretells that the Euphrates will completely dry up, making way for the army of the King of the East to march into battle…

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Euphrates River drying up/drought

Prophecy Sign: (Revelation 9:14-16) “It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, ‘Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.’ And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number”.

“The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East” (Revelation 16:12).

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Buckle up…

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Fed’s Bernanke signals new round of quantitative easing

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has opened the way to a new round of quantitative easing.

“There would appear, all else being equal, to be a case for further action,” he said, in a speech to the Boston regional federal reserve.

The US central bank is expected to back a move to buy up US government bonds in order to lower borrowing costs at its next meeting on 3 November.

Mr Bernanke said unemployment and low inflation lay behind his view.

However, some colleagues at the Fed have expressed much more hawkish views, and Mr Bernanke was careful not to pre-empt the decision of the rate-setting committee due next month.

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Good Article…

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Israel Isn’t There

Oct 18, 2010

Israel Isn’t There

It’s difficult to believe that critics of the Jewish state who are leaders in the American church do not understand what their criticisms project. Increasingly, I am having conversations with Christians who believe one of our priorities should be not making radical Islam mad at us.

Guess what? Islam has been at odds with all other religions for over a thousand years. Today, the leaders of Hamas, Al Qaida, Hezbollah, etc., are counting on American Christians to advocate appeasement. Appeasement takes many forms.

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Great video clip reminding us why all this is so urgent…why take a chance, we all need to be reminded.

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Just in case you miss the rapture of the Lord’s Church/Oct. 18, 2010

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More commentary on the coming Psalm 83 war…

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, flashes a V sign during a rally in Lebanon

Warning from Psalm 83.

“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said that Israel would “soon go to hell” and called on the West to drop support for the Jewish state. “Grounds are being prepared for the Zionist regime [Israel] to go to hell soon and any country supporting this regime will join it on its trip to hell as well,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Ardebil in north-western Iran, carried live by the news network Khabar.”

“The Zionists planned to destroy this community [Bint Jbail], but it stood strong against the occupiers,” he declaimed. “The entire world should know that the Zionists are destined to disappear from the world, while Bint Jbail will remain alive. And the sons of Bint Jbail will know how to defeat the Zionist enemy.” Psalm 83:4 “They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”

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This is an unbelievable story.  Have we really come to the point that we can not have feelings and express them?  It wasn’t like he was saying it was correct but just the true feelings he had.  Also, look at the contrast in the two articles below.  Who can we trust for the truth without spin…

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NPR Ends Williams’ Contract After Muslim Remarks

NPR News has terminated the contract of longtime news analyst Juan Williams after remarks he made on the Fox News Channel about Muslims.

Williams appeared Monday on The O’Reilly Factor, and host Bill O’Reilly asked him to comment on the idea that the U.S. is facing a dilemma with Muslims.

O’Reilly has been looking for support for his own remarks on a recent episode of ABC’s The View in which he directly blamed Muslims for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walked off the set in the middle of his appearance.

Williams responded: “Look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.”

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Good article from Rapture Ready’s Nearing Midnight column, I feel it too.  It is like we have a pause to catch our breath but yet still have tonnes of articles surrounding end times events.  A feeling of pause in the middle of a lot of churning, strangest feeling…Good article, take a look.

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Strange Prophetic Silence: Part 1

Oct 18, 2010

Strange Prophetic Silence: Part 1

Todd often makes the observation these days that there seems to be a strange lack of prophetic activity; nothing in the news rivets the observer in the dramatic way, say, that an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities might grab one’s attention.

This Strandberg perception of a lull in prophetic progression, as he calls it, might seem at first nonsensical, considering the tremendous procession of probable end-times issues and events that we at Rapture Ready address each week. Geopolitically, there are many signals of biblically prophetic significance. The European Union (EU) continues to consolidate power while remaining at the same time loosely confederated. Certainly, we legitimately can and do make the case for this strange entity being the likely candidate for producing revived Rome–the ten toes of iron and miry clay given in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream-vision of the final world empire (Daniel 2).

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Good article this week on Rapture Ready’s Nearing Midnight section…Food costs are rising throughout the world, especially the staples…

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Grain Yields Takes a Sudden Turn for the Worse

Oct 18, 2010

Grain Yields Takes a Sudden Turn for the Worse

I use several guidelines to determine which news event should be the focus of my “Nearing Midnight” articles. One of the most important rules I follow is to pursue stories that can be supported with repeated examples. If prophecy is progressing, we’re to likely see it have an impact on a number of areas. Earlier this year, I reported on major earthquakes in Haiti and Argentina, and I referenced a list of similar strong quakes that had occurred over the past decade.

We are now seeing a trend in food production. All over the world, crop yields have suddenly declined. Fears of a global food crisis swept the world’s commodity markets as prices for staples such as corn, rice, and wheat have shot up. The U.S. government sparked a huge grain rally when it warned of dramatically lower supplies. For the first time since 1997, the U.S. corn stock is expected to drop below 1 billion bushels.

The source of the problem is a host of adverse weather events. What is amazing here is the sudden run of bad luck for (more…)

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Earthquakes continue each week…

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Earthquakes…

Prophecy Sign: Jesus warned to watch for the many earthquakes in part of Matthew 24:7.

5.2       2010/10/16 23:59:46      SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.9       2010/10/16 20:08:32      TONGA
5.6       2010/10/16 19:51:50      NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
6.1       2010/10/16 15:44:33      KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
5.2       2010/10/16 13:51:41      MACQUARIE ISLAND REGION
5.8       2010/10/16 13:27:46      TONGA
5.0       2010/10/16 05:36:25      IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
5.0       2010/10/16 03:24:00      SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
5.0       2010/10/15 23:41:08      GUATEMALA
5.1       2010/10/15 17:54:03      NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.1       2010/10/15 12:43:55      OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
5.1       2010/10/15 09:56:52      NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5.4       2010/10/14 13:58:54      HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
5.2       2010/10/14 10:03:32      COMOROS REGION
6.1       2010/10/12 12:02:56      TONGA
5.5       2010/10/12 12:01:11      TONGA
5.9       2010/10/12 10:21:36      NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
5.2       2010/10/11 23:16:38      NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN
5.1       2010/10/10 21:44:27      PAKISTAN

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The tightrope walk continues, a lot of attention on China, as they may hold our future in their hands…

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US delays China ‘currency manipulator’ report

yuan notes Countries including the US have accused China of keeping the yuan artificially low

The US government has delayed a report – which was expected on Friday – that could officially brand China a “currency manipulator”.

The US Treasury releases two reports a year on the currency practices of its major trading partners.

It has so far held back from naming China. The report is not now expected until after an upcoming G20 summit.

China said the US should not use the weak yuan as a “scapegoat” for its own economic problems.

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I am not sure how much more he could turn up the rhetoric without actions.  The drums of the prophesied Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 war are beating steadily.

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Ahmadinejad: Israel and its allies are all on their way to hell

Remarks come in the wake of Iranian President’s recent visit to Lebanon, where he voiced what he termed as his support of Lebanon’s resistance of Israeli aggression.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said that Israel would “soon go to hell” and called on the West to drop support for the Jewish state.

“Grounds are being prepared for the Zionist regime [Israel] to go to hell soon and any country supporting this regime will join it on its trip to hell as well,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Ardebil in north-western Iran, carried live by the news network Khabar.

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How can this end well for the US?  Our ship is running a ground…

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National Debt Up $3 Trillion on Obama’s Watch

(Credit: CBS/iStockPhoto)

New numbers posted today on the Treasury Department website show the National Debt has increased by more than $3 trillion since President Obama took office.

The National Debt stood at $10.626 trillion the day Mr. Obama was inaugurated. The Bureau of Public Debt reported today that the National Debt had hit an all time high of $13.665 trillion.

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